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Hey, haters. Next time you want to hate on our

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show, I want you to remember that we know a real

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-life Knight. Yes, sir. Don't mess with the fantasy

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pass crew. Yeah, we love it. We got backup. We

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got backup. Here he is. If you want to get boo

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-hearted all over, leave us a bad review. We're

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going to wrap up for you, boss. Hell yeah. Hell

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yeah. Yeah, that's what happens when you leave

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a bad review. Yeah. Go, Oden Knight. Oden Knight,

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how you doing? How are you guys doing today?

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Oh, just wonderful. Peachy keen. Peachy, ducky.

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Thank you for coming back. Thank you for spreading

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more boo -har all up in here. Boo -her, don't

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get hurt. Boo -her, sorry, yeah, yeah. I said

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it right, yes. Oh, you got it right. Points,

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David. Button for David. Hell yeah, we were talking

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about bringing things to the next level last

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week. What is that alluding to? What's going

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on? So we have a bunch of different collaborations

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happening all at once right now. So in November,

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we are partnered up with the Maker Effect Foundation.

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It's a nonprofit that promotes STEM and artistry.

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And we'll be over at the Central Florida Fairgrounds

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in Orlando, Florida on November 8th and 9th.

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And we will be doing all of the medieval combat

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fighting that we can do, and the audience will

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love it. Come out there, whack a knight, see

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what we're doing, learn the history of it. I'm

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going to be doing a little bit on the metallurgy

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and the chemistry of making the armor and the

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weapons, what type of steel grains there are

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for all you nerds that are out there. And we're

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also going to have a couple swordsmiths out there,

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as well as some sword masters from the historical

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European martial arts groups. Both Crossroads

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Swords and Living Mire will be there as well.

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And we're all going to argue why the longsword

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is a dex weapon, not a strength weapon. Whoa.

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Yes, sir. I'm interested. The Discord just caught

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on fire. Everybody in the comment section, chill

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out. It's the truth. I'm going to take your word

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for it, to be honest. I've never held a long

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sword. After that, we'll actually have, with

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a four -armor combat, we'll be sponsoring a march

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on Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida. Yes, on

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Disney property. We'll get to see a bunch of

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people in armor walking around. there and it'll

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be another wonderful experience come out hang

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out take pictures with us we'll be ending the

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day over at raglan road having some dinner getting

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some meat and a drink on and a nice long table

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where we all can sit down and enjoy ourselves

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in armor damn yes that sounds fantastic So I

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understand that there is some connection between

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you and David's alma mater at UCF. USF. USF,

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excuse me. Yes, yes. Honestly. He's at USF. I

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am an alma mater at UCF. My alma mater is over

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at UCF. Okay. I'm sorry to hear that. That's

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unfortunate for me. What we're going to have

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is read Mission of the War on I -4. Yes. So what

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we're doing here, UCF is the first official collegiate

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program that has a Buhurt club in it. So they

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are the first official night fighting team in

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the United States. That's really, really cool.

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And we're looking at either USF, FSU, FAMU, or

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FIT to be the second. Depending on who can fill

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out the paperwork first and get approved by the

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student government for their university. David,

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you missed it by like, what, 13 years? I know.

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Turn the bowls into minotaurs. I would be so

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down. So what would be fun, though, is that if

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we actually have that war set up. Sorry, not

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if, when. When we have the war set up. We need

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you to come down so we can put you in armor.

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And it'll be you representing USF, the Bulls,

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versus the Golden Knights of UCF. Oh, man. You

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know what? Yeah. All right. I would love to see

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David in armor. The Minotaurs and the Golden

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Knights. I am so into it. We'll make that happen.

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You come down, we will make that happen. I do

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go to Florida here and there. That is my one

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place. I have friends there. I have family there.

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And I know a knight there. So let's do this.

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Oh, my gosh. I think that's a couple of things

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that were going on over here in Florida. And

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then, you know, once the collegiate leagues take

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off and the pro leagues between Tampa and Orlando,

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obviously there'll be some war there too. The

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war on I -4 part two. And then from there, we'll

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just keep fighting on. We'll send up teams over

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to the stateside tournaments. And once we get

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really good enough, we'll be able to go international

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with our competition. Wow. And one of the things

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I would love. this is actually be a little fantasy

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over here for us to make a reality. Have our

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guys. Yes. You see what happened there? Have

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our guys in armor cast with you guys. When we're

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all playing D and D, especially for some of our

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noobs that never played D and D before. Oh yeah.

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Give a good beginner's guide experience. The

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why you were wearing this armor. Damn. Don't

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threaten me with a good time. Oh, I'm threatening

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you with a really good time. Well, let's see

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if we can make it happen. Um, but Sean, Thank

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you so much. I really appreciate you coming on.

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And to all you pants people out there who are

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maybe in college, going to college, about to

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get there, I guess reach out and tell your school,

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hey, man, I want to do some wallop. And maybe

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you can be the next school who gets a armored

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combat league. That's very cool. Thank you for

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what you're doing, man. I appreciate it. Thank

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you very much for just... hanging out with you

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guys man this is awesome yeah awesome super inspirational

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all right let's uh let's get into the next episode

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hopefully we don't get walloped it's good it's

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david we're gonna get walloped hey if anybody

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wants you without my permission Cerberusium,

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also known as Lion's Mane. Now the world of Otago

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is a wild place filled with mystery. From the

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burning jungles to the wide open plains. It is

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on these plains that particular tribe of Leonin,

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Lionfolk to the uninitiated, commit their lives

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to the art of the hunt. The legend goes that

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one such party of hunters, the best in the tribe,

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were in pursuit of an ambitious foe, a colossal

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boar. The boar in question had grown far beyond

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its natural limits and was exhibiting extremely

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aggressive behavior. The party tracked the beast

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down. They found it covered in strange fungal

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growths. Unperturbed, they struck at the boar,

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and it struck back. In the ensuing struggle,

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Razor was bitten by the infected beast and trampled.

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The rest of the party, fearing what they could

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not understand, fled, and left the poor soul

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to die. But instead, Razor was reborn. The infection

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combined with his existing primal rage, creating

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a monstrous enraged lion man, empowered by the

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mysterious parasite. Already a natural weapon

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was enhanced beyond belief, with fungal armor

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covering his shape and sharp and full growth

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wrapping around his tail. He returned to his

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tribe, donning the new title of Lion's Mane.

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And for Lion's Mane, the plains of Otago would

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prove to be too small a hunting ground. It would

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expand his territory to all of our worlds, becoming

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a luminary of the Radiant Citadel. Now the particulars

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of Reese's power made for a, uh, controversial

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figure. Folks saw his infection as a danger,

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and his presence as tempo. Over time though,

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Lion's made him prove himself a true hero, with

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full control over his abilities. He specialized

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in guard and rescue actions foremost, never wanting

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to see another soul stranded and left behind.

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Though we haven't heard much from Reezy about

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current events, he tends to keep to himself and

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doesn't much care for the flashy showmanship

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of our more dominant blue and red veterans. Still,

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for all those folks that find themselves lost

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and alone in the wild, know that they may be

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safe to be found, but need the protection of

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the Lion's mane. And you see Lion's Mane itself

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is a pun. Therefore, it's awesome. Thank you,

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John. Crow's Nest Craft. You know, you love them.

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Nice. Way to go, John. Good one. Yeah, it's a

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solid one. Super cool. I actually like the idea

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enough that it might inspire something down the

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line, but we'll get there eventually. What does

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that mean? You'll never know. You'll know, but

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not for a while. Never a strong word there. Thank

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you, John, so much. I'm so excited to have your

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luminary in the world. And actually, Jeremy doesn't

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know this, but John's already working on earning

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some big buttons. You do know this. No, I don't.

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Okay. John's already working on earning himself

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some big buttons. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, we

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were at his place the other day. Can we talk

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about that? Can we talk about that yet? Is that

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some cool news coming out from the Crossroads

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Craft world? I think there's cool stuff to come.

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We'll talk about that when it comes out. We've

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got a little more information. We've got a little

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more time. I want to tickle the balls until I

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get the full info. Yeah. Wait. You said my name.

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Jeremy doesn't know. Don't tickle my balls. Oh,

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well, no. It's a different thing. Oh, it's a

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different thing. We're going on tangents after

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tangents. So we're at John's place to do a cool,

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mysterious thing. And while we were there, we

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happened to see his studio where he does all

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of his craft, the Crow's Nest craft craft. And

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he had put together with his, as he puts a dollar

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store build, he buys dollar store items and he

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puts them together to create like cool things.

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He was making, we saw a structure just sitting

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on his desk. And he was like, hey, you recognize

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this? And I looked at the structure. Super cool.

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He had all these, you know, every little roof

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shingle in place. I saw a sign hanging above

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the door. The, wait for it, saloon door. It was

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the ugly carry -on. It could be ugly too. He

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pulled it up. He has the bar inside. He has all

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the upstairs. Holy shit. He has everything. Well,

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he has the map from the zine. Yes, yeah, yeah.

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So he's using the map from the zine. Yeah. I

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know, when he showed it to us and he was like,

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oh, do you guys recognize this? I was like, there's

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no way in hell. There's no way that I could ever

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assume that somebody would put the time in to

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do that. And so I was just like, oh, no, that's

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really cool. And then David noticed the saloon

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doors. The only pub that has them. Really and

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truly, yeah. He's making a super legit ugly coyote

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model. So cool. It's amazing. So, so cool. Yeah,

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thank you, John, so much. And go find John on

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Instagram, CrowsNestCraft. Hell yeah. If you're

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local, keep your eyes out because he does a lot

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of paint and sits. They are awesome. He is incredibly

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informative. My wife has joined them. Stephen

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has joined them. They're a ton of fun. So check

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them out. Yeah. Oh, well. I think I've kept you

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in trepidation, or maybe you've kept me in trepidation,

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I should say, long enough, Steven. I want to

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know if you're going to be a good little puppet

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and read the words I wrote for you, or if you're

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going to break your strings. This is such a weird

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situation to do with a player. Like, it's kind

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of like my thing. I'll just be watching, you

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know. movies or whatever think about books or

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story tropes and i'll be like man that would

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be absolutely awful to experience i should do

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that to steven and jeremy yeah i just wish somebody

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would tell me what to do oh only you can tell

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you what to do i'm telling you what to do right

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yeah no i understand that word for word uh you

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are about to give a speech let me get some music

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hang on let me get some music yeah where's the

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music david right there you are about to give

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a speech that may change things may affect things

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If you do not give this speech word for word,

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you will seem very suspicious. If you do give

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it word for word, you will get a little more

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in with the baddies. But at what cost? Pantsy

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people don't know what's written on the message

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I sent to you. The scroll Salome has tucked away

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as she stands before all these watching eyes.

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But I know what's on it. And you know what's

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on it. And everything has gone quiet. Salome

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thinks to herself. Definitely, certainly does

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not say this out loud. But she thinks. I am sorry,

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Dresden Kellig. This tree still has fruit to

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bear. What'd you say? Someone says in the front.

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I didn't say that out loud. I know, I have to

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take thoughts. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit,

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guy's back. Oh, damn. Okay. Salome lowers her

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hands onto the table in front of her. I will

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make this brief. I will not be answering questions,

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as I would like to stop remembering this battle.

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The incident last night at the Ugly Coyote was

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not what it seemed. On the surface, it appeared

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to be an attack on innocents, so I intervened.

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In reality, it was a nasty trick designed to

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create a certain narrative, but everything is

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not what it seems. I believe Jules LaRoche...

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and Blanche Trudeau to be the masterminds behind

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this illusion. They used magics and their co

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-conspirator, Dresden Kellig, to make it look

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like Captain Commander Ariat was leading an assault.

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In reality, the Shieldbearers bear no responsibility.

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Oh, shit! Why? Would the shield bearer, Captain

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Commander, attack children in the night? What

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motive could he have? We are being lied to. Only

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today have we learned the full extent of Sholay

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Brass' abuse against the minds of our world.

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Thank Atash that she has been caught and will

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face justice. Let her coming trial and sentencing

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be a lesson to us all. We cannot let ourselves

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be tricked again. We cannot let liars, schemers,

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go unpunished, undying, or unrestricted. At this

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moment, I cannot prove that Jules and Blanche

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were the true masterminds behind last night's

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attack, so I cannot ask for their arrest. I can,

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however, still ask for some action to be taken.

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That is why I am requesting the immediate removal

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of their luminary privileges. and passports.

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Our speakers need to stand up and protect us

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all. No more leniency for false luminaries. This

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may be the darkest age our worlds have ever known.

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But do not fear. If you believe in the power

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of our luminaries, our true... Luminaries, we

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will get through this together. Thank you all.

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Okay. Okay. Some words change, but I think you

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will make your overseers very, very happy. The

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crowd is cheering, roaring, flashing. lights

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as you step away, perhaps take to the skies where

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they cannot follow you. Yeah, certain exit strategy.

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And we look upon that empty stage, that crowd

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uproarious, and we pan away as our stage turns

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into a screen on a wall, a projection of light.

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We pan into the ugly coyote where Jules and Blanche

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Just witnessed their downfall. That bitch. Fuck

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yeah. Dresden, I imagine this was very interesting

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for you. You know she had come last night. I

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don't think you're the whole party. I don't know

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if you guys have had a lot of time to discuss

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everything that happened. Maybe that's something

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that's going to happen now. But Dresden. You

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know that Salome is on your side. At least she

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seemed to be. Do we know that? She stood against

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Ariat when he was trying to say, hey, your master,

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Atash, is the one behind this. He wants this.

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And she fought. Nearly died. Right there. Right

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in front of those saloon doors. She almost fell.

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Saving the kids. Saving you. There's more going

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on here. You have to think. I will ask, has anything

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else happened this night? Or will we pass through

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some time? Okay, how are we watching this? Projectored

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screen. Aether slides down a big old canvas screen.

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He has an old dusty projector. He has to slap

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it a few times to get it to activate. It's magic.

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It makes no sense. Jules will get up, walk over

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to the projector, pick it up, and throw it at

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the wall. Wait, whoa, that's expensive. Oh, shit.

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That's a diamond worth at least 300 gold. The

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projection is actually just pure crystal. You

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slot in little diamonds. So the diamond does

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roll out because that's where you get the actual

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images go through that. And they enhance the

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diamond images that shine out. But yeah. And

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you're just like, that projection's worth at

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least five gold. And then he will exit through

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the saloon doors. No, he slams them open. They

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flop back and forth for like ten minutes straight.

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And then he'll go just off to the side and sit

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with his back against the wall. A couple moments

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later, Jules can do whatever Jules wants to do.

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Blanche will... Follow out. Gotta wait for those

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saloon doors to calm down. Yeah. Jaune tries

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to go out and goes, falls backwards. Those doors

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were moving very fast, but I dexterously slipped

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through. What's our next move, Jules? We don't

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know how long we'll be able to move freely on

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the Citadel. Or between worlds. Yeah, now you

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don't know how long you'll be able to leave.

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That's right. Will the speakers heed Artash's

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call? Should we appeal to the speakers ourselves?

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You know that Xolay, this entire last mission

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you went on, was so she could get any control

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back from him. And that mission horribly failed.

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If you think there's any chance that one last

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vote, Queen Jean Mee won't see you stripped of

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your titles. You're kidding yourselves. I don't

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know how we finish this righteously. How do we

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do this without going to their level? Well...

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What's the less righteous option? And we can

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work backwards from there, perhaps. Kill them

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all. I don't know that even we assembled here

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could accomplish that. I think the most important

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part, Jules, is making sure that the Cherry Delights

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are safe. Can we make this place safe for them?

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I think Jules is, like, short -circuiting. So

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much bad. I think he's starting to worry that

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he's not going to be able to do this without

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getting his hands dirty. You had this moment

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of empowerment in that last fight. This quenching

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of the darkness. You felt free for just a moment

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of that influence. And now, with Chester, with

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this, with everything, you feel him creeping

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back. Dark tendrils around your heart. waiting

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for you to die, waiting for you to fuck up, waiting

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for you to hate just enough. Sholay told us to

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stay, right? She basically just told you to don't

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do anything. The time will come. We can still

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stop them, but wait for their instructions. Okay.

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The only thing we have right now is Sholay. And

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we gotta listen to her. We fucking stay put.

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It's a big risk to take. Where else are we going

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to go? You got a better fucking idea? Could we

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take them to Zinda? Could we take them to God's

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Breath? You just heard that. We can't go anywhere.

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Well, we don't know if the door has finally...

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If it's closed yet. They just are appealing to

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the speakers. How are we going to get the kids

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off here? Maybe Jean could help. Maybe we could

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sneak them. A shipment of jelly wine. I'm just

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afraid. I'm afraid that Sholay doesn't have any

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:56.880
more power. I... You don't know how she spent

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her last few hours of freedom. She had, I think

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:02.859
she put it, she has a few more cards to play

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:05.759
before she leaves the table, but can you trust

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that those cards were the royal flush you need?

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How do you overcome this? How long do we wait?

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When do we decide that? I don't know. Sholay

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is the only thing we can trust right now. That

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is it. Okay, well, I will stay here with you

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and we'll make the coyote safe. And until we

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hear something, the Cherry Delights are your

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charge and I will do as you see best. I won't

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let any harm come to them here. She may not have

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the same power that she used to. But she still

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knows a lot more than we'll ever dream of. I

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:56.279
hope we can do it without her. Do you know many

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of Sholay's allies? She seemed to be very secretive

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:03.660
in the short time that I knew her. I love this,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.579
too, because we as players know that Blanche

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:08.700
has been massaged by one of her best agents.

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But Blanche has no idea. No idea. I know a few.

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Do we fade to black on this night? is resolved

00:24:19.509 --> 00:24:23.930
to stay and wait. I can see the same sort of

00:24:23.930 --> 00:24:28.410
scenario at the bar. Jules, Blanche, and Dresden

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sitting there planning a rotation over the course

00:24:33.210 --> 00:24:36.990
of the night, planning a defense strategy, you

00:24:36.990 --> 00:24:40.089
know, making a plan with the kids. If something

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is to happen, this is what you're to do. And

00:24:43.269 --> 00:24:45.029
you know, you have, you look around this room

00:24:45.029 --> 00:24:50.190
and You have a force in here. Jean Franklin,

00:24:50.609 --> 00:24:54.029
the Fisher King. You have Akio the Akita. You

00:24:54.029 --> 00:24:57.029
have Gabriel Cortez, no longer Dance Macabre,

00:24:57.109 --> 00:25:00.049
but still a fierce fighter. You have Arhalon

00:25:00.049 --> 00:25:03.210
Brass sitting alone at a table, worried for his

00:25:03.210 --> 00:25:05.589
mother who he couldn't find. But what do you

00:25:05.589 --> 00:25:09.589
do? You have all of them. I was going to say,

00:25:09.609 --> 00:25:13.299
for the record, the main... room of the coyote

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the main downstairs is now the only place that

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.059
anybody sleeps and stays hell yeah particularly

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:21.619
when they sleep i think jewels set up like a

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:23.740
little uh you know maybe a bunch of sleeping

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:27.539
bags in the corner away from the door um so that

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.759
way they're all kind of contained right in the

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.099
corner there and then the rest of us are strategically

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:34.480
kind of placed blocking that corner i think like

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:37.160
throughout the night akio would full -on just

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.230
be at the door Kind of you're awake, aware, door

00:25:41.230 --> 00:25:44.190
guard, sniffing at the air, waiting for trouble.

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Does anybody in the coyote have any sort of carpentry

00:25:47.869 --> 00:25:53.849
skill? That's a good question. Aether's got to

00:25:53.849 --> 00:25:56.029
have something. You know what? He built a coyote.

00:25:56.029 --> 00:25:57.549
You're right. He actually does have. Aether's

00:25:57.549 --> 00:26:00.529
a carpenter. I think he built this place, essentially.

00:26:00.750 --> 00:26:03.210
I think he bought the land. Do you think, Aether,

00:26:03.250 --> 00:26:07.410
that we can build a solid door? Just for now.

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.839
You want to get rid of the saloon door. I don't

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:16.000
know. Well, it is difficult to lock it, and if

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.119
you don't remember... I just love when it makes

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:19.019
that sound, like the ba -doom, ba -doom, ba -doom,

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:21.579
you know? Yeah, lest you forget, you did almost

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:26.200
die here not long ago. Now, they didn't come

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.819
in through the saloon door. They came in through

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.819
the windows upstairs and my office door, which

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:32.680
was actually locked. So the windows upstairs,

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:37.400
can they be secured and locked? No, the saloon

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:44.660
windows. Sorry. It's not canon. But fuck, would

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:49.799
that be cool? No. Blanche is shocked and surprised

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:52.480
that Ader hasn't already started building a solid

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:55.299
door. No, he'll go do it. As a DM, I hate you

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:58.059
for this so much. You took everything from me.

00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:01.900
No, no, I'm reacting. I was going to say, you

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:04.839
fuck us. You put me, you put us in the situation,

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:08.920
and we react to it. Pants people, riot. They've

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:12.119
gone too far this time. It'd be like going out

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.119
in negative 20 degrees and being like, yeah,

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.579
but shorts are kind of my thing. Like, I always

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:19.660
wear shorts no matter where I go. He's already

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:21.700
fixing it. He's like, did you see him walk over

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.180
there? Hang on, hang on. I think I have sad music

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.819
somewhere. Give me a second. I'm putting this

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.099
on. This is too sad not to. You got a little

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:32.960
tiny violin music over there. We watch on as

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.900
Ader, tears and eyes, approaches the saloon door

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:41.650
with one mighty heavey crack. rips the right

00:27:41.650 --> 00:27:44.210
door off its hinges and tossed it into the street.

00:27:44.410 --> 00:27:46.269
You don't have to break it. This will blow over,

00:27:46.450 --> 00:27:48.569
I'm sure. It's okay. We'll get through this together.

00:27:49.109 --> 00:27:54.029
With his mighty paws, he reaches the left door

00:27:54.029 --> 00:27:58.430
and tears it off its hinges. As it falls, it

00:27:58.430 --> 00:28:03.690
makes one last little patoo. And saloon doors

00:28:03.690 --> 00:28:09.920
are gone. With Ichigenka and, um... its ability

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:14.319
to do a boatload of damage on items. Blanche.

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:17.920
Don't you fucking do it. No, come on. You son

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.859
of a bitch. Blanche cuts the saloon doors into

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:27.559
matchsticks. Good. Ada has a heart attack on

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.140
the spot. We can ban this now and cook over the

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:38.019
fire. Oh, God. No. You monsters. Goodbye, saloon

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:44.259
doors. Goodbye. Fade to black, so. Fade to black.

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.880
You hear the bolt slide shot. Wait, hold on,

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.240
hold on. Jules isn't done yet. Oh shit, what

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.480
are you doing now? Jules uses performance of

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:51.480
creation. God damn it! And animating performance

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:54.960
to animate the matchsticks. What, what, what?

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:58.299
It forms into a little hand and flips Ader off.

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:06.240
Betrayed by what I love most! By your own creation.

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:12.339
No! He has a second heart attack. And then we

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:22.319
fade to black. It's so stupid. Oh my god, okay.

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.640
I'm gonna have to call John. Let's, uh... Take

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:37.299
the doors off! I can't look at them! Second episode

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:41.160
energy, baby. God damn it. Okay. It's the dumbest

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.819
thing we've done in a good while. Finally. It's

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:44.819
the best thing we've done in like 150 episodes.

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.720
Get rid of those stupid doors. You know what?

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:51.019
Revenge time. Yeah, I bet. Let's start flashing

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:56.660
over the next week. Some days later, the votes

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:59.250
of Akron and Gar come in. Perhaps we just see

00:29:59.250 --> 00:30:02.289
you sitting before the screen again, new projector

00:30:02.289 --> 00:30:04.670
in place. Shiny new projector. Shiny new projector.

00:30:04.710 --> 00:30:06.829
We got it from the sparkle shop or whatever.

00:30:06.990 --> 00:30:08.109
Yeah, I was going to say, how much gold do I

00:30:08.109 --> 00:30:10.170
actually need to subtract to get a new projector?

00:30:11.210 --> 00:30:13.089
Five gold. That's probably about right. Perfect.

00:30:14.289 --> 00:30:19.150
And we see a scene of excitement on the Radiant

00:30:19.150 --> 00:30:23.509
Seydel as Atash has been made the speaker for

00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:27.710
Ankar and Sengar, taking Sholay's position and

00:30:27.710 --> 00:30:30.990
taking... Ultimate control over the Citadel.

00:30:33.230 --> 00:30:36.710
Some days after that, following a trial we do

00:30:36.710 --> 00:30:41.210
not see, we watch as Xolay is marched from her

00:30:41.210 --> 00:30:46.109
holdings in a rural town. No fight. Too strongly

00:30:46.109 --> 00:30:50.490
bound by crystalline magic, she just walks on

00:30:50.490 --> 00:30:55.579
to booing crowds. Does not look at them. Her

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:59.359
eyes focused forward, her gaze proud. She wears

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.259
her human guise, her real self in her mind as

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:09.019
she moves. There is a veritable army of Celestials

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:12.799
surrounding her, including Atash. She speaks

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:17.059
no words as she is taken aboard the turquoise

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:20.019
conquered jewel and taken to the Sky Prison.

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:24.480
We see... Another news report some days after

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:29.539
that. It looks like the Gwishin attack has become

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.539
somewhat more known news now, and Queen Jinmi

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:36.039
has taken credit for ending it. Once again, perpetuating

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:40.220
this lie to make her house strong. She has also

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:42.119
made the shocking choice to bring in celestial

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.819
reinforcements to help guard her world from further

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:48.519
dangers. And as she does so, a number of other

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:50.579
worlds that we're holding out begin to fold as

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:53.539
well. Day after day, we see more worlds giving

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:59.099
in to the demand for Celestials. Afraid of losing

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:02.059
themselves, of being torn into the gloom of who

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:06.160
knows what. It's just a scary place now. And

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:13.740
Atash, his protection feels so safe. And so you

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:20.480
watch passively. waiting as Atash takes everything.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:27.880
But it's not all bad. There are moments of levity,

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:31.700
moments of light within these coming days. For

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:36.460
one, as you wait, I imagine you are spending

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.619
your time working on yourselves, empowering yourselves

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:42.619
for what's to come. I'm going to say this right

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:46.069
now. all of your characters, the only ones we're

00:32:46.069 --> 00:32:49.029
going to focus on for certain reasons right now,

00:32:49.190 --> 00:32:53.470
level up. We can resolve those level ups next

00:32:53.470 --> 00:32:56.029
episode, what you get, what you gain. And we'll

00:32:56.029 --> 00:32:57.750
talk about like what you're doing to train at

00:32:57.750 --> 00:32:59.490
that point. So we can kind of inform the level

00:32:59.490 --> 00:33:01.549
ups, but you are, you've been through a lot.

00:33:01.609 --> 00:33:03.710
You're going to get stronger. It just makes sense.

00:33:03.730 --> 00:33:11.329
So you level up. We've got that much. We've got

00:33:11.329 --> 00:33:18.109
to level up. There is a day during this dark

00:33:18.109 --> 00:33:22.410
period, maybe like two weeks following the events

00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:26.329
of Yanito and the attack on the coyote, where

00:33:26.329 --> 00:33:29.829
you receive a package of the coyote. It seems

00:33:29.829 --> 00:33:33.029
to just appear. It's going to say it's sliding

00:33:33.029 --> 00:33:34.710
to the saloon doors, but I can't say that anymore.

00:33:34.970 --> 00:33:36.549
Thank God. You hear a knock on the door, you

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:38.470
open it, and you see a package is sitting there.

00:33:38.529 --> 00:33:42.039
No one is around. Whoever left it must be keeping

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:46.319
it quite secret. As you, I imagine, pry it open,

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:49.619
you would see a familiar emblem adorning the

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:52.480
bottom of the crate. The emblem of the mage,

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:57.119
Smith. Oh my god. And another one as well. I

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:59.259
don't know what this emblem looks like. I'm going

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:02.240
to have to ask on the Discord. Get in the Discord.

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:06.460
Beside it, the emblem of a luminary you would

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:12.210
know as the Fallman. A toy maker. Yes, yes, yes.

00:34:12.389 --> 00:34:18.550
That's right. Yes. Thank you, Don. And as I imagine

00:34:18.550 --> 00:34:20.550
you slide this inside, you want to look at what's

00:34:20.550 --> 00:34:23.429
in it? Nah, it can't be that important. Okay.

00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:31.309
Yes, very anxious. Some good news, finally. I

00:34:31.309 --> 00:34:32.849
mean, being cooped up inside has been pretty

00:34:32.849 --> 00:34:35.789
rough, so I think it's very heartening when you

00:34:35.789 --> 00:34:39.619
see... A plethora of toys lying on the top of

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:42.340
this crate. Nice. I actually have a list of them.

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:45.500
Oh, my God. Yeah, cool. A pangolin that rolls

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:48.159
around on the floor. Oh, perfect. A cymbal monkey,

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:50.039
but it's a dragon with cymbal wings. That fucking

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:53.139
rules. Oh, yeah. A tiny walking butt that releases

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:55.960
smells. Perfect. A wind -up wagon big enough

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.780
for just round stuff and a pangolin and not much

00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:00.559
more. Wearable bunny ears that twitch. You know

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:03.530
round stuff's all over those. A spatula, spoon,

00:35:04.090 --> 00:35:06.730
fork, ladle, and more multi -tool that will mine

00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:10.050
the stove. Mulligan is all over it. A magical

00:35:10.050 --> 00:35:15.130
jobby? And maybe just a bag of spare parts. That's

00:35:15.130 --> 00:35:17.050
essentially like Lego. It's a little Lego piece

00:35:17.050 --> 00:35:19.789
you can slide together. I think Misty can kind

00:35:19.789 --> 00:35:21.170
of take to that. Looks kind of excited, like,

00:35:21.210 --> 00:35:24.710
this could be a trap. He's putting together a

00:35:24.710 --> 00:35:27.329
little cabin. He just wants to play with it,

00:35:27.369 --> 00:35:30.739
but he's trying to look cool. DM, I require a

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:33.679
small bit of clarity. Yeah. The wagon that is

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:36.300
big enough for round stuff and a pangolin and

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:38.599
nothing more. Yeah. Is that round stuff being

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:42.599
pulled by Jamal the pangolin? It is now. Okay,

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:47.480
great. Because that's adorable. And there's something

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.320
else as well. Resting wrapped at the bottom.

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.920
As you move the toys aside, there's a certain

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:58.079
hum, a buzz that seems to flood through this

00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:05.909
crate. Power. Magical power. Something. Something

00:36:05.909 --> 00:36:09.090
incredible waits at the bottom. I think you know

00:36:09.090 --> 00:36:11.130
a little bit what it might look like, Mr. Jeremy

00:36:11.130 --> 00:36:18.610
Wolf. A puppy. Yes! Yes! Yes! As you remove the

00:36:18.610 --> 00:36:23.630
packaging of this long item and see a war pick.

00:36:24.429 --> 00:36:28.190
Looking much like the one we have here. We see

00:36:28.190 --> 00:36:33.719
this War pick. The head, uh, the black stone.

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.280
He's got it next to him. He's got it next to

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.900
him. Look at it. Look at that resin filler. Look

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:38.619
at that thing. Oh, we gotta swing it. We gotta

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:40.619
swing it at me. Swing it at Steven. Get him.

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:43.139
Get David's computer. It's got all his notes

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:47.460
on it. Hurry, fast. Yeah. David. What? Don't

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:51.260
fuck us. Ah! Yeah. You see, the head of this

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:53.460
pick, being remade of an old smithing hammer,

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.340
is wrought of adamantium, quenched in the blood

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.780
of a remorse. You don't see this. I just know

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:59.969
this. quenched in the blood of a morass, and

00:36:59.969 --> 00:37:01.750
tempered by the heat of a dragon's breathing.

00:37:02.550 --> 00:37:06.130
The wood came from the mageman's time on Godsworth,

00:37:06.150 --> 00:37:07.730
where he worked with the Fallmen to educate the

00:37:07.730 --> 00:37:10.389
Children of Promise, where they made these toys

00:37:10.389 --> 00:37:12.289
for the Cherry Delights. It was one of those

00:37:12.289 --> 00:37:14.650
tiny armored weapons to really up the hand as

00:37:14.650 --> 00:37:16.530
a doll -selling game, because it's rad as hell.

00:37:16.670 --> 00:37:20.449
Hell yeah, it is. You see, this wood is Stormfall,

00:37:20.550 --> 00:37:22.489
both in and out of game, actually, but in -game

00:37:22.489 --> 00:37:26.179
version. This is the wood of a pecan tree. and

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:28.500
treated with pecan oil crossed from the nuts

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:31.500
of that, no, it's not, of that same tree. And

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.159
Andrew tells me that pecan is a hickory, which

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.820
is one of the top class woods for handles and

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.199
walking sticks and fighting sticks. This might

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.739
even make sense. And also pecan trees are cool.

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:43.579
Super cool. The Jasper pecan tree was a cool

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:46.900
dude. Yeah, man. I'm going to tell you what this

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:52.079
is. This is, I can't believe I'm saying these

00:37:52.079 --> 00:38:00.079
words, a plus two. Nice. Nice. Whoa. Nice. Holy

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:03.420
shit. It has an ability that I, there's a list

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.559
of them. I picked the one I kind of like the

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.320
most. I made some modifications to it because

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.179
it's a plus two. Can't make it too strong. Uh

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:11.940
-huh. Andrew called this ability Pick Your Family.

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:17.900
Get it? Puns. While using your weapon to defend

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:20.800
a loved one, your crit range expands by one and

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.659
you have advantage on opportunity attacks. Now,

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:24.250
before you get excited, The way I'm going to

00:38:24.250 --> 00:38:25.789
interpret this, especially because it's plus

00:38:25.789 --> 00:38:27.969
two, is that the expanded crit range will only

00:38:27.969 --> 00:38:29.889
proc on opportunity attacks you take in defense

00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:32.570
of a close ally. So AoEs and a foe go after someone

00:38:32.570 --> 00:38:34.489
other than you or a proc of your sentinel feat

00:38:34.489 --> 00:38:36.389
when someone you care about is attacked will

00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:39.769
have an expanded crit range, 1920 crits. Nice.

00:38:40.090 --> 00:38:42.690
And advantage on the attack, so more likely to

00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:44.849
get that crit. Oh, yeah. So you'll never see

00:38:44.849 --> 00:38:48.909
that crit. Yeah. All right. Thanks, Andrew. Nice

00:38:48.909 --> 00:38:50.929
try. There's a note as well for Dresden. Okay.

00:38:51.710 --> 00:38:54.139
Dresden. I happen to be keeping an eye on the

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:56.480
ugly coyote. It's a good place, and a certain

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.139
group of kids there is deserving of protection.

00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.219
I saw what you did. A right display of loyalty

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:04.260
and purpose, fighting off that lot. It may be

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:06.500
something I've been working on. You see, I believe

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:08.519
a thing is not broken just because it fails once.

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:11.179
Sometimes a thing can be reforged and become

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:14.739
something new. Something better, even. That's

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:16.719
what I've been working on lately. Taking something

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:18.719
that was no longer useful and making it whole

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:21.010
again. The thing is hefty and has a nice weight

00:39:21.010 --> 00:39:23.150
to it. The head is forged from a hammer that

00:39:23.150 --> 00:39:25.429
broke its own handle, in the wood for the haft

00:39:25.429 --> 00:39:27.909
of the thing of beauty, with its own flaws made

00:39:27.909 --> 00:39:31.110
a part of the design. You see that resin glowing

00:39:31.110 --> 00:39:33.750
as you pick it up. I don't know its full potential

00:39:33.750 --> 00:39:36.829
yet, but a weapon like this feels like it belongs

00:39:36.829 --> 00:39:38.789
in the hands of someone who doesn't shy away

00:39:38.789 --> 00:39:42.369
from a brutal or tactical fight. I wanted you

00:39:42.369 --> 00:39:44.670
to have it. It's a thank you for keeping those

00:39:44.670 --> 00:39:48.840
kids safe, and a nod from one hero To another,

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:52.519
the mage smith. What's up? I was just, this was

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:55.500
me saying I want to speak next. Yeah, okay. What's

00:39:55.500 --> 00:40:00.079
going on? You don't get one. Not for you. I have

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:01.820
something to say after you do. And sometimes,

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:06.280
just sometimes, if you believe in yourself enough,

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:12.699
you can smuggle weapons in a crate of children's

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:19.739
toys. We don't know how he did it. It was mysterious

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:25.820
and cool. We're thinking about names. I asked

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:28.039
Andrew what he thought about a name, and I don't

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.659
know. He said, you know, you can pick one, but

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:32.320
he did offer one option that I think is kind

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.880
of cool. You want to put it out there? Uh -huh.

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:36.760
Heart wrencher. Okay. Well, because it references

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.059
the feeling of seeing a loved one in peril, as

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:40.639
well as what this bad boy might do aimed at a

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:43.199
chest. Okay. Ah. You're going to wrench a heart.

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:44.760
All right. Sure, sure, sure. All right. Give

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:46.550
me the week to think about it. Hell yeah. Take

00:40:46.550 --> 00:40:48.530
the week. That's fair. That's more than fair.

00:40:48.650 --> 00:40:51.750
Take the week. And then Jules was reading this

00:40:51.750 --> 00:40:53.090
note, and then he folds up the note, puts it

00:40:53.090 --> 00:40:55.469
in his pocket, and then slips the war pick in

00:40:55.469 --> 00:40:58.289
his back pocket and looks around like... Looks

00:40:58.289 --> 00:41:02.010
over at Dresden and says just, I don't know,

00:41:02.050 --> 00:41:04.510
there's nothing for you. Oh, bummer. That's kind

00:41:04.510 --> 00:41:08.449
of shitty. Yeah. I think, Dresden, you were meant

00:41:08.449 --> 00:41:17.989
to have this little stinky bot. Oh, God. I said

00:41:17.989 --> 00:41:26.269
shitty before you said butt. So stupid. Dresden,

00:41:26.409 --> 00:41:29.210
I imagine, does he take the weapon? Oh, God,

00:41:29.250 --> 00:41:31.449
yeah. Does he accept it? Yeah, of course. Hell

00:41:31.449 --> 00:41:34.090
yeah. Maybe we see him just holding this thing,

00:41:34.210 --> 00:41:36.829
surrounded by this family he's chosen to protect,

00:41:36.889 --> 00:41:39.210
all of them playing with their silly toys. If

00:41:39.210 --> 00:41:44.079
you will allow this. No. Fuck. Dresden will take

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:48.679
out his old war pick and give it to Miskin. Whoa.

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:51.639
Oh, my gosh. It's huge for him, but he looks

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:56.139
so excited. Yeah. He, like, reaches out, like,

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:58.739
almost just fingers quivering as he wraps his

00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:01.260
little hands around the half of it and pulls

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:06.440
it over. Whoa. You're a hero now. That's so cool.

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:11.440
You're so cool. I think the butt, like, is in

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:13.199
front of him and it farts. And he kind of...

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:20.599
He, like, looks down, does, like, a... And he

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:22.019
kind of looks at you like he shouldn't have laughed,

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.440
like, that's not cool. You guys are serious.

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:29.820
And then Dresden farts. This is just stupid.

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:37.949
So good. And Miskin laughs. Again. So Jamal is

00:42:37.949 --> 00:42:40.150
like all over the rolling pangolin on the floor,

00:42:40.210 --> 00:42:44.150
just trying to like romance that thing. Put the

00:42:44.150 --> 00:42:46.250
saloon doors back on. This place smells like

00:42:46.250 --> 00:42:49.489
a locker room. I told you that's what happened.

00:42:50.070 --> 00:42:54.610
Oh my God. Oh my gosh. So cool. Thank you, Andrew.

00:42:54.769 --> 00:42:58.010
That was an expensive one. Between the toys and

00:42:58.010 --> 00:43:01.389
everything, Andrew and Don went on the toys and

00:43:01.389 --> 00:43:04.050
Andrew went on the war pick and all of it. It

00:43:04.050 --> 00:43:07.489
was like 20. Two buttons. Jesus Christ. It was

00:43:07.489 --> 00:43:09.969
a lot, so. Wow. Yeah, Andrew ended up doing,

00:43:10.090 --> 00:43:12.289
I can't remember how, but a lot of it, so it

00:43:12.289 --> 00:43:16.690
was pretty wild. Believe it or not, gift time

00:43:16.690 --> 00:43:19.110
isn't over yet. Oh, boy. Yeah, we have been building

00:43:19.110 --> 00:43:20.969
up a couple of gifts. I got another one for you,

00:43:20.989 --> 00:43:24.550
and this one's also very fun. Ready for this?

00:43:24.849 --> 00:43:28.329
Yeah. Another day, you hear something strange

00:43:28.329 --> 00:43:31.070
outside the door, some kind of whirring, buzzing

00:43:31.070 --> 00:43:35.139
sound. Just sitting outside, just like it's hovering

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:39.639
there. Super subtle. Quick, we're under attack!

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:47.340
Someone opens the door at some point. You're

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:50.440
not afraid. And you see this hand -sized polyhedral

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:52.820
object gently hovering in the direction of the

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:55.219
party. A collection of parts whirring, buzzing,

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:57.820
and oscillating. I love this. Kevin wrote this.

00:43:58.099 --> 00:44:00.079
Given the impression it is not as much flying

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:02.980
as being so ugly that the ground naturally repels

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:09.840
it. What? It's such a Kevin. You see this thing

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:13.260
sort of drops down a small burnished steel box.

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:18.920
And it sort of flies out of the room. The box

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:22.710
is just sitting there. Oh, great. A box. Anyone

00:44:22.710 --> 00:44:24.809
want to go to that box? Who's touching the box?

00:44:25.050 --> 00:44:28.489
Hey, Blanche, you should open it. Okay. Yeah,

00:44:28.570 --> 00:44:30.150
sure. Blanche will open the box. I'll stand behind

00:44:30.150 --> 00:44:30.989
you while you do. You probably do some magical

00:44:30.989 --> 00:44:32.489
checks and you're like, okay, this seems like

00:44:32.489 --> 00:44:39.050
it. You open the box and when you touch it, you

00:44:39.050 --> 00:44:41.710
hear a voice sort of ring out. Just identity

00:44:41.710 --> 00:44:44.789
confirmed. Blanche Trudeau, master of defense.

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:47.320
I feel like this thing's about to explode. And

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:49.880
the box opens through a tiny device in bright

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:52.519
yellow brass and dull red copper, followed by

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:54.599
a transparent image of a young man in armor and

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:58.659
goggles. Visible with a box who speaks a message.

00:44:58.780 --> 00:45:01.599
Also, you might recognize this man as a luminary

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:06.420
named Sunlight. A luminary that was inspired

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:09.079
by Kevin's son's character. Oh, yeah, that's

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:13.820
right. A artificer. Hey, um, guys? You look to

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:15.780
be making a lot of big shots nervous, fellows

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:18.559
high -minded and heavy -handed. Me and mine don't

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.980
care much for big shot types, and we like to

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:22.320
hope that you'll keep up the good work. I've

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:24.420
crafted a little something that may be in handy

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:26.820
to keep close, just in case something goes wrong

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:29.719
and one of you falls. Using it on someone recently,

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:32.440
very recently deceased will deliver an energizing

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:34.659
and absolutely unpleasant jolt that should put

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:37.039
them back on their feet again. That being said,

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:38.900
I'd appreciate if you tried to keep it discreet.

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:44.199
You hear like a... As the drone gets stuck on

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:47.579
the side. Remember, what this device does might

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:50.360
look a lot like a particular type of magic. Powerful,

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:52.000
life -restoring magic that our friends in high

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.800
places don't seem to care for in unrestricted

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:58.480
use. Stay safe out there. And for security purposes,

00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:00.239
this message will self -destruct in five seconds.

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:03.000
Wait, no, wait, three! Blanche throws it directly

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:08.719
at the pale moonlight. He just throws it out

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:12.320
the door. It blows up. You threw it. You don't

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:13.400
take damage. It's going to make you roll a d4.

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:17.199
Boom! Small little explosion, like a little gunshot

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:23.440
goes off. Someone on the street screams. Let's

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:25.900
talk about the item. This is an artificer spell

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:28.559
-storing item that an artificer can do with a

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:32.550
single use of Revivify. Built in. Wow. Casting

00:46:32.550 --> 00:46:34.789
time, one action. Range, touch. You touch a creature

00:46:34.789 --> 00:46:36.650
that has died within the last minute. That creature

00:46:36.650 --> 00:46:39.469
returns to life with one hit point. Oh, jeez.

00:46:39.570 --> 00:46:41.190
It can't return a creature to life that died

00:46:41.190 --> 00:46:43.489
of old age, nor can it restore missing body parts.

00:46:43.829 --> 00:46:47.670
So, pretty wild. I'm very stingy with this, but

00:46:47.670 --> 00:46:50.550
this is the one you get. Because I'm curious

00:46:50.550 --> 00:46:53.250
to see what you'll save it for and what you'll

00:46:53.250 --> 00:46:57.449
use it on. It's very interesting. This is your

00:46:57.449 --> 00:47:00.679
one. get a death -free card. And you have to

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:03.239
be very careful how you use it. And we have to

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:04.800
use it in the right, you know, it has to be the

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:06.880
right conditions. Can we use it retroactively

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:10.619
and bring Zeb back? No. 100 % no. It's been a

00:47:10.619 --> 00:47:12.420
lot longer than a minute. I also like to imagine

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.219
this device you're looking at might look like

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:16.840
a little shock paddle because drama. And I've

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:19.260
been watching a lot of drama shows and it's just

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:22.019
clear! You know, it's awesome. It's cool. Right?

00:47:22.179 --> 00:47:23.699
Is that not cool? Yeah, it's super cool. It sure

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:27.960
is. Hell yeah. And with that... Another device

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:29.800
tucked away. One to keep in mind, because I don't

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:31.300
know who's going to carry this thing, but it's

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:33.480
going to be a very big deal to decide. We'll

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.739
have to do some table talk about that later.

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:37.940
I do have one more thing for you. Oh my god!

00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:42.519
Is it my birthday? This one's from me. Oh, okay.

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:44.380
I was just going to say thank you to the pants

00:47:44.380 --> 00:47:45.920
people for being really nice to us, because David

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:49.280
is not. I'm going to be a little nice to you.

00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:53.079
Just a little bit today. Just a tiny, teeny bit.

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:56.780
There is no knock on the door. At one point,

00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:00.199
I think Ader just goes into his like back room

00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:04.420
and he walks out kind of perplexed holding a

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:06.780
bag of holding in a note. It's a little sort

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:09.420
of purple dyed bag. We get a second bag of holding.

00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:15.179
This was sitting on the bed. Um, it's a note

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:17.739
for you. He looks kind of perplexed. You know,

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:20.280
he's got a lot locked up and careful back there.

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:24.820
You look at the note and you see, I'm trying

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:28.769
to see if you would know. The handwriting. I'll

00:48:28.769 --> 00:48:32.250
read it out. I wish I could offer you more support,

00:48:32.510 --> 00:48:34.769
but my wealth is largely tied up in my information

00:48:34.769 --> 00:48:37.829
network. I have paid my most trusted very well

00:48:37.829 --> 00:48:41.469
to see a few final tasks through. They will be

00:48:41.469 --> 00:48:45.750
in touch when the time is right. Do not act against

00:48:45.750 --> 00:48:48.989
our foes before then. Just prepare yourselves

00:48:48.989 --> 00:48:55.170
for the coming trials. Sholay. This note was

00:48:55.170 --> 00:48:59.590
written... That day, you can see it's a few weeks

00:48:59.590 --> 00:49:03.349
old. You have this bag of holding, and I think

00:49:03.349 --> 00:49:06.309
you would know that to see what's inside a bag

00:49:06.309 --> 00:49:08.170
of holding, you generally have to turn it inside

00:49:08.170 --> 00:49:11.789
out and let the stuff inside just explode out

00:49:11.789 --> 00:49:15.730
of it. Do you want to do that? I guess. I mean,

00:49:15.730 --> 00:49:19.190
if there was no indication on the note, hey,

00:49:19.329 --> 00:49:21.289
by the way, in case you don't want to blow your

00:49:21.289 --> 00:49:27.590
shit up. So, okay. Blanche and Jules know it

00:49:27.590 --> 00:49:30.010
just as well as Sholay knows it. So you find

00:49:30.010 --> 00:49:32.070
a careful place to sort of step aside. Maybe

00:49:32.070 --> 00:49:33.670
one of the rooms upstairs that's like empty.

00:49:33.809 --> 00:49:35.349
So you just do whatever happens. You're not making

00:49:35.349 --> 00:49:37.969
deal with a mess. Sure. And you pull it open.

00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:43.239
And it begins to rain with gold and platinum

00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:47.699
and gems. Oh, wow. Now that no one will sell

00:49:47.699 --> 00:49:51.699
us anything and we are pariahs, David finally

00:49:51.699 --> 00:49:53.619
is like, I'm going to give you guys some gold.

00:49:53.639 --> 00:49:55.920
That's not true. Worthless. That's not true.

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:57.900
You can buy things. You're the trade discal,

00:49:57.940 --> 00:50:00.039
baby. You're the main trading hub of all the

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:02.139
world. Hey, yeah. All the good stuff is here.

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:04.280
As long as they'll take our money. Anyone will

00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.800
take your money. Okay, great. We live in America.

00:50:08.289 --> 00:50:10.969
No, we don't. Oh, yeah. No one will take your

00:50:10.969 --> 00:50:14.190
money. So how much is it? As this rains in, as

00:50:14.190 --> 00:50:16.130
it finally, the last drops like platinum, you

00:50:16.130 --> 00:50:17.309
have to stop and you're just looking at this

00:50:17.309 --> 00:50:20.929
absolute mess. Either you just stare at each

00:50:20.929 --> 00:50:25.210
other, probably just gawking towards it. You

00:50:25.210 --> 00:50:30.289
take a long time to count this up. And when you

00:50:30.289 --> 00:50:32.250
do, you count it and maybe somebody else counts

00:50:32.250 --> 00:50:33.829
it. Maybe you count it again just to be absolutely

00:50:33.829 --> 00:50:39.769
sure. You realize you were looking. At 50 ,000

00:50:39.769 --> 00:50:44.889
gold. Oh, damn. Oh, damn. Oh, shit. I want to

00:50:44.889 --> 00:50:47.610
be clear. This is total to be spent between your

00:50:47.610 --> 00:50:51.130
four PCs and all sidekicks. Yeah, that's pretty

00:50:51.130 --> 00:50:53.530
bonkers. Jules, Blanche, Dresden, Salome, Akio,

00:50:53.670 --> 00:50:57.309
Jean, Gabriela, and Arhalon. I want to be open

00:50:57.309 --> 00:51:00.809
with you on this. This will be the full party

00:51:00.809 --> 00:51:05.250
or parties going into the next major arc. Or,

00:51:05.389 --> 00:51:09.550
I should say. You're going to want to make everyone

00:51:09.550 --> 00:51:11.869
as strong as you can for what is to come. So

00:51:11.869 --> 00:51:14.570
think carefully how you want to spend. But this

00:51:14.570 --> 00:51:17.329
is the big one. This is the payout. I've been

00:51:17.329 --> 00:51:19.170
kind of building up to for a while. I didn't

00:51:19.170 --> 00:51:20.769
give anything last time. The payout that we've

00:51:20.769 --> 00:51:23.449
never gotten. That we've waited 150 episodes.

00:51:24.130 --> 00:51:27.789
And Jeremy, this will be our last payout. Yep.

00:51:27.809 --> 00:51:32.750
Yep. Yep. I'm going to be a little nice to you.

00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:40.260
And with that, you staring at this payout, gifted

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:45.079
by your fellow luminaries, even in this darkest

00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:47.840
time, there are people watching out for you,

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:50.340
people hoping to embolden you, to strengthen

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:55.079
you. And seeing that note, seeing this reward,

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:59.719
maybe you feel a little more hope in all this

00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:03.179
darkness. We're going to pan away from that now.

00:52:04.300 --> 00:52:11.760
We're going to go somewhere very dark. We hear

00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:16.019
a chime ringing like a bell echoing through the

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:18.900
darkened, crystalline halls of an rural town

00:52:18.900 --> 00:52:22.780
manor. The sound seems to pulse through the entire

00:52:22.780 --> 00:52:25.539
building, surging through, accompanied by a dim

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:29.099
ring of light. And as this light reaches the

00:52:29.099 --> 00:52:31.940
end of a long hall, as it shines into a dreary

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:36.420
living space, We see former speaker Cirilla LaRoche,

00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:39.619
Jewel's unfortunate cousin, sitting upon her

00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:43.920
bed. She stares down the hall, her hands shoot

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:45.820
to her temples, her body seems to collapse under

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:49.920
the wake of these chimes. Her breathing at first

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:53.139
rapid begins to slow. Her wide eyes begin to

00:52:53.139 --> 00:52:58.739
settle with some realization. Six o 'clock. Six.

00:52:58.960 --> 00:53:03.099
It's just six. It's dinner time. And she climbs

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:05.739
to her feet, wobbling a bit as she pushes away

00:53:05.739 --> 00:53:08.719
from the bed. On unsteady legs, she begins to

00:53:08.719 --> 00:53:12.860
move down the hall. And we see she looks different.

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:17.059
Her already pale skin is ghastly white now, her

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:21.000
blonde hair a loose mess. The robe of LaRoche

00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.739
blue and white that covers her body is stained

00:53:22.739 --> 00:53:25.719
with sweat. We watch her move through her once

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:29.050
pristine home. She passes by a dining table covered

00:53:29.050 --> 00:53:30.929
in dishes, most of which hold barely touched

00:53:30.929 --> 00:53:33.389
old meals. They are stacked upon each other,

00:53:33.429 --> 00:53:35.150
the foodstuffs at the bottom of the stacks looking

00:53:35.150 --> 00:53:39.389
bad. She passes receptacles overflowing with

00:53:39.389 --> 00:53:42.230
garbage, a mess of letters spilling over a countertop.

00:53:42.769 --> 00:53:45.389
She passes her office, where Jules once sat,

00:53:45.570 --> 00:53:49.269
and a desk that has been utterly destroyed. A

00:53:49.269 --> 00:53:52.130
fine chair sits untouched behind fractured, splintered

00:53:52.130 --> 00:53:55.130
remains. A singular hatchet is still buried in

00:53:55.130 --> 00:53:58.539
the surface wood. She passes this hall and reaches

00:53:58.539 --> 00:54:00.420
the entrance of her manor just as another chime,

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:04.420
another light, moves through the building. Cirilla's

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:06.800
hands fall onto a series of gemstones that sit

00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:09.500
beside the door. She touches one and whispers

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:14.940
a command. Transparent. The door seems to vanish

00:54:14.940 --> 00:54:17.059
before her and she sees a single figure waiting

00:54:17.059 --> 00:54:19.760
outside. A middle -aged, halfling woman with

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:22.460
dark braids and a white apron. A tray rests upon

00:54:22.460 --> 00:54:25.210
her shoulder. silver with a lid, a match to a

00:54:25.210 --> 00:54:26.949
number resting on the floor beside Cirilla's

00:54:26.949 --> 00:54:30.309
dinner table that we saw. With a command, the

00:54:30.309 --> 00:54:31.969
structure of the door fades back into sight.

00:54:32.909 --> 00:54:34.769
Cirilla sighs, and then with another command,

00:54:34.809 --> 00:54:39.710
lets the door slide open. Oh, evening, lady speaker.

00:54:40.130 --> 00:54:42.429
I have your dinner for you. You'll like this

00:54:42.429 --> 00:54:45.110
one. It's a... Thank you, Tamaris. Serla snaps

00:54:45.110 --> 00:54:46.670
the platter off of the halfling's shoulder and

00:54:46.670 --> 00:54:49.110
steps back into her home, her eyes scanning the

00:54:49.110 --> 00:54:50.530
streets around, and we see a number of people

00:54:50.530 --> 00:54:53.690
turn, a number of eyes fall on her, eyes full

00:54:53.690 --> 00:54:56.809
of scorn or disgust, and she shrinks back from

00:54:56.809 --> 00:54:59.670
them. And beneath and before those eyes, the

00:54:59.670 --> 00:55:02.150
halfling, Tamaris, holds only concern in her

00:55:02.150 --> 00:55:05.550
eyes. Are you okay, lady speaker? Just, it's

00:55:05.550 --> 00:55:09.210
just, you look. I'm fine. Please go. Serla's

00:55:09.210 --> 00:55:10.909
voice cracks. She whispers another command to

00:55:10.909 --> 00:55:12.710
the gems beside the door and a wall of crystals.

00:55:13.340 --> 00:55:16.579
slides into place before her and the world outside.

00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:22.139
She breathes hard, her gaze locked down towards

00:55:22.139 --> 00:55:24.820
the halfling chef, towards those eyes that she

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:29.900
can no longer see. Eyes that cared. Her hand

00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:31.519
twitches towards the gentle side of her door,

00:55:31.619 --> 00:55:33.559
mouth almost moving to form another command.

00:55:34.539 --> 00:55:37.199
With a shaky sigh, she lets her hand drop, lets

00:55:37.199 --> 00:55:40.579
her expression settle from desperate need to

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:45.579
cool scorn. She closes her eyes, collects herself,

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:49.699
and does not see the pool of black mist forming

00:55:49.699 --> 00:55:54.139
in the entrance hall behind her. She only opens

00:55:54.139 --> 00:55:58.280
her eyes again at the sound of a click. She turns

00:55:58.280 --> 00:56:01.099
to see the gleam of a bolt loaded into a heavy

00:56:01.099 --> 00:56:05.780
crossbow pointed at her chest. The teenage boy

00:56:05.780 --> 00:56:08.099
behind wears a pink floral shirt over a chain

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:11.389
vest. An assortment of weapons, a dagger, a warhammer,

00:56:11.409 --> 00:56:13.250
a bow, all hanging from the straps around his

00:56:13.250 --> 00:56:16.030
body. His orange hair, tucked in a wide brim

00:56:16.030 --> 00:56:19.409
hat, is messier even than Cirilla's. And his

00:56:19.409 --> 00:56:21.949
freckled face might look innocent, if it wasn't

00:56:21.949 --> 00:56:24.550
for the impassive eyes hanging over his gap -toothed

00:56:24.550 --> 00:56:30.869
grin. Yo. Who? Cirilla steps back, stammering.

00:56:31.489 --> 00:56:34.309
I'm a friend of Jules. He had me good on a sweet

00:56:34.309 --> 00:56:38.260
and promise he made ya. Do you remember it? You're

00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:40.599
gonna get what's coming to you. Though he was

00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:41.820
a bit off when he said he'd be the one to do

00:56:41.820 --> 00:56:45.199
it, huh? Shula's hands raise above her head and

00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:47.539
she slowly steps back towards the door, towards

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:50.960
that panel of gems that sit beside it. You're

00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:53.699
making a mistake. I'm no enemy to my cousin.

00:56:54.219 --> 00:56:57.760
We have a common foe now. Atash, Atash, he's

00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:01.059
gonna come after all of you. He ruined our family.

00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:03.760
I just want to get back at him like you do. Justice

00:57:03.760 --> 00:57:09.119
undying, right? And Chester just chuckles. Yeah,

00:57:09.340 --> 00:57:12.440
Chester's undying, that's rich. Now if that's

00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:14.900
true, why are you trying to reach that console,

00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:18.900
huh? Gonna call for help? The crossbow raises,

00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:22.420
pointing right between Cirilla's eyes. Say I

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:24.360
actually let you hit that alarm. Who's coming?

00:57:24.739 --> 00:57:26.980
Your family hates you. And despite what the lady

00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:28.440
at the door said, you ain't a speaker no more.

00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:31.340
Face it, lady, you're just a ghost, haunting

00:57:31.340 --> 00:57:34.670
your little home here all alone. And Troll's

00:57:34.670 --> 00:57:36.769
expression kind of darkens as sudden hardness

00:57:36.769 --> 00:57:39.710
returns to her forced smile. I'm still rich.

00:57:40.369 --> 00:57:42.969
I still have shield barriers in my pocket. I

00:57:42.969 --> 00:57:45.769
don't have to squash a brat like you. Oh, all

00:57:45.769 --> 00:57:50.429
right. Go ahead. Go for the alarm. See if you

00:57:50.429 --> 00:57:53.829
can move faster than my trigger finger. She bites

00:57:53.829 --> 00:57:55.769
her lip, her eyes locked on the edge of that

00:57:55.769 --> 00:58:00.329
loaded bolt. You could miss. And Chesta's eyes

00:58:00.329 --> 00:58:02.909
flash a thick stalk of misdirection to the name

00:58:02.909 --> 00:58:05.809
Chesta Trickshot inscribed into it, and his grin

00:58:05.809 --> 00:58:11.650
grows too wide. Lady, you better pray I don't

00:58:11.650 --> 00:58:16.769
miss. Shirella's muscles tense. Her eyes flicker

00:58:16.769 --> 00:58:18.809
to the console behind her, then back to the edge

00:58:18.809 --> 00:58:22.750
of the bolt, and... and... and she takes a step

00:58:22.750 --> 00:58:27.030
away from the door. Her shoulders fall. Her eyes

00:58:27.030 --> 00:58:30.739
settle. Please. Please, I can help you. I really

00:58:30.739 --> 00:58:34.239
can help you. Oh, I suspect you can. So long

00:58:34.239 --> 00:58:35.639
as you're done being brave and stupid, let's

00:58:35.639 --> 00:58:38.119
take this into your office, huh? I got some questions

00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:41.380
for you. And she looks back at the door one last

00:58:41.380 --> 00:58:43.019
time, and she's ushered away, thinking of those

00:58:43.019 --> 00:58:47.360
eyes outside, the help that is gone. With her

00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:49.380
hands still raised, she moves down the hall,

00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:51.940
Chester keeping a ten -foot distance behind,

00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:56.489
his hands perfectly steady with every step. They

00:58:56.489 --> 00:58:59.210
turn into a doorway moving into this ruined office.

00:59:00.269 --> 00:59:02.130
Chet's eyes scan over the broken desk filled

00:59:02.130 --> 00:59:04.789
with good humor. Woof! You really gotta take

00:59:04.789 --> 00:59:08.369
better care of your place. It's been a bad few

00:59:08.369 --> 00:59:11.889
months. Ha! No kidding. How's about you take

00:59:11.889 --> 00:59:15.070
a seat, huh? Insula complies, moving past the

00:59:15.070 --> 00:59:16.809
rectum of her desk and sitting in her lone chair,

00:59:16.949 --> 00:59:18.650
her hands clenched to the edge of the armrest

00:59:18.650 --> 00:59:21.070
with white knuckles, her composure swiftly melting

00:59:21.070 --> 00:59:27.739
away as she stares ahead. Now, I want you to

00:59:27.739 --> 00:59:29.159
tell me everything you know about your Auntie

00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:31.480
Cerise. About the child you had the shield bears

00:59:31.480 --> 00:59:34.320
kidnap from the coyote. I want to know where

00:59:34.320 --> 00:59:38.260
the two of them are right now. Got it? I don't

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know. I don't know, please. She would never tell

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me that. And yet I feel like that would annoy

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you. I feel like you'd look into it. So, let's

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start with your best guess. And we're going to

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cut here to a long while later. We cut to Chester

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stepping out from the office doorway, whistling

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a familiar tune. He turns back for a moment,

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his eyes catching the splashes of red on crystalline

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walls of the silent home. Just a ghost. And he

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moves toward the entrance, a little dance in

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his step. He passes by a cracked mirror hanging

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from the dining room wall, and he flashes himself

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a smile and says, Hey Jules! You're welcome!

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And he moves away, whistling that tune.