WEBVTT 00:00:02.540 --> 00:00:10.140 Hey, fans people. It's Jeremy. You all kick ass. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:55.000 That's all I wanted to say. Enjoy the show. worlds. 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:56.979 But who would be surprised by that when all of 00:00:56.979 --> 00:00:59.259 our worlds are united on the protection of both 00:00:59.259 --> 00:01:04.159 autoshes, celestials, and luminaries? Well, almost 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:20.469 all of our worlds. I'm just saying, once again, 00:01:20.629 --> 00:01:22.109 that this would be a non -issue. Should have 00:01:22.109 --> 00:01:24.349 far too parry angels to be invited on world, 00:01:24.530 --> 00:01:28.120 but... I digress. In other news, a few Silent 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:29.920 Roar members have been arrested on Encrancing 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.219 Gar following an attempt on a celestial armory. 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:34.459 Officials are still on a hunt for the gloominary 00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:36.799 revolutionary known as the Singers. Keep your 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:40.099 eyes and ears open, folks. And for a matter a 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:43.200 bit closer to home for me, the Dawn Incarnates 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.340 continue to keep silent on their conspiracy with 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:47.900 Sholay. I'm sure I don't need to remind you all 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:50.060 that they hold the key to messing with our collective 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:53.049 heads. The Shield Bears have cut access to preserve 00:01:53.049 --> 00:01:54.909 the answers outside the bounds of Rural Town 00:01:54.909 --> 00:01:56.810 while officials are still in talks with the creatures, 00:01:56.950 --> 00:02:01.450 but... It's scary, folks. We now know what they 00:02:01.450 --> 00:02:03.409 can do, and yet they refuse to agree to any of 00:02:03.409 --> 00:02:05.969 our plans to place the power under some level 00:02:05.969 --> 00:02:10.889 of control. Well, if they won't negotiate, then 00:02:10.889 --> 00:02:12.990 we can only hope that they aren't too high and 00:02:12.990 --> 00:02:16.509 mighty to face Atash's justice when the time 00:02:16.509 --> 00:02:22.699 comes. Let me ask you guys something. Fuck this 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:27.199 guy. Yeah. Let me ask you guys something. Is 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:28.719 that a level up in your pants? Or are you just 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:32.300 chunky to meet me? He's chunky to meet me. Level 00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:36.180 nine. All characters. We're going to get chunky. 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.900 Big old chunk in the pants tonight, guys. Yeah. 00:02:39.659 --> 00:02:42.340 It's a chunky night. I think you've allotted 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:46.259 your... Human use of the word chunk. You have 00:02:46.259 --> 00:02:48.840 reached your maximum chunkness. Four big chunks, 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:52.099 four level ups, four characters, and four sidekick 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:53.580 chunks too. Smaller chunks, but they're chunks. 00:02:53.699 --> 00:02:58.400 All the same. So, who's getting chunky first? 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.020 Steven, go ahead, get chunky. Yeah, let's do 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:06.300 it. We agreed. You know, we're moving time forward. 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.840 One month has passed in our conquered worlds. 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:10.780 I want to talk about how strong you are, what 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:13.479 you've got, all the magic items you've accrued, 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:15.860 and what's been happening to you guys in this 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:18.080 month. You know, sort of montaging through it. 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:19.879 In fact, let's get some music up during this 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.599 little bit here, because let's just do it. Steven. 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.400 Yo. We starting with you? Sure, yeah. I'll go. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:32.699 Okay. Who's first? Let's talk Blanche. Blanche. 00:03:32.939 --> 00:03:36.009 I imagine... Blanche's sort of training must 00:03:36.009 --> 00:03:38.270 involve a lot of, you know, is it the usual kind 00:03:38.270 --> 00:03:40.310 of reading or you spend some time with Penny 00:03:40.310 --> 00:03:43.650 at the book den? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, buying 00:03:43.650 --> 00:03:49.169 some spells over there, reading up. Yeah, Blanche, 00:03:49.349 --> 00:03:54.750 let's see here. Got fifth level spell slot anyway. 00:03:55.770 --> 00:03:59.129 Okay. Nothing super, super crazy like we talked 00:03:59.129 --> 00:04:04.530 about before. Obviously, level nine is... Proficiency 00:04:04.530 --> 00:04:06.889 bonus level. That's the big one. So that's kind 00:04:06.889 --> 00:04:09.050 of, you know, big across the board sort of thing. 00:04:09.050 --> 00:04:11.270 You are now slightly better at literally everything 00:04:11.270 --> 00:04:14.550 you do. Yeah. It's crazy. I bought some spells. 00:04:14.770 --> 00:04:21.149 I'll keep those with me. I got my single fifth 00:04:21.149 --> 00:04:24.310 level spell slot. So that's pretty cool. That's 00:04:24.310 --> 00:04:27.790 really cool. Yeah, yeah. That's pretty much it 00:04:27.790 --> 00:04:29.829 aside from, you know, some shopping. And again, 00:04:29.889 --> 00:04:31.819 I think that'll just come up in the show. Okay. 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:34.339 All right. All right. I'll talk about, I'll say 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:36.199 how much you both spent, but you can keep a lid 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:37.699 on whatever you want to talk about as far as 00:04:37.699 --> 00:04:39.620 what you actually bought. All of it. It's pretty 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:42.120 cool stuff. Just make a note that when it comes 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.980 up, talk about it. Okay. Because there's some 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:48.160 really cool choices that were made. Hell yeah, 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:50.600 that's Blanche. You want to talk Salome? Yeah, 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:53.139 let's talk Salome. What does Salome's sort of 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:54.959 ninth level look like? What is her training? 00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:58.079 Salome's about twice since last we've seen her. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.610 Yeah. Gosh, I mean, you know, being a cleric, 00:05:01.670 --> 00:05:08.470 she certainly uses prayer for that sort of thing, 00:05:08.550 --> 00:05:11.490 for centering herself and can level up that way. 00:05:12.250 --> 00:05:18.370 A lot of it is getting inspiration from this 00:05:18.370 --> 00:05:21.430 sort of more mortal experiment she finds herself 00:05:21.430 --> 00:05:28.670 in. Observing these mortals on this... plane 00:05:28.670 --> 00:05:32.889 that is not her own she has a lot to learn and 00:05:32.889 --> 00:05:38.149 this this life has a lot to teach and she's learned 00:05:38.149 --> 00:05:41.449 enough that it helped her level up it's a fun 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:44.110 fact of the character that you are a pari you 00:05:44.110 --> 00:05:46.110 are the only pari that if we're looking at mechanical 00:05:46.110 --> 00:05:50.209 terms has an actual character sheet which means 00:05:50.209 --> 00:05:53.410 you have more versatility than a typical Pauri 00:05:53.410 --> 00:05:56.490 would. You are, in essence, more like mortals 00:05:56.490 --> 00:05:58.910 than a lot of your kin. Yeah. And that seems 00:05:58.910 --> 00:06:01.730 to be your strength. Let me ask you a question. 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:08.209 Mm -hmm. Do you think Salome regrets leaving 00:06:08.209 --> 00:06:12.009 Kameo's side and joining Atash all those years 00:06:12.009 --> 00:06:17.069 ago? Hmm. I don't... I don't... Hmm. I mean, 00:06:17.170 --> 00:06:22.639 I think Salome wishes that there was... A reality 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:28.600 where the reason for leaving didn't exist. Knowing 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:30.879 what she knows now, I don't think she would want 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.600 to have stayed behind and not been able to help. 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.160 You know, obviously I think she would have rather 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:42.939 herself, Atash, all the Celestials that came, 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.740 be at home not dealing with, not having this 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:50.800 other problem to deal with, but... Since the 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:55.160 problem is here, she wants to help and does not 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.860 want to turn a blind eye to it. It's so funny 00:06:57.860 --> 00:06:59.600 to me, too, though, because all those years ago, 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:01.439 that was essentially what Atash said when he 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:04.180 took you here. There was a different problem. 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.199 Demons invading Anchorance and Guard. He was 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.220 like, hey, it's our job to interfere. And now 00:07:09.220 --> 00:07:11.879 here's Salome seeing a different demon hoping 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.720 to take control. And here's Salome wanting to 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.180 interfere. Are you more right? Are you more righteous? 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.589 I think so. You have a six intelligence. I guess 00:07:21.589 --> 00:07:22.790 you probably haven't really thought this through. 00:07:23.569 --> 00:07:26.029 I don't always really think about this. About 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:30.149 an 18 wisdom. Hey, you know, you know what a 00:07:30.149 --> 00:07:36.110 tomato is for. What do you get, Salome? What's 00:07:36.110 --> 00:07:40.509 your level looking like? Well, so since Salome 00:07:40.509 --> 00:07:44.930 has a fly speed, we decided to not give her another 00:07:44.930 --> 00:07:50.040 ability score or feat for level eight. just to 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:50.980 kind of like balance her out. Oh, because we 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:53.060 gave you a level one one, didn't we? Well, every 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.720 other character has a level one feat. Yeah. Salome 00:07:55.720 --> 00:08:00.379 does not because she has a fly speed. Yes. So 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:04.399 more shopping again. Same thing. Also a caster. 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:10.139 So fifth level spells. But if I, I believe that 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:13.040 I actually got to choose a spell for fifth level 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.019 here. Are we going to hear about the spell? Maybe. 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:23.740 Are you going to spell your secrets? Okay. That's 00:08:23.740 --> 00:08:28.160 what it's about, man. It's the show. No, I don't 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.680 want to give that one away because it's going 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:35.759 to be like super situational. Okay. And if I 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.059 can ever pull it off, it'll be like wondrous. 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:41.659 Okay. I like that. Yeah. So I don't want to spill 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:44.820 the beans. That's fun. I hope that I tee you 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:47.000 up on accident somehow for the coolest moment. 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:49.570 I kind of do too. But I'm not going to look at 00:08:49.570 --> 00:08:53.470 your sheets. I'll never know. Okay. Hell yeah. 00:08:54.389 --> 00:08:56.289 Do you want to roll HP before we get over to 00:08:56.289 --> 00:08:59.629 old Jeremy? Yeah, I'll do HP. I've got, I think 00:08:59.629 --> 00:09:02.970 it's D6s for Blanche and D8s for Salome. I believe 00:09:02.970 --> 00:09:04.669 that is correct. And I'm pretty sure they both 00:09:04.669 --> 00:09:10.409 started at 50 HP at level 7. I'm almost positive. 00:09:10.669 --> 00:09:14.450 I think so. Yeah, I know Salome did. I'm pretty 00:09:14.450 --> 00:09:16.110 sure I remember commenting, oh, wow, it's so 00:09:16.110 --> 00:09:19.519 weird they both have the same. H -pizzle. And 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:22.659 we're just doing single die now, right? I am 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:25.320 not holding your hand anymore. Fucking crazy. 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:27.120 Taking you off your training wheels. I'm going 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.860 to watch you ride into the sunset. Your little 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:33.480 unicycles. You clowns. Dude, that sounds fun. 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:41.299 Okay. Four for Blanche. Okay. Plus con mod. Right, 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.419 right, right. Feel free to write it down if we 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:46.179 need to, like... Our sheets are jacked up in 00:09:46.179 --> 00:09:47.559 a weird way and we're always kind of fumbling 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:49.559 with it. We must have done a setting wrong in 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.559 D &D Beyond. And so it's like we have to kind 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:55.620 of undo and redo the HP every level up. I thought 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:58.019 I fixed it. It changes it every single time. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.639 Yeah. I take screenshots of my shit now and then 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.860 I'll level up. And you can always write down 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:04.840 what you get for a roll and I can math it out 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.179 later if it's easier because I know it's all 00:10:08.179 --> 00:10:10.600 shenanigans otherwise. All right. Sorry. I just 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.120 sent it in Discord. Okay. Which reminds me to 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:17.549 turn off my Discord. Okay, yes. Four on the die, 00:10:17.789 --> 00:10:22.669 plus two for Khan. So an extra six HP for Blanche, 00:10:22.830 --> 00:10:26.750 which I believe puts her up to 56. 56. And twice 00:10:26.750 --> 00:10:30.529 for Salome. Let me go to the builder here. She 00:10:30.529 --> 00:10:35.129 gets D8s. D8s. Two D8s for Salome. Oh, baby. 00:10:35.450 --> 00:10:40.669 First one's a seven. And a six. All right, great. 00:10:41.450 --> 00:10:44.549 Solid, yeah. And then plus four for the con. 00:10:44.950 --> 00:10:48.610 So we're looking pretty there. That's big HP. 00:10:48.970 --> 00:10:53.490 So that's 17? 16? 17. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. 17. 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:59.070 Yeah, so that's, yeah. Wow. Holy smokes. 67 for 00:10:59.070 --> 00:11:04.889 Salome now. All right. Pretty good stuff. Let's 00:11:04.889 --> 00:11:06.190 slide on to the other side of the table over 00:11:06.190 --> 00:11:07.990 there. Slide over to Mr. Jeremy Wolf and your 00:11:07.990 --> 00:11:10.720 two characters. Yeah. You want to start with 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.299 Jules? I'll start with Dresden. Dresden. All 00:11:13.299 --> 00:11:15.419 right. Dresden's got two level ups. He's been 00:11:15.419 --> 00:11:17.039 working hard. What's his training looking like 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:20.120 as a fighter? I took another feat. It's going 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:23.120 to be great. I took the interception, I think 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.899 it's called. Let's see. Oh, cool, cool. Interception. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.899 So when a creature I can see hits another creature 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:31.960 within five feet with an attack roll, I can take 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.519 a reaction to reduce the damage dealt by 1d10 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.639 plus four. All right. That's pretty sweet. Nice. 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.830 Yeah, that's great. I like that. Cool. All right. 00:11:41.830 --> 00:11:45.190 So, yeah, Jules just got added into his proficiency 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:52.370 bonus. You got a spell over there? I got a spell, 00:11:52.450 --> 00:11:56.110 yeah. Can you talk about it? No. You know the 00:11:56.110 --> 00:11:57.830 spell because I kind of wanted to run it by you 00:11:57.830 --> 00:12:01.090 to make sure it was cool. Oh, I do know the spell. 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:03.870 That's wild. Yeah. I'm going to keep it a secret 00:12:03.870 --> 00:12:05.250 for the pants people. I'm just going to come 00:12:05.250 --> 00:12:08.250 out at some point. I'm going to. I'm going to 00:12:08.250 --> 00:12:09.970 make it happen. It's a primo. I want to know. 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:13.210 Primo pick. You know. Oh, do I? You know. Yeah. 00:12:13.309 --> 00:12:17.570 I forgot. Yeah. Of course you do. Yeah. All right. 00:12:18.009 --> 00:12:21.809 Hell yeah. Give me some HP. Yeah, let's do some 00:12:21.809 --> 00:12:25.470 HP. Am I in a D10 now? D10 on Dresden, D8 on 00:12:25.470 --> 00:12:29.350 Jules. Okay. Cool. I'd also like to make it be 00:12:29.350 --> 00:12:32.909 known that... For the foreseeable future, since 00:12:32.909 --> 00:12:36.009 we are entering the endgame era, I am going back 00:12:36.009 --> 00:12:38.330 to Jules' roots. And for the foreseeable future, 00:12:38.429 --> 00:12:41.850 we'll be using the original blessed dice that 00:12:41.850 --> 00:12:44.529 I got from Rochelle. Nice. Sanpico Girl Maps. 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:46.850 Way, way, way, way, way back when. Shout out. 00:12:47.649 --> 00:12:51.629 Awesome. All right. So Dresden gets 2d10. Jules 00:12:51.629 --> 00:13:01.750 gets 2d10. That is only 11. For Dresden. Okay. 00:13:01.830 --> 00:13:05.710 Plus con. Oh, yeah. I don't have both of them 00:13:05.710 --> 00:13:09.509 open. Which is con. Actually, it's two. So four 00:13:09.509 --> 00:13:12.549 total. So 15. Yeah, 15 total. Cool, cool, cool. 00:13:12.610 --> 00:13:16.090 Hell yeah. And then jewels is just the D8. Yes. 00:13:18.690 --> 00:13:24.149 That's going to be a nine. Hell yeah. Yep. Strike 00:13:24.149 --> 00:13:26.190 that. This is actually a plus four. So that's 00:13:26.190 --> 00:13:29.409 going to be 11. 11. Cool. All right. I'll add 00:13:29.409 --> 00:13:32.100 those. Change those in my sheets later because 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:34.940 it's all fucky. I'll make our sidekicks very 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:38.899 quick. I'm going to talk about their items, I 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:41.480 think. I think that's fair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:43.460 I know. I'm looking around and I'm like, I'm 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:44.940 trying to decide if I should talk about a couple 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:48.299 items. I actually, did I talk about Blanche's 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:51.139 wand? The Wand of the War Mage, yes. Okay, yeah, 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:53.220 yeah. All right, so all the Blanche stuff is 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:56.519 out there. I think that's fine. Jean Franklin 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:58.720 now has an animated shield, which is purchased 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.919 for him by Steven. This will allow him to activate 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.860 a shield bonus action. It will give him the AC 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:06.059 boost, but let him have two hands to strike and 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:08.340 act with. That's pretty great. He's sitting on 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:12.539 85 hit points. And that's really most of what's 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:14.740 going on with him. Beefy boy. Still a beefy boy. 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:17.379 Still a sort of healer, damage healer tank. He's 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:20.039 kind of an all -rounder. We go to Gabriela. She's 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:24.200 at 57 HP, but her armor class is boosted by bracers 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:27.379 of defense. Nice. And her two hit has been boosted 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:31.419 by a, what's it called? The wraps of unarmed 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:34.740 prowess. So Jeremy bought Gabriela some nice 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:38.429 upgrades there. Yeah. What are her... Her and 00:14:38.429 --> 00:14:42.529 Jaune's AC, I'm just curious. 18 on Gabriela, 00:14:42.649 --> 00:14:45.850 19 on Jaune. Great, nice. Jaune has the highest. 00:14:46.450 --> 00:14:49.769 We also have an 18 on Arhalon Brass, who's sporting 00:14:49.769 --> 00:14:53.070 some adamantine plate. He is now immune to critical 00:14:53.070 --> 00:14:56.110 hits. Yeah, buddy. And actually has plate armor, 00:14:56.190 --> 00:14:59.860 so that's a huge, huge boost. He also... I gave 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.679 him some cool things. He has searing smite now. 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:04.659 He's a fiery smite. And on top of that, Jeremy 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:07.820 bought our boy a flame tongue, the same weapon 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:10.200 that was used, or weapon type at least, maybe 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.879 the same weapon. Maybe it was on auction following 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:15.799 all the drama on Yanito. Same weapon used by 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:19.100 Arathelon, a great sword that Ana actually can 00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:23.019 erupt into searing flame. Arhalon has pretty 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:24.559 much become, well, while Dance is over there 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.120 and she can do many, many hits of damage, she 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:31.120 can hit the most. She's very mobile. Arhalon 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.000 has the lowest two hit of anybody in the group, 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:36.399 but the highest damage potential by far. So pretty 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:42.090 useful there. And then we have Olakio with a 00:15:42.090 --> 00:15:45.370 76 hit points. He's still at 18 AC with that 00:15:45.370 --> 00:15:49.269 magic play gifted to him by Zila and Andrew. 00:15:49.509 --> 00:15:52.809 A couple of gloominaries. A couple of gloominaries. 00:15:52.950 --> 00:15:56.549 And it is plus two Gatana Ichigenka given to 00:15:56.549 --> 00:16:01.110 him by Blanche. All told, I will say our players 00:16:01.110 --> 00:16:07.279 have spent. 21 ,500 gold each exactly to get 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:09.340 all the things they want to get. Pretty wild. 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.679 Made it rain. Do we want to talk about maybe 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:16.279 Salome's free item, the one that she talked Atash 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.139 into giving her? Sure, yeah. This is kind of 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:19.679 a cool one. Definitely. Narratively, it's pretty 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:21.980 neat. So you asked for something, Atash delivered. 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.259 He gave you an item that he thought would really 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:28.559 symbolize you, the aspect you control, and kind 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:32.590 of like your... I guess just like your personality. 00:16:32.590 --> 00:16:36.029 Yeah, it really is kind of a perfect weapon for 00:16:36.029 --> 00:16:40.450 Salome. I gave her the Javelin of Lightning. 00:16:40.929 --> 00:16:44.490 So what she can do with this is throw it at a 00:16:44.490 --> 00:16:48.750 target and then she can activate it. And in a 00:16:48.750 --> 00:16:54.169 line between her and the target can make lightning. 00:16:54.210 --> 00:17:00.279 And it does like 4d6 on a... on a save or, you 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.320 know, fail on a save sort of thing. So, yeah, 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.779 sounds pretty cool. Trying to find some baddies 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:08.160 in a line, see if I can hit the one at the end 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.740 of the line and wrap everybody else up in my 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:14.059 lightning damage on the way and see if I can 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:16.539 proc some of those features that she has that 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.539 does extra stuff on lightning damage. That's 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:21.720 true. Yeah, man. Dude. For real, for real. This 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.259 party, all eight members, have become so strong 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:28.789 now. And I'm so excited because what's coming 00:17:28.789 --> 00:17:31.089 up, I mean, now it's like I can look at this 00:17:31.089 --> 00:17:33.130 and say, oh, good, they finally might stand a 00:17:33.130 --> 00:17:35.670 chance at what's coming up for them in Endgame. 00:17:36.829 --> 00:17:40.690 We might. Might, maybe. We might. We're so benevolent. 00:17:41.009 --> 00:17:44.130 Maybe. Might, maybe, perhaps. So we ever talked 00:17:44.130 --> 00:17:45.829 about this, Dresden and Jules, how you've been 00:17:45.829 --> 00:17:47.730 kind of like, how's Dresden sort of working things 00:17:47.730 --> 00:17:52.650 out, training this time? How's Dresden been like 00:17:52.650 --> 00:17:54.670 working out his aggression, working on getting 00:17:54.670 --> 00:17:56.940 these muscles built? I don't know how you, it's 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:58.500 hard to imagine where you train on the Radiant 00:17:58.500 --> 00:18:02.940 Citadel. I think he generally trains like in 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:05.880 the alley behind the coyote. Oh, okay. Yeah. 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:07.880 I love that. Yeah, he just turned into like this 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:09.900 like. I think it's like a little makeshift like 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:12.380 men set up and maybe he's taking some trash cans 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:17.680 and stacked them up. He'll take a mattress that 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.400 somebody threw out. He has never once gone out 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.400 for a training session without Miskin watching 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.980 and sort of maybe on the roof, he just pops up 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:27.819 and he's watching. He's kind of copying his motions. 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.240 He's got the gigantic, his old Marfil war pick. 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:32.839 He's almost fumbling down trying to copy those 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:35.059 movements. He's getting there. He's getting better. 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:39.000 How about Jules? I mean, Jules, bards are weird 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.660 because they have a very similar, I guess, way 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:47.039 of using magic as wizards. But, you know, whether 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.440 you approach things on an arcane level or you 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.279 just kind of, like, tap more into your emotions 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.420 and, like, your own, I guess, kind of personhood 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:56.740 and power. Yeah. I mean, that's how it's always 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:59.559 been for Jules is about the emotion. Yeah. And 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:01.740 boy, are your emotions hot. Whatever is in him 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:06.000 can and will come out. And in the moment, he 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.299 feels how to use it when it comes, you know. 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:12.640 College of vibes. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, hell yeah. 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:14.339 Yeah, he doesn't know what's in there, but he 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:16.740 knows that for the most part he can harness it, 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.220 but sometimes it gets a little out of control. 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:24.640 Ain't that just art? All right. Chunk's out of 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:27.569 the way now. Back to smooth. So we see a very 00:19:27.569 --> 00:19:32.549 smooth montage. Blanche thumbing through books, 00:19:32.670 --> 00:19:35.450 reading. Perhaps outdoors, training with her 00:19:35.450 --> 00:19:38.049 sword. Training with Jaune and Akio both. Ping, 00:19:38.089 --> 00:19:40.349 ping, ping, ping, ping. Blades moving. We see 00:19:40.349 --> 00:19:43.349 Dresden in his alley. Boom, boom. Beating things 00:19:43.349 --> 00:19:45.549 down. Fighting trash cans. Miskin above his sword 00:19:45.549 --> 00:19:48.470 and his weapon. Perhaps we see Arhalon and Gabriela 00:19:48.470 --> 00:19:50.529 moving out as well in a three -way sparring session. 00:19:50.670 --> 00:19:55.210 The fighters going at it. We see... Salome in 00:19:55.210 --> 00:19:59.869 solemn prayer. We hear the rumbling. The heating 00:19:59.869 --> 00:20:02.970 gloom far below as if screaming out an answer. 00:20:03.589 --> 00:20:07.509 And we see Jules. Perhaps we see him sitting 00:20:07.509 --> 00:20:10.069 by the roaring flame of the Lafayette strumming 00:20:10.069 --> 00:20:16.450 lightly on his lute. And behind it we hear. The 00:20:16.450 --> 00:20:27.269 sending sturge is going off. Okay. Okay. You 00:20:27.269 --> 00:20:28.990 want to answer it? It's probably not important. 00:20:29.809 --> 00:20:34.049 No. He's going to take it and skip it across 00:20:34.049 --> 00:20:37.750 the water. I'm so tired of carrying this damn 00:20:37.750 --> 00:20:42.529 thing around. He's magic. He made water. He made 00:20:42.529 --> 00:20:45.990 water. Performance of creation, bitch. He created 00:20:45.990 --> 00:20:48.690 a lake. Or at least a big puddle. Yeah, exactly. 00:20:50.890 --> 00:20:55.880 Yeah. He listens. Pale moonlight. 11 o 'clock. 00:20:56.339 --> 00:21:02.880 Be cautious. And that's it. Wow. You asked to 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:07.339 meet. Oh yeah, we did ask. That was last week. 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:11.740 I remember talking about, oh, should we reach 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:13.500 out to Sturge, man? I don't remember actually 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:16.519 reaching out. So you stow the sending, Sturge. 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:22.470 He'd say it. I put the rock in my pocket. No, 00:21:22.470 --> 00:21:27.650 damn you. Is there a rock in your pocket? Anyway. 00:21:27.849 --> 00:21:30.230 Yes, there is a rock in your pocket. You're just 00:21:30.230 --> 00:21:35.950 chunky to see me. Now, I will note once again, 00:21:36.089 --> 00:21:39.569 Jules, you do have a ring that lets you ignore, 00:21:39.750 --> 00:21:42.089 like, detect thoughts, right? You can get around 00:21:42.089 --> 00:21:44.170 any kind of thing. Yeah, the ring of mind shielding. 00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:47.470 You don't have that, Blanche. But last time, 00:21:47.490 --> 00:21:52.099 he took his helmet off. during your talk do you 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:54.220 want to go alone do you want to bring people 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:56.740 with you and who do you want to bring if you 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:59.779 want to bring anyone it went well last time everything 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:03.180 went smooth yeah it went fine um i i think he 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:06.759 wants to bring blanche and i think he knows that 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:11.279 blanche is level -headed enough that she has 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.339 the discipline to keep her thoughts where they're 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:17.759 supposed to be I can practice some meditations 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.640 and keep my mind clear. If you feel yourself 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:24.920 slipping, just walk out the door. What are the 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:30.220 things we want to keep from Sturge Man? What 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:34.099 don't we want him to know? Everything. We control 00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:37.299 the conversation. That sounds really hard, but 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:42.000 I'm willing to try. I'm probably Gabriella, too. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.890 You're reading Gabriella? Yeah, I think so. Okay. 00:22:45.529 --> 00:22:48.890 I'm assuming she has some good stuff. You want 00:22:48.890 --> 00:22:54.250 me to come to meet with this Sturge man? Okay. 00:22:54.750 --> 00:22:57.470 I'll be your security. If he looks at you funny, 00:22:57.490 --> 00:23:02.690 I will snap him. Like this. Oh, I know. Okay. 00:23:03.549 --> 00:23:07.769 And we pan to the pale moonlight. Still closed, 00:23:07.829 --> 00:23:11.930 weirdly enough, all this time later. Still this 00:23:11.930 --> 00:23:17.750 pristine... Pumizan -inspired building. It's 00:23:17.750 --> 00:23:22.390 a sloped roof. Gorgeous curved architecture. 00:23:23.630 --> 00:23:26.130 As you stand in the middle of it, you see all 00:23:26.130 --> 00:23:28.390 around you just these sort of almost brightly 00:23:28.390 --> 00:23:31.309 lit, underlit by some like magic stones, fish 00:23:31.309 --> 00:23:33.690 tanks all around the room. One's kind of like 00:23:33.690 --> 00:23:35.250 cutting its way through the middle of the room. 00:23:35.369 --> 00:23:37.650 These big fish swimming around. And again, the 00:23:37.650 --> 00:23:39.130 fish are still alive. Someone's feeding them, 00:23:39.170 --> 00:23:43.779 but no one seems to be here now. And you... Wait. 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:48.859 For fun. When we perception checks. Ooh, that 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:57.319 is fun. Ooh, okay. 13 for Blanche. Eh, it's only 00:23:57.319 --> 00:24:00.640 11 for Jules. I'll draw him for Gabriela as well. 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:04.119 I feel like Sturgeman probably has a pretty high 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:06.500 stealth, so... Mm -hmm. I wonder if he's been 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:10.240 leveling with us or not. You stand there in the 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:14.750 silence, waiting. And you see Gabriella on a 00:24:14.750 --> 00:24:18.769 natural 20. Oh, nice. Stiffen. Baby. And turn 00:24:18.769 --> 00:24:22.670 and look into the corner of the room as a figure 00:24:22.670 --> 00:24:25.009 begins to materialize. And, like, as Sturgeman 00:24:25.009 --> 00:24:29.190 drops down and sees he is being stared at, there's 00:24:29.190 --> 00:24:31.869 a moment of, like, you see him just startle for 00:24:31.869 --> 00:24:36.769 a second. And then Cock, his large, proboscis, 00:24:36.769 --> 00:24:40.309 you know, nose mask, his lens is staring right 00:24:40.309 --> 00:24:43.680 at her. She does not back down. She stands tall 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:47.119 before those lenses. Does Jules clock this? You 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:49.079 see her step and you turn. You see all this now. 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:52.519 Because she reacted, you see him coming. Hey, 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:58.759 take the mask off. Of course. Yes, of course. 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:05.819 Let me just... There, that's better. We are all 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:10.559 friends here. I am sorry for the delay. I've 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:13.180 been assisting Arthas in a number of private 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:16.319 endeavors. Rotham has been a long and difficult 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:19.680 world to control. Absolutely rampant criminality. 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:22.700 I've cleared several major cases, though. And 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:25.400 opened a tunnel for the Celestial's light to 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:28.240 come and enter in my wake. Next, I'll be going 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:30.660 to Anker and Syngar to dismantle the Silent Roar. 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:33.579 Arthas has chosen me specifically to see this 00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:37.470 done. I've never been happier. My world is safe, 00:25:37.630 --> 00:25:39.650 the kings have coined and been humbled, and my 00:25:39.650 --> 00:25:44.170 father is dead. Oh, and now I can spread such 00:25:44.170 --> 00:25:46.190 good fortune to each and every world in turn. 00:25:47.109 --> 00:25:49.630 But, but, enough about me. And he sort of moves 00:25:49.630 --> 00:25:52.549 very quickly across the floor, belying towards 00:25:52.549 --> 00:25:57.369 you, Jules, and says, Tell me, how have you been, 00:25:57.569 --> 00:26:00.849 good buddy? He just falls in for a hug, just 00:26:00.849 --> 00:26:06.740 grabs you. Yes. Oh, that's nice. Jules is not 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.480 accustomed to somebody else initiating a hug. 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:12.859 I missed you, Julie. And he hates it. What? Yes, 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:16.559 I have given you a nick, nicked name. It's what 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:20.539 friends do, I've heard. All right, Sturgey. Oh, 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:24.319 he steps back a little bit, looks delighted. 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:28.180 Oh, I was thinking that after everything has 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:30.339 settled down, I might throw a little party at 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:33.779 my sister's place in Zinda. You know the one. 00:26:34.809 --> 00:26:36.470 It'll be kind of a birthday thing. I've never 00:26:36.470 --> 00:26:39.630 actually had one since I was never legally born. 00:26:40.029 --> 00:26:43.390 I was hoping you would come. He looks to the 00:26:43.390 --> 00:26:45.849 two of you. Just sadly doesn't look at Gabriela. 00:26:47.130 --> 00:26:51.329 Sure, we'll put it on the calendar. Oh, wonderful. 00:26:51.589 --> 00:26:54.589 We'll put it there. The four of us together will 00:26:54.589 --> 00:26:58.289 have such a guess. So, man, it doesn't sound 00:26:58.289 --> 00:26:59.970 like we've been having near as good a time as 00:26:59.970 --> 00:27:03.930 you have. No, I've heard. Your privilege is revoked. 00:27:04.769 --> 00:27:10.009 I'm so sorry. What's he got you doing? Oh, just 00:27:10.009 --> 00:27:12.930 wonderful work. Heroic work. The usual stuff. 00:27:13.190 --> 00:27:15.549 Criminal circuits had to be dismantled. They 00:27:15.549 --> 00:27:18.109 were very against the idea of Celestials on World, 00:27:18.250 --> 00:27:20.890 but Rotham's always been overrun by those types. 00:27:21.089 --> 00:27:23.829 What are they doing? I mean, nothing now. What 00:27:23.829 --> 00:27:25.170 are these criminals doing? The criminals are 00:27:25.170 --> 00:27:28.519 in the Sky Prison. Okay, what did they do? I 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:32.920 mean, they resisted. Revolutionaries, you know, 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:35.339 the types. They just out for their own self -interests. 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:38.539 Much like our fathers, right, Jules? But me and 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:41.299 you, we know better than them. We were raised 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:44.500 by criminals. And so we can see the real criminals. 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:48.279 And I can see, I can see, as eyes get a little 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:53.299 wide, that you are not a criminal. Those rumblings 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:56.740 with the shield bears and the coyote. I found 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:59.460 that angel's story to be highly suspect. She 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:02.000 lied, that Salome. She lied about you. I know 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.559 she did. Now, I know Atash and you have stood 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.400 on different ground, but I am going to fix that, 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.059 I promise. I'll work hard to please Atash, and 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.740 then I'll put in a good word for both of you. 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.779 You'll be full luminaries again soon. None of 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:15.539 this would have been possible without your work. 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.640 Exposing Yitzmin and Sansatyan, saving my sister 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:21.420 and Nwari. The world's owed you both so much, 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:24.259 and surely Atash will see that soon. I'll make 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:28.049 sure he does. Best I can do for you. Jules is 00:28:28.049 --> 00:28:31.589 kind of speechless because he doesn't feel like 00:28:31.589 --> 00:28:37.730 he can do anything to sway Sturgeman. You stand 00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:41.329 in a strange position. Everything that Sturgeman 00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:44.849 has said since walking in tells Jules everything. 00:28:45.710 --> 00:28:50.789 He's not saying anything. And he kind of wants 00:28:50.789 --> 00:28:56.720 to just go. It's hard. You know that. You called 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.140 him here because you want to persuade him. And 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:00.500 as you talk to him, I think two things fall into 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:03.779 your minds. One, he's even more zealous than 00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:07.039 he was before. All this, I guess, like victory 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:10.119 and unification happening has only inspired him. 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:13.140 But at the same time, you see, because it's so 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:15.759 clear and obvious, the desperation he has. And 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.940 you realize that of all the people in the Concord 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:20.680 world, you and your detect thoughts, Jules, you're 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:23.319 the only one who ever found his true identity. 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:26.339 You're the only person, you and Blanche here, 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:30.220 only people that know who he really is. Atash 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:32.839 probably doesn't know who he really is. And so 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:35.420 there's something there, too. I'm not saying 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.960 you can convince him. I'm not saying it'll be 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.240 easy, but I'm saying if you try anything, you 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:43.940 will have advantage. Okay. We're friends, right? 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:49.640 Of course, yes. You are my dearest friend. And 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.799 you trust me? Of course. You saved my sister. 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:59.980 Would you trust me with your life? Yes. Eyebrows 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.660 raised, eyes narrowed just a little bit. He's 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:05.980 curious. From one friend to another, what if 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:11.539 I told you that maybe resistance, maybe it isn't 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:17.680 criminal? You feel Gabriela moving very carefully, 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:21.119 very subtly? Mm -hmm. to stand almost between 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:24.180 you and Sturge, man, as you're saying this. And 00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.839 you can see her eyes, dark, are just dangerous. 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.599 They flicker to you, Blanche, and there's just 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:32.619 the, when you're ready, I will strike eyes. Just 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:34.700 that glance, you can read it. She's not making 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:38.279 a move, but that question scared the shit out 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:43.799 of her. Blanche gives Gabrielle a small smile 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:48.700 and just a little nod, as if to say, Let Jules 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:53.039 do his Jules thing. This is under control. And 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:57.799 then we camera up hands, back to Sturge Man. 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:00.859 He just looks a little taken aback as I sort 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:07.420 of, ah, an interesting query. What do you mean 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:12.420 exactly? Criminality is criminality. Law is law. 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:15.200 It is, I mean, it is black and white, correct? 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:18.690 It's so simple. You know me. And my track record. 00:31:19.190 --> 00:31:21.410 But it's all lies. Your track record is all lies. 00:31:21.509 --> 00:31:23.869 I can see that you're a hero. And it's just... 00:31:23.869 --> 00:31:29.789 You know that my entire life is based on resisting 00:31:29.789 --> 00:31:36.170 evil. Never have I ever wavered from that. So 00:31:36.170 --> 00:31:41.450 am I a criminal to you? His eyes roll back for 00:31:41.450 --> 00:31:44.829 a second, staring towards the ceiling as if in 00:31:44.829 --> 00:31:50.079 deep thought. Jules LaRoche betrayed his family. 00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:53.519 The royal line was considered wanted. Criminal 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.799 activity on the world of Tytho. Stealing, but 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:58.500 stealing to provide for the unfortunate. Stealing 00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:03.180 from the rich. Jules LaRoche. World after world. 00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:07.119 Chaos is awake, but people saved lives made better. 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:10.940 No, I mean, you have broken the law, but no, 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.740 you're not evil and you should not be punished 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.500 because when you've broken the law, you've had... 00:32:15.630 --> 00:32:18.369 So, would you say... Wait, no, that doesn't make 00:32:18.369 --> 00:32:22.130 any sense. Would you say that I have always been 00:32:22.130 --> 00:32:25.509 righteous? And the causes that I have fought 00:32:25.509 --> 00:32:30.630 for are always righteous? Yes. Just ask him what 00:32:30.630 --> 00:32:34.369 you know. You are righteous. But you don't understand 00:32:34.369 --> 00:32:43.150 what you've faced before. Look at me. I'm 100%. 00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:55.599 that resistance now is righteous. I know things 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:58.900 are hard to understand right now. Resistance? 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:03.819 The... Resistance against whom? This infighting 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:09.619 between people, friends, worlds. That's all just 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:14.619 distractions. No, it's good. You've seen Noir. 00:33:15.230 --> 00:33:19.630 It's better now. It's better. Blanche, you're 00:33:19.630 --> 00:33:23.450 from Noiri. You, you were the master of defense. 00:33:23.509 --> 00:33:25.910 I remember this. At the Golden Bay, you were 00:33:25.910 --> 00:33:29.069 able to retire, leave, because of the silent 00:33:29.069 --> 00:33:35.069 verse. And because of the celestials. Your world 00:33:35.069 --> 00:33:38.210 is safe now. There's a hugging that would trouble 00:33:38.210 --> 00:33:40.690 your people. They're no longer a threat. Celestials 00:33:40.690 --> 00:33:42.990 will simply eventually take over the Golden Bay 00:33:42.990 --> 00:33:45.029 and they'll march the shores and they'll make 00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:47.509 sure your people can be safe. This is good. Why 00:33:47.509 --> 00:33:50.190 would you question this? The people are not free. 00:33:51.450 --> 00:33:56.190 Free? Free to what? Break the law? Free to enslave? 00:33:56.289 --> 00:33:59.769 Free to take their place? Take their thrones 00:33:59.769 --> 00:34:02.509 and their crowns and stomp on their backs? You've 00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:05.769 seen what happened on Tythos. Your father was 00:34:05.769 --> 00:34:10.150 free. Your mother was free. No. They enslaved 00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:16.190 everybody. I saw that firsthand. Nobody should 00:34:16.190 --> 00:34:19.909 have that kind of power. Yes. No. And Natasha's 00:34:19.909 --> 00:34:25.130 gonna stop it. Whatever the intention, good or 00:34:25.130 --> 00:34:30.559 evil, that kind of power should not exist. I 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.760 will ask you now. Wait, wait, wait. I want help 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:34.800 action. You want help action? Get in there. I've 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.260 been waiting here. Get in there. Go, go, go. 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.260 What do you got for me, Blanche? Staj man, I 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:42.519 don't think you and I are friends the same way 00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:47.940 that you and Jules are. I tolerate you. I'm not 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:52.519 asking you to trust me. I'm asking you to use 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:55.760 your greatest skill, your greatest weapon, your 00:34:55.760 --> 00:35:00.710 ability to deduce and investigate. Take Jules' 00:35:00.889 --> 00:35:05.210 word for it, at least as far as to investigate 00:35:05.210 --> 00:35:10.530 Atash, what he's doing. Have you taken his word 00:35:10.530 --> 00:35:15.710 blindly? Have you done any digging, any further 00:35:15.710 --> 00:35:20.030 thought into his motives? Everybody has a motive. 00:35:20.989 --> 00:35:24.429 He doesn't answer you, but the face of a man 00:35:24.429 --> 00:35:26.949 who always wears a mask is a face that's always 00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:30.110 very easy to read when exposed. He's not used 00:35:30.110 --> 00:35:33.170 to covering that, and so it's very obvious that 00:35:33.170 --> 00:35:36.329 he has not questioned this before. You can see 00:35:36.329 --> 00:35:41.389 it in his eyes. I need you. We all need you to 00:35:41.389 --> 00:35:47.349 trust me enough to go back to Atash and just 00:35:47.349 --> 00:35:50.650 connect the dots for yourself. No one can do 00:35:50.650 --> 00:35:53.150 the looking as well as you. I don't want to fight 00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:55.829 you. I don't want to do anything but fight. Talk 00:35:55.829 --> 00:35:58.889 with you. No. We're all here for the same purpose. 00:35:59.789 --> 00:36:03.949 For a better life. For everyone. His eyes look 00:36:03.949 --> 00:36:08.570 hurt, like he's about to burst into tears, and 00:36:08.570 --> 00:36:10.989 he kind of takes a stumbling step back, almost 00:36:10.989 --> 00:36:13.570 knocks a chair over behind him. Gabriela sort 00:36:13.570 --> 00:36:16.469 of flinches for a second and steps even closer 00:36:16.469 --> 00:36:23.670 between you. No. No. It's okay. Okay. Fine. shoulders 00:36:23.670 --> 00:36:26.150 go down and you see his hand goes to his face 00:36:26.150 --> 00:36:29.070 and he's kind of massaging it. And here, I'd 00:36:29.070 --> 00:36:31.929 like you to make a roll. It is a sliding scale 00:36:31.929 --> 00:36:34.710 roll. If this goes bad, it's going to go so bad. 00:36:35.050 --> 00:36:38.550 If it goes middling, then you might have a somewhat 00:36:38.550 --> 00:36:41.489 positive result. It might take time. If you beat 00:36:41.489 --> 00:36:45.949 the DC I have in mind, you'll have a grand result. 00:36:46.630 --> 00:36:49.409 Okay. Very, very positive. The DC I have in mind 00:36:49.409 --> 00:36:56.690 is... 45. No. Just 30. Oh, shit. Okay. You have 00:36:56.690 --> 00:36:59.210 advantage because you're friends with this guy. 00:36:59.530 --> 00:37:01.769 You have a plus two on top of that from the help 00:37:01.769 --> 00:37:04.869 action from Blanche. Okay. That's generous. All 00:37:04.869 --> 00:37:08.489 right. All right. Okay. So advantage with plus 00:37:08.489 --> 00:37:13.630 15. Yep. You need to roll. 15 or higher. 15 or 00:37:13.630 --> 00:37:16.329 higher. 15 or higher. Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. 00:37:16.550 --> 00:37:21.079 You have a 13? Yeah. Holy God. This is not a 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:23.320 gimme, though. It's not a gimme. It's not. It's 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:25.860 not a gimme. A button probably won't help. I 00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.320 was going to say, if I give you a button, will 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:30.420 I get double advantage? No. Damn. Not in this 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:34.699 case. We're maxed out. Yeah. Okay. Here we go. 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:40.079 Okay. First roll is a 16. Oh, my God. Oh, my 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:42.079 God. All right. At least try to see if you crit, 00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.539 I guess. Yeah, see if you crit. Why not? Oh, 00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:48.750 my God. Nope, second roll is an 11. Okay. Wow, 00:37:48.989 --> 00:37:53.969 wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. 31. Wow. Holy shit. 00:37:54.429 --> 00:37:59.510 Holy shit. His hand finally comes down, and you 00:37:59.510 --> 00:38:02.789 see there are tears running down his eyes, but 00:38:02.789 --> 00:38:05.469 his eyes are set in a look of determination. 00:38:06.869 --> 00:38:09.429 They look almost dangerous, but as they fall 00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:12.250 on you, you read they are not dangerous towards 00:38:12.250 --> 00:38:16.869 you, Jules. You are my friend. You have only 00:38:16.869 --> 00:38:20.929 ever protected my family. If you speak these 00:38:20.929 --> 00:38:24.369 words, I will have some trust in you. You are 00:38:24.369 --> 00:38:27.389 righteous. I'm not going to force you one way 00:38:27.389 --> 00:38:31.289 or another. I'm just asking you to open your 00:38:31.289 --> 00:38:38.210 eyes. That fucking rules. Take a button. That 00:38:38.210 --> 00:38:41.750 whole thing was great. That whole thing was really 00:38:41.750 --> 00:38:49.639 good. I will do as you've asked. I will look 00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:54.320 into Artash. Perhaps I'll put my trip to Anker 00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:58.519 and Sengar on hold for a moment. Be careful not 00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:01.880 to raise any suspicion, though. Of course. I 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:05.079 can be subtle. I almost forgot. I wanted to ask... 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:07.280 about what he said on Anchor and Sengar. What 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.820 was the name of the group that he was talking 00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:13.139 about? Silent Roar. Silent Roar. Yes. I clocked 00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:14.559 that and I meant to ask you and then it passed 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.440 by. You've heard about it a few times now. If 00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.980 you want to roll a history check, they actually 00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:21.679 came up in the show as early as episode, oh gosh, 00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:24.900 it was the one called Let's Talk About Your Futures 00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:28.019 when you first went to Aurora Town. Nice. What'd 00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:32.059 you get? 23. 23? Hell yeah. Silent Roar are a 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:36.860 revolutionary group on Anchor and Sengar. They 00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:41.360 used to be very prominent. Back when Atash first 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.420 came along, saved the world, and took over as 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:45.739 king, he started imposing pretty draconian law, 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:48.380 and a lot of people were so down with it as their 00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:50.300 big savior, but there was a group that were not 00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:52.500 okay with it, that saw the dangerous sort of 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:55.659 hill we were all rolling down, and they stood 00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:59.719 against him. How did the Silent Roar stand in 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:03.960 regards to Sholay? I guess you don't know. Okay. 00:40:04.349 --> 00:40:06.630 That would be pretty hard. And all you know about 00:40:06.630 --> 00:40:10.409 Silent Roar were the 23. They were very prominent. 00:40:10.530 --> 00:40:12.769 They fell out of that prominence for quite a 00:40:12.769 --> 00:40:15.130 while. Sure. They have a leader known as The 00:40:15.130 --> 00:40:18.530 Singer who, I guess, vanished for some time. 00:40:18.650 --> 00:40:19.969 Okay, and you mentioned The Singer at the beginning 00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:21.570 of the show. Which means The Singer apparently 00:40:21.570 --> 00:40:27.170 must be back. Okay. Does Blanche have any knowledge 00:40:27.170 --> 00:40:31.349 about the Silent Roar acting against Cholet? 00:40:32.190 --> 00:40:34.190 Not against Jolay. Okay, sometimes the absence 00:40:34.190 --> 00:40:37.929 of evidence is just as pertinent. Yeah, hey. 00:40:38.449 --> 00:40:42.670 I think that's a good line of logic. Yeah, another 00:40:42.670 --> 00:40:45.309 potential ally. If you've held Sturgeman off 00:40:45.309 --> 00:40:46.809 from hunting them down, that might help you in 00:40:46.809 --> 00:40:48.849 the future. It would be interesting to try to 00:40:48.849 --> 00:40:50.530 see if we can find a way to get a hold of him. 00:40:51.230 --> 00:40:54.349 Sturgeman begins to retreat back. He's actually 00:40:54.349 --> 00:40:58.809 raising the helm up. Very well. I will do my 00:40:58.809 --> 00:41:03.650 duty. I will... seem the perfect agent, but I 00:41:03.650 --> 00:41:06.429 will question. I promise you, I will question. 00:41:07.230 --> 00:41:10.809 And when Sturge Man asks questions, Helmer comes 00:41:10.809 --> 00:41:15.949 down with that. He finds answers. I look forward 00:41:15.949 --> 00:41:21.409 to my birthday party. It better be cake and ice 00:41:21.409 --> 00:41:26.429 cream. As you see, he just kind of moves towards 00:41:26.429 --> 00:41:30.809 one of the back windows and just a shadow. Moves 00:41:30.809 --> 00:41:34.570 out. And he is gone. That was pretty intense. 00:41:35.449 --> 00:41:40.250 Yeah. I expected everything to go to hell. Really 00:41:40.250 --> 00:41:45.409 fast. So you guys getting out of here? Yeah. 00:41:46.050 --> 00:41:48.809 Walking back across the street. Yeah. You guys 00:41:48.809 --> 00:41:51.869 go and start moving towards the door. And you 00:41:51.869 --> 00:41:54.500 hear another voice. very suddenly resounding 00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:56.760 through the room, almost through like a speaker 00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:59.579 phone or something. It like absolutely startles 00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:04.800 you. You just hear, now, now, let us not be too 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:12.260 hasty. Jesus Christ. It is time for your massage. 00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:15.840 And you turn back, like looking around the room 00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:17.500 and all you see is suddenly in one of the tanks, 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:20.099 a bunch of dirt begins to stir up in the water. 00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:23.599 Oh my God. And out of a hole, open to the bottom 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:25.019 of the fish tank, right in the center of the 00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:26.960 room, this, like, one of the long tanks, and 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:29.679 the fish all swim away or are disturbed as a 00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:34.280 massive humanoid fish wriggles up, splashing 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:37.960 out water. Gabriela is already just, like, holding 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:39.840 a chair on a table, getting ready to strike. 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:45.460 And this figure flops down, sort of slays up. 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:53.909 Hello. Do you remember your old friend Borgard? 00:42:55.690 --> 00:42:58.210 I don't think our characters have any idea. No, 00:42:58.210 --> 00:43:01.070 this is so out of left field. That Borgard is 00:43:01.070 --> 00:43:03.309 associated with Shola. You now know who feeds 00:43:03.309 --> 00:43:06.070 the fish. Yeah, sure. That's as far as you go. 00:43:06.190 --> 00:43:09.550 This is just like, what? He just kind of takes 00:43:09.550 --> 00:43:11.269 it. You see he kind of stands up. He has like 00:43:11.269 --> 00:43:13.590 a very dark looking sort of trench coat jacket 00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:15.489 that he pulls up. It's like damp from the water. 00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:17.949 He squeezes water on the floor, dripping sort 00:43:17.949 --> 00:43:20.519 of onto the nice hardwood. And he sort of. wraps 00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:24.619 it around himself and... Beauregard, we... We 00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:27.880 didn't know anybody was still here. You should 00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:31.099 not have heard what you just heard. Oh, but that's 00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:35.280 the idea behind a secret room. Card on the table. 00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:41.000 I own this place. That's right. I am Master Soze. 00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:49.710 Jamie gets it. I am also... Shirley's foremost 00:43:49.710 --> 00:43:54.829 intelligence agent. I apologize for lying to 00:43:54.829 --> 00:43:57.869 you in your previous encounters, but I did enjoy 00:43:57.869 --> 00:44:03.190 your company. I was about to drink. I have been 00:44:03.190 --> 00:44:06.590 waiting to speak with the two of you. I could 00:44:06.590 --> 00:44:09.610 not beat your haste. You've been under some surveillance 00:44:09.610 --> 00:44:12.429 until recently, but it seems your foes think 00:44:12.429 --> 00:44:18.010 you'd be harmless enough now. Good. And my fortune 00:44:18.010 --> 00:44:20.230 you had happened to come here for an extremely 00:44:20.230 --> 00:44:24.289 ill -advised meeting with a lunatic. You're working 00:44:24.289 --> 00:44:29.949 for Sholey? Yes, keep up, Blanche. I suppose 00:44:29.949 --> 00:44:34.710 now we don't have to kill you. Gabrielle slowly 00:44:34.710 --> 00:44:37.650 gets down from the table. She was like creeping 00:44:37.650 --> 00:44:41.170 behind him and just puts the chair down, just 00:44:41.170 --> 00:44:43.369 sits down in it and kind of looks like, like 00:44:43.369 --> 00:44:49.780 exasperated. I think you saw or heard that Jules 00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:53.280 had perfect control over the situation. Do you 00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:57.840 still think meeting with Sturgeman was ill -advised, 00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:03.380 as you put it? You have done well, I will say. 00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:07.940 Perfectly befitting an agent of Shorley. But 00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:12.320 I do not like to see you taking risks. Shorley 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:15.960 has plans for both of you. Do you have contact 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:21.079 with Sholai? No. But she contacted me just before 00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:24.679 turning herself in. I know little of that whole 00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.440 matter, but I do know what she asked me to look 00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:31.380 into. I know she asked me to report all my findings 00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:36.320 directly to you both. Oh, wow. Okay. Very cool. 00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:40.239 Okay. What were you investigating? Sholai had 00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:44.699 a theory. A theory that Atash... was gaining 00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:49.559 power purely to try to assault the incarnates 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:54.800 in some coming time. She is worried that some 00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:57.480 great magic will be activated when the incarnates 00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:01.980 are dead. So she asked me to look into potential 00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:07.480 weapons, tools that may help you in some sort 00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:11.219 of counterplay. I don't know the extent of her 00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:14.360 plans. I think she did not know. I think she 00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:18.579 trusted you would have your own plans. Nonetheless, 00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:24.659 he holds up a fin and it's like three fingers, 00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:30.159 but it's like, it's a fin. Three weapons she 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.980 asked me to find. The first of which is being 00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:38.340 handled by, let's just say allies of yours. Ones 00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:41.239 you might not know directly. All you need to 00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:43.239 know is the first weapon is a figurehead for 00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:47.099 our movement. Someone widely trusted by the conquered 00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:50.380 world. Someone whose voice cannot go ignored 00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:56.280 and so that person has been put away. That, hopefully, 00:46:56.579 --> 00:47:00.519 will be remedied. You might... as characters, 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:04.000 immediately realize who Sholay's targeting. It 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:06.699 was a thought you had yourselves, and you realized... 00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:09.219 Last episode, I think. Yeah. You think very similar 00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.320 to Sholay. Especially you, Blanche. You think 00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:12.840 very similar to Sholay, and so you may have come 00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:16.320 to the same conclusions. I've been Sholay the 00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:20.920 whole time. And I think that feeling, that connection, 00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:24.300 only deepens as he says this next sentence. The 00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:29.760 second weapon is the key. To the Crystal Network. 00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:35.420 Whoa. Who? A code phrase. A command that allows 00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:37.980 you to take over the network. Whoa. A singular 00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:40.340 chance to take control and tell the world whatever 00:47:40.340 --> 00:47:46.260 you desire. Whoa. Problem is, only one person 00:47:46.260 --> 00:47:50.260 knows this command. Only the founder of the Crystal 00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:56.469 Network, Kajal Kamal. If... You're interested 00:47:56.469 --> 00:47:59.869 in hunting him down, you will need to go to the 00:47:59.869 --> 00:48:03.389 world of Senza. He's a professor of conjuration 00:48:03.389 --> 00:48:06.489 and architecture at Endesa Academy, the most 00:48:06.489 --> 00:48:09.150 esteemed academy in all our conquered worlds. 00:48:09.789 --> 00:48:13.010 The academy, however, right now is shut down. 00:48:14.849 --> 00:48:19.829 Ormvoraxes are the official excuse. Gold eaters, 00:48:19.869 --> 00:48:24.469 rodents, creatures, weasels. Much of Anissa's 00:48:24.469 --> 00:48:27.610 architecture is built of our gold, and the creatures 00:48:27.610 --> 00:48:31.110 feed on it. They were thought to be extinct until 00:48:31.110 --> 00:48:34.550 recently, wiped out by Sensins because, well, 00:48:34.869 --> 00:48:39.369 they eat gold. And suddenly, the infestation 00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:42.789 of the creatures at the academy, very, very strange. 00:48:43.349 --> 00:48:46.829 One might think Kejo Kamal, who is overseeing 00:48:46.829 --> 00:48:52.250 the rebuilding, is up to something. Hmm. One 00:48:52.250 --> 00:48:54.409 might think. Do you want to roll any history 00:48:54.409 --> 00:48:56.710 for Censa? Anything like that? I would love to. 00:48:56.750 --> 00:49:02.289 Yeah. Hell yeah. Natural 20. Natural 20! Woo! 00:49:02.510 --> 00:49:05.730 Way better than mine. Okay, I'll give you this. 00:49:06.429 --> 00:49:08.809 You know what? Your family was part of the royal 00:49:08.809 --> 00:49:12.130 line. I think you traded a lot of... Tythos was 00:49:12.130 --> 00:49:16.710 the main sort of gem and jewel sort of... What's 00:49:16.710 --> 00:49:20.280 the word? Exporter. amongst the conquered worlds. 00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:23.420 I think you would especially know Senza because 00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:27.139 they are the main gold exporter. Senza is the 00:49:27.139 --> 00:49:29.940 amber world, a desert world that runs on its 00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:32.480 gold mines. They are, again, the primary gold 00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:34.059 exporter in all the conquered worlds. It's not 00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:37.360 even close. The world itself consists of three 00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:40.019 monarchic city -states, Anissa, where the academy 00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:43.420 is, Neba, and Taric, all working under the rule 00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:47.909 of one higher monarch, Empress Anaya. The Gilded 00:49:47.909 --> 00:49:49.809 Halls of the Esteemed Sensei Academy is well 00:49:49.809 --> 00:49:51.969 regarded as the greatest culmination of magical 00:49:51.969 --> 00:49:54.210 knowledge in the conquered worlds, hands down. 00:49:55.989 --> 00:49:58.230 But that's what's funny, too. Just for fun, you 00:49:58.230 --> 00:50:00.889 also know, like, one thing that maybe you've 00:50:00.889 --> 00:50:02.630 thought about before, you probably came across 00:50:02.630 --> 00:50:05.650 when you were reading about Mazir Drakon, Shadrakon, 00:50:05.650 --> 00:50:08.090 all that stuff. There's a famous place called 00:50:08.090 --> 00:50:10.469 the Tomb of the Faceless, a sort of rounded, 00:50:10.690 --> 00:50:16.159 spherical... sort of built of gold and stone 00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:19.239 that's supposed to hold the bones of an ancient 00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:21.280 prophet that helped to really settle the civilizations. 00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:24.619 It's very similar in feel to the Shrine of Storms, 00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:26.599 where the bones of the sage were inside, and 00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:29.059 I think you would immediately pick up, oh, that 00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:32.480 was a Drakon that is sort of in this, like, entombed 00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:34.699 in this place. People aren't allowed to look 00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:38.000 at them, but that ancient Shadrakon history is 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:41.699 there, that connecting line. That's what you 00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:44.750 know. Do you want to say anything, or does he 00:50:44.750 --> 00:50:46.809 keep going? No, I think he just keeps going. 00:50:47.130 --> 00:50:49.869 Jules is just listening. Blanche heard about 00:50:49.869 --> 00:50:52.750 an attack on the Incarnates and his, like, jaw 00:50:52.750 --> 00:50:54.869 to the floor. You knew it was coming, but, like, 00:50:54.929 --> 00:50:57.349 you hear, like, Sholay also predicted this. I 00:50:57.349 --> 00:50:59.250 think Salome knew it was coming. You talked to 00:50:59.250 --> 00:51:01.369 Salome last night. Oh, right, right, right. You 00:51:01.369 --> 00:51:05.230 talked to you. You told you about this. Okay, 00:51:05.449 --> 00:51:08.789 you're right. Give me that button back. That 00:51:08.789 --> 00:51:14.409 was, like, a whole week ago. And the third weapon, 00:51:14.769 --> 00:51:18.309 his fishy eyes swivel and fall right on you, 00:51:18.429 --> 00:51:27.670 Jules, is a child. The one you have been looking 00:51:27.670 --> 00:51:32.110 for. Shelly has told me he is Mazir Drakhan. 00:51:32.690 --> 00:51:34.989 Oh, don't be surprised. Assume I know everything. 00:51:36.469 --> 00:51:39.289 She believes he may be able to act as a failsafe 00:51:39.289 --> 00:51:43.289 against Atash. Should the Incarnate fall, Mr. 00:51:43.469 --> 00:51:44.949 Drakon may have to build this halt, whatever 00:51:44.949 --> 00:51:48.349 this great magic is, that the Incarnate could 00:51:48.349 --> 00:51:52.210 stop. Mr. Drakon can speak with a diamond, as 00:51:52.210 --> 00:51:55.389 she put it. He has been taken, as you know, by 00:51:55.389 --> 00:51:58.409 the remnants of the Fractured Horn. They will 00:51:58.409 --> 00:52:00.949 see him as a weapon, too. And they will need 00:52:00.949 --> 00:52:04.110 to test their weapon. That is Sholay's theory, 00:52:04.250 --> 00:52:06.650 and so she gave me a list of certain events to 00:52:06.650 --> 00:52:09.349 watch for. Subtle things that may point to a 00:52:09.349 --> 00:52:11.829 Mazeer to come, acting upon the bones of our 00:52:11.829 --> 00:52:16.650 various worlds. And this list pointed me towards 00:52:16.650 --> 00:52:20.190 Dayalangan, who's already our primary suspect, 00:52:20.250 --> 00:52:24.530 but now we are quite sure. Do you know anything 00:52:24.530 --> 00:52:28.110 of the Bakunawa? Can you say that name without 00:52:28.110 --> 00:52:32.710 the fish accent? Dayalangan. Dayalanan? Dayalangan. 00:52:34.570 --> 00:52:37.650 Wasn't it Dayalangan? Dialongan. I don't know, 00:52:37.650 --> 00:52:39.130 man. I can't pronounce anything. I think it was 00:52:39.130 --> 00:52:40.670 Dialongan. I think that's the way you pronounced 00:52:40.670 --> 00:52:43.469 it. It's a wild word. Dialongan. Dialongan. Dialongan. 00:52:43.690 --> 00:52:48.489 Live a short in. Live a short in. Shut up. You 00:52:48.489 --> 00:52:50.909 want a button for that? No. Give him one for 00:52:50.909 --> 00:52:53.929 that. Give him one for that. Take a button. Take 00:52:53.929 --> 00:52:58.090 a button. Have a nice tonight. That was kind 00:52:58.090 --> 00:53:01.230 of funny. I left. You know, there's the world 00:53:01.230 --> 00:53:04.489 that Ariad actually is initially from. That asshole. 00:53:04.750 --> 00:53:08.590 Yeah, that guy. Okay. He asked if you know of 00:53:08.590 --> 00:53:11.530 the Bakunawa. And I'll say you actually do kind 00:53:11.530 --> 00:53:13.510 of know about them because you have heard about 00:53:13.510 --> 00:53:15.670 them once before in the show. So I'm not going 00:53:15.670 --> 00:53:18.130 to make you roll for this necessarily. You could 00:53:18.130 --> 00:53:21.969 roll over Jules' natural 20. I won't. But back 00:53:21.969 --> 00:53:24.409 when you were researching, again, the Drakkon, 00:53:24.630 --> 00:53:27.469 you specifically had a book talking about these 00:53:27.469 --> 00:53:30.429 great bridges that connected the islands of Dyalongan. 00:53:31.279 --> 00:53:33.360 I have these bridges that were made of the bones 00:53:33.360 --> 00:53:37.880 of ancient draconic serpents known as Bakunawa. 00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:41.880 There are people called bone singers are the 00:53:41.880 --> 00:53:43.420 one of the architects that utilize these bones 00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:46.619 to form these gigantic serpentine bridges. It's 00:53:46.619 --> 00:53:48.380 very much like, you know, if you know, was it 00:53:48.380 --> 00:53:51.360 snake? Oh, gosh. Serpent road. What's the road 00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:53.159 in Dragon Ball Z that they have to go? I don't 00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:56.340 know. How did I forget about this? Oh, everyone's 00:53:56.340 --> 00:53:58.559 going to hate me now. Anyway, it's like that. 00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:03.639 It won't be any different than the start of this 00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:05.619 episode. It's really cool. It's really cool. 00:54:07.420 --> 00:54:11.780 You know that in ancient times, in dialogue and 00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:15.039 legend, that these Bakunawa were these great, 00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:17.480 massive beings that helped the people. And that 00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:20.239 over time, only their close relatives remained. 00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:23.159 The sort of great, great, great grandchildren 00:54:23.159 --> 00:54:25.639 of these great beings that are much smaller. 00:54:27.070 --> 00:54:29.070 They don't hold nearly the same amount of intelligence 00:54:29.070 --> 00:54:33.170 and power, yet they are still dangerous and powerful. 00:54:33.550 --> 00:54:36.369 From what you've read, those numbers have dwindled 00:54:36.369 --> 00:54:40.250 to almost nothing now. They were probably the 00:54:40.250 --> 00:54:42.309 world's closest to actually having an accurate 00:54:42.309 --> 00:54:45.269 representation of the true history of the worlds. 00:54:46.090 --> 00:54:50.519 Do you relay that you know this stuff? You don't 00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:52.360 have to say it. You can just say, we say what 00:54:52.360 --> 00:54:54.099 we know if you want to go there. I know I just 00:54:54.099 --> 00:54:56.300 said a lot of words at you. Right, yeah, exactly. 00:54:56.460 --> 00:55:00.440 There were a lot of words. We know that much 00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:05.019 about the da -ra -ra -ra -ra. Oh, yeah, the da 00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:10.679 -ra -ra -ra -ra. I got you. Yes. Well, as far 00:55:10.679 --> 00:55:14.440 as current local legend goes, only a single Bakunawa 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:20.809 remains. Pangil Nangbon. The last Mokunawa, thought 00:55:20.809 --> 00:55:23.730 to be old and frail, has suddenly become aggressive. 00:55:24.349 --> 00:55:27.110 Savage attacks on various towns and settlements. 00:55:27.369 --> 00:55:29.730 The celestials on the world have not been able 00:55:29.730 --> 00:55:32.230 to catch it, and the Pari's gift of prophecy 00:55:32.230 --> 00:55:36.409 seems to be failing them. Another sign of fractured 00:55:36.409 --> 00:55:39.670 horn interference, I think. Bialangan is one 00:55:39.670 --> 00:55:43.269 of our largest worlds. It's one giant archipelago 00:55:43.269 --> 00:55:46.309 with islands connected by these twisting serpentine 00:55:46.309 --> 00:55:49.739 bridges. It's an embarrassment to the Celestials 00:55:49.739 --> 00:55:52.019 that they cannot reach these settlements in time 00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:55.239 to stop these attacks. And so it has not been 00:55:55.239 --> 00:55:59.380 widely covered on the network. I think, given 00:55:59.380 --> 00:56:02.380 Sholei's intel, this Bakunawa is under the control 00:56:02.380 --> 00:56:07.739 of the Fractured Horn and the Child Paul. Oh. 00:56:09.159 --> 00:56:15.730 These are Sholei's final requests. Her last words 00:56:15.730 --> 00:56:20.530 of wisdom and assistance. A command phrase on 00:56:20.530 --> 00:56:25.849 Sensa. And a child on Dialingen. With these things, 00:56:25.869 --> 00:56:30.949 my hope is you can stop what is coming. But I 00:56:30.949 --> 00:56:33.889 know as well as you that Sholay is gone now. 00:56:34.469 --> 00:56:38.389 You must decide the best course going forward. 00:56:39.710 --> 00:56:44.280 And now David wants to step in to say this. I 00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:46.980 want to be clear. You know your endgame now. 00:56:47.500 --> 00:56:50.079 You know of the assault. And I want you two to 00:56:50.079 --> 00:56:51.659 understand that it will be nearly impossible 00:56:51.659 --> 00:56:55.679 to overcome. I'm designing it as such. You as 00:56:55.679 --> 00:56:58.300 characters know this, given the odds you're up 00:56:58.300 --> 00:57:01.179 against. You have three and a half weeks to do 00:57:01.179 --> 00:57:03.280 whatever you can, anything you want to try, to 00:57:03.280 --> 00:57:05.599 make the impossible possible. In every regard, 00:57:05.900 --> 00:57:08.219 it will be difficult. I expect you to be creative 00:57:08.219 --> 00:57:10.960 and clever, else the story is going to end badly. 00:57:12.349 --> 00:57:15.349 These quests are by Sholay. Should they prove 00:57:15.349 --> 00:57:17.469 successful, should you choose to partake on these, 00:57:17.690 --> 00:57:20.869 will make things more possible, clearly. But 00:57:20.869 --> 00:57:22.429 most likely you're going to fail these quests 00:57:22.429 --> 00:57:27.369 too. I am designing them as such. What? Okay. 00:57:27.730 --> 00:57:31.949 I have high expectations for you. I mean, I guess, 00:57:31.969 --> 00:57:33.769 yeah, he's just saying we're such goddamn good 00:57:33.769 --> 00:57:36.679 players, you know? We're so good. He's got to 00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:39.199 make it unfair. You guys are always pulling the 00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:41.260 wall over me, doing clever shit. So I'm going 00:57:41.260 --> 00:57:44.780 to make this mean. You're going to go on these 00:57:44.780 --> 00:57:48.179 missions and not even death awaits you, but perhaps 00:57:48.179 --> 00:57:51.039 just failure. Perhaps what you're trying to achieve 00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:53.639 will be harder than you can expect. And you as 00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:55.539 characters know that what's being asked of you 00:57:55.539 --> 00:57:59.300 is daunting. To break into a school controlled 00:57:59.300 --> 00:58:02.380 by Kejo Kamal, to find the greatest conjurer 00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:05.380 in the conquered worlds, and to steal from him 00:58:05.380 --> 00:58:07.539 a command phrase that he would certainly never 00:58:07.539 --> 00:58:11.300 want to tell you. And on top of that, this is 00:58:11.300 --> 00:58:13.659 the one that designed all the defenses of the 00:58:13.659 --> 00:58:15.820 Shrine of Storms. This is the one who created 00:58:15.820 --> 00:58:18.320 the Zappies. Well, who knows what magical mayhem 00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:20.880 might await you, and who knows what sort of protections 00:58:20.880 --> 00:58:23.880 Atash would leave for someone so important to 00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:28.510 the Sapphire's plan. And then... There is Dayalan. 00:58:28.630 --> 00:58:32.369 There is Paul. There is your family, Jules. There 00:58:32.369 --> 00:58:36.150 is the black dragon, Calypsania, the leader of 00:58:36.150 --> 00:58:39.010 the Fractured Horn. She waits there, and you 00:58:39.010 --> 00:58:42.070 feel it now. You know it. It is whispered into 00:58:42.070 --> 00:58:45.030 your heart by a darkness somewhere far behind 00:58:45.030 --> 00:58:49.750 you by your own shadow. She's there. And so is 00:58:49.750 --> 00:58:54.389 your mother. And they have Paul. You do not need 00:58:54.389 --> 00:58:57.559 to take these quests. All I can tell you for 00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:00.500 certain is you have three and a half weeks and 00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:04.059 an insurmountable challenge to try to overcome. 00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:09.599 What you do with that time is up to you, but 00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:12.719 it will change the world in a way that cannot 00:59:12.719 --> 00:59:16.280 be understated. And we'll call it there.