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Instagram at FantasyPantsPod. in here with some

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breaking news. Reports have come in of a fire

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in the Dinsing Night Market on Susulco. Apparently,

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a number of businesses were destroyed by the

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flames, though thankfully, nobody was hurt. Rumors

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of arson have reached the citadel, and a plea

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for a luminary adventurer has been filed by the

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speakers. With luminary and rafts still on the

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hunt for a band of poachers within the jungles,

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a new luminary needed to be sent to the world.

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Surprisingly, though, this call to action has

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been answered by none other than the world's

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greatest detective, Sturgeman. Why such a high

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-profile luminary has taken up this minor case

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is a mystery to me. Needless to say, the folks

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of the Denton City Night Market have little to

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fear. Now the real hero is on his way. Does storyteller

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Oren even know who the fuck we are? Throw in

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shade. Seriously. Throwing shade. Seriously.

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Fuck that guy. But realistically, he has no idea

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who you are. Nobody does. Sturge man, however.

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Well, I question his sources, though. It's quite

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questionable. It's a media blackout. David, do

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you want to talk about hit points or do you want

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to talk about NBC's heroes? You know about NBC's

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heroes, but we got no time today. I could go

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on for one full hour about Siler and the decisions

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made around Siler. I was going to say, I can

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see his brain short -circuiting right now trying

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to decide which one he wants to do. I can put

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on a 60 -second timer or a 90 -second timer to

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see how much you can cram of heroes into 90 seconds.

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Oh my god, this is brilliant. This is fucking

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brilliant. Let's see how far I can get. Let's

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see how much we can remember about this incredible

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villain. Okay, ready? Three, two, one. Okay,

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so Siler started off as this pretty great villain

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in the first season. He had the ability to steal

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other people's powers, right? And he actually

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was pretty intimidating, pretty powerful. Ended

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up being like, he got defeated at the end of

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it though, right? Story there was great. Let

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me go into the next seasons. Now. Basically,

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they had to kind of continuously find ways to

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get rid of Siler because he was too powerful.

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So in one season, they're over there, and the

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main villain is this other guy who's some other

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people's father. And Siler goes and tries to

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defeat him, and the guy's like, no, you can't

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defeat me because I'm actually your father too.

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And Siler's like, okay, cool, I won't defeat

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you. And then it's revealed that guy was not

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actually his father anyway. It was a fucking

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lie. Siler's like, okay, I'll just defeat you

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now, and he beat him. And the next season, he

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spent the entire season going cross -country

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with a little kid to find his real father for

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no goddamn reason just so he can get out of the

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plot for like six episodes. season they erased

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his memories, but replaced them with somebody

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else's memories, and then he got amnesia, and

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was getting back the wrong memories, and it's

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crazy! Do you want us to go time? Yeah, you have

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50 seconds. Okay, and then he joined a circus,

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and I think he became a good guy, because they

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put him in a mental plane for like a while, and

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he just kind of like became a good guy suddenly,

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and done. That was 60 seconds. That is the arc

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of Siler. Can I just say, though, Zachary Quinto

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is fucking awesome. Oh, he is incredible. He

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was great. I wish the writers did something with

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him. He took shit. And he made something halfway

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decent out of it. Oh, man. I can't wait to actually

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hear that and listen to it because I was just

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watching the stopwatch the whole time. Brilliant,

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brilliant. Level ups, gentlemen. This is a big

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one. Normally, I'm not going to do these spur

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of the moment on worlds, right? I wanted to make

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it so level ups will happen, generally speaking,

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during downtime. To kind of explain why you're

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getting different abilities, why you're powering

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up. But I felt like this world and the events

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on it have been so vital to your characters.

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I mean, you've done things. You've pushed yourselves

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in different ways that, like, it just makes sense

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for you to get stronger now. You hit a small

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bit of downtime here anyway. But after all, especially

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Zebulon, you were so close to dying. A fluke

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of the dice. A two and a three on an advantage

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roll to kill you. It didn't work. That was an

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intense... intense combat. Yeah. Out of 10 universes,

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there are nine where Zebulon is not in this episode.

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Yeah, really. I think right now you have both

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of you. Creative play. I mean, honestly, the

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ideas you had were amazing. Should have given

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you a button earlier. My brain was in 1 ,000

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places at the time. That's all right. We're going

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to shit on you for it anyway. Go ahead. Please,

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please. Shit on me because I'm going to shit

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on you back. Gentlemen. But you deserve this

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level up. So who wants to go first? Because you

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just picked your archetypes. This is exciting

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shit. Zebulon gets to go first. Zebulon. All

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right, sounds good. Tell me about your level

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up, and then we'll roll your HP. So I think,

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listener, the captain kind of had some premonition

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as to what Zebulon was going to do. Oh. He recently

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changed his Instagram handle to a swashbuckler

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-ish name. Oh, yeah. Zebulon's going swashbuckler

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rogue. Nice. So I've got fancy footwork and rakish

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audacity. Fancy footwork makes it so that if

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I make a melee attack against a creature, that

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creature cannot make an opportunity attack against

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me for the rest of the turn. So I can strike

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somebody and then get out of there. Wow, and

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you don't have to blow your bonus action on disengage.

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Yeah, I could do like a bonus action dash. I

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could go way across the map sort of thing. You

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can get your second attack off with your second

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weapon. That's really good. Exactly, and I can

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really only use half of Rakish Audacity because

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the first half allows me to add my charisma modifier

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to my initiative roll. Oh, Zebulon's a bad character.

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But my charisma modifier is literally negative

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one. Oh, no. Here, let me add my negative one

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to my initiative. But the second half is huge.

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It reads, you don't need advantage on the attack

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roll to use your sneak attack damage against

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a creature if you are within five feet of it

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and no other creatures are within five feet of

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you. So if I'm out there solo, I can get my sneak

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attack damage in. That's amazing, actually. Yeah,

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I know. That's why I picked that. Dang, what's

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that look like? Are you just kind of like, you're

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just... Getting so good at these one -on -one

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fights, you're able to aim for these vital points.

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Yeah, he's a duelist now, and he loves the spotlight,

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and he soaks it all in. So when it's just him

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out there, he's in his element now. I love it.

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I love it. That's so cool. Hell yeah. Why don't

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you grab a die for me? Oh, that's right. What's

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your hit die? It's a D8. D8. It's going to be

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about 10 minutes to find a D8. Oh, I got one

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of my spectral craft die here. All right, so

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to recap, we both roll. Yes. And we take the

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highest. Take the highest. And are we re -rolling

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ones or not? Sure. Okay. I think we re -rolled

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the ones last time. Yeah. I think. I rolled a

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three. Three, okay. All right. Let's see what

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my Norse Foundry turquoise die has to say about

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that. It's a one. Oh, shit. Wait. Wait, do you

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want to re -roll it? Oh, yeah, right. It's a

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real one. It's a seven. Oh, yes. All right. I'll

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fucking take it. Not bad. Zebulon. Almost a good

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character now. Almost. So close. That was pretty

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clutch. So close. While we're talking about you,

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actually, let's bring up your sidekick, Jean

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Franklin. I'm leveling him up as well. I'm going

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to go for static HP, so basically he's going

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to get six HP. He has a D10. He's going to go

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in one over the average. So he's going to boost

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up to, I believe it's 21 HP. He also gets a nice

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little ability called Rebuke Evil. Basically

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a sort of AoE fear effect with not the highest

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DC to pass, but pretty nifty stuff. It only works

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on evil creatures, but hey, it's useful. It's

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good. You haven't really been able to test drive

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this baby because he's asleep in a tent during

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your final battle here. But hey, he's there,

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and he'll be there to be used soon enough. I'm

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pretty stoked. That means that Jean Franklin

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and Zebulon have the same HP. Oh, wow. Yeah.

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Which is not bad. Yeah, that was a good roll.

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That was a good roll. It really was. Both of

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those are currently double my current HP. At

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level 2 HP. Yeah. You haven't rolled for 3 yet.

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Let's see. Let's talk about that. Jules. Nice

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transition, David. Jules. That was pretty good.

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That was pretty good. You are a level three bard,

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and you got to pick an archetype. I know today

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you were going through all of them literally

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an hour ago. There are so many colleges that

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a bard can be a part of. There are so many colleges.

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Oh, my God. And I'm very excited about the one

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you chose. Yeah, me too. It's the College of

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Creation. Creation. Yeah, I'm pretty stoked.

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Yeah, the huge draw for this was a gigantic buff

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to my bardic inspiration. Yes. Which I think

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is going to be key in a lot of situations. It's

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so cool. It's so cool. So the biggest one here

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is the mode of potential. So anybody that has

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a Bardic Inspiration die, you get a little mode

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of potential around you, which I think I'm going

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to call it like a little gold and shiny ring

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that kind of hovers around the waist. Oh, nice.

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So when you use the Bardic Inspiration die, depending

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on what you use it for, whether it's an attack,

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ability check, or a saving throw, it has a different

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effect for each one, which is great. I forgot

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about that. That is really, really cool. Yeah,

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that's the main draw for this one. So for the

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ability check, Bardic Inspiration die can be

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rolled again, and you can choose which one you

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want to do. So it's basically advantage on the

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Inspiration die. Amazing. For an attack roll,

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what was it? Oh, yeah. For an attack roll, the

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creature that you're... Rolling it on has to

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succeed in a con saving throw or take thunder

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damage equal to the amount of the bardic inspiration

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die. Really? That's cool as hell. This is nuts.

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For the saving throw, this is going to be key,

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I think. If you're using the bardic inspiration

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die, you gain temporary hit points equal to the

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number rolled on the inspiration die plus my

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charisma modifier, which is three. Oh, wow. So

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that's a mass of nine suddenly. That's massive.

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It's huge. Before you get hit by a big attack,

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nine HP to just like block that is crazy. So

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get ready for Zebulon with two swords, sneak

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attack damage, and thunder damage. Yeah. Wow.

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It's going to be so good. And I did gain two

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additional spell slots as well with this level

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up. Which is also huge. I'm keeping those a secret.

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I'm curious. Ooh, okay. I mean, I'm going to

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tell Steven. I'm going to tell Steven, but I'm

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not going to tell you, David. Steven will tell

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me, right, Steven? I'm going to just plug your

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ears, David. Take your headphones off. Earmuffs.

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So that'll be a secret, and I'll just pull them

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out when the time is right. It's so much fun.

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And you're going to be so pissed, David, and

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it's going to be wonderful. It's a lot of fun

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when casters do that. Yeah, I know. I'm looking

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forward to it. I'm looking forward to being surprised.

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It has happened a lot lately. On the note of

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you. Let's roll that HP first of all. Oh, jeez.

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I believe it's also a D8 for you, correct? Where's

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that D8 from Spectral Craft Dice? Oh, yeah. Right

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here? Hell yeah. Please roll higher than a two.

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I think two is the one that I got last time.

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I technically did. It's a three. Oh, shit. Oh.

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I have gotten... On the bright side... My last

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one was like two or three as well. Was it really?

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It was awful. Damn, why do we roll dice? It was

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terrible. I know. I know. It was terrible. So

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now my HP is 14. Oh my gosh. That was Zebulon's

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HP at level two. 14 at level three. Yeah. I mean,

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but you are the support. Holy fuck. It makes

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sense. You're casting from the back. It does.

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You're backing them up. Damn. Them's the breaks.

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The funny thing is Chester is now at level three

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as well. He has 18 HP. And we're not rolling

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dice for them. Yeah, he has 18 getting like kind

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of an average. And he gets a pretty cool new

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ability. basically he gets an ability where he

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can, if he shoots somebody and lands an attack,

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he can make a second attack for free with the

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same attack action if there's an ally or an enemy

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within 5B of the enemy he just shot. Kind of

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like a rapid fire situation. Yeah, it's called

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quick reload, I believe. So it's pretty cool.

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Once again, Paul Metzger, Sidekicks Essentials,

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thank you so much. Thank you, Paul. Having a

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.779
great time with your PDF. I wonder if Paul's

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on Instagram. We haven't tried to... Oh, I should

00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:31.259
reach out. Let's hit him up. Yeah, we'll figure

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that out. It's a cool fella. So, you guys are

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waiting. The Dancing Night Market is still setting

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up for another night of festivities and selling

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and business thing. What the hell they do over

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there? I don't care right now. It's just daytime.

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We're setting up. You know, you're kind of keeping

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an eye on Casamaroon, whose hands are still bound.

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He's still staring down, muttering to himself

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here and there after the events of just, honestly,

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maybe an hour or so before. Everything has moved

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very quickly. And as time passes, a new sort

00:14:15.309 --> 00:14:21.100
of commotion begins. Sort of on the edge of the

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:22.480
market, up on the hill, you can kind of make

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out a number of people are surrounding a figure

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in a little circle that's just moving down. You

00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.240
see just this dark, cool -clad figure in, like,

00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.000
red leather from far away. Red leather, yellow

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.980
leather? Yes, precisely, I guess. Zeb, Zeb, keep

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:40.519
you cool, keep you cool. He's serious, man. I

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:44.759
can tell, I know it. This crowd moves as one

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cohesive unit. You see them go down the hill.

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And they're kind of danishing behind the tents,

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going into the market proper, heading towards

00:14:51.769 --> 00:14:54.590
you. You are by Kassim. You are by the prisoner.

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And clearly they're filling Sturgeman in on what's

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going on, quite likely. I think Zebulon wants

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to run and intercept Sturgeman before he gets

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there. Yeah. Jules, are you just letting him

00:15:08.809 --> 00:15:11.870
go on his own, Jules? Yeah. Okay. I'm just like,

00:15:11.870 --> 00:15:16.539
what? Yeah, go. Go, go, go. So Zebulon just peels

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.620
off and runs. I'm going to go get him. I'm going

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.879
to go get him. It's going to be great. Just remember,

00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:22.179
he's going to be up here soon. Yeah, I know.

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It's just, I'm excited. I'm excited. As he's

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going off, I think Chester and John Franklin

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round the corner come by you, Jules, and they're

00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:34.740
like, hey, where's Zeb going? And the camera

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.519
just trails after him, following him through

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:41.679
the market. Zebulon, I want you to roll history

00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.700
on Sturgeon with advantage. Let's see how much

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:45.789
you know about this guy. There's going to be

00:15:45.789 --> 00:15:47.409
some base stuff you'll know regardless. There's

00:15:47.409 --> 00:15:48.990
going to be kind of a base to this history because

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you would know certain things. I just rolled

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two 19s in a row. Wow. Wow. Okay. I think there's

00:15:57.210 --> 00:15:59.470
a good chance that you would connect with Sturge

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Mountain on a deeper level because he is the

00:16:01.950 --> 00:16:06.029
most famous rogue luminary there is. And I have

00:16:06.029 --> 00:16:10.500
all of his comics. Of course you do. That marbles

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:13.919
antics you pulled during the final game, that's

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.679
true. That's classic Sturgeman. Basically, what

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.100
you know about Sturgeman. Textbook Sturgeman.

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:21.460
Textbook Sturgeman. He's what they call an inquisitive

00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:23.779
rogue, which means he's very good at perceiving

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:27.000
things. He's known as the world's greatest detective,

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.879
apostrophe after the S, because he's the world's

00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.039
many, multiple, plural, greatest detective. I'm

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:35.919
having fun, damn it. Have fun with me. I love

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that you took... took time to clarify that. Grammar

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.580
at 7pm. So important. So important. I mean, it

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:48.220
is. It really is. There's no there there. You

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:50.179
know, he's well known for like, he can read his

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:52.240
opponent's actions beforehand and sort of like

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.299
gain advantage against them by just kind of like

00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:56.120
beating them out at their own game. You know,

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:59.220
always one step ahead. He's a brilliant, constantly

00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:01.399
working mind. And he's also well -known for his

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.519
arsenal of magic items. He's always throwing

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.920
them out. You saw him during the fall of the

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Sapphire using immovable rods and connecting

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them to kind of create a sort of guide rails

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:15.420
for everyone to go across safely on the land

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:18.039
bridge connecting to the Citadel. He also, I

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.559
will say, with year 19, you know one of his most

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:25.140
famous items is he has this big sort of proboscis.

00:17:25.529 --> 00:17:29.230
like mask. Um, first of all, Sturge, Sturges.

00:17:29.289 --> 00:17:31.369
You might not know this. People might know this

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or not. Sturges are a fantasy creature and pretty

00:17:34.109 --> 00:17:36.849
common in 5e, especially in worlds here, like

00:17:36.849 --> 00:17:39.170
Shankavumi. I was, I was thinking it was like

00:17:39.170 --> 00:17:42.029
a Sturgeon. No, actually Sturges are, they are,

00:17:42.069 --> 00:17:44.589
they are essentially these red bat mosquitoes.

00:17:45.329 --> 00:17:48.109
Huh. I just thought it was a name. No, Sturgeon

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Man is actually just a very stupid play at a

00:17:49.930 --> 00:17:53.869
very, very popular pop culture icon hero. Okay.

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It sounds to me like show and tell in kindergarten.

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My mom's a sturgeon. She works at the hopsicle.

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But you know that his big proboscis sort of mosquito

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.680
-looking helm with these kind of big bug eyes

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and stuff he wears all over his head like this

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:21.220
full mask helm. You know that it also functions

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:23.559
as a helm of telepathy, which is a big part of

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:26.200
how he gets his detective work done. He can read

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.240
people as he's going around, read their thoughts.

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:31.779
It's useful. Very, very powerful. Very helpful.

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He has so many magic items, he's constantly reattuning

00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:37.480
to different ones, but this is one that he almost

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.940
always has active. It's his claim to fame, one

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:43.359
might say. Yeah, I bet. Reading people's minds?

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So you are heading towards this crowd. You run

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up, you kind of slide to a stop as this group

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:54.359
reaches. You can hear people, right this way,

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.700
oh yeah, it's over here, yeah, no, we found him.

00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.819
And then the voice ringing out from the other

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is like, where is he? Bring him forward to me.

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:08.299
Hi. Hi, search man. I can take you to... I kind

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:11.519
of apprehended the suspect. At this point, you're

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.180
talking, but there's such a big crowd around

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:15.680
him. You're kind of just like... You can't be

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.859
seen by him because you're tiny. So you're trying

00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:20.500
to say things, but you probably finger up like,

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.660
excuse me. And you can't get around. You need

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.859
to do something if you want to get his attention.

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:31.859
Hey! Hey! Search man! Churchman, over here! The

00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:35.059
crowd starts sweeping around you, moving past

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:37.220
you. Do you want to try to run through them and

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:39.359
get in the middle? Yeah, absolutely. I won't

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:41.359
make you roll for it. You're Zebulon. You're

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:44.299
small and you're spindly. You're dexterous as

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:46.140
hell. Yeah, my intention is to, like, stand,

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.279
like, right in front of him, like, nose to nose.

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:50.279
So you just kind of pop through some legs. Or

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.500
nose to sternum. And you pop out of a bunch of

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:55.900
legs and crotches and whatnot and rise up. And

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:58.819
you see this big man with this, you know, proboscis

00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:00.680
helm. His chin's kind of like his chin and mouth.

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.920
The only thing sort of showing in is he's got

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:05.240
this big old, you know, brick chin. He's wearing

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:07.910
this, like, tight. red leather armor with these

00:20:07.910 --> 00:20:09.890
little, like, sort of bat wings under the arms.

00:20:10.609 --> 00:20:13.609
And he just takes you in with these, like, weird

00:20:13.609 --> 00:20:16.329
sort of bug eyes that cover his face. He's just

00:20:16.329 --> 00:20:19.650
staring at you. What did you say? Well, I guess,

00:20:19.690 --> 00:20:23.910
Surge Man, now that you're here, I can pass the

00:20:23.910 --> 00:20:29.289
scene over to you. I was previously kind of in

00:20:29.289 --> 00:20:33.970
charge around here. It's a huge relief that you're

00:20:33.970 --> 00:20:36.750
here. Let me... I can take you to the suspect.

00:20:37.670 --> 00:20:40.009
You're the one that apprehended him. Yes, that's

00:20:40.009 --> 00:20:43.150
right. That's how you're going to do Jules? Zebulon

00:20:43.150 --> 00:20:48.009
Black. Me and my partner, Jules de Rose. He actually

00:20:48.009 --> 00:20:54.049
puts a finger up and cocks a head. Black. Zebulon

00:20:54.049 --> 00:20:58.890
Brass. Grandson of Sholay. Speaker of the Ancestors.

00:20:58.950 --> 00:21:02.509
I know who you are. Zebulon Black, formerly Zebulon

00:21:02.509 --> 00:21:07.869
Brass. Interesting. You see, search man, no brass

00:21:07.869 --> 00:21:15.309
will ever be a luminary. He like, he cares. He

00:21:15.309 --> 00:21:17.809
just kind of looks at you for a long time. Actually,

00:21:17.970 --> 00:21:19.509
I think the crowd kind of stops and goes quiet.

00:21:19.589 --> 00:21:21.109
It's like he's suddenly engaged in conversation.

00:21:22.730 --> 00:21:27.430
So he looks at you for a long while. His eyes

00:21:27.430 --> 00:21:29.930
are taking you in. You want to be a luminary?

00:21:30.490 --> 00:21:36.430
Well, I, I suppose I. Almost already am? We won

00:21:36.430 --> 00:21:40.089
a sponsorship here on Sipshunko, so it's really

00:21:40.089 --> 00:21:46.329
just a matter of time. Hoping to prove my mettle

00:21:46.329 --> 00:21:50.930
here. And you caught the perpetrator? Well, that's

00:21:50.930 --> 00:21:55.769
right. Me and my luminary team. And you're sure

00:21:55.769 --> 00:21:59.690
it's him? Yes, sir. Could be a red herring? A

00:21:59.690 --> 00:22:03.740
trick? Well, he... Tried to kill us, so... The

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:08.480
Peppermint. Yeah. Murderous Peppermint. I mean,

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:11.240
it was accidental attempted murder, but the first

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.359
time. The second time was, I think, intentional.

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.140
Bring me to him. Yeah, yeah, right, right, right.

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:21.240
Do you have evidence of his crimes? I mean, I

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:28.059
almost died, so... Oh, yes. And we also recorded

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:32.190
some of what happened. We have a recording, Diamond.

00:22:32.410 --> 00:22:36.849
You're recording? Yes, yes. I'll take you there.

00:22:37.029 --> 00:22:40.589
Now you can meet my team. They're all so great.

00:22:40.930 --> 00:22:43.549
He's already walking past you. Oh, okay. Do you

00:22:43.549 --> 00:22:48.029
know where to go? Should I follow you? He looks

00:22:48.029 --> 00:22:50.150
back at you and says, I'm the world's greatest

00:22:50.150 --> 00:22:53.829
detective. I always know where to go. So cool.

00:22:54.269 --> 00:23:00.359
Surge, man, so cool. And Zebulon runs behind

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.839
him. And he does. He beelines this group right

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:09.059
to Cass. So impressive. Of course he does. I

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:13.059
never would have doubted Sturge, man. Oh, as

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:15.440
he gets close, he's, everyone back. Everyone

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.420
kind of moves away. But he kind of points to

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:20.259
you, Zebulon, and waves you forward. He goes,

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:23.460
you're still there with Chester and Jaune. And

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:27.640
he just moves up towards Cassam. Cassam will

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:30.130
rule. If all is true that I've heard, you will

00:23:30.130 --> 00:23:33.630
be found guilty of... Thanks for a second. Five

00:23:33.630 --> 00:23:37.549
attempted murders. One murder. Colluding with

00:23:37.549 --> 00:23:41.109
fey or evil creatures. Arson. And a number of

00:23:41.109 --> 00:23:43.910
smaller misdemeanors. How do you state your...

00:23:43.910 --> 00:23:49.609
Guilt? Um, and Kasim just... Stares at the ground

00:23:49.609 --> 00:23:51.369
and kind of, quiet under his breath, just...

00:23:51.369 --> 00:23:56.309
Guilty. Alright. I'll be taking you back. You

00:23:56.309 --> 00:23:57.630
will meet with the council before being taken

00:23:57.630 --> 00:24:02.640
to... Agar and Sengar to the Sky Prison. And

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:06.099
to this, like, you just see Kasim's eyes widen.

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:09.779
He looks up in horror. I think he expected something

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:11.859
bad, but I don't think he was expecting the Sky

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:14.640
Prison. And I want you guys to roll history.

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.619
Yeah, I really want to know what the Sky Prison

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:18.440
is. Roll history with advantage. I think both

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.720
of you would. This is something that you might

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.119
know in the world. And again, I'll give you some

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:29.299
details. I got an 18. Okay. I got a 14. Okay.

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.880
Zebulon, with an 18, you especially should know

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:34.339
about this because you have some idea of the

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:36.660
political struggles Sholay has dealt with in

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:39.160
her time as the sort of head of the Speakers

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:42.500
for the Ancestors. And one of the more major

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.299
political battles she's fought has been against

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:49.819
the use of the Sky Prison of Ankar and Sengar

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:52.799
for the criminals of all the worlds, essentially.

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:57.299
So the Sky Prison is... Atash is pride and joy

00:24:57.299 --> 00:25:01.680
in his world. It is this massive flying fortress.

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:06.119
I have the name. It's like Seldane Mobs. I'll

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.220
have to double check on that. But it's like,

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:09.799
there's an Anchor Ensign guard name for it. But

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.799
it's this massive fortress filled with different

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.440
demiplanes. Basically like different tiers for

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:17.460
different levels of crime. And it was big enough

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:19.539
that they could use it for all worlds. The Citadel

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:21.960
itself is relatively small as a city. And they

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:24.420
can't just like... play host to every criminal

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:27.240
from every world. But they also don't want to

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:29.180
trust that a lot of these major criminals, these

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:33.299
powerful necromancers, dragons, beholders, and

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:36.599
the like, will go unchecked in whatever various

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:38.859
world they may have come from. So it just seems

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:42.660
safest to send them to Atash. It's honestly one

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:45.059
of the biggest plays for power he's had when

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.400
it comes to the Radiant Citadel. And the people,

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:49.000
the populace of the world, they love the Sky

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:53.269
Prison. I mean, there's no fortress. No fortress

00:25:53.269 --> 00:25:56.089
you'd feel safer hiding all the evil of the world

00:25:56.089 --> 00:26:01.589
behind. You know, with an 18, why Xolay has some

00:26:01.589 --> 00:26:04.390
issues with it, though. You see, Antosh has a

00:26:04.390 --> 00:26:09.349
peculiar take on justice. He has a very strong

00:26:09.349 --> 00:26:13.109
sense of it. When someone is, you could say,

00:26:13.230 --> 00:26:17.329
killed in pursuit, they've committed a terrible

00:26:17.329 --> 00:26:20.630
crime, Antosh is known for resurrecting them.

00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:24.930
To force them to go through a trial. And he's

00:26:24.930 --> 00:26:27.109
known for forcing them to go through whatever

00:26:27.109 --> 00:26:31.190
prison sentence they have earned for themselves.

00:26:31.309 --> 00:26:33.990
So if somebody has earned, say, eight consecutive

00:26:33.990 --> 00:26:37.630
life sentences in prison, there will be demiplanes

00:26:37.630 --> 00:26:40.250
used that will keep their perception of time

00:26:40.250 --> 00:26:46.509
basically slower. So they will not... as quickly,

00:26:46.589 --> 00:26:49.089
and they will live out that entire period of

00:26:49.089 --> 00:26:51.789
time. It is justice. That sounds disgustingly

00:26:51.789 --> 00:26:53.470
terrifying. At first, I thought that was pretty

00:26:53.470 --> 00:26:55.750
creative when you were like, oh, yeah, if somebody

00:26:55.750 --> 00:26:58.269
was killed in the pursuit, bring them back to

00:26:58.269 --> 00:27:00.190
life and bring them some justice. I'm like, all

00:27:00.190 --> 00:27:03.130
right, a little weird, but I guess kind of creative.

00:27:03.309 --> 00:27:09.029
And then you're like, eight times. Yeah. Yeah.

00:27:09.130 --> 00:27:13.150
No, it's not great. But, I mean, like, then again,

00:27:13.309 --> 00:27:14.730
they're criminals, right? A lot of people in

00:27:14.730 --> 00:27:17.210
the world, they're very, very okay with it. Atash,

00:27:17.230 --> 00:27:21.430
when it comes to his moral codes, is rigid. And

00:27:21.430 --> 00:27:23.569
this is something he strongly believes to be

00:27:23.569 --> 00:27:27.089
important. That criminals face the full extent

00:27:27.089 --> 00:27:30.549
of the punishment they deserve. That's what you

00:27:30.549 --> 00:27:35.549
know. So as Kasim reacts to this news that this

00:27:35.549 --> 00:27:38.250
is where he's likely going, you see fresh tears

00:27:38.250 --> 00:27:41.109
spilling down over his already red, tear -stained

00:27:41.109 --> 00:27:45.130
cheeks. He's just staring up at Sturgeman in

00:27:45.130 --> 00:27:48.309
horror. But Sturgeman's not looking at that.

00:27:48.369 --> 00:27:53.730
His attention has turned towards Jules. Oh. His

00:27:53.730 --> 00:27:58.089
insect eyes taking you in for a moment. Your

00:27:58.089 --> 00:28:00.549
Jules Oroch, prince in hiding of the surreal

00:28:00.549 --> 00:28:05.230
city -state. Yeah, that's me. Prince of nothing

00:28:05.230 --> 00:28:09.410
now. You have my condolences. Thanks, I guess.

00:28:10.769 --> 00:28:13.190
Oh, he puts a hand out. Do you have the diamond?

00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:19.190
With the evidence? Maybe. He grabs another one

00:28:19.190 --> 00:28:21.309
for his own, sort of like he has a good utility

00:28:21.309 --> 00:28:23.690
belt and all sorts of magical items, and he pops

00:28:23.690 --> 00:28:27.450
a diamond out of it. If I could transfer, I only

00:28:27.450 --> 00:28:31.220
need the evidence of his guilt. The speakers

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:34.240
want to see it. All right, I'll pull out the

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:38.759
diamond. Transfer. Okay. Also, he, like, holds

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:41.779
it up and they touch together. And I think you

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.779
get this sort of, as you go to transfer it, you

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:46.599
almost, like, have this weird feeling. Like,

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.039
I imagine it's similar to you editing, Jeremy.

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:51.200
You're kind of looking at all the footage in

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.789
this diamond, everything you've collected. You

00:28:53.789 --> 00:28:55.990
can feel it. You can sort of, like, see it all

00:28:55.990 --> 00:28:57.529
rapidly through your mind, like memories you're

00:28:57.529 --> 00:28:58.930
playing through. And you can go to the exact

00:28:58.930 --> 00:29:01.190
spot you want, clip it, go to the next spot,

00:29:01.250 --> 00:29:03.289
clip it. All kind of is mental. It takes a few

00:29:03.289 --> 00:29:05.109
moments as you're kind of, like, working this

00:29:05.109 --> 00:29:08.910
through. But you can transfer it all over. Can

00:29:08.910 --> 00:29:12.809
I maintain a copy of it? Or does it move? It

00:29:12.809 --> 00:29:16.230
does take it. Yeah, there's only one footage.

00:29:16.410 --> 00:29:17.809
Once it goes to the Citadel and the network,

00:29:17.869 --> 00:29:21.630
it's gone. And the Crystal Network itself, they're

00:29:21.630 --> 00:29:24.589
from the Ethereal Diamond. If it goes from there,

00:29:24.630 --> 00:29:27.630
you could essentially make copies only from that

00:29:27.630 --> 00:29:30.170
one source. So, yeah, I just want to give him

00:29:30.170 --> 00:29:34.230
only what he needs. Okay. Great. And you give

00:29:34.230 --> 00:29:37.509
it to him. He takes a moment and starts watching

00:29:37.509 --> 00:29:40.089
it. And, like, it's funny because you can't really

00:29:40.089 --> 00:29:41.609
see what he's seeing. So, like, to you, there's

00:29:41.609 --> 00:29:43.529
no sound. But you know that his eyes lingering

00:29:43.529 --> 00:29:46.569
on it will hear everything Kasim is saying. So

00:29:46.569 --> 00:29:48.029
to him, it's just he's staring at this diamond.

00:29:48.109 --> 00:29:49.710
You don't see the image. You don't hear any noise.

00:29:49.950 --> 00:29:52.880
But he's nodding along like he's... taking in

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:55.059
all this information, and just puts it in his

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:59.819
pocket. You have my thanks. You're welcome. Do

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:02.480
you intend to be a luminary as well? I mean,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.599
it seems like it might be in the cards, but...

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:10.000
Whatever comes my way, comes my way. Will you

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.099
be returning to the Citadel? I think that's probably

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:15.880
a safe bet, yeah. He's kind of talking to both

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:18.579
of you now, like... You have a home there. Somewhere

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:23.559
to stay. Your home was destroyed. We found the

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.220
comfy spot. And I guess just for the listeners

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:28.599
at home, I mean, I figure I know what you're

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:30.819
thinking, but what do you envision as home? What

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:33.799
are you thinking of as home right now? Not a

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:36.640
place. I'm thinking of the Cherry Delights. Interesting.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:39.420
Okay. And Zebulon, you too. What do you consider

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:42.240
to be home to you? I mean, I don't think it's

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:45.940
home yet, but I'm hoping the Abilite Coyote.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:57.630
Okay. Great. Don't like that. Okay, noted. Great,

00:30:57.869 --> 00:31:00.150
you think that. Sturgeman just kind of nods.

00:31:01.049 --> 00:31:06.039
See you around. And he raises a hand up. And,

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.420
like, from, like, almost out of nowhere, he's,

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.960
like, almost a demiplane opens up just above

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:11.339
this, like, magical wristlet he has. And this,

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:13.759
like, rope blasts out of it and just wraps around

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.940
the rope that's already holding Kasim's bound

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:18.319
hands, yanking him up, like, creating a leash.

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.920
Like, it's, like, the rope trick spell, but,

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.799
like, on an item. He just creates, like, this

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:25.839
rope out of, you know, nowhere. And it's, like,

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:27.960
this rope stays and lingers. And he just kind

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.640
of, like, yanks on it. Just like, come. We have

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:34.380
a long journey. And begins to make his way out

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:37.259
of the market immediately. Like too late after

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:39.960
Sturgeman has already turned around, Zebulon

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:44.420
jumps up. See you, Sturgeman. Thank you. Don't

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:53.940
forget about us. Zebulon Black! Oh, Zeb. All

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:58.779
right. With that, you can abandon your posts.

00:31:59.289 --> 00:32:01.410
You know, guarding this prisoner. As you know,

00:32:01.410 --> 00:32:04.170
he is in good hands. I think Jules is finally

00:32:04.170 --> 00:32:06.049
actually breathing for the first time in a little

00:32:06.049 --> 00:32:09.009
while. Yeah. He wasn't going to let down his

00:32:09.009 --> 00:32:13.190
guard until that was taken care of. So I think

00:32:13.190 --> 00:32:16.390
we can move time a little forward here as the

00:32:16.390 --> 00:32:18.210
market is still setting up. And you know from

00:32:18.210 --> 00:32:20.730
experience that it's not going to really light

00:32:20.730 --> 00:32:24.009
up. It's not going to get exciting or fun until

00:32:24.009 --> 00:32:26.809
6 o 'clock when the sun sets. And you can watch

00:32:26.809 --> 00:32:29.809
that. whole show again, the whole experience.

00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:33.089
The mountains burn, the market lights up, and

00:32:33.089 --> 00:32:34.750
during this sort of period as you're waiting

00:32:34.750 --> 00:32:37.009
around for this to happen again, you're allowed

00:32:37.009 --> 00:32:38.789
in the market proper if you want now. You are

00:32:38.789 --> 00:32:40.569
part of the market. You can wander around. You've

00:32:40.569 --> 00:32:43.650
already been, and it shows. You are Rhea, and

00:32:43.650 --> 00:32:46.390
you're more than Rhea now. But at some point

00:32:46.390 --> 00:32:47.910
as you're moving around, Madam Culp will take

00:32:47.910 --> 00:32:51.589
you aside and just say, There's much to do today,

00:32:51.710 --> 00:32:55.490
but I would like it if you would come and meet

00:32:55.490 --> 00:32:59.680
me and a few others. Ah, about 6 .15 if possible

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:03.720
in the Spicy Brothers tent. Zab, you got any

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:08.319
plans? 6 .15, um... Just after the market opens.

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:13.400
No, I think I'm free. Let me check. Yeah, I'm

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:16.440
free. Okay. What? Actually, I got a thing? I'm

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:19.460
just kidding. Shut up, Chester. Chester's got

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:26.339
a date, but we'll be there. Um, great. And so...

00:33:26.809 --> 00:33:30.430
Time passes, and the mountains burn, and the

00:33:30.430 --> 00:33:36.470
market sparks to light and life again. So, you

00:33:36.470 --> 00:33:39.089
make your way back to the market, back towards

00:33:39.089 --> 00:33:43.410
the Spicy Brothers tent. It's, you know, festive

00:33:43.410 --> 00:33:46.329
as ever here. Actually, let me change our music

00:33:46.329 --> 00:33:52.259
to fit this new scene. Okay. And... You move

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:54.240
to the market again. People are, again, there's

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.880
off -worlders that have come in when Sturge Man

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.539
did. There's later ones that come in at 6 with

00:33:57.539 --> 00:34:00.400
a 6 o 'clock gem. Ruby that you have missed.

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.160
If you want to leave, you'll have to leave in

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:04.160
the morning. But you'd already kind of committed

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.619
to that. So, hey, we're good. You're moving to

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:10.099
the streets. A number of stalls are closed. I

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:12.539
mean, it's a somber air here because Madam Culp's

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.880
silk, half of it was essentially burned down.

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:16.179
Almost all of it really had been burned down

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:18.809
by the end of the fire. You've heard rumors that

00:34:18.809 --> 00:34:20.369
a number of her touch -crow caterpillars that

00:34:20.369 --> 00:34:25.030
she uses to make the garments she sells had perished

00:34:25.030 --> 00:34:27.130
in the flames. Her caterpillars died? Yep, a

00:34:27.130 --> 00:34:28.670
few of them. Oh, shit. Not all of them, but a

00:34:28.670 --> 00:34:33.250
few of them. Yeah. Price of Silk is going to

00:34:33.250 --> 00:34:36.230
skyrocket. Yep. You know, she's not going to

00:34:36.230 --> 00:34:39.030
be open tonight. Tiamo Noodles, I think, are

00:34:39.030 --> 00:34:41.610
still kind of recovering from everything that's

00:34:41.610 --> 00:34:43.699
gone down with them. And I think they're actually

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:45.559
spending time, Lamai, from what you've heard,

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:48.079
is spending time with Kusa Zungun and Gemon,

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.159
helping them to recover, and just wants to stay

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.679
by their side for now. So Timber Noodles is not

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:58.980
open. And, of course, Zungun's family's seafood.

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.760
I mean, they've got nothing. Their tent was burned

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:03.260
to the ground, every stock they had. And people

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.699
are working to help get them back set up again,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:07.880
but it's going to take time. They'll be back

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:09.320
on their feet eventually. Where are we going

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:13.079
to buy shrimp cakes, then? Do they have a big

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:15.880
stash of the ones that we just made or are they

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:18.480
all eaten? That's actually going to be Sid's

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:22.039
Squids. So you'll be able to go there if you

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.699
want to get some food. What's funny is as you're

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:26.760
moving through the market, you see that more

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.179
and more of these stalls are actually either

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:31.159
closed down or the people that are running them

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:34.860
are hands that you saw building tents or children

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:38.400
or elderly folk. A lot of the actual main market

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:42.440
folk. aren't at their positions and so you move

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.480
to the spicy brothers tent very large open tent

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:49.820
um once there was a neon lit like pepper sign

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:53.159
uh currently dark uh the single sort of sort

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:55.920
of dark uh sign and then just this bastion of

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:59.460
brilliant lit uh lit signs and mascots and uh

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:03.059
you know images of all sorts and you move towards

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:06.639
this one position What do you want to do? Do

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.199
you want to just walk right in or knock? You

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:13.519
can't really knock on a tent. Could we swish

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.139
the doorway? You can swish the doorway. I don't

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:19.139
know what that means. Hey, anybody in there?

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:24.619
Come in, please. And you move in? Yeah. It's

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:27.760
6 .15. We're expected, right? Yeah. Yes. Yes,

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:32.530
6 .15. Let me open my book. As you... move the

00:36:32.530 --> 00:36:34.269
flap and step into the tent. You are immediately

00:36:34.269 --> 00:36:37.150
hit by a bright radiance you weren't expecting

00:36:37.150 --> 00:36:39.989
as basically the whole tent all around is just

00:36:39.989 --> 00:36:42.050
like, there's just these hanging Laopop flowers

00:36:42.050 --> 00:36:45.289
everywhere, all glowing with their nightly glow.

00:36:46.530 --> 00:36:50.329
And you see the tent is filled with people. And

00:36:50.329 --> 00:36:52.530
you notice, you recognize a lot of them. They're

00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:55.710
all the owners of the various stalls and businesses

00:36:55.710 --> 00:36:58.329
that you have met with and experienced in your

00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:00.610
night here at the market in the following day.

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.400
At the head of them, you see Madame Culp. You

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:07.639
also see that half -orc with glasses that told

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:12.219
you he owned Jolion's tales and texts. You see

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:14.559
Fi from Fi's Flora, kind of neatly trimming up

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.280
one of the flowers. She smiles and waves when

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:20.159
you step in. You see, actually, Lamai Tienmo

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:25.019
is there right now. Sid Squid. There is a...

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:28.539
You see this husky, burly, dragon -born woman.

00:37:30.010 --> 00:37:32.610
that you remember as the owner of Suwan's Traditional

00:37:32.610 --> 00:37:36.030
Weaponry, where you bought a buckler shield for

00:37:36.030 --> 00:37:39.150
Miskin. Yes. Yeah, and there's a number of people

00:37:39.150 --> 00:37:40.909
you don't even recognize as well, just a ton

00:37:40.909 --> 00:37:45.329
of various market owners, all here, all supposedly

00:37:45.329 --> 00:37:48.909
for you. Do you say anything, or do you just

00:37:48.909 --> 00:37:53.449
kind of wait? Jules doesn't say anything. I think

00:37:53.449 --> 00:37:55.849
he's a little overwhelmed at what's happening.

00:37:58.050 --> 00:38:01.320
Zebulon wants to, like, really nonchalantly grab

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.539
some of the wild pop flowers off the that are

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:07.380
hanging because he gave some to the little kid

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:10.320
they nod and like gesture like please they're

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:14.440
yours yeah so he just like grabs uh i don't want

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.579
to say a serving of them whatever one serving

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:20.739
yeah i'll have one i just scarfing them down

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:22.719
like fucking i don't know what the caloric value

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:27.639
of a serving of wild pop flowers is So I was

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:30.340
just scarfing down some flowers. Madeline Culp

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:35.260
says, I know we talked about offering sponsorship

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:38.119
to you in the morning, and we do intend to do

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.360
this. We also wanted to speak with you. You had

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:43.800
a friend of yours you wish to try to insert in

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:46.639
our marketplace, and we are open to a suggestion

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:51.539
you might have. But for this evening, we feel

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:55.820
there is more reward due to you than... A simple

00:38:55.820 --> 00:39:01.099
sponsorship. Wow. What? I lost... And she kind

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.619
of gets a little teary -eyed behind her glasses

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.679
as they start fogging up a little bit, and she

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:08.079
pulls them off and wipes. I lost four of my babies

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:11.800
in the fire. I'm so sorry. Most of my stock.

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:16.860
And you, you found the Cretans responsible. And

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:19.219
while the fey creatures may have made their way

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:22.820
back into the wilds, Kasim, he will see justice.

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:28.760
I wish we could have saved more. I'm really sorry.

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:34.760
Vi's passing was hard. We will feel it always,

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:37.500
and we have sent word out we're trying to find

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:42.980
his... Betrothed? Yes, sorry, I lose track of

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:46.219
words because I'm so old. There's so much trauma

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:48.860
and stress right now. Yes, it's the trauma and

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:53.880
the stress. That's what it is. So she actually

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:56.059
comes forward, and she actually turns towards

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:59.739
you, Jules, and she pulls out a present, like

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:02.980
a wrapped present, and hands it out to you. What's

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:08.179
this? You'll see. Open it. I thought you might

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:16.119
like it. Excellent foley work. Who's got the

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:21.110
trash bag? Who's got the trash bag? Christmas

00:40:21.110 --> 00:40:25.550
was not long ago. This is very fresh. All right,

00:40:25.550 --> 00:40:28.570
I open it. You open the present, and you see

00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:32.170
you are looking at a cloak, very much colored

00:40:32.170 --> 00:40:33.969
like your own that you have now, but this one

00:40:33.969 --> 00:40:37.670
is made of this fine, fine silk with this interesting

00:40:37.670 --> 00:40:39.530
sort of embroidery, this pattern running down

00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:42.710
it, and it looks almost like an incantation running

00:40:42.710 --> 00:40:47.869
across the bottom hem of the cloak. Wow. It's

00:40:47.869 --> 00:40:49.769
something I've been hanging on to for some time.

00:40:49.889 --> 00:40:52.630
I had it colored today to match the cloak you

00:40:52.630 --> 00:40:55.170
had some interest in when you first visited my

00:40:55.170 --> 00:40:58.210
shop. I can't take something this beautiful.

00:40:58.469 --> 00:41:01.869
Please. The fact that it survived the fire, it

00:41:01.869 --> 00:41:04.750
is a sign, I think, that this belongs with you.

00:41:05.469 --> 00:41:09.429
It's magical as well. What? I call it a cloak

00:41:09.429 --> 00:41:13.789
of billowing protection. Basically, sorry, it

00:41:13.789 --> 00:41:16.050
doesn't work quite as I'd intended it to work,

00:41:16.170 --> 00:41:18.889
so there's a bit of a strange drawback to it

00:41:18.889 --> 00:41:22.389
as a cloak of protection. But basically, you

00:41:22.389 --> 00:41:26.530
may command the cloak to billow heroically behind

00:41:26.530 --> 00:41:29.010
you. What do you do? It activates the magic,

00:41:29.070 --> 00:41:32.190
which should allow the garment to protect you

00:41:32.190 --> 00:41:36.769
from some assault, some damage. What? Yes, it's...

00:41:36.769 --> 00:41:40.440
What numbers are we talking about here? Let's

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:42.460
get into the mechanic. So I'll tell you right

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:45.300
now, basically what this is, as a bonus action,

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:48.059
you can command the cloak to billow while it

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:49.940
is billowing. And this also means if you're in

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:51.579
windy weather and it's billowing then too, that

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:53.599
works as well. If this cloak is billowing at

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:56.280
any time, you gain a plus one to AC and saving

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:59.019
throws. Oh, wow. Nice. So it's basically a cloak

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.320
of protection, but I want to make it funnier.

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:03.099
So he also slapped the cloak of billowing onto

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:08.940
that too. So that was fun. Billow is just a funny

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:14.019
word. It's fun. Yeah, it is. This is too kind.

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:17.940
Thank you. Thank you. She nods very, very happily

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:20.340
and starts to step back. And as she does, you

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:23.460
see Fi from Fi's floor steps forward. And she's

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:26.659
dragging this sort of tall, lanky man with this

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:29.960
kind of long face with her. And he's got like

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.940
a number. He's got all sorts of necklaces hanging

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.500
around his neck. It almost looks ridiculous.

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:36.320
His whole shirt is covered from different sized

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:39.880
amulets. I think you saw the shop. You probably

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:42.019
saw this guy before. He's the owner of Va's Lucky

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:44.539
Amulets. I think I mentioned the shop once before.

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:46.099
You probably passed by. I don't think you stopped

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:48.679
to say hi or anything. I think everything was

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:51.440
too expensive. But Fi just pushes him towards

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.860
it. It's like, all right, little sap. And she,

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:55.980
like, winks and pushes him. This one's for you.

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:59.019
And he shoves the guy forward. He's like, yes,

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:03.840
we never did a thing. But Fi here has purchased

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:08.050
one of my, well. Most valuable amulets. Wow.

00:43:09.190 --> 00:43:12.769
It's really nice to meet you. And really, the

00:43:12.769 --> 00:43:20.650
little stuff, it doesn't get old. I didn't actually

00:43:20.650 --> 00:43:23.230
say anything about that. I wasn't. That was,

00:43:23.349 --> 00:43:27.829
okay. Well, this is awkward. Here. He was just

00:43:27.829 --> 00:43:31.530
down in hands near this amulet. It's this pendant.

00:43:31.670 --> 00:43:33.250
It's sort of this bright orange. I think it's

00:43:33.250 --> 00:43:35.849
actually shaped. In this kind of spirally pattern.

00:43:37.489 --> 00:43:41.469
And he reaches out and hands it to you. Please,

00:43:41.630 --> 00:43:45.030
put it on. Yeah, Zebulon reverently, with both

00:43:45.030 --> 00:43:51.130
hands, holds his hands out and receives it. Wow.

00:43:52.190 --> 00:43:57.630
This is... Thank you. What is it? It is one of

00:43:57.630 --> 00:44:00.849
the only magical items I have in my wares. One

00:44:00.849 --> 00:44:04.110
of the only ones? I call it an amulet of minor

00:44:04.110 --> 00:44:09.389
confidence. Oh. Essentially, it is still a bit

00:44:09.389 --> 00:44:11.969
of confidence, and it's where I make them seem

00:44:11.969 --> 00:44:15.369
a little cooler, more down to earth in any sort

00:44:15.369 --> 00:44:17.730
of social situation, or even perhaps on the battlefield.

00:44:18.030 --> 00:44:20.670
I thought it might be helpful. Well, I mean,

00:44:20.710 --> 00:44:26.630
confidence I'm okay with, but socially, I guess

00:44:26.630 --> 00:44:30.760
I could probably use a little bit of help. Well,

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:34.340
you'll find, Zebulon, as you put this amulet

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:39.300
on a mechanic's sock, basically if your charisma

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:43.079
score is higher than 12, you'll do nothing. But

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:47.719
if it's lower than 12, it becomes 12. Oh! 12?

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:53.159
Holy shit! Dude, that is a huge bump. From 9

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:56.400
to 12? That's pretty good. No fucking way. And

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:58.300
I just took swashbuckler, you know that, right?

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:01.630
Oh, you did, did you? Does that? I had no idea.

00:45:02.409 --> 00:45:06.630
Fuck you. What a twist on things. It's almost

00:45:06.630 --> 00:45:15.750
like you planned it. Wow. Oh, my God. Well, thank

00:45:15.750 --> 00:45:21.070
you. Sure, but thank you, David. That's game

00:45:21.070 --> 00:45:22.909
-changing right there. Yeah, it is. He actually

00:45:22.909 --> 00:45:30.179
gestures to Fi from Fi's Flora. It was her purchase.

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:34.460
I'm just here to deliver it. But still, thank

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:39.820
you. And he steps back. Zebulon walks over to

00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:45.000
Fi and puts the amulet on. I think as he does,

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:46.539
he puts it on. Jules, you're watching from behind.

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:48.940
I think you just see him almost stand a little

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:51.400
straighter. He has a little more presence to

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:53.659
his character. You're not sure how to note it.

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:57.300
He looks taller somehow wearing this thing. There's

00:45:57.300 --> 00:46:01.460
just more. Zebulon there. Zeb, I think that suits

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:04.559
you real well. Looks good on you. The confidence

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:08.340
is really getting to him. David, what have you

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:11.559
done? I think he's going to pull a pretty bold

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:16.719
move, and he's going to go up to Fi and kiss

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:24.090
her hand. I mean, it's both, like, it's both,

00:46:24.150 --> 00:46:26.829
like, a brave, like, bold sort of thing, but

00:46:26.829 --> 00:46:29.190
it's also, like, very, like, humbling, you know

00:46:29.190 --> 00:46:34.409
what I mean? To show thanks. I love it. Yeah,

00:46:34.550 --> 00:46:36.650
she just kind of takes that in and just kind

00:46:36.650 --> 00:46:39.269
of smiles widely and just, it looks good on you.

00:46:39.730 --> 00:46:43.769
And winks again and says, big zap. Gee, thanks.

00:46:44.650 --> 00:46:48.969
Thanks, Fi. I'm really glad we could come together

00:46:48.969 --> 00:46:52.139
like this and put our differences. Our height

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:57.579
differences aside. So it carries on like this

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:59.559
for a while, each of these owners stepping forward

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:02.579
to give you something. You have the owner of

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:05.719
Vada's Otherworldly Goods. Basically, a confectionery

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:09.139
shop brings you this bag full of their trademark

00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:11.679
vanilla buns. It's supposed to be incredible.

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.280
Yum. Oh, my God. We got more food. We got more

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:19.380
food for Mulligan. Yeah. We got more food for

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:22.900
Mulligan. Sid Squid steps forward and he gives

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:25.739
you this case of shrimp cakes, much like the

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:27.559
ones you had before, but, you know, not gigantic.

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:32.139
These are perishable. Yeah, those are snacks

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:34.940
for us on the ride back. Oh, he also gives you

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:39.619
a walk. A W -O -K walk? Yes, a small walk. Really?

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:43.539
Nice. Basically, it's a secondary gift. Basically,

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:46.659
he says, like, just like, just so you know, some

00:47:46.659 --> 00:47:48.099
of the best cooks I've had the pleasure of working

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:50.349
with. Nice work yesterday. And he hands you the...

00:47:50.349 --> 00:47:53.070
Oh, man, that's so great. I've been looking at

00:47:53.070 --> 00:47:56.630
the J. Kenzie Lopez alt walkbook. I don't know

00:47:56.630 --> 00:47:58.550
if you guys know it. It's really expensive, like

00:47:58.550 --> 00:48:06.690
60 bucks, but... Speaking of books, Jolly on

00:48:06.690 --> 00:48:09.090
the Half -Orc, who owns the Tales and Texts,

00:48:09.090 --> 00:48:13.449
he steps forward and he looks at you. Now I remember

00:48:13.449 --> 00:48:17.170
you had some interest in a certain text on Sonsonko's

00:48:17.170 --> 00:48:21.760
lore. This may help to assist you in whatever

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:23.780
studies you intend to make. And he gives you

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:27.159
a book called When Mountains Rise. It looks to

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:29.420
be a book detailing Sipsunko's known history.

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:33.860
You know that fibrosis will lose his shit. Yep.

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:37.579
Wow. Thank you so much. This is going to get

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:42.280
put to real good use. He just nods and steps

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:48.300
back. You have Lamai Tienmo comes forward. And

00:48:48.300 --> 00:48:51.880
she offers you basically not any actual physical

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:55.099
gift, but she simply says, If you ever desire

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:59.320
my noodles again, you may have as many as you

00:48:59.320 --> 00:49:03.059
want for life anytime. Please come back, have

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:04.800
as much as you want, bring whoever you want.

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:08.820
You saved my stall. You saved my family, our

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:12.460
livelihood. I can't thank you enough for what

00:49:12.460 --> 00:49:16.800
you've done. Noodles for life? For life, I promise.

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:21.539
That's too much. I couldn't possibly. Well, you

00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:24.219
don't have to eat a lifetime supply all at once.

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:28.900
I mean, if the option is there, how can you say

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:33.099
no? Yeah, you're right. Yeah. You make a lot

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:35.739
of sense. We lack self -control on this team.

00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:44.429
And the last of the... market owners that steps

00:49:44.429 --> 00:49:47.789
forward is Suwan from Suwan's Weaponry, who kind

00:49:47.789 --> 00:49:52.269
of takes in what you got, nods at your loadout,

00:49:52.349 --> 00:49:56.590
Zebulon, nods at yours, Jules, and looks at Chester

00:49:56.590 --> 00:49:59.690
and kind of just shakes her head, steps back

00:49:59.690 --> 00:50:01.630
into the back of the room, rifles through a few

00:50:01.630 --> 00:50:04.349
things, and comes forward with this fine -looking

00:50:04.349 --> 00:50:07.969
bamboo shortbow and a full quiver of arrows.

00:50:08.309 --> 00:50:14.329
Oh my god. Holy smokes. I love it. So, I noticed

00:50:14.329 --> 00:50:18.449
you're not packing as much as you could be. Uh,

00:50:18.630 --> 00:50:21.769
wow, uh, thanks. I mean, I didn't really think

00:50:21.769 --> 00:50:24.050
I'd be one of the guys, but it's okay, Jules.

00:50:24.369 --> 00:50:27.650
Of course you're one of the guys. Oh, yeah, uh,

00:50:27.769 --> 00:50:30.710
thank you. And he takes it and he's immediately

00:50:30.710 --> 00:50:33.969
kind of playing with the string. Huh, you know,

00:50:34.010 --> 00:50:37.389
I like the feel of this. Well deserved, Chester.

00:50:37.869 --> 00:50:41.489
You earned that, buddy. With that, I think. The

00:50:41.489 --> 00:50:43.929
night falls into general festivities. I think

00:50:43.929 --> 00:50:46.449
they basically tell you, have your run of the

00:50:46.449 --> 00:50:49.650
market, eat whatever you want, wherever you want.

00:50:50.849 --> 00:50:56.050
Oh, man. That's so dangerous for Zebulon because

00:50:56.050 --> 00:50:59.190
I can see him running through the market with

00:50:59.190 --> 00:51:02.989
a meat stick in one hand and a candy apple in

00:51:02.989 --> 00:51:07.210
the other, just running up and down the muddy

00:51:07.210 --> 00:51:11.320
stalls probably until he gets sick. Physically

00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:15.280
ill. And that's what we see now. We kind of fade

00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:17.840
from the scene to a Zebulon just running around,

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:21.920
food in hand, just a wild animal. No matter how

00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:24.440
much is in his tummy, he's running. He's running

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:26.239
all night long. And as he steps between two stalls

00:51:26.239 --> 00:51:29.679
and begins to vomit violently, the camera pulls

00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:33.900
back and up and up and up into the skies of Sipsunko.

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:40.349
And night becomes day. Day arrives. over the

00:51:40.349 --> 00:51:44.250
market, over the jungles of Sumco. And I imagine

00:51:44.250 --> 00:51:48.230
we zoom down to a scene of you saying your goodbyes,

00:51:48.230 --> 00:51:49.750
everything all packed up. You probably got loads

00:51:49.750 --> 00:51:55.110
of food with you, all your new gifts. And is

00:51:55.110 --> 00:51:57.309
there anything you want to do before leaving

00:51:57.309 --> 00:52:00.070
the market? I will say, Madam Colt did tell you

00:52:00.070 --> 00:52:02.510
that they will leave the Spicy Brothers tent

00:52:02.510 --> 00:52:04.210
open for a time. You seem like you're interested

00:52:04.210 --> 00:52:07.360
in... Unless you want to pursue one of them as

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:08.840
a sponsor, you submit you had an interest in

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:10.760
creating a sponsor for yourself, essentially.

00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:13.719
And they are down with whatever you want. You

00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:18.619
performed such a powerful act in the eyes of

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:21.199
the people of the market by helping their family

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:23.960
come back together after nearly being broken.

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:27.880
Out of character, am I the only one that has

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:32.719
thought of Madame Culp? Yeah, I'm leaning in

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:38.440
pretty hard to Peppers Peppers. So, Jeremy, get

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:43.019
this. Would Pepper know how to sponsor us? So

00:52:43.019 --> 00:52:47.659
my, I guess, I'm going to expose my idea, and

00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:49.019
we're going to really get into this. Okay, yeah,

00:52:49.059 --> 00:52:51.380
get into it. Get into it. It's interesting. My

00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:56.739
idea is that Pepper just runs Pepper's Peppers

00:52:56.739 --> 00:53:01.219
for us, and we take over the stall and sponsor

00:53:01.219 --> 00:53:05.719
ourselves. Can that be a thing? I mean, you literally

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:12.460
convinced Pepper to lose a game just to spite

00:53:12.460 --> 00:53:17.119
his allies. Well, no, he won it for us. I mean,

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:19.579
he was on the losing team is what happened there.

00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:21.719
And now he's like off world. I mean, you basically

00:53:21.719 --> 00:53:23.719
think you can convince this rabbit of anything.

00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:27.639
Well, but I don't really see it as like... Convincing.

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:30.539
Yeah, I think this is a good opportunity for

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:33.650
Pepper. No, it definitely is. I think this is

00:53:33.650 --> 00:53:38.329
us taking care of Pepper. This is us fulfilling

00:53:38.329 --> 00:53:42.110
the quote -unquote promise that we made without

00:53:42.110 --> 00:53:44.570
making Pepper another fucking cherry delight.

00:53:44.849 --> 00:53:48.210
Do you include Jean Franklin in on this little

00:53:48.210 --> 00:53:53.829
scheme of yours? He does know Pepper. I think

00:53:53.829 --> 00:53:55.969
maybe he would overhear us talking about it,

00:53:56.030 --> 00:53:59.269
but... I'm not really sure if it's even something

00:53:59.269 --> 00:54:03.440
that, up until now, maybe now that we... in person

00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:05.599
are talking about it. Maybe now it's something

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:07.420
that our characters can talk about, but I don't

00:54:07.420 --> 00:54:09.619
know if it's really been, I don't know if it's

00:54:09.619 --> 00:54:12.199
been said up until now. Okay. Might have been

00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:13.599
a lot of discussing over the night. And I will

00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:15.719
say, maybe John Franklin overheard at one point

00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:19.619
and like moves in closer to you guys. You intend

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:23.579
to make the rabbit a market stall owner? Why?

00:54:24.699 --> 00:54:27.739
I think it's a pretty great idea. He sort of

00:54:27.739 --> 00:54:32.500
cocks his head and thinks, well. He was a farmer

00:54:32.500 --> 00:54:36.079
in God's breath. And what if he told me he would

00:54:36.079 --> 00:54:38.579
have to run a small plantation of peppers if

00:54:38.579 --> 00:54:42.019
he wants to pull this off? It might be the best

00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:47.380
for the job. Clever, Zebulon. Very clever. Thanks.

00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:50.199
I guess I didn't really know he was a farmer,

00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:53.400
but I just... Oh. Well, it's not so clever then.

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:56.619
You just shot in the dark. Happy happenstance.

00:54:56.820 --> 00:54:59.690
Yeah, I figured sales, I mean... I'd imagine

00:54:59.690 --> 00:55:01.989
he could be a very charismatic guy, you know,

00:55:01.989 --> 00:55:05.969
with a big personality and all. Eh, I don't know

00:55:05.969 --> 00:55:10.309
about that. He was exiled from his farm on God's

00:55:10.309 --> 00:55:14.610
breath for his, well, certain anger issues, but...

00:55:14.610 --> 00:55:18.090
That's a little troublesome, but I guess that's

00:55:18.090 --> 00:55:25.110
what HR is for. Be the markets problem now. Great,

00:55:25.369 --> 00:55:26.809
so is that... Do you want to double down on this

00:55:26.809 --> 00:55:29.869
plan and, like, leave your... Sponsorship open

00:55:29.869 --> 00:55:32.929
-ended for right now. You can come back and touch

00:55:32.929 --> 00:55:34.369
on this again. I mean, that's kind of what I

00:55:34.369 --> 00:55:36.989
had on my mind, but I'm kind of just spraying

00:55:36.989 --> 00:55:39.989
it on you, Jeremy, so. A little bit, but I like

00:55:39.989 --> 00:55:43.690
it. Okay. It's creative, I think. I think so.

00:55:44.789 --> 00:55:48.510
Has that been done before? I'm sure everything's

00:55:48.510 --> 00:55:51.849
been done. Yeah. But I don't know. I don't know.

00:55:51.849 --> 00:55:54.349
I mean, the horror NPC that I made. I like it.

00:55:54.489 --> 00:55:57.570
I think the ultimate decision is up to David.

00:55:58.380 --> 00:56:02.599
No, I'm interested in pursuing this. Okay. Let's

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:05.000
bring a little bit of capitalism into Dungeons

00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:07.699
& Dragons. It's not that much. It's just a touch.

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:10.559
Just a little capitalism. Just a touch of capitalism.

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:14.659
Your creativity could be rewarded by just generally

00:56:14.659 --> 00:56:17.460
more gains. Because what's going to happen is

00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:19.969
when you become luminaries and you're... You

00:56:19.969 --> 00:56:21.949
know, peppers are selling like hot because you're

00:56:21.949 --> 00:56:24.309
branding them. You're going around and you're

00:56:24.309 --> 00:56:27.170
talking about how great peppers peppers are.

00:56:27.269 --> 00:56:28.969
Like, oh yeah, only a real luminary can handle

00:56:28.969 --> 00:56:31.630
the heat of peppers peppers. Do what you want

00:56:31.630 --> 00:56:32.989
to do. It sells itself. Make a fucking song.

00:56:33.309 --> 00:56:35.690
Peppers peppers sells itself. The money you guys

00:56:35.690 --> 00:56:37.590
make in the market from just like bringing in

00:56:37.590 --> 00:56:40.369
crowds is going right back to you. And you might

00:56:40.369 --> 00:56:42.150
make a little more money than you would with

00:56:42.150 --> 00:56:46.369
a traditional sponsor. And free peppers. I guess.

00:56:46.369 --> 00:56:50.500
For life. Sure. Okay. Put that shit on everything.

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:53.219
The possibilities are endless. They're not endless.

00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:59.820
Poison arrows. What? Like aerosol pepper spray?

00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:03.920
I don't know. What? I'm trying to think of how

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:10.420
to use peppers as a weapon. Well, stop it. Didn't

00:57:10.420 --> 00:57:11.980
you just do that in the last combat? We need

00:57:11.980 --> 00:57:17.590
an artificer to make pepper spray. Yeah, with

00:57:17.590 --> 00:57:19.110
that in mind, and you have that sort of open

00:57:19.110 --> 00:57:20.590
-ended agreement with the market, they're going

00:57:20.590 --> 00:57:22.690
to leave the stall open for you. And that is

00:57:22.690 --> 00:57:27.210
that. You begin to leave the Densing Night Market.

00:57:28.070 --> 00:57:30.449
As they all kind of gather around and wave goodbye,

00:57:30.710 --> 00:57:33.690
you move up the hill, back to the road, heading

00:57:33.690 --> 00:57:36.110
towards the gem. You know you can catch the noon

00:57:36.110 --> 00:57:38.030
gem once again today. It's showing up at noon.

00:57:38.329 --> 00:57:41.090
And you can basically be probably leaving around

00:57:41.090 --> 00:57:43.730
9 .30, 10 o 'clock. It's a two -and -a -half

00:57:43.730 --> 00:57:47.500
-mile walk there. Do we encounter Emondrath along

00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:51.880
the way? I wish. Maybe next arc. He's got poachers

00:57:51.880 --> 00:57:56.400
to deal with. And so you begin to move through

00:57:56.400 --> 00:58:01.679
the jungles of Sipsunko. Oh, wow. Begin to groove

00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:04.670
through the jungles of Sipsunko, more like. You

00:58:04.670 --> 00:58:07.710
are moving down the path. You are alone at this

00:58:07.710 --> 00:58:11.909
point, traveling once again towards the plaza

00:58:11.909 --> 00:58:14.989
of the traveler, the ruby that should be arriving

00:58:14.989 --> 00:58:20.530
there shortly to take you home? Don't like that.

00:58:20.849 --> 00:58:23.690
I don't know if this is your home necessarily.

00:58:23.829 --> 00:58:26.730
Not for jewels necessarily. Home is where my

00:58:26.730 --> 00:58:30.190
friends are. Then home you go. You're moving

00:58:30.190 --> 00:58:33.130
down the path. Now as you're going, I think...

00:58:33.879 --> 00:58:36.059
You've noticed, Jules, that Chester's kind of

00:58:36.059 --> 00:58:37.360
seemed like he's wanted to talk to you about

00:58:37.360 --> 00:58:39.739
something. I think as you kind of are moving

00:58:39.739 --> 00:58:41.420
now away from all the people in the market, he

00:58:41.420 --> 00:58:44.039
finally kind of nudges or pulls on you. Probably

00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:45.860
gets you kind of to step back a little bit from

00:58:45.860 --> 00:58:48.199
Zebulon and Jean Franklin to sort of have a little

00:58:48.199 --> 00:58:51.380
conversation with you. What's up, Chester? Yeah,

00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:54.440
so, uh, Jules, I want to talk, if that's all

00:58:54.440 --> 00:58:57.579
right. Yeah, of course, anytime. What's about

00:58:57.579 --> 00:59:06.059
the Goyle? Not ready for the hard oil, huh? Sorry,

00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:09.900
the what? The hard oil. Hard oil. We got a gargoyle.

00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:13.119
Well. Let's talk about this gargoyle. Hang on,

00:59:13.139 --> 00:59:17.119
I can't hear you over the boids. Damn boids.

00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:25.320
What? I want the goyle. Well, which girl? He

00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:28.420
gives you this, like, pointed look, like, Jules,

00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:31.000
come on. Now, we've been together for a while,

00:59:31.079 --> 00:59:33.539
right? I've never seen you like that on Tythos.

00:59:34.019 --> 00:59:38.000
Jules, you made a song. What's going on? What's

00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.539
going on with you and Jeans? Hey, this ain't

00:59:40.539 --> 00:59:42.920
about Jeans. We're friends. Jules, we're friends.

00:59:43.199 --> 00:59:45.139
But Dance, you don't even know her. Dance is

00:59:45.139 --> 00:59:47.719
not Dance and I are friends. No, you ain't. You

00:59:47.719 --> 00:59:50.300
were enemies. And then suddenly you was all dancing

00:59:50.300 --> 00:59:52.400
and singing together. Maybe not that much, but

00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:55.159
you were singing. I saw it. She dragged you away.

00:59:55.340 --> 00:59:57.239
That was for distraction. That was just for distraction.

00:59:58.000 --> 01:00:01.260
Jules. I didn't mean it. Jules. Come on, man.

01:00:02.670 --> 01:00:05.869
You tell me everything. I can't like somebody?

01:00:06.469 --> 01:00:09.130
I mean, I just, I haven't seen it. On Tithos,

01:00:09.150 --> 01:00:12.489
you never really seem to, I don't know, get around?

01:00:14.809 --> 01:00:21.250
What do you, I guess, how do you know when someone's

01:00:21.250 --> 01:00:24.070
right? He actually is sort of like looking awkward

01:00:24.070 --> 01:00:27.349
in his own way. Playing with his fingers and

01:00:27.349 --> 01:00:31.099
looking down. You just know it, Justin. If you

01:00:31.099 --> 01:00:35.280
know, and I kind of, I'm looking into his eyes

01:00:35.280 --> 01:00:38.280
and looking, really looking into his soul to

01:00:38.280 --> 01:00:40.559
make sure he understands that I'm really talking

01:00:40.559 --> 01:00:47.800
to him. Hell yeah. If you know, you know. You

01:00:47.800 --> 01:00:50.500
see he, you know, sort of sticks with your gaze

01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:52.260
for a moment and then finally his eyes flicker

01:00:52.260 --> 01:00:55.619
away. And you don't miss that his hand immediately

01:00:55.619 --> 01:01:00.769
moves to a pocket of his jacket, bulging. And

01:01:00.769 --> 01:01:02.909
you know it's bulging with many exotic silks

01:01:02.909 --> 01:01:05.250
that he's bringing back to Jeans. That's right.

01:01:06.389 --> 01:01:13.590
Little fucking thief. It's true. While this is

01:01:13.590 --> 01:01:17.030
happening, actually, Jean -Francois kind of notes

01:01:17.030 --> 01:01:20.210
they've fallen back and kind of turns towards

01:01:20.210 --> 01:01:24.909
you, Zebulon. Well, I'm a little peeved that

01:01:24.909 --> 01:01:28.130
you left me behind for the final battle and all,

01:01:28.230 --> 01:01:32.110
but... I'll say it was well done, Miss Weld,

01:01:32.110 --> 01:01:35.369
this little adventure of ours. Well, to be fair,

01:01:35.409 --> 01:01:38.789
I kind of assumed that you were awake, but I...

01:01:38.789 --> 01:01:44.210
You should make no assumptions. You're back.

01:01:44.369 --> 01:01:47.010
That was my first, no, my many -eth mistake.

01:01:48.730 --> 01:01:52.030
Did you just say many -eth? Many -eth. My many

01:01:52.030 --> 01:01:57.880
-eth mistake. That's a new Zebulonism. I didn't

01:01:57.880 --> 01:02:01.380
mean to leave you behind, John. It was for no

01:02:01.380 --> 01:02:05.619
other reason than my own stupidity. It's fine.

01:02:05.800 --> 01:02:09.260
It's all done and behind us. The thing is, I

01:02:09.260 --> 01:02:12.579
like you, Zebulon. I do. Well, you're a rough

01:02:12.579 --> 01:02:16.059
-edged blade, but with some work. Some shine.

01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:19.059
You could be something. I could see that potential

01:02:19.059 --> 01:02:22.699
in you. Well, I think I could get along with

01:02:22.699 --> 01:02:25.869
you, too, John. I think... I think we could make

01:02:25.869 --> 01:02:29.730
a good team. You know, I like you too. Yes, and

01:02:29.730 --> 01:02:32.230
the important thing is justice was done. That

01:02:32.230 --> 01:02:35.789
fool Kasim will spend an eternity in Atash's

01:02:35.789 --> 01:02:38.889
prison, the Sky Prison. Isn't that lovely? Justice.

01:02:39.909 --> 01:02:45.530
I think all I can do right now is trust the system,

01:02:45.670 --> 01:02:50.050
I guess. I'm a little concerned. Why? Forever?

01:02:51.529 --> 01:02:53.909
Forever seems... Well, it won't be forever. For

01:02:53.909 --> 01:02:57.050
his crimes, I imagine it will be, oh, a few life

01:02:57.050 --> 01:03:00.530
sentences. Nothing too terrible. Nothing he doesn't

01:03:00.530 --> 01:03:03.329
deserve. Zebulon, you understand you are to be

01:03:03.329 --> 01:03:07.150
a luminary. Law is everything to us. If I'm to

01:03:07.150 --> 01:03:08.730
be a sidekick, you need to understand that that's

01:03:08.730 --> 01:03:14.590
what we do. We preserve law. Like Atash. That

01:03:14.590 --> 01:03:16.469
is why he's the greatest of all the luminaries.

01:03:17.159 --> 01:03:19.539
I've told you before, I have a certain number

01:03:19.539 --> 01:03:22.500
of criminals I intend to seek out. I intend to

01:03:22.500 --> 01:03:25.940
make face their own judgment. And someday I will

01:03:25.940 --> 01:03:28.880
need your assistance in that matter. But it can

01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:32.579
wait. We need more popularity. We need more pull

01:03:32.579 --> 01:03:34.760
with the governments of the world if you want

01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:36.980
to make a move against that particular group.

01:03:38.019 --> 01:03:43.079
I... I think it's really hard to measure punishment.

01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:50.400
What is... right? But it's enough. Zebulon, Zebulon.

01:03:50.940 --> 01:03:53.719
Puts a hand on your shoulder. Don't strain yourself.

01:03:54.360 --> 01:03:57.739
It's not your problem. John, this doesn't feel

01:03:57.739 --> 01:04:02.019
right. He stares you kind of quizzically and

01:04:02.019 --> 01:04:05.880
he sort of goes quiet. Almost looks a little

01:04:05.880 --> 01:04:10.099
disappointed. He's expecting more from you. And

01:04:10.099 --> 01:04:13.480
I imagine Jules and Chester kind of move back

01:04:13.480 --> 01:04:15.780
and sort of rejoin the group. The competition

01:04:15.780 --> 01:04:20.820
sort of dies down for a short while. And before

01:04:20.820 --> 01:04:26.159
long, the trees before you part into this open

01:04:26.159 --> 01:04:32.119
sort of plain with this big sort of stone stage

01:04:32.119 --> 01:04:33.820
kind of set up in the middle of it, you know,

01:04:33.820 --> 01:04:38.099
stadium -sized. And just moments after you arrive...

01:04:41.579 --> 01:04:45.539
In the sky, the ruby appears above you. Massive.

01:04:46.019 --> 01:04:51.460
It moves down 500 feet. Just resting above the

01:04:51.460 --> 01:04:54.199
stage where the staircase leads up into the open

01:04:54.199 --> 01:04:58.880
maw of the gym. That take of you guys moving

01:04:58.880 --> 01:05:01.599
to the conquered jewel? Time to go home, baby.

01:05:01.960 --> 01:05:04.780
Yeah, we ain't going anywhere else. So we see

01:05:04.780 --> 01:05:08.880
our four heroes. Stronger. More equipped than

01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:12.280
ever. moving towards what's next. What waits

01:05:12.280 --> 01:05:14.079
for them at home as they step up the stairs,

01:05:14.360 --> 01:05:19.019
entering into the ruby, and leaving Subsunca.

01:05:24.039 --> 01:05:26.039
Hell yeah. And we'll call it there.