WEBVTT 00:00:01.430 --> 00:00:02.830 Now I know what you're thinking, pants people. 00:00:03.189 --> 00:00:05.730 What are them pants boys up to this time, this 00:00:05.730 --> 00:00:08.169 year, this coming season? Well, I'll tell you 00:00:08.169 --> 00:00:09.849 what's up. Actually, I won't tell you because 00:00:09.849 --> 00:00:13.509 I don't know. But what you can find out is by 00:00:13.509 --> 00:00:15.929 joining our Discord, hanging out on our Instagram, 00:00:16.170 --> 00:00:17.850 checking out our YouTube. We have one of those, 00:00:17.890 --> 00:00:19.730 I think. We have a lot of cool stuff out there. 00:00:19.829 --> 00:00:22.010 And as you know, every year we're doing something 00:00:22.010 --> 00:00:25.550 else wild and crazy. SciFly coming back? Probably. 00:00:25.850 --> 00:00:28.469 Are we doing some more collabs? For sure, maybe. 00:00:28.649 --> 00:00:30.949 I don't know. Get on there. Check our stuff. 00:00:30.989 --> 00:00:33.590 stuff out, keep your eyes open and get ready 00:00:33.590 --> 00:01:18.849 to unzip. Kejo Kamar, founder of the Crystal 00:01:18.849 --> 00:01:21.829 Network, an architect in mind behind the most 00:01:21.829 --> 00:01:26.349 wondrous walls of Anissa Academy. Though nestled 00:01:26.349 --> 00:01:28.890 within the bounds of the beautiful city -state 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:31.810 of Anissa, the academy grounds and structure 00:01:31.810 --> 00:01:35.890 may to stand out in their glorious image. But 00:01:35.890 --> 00:01:39.730 our students do not come to the academy for sightseeing. 00:01:39.810 --> 00:01:46.480 Oh, no. They come to study. and to achieve greatness. 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.920 Tomorrow's leaders, scholars, and heroes are 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:56.000 enrolled at the academy today. They flock to 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.319 our gilded halls to be shaped and to see their 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:03.120 full potential revealed to the world. We achieve 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:06.560 this with our state -of -the -art, no -expense 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:10.240 -spared magical facilities, as well as our world's 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.860 renowned instructors in all major subjects. I 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:17.360 myself have led many a discussion in the arts 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.340 of conjuration and architecture. And of course, 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.080 my unequal skills in these fields have lent themselves 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.360 to the Forge of UNISA Academy's truly impervious 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.460 defenses. For those precious pioneers of the 00:02:33.460 --> 00:02:37.840 future, there is no safer place to stay. UNISA 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:45.800 Academy. Why does Kejo Kamal sound like if an 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:51.180 orc was a vampire? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:52.620 I was going for. I was about to say he's very 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:55.159 Dracula -like. I'm down with it. You know what? 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:58.400 I'm fine with this. A character who's existed 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.139 literally since the first episode, actually, 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.580 was mentioned in the first episode, only voiced 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:06.360 now at 152? Yeah, because he went at the party. 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.240 He didn't say anything. He never had a voice. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.080 Yeah, no, he was speaking to me. I never talked 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:13.020 to him. I would have made the voice up on the 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:16.080 fly then. But no one talked to him. He's been 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.819 around. It's funny having this villain who's 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:20.460 been kind of around in the sort of like, you 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:23.580 know, side vision. What's the word for the side 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:25.639 of your eyes? There's a word for that. The periphery. 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.759 Boom. I love it. Around in the periphery this 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.740 entire time. Only now stepping in to your sights. 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:34.479 I mean, all the best villains are like that, 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.060 aren't they? No. Maybe not. I don't know. Usually 00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:41.139 they're out there. They're doing things. He's 00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:44.460 been doing things. Now, we've got a lot to get 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:46.580 to tonight because obviously a lot of information 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:49.659 was just revealed and some huge, huge choices 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:51.620 need to be made. Before we really get rolling, 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.080 we do have two very important things I want to 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.560 touch on before I forget about them. Okay? First... 00:03:58.349 --> 00:04:01.069 the Revivify artifice gifted to the party by 00:04:01.069 --> 00:04:04.129 sunlight. I don't think we've essentially assigned 00:04:04.129 --> 00:04:06.129 this insanely precious item to anybody yet, right? 00:04:06.169 --> 00:04:09.610 This thing is crazy. One time use Revivify. Bring 00:04:09.610 --> 00:04:10.789 someone back from death so long as they've been 00:04:10.789 --> 00:04:13.490 dead within one minute. That's crazy good. Who 00:04:13.490 --> 00:04:17.689 is taking this thing? Who's got the goods? So 00:04:17.689 --> 00:04:20.370 Blanche has it in her hands and she's reaching 00:04:20.370 --> 00:04:22.730 it out and passing it to Jules. We're flying 00:04:22.730 --> 00:04:25.589 back to that scene with the coyote. First get 00:04:25.589 --> 00:04:29.920 it. And... she trips on a loose floorboard and 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:35.579 fumbles and bobbles it a little bit and it almost 00:04:35.579 --> 00:04:38.000 falls out of her hands and Jules reaches out 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.620 and grabs it and catches it before it breaks. 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:43.180 Love that you're telling me what it did. Well, 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.319 we still have it. Yeah, no, that's, yeah. The 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.939 eater stumbles and falls and breaks his neck 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:50.920 and you have to use it right there and then to 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.750 save his life. You would love that. End flashback. 00:04:56.610 --> 00:05:01.629 Jules has the artifact. Yes. Okay. I love it. 00:05:02.350 --> 00:05:05.410 Second point of order. This one's a lot more 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:10.110 gloomy. Potentially extremely, extremely tragic. 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:15.250 We need to make a roll. A roll four to let it 00:05:15.250 --> 00:05:19.100 peck. Oh, you suck. The results of this are not 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:21.819 going to be happening now, but should this roll 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:25.220 go badly sometime during this next arc, you, 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:27.259 the players, not the characters, will know that 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:29.360 Diletta Peck will be destroyed because of your 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:33.160 actions. Destroyed because of our actions. Just 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:38.220 saying. Jesus. I think it'd be fun to roll a 00:05:38.220 --> 00:05:41.600 Matthew's Nerdy Nation Ghostbusters die. Okay. 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.600 Because on a ghost... A six, a ghost face. Everyone 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.660 in the flight effect will become ghosts. It's 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:50.259 fun, right? Isn't it fun? Oh, my God. David, 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:52.639 you are sick. But because you stayed in health, 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:56.819 I'm going to add a second die. We're going to 00:05:56.819 --> 00:06:01.620 roll this. You get a ghost on both die, basically. 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.459 Boom. Oh, okay. Great. I feel pretty good about 00:06:05.459 --> 00:06:07.319 this. If you hadn't stayed in health, it would 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.779 have been a one in six chance. I'm no mathematician. 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:10.649 Because staying in health is much better. Is 00:06:10.649 --> 00:06:13.769 that like a six times six? A 31 -36? I have no 00:06:13.769 --> 00:06:16.290 idea. I have no idea. I have no idea. One request, 00:06:16.430 --> 00:06:20.029 though. We use ours and not David's. Oh, I think 00:06:20.029 --> 00:06:21.509 that's fine. You can do that. You can do that. 00:06:21.529 --> 00:06:23.089 I touched yours and I was getting my sweat on 00:06:23.089 --> 00:06:25.910 it, but there you go. Take it. You guys roll 00:06:25.910 --> 00:06:28.069 it. You guys roll it in your dice tower. Oh, 00:06:28.069 --> 00:06:30.209 okay. I guess that's fine. We can each roll it. 00:06:30.230 --> 00:06:32.790 Yeah, I just don't want the DMs to die. You gave 00:06:32.790 --> 00:06:36.029 a week up. You stayed by your choice and helped 00:06:36.029 --> 00:06:38.750 out. I think it's only fair you get to die for 00:06:38.750 --> 00:06:42.560 this. Okay. So you roll your die. If you fail, 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:48.439 that world will die. I got a five. I got a one. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.180 All right. Not a single ghost. Not a single ghost. 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:56.040 But five plus one equals six. The world explodes 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:01.680 anyways. Okay. Wow. Yeah. All right. So there 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.839 was, yeah, some chance. I feel good about that, 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.920 though. Okay. All right. I wanted to see what 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.639 happened. I wanted to see what happened. What 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.139 you've taught them. We'll see them through for 00:07:11.139 --> 00:07:13.339 now, at least. I mean, this is not a problem 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:16.660 that's going to go away. This planar absorption 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:19.639 is only getting worse as time goes on. Something 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.199 has to be done. Maybe you're the ones to do it. 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.420 Who knows? But there are other problems to face 00:07:24.420 --> 00:07:26.860 first. Yeah, I just don't know that planar absorption 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:30.459 is going to be solved on a local level like that. 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:32.600 You know, I think it needs to be solved on a 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:37.019 more global scale. Good thing we're heroes. It's 00:07:37.019 --> 00:07:40.360 a good thing. Yeah. Let's see what our heroes 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:45.139 are up to. It's time to set the scene. I'm going 00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:48.579 to need you guys to help me here. You had your 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:50.720 conversation with Beauregard. We can flash back 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.079 to that. If there's anything else you want to 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.759 ask in the moment in the pale moonlight. But 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:59.139 now I want to gather everyone. I want to see 00:07:59.139 --> 00:08:03.470 a scene with Blanche. Jules, Salome, Dresden, 00:08:03.689 --> 00:08:08.709 Gabriela, Arlon, Akio, and Jean Franklin. Where 00:08:08.709 --> 00:08:12.089 would this take place? I mean, at the Coyote, 00:08:12.110 --> 00:08:14.790 right? Yeah. Is there a way for Salome to move 00:08:14.790 --> 00:08:17.110 freely and carefully into the Coyote without 00:08:17.110 --> 00:08:20.670 being noted? Can Jules just cast Invisibility 00:08:20.670 --> 00:08:23.490 on her? You could meet somewhere outside of it. 00:08:24.029 --> 00:08:26.430 How about you roll a stealth check for me with 00:08:26.430 --> 00:08:30.769 advantage? Thanks to Fog Cloud, it just so happens 00:08:30.769 --> 00:08:34.070 to be a foggy night that would provide cover 00:08:34.070 --> 00:08:37.970 for Salome to fly in. All right, all right. Advantage 00:08:37.970 --> 00:08:41.509 and a plus two. Okay, cool. Fog Cloud, jewels 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:44.029 meet with you, you get invisibility, boom. Makes 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:51.590 it even easier to slide to the city. 16 on the 00:08:51.590 --> 00:08:55.529 plus one, so 17. 17, okay, 17 is fine. You're 00:08:55.529 --> 00:08:57.629 just kind of avoiding passive eyes. You're not 00:08:57.629 --> 00:09:00.429 necessarily being watched, Salome. You are very 00:09:00.429 --> 00:09:03.269 well trusted, but you are a public figure of 00:09:03.269 --> 00:09:05.470 some renown. So if you were to go into a slum 00:09:05.470 --> 00:09:08.169 with a coyote, especially with the past you have 00:09:08.169 --> 00:09:10.590 now with the place, people would notice. Yeah. 00:09:10.669 --> 00:09:15.289 But nobody notices as some fog blows off a nearby 00:09:15.289 --> 00:09:20.889 rooftop and as the not -saloon doors maybe open 00:09:20.889 --> 00:09:25.470 on their own a little bit and close. And inside 00:09:25.470 --> 00:09:29.850 the coyote, dimly lit, all the shutters dropped. 00:09:30.690 --> 00:09:36.509 We see our full group. Is Beauregard here? I 00:09:36.509 --> 00:09:40.429 think he's earned our trust, right? Yeah, I'd 00:09:40.429 --> 00:09:42.990 say so. We like Beauregard. Then we'll say, around 00:09:42.990 --> 00:09:47.730 the table, we see the whole crew, including Beauregard. 00:09:48.370 --> 00:09:51.049 I think we see maybe, like... A few drinks around. 00:09:51.470 --> 00:09:53.950 John's got a nice fine wine in hand. Gabrielle 00:09:53.950 --> 00:09:56.629 with a straight tequila. Beauregard is at the 00:09:56.629 --> 00:10:02.970 bar with a martini. Shaken, not stirred. Blushy. 00:10:04.830 --> 00:10:10.009 He's over here for you. And now you have a choice 00:10:10.009 --> 00:10:14.649 to make. A few choices, actually. In roughly 00:10:14.649 --> 00:10:17.289 three and a half weeks, there will be an assault. 00:10:18.029 --> 00:10:20.389 on the Dawn Incarnates, and should they be wiped 00:10:20.389 --> 00:10:23.629 out, Atash will have full ability, the Sapphire 00:10:23.629 --> 00:10:28.210 will have full ability, to take the minds of 00:10:28.210 --> 00:10:31.429 all the people in all the worlds. I imagine, 00:10:31.470 --> 00:10:33.710 sort of in this interim, Salome, you'd been looking 00:10:33.710 --> 00:10:36.350 into Orin, and I think it's fair to say you've 00:10:36.350 --> 00:10:40.289 gained some intel, and I think you can have given 00:10:40.289 --> 00:10:44.289 that intel. You know, stuff about Orin's whereabouts, 00:10:44.450 --> 00:10:47.409 the guards that surround him, the general layout 00:10:47.409 --> 00:10:49.509 to the House of Convalescence. That can go to 00:10:49.509 --> 00:10:53.070 Beauregard. That can go to Shrike. And either 00:10:53.070 --> 00:10:57.870 way, through these connections, that information 00:10:57.870 --> 00:11:00.450 we continue to pass along to other allies that 00:11:00.450 --> 00:11:03.269 may use it, for there is a third arc playing 00:11:03.269 --> 00:11:08.230 out in this coming future. One for the pants 00:11:08.230 --> 00:11:12.100 people, not for you. Oh, damn. You get to help. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:16.659 All right. For you, there are two paths, each 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:20.000 of them impossibly dangerous. Path one leads 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.120 to Senza. To retrieve a command phrase from the 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:26.039 mind of the world's most accomplished wizard 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:28.220 by breaking into the world's most illustrious 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:30.740 magical academy. You know that Keji Komal is 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:33.899 involved with everything. His touch felt on Tythos 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:36.440 and Sansatyan, on Omizu and the Shrine of Storms, 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:39.000 and you know he'll be ready for some trouble. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.580 Path two leads to Diolamon. Retrieve a child 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:46.059 from the clutches of the fractured horn, somehow 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:48.340 avoiding the ire of the ancient black dragon 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:52.100 Calypsania, and the serpentine Bakunawa known 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:56.960 as Pangil Nangbon. One that may control Paul, 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:00.299 and one that Paul may be controlling? It's so 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:02.899 hard, Sholi's information is more guesswork than 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:05.919 anything. There's so much you don't know, but 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:10.009 you know it will be dangerous. On either path, 00:12:10.090 --> 00:12:12.429 you must move in secret, avoiding the public 00:12:12.429 --> 00:12:15.110 eye, and especially the eyes of shield bearers 00:12:15.110 --> 00:12:17.529 and celestials. Even getting off -world will 00:12:17.529 --> 00:12:21.490 be a trial that you must face. But now here, 00:12:21.649 --> 00:12:24.110 as we open upon this meeting, you must decide 00:12:24.110 --> 00:12:28.029 who is going where. Well, I guess, first, if 00:12:28.029 --> 00:12:31.330 you're going, then who is going where, and then 00:12:31.330 --> 00:12:36.730 how you are getting there. No pressure. Yeah, 00:12:36.830 --> 00:12:40.090 no pressure. Well, the first point, I think we 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:44.409 want to do both. Yeah, I think so. We are agreeing 00:12:44.409 --> 00:12:48.769 to both quests. They're both too important to 00:12:48.769 --> 00:12:53.690 not do one or the other. One may fail, and we'd 00:12:53.690 --> 00:12:57.470 need the other one as a backup. Yep. As for who's 00:12:57.470 --> 00:13:01.049 going where, Jules, I can't help but assume you'll 00:13:01.049 --> 00:13:04.009 be going after Paul. You know I ain't doing anything 00:13:04.009 --> 00:13:11.039 else but that. then will you trust me to oversee 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:16.879 our operation on Senza? Absolutely. What are 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.960 the two worlds? I'm getting them mixed up. Dyalongon. 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:24.519 Dyalongon. Dyalongon and Senza. Dyalongon is... 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.320 Dyalong... Senza is... Kejo Kamal in the Academy. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:34.039 Dyalongnong? Dia long on. Dia long on. D -A -Y 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:38.159 -A -W -L -O -N -G -O -N. Okay. That helps less. 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:44.480 Dia long on. It's hard. Dia long on. What do 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:47.120 you think about Dresden coming on that trip with 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:50.620 you? I can't imagine who I'd trust my back to 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:56.440 more than Soldier Boy. What do you think? I'll 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.360 do what's got to be done. I'm with you, Blanche. 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:06.120 May I help with the boy? This is so awesome. 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:14.700 Please. Yes. Shall we do this draft style? Can 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:17.379 I? Wait. Jeremy, can you do it? Are you able 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:20.559 to? Quick request. Yeah. The next two lines I 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:22.340 say, can you add them to happen at the same time? 00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:24.179 Wait, what? You keep this in the show, but can 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:25.759 you add these next two lines I say to happen 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:30.340 at the exact same time? Yeah. Of course I'm going 00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:41.279 with Blanche. What? There we go. Hell yeah. And 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.320 you see Jean and Akio glaring at each other with 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:48.500 full -heated daggers across the table. Actually, 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:52.799 Akio's under the table. Is there any reason why 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.139 Jean and Akio couldn't go together? No, that 00:14:56.139 --> 00:15:04.059 was my thought. The problem is, which one? That's 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:08.200 the problem. Well, I think Jaune has at least 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:12.659 a little bit of healing. So the sense of party 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:17.080 has no healing. Okay, yeah, no, no. Go, go. Yeah. 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:24.340 I guess we can do Jaune and Akio. Shut up, I'll 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:31.269 take you both. But if there's any more of this 00:15:31.269 --> 00:15:33.470 bickering, then no more questing for you, either 00:15:33.470 --> 00:15:37.210 of you. What? Yes, Master Bat. You ought to pick 00:15:37.210 --> 00:15:43.309 me fast. He kind of coughs and looks away awkwardly, 00:15:43.309 --> 00:15:47.750 realizing he was bickering. I think which leaves 00:15:47.750 --> 00:15:54.850 Arhalon and Gabriella to die along on. I think 00:15:54.850 --> 00:15:57.600 Gabriella's... Yeah, you got it right. Nice. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.500 Gabriela's hand reaches your shoulder, Jules. 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.940 Of course. I will be by your side. Whatever happens, 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:10.159 we are together. And Arlan just kind of... Yes, 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:15.559 this is good. I... I delivered the child into 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.960 the arms of the enemy. Finally, I can make good 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:26.279 on what I did. Finally, I can fix this. You know 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.820 I don't blame you. That is why you are too good, 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:35.480 Jules. No such thing. I can travel amongst the 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:40.519 worlds freely, but none of you have such a privilege 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:45.340 any longer. Is there a proposal for how to get 00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:50.100 you all off -world? If there's any way I can 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:55.399 help, just... Say the word, I have a number of 00:16:55.399 --> 00:17:00.360 false identities, but I cannot take anyone with 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:07.740 me. Is Handsome Jai cool with us enough to maybe 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:13.640 do the transporting in the lamp? That is potentially 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.200 a really, really good idea. All right, so get 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:25.319 this. Wow -life. If we can get Jai to... If we 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:32.240 can get handsome Jai to lend the lamp to Salome 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:37.720 here, she can carry it openly. And if... And 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:43.240 if Boregard here is free to travel, then perhaps 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:48.079 this could help. And Blanche will pull out an 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.480 item called a portable hole. and throw it on 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:56.579 the floor. So it's, you know, it is what it sounds 00:17:56.579 --> 00:18:01.319 like. It's a fine black cloth folded up to the 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:03.700 dimensions of a handkerchief, and it unfolds 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:07.440 into a circular sheet six feet in diameter. So 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:13.400 the trouble with the portable hole is that something, 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:18.559 someone who breathes can survive for up to ten 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:24.390 minutes. Inside of it. I'm wondering, though, 00:18:24.529 --> 00:18:30.190 I'm not sure exactly how long it'll take to dive 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:32.910 into the hole, pack it up in Beauregard's pocket, 00:18:33.170 --> 00:18:36.730 board the jewel to censor and make the trip and 00:18:36.730 --> 00:18:41.410 get out of sight. But, well, Jeanne and I have 00:18:41.410 --> 00:18:44.470 a particular skill for holding our breath. I 00:18:44.470 --> 00:18:46.960 can't even find a way to use that. Fuck yeah. 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:52.640 Perhaps if needed, we could, she looks at Dresden. 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:57.059 Oh my gosh. Share some of our breath. Fuck. Oh 00:18:57.059 --> 00:19:03.400 my God. John looks to Akio. No, no, no, no, no, 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.200 no, no, no. I am not kissing that dog. I was 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.990 going to suggest like. Oh, wait, no. Sir! Oh, 00:19:11.049 --> 00:19:13.670 shit. Tell me I'm not kissing that dog! I wouldn't 00:19:13.670 --> 00:19:18.950 call it a kiss. Sir! Just a puff. I'm a married 00:19:18.950 --> 00:19:22.349 man, sir. I don't want to kiss a dog! All right, 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:25.150 so kiss me. Akio goes, Blanche. I would love 00:19:25.150 --> 00:19:27.509 to kiss Master Blanche. He just jumps up and 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:32.490 does a tongue. Wait, no! This is worse somehow! 00:19:32.950 --> 00:19:36.890 I'll kiss the dog! Blanche looks to Dresden. 00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:46.609 Y 'all are missing out. F. Nah, man. So that 00:19:46.609 --> 00:19:49.529 is my proposition. I spent the last of my gold 00:19:49.529 --> 00:19:54.730 on this portable hole with sort of this little 00:19:54.730 --> 00:19:58.650 plan in mind. What do you think, DM? How do the 00:19:58.650 --> 00:20:03.029 mechanics hold up? I think this makes sense. 00:20:03.150 --> 00:20:04.869 You can hold your breath for, what's it, an hour? 00:20:05.430 --> 00:20:07.750 Yes, each turtle can hold their breath for an 00:20:07.750 --> 00:20:10.069 hour. So if you're sharing breath, you just store 00:20:10.069 --> 00:20:14.390 the oxygen. You have that much. You have an inner 00:20:14.390 --> 00:20:16.349 tank. Is that how that works? I guess we assume. 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:21.589 I'm just thinking that it's probably the same 00:20:21.589 --> 00:20:25.769 amount of breath. They just go into a sort of 00:20:25.769 --> 00:20:29.059 pseudo -hibernation where they use it less. But 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:31.339 I'm guessing that if they can hold in themselves 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:34.880 enough breath to last for an hour, and that is 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:37.380 equivalent to, or well, I mean, I don't know 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:38.680 if it's going to give you a whole other 10 minutes, 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:41.099 but even just to get a couple extra minutes. 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:43.339 I think 10 minutes is going to be super tight. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:49.250 20 minutes might be work. I think getting to 00:20:49.250 --> 00:20:51.430 the line, I mean, obviously the transfer itself 00:20:51.430 --> 00:20:53.529 is instant. It's just the going through line, 00:20:53.809 --> 00:20:55.309 getting in there. You want to get in the hole 00:20:55.309 --> 00:20:56.690 as late as possible. I was going to say, could 00:20:56.690 --> 00:20:59.890 they time it to where they're basically, he's 00:20:59.890 --> 00:21:01.589 just kind of running saying, wait, wait, wait, 00:21:01.609 --> 00:21:04.990 hold up, hold up. Sure, yeah. I mean, that's 00:21:04.990 --> 00:21:11.289 pretty cool. I think Beauregard. comes over and 00:21:11.289 --> 00:21:13.730 he pulls out like a briefcase. He just has a 00:21:13.730 --> 00:21:18.369 full, full like a trench coat briefcase. He unlatches 00:21:18.369 --> 00:21:20.490 it and you see it's an empty briefcase and he 00:21:20.490 --> 00:21:22.230 kind of is measuring it up in the hole itself. 00:21:22.529 --> 00:21:24.289 Like it's a big old briefcase. It's like, maybe 00:21:24.289 --> 00:21:26.829 it just like barely fits so he can like open 00:21:26.829 --> 00:21:28.430 the hole. You could jump in, you could close 00:21:28.430 --> 00:21:31.190 the briefcase and carry you across as luggage. 00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:34.769 I love it. That's so brilliant. I mean, yeah. 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:37.119 I mean, there's defenses around this kind of 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:39.160 thing, but, like, you would know, I'm going to 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:41.319 tell you this right now, because you are, Salome 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:43.500 would know that there are a number of Pauri that 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:47.480 have true sight automatic. So illusions and visibility, 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:49.319 things like that, they can just see right through 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.880 them. This so fully bypasses that. It's like, 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.819 I mean, maybe they'll be like, oh, there's some 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.680 magic in that briefcase, but that's not weird. 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:58.839 It's a magical world. Uncommon. Yeah, exactly. 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.539 They don't check every single person that goes 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.900 through. It's not like a, you know, they're just 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.390 going to zoop over to the next world. Super common 00:22:04.390 --> 00:22:08.269 to have magic on you. Yeah. So you got me. That's 00:22:08.269 --> 00:22:11.769 clever. Cool. Now the other plan has one possible 00:22:11.769 --> 00:22:15.150 hang up. Okay. Jai's cooperation. Jai's cooperation. 00:22:16.150 --> 00:22:18.470 Without jumping into a whole thing, I will tell 00:22:18.470 --> 00:22:20.410 you that if you confer with Jai, you can literally 00:22:20.410 --> 00:22:22.289 just like activate your stone, zoop over to his 00:22:22.289 --> 00:22:25.029 like lamp world real fast. You see he's just 00:22:25.029 --> 00:22:30.230 sitting over there. It's him and Neverlies are 00:22:30.230 --> 00:22:32.680 just kind of like. Doing the googly eyes on one 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:35.839 of the couches. Yeah, and actually, it's much 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:40.559 bigger. Whoa! Is it Jules that comes over to 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.980 talk to him? Yeah, I think so. Oh, hey, Jules. 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:47.440 I got to figure out how to make you knock. I 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:52.859 was almost naked. What's up? Hey, this is kind 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:54.539 of awkward, given the situation you're in right 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:59.799 now. Everything's awkward. I need to ask a big 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:06.799 favor. Yeah, what's that favor? Can I borrow 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:11.019 this place? You do. You're here, Brett. Yeah, 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.019 you do that a lot. It's actually a problem sometimes. 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:17.079 It's just like the land of love. You know, sometimes 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:22.039 I just want to, yeah. I wouldn't be asking you 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:25.200 if it wasn't really, really dying. How long do 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:27.220 you, I can leave if you need some time here. 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:34.089 I need to take the lamp. Whoa, whoa. I'm going 00:23:34.089 --> 00:23:39.349 somewhere to do something. I can't, I can't get 00:23:39.349 --> 00:23:40.890 rid of the lamp. Look, me and the lamp, we're 00:23:40.890 --> 00:23:44.049 like connected. I know, I get it. But if I'm 00:23:44.049 --> 00:23:45.690 not able to take this for just a little bit, 00:23:46.390 --> 00:23:52.150 party's over. Party's? The party can't be over. 00:23:52.890 --> 00:23:55.750 I see like a slender white finger. Something 00:23:55.750 --> 00:23:58.190 touches his lips. He's speaking and never lies. 00:23:58.789 --> 00:24:02.930 If Jules is asking. It is important. I think 00:24:02.930 --> 00:24:10.769 you should help him. And I will reward you. I 00:24:10.769 --> 00:24:17.549 never lie. And I promise you, when I get back 00:24:17.549 --> 00:24:20.369 with it, we're going to throw a fucking rager 00:24:20.369 --> 00:24:25.859 to end all rages. I promise. I love what you're 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:28.700 saying. It's just, I can't, the lamp, it's kind 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:31.039 of packed and the thing, and I can't really leave 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:33.200 the world. You can't leave the same world as 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.319 me. Just zoom back to me. It's the whole, but 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:40.759 I, okay. What if I took you myself? I can move 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:44.720 around a little bit. I can carry you where you 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:49.980 gotta go. We're going somewhere very, very dangerous. 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:58.519 He just starts laughing, like points, like, does 00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:01.720 he forget? He doesn't know who I am. Look at 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:04.119 me. And he'll reach down and grab a water or 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:06.660 whiskey or whatever liquid is on the table and 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:13.339 chuck it in his face. Wake up. Look at me. Look 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:17.440 at me. If that's the only way, I need you with 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.759 me. So I think that he would just need to get 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:24.720 you to the port. So then you can pop out. How 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:27.460 are we going to get back? I don't know. Yeah, 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:30.079 exactly. You might want to go through. There 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:32.180 will be guard probably on the jewel as well, 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.200 perhaps even watching it. Celestials are now 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:36.880 in all the worlds. In the main cities where the 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:39.900 ports are, you got to be careful there too. I 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.920 mean, there's ways around that. You can just 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.900 get stealthy, but he's just kind of looking at 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:47.200 you, water dripping down his face, eyes kind 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.019 of wide, and you see they blink a few times and 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:52.900 beginning to like uncloud. For real. If this 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:55.519 doesn't happen, there will be no more parties. 00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:04.039 Ever. Anywhere. Everything gone. Like the war. 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:11.420 Like the war. Sober for a day. For a day. Never 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:16.779 lies high to everything. I can do that. Thank 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:23.580 you. And those eyes of his just like firm. They 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:27.799 are the eyes of a soldier again. I didn't expect 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.000 him to come along with us. Yeah, that was... 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:34.220 Yeah, I was not expecting that. That is wild. 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:39.359 That was a much better outcome. Like, if he was 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.180 there, I could have caused problems if he was... 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:43.400 Actually, you know what? God, you got me. Oh, 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:45.500 man, I should have made you all check. But it 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:48.240 was cool. You're cool. I can't... It makes sense. 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.420 It makes sense. All right. I mean, you kind of 00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:54.940 sold it with never lies. Yeah. I love how he 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:57.579 acted so surprised. He persuaded himself in that 00:26:57.579 --> 00:27:02.519 one. Sometimes even David can do the right thing. 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.779 Now, please leave because we're going to get 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:12.839 busy. Oh, please go ahead. Then he comes right 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:17.519 back. Whoa. When is the jewel leaving? That's 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.869 a good question. Let's say this. If you're trying 00:27:20.869 --> 00:27:22.349 to catch the first Jules, the sense of Jules 00:27:22.349 --> 00:27:25.029 leaves in two hours. Dayong and Jules leaves 00:27:25.029 --> 00:27:31.829 in three and a half. All right. Jules reappears. 00:27:33.009 --> 00:27:37.369 Hey. You got two hours and 50 minutes. To get 00:27:37.369 --> 00:27:42.269 sober? Holy shit. I am on a lot of stuff. All 00:27:42.269 --> 00:27:47.869 right. Drink water and... Meet the ugly dog? 00:27:49.069 --> 00:27:51.599 Yeah. All right. Yeah. We'll see you there. Yeah. 00:27:51.680 --> 00:28:01.460 Yep. Hell yeah. So as said, Senza would be the 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:04.680 first one to go. So let's get ready for that. 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:08.579 How do you want to do this? Any last words to 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:10.740 say? Any goodbyes before you take off for this 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:15.480 life -threatening quest? This is Blanche, Dresden, 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:19.869 Akio, and Jean. I think Dresden and Jules. Share 00:28:19.869 --> 00:28:23.289 a long embrace. And then they'll pull apart and 00:28:23.289 --> 00:28:28.069 Dresden will hold Jules' shoulders. Kill them 00:28:28.069 --> 00:28:34.009 for me. For us. No fucking course, man. This 00:28:34.009 --> 00:28:40.869 is it. It's about to be over. Holy shit. This 00:28:40.869 --> 00:28:44.730 is it. Once there's space, Blanche will walk 00:28:44.730 --> 00:28:49.000 to Jules. Jules, I... I know you can do this. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:53.180 I must admit I feel a little nervous leaving 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:58.140 your side and taking Soldier Boy with me. I know 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:02.859 he's in good hands. You're sure that we can trust 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:10.519 the Celestial? I do. Well, all the same, you'll 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:15.839 have Ahalan and Gabriella with you. They'll keep 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:18.759 you safe, too. You'll keep them safe. I mean... 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:25.519 You know, nobody could ever replace Zebulon. 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:31.660 And then you waltzed in, and you became another 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:35.339 one of my best friends. I trust you with my life. 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:41.220 I trust you with all their lives. Praise for 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:46.759 Red -Tide Blanche. You see, you get me, Jules. 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:51.140 And I'd like to think that I get you too. And 00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:53.880 I think that's why this works so well. And I 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:58.460 think that's why I know that the absence of this 00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:03.799 boy has caused you so much pain. Bring him back. 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:09.900 I know you can do it. You and me, we got this. 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:13.559 And Blanche reaches out for one of those really 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:19.119 cool forearm handshakes. Jules obliges. I'll 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:22.539 see you on the other side. I'll see you soon. 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:26.539 Our camera slowly pans around the two of you. 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.839 And we see Jean -Francois in tears rolling down 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:36.119 his... Group hug! Get in here, dog! And Kiyo... 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:44.900 He has a big old dog hug on the other side. Jesus. 00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:50.940 It's a big pig pile. As you begin to part, I 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:53.579 think you can hear Arhalon, having stepped away 00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.720 from the rest of the group, has gone to Fibro. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:31:01.519 If you would just, every few days perhaps, check 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:04.799 her residence. I don't want her to wonder where 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:10.240 I am when she comes home. I'll check on Xena 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:15.900 Arhalon. I'll see if I can find her. Thank you, 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:20.400 Fibro. Huge pat on the back that almost knocks 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:25.619 him off his chair. Oh, sorry. All right. All 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:29.599 right. And perhaps one begins to move into position 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:34.119 to get ready to take their leave. And we start 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:38.380 with the Sensa group. Moving up the trade disc, 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:42.279 I'll up the great fossil spiraling past the barracks 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.400 of the shield bearers towards the passage of 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.359 respite. Where up ahead you can see, like a star 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:53.259 plucked out of the sky, the amber concord jewel 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:56.299 gleaming golden resin catching the light of the 00:31:56.299 --> 00:32:00.559 auroral diamond comes to slide down. You move 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:03.700 up towards the line. How do you want to do this? 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.440 before you catch less to your sight. This is 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.480 the time -sensitive one. It's going to be a lot 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:12.180 of tabora guard to get you through fast. Everyone, 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:15.759 remember the breathing exercises I taught you. 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:20.759 Stay calm. Lower your heart rate. Picture it 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:25.319 in your minds. Take one last breath, and we'll 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:29.700 jump in. Tap Sean or I if you need some air. 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:33.970 We just need ten minutes. A little longer than 00:32:33.970 --> 00:32:38.190 ten minutes. Aye, sir. And with that, everybody 00:32:38.190 --> 00:32:41.549 takes a breath and hops into Beauregard's suitcase. 00:32:42.769 --> 00:32:47.329 Holy shit. You hop in the suitcase, and as you 00:32:47.329 --> 00:32:50.589 vanish into the blackness, as you feel yourselves 00:32:50.589 --> 00:32:54.910 falling, perhaps you hear very distantly the 00:32:54.910 --> 00:33:00.269 click as it closes behind you, sealing you in 00:33:00.269 --> 00:33:04.190 here. You do not hear outside the holes. You 00:33:04.190 --> 00:33:06.349 do not see. Perhaps the rest of you are watching 00:33:06.349 --> 00:33:08.150 from afar, making sure everything goes well. 00:33:08.309 --> 00:33:12.849 As Beauregard stands up, pats himself off, kind 00:33:12.849 --> 00:33:16.410 of takes one little fishy breath into his big 00:33:16.410 --> 00:33:20.670 fishy lips. And then you see his face just change 00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:24.599 into this, like, look of absolute just... hurried. 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.220 Like, maybe I think you were waiting until almost 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.059 the last of the line was on, just about to take 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:30.039 off, because you know you need to have no line, 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.440 and he just bursts out just running, wait, wait, 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:36.579 wait! I am, I have a gift for Empress Anaya. 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:40.759 My master was, no, please, please, wait. He's 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.839 charging through the line. Celestials come moving 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.859 down. I think, like, you don't catch what he 00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:47.900 says from afar as you see Apari drops down in 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.279 front of a few others, come to meet him. And 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.960 you see he just kind of, like, makes even hurried 00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.940 words. They seem like they want to pull him aside. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.000 He's kind of gesturing with fins, like, like 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:58.980 very outraged. And eventually you see, like, 00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:02.170 one figure. Looking almost just completely frazzled, 00:34:02.210 --> 00:34:04.589 shrugs and opens away. He pulls out some identification. 00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:07.250 He's showing it around and they just back off. 00:34:07.990 --> 00:34:12.110 And he charges onto the Amber just as it begins 00:34:12.110 --> 00:34:18.150 to close. And we watch as the Amber departs. 00:34:18.730 --> 00:34:21.789 Our characters in darkness holding their breath, 00:34:22.010 --> 00:34:26.409 sharing their life as the Amber takes the sky 00:34:26.409 --> 00:34:35.679 above the city of hell. And vanishes. We'll get 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:40.320 back to them. Soon. But our focus is going to 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:45.079 linger. On the Dia Long Long group. Not long 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:50.500 after that. Handsome Jai. Arrives. You see he 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:56.019 looks. Like Handsome Jai. And is. I think this 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:58.139 moment of sheer disappointment, you move back 00:34:58.139 --> 00:35:00.400 from there, back towards the ugly coyote, or 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:02.940 the ugly dog, as some call it, and you see Answer 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:06.400 Jai stumbling down the street. Oh, hmm, there, 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:12.539 hey, hey, I was looking for you guys. I was going 00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:16.300 to grab a drink in the ugly dog. You want a drink? 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.900 We still got an hour, right? Yeah, at this point, 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:23.039 yeah, we'll say you have about an hour. Okay. 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:26.460 As the saloon doors open again, I think Arlon 00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:29.019 stays out, kind of like a modern situation. Sure. 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:32.320 Then again, you sort of move in, and you watch 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:37.659 as that drunken, just act, fully melts from his 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:42.579 face. Nice. All right. We have T -minus 60 minutes 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:46.420 to get you off this rock, right? Yep. All right. 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.860 Easy peasy, get in the lamp. Tosh watches my 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:50.840 movements somewhat, but it's not too weird for 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.980 me to leave world. I like to party, you know, 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:57.619 elsewhere sometimes, so. Salome had a hand out, 00:35:57.719 --> 00:36:02.719 ready to cast Lesser Restoration. Oh, shit. You 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:08.460 can put that away. Do you think you and I walking 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:12.840 together would gather more or less attention? 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.880 The way my past goes, they're going to think 00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:22.360 you're my fourth wife. Let's keep it easy. I 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:31.159 shall join them in the lamp. You realize when 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:33.860 you think about that possibility, and there would 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:37.019 be so much paparazzi absolutely everywhere. Whenever 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:39.699 he's got somebody new with him, it's like the 00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:41.420 biggest deal. Someone on his arm. Yeah, exactly. 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:47.099 Hell yeah. Do you guys go in the lamp? Jules 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:51.929 will look to Salome. You ready? Now or never. 00:36:52.969 --> 00:36:57.929 Let's go. Swan dive into the lamp. Akio and Jean, 00:36:58.070 --> 00:37:03.010 do you follow? Wait, no. I got backwards. Arlon. 00:37:03.309 --> 00:37:06.269 Oh, God. I'm going to have a hard time in this 00:37:06.269 --> 00:37:12.469 arc. Why did I do this? Arlon and Gabriela. Follow 00:37:12.469 --> 00:37:16.730 Arlon. Come back inside. I'll nod to his allies 00:37:16.730 --> 00:37:21.579 in the coyote. Defy, bro. Your experience is 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:23.179 different from the other group because you are 00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:26.739 not lost in breathless darkness. You are in a 00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:35.199 very well -stocked... sort of bar lounge it's 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:37.820 entirely comfortable as you can kind of sit back 00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:40.780 and relax and you're seeing through the great 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:43.960 sort of uh crystalline like stone turned translucent 00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:46.980 walls as handsome jai you know goes up and you 00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:49.079 can immediately feel the moment he steps out 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.980 of the coyote and his step goes from steady to 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:53.500 stumbling and he's working down the road he's 00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:56.059 making a good show of it uh there's some stops 00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:58.280 in the way as fans come to talk to him and scream 00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:01.639 and he's kind of just like peace and yeah Yeah, 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:04.480 you know, just posing for some recording, recording 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.960 diamonds and moving along. And there's absolutely 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:11.380 no reason. Yeah, I made you make it through. 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:14.860 No one's going to stop him. There's a couple 00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:17.159 of, well, when Pothipari comes down to question 00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:19.019 him, you know, where you're going, he's just 00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:23.590 being difficult on purpose. Whoa, hey, man. I'm 00:38:23.590 --> 00:38:25.849 heading out to die along, and those guys can't 00:38:25.849 --> 00:38:29.829 chill, you know? Have you seen the sticks? Never 00:38:29.829 --> 00:38:32.610 mind. You wouldn't get it. The sticks? Yeah, 00:38:32.750 --> 00:38:34.909 it's just straight -laced. You're the party now, 00:38:34.949 --> 00:38:39.409 I guess. You're straight as a boot. You wouldn't 00:38:39.409 --> 00:38:41.849 know. But, man, let's just say I'm going to be 00:38:41.849 --> 00:38:45.389 seeing visions, too, real soon. I'm going to 00:38:45.389 --> 00:38:48.130 go on the rock now, and you can see, as this 00:38:48.130 --> 00:38:51.460 is happening, the serpentine jewel. begins to 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:55.280 slide into place. You see that sort of light 00:38:55.280 --> 00:39:02.500 green, mottled dark blue stone drops down and 00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:06.659 lands. The passage of respite. Handsome Jai's 00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.199 a luminary. Everyone lets him through first. 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:11.519 Everyone knows he stumbles past the crack. Thank 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:13.420 you, thank you. Whoa, hey, sorry, didn't mean 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:15.679 to touch you. Whoa, thank you. I like to think 00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:17.400 that Jules and Blanche are holding their breaths 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:23.260 in there as well because of the stank. Jules 00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:26.079 and Salome, anyway. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. Who 00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:28.000 did I say? You said Jules and Blanche. Did I 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.940 say Blanche and Salome? Get ready for so much 00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:32.800 of this, past people. No, it's going to be great. 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:36.760 As you step onto the Serpentine Conqueror jewel, 00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:50.590 it rises up and vanishes. Linger on the Citadel 00:39:50.590 --> 00:39:55.889 for a moment longer. Both gems gone. All heroes 00:39:55.889 --> 00:39:59.750 vacated. We see the long fossils stretching around 00:39:59.750 --> 00:40:03.150 the auroral diamond. We see the people moving 00:40:03.150 --> 00:40:07.070 on the streets. Shield their soldiers, mingle 00:40:07.070 --> 00:40:10.710 among them, standing at stations. And we see 00:40:10.710 --> 00:40:15.210 the panic rise as alarms along the Radiant Citadel 00:40:15.210 --> 00:40:19.570 begin to blare as red lights... Shine, the crystal 00:40:19.570 --> 00:40:23.789 taking on that great red hue that signifies an 00:40:23.789 --> 00:40:31.449 emergency is happening. But where? Jules Salome. 00:40:32.849 --> 00:40:36.230 You are in a strange place. You are, in essence, 00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:40.920 in a stone in a stone. You are in this lamp, 00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:43.719 seeing outside of it. The lamp itself, the inside, 00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:45.760 takes on this almost cavernous appearance. And 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.079 so for the facets of this, you know, it looks 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:51.019 like a gemstone made translucent by magic. Though 00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:54.300 from the outside, all people see is an oil lamp 00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:56.400 and handsome Jai's hands. He never goes anywhere 00:40:56.400 --> 00:41:01.179 without it. And beyond that, you can see just 00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:04.760 the serpentine walls of the Concord Jewel, the 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:08.650 crowds all around, and sort of a... A restless, 00:41:08.789 --> 00:41:13.349 uneasy, quiet. It's always scary to fly. And 00:41:13.349 --> 00:41:16.150 you kind of catch it. You don't feel it, but 00:41:16.150 --> 00:41:19.590 you catch it as everything shifts just a little 00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:22.170 bit, and people around begin to shift with it, 00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:26.170 like the gemstone is shaking, as if struck by 00:41:26.170 --> 00:41:29.449 some turbulence. And you can hear just muted 00:41:29.449 --> 00:41:37.150 sounds, like muted explosions. Amidst a mingling 00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:40.909 of this constant fluctuating hum that seems to 00:41:40.909 --> 00:41:42.730 resonate through the crystalline walls and through 00:41:42.730 --> 00:41:46.469 the walls of your own container. And as the gem 00:41:46.469 --> 00:41:49.829 drops lower, as the sounds get louder, you realize 00:41:49.829 --> 00:41:58.260 what that hum really is. Screaming. You catch 00:41:58.260 --> 00:42:01.019 the moment when the door to the gemstone opens. 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.619 The pilot of the gem, seemingly unaware of the 00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:05.559 danger outside, you can see in that brief moment 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:08.079 when it opens, a flash of white light blasts 00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:10.139 before the door out of the gemstone, accompanied 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:14.460 by a crack of thunder. Screams. You see smoke 00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:16.539 billowing in as many of those screams rescrescendo 00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:20.059 and they're just abruptly cut off. You can see 00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:22.019 two shield there, a security for the serpentine 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.960 gem, move to block off the exit, and then just 00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:26.380 scream it back, Close the door! Close the door! 00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:30.239 Retreat! Retreat! Kalapag is under attack! And 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:32.460 you watch in horror as your only way out begins 00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:38.409 to slide closed and suddenly halt. As a massive 00:42:38.409 --> 00:42:41.769 hand, hard and calloused and indigo -skinned, 00:42:41.769 --> 00:42:45.349 crackling with electric power, locks the sliding 00:42:45.349 --> 00:42:48.949 gemstone door and pries it open wide again. A 00:42:48.949 --> 00:42:51.849 wild eye of frosty blue light peers into the 00:42:51.849 --> 00:42:54.730 conquered jewel, and the vicious grin amidst 00:42:54.730 --> 00:43:01.059 a white beard gleans out. A storm giant. And 00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:03.760 behind the happy monster, more screams echoing, 00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:05.659 enjoying the panic scream of the crowd inside 00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:12.079 the gem. Bayou! It's Bayou! Quiet! Oh, God! Daddy! 00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:18.199 And over all of it, a voice from the sky outside, 00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:21.820 a voice like booming thunder humming through 00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:39.199 the very marrow of your bones. And we'll call 00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.699 it there.