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The Dinsing Night Market. One of the great marvels

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of all many worlds. When the mountains of Subsunko

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burn with many lights, so too do the tents and

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cards of the Night Market. Truly it is a special

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place. Made even more special one fateful night

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by the arrival of our two potential luminaries.

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Zebulon Black, the newly named, made his appearance

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to the market folk leading a mob of pangolins.

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A local creature much revered. Jules Roach made

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his own contribution to the festivities in the

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form of an incredible song. Through merry crowds,

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the two traveled, meeting up with the overseer

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of this night's market games, a gnomish woman

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named Madame Cope. There, they discovered that

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Rune Rassan had entered them in these games,

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along with two other sluts for their allies.

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They also discovered that Rune had sent another

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group, one that would be competing with them

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for the title of Raya, and the promised future

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Rune had set out for them. With this information

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in mind, the two hit the streets of the market

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once more, only to come face to face with a former

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adversary turned possible ally, the Turtle Knight,

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Jean Franklin. And what does this Turtle Knight

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have to say? Well, just stay tuned and you may

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find out. Even storyteller Oren liked your song,

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Jeremy. He loved it. I believe he said it was

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incredible. I'm just still stuck on the way you

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said, Alice. Storyteller on here. Oh, man. What

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an episode last time. It was fun. It was such

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a good time. It was fun. I love the unveiling

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of the surprise. I am so sorry, listeners, that

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I didn't record Stephen's expressions so I could

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post them. They were incredible. We'll get them

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next time. I think starting with episode eight,

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every episode has been my favorite episode. Episode

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eight was my favorite. Then we recorded nine.

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That was my favorite all the way up, and it just

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keeps going. Shit's starting to pick up. Oh,

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yeah, man. 100%. We're hitting it. We're raising

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the bar. We should just delete one through seven.

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Dude, we'll just start with nine. Yeah, there

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you go. We finally have a special guest. It's

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the first time we use real buttons. First time

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I actually had my computer in front of me. Yeah.

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Made a big difference. Made a real big... I had

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that tablet, that garbage tablet that someone

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broke. I won't say who. Say it. You know what?

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In truth, it was my cat, Banshee. Yeah, I know.

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Because she peed all over it. Yeah. Because they

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pee on everything. That's what cats do. You know

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it was Banshee, though? It's always Banshee.

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If it's puke, it's spiders. If it's pee, it's

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Banshee. Poop? Probably Myrtle. If it's just

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being a general terrible nuisance, definitely

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Wade. Love them all though. I have 10 cats. So,

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weep for me, my listeners. Boy, we were talking

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before this about what to do for like an early

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sort of banter to warm up into the session. We

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didn't really have any set ideas. Well, now we're

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talking about cat pee. It's true. We can go that

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route. I was about to dust off all reliable.

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Thrilling conversation. I was going to talk about

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NBC's Heroes. The greatest terrible show ever

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made. That was a thing. I think that's pretty

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accurate, yeah. Have you seen Heroes? Of course.

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Okay, okay. I mean, it's been years since I actually

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watched it, so you could talk about it and I

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wouldn't know what the fuck you're talking about.

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This is, I... I love this. I love this show.

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The way David's mind works, he remembers it like

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it was yesterday. I fucking love this show so

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much. It's like, it's like, starts off with this

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first season that was actually very good. And

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then all of a sudden, shit just goes fucking

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wild. Off the rails in ways you could never imagine.

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It's incredible. The various, no, seriously,

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it sounds like I'm hyping this up too much. I'm

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going to tell you guys. All you guys, everyone

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out there, one sort of string line of details

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that are one of my favorite little micro stories

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and heroes. And that is the tale of the actress

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Ali Larder. Now. So Allie Lauder was in the first

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season, and you may remember she was playing

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this woman with super strength who also had dissociative

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identity disorder. Oh, yeah. I remember that.

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Of course. Yeah. See, I'm being honest. I'm being

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honest. I'm being sarcastic. So, okay. Good character.

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I enjoyed her character at that point. That sounds

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like a weird sentence. Hang on. In the second

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season, I believe. Allie Lauder's character dies

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in self -sacrifice. Spoiler alert for fucking

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NBC's heroes. So sorry, everyone. Thank me later

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so you don't watch it. So, or do watch it. This

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is hilarious. Right, I don't know if this is,

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I don't know if you're talking positively or

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negatively about the show anymore. It's both.

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So, she dies. And you're like, okay, Allie Lauder's

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gone off the show. You know, great character,

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good times. We had a good time with her. You

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know, but we can move on now. We can move on.

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Well, she comes back next season as a different

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character. Get out. She comes back as the unknown

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twin sister or cousin or some shit of that first

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character. But now she has ice powers. I vaguely

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remember something like that. I don't know why

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this happened. So she comes back and now she

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can freeze things. And then two seasons later.

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No, wait, it gets better. She self -sacrifices

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again. She full -on freezes herself and a bunch

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of government agents just, it like becomes an

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ice sculpture and then is smashed to pieces by

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the villain of the season. Why? And you're like,

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boy. That's it. Allie Lauder's dead again. And

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we can finally move on. And no, she comes back

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next season. But she lived. But now her power

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is to turn into water and back into person. Because

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when she turned into ice and broke, she melted

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and was a water. And then she turned into a person

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from being a water. What the fuck, heroes? Did

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you just say she was a water? Dude, what the

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fuck, heroes? It's so wild. What TV show are

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we going to shit on in 10 years from now? It's

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still heroes. Spoiler alert. I'm still going

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to shit on heroes. We're always going to shit

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on heroes. This is, and this is true, my favorite

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subject of any subject. Except maybe talking

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about my D &D campaigns because I am a nerd.

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But oh my gosh, it's so funny. Just give me the

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boys and I'm good. The boys is very good. Yep.

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The boys is very good. Yeah, I binged the boys

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during COVID. That was fucked up. Very fucked

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up. It's rough. It's so funny because The Boys

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hits so close to home in this campaign and it's

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actually completely unintentional because I started

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watching The Boys after it already crafted this

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setting. When I was thinking about luminaries,

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I was actually more thinking in the vein of One

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Punch Man and My Hero Academia. And just those

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sort of big superhero guild type settings. And

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then I watched The Boys and I was like, yeah,

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that's... Really close to what I'm going for.

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Shit, I don't like that. I've seen the show.

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I know there's some bad stuff going on. It's

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like that, but not quite as irreverent, I guess.

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Okay, not as much lactating? Not quite as much

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lactating. We'll get there. That's arc four.

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Sorry, another spoiler. The title of this episode

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is Spoiler Alert. Oh, boy. Speaking of a way

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better superhero -style show than NBC's Heroes

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that hopefully won't go so fucking off the rails,

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welcome back to Fantasy Pants, everybody, and

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we're going to get right into this shit because

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we left off at a pretty interesting moment. You

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guys just learned a little more about your role

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here. You know that Rune intended for you to

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be in these games. You know these games are your

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ticket to becoming Rhea, to becoming sponsored,

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and maybe to becoming luminaries. It's a long

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track, but you're about to make your first step

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down it. Problem is, you're not alone. Rune has

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sent others. You're aware of that now. You don't

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know who they are, what they can do. You don't

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know how much better than you they are, but you

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can assume they are so much better than you.

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Zebulon, you can assume. I'm not too worried.

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Zebulon is suspiciously confident. Be more worried.

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Unfoundedly confident. I dare you. So David was

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just giving Steven the craziest stare. Always.

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Steven. My mortal enemy. I know I'm going to

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eat my words, but all the time in David's games,

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we see each other at work and he'll be like,

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hey, you're going to die tonight. And I'll be

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like, ah, shit. That really sucks. And then I'll

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find a way out of it. And then next week he'll

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be like, hey, I'm going to kill you for real

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tonight. And then I'll find a way out of it.

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All right, Mr. Confident. Jeremy, can you get

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a fork, please? For Steve's words. Do you want

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to be eating tonight? I know I'm going to eat

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those words. But I'm feeling good. I kind of

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want to go and grab a fork just to have it ready.

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Get it ready. You're going to need it. He's going

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to need it. But first things first. You left

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that tent. You walked out into the sprawling

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market street. and came face to face with an

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old adversary, Jean Franklin the Turtle. Now,

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last time you saw this guy, he fucked you up.

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He was about to beat you in a fight. Maybe. We

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don't know. I did make him give up. We don't

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know. When the battle ended, it was Chester and

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Zebulon standing on one side, Jean Franklin alone

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on the other. We never saw that final round that

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likely would have brought this battle to an end.

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Very exciting. Except it wasn't because it didn't

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happen. I'm kind of calling it a win. You take

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that. I'll let you have it. So we're going to

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open up on that scene. We'll just look at the

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market. People are moving around you now. You

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guys are all kind of frozen in place in the crowd.

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John Franklin's spear stabbed bottom down into

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the earth below. And he's staring confidently,

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smirking over towards you all. His eyes just

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like taking you all in. You feel Chester tense

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up beside you, Jules. You can see him like he

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has his... ready. He's just like pulling it out

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and he's just staring daggers towards this turtle.

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And for a moment, I think we just see this scene.

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You guys are like standing, you know, maybe like

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20 feet apart. And then we kind of like see superimposed

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over it. That scene by the fountain in front

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of Rune's place as you see Jules is down on the

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ground just behind bleeding out. And we see Chester

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in the same position, same rage in his face.

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Zebulon swords out. facing down this foe and

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back. We're back in the market. Anything you

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guys want to say? Zebulon's kind of looking at

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Jules to see how Jules is reacting. Jules has

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taken out his rapier and has it behind his back,

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and he's just staring very angrily at John Franklin.

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Zebulon puts a hand on Jules' shoulder. I'm sorry

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to do this to you, Jules, but I think we needed

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him. What did you do? Well, I asked him to come

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here. Why would you do that? After what happened?

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After what he did to us? I think he can help

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us. And I don't think he wanted to do what he

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was doing. Why would you think that? Because...

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He's kind of like us. And as you guys, like,

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you're kind of staying there. You're lost for

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words. Zebulon, you look back and John Franklin's

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smile grows a little bit. He's like, oh dear,

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have I touched a nerve already? Usually takes

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a couple words in my mouth first. John Franklin

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never helps his own case. He pulls up his spear,

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kind of slides it into a slot on his shell and

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just says, Now, we have a lot to discuss. Why

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doesn't just we grab something to eat? My treat,

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of course. Don't bother with the Tungun family's

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seafood. He points behind his back. They're worthless

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hacks, the lot of them. Miserably rude, too.

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I have heard a great deal about Tianmo noodles,

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though, on the other side of the market. What

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do you say? Can you guys, um, stomach some noodles?

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We get whatever we want. Of course. No matter

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the price. No matter the price. I'm a man of

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some means. I can shoulder whatever price you

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wish to have me pay. It's the very least you

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could do. I'll admit there were mistakes made

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before. I intend to make good on them, I promise.

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I told your friend here. It was you, yes. You

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were the invisible one. Yeah, that's right. That

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was the one sneaking around. I thought so. The

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figure felt rather small when they bounced off

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me. So... How is he so quick? So quick! Now then,

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come along. And he just, like, starts to... Like,

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he just walks right past you all. Kind of gives

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you, like, a sort of a head nod forward and just

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keeps moving without saying another word. I'm

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gonna... Sheathed my rapier. And start walking

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slowly. Jules! What? We're doing this? Really?

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Let's just see. He stabbed me through the gut!

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Do you remember? Oh. No hesitation! He took me

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out! He took you out! Chester! What? I never

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forget. We got a couple good licks on him, too.

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I'm gonna keep armed. I'll watch him. I... Maybe

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he'll be useful sure whatever, but I'm not I'm

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not into this all right I'm telling you right

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now. I am never ever gonna talk to that guy I

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have any sort of conversation with him Oh, my

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God. Brilliant. I see you, David. I see you.

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Good. All right. So, marked off my checklist.

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Handled. All right. No one's saying you have

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to, Chester. Oh, fuck. He's going to pay one

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way or another. All right? You trust me on that.

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All right. He nods. All right. I'll watch your

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back. So he's up to a little while later, say.

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Skip a little bit of time. You guys are now just

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outside of this large tent that just says Tien

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Mo Noodles, this big sort of lit up neon bowl

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with chopsticks going into it, a bunch of noodles

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coming out of it. You don't go to the tent yourselves.

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I think Jean Franklin finds you a spot, sits

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down, just, I'll be right back. Just hold on

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just a moment. And he goes in. You hear a bunch

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of yelling and screaming inside. And a short

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while later, he bustles out with a number of,

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you know, these sort of bowls of noodles, sort

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of disposable bowls of noodles. And a small in

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front of you takes a seat, and he slurps one

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big and watches you guys eat. So what did you

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get here? He's like, well, it's some sort of

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vegetarian bowl made with handmade noodles and

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fresh tree green beans. It should be. Palatable,

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I suppose. I'm used to better, but it was costly.

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A gold apiece. I hope you enjoy it. Sounds tasty,

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but I think I shall. Don't mind if I do. He looks

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at you, Jules. I don't think Jules says anything

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or does anything at the moment. He just kind

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of nods and shrugs like, eh, whatever. I think

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he's just looking around and just kind of looks

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over at Zebulon. Zebulon starts eating. I'm not

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going to let my noodles get cold. I love the

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way Chester and Jules are sitting there just

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staring daggers. And Zebulon's probably just...

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He's so grossly... No, no, no. Zebulon knows

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how to eat civilized. He's got noodles hanging

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off his horns. How do I eat noodles? Shoving

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them into his nose. What is this? Where did this

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come from? You killed your six intelligence.

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I'm sorry. I did not mean to switch sides. That

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was just too good. Oh, gosh. All right. Is it

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an intelligence roll to eat noodles? I was talking

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about your IRL intelligence. Jesus. Wow. Sean

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Franklin looks at this disgusting display in

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front of him. You can't fucking win. You can't.

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No, I'm in rare form tonight. You're done for.

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No, this is usual. It's true. I'm always in rare

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form with you, Steven. I can see why Rune was

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interested in you lot. The herald of the pangolins.

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The bringer of song. There's been stories already

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all over the place. Like little wildfires starting

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up all over the market. Very well done. Very

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well done. Now, I know he was interested in your

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activities on Tythos, as well as your, well,

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your stories in general. Both of you come from

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families of some means, and that's rather hot

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with luminaries and with the folks that play

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into that game. What do you mean it's hot? It's

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popular. People like... They like heroes that

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come from some means. They don't always like

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to root for the nobodies. But you, both of you

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were somebody before, weren't you? That's part

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of why Rune was interested. From what I heard.

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I don't know that either of us are really interested

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in our past. Nope. Well, unfortunately, it's

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not about what you're interested in, is it? No,

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is it? It's about the populace of the world.

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What they want to see. Fuck that, I ain't selling

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my soul. For the right prize. I think you might.

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I guess it depends. Yes, there we are. This one

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might just have some hope. Are your noodles,

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Jules? I'm back. The listener Jeremy just glared

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at me. Zebulon is apparently slurping them up

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like a fucking hog. I don't think I'm hungry.

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All right. Save them for later. It doesn't matter

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to me. Look, what do you know of luminaries?

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Start there. Well, I mean, I know how cool they

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can be. Okay. They're like the heroes. All right.

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The best. They're the strongest. Right, right.

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Okay. You, smart one, do you know much more than

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that? What are you playing at here? I'm trying

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to instruct you. I don't think you even really

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realize why you're here, do you? Go on. All right.

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Luminaries are essentially, for lack of a better

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term, mercenaries hired out by the Radiant Citadel.

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No shit. But there are a few interesting details

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that set them apart from a common mercenary,

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beyond just their popularity. Right? Here's the

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important one. Luminaries are not traditionally

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paid. You know this, right? Well, I guess I kind

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of assumed there would be some sort of pay, but

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I think I'd just be happy being on the Crystal

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Network. All right, well. He just looks at you,

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kind of shakes his head, sighs a little. This

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is going to be some work, but you are the carriage

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I've hitched my horses to, so, well. First of

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all, let me explain to you why luminaries are.

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Now, I'm not going to get into the whole business

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of it. We don't have time for that, and you,

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quite frankly, don't have the mental capacity

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for it. So we'll just keep it quite short. Now,

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when Atash first made his major appearance...

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And the people of the world wanted to see more

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of these grand heroes appearing on the crystal

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network. They wanted to see their own heroes

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coming from their worlds, becoming popular, bringing

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people in, tourists in. They wanted to see themselves

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being defended by these larger -than -life personalities.

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When this happened, it was very, very fortuitous

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for the Radiant Citadel and for the speakers,

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for the ancestors. Do you know why, Jules? Tell

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me. All right. Fine. Taxation. You see, by using

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luminaries as their sort of condition, by sending

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them out to the worlds that agreed to it, the

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speakers were able to accomplish something they

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wanted to do for well over generations before.

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Taxing the populace of the many worlds. Oh, just

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like in The Boys. You're right, Zeb. Does that

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happen in The Boys? I don't remember that detail.

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:09.079
No way. Fascinating. We have to finish season

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three. You should probably rewatch that one.

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I love Homelander. He's just a man up to my own

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heart, isn't he? Of course. Sorry. Yes, taxation.

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Taxation to fund the shield bearers, to fund

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efforts to bring food and supplies to worlds

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that need it, to relocate people who are lost.

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It was vital in the luminaries, made it happen.

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But here's the thing. Luminaries are not necessarily

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chosen by the speakers. They're chosen by the

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populace of the worlds. That's the condition.

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Anyone can be a luminary, so long as they're

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popular enough. And to do that, all you need

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to do is be shown on the crystal network doing

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something impressive. Something that would really

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get them. Now, Tithos is hot. Pardon me. Tragedy,

00:24:03.809 --> 00:24:06.630
of course. But it's hot right now. Anyone who

00:24:06.630 --> 00:24:08.950
stood out on Tithos and did something big, something

00:24:08.950 --> 00:24:11.809
cool. We did something big? Yes. We did something

00:24:11.809 --> 00:24:15.230
cool? I heard. And that is why I am here right

00:24:15.230 --> 00:24:21.970
now. Suffering, understand? I think so. You see,

00:24:22.069 --> 00:24:25.309
Rune wanted to be your agent. He saw that if

00:24:25.309 --> 00:24:28.029
he was able to... put you on the network, the

00:24:28.029 --> 00:24:29.829
populace of the world would want to see more.

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The speakers, despite any reservations they may

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have against you getting quests, being chosen

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as luminaries, he knew that they would have no

00:24:39.049 --> 00:24:41.569
choice but to go along with it, so long as there

00:24:41.569 --> 00:24:44.890
was an outcry for you. And that is why you're

00:24:44.890 --> 00:24:48.269
here. Because Rune wanted to make sure that if

00:24:48.269 --> 00:24:51.190
he sponsored you, if he was your agent, that

00:24:51.190 --> 00:24:54.789
you would be making money for him. And luminaries

00:24:54.789 --> 00:24:57.869
are not paid traditionally, as I said. They are

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paid via advertisements. They're paid by sponsors.

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Businesses and worlds that essentially sponsor

00:25:06.170 --> 00:25:08.430
you. And when you do something, when you accomplish

00:25:08.430 --> 00:25:12.130
a quest, you're paid out by them. They might

00:25:12.130 --> 00:25:15.069
have some... requests of you. They may want you

00:25:15.069 --> 00:25:17.630
to wear certain logos on your capes or whatnot.

00:25:17.849 --> 00:25:21.670
They may want you to spout certain phrases. They

00:25:21.670 --> 00:25:24.809
just want to make sure their business is made

00:25:24.809 --> 00:25:27.390
big by yours. Do you know of Marfil Ironworks

00:25:27.390 --> 00:25:30.950
on San Satyan? They're only the largest metal

00:25:30.950 --> 00:25:33.609
supplier in all the world. Why do you think that

00:25:33.609 --> 00:25:40.009
is? You tell us! He's just going on and on. Because

00:25:40.009 --> 00:25:42.589
the mighty pig man is... Well, it's sponsored

00:25:42.589 --> 00:25:44.970
by them, and every time he does something big,

00:25:45.109 --> 00:25:49.369
he gets a payout, and they get a word out. So,

00:25:49.650 --> 00:25:52.950
Marvel Ironworks has become the beast that it

00:25:52.950 --> 00:25:56.269
is today. Or, for my own word, no worry, there's

00:25:56.269 --> 00:26:01.470
the jelly wine. Now, gentle chacal. Sounds gross.

00:26:01.970 --> 00:26:05.529
Oh, it's quite delightful. But... And actually,

00:26:05.690 --> 00:26:07.329
when he speaks of this, you see he gets this

00:26:07.329 --> 00:26:09.470
far -off expression in his eyes, and like...

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:12.279
Roll an insight check, actually, real quick here.

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:17.500
What? Yeah, roll an insight check. Don't worry

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:24.500
about mine, roll. Neither mine. Okay. All you

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.599
know is he pauses for a moment and gets a far

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.140
-off look, and you can't read much more than

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:34.119
that. But he keeps going. Yes, Jacopo, a local

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:37.599
luminary from the Zinda region of Noari. He's

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:42.839
on every bottle. So Jellywine sells. So are you

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:48.160
saying that Rune was behind the pangolins? What?

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:51.319
What pangolin? No, you did that, I think. No,

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:54.400
but Rune is behind the games, fools. He's behind

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.259
you signing up for the games, becoming Raya to

00:26:57.259 --> 00:27:00.720
the market poke. So who was behind the song?

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:06.599
What? Shut up. You can't talk anymore. So...

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:15.819
Was that all you, Jules? Yeah. Wow. Look, you're

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:18.960
here to gain a sponsor. That's the long and short

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:21.500
of it. You're here to become Raya, find one of

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.640
these hooligans and one of these stars and have

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:25.619
them sponsor you so when you do something cool,

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:29.059
you make money and, well, in Rune's case, he

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:31.119
would make money. He's out of the picture. But

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:34.150
you need an agent. And any agent's going to want

00:27:34.150 --> 00:27:36.289
a sponsorship beforehand from someone as high

00:27:36.289 --> 00:27:38.869
profile and difficult to work with as you. So

00:27:38.869 --> 00:27:41.150
if you make this happen, you win these games,

00:27:41.269 --> 00:27:45.650
you find a sponsor, we're in. That's it. I knew

00:27:45.650 --> 00:27:49.289
there would be other agents. You see, all of

00:27:49.289 --> 00:27:51.970
us together, we're just going to do this without

00:27:51.970 --> 00:27:54.269
him. He won't take any of the money. You can

00:27:54.269 --> 00:27:57.430
have the money. I'm a man of some means. I simply

00:27:57.430 --> 00:28:01.599
need the exposure. I need... To have some say

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:04.440
in the higher politics, I have... Well, I have

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.619
a certain quest I must accomplish, and you two

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:09.920
may help me accomplish it. Congratulations. You're

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:13.680
useful. Stick around, and plenty of camera to

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:16.759
go around. How about I make a compromise with

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:21.380
you? Compromise? The way I see it, I'm doing

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:23.160
a lot of the work here. I'm telling you everything

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:26.579
you need to know. I'll do it. You tell me your

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:33.970
plans. If not... I walk. I... This is not something

00:28:33.970 --> 00:28:37.930
I can speak of lightly. But I will tell you this.

00:28:39.009 --> 00:28:44.690
I'm aware of a number of criminals. An organization,

00:28:45.049 --> 00:28:48.509
you might say. They have done something terrible.

00:28:48.630 --> 00:28:51.990
Something that cannot be forgiven, and I am going

00:28:51.990 --> 00:28:56.029
to expose them. But I need influence to do it,

00:28:56.049 --> 00:28:58.730
because they are powerful. More powerful than

00:28:58.730 --> 00:29:04.450
me. Go on. That's it. That's what you get. If

00:29:04.450 --> 00:29:07.809
you want to walk away, fine. But I'm the one

00:29:07.809 --> 00:29:11.009
who knows how to make your goals happen too.

00:29:11.049 --> 00:29:14.750
We can help each other, gentlemen. It's not going

00:29:14.750 --> 00:29:18.569
to be easy. You're going to want me. Rune was

00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:21.809
pretty pissed off by your little prank. Your

00:29:21.809 --> 00:29:26.869
little escapade last evening. That was my idea.

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:31.900
That was brilliant. I'll admit. It gave me quite

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:35.440
the, uh... Well, quite the ambitious turn to

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:40.279
my own plans. But Rune is pissed. He couldn't

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:43.000
cancel your inclusion to the games on such short

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:46.519
notice. But he did send a second party to defeat

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:50.809
and humiliate you. Who is his second party? Well,

00:29:50.950 --> 00:29:54.490
I'll tell you for one, my cohorts, former cohorts,

00:29:54.569 --> 00:29:58.670
Trace the Goblin and Pepper the Haringon, a lot

00:29:58.670 --> 00:30:01.369
of them idiots. Even I guess that. Have joined

00:30:01.369 --> 00:30:06.150
as their sidekicks. But the others are, well,

00:30:06.250 --> 00:30:09.269
they're much more troublesome. Are you aware

00:30:09.269 --> 00:30:12.930
of Dance Macabre of Sunset Yarn? I'm sorry, are

00:30:12.930 --> 00:30:17.329
we just getting one bowl of noodles, or? Yes.

00:30:18.730 --> 00:30:22.329
I will stop this conversation and walk away and

00:30:22.329 --> 00:30:24.450
order noodles. Hold on just a moment. The listeners

00:30:24.450 --> 00:30:26.089
are going to love this shit. Hang on. Just hang

00:30:26.089 --> 00:30:31.690
on. I will take another bowl of noodles. What

00:30:31.690 --> 00:30:34.750
do you mean it will take two full minutes? Two

00:30:34.750 --> 00:30:39.309
minutes? Fine. I will wait at the table. You

00:30:39.309 --> 00:30:41.750
bring them to me in two minutes exactly. A second

00:30:41.750 --> 00:30:46.829
longer. Start the timer. Off the rails. I am

00:30:46.829 --> 00:30:51.940
back now. Izab, you can take mine home in a doggy

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:56.700
bag. They're great new to my way. They're incredible.

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.640
I know, but I don't like them once they get cold.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:02.319
They start to get shoggy. They get shoggy. They

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:05.779
feel terrible in your nose. Do you not have fire

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:13.000
breath? Yeah, I mean... You still can't crisp

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:15.660
up noodles. It depends on the episode, honestly.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.460
Sometimes he has lightning breath, sometimes

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.940
he has fire breath. Yeah, that was early episodes.

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:24.420
That was the thing, wasn't it? Yes, Dance Macabre.

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.839
You remember Demi Lich, I imagine, from Tythos.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.220
I'm not sure if you met him personally, but he

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:32.859
was one of those that died there. Dance Macabre

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:36.240
is his younger sister. Very, very famous luchador

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.880
in her home world. Oh my god. Oh, she will be

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:42.880
trouble. She's quite popular there. Well, she's

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.819
not a luminary yet. She's on the fast track to

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:47.779
becoming one. And not only that, but the next

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:52.359
is even more problematic. Do you know Ramin Rasool

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:57.500
from Ankar and Sengar? Of course. I mean, my

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:59.960
family is from Ankar and Sengar. So you know

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:02.359
of the young sorcerer who gained angelic powers

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:05.099
after being saved from death by Arthash himself?

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.839
Of course I do. Many people say he's chosen by

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:11.299
Arthash to become the next number one luminary

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:16.039
in some time. Oh, yes, they are. Trouble. And

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:19.140
they're here. I've seen them. Had to avoid them

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:22.339
on the way here. I bet they can eat spicy peppers

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:30.039
real good. What? Sorry. Hey, hold on just a moment.

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.559
Yes, yes, right here. Thank you. Here's the noodles

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:40.299
you ordered. Were they extra spicy? Thanks. You

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:44.460
getting prepped, Seb? Yeah. So, John Franklin,

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:47.980
I mean, allow me to fill you in. The Lady of

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:53.059
the Silk Stall, she said the first game was going

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:58.079
to be really spicy. All right, then. Spicy. Well,

00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:01.259
I can hold my constitution quite well, so I should

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:03.019
be able to handle it, although it could be a

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.569
problem depending on whether I've been... Brought

00:33:05.569 --> 00:33:08.410
in as a main or a second, based on the rules

00:33:08.410 --> 00:33:11.230
of the challenges. Do you know what you're signed

00:33:11.230 --> 00:33:14.509
up as? Mains or seconds? This sounds like mechanics.

00:33:16.109 --> 00:33:19.369
Yes, yes. And depending on the challenge, they

00:33:19.369 --> 00:33:21.710
may only allow two of you to enter, two of us,

00:33:21.769 --> 00:33:23.930
and the two that enter would have to be the mains

00:33:23.930 --> 00:33:26.609
in that case. You'll also be equipped with two

00:33:26.609 --> 00:33:28.349
seconds, that if there's a challenge that allows

00:33:28.349 --> 00:33:30.230
for four players. You don't know any of this,

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:33.609
you haven't researched this at all. No, the lady

00:33:33.609 --> 00:33:37.690
at the silk stall was kind of mean, so we didn't

00:33:37.690 --> 00:33:40.349
get a whole lot of information. Man, I'll talk

00:33:40.349 --> 00:33:43.309
to her. I imagine I could really warm through

00:33:43.309 --> 00:33:46.410
to her heart. I have a way with people. She's

00:33:46.410 --> 00:33:50.690
pretty icy. Yeah, as well. As you're kind of

00:33:50.690 --> 00:33:54.369
sitting there enjoying your noodles, as he quiets

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:57.029
down for a moment, a sudden disruption kind of

00:33:57.029 --> 00:34:04.109
rings out around you. You hear some elevated

00:34:04.109 --> 00:34:06.589
voices coming from right around the backside

00:34:06.589 --> 00:34:08.409
of the tent you're next to, the Tim O 'Neill's

00:34:08.409 --> 00:34:12.630
tent, followed by some shouting, still kind of

00:34:12.630 --> 00:34:14.610
muffled from inside, and then a shrill voice

00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:17.570
calls out in the night, Give it back, you little

00:34:17.570 --> 00:34:22.230
thief! And another voice replies, No, you're

00:34:22.230 --> 00:34:26.179
the thief! And you see a second later, a frantic

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:29.019
kobold bursts out from the tent, clutching a

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:31.940
sizable bunch of green onions. And this flustered,

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:34.199
older gnome woman chases him out. She's wearing

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.380
an apron and a chef hat, and she's just chasing

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.639
him out. She has a ladle in her hand. She's like,

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:42.420
get back here! Get back here! And a moment later,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:46.239
she basically catches up to him, grabs one half

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:49.260
of the bunch of green onions. He's got the other

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:51.139
half, and they're both tug -of -warring right

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:54.739
in front of your table. You guys want to do anything?

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.880
Yeah, I think Jules is going to immediately get

00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:01.239
up and go and kind of grab the kobold by the

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:03.760
back. Hey, hey, hey. What the hell's going on?

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:07.820
What's going on? Hey, hey, hey. Let go. Let go.

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:11.500
Let go. They stole it first. Let go and we'll

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.059
talk about this. You both let go. Zeb, come on.

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:19.940
Help me out here. Grab the lady. Hold on. We're

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.619
going to figure this out. Both of you let go.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:25.730
I didn't. They let go. The onions just fall to

00:35:25.730 --> 00:35:27.409
the ground and slop in the mud. And they're like,

00:35:27.469 --> 00:35:29.550
this was a terrible, stupid idea. You noticed

00:35:29.550 --> 00:35:34.809
that, yes? It's mud now. One point of how bad

00:35:34.809 --> 00:35:40.289
the idea was. Well, whoever has the onions now.

00:35:41.590 --> 00:35:45.650
Loves them more. I didn't have a second part.

00:35:45.750 --> 00:35:48.130
I didn't have a second part. Is that where we're

00:35:48.130 --> 00:35:52.019
going with this? Philosophy with Zebula. I thought

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:53.800
I would get there by the end, but it just...

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:59.340
The two of them are just, like, glaring at each

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:02.019
other. Now, calm down. Calm down. What's going

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:05.199
on here? What's going on? This Zungun hooligan

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:09.159
stole my green onions. You saw. You saw. Witnesses.

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.139
Hey, hey. We saw you run out of a tent chasing

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:17.099
him. That's all we saw. He was carrying my onions.

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.360
Do you think he brought them out of the tent

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:22.579
and just ran out? I don't know. What about you?

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:27.619
What's your side? Fine. Yeah, I took them. I

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.480
did. But they took them first. They took them

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.940
from our tent. We used them for our seafood cakes.

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:34.460
And they were gone. And we know it's them because

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:37.219
the Tien Mo always are the thorns that thieve

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:40.059
from us. First. Always. Every time. It's them.

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:44.019
That sounds like a generalization. You're saying

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:47.639
the supposed best noodle shop here needs to steal?

00:36:48.969 --> 00:36:52.210
Apparently, yes. Maybe they should have bought

00:36:52.210 --> 00:36:54.070
their own green onions beforehand and not stolen

00:36:54.070 --> 00:36:57.130
ours. And it's like, how dare you? We bought

00:36:57.130 --> 00:36:59.869
those ourselves earlier today. I made the purchase

00:36:59.869 --> 00:37:02.630
myself. And then just like going on and on. And

00:37:02.630 --> 00:37:05.449
actually another figure steps out from the crowd.

00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:11.829
You see an older kobold in like a sort of large

00:37:11.829 --> 00:37:15.230
dress. Pretty, pretty like thick belt kobold

00:37:15.230 --> 00:37:18.579
woman. She looks mighty tough. And she sets forward

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:22.559
and, uh... That's enough, Lumai! You're behaving

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.900
no better than our parents did, stealing from

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:28.440
me and attacking my son! What is your problem?

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:32.360
And now the kobold woman and the nobleman are

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:35.199
just going at it back and forth. Um, just like

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:38.980
we... You stove was first. Yes, well, if your

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:41.400
shop wasn't so lackluster, perhaps you wouldn't

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:43.579
need to steal our green onions to make it even

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:47.059
a spark better than it is now. How dare you?

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:49.679
And just back and forth, back and forth. You

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:51.239
guys want to do anything? I don't know. I lost

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.940
track of who was who in that moment. Hold on

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:57.079
a sec. Hold on a sec. There's got to be a solution

00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:01.519
here. What is the monetary value of these green

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:05.920
onions? Monetary value doesn't matter. What matters

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:08.340
is that this thief keeps getting away with it.

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:11.280
She keeps getting away with it. This is the kobold

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.159
speaking, by the way. These green onions right

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:17.860
here, there's lots of stalls here in the night

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:20.099
market, and I'm sure there has to be at least

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:25.400
one who will feed the needy and the hungry. What

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:31.699
if both stalls agree to donate these green onions

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:37.170
to someone in need? Roll persuasion check. They

00:38:37.170 --> 00:38:38.909
kind of go quiet for a second, like staring at

00:38:38.909 --> 00:38:46.690
you. Oh, nat 20 persuasion. Plus 121. Really?

00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:52.610
So they actually go quiet, looking at you, and

00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:54.190
they both kind of just nod, look toward each

00:38:54.190 --> 00:38:57.409
other, look back at you, and it's just the gnomespeaks.

00:38:57.809 --> 00:39:02.869
Fine, fine, very well. I suppose this time I'll

00:39:02.869 --> 00:39:06.079
let it go. We'll donate the green onions to someone

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:10.239
in need. I'll buy more. But this has to end.

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:15.619
This chicanery has to end. Zangoons! And she

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:17.460
kind of starts to turn and look away and, like,

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:19.739
move away. And the kobold actually turns to you

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:26.599
guys and just says, I know of you. You're the

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:31.219
bringers of the pangolins, yes? That was me again.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:34.590
And the bringer of song and joy. Sure. And I'm

00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:37.650
his friend. You have brought many good omens

00:39:37.650 --> 00:39:41.309
to our market this night. And she looks over

00:39:41.309 --> 00:39:44.170
and sees Jean -Francois. You're not with him,

00:39:44.170 --> 00:39:47.110
right? Unfortunately, I think we are at this

00:39:47.110 --> 00:39:51.110
point. I said unfortunately. I said unfortunately.

00:39:51.409 --> 00:39:53.329
He turns up his nose at him and just like turns

00:39:53.329 --> 00:39:56.789
away. He's not interested in the Zunguns at all.

00:39:57.929 --> 00:40:00.329
He was squabbling with them when you met him

00:40:00.329 --> 00:40:03.940
last episode. And so she... Kind of, like, sighs

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:09.579
and carries on. Look, my name is Kusa Zangoon,

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:12.239
proprietor of the market -famous Zangoon Family

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:15.619
Seafood. For a fish typhoon, you'll wish for

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:19.880
Zangoon. Right? Right? Oh, yeah, I think I know

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:25.179
that. That sounds familiar. I like it. I like

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:28.820
it. Look, if you help us deal with these Tianmo

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:31.409
scoundrels... I can make it worth your while.

00:40:31.590 --> 00:40:34.090
And the gnome spins around here. Scoundrels?

00:40:34.329 --> 00:40:40.710
Us? Me? These lords have been plaguing us for

00:40:40.710 --> 00:40:43.070
some time now. Look, if you help me figure out

00:40:43.070 --> 00:40:44.670
what's going on here, what they're doing, if

00:40:44.670 --> 00:40:48.150
you help us expose them, we, Tian Mo, will make

00:40:48.150 --> 00:40:50.670
it worth your while. You'll have a lifetime supply

00:40:50.670 --> 00:40:53.610
of delicious noodles. I promise it, here and

00:40:53.610 --> 00:40:57.869
now. And, and, wait. You're going to the games,

00:40:57.929 --> 00:41:00.699
right? You want to become Raya, right? Well,

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:03.460
yeah, sure. I think that's the goal. The rumor's

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:05.719
all over. You guys are going to become Rhea.

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:08.579
You're planning on competing. You said during

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:11.619
your song, the speech afterwards, everyone's

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:13.780
on fire. Everyone's excited to see you. Look,

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:17.559
if you want to become Rhea, you don't need to

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:20.119
enter the games. We'll help you. I will make

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:23.699
you Rhea. Just expose this lot for what they're

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:29.139
doing. If you expose them, it's the same deal.

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:31.699
Same deal. Well -sponsored you. Is there not

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:34.639
a police force here? Is there some kind of check

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:37.260
I can roll on both of them that would help me

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:39.860
out at all? If you want. Oh, yeah. Do some insight?

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:42.739
Yeah. Do some insight. I'll roll insight. It

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:44.400
won't help any because I'm at a negative three.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:49.639
Oh, no. Yeah, so never mind that roll. Son of

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.760
a bitch. Nothing good? Nothing good. All you

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:56.059
see is they're both mad. They're both flabbergasted

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:58.099
with each other. They both truly believe they're

00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:00.400
in the right and the other one is in the wrong.

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:03.539
Can Chester get an insight check? Yeah, you know

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.840
what? Chester can. I don't think it works that

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:06.880
way. Does it? No, he can't. Go ahead. Oh, hell

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:09.420
yeah. If you roll for Chester, I'll have him

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:12.280
react to the roll you do, basically. Our sidekicks

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:13.699
have better stats than us. We're just going to

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:16.860
play them. Right? Oh, no. He doesn't have any

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:18.940
modifier for anything. It'll be his wisdom, so

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:21.170
it's plus two. Oh. He doesn't have expertise

00:42:21.170 --> 00:42:25.110
or efficiency, but... Didn't help. Go on. Okay.

00:42:25.510 --> 00:42:28.110
Chester's just, Jules, I can't read these folk.

00:42:28.630 --> 00:42:33.150
They just, please, just investigate them. Come

00:42:33.150 --> 00:42:35.769
back to me with anything you know, and I'll reward

00:42:35.769 --> 00:42:37.750
you, and I'll reward you more! And they both

00:42:37.750 --> 00:42:39.989
just kind of, like, break off and start walking

00:42:39.989 --> 00:42:43.369
away. Why don't you guys just stay in your own

00:42:43.369 --> 00:42:47.929
tents? Just stay there. And don't mess with each

00:42:47.929 --> 00:42:51.159
other. They're already, like, gone. They both

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:52.980
just... You just see the tent flap for Timon.

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:55.599
It just closes. And you see Kusa... Slams the

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:58.119
tent flap. Yeah, slams. Boom! And you see...

00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:01.699
You see Kusa Zungun vanishing into the crowd

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:05.599
as she just... Just stomps back to her own shop

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:07.820
on the other side of the market. And the young

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:09.860
Gamon Zungun's being held by her, like, hand

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:13.500
in hand, just being dragged along. And the green

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:15.840
onion's just lying still in the mud. Well, we

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:17.579
didn't learn anything from any of those checks.

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:20.119
And... I don't think anyone's going to want these

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:24.380
green onions. Charity or not. I think Jules just

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.539
kind of looks down and just goes, God damn it.

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:30.320
Kicks him into the mud even more. Well, that

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:34.719
was weird, right? Weird? Am I wrong? Yeah, that

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.119
was pretty weird. A little bit. I'm honestly

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.579
not too sure where we're supposed to go with

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:41.500
this one. Yeah, I mean, there's something going

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:43.809
on here, but like... We don't got time to focus

00:43:43.809 --> 00:43:45.750
on that right now. We got... We got the games

00:43:45.750 --> 00:43:47.130
to do, yeah. We got bigger problems. We got bigger

00:43:47.130 --> 00:43:49.250
issues. I guess we're gonna keep this quest line

00:43:49.250 --> 00:43:51.789
on the back burner. Yeah. Until something else

00:43:51.789 --> 00:43:54.469
pops up. That makes sense to me. Yeah, we do

00:43:54.469 --> 00:43:56.230
that when we get the main quest done and we're

00:43:56.230 --> 00:43:57.989
going around to clean up the rest so we can get

00:43:57.989 --> 00:44:00.329
100 % on the game. I mean, they did say they

00:44:00.329 --> 00:44:03.250
can make us Rhea. I mean, all we gotta do is

00:44:03.250 --> 00:44:05.130
expose one of them? We could, like, plant evidence?

00:44:05.769 --> 00:44:07.909
Chester, we're better than that. I mean, you

00:44:07.909 --> 00:44:10.010
might be. It's hard to trust... No, I'm kidding.

00:44:10.110 --> 00:44:11.849
I'm kidding. I won't do a big guy. You know me.

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:13.579
It's hard to trust either of them. Scared me

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:16.199
for a second there. I'm a follower of the law,

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:17.519
and he raises his hands up, and you just see,

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:20.539
like, a bunch of, uh, uh, boats of, like, silk

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:22.840
just, like, drop out of his coat. Ah, shit! Shit!

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:26.159
Just a bunch of contraband. You guys kept Madame

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:29.980
Coupe real busy for me. You son of a bitch. No!

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:32.820
Alright, listen. No, no, no. I will keep quiet.

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:35.500
It's for jeans, alright? And not make you pay.

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:40.070
It's for jeans. You know she likes to sew? And

00:44:40.070 --> 00:44:42.010
this is some nice stuff. She'll love it. Come

00:44:42.010 --> 00:44:44.250
on. I was going to use them for a new cloak,

00:44:44.349 --> 00:44:50.150
but now I'm going to... Sorry, big guy. I was

00:44:50.150 --> 00:44:51.949
going to use your stolen silk for a new cloak,

00:44:52.030 --> 00:44:53.670
but now I guess you can give it to your girlfriend.

00:44:54.809 --> 00:44:57.969
Jeans is more important than me? I didn't...

00:44:57.969 --> 00:45:02.630
Jules, I didn't say that. Come on. Wait. Wait.

00:45:03.090 --> 00:45:05.349
Hey, what are you saying? I think there's an

00:45:05.349 --> 00:45:08.960
offensive rhyme for this situation. What are

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:11.780
you waiting about? Go ahead, Zeb. Tell me. No,

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:13.940
no, no, that's as far as I'm going to go. What

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:16.599
are you talking about? Hey, come on. What are

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:18.659
you talking about? His freckle cheeks are beet

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:22.579
red. Come on. All right, all right. I can be

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:24.199
nice without being a whole thing. All right,

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:26.639
all right. Pick up your silk. Pick up your silk.

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:30.739
I don't like the way you said that. I see you,

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:40.309
Chester. I see you. stop it just cut it out um

00:45:40.309 --> 00:45:43.050
actually suddenly you kind of realize that like

00:45:43.050 --> 00:45:44.750
there's been a figure snake right next to you

00:45:44.750 --> 00:45:49.130
for just a moment now great all right who's this

00:45:49.130 --> 00:45:53.289
uh you see this like pretty pretty handsome looking

00:45:53.289 --> 00:45:57.650
uh tan skin demand with uh he's wearing this

00:45:57.650 --> 00:46:01.269
like like full -on green sort of sort of outfit

00:46:01.269 --> 00:46:04.699
um It looks just like a stage outfit kind of

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:06.860
deal, and it's got little dangling peppers hanging

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:08.760
off of different spots. Not actual peppers, but

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:15.059
little pepper charms. I'm picturing pepper Christmas

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:17.719
lights. I'm very confused. I have a picture,

00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:20.139
actually. It looks like this. I don't see hanging

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:23.860
peppers. There's peppers, damn it. So he's got

00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:26.920
a cloth belt, little dangling pepper chains off

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:30.659
of him, got a little short -cut beard, and kind

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:34.699
of like... You know, semi -long hair, kind of

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:37.719
flowing lock, kind of pushed back. And he's almost

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.960
like posing to stand beside you, kind of smiling

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:42.420
over at you guys. Just kind of being there. He's

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:50.199
like, oh, hey, don't mind me. Let me guess. You

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:53.380
know something about this food cart feud. Oh,

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:56.840
no, no, no, no, no, no. Casamoroon, nice to meet

00:46:56.840 --> 00:47:02.420
you. I'm one of the spicy brothers. Spicy Challenge.

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:06.440
Spicy. Yes, that's right. You guys are entering

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:08.679
the games, yes? Yeah, we're going to be in the

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.059
games. Sounds like it. We're going to do the

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:13.099
Spicy Challenge. Yes, and actually, my brother

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:16.579
and I, Vi, my brother, he's sort of the, at least

00:47:16.579 --> 00:47:19.639
the lively one of us, he's actually going to

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:22.539
be commentating the games along my side. I said

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:24.880
that really weird. I'm a weird talker. Sometimes

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:28.260
I just say things. Wow, that's okay, because,

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:31.730
I mean. Spicy brothers. That's right. Anything

00:47:31.730 --> 00:47:34.630
I do is fine. I mean, I thought you were going

00:47:34.630 --> 00:47:38.489
to say anything you do is spicy, but that works

00:47:38.489 --> 00:47:40.989
too. My brother would have said that. That's

00:47:40.989 --> 00:47:44.650
why he's the popular one. Look, I'm just here

00:47:44.650 --> 00:47:48.449
to tell you that I want to apologize for that

00:47:48.449 --> 00:47:51.510
little scene you just saw. Don't worry about

00:47:51.510 --> 00:47:55.090
that. Markets are generally very friendly, very

00:47:55.090 --> 00:47:58.369
personable. Right? We don't like to show scenes

00:47:58.369 --> 00:48:01.289
like that in the public, and those two stalls,

00:48:01.489 --> 00:48:03.969
they've been fighting for some time now, and

00:48:03.969 --> 00:48:07.329
they're really just becoming a problem. Look,

00:48:07.550 --> 00:48:10.090
we want you to have a good time here. We want

00:48:10.090 --> 00:48:11.710
everyone to have a good time here. Focus on the

00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:13.809
games. We're going to have fun tonight. Right?

00:48:14.489 --> 00:48:18.610
Right? Well, yeah. Yes, of course. I mean, we

00:48:18.610 --> 00:48:21.829
want everybody to have a safe fun time, too.

00:48:22.829 --> 00:48:28.159
Safety first. A non -threatening good time. Those

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:31.239
two families are harmless. They're just going

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:33.340
to bring down their own business if they keep

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:34.679
it up. But they're not going to hurt each other.

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:37.400
No one's getting hurt in this marketplace. Just

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:40.139
don't worry about it. I'm going to roll an insight

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:46.519
check on him. Roll an insight check. Go on. Nothing

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:49.619
to see here. He just seems like he earnestly

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:51.659
wants to have a good time. He's just like, hey,

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.679
you know, don't worry about them. You know, Jules,

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:57.840
maybe we should just have a good time. He's nodding.

00:48:57.900 --> 00:49:00.159
Look, look, look, look. They mentioned making

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:03.340
you Rhea, right? That's nothing. Tell you what,

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:06.679
you win the games. My stall will personally sponsor

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:09.699
you. Well, they didn't even want us to win. They

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:13.019
just wanted us to disprove the other. Yeah, they

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:15.320
want to distract you. Don't be distracted. You're

00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:17.940
here for a reason, right? You want to be luminaries,

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:19.500
don't you? Don't you? And he looks you right

00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:21.900
in the eye. Don't you? I'm going to be a luminary.

00:49:22.570 --> 00:49:25.809
And I'm going to help you out. Look, I have reason

00:49:25.809 --> 00:49:27.869
to believe me and my brother Stahl is going to

00:49:27.869 --> 00:49:31.489
be expanding in the near future. So, when that

00:49:31.489 --> 00:49:33.630
time comes, I'd like to make sure we get our

00:49:33.630 --> 00:49:36.670
names out there. And you two seem like the perfect

00:49:36.670 --> 00:49:39.309
lot to attach it to, right? You know what, Zeb?

00:49:40.230 --> 00:49:42.849
I'm already sick and tired of hearing people

00:49:42.849 --> 00:49:45.250
telling us what we need to do and who we gotta

00:49:45.250 --> 00:49:48.389
be. Let's just go have fun. Let's go play the

00:49:48.389 --> 00:49:50.940
games. And then we'll figure all that shit out

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:53.059
after. That's what I'm saying. We take control.

00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:58.579
Mr. Spicy Brother. Yes. There has been a lot

00:49:58.579 --> 00:50:01.840
of politics. Exactly. Don't worry about the politics.

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:05.139
Put them away. I'm here to tell you to not give

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:07.800
a shit about politics. Sorry. Well, that's what

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:09.079
we're doing. Thank you. We'll see you at the

00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:11.059
games. I'll see you at the games. Enjoy your

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:15.159
night, gentlemen. Okay, I guess. Bye. I'll see

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:18.889
you later. He just turns and whistles. strolls

00:50:18.889 --> 00:50:22.489
down the other way. So, what are you... I mean,

00:50:22.510 --> 00:50:26.949
did somebody actually steal those green onions?

00:50:27.190 --> 00:50:30.809
I don't... What is going on? That guy said not

00:50:30.809 --> 00:50:33.170
to care, so, like, I'm not going to care. I don't

00:50:33.170 --> 00:50:37.110
know. I know, but just... If we're really going

00:50:37.110 --> 00:50:39.829
to play these games, we need to just not worry

00:50:39.829 --> 00:50:42.969
about this right now. Let's go. Let's get ready.

00:50:43.349 --> 00:50:45.389
Let's play the games. Let's see what it's all

00:50:45.389 --> 00:50:49.679
about. My only problem is green onions are my

00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:53.039
favorite. Well, they're gone now. Because green

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:57.900
onions, red onions, yellow onions, and white

00:50:57.900 --> 00:51:02.980
onions. No, red onion first. Over green? Are

00:51:02.980 --> 00:51:06.340
we doing this? Okay, it depends on the dish.

00:51:06.380 --> 00:51:09.800
All right. Okay, I guess it depends on the dish,

00:51:09.820 --> 00:51:13.380
so I'm going to put red onion and green onion

00:51:13.380 --> 00:51:17.489
at a first place tie. You can at least do that.

00:51:17.570 --> 00:51:23.429
My only qualm is that green onion is a more broad...

00:51:23.429 --> 00:51:27.389
Yeah, it is pretty versatile. John Franklin hits

00:51:27.389 --> 00:51:31.349
you. He just steps up. He just gets over the

00:51:31.349 --> 00:51:33.969
table, walks over, and just... Not really, but

00:51:33.969 --> 00:51:35.530
he just... He puts a hand on your head, and he's

00:51:35.530 --> 00:51:37.150
like... I was trying to come up with a word for...

00:51:37.150 --> 00:51:41.210
It's not topping. It's a different word. Accoutrement.

00:51:42.170 --> 00:51:44.380
Is that the right word? That's not what I was

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:47.079
thinking of. I like that. I do like that word.

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:50.599
It's a nice word. Are we done? Because we have

00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:53.460
things to do. And you're talking about onions.

00:51:53.860 --> 00:51:58.460
I guess. I guess we can. I think we can leave

00:51:58.460 --> 00:52:02.019
the onions behind. Drop the onions. He just steps

00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:06.920
on the onions. Good. Can't stand them. Now, anyway.

00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:11.079
Now he's going to bring those to the needy. All

00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:16.639
right. Right now. It is currently 7 .30. After

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:18.239
all that shit went down, you guys went to the

00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:20.400
stall. You have about an hour and a half until

00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:24.380
the games begin. You want to get there a little

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:27.420
early just to make sure you're ready for it,

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:29.059
you're prepped, you're informed of what you need

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:32.659
to be doing during these games. What do you want

00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:35.159
to do until then? Now, Jules, you had some...

00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:37.699
things you wanted to get done. You had a cloak

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:39.480
you wanted to find for yourself and you may want

00:52:39.480 --> 00:52:41.400
to find some gifts for your cherry delights.

00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:43.880
I got to get some trinkets, some something. I

00:52:43.880 --> 00:52:45.880
don't know. I was thinking from here on, just

00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:48.119
to move things quickly, we're going to jump into

00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:50.960
a bit of a montage of just like visiting stalls,

00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:53.880
grabbing gifts, a montage that you're a part

00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:55.860
of because I want you to, you know, you're spending

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:58.519
gold on these items. So what do you want to do

00:52:58.519 --> 00:53:00.139
first? Where do you want to go? Where's the first

00:53:00.139 --> 00:53:03.309
like freeze frame of this montage? Me buying

00:53:03.309 --> 00:53:05.530
a cloak. Me buying a cloak. Okay. I want a goddamn

00:53:05.530 --> 00:53:09.769
cloak. You were informed by, uh, Madam Culp.

00:53:09.909 --> 00:53:12.409
Yeah, rather, rather coldly and rudely. Yes.

00:53:12.730 --> 00:53:15.769
That, uh, Dunedown's, your crazy Dunedown's cloaks,

00:53:15.769 --> 00:53:18.210
capes, and curtains. Cheap and chipper. Cheap

00:53:18.210 --> 00:53:21.469
and chipper. Yes, that was it. Um. You know,

00:53:21.469 --> 00:53:22.590
it's on the other side of the market from where

00:53:22.590 --> 00:53:24.710
she was. You work around, you find it, you enter

00:53:24.710 --> 00:53:26.110
this place. And I think we just see a freeze

00:53:26.110 --> 00:53:28.949
frame of, of you just see this like discount,

00:53:29.010 --> 00:53:31.909
these big yellow discount signs everywhere. There's

00:53:31.909 --> 00:53:34.329
discount signs on discount signs. And like this

00:53:34.329 --> 00:53:37.449
dragon ball with his wild cross eyes is just

00:53:37.449 --> 00:53:40.550
like, just like cheering. Like what do you want

00:53:40.550 --> 00:53:41.909
to get? Like, and then we just see like that

00:53:41.909 --> 00:53:44.550
voice clip as you're, as he's just like. dancing

00:53:44.550 --> 00:53:47.690
in front of some rack of various cloaks. God,

00:53:47.710 --> 00:53:50.130
I wish you listeners could have seen David's

00:53:50.130 --> 00:53:53.750
dance right there. It was something to behold.

00:53:55.349 --> 00:53:57.949
Oh, man, this crazy -looking red dragonborn just

00:53:57.949 --> 00:54:00.909
wants to offer you some cloaks. So, if you want

00:54:00.909 --> 00:54:04.269
to buy a cloak from him, quality -wise, you know,

00:54:04.309 --> 00:54:07.500
there's, like, somewhat... kind of it's used

00:54:07.500 --> 00:54:10.139
definitely some patches in it one gold um there's

00:54:10.139 --> 00:54:11.820
one that's like pretty pretty in good shape two

00:54:11.820 --> 00:54:14.119
gold but it's pretty standard material you can

00:54:14.119 --> 00:54:15.960
get a little bit of a finer material a darker

00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:18.960
sort of almost like suede suede i don't know

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:22.179
cloak uh three gold okay that one yeah let's

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:23.760
go with that one all right get some nice dark

00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:26.199
cloak there's some blue accents in it it's kind

00:54:26.199 --> 00:54:28.320
of like what you looked at before but it's cheap

00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:32.460
um all right have a good day And he just waves

00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:34.099
you off, and we're on to the next fucking place.

00:54:34.239 --> 00:54:36.079
Thank you. You got Cherry Delights. What do you

00:54:36.079 --> 00:54:37.840
want to get for them? Do you want... I don't

00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:40.000
know. Do you want hints of what they like? What

00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:42.019
do I get? Yes, please. Okay. I mean, one of them's

00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:44.000
got to like something like marbles, right? Now,

00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:46.579
you know. Let me go down the list here. Mulligan.

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:49.500
Obviously. You know he loves food. I'm getting

00:54:49.500 --> 00:54:51.800
them food on the way back whenever that is. Yes.

00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:56.500
Because I don't... I have no way to store perishables.

00:54:56.900 --> 00:55:02.440
Allow Pop -Tart. Oh. That's pretty good. I'm

00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:07.039
going to use that. You know, Jean's gifts are

00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:08.820
taken care of. Chester got her a bunch of bolts

00:55:08.820 --> 00:55:11.599
of like a nice, fine, vibrant silk she can use

00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:14.039
for sewing, which, you know, kind of a pastime

00:55:14.039 --> 00:55:19.179
of hers. You know that Miskin loves himself weapons.

00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:22.900
Big weapon fan. Especially blunt instruments.

00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:26.960
Okay. They're going to go next. Check out a weapon

00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:29.289
store. Or he also wouldn't mind a cloak like

00:55:29.289 --> 00:55:32.090
yours. A dark hooded cloak. Big fan of that too.

00:55:32.190 --> 00:55:34.289
In the interest of time, can I just say I got

00:55:34.289 --> 00:55:36.250
each one of them exactly what they would have

00:55:36.250 --> 00:55:39.019
wanted? You know what? We'll go on the list real

00:55:39.019 --> 00:55:42.239
quick. Yeah. You see Jules standing in front

00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:44.119
of this weapon shop called Suan's Traditional

00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:47.019
Weaponry. Well, underlined says, used for the

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:50.019
arts of Krabby Krabom. You see, like, in front

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:52.639
of our characters, we see racks of blade weapons.

00:55:52.760 --> 00:55:56.860
You see curved sabers called Krabby. Single -edged

00:55:56.860 --> 00:55:59.880
swords called Dayab. Bladed staffs called Ngao.

00:56:00.059 --> 00:56:02.519
We see a few blunt instruments that aren't too

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:04.360
expensive. Those... Bladed ones are way out of

00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:06.260
your range, but there are, uh, there's a full

00:56:06.260 --> 00:56:08.099
rack of these like not too expensive blunt instruments.

00:56:08.300 --> 00:56:10.559
You see, there's a, these like my sock sons,

00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:12.840
they're labeled, uh, that these like clubs with

00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:14.699
like the wooden handle sticking up from them,

00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:16.920
usually kind of like hidden on the forearm. You

00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:18.760
could slide them out and beat with them. And

00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:22.059
you think, Oh yeah, that is, that is the kind

00:56:22.059 --> 00:56:24.570
of shit missing will be all about. Problem is,

00:56:24.730 --> 00:56:27.130
four gold for a pair. You could also buy potentially

00:56:27.130 --> 00:56:31.369
a keen, which is a buckler shield made from buffalo

00:56:31.369 --> 00:56:33.309
hide. Only two gold. You wouldn't hate that either.

00:56:33.449 --> 00:56:36.070
Your choice. I'm going to get the cheaper one.

00:56:36.829 --> 00:56:39.530
Okay. So you grab a buffalo hide buckler shield.

00:56:39.530 --> 00:56:42.090
I got to be careful still. Yeah. There's a lot

00:56:42.090 --> 00:56:44.289
of them. I can't just go making it rain over

00:56:44.289 --> 00:56:48.429
here. It is tough. You move on. You think about

00:56:48.429 --> 00:56:51.090
Paul. Paul, Paul, Paul. So hard to read. Never

00:56:51.090 --> 00:56:52.849
really shows much emotion. But then you remember.

00:56:53.960 --> 00:56:58.019
Paul loves music, musicians. You always see him

00:56:58.019 --> 00:57:00.920
smile and stare off into the sky when he's near

00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:04.320
a busker playing on the street corners of Tythos.

00:57:04.500 --> 00:57:07.300
Is there a loot I can get him? Oh, there might

00:57:07.300 --> 00:57:11.679
just be. So you head over to the Maycock family.

00:57:14.650 --> 00:57:17.090
Musical marvels. You see various kinds of instruments,

00:57:17.210 --> 00:57:19.909
like exotic drums, cymbals, and gongs all lining

00:57:19.909 --> 00:57:22.150
the walls of this tent. You see string of instruments

00:57:22.150 --> 00:57:24.869
like you've never seen before. There's various

00:57:24.869 --> 00:57:26.849
kinds of lutes made from bright -colored hardwood,

00:57:27.010 --> 00:57:30.010
and there's actually a few flat, like, wide string

00:57:30.010 --> 00:57:33.969
-covered boards labeled hakim. The lutes are

00:57:33.969 --> 00:57:35.530
pretty expensive. I'm going to say it's going

00:57:35.530 --> 00:57:38.389
to be like five gold for one of the cheaper lutes.

00:57:38.550 --> 00:57:41.269
You do see, though, there are some less expensive.

00:57:42.510 --> 00:57:44.550
Wind instruments hanging on one wall of the tent.

00:57:44.690 --> 00:57:48.369
Just a number of these bamboo flutes labeled,

00:57:48.489 --> 00:57:53.769
which are priced at only two gold apiece. I mean,

00:57:53.789 --> 00:57:59.469
is there like a Fisher -Price loot? you know,

00:57:59.469 --> 00:58:01.530
like what are those, you know, kind of like those,

00:58:01.570 --> 00:58:04.570
like those kids guitars that, you know, it's

00:58:04.570 --> 00:58:07.289
like, oh, here's your first guitar, but it's

00:58:07.289 --> 00:58:10.570
not really a guitar. You can't tune it for shit.

00:58:10.750 --> 00:58:15.789
And it just kind of like. No, it's like a simple,

00:58:15.869 --> 00:58:18.489
a simple, like, like it just says kids cluey.

00:58:18.750 --> 00:58:20.230
And there's like a little bin of these like little

00:58:20.230 --> 00:58:22.150
clueys that have like less holes on them. And

00:58:22.150 --> 00:58:23.789
you're very obviously like they're not going

00:58:23.789 --> 00:58:25.110
to, they're going to play very simple, simple

00:58:25.110 --> 00:58:28.010
tunes. Also made of bamboo, a little bit smaller.

00:58:28.289 --> 00:58:30.449
They're only one gold. No, I get the two gold

00:58:30.449 --> 00:58:32.570
one. All right, get a real deal. Okay. So you

00:58:32.570 --> 00:58:36.530
grab the cluey for him. We're moving along. What

00:58:36.530 --> 00:58:38.010
are you down to? Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold

00:58:38.010 --> 00:58:41.909
on, hold on. Hold on. Yo. I don't know if I want

00:58:41.909 --> 00:58:43.590
to continue this because David's taking all my

00:58:43.590 --> 00:58:45.849
money away right now. It's happening. You got

00:58:45.849 --> 00:58:48.159
a lot of Cherry Delights left. Give me a couple

00:58:48.159 --> 00:58:52.699
more. All right, all right. This is not good.

00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:54.679
This is what happens when you have a bunch. You,

00:58:54.679 --> 00:58:58.750
you. I didn't, no, Chester was the one, so. You,

00:58:58.750 --> 00:59:02.269
David, are the one who roped me into fucking

00:59:02.269 --> 00:59:05.409
spending all my money. Hey, we gotta get stuff

00:59:05.409 --> 00:59:09.329
for the guys. Let me ask you. I'm gonna get stuff

00:59:09.329 --> 00:59:12.030
for jeans. You get everybody else. You have to

00:59:12.030 --> 00:59:15.969
sacrifice imaginary gold. I have to play seven

00:59:15.969 --> 00:59:18.550
different characters. Yeah, and I'm gonna make

00:59:18.550 --> 00:59:27.570
you talk to yourself so much. You do. This is

00:59:27.570 --> 00:59:30.610
the price you pay for bringing in so many characters

00:59:30.610 --> 00:59:34.389
in this story. The price is two gold for a fucking

00:59:34.389 --> 00:59:37.250
flute. Do we get money if we win the games? Uh,

00:59:37.389 --> 00:59:42.289
no. Fuck. I mean, there's money in the endgame

00:59:42.289 --> 00:59:43.710
of winning the games. You win the games, you

00:59:43.710 --> 00:59:45.929
become Rhea, you become Luminaries, you get money.

00:59:46.170 --> 00:59:47.849
The rest of the Cherry Delights can all cry.

00:59:48.570 --> 00:59:51.949
Yeah. We're not getting any more gifts? Not right

00:59:51.949 --> 00:59:57.570
now. Next adventure. I will say, and this is

00:59:57.570 --> 01:00:00.130
just so I can tease you here, punish you, make

01:00:00.130 --> 01:00:02.349
you sad. As you're kind of having these thoughts,

01:00:02.449 --> 01:00:03.449
as you're kind of getting concerned about the

01:00:03.449 --> 01:00:07.030
money you're spending, you pass by this big,

01:00:07.369 --> 01:00:10.750
like it looks like a book, like a neon book standing

01:00:10.750 --> 01:00:13.210
over a big tent. And it just says, Jolly On's

01:00:13.210 --> 01:00:16.849
Tales and Texts. You see this orc with glasses

01:00:16.849 --> 01:00:19.130
is like reading a book behind a counter inside.

01:00:19.590 --> 01:00:21.869
And you see books all over the place. And Chester

01:00:21.869 --> 01:00:25.070
looks at you like, Jules. If I was going to kill

01:00:25.070 --> 01:00:26.389
it so we don't bring back a book, you know how

01:00:26.389 --> 01:00:28.409
much he wants to read about other worlds? Magical

01:00:28.409 --> 01:00:31.750
lore and whatnot? Can we look? How many more

01:00:31.750 --> 01:00:34.150
have we got? What do we still got? I mean, we

01:00:34.150 --> 01:00:36.329
got miskin, we got jeans. I got miskin, yeah.

01:00:36.570 --> 01:00:38.170
We got round stuff with a little guy on your

01:00:38.170 --> 01:00:41.809
shoulder. Yeah. Yeah, all right. We got mulligan.

01:00:41.869 --> 01:00:44.210
You got leftovers, right? I packaged them up.

01:00:44.329 --> 01:00:46.190
We can just give him those. He doesn't need to

01:00:46.190 --> 01:00:49.420
know it wasn't for him. I didn't eat my noodles.

01:00:49.599 --> 01:00:51.619
He's the least of my worries because we can just

01:00:51.619 --> 01:00:53.659
get it on the way out. He wants noodles. Give

01:00:53.659 --> 01:00:55.199
him noodles. We got leftover noodles. Alright,

01:00:55.219 --> 01:00:58.900
cool. So it's just Fibro. Cool. Let's go get

01:00:58.900 --> 01:01:01.739
him a book. We're not going to leave just Fibro

01:01:01.739 --> 01:01:04.300
out. Alright, you walked in. Six gold for this

01:01:04.300 --> 01:01:08.510
book. If it's a fucking magic spell book, it's

01:01:08.510 --> 01:01:11.030
probably going to be six gold. There's no magical

01:01:11.030 --> 01:01:14.329
spell books in this store, but you do see, I

01:01:14.329 --> 01:01:16.190
think we just cut to like, you're looking through

01:01:16.190 --> 01:01:17.989
shelves and you see Chester's pulling out a book

01:01:17.989 --> 01:01:20.030
and Lucy, you're pointing with wide eyes. You

01:01:20.030 --> 01:01:22.630
see a book that's called The Spirits of Sosanko,

01:01:22.769 --> 01:01:26.969
a collection of magical lore. Yes. Yep, all right,

01:01:27.010 --> 01:01:34.099
four gold. Jules, he's going to love it. I'm

01:01:34.099 --> 01:01:35.659
trying to decide if he's fucking with you or

01:01:35.659 --> 01:01:40.260
not. Come on, big guy. I don't know what's happening.

01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:44.239
I'm going broke. That's what's happening. Oh

01:01:44.239 --> 01:01:47.480
my god, he did it. Alright, you bought it? You

01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:50.360
walk out, we see the next freeze frame is you

01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:53.920
guys walking out with this book tucked away into

01:01:53.920 --> 01:01:57.099
your cloak or whatever and just a real sad expression

01:01:57.099 --> 01:02:00.760
on Jules' face. I'm not showing you, David, but...

01:02:00.989 --> 01:02:02.949
Steven, I started off with 25 gold and this is

01:02:02.949 --> 01:02:08.449
what I have left. Yikes. Hey, you did it! At

01:02:08.449 --> 01:02:10.409
least two of your gifts were free. No, congratulations.

01:02:10.530 --> 01:02:15.789
You just took all my money. Jean Franklin's just

01:02:15.789 --> 01:02:18.329
walking along like, Wow, impressive. You managed

01:02:18.329 --> 01:02:22.070
to buy the cheapest thing at every store. I know

01:02:22.070 --> 01:02:23.030
who you're bringing it back for, but you must

01:02:23.030 --> 01:02:26.510
really care about them. You must really want

01:02:26.510 --> 01:02:31.889
a knuckle sandwich, huh? He just smirks and carries

01:02:31.889 --> 01:02:34.010
on and the four of you move. I mean, I imagine

01:02:34.010 --> 01:02:35.429
it's kind of like you guys are sort of moving

01:02:35.429 --> 01:02:37.269
together. Jean -Marie's taking up the rear. I

01:02:37.269 --> 01:02:39.510
don't think, I imagine like he doesn't talk to

01:02:39.510 --> 01:02:41.889
you. You don't talk to him. Chester sure fucking

01:02:41.889 --> 01:02:44.530
doesn't talk to him. And it's probably just a

01:02:44.530 --> 01:02:46.269
sort of awkward, awkward kind of relationship.

01:02:46.409 --> 01:02:48.829
But hey, you know, got to start somewhere, right?

01:02:49.329 --> 01:02:51.969
That's right. Apparently. We just got to get

01:02:51.969 --> 01:02:54.550
through the games and we'll take it from there,

01:02:54.550 --> 01:02:56.829
Jules. And I think we hear this sort of like.

01:02:57.150 --> 01:03:01.349
that voice sort of overlaying the screen as we

01:03:01.349 --> 01:03:07.210
cut to a different scene. We cut to a clock resting

01:03:07.210 --> 01:03:09.449
at the top of one of these golden tents in the

01:03:09.449 --> 01:03:15.630
middle. And the clock hits 845. And we sort of

01:03:15.630 --> 01:03:18.530
pan out from there and we see crowds of people

01:03:18.530 --> 01:03:21.349
just like starting to move in from the market

01:03:21.349 --> 01:03:24.849
around, crowding around these three golden tents.

01:03:25.369 --> 01:03:28.469
And we see, I guess like maybe like right in

01:03:28.469 --> 01:03:32.530
the middle of this, all the four of you moving

01:03:32.530 --> 01:03:34.849
out of this crowd, moving up where, where Madam

01:03:34.849 --> 01:03:39.309
Culp is, is standing, um, sort of, sort of gesturing

01:03:39.309 --> 01:03:43.250
you in. She's looking around the crowd. Excited.

01:03:43.250 --> 01:03:46.349
You see Kasim Arun, the man you met earlier,

01:03:46.489 --> 01:03:48.789
standing next to another man. Looks very similar,

01:03:48.889 --> 01:03:51.050
but he's in a full red garb covered in green

01:03:51.050 --> 01:03:54.090
peppers. And they're both like hands on hips

01:03:54.090 --> 01:03:57.230
looking out, beaming around at everyone. Kasim

01:03:57.230 --> 01:04:00.469
sees you guys and winks in your direction. And

01:04:00.469 --> 01:04:04.050
as you see all this, as the crowd is going wild,

01:04:04.230 --> 01:04:08.530
games, games, games, games, games, games, across

01:04:08.530 --> 01:04:12.190
from you, the crowd begins to part. And four

01:04:12.190 --> 01:04:16.389
figures step out. And we'll call it there.