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Storyteller David here. You guys having fun?

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our heroes wasted no time leaping into the danger.

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Teaming up with their former rivals, Dance Macabre

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and Ramin Rasool, Jules and Zebulon rushed to

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the aid of a few locals in a desperate state.

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Trapped within the flames, they had overtaken

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their market tent. Dance Macabre managed to carry

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out Cusa Sangoon, and Zebulon, aided by Jules'

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magic, managed to save her son, Gammon. Though

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the luminaries to be managed to save the day,

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a darkness yet lingers over the Dinsignite market.

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There was evidence present that a fire was intentional.

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A suspicious cut in the side of the Zunkum's

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tent. And the peelings of persimmon are all the

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investigators have to go on. As dawn rose on

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the following day, the party split up and traveled

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back into the market proper. Zebulon to speak

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with the rescued victims, Dance and Ramin to

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speak with the current, like -less suspect, and

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Jules to meet with their potential new sponsor.

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But Jules' meeting swiftly took a strange direction,

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as Casamaroon delivered upon him a rather strange

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deal. Full sponsorship for seven jewels and a

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200 gold bonus. As long as they drop an investigation

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and leave Sosanko today. I can banter a little.

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I'll lead you off because if you don't lead us

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off, I'm going to talk about NBC's Heroes some

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more. Oh, yeah. We can do without more NBC's

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Heroes. I maybe have a better idea. So for the

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past six weeks or so. In my dehydrator, I've

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had 100 heads of garlic. I made what came out

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to be over five pounds of black garlic. I love

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black garlic. You do? Yeah. Okay. See, I didn't

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realize that it was so well -known and prolific.

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I thought it was like this niche little thing

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that I was doing. And then I threw it up on my

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Facebook. And everyone's like, oh my God, I love

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black garlic. Holy shit. What are you doing with

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the black garlic? This and that, blah, blah,

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blah. So my plan was to make like a bunch of

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it for like Christmas gifts. Um, cause I wanted

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to make some and it was like, if I'm going to

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run the dehydrator for six weeks, I might as

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well do a shit ton of them. Right. So I bought

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a hundred heads of garlic. Holy shit. Jesus.

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Wrapped it up in tinfoil. They spent six weeks

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in the dehydrator and I spent many, many, many,

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many hours. uh, getting the actual garlic out

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of the husk out of the heads. That was awful,

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horrible thing. Oh, it's sticky as hell. Yeah.

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Very sticky. It's really difficult to work with.

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Took a long ass time. Yeah. I'm so thrilled to,

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I mean, that's the thing is like I spoiled the

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Christmas surprise for pretty much everybody,

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but I just, I could not hold in my excitement

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any longer. It's awesome. There's been six weeks

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of anticipation. Here's black garlic. So next

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time I see you, Jeremy, I'll probably have some

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black garlic for you. The only guy I know that

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would get that excited over garlic that has dehydrated

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for a long time. You're like, I cannot wait for

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this garlic that has dehydrated for a long time.

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Dude, it's very exciting. Have you had black

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garlic? I haven't. Oh, my God. All right, we'll

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make you something. All right. You need to bring

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some next week. We'll just do something nice

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and simple, like a nice. Fresh roll, and we'll

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just spread a little bit. Yeah, a little bit

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of butter, then a little bit of black garlic.

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It's going to be fantastic. It no longer really

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tastes like garlic. It tastes more like, I guess

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the closest thing I can compare it to is maybe

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like a spreadable raisin. Yeah. But in a good

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way. What? Yeah. Yeah. What? Yeah. Okay. It's

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fantastic. Once you actually do it, you'll be

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like, oh, I see exactly what you mean. All right.

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Yeah, I mean, I'll try it. I'll make a compound

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butter. That'll be easier than spreading two

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things. Huh. Yeah. Speaking of this, you mentioned

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Christmas presents, and I should note, hey, everybody,

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how was your Christmas? Oh, yeah, that's right.

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Not you guys, but those guys. The guys are with

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us in spirit. Yeah, because this is happening.

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We're right now a week before Christmas, just

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about, a little less than. And yeah, when this

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comes out, we'll be a week after. Yeah. Happy

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New Year. No, it'll be two weeks after. Two weeks.

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Well, I hope it was a great one, guys. It's New

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Year's. I hope it was fantastic. I think it's

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New Year's Day. No, not New Year's Day. New Year's

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Day is Sunday. It's a Sunday. Oh. I think. Yes.

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Yeah. It is a Sunday. All right. So it'll be

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January 2nd, I think. January 2nd. I think. I

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could be eating those words later on. Stephen,

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do you have a fork for Jeremy's words? We had

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one in the room at all times, just in case. Horses

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and forks. That's all Fantasy Pants is about,

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is horses and forks. Do either of you guys do

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the New Year resolution thing? No. I don't either.

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I like to think about it a little bit in my head

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and be like, okay, maybe just privately think

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of some things that I might want to do, but I

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wouldn't call them resolutions. Yeah. More of

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just like, fresh start, New Year, you know. New

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things ahead. Like maybe I'll fold the laundry

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the day it comes out of the dryer. Yes. Yep.

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I'm guilty of not doing that. Oh, yeah. I'm one

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of those that takes my clean laundry out of the

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dryer and I do the same thing with my dishwasher.

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Clean dishes are in there all week and I pull

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them out. Oh, yeah. All right. So we're in the

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same boat. We're in the same boat. Yeah. Yeah.

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That's why my sink is always full of dishes when

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you guys are over. I want to live that life,

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but I am far too married and will get in so much

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trouble if I even think of such barbarism. Barbarism.

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Barbanism. Hey, that was all right. Yeah, I got

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it. It works. First try. We edit that out. No.

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Damn it. No. Yeah, I think every year lately,

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when it's New Year, I make my resolution. I'm

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just like, I want to start another Dungeons &

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Dragons campaign. And you did. And I did. I always

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do, and it's insane because I have too many,

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and I barely get to sleep anymore. But I love

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it, so hey, here we are. Here we are. Hello to

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all the work peeps who are going to be joining

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David's work campaign. Yes, it's coming. Shadow

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the Dragon Queen. I'm very excited to get into

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the Dragonlance setting. Hell yeah. But we're

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not doing that tonight, gentlemen. We're doing

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Fancy Pants. And that means we're doing Journeys

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Through the Radiant Citadel. And on our first

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journey, we found ourselves on Sipsunko. And

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you found yourselves in a little investigation.

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As we zoom into the Dinsing Market. I want that

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sirenscape, if you don't mind. Let me get this

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going. Oh, yes. I like that. We're going to pick

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up with Zebulon. Sebulon, you're moving through

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the market, passing people. Again, there's a

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sort of forlorn atmosphere today. Everything

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is a little subdued. Everything's a little gray,

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a little sad. Not as colorful and excited as

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it was yesterday. I want a little investigation.

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Sure. Well, the tragedies that occurred last

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night, a violent act, perhaps, unfounded in this

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market. One family's livelihood gone. Them just,

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the two, the mother and son who sort of managed

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the stall of Zungun's family's seafood are now,

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or were, critically injured. You're looking for

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them now. And you know that the Tianmo Noodle

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Shop, another one of the larger families in the

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market, has been essentially cordoned off to

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their own tent somewhere outside the market proper,

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being watched over by some local folk. Likely

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they're going to be exiled, or worse, because

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they are suspected in this crime as a sort of

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aftermath of this, of this, you know, sort of

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continuous... Market war they've had with each

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other. Little pranks back and forth. Just this

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building, building, building until it boiled

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over is the current running theory. But our heroes

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seem to have a different theory. We'll get to

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that in a minute. You're moving through the market.

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You pass the burned remains of the tents, destroyed.

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You keep moving. You know that there's a medical

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tent sitting just outside the northern part of

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the market where... Kusa Zungun and Gamon Zungun

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should be resting. You still want to go and visit

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them? Yeah. Okay. So you're passing by. You move

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up to the tent. You see there's not a lot of

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folk here. They're all kind of gathered. It's

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a lot of work. You know, work has to happen.

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The market has to be rebuilt, and the people

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are at it. So when you move to this tent, it's

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very lightly sort of crowded. It's just a simple

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sort of, you know, tent opening, curtain opening,

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and no one guarding it, nothing like that. You

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want to go in? Yeah, I'll go in. Okay. Zebulon

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will anyway. Push open. I think we're still split

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up, aren't we? Yes, you currently are. You move

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into this room. You see that there's two sort

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of sleeping pads laid out on the floor. It's

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a very small, sparse tent. If you like medical

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herbs, sort of hang in different spots. The tent

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is filled with this sort of sweet, sweet smell.

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A little too sweet, almost unpleasant. You see

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in the far corner of the room, Gamon Zungun yet

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sleeps. The child you pulled from the flames.

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Softly snoring. You see, uh... You see there's

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a number of flowers just, like, built up all

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over his side of the room. Donations likely from

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various market goers. And something else catches

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your eye. Something a little weird. Resting just

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on top of the flowers or nestled, kind of peeking

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out of the bouquet, you see a persimmon. Ooh,

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I thought you were going to say a pangolin. No,

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no. And then you even started to say the P. The

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other Sosanko P word. I just saw dollar signs

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in your eyes. It's just pangolins, persimmons

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all day long. Hey, Gammon, that's going to be

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10 gold. You notice this, you clock this, but

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before I think you... managed to act on it. Closer

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to you, towards the front of the tent, there's

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another sleeping pad with the larger, much more

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heavy set. Kusa Zangun, who's kobold. Kind of

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like, I don't know if I ever said, they're like

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small sort of dragon -looking people. They kind

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of look very similar to you, Zebulon, but a few

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sort of key differences. She sort of turns her

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head over and groggily starts to take you in,

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and when she realizes who is standing in her

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tent, her eyes... pop open and she sits right

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up, almost like winces when she does, like it

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hurts her. It's okay, it's okay. You, it's you.

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Thank you, thank you. You carried him from the

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fire. Oh, I mean, yeah, I just want to make sure

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you guys are okay. Don't get up, please. Lie

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back, sit back down. She's still getting up.

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She's almost like limping, trying to climb off

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it, and she wants to step over you. So Zebulon

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goes over to her and like, you know, Doesn't

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push her down, but puts a hand on her shoulder

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and tries to guide her. The second you get within

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range, she wraps her arms around you and pulls

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you in fiercely. Oh, okay. All right. You can

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feel like a wetness touching your shoulder where

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her head rests. That's okay. That's okay. We

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got you. We got you. Just like sobbing for a

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moment. And after a moment, she breaks off and

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kind of like wipes her eyes. I'm sorry. I appreciate

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it so much. I thought... Damn. It's okay. We're

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gonna figure this all out. Please don't be sorry.

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How's Gammon doing? He'll be okay. He's still

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sleeping. He hasn't awoken since it all happened.

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He's gotten a lot of flowers. Must be a really

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popular kid around here, huh? And she actually

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smiles a little bit like, not really. They always

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thought he was a troublemaker in the market,

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but we are family here. You're now too, I heard.

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Raya. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's, we're going

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to put that on the back burner, I guess. I think,

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I think this is a little more important right

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now. What do you mean? It's, you saved us. It's

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done. We don't need you to. Stay for our recovery.

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We're okay. Well, I was hoping that you could

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tell me a little bit about your, uh, your tiff

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with the, uh, the other market goers. Um, Shadow,

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Kozawerface, just the Tienmos. I don't know why.

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It happened about a week ago. It's only been

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a short while. We used to be on good terms, but

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they've been at us for some time, and they're

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saying that we're doing the same thing to them.

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We haven't done anything. Every little thing

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stolen. They say that we stole them. And yet,

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it's weird. Sometimes they turn up in our shop,

00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:32.259
but that's them. They're planting it to make

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:34.899
us look bad. I don't know what's wrong with Lamai

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:39.220
and her family. We used to be friends. And now

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:41.860
this. I'm sure it was her. Her, her that set

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:46.039
fire to my shop. Her, that bastard tortle. You

00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:47.360
know, as I was running towards the kitchen, I

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.860
very much did slip on a fish and very much almost

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:53.649
died. If I find that tortle again, she shakes

00:14:53.649 --> 00:14:57.610
her face like, starts shaking. She seems to have

00:14:57.610 --> 00:14:59.090
forgotten that you were... I was going to say,

00:14:59.110 --> 00:15:00.289
I was like, wait a minute, does she mean Jean?

00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:02.950
Yeah, you actually, you remember when the first

00:15:02.950 --> 00:15:05.029
time you heard Jean Franklin with her, he was

00:15:05.029 --> 00:15:07.210
like yelling, he was reaming her out at the Zungun

00:15:07.210 --> 00:15:09.029
stand and saying, and he literally said the words,

00:15:09.129 --> 00:15:12.870
I hope you trip on a fish and die. Oh, that's

00:15:12.870 --> 00:15:16.149
right. So it seems like he's also a suspect in

00:15:16.149 --> 00:15:19.190
her mind. Right. And she saw you with him yesterday,

00:15:19.309 --> 00:15:21.289
but in everything that's happened, I think it's

00:15:21.289 --> 00:15:23.070
slipped her mind that you were in his presence.

00:15:23.590 --> 00:15:29.450
And there's no local authority here? There's

00:15:29.450 --> 00:15:32.309
no police? From what you've seen, it's basically

00:15:32.309 --> 00:15:34.570
like they're all, like I said, it's a big family

00:15:34.570 --> 00:15:36.110
in the market, and the market kind of polices

00:15:36.110 --> 00:15:38.649
itself. They don't have anyone sort of standing

00:15:38.649 --> 00:15:41.470
on top. It's just a number of families that some

00:15:41.470 --> 00:15:43.529
may have more money, more power, more influence,

00:15:43.789 --> 00:15:45.850
but for the most part, they're all together in

00:15:45.850 --> 00:15:48.740
this. Okay. It's a community, and they police

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:51.320
like a community. Yeah. Can you remind me of

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.879
her name again? This is Kusa Zangoon. Sorry.

00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.879
This is getting to be a lot of names. Yeah, it

00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:04.279
is. It's a lot of this art. So, look, again,

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:09.720
I'm really sorry about what happened. I'd like

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:13.700
to stay at least long enough to try to help figure

00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:16.600
everything out and find some sort of... I don't

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:22.879
know, resolution. But I need to go find my partner.

00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.879
If you don't mind, I'd just like to leave a little

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.480
something for Gammon, and I'll leave you two

00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:35.919
to rest. And Zebulon pulls out the Laopop flowers

00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:40.899
that he got from that mean, mean lady when they

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:43.960
first arrived in the night market. And he'll

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:46.240
go over and set them down with the rest. And

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.360
I'd like to investigate the persimmon while I'm

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.639
over there. Okay. I'm hoping to see if it's,

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.759
you know, with a particular bunch of flowers

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:57.320
or. You know, I want you to roll investigation

00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.519
on the persimmon. Okay. Investigation rolling

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.100
with a negative two. Oh, no. It's not going to

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:08.920
be a high one. Very low DC. That's cracked. Okay.

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:12.839
Well, it was a natural two. Okay. That's a zero.

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:15.900
Yeah, you. Yeah, I don't. move over and you just

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.700
kind of take a glance at it and it's just, it's

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:20.440
sitting there. It looks like, kind of like an

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:27.180
apple maybe. What does this mean? This persimmon

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:30.240
is shaped like an apple. God, I guess I'm going

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:33.700
to palm it and take it with me. Okay. So maybe

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:36.259
I'll do like a swap, put the loud pop flowers

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:38.299
down and grab the persimmon. I think you hear

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:40.359
Kusa's kind of almost like muttering to herself

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:43.950
like, I just don't know how they did it. Demon

00:17:43.950 --> 00:17:45.509
was just cleaning on the other side of the curtain

00:17:45.509 --> 00:17:47.190
leading into the kitchen space. You were there.

00:17:47.809 --> 00:17:51.450
He was putting away the cooking supplies. I was

00:17:51.450 --> 00:17:55.150
out front cleaning up. I remember there was a

00:17:55.150 --> 00:17:58.450
whooshing sound. You know, like a sudden starting

00:17:58.450 --> 00:18:01.690
flame. And then I heard something large drop.

00:18:02.609 --> 00:18:08.230
Something rolling. I smelled cooking oil. Just

00:18:08.230 --> 00:18:10.150
a moment later, he cried out. I tried to run.

00:18:10.210 --> 00:18:12.470
That's when I slipped. That's when the fire started

00:18:12.470 --> 00:18:15.890
covering everything. So the fire started from

00:18:15.890 --> 00:18:19.309
Gammon's side of the tent? Yes. Yes, it was over

00:18:19.309 --> 00:18:23.549
there. I didn't see, but I know it was someone.

00:18:23.690 --> 00:18:27.609
Lamai, someone. Gammon's careful. It wasn't an

00:18:27.609 --> 00:18:29.069
accident. They're going to say it wasn't an accident.

00:18:29.089 --> 00:18:32.750
It wasn't an accident. Well, we're going to work

00:18:32.750 --> 00:18:36.000
to figure this out. Will you just... Will you

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:40.480
let me know when Gammon wakes up? Yes. Of course,

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:42.900
he'll want to thank you. All right, that's good.

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.200
I'd like to see him make sure he's okay, too.

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:50.279
You move to leave? Yeah, I'm going to... Everyone's

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.880
going to head out to find Jules. As you go to

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:55.259
move to leave, the tent flap opens again, and

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:58.180
you see carrying another set of flowers and another

00:18:58.180 --> 00:19:02.220
bouquet in. is Fi from Fi's Flora, a woman in

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:06.400
this very colorful, large dress that has woven

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.940
flower petals in here and there, just very extravagant,

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.740
who just stops and looks around. She covers her

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:16.579
head and is like, Oh, hi, little Zeb. I heard

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:21.279
you're a big hero. There is no way. There is

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:24.279
no way in this universe that this lady would

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:31.369
act like that. I refuse to believe that after

00:19:31.369 --> 00:19:36.490
saving a child from a fire, this lady who I had

00:19:36.490 --> 00:19:42.250
a previous interaction with, who seemed apologetic

00:19:42.250 --> 00:19:46.029
upon leaving. You could see a hint of a smile

00:19:46.029 --> 00:19:48.009
playing in her lips and you see she's like teasing

00:19:48.009 --> 00:19:59.329
you. Nice to see you. I guess. And I think, like,

00:19:59.369 --> 00:20:00.990
that smile drops you. It's, like, more serious

00:20:00.990 --> 00:20:06.789
and just says, like, listen, I'm sorry. I couldn't

00:20:06.789 --> 00:20:11.130
resist, but thank you. This is my sister in the

00:20:11.130 --> 00:20:15.369
market. Amon's my nephew, so to speak. And yours

00:20:15.369 --> 00:20:19.450
now, too. You are Rhea. You are my kin. Well,

00:20:19.549 --> 00:20:22.890
that's nice to hear you say that. I've got a

00:20:22.890 --> 00:20:27.480
question about... Something for you. Oh, sure.

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:31.539
Anything. Did a lot of people come to your stall

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:35.619
to get flowers to bring to Gammon? Yes. Oh, yes.

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:39.839
We've made a lot off of this. Yeah. Well... Of

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:41.940
course, I gave away most of them for free. I

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:46.359
mean, I can gather more. I have fields out in

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:48.539
the mountains I can go to. That's nice of you.

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:53.740
Did you happen to see this at all while you were...

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:57.640
selling anybody flowers? And Zebulon pulls out

00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:02.880
the persimmon. Oh. Yeah, I sell those. They're

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.339
trees that grow out in the mountain range. Usually

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:07.700
no one else travels that far, so I'm the only

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:09.700
shop that normally sells the persimmons, but

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:12.160
yeah. Oh, I was hoping to... I mean, it looks

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.039
so good. I was hoping to find whoever sold them.

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:18.140
Oh, thank you. Somebody's got good taste, huh?

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:22.759
You're sweet. Do you remember who bought the

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:27.259
persimmon? I mean, individual persimmon? I mean,

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.400
a lot of people have bought them from the store.

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:32.160
I mean, they're not the hottest selling item,

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:34.220
but they sell here and there. Right, okay. So

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:37.099
I just didn't know. Yeah. Honestly, they've been

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:40.140
selling great lately. She kind of laughs to herself.

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:43.799
Yeah, one of the locals has taken a sudden heavy

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:46.440
interest in them. They're making a lot of money

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:50.460
off of that, but drugs. Well, I was going to

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:54.599
ask about some recipes. Maybe you could hook

00:21:54.599 --> 00:22:00.779
us up. Oh. I'm an avid home cook. And this is

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:03.579
a new ingredient for me. I was going to take

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:06.799
a bunch home and cook with them. So I could buy

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:09.700
some off of you, but if I don't get a good recipe,

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:13.380
then it's not worth the risk. Go ahead and roll

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:15.319
persuasion with advantage. It's going to be pretty

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.319
low DC, honestly, because this is not a big ask

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:23.609
at all. Right. Ooh, that first roll, was that

00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:28.289
a four? Yeah. But advantage, so... Oh, look at

00:22:28.289 --> 00:22:31.450
that. Same roll. Four. So plus one is a five.

00:22:31.970 --> 00:22:34.089
I can't believe it. I think something about the

00:22:34.089 --> 00:22:35.549
way you step up, it's like this would normally

00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:37.910
be okay, but something seemed off -putting. And

00:22:37.910 --> 00:22:40.210
she almost withdraws a little bit. She's like,

00:22:40.309 --> 00:22:43.710
oh, yeah, maybe I've already said too much. I

00:22:43.710 --> 00:22:46.190
shouldn't maybe talk about the others in the

00:22:46.190 --> 00:22:50.190
market without their consent. Oh, I totally get

00:22:50.190 --> 00:22:54.710
it. I overstepped, and I didn't mean to insult

00:22:54.710 --> 00:22:56.529
you. No, no, no, it's me. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

00:22:56.609 --> 00:23:00.190
I understand. It's honestly totally a valid thing

00:23:00.190 --> 00:23:02.369
you're asking. I just need to be careful. Okay,

00:23:02.450 --> 00:23:04.849
yeah, I understand. I understand. All right,

00:23:04.890 --> 00:23:08.470
well, I'll leave you all to visit. Like I said,

00:23:08.509 --> 00:23:10.869
I got to go meet my partner, Jules. We got to

00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:15.849
talk about this. I think we're going to try to

00:23:15.849 --> 00:23:17.529
stick around and figure out what's going on.

00:23:18.069 --> 00:23:21.450
Well, I'm glad to hear it. She just kind of nods

00:23:21.450 --> 00:23:24.089
and A .S. turns to bring the flowers over to

00:23:24.089 --> 00:23:28.069
Gammon, and you head out. Yeah, Zebulon's going

00:23:28.069 --> 00:23:32.109
to keep his cool and leave the tent, and as soon

00:23:32.109 --> 00:23:34.769
as the tent flap closes, he's sprinting to Fy's

00:23:34.769 --> 00:23:39.890
stall. Oh, shit. That's awesome. I actually am

00:23:39.890 --> 00:23:42.309
going to keep going with this then, because I

00:23:42.309 --> 00:23:45.529
like this. Yeah, so you move swiftly through

00:23:45.529 --> 00:23:47.210
the market, and I'm going to let you have this

00:23:47.210 --> 00:23:49.190
because it's still being set up. You remember

00:23:49.190 --> 00:23:51.630
where it was, and it's still early in the day,

00:23:51.670 --> 00:23:54.730
so it's not taken down. Nothing's moved. Just

00:23:54.730 --> 00:23:56.450
roll me a stealth check to get in without being

00:23:56.450 --> 00:23:58.369
noticed. So you move up to the market. You look

00:23:58.369 --> 00:24:00.789
around, lightly trafficked. Everyone who's around

00:24:00.789 --> 00:24:05.180
is very busy, unfolding. tents and trying to

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:07.740
set up new frames and stuff here and there, loading

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:10.519
stuff to new spots. No one's looking your way.

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:12.759
The opening's before you. Ooh, you know what

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:15.599
I'm going to do? I'm going to roll one of my

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.140
new die that I got from Spectral Craft Ice. Ooh,

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:24.299
yes! We threw her information on the Instagram,

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:26.500
but we'll do it again, especially in the show

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:31.000
notes. We got a grab bag from their shop. Wicked

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:33.519
cool stuff. Check them out. Spectral Craft Ice.

00:24:33.930 --> 00:24:38.910
Here we go. Well, there's just a two on the die,

00:24:39.049 --> 00:24:42.690
but I have a plus seven. Okay. So it's a nine.

00:24:43.529 --> 00:24:46.970
Okay. Why can't I roll tonight? All right, so.

00:24:47.390 --> 00:24:48.789
It means all the bad ones are out of the way,

00:24:48.809 --> 00:24:51.529
right? Two fours and a two. That's absolutely

00:24:51.529 --> 00:24:52.809
what it means. All the bad rolls are out of the

00:24:52.809 --> 00:24:55.029
way. You step over. You kind of look around for

00:24:55.029 --> 00:24:59.250
a second, and you think the way is clear. You

00:24:59.250 --> 00:25:01.769
push in. Let this sort of curtain fall in behind

00:25:01.769 --> 00:25:03.569
you, and you hear a voice kind of almost from

00:25:03.569 --> 00:25:06.609
far away. Just go like, oh, excuse me. Hey, excuse

00:25:06.609 --> 00:25:08.910
me. Hey. And you hear someone like they're moving

00:25:08.910 --> 00:25:11.029
towards you. You have time, but where before

00:25:11.029 --> 00:25:12.549
you were going to have unlimited time in here,

00:25:12.650 --> 00:25:17.210
now you might not. What do you want to do? Shit.

00:25:17.589 --> 00:25:20.890
I want to look behind the counter for her logbook.

00:25:21.630 --> 00:25:23.410
Okay. You're going behind the counter specifically.

00:25:23.710 --> 00:25:25.750
Roll me investigation with advantage because

00:25:25.750 --> 00:25:28.150
you did choose a solid location to start this

00:25:28.150 --> 00:25:33.369
off. Okay. Doesn't need to be high. Well. This

00:25:33.369 --> 00:25:35.670
needs to not be complete garbage. Well, good

00:25:35.670 --> 00:25:37.150
thing it's advantage because that was a crit

00:25:37.150 --> 00:25:41.309
fail. Oh my gosh, Steven. Dude, a three on the

00:25:41.309 --> 00:25:45.390
die. Oh my gosh, Steven. Okay, you're digging

00:25:45.390 --> 00:25:48.569
around. You're looking around through and you

00:25:48.569 --> 00:25:53.130
think you might see. like a book, but it's taking

00:25:53.130 --> 00:25:54.430
you too long and you're like reaching out and

00:25:54.430 --> 00:25:56.170
all of a sudden the tent flap opens up and a

00:25:56.170 --> 00:25:58.190
pretty burly guy comes in. It's the guy that

00:25:58.190 --> 00:25:59.910
talked to you the other day when you first came

00:25:59.910 --> 00:26:01.710
in. Oh my God, yeah. He walks in and he's just

00:26:01.710 --> 00:26:05.609
like, excuse me, hey, you there, I can see you.

00:26:05.789 --> 00:26:08.529
Zebulon pops up behind the counter with the persimmon

00:26:08.529 --> 00:26:10.549
in his hand and goes, ah, persimmon, found it.

00:26:11.990 --> 00:26:21.819
What is that? Okay. What? Why are you looking

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:25.259
for a persimmon? Oh, well, I was just talking

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:28.279
with Fi. Fi's here right now. Because I thought

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:32.299
I saw her walking away pretty shortly. Which

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:34.880
way? Towards the medical tents. She was bringing

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:38.380
a bouquet. Yeah, I met her over there. Oh, you

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:41.200
spoke with her? Okay. Over there. So now, hold

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:44.240
on. You almost made it sound like there was somebody

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.960
else that looked like Fi, but you said she was

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.400
at the medical tent? That's what I got, too.

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.180
No, no, he was saying because he saw her walk

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:51.319
that way a while ago. Oh, okay, okay. Yeah, we

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:54.579
were talking about persimmons. Came by to grab

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:56.420
one, and he pulls out, I don't know, whatever

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:58.059
is the appropriate amount of money and puts it

00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:01.700
down. I just wanted to scoop another one. It's

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:06.319
so tasty. You like persimmons? No. You know any

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:11.779
good recipes? And Zebulon's walking out towards

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.500
the door as he's saying all this. He's not, like,

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:15.859
standing, you know. Okay. So now they're, like,

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:18.339
next to each other. He's kind of staring you

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:21.380
down. Give me a quick persuasion just to see

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.500
if you can get this guy. No, deception check.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:24.680
Deception check to see if this guy is going to

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.180
be suspicious of you or not. I guess it can't

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:30.819
get any worse, can it? For the love of God. Why?

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.740
Why? It's a five on the die. I've got a negative

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:37.160
one. Okay, you see he kind of like, as you just

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:39.000
kind of step out of the tent, he kind of puts

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.220
his back to it and is kind of watching you. And

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:43.259
he's just, he's not going to like, he's not going

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:46.180
to be hostile. He even says like, well, you are

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:50.299
Rhea, so I'm not going to. But it's probably

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:53.279
best you move along. You know, it can be, some

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.700
of the folk here can be a little suspicious if

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:57.220
you move into tents that are unoccupied. I know

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:59.599
that it's a tense time right now. I didn't mean

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:02.700
to be disrespectful. I'm still learning the rules.

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.720
You know, Rhea, family, I just... All right,

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:12.059
so unoccupied tents, just off limits. He just

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:15.220
nods like, yes, yes, that would be the best.

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.420
And he just kind of leans up sort of in front

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:19.259
of the doorway, so it's going to be very difficult

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.819
to get back in here unless you want to cut your

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:23.460
way in the back or something like that. No, no,

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:25.940
Zebulon's just going to... Now I need to just

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:28.390
go find Jules. Okay, all right. We're exiting

00:28:28.390 --> 00:28:30.869
this situation. I'm so sorry. I need somebody

00:28:30.869 --> 00:28:33.349
else with another set of dice to come in. Like,

00:28:33.349 --> 00:28:34.849
you wouldn't need to enroll investigation if

00:28:34.849 --> 00:28:36.869
you hadn't failed the stealth, because you would

00:28:36.869 --> 00:28:40.170
have no infinite time to search. Hey, man, that's

00:28:40.170 --> 00:28:41.829
the game. That's the game. That's the game. Yeah,

00:28:41.869 --> 00:28:45.069
you got absolutely nowhere. Totally shafted.

00:28:45.410 --> 00:28:50.309
Nowhere. So, Zebulon's moving away. And we zoom

00:28:50.309 --> 00:28:55.650
away from that. Back to you, Jules. You are standing

00:28:55.650 --> 00:28:59.500
in... The Arunes, the Spicy Brothers tent. And

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:02.759
Kasim has just given you an ultimatum. Full sponsorship,

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:08.900
200 gold. Right here, right now. But... You need

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:12.579
to leave Sosunko. Today. I make no decisions

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:16.099
without my partner. Of course, sure, yes. Bring

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:17.680
him in, bring him in. But I need to make this

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:21.220
clear. The... The ruby leaves at noon. And I

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.500
just, with everything that's happening here right

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:26.279
now in this world, and I'm very excited to get

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:29.960
your names out there, you know, really hyping

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:33.420
us up. So I would just be very eager to see you

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:36.380
off as soon as possible. You need to leave as

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:38.079
soon as you can. I mean, noon is coming. You

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:41.019
have a long trip. You'd need to leave within

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:45.920
a half hour to make it. I'll tell you. We will

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:50.339
tell you when and if we're leaving. Okay. I make

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:52.940
no decisions without my partner. I understand

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:55.480
that, but this is, well, I mean, I'll tell you

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:57.599
right now, this is a deal I'm giving you. I make

00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:03.940
no decisions without my partner. Yes. All right.

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:06.819
Yes. No, of course. I understand. Perfectly.

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.779
You don't sound like you understand. No, no.

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:13.160
This is a working relationship, and I understand

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.059
I have to respect you, and I will expect some

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:18.440
respect in return, but hey, tense time. As you

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:23.619
said, I will let it go. I just hope you find

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:27.319
him soon, because I would really like to. I'll

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:29.279
find him when I find him. We'll talk about it

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.059
when we talk about it. Well, I'm going to hold

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:33.779
on to this, and he slides the gold coins back,

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:39.380
until I hear more. And if I find that you are

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.740
unwilling to work with me already so early, I'm

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:44.279
afraid I may not be able to sign you on like

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:46.950
I wanted to. Like I said, this is the best deal

00:30:46.950 --> 00:30:48.269
you're going to get. I don't think any of the

00:30:48.269 --> 00:30:51.549
market goers are looking for a sponsorship currently.

00:30:52.029 --> 00:30:53.849
I mean, the way you're talking to me right now,

00:30:53.970 --> 00:30:56.450
who knows what's going to happen? You're the

00:30:56.450 --> 00:30:58.769
first and only one that I've talked to, so...

00:30:58.769 --> 00:31:03.650
Well, I... He's like fidgeting his hand, smiling

00:31:03.650 --> 00:31:07.930
at you. There's just something behind that smile.

00:31:08.230 --> 00:31:12.089
You a little nervous there, huh? No, not at all.

00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:15.430
I just... Normally, I believe these kinds of

00:31:15.430 --> 00:31:18.630
relationships don't start off so rocky. But hey,

00:31:18.849 --> 00:31:21.970
you have talent. I'd really love to sign you

00:31:21.970 --> 00:31:25.029
guys on. I just hope that we can make something

00:31:25.029 --> 00:31:28.769
work. Maybe we can make something work. Very

00:31:28.769 --> 00:31:32.589
good. In time. After I talk to my partner. Well,

00:31:32.609 --> 00:31:35.890
go. Go find him. Go. Quickly. Find him. I'm sure

00:31:35.890 --> 00:31:37.490
he's out there somewhere. I'm going to go get

00:31:37.490 --> 00:31:43.970
a roll first. I'm going to eat that roll. Then

00:31:43.970 --> 00:31:47.269
I'll go find him. I'm hungry as fuck. All right.

00:31:47.309 --> 00:31:52.509
I'm exhausted. Very well. I understand. He's

00:31:52.509 --> 00:31:56.029
just watching you. I'm blinking. I give him a

00:31:56.029 --> 00:32:00.289
nod and slowly stand up. And I walk out. As you

00:32:00.289 --> 00:32:02.230
go to move out, very similar to Zembulad's scene,

00:32:02.289 --> 00:32:05.369
the tent opens. Another figure walks in. You

00:32:05.369 --> 00:32:08.650
see a very similar face to the one before you

00:32:08.650 --> 00:32:12.609
as Vairun. his brother, older brother, and the

00:32:12.609 --> 00:32:15.430
commentator for the games the night before, uh,

00:32:15.549 --> 00:32:17.490
steps in. You can see immediately, like, where

00:32:17.490 --> 00:32:20.309
Kasim is almost sort of, has a weaselly way about

00:32:20.309 --> 00:32:24.190
him, and, uh, almost a shady grin, uh, in general,

00:32:24.230 --> 00:32:27.269
just kind of, like, uncomfortable demeanor. Vi

00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:30.009
is just, like, bigger than, like, larger than

00:32:30.009 --> 00:32:32.009
life, very easygoing, very comfortable to be

00:32:32.009 --> 00:32:34.910
around. He just looks in, like, oh, hey, Jules

00:32:34.910 --> 00:32:37.900
the Roach, yeah? Yeah, that's me. Oh, man. Last

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:41.539
night, I was blown away. That final move you

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:44.799
did there, was that Tasha's laughter? Yeah. That

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.160
was amazing. I've never seen someone do that

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:50.500
in the games. I'm telling you. Oh, hey, hey.

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.140
I don't know why you're here, but I'm glad I

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:54.400
caught you. He reaches into his pocket, and he's

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.059
like, do you have one of these on you? And he

00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:00.019
pulls out a recording diamond, which Chester

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:02.759
is like, oh, yeah, yeah, actually we do. And

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:08.960
he pulls out his. Oh, sorry. Who's supposed to

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:11.579
be playing Chester here? Who's supposed to be

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:14.940
playing Chester? In battle. You do. Not in battle.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:18.700
Chester's his own man. I don't know about this.

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.680
So Vi kind of stops. He kind of sees you and

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.960
he's like, no, it's just, sorry. I didn't want

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.900
to intrude. As a consolation prize, the winner

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:27.960
gets the recordings of the night before. Everything

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.180
you did. I can just transfer it over and you'll

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.720
have it with whatever you have. Chester, I think

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:35.779
Zeb will like that. All right. Do you mind? And

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.980
he just kind of reaches his diamond out towards

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:40.539
yours. I just need to touch them. No funny business,

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.700
I promise you. You can roll insight if you want.

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:46.279
Maybe a bit later. Oh, all right. I gotta go.

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:49.240
We're on our way to find our partner here. He

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.759
slides back into his pocket. Why, uh... You know

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.740
what I'm asking? Why are you here anyway? I didn't

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:56.539
expect to see you in our tent. Ask him. And I

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:59.619
walk past him and walk out the tent. Okay. Um...

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:03.210
And I think as you move away, like, he's... You

00:34:03.210 --> 00:34:04.630
just kind of overhear the snippet of conversation,

00:34:04.910 --> 00:34:07.970
just kind of like, Kasim, I... And then Kasim

00:34:07.970 --> 00:34:12.269
responds with, brother, you understand that whatever

00:34:12.269 --> 00:34:16.550
decisions I make for my business no longer involve

00:34:16.550 --> 00:34:20.949
you, right? I'm... And that's like the last you

00:34:20.949 --> 00:34:23.130
hear before the tent falls. Okay, cool. I was

00:34:23.130 --> 00:34:24.550
going to stand outside the tent for a second.

00:34:24.710 --> 00:34:28.610
Oh, you want to keep listening? Yeah. Okay. There's

00:34:28.610 --> 00:34:30.630
kind of this awkward silence, and it's just like...

00:34:33.289 --> 00:34:36.949
Little brother, I... You can ask me for advice.

00:34:37.250 --> 00:34:40.570
I'm happy to help in any way you... No, clearly

00:34:40.570 --> 00:34:42.789
you're not. If you were happy to help, you wouldn't

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:47.050
be leaving for some... Some pretty young man

00:34:47.050 --> 00:34:51.769
on Toledopec. It's fine, I'll handle things myself,

00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:55.289
but... You know you're the one that made this

00:34:55.289 --> 00:34:59.650
work. Another long pause, and then Vi's voice.

00:35:01.170 --> 00:35:03.869
You... You need to believe a little more in yourself,

00:35:04.070 --> 00:35:06.949
brother. You can make this happen. You can run

00:35:06.949 --> 00:35:11.690
this on your own. You'll be fine. And then Kasim,

00:35:11.690 --> 00:35:14.389
kind of almost under his breath, just says, Oh,

00:35:14.389 --> 00:35:20.210
you're right. I will be. And you hear the sounds

00:35:20.210 --> 00:35:21.829
of the eye moving towards the back of the tent.

00:35:21.949 --> 00:35:25.230
It seems like the conversation has stopped. All

00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:27.750
right, we'll start walking away. Okay. And you

00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:32.179
move into the streets. Zebulon, you knew where

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:34.719
they were. So it's very, very short time before

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:38.539
Zebulon, boom, runs into you, literally just

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.940
smashes into you because that's the way he's

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:44.320
rolling tonight. Slips in the mud, falls face

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:48.739
first. Slips in the mud. Jules, Jules, Jules

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:52.019
Chester. Okay, I don't know. I think I got something.

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:56.960
What you got? So I'm going to guess that we already,

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:58.699
because this is the next day, so we've already

00:35:58.699 --> 00:36:01.510
talked about like, How we found the persimmon

00:36:01.510 --> 00:36:03.389
peel and blah, blah, blah. Yes. Yeah. I'm sure

00:36:03.389 --> 00:36:05.829
you discussed all that. I think so. I went to

00:36:05.829 --> 00:36:09.710
go see the young goons to check up, see how they

00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:12.989
were doing. And look what I found in the pile

00:36:12.989 --> 00:36:16.909
of flowers and stuff. And holds up the persimmon.

00:36:17.210 --> 00:36:22.050
What? Goes, tells the story about Fi. Catches

00:36:22.050 --> 00:36:26.190
you up. I think we need to go and try to figure

00:36:26.190 --> 00:36:30.920
out who's been buying all these persimmons. Does

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.960
she have a ledger? You know, I'm not certain.

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:39.360
I'm pretty sure I saw one, but I think it was

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:44.280
like a four on the die. Oh, yeah, that's no good.

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.360
That's not going to get you that ledger. That's

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:49.139
a killer. That's a killer right there. Those

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:52.440
little rolls. Well, you got them out of the way,

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:54.619
okay? So I think we're good from here on out.

00:36:54.880 --> 00:37:02.750
Yeah, exactly. We'll see about that. What about

00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:06.630
you guys? What do you got? That Kassem dude.

00:37:07.449 --> 00:37:11.190
He just made us an offer. Oh, hey, that's great.

00:37:12.650 --> 00:37:15.250
Yeah, well... Yeah, I don't know about that.

00:37:15.489 --> 00:37:19.829
Let's go talk to him. He threw some gold on the

00:37:19.829 --> 00:37:22.369
table. This is sounding better and better to

00:37:22.369 --> 00:37:24.929
me. He wanted me to sign a contract. Okay, I

00:37:24.929 --> 00:37:26.849
mean, I think that's normal, right? Right now.

00:37:27.730 --> 00:37:31.489
Okay. And we have to leave Sipsunko, he said.

00:37:32.329 --> 00:37:35.489
Well, we're gonna leave Sipsunko. And we gotta

00:37:35.489 --> 00:37:40.849
go be luminaries. Well, yeah. But he sounded

00:37:40.849 --> 00:37:43.110
like he wanted us off here as soon as possible.

00:37:43.349 --> 00:37:48.730
He wants us gone by noon. Today. Oh, well, like...

00:37:48.730 --> 00:37:53.409
Well, that's simply not happening. Alright, cool.

00:37:53.510 --> 00:37:55.070
So I guess we're all on the same page then. I

00:37:55.070 --> 00:37:56.929
mean, did you tell him that? I told him I had

00:37:56.929 --> 00:37:59.280
to talk to you first. We're a team, aren't we?

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:02.039
Well, do you want to go see him? Let's let him

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:04.980
sim it down for a second. Okay. Well then, the

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:09.519
way I see it, we can either go and try to get

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:15.440
that ledger from Fi, or we could go see the Tianmos.

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:18.900
I will say, you do know that you have sent Ramin

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:21.659
Rasool and Dance Macabre to talk to the Tianmos,

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:23.559
so if you find them, they might be able to give

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:26.599
you some information too. Yeah, why don't we...

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:29.780
Why don't we go try to find them? Okay. Let's

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:32.360
go meet up with... I think that's the last piece

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.579
we've got to check out right now. Dance. Okay.

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:38.139
All right. So you guys, I will say it does not

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:41.699
take you long. Maybe like 10 minutes moving through

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:43.440
the marketplace, kind of keeping your eyes open,

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:47.500
and you see all very notable in their garments,

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:50.440
Dance Macabre and Rummy and Rasool. You see their

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:53.539
sidekicks are not with them. Pepper and Trace

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:55.340
are just not there. You're not sure what's going

00:38:55.340 --> 00:39:00.099
on with that. Hey, guys! Hey! Come here! Dance

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:03.219
looks at you, glances away with a huff. Both

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:08.280
hands. Hey! Also both hands. Hey! He's just waving

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:11.940
back to you very friendly. And then he just dashes

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:18.079
over. Hey. I was looking for you guys. What you

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:21.530
got for us? Oh, yes, we have been speaking with

00:39:21.530 --> 00:39:23.809
Atienmos. Jules Zeros, straight to business.

00:39:24.110 --> 00:39:25.889
I don't know, he got whispers. I don't know what

00:39:25.889 --> 00:39:29.329
you said to dance, but I'm so glad that we're

00:39:29.329 --> 00:39:31.630
working together now. I don't remember what we

00:39:31.630 --> 00:39:35.809
said to dance either. I mean, even if it does

00:39:35.809 --> 00:39:38.769
sound like it might be only temporary, it's good

00:39:38.769 --> 00:39:41.250
right now. Yes, well, and she kind of like moves

00:39:41.250 --> 00:39:43.369
up there too. And she's kind of like in the conversation,

00:39:43.389 --> 00:39:47.050
but sort of, you know. kind of purposely looking

00:39:47.050 --> 00:39:49.429
away, won't meet you guys in the eye. You know,

00:39:49.449 --> 00:39:51.769
she's happy to work with you, but she's not happy

00:39:51.769 --> 00:39:53.809
to work with you, if that makes sense. She's

00:39:53.809 --> 00:40:00.769
mad she's lost. Yes. Though it was a bit costly

00:40:00.769 --> 00:40:03.650
joining sides with you here. Of course, when

00:40:03.650 --> 00:40:05.329
the morning came, we had to send Pepper on his

00:40:05.329 --> 00:40:09.630
way for turning to work with you guys. And then,

00:40:09.710 --> 00:40:12.469
he kind of looks quizzical, Trace sent us on

00:40:12.469 --> 00:40:17.400
his our way for working with you guys. So I guess

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:21.300
Trace is just as undying now. Congratulations

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:27.900
to Trace. So what does that make you guys? Well,

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:31.820
he just looks over at her and says, I guess it

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:35.539
makes us friends. And she just won't even look

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.440
at him. Her neck turns so far away. You feel

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.539
like she's almost like an owl trying to look

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:42.420
over her shoulder. She wants nothing to do with

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:47.010
this conversation at all. I like this. Justice,

00:40:47.230 --> 00:40:52.389
the light undying. Yes. It's wonderful. No. Oh,

00:40:52.489 --> 00:40:56.909
sorry. Sorry. Looks a little put off. We've been

00:40:56.909 --> 00:40:59.809
speaking to the ten most. I don't know how things

00:40:59.809 --> 00:41:02.469
have gone on your side, but I can't say we've

00:41:02.469 --> 00:41:05.230
learned much. They're gathered up in a tent to

00:41:05.230 --> 00:41:07.570
the north of the market. Sid Squid from the games

00:41:07.570 --> 00:41:10.710
is there. He's watching over them with his burliest

00:41:10.710 --> 00:41:14.969
chefs. I spoke to Lamai, and she says she had

00:41:14.969 --> 00:41:17.210
nothing to do with the fire, that she would never

00:41:17.210 --> 00:41:19.210
harm the Zangoons, despite everything they've

00:41:19.210 --> 00:41:21.510
put her through, that everything that's happened

00:41:21.510 --> 00:41:23.429
has been on their end, that she's done nothing

00:41:23.429 --> 00:41:26.510
from the beginning. But Lamai was apparently

00:41:26.510 --> 00:41:29.210
at her personal tent during the game, and only

00:41:29.210 --> 00:41:32.050
her family can vouch for her, so it's looking

00:41:32.050 --> 00:41:34.789
likely that she could have been the one. So it's

00:41:34.789 --> 00:41:39.289
a classic, he said, he said. Let me roll real

00:41:39.289 --> 00:41:42.579
fast, actually. That was hard to say. That's

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:48.440
correct. Okay. I will say, I looked into her

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:52.960
eyes when we spoke. I believe her for what it's

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:56.579
worth. I don't think she was the one to do it.

00:41:57.619 --> 00:42:01.219
Something's not adding up here. Well, we need

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:05.500
some more information. And what have you learned?

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:09.960
Anything? Dance finally speaks up. Not a whole

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:14.969
hell of a lot. Well, we learned that the Xanguns

00:42:14.969 --> 00:42:20.590
sure think it was the Tianmos. You guys know

00:42:20.590 --> 00:42:23.730
anybody here who's pretty keen on persimmons?

00:42:24.730 --> 00:42:28.050
Dan Shrugs, I told you last night. The flower

00:42:28.050 --> 00:42:31.190
seller sells them, that's all I know. But you,

00:42:31.230 --> 00:42:34.190
I mean... I'm afraid I didn't even know that.

00:42:35.769 --> 00:42:39.030
No, nothing. Have you looked into this flower

00:42:39.030 --> 00:42:45.090
seller, though? Yes, I was doing that. Perhaps

00:42:45.090 --> 00:42:48.070
she has records? I imagine it would be a very,

00:42:48.150 --> 00:42:50.750
very, very, very, very, very, very, very simple

00:42:50.750 --> 00:42:52.809
task to just go into her tent and look at them,

00:42:52.849 --> 00:42:54.789
and barely anyone could mess up such a simple,

00:42:54.869 --> 00:42:58.289
simple task. Well, yeah. Yeah, she's got, I mean,

00:42:58.309 --> 00:43:03.730
booby traps, and did you know she has armed guards

00:43:03.730 --> 00:43:07.869
in there? Oh, my. Wow. It was not. What he means

00:43:07.869 --> 00:43:14.349
to say is he rolled like shit. All right, Jeremy.

00:43:14.409 --> 00:43:20.050
We got to get back in that tent. Yeah. And that's

00:43:20.050 --> 00:43:21.750
where I was thinking, like, that has to be our

00:43:21.750 --> 00:43:25.409
next course is trying to get that name. Yeah.

00:43:26.110 --> 00:43:31.010
Do you have any great ideas? I think Chester's

00:43:31.010 --> 00:43:34.389
stealthy. Well, I'm stealthy, too. I love that.

00:43:34.389 --> 00:43:36.329
And you see how that turned out. You're off the

00:43:36.329 --> 00:43:37.989
table. You're gone. No one wants you anymore,

00:43:38.170 --> 00:43:42.739
Zebulon. Get out of the party. I mean, yeah,

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:45.260
that's true. You know, dance is pretty stealthy.

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:48.739
And also not Zebulon. What if we create a little

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:51.400
distraction and you go on in there? You know

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:55.019
where it is, right? I mean, I think, I assume

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:57.940
it's behind the counter. I just, I didn't have

00:43:57.940 --> 00:44:00.579
time. That guy came in and messed everything

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:03.880
up. I'll figure something out. Let's get to the

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:06.860
tent. What do you want me to do? Should I go

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:09.239
in with Zeb or stick with you, Jules? You stick

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:13.699
with me. All right. And what of us? Are we to

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:18.340
be part of this destruction? Absolutely. She

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:23.980
looks interested, intrigued, and kind of just

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:27.579
nods, and they follow along with you guys. That

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:30.260
sound good, Zeb? That sounds good to me. Think

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:33.260
you can handle that? Yeah. Second time around?

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:36.539
Hey, hey, I slipped, all right? I slipped. All

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:39.329
right, all right. All right. All right, let's

00:44:39.329 --> 00:44:43.829
go. All right. So you guys move from there, and

00:44:43.829 --> 00:44:47.389
it maybe takes you about 10, 15 minutes. As you're

00:44:47.389 --> 00:44:50.289
moving down, Ramin kind of breaks off and moves

00:44:50.289 --> 00:44:54.210
next to you. Zebulon says, Zebulon, I have a

00:44:54.210 --> 00:44:58.190
spell that may assist you in your matter. If

00:44:58.190 --> 00:44:59.849
you don't mind, just before you go in, allow

00:44:59.849 --> 00:45:03.429
me to cast something on you. Oh, sure. What's

00:45:03.429 --> 00:45:06.130
the spell? It is called Guidance. It will grant

00:45:06.130 --> 00:45:10.170
you, well... It'll give you some blessing that

00:45:10.170 --> 00:45:13.570
will assist you in some way when you begin to

00:45:13.570 --> 00:45:16.949
move in. I know it's vague, but the Sunweaver

00:45:16.949 --> 00:45:20.670
works in mysterious ways, yes? Well, thank you.

00:45:20.690 --> 00:45:25.170
I'll take a mysterious boon. He just smiles softly.

00:45:25.849 --> 00:45:27.949
So I imagine you're going to stay just out of

00:45:27.949 --> 00:45:30.530
the area where this is all going to take place,

00:45:30.550 --> 00:45:32.710
maybe around the corner, and then once the distractions

00:45:32.710 --> 00:45:35.050
are going to move in? Once I hear a distraction,

00:45:35.329 --> 00:45:37.960
I can... Ramin breaks off with you, and that's

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:39.659
when you guys get to the point where you can

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:41.780
see, you know, you're getting close enough. You

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:43.199
probably should get out of there because this

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:44.880
guy's watching. You see him over there. He doesn't

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:47.199
clock you yet, but he's still kind of like, he's

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:48.659
working, but he's kind of continuously looking

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:51.760
back at that tent. Ramin, I need you to be my

00:45:51.760 --> 00:45:54.579
lookout. Oh. You see that guy over there? Yes,

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:57.139
that guy. He looks, he points at him. That guy

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:58.840
there? No, shop, shop, shop. That guy there.

00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:01.400
No, don't do that. Oh, oh, sorry, sorry. Yes.

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:07.630
He was the one who saw me. Oh, dear. When he's

00:46:07.630 --> 00:46:11.650
not looking, you give me the signal, and I'll

00:46:11.650 --> 00:46:15.130
go into the tent. Very well. So he leans up.

00:46:15.130 --> 00:46:16.610
You guys are around one side of the tent. You

00:46:16.610 --> 00:46:18.710
get to one corner where you can't be seen, and

00:46:18.710 --> 00:46:20.989
he's leaning up just around the corner from you,

00:46:21.130 --> 00:46:24.829
trying to look like... and looking so unnatural

00:46:24.829 --> 00:46:28.829
doing it. He's kind of an awkward dude. Very

00:46:28.829 --> 00:46:31.590
likable, but he's just very authentic, I guess

00:46:31.590 --> 00:46:33.429
you can see. So he's trying to be something he's

00:46:33.429 --> 00:46:35.889
not right now, and it comes off as weird. But

00:46:35.889 --> 00:46:37.789
he just kind of puffs out his chest a little

00:46:37.789 --> 00:46:39.909
bit and crosses his arms, and he's just leaning

00:46:39.909 --> 00:46:44.489
up like, Am I doing a lookout? You look great.

00:46:44.809 --> 00:46:47.730
Excellent. Yeah, just tell me when he's not there.

00:46:47.809 --> 00:46:54.329
I will. Not looking. Okay. He'll be there. Great.

00:46:54.329 --> 00:46:57.050
So you guys split off from the group. And then

00:46:57.050 --> 00:47:01.829
we have Dance, Chester, and Jules moving forward

00:47:01.829 --> 00:47:04.489
up from front of the tent towards a large crowd

00:47:04.489 --> 00:47:05.809
of people who are kind of like working on various

00:47:05.809 --> 00:47:08.070
stuff. Again, not a lot of them are looking your

00:47:08.070 --> 00:47:10.070
way. Just one guy who's kind of suspiciously

00:47:10.070 --> 00:47:12.730
glancing over here and there. Just not sure what

00:47:12.730 --> 00:47:15.090
to make of all that. What do you want to do,

00:47:15.329 --> 00:47:19.429
Jules? I think I'm going to look over to Zebulon.

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:23.860
Give him a little nod. What's up? Hoping he gives

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:26.400
me a little confirmation of a nod back so I can

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:29.920
start this distraction here. Give him a solid

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:33.360
nod. All right. Then I'm going to... Jules is

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:35.159
going to step into the middle of the crowd out

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:38.599
in front. Gather around, everybody. Gather around.

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:41.820
I got something I want to say. You know, Dance,

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:44.599
just a little while ago, we was enemies, but

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:49.280
now I got a question for you. Do you want to...

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:55.039
Do you wanna dance with me today? I think I wanna

00:47:55.039 --> 00:48:01.719
I think I wanna dance with you Friend or foe

00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:08.079
We'll put on a show And I'll look to you And

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:12.980
say Do you wanna dance, dance? You look over

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:19.119
and you see like Dance looks Surprised Um, she's

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:20.739
actually moved a little farther away from you.

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:23.739
And it's just kind of standing there kind of

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:25.780
like, kind of like she's just looking at you,

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:27.659
you know, no, no real expression, I guess, but

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:30.179
just like her eyes lingering in a way they, they

00:48:30.179 --> 00:48:32.960
weren't before. Uh, Chester again is pumping

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:37.099
the air. So excited. Uh, and, and during this

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:41.320
moment, like I said, no check, uh, Ramin, uh,

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:44.159
sort of looks on the corner. Uh, Sebula, go.

00:48:44.650 --> 00:48:47.110
and he casts Guidance on you as you move past

00:48:47.110 --> 00:48:49.530
him. You can feel a slight swelling of power,

00:48:49.650 --> 00:48:53.269
and you can roll a d4 on an ability check of

00:48:53.269 --> 00:48:56.030
your choice within the next one minute. Okay,

00:48:56.090 --> 00:48:59.369
that'll be useful. Okay, and you're moving in

00:48:59.369 --> 00:49:02.809
again to Stealth into the Tent? Yes. Hell yes.

00:49:03.570 --> 00:49:05.909
You hear all this. At this point, the song is

00:49:05.909 --> 00:49:08.530
still going on. It's still happening. Everyone's

00:49:08.530 --> 00:49:11.849
staring at Jewel, still roaring, and so you go

00:49:11.849 --> 00:49:16.460
to move. dash down the way. I think just about

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:18.659
the time, I think Jules, you can hear he's about

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:20.659
to finish, but everyone's still locked on him.

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:22.599
I want you to roll a stealth check as you move

00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:24.760
in towards this crowd, towards this tent, and

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:27.599
into the entrance. All right. And go ahead and

00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:30.800
roll with advantage. And that d4. Okay. Even

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:33.980
you shouldn't be able to fuck this up, Steven.

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:38.719
We'll see. I'm going to use my new... Oh my gosh.

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.380
I'm going to use my new Labradorite dice. That

00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:44.940
my wife, Rachel, got me for my birthday. Oh,

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:48.699
hell yeah. And you threw it on the ground. Rachel,

00:49:48.900 --> 00:49:51.360
he just threw it on the ground. Scowling. Good

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:55.579
thing for this big rug. All right. Stealth with

00:49:55.579 --> 00:50:02.119
advantage. That's a 19, so plus seven. Okay.

00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:04.800
I'm not going to use my d4, I don't think, but

00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:08.840
let's roll, see if we crit. Not a crit, just

00:50:08.840 --> 00:50:11.380
a nine. All right, you slide into the tent. with

00:50:11.380 --> 00:50:14.079
that roll. Real easy. You feel comfortable. You

00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:15.480
still hear cheering outside. You hear nothing

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:17.420
that sounds, you know, remotely suspicious and

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:21.179
you slide into the tent. Rush over to the desk

00:50:21.179 --> 00:50:24.079
again or to the counter again. Give me investigation.

00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.420
Okay. And you still have that D4. You still feel

00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:30.380
this weird tingling energy within you. Almost

00:50:30.380 --> 00:50:32.679
like you're able to hyper focus if you want to

00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:34.320
use it. Alright, I'm using that same die. It

00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:41.159
rolled well, so. Alright. I don't think the d4

00:50:41.159 --> 00:50:44.599
is going to help me here, but it's going to have

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:46.840
to. It's going to have to. It's going to be a

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:48.679
very low dc at this point. You already looked

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:50.260
here. You know where it is. It's a 6 and a minus

00:50:50.260 --> 00:50:54.000
1 for investigation. Oh, no, sorry. I'm a minus

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:57.199
2 for investigation. It's not even worth rolling

00:50:57.199 --> 00:51:00.440
the d4. No, no. I'm going to tell you. I'm going

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.760
to tell you right now. I was actually just looking

00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:04.079
for a dc5 for this. You already knew what it

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:06.940
was. It's worth it. This is literally only because

00:51:06.940 --> 00:51:09.079
of this. You can do it. Otherwise, you would

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:11.739
have not. It's literally a one. I literally rolled

00:51:11.739 --> 00:51:14.639
five. You hit it exactly. You scramble, and you

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:16.260
just manage at the last second. I think you're

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:18.239
almost doubting. It's not here. It's not here.

00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:20.159
And then you see there's a little black book

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:21.599
kind of pushed to the back, and you kind of noticed

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:23.400
it before. You kind of reach in, pull that out,

00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:26.559
and you open it up and flip through. Or do you

00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:27.860
want to just take it? Do you want to look at

00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:29.199
it and put it back, or do you want to take it

00:51:29.199 --> 00:51:31.519
with you and leave? Your call. I'm going to flip

00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:34.010
through. Okay. Zebulon's going to flip through.

00:51:34.150 --> 00:51:40.050
Flip through real quick, and you're looking at...

00:51:40.050 --> 00:51:42.769
I will tell you this. This is going to take longer

00:51:42.769 --> 00:51:44.650
than the psalm, for sure, because you're reading

00:51:44.650 --> 00:51:46.469
through various papers, trying to find the exact

00:51:46.469 --> 00:51:49.010
name. Well, I figure I'm just looking for permisson,

00:51:49.150 --> 00:51:52.909
permisson, permisson, permisson. Hmm. Roll investigation.

00:51:53.050 --> 00:51:54.610
We're going to see how long this takes. Great.

00:51:55.090 --> 00:51:58.210
Another roll. You can't just take the book? You

00:51:58.210 --> 00:52:00.269
could take the book. I know, but I feel like

00:52:00.269 --> 00:52:01.469
that's going to lead to trouble down the road.

00:52:01.849 --> 00:52:05.110
Yeah, true. I mean, if the check roll's bad,

00:52:05.329 --> 00:52:08.869
if Zebulon's sitting there and he's taking too

00:52:08.869 --> 00:52:10.949
long and he hears the song end, he can just grab

00:52:10.949 --> 00:52:16.550
it and run, right? Sure, yeah. Yeah, it's another

00:52:16.550 --> 00:52:19.610
shitty roll. Okay, you're going through trying

00:52:19.610 --> 00:52:20.929
to read, trying to read, trying to read. And

00:52:20.929 --> 00:52:23.150
before you get up, you kind of hear Jules finish

00:52:23.150 --> 00:52:25.630
the song. It's just ending right now. There's

00:52:25.630 --> 00:52:27.409
cheers. You have a moment where people are still

00:52:27.409 --> 00:52:29.449
kind of like distracted by Jules, like, you know,

00:52:29.449 --> 00:52:32.250
just raining applause on him. But you need to

00:52:32.250 --> 00:52:34.750
go right now. Yeah, kind of just pocket it and

00:52:34.750 --> 00:52:36.269
go. Advantage on stealth, check out the door.

00:52:36.449 --> 00:52:39.329
All right. Your guidance is gone. Imagine what

00:52:39.329 --> 00:52:41.550
would happen if I didn't have advantage or Jules

00:52:41.550 --> 00:52:46.599
just like singing an actual song. And the way

00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:48.500
the rules are going, if I made him roll, who

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:54.179
knows? First roll's a six. Okay, second roll's

00:52:54.179 --> 00:52:58.489
11, so 18. Okay, you're fine. So you whip out,

00:52:58.550 --> 00:53:00.650
you charge out, and, like, just as you leave,

00:53:00.750 --> 00:53:02.849
I think, like, we see Zebulon move out of the

00:53:02.849 --> 00:53:04.989
tent, tent flap closes, he goes, turns around

00:53:04.989 --> 00:53:06.809
to the corner of the tent to go, like, where

00:53:06.809 --> 00:53:08.489
he would be out of sight, and just as it happens,

00:53:08.570 --> 00:53:11.550
you see, like, zooming across this, like, small

00:53:11.550 --> 00:53:14.289
area here, the man from earlier kind of, like,

00:53:14.369 --> 00:53:16.909
ha, yeah, and you see his head just shifts back,

00:53:17.110 --> 00:53:18.389
like, he just remembers, like, oh, yeah, I was

00:53:18.389 --> 00:53:19.590
watching that, and he looks back at the entrance,

00:53:19.889 --> 00:53:22.590
sees it's fine, and turns back to, like, yeah,

00:53:22.650 --> 00:53:26.300
go, go, yeah. You just barely make it out with

00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:29.599
the book. So you're waiting for Jules. Jules,

00:53:29.619 --> 00:53:31.579
what are you doing? I'm sweating my balls off.

00:53:35.019 --> 00:53:39.059
Oh, man. I'm creating that distraction. But I

00:53:39.059 --> 00:53:40.760
think I'm still just waiting outside with the

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:43.159
group, just kind of standing there awkwardly.

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:46.300
I'm still not used to, you know, being in the

00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:49.539
spotlight. Yeah, it was just a few minutes of

00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:50.880
just people like, yeah, yeah, yeah, just shouting.

00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:54.280
Right now there's no, like, market goers. It's

00:53:54.280 --> 00:53:55.800
just the people who, like, are built here, people

00:53:55.800 --> 00:53:57.679
who work here. But still, you've managed to gather

00:53:57.679 --> 00:54:01.099
a bit of a crowd. But as a little time passes

00:54:01.099 --> 00:54:03.519
and some pats on your back, go on nudging around

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:05.960
these big burly guys and half -orcs, dragonborn

00:54:05.960 --> 00:54:07.079
humans, just like, boop, boop, boop. They're

00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:09.099
just, like, nudging you. And they all kind of

00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:11.980
turn and go back to their carpentry work. And

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:15.179
Chester just kind of, like, tugs on you and is

00:54:15.179 --> 00:54:17.570
like, come on, come on. And starts trying to

00:54:17.570 --> 00:54:20.269
pull you away while you have a moment. And it's

00:54:20.269 --> 00:54:22.690
kind of just like following at a slight distance.

00:54:23.030 --> 00:54:26.369
Okay. And you guys round that same corner. Zebulon

00:54:26.369 --> 00:54:28.469
went around. And I imagine Zebulon's there waiting.

00:54:28.789 --> 00:54:31.469
Yeah. When Zebulon finally gets out of the tent

00:54:31.469 --> 00:54:36.449
to Ramin, he goes over. How was the song? I couldn't

00:54:36.449 --> 00:54:38.309
hear anything. I mean, I could hear a little

00:54:38.309 --> 00:54:40.690
bit. It was kind of muffled. But was it good?

00:54:40.889 --> 00:54:43.179
Oh, you missed it? Did you get the book? Oh,

00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:46.000
the book, yeah. Sorry, I got the book. I'm sorry.

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:50.599
Then it was good. Then it worked. And? Yeah,

00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:53.000
it's just you. What did you see? Oh, well, I

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:54.659
haven't checked it yet. You didn't check the

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:58.400
book. Well, no. Everything happens so fast. And

00:54:58.400 --> 00:55:01.059
I rolled really bad again, so. You have time

00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:03.099
now to look who's going to, I mean, she's going

00:55:03.099 --> 00:55:05.159
to snatch it if nobody else does. Well, yeah,

00:55:05.239 --> 00:55:07.219
I think, I mean, at least Jules and I, maybe

00:55:07.219 --> 00:55:11.179
we'll do like a huddle. Yeah, everyone huddles

00:55:11.179 --> 00:55:13.860
in. Yeah, yeah. So you just need five heads,

00:55:13.900 --> 00:55:16.460
like trying to cram themselves in to look at

00:55:16.460 --> 00:55:18.099
this book. But Zeb's got it. He's flipping through

00:55:18.099 --> 00:55:19.559
the pages. Yeah, I'm going to pull off. Oh, no,

00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:21.579
it's daytime. Well, you're tiny, so it's five

00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:30.139
heads above you. Okay. Okay. Okay. Always got

00:55:30.139 --> 00:55:32.579
to slip one in there. Oh, that's excellent. Everyone's

00:55:32.579 --> 00:55:34.320
bent over at the waist, and there I am standing

00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:36.780
full height. So you're just looking at Albert,

00:55:36.840 --> 00:55:38.420
and it's just a lot of like, no, the data's wrong.

00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:41.280
Go deeper. Like, ah, no, ah, yes, yes, persimmon

00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:42.840
right there. Keep going down, keep going down.

00:55:42.880 --> 00:55:45.440
And it's a lot of that. And then finally you

00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:47.400
hit a point where it's just like you see that

00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:49.139
she's, you know, early on in the book it's like

00:55:49.139 --> 00:55:51.360
one persimmon, one persimmon, two persimmon,

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:53.260
selling out, like just kind of brief things.

00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:55.300
And it's like, okay, well, it's far, you know,

00:55:55.340 --> 00:55:58.800
different names, far between. And then suddenly,

00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:05.659
dated about two weeks ago, you see one case persimmon.

00:56:06.860 --> 00:56:09.590
And you look down, you see more, like, Later

00:56:09.590 --> 00:56:14.349
on that same week, two -case persimmon. And just

00:56:14.349 --> 00:56:16.289
a few of those, like, within the span of the

00:56:16.289 --> 00:56:18.710
last two weeks now, they seem to have been selling

00:56:18.710 --> 00:56:21.489
like crazy. There's even a little note, like,

00:56:21.510 --> 00:56:24.309
going to have to grab more on my next trip out.

00:56:24.389 --> 00:56:26.369
I'll have to take a special trip just for more

00:56:26.369 --> 00:56:29.590
persimmons. And they all have the same name written

00:56:29.590 --> 00:56:31.210
down next to them. And it's a name that I'm pretty

00:56:31.210 --> 00:56:35.329
sure you guys won't be surprised to read. Chasm

00:56:35.329 --> 00:56:42.579
Arun. Awesome, huh? So that's why he wants us

00:56:42.579 --> 00:56:52.539
off the... So that's why he wants us off Sub

00:56:52.539 --> 00:56:56.059
-Sunko. So this is... This is Kazamaru, and he's

00:56:56.059 --> 00:56:58.940
the one who spoke at the event, yes? Yeah, that's

00:56:58.940 --> 00:57:00.980
him. I don't know what he's playing at here.

00:57:01.619 --> 00:57:04.860
But... And Dance looks kind of confused. The

00:57:04.860 --> 00:57:06.340
one who had the persimmons, you think they're

00:57:06.340 --> 00:57:08.739
the one that started the fire, yes? I mean, it's

00:57:08.739 --> 00:57:11.019
all we have to go on. But Kasim was there the

00:57:11.019 --> 00:57:14.360
whole time. He could not have left. It was a

00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:16.699
public event, and the fire started during the

00:57:16.699 --> 00:57:21.079
game. So it could not be him, yes? Who was with

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:25.219
Kasim? I mean, everybody was there. Was, uh,

00:57:25.380 --> 00:57:28.800
did you see his brother? Ramin's just kind of,

00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:31.000
like, nodding along. I mean, we were down below,

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:33.500
but from what I heard after the event, both Kasim

00:57:33.500 --> 00:57:36.519
and Vi were there the whole time. They were commentating

00:57:36.519 --> 00:57:41.460
together. They never left the game. So, Jules,

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:47.940
how about this? Let's go back and, Zebulon uses

00:57:47.940 --> 00:57:52.960
air quotes here, negotiate with Kasim. Maybe

00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:58.800
we can get him to say something, or we can take

00:57:58.800 --> 00:58:02.400
a look around, try to gather some information.

00:58:03.079 --> 00:58:07.039
We don't sign anything. I don't trust this dude

00:58:07.039 --> 00:58:10.599
one bit. I don't, I don't trust him either. Um,

00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:13.260
no, we're not gonna, we're not gonna agree to

00:58:13.260 --> 00:58:15.880
anything. We need to keep our excitement in check.

00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:21.199
Yeah, yeah. He's, he's a suspect. Not a, not

00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:26.840
a sponsor. Hell yeah. I think, uh, Ramin and,

00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:29.500
and Dan's kind of like, see this and they're,

00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:32.340
they're just kind of starting to move away. Dan

00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:35.829
says, where do you have your direction? But we're

00:58:35.829 --> 00:58:37.829
not going to join your negotiations, so we'll

00:58:37.829 --> 00:58:42.570
just patrol the market. Well, I mean, while we're

00:58:42.570 --> 00:58:45.949
talking to Cashem, I mean, you know he won't

00:58:45.949 --> 00:58:50.130
be out. You could do some investigating, maybe

00:58:50.130 --> 00:58:55.949
poke around the area. She just nods. Very well.

00:58:56.969 --> 00:59:01.090
Good luck. And her eyes linger on Jules a little

00:59:01.090 --> 00:59:05.500
too long as she turns. And moves back into the

00:59:05.500 --> 00:59:08.420
street proper. She looks him up and down. And

00:59:08.420 --> 00:59:13.659
up and down. And up and down. And lingers down.

00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:19.880
You guys leave behind the alley. You move back

00:59:19.880 --> 00:59:23.219
into the street proper. You go across the market

00:59:23.219 --> 00:59:27.239
back to the tent for the rooms. Now, it's been

00:59:27.239 --> 00:59:30.340
a little while since you left. So you don't know,

00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:32.300
I mean, like, you would have had to, by what

00:59:32.300 --> 00:59:34.559
Casim said, had to have left by now to reach

00:59:34.559 --> 00:59:40.559
the gem in time to get off world. So you move

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:43.900
up, you open the, you just go up and open the

00:59:43.900 --> 00:59:45.440
front of the tent. I guess, I don't know, if

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:47.099
you knock on a tent, you announce your presence.

00:59:47.280 --> 00:59:50.280
What do you do? I think we just walk in. Yeah,

00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:52.460
I'm ready to just walk in. Move to that big neon

00:59:52.460 --> 00:59:55.780
-esque pepper sign, all dimly lit now, and you...

00:59:56.110 --> 00:59:58.949
push on in. You see Viaroon is kind of sitting

00:59:58.949 --> 01:00:00.929
at the desk. He's just staring down like a picture

01:00:00.929 --> 01:00:02.809
in his hand, sort of smiling to himself, and

01:00:02.809 --> 01:00:07.309
he's, oh, hey, hey, you guys are back. Shoot,

01:00:07.349 --> 01:00:09.510
you're looking for Kasim, aren't you? We would

01:00:09.510 --> 01:00:12.730
like to negotiate. Oh, shoot. He's going to be

01:00:12.730 --> 01:00:15.190
back. He actually went out to the we got a little,

01:00:15.210 --> 01:00:17.190
sort of a peppered orchard just to the west of

01:00:17.190 --> 01:00:19.090
town, just in the trees. He's heading out that

01:00:19.090 --> 01:00:21.989
way. Do you got any negotiating power here? Yeah,

01:00:21.989 --> 01:00:26.219
let's talk while he's gone. No, no, no, I'm Kind

01:00:26.219 --> 01:00:28.360
of bites his lip. Look, I'm actually not really

01:00:28.360 --> 01:00:30.679
a part of the business anymore. I'm not going

01:00:30.679 --> 01:00:35.320
to be, at least. Oh, my goodness. Well, we were

01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:37.880
so looking forward to working with you. I know,

01:00:37.940 --> 01:00:39.199
and I would love to work with you guys, too.

01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:42.260
It's just, he turns the picture around. You see

01:00:42.260 --> 01:00:47.320
this young, handsome man in these sort of white

01:00:47.320 --> 01:00:50.000
-looking robes. It's like, it's like a little,

01:00:50.039 --> 01:00:51.940
like, like, like sort of, uh, you know, some

01:00:51.940 --> 01:00:53.719
sort of recording diamond facet that allows him

01:00:53.719 --> 01:00:55.420
to have a, basically a photograph. These kind

01:00:55.420 --> 01:00:57.900
of exist here and there. Um, he's like, this

01:00:57.900 --> 01:01:01.159
is, um, well, someone special to me. I'm, I'm

01:01:01.159 --> 01:01:05.039
moving on. All right. I can't, I can't blame

01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:08.119
you. Yeah. Look at that jawline. Yeah. Yeah.

01:01:08.199 --> 01:01:11.869
Right. I know. I know. Yeah. I, uh, I'm going

01:01:11.869 --> 01:01:14.989
to Lettepec. Wowee. Yeah. That's awesome, man.

01:01:14.989 --> 01:01:17.210
I'm happy for you. Thanks. I'm happy for you.

01:01:17.230 --> 01:01:19.550
Cass is so worried that the business is not going

01:01:19.550 --> 01:01:21.690
to work without me. But I'm telling him, he's

01:01:21.690 --> 01:01:23.269
got the people skills. He's got to look inside

01:01:23.269 --> 01:01:24.670
him. He'll make it happen. Well, so, I mean,

01:01:24.730 --> 01:01:27.369
can't you sell peppers over there? I mean...

01:01:27.369 --> 01:01:29.789
Well, he doesn't want to go. He wants to stay.

01:01:29.949 --> 01:01:31.409
He wants to stay here. And I get it. You know,

01:01:31.429 --> 01:01:34.510
it's my life and my whim to leave. And I know

01:01:34.510 --> 01:01:36.210
he's bummed, but it'll work out for him. He's

01:01:36.210 --> 01:01:37.929
been nervous. But lately, he's been a lot more

01:01:37.929 --> 01:01:40.039
confident. I think... I think he'll do okay.

01:01:40.199 --> 01:01:42.099
Oh, man. Well, I mean, do you have any advice?

01:01:42.239 --> 01:01:48.260
Like, how can we help get him more sure of himself?

01:01:48.440 --> 01:01:50.579
I mean, hey, go find him. Seriously, tell him.

01:01:50.619 --> 01:01:52.199
He won't want to negotiate. I mean, you guys

01:01:52.199 --> 01:01:54.739
are with him. He'll be so excited. Yeah, to the

01:01:54.739 --> 01:01:59.260
pepper fields. Can you show us? Yeah, I'll tell...

01:01:59.260 --> 01:02:02.320
I can... There, very well. And he kind of sticks

01:02:02.320 --> 01:02:04.820
in. Yeah, I'll bring you there. He just head

01:02:04.820 --> 01:02:07.920
off that way to, you know, grab a batch. Bring

01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:10.000
him back to get ready for the night. Here, you

01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:12.579
want to go? Yeah, great. Tell us all about peppers

01:02:12.579 --> 01:02:14.960
on the way over. Oh, my gosh. So you have the

01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:16.960
skull pepper. He goes on and on, just like, oh,

01:02:16.960 --> 01:02:19.719
yeah, the soil we grow that in is literally just

01:02:19.719 --> 01:02:23.460
going on and on. You guys leave the tent, and

01:02:23.460 --> 01:02:25.559
you work your way around the side of it. You're

01:02:25.559 --> 01:02:27.420
kind of on the western side now, and you're pushing

01:02:27.420 --> 01:02:31.099
out away from the actual market proper, up the

01:02:31.099 --> 01:02:34.639
hill leading out to the trees. Pours you some

01:02:34.639 --> 01:02:36.260
brush back. You're going into the heavy trees

01:02:36.260 --> 01:02:41.090
of the jungle. Moving deeper, deeper, deeper.

01:02:42.489 --> 01:02:48.349
And you move to this small orchard. Basically,

01:02:48.349 --> 01:02:51.130
it's like, just up here. Here we go. I'll finish

01:02:51.130 --> 01:02:53.869
our conversation about the sweet red hot pepper

01:02:53.869 --> 01:02:55.889
later. It's my favorite. Oh, that sounds delicious.

01:02:56.269 --> 01:02:59.150
It's sweet and red and hot. It's the names in

01:02:59.150 --> 01:03:02.449
the tin. We'll get to it. And he pulls up this

01:03:02.449 --> 01:03:04.530
last low -hanging brush in your way, and you

01:03:04.530 --> 01:03:07.929
actually see this. Sort of open orchard before

01:03:07.929 --> 01:03:10.989
you. There's trees loaded with different kinds

01:03:10.989 --> 01:03:12.989
of peppers. There's like really small ones that

01:03:12.989 --> 01:03:14.670
have those skull peppers. They're very rare,

01:03:14.849 --> 01:03:16.269
hard to grow. He's telling you about them. It's

01:03:16.269 --> 01:03:19.469
white, tiny little trees with like one or two

01:03:19.469 --> 01:03:22.909
peppers each. And he's just moving out. And he's

01:03:22.909 --> 01:03:25.309
like, now where? Oh, and he looks out and you

01:03:25.309 --> 01:03:30.429
see Kasim is standing out in the sort of maybe

01:03:30.429 --> 01:03:34.230
like 60 feet away from you. And he's not looking

01:03:34.230 --> 01:03:37.449
at you. He's got a bag slung over his back. He

01:03:37.449 --> 01:03:38.809
just kind of suddenly just haphazardly drops

01:03:38.809 --> 01:03:42.190
on the ground and reaches into it. And he pulls

01:03:42.190 --> 01:03:48.449
out a persimmon. You watch Kasim hold this persimmon

01:03:48.449 --> 01:03:51.469
aloft. Anything you guys want to do? No, definitely

01:03:51.469 --> 01:03:55.590
not. Nope. Um, um, um. Chester, Chester, pull

01:03:55.590 --> 01:03:59.389
it out, pull it out. Huh? Record this. Oh, oh,

01:03:59.389 --> 01:04:01.769
yeah, that's right, yeah. Record. And he starts

01:04:01.769 --> 01:04:04.690
recording it. And Vi is like, he's about to yell

01:04:04.690 --> 01:04:09.210
out, you see. He just goes like, hey. Jules puts

01:04:09.210 --> 01:04:12.269
his hand up and stops him. He looks at you like,

01:04:12.289 --> 01:04:17.929
confused? What are you? One sec. And he looks

01:04:17.929 --> 01:04:21.849
back out. Is something wrong? No, this is just

01:04:21.849 --> 01:04:25.610
fascinating. It's a man hot at work. He kind

01:04:25.610 --> 01:04:27.329
of smiles a little bit, looks like, yeah, well.

01:04:27.530 --> 01:04:30.750
And he looks up, and you all look up. And you

01:04:30.750 --> 01:04:34.849
watch as... the, the persimmon in his hand just

01:04:34.849 --> 01:04:38.329
suddenly goes, like, bites just appearing out

01:04:38.329 --> 01:04:42.670
of it. And then all of a sudden, this creature,

01:04:42.869 --> 01:04:48.510
it suddenly just, just like, materializes just

01:04:48.510 --> 01:04:52.239
above his hand. It looks like this weird sort

01:04:52.239 --> 01:04:55.039
of, it's got these large, it's very small. It's

01:04:55.039 --> 01:04:57.880
a tiny creature with like almost a monkey -esque

01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.360
body, like this sort of blue color for these

01:05:00.360 --> 01:05:04.159
very huge wide green eyes and these little bat

01:05:04.159 --> 01:05:07.800
wings just keeping it like hanging in the air.

01:05:08.420 --> 01:05:10.699
Some strange creature. You've never seen this

01:05:10.699 --> 01:05:12.940
before, I imagine. You could roll. It's going

01:05:12.940 --> 01:05:14.659
to be very high. It's going to be Arcana. Why

01:05:14.659 --> 01:05:17.920
not? Yeah, I mean, I'll at least roll. Can I

01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:20.619
use this wonderful d20 from Spectral Craft Ice?

01:05:20.659 --> 01:05:26.400
Please do. I got a 10. Don't worry about what

01:05:26.400 --> 01:05:30.519
I got. It's less than 10. All right. So you don't

01:05:30.519 --> 01:05:32.659
know what this thing is, but it's weird. It's

01:05:32.659 --> 01:05:36.019
strange. It looks like, I think playing on the

01:05:36.019 --> 01:05:39.420
breeze, you hear this playful, like there's almost

01:05:39.420 --> 01:05:41.739
like a giggling laughter coming from this creature.

01:05:41.920 --> 01:05:43.119
I hate that. And then it begins to, and then

01:05:43.119 --> 01:05:46.380
Kasim opens up and begins to speak to this thing.

01:05:47.070 --> 01:06:03.349
And the language is odd. Do either of you guys

01:06:03.349 --> 01:06:07.630
speak Sylvan? Nope. So you don't understand what

01:06:07.630 --> 01:06:11.670
he's saying. Vi looks kind of concerned. He's

01:06:11.670 --> 01:06:17.349
like, what? What? Do you know that language?

01:06:18.289 --> 01:06:20.550
He's telling, what is that thing? He's telling

01:06:20.550 --> 01:06:23.510
it to leave? That they're done now? They can

01:06:23.510 --> 01:06:25.250
have the persimmons, all of the persimmons, but

01:06:25.250 --> 01:06:28.730
they have to go. Because they're done playing.

01:06:30.250 --> 01:06:33.690
What is that thing, Vi? I don't, I don't know.

01:06:34.250 --> 01:06:37.989
And he starts to move into the orchard. Hey,

01:06:38.050 --> 01:06:43.210
Kasim! Kasim, what? And Kasim just whirls around

01:06:43.210 --> 01:06:46.789
on him, eyes wide. He sees him. He sees you.

01:06:48.750 --> 01:06:55.329
Damn it. What do you guys do? Chasm, it's over.

01:06:56.550 --> 01:06:58.849
What do you mean? What do you mean? I think as

01:06:58.849 --> 01:07:00.869
this is happening, Jules is grabbing the diamond

01:07:00.869 --> 01:07:04.909
out of Chester's hand. And Chester lets you have

01:07:04.909 --> 01:07:07.369
it, and he just goes down, pulls out his sling.

01:07:07.590 --> 01:07:09.769
As I'm putting it in my pocket, I just say, stop.

01:07:10.829 --> 01:07:16.500
Well, I think we've figured it out. You had those

01:07:16.500 --> 01:07:19.860
things, whatever they are, start the fire, didn't

01:07:19.860 --> 01:07:25.539
you? He recoils. He looks at the thing, just

01:07:25.539 --> 01:07:29.559
looks at him, like confused, and he just ignores

01:07:29.559 --> 01:07:34.440
it. Listen, hey, hey, hey, look, all right? It

01:07:34.440 --> 01:07:36.199
was an accident. Look, look, look, look, look.

01:07:36.280 --> 01:07:38.380
They're supposed to play some pranks. Get the

01:07:38.380 --> 01:07:40.159
shops against each other. They're fighting what's

01:07:40.159 --> 01:07:41.480
going to ruin their business, and I could just

01:07:41.480 --> 01:07:43.719
buy out their stalls. All right? I didn't know

01:07:43.719 --> 01:07:46.179
what was going to happen. Vi is leaving. I didn't

01:07:46.179 --> 01:07:47.679
know what was going to happen to the Spicy Brothers

01:07:47.679 --> 01:07:50.360
brand. So, hey, we'll expand it. Spicy Brothers

01:07:50.360 --> 01:07:53.840
noodles. Spicy Brothers seafood. I could just

01:07:53.840 --> 01:07:56.440
have a sure foot going ahead of me. It was going

01:07:56.440 --> 01:08:00.039
to be easy. I get it. It's scary. No one was

01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:02.460
supposed to get hurt. That was an accident. The

01:08:02.460 --> 01:08:05.440
kid dropped an oil. It caught fire. The tent.

01:08:05.760 --> 01:08:07.920
Everything. Look, look, look, look, look, look,

01:08:07.920 --> 01:08:12.079
look. Guys, we can still go into business together.

01:08:12.760 --> 01:08:16.979
Just keep this between us, okay? I'm going to

01:08:16.979 --> 01:08:18.819
be big here in the market, and so you will be

01:08:18.819 --> 01:08:21.020
big. You'll get payouts you wouldn't believe.

01:08:21.220 --> 01:08:25.579
Just keep it hushed. No one has to know, okay?

01:08:26.380 --> 01:08:28.920
I feel like I've been talking a lot. I was kind

01:08:28.920 --> 01:08:31.300
of letting you take the lead on that. That's

01:08:31.300 --> 01:08:41.029
fine, that's fine. Fuck you! Well, look, Cashm,

01:08:41.029 --> 01:08:44.229
look, I think we can probably figure something

01:08:44.229 --> 01:08:46.210
out, but we're going to need to all sit down

01:08:46.210 --> 01:08:50.989
and talk this over. Why don't we go back to the

01:08:50.989 --> 01:08:56.310
market and see what we can come up with? Or,

01:08:56.489 --> 01:08:59.449
hey, what if we sign a contract here before going

01:08:59.449 --> 01:09:01.470
back to everybody else? Because I don't like

01:09:01.470 --> 01:09:03.350
the idea of going back to everybody else right

01:09:03.350 --> 01:09:05.109
now when I don't know what you're going to do.

01:09:05.449 --> 01:09:08.630
Or say. Okay. What about, we're holding all the

01:09:08.630 --> 01:09:11.149
cards here. How about you come back with us?

01:09:11.829 --> 01:09:14.810
You're holding all the cards. Huh? You're holding

01:09:14.810 --> 01:09:17.189
all the cards. Is that what it looks like to

01:09:17.189 --> 01:09:19.350
you? And he just, like, stares at you guys for

01:09:19.350 --> 01:09:22.010
a long time. And just, like, says, no. No. No.

01:09:22.170 --> 01:09:25.750
I worked hard for this. It's not going to waste.

01:09:25.869 --> 01:09:28.270
None of it. I hurt people. It's not going to

01:09:28.270 --> 01:09:31.329
waste. You're maybe Rhea, but you came off this

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world. No one's going to care. Vi, you're going

01:09:34.380 --> 01:09:35.979
to leave sooner or later anyway. No one's going

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to care. He's sweating profusely. He's stepping

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back. I know, Kasim. This is a really tough spot

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for us to negotiate in. He yells this out. Not

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to you. To the creature beside him that just

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like halts back, eyes wide, and suddenly two

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more of these things materialize in the air just

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behind him. And they all stare at him. Their

01:10:00.560 --> 01:10:07.310
heads cocked. Cali... Caru? Cali Caru. Cali Caru!

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Cali Caru! Cali Caru! He's pointing right at

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you, yelling at them. Vi, Vi, Vi, what's he saying?

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What's he saying? And Vi, just like horrified,

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just says, Kill them. You look back at these

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creatures, you see their green eyes wide suddenly

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fill with this malice. And all three of them

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vanish. And we'll call it there. I still believe,

01:11:05.369 --> 01:11:09.029
still believe. When I'm not with you, I lose

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my mind. Give me a sign. Hit me, babe. One more

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time. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. There's your placeholder.

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Yeah.