WEBVTT 00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:08.099 Hey there, pants people. If you've been around 00:00:08.099 --> 00:00:10.099 for a while, I'm sure you've heard the name Kriven 00:00:10.099 --> 00:00:11.519 before. He's come up a couple times on the show. 00:00:11.740 --> 00:00:13.960 He's been a member of Discord for a very long 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:18.280 time now, and he is a guy who has a ton of experience 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:20.739 when it comes to tabletop gaming. I mean, he 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:23.239 runs so many games, I have no idea how he manages. 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:24.399 He must have one of those Harry Potter clocks, 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:28.039 you know? Anyway, so Kriven has released his 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:30.839 own podcast. And like I said, this guy's got 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:32.719 the know. So if you're sick of us dummies getting 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:34.780 everything wrong, go and check out Kriven's podcast. 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.560 It's called Explorers of Elmeral. And it is actually 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.219 releasing right now, today, this Monday, if you're 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:43.100 listening on release day for this episode. Then 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:45.219 guess what? It just came out. Get on there. Be 00:00:45.219 --> 00:00:47.399 first on the bandwagon. Check out Kriven's stuff. 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:49.859 It's really cool. Make a Barbenheimer of it. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:51.520 That's not dated, right? We can still say that? 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.259 We're the Barben... Yeah, cool. Check it out. 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:58.119 See you. Welcome, adventurers, to the frozen 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.100 tundras of Mordune. a land of ice and opportunity 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:04.280 in the distant north of El Mural. Here, fortune 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.079 whispers through the howling winds, and snowdrifts 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.239 hide many dangers. Ancient gods stir from their 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:13.420 slumber, heroes rise to face monstrous foes, 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.099 and forgotten relics lost to time await those 00:01:16.099 --> 00:01:20.420 bold enough to claim them. Oh, lovely! Monstrous 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:22.859 foes and ancient gods and dangerous snowdrifts! 00:01:23.390 --> 00:01:25.989 Tinkle, surely there's another less life -threatening 00:01:25.989 --> 00:01:28.829 adventure out there? Please, Master Gus, you 00:01:28.829 --> 00:01:31.030 must try. It is the only way your father will 00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:33.650 accept you as a man. Is this really what it takes 00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:36.390 for me to become a man? Can't we just stay indoors? 00:01:36.849 --> 00:01:40.150 With a warm chalice of honeyed milk and a plush 00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:42.769 feathered blanket? Preferably far away from certain 00:01:42.769 --> 00:01:46.230 death. Cowardice detected. The human child's 00:01:46.230 --> 00:01:49.769 probability of survival without me, zero. Probability 00:01:49.769 --> 00:01:53.489 of survival with me, marginally higher. I'm sure 00:01:53.489 --> 00:01:56.430 we can find both danger and milk. That's what 00:01:56.430 --> 00:01:59.290 being a man is all about, right guys? Join Gus, 00:01:59.530 --> 00:02:02.109 Auni, Tinkle, Dimitri, and many more unlikely 00:02:02.109 --> 00:02:04.849 heroes as they stumble, banter, and occasionally 00:02:04.849 --> 00:02:08.349 triumph across the tundras of Mordune. Join us 00:02:08.349 --> 00:02:11.750 at Explorers of Elmeral on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:14.469 YouTube, or anywhere else you get podcasts. Become 00:02:14.469 --> 00:03:04.120 a party member. The adventures await. and outpouring 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:06.659 of comments from those good folk that miss ol' 00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:10.180 Orin. And while Orin is definitely still unwell, 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.560 and will be for a while yet, I did manage to 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:15.659 find a number of pre -recorded spotlights of 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:18.740 his that have yet to be aired. So, here we go. 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:55.389 Let me just... And... The Corvid Chorea Now, 00:03:55.409 --> 00:03:57.370 Aldous grew up in a humble home in the Thimerian 00:03:57.370 --> 00:03:59.550 countryside with a young wood elf with a middle 00:03:59.550 --> 00:04:02.750 child of five. Things took a slightly strange 00:04:02.750 --> 00:04:05.610 turn for one day when his eldest brother, Ereleth, 00:04:05.650 --> 00:04:08.370 set off on an adventure without warning. Heeding 00:04:08.370 --> 00:04:10.409 his grandmother's desire to find him, Aldous 00:04:10.409 --> 00:04:12.669 soon left home on an adventure of his own, armed 00:04:12.669 --> 00:04:16.230 only with her trusty old rapier. It was on this 00:04:16.230 --> 00:04:19.930 journey that he came across six moon maidens 00:04:19.930 --> 00:04:22.649 of the... Raven Queen. I don't know if you're 00:04:22.649 --> 00:04:24.009 familiar with these figures, but that is what 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:26.410 the record says. This is where that Ringbell 00:04:26.410 --> 00:04:29.170 -Stronghawk connect seems to come in. Anyway, 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:31.790 these moon maidens, who would soon come to claim 00:04:31.790 --> 00:04:34.029 the names of Kitchen Knife, Acorn, Sailboat, 00:04:34.129 --> 00:04:41.170 Cookies, Rabbit, and Peacock... Granted out just 00:04:41.170 --> 00:04:42.949 the power to battle on the front lines, and to 00:04:42.949 --> 00:04:44.529 fire dangerous foes while wielding a strange 00:04:44.529 --> 00:04:48.000 sort of holy line. Now you can still find Aldous 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.300 drowning with his mood memes to this day. You 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:52.439 know him easily enough by his remarkable fork 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.500 -furled rodeo jacket and his penchant for mentioning 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:57.519 nonsensical places like Greater Britain and Fantasy 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.920 London. In the end, while we don't know much 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:02.399 about his powers or his peculiar patrons, we 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.079 do know that the Corvus Courier has always served 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.279 the good people to conquered worlds with the 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:13.980 utmost courage and care. You had a lot of fun 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:16.480 with that one. Yeah. What a way to bring up the 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:20.899 old Lord voice. Oh, man. I missed it. I missed 00:05:20.899 --> 00:05:24.300 it. Thank you, Fisher. Oh, hell yeah. That is 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:27.540 Tire on the social media platform, which we use 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:29.379 to connect with folks. What is that called again, 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.639 Stephen? I can't remember. Discord. Discord. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.439 Why haven't you joined? Come and hang out with 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.339 us on the Discord. Hang out with the Tired. Hear 00:05:43.339 --> 00:05:49.600 about the Moon Maidens. Speaking about folks 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.620 in Discord, I got a segue here real quick. Oh, 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:54.680 boy. So I thought a lot about last week, right? 00:05:54.819 --> 00:05:57.360 I thought about how I lost, which was impossible. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:59.519 And I think I figured out what happened. The 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.240 place that I went wrong, the way I saw it, with 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.899 the power of Oliver on my side, I had a 100 % 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:10.129 chance at Nat 20. Right? But, intentionally, 00:06:10.149 --> 00:06:11.670 things got foggy there, okay? Because I talked 00:06:11.670 --> 00:06:13.550 to Oliver after the episode, and I realized that 00:06:13.550 --> 00:06:17.449 he wanted Jean Blanc, Jean Franklin's blood, 00:06:17.589 --> 00:06:21.029 specifically. What? So, I went for Blanche, and 00:06:21.029 --> 00:06:22.569 I threw off our decision, Matrix, and reversed 00:06:22.569 --> 00:06:24.649 the luck polarity and all that shit. So, that's 00:06:24.649 --> 00:06:27.730 my bad, Oliver. I owe you a Smashburger. And 00:06:27.730 --> 00:06:29.329 also, I promised something really, really nasty 00:06:29.329 --> 00:06:33.250 tonight to make up for it. So, that is my pledge. 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:36.560 A hand on the heart. Did you say ham on the heart? 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:38.019 Hand on the heart. I think you should get that 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:42.579 checked out. No. That's it. This is why I went 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:44.519 for Blanche. This is why I went for Blanche. 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.060 I want to see Steven's character. A personal 00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:50.560 vendetta? I want number three. If I drop Blanche, 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:52.509 though, seriously, if I got that crit. Whole 00:06:52.509 --> 00:06:54.689 fight different. Blanche was the biggest sort 00:06:54.689 --> 00:06:56.670 of threat and the one that could survive the 00:06:56.670 --> 00:06:58.269 best. One crit, though, would have been enough 00:06:58.269 --> 00:07:00.050 to level Blanche, take her out of the fight. 00:07:00.189 --> 00:07:02.329 And the other guys, they were all so low in HP, 00:07:02.389 --> 00:07:03.750 I would have mopped them up. My little passive 00:07:03.750 --> 00:07:05.110 bonus action would have mopped them up. I was 00:07:05.110 --> 00:07:08.569 so close. I was, like, so worried for the whole 00:07:08.569 --> 00:07:10.509 fight until you were like, yeah, I'm going to 00:07:10.509 --> 00:07:13.350 burn my button on Blanche. I was like, oh, he's 00:07:13.350 --> 00:07:17.319 desperate. I believed. Look, Oliver didn't want 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:22.120 it enough. That's who's really at fault here. 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:29.220 I turned around. Oliver, now I'm against you. 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:32.560 We're all against you. Let's put the blame exactly 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.439 where it belongs. Yeah, exactly. There we go. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:39.120 Oh, my God. Also a wedgie. I forgot Akio was 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.180 blinded for that first round, so whoops. But 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:43.600 I already ruled on my tiger last episode that 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.620 Keen Smell allowed to track a wounded Jules, 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:47.899 so Akio grabbing a very strong Smell into Jean 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:49.959 -Franclin Flambe and dragging him across the 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.680 ground seems reasonable, I think. Reasonable 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.579 enough. Reasonable enough. Whatever. Fine. Easy 00:07:55.579 --> 00:07:58.920 little wedgie to zoop -zop -zop -miss. But I 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.740 think we're going to start to do the condition 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:05.579 icons on our maps to help with something like 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:08.110 that. Yeah, but you want to do it. Oh, yeah. 00:08:08.370 --> 00:08:10.790 I don't have the ability to do it. That's not 00:08:10.790 --> 00:08:12.389 you, David. The conditions always look so small, 00:08:12.430 --> 00:08:14.149 but what I did end up, like, what I was messing 00:08:14.149 --> 00:08:15.730 around with last night is I realized I could 00:08:15.730 --> 00:08:17.470 have just, like, taken a black smudgy and, like, 00:08:17.470 --> 00:08:19.889 written a big old thing over the tiger's eyes. 00:08:19.970 --> 00:08:21.310 Sure, yeah. It's like, that I can't miss. That's 00:08:21.310 --> 00:08:24.149 clear. So maybe I'll do that next time. Because, 00:08:24.230 --> 00:08:26.990 yeah. He's going to send you a little pink dot 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:28.670 in the corner, like when they have the, you know, 00:08:28.670 --> 00:08:30.350 on Roll20, it's like you have the icons and they're 00:08:30.350 --> 00:08:32.350 great, but you click it and it's like you need 00:08:32.350 --> 00:08:35.340 a microscope. Well, but that's the thing is like, 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:38.840 as long as there is something there, you know, 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:39.960 we're going to look at it and we're going to 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.480 question, oh, what is that? And then we're going 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.840 to remember, oh yeah, Akio was blinded. Yeah. 00:08:45.340 --> 00:08:49.120 So I'm hearing is that you purposefully ignored 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:57.019 that effect. It was Oliver's fault. Oliver. Join 00:08:57.019 --> 00:08:59.899 the discord. Meet Oliver. Join the discord. Blame 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:04.120 Oliver. and uh and submit some unzip questions 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.940 while you're on the discord oh yeah because as 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:10.320 you're hearing this um i think if the calendar 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:15.299 makes math then from today you have like a week 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:19.899 or maybe six days to submit uh oh no it'll be 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:23.080 what famously good at this yeah no just yeah 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:27.419 i don't think i've heard when we're doing this 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:30.220 so we have two weeks so this episode The next 00:09:30.220 --> 00:09:31.700 episode. Okay. And then I want to do Unzipped. 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:33.899 Okay. So we have two weeks after this episode. 00:09:34.059 --> 00:09:36.039 So basically, if you're hearing my voice, if 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:37.580 you're hearing the sound of my voice on release 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:39.620 date. You got a week and a half. Just get me 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:42.360 Unzipped episodes like ASAP. Or not episodes. 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:44.500 Oh, no. We'll make the episode. No, entire episodes. 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:50.240 Guys, guys. Yes. Hang on. Wait. Oh, God. Fuck. 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:53.340 What's today? Two weeks from today, they're going 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:55.419 to be hearing this three days before we record 00:09:55.419 --> 00:10:01.840 it. Who's on first? Me. Okay, so you have three 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.639 days then. It's Thursday. It is currently Thursday 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:09.440 the 21st. The Wrath Part 3 comes out this coming 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.759 Monday the 25th. It's a good one. So this comes 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:15.279 out on Monday, September 1st. By your timeline, 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:17.360 we're recording Unzipped Thursday, September 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.539 4th or around that week. Cool, cool, cool. I'll 00:10:20.539 --> 00:10:23.039 also throw it in the Discord again. We'll throw 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.539 it up on social media. So consider this your 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:28.639 last warning, I guess. And if you get me voice 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.399 clips, you can earn buttons and you can talk 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:33.960 to David about how to spend buttons and you can 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.860 either help us or hurt us or whatever you want 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:37.559 to do with them. I have some fun ideas for buttons 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.639 coming up. So I want to talk about that, but 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.279 not tonight because there's a lot to do. I think 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.909 Stephen had something. A penny? Why'd you do 00:10:44.909 --> 00:10:47.149 that? Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay. 00:10:47.190 --> 00:10:50.029 This goes back to our... Oh, you only brought 00:10:50.029 --> 00:10:52.769 a penny? I have a quarter, I think, too. You 00:10:52.769 --> 00:10:55.570 said any currency. Hang on. You said any? It 00:10:55.570 --> 00:10:57.750 might work. It might work. I have any currency 00:10:57.750 --> 00:11:01.070 you want. Okay. What do you need? I want a thousand 00:11:01.070 --> 00:11:04.049 dollar bill. Okay, so... I have that. Damn. Yeah. 00:11:04.570 --> 00:11:11.169 So let's go back. Let's do... To the... All right. 00:11:11.830 --> 00:11:18.190 Superstition. Okay. I was talking with Jules, 00:11:18.330 --> 00:11:22.509 friend of the show, co -worker. No, not that 00:11:22.509 --> 00:11:27.490 Jules. Not me. And she knows of this superstition 00:11:27.490 --> 00:11:31.009 as well. And in her family, they practice it. 00:11:31.870 --> 00:11:35.669 Somebody gifted her a knife set, I think, one 00:11:35.669 --> 00:11:37.629 point when she was, you know, either moving or 00:11:37.629 --> 00:11:40.669 something like that. And to the bottom of the 00:11:40.669 --> 00:11:46.299 knife set. was taped a dime so she was gifted 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:48.600 the knife set and a dime and she had to return 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.259 that she had to buy the knife set oh i see so 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:55.279 you want this quarter for that knife oh it's 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:56.379 not worth a quarter you only brought a quarter 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:59.500 the penny what do you think for that penny hang 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:03.879 on it's what you deserve there it is I told David, 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.059 I said, bring any form of currency. I said, I 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:08.480 don't care if it's, I don't care if it's the 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:10.559 smallest form or the largest form. I said, bring 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.100 any form of currency. But then you literally 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:14.039 just said, oh, you only brought a penny. Well, 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:15.600 I was kind of hoping that he would have been, 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:23.840 I was hoping that he would have been like, you 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.799 know, oh yeah, I brought this crisp, clean 20. 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:37.740 I had to hit the ATM for this. Holy shit. Okay, 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.960 so now I think we're even. No, you scared me 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.580 out of a penny. I'm pissed. Let's do the episode. 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:51.620 We already did that. Let's hope and we left off. 00:12:52.649 --> 00:12:56.470 We see that final flame, that final roaring spark 00:12:56.470 --> 00:13:00.370 of power and soul building in the throat of this 00:13:00.370 --> 00:13:04.149 great statue about to release everything it has, 00:13:04.230 --> 00:13:08.470 every final bit of power in one breath upon you, 00:13:08.649 --> 00:13:14.269 Jules. Then we see the golden spear tip cutting 00:13:14.269 --> 00:13:17.110 through the back of this throat, cutting through 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:21.179 the fire, and we see the flame just... goes out 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:25.539 like a cut candle wick. You see smoke. No. And 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:28.700 you see mist trails up from the opened mouth. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:35.000 As the statue begins to fall forward and you 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:36.980 guys sort of dive out of the way as this thing 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:41.759 comes crashing down onto its front. You see Jaune 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.399 on the statue's back and climbs up it for that 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:48.149 last sort of heaving strike. He comes sprawling 00:13:48.149 --> 00:13:52.149 onto the ground as well. And the statue just 00:13:52.149 --> 00:13:58.610 crumbles. No fire anymore. Nothing left inside. 00:13:58.710 --> 00:14:02.490 Just a hollow shell destroyed. You hear the chanting 00:14:02.490 --> 00:14:05.870 at the edge of the park. Stops dead. Just supernova, 00:14:05.990 --> 00:14:09.690 supernova. The name Arathlon hanging in bright 00:14:09.690 --> 00:14:13.649 lights above flickers and vanishes. The mist, 00:14:13.750 --> 00:14:17.909 however, lingers on. And you remember that a 00:14:17.909 --> 00:14:20.070 Gwishin does not technically stay dead when they 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:24.330 are defeated. They must pass on. But now, now 00:14:24.330 --> 00:14:26.169 there's an opening. It takes time for them to 00:14:26.169 --> 00:14:29.029 regain any power at all. With one this strong, 00:14:29.149 --> 00:14:32.029 it would probably take a very long time. But 00:14:32.029 --> 00:14:35.049 in this moment immediately after this thing falls, 00:14:35.330 --> 00:14:38.289 what are your first actions? You have a moment 00:14:38.289 --> 00:14:40.909 of peace here. What do you want to check on? 00:14:40.929 --> 00:14:43.850 What do you want to do right away? I know what 00:14:43.850 --> 00:14:47.259 Jules is doing. He's gone straight to John Franklin 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:51.019 and giving him a big old fucking hug. He just 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:53.519 like, he's like, he fell. He's on his like back, 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:58.500 his shell. He's like, help, help. He's run over 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:01.240 and grabbed him. I got you, buddy. Thank you, 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:03.220 Jules. It's good to see you. Jules, I'm back. 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.220 I'm here. I see that. I've redone the fight. 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:09.019 Oh, and he like hugs you and kind of like, oh. 00:15:09.389 --> 00:15:12.129 Hold on. And he runs over around the statue of 00:15:12.129 --> 00:15:14.669 Beeline to the little small figurine on the ground. 00:15:15.009 --> 00:15:18.409 And he just looks down like, Joe Francine, Papa 00:15:18.409 --> 00:15:21.190 is very proud of you. You fought well. Just kind 00:15:21.190 --> 00:15:23.090 of picks up the figurine and sort of tucks it 00:15:23.090 --> 00:15:24.570 away. It's the first time you in character have 00:15:24.570 --> 00:15:29.110 heard the name. Oh, my God. And then he looks 00:15:29.110 --> 00:15:32.529 back to you, Jules, kind of nods, looks to you, 00:15:32.570 --> 00:15:36.629 Blanche, and says, Why was Rattle on the Supernova 00:15:36.629 --> 00:15:42.980 trying to kill us? What is happening? Blanche 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:46.899 gives Jaune her version of a hug, which is just 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:50.399 a pat on the shoulder. Aye, sir. That's quite 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.379 formal. And you didn't, um, I didn't, uh, I didn't 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.779 say any weird things out loud during the fight, 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:59.120 right? Nothing. You almost died, Jaune. Yes. 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:03.320 Yes, I did. I didn't, as long as I died almost 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:05.919 quietly. You should have been more careful. I, 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:09.049 I'm sorry, sir. Against such a foe. He actually 00:16:09.049 --> 00:16:11.149 looks pretty admonished, kind of looks down like, 00:16:11.269 --> 00:16:17.889 I'm sorry. I've met your sidekick now. He seems 00:16:17.889 --> 00:16:21.669 pretty cool, strong. Thank goodness he was here. 00:16:24.129 --> 00:16:26.549 I understand the favor. I blocked the big attack 00:16:26.549 --> 00:16:28.509 from him. You would have been unconscious at 00:16:28.509 --> 00:16:33.009 the feet of a Rathalon. You, dog! About that, 00:16:33.169 --> 00:16:37.009 let's see, how can I catch you up here? Rathalon 00:16:37.009 --> 00:16:42.470 is slash was, I mean, I guess still is, a Gwishin, 00:16:42.570 --> 00:16:48.370 a vengeful spirit, back to get some sort of revenge. 00:16:48.789 --> 00:16:53.950 I think we can hopefully dismiss him at this 00:16:53.950 --> 00:16:56.649 point, now that we've been... Able to defeat 00:16:56.649 --> 00:16:59.289 him, Jules? Am I getting this right? Do we need 00:16:59.289 --> 00:17:04.549 to speak something to him? Gosh, it's so convoluted 00:17:04.549 --> 00:17:08.470 and you see our... It seems pretty straightforward 00:17:08.470 --> 00:17:10.809 to me, actually. Every time we go to a world, 00:17:10.910 --> 00:17:14.049 there's always an undead thing at the end. I 00:17:14.049 --> 00:17:23.329 don't know. DM. David, tell me. We gotta do anything? 00:17:24.329 --> 00:17:31.029 It's hard. With Kunon Jun, with Bisumin, the 00:17:31.029 --> 00:17:33.869 tea shop owner, remember he spoke some words 00:17:33.869 --> 00:17:36.670 and essentially appeased her following the fight. 00:17:36.769 --> 00:17:42.910 The mist sort of left. Appease the Guishin. Relieve 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:46.529 in the Guishin. I don't care. Yes, you do feel 00:17:46.529 --> 00:17:49.250 a presence here. You feel it sort of mounting. 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.920 Miss kind of moving in. You feel like things 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.000 aren't entirely done yet. Maybe you have one 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.900 last thing to do, but not something involving 00:17:56.900 --> 00:18:01.539 blades and spells. You see, speaking of blades 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:04.680 though, Akio does come to you, Blanche, and sticks 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.299 the blade into the earth before you. Kind of 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:14.019 like lowers his head down. Your sword, Master 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:18.339 Blanche. It is a beautiful sword. You fought 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:24.700 well, Akio. I saw that crit. Yes! Wasn't that 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:29.299 cool crit? She takes it back and cleans it off 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:36.079 before sheathing it. Now, I forget, Jules, does 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:40.640 it have to be somebody who knew the Gwishin in 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:45.680 life to appease him, or can anybody speak to... 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.970 Oh, yes, right. I think it was to summon it, 00:18:50.009 --> 00:18:51.329 you needed to be someone you knew in life. I 00:18:51.329 --> 00:18:53.410 think at this point, anyone here could speak 00:18:53.410 --> 00:18:58.549 to it. Okay. Yes. What do we speak to it to appease 00:18:58.549 --> 00:19:02.589 it? Blanche has an idea. Okay. Ooh. Okay. So 00:19:02.589 --> 00:19:07.950 Blanche will turn and address the plinth, I guess, 00:19:07.970 --> 00:19:11.329 where Arathelon's statue used to be. I love this. 00:19:11.329 --> 00:19:15.200 You see, like... Jules, Blanche, Akio, and Jaune 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.059 all standing before this thing. Blanche kind 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:19.319 of in the lead. And then just maybe 30 feet away, 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:20.920 still kind of standing back with this sort of 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:24.339 blank look on his face, we see Chester. Blanche, 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:27.859 what do you say? The mist seems to be moving 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:31.660 in now, covering over you with its whiteness. 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:36.920 You fought with honor, Arathelon. There were 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:42.069 moments I thought we would perish. At your hands. 00:19:43.230 --> 00:19:46.710 For all our bravado and talk before the fight, 00:19:46.890 --> 00:19:51.869 I must admit you will not be forgotten. I... 00:19:51.869 --> 00:19:56.809 I can't let it. I can't let it be that way. We 00:19:56.809 --> 00:20:01.089 will see this statue re -erected. In your honor. 00:20:01.910 --> 00:20:06.609 In your memory. But only if you leave this place 00:20:06.609 --> 00:20:11.920 now. In peace. Jules understands this kind of 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:15.779 needs to happen, but he is shooting icy, icy 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:19.299 daggers over at Blanche. It's funny, Jules. Like, 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:22.420 in your case, you... I feel like something kind 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:24.859 of profound happened during this fight with you, 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:28.019 Jules. Like I said, you have this sort of... 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:29.619 Yeah, you tell me what happened with my character. 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:33.920 But with Inflict Wounds, that last thing, you 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:36.039 had this moment of triumph against the darkness. 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.960 I think I mentioned before, you felt that spreading 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.859 of necrotic flesh over your shoulders, over your 00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:42.920 back. I think here, in this sort of moment, as 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:46.099 you hold back on your rage, as you reflect on 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:48.400 what you said, not just to Arathelon, but to 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:51.660 that being behind you, to Zomate's shop, in this 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.140 quiet moment of triumph, I think you feel that 00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:57.000 darkness is receding. Your arms are returning 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.019 to its... prior state, just the, just the claimed 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:03.200 arm, nothing more. You have known wrath all your 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.680 life. You have felt this since you were too young 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:09.359 to understand it. You gave into it when you moved 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:11.259 to kill Justin Kellig and it cost your friend 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:14.559 his life. But it seems to me that here and now 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.160 you have truly come to know the difference between 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:18.319 a dark anger and a righteous fury. I mean, we've 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:20.519 seen it building with Jules for a while. We saw 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.920 him completely shrug off on past hours attempts 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.240 to like goad him into something. There is a self 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:29.160 -control to you that I think is, I don't know, 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.059 I love seeing how much Jules has changed. And 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:34.599 I think in that change, those tethers that worked 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:36.759 so hard to tie to you are kind of loosening here. 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.220 This is your power, as you said. You get to choose 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:44.059 how to use it, unshackled and unafraid. Yeah, 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:48.319 he's suddenly very focused now. So while you 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.799 hate that Blanche is essentially giving in to 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:55.299 the enemy, giving this... monster what he wants. 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.680 I love that you just stay back because you know 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.259 that you have everything you need, that you have 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:05.420 one. It's cool though. Fun to note too, we talked 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.880 about this right after the show, that was only 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:11.400 the second time in this entire story that Inflict 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:13.359 Wounds has worked. Yeah, I think you used it 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.960 four times and two of those times were natural. 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:17.559 Yeah, and that was in the first episode was the 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:19.319 only other time that it actually worked. Yeah. 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:21.809 And it wasn't even actually... Wasn't there like 00:22:21.809 --> 00:22:23.009 a wedgie with it? There was something wrong with 00:22:23.009 --> 00:22:24.549 it that you let happen. I don't know. I think 00:22:24.549 --> 00:22:26.250 you just swapped it. Oh, you know, it's because 00:22:26.250 --> 00:22:28.930 I used it AOL. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. Episode 00:22:28.930 --> 00:22:30.809 one, David was so nervous and didn't know what 00:22:30.809 --> 00:22:33.630 rules were. We forgive him. So technically, this 00:22:33.630 --> 00:22:35.509 is the only time it worked as it's supposed to. 00:22:35.730 --> 00:22:39.369 That's wild. Yeah. Damn. You stand here in this 00:22:39.369 --> 00:22:43.569 place, this quiet. You let the mist. You feel 00:22:43.569 --> 00:22:47.690 a vibration sort of course through it. Like a 00:22:47.690 --> 00:22:56.299 ripple through water. Yes. My mother is gone, 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:00.940 but I ruined her legacy. I stole her life as 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:04.500 early as if I killed her myself. And with this 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:09.079 offering, the worlds remember me. They will always 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:21.869 remember me. I... I win. My son. And suddenly 00:23:21.869 --> 00:23:23.730 this voice feels like it's not speaking to you. 00:23:23.769 --> 00:23:25.869 Somehow it's quieter, like you're overhearing 00:23:25.869 --> 00:23:31.549 a different conversation. I'm sorry. I would 00:23:31.549 --> 00:23:34.509 have dragged you into death after me. Together 00:23:34.509 --> 00:23:37.289 again, where you and your mother could celebrate 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:44.130 me eternally. And I failed to claim you, to deliver 00:23:44.130 --> 00:23:51.420 you. A pause. Isn't this... What do you want? 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:56.420 A pause. And then another voice. This one seems 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:59.200 to be directed to you again. No longer speaking 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:05.359 to something far away. My sons. My sons used 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:08.299 to tell me that I was the greatest. The coolest. 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:14.579 My wife doted on me. My mother. I left them behind. 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:18.220 Left everything behind so I could be the best, 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:23.279 the biggest. And now, now everybody loves me. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:34.380 And nobody loves me. But I win. I win. Right? 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:41.440 Right? Stillness all around you. One final question 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:45.289 from a spirit leaving this coil. The question 00:24:45.289 --> 00:24:48.329 is, do you speak true, or do you continue with 00:24:48.329 --> 00:24:52.990 your falsehoods, Blanche? Or Jules? Who? What? 00:24:53.130 --> 00:24:58.769 What's going on? What's happening? I'm excited. 00:25:00.069 --> 00:25:02.609 I don't know. I think Jules steps forward. This 00:25:02.609 --> 00:25:11.309 could be just crazy. Sure. You win. Blanche speaks 00:25:11.309 --> 00:25:16.950 up. Yes, I agree. Clearly the victor. How could 00:25:16.950 --> 00:25:21.309 it be any other way? And with that, you feel 00:25:21.309 --> 00:25:25.609 the mists begin to recede. A long sigh rushing 00:25:25.609 --> 00:25:27.549 through the park, through the trees, through 00:25:27.549 --> 00:25:33.190 the grass. And the presence that has been haunting 00:25:33.190 --> 00:25:36.650 the city for nine years, waiting for its time 00:25:36.650 --> 00:25:43.779 to strike, to be remembered, is gone. And as 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:49.500 the mist fades, as this presence leaves, once 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:54.700 again, you find yourself recalling memories lost. 00:25:56.039 --> 00:26:02.519 Ooh, Chester. Ooh. Ooh. I mean, everything. So 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.759 I'm going to need your help with this one a little 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:06.099 bit, because where spell slots were used, I'm 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:08.740 going to ask you how they were used for fun. 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:12.079 We know how these... fight started we know how 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.539 they ended but the filler you know just to get 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:17.480 some pictures a quick sort of montage flashes 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:21.039 of combat we start with the gate of the city 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.700 as four gargoyles suddenly peel themselves from 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:27.799 the stone of the wall they come flying out uh 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.000 attacking over the guards there's a uh this woman 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.779 a guard before you that turns away and begins 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:34.599 to like Run off to strike them. One of these 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:36.500 creatures falls on her immediately, and then 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:40.180 two of them slide over her, jumping down on top 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:42.619 of the two of you. The four of you, I should 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:46.799 say. In this fight, you used no spell slots. 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:51.680 So I believe you, we actually ended it with melee 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:54.420 weapons out, jewels your rapier. No, it was your, 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:56.660 the Sturge sword, I believe, I narrated was out. 00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.400 So you... Go to fight side by side. You know, 00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:03.000 blades sticking through stone, breaking through 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.660 these creatures. As ahead of you, a number of 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:12.559 guards are slaughtered. Behind you, the people 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:17.019 are made safe. As the gargoyles crumble, the 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:22.220 mist fades. And you forget. The construction 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:25.759 zone of the Tiger District. You see eight tigers 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.400 rushing in from the northwest, pouncing on the 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.720 workers and on you. There's little you can do 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.779 for Huang Junsun, the site foreman, as she is 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:37.099 torn apart in mere moments. You see how these 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:40.700 things can pounce, drop you, rip you apart. You 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:43.380 form a circle on Kunan Jun, who you can protect, 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:46.500 who basically cowers before their might, and 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:50.099 you fight. A second -level spell slot was used 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:52.869 by Blanche. And a first -level slot was used 00:27:52.869 --> 00:27:54.690 by Jules. What spells did you cast in this battle? 00:27:55.769 --> 00:27:59.009 Blanche would have cast Shadow Blade. That's 00:27:59.009 --> 00:28:02.490 so cool. Hell yeah. Blade of Shadow comes out, 00:28:02.529 --> 00:28:07.930 slicing into Tiger Flesh. Jules. Sorry, remind 00:28:07.930 --> 00:28:10.250 me, were any of us injured in that one, you said? 00:28:11.309 --> 00:28:14.730 Not at the start. Okay. You did cast Healing 00:28:14.730 --> 00:28:17.670 Magic, I believe, after the fight, but you wouldn't 00:28:17.670 --> 00:28:22.430 have needed to during. Okay. Then he was... Tasha's 00:28:22.430 --> 00:28:29.809 hideous laughter. Crazy on a tiger. Hell yeah. 00:28:29.890 --> 00:28:31.150 It actually probably doesn't work on animals, 00:28:31.289 --> 00:28:32.410 but we dealt with it before with a boar, so I 00:28:32.410 --> 00:28:34.089 don't care. Oh no, it doesn't work on animals. 00:28:34.450 --> 00:28:37.910 No. It's a missed tiger. So, no. Strike that. 00:28:37.930 --> 00:28:47.390 Head glasses on. Okay, sorry. No, yeah. So, yeah, 00:28:47.470 --> 00:28:48.690 if we were in this fight, we would have had this 00:28:48.690 --> 00:28:50.809 conversation. You would say, oh, it can't be 00:28:50.809 --> 00:28:52.829 used on tigers. Then I'd be like, oh, yeah, that's 00:28:52.829 --> 00:28:55.529 right. Okay. Then he would have done bless. Hell 00:28:55.529 --> 00:28:58.130 yeah. Oh, yeah. Boom. Everyone powered up. Blanche. 00:28:58.329 --> 00:28:59.730 Powered up Blanche. Wielding this blade of shadow. 00:28:59.930 --> 00:29:02.630 Cutting. Cutting. As you're fighting Blanche, 00:29:02.650 --> 00:29:04.250 suddenly you're fighting one hand because now, 00:29:04.369 --> 00:29:05.930 filled with understanding, you begin to write 00:29:05.930 --> 00:29:09.720 quick details into your book. As a voice, entirely 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.200 void of character and sound, a voice like a thought 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:14.279 ringing through your mind, begins to speak the 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:16.240 first line of the Gwishin's mantra you have come 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:19.599 to know. I was a hero, celebrated and loved. 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:24.000 You forgot me. And as you finish writing these 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.960 details, or try to write all these details down, 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:28.000 as you swing through the last of the tigers and 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:35.380 it drops dead, the mist vanishes. And you forget. 00:29:36.589 --> 00:29:39.849 The park of the elders. You see the statue base 00:29:39.849 --> 00:29:47.710 begins to break as four gargoyles come leaping 00:29:47.710 --> 00:29:50.069 out of it. One of them just turns and flies away 00:29:50.069 --> 00:29:52.710 immediately. The three others come and jump on 00:29:52.710 --> 00:29:56.529 you. In this fight, a third level spell slot 00:29:56.529 --> 00:29:59.450 was used by Blanche and one bardic by Jules. 00:30:01.029 --> 00:30:03.210 Jules, did you cast your bardic on? It would 00:30:03.210 --> 00:30:05.549 have been Blanche. Hell yeah, Blanche. golden 00:30:05.549 --> 00:30:07.910 around your body, what do you do? To make use 00:30:07.910 --> 00:30:10.329 of that and to take out multiple enemies, Blanche 00:30:10.329 --> 00:30:15.349 would cast haste. Ooh! Oh, yeah. Blanche, glowing 00:30:15.349 --> 00:30:17.650 gold and slicing, slicing. And I think this makes 00:30:17.650 --> 00:30:19.549 so much sense because as you're slicing this 00:30:19.549 --> 00:30:21.690 and you're like, pen, you're trying to get a 00:30:21.690 --> 00:30:23.750 late start on it, but your hand's moving so fast 00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:25.609 from the haste that you slide open your book, 00:30:25.670 --> 00:30:28.970 drop it on the edge of the statue base, and you're 00:30:28.970 --> 00:30:32.849 just writing down the second line of that mantra 00:30:32.849 --> 00:30:35.460 as it screams into your mind. I did it all for 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:38.079 fame. I sacrificed all to be remembered. You 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.599 forgot me. Blanche, you are locked in fighting 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:43.140 these guys and they kind of come to surround 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.279 you, all three of them. Akio's trying to help 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.539 them. Chester's sort of firing at the statue 00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:49.319 base, you know, trying to fire at the ones around 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.539 you. And that's when you hear the scream reverberate 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:57.509 through the park. Kunon Jun's scream. Jules and 00:30:57.509 --> 00:30:59.869 Akio. Jules, you had the rod of flying. You take 00:30:59.869 --> 00:31:01.589 to the air. You go surging after him. You know 00:31:01.589 --> 00:31:03.109 you're the healer. You're the one that can save 00:31:03.109 --> 00:31:05.809 him. Akio, trying to help, goes as well. He's 00:31:05.809 --> 00:31:07.789 rushing, rushing down the path. The two of you 00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:10.410 moving in tandem. You can save him. You can hear 00:31:10.410 --> 00:31:13.670 him screaming ahead. You can save him. And the 00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:20.369 mist vanishes. And you forget the seat of dragons. 00:31:21.509 --> 00:31:25.009 And here we see many gargoyles. I don't think 00:31:25.009 --> 00:31:28.089 you can count how many are flooding down the 00:31:28.089 --> 00:31:31.769 hall. You see Hyronix turns to face them. They're 00:31:31.769 --> 00:31:33.650 only coming from his direction, so he rushes 00:31:33.650 --> 00:31:38.009 to hold them back, to protect his charge, to 00:31:38.009 --> 00:31:42.349 protect you. And as he smashes through gargles, 00:31:42.349 --> 00:31:44.710 as they go and sort of crowd all over him, as 00:31:44.710 --> 00:31:47.430 he fights, you see Yungi stands behind Blanche, 00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:50.380 Jules, and Chester. As Ahmed stacks back from 00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:53.140 the combat, he's removing carefully towards your 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:56.619 group, away from the battle that is soon obscured 00:31:56.619 --> 00:32:00.079 by the mist. Akio, ever the good soldier, takes 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:02.180 up a defensive position at the hall's end, guarding 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:06.200 Yungi. And Blanche, you are writing that mantra 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.779 in your book as you hear that last bit. I was 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:12.119 a luminary, the best and brightest of them all. 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:17.809 You forgot me. Ahmed moves to you. I know. I 00:32:17.809 --> 00:32:20.869 know. This is your work. Maybe my evidence of 00:32:20.869 --> 00:32:23.089 your wrongdoing is flimsy now. Maybe I base my 00:32:23.089 --> 00:32:24.730 suspicions on a cultural misunderstanding, and 00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:28.089 for that, I apologize. But I will prove it. I 00:32:28.089 --> 00:32:30.230 will see you brought to justice as he's moving 00:32:30.230 --> 00:32:32.549 up towards you, Jules. If I have to subject you 00:32:32.549 --> 00:32:34.210 to truth serum, if I have to chase you to the 00:32:34.210 --> 00:32:35.569 Radiant City of Lantarica, every one of your 00:32:35.569 --> 00:32:38.230 little gang, Jules, mark my words, for they are 00:32:38.230 --> 00:32:42.130 Ah -Touch's own words, I will... The dagger runs 00:32:42.130 --> 00:32:45.420 across his throat so... Quickly, so suddenly, 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:47.579 the spray of blood is instant, though, gushing 00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:51.799 out over you, Jules, and over Chester, who very 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:54.119 smoothly sheathes the dagger, smiling quickly 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.180 towards the small, formerly now kneeling ambassador, 00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:01.900 just leaning in. Hey, Armin! Now who's the bitch? 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:06.599 And Armin falls dead. Your youngies scream, behind 00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:10.220 you, and, oh, calm it, old fella. You'll forget 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:15.220 in a sec. He looks to you, Jules. What is your 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:19.019 face saying right now? What do your eyes say? 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:24.339 There's initial disbelief, and then a furrowed 00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:28.359 brow, and his eyes narrow to an expression of, 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:32.240 we will talk about this later. What? What? We 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:34.259 won't get a chance like this, Jules. No witnesses, 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.799 at least nothing that can rub anything. We'll 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:39.140 talk about this later. I told you he was dangerous. 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:41.480 I protected you, Jules. I did what I had to do 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:44.029 as a sidekick. And even better, We won't talk 00:33:44.029 --> 00:33:45.849 about this. Because you won't remember a damn 00:33:45.849 --> 00:33:50.509 thing. Neither will I. No one will. And Blanche, 00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:53.170 the fog started to thin. The battle down the 00:33:53.170 --> 00:33:55.690 hall sounds like it's clearing out. You look 00:33:55.690 --> 00:33:57.329 down and see that almost magically you have written 00:33:57.329 --> 00:33:59.329 down Chester's name in your book. You have the 00:33:59.329 --> 00:34:01.410 name written. Maybe someone will remember. And 00:34:01.410 --> 00:34:03.210 then you see Chester's eyes suddenly snap to 00:34:03.210 --> 00:34:05.569 your quill. And rolling over a sleight of hand 00:34:05.569 --> 00:34:09.309 check I made quite a while ago. Chester's hand 00:34:09.309 --> 00:34:11.550 snaps out in a flash as he tears a page from 00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:14.059 your book. Oh no you don't! Both of you reach 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.039 over to the page stuffed in his pocket as he 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:18.360 fixes you both with a wink and a gap -toothed 00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:22.480 smile. And the mist vanishes. And you forget. 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.800 And you are standing in the Park of the Elders. 00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:29.760 The mist is gone now. And you remember everything. 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:33.420 And as I said, Chester stands about 30 feet back 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:38.679 from you. Blanche Red is in action. Hey, hey, 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:41.139 hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. His hands go up a 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.920 little bit, and he kind of, like, sort of nervous 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.440 smile. Look, look, look, all right, I get it. 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.119 I messed up, all right? I didn't realize how 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:48.159 crazy that Hyronix guy was. I thought I'd just 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.639 assume one of those creatures got past him and 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.559 we'd be off scot -free, okay? Next time I'll 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:53.320 do it safer, better, all right? I'll get him 00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.019 in the sleep or something, okay? It's, it's... 00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:58.119 I was reckless, I get it. But it worked out, 00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:00.440 right? You're safe and sound right here, right? 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.239 Noel Ahmed, totally out of the picture. No more 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.619 having to hear what Atash once said. Hey, hey, 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:10.269 Jules? Right? Jules? Jules is staring at him 00:35:10.269 --> 00:35:14.769 in a long, uncomfortable pause. And then very 00:35:14.769 --> 00:35:18.570 slowly just shakes his head and turns around 00:35:18.570 --> 00:35:22.449 and just starts looking at the ground and walking, 00:35:22.550 --> 00:35:26.610 kicking rocks. What? What, we talk about it later? 00:35:26.730 --> 00:35:28.210 Is that what it is? Or are we going to break 00:35:28.210 --> 00:35:31.329 up again? No more Jules and Chester? You know 00:35:31.329 --> 00:35:33.690 what? You know what? No! Jules turns around. 00:35:34.409 --> 00:35:39.630 Who are you? I'm your sidekick. I protected you. 00:35:39.650 --> 00:35:43.429 You should thank me. He was going to keep coming 00:35:43.429 --> 00:35:45.570 after us. He was going to keep doing after the 00:35:45.570 --> 00:35:48.070 cherry delights. Jeans, our family, don't you 00:35:48.070 --> 00:35:50.170 care at all? All our enemies are going to play 00:35:50.170 --> 00:35:52.309 dirty, Jules. We can't just sit around and let 00:35:52.309 --> 00:35:54.230 them get away with it. You want to live, get 00:35:54.230 --> 00:35:56.570 even. You want to be the light? Well, you've 00:35:56.570 --> 00:35:59.309 got to cast a shadow. Sometimes people have got 00:35:59.309 --> 00:36:00.989 to die. It's just that simple. You can get even 00:36:00.989 --> 00:36:05.460 without dropping to their level. Look, Jules, 00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:08.239 I get it now. I get it, all right? And it'll 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:10.099 be better for us all when you finally get it 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.539 too. You just gotta, just, just, just... When 00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:15.219 we get home. Open your eyes! When we get home. 00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:25.860 Oh. Fuck. I don't know how to describe it other 00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:27.719 than Jules is giving Chester a look he's never 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.960 given him before. Jules, when you hear that... 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:34.570 You hear something else, too, like a frosted 00:36:34.570 --> 00:36:37.710 whisper down the back of your spine. Sholay's 00:36:37.710 --> 00:36:41.369 words. In a way, you are very like the auroral 00:36:41.369 --> 00:36:44.269 diamond itself, connecting worlds and planes, 00:36:44.530 --> 00:36:51.610 people and minds. Chester looks wild, frantic, 00:36:51.610 --> 00:36:55.570 his eyes sort of bugging out, trembling. Jules' 00:36:55.690 --> 00:37:00.449 face relaxes, his body relaxes. We'll talk about 00:37:00.449 --> 00:37:03.659 this later. And Cesar kind of twitches a little 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:09.320 bit, like he's hearing something. No. No, no, 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.619 no, no, no, no. You know what? You know what? 00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:13.099 There's no need. Because if you don't want me 00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:15.239 around, then fine. I can protect you better on 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:22.159 my own, Jules. Jules casts Detect Thoughts. That's 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:27.559 so cool. That's so fucking cool. As you cast 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:30.730 this. It is like an avalanche of thought and 00:37:30.730 --> 00:37:35.150 emotion is breaking your mind. You can feel Chester's 00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:38.110 sorrow, his anger, his disappointment. You can 00:37:38.110 --> 00:37:42.289 feel that rage so familiar to you. Burning, burning 00:37:42.289 --> 00:37:45.289 in him. He's thinking about how he disappointed 00:37:45.289 --> 00:37:46.869 you. He's not going to do it again. He's going 00:37:46.869 --> 00:37:49.570 to do better next time. Even if he has to go 00:37:49.570 --> 00:37:51.809 off on his own, it's fine. It's fine. He can 00:37:51.809 --> 00:37:53.849 do it. He's strong enough. He's just a trick 00:37:53.849 --> 00:37:57.510 shot. He's a psychic. No, he's a luminary. And 00:37:57.510 --> 00:37:59.610 as he's thinking these thoughts, just behind 00:37:59.610 --> 00:38:02.809 him, there is another voice, an undercurrent. 00:38:03.630 --> 00:38:06.670 It's almost an impression of a thought, not actual 00:38:06.670 --> 00:38:09.090 words, but somehow in your mind, almost like 00:38:09.090 --> 00:38:11.969 it's being translated by a connection you feel 00:38:11.969 --> 00:38:15.210 between Chester and between something else that 00:38:15.210 --> 00:38:19.289 is reaching in and touching both of you. I have 00:38:19.289 --> 00:38:26.739 granted you power. Fly free, little bird. Fly 00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:32.559 free. And Chester sort of stops. His mind sort 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:36.719 of goes blank. He looks to you, Jules. Yeah. 00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:39.579 Yeah, I can protect our family better on my own. 00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:42.519 I've got nothing to hold me back, Jules. Chester 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.980 Trickshot is free. And soon, you're gonna be 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:49.480 too. And you see a mist begins to coalesce around 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.440 his body. I wasn't finished. What are you doing? 00:38:51.789 --> 00:38:53.570 It's happening. There's a black mist going on 00:38:53.570 --> 00:38:54.710 his body. What are you doing? Will Dispel Magic 00:38:54.710 --> 00:38:58.010 do anything? Well, Blanche also has a rated action. 00:38:58.230 --> 00:39:01.750 Oh, shit. Okay. All right. Blanche, you're casting 00:39:01.750 --> 00:39:03.250 Dispel Magic. You're trying to run him. Dispel 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:04.090 Magic is the next one. Can you do anything here, 00:39:04.130 --> 00:39:06.550 Blanche, to stop? Like, to make this faster? 00:39:06.630 --> 00:39:07.929 What do you got going on? What's your rated action? 00:39:07.989 --> 00:39:09.690 What's your plan here? I want to see what Blanche 00:39:09.690 --> 00:39:12.110 is doing. I need a wisdom saving throw from Chester. 00:39:14.610 --> 00:39:18.090 19 on the die. Yeah, he passes. Okay. What are 00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:21.420 you casting? Hold person. Oh, my God. You try 00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:25.039 to cast this, and you feel completely rebuffed 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:27.800 by something. Let me look at Dispel Magic real 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:31.099 fast. Jesta, wait. No. If it's third level or 00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:34.039 lower, which I probably doubt anything is, it 00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.480 ends. If it's fourth level or higher, it's a 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:40.239 roll with a DC. The question is... It will be 00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:44.340 Misty Step, right? It is not. Misty Step. What? 00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:46.940 He already used Misty Step. He can't use it again. 00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:50.570 Yeah. You can't use it again. Something else. 00:39:50.590 --> 00:39:54.349 The question is... I don't know what's going 00:39:54.349 --> 00:39:57.750 on in your head, so you tell me. The question 00:39:57.750 --> 00:40:01.349 is, will it work on instantaneous spell? Here's 00:40:01.349 --> 00:40:04.889 what I want to do to resolve that. On roll initiative. 00:40:05.449 --> 00:40:09.889 Chest entrance. If you go off before him, you 00:40:09.889 --> 00:40:12.610 can stop the spell. If not, the spell will go 00:40:12.610 --> 00:40:14.630 off. That's the way I do this. That's actually 00:40:14.630 --> 00:40:16.510 more than fair, because if you think about it... 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:18.460 Jules is reacting to what he's seeing. Yeah, 00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.039 this is cool as hell. It's more than fair. We're 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.139 out of the fight. I want to see where this is 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:23.019 going. Where's his initiative? Yeah, it's just... 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:26.159 It's a dex. It's his dex. So it's a plus. Did 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:28.679 you just point to my sheet and say initiative 00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:32.579 like I didn't know how to... I couldn't see you 00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:38.480 scrolling. It's right here. Shit, he's got a 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:41.840 plus three. Okay, Jules. Jesus Christ. Let's 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.820 see what happens. No, Jules is plus one. Let's 00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:49.059 see what happens. I am out of buttons. I rolled 00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:52.280 really, really good. What'd you roll? 20. Fuck, 00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:55.360 yeah. God damn it. You go to cast it. You bolt 00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.880 it at the same time. Sometimes you go to cast 00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:58.960 magic blanch. You try to cast the spell hold 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.440 person. You feel something like this mist rebuffs 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:04.679 you. There is almost like this feeling, this 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:09.019 strange demonic aura that like washes over you. 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:13.070 Your body goes. cold. Jean and Nakio just frozen 00:41:13.070 --> 00:41:14.949 in place, watching this, not sure what to do. 00:41:15.210 --> 00:41:17.670 Jules, you try to make a move, dispel magic. 00:41:17.809 --> 00:41:20.590 It breaks through. And for a second, you think 00:41:20.590 --> 00:41:21.829 you've got him. You break through that black 00:41:21.829 --> 00:41:24.949 smoke. You break through it. And Chester's gone. 00:41:25.809 --> 00:41:30.250 He's just gone. Blanche casts the invisibility. 00:41:30.849 --> 00:41:33.030 You cast the invisibility. You do not see anything. 00:41:34.590 --> 00:41:36.230 I'm trying to look through, see what else I really 00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:39.250 have. Yeah, same. Not a lot of utility prepped 00:41:39.250 --> 00:41:43.059 for a fight. Can I roll Arcana to try to identify 00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.699 what the spell was? Hell yeah, you can. Yeah, 00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:46.739 take advantage on it for a reason. For a reason. 00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:48.900 Can I do the same? Yeah, not advantage for you 00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:59.800 for a reason. Fine. 11. 11. 24. 24. Blanche, 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:03.340 you have the spell Dimension Door. Oh, okay. 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:06.949 You feel... You know Chester does not have that 00:42:06.949 --> 00:42:08.510 spell. You see he should not have that spell. 00:42:08.670 --> 00:42:10.750 And yet as you see this go off, there's like 00:42:10.750 --> 00:42:14.730 some ringing sound, I believe. It's very subtle, 00:42:14.769 --> 00:42:17.409 but you recall it because you've been in the 00:42:17.409 --> 00:42:20.630 door multiple times. As this goes off, you know 00:42:20.630 --> 00:42:21.949 Chester could be anywhere within, what's it, 00:42:22.050 --> 00:42:25.809 like 500 feet? I don't remember. It's a far distance. 00:42:25.989 --> 00:42:28.210 Anywhere you can recall within 500 feet. That 00:42:28.210 --> 00:42:30.289 means he could be out there in the city. And 00:42:30.289 --> 00:42:33.070 Chester Meeps in the city is a needle in a haystack. 00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:36.530 That is his territory. That is his lair. You 00:42:36.530 --> 00:42:39.030 know, I was very close to leaving him at the 00:42:39.030 --> 00:42:41.510 coyote the last time, and I was going to leave 00:42:41.510 --> 00:42:44.050 him at the coyote again after this one. It was 00:42:44.050 --> 00:42:47.309 set. He was going to stay. I was going to make 00:42:47.309 --> 00:42:49.150 him stay. Was he, though? Yeah, it's within. 00:42:49.230 --> 00:42:52.329 He wouldn't have stayed. You had this planned. 00:42:52.489 --> 00:42:56.849 You knew. You fucking knew. Dimension door. Jules, 00:42:56.949 --> 00:42:59.670 I didn't know that Chester could use that spell. 00:43:00.789 --> 00:43:06.900 He can't. Then how is this possible? Did he have 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:12.019 any sort of unusual, unrecognizable, unfamiliar 00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:16.139 items on him? How does Dimension Door work? Okay, 00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.619 you can tell yourself from a current location 00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:19.679 to any spot within range. You're exactly at the 00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.519 spot desired. It can be a place you can see, 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:22.960 where you can visualize, or you can describe 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:25.679 by staying distance and direction. You've been 00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:28.059 moving around the city a lot. Anywhere he's visualized, 00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:30.219 anywhere he's been, he could go back to. It's 00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:33.679 almost within 500 feet of where he was now. You 00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:35.019 could bring along things, but you don't necessarily 00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:38.699 have to. It's just a way better system. And it 00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:41.019 doesn't say yourself or a target. I was thinking 00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:43.119 it was somebody else doing it. Yeah, it says 00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:46.219 casting time, range, components, duration. You 00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:48.440 teleport yourself. Yeah, you teleport yourself. 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:51.579 So he had to cast it himself. Jules, you've gained 00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:54.400 power for this bond with Zomate Shab. This bond 00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.920 has been shared with Chester as you're starting 00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:59.599 to think. It's not crazy to think that he's gained 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.360 power from it too. Just as you've claimed your 00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.699 power for yourself, you realize the Dark Demon's 00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:10.000 true intentions. What class is Chester? Was Neo 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:14.119 Ranger? Yes. This is more in line with almost 00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:16.460 an evolution, I'll just open the table and say, 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:19.159 of the trait I gave him when you connected with 00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:22.099 him and gave him Misty Step. And very interestingly... 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:26.739 You gave him Hex, a very necrotic -based spell. 00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:30.079 Back then I was thinking that there could be 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:32.139 an interesting direction to take with that, being 00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:34.320 that he connected with that face side of you, 00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:36.219 but he also connected with that darker, demonic 00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:40.239 side of Jules. And we've seen that develop. Jules 00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:45.260 just looks over to Blanche. It's spreading. He's 00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:47.199 dangerous, Jules. I don't know how we're going 00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:51.139 to collar him. The things he's seen, the things 00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:55.440 he's done. He's not a child anymore, and he'll 00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:59.460 need a lot of help. We'll figure it out. I hope 00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:11.380 you're right. Damn. You asshole. So. Now what? 00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:15.920 Yeah, right. We'll call it there. Well, I guess 00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:21.340 we should go back to the castle. Is that what 00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:24.590 you're doing? So, I'm assuming that Blanche would 00:45:24.590 --> 00:45:27.889 have just told Jules what's happening. Because 00:45:27.889 --> 00:45:30.949 if he's within 200 feet, or we know he is... 00:45:30.949 --> 00:45:34.369 500 feet. 500 feet. Even still. Too much indoor, 00:45:34.690 --> 00:45:36.690 yes. Yeah, she said it was too much indoor. Jules 00:45:36.690 --> 00:45:42.190 will call out, just... Don't forget jeans! Her 00:45:42.190 --> 00:45:45.469 voice echoing through the empty park. And you 00:45:45.469 --> 00:45:50.489 hope those words met his ears. Blanche whispers 00:45:50.489 --> 00:45:54.550 to... Jules, hoping that if Chester's out there, 00:45:54.570 --> 00:45:55.750 he's far enough that he won't be able to hear. 00:45:56.909 --> 00:46:00.090 He'll probably go back to the coyote at some 00:46:00.090 --> 00:46:02.969 point, at least to keep watch. He said he wants 00:46:02.969 --> 00:46:06.289 to protect the family. I don't know, maybe we 00:46:06.289 --> 00:46:07.849 can use that to our advantage at some point, 00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:10.590 but for now, I think you're right. I think we 00:46:10.590 --> 00:46:15.570 need to let him be, let him make a move. I do 00:46:15.570 --> 00:46:17.849 believe he's dangerous, Jules, but I don't think 00:46:17.849 --> 00:46:21.019 he has... you or the Cherry Delights any ill 00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:25.340 will. He thinks he's doing what's right. I'm 00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:28.079 not worried about him hurting us. I'm worried 00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:32.579 about him hurting others and himself. I am too. 00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:35.079 I hope we can get to him before that happens. 00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:41.219 Before we leave, I would like to address what 00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:47.039 I said to Arathelon. I didn't mean it, Jules, 00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:49.360 and I know... That it was hurtful for you to 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.719 hear. We do what we got to do. Well, I think 00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.699 we can have it both ways this time. I want to 00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:59.219 show you an idea that I had. What? Who are you 00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:00.960 building? What are you doing? He's trying to 00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:03.219 get me something. She pulls up a small sketch 00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:06.260 that she was doing. Oh, my God. Come on. Give 00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:08.360 me this. No, absolutely. This is awesome. I love 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:12.059 this. Keep going. And in the sketch, you see 00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:16.099 a Rathalons plinth, and there's a new statue 00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:21.269 on top of it. And on top of it is all these figures 00:47:21.269 --> 00:47:24.650 that are meant to represent the lives that were 00:47:24.650 --> 00:47:30.349 lost on the day of the battle. And Arathelon 00:47:30.349 --> 00:47:34.389 is included. He's very small. He's very short. 00:47:34.670 --> 00:47:38.469 And he's hidden in the absolute center of the 00:47:38.469 --> 00:47:41.590 statue. And all these other figures are standing 00:47:41.590 --> 00:47:45.710 tall, facing outward, looking brave. Hell yeah. 00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:51.619 I love that. I love that. Blanche went to the 00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:54.960 Salome school of, like, lying with intentions. 00:47:56.639 --> 00:48:01.519 I kept my word. His statue will stand here, but 00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:05.320 it'll be overshadowed by those who really mattered 00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:08.699 on that day. Damn. Of course, you have to convince 00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:10.480 the queen not to rebuild the statue of herself. 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:16.679 I think we have some goodwill with, you know, 00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:18.760 some people in the castle. We should hope so. 00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:22.380 You guys want to go to the castle? I think we 00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:27.719 probably should. Yeah. Yeah. Xena and Ahalan, 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:32.300 they must be awake now, right? Let's find out. 00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:35.519 I imagine the walk is a rather somber one, though 00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:37.980 the town around you seems to be in celebration. 00:48:39.050 --> 00:48:41.329 A reserve celebration. This is Ionito, of course. 00:48:41.349 --> 00:48:43.170 We're not partying in the street, but there are 00:48:43.170 --> 00:48:45.190 smiles on the faces that walk by. There is a 00:48:45.190 --> 00:48:48.550 calm that seems to settle over everybody, as 00:48:48.550 --> 00:48:51.650 if everyone here can sense that something has 00:48:51.650 --> 00:48:54.929 changed, that a darkness has been dispelled. 00:48:55.869 --> 00:48:58.550 So as you pass by them, maybe your mood lightens 00:48:58.550 --> 00:49:02.929 just a little bit, seeing all the people that 00:49:02.929 --> 00:49:06.469 you saved. And you come upon the palace before 00:49:06.469 --> 00:49:11.750 long. There are guards at the gate that see you 00:49:11.750 --> 00:49:15.809 approach, kind of share a glance, and as you 00:49:15.809 --> 00:49:19.909 come, they point their way in. The queen is expecting 00:49:19.909 --> 00:49:23.230 you. All right, so I guess we head to the throne 00:49:23.230 --> 00:49:27.210 room. Or follow an escort, whichever, yeah. As 00:49:27.210 --> 00:49:29.829 you move in, guards at the gate sort of collapse 00:49:29.829 --> 00:49:33.980 in behind you, move in depth of courtyard. up 00:49:33.980 --> 00:49:36.320 the great steps into the sort of red palace through 00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:39.539 the great doors. The guards there fall in line 00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:42.900 behind you. The guards in the hall fall in line 00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:45.599 behind you as you move down the hall towards 00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:51.059 the throne room. Eight figures, armored halberds, 00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:55.239 ready at the ready, all behind you. And leading 00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:58.239 this huge procession of all these, you know, 00:49:58.260 --> 00:50:02.440 shiny, fancy -looking guards is... You know, 00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:06.559 Jules and Blanche and Akio all, like, clothes 00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:10.699 burnt and tattered and Jaune's limping. And, 00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:14.960 like, again, just, like, super, like, Jaune, 00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:17.019 I think, doesn't know what the hell to think 00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:18.539 of what just happened back there with Chesta. 00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:20.639 And he doesn't want to, I guess, broach it because 00:50:20.639 --> 00:50:23.340 he feels like this is a just generally very dark 00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:25.400 time. So I think no one said a word since you 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:30.949 left the park. You move up. The doors in the 00:50:30.949 --> 00:50:34.170 throne room are thrust open before you, and you 00:50:34.170 --> 00:50:39.690 see a sight. You see Arhalon is kneeling in the 00:50:39.690 --> 00:50:44.510 middle of the floor. He looks quite beaten, but 00:50:44.510 --> 00:50:49.869 he is awake. His hands are shackled, and there 00:50:49.869 --> 00:50:52.250 are halberds, two of them, resting at either 00:50:52.250 --> 00:50:54.909 side of his neck. A number of other guards fall 00:50:54.909 --> 00:50:56.889 in around you, and you see Queen Jean -Mi sits 00:50:56.889 --> 00:51:00.730 upon her throne, and she looks. Furious. Maybe 00:51:00.730 --> 00:51:05.110 not what you expected. She looks furious. In 00:51:05.110 --> 00:51:08.510 this sort of corner, looking down, looking so 00:51:08.510 --> 00:51:13.650 small, so somber. You see Yungi, and you immediately 00:51:13.650 --> 00:51:16.030 realize, Blanche, that he has no power in whatever 00:51:16.030 --> 00:51:23.750 this is. Ah, you're back. Good. Please, come 00:51:23.750 --> 00:51:29.030 inside. We have to talk. Friends of Sholay. The 00:51:29.030 --> 00:51:33.030 Queen addresses you. What is this about, Your 00:51:33.030 --> 00:51:35.889 Highness? This is not exactly what I was expecting. 00:51:36.750 --> 00:51:43.449 It's not? I remember everything. We all remember 00:51:43.449 --> 00:51:47.070 everything. Sholay's actions killed hundreds 00:51:47.070 --> 00:51:49.750 of my people. Her flames burned down a district 00:51:49.750 --> 00:51:52.329 of my city. She may have escaped my personal 00:51:52.329 --> 00:51:55.329 justice, but you certainly won't. Do you have 00:51:55.329 --> 00:51:57.900 any idea? Any idea what you've done? Now that 00:51:57.900 --> 00:52:01.159 they all remember, they know it was a lie. And 00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:03.320 you see the guards sort of shuffling, looking 00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:04.820 around each other like there's an uneasiness 00:52:04.820 --> 00:52:09.780 around them, too. I need to make an example to 00:52:09.780 --> 00:52:12.280 show them all the strength of the Dragon Clan. 00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:19.679 You are here to assist Xole. You are here under 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:22.760 her wing. You are a part of it. I know you are. 00:52:23.380 --> 00:52:27.719 Omid Pastar knew. He knew. And what of him? How 00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:29.860 can we trust your word that his death was not 00:52:29.860 --> 00:52:33.659 your doing? I think you hear Yonki just... No, 00:52:33.659 --> 00:52:37.860 I was there. I did not see anything, but he was... 00:52:37.860 --> 00:52:42.820 I believe it was Hyronix. He struck him. He attacked 00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:46.599 him out of nowhere, driven mad by the mist. You 00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:49.519 can tell very clearly he's not a very good liar. 00:52:49.739 --> 00:52:53.940 He said, I believe it was. I believe he was there. 00:52:53.980 --> 00:52:56.400 Someone who was haunted by a lie. He told for 00:52:56.400 --> 00:52:58.360 nine years. I thought he told, so he's like trying 00:52:58.360 --> 00:53:00.340 to do it again and he's not very good at it, 00:53:00.380 --> 00:53:02.860 but he's trying. He's really damn trying over 00:53:02.860 --> 00:53:07.059 there. I don't see Shola here. She will face 00:53:07.059 --> 00:53:11.480 her own justice in your memories that were returned 00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:16.780 to you. Were any of them involving us? Were we 00:53:16.780 --> 00:53:22.119 involved in this in any way? We are victims of 00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:27.059 Sholay's lies as much as you are. And yet you 00:53:27.059 --> 00:53:30.679 came at her beck and call to my world. You're 00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:34.159 right, Sholay did escape me. Perhaps holding 00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:36.239 you here will bring her back. Perhaps I can make 00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:39.559 a deal. Perhaps I can learn more about what happened. 00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:44.630 Sholay is not free to move at her will. She'll 00:53:44.630 --> 00:53:48.650 go to the Sky Prison. She has been taken. Hmm. 00:53:49.550 --> 00:53:52.150 She sort of stops and seems to consider that. 00:53:52.570 --> 00:53:56.750 That's what happens when we kill people we aren't 00:53:56.750 --> 00:54:01.389 supposed to. Oh, oh. I'm not going to kill you. 00:54:01.889 --> 00:54:06.449 Gosh, no. I am not a savage. Still, some time 00:54:06.449 --> 00:54:09.510 spent in the dark of my cells might loosen your 00:54:09.510 --> 00:54:11.449 tongues on just how much Shully has confided 00:54:11.449 --> 00:54:15.019 in the lot of you. I... i think that and you 00:54:15.019 --> 00:54:17.139 hear a sudden kind of commotion behind the guards 00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:18.599 that are behind you at the doorway just like 00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:21.860 and their voice sort of rings out and just says 00:54:21.860 --> 00:54:28.139 oh hi everyone look look look all you see above 00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:30.380 the guards is this like big vase or gets lifted 00:54:30.380 --> 00:54:33.159 in the air this like full human -sized vase being 00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:37.619 like carried uh sort of way above head of uh 00:54:37.619 --> 00:54:39.460 a figure you're now sort of making out as she 00:54:39.460 --> 00:54:41.300 moves sort of into the doorway through the guards 00:54:41.300 --> 00:54:45.949 you see zina look what i found isn't it so nice 00:54:45.949 --> 00:54:50.590 can i have it genie genie uh fully not reading 00:54:50.590 --> 00:54:53.670 the mood it seems everyone's like arlan's kind 00:54:53.670 --> 00:54:55.550 of in the bottom he kind of looks up been completely 00:54:55.550 --> 00:54:57.230 silent till now but he kind of looks up and sees 00:54:57.230 --> 00:54:59.650 his mother his eyes kind of go wide you see what 00:54:59.650 --> 00:55:04.690 actually is there is just relief he maybe didn't 00:55:04.690 --> 00:55:07.579 know she was awake yet Uh, the guards kind of 00:55:07.579 --> 00:55:10.159 are whispering as, as, uh, Xena begins to move 00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:12.139 past you. Oh, hi, hello, whoops, excuse me, whoops, 00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:14.579 sorry, whoops, sorry, whoops. Uh, and he's, like, 00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:16.840 moving up towards the throne. The halberds sort 00:55:16.840 --> 00:55:18.820 of drop, and the queen raises a hand and kind 00:55:18.820 --> 00:55:21.719 of, like, shakes her head, like, it's fine. As 00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:23.820 Xena sort of moves up towards her, uh, still 00:55:23.820 --> 00:55:26.280 carrying this vase. Oh, Jenny, Jenny, what, what, 00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:31.980 um, what are you doing? My dear Xena, I'm afraid 00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:34.960 Xoli has done some very bad things. As such, 00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:36.900 I'm going to have to keep you all here for a 00:55:36.900 --> 00:55:39.400 while. I don't know how deeply you are connected 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:41.280 to her, but I intend to... And she kind of stops 00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:46.340 and sighs in a very condescending way. I'm going 00:55:46.340 --> 00:55:48.300 to ask that you all stay as my guests for a long, 00:55:48.360 --> 00:55:53.400 long time, okay? Oh. And then she kind of moves 00:55:53.400 --> 00:55:57.179 up beside the queen. But I think Arne's friends 00:55:57.179 --> 00:56:01.440 want to leave. Can't they leave, please? No. 00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:06.150 No, that is... Out of the question, Xena. I see. 00:56:06.849 --> 00:56:09.210 And Xena just looks up very sadly at the vase 00:56:09.210 --> 00:56:13.809 in her hands. Oh, God. And you watch as she smashes 00:56:13.809 --> 00:56:16.909 it down on the ground, grabs a shard of glass, 00:56:17.030 --> 00:56:20.090 and in a flash is on the queen's throat. The 00:56:20.090 --> 00:56:22.510 glass pressed against her. Her eyes, usually 00:56:22.510 --> 00:56:25.349 so clouded and full of whimsy, are shockingly 00:56:25.349 --> 00:56:30.809 clear and cold. Wow. Xena, you are my friend. 00:56:31.360 --> 00:56:33.519 And your palace has such nice floors, so I would 00:56:33.519 --> 00:56:35.300 hate to have to spill your blood all over it. 00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:39.420 Order your men to stand down, right now. I heard 00:56:39.420 --> 00:56:41.019 some of your staff saying that Amethyst is coming 00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:43.539 soon to take a very panicked crowd off of the 00:56:43.539 --> 00:56:46.460 world. I think we will all be leaving on it, 00:56:46.480 --> 00:56:52.099 okay? Genie? Presses a little deeper. You wouldn't 00:56:52.099 --> 00:56:56.280 dare. I am a queen! Even if I let you go, I could 00:56:56.280 --> 00:56:58.039 have you all arrested by the Shieldbears. Once 00:56:58.039 --> 00:57:01.480 you reach the Citadel, I could... Oh, shh. You 00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:04.219 could call them on me, sure. But my dear Jane, 00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:08.079 haven't you heard? Xena's crazy. I'm just crazy 00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:10.860 Xena doing crazy things. Nobody can blame my 00:57:10.860 --> 00:57:13.980 friends and family for that. At least not the 00:57:13.980 --> 00:57:17.559 ones present here. She kind of pouts. I really 00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:19.980 did like that vase, though. You should send me 00:57:19.980 --> 00:57:22.460 another. Oh, and some of those rice cakes? In 00:57:22.460 --> 00:57:26.179 return, I will send you a goat. Blanche walks 00:57:26.179 --> 00:57:29.690 up to the nearest guard. They're like... Spears 00:57:29.690 --> 00:57:30.769 are shaking in their hands and they don't know 00:57:30.769 --> 00:57:34.230 what to do. And she holds an empty hand out to 00:57:34.230 --> 00:57:38.230 take the nearest guard's halberd with her other 00:57:38.230 --> 00:57:42.409 hand just resting on her pommel. I think as she 00:57:42.409 --> 00:57:46.449 does this, jewels will go up to Arhalon. The 00:57:46.449 --> 00:57:48.510 guards don't stop. They're just frozen in place. 00:57:48.590 --> 00:57:51.489 Can he just break his shackles? Yeah. I'll say 00:57:51.489 --> 00:57:54.130 it's like ropes are bound. He cuts them off. 00:57:55.730 --> 00:57:58.010 Arhalon kind of just like, he's... Doesn't even 00:57:58.010 --> 00:58:01.530 notice he's staring at his mother. His mouth 00:58:01.530 --> 00:58:07.909 wide open. Eyes in pure shock. Good, good. Now 00:58:07.909 --> 00:58:09.550 we're all just going to get up and we're going 00:58:09.550 --> 00:58:11.789 to leave. And we're never going to come back. 00:58:11.889 --> 00:58:15.909 Okay? So you don't need to worry about us. Okay? 00:58:16.889 --> 00:58:22.909 Glass presses a little deeper. Okay. Fine. Go. 00:58:24.090 --> 00:58:27.349 And Xena. I think waits. I think she looks to 00:58:27.349 --> 00:58:30.010 you all and kind of nods, letting you sort of 00:58:30.010 --> 00:58:32.889 make your move out of the palace. Are you leaving? 00:58:33.750 --> 00:58:38.570 Yeah, after disarming the guards. Albert's dropped. 00:58:38.769 --> 00:58:42.369 The guards kind of say, I think like Xena then 00:58:42.369 --> 00:58:44.550 kind of turns the queen and begins to kind of 00:58:44.550 --> 00:58:47.889 walk backwards with you. out the door in a very 00:58:47.889 --> 00:58:50.530 like almost weirdly practiced step as you all 00:58:50.530 --> 00:58:53.050 step out the doors you see she lowers pulls the 00:58:53.050 --> 00:58:54.570 glass away pushes the queen forward and with 00:58:54.570 --> 00:58:57.329 her foot just fully boots her really hard rolling 00:58:57.329 --> 00:58:59.889 into the room young gi is the last thing you 00:58:59.889 --> 00:59:03.730 see just like looking on smiling this big wild 00:59:03.730 --> 00:59:08.050 smile as uh the door sort of closes to the throne 00:59:08.050 --> 00:59:17.889 room and you all begin to run run You take to 00:59:17.889 --> 00:59:20.570 the streets. You run through the city. Run towards 00:59:20.570 --> 00:59:22.849 the Amethyst. You can see ahead beginning to 00:59:22.849 --> 00:59:27.030 dock. Run to leave this world. I will say this. 00:59:27.969 --> 00:59:29.969 You reach the Amethyst just in time. It's about 00:59:29.969 --> 00:59:35.210 to embark. No orders come from the castle to 00:59:35.210 --> 00:59:37.989 stop you or the palace to stop you. You are allowed 00:59:37.989 --> 00:59:43.239 to go. At least at this point you are. But as 00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:45.599 you reach that crowd and there are a number of 00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:47.940 panics or merchants and wagons people trying 00:59:47.940 --> 00:59:50.380 to get off world Maybe like not sure what's been 00:59:50.380 --> 00:59:52.079 happening. And finally you're when there's a 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:54.019 name It's not just an emergency and this is leaving 00:59:54.019 --> 00:59:56.400 in a second. They all want to just crowd on and 00:59:56.400 --> 00:59:59.460 get off and Jules you this crowd you realize 00:59:59.460 --> 01:00:01.940 that Chester could be anywhere in the city, but 01:00:01.940 --> 01:00:04.519 he could be anywhere here, too And you wouldn't 01:00:04.519 --> 01:00:08.960 know me. This is his this is element and so I 01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:13.860 imagine you all Bored the amethyst? Yeah, as 01:00:13.860 --> 01:00:16.559 Blanche is boarding, she turns around to the 01:00:16.559 --> 01:00:21.300 crowd and loudly she speaks. The Gwishin threat 01:00:21.300 --> 01:00:25.739 has been eliminated. Your city is safe once again. 01:00:26.739 --> 01:00:30.099 And despite this somber air, despite this darkness 01:00:30.099 --> 01:00:31.980 that surrounds everything that's happening, despite 01:00:31.980 --> 01:00:34.880 this unsure fate that awaits you, that awaits 01:00:34.880 --> 01:00:37.239 the world in the wake of everything that has 01:00:37.239 --> 01:00:40.239 happened on this day, you take in the sounds. 01:00:40.969 --> 01:00:44.650 of roaring applause as you turn and board the 01:00:44.650 --> 01:00:48.570 Amethyst. Applause that still rings out as the 01:00:48.570 --> 01:00:53.409 doors close, as Amethyst begins to rise up into 01:00:53.409 --> 01:00:56.829 the sky above Hollow Ray, above the field outside 01:00:56.829 --> 01:01:08.550 Yanido, as it phases and leaves this world. And 01:01:08.550 --> 01:01:09.369 we'll call it there!