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it with your friends. Thank you so much. Sighting

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episode of Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel.

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Today I'd like to honor the fallen luminary,

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Mateo Cortez, also known as Demi Lidge. The Tithos

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tragedy and the Sapphires fall have brought much

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darkness to our worlds, and so I'd like to remind

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you all of a tale from the past involving one

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of our brightest shining lights. Mateo was born

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in the mining town of Pontezuela in the world

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of San Sition. His father worked the local mine,

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and the boy and his mother lived in some comfort.

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That is, until the silver veins of Pontezuela's

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mine ran dry. From there, the family fled to

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San Sitian City, where much of the comfort they

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had known was soon lost. Mateo acclimated quickly

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to the new environment, however. As his parents

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struggled to raise his newborn sister, he found

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solace in the arms of a different family, the

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San Sitian Luchador Wrestling Family. Swiftly,

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the boy became a man, and the fan became a fighter.

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Taken on the name of Demi Lich, Mateo adopted

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the rough mannerisms of a heel wrestler and challenged

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some of the best in the business. It was during

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one of these fights when Mateo was met with a

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challenge beyond a simple foe in the ring. A

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disgruntled fan with sorcerous powers set a sudden

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fire to the stadium. Mateo spared no time for

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panic, his body acting on its own accord, and

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he immediately moved to carry the young and firm

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from the danger. In the end, he had carried six

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people from the stadium before the fire was conned,

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including his own child sister, Gabriella. As

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a result of his actions that day, Mateo was soon

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offered a position as a luminary for the Radiant

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Citadel. He, of course, took that position and

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brought much honor to the title of luminary in

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the years that followed. This story, I say, goes

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to show we all know to be true. When our backs

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are to the flames, when our breath is lost to

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panic, Deliver us to safety, to the smoke and

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the fire. Well, thanks for, thanks Storyteller

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Oren here. Now I have to go in and make the recap

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music longer. Because I have no idea how long

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that fucking dude's going to talk. Yeah, it's

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hard. I thought that was a shorter one than some

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other ones I've done that went quicker. So, darn

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it. I've been talking about this bottle for a

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little while. I finally brought that sap house

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mead. Oh, so I have I have a little bit of a

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little bit of a pet peeve. Everybody, especially

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in like the fantasy realm. I mean, I'm not like

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I'm not a historian. I don't know what medieval

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mead tasted like, but it's fermented honey. And

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these days it's really crazy, super sweet. So

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when people play and they're like, yeah, I'm

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big and tough. I'm going to have a mead. Nordic

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mead. Right. It's like, yeah, I'll have the hot

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cocoa. Extra cocoa. Give me that sweet tea. I'm

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for Lord of Thunder. More hot chocolate. So now

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here it is. Happy birthday, David. Happy birthday,

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David. I figured we could crack a nice sweet

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treat. I hope I can appreciate it. Well, you'll

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drink cider. I'll drink cider. This is sweeter

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than cider. Apparently all the listeners are

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going to know whether you enjoy it or hate it.

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They will find out. And, I mean, we touched on

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before, actually, that I have no sense of smell.

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I attribute that a lot to my hatred of the taste

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of pretty much any alcohol. So, I don't know.

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We'll see. It just tastes like pure bitter to

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me. This might be different. I don't know. This

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is going to taste like pure sugar. Yeah. I like

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that. I think you're going to very much enjoy

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mead. Does it taste like Rockstar Energy drinks?

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Because I have a crippling, crippling addiction

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to Rockstar Energy drinks. It's closer to Rockstar

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Energy drinks than any alcohol you've ever drank.

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Fucking give me some of that shit. Give me that

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right now. Is that mine? Because that's a lot.

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That sounds great in the mic. That's so much.

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Dude, it's less than half a glass. Are we waiting

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for you guys? Am I doing toast? You can do whatever

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you want to do, man. It's your fucking birthday.

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I'll wait. I'll wait until you guys do it. Oh,

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my God. Oh, liquid gold. Oh, my God. This looks

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delicious. Is that ASMR? I don't know. A little

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bit. A little bit, yeah. I'm sure some people

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are triggered by it. Oh, my God. That's going

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to trigger somebody. Dude, you gave yourself

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like the least amount. You brought this meat

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and you gave yourself. That's okay. I've got

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an Eastern European Imperial Stout. Oh, yeah.

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I refuse to call it a Russian Imperial Stout

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anymore. That's right. Happy birthday, David.

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Happy birthday. You forget, Stephen's going to

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get most of mine when I take one sip and hate

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it. Here we go. Here we go. Oh, that's so good.

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Really? No. What? No, it's Diamond Tap. You can't

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do... It's great Diamond Tap. I'm sorry. I just

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feel like my... My mouth is covered in honey.

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It just tastes like a honey stick. It tastes

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like honey. You know, like the little straws.

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Kind of like the pixie sticks, but filled with

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honey. No, it's... It tastes like medicine. It's

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medicine, man. I am just so, I'm floored. I'm

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sorry. I'm sorry. I thought we had him with us.

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I apologize. I thought we had him with us. I

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appreciate the gesture. No, no, no. You don't

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have to apologize. No, I just, I got to get him

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into more sours. I think that's, I think that's,

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I think that's his, that's his niche. I'll do

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a sour. Yeah, that's his niche. And I got, I

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got a bunch in the, I got a bunch in my cupboard.

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Sours don't taste like medicine. All right. We're

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going to, we're going to, we're going to keep

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rolling with this. We'll figure it out. We'll

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find one. We'll find one. I'll do a cider any

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day. I don't know how this is going to go over,

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but. Just blowing the smoke off your gun. Off

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of my happy birthday pistol. Well, with that,

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gentlemen, and with this taste of garbage in

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my mouth, I suppose we should just get right

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into it because, let's be straight, the situation

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is, as Storytelling Horn might say, most dire.

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So here we go. Let's get that sound in there.

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Yep, there she is. Help! Fire! We're gonna slow

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down time. Oh, okay. Yeah, slowing down time

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in a scene. People are screaming around you,

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and you see them, like, as they're running around

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you, they start to move slowly. We, the audience,

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are watching this as these three, four heroes

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are standing at the mouth of this tent. You are...

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At the easternmost part of these three golden

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tents, nestled into the circular sunken plaza

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at the center of the Din Sing night market, screams

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are filling the air, floating amidst the falling

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ash and rising smoke all around you. Across the

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plaza from where you stand, up the western hill

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into the market proper, you see that three tents

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have been transformed into a raging inferno.

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You remember the location. You passed by it earlier.

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One of the tents belongs to Madame Culp. filled

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with a variety of expensive silks. At this moment,

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their tent is around halfway covered by the rapidly

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spreading flame. You also see that one of the

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tents on the other side of this fucking inferno

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belongs to Zungun Family Seafood, and that tent

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has been completely overtaken by the fire. That's

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the other sponsor. Yeah. Well, you guys, remember,

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you walked out of Madam Culp's earlier, and you

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walked right down, and that's where you heard

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Jean Franklin talking to them, so it's right

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by her tent. There's one small like trinket shop

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in between. It's fucking gone. Like a long, narrow

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shop. And then it's just those two tents. So

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you see this, those three tents together. It's

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just like burning. That was the second sponsor,

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right? It was those two and the pepper guys.

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They offered you a sponsorship. If you looked

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into, they had a basically sort of a falling

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out with another group. They believe they were

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kind of out to get them. Another, another tent

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belonging to. The Tianmos, Tianmo noodles we

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were eating. The Zonguns and the Tianmos have

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been rivals for some time now with this escalating

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kind of war between them. And now their tent

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is burning. Burning. There's a flash of movement

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to your left. Jewels. You look over to the side.

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Again, slow motion. Your eyes panning over and

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you see moving slowly. Eyes fixed. Focused on

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the flame. All shame forgotten. Dance Macabre

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is bolting towards the danger. You hear a voice

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behind her calling out, it's Ramin, Gabriela!

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He's reaching out to her, but she's not listening,

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just bolting ahead. You see Sid Squid, local

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adventurer and shop owner who designed the second

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game, is breaking out in front of the crowd.

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He's running towards the south and he's shouting,

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Anyone who can carry, follow me! We have a water

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spout nearby! And Bucket's at the ready! Go!

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Go! Go! Like waving people on. You see Trace

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and Pepper, along with a number of other strong

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folk, immediately are moving after him. My Arun

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has turned his attention to the panicking crowd,

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attempting to control and console them. And Kasim

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Arun, the man you talked to earlier, simply staring

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at the flames, a look of stupefied horror set

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on his face. Madam Colt behind you screams, No,

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my sweet baby! She's reaching out towards her

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tent. And then you hear another scream, farther

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up the hill, coming from the burning tents. No

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words. Just this wild sound of uncontrollable

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pain and fear. Just... So, heroes, what do you

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do? I have a pretty good idea what I want to

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do. Okay. So everyone's going to turn to Jaune.

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Jaune, go help with the fire brigade. Go get

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some water. I'm going to go investigate those

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screams. Very well. He's fucking dead serious

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right now. His eyes are just, like, narrowed,

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locked. He's, very well, good luck. And he just

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turns and bolts. Not another word. And Zebulon

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heads up towards the... Before you move, actually,

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after you say that to Jean, a hand touches on

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your shoulder, and you just turn around and see

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Ramin Massoul is there. He says, Zebulon, good

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luck. And he holds out this, like, statuette

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of Atash towards you, some holy symbol. and it

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pulls through this light, and you feel it within

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you, and he casts Bless on you. Whoa. Whoa. I'm

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not quite finished with you. I'm a unicorn. And

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he turns around and runs towards the screams.

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And I think he's kind of... Looks almost puzzled,

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and he actually starts following you, too. I

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think he has to be at a certain range for the

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spell, but he's not right on you, but he's trying

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to stay close as he can to keep the Bless active.

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Oh, shit. I said that when I thought that you

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were going to say shit, and I was going to run

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off. He's behind you. You're much faster than

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him because you've got that double action. You've

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got that bonus action dash, so you're staying

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well ahead of him. You were not expecting to

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deal with that awkwardness. No, yeah. I think

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while he's doing that, I think Jules is grabbing

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Chester. And we're running behind dance. Okay.

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All right, yeah. And then I think as we're running

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to catch up to her, I'm going to turn to Chester

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and be like, Chester, what were you hanging everybody

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arguing about before? What was going on? I don't

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know. It was nothing. This is crazy. This can't

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be this. I mean, they had some little mishaps,

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show of pranks. Like what? Like what? I don't

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know. We need details right now. There were little

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fires, but the Tienmos, maybe they did this.

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I mean, that. That gnome we saw earlier, she

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was mad. But this is crazy, Jules. This is Austin.

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This could be murder. Could be a lot of things

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right now. Let's keep going. Let's keep going.

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All right, so you guys are all moving up towards,

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she's actually heading towards the streams as

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well, so you guys all kind of move together.

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You go up like a set of stairs, up the side of

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the hill, and you spin around a corner. The fire

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hits you, the heat blasting your faces. You see

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that dance has stopped in front of this tent,

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and she's just, her narrowed eyes taking it all

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in. Just searching, searching for something.

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Screams continue to ring out from the open maw

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of the tent's burning entrance through thick

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black smoke that fills all the space within.

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There's a wall of flames sealing off the opened

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way before you. To move forward here is going

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to hurt. And now I want to touch on something

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for you guys right here, right now. Something

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that I think is incredibly important we touch

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on. For the first time in this story, maybe in

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your guys' lives, As characters, there's no gain

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from this. And there's a lot to lose. You stand

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before death. Potential death. But there's a

00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:40.259
life in there. You can hear it. Someone is hurt.

00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.299
Someone's in trouble. You could lose everything.

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And as I said, there's nothing to gain. You see

00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:49.100
a dance macabre has made up her mind. And she's

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:51.740
preparing to lunge forward through the fire.

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But what are you going to do? Zebulon pulls out

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.080
his water skin and dumps it over the top of his

00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:02.679
head. Holy shit. Okay. All right. To then prepare

00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:06.080
himself to run into the tent. Yeah. Jules isn't

00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:10.940
staying out there either. Okay. I think Jules

00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:14.779
will try to save Chester and tell him to stay

00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:18.179
out here. Jules. Actually, I'll let you tell

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:19.860
him. He's looking at you. He's ready to go in

00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:22.600
too. As Zebulon's fumbling with his water skin,

00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:25.769
he's pouring over his head. Jules. It's all right.

00:14:26.289 --> 00:14:30.809
I can do this. I'm a dragon, and this is kind

00:14:30.809 --> 00:14:36.769
of where I'm going to do pretty well. I really

00:14:36.769 --> 00:14:39.629
appreciate everything, and I'm going to go in

00:14:39.629 --> 00:14:43.549
there. You got two minutes. Okay. You're not

00:14:43.549 --> 00:14:45.789
out here in two minutes. I'm coming in there

00:14:45.789 --> 00:14:49.110
after you. Yep. Thank you. 120 seconds. That

00:14:49.110 --> 00:14:52.789
should be... I can do this. I can do this. He's

00:14:52.789 --> 00:14:55.570
psyching himself up. Okay. Okay. I'm shitting

00:14:55.570 --> 00:15:00.090
my pants. Yeah, yeah. You see Dance takes one

00:15:00.090 --> 00:15:02.429
last look over. Her eyes fall onto you, Jules.

00:15:03.210 --> 00:15:06.529
She nods back, and she dashes into the fire.

00:15:06.789 --> 00:15:10.169
Zebulon, you following? Yeah, I kind of wish

00:15:10.169 --> 00:15:11.950
that I could have gone first. I'm going to cast

00:15:11.950 --> 00:15:15.429
Bardic Inspiration on Zebulon. Okay. Fuck yeah.

00:15:15.549 --> 00:15:19.389
All right. So that's a d6 to any roll. Yeah,

00:15:19.389 --> 00:15:21.470
and a d4 to any d20 roll that you roll as well.

00:15:21.549 --> 00:15:22.870
Well, obviously, it's going to be two attacks

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and saving throws. For the blast. For the blast,

00:15:26.330 --> 00:15:32.049
okay. Yeah. Okay. Holy shit. Ready? Are you ready?

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I mean, let's see you guys go side by side. So

00:15:33.830 --> 00:15:37.710
you and Dan just both dash in. Yeah. I think

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not even looking at each other, just feeling

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each other's presence beside you. You run towards

00:15:42.649 --> 00:15:45.070
the open flame before you, and first things first,

00:15:45.190 --> 00:15:47.769
you're leaping through this wall of fire, and

00:15:47.769 --> 00:15:51.409
I need a dexterity saving throw. Okay, I'm going

00:15:51.409 --> 00:15:54.889
to have to use some of those. Holy shit. Wow.

00:15:55.850 --> 00:16:00.330
I'm going to use whatever I can use, my bardic

00:16:00.330 --> 00:16:02.629
inspiration, and can I use bless after a roll?

00:16:03.049 --> 00:16:05.570
Yes. Okay. This is a saving throw. Oh, wait a

00:16:05.570 --> 00:16:07.889
minute. Hold on. You get a D4 and your D6 if

00:16:07.889 --> 00:16:09.450
you want. Hold on. It doesn't matter. A nat 1

00:16:09.450 --> 00:16:13.090
is a failure always, no matter what. Right? You

00:16:13.090 --> 00:16:15.789
know what's actually crazy? I believe so. Dance

00:16:15.789 --> 00:16:18.730
also rolled a natural fucking 1. Get out of town.

00:16:18.850 --> 00:16:22.549
Shit. Two nat 1s. Here's what happens. The two

00:16:22.549 --> 00:16:24.669
of you go running towards this thing. You go

00:16:24.669 --> 00:16:28.450
to make a move, and then... You hear this sound

00:16:28.450 --> 00:16:31.570
as a wooden frame from above you comes crashing

00:16:31.570 --> 00:16:34.730
down pretty much on top of you. And I'm going

00:16:34.730 --> 00:16:37.809
to roll damage on both you and Dance Macabre.

00:16:38.750 --> 00:16:42.269
Zebulon. Oh my god. Zebulon, that's six bludgeoning

00:16:42.269 --> 00:16:45.850
damage to both you and Dance. And four fire damage.

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Halved to two because you are a brass dragon.

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So I only take eight damage, which is still more

00:16:51.450 --> 00:16:55.379
than half of my hit points. This is... This is

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crazy, so let me... Here's what I want to see

00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:02.480
happen here. Okay? Roll me a d6. All that matters

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.519
is even odds. So you don't want a d4? I don't

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:10.599
care. d4 works too. Odd. Even. Okay. What you

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:14.880
see when this thing falls is... It falls just

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.880
in a place where you see Dance screams out as

00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.759
she gets smashed by this thing and goes rolling

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.839
inside the tent. But this thing falls right in

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:26.880
front of you. You get blasted backwards out of

00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.920
the tent, rolling dirty on the ground. This entrance

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.160
you were going to use has been sealed off. You're

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.059
in pain. There could be another way in, but you

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:36.680
need to look. Do you want to go back in there?

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:40.339
But now Dance is in there and she's hurt. Um,

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.799
yeah. Zeb's going to pull out his swords and

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.279
cut an entrance into the tent. Roll me perception.

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.279
So he just got blown out of the tent? He got

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.180
blown out of the tent. Zeb, wait, wait. I'm going

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:52.759
to come over and cast Cure Wounds. Oh, shit.

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:56.140
Oh, clutch. Oh, shit. Fucking clutch. So what

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:58.420
is... I'm going to roll that perception. It's

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a D8 plus spellcasting ability modifier, which

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:05.940
for him... Is going to be your charisma bonus.

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:09.420
So, yeah, okay. So your Cure Wounds is 1D8 plus

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:14.210
3. Nice. Do you want to roll it? Oh, nice. Max.

00:18:14.390 --> 00:18:18.319
Max damage. Holy shit. So fucking clutch. So

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.279
you reach down and heal Zebulon. Zebulon, you

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.759
were like in horrible pain and getting ready,

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.119
probably on shaky legs to go back in there, just

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:28.059
focused on this, on being a hero. And you feel

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:30.920
a hand at your back. You feel life pumped into

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.259
you. You still have that bless active. Ramin

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.400
is there behind you now. And he's just like staring

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:37.819
at the fire like, no, Gabriela, you can't see

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:40.059
dance anymore. The smoke has obscured everything.

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:42.259
You just heard that pain scream and that's it.

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Silence. Roll me a perception check, Zebulon.

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If you're going back in, you want to cut away

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:51.210
in? Give me that check. Fucking nat 20 on the

00:18:51.210 --> 00:18:55.130
perception check. That is. Zebulon, you're scanning

00:18:55.130 --> 00:18:57.369
the side of the tent that's closest to you, and

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you actually do see there's a small slit already

00:19:01.529 --> 00:19:04.130
made in the tent where fire hasn't quite reached

00:19:04.130 --> 00:19:07.569
yet over. It's just like one last corner untouched

00:19:07.569 --> 00:19:10.970
by the fire so far. It's weird. This slit looks

00:19:10.970 --> 00:19:14.049
like it's been cut. And with that nat 20, I'll

00:19:14.049 --> 00:19:15.769
give you something else, too. There's something.

00:19:15.910 --> 00:19:18.900
Huh. On the ground, just in front of it. And

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:21.960
it looks familiar to you, because it's the sort

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.759
of leftover peelings of a persimmon. Jesus Christ.

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:30.720
So if you'll... You can go in that way, it's

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:34.059
safer. If you'll allow me, Zebulon's gonna run

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:38.240
at the canvas of the tent and leap and cut his

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:41.960
way in, or just jump through, and as he's running

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:46.440
and jumping... Jules! Over here! There's a persimmon

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:52.279
peel? Yeah, just say that. Core? What do persimmons

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.819
have? I think it's literally persimmon peel in

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:57.859
the book. There's a persimmon leftover. There's

00:19:57.859 --> 00:20:01.900
physical evidence. I'm a persimmon. That works,

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.720
Zeb. I know what you're talking about now. I

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.519
get it. I think I get it. He's like standing

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.019
there outside of the tent. I mean, is there a

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:12.140
stem? This needs to be some artwork of Zeb pointing

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:16.359
at the persimmon peel. Alright. I'm making death

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:19.480
saving rolls for people. Oh my Christ. No, no,

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:24.519
don't worry. Not yet. You jump forward. I mean

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:26.400
you're slashing so you're making this hole bigger.

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:28.000
It's small right now actually. It's a very small

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:29.819
hole. You could fit through it, but like Jules

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:31.920
couldn't. I wasn't sure of the mechanics, but

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.480
it just seems like a cool image. Yeah, you're

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.000
doing this. You're cutting at it. It's weak enough

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.160
here you can slice right through it and you're

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.500
opening a wider way out. That could be huge.

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:42.819
As you cut it, smoke, boom, billows out in front

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:45.519
of you. You're lost in the thick black of it.

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.799
You realize going forward it's going to be hard

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.019
to deal with the smoke. It's heavy and thick.

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.660
There's going to be complications. We can't figure

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.460
out a way around them. But you're moving into

00:20:55.460 --> 00:21:01.099
the tent? Yeah. Zebulon steps forward. Roll me

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:05.180
perception check. You see nothing as you move

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:12.299
in. Just blackness. That's a three. Three perception.

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:16.039
All right. So you're pushing forward. But you

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:20.720
don't know. You don't hear anything. Hello? Is

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:24.420
somebody in? I'm here to help. Can you follow

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:26.940
the sound of my voice? You're calling out rule

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:30.339
constitution saving throw. As a smoke enters

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:36.059
your lungs. Shit. I'm going to add my D6 to that.

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:38.019
And add D4 to saving throw. You get it automatically.

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:40.740
Oh. It happens to every saving throw. Get out,

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:43.720
for real? Every saving throw. Yeah. Rami has

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.940
set you up. I can't see it. I hope that's a four.

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.640
Okay, so five plus four, that's nine. I really

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:51.980
think I need to use my bardic inspiration here.

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:57.180
That's another four, so that's 13. It was a DC

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:59.700
10. Oh, yeah, sweet. Good thing you used that.

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.400
You passed. You feel the smoke enter you, and

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.039
you manage to pull out of it. You're okay for

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:08.519
now. And because you called out, you do hear,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:14.059
Zebulon, Zebulon, here, to me, to me. It's dance

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:17.170
somewhere ahead. You push deeper into the smog,

00:22:17.190 --> 00:22:20.549
and you see that she is resolving herself before

00:22:20.549 --> 00:22:24.150
you in the darkness. She's leaning over a body.

00:22:24.769 --> 00:22:29.049
It's Kusa Zangun, the kobold mother you met earlier.

00:22:29.849 --> 00:22:33.630
She's still alive, still awake even, but she's

00:22:33.630 --> 00:22:35.549
clawing into the ground, and she's reaching a

00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:38.009
shaking, trembling hand out towards the back

00:22:38.009 --> 00:22:40.369
of the tent to a different, separated section

00:22:40.369 --> 00:22:44.910
covered by its own large, short drapery. So I

00:22:44.910 --> 00:22:47.150
know that we're not exactly in combat. Yeah.

00:22:47.809 --> 00:22:52.049
But if you'll allow me, can I use my cunning

00:22:52.049 --> 00:22:53.970
action to move into that other part of the tent?

00:22:54.730 --> 00:22:58.849
An extra dash? We're going kind of in free form

00:22:58.849 --> 00:23:00.730
here. So it's like, yeah, it's kind of like either

00:23:00.730 --> 00:23:02.369
way. So you're just going to start moving because

00:23:02.369 --> 00:23:07.329
you do hear her say, she goes, Gammon! Gammon!

00:23:08.150 --> 00:23:13.019
My Gammon! And you remember the child. The child

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:16.220
who fought over the green onions before. The

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:18.039
child that's been with her throughout the day.

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.000
What is Dance's situation like? Can I tell if

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.519
Dance can get up or not? She looks really bad.

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:27.559
Like her leg. I think you see that her leg looks

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.640
like it's been ripped up. No, she's okay. Her

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:33.220
skirt's ripped up where her leg is. It's bleeding

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:36.839
heavily and burned. The flesh warped. But she's

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:39.099
standing on it carefully. She actually picks

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:41.180
up Kusa Sangoon. It's impressive. And starts

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:43.200
lifting her up on her back. And she just looks

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.980
in the direction you came from. And her eyes

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:47.380
look back to you. Dance, I cut an opening. Dance,

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:49.339
can you get out? Can you get out? I'll go after

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:52.500
the child. takes a moment, hesitates for a moment,

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:56.539
then just nods, says, be careful, and just starts

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.319
to move into the smoke in the direction of the

00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:02.680
point. At this point, I have to put this out

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:04.779
there. This is going to be a content warning.

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:10.480
There is a child in peril. We are rolling dice.

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.339
If this could get very uncomfortable, if this

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:18.519
is something that you're not okay with, I understand.

00:24:19.470 --> 00:24:23.329
Skip to the end. I will not go all out. I will

00:24:23.329 --> 00:24:26.069
not. Yeah, yeah. And I will not, like, go in

00:24:26.069 --> 00:24:29.309
full description. I will not get gross. But this

00:24:29.309 --> 00:24:32.990
is happening. It could go many ways. All right,

00:24:32.990 --> 00:24:36.450
then. Zebulon, you push to the back of the tent.

00:24:38.630 --> 00:24:44.630
Roll me a dexterity saving throw. So, 13. 13.

00:24:47.630 --> 00:24:50.670
That actually is going to pass this one. A burning...

00:24:50.670 --> 00:24:53.329
14, I'm sorry. Okay, that's fine, too. Actually,

00:24:53.390 --> 00:24:56.509
it was decent 12 for this one. So basically a

00:24:56.509 --> 00:24:58.549
part of the curtain from above you kind of falls,

00:24:58.869 --> 00:25:01.710
burning, and collapses before you, and you manage

00:25:01.710 --> 00:25:05.210
to pull short of it as it hits the ground, bursting

00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:07.970
into sparks. And you weave around it and move

00:25:07.970 --> 00:25:10.230
back into the tent. You push through the curtain.

00:25:10.309 --> 00:25:13.369
Boom, more smoke hits you as you enter this room.

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.720
Are you staying? I imagine you're probably keeping

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.259
your mouth closed, probably holding your breath

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:19.720
now? Yeah, as best as you can. Okay, all right.

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:21.680
Unless you do anything, I'm not going to make

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:26.740
you roll those con saves. Well, can I do a perception

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:29.519
check? Yes, roll perception. Okay. I feel like

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:33.640
as the fire continues to burn, I think those

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:36.440
dex save DCs are going to keep going up. Yeah,

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:39.440
you're probably right. But with a pretty high

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:43.980
modifier and Mike Bless, that's... pretty slick.

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:50.019
Okay, so that's 18 minus 1, so 17 perception.

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.799
Actually, I need to roll again disadvantage because

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:56.539
you can't see anything, and this is going to

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:58.420
be sight -based. Oh, and do I get my blessed

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:02.400
for her? Yes. Or that's just on... No, blessed

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.619
would not happen on any check. Okay, well, then

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:07.920
that's not going to really do it. That's a 3

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.839
on the die, so that's a 2. You can't see. He's

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.460
going to have to call out. Okay. Hello? Is anyone

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:19.779
back here? I'm trying to save you. Come on, save.

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.579
I'm rolling one. I'm rolling the check on my

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:27.859
own. Whoop, that's out of the box. Okay. Let

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:34.000
me roll my... Oh, that's an 18. Nice. Okay. Plus

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:36.480
one, so 19. Again, the smoke rushes into your

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.319
lungs. When you're able to hold out against it,

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:41.420
you don't cough. You manage to pull it out, basically.

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.660
Who's back here? But it's not in you. It's not

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:49.039
poisoning you. It's not hurting you yet. Can

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.539
you come to the sound of my voice? Do you wait?

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:56.839
I mean, for like an instant, I wait. Yeah, I

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:59.859
mean. You hear nothing. Okay, then he's going

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:01.960
to go as soon as he doesn't hear a response.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:05.599
You go deeper in? Yeah. Okay, you push forward

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:08.240
into the blackness. You can't see anything as

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:11.099
you move. You didn't roll high perception before.

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:13.819
Now. Keep rolling. Another perception check.

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:17.980
Different room, different check, I think. I'm

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:20.140
going to roll something, too. What'd you get?

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:23.680
That's a 12. 12, okay. First thing first, dexterity

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.900
saving throw. A burning line from a rope snaps

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:28.400
and whips towards you. You see something coming

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:30.119
out of the smoke through the fire. The light

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.259
of this rope is launching towards your face.

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:39.700
That's a 10. Let me roll my bless. 11. Three

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:41.920
points of fire damage halved to one, actually.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:44.940
Nice. No, yeah, one. So you managed to pull your

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.599
head out of the side. It rips across your cheek

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:50.579
like a little burning mark on your face. That

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:54.019
12. I think with that 12, you're moving. You're

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.079
moving through the smoke, and you come across

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:59.400
a figure lying just at your feet. Figure of a

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:03.259
child. Unconscious. All right, so whether or

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:06.900
not he still has both swords drawn, he's going

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:12.130
to... Either sheath one or draw one and try to

00:28:12.130 --> 00:28:14.970
grab the child with one arm and run to the nearest

00:28:14.970 --> 00:28:18.369
canvas wall to slash it open. Okay, all right.

00:28:18.990 --> 00:28:20.730
Again, you can't see, so you're just pushing

00:28:20.730 --> 00:28:22.970
in a rammed direction. A rammed direction, yeah.

00:28:22.990 --> 00:28:24.990
Okay, so you just start pushing forward again.

00:28:25.049 --> 00:28:27.630
You have a child on your back. Disadvantage on

00:28:27.630 --> 00:28:31.269
dexterity saving throws while the child is on

00:28:31.269 --> 00:28:35.299
your back. I'm making you roll one now. Oh, that's

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:39.819
a nat 20. Don't do it again, Steven. Okay, didn't

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:43.880
do it again. That's a 9. Let me get my d4 out

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:47.599
here. Get your d4. This is big. That's a 2, so

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:54.500
11. 12. Fuck. Crack! You hear another bit of

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:57.339
the frame above start to snap and break, almost

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.740
like a big piece, almost like a pendulum. A big

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:03.430
piece of wood just swings down at you. Now, you

00:29:03.430 --> 00:29:04.730
rolled really high, so here's what's going to

00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:07.150
happen. You roll high enough that you are able

00:29:07.150 --> 00:29:10.650
to instinctively turn and brace yourself forward.

00:29:10.769 --> 00:29:13.029
So the child is kind of on your back, not taking

00:29:13.029 --> 00:29:15.509
the damage here. That's good. But you take all

00:29:15.509 --> 00:29:23.150
of it. Four points of bludgeoning. One point

00:29:23.150 --> 00:29:26.910
of fire. Not too bad. Not too bad. So you get

00:29:26.910 --> 00:29:29.109
hit by this thing. You almost get knocked backwards

00:29:29.109 --> 00:29:32.569
a bit, but you're holding on to this child. I'm

00:29:32.569 --> 00:29:34.970
rolling another check. There's some really big

00:29:34.970 --> 00:29:37.309
beams holding up this tent. Yeah, there are.

00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:39.150
It's actually a pretty big tent. It's got a whole

00:29:39.150 --> 00:29:41.089
kitchen in the back and everything. They're,

00:29:41.150 --> 00:29:44.690
like, full -on framed. So you just, like, keep

00:29:44.690 --> 00:29:47.309
moving, keep moving. You move, you move, you

00:29:47.309 --> 00:29:50.750
move. You touch canvas. And you go to cut? And

00:29:50.750 --> 00:29:55.269
you just slash it, yeah. Okay. Okay. You cut

00:29:55.269 --> 00:29:56.869
into the canvas, and I'm going to have you make

00:29:56.869 --> 00:30:00.589
one final check. as the fire starts ripping across

00:30:00.589 --> 00:30:02.769
towards you. You actually find a spot where there's

00:30:02.769 --> 00:30:05.150
not fire, but, like, it's almost about to encompass

00:30:05.150 --> 00:30:08.109
you. You need to move fast, to push yourself

00:30:08.109 --> 00:30:11.390
through that hole before you're consumed. Deck

00:30:11.390 --> 00:30:13.710
save straight up or disadvantage? Disadvantage.

00:30:13.849 --> 00:30:16.769
You do have the kit. All right, that's a nat

00:30:16.769 --> 00:30:23.710
16. And a natural 1. Oh, my God. What in the

00:30:23.710 --> 00:30:30.150
hell? Fucking natural 1. Not good. Okay. I mean,

00:30:30.170 --> 00:30:32.190
like, I'm at the canvas. You're at the canvas.

00:30:32.230 --> 00:30:34.089
No, you're at the canvas. So here's what it's

00:30:34.089 --> 00:30:35.849
going to look like. You're going to make me a

00:30:35.849 --> 00:30:37.869
choice, Zebulon. You're going to make a choice

00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:40.470
for me right now. You realize in that instant,

00:30:40.529 --> 00:30:42.769
as the fire's closing in on you, you go to move,

00:30:42.890 --> 00:30:45.549
and I think you realize there's a line from a

00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:47.470
fallen rope caught on your leg. You're about

00:30:47.470 --> 00:30:49.029
to, like, try to move, and you're almost tripping.

00:30:49.970 --> 00:30:52.069
And you can decide to drop the child and roll

00:30:52.069 --> 00:30:55.509
out of the wall, or to throw the child out of

00:30:55.509 --> 00:30:58.279
the tent. and let the fire consume your path.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.940
One of you gets to leave without taking damage.

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:04.799
The other one is going to have a bad time. It's

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:08.579
really not much of a choice. Very clearly, Zebulon

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:11.079
is going to throw the child. Zebulon is going

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.480
to drop the child. He's going to throw the child

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:18.279
deeper. No, no, no. Okay, okay. You take this

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.460
child's form. You don't know if he's alive or

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:24.559
dead. And you throw it out into the clear night

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:28.089
outside. And the fire encompasses the wall before

00:31:28.089 --> 00:31:30.490
you. You're almost thrown backward by the force

00:31:30.490 --> 00:31:32.289
of it. Just maybe more than you're flinching

00:31:32.289 --> 00:31:34.210
about or taking a step. You're facing the inferno

00:31:34.210 --> 00:31:36.490
in front of you. You have to believe that every

00:31:36.490 --> 00:31:40.190
escape possible is covered. And you're inside

00:31:40.190 --> 00:31:42.869
here. You can move through, but it's likely going

00:31:42.869 --> 00:31:45.710
to hurt. That's okay. He's going to jump right

00:31:45.710 --> 00:31:49.670
through. Okay. You brace yourself. Spread your

00:31:49.670 --> 00:31:51.690
position, I imagine, and just run. Run and leap.

00:31:52.369 --> 00:31:54.759
Okay. One last dex saving throw. I'm going to

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.140
make this a pretty high DC because you're going

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.960
through pure fire. I don't have disadvantage

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.500
this time, though, right? Not this time, no.

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:06.640
It's a 16 on the die. Let me roll my Bless. That's

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:12.799
a 2, so add 5. 20 -something, anyway. Okay. You,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.660
watching the flame before you, when you see this

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:19.559
instant, again, time slows down before our hero,

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:24.109
where the fire seems to part. its naturals or

00:32:24.109 --> 00:32:26.970
tendrils just kind of open up for this brief,

00:32:27.049 --> 00:32:30.650
brief instant, and Zebulon launches right then

00:32:30.650 --> 00:32:34.849
through the flame, through the smoke, out into

00:32:34.849 --> 00:32:39.109
the night, rolling, snatching up the child at

00:32:39.109 --> 00:32:42.829
the end of your roll, and you're out of the inferno.

00:32:43.309 --> 00:32:46.410
Chester, you son of a bitch. You better have

00:32:46.410 --> 00:32:55.839
recorded that. That was so good. You were on

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:58.599
the verge of death. So good. You were on the

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.920
verge of death. I know, but Zebulon has different

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:05.740
priorities. I want you to make a medicine check.

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:08.880
I'm not great at those. You're at the back of

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.660
the tent now. You guys were all in the front

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.900
before. All right, that's a 13. I've got a minus

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:15.460
three to medicine. Let me roll my blast for the

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:20.380
check. That's a two, so we're up to 12. 12, okay.

00:33:21.869 --> 00:33:27.509
Of the 12 you it's not great But you look down

00:33:27.509 --> 00:33:30.250
the child you can't tell unconscious unmoving

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:34.769
limp Help somebody help you put your side of

00:33:34.769 --> 00:33:36.990
your head towards their chest as you're calling

00:33:36.990 --> 00:33:48.609
out you wait and you wait The child is alive

00:33:48.609 --> 00:33:52.380
somebody help he's alive, but he's hurt Ramin

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:54.859
actually turns the corner like, no, no. And he

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:57.799
just comes running over, slides down onto the

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:59.839
bottom of his tunic and just kind of grabs the

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.779
child. He's really fussing over him, trying to

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:05.839
check for wounds and such. Is Dance out? I think

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:08.320
Dance, I think he goes, I'm like, get help, please.

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.900
And I think Dance sort of wimps around the corner

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:17.820
just like, he made it. She smiles and looks up

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:21.320
into the sky. Oh, thank goodness. Her eyes. He

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:25.840
made it. She turns around. Jules, you're seeing

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.039
all this. You hear them calling. You know Zebulon

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.400
came out the back. You and Chester are, I imagine,

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:33.139
running around. Yeah, and I think once we get

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:37.599
her on back, I think Jules is kind of in shock.

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:45.030
And he kind of walks up to Zebulon. Kind of looks

00:34:45.030 --> 00:34:48.070
at him right in the eyes and stands in silence

00:34:48.070 --> 00:34:50.449
for a moment and then just goes in for a big

00:34:50.449 --> 00:34:53.690
embrace. And I think for at least the first second,

00:34:53.829 --> 00:34:56.429
Zebulon stands with his arms down. He's exhausted.

00:34:57.909 --> 00:35:01.949
But then he returns the embrace. Your spell,

00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:07.550
Jules. You saved us both. Don't you fucking scare

00:35:07.550 --> 00:35:10.190
me like that again. Do you have anything? Can

00:35:10.190 --> 00:35:19.519
you help him? After a long rest, I can. And then

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.199
by Jewel's side, you see Chester. You see he's

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:26.760
holding up something in front of his eyes, something

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:32.960
crystalline in nature. And he says, stop. And

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:36.840
he holds it down and says, Zebulon, I got it.

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:43.900
Chester, you finally made yourself useful. Zebulon

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:47.480
gives Chester a hug, too. It's a group hug. It's

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:49.780
a group hug now. All right. Zebulon pulls him

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:51.260
into the group hug. He's just trying to fight

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:54.099
it. All right, little guy. Don't fight it, Chester.

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:56.579
Don't fight it. Don't fight it. You see Ramin's

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:59.460
just watching on. He's got the child sort of

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:02.719
again on, sort of, you know, at least as well

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:05.139
as he can be. He sees he's stabilized. He breathes

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.860
a sigh of relief and kind of falls back on his...

00:36:08.030 --> 00:36:10.730
His butt almost like lies sitting into the grass.

00:36:11.230 --> 00:36:12.750
We probably should have figured out the child

00:36:12.750 --> 00:36:14.429
was stabilized before we did a group hug, huh?

00:36:14.969 --> 00:36:16.989
No, I mean, you kind of, you saw he was, you

00:36:16.989 --> 00:36:18.670
saw his heart was beating. The writing was on

00:36:18.670 --> 00:36:20.590
the wall? Yeah, it was on the wall. I mean, in

00:36:20.590 --> 00:36:22.449
Jules' eyes, yeah, he comes around the corner

00:36:22.449 --> 00:36:23.949
and you got three people standing around the

00:36:23.949 --> 00:36:26.329
child and nobody's going nuts. All right, that's

00:36:26.329 --> 00:36:28.050
fine. I'll take it. I think he kind of assumes

00:36:28.050 --> 00:36:31.889
that the child is okay. Good. Dance. I said she

00:36:31.889 --> 00:36:34.650
was like staring up at the sky, like breathing

00:36:34.650 --> 00:36:39.050
in relief. And she just. collapses down, like

00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:42.429
sitting as well. Her leg looks bad and she's

00:36:42.429 --> 00:36:46.329
just like stretching it out and just closing

00:36:46.329 --> 00:36:52.949
her eyes and just, just sitting. Joel, you can

00:36:52.949 --> 00:36:58.360
go rub her legs. I think around this, you hear,

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.619
like, people, like, more shouts, but they're

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:02.199
getting closer. You see Jean Franklin is leading

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:04.659
up this group of people with these buckets, and

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.760
they're all, like, moving in. There's, like,

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.139
a chain of people, and they've got these big,

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.820
like, heavy buckets of water, and they start

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.500
just, like, spouting on certain spots. I think,

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:13.079
actually, like, there's a couple of these magical

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.519
items. You see Sid Squid's got one, and he just,

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.860
like, prays to himself and presses it and almost

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:19.219
starts spraying water out like a hose of this,

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:22.480
like, little decanter. Just going over the flame

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.780
like an extinguisher, and there's a few more

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:25.880
people that roll up with those, like, locals.

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:29.639
Half orcs and dragonborns, almost like a fire

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:33.059
brigade of the market, just sliding in, spraying

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:37.500
down the tents wherever they can. And let me

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:40.739
tell you what was happening behind the scenes

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:43.179
there. I was rolling death saves ever since you

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:46.820
reached Kusa. I was rolling them for Gamon. I

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:52.619
had two fails, and I was rolling. Even when I

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.780
rolled successes, I was still rolling them until

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:58.219
he was out of the smoke. Wow. Jeez. And I rolled

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.480
three successes in a row. Holy moly. And you

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.980
got him out of there. Wow. Very lucky. It was

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:05.239
really close. Jeez. You got him out. I mean,

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.880
if you hadn't thrown him and you hadn't gotten

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.960
out that round, every time you took an action,

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.940
it was a new save, new potential threat. But

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:16.639
you made it. And I think we leave off with that

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:21.000
for tonight. Oh, you mean in -game. In -game.

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.460
I was going to say, I was like, that was a really

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:24.559
fast app. No, no, no. We'll summarize. I want

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:28.000
to summarize. what you guys, I want to summarize

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.460
what you guys do over the rest of the night.

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.579
I mean, is there anything else in particular

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.420
you wanted to touch on or are you okay moving

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:37.400
on to the next day? Um, I think we just crash

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.380
really hard. Yeah. I think there's definitely

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:41.599
a period of rest. Yeah. Licking our wounds. In

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:44.280
fact, I gotta put this out there. Jules, you've

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:48.880
been up awake for like 24 hours now. Yeah. You

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.780
didn't sleep a lot. You guys woke up to go and

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:53.559
do the, do the heist. You didn't sleep. Yeah.

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:56.239
Yep. The last time he slept was at Xena's before

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:59.559
the heist. That was over 24 hours ago. So Jules

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:03.079
is like, red -rimmed eyes, exhausted. So I imagine

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:06.019
there's some sort of authority here to investigate

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:08.320
the fire, but I don't know if there's something

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:12.119
that Zebulon can roll to kind of help to get

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:15.860
a clue about what happened. I will say, one of

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:18.179
the best things you got was that perception roll,

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.719
pick up those persimmons. Apart from that, I

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:22.320
mean, unless you want to go in the tent again.

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:25.099
It's not much you can do until the fire's gone.

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:27.260
Exactly. Until it's put out, there's not a lot

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.519
of investigating that can be done. Okay, so I'm

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:33.539
going to pick up the peel. Okay. And go to dance.

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:37.840
And say, you know anybody that sells these? And

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.360
she just, she's looking at it. I think she almost

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.559
looks kind of far off. Her eyes are exhausted

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:47.300
as well. She looks about as tired as you. Yes,

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:51.760
actually, I saw them earlier. There was a florist.

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:54.300
They sowed the la pop flower. They also sowed

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:58.900
these. That son of a bitch. What the hell? I

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:02.420
think they grow in similar areas. But I believe

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:04.780
they're the only one I know of in the market.

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:10.119
Why? Somebody's got some explaining to do. You

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:14.500
think this? Well, we found this. We found this

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:19.840
right outside the tent. There was a slice. Somebody

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:24.519
had cut the tent and left. This. Outside. She

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:27.199
just kind of nods, taking that in. And then kind

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.059
of just like almost chuckles and smiles. What

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:34.539
does it matter telling me? I am not Rhea. I lost.

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.920
I can do nothing. So you don't care? Of course

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:43.000
I care! The title doesn't mean shit. It's who

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:45.800
you are and what you do. Fuck the title. You

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:47.800
can go back home and lick your wounds, but we're

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:49.889
going to try to figure this out. She actually

00:40:49.889 --> 00:40:51.909
looks taken aback by all this. And then again,

00:40:51.969 --> 00:40:54.630
just kind of ashamed. Kind of looks away from

00:40:54.630 --> 00:40:57.530
you. You're important. These worlds need you

00:40:57.530 --> 00:41:02.530
too. I'll do it again. But I am not working with

00:41:02.530 --> 00:41:06.289
you. We are not allies. I mean, we just provided

00:41:06.289 --> 00:41:09.889
you with like a whole bunch of evidence. So I

00:41:09.889 --> 00:41:12.309
feel like by definition, we're kind of working

00:41:12.309 --> 00:41:17.489
together. Because you would have literally nothing

00:41:17.489 --> 00:41:20.170
to go off if it wasn't for the information we

00:41:20.170 --> 00:41:23.610
just provided you. I'm not saying you're ungrateful

00:41:23.610 --> 00:41:25.550
or anything. She's kind of staring blankly towards

00:41:25.550 --> 00:41:30.269
you. I appreciate. You helped me inside. You

00:41:30.269 --> 00:41:34.389
saved the child. You... And she almost grits

00:41:34.389 --> 00:41:40.349
her teeth. You are the staff of luminaries. I

00:41:40.349 --> 00:41:44.869
would not take that from you. I am not one who

00:41:44.869 --> 00:41:48.090
works with others easily. I am forced with this

00:41:48.090 --> 00:41:54.329
one. He's using guidance cantrip on people who

00:41:54.329 --> 00:41:55.530
are trying to do the fire. He's just running

00:41:55.530 --> 00:41:58.369
to people and casting this little light spell

00:41:58.369 --> 00:42:00.550
on them. They kind of glow for a second, do something,

00:42:00.670 --> 00:42:02.409
and then it fades. He's going person to person,

00:42:02.610 --> 00:42:04.889
exhausted, but doing what he can to support them.

00:42:05.510 --> 00:42:09.070
Look, as long as you're fighting for good, as

00:42:09.070 --> 00:42:11.860
long as you're fighting for justice, then we're

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:13.659
on the same side, whether you want to be or not.

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:18.699
That's just facts. Yeah, exactly. It feels really

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:20.739
good to hear you say that. I mean, you could

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:24.659
say it again if you wanted to, but if you're

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:28.340
not going to cooperate with us, then you'd be

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:30.679
better off going home. What exactly do you want

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:34.800
from me? Cooperation. Do I look like an investigator?

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:40.340
No. I'm a fighter. I just beat people up. Don't

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:43.739
give up on yourself. That's all I want. The second

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:45.800
you give up on yourself, you've given up on everybody

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:51.159
else. She just kind of starts to turn away again.

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:55.420
Look, there's nothing to do tonight. I'll speak

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:57.800
to you tomorrow. Yeah, we all need some rest.

00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:02.519
Forget it, Jules. We can do this ourselves. I'm

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:06.280
at a loss for words on that. Just, Jules, frustrated.

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:09.380
Chester kind of like steps up and kind of like

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:11.980
puts a hand on your back and... Come on, big

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:16.139
guy. You got to rest. Both of you. I got to fucking

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:18.260
sleep. It's time to look into this tomorrow,

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:22.119
but right now, they're still working. But you're

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:26.079
right. Something's fucked. I'm not done yet.

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:32.000
I think we need to go and speak to Vi. She's

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:34.760
the one who sold the flowers. And according to

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:37.599
Dance, the persimmon. I think I'm going to need

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:44.320
a cappuccino before that. So I'm guessing that

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:47.480
pretty much the whole market has got to be out

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.800
and is observing this, right? I mean, there's

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:53.739
a lot of people out, but I think right now, tensions

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:55.179
are at an all -time high. It's going to be hard

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:57.500
finding any singular person in the crowds of

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:59.559
people around. You have to go through and literally

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.780
look through the entire crowd. You can roll a

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.920
perception check. It's going to be tough. Yeah,

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:07.639
I'd like to. Do I still have Ramin's Bless? No,

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:09.420
because he'd need to follow you the whole time

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.800
you're looking. This is more you just wandering

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:12.760
around for a while, so you lose the bless now.

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:15.300
Plus, he's concentrating on other shit now, so

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:17.340
he wouldn't be giving it to you anymore. All

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:23.239
right, that's 16. 16. Yeah, you take a moment

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:26.679
to search around. You do not find Fi this evening.

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:32.219
But, I mean... You know, she might be here tomorrow.

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:34.599
All right, well, that's apparently all I can

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:38.780
do. All right. And I imagine you're just like,

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:41.360
there's like tents set out for travelers, especially

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:43.500
for you guys. You guys move over. And I think

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:46.219
like some, some people lead you away. Eventually

00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:48.420
Kusa Sengun kind of regains consciousness. She

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:50.300
was basically, she passed out the one she got

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:52.800
out. And she like, I mean, she's thanking you

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:55.860
guys profusely. Once you've had the brief moments

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:59.800
of consciousness she has, and you're pulled away

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:03.440
from all of this and brought to some small tents

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:07.909
on the outskirts of the, Of the marketplace where

00:45:07.909 --> 00:45:12.610
you lie down some sleeping pads, fall asleep.

00:45:12.929 --> 00:45:15.489
Yeah. I think if it's possible, Zeb would prefer

00:45:15.489 --> 00:45:18.750
to cowboy camp. Okay. Yeah. You drag your inside

00:45:18.750 --> 00:45:21.250
of a tent. You grab your pad and you slide it

00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:24.190
outside and you lie outside kind of guarding

00:45:24.190 --> 00:45:33.760
the door. Slowly. You wake Zebulon to the. son

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:35.880
of some son go shooting down on you. I think

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.699
you're sweating. Um, it's very hot. Do dragonborns

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:42.000
or half dragons sweat? Do dragons sweat? You

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.179
have scales. I don't know how that works. Do

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:47.320
lizards sweat? Well, I mean, I think, I mean,

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:49.619
I guess it depends. It's really up to you. It's

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:51.920
your world. I know the lizards are cold blooded.

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:53.500
I'll tell you this. I'll tell you this. I can't,

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:56.099
I can suspend disbelief in a lot of ways going

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:58.519
into these games, right? I just can't imagine

00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:02.199
a world, any world in which Steven doesn't sweat.

00:46:02.650 --> 00:46:05.909
Fair. Impossible. Well, there is also separation

00:46:05.909 --> 00:46:08.090
between the character and the player. No, wrong.

00:46:09.469 --> 00:46:11.889
I don't know about that. I know about that. This

00:46:11.889 --> 00:46:14.510
character trait can't just be separated. It's

00:46:14.510 --> 00:46:17.269
so crucial to who you are, Steven. I definitely

00:46:17.269 --> 00:46:20.639
think that Zebulon can sweat. but I don't think

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:22.920
it's because Steven's a sweaty boy. So Zebulon,

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:27.739
covered in sweat, sweaty like crazy. His pad

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:30.619
is damp. It's been like two episodes since you've

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:32.500
ripped in real deep. It's a puddle of water all

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:34.440
around him. You're actually floating at this

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:37.579
point on this little pond. Always comes back

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:41.599
around. I went to the low ground. I mean, you

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:46.659
did open the door. How? I don't know. By being

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:53.079
a fool. You did. By sweating. Open the floodgates.

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:59.559
Yeah. You wake up. It's hot. Soaked. It's hot.

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.340
The sun's baking you. You probably don't feel

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:05.900
too well. You're a brass dragon. You slowly kind

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:10.619
of move up. You can hear the sounds of the market.

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:13.539
Not, you know, a little bit farther down the

00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:15.760
hill. I think you're all up on this rise with

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:19.190
this tent sitting, looking down at, like, Like

00:47:19.190 --> 00:47:21.630
the day before, when you came into this town,

00:47:21.690 --> 00:47:23.789
you looked down the hill at this market sprawling

00:47:23.789 --> 00:47:26.750
below you. And that's where you are now, somewhere

00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:28.510
close to the road, somewhere close to the top

00:47:28.510 --> 00:47:31.530
of that hill. And while everything is more subdued

00:47:31.530 --> 00:47:33.829
today, you can see that the burnt remnants of

00:47:33.829 --> 00:47:35.489
the tent are kind of left alone. People are moving

00:47:35.489 --> 00:47:39.130
around them. The market has continued to thrive

00:47:39.130 --> 00:47:43.690
the way it does. They're resetting up, quieter,

00:47:43.949 --> 00:47:48.119
but they are preparing for another day. You realize

00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:51.780
almost instantly that you're not alone. Just

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:56.480
beside you, sitting and staring down, is Dance

00:47:56.480 --> 00:48:00.039
Macabre. I want you to roll something for me

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:04.500
now. It's a little belated. I want a one of you

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:07.300
can roll me a persuasion check with advantage.

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:10.599
Sounds like a jewels roll to me. It might be.

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:12.760
Let me just double check. I think I got a plus

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:16.250
five. I think. You're a bard, so this is probably

00:48:16.250 --> 00:48:19.309
your jam. Yeah, I've got a plus five. All right,

00:48:19.309 --> 00:48:27.510
with advantage. 22. So what do you say when you

00:48:27.510 --> 00:48:30.989
see her? I say, oh, shit! Her eyes just kind

00:48:30.989 --> 00:48:34.409
of flicker over to you. You ought to wake. Wake

00:48:34.409 --> 00:48:37.489
the others. I want you to wait. Let you have

00:48:37.489 --> 00:48:41.909
your rest. Then we'll talk. Yeah, I think I heard

00:48:41.909 --> 00:48:47.099
somebody... Staring. Is there... I mean, there's

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:52.139
got to be coffee here. What? You know, the beans.

00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:56.719
You roast them. You grind them. You steep hop

00:48:56.719 --> 00:49:01.400
water. Pour it over them. I don't have any. It's

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:05.139
a market. It's not open. Go ask them. I can't

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:08.699
help you. Go wake the others. You just pretend.

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:12.679
Can I roll perception to see if Zebulon can smell

00:49:12.679 --> 00:49:17.739
coffee? Go ahead. That's outside the box. It

00:49:17.739 --> 00:49:22.199
was a 19, though, but... Rules is rules. Okay.

00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:24.639
That's only an 11. No, you don't smell coffee

00:49:24.639 --> 00:49:28.679
way up on this hill. Damn. Yeah. Crazy, isn't

00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:35.659
it? It's real crazy out here in Sbsunko. Alright.

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:38.500
Gonna go down and... Are you just gonna leave?

00:49:39.980 --> 00:49:41.940
No. Can we go wake the others? Oh, they're going

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:44.659
down to find coffee. I was like, stay away. Down,

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:48.420
I mean back to wherever we woke up from. That's

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:51.159
the new quest. It's our quest to find coffee.

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:53.320
New game, different game now. You're just looking

00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:58.619
for coffee. All right. You go into the tent.

00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:00.800
I think you're just outside of it. You basically

00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:04.139
pulled your mat outside the tent door, and she's

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:05.360
just sitting outside this tent with you. You

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:07.539
don't know where she and Ramin went. Probably

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:09.300
you assumed their own tent, but she's the only

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:11.559
one here now. Yeah, so you go in to wake Jules?

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:18.679
Yeah. Jules? Jules, are you awake? God, my head

00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:24.519
hurts. What's up? What's up? I think it's time

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:28.050
to wake up and figure this out. Just five more

00:50:28.050 --> 00:50:34.929
minutes, five more minutes. The tent flaps open,

00:50:35.130 --> 00:50:37.869
and Dance walks in and just kicks you in the

00:50:37.869 --> 00:50:41.989
ribs. Ow! Wake up! Fuck! What the fuck are you

00:50:41.989 --> 00:50:45.630
doing? Outside, now! I am wicked dumb enough.

00:50:45.769 --> 00:50:49.590
And she just like turns and leaves. Fine. Chester's

00:50:49.590 --> 00:50:51.650
just kind of, well, what the hell? Did someone

00:50:51.650 --> 00:50:55.360
just kick you? I mean, his red hair is just this

00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:58.699
big, fluffy mess. He's trying to, like, wake

00:50:58.699 --> 00:51:02.840
up. I think Jean Franklin is fast asleep in his

00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:05.440
corner. He fussed for so long over the inferior

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:08.639
lodgings they provided you. This bed will not

00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:11.340
fit at all. He took forever to fall asleep, and

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:14.500
now he's just, like, snoring away. I look over

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:16.340
to Dan and say, you're going to kick me out hard.

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:20.199
You've got to buy me breakfast first. She just,

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:24.019
like, glares. turns around, like whips around,

00:51:24.260 --> 00:51:27.199
and opens a tent flap and steps outside. All

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:29.619
right. Tristan and I get up. I'm going to go

00:51:29.619 --> 00:51:32.119
outside. All right. And I think the three of

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:33.460
you, I'll say Jean -Francois, just like still

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:35.920
passed out at this moment. The three of you step

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:40.159
out in the light and the heat of the day. And

00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:43.880
dance is just kind of staring away from you down

00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:46.619
towards the market. She's got this very stubborn

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:48.639
expression on her face, a point you could see

00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:50.780
of her face, still covered in the skull mask.

00:51:51.650 --> 00:51:53.690
wearing the same uniform as before, though, like

00:51:53.690 --> 00:51:56.449
with the sort of burned away parts of the lower

00:51:56.449 --> 00:51:59.630
hem of the skirt. Her leg looks better, probably

00:51:59.630 --> 00:52:01.269
healed at some point this morning. There might

00:52:01.269 --> 00:52:04.449
be like one shallow scar remaining up the side

00:52:04.449 --> 00:52:08.070
of it, but nothing that looks painful anymore.

00:52:08.849 --> 00:52:12.610
And she just says, not even looking at you, though

00:52:12.610 --> 00:52:14.670
you somehow know it's directed towards you, Jules,

00:52:14.750 --> 00:52:17.550
the way her body stiffens almost exactly opposite

00:52:17.550 --> 00:52:20.389
your direction. My brother told me once that

00:52:20.389 --> 00:52:22.610
he had a great love and respect for those who

00:52:22.610 --> 00:52:25.769
beat him in the ring. That winning a fight while

00:52:25.769 --> 00:52:28.570
joyous does nothing to strengthen your body and

00:52:28.570 --> 00:52:31.489
soul. Only a loss can show you those limits.

00:52:32.289 --> 00:52:35.269
I was being petty last night, and I apologize.

00:52:36.190 --> 00:52:43.110
I... I respect you, Jules the Roach. You are

00:52:43.110 --> 00:52:46.969
my rival now. I will help you in this matter,

00:52:47.030 --> 00:52:49.940
but you not understand. Only now I will help.

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:53.360
Next time we meet, when we are both luminaries,

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:57.500
I will crush you into pulp. So you better watch

00:52:57.500 --> 00:53:03.280
your ass. Because I will be. Watching his ass?

00:53:03.420 --> 00:53:07.780
Her eyes just widen. This expression of dawning

00:53:07.780 --> 00:53:14.320
horror. Say that again? Say that again? Do you

00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:20.880
want my help or not? Her eyes, like, go from

00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:25.400
horror to outrage and fury, just staring you

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:29.480
down like, am I going to help you now? Or am

00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:32.079
I going to crush you now? And she cracks her

00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:35.820
knuckles like... You keep fighting for what you're

00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:38.380
fighting for. And you give yourself more credit.

00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:42.820
That's all I want. Look, you mentioned an investigation.

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:48.360
You think this was arson last night? It seems

00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:52.480
pretty targeted to me. I have heard rumors. The

00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:57.760
Tianmos, they are enemies of the Zanguns. Was

00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:00.699
it them, then? I don't know. I can tell you this.

00:54:00.900 --> 00:54:05.280
The Mai Tenyo, Tianmo, has been arrested by Wadoa

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:07.460
General Populous, being held accountable for

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:10.699
now until proven innocent. They are not taking

00:54:10.699 --> 00:54:12.760
any firm action against her, but they are keeping

00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:15.619
her locked up in a tent for now. They cannot

00:54:15.619 --> 00:54:19.789
hold her forever. But likely she will never sell

00:54:19.789 --> 00:54:22.449
in this market again. At the very least, she

00:54:22.449 --> 00:54:24.829
will be exiled. You think they'll let us talk

00:54:24.829 --> 00:54:29.570
to her? You saved Kemon Zangun. I think they

00:54:29.570 --> 00:54:32.829
will let you do anything you want, Jules. I should

00:54:32.829 --> 00:54:34.550
tell you, I wasn't your first visitor today.

00:54:35.730 --> 00:54:38.889
When I came, there was a man here. Kese Merun.

00:54:39.670 --> 00:54:42.530
He had a message for you when you awoke. He said

00:54:42.530 --> 00:54:44.690
to come to the Spicy Brothers tent as soon as

00:54:44.690 --> 00:54:47.809
you feel able. There's a matter of your sponsorship

00:54:47.809 --> 00:54:52.989
to discuss, as well as your sign -on bonus. Kind

00:54:52.989 --> 00:54:55.650
of seems a little weird to be talking about the...

00:54:55.650 --> 00:54:58.889
It's okay. I mean, the world keeps turning. You

00:54:58.889 --> 00:55:02.329
seem eager. I was hoping to speak to you as soon

00:55:02.329 --> 00:55:06.409
as able. But before we go dance, I have a question.

00:55:08.329 --> 00:55:12.489
Aren't most of those wrestling matches, you know,

00:55:12.510 --> 00:55:16.500
like, pre -planned anyways? I will break you.

00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:22.360
I'm just saying if you lose, like, wasn't it

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:26.500
predetermined by, like, the event organizer or?

00:55:27.119 --> 00:55:29.219
She just looks at you almost like for provision.

00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:33.519
I mean, wrestling is fake, isn't it? Roll an

00:55:33.519 --> 00:55:38.079
opposed athletics check. Oh, my God. Let's see

00:55:38.079 --> 00:55:42.780
how fake this shit is. Of course you picked athletics.

00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:45.059
Actually, you can do acrobatics, too, because

00:55:45.059 --> 00:55:48.159
I'm trying to grapple you. All right. If we're

00:55:48.159 --> 00:55:52.780
doing acrobatics, that's a 21. Seriously? Yeah.

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:57.139
Damn. Yeah, she goes in, and it's a good grapple,

00:55:57.139 --> 00:55:59.139
too. She, like, suddenly just almost lightning

00:55:59.139 --> 00:56:01.719
fast, just... darts towards you, her arms unwrapping

00:56:01.719 --> 00:56:04.619
around you. I think one of her legs crosses around

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:07.139
one of yours, and she's in this pincer hold.

00:56:07.280 --> 00:56:08.719
It's trying to drop you down, but you're able

00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:11.179
to almost just move your body just slightly in

00:56:11.179 --> 00:56:14.340
a way to wrench yourself free and slide out from

00:56:14.340 --> 00:56:16.000
under her. And she goes falling down, tumbling,

00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:19.139
rolls backwards, and just looks almost astonished.

00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:25.280
Just kidding. Just kidding. You do what you have

00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:27.980
to see to, right? I'm going to find Armin, and

00:56:27.980 --> 00:56:30.380
I'll find you down there. I will go and speak

00:56:30.380 --> 00:56:33.079
to the Amai tent now. I'll meet you there. You're

00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:35.139
going to find Armin? You don't know where he

00:56:35.139 --> 00:56:38.480
is? Oh, yeah. Armin? He is waiting for me at

00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:42.719
the tent. He was up late. I let him sleep. Why

00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:47.199
was he up so late? To help with the fire. Why

00:56:47.199 --> 00:56:49.860
didn't we help with the fire? Because you were

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:54.659
dead tired. You didn't need it. You could have.

00:56:54.699 --> 00:56:55.780
I asked if you wanted to do anything else that

00:56:55.780 --> 00:56:56.940
night, and you said you wanted to go to sleep.

00:56:57.039 --> 00:56:58.980
Yeah, we went and crashed. I feel like I was

00:56:58.980 --> 00:57:00.920
being pressured to go to sleep. You could have

00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:02.719
just said, I wanted to go talk to the lady who

00:57:02.719 --> 00:57:03.760
had the persimmons. You could say, I stuck with

00:57:03.760 --> 00:57:07.019
the fire until, you know, until it's out. I mean,

00:57:07.059 --> 00:57:09.420
it was... When you went to sleep, it was pretty

00:57:09.420 --> 00:57:11.179
much under control. You saw them handling the

00:57:11.179 --> 00:57:12.400
buckets. You saw it was all being taken care

00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:14.159
of. Ramin was giving people guidance to help

00:57:14.159 --> 00:57:15.719
them with their stuff. They were spraying it

00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:19.679
down with some special magical, like, artificery

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:21.199
equipment that was basically creating a little

00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:25.139
mini hose. It seemed pretty well handled. I didn't

00:57:25.139 --> 00:57:29.739
catch anything sinister from that. Well, I just

00:57:29.739 --> 00:57:33.460
don't trust Ramin. I don't trust anybody but

00:57:33.460 --> 00:57:35.659
us, to be honest. So when Ramin's up late, like...

00:57:35.949 --> 00:57:37.969
I kind of want to know why Zebulon wasn't up

00:57:37.969 --> 00:57:40.070
late. You know what I mean? Oh, I mean, did you

00:57:40.070 --> 00:57:42.489
want to have stayed up late? You can put it in

00:57:42.489 --> 00:57:44.510
there. No, I think we're already past it. All

00:57:44.510 --> 00:57:46.489
right, all right. I just felt like my only option

00:57:46.489 --> 00:57:49.469
was to go to sleep. All right. I mean, you could

00:57:49.469 --> 00:57:51.550
have gone off. I just said Jules needed to go

00:57:51.550 --> 00:57:52.909
to sleep. I wanted to go talk to the lady with

00:57:52.909 --> 00:57:54.789
the persimmons. You rolled a bad perception.

00:57:54.929 --> 00:57:58.380
So you could have gone. I needed to go to sleep.

00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:00.480
Finding a random person, a single random person

00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:02.559
in this massive crowd of people after a panic

00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:05.599
and a fire was not going to be a simple you -just

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:07.239
-do -it task. But I could have gone to her tent.

00:58:07.639 --> 00:58:09.940
She has a tent now. But she's not there at her

00:58:09.940 --> 00:58:11.780
tent then. Now they're setting up tents. Now

00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:14.000
is the day to investigate, gentlemen. Okay. Not

00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:16.119
after the fire. Only when you're half dead. You

00:58:16.119 --> 00:58:19.360
fools. But I need to go see... Scallions. What's

00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:23.679
his... Is his last name Maroon? Arun. Arun. Oh,

00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:28.670
so Kasim Arun. Yes, Kasim Arun. Kasim Arun, okay.

00:58:28.690 --> 00:58:30.389
And his brothers, Vi Arun. They're like these

00:58:30.389 --> 00:58:32.210
two very similar looking brothers, very similar

00:58:32.210 --> 00:58:35.969
in age. I think I need to go and... We need to

00:58:35.969 --> 00:58:38.570
stop in this place. Or at least Jules does on

00:58:38.570 --> 00:58:44.510
the way out to whatever. So if Jules is going

00:58:44.510 --> 00:58:45.849
to go do that, Zeb's going to go check on the

00:58:45.849 --> 00:58:50.369
kid. Okay. Wow, yeah. Hell yeah. Okay, you guys

00:58:50.369 --> 00:58:52.949
move down to the market and you split up. Chester's

00:58:52.949 --> 00:58:56.050
hanging out with you, Jules. So you just kind

00:58:56.050 --> 00:58:57.650
of go? Anything else you want to do before that?

00:58:58.469 --> 00:59:00.449
I'll say dance basically just says what she says.

00:59:00.510 --> 00:59:02.150
You guys have that brief exchange of what Ramin

00:59:02.150 --> 00:59:04.849
was doing. She just turns and she leaves just

00:59:04.849 --> 00:59:07.610
rushing. She's very fast, just running, you know,

00:59:07.610 --> 00:59:09.809
towards some other tent far off on the hill.

00:59:10.989 --> 00:59:13.130
No, I don't think anything else. I think I'm

00:59:13.130 --> 00:59:17.199
just going to go. Okay. Sorry. I just want to

00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.480
make sure that you were leaving Jean Franklin

00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:21.900
fast asleep and not taking him with you today.

00:59:22.340 --> 00:59:25.760
So Jean Franklin is just left snoring alone.

00:59:25.960 --> 00:59:29.500
I forgot that he was asleep. The entire party

00:59:29.500 --> 00:59:32.360
just fucks off. I forgot he was asleep, but I

00:59:32.360 --> 00:59:36.760
think that's okay. I love it. I love it. I want

00:59:36.760 --> 00:59:38.500
to touch on you later. I'm going to start off

00:59:38.500 --> 00:59:41.719
with Jules here. Jules, you move down to the

00:59:41.719 --> 00:59:44.260
marketplace. Let me crank this up just a little

00:59:44.260 --> 00:59:46.460
bit. Because now you're in there. Now you're

00:59:46.460 --> 00:59:48.360
in the business. It's a little louder. People

00:59:48.360 --> 00:59:50.420
around you are rebuilding. Like I said, just

00:59:50.420 --> 00:59:53.699
a somber, heavy air. A tension that wasn't here

00:59:53.699 --> 00:59:56.719
before. I mean, like, rumors. People whispering.

00:59:57.800 --> 01:00:08.219
And people were just going crazy. Like, this

01:00:08.219 --> 01:00:11.579
is big shit. Attempted murder? Question mark?

01:00:12.219 --> 01:00:17.710
Here? The Dinsing Night Market? You move through.

01:00:18.090 --> 01:00:19.630
I think you passed Spicy Brothers yesterday,

01:00:19.769 --> 01:00:21.769
so you know where the tent is. And the tents

01:00:21.769 --> 01:00:23.190
are being taken down and moved, but it hasn't

01:00:23.190 --> 01:00:24.650
been moved yet. It's still very early in the

01:00:24.650 --> 01:00:27.750
day. And you move up towards it. And actually,

01:00:27.809 --> 01:00:29.610
as you're about to get in there, the tent opens

01:00:29.610 --> 01:00:31.190
up, like almost as if it's been waiting for you.

01:00:31.269 --> 01:00:33.849
You see Casimiroon peeks ahead, like, Oh! Hey,

01:00:33.989 --> 01:00:39.150
hey, hey! Jules! Yes! And, uh, Charles! It's

01:00:39.150 --> 01:00:43.079
Chester! Sorry! Chester! Come! He looks around.

01:00:43.619 --> 01:00:47.260
Where's Zebulon? And John? They should be here

01:00:47.260 --> 01:00:49.699
too. They're taking care of some other business

01:00:49.699 --> 01:00:52.699
right now. What business? Mind your business.

01:00:53.239 --> 01:00:56.320
Right. Sorry. Just, you know, sponsor, client,

01:00:56.380 --> 01:01:00.300
relationship, or talent. I'm new to this business.

01:01:00.420 --> 01:01:03.420
Please, step inside. All right. Come on, Chester.

01:01:04.029 --> 01:01:05.730
So you guys move up into the tent. So it's basically,

01:01:05.829 --> 01:01:07.469
right now it's very sparse. There's like, you

01:01:07.469 --> 01:01:09.769
know, baskets of peppers all around, but they're

01:01:09.769 --> 01:01:11.570
still being almost put away for storage. He's

01:01:11.570 --> 01:01:13.630
like, oh, don't mind the mess. All we got to

01:01:13.630 --> 01:01:15.210
do is just, here, I got a few things for you

01:01:15.210 --> 01:01:17.550
to sign, and that's really it. And from there

01:01:17.550 --> 01:01:18.690
on, I'll give you your first sign -on bonus.

01:01:19.449 --> 01:01:21.190
Basically, we just need you to advertise for

01:01:21.190 --> 01:01:23.750
us. You are Raya now, so I can make this a reality,

01:01:23.909 --> 01:01:26.150
and I'm so excited. So excited, Jules, to work

01:01:26.150 --> 01:01:28.289
with you. I mean, oh my gosh, you were incredible

01:01:28.289 --> 01:01:31.550
yesterday. So incredible. You left to, uh...

01:01:32.110 --> 01:01:34.610
Forgive me if I don't share your enthusiasm right

01:01:34.610 --> 01:01:38.250
now. I understand. It was tragic what happened

01:01:38.250 --> 01:01:40.730
last night. But hey, no one was hurt. No one

01:01:40.730 --> 01:01:43.409
was hurt. Even the caterpillars. Well, a few.

01:01:44.510 --> 01:01:47.730
But, I mean, Madame Cope will be fine. Right?

01:01:48.429 --> 01:01:51.329
And the kid? You were amazing. You guys saved

01:01:51.329 --> 01:01:55.489
Kusasungun and Young Gammon. I mean, they're

01:01:55.489 --> 01:01:56.949
going to be singing your praises in this market

01:01:56.949 --> 01:02:01.070
for years. On behalf of everyone, I say thank

01:02:01.070 --> 01:02:04.690
you so much. And now it's time for you to rest

01:02:04.690 --> 01:02:07.030
on your laurels. You've done it. And he kind

01:02:07.030 --> 01:02:09.550
of reaches down and he pulls out this bag. Yes.

01:02:10.010 --> 01:02:13.289
You need to thank Zebulon for that. I would if

01:02:13.289 --> 01:02:15.210
he was here. I wish he came. I would have loved

01:02:15.210 --> 01:02:17.059
to talk to Zebulon as well. All right, well,

01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:20.739
here, just a little paragraph here in this document,

01:02:20.960 --> 01:02:23.800
just detailing what you could do to help to push

01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:26.039
the brand on your adventures and become luminaries,

01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:29.039
which I am so sure you're going to do. And one

01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:31.000
little closure here. See, here's a down payment

01:02:31.000 --> 01:02:34.860
for you. This will be 200 gold. 100 split between

01:02:34.860 --> 01:02:37.920
the two of you seems fair, right? Sure. All right,

01:02:37.940 --> 01:02:40.019
first payment. Hey, a lot more to come, but,

01:02:40.039 --> 01:02:42.000
you know, got to work to get the rest, right?

01:02:42.489 --> 01:02:45.530
But hey, I think it's more than fair. I was going

01:02:45.530 --> 01:02:47.030
to be 50, but you know what? You've done so much

01:02:47.030 --> 01:02:50.170
for me. And you can take this gold. There's one

01:02:50.170 --> 01:02:52.530
little stipulation. One little thing. That's

01:02:52.530 --> 01:02:54.889
why I would like Zebulon to be here. Well, you

01:02:54.889 --> 01:02:58.170
got me. That's what you get. Perhaps you can

01:02:58.170 --> 01:03:02.250
spread this along then. Sign here. You become

01:03:02.250 --> 01:03:05.489
luminaries. All the contract. You get the money.

01:03:05.849 --> 01:03:09.349
You get the fame. I will make sure my brother

01:03:09.349 --> 01:03:12.670
and I, we're expanding. we're bringing it we're

01:03:12.670 --> 01:03:14.889
raking it in soon and you are going to have a

01:03:14.889 --> 01:03:17.429
big piece of that pie right there's one little

01:03:17.429 --> 01:03:19.809
stipulation right here at the bottom you need

01:03:19.809 --> 01:03:27.070
to leave subsumco today and we'll call it there

01:03:55.630 --> 01:03:59.289
Of course we're recording. Happy birthday to

01:03:59.289 --> 01:04:09.429
you. Happy birthday, dear David. Happy birthday

01:04:09.429 --> 01:04:17.349
to you. It's not coffee, is there? Wow, that

01:04:17.349 --> 01:04:22.429
shattered glass, I think. There is still coffee,

01:04:22.530 --> 01:04:24.630
though. Blow it out. We can do both at the same

01:04:24.630 --> 01:04:25.769
time. Make a wish. We'll make a wish.