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Hey there, pants people. This is David here at

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Fancy Pants Studios, and things are heating up

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behind the scenes here. And in the show, we just

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finished our first major arc. We're moving into

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our second. A lot of wild shit's been happening,

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and man, oh man, we want to talk about it. So

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we're going to have another Fancy Pants unzipped

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episode coming up. We're recording it in a couple

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days, and we want questions. Please send us questions.

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Check our Instagram at Fancy Pants Pod, our Facebook

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can, and hey, rate and review the show while

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you're at it, while you're already on your...

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phones doing your question asking. Thank you

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so much. And I'm so excited to keep this journey

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going with y 'all. See you later. Luminaries

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-to -be, alongside their sidekicks, have returned

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successfully from their first adventure off of

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the Citadel. With the didn't -see -night market

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in the world of Zubsunko behind them, Zebulon

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and Jules now hold the promise of full sponsorship,

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as well as a number of goodies from the grateful

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folk of the market. Their first hurdle has been

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cleared on the road of fame and fortune, but

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what awaits them on their return to the Radiant

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Citadel? What are the friends they've earned

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and the bitter enemies they've challenged along

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the way? What are you goofballs doing? We're

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making Instagram content. We're wrestling. Of

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course, the listeners have no idea what that

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word is. All I saw was you guys holding your

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minis and fighting with your minis in front of

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the camera. Yeah. That's exactly what was happening.

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So we have a camera now, which is my personal

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nightmare. Boys will be boys. It's just my phone

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on a $20 Walmart tripod. Just hovering on me,

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watching me, always. We're all in it. Yeah. Be

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in it more, Steven. Take me out of it. Damn.

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Is he just mad? I'm completely in it, actually.

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Jeremy's really only. Hold on. Not one bit. Let's

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move around. Okay, there we go. Sure, now you're

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both half in it. Better. Perfect. Welcome back,

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everyone, to another exciting episode of the

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wildest character arc in television history.

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Hold on, let me put 60 seconds on the clock.

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We're not doing this for more than 60 seconds.

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That's fine. That's all I need. Because I forgot

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a few things. We're doing this again. I forgot

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a few things. Holy shit. Vital, vital details.

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Steven, get those fucking seconds on the clock.

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You tell me when to go. You go whenever you want.

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Three, two. One, go. So in his journey of whatever

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villainy to hero ship, Siler also became the

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president of the United States at one point.

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This is true. He found love, and then he killed

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love, like he does. He ran a Saw -style game

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for a bunch of the main cast. Here's a big one.

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He claimed to have kidnapped Hayden Panettiere's

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college girlfriend and then tricked her by teleporting

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himself across the school campus off screen,

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turning into a college girl, and tying himself

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up in her dorm room so that he could get some

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general life advice from her via trickery. Also,

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while his body had amnesia, his memories and

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personality possessed someone else's brain and

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tormented them all season until they suicided

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by a cop. What? Yeah, no, seriously. And then,

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after all that, he went into the pocket dimension

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for 100 years alone or some shit, and then he

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was kind of a good guy afterwards. And there

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we go. You still got 15 seconds. God, what else

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is I'll do? It's been like 20 years. I don't

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remember when this was an old show. Six. All

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right, that's fine. All right, cool. Good, I

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got nothing. You did it in less than 60 seconds,

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I guess. Good for you. At one point, Hiro Nakamura

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was a child in his brain. He was a child. There

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you go. That was the timer. It's a little fun

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fact, extra bit for you. Dude. Yes. You had notes

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for this prepped already. It's all, it's worth

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a remember. I saw you reading notes off your

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computer. I remember throughout the week, I was

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like, oh yeah, also this happened to Siler. And

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I had to jot that down. Like, oh, this happened.

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And I had to jot that down. It's wild. There's

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not been a character this fucking wild and terrible

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since, well, until Zebulon Black. It's crazy.

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Wow. Yeah. Harsh. We're going at it now. Start.

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Ouch. I thought we just finished the big combat.

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This guy's never done. Come on now. All right.

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So with that out of the way, gentlemen, what

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has been happening here behind the scenes at

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Fancy Pants Studios? Studios? We doing that?

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Are we? I don't know. Sounds cool. That's a thing.

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Behind the scenes at Fancy Pants. I'm down with

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it. Apartments. Fantasy Pants, Jeremy's place.

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Oh, yeah. We didn't record last week because

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it was my turn to get very, very sick and miss

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a week. But yeah, a lot happened. We hit 1 ,000

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downloads, which is amazing. It's super exciting.

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It's so fucking incredible. It's so wild. It's

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so wild. And kind of like a little side note,

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a little cool thing that's happening in our lives

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is Jeremy's coming to work with me and Steven

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at the brew pub we're at. So we're all fucking

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working together. Oh, yeah. It's wild. It's so

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cool. They have no idea what they just did. I

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want a high five, but I'm too far away. Yes.

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They came to me. They came to me. So everybody

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from work listening. You have no idea what you've

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done. We're now co -workers. I know we are a

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subsidiary of this local brew pub. It's going

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to be a blast. It's going to be a lot of fun.

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It's going to be a great time. Definitely looking

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forward to having you. Great time. Oh, man. But

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yeah, so that's anything else to catch up on?

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I don't have anything. Yeah. No updates on my

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end. I still have not brought... black garlic

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over. You have not. I still have a few of them,

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half a dozen, not half a dozen, maybe three or

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four little couple ounce jars in the refrigerator.

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So I have some. Oh, yeah. I just got to remember

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to bring it. Bring them next week because I'll

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grab the rolls. Oh, yeah. So I'm grabbing rolls,

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so we better have black garlic to go with those

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rolls. We're going to have to do some bakery

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rolls from town. Yep. All right. All right. I

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know where you're talking. You know where I'm

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talking. I know where you're talking. Oh, yeah.

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Right on Main Street. Mm -hmm. Oh, yeah. Yep.

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That's the one. Mm -hmm. I have no idea what

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you're talking about. Neither will the listeners.

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Oh, my gosh. I've had the best week, though,

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because I finally, and I'm late to the party,

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I've finally been at Elden Ring. Hey. It was

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so good. There are people out there who are excited

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for me. Someone's very excited for you. Someone's

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excited for me, damn it. I'm sorry. I was letting

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Danny out of the room right when you said that.

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But, David, I'm so fucking excited. Yes, see?

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I'm so excited. Someone's proud of me. Congratulations.

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Dad. I'm just saying you could have been hanging

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J Channel. God, don't even bring up the J Channel.

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It's been eight years. I will get around to it.

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I've done half of it. So. So, what do you guys

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say we get started on episode 20 here? 20. Yeah,

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that's wild. 20 episodes. I'm ready to play.

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One might say this should be a big one. Dani

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says it'll be a big one. Apparently. She literally

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just wanted to get out of the room, so I let

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her out. And then she comes and is like, no.

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Fuck it, we'll try leaving the door open. Are

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you guys ready? Ready? No. Well, shit. Too bad.

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Jeremy, go take a break. It's all right. I only

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need Zebulon for the start anyway. Oh. Because

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we're going to start off with a little flashback.

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We're going to know it's a flashback because

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we're going to have the sort of faded colors

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fading to white on the sides of the screen. Yeah,

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you know, it's really showcased. As a viewer,

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we're watching and we're like, all right, this

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is a flashback. I see that. We're flashing back.

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to the Densing Night Market, to the earlier on

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in that same day, sun's hanging in the sky, that

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hot, hot tropical heat is, boom, pouring down

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on you. And we see a scene of Zebulon standing

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out, as like a lot of the sort of market folk

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are seeing him off. And we see Madam Culp reaching

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out with a diamond and clicking it against the

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side of your own, held out, and she says, Transfer.

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And you hear like a little magical, See some

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fast footage almost running across the surface

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of one diamond into the other. There you are.

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It would have been a shame if you had forgotten

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to bring all the images of your games to the

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market with you on your way. I'm glad that I

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remembered at the last second to give these to

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you before you left the world. That would have

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been a shame if we had to. Thank you, Madam Culp.

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I'm so glad that you remembered before we left

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the world. That would have been a shame. It would

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have been real awkward. So relieved. Also, and

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she reaches down and sort of pulls this scroll

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out, here is the requested letter of intent signed

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by everyone here at the Marketplace, all the

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business owners, that should you come to work

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with us, you have full sponsorship from your

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choice of market vendor. Wow. It should help

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you get an agent on the Luminary at least. They'll

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understand that there is money behind you. You

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are backed. Well, that's, um, really very grateful,

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Madam Colt. So please, find this Haringan you

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seek and have him come back. And if, you know,

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he's the one you wish to choose as your sponsor,

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very well, but do come back. I think we'll certainly

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be back. Sipsunko's a really special place, and

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you were all so kind to us. I like to think that

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maybe right now we see, like, in the background,

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Chester and Jules are, like, having a little

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conversation. Probably, like, I don't know, shadowboxing.

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Chester's kind of shadowboxing at Jules, being

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silly. And he looks over and kind of waves, like,

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hey, Zeb, Zeb, come on. What are you doing? And

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he's kind of, like, trying to wave you over.

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I guess I better head out. Oh, wait. Before you

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go, it's one more matter. And you see she steps

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to the side. Standing behind her is a kobold

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child. And you see this child looking up at you

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with these starry eyes. It's Gammon Zangoon.

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That's it. Gammon. He has not been awake up until

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this point. You're not sure. He must have just

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this morning finally awoken. Wow. Hey, Gammon.

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Wow. Zebulon gets down on like... one knee, like,

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sort of like kid's stance. Hey, you look so great!

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Look here, you're up and around! He immediately

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charges in over to you and just, like, wraps

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his arms around you, pulls you into a, you know,

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kind of a feeble child hug. Oh, hey, bud. Hey,

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it's all right. Look at you, huh? And he's actually,

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like, a little bit crying. He kind of pulls back

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a little bit. It's like, you're gonna, you're

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gonna be a luminary, right? Well, yeah, of course.

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I mean, I guess we kind of already are, huh?

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Pretty cool, right? Yeah. Just nods vigorously.

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Yeah, you were so cool. I heard about what you

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did. You carried me through the fire, the burning

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tent, and... You saved my life. When you become

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a luminary, and when my family opens up our shop

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again, I'm going to save up, and I'm going to

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buy all of your figures, and I'm going to watch

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every special about you on the Crystal Network,

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and I'm going to cheer you on when I know you're

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on a mission. Wow. I mean, Gammon, I'm really

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just glad you're okay, and if even half of those

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things happen, it's going to be because someone

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like you is on my side. He is, Justin. beaming.

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Um, like just almost that's back. Like, like,

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Oh, it's just, it's just like bathing in your

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light. Um, you have just made your first fan.

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Wow. Weird. I am. I am dying of wholesomeness

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right now. And like, I think we're seeing the

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two of you by each other. He just steps away

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from me. You're kind of like, maybe you stand

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up again, stand, you know, as tall as you stand.

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And. I think superimposed over these two, we

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see two other draconic figures. Over Gammon,

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we see a younger Zebulon, staring up starry -eyed

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at his older brother, tall and strong and resplendent

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in his shield -bearer armor. We see Arhalon reaching

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down to lovingly rub the place between your horns,

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Zebulon. We see how he laughs deep, his eyes

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shining with pride, and... We see how your smile

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falters, Zebulon, just a little bit. It falters

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the light force pressing down on your head. It

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falters under the meaty half -dragon claw that

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is just slightly holding you down. Zebulon! Zebulon!

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Are you even listening to me? I'm sorry, man.

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I'm cold. Sorry, this is John Franklin. Oh, my

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God. I thought the same exact thing. Yes, as

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you snap out of this memory, sort of turn sour,

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maybe like a slight dream, you are sitting in

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the ruby bleachers of the jewel as it's just

00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:07.200
completed its transfer and is slowly lowering

00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.389
down to dock at the Radiant Citadel. You see

00:14:11.389 --> 00:14:13.110
John Franklin sitting next to you. He's glaring

00:14:13.110 --> 00:14:15.269
at you. Very clearly you were just spacing out.

00:14:16.809 --> 00:14:20.169
No, no, I'm sorry. Did you call me Madame Culp?

00:14:21.690 --> 00:14:24.090
Do you even know who you're talking to? I was

00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:27.070
daydreaming. I'm sorry. What the hell have you

00:14:27.070 --> 00:14:30.690
done, Zeb? Daydream. All right, all right, all

00:14:30.690 --> 00:14:33.970
right. As I was saying, all we need to do now

00:14:33.970 --> 00:14:36.470
is seek out a good agent and hand off our footage,

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right? This letter of intent from the market

00:14:38.769 --> 00:14:41.330
showcases that we'll have our pick of sponsor.

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Despite both of your notoriety, any agent would

00:14:46.509 --> 00:14:48.950
be a fool to take us up on this kind of potential

00:14:48.950 --> 00:14:52.230
financial backing, right? Gentlemen, we are set.

00:14:52.750 --> 00:14:55.909
We're in the clear, as it were. Just... So long

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as neither of you do anything stupid to ruin

00:14:58.169 --> 00:15:00.289
it. Right? Why do you think it's going to be

00:15:00.289 --> 00:15:01.929
us that's going to do something stupid? Yeah,

00:15:01.929 --> 00:15:04.029
that was a little harsh. I mean, yeah, I don't

00:15:04.029 --> 00:15:07.629
know you that well. His eyes slowly kind of move

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back to Zebulon. And he just kind of sighs. Look,

00:15:11.370 --> 00:15:13.750
look, look, look, look. I can even handle finding

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an agent, negotiating fees, all of that. You

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simply just need to lay low and wait. Right?

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You can handle that much at least. Right? Right?

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That sounds like we're just hand -waving a whole

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bunch of stuff. You can get involved. I'm kind

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of okay with it. You don't want to have two episodes

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of us interviewing agents? You can do whatever

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the hell you want. It's your story. All right,

00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:45.360
where's Rune? I'm just giving you this out. Oh,

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my God. Yeah, John, that sounds great. Why don't

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we leave you up to the... Uh, the admin side

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of things here. Very well. I suppose if we're

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to team up, I should go and join you wherever

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you're staying. Can I get your address? I could

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go by later on. I assume it must be a rather

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high -class venue, given your stations. Well,

00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:15.470
you might be surprised to know that we, uh, last

00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:19.129
time we were on the Radiant Citadel, we're staying

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at, um, the Ugly Coyote Inn. The ugly coyote?

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That's right. You got a problem with that? It's

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notoriously dirty. Why would you stay there?

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Well, because it was notoriously inexpensive.

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The pale moonlight is much better. Don't you

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dare mention the pale moonlight in. Don't even

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think of it, John. Oh, my God. Zebulon's nose

00:16:56.870 --> 00:16:59.950
starts to smoke. Well, I have a room at the Pale

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Moonlight. I'll be staying there. I will be gracing

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you, ugly coyote, with my own presence. So if

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you want to meet with me, you can meet me at

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my room. That would be room 11, Pale Moonlight.

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You got that? How much are the drinks at the

00:17:15.690 --> 00:17:18.329
Pale Moonlight? I'll buy you drinks you couldn't

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afford them. All right. Party at the Pale Moonlight,

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I guess. At this point, you see that everyone's

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sort of funneling out of the ruby back out onto

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the Citadel. You guys getting up and joining?

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Yeah. Joining the crowd. Yep. All right. And

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with that, our heroes move down through the ruby

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out the great sort of open doorway. and step

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back out onto the giant fossil streets of the

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Radiant Citadel. You've been away for three days,

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I believe, now? Seems like a lot longer than

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that. Yeah. It's been how many weeks? A lot.

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How many weeks in human time? Many. It's still

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early in the day. You're about, because the newbie

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comes down at noon, leaves, it's like 12 .05,

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12 .10. Maybe it takes a little time to really

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get off and on. We'll say 12 .20. How long are

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we talking to get off? Are we talking like...

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You got fucked over in, like, the last seat of

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a plane? Getting taken off? I am thinking this

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through, because it's like, yeah, you know, it

00:18:22.690 --> 00:18:24.089
could be very fast, it could be very slow. There's

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no customs. I mean, you go down, and, like, people,

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guards will be kind of watching you, you know,

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check and make sure you're not, like, doing it.

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But you're not, like, having to full -on take

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off all your gear to go through a security belt.

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I mean, it's pretty fast coming off a nod. Let's

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dig into the logistics of travel in the Radiant

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Citadel. Like, legit, though, it's funny, because...

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These would be very important details in the

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actual lore of a world where, like, there's a

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bunch of worlds connected via this one sort of

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gateway of travel. So it's almost like I should

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put more thought into it, but I don't want to.

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And I don't think it needs to be that much of

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a big deal. You have, like, writs of passage.

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You don't really need them to go back to the

00:19:00.930 --> 00:19:02.690
Citadel proper. The Citadel's open for anybody

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to go to. It's just heading to other worlds is

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going to be a little more of a, you know, difficult

00:19:07.849 --> 00:19:10.029
business if you don't have the proper writs or

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passport, which is something that you can get.

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I was going to say, at this point, isn't it kind

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of a given that we're going to get passports?

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Yes, as long as you become luminaries, boom,

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instant passport, free access to any world of

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your choice, along with other perks. So pretty

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good stuff. Well, let's go find us an agent.

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:30.359
Let's go. Here's the question. What do you guys

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want to do first? I'll list a couple of activities

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.880
you mentioned that you were interested in. You

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wanted to find Pepper. You know, the last team,

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he left Sipsunco yesterday. He took the 12 o

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'clock Ruby. So about exactly one day ago, boom,

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he was here in the Citadel. You wanted to probably

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check up on the Ugly Coyote, your folk there.

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Yeah, I got a lot of shit to unload. You do.

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Yeah, you're loaded with all sorts of stuff.

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You got a gift bag full of stuff. You still got

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a pangolin on your shoulder we all forgot about.

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I do. I didn't forget about him. I forgot about

00:20:02.029 --> 00:20:04.130
him. We got to get him out of here. Jamal was

00:20:04.130 --> 00:20:08.470
whispering in my ear the whole time. He was telling

00:20:08.470 --> 00:20:10.869
me what to do. Jamal was like, hey, Jules, don't

00:20:10.869 --> 00:20:14.470
you have dissident whispers? Yep. Yep. Jules,

00:20:14.569 --> 00:20:18.109
turn invisible and sneak up on the guy. So sorry,

00:20:18.170 --> 00:20:21.369
Jamal's mine now. It's not like a pangolin voice.

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Jules, turn invisible and sneak up on the guy.

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That's his voice. Sorry, listeners. Yeah, now

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.099
we definitely got to ditch Jamal. Get rid of

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Jamal. I'm going to keep it up. Oh, my God. All

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:37.099
right, so what do you want to do first? Well,

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:39.880
as far as Zebulon's concerned, you hit the nail

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:43.480
on the head where he wants to find Pepper, but

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I don't know what Jules is. Well, I think I know

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:48.400
what Jules is thinking, and I'm sure. Yeah, you

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.319
know what Jules is thinking. Yeah. I don't think.

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Sorry. I don't know if that's necessarily like,

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I mean, it's his top priority, but I'm not sure

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:04.140
if it's something that he's like, okay, I got

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.680
to get here right this second. I'm surprised

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:09.400
to hear that. Me too. Do you have something that

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:13.180
you want to do before? I don't, but I, but I

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:15.000
think at this point we've been through so much

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.220
that Jules has kind of started just going with

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:21.609
the flow a little more. Oh, wow. Well, I mean,

00:21:21.630 --> 00:21:24.970
he's now doing stuff where he's not just, like,

00:21:25.009 --> 00:21:29.170
in control of it all anymore. Yeah. I mean, when

00:21:29.170 --> 00:21:31.210
this all started, you weren't even interested

00:21:31.210 --> 00:21:33.930
at all in becoming a luminary adventurer. It

00:21:33.930 --> 00:21:35.710
kind of just became the path you had to go down.

00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:37.930
And you've fully embraced it at this point, it

00:21:37.930 --> 00:21:41.589
seems like. Yeah. I mean, so much has changed

00:21:41.589 --> 00:21:43.769
for these two characters during this first off

00:21:43.769 --> 00:21:46.809
-world journey to Sipsunko. It's amazing what

00:21:46.809 --> 00:21:49.329
you've already gone through. And as Storyteller

00:21:49.329 --> 00:21:52.799
Oren said, we are just... Getting started. So,

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:57.420
okay, Jules, the way I see it, the next big step

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to becoming luminaries is securing our sponsor.

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.839
Yeah, I think you're right. I think that's the

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:09.000
next step. If you were Pepper the Haringon, where

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:11.140
would you go once you got back to the Radiant

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:15.680
Citadel? I mean, he works for Rune. That was

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.519
what I was thinking. I'm like, fuck, he's going

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:20.019
to go straight back to Rune. I don't know if

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:23.319
we want to go tussle with that guy again. I don't

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:25.680
know anywhere else he would go. I'm not afraid

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.900
of that guy. I'm not either. It's possible Ada

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:30.240
knows something. I mean, he runs a tavern here.

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:33.359
Tavern keepers notoriously know things. Yeah.

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:36.200
He's trying to rope all this into one so he doesn't

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:39.519
have to do two separate storylines. I'm just

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.660
Chester. I don't know what you're talking about.

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.519
So, Jeremy. I'm just giving helpful Chester advice.

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:47.259
Do we want to go to Rune? If we're going to potentially

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:50.480
be going to Rune or getting into some shit like

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:53.839
that, I would prefer it if we stopped off and

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.440
at least unloaded my shit, said, hey, guys, we're

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:59.039
back. We got to go do this, but we're back. Okay.

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.599
All right. Yeah, you have the whole day. I don't

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.700
want to be caring. I don't want to be caring.

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.019
But then again, I don't know. Maybe like the

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.039
rolls could come in handy or something. Or the

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.079
vanilla buns could come in handy while we're

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:13.140
fighting rude. It's like, I throw vanilla buns

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:14.960
down as caltrops. Yeah, we could butter both

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:19.660
of them up. All right. Well, let's pick a direction.

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:22.200
Yeah, if we're going to do that, we need to unload

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.559
shit and just be like, okay. That's a great idea,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:31.250
Chester. Let's go touch base with the crew over

00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:33.630
at the Ugly Coyote, make sure the kids are okay,

00:23:33.809 --> 00:23:37.750
and then we can head off and do some adult business

00:23:37.750 --> 00:23:41.869
and go find Pepper. All right. Great. You guys

00:23:41.869 --> 00:23:46.410
move down the platform, up the staircase to the

00:23:46.410 --> 00:23:49.089
top of the citadel, the top of the snake's neck

00:23:49.089 --> 00:23:54.259
or serpentine fossil's neck. Then you move down,

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:57.519
down, down, past the shield bearer barracks,

00:23:57.539 --> 00:24:00.299
down into the trade discall, the long sort of

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:03.140
winding sort of main middle street that runs

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:05.099
down the course of the Citadel. And you go down,

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:07.160
down, down, all the way down towards like the

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.440
lower sort of tail of this fossil. Towards like

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.059
where the buildings get a little less nice. And

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:19.400
you see the run down in. With the sign of a coyote

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.980
with a mange and a nibbled off ear or some shit.

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:25.680
I don't remember. Ear patch. Oh, no. Ader has

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.519
the ear patch. Ader has the ear patch. That's

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:31.079
right. Oh, did you guys see the sign that Hungry

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.700
Familiar made for the ugly coyote? Oh, it's so

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:34.960
good. It's fantastic. I love it. I think it has

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:37.460
the scratched eye. It's so good. Scratched face.

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:40.420
Yeah. Yeah. So the three scratched eye. I love

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:42.440
that. You see that? The classic sign of the ugly

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:46.509
coyote, which is a thing now. I want to get that

00:24:46.509 --> 00:24:48.470
made into an actual sign to hang up in here.

00:24:48.589 --> 00:24:51.450
Wouldn't that be awesome? Oh, my gosh. I'm sure

00:24:51.450 --> 00:24:54.650
there's a woodworker locally that would do something

00:24:54.650 --> 00:24:55.869
like that for us. I bet we could figure something

00:24:55.869 --> 00:24:57.670
out. Well, they're from my house. That's so cool.

00:24:57.809 --> 00:25:00.490
Right? Yeah, I take it you're going to go inside?

00:25:01.650 --> 00:25:02.950
No, we're going to stay outside. Yeah, we're

00:25:02.950 --> 00:25:03.869
just going to chill out there. I'm going to smoke

00:25:03.869 --> 00:25:07.369
a cigarette, you know? Take my time. All right.

00:25:11.230 --> 00:25:14.430
Saloon doors, baby. You move into the Ugly Coyote.

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:26.480
Come on. Is this an accordion? Yeah, we're home.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:31.839
Dusty old tavern. You see that same random medium

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:35.480
-sized mangy coyote lying in front of the lit

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:39.579
fireplace. I think you can't really see the bar

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.960
when you first come in. There's kind of an L

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.460
-shaped in the building. The bar's tucked around

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.859
the corner, or maybe it's just barely visible.

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:47.740
But you walk in the door. No customers, because

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.779
it's the middle of the afternoon, and no one

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:52.279
is out drinking yet. Well, they're doing it wrong.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.819
It's actually very, very quiet in here, apart

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.700
from the random accordion that is playing in

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.940
our heads. Or is it a guy sitting in the corner

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:03.240
with, like, a nose patch? Yeah, there's a guy

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.539
with a nose patch that's playing the accordion.

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:09.779
Ader hires up music for noon. What a weekday,

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:14.940
I don't know. Excuse me! Anybody home? Anybody

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:18.500
here? You hear a clanging from behind the bar

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:21.000
as someone puts some stuff down. A few moments

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:24.160
later, you see the big, bearded, ear -patched,

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:28.980
dark -skinned, God's -breath -ian Ader pokes

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:32.519
his head around the corner. Oh! Hello there,

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:36.470
you're back! Hey, Eater. Yeah. What's up, guy?

00:26:36.730 --> 00:26:40.910
How you doing? How's it going? He kind of looks

00:26:40.910 --> 00:26:44.930
at you, Jules, sort of awkwardly. Jules, these

00:26:44.930 --> 00:26:49.220
kids are yours. They're a real handful. And you

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:53.680
just see, like... My heart just skipped a fucking

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.279
beat. You see, suddenly, responding to the sounds

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.880
of your voices. Holy shit. A number of figures

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:01.720
start thundering down the stairs. You see, like,

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:04.220
also from somewhere behind the bar, Mulligan

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:06.000
the Dwarf comes stepping out. He's, like, holding

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.980
it. He's got a little, like, hat on and apron.

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.980
It's stained with some, like, sauces. And he's

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.299
got, like, a bowl and a whisk in his hand. He's

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:14.019
like... Oh, oh, oh, they're back, they're back!

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.559
And, like, you see, like, round stuff is the

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:20.480
first one charging down the stairs. Jules, Jules,

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:23.480
and Uncle Zeb! And just, like, runs down, just

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.619
to give you both a hug, trying to reach out to

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.980
both of you at the same time, just to get really

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:29.680
close together to, like, get in with her. Hey,

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:34.299
stuff, hey! No, you see, like, behind you in

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.400
the shadows, suddenly, like, Miskin's just there.

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:40.200
Of course he is. Good, you're back. I was worried.

00:27:40.809 --> 00:27:43.250
And you know there's no need to be worried. It's

00:27:43.250 --> 00:27:47.490
all been quiet here. I've been watching. I knew

00:27:47.490 --> 00:27:51.890
I could count on you, buddy. I think Fibrosis

00:27:51.890 --> 00:27:53.490
is the next down the stairs. He peeks his head

00:27:53.490 --> 00:27:56.529
down. He's got, like, a couple of books in his

00:27:56.529 --> 00:27:58.910
hands. It looks like maybe Aether had some books

00:27:58.910 --> 00:28:01.549
kicking around, some old God's Breath lore and

00:28:01.549 --> 00:28:03.769
such. He's sort of almost fumbling down the stairs

00:28:03.769 --> 00:28:05.809
with them. And he gets down to you just like,

00:28:05.990 --> 00:28:10.930
oh, hey, Jules. Oh, wow. You're back. I didn't

00:28:10.930 --> 00:28:13.309
think you'd be back so soon. This is great. I

00:28:13.309 --> 00:28:16.210
mean, wow. I mean, it has been like 11 episodes,

00:28:16.289 --> 00:28:20.569
but I mean, time flies. Time flies. In reality,

00:28:20.569 --> 00:28:26.369
it's only been three days. Oh, gosh. Yeah, following

00:28:26.369 --> 00:28:27.930
that, trying to make sure I remember all of them.

00:28:27.970 --> 00:28:29.809
Paul kind of turns around the corner, starts

00:28:29.809 --> 00:28:33.170
moving down the stairs very slowly. Very serene,

00:28:33.170 --> 00:28:34.690
but he's still, his eyes are focused on you,

00:28:34.730 --> 00:28:36.250
Jules, and focused on Chester, and he's got this

00:28:36.250 --> 00:28:39.009
sort of soft smile on his face. Chester's already

00:28:39.009 --> 00:28:41.170
just kind of giving round stuff a hug and moving

00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:43.410
on to everybody else, giving Fibrosis a kind

00:28:43.410 --> 00:28:47.329
of spectacular handshake. Yeah, and then you

00:28:47.329 --> 00:28:51.430
hear, I think last but not least, Jean steps

00:28:51.430 --> 00:28:52.950
down the stairs. I think at first she doesn't

00:28:52.950 --> 00:28:55.089
even realize you guys are here. You just kind

00:28:55.089 --> 00:28:57.410
of hear a voice calling down like, Ada, this

00:28:57.410 --> 00:28:59.549
is ridiculous. I can't believe how many spider

00:28:59.549 --> 00:29:01.190
webs I found in the attic. Have you even been

00:29:01.190 --> 00:29:03.410
up there? And she kind of comes down and she

00:29:03.410 --> 00:29:05.869
also has an apron on and she's carrying all these

00:29:05.869 --> 00:29:08.009
cleaning tools and buckets and stuff with water.

00:29:09.049 --> 00:29:11.890
And she just stops at the top of the stairs and

00:29:11.890 --> 00:29:16.029
just kind of freezes mid -sentence. Is Chester

00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:20.140
next to me? She's looking right at him. Is he

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:22.119
right next to me? Oh, yeah. Okay, I'm going to

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.579
take my hip and give him a really forceful little

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:35.220
nudge forward. Hey, jeans. We're back. I got

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:37.779
you a present. I got you... It's in my pocket.

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.440
Oh, shit. And he kind of tries to pull it out.

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.920
It all comes out in a clump and falls down. Oh,

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.259
it's dusty. Sorry. Haley, pick that up. It's

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:47.359
silks. I know you like to sew. So I got you some

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:51.660
silks. He worked hard for those. He worked hard

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:54.440
for those. She is just standing atop the stairs

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:57.460
with the most amused expression on her face.

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.759
And she kind of slowly steps down the stairs.

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:02.339
I think every step she gets a little more momentum.

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.420
And by the end, she's like full on like running,

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:08.279
just like grabs him, hugs him. Oh, my God. I

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:10.519
love them. Chester, thank you. And she's like

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:14.240
gathering them all up. Matchmaker, matchmaker,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:17.000
make me a match. And she, like, turns over to

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.140
you, Jules, and she's got this sort of intense

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:21.420
expression, actually. Like, not, like, angry,

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:23.380
but just kind of, like, serious. She's like,

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:26.579
so, everything went well, then I take it? No

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:31.119
trouble? No danger? And she's, like, very forcefully...

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:35.519
I don't know if I'd go that far, but... You do

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:37.259
remember what we talked about, yes? We're safe.

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:39.240
And Chester's looking around like, what's up?

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:44.170
Huh? I mean, I guess we're alive, so that counts

00:30:44.170 --> 00:30:48.230
for something. Yeah, I mean, and I kind of glance

00:30:48.230 --> 00:30:51.430
my eyes over to Chester. I keep my promises.

00:30:52.950 --> 00:30:54.769
He's just staring around kind of lost and then

00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:57.289
just kind of shrugs like, all right, well, you

00:30:57.289 --> 00:31:00.430
guys are being weird. No problems. I'm going

00:31:00.430 --> 00:31:04.960
to say no problems. I think at this point, round

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.119
stuff has noticed that you have various things,

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:09.279
including a fucking pangolin on your shoulder.

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.519
And she's like, what is that? What is that? What

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:17.579
is that? Well, this is Jamal. This is Jamal.

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:21.859
It's Jamal? And I think he's your responsibility

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:24.940
now. How would you like that? It's my sperance

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:27.920
ability? It's your sperance ability. Oh, my God.

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:33.940
It's a present for me? Of course. What is it?

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.279
Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Take him. I think

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:40.160
he just kind of gives you this kind of look,

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:43.299
this sort of blank expression a pet gives you

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:45.180
when they're kind of like unsure. And then I'm

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:48.640
going to kind of nod over. Go ahead. Go ahead.

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:51.559
He slides down your arm. jumps into hers, and

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.640
she just grabs him, her arms in the air, and

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:55.000
just starts immediately just, like, turning and

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.539
running around the dining room, kind of, like,

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:59.660
air -planning him. Gentle, gentle, gentle, gentle.

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.380
No, he loves this. He's a living creature. He's

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:05.059
a living creature. Gentle, gentle. His favorite

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:08.599
thing to do. He only wants to fly. He always

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:11.140
wanted to fly. Ask him that. Do you want to fly?

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:13.579
And he just stares at her, like, blinks a few

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:17.539
times. He's like, see? All right, fuck it, I'm

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:24.680
done. You know what? I'm glad. I'm glad that

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:29.299
we don't have to carry Jamal anymore. I'm sorry

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:32.359
that he has to fly all the time now. He always

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:36.720
wanted to fly. Wash thy hands clean. I'm going

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.079
to believe that Jamal has always wanted to fly.

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:44.559
You feel like tugging at your sleeve of your

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:47.680
coat there, Jules. And you see that Paul's looking

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:51.329
up at you and just says, Present. Of course I

00:32:51.329 --> 00:32:54.069
got one for you, Paul. He smiles, this big smile.

00:32:54.470 --> 00:32:56.650
And I'll reach back and... Do you remember what

00:32:56.650 --> 00:32:58.809
he got him? I can fill you in. Yeah, it was the...

00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:01.710
No, it wasn't the... Shit. Oh, yeah, no, I got

00:33:01.710 --> 00:33:03.950
him the little toy loot. Yeah, it's like a local

00:33:03.950 --> 00:33:06.730
toy loot. Yeah, it's like a loot. Was it... Yeah.

00:33:06.910 --> 00:33:09.269
Or was it a... What was the exact thing? Because

00:33:09.269 --> 00:33:13.089
we said, like, toy loot, but you said something

00:33:13.089 --> 00:33:14.650
else. There were, like, flutes they had there.

00:33:14.710 --> 00:33:16.410
Tell you what, though. What? I mean, like...

00:33:16.569 --> 00:33:18.210
You guys saved the market. You wanted to go for

00:33:18.210 --> 00:33:20.430
the lower thing because of cost reasons. Yeah.

00:33:21.069 --> 00:33:23.190
If you want to go for a loot, you could totally

00:33:23.190 --> 00:33:25.589
just for free switch it up. You saved the market.

00:33:25.630 --> 00:33:27.829
That night, we didn't really get into this and

00:33:27.829 --> 00:33:29.490
that, what you did that night. Another flashback.

00:33:29.490 --> 00:33:31.349
You want to get a fucking loot? Yeah. Here we

00:33:31.349 --> 00:33:35.609
go. We see the white haze. Let's go. All right,

00:33:35.630 --> 00:33:38.910
yeah. My idea was to get him a toy loot. Hell

00:33:38.910 --> 00:33:41.750
yeah, yeah. So it's similar to mine. Oh, yeah.

00:33:41.750 --> 00:33:42.670
I love that. So he can have something to look

00:33:42.670 --> 00:33:44.869
up to a little bit. All right, yeah. So you headed

00:33:44.869 --> 00:33:47.839
over to him? Yep. I do. He just gets this big

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:51.500
excited look. He starts strumming on the string.

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:54.220
It's terrible. You're a natural. You're a natural

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:58.359
already. He doesn't really talk. He makes a few

00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:00.319
sounds, but he's just playing with it. Almost

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:02.059
like as he's playing along, making these little

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:09.079
notes. You see he's just so excited. He kind

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:12.550
of steps away, playing with his new toy. I like

00:34:12.550 --> 00:34:14.530
to think he goes up to the guy playing the accordion

00:34:14.530 --> 00:34:18.230
and starts trying to jam with him. The accordion

00:34:18.230 --> 00:34:21.150
guy, whoever that is in the corner. It's Weird

00:34:21.150 --> 00:34:27.969
Al. At this point, the others start to move in.

00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:31.949
You see Mulligan's looking at you, and you hear

00:34:31.949 --> 00:34:36.730
his stomach say rumble. Man, I missed that noise.

00:34:37.070 --> 00:34:39.449
I heard the food up to Sunco is really good.

00:34:39.889 --> 00:34:43.449
It is. Why don't you see for yourself? And I

00:34:43.449 --> 00:34:45.530
reach back and I grab the sack of vanilla buns

00:34:45.530 --> 00:34:48.550
and I toss them in his direction. What is...

00:34:48.550 --> 00:34:51.670
Oh my goodness, is this... Now, now, now, now.

00:34:52.090 --> 00:34:56.769
Yeah? Savor. Okay. There's plenty in there to

00:34:56.769 --> 00:34:58.510
last you a while. He is already... Even though

00:34:58.510 --> 00:35:00.449
I know you can eat them all in about 30 seconds

00:35:00.449 --> 00:35:02.889
here. He is already full on eating too. Whoa,

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:12.150
while you were talking you're amazed There's

00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:14.349
a there's a as we talked about before there's

00:35:14.349 --> 00:35:16.550
a powder sugar trail leading like around like

00:35:16.550 --> 00:35:18.110
he stepped away a little bit almost like a Cat

00:35:18.110 --> 00:35:19.829
hoarding and there's a power to lead into him

00:35:19.829 --> 00:35:22.230
right up his clothes all over his face. We see

00:35:22.230 --> 00:35:25.809
her cheeks are stuffed already He's like little

00:35:25.809 --> 00:35:27.969
tears right down the side of his dwarven cheeks

00:35:27.969 --> 00:35:32.579
like We should have brought in one of those giant

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:36.079
prawns. I think we still got some cold noodles.

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:41.659
Noodles? That's dessert. That's dessert. We'll

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:46.000
save that for dessert. Vanilla buns for dinner.

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.780
Noodles for dessert. It's Mulligan. That's how

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:52.119
it works. Over there in the corner of the room.

00:35:52.670 --> 00:35:54.570
Miskin is like still trying to look cool and

00:35:54.570 --> 00:35:56.550
tough, but he's also like, he's 10 years old.

00:35:56.630 --> 00:35:58.429
He looks, he's, you could tell his eyes are like

00:35:58.429 --> 00:36:00.250
bulging. He's so excited. He's shaking a little

00:36:00.250 --> 00:36:01.610
bit because he thinks he might get a present

00:36:01.610 --> 00:36:03.429
too, but he doesn't want to, he's cool. So he

00:36:03.429 --> 00:36:05.150
doesn't want to say anything. I'm going to look

00:36:05.150 --> 00:36:07.789
over to him, make a little eye contact. He looks

00:36:07.789 --> 00:36:11.889
at you and tries to, I'll reach around, grab

00:36:11.889 --> 00:36:15.710
the buckler and then just, just cool dude as

00:36:15.710 --> 00:36:21.349
shit. Just toss it over. He, uh, Kind of lets

00:36:21.349 --> 00:36:23.809
it fall to the ground. Kind of looks at you for

00:36:23.809 --> 00:36:28.250
a second. Slowly reaches down. Tried not to look

00:36:28.250 --> 00:36:30.730
too eager. It's super obvious he's very, very

00:36:30.730 --> 00:36:33.170
excited. Just snatches it up. You see him just

00:36:33.170 --> 00:36:36.050
spin around from you. He's not being seen. But

00:36:36.050 --> 00:36:37.670
you can tell he's just looking over every aspect

00:36:37.670 --> 00:36:39.489
of this thing. Flipping it around. Looking at

00:36:39.489 --> 00:36:44.769
every bit of it. And just so amped up. Then I'll

00:36:44.769 --> 00:36:50.150
just give him a little nod. I got you. Oh, my

00:36:50.150 --> 00:36:53.010
gosh. You and your children. That leaves only

00:36:53.010 --> 00:36:54.889
one. That is something I never thought I'd hear

00:36:54.889 --> 00:36:59.090
in my entire lifetime. This is Jeremy talking.

00:36:59.969 --> 00:37:01.389
Fibrosis is a little older than you. He's like

00:37:01.389 --> 00:37:04.349
13. But he's kind of just standing there. He's

00:37:04.349 --> 00:37:06.550
not like, you know, expectantly like, give me

00:37:06.550 --> 00:37:08.650
a present. But he's kind of just like, you know,

00:37:08.690 --> 00:37:12.590
if there's something, here I am. Why are all

00:37:12.590 --> 00:37:15.510
these kids like looking like they don't think

00:37:15.510 --> 00:37:19.119
they're getting anything? I think they're trying

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:23.300
to be polite. He's trying to be polite! If you

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.780
didn't get him something, he'd feel real bad

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:28.019
if you were like, oh, yeah, fibro, sorry, I forgot

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:30.860
to... Hey, you almost didn't. I was going to

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:32.800
say, he has two books coming to him, doesn't

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:35.340
he? He has two books. Fuck yeah. Yes, one more

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.139
about the history of Sosanko and the valleys

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:39.920
in Tini, and one about the local sort of myths

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.659
and lore. Okay, so I'm going to pull out the

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:45.099
books, and I'm going to slowly hand them to him,

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:48.789
and I'm going to say... I made a promise that

00:37:48.789 --> 00:37:52.789
these would be put to good use. You make sure

00:37:52.789 --> 00:37:55.889
you follow through on that. He sees these books,

00:37:55.969 --> 00:37:57.530
and they're just these nice hardcover books,

00:37:57.590 --> 00:38:00.409
such good quality books. His breath sort of croaks

00:38:00.409 --> 00:38:02.570
in his throat a little bit, and he reaches out

00:38:02.570 --> 00:38:05.329
like almost trembling. He's so careful and gentle

00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:08.809
as he kind of takes them both in hand. He had

00:38:08.809 --> 00:38:10.030
other books with him, and he came down the stairs,

00:38:10.130 --> 00:38:11.750
and he just dropped them on a table, and he's

00:38:11.750 --> 00:38:15.550
looking at these ones, just like, no way, no

00:38:15.550 --> 00:38:18.639
way. This is... He's like flipping through it.

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:23.820
Oh my gosh. Jules, these are... These had to

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:27.480
be expensive. I can't possibly... Just take them.

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:32.980
Take them. Come on. They're for you. Wow. Thanks.

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:36.599
Thanks so much. Of course. Any research I do,

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:39.400
I'll fill you in on anything. If you have knowledge

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:41.840
you want about the worlds, I'm going to do what

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.699
I can to help. So I will do my own research,

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:46.449
and I will fill you in on any bits of lore. That

00:38:46.449 --> 00:38:49.210
I can. Abso -fucking -lutely. You go ham on it.

00:38:49.829 --> 00:38:52.550
And he just, actually on the spot, you see he

00:38:52.550 --> 00:38:55.429
slides a chair, sits down, flips it open, and

00:38:55.429 --> 00:38:58.530
just goes to work on the history book first.

00:38:59.469 --> 00:39:01.690
And yeah, I mean, suddenly you just look around

00:39:01.690 --> 00:39:03.210
at this room filled with children just running

00:39:03.210 --> 00:39:06.130
around, playing with their new presence. It's

00:39:06.130 --> 00:39:09.929
just, it's just a good time. Ader kind of like

00:39:09.929 --> 00:39:12.610
steps forward. Kind of looks around at all of

00:39:12.610 --> 00:39:21.409
them. With his hands out. Where's my gift? I'm

00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:23.949
going to give him a low five. Oh, get me. All

00:39:23.949 --> 00:39:25.449
right, then. He's going to stand out and just

00:39:25.449 --> 00:39:30.289
like, hey, that's cool, too. So he sets forward.

00:39:30.329 --> 00:39:32.469
He's looking around at the kids, just like, I'll

00:39:32.469 --> 00:39:34.309
tell you, Jules, these kids of yours, they're

00:39:34.309 --> 00:39:37.610
funny. They immediately want to get to work on

00:39:37.610 --> 00:39:40.820
the pub. I argued about every little thing I

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:43.219
was doing wrong, and now they're cleaning up

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:45.519
the place. Honestly, last night was our first

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:48.500
busy night, and I can't remember how long. That

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:51.280
Jeans especially, she kind of looks over and

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.519
smiles, not in a fond way, almost like a father

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:58.280
to a daughter, but she's a clever one. She's

00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.019
going places, I'll tell you that, girl. She's

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:04.840
going places. Oh, trust me, I know. I know. These

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:08.510
kids, uh, there's something special. Though,

00:40:08.510 --> 00:40:11.150
uh, I do wish you'd stop bringing folk in out

00:40:11.150 --> 00:40:12.789
of nowhere. I mean, I don't know what we're going

00:40:12.789 --> 00:40:15.050
to do with that other one. I literally did it

00:40:15.050 --> 00:40:19.289
one time. Well, uh, hang on. Hey, come on out

00:40:19.289 --> 00:40:23.309
here. He shouts behind his back. He sees the

00:40:23.309 --> 00:40:27.809
door to the back room opens. And a horngon stabs

00:40:27.809 --> 00:40:35.349
himself in the heart. Hey! Oh, you're back! Pepper!

00:40:35.690 --> 00:40:37.889
Hey, yeah, I've been here since yesterday. What's

00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:41.969
going on? Good to see you. Yeah, you too. I'm

00:40:41.969 --> 00:40:43.730
one of your friends now, right? So I figured

00:40:43.730 --> 00:40:46.329
I'd come and join you. You know what? It's so

00:40:46.329 --> 00:40:48.889
good, Pepper. It's so good that we found you

00:40:48.889 --> 00:40:52.789
here. Why don't you come? I've got a really cool

00:40:52.789 --> 00:40:59.070
opportunity for you. Jules. Zebulon is just so

00:40:59.070 --> 00:41:00.530
eager and excited about this. He's getting right

00:41:00.530 --> 00:41:04.539
into it. But a thought crosses your mind. Does

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:08.119
it? Yeah. I think you're smart enough. I think

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:11.579
you're careful enough to wonder why Pepper's

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:16.159
here when you never told him you were staying

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:19.380
at the Ugly Coyote. This is a secret from everybody.

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.239
How'd he get here, Jules? How'd he know where

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:27.420
to go? I feel like there's something that I should

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:34.250
know in this moment, but I don't. So not knowing,

00:41:34.309 --> 00:41:37.269
Zebulon starts to walk over to Pepper. Pepper

00:41:37.269 --> 00:41:39.690
and Zebulon are having this full conversation

00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:42.210
in front of you, Jules. And I think you're hearing

00:41:42.210 --> 00:41:45.949
words like they're through water as the sudden

00:41:45.949 --> 00:41:48.769
fear grips you. That's what's happening with

00:41:48.769 --> 00:41:53.469
player Jeremy right now. How did he know? You're

00:41:53.469 --> 00:41:56.670
looking at me like I should know. You could ask.

00:41:58.409 --> 00:42:03.929
What the? Hello? Something wrong, Jules? Yeah,

00:42:04.070 --> 00:42:07.869
it's me, Pepper. Jules, you don't look so good.

00:42:07.989 --> 00:42:12.190
How'd you get here? What do you mean? I took

00:42:12.190 --> 00:42:16.510
the ruby. Yeah, but... What's the matter, Jules?

00:42:19.590 --> 00:42:24.150
How'd you find the place? Oh, the coyote? Oh

00:42:24.150 --> 00:42:26.980
yeah, it was easy, huh? I don't remember telling

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.039
you how to get there. I mean, we were going to

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:30.860
come get you and bring you back. Absolutely.

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:37.500
You didn't tell me. Ruined it. Fucker. And just

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:43.940
as these words leave his mouth, I want you guys

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:49.099
to roll a perception check. Oh, my God. Jules

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:56.380
got an 18. 18. I got less. Zebulon's still just

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:59.000
lost. He doesn't even realize the significance

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:01.480
of this. Nine on the die was a negative one,

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:06.480
so. You hear that word leave his mouth. Then

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:10.179
you realize that there's no sound coming from

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:12.599
outside the pub. It all got very quiet outside.

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:19.880
And then you hear the sounds of armored boots.

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:25.139
Are you fucking charging? The saloon doors snap

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:28.000
open, smashing up against the side of the pub,

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:32.599
and the room begins to fill with shield -bearers.

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:37.280
Holy shit. What the heck is going on here? You

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:41.960
see about eight guards in their brass shield

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:47.920
-bearer plate, all running, spears in hand. They

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:51.039
line up on each side of the door. The one in

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:52.920
the front just kind of takes a look around the

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:55.320
room. His eyes sort of fall on you. He's got

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:58.619
a full helm on. They all do. And you see that,

00:43:58.619 --> 00:44:01.739
like, Ader steps forward just like, What in the

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:04.960
hell's the meaning of this? This is a private

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.960
establishment. You can't just walk in here. And,

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:09.980
like, the one in the front just snaps his spear

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:12.460
butt down on the floor. I mean, at this point,

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.920
the children are all stopped what they're doing

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:16.679
and just staring on. You've been running from

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:20.199
the law for, like, As long as you remember, Jules.

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:23.500
Maybe not this law enforcement agency specifically.

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:28.239
But law is law. And the kids are terrified because

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:30.199
they feel like they've finally gotten caught.

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:34.420
You see the man in the front looks around with

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:36.579
his full helm and just says, looks towards Ader.

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:40.360
Nobody move. Anybody that does not follow our

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:42.599
orders can and will be charged with interfering

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:46.780
with an investigation into a serious crime. What's

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:51.059
that crime? The armored visor slowly turns back

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:55.300
towards you, Jules. Jeremy, I'm sorry about this.

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:59.360
I really am. What did you do? You see that the

00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:06.320
man raises up and pulls his visor open. You see...

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:09.239
You've got to be shitting me! Sir Jessenth Kellig...

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:11.480
He told me a long time ago that this was going

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:16.159
to come back. And he says to you two words. Child...

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:22.360
Endangerment. Excuse me, bitch. He turns away

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:24.440
from you then. Back towards the saloon door.

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:27.199
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You don't turn away

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:29.719
from me. And he yells. Not when you accuse me

00:45:29.719 --> 00:45:32.539
of something like that. Ignoring you, he yells

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:37.000
out. The room is ready for you, Lieutenant. I'm

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:39.320
going to run up and grab him by the collar. You

00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:41.059
see the saloon door. And pull him to me. You

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:43.300
grab him. As you grab him, he pulls in and he's,

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:47.659
I finally got you, Jules. The dune door bursts

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:53.119
open and a hulking figure, a splendid in his

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:58.519
shield bear armor steps in. A half dragon, Arhalon,

00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:05.380
moves into the room. His eyes fall right on you,

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:13.480
Zebulon. What is this? I could ask the same thing,

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:18.699
brother. I don't understand. You don't understand?

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:21.679
Why did you bring an army here? What are you

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:25.579
doing? We have received a report that there are

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:28.960
a number of children here not being cared for

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:32.739
properly. Now, we're trying to rehome anyone

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:35.179
that was lost on Tithos. From what we've heard,

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:37.460
these children have spent their time on the streets

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:42.130
for years. With him. Mulligan, show him how well

00:46:42.130 --> 00:46:44.969
you're being cared for, Mulligan. Mulligan's

00:46:44.969 --> 00:46:46.869
just like, I think he just drops what he's holding.

00:46:47.030 --> 00:46:51.349
He's just frozen in place. You know, the streets

00:46:51.349 --> 00:46:54.809
of Tithos is the safest place for these kids

00:46:54.809 --> 00:47:00.050
to fucking be. Not under your fucking tyranny.

00:47:00.909 --> 00:47:06.469
Zebulon, I expect this kind of behavior. from

00:47:06.469 --> 00:47:10.110
a scallion like Jules LaRoche, but you, I raised

00:47:10.110 --> 00:47:13.590
you right. What do you even think is going on

00:47:13.590 --> 00:47:17.110
here? This kid's a fucking hero, unlike you.

00:47:17.789 --> 00:47:21.409
Look, we have received reports, a number of them.

00:47:21.449 --> 00:47:24.630
We have orders from high up. And look, look.

00:47:25.570 --> 00:47:31.869
What's your high up? The council. The speakers

00:47:31.869 --> 00:47:35.469
for the ancestors. Okay. What do the speakers

00:47:35.469 --> 00:47:38.829
for the Ancestors know about these kids? Look,

00:47:38.869 --> 00:47:43.190
look. And he says, Jessent, officer, relieve

00:47:43.190 --> 00:47:46.230
him. And Jessent kind of tries to push you back.

00:47:46.269 --> 00:47:48.829
No, I pull him closer. Jules, I don't think that's

00:47:48.829 --> 00:47:51.090
helping right now. Arhalon steps up to you, just

00:47:51.090 --> 00:47:56.090
telling him of you. He spoke true. If you interfere

00:47:56.090 --> 00:48:00.230
with our investigation any further, you will

00:48:00.230 --> 00:48:05.210
be taken into custody. Arhalon, Zebulon steps

00:48:05.210 --> 00:48:09.230
in between and puts a hand on Arhalon and a hand

00:48:09.230 --> 00:48:13.650
on Jules. How can we continue on? How can we

00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:18.210
help your investigation here? Look, it's an easy

00:48:18.210 --> 00:48:22.389
matter, right? Already settled. Maybe you thought

00:48:22.389 --> 00:48:24.369
you were doing best for these children, but look

00:48:24.369 --> 00:48:26.050
at them! And he kind of points over to round

00:48:26.050 --> 00:48:29.269
stuff, points over, and she's always been small,

00:48:29.289 --> 00:48:32.309
always looked skinny. I mean, they are wearing

00:48:32.309 --> 00:48:36.969
shoddy clothing. They don't look clean. You know

00:48:36.969 --> 00:48:40.329
that's necessity. You know it's what they want.

00:48:40.469 --> 00:48:43.409
You know what's best for them, Jules. But in

00:48:43.409 --> 00:48:48.110
this moment, how do you convince the enforcement

00:48:48.110 --> 00:48:51.989
officers that be? He looks at her. He looks back

00:48:51.989 --> 00:48:57.090
at you. Rook, we can still rectify this. It just

00:48:57.090 --> 00:49:02.429
so happens that a very, very fortunate offer

00:49:02.429 --> 00:49:04.690
has come the way of these children. Maybe not

00:49:04.690 --> 00:49:07.610
the older ones, but I heard this seven -year

00:49:07.610 --> 00:49:09.869
-old tiefling there, eight -year -old child,

00:49:10.050 --> 00:49:14.190
human. And this one, he points at the half -orc,

00:49:14.230 --> 00:49:16.090
he's got his shield raised and he looks like

00:49:16.090 --> 00:49:18.550
furious. Ten years old, they're young enough,

00:49:18.650 --> 00:49:20.789
they can still have a life. And there are some

00:49:20.789 --> 00:49:24.530
very influential people who want to adopt them.

00:49:25.929 --> 00:49:29.269
It's not an offer, Jules the Roach. This is happening.

00:49:30.510 --> 00:49:32.650
The orders are from higher up than I can change.

00:49:33.690 --> 00:49:39.789
What? I'm sorry. I'm holding Jessenth by the

00:49:39.789 --> 00:49:45.570
collar. I'm going to lean down to Chester. And

00:49:45.570 --> 00:49:49.110
I'm going to whisper, You guys run to Zenas.

00:49:50.469 --> 00:49:54.889
And I'm going to take Jessenth and throw him

00:49:54.889 --> 00:49:59.369
at Arhalon. And turn around. and say, guys, run!

00:49:59.570 --> 00:50:01.929
I need you to make an athletics check. I want

00:50:01.929 --> 00:50:04.949
to contest it with Jessen. I don't know what

00:50:04.949 --> 00:50:06.690
else Jules would do. Jules will not bend over

00:50:06.690 --> 00:50:12.369
for this. This is stupid as shit. Zebulon, a

00:50:12.369 --> 00:50:14.550
voice echoes in your mind as you see this happen.

00:50:14.750 --> 00:50:17.869
The voice of Jean Franklin saying, just a little

00:50:17.869 --> 00:50:20.809
while ago, as long as you don't do anything stupid.

00:50:23.630 --> 00:50:26.849
And you just watch as Jules begins to fight with

00:50:26.849 --> 00:50:29.449
the shield bearers. I'm not fighting with them.

00:50:29.530 --> 00:50:31.289
I'm not fighting with them. I'm just throwing

00:50:31.289 --> 00:50:35.989
Jess in at Arhalon. Just shoving them off and

00:50:35.989 --> 00:50:38.809
telling them to run out the back. Make those

00:50:38.809 --> 00:50:44.889
rolls. It's a 16 for me. Nope. Nope as in you

00:50:44.889 --> 00:50:47.769
didn't get him or? I didn't get him. So you go

00:50:47.769 --> 00:50:51.349
to throw him and he grabs you and kind of like

00:50:51.349 --> 00:50:54.190
pushes you back. And he's just like laughing,

00:50:54.269 --> 00:50:58.690
laughing at herself. And it's like, that's right,

00:50:58.789 --> 00:51:00.989
Jules. They're going to have a better family

00:51:00.989 --> 00:51:05.349
now. You know what? It's the very family you

00:51:05.349 --> 00:51:08.570
chose to run away from. That's right, mommy dearest.

00:51:09.150 --> 00:51:11.590
We'll be taking your kids off your hands. Isn't

00:51:11.590 --> 00:51:16.449
that awesome? Isn't that great? Aren't they just

00:51:16.449 --> 00:51:22.440
the best? Arhalon's just like, calm yourself!

00:51:24.239 --> 00:51:26.079
There's no need to push this any further than

00:51:26.079 --> 00:51:29.099
it has to be. Look. Look. These are my friends.

00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:31.139
And I think they're starting to run, actually.

00:51:31.199 --> 00:51:34.119
You said that. They're trying to run. So there's

00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:36.920
a backdoor around the corner. They got the place

00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:38.920
surrounded. And Arhalon's just kind of like,

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:41.000
go! Get them! We only need the three youngest!

00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:43.400
And the shieldbearers start to break. And I think

00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:45.119
at this point, if you guys want to take this,

00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:49.980
we're going to roll initiative. Can we take a

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:52.679
second so I can think about this? Yes, we can.

00:51:53.960 --> 00:52:01.699
Okay, we kicked David out of the room. I don't

00:52:01.699 --> 00:52:03.139
know if this is something that would work because

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:06.860
I know Arlan is hard -headed as fuck. But my...

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:10.679
I thought about going invisible and then going

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:13.659
up next to him. Not doing anything. I'm not attacking.

00:52:13.699 --> 00:52:15.360
We don't want to get in a fight here. That is

00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:17.840
not happening. That's not my intention. We really

00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:22.420
can't escalate this, but maybe more try and talk

00:52:22.420 --> 00:52:26.880
some sense into him and let him know that my

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:31.840
parents and my family are evil fuckers who are

00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:34.820
into dark magic. I have experienced it and I

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:39.460
have it in my blood. I think, I think that could

00:52:39.460 --> 00:52:41.900
maybe give him a moment of pause, but not if

00:52:41.900 --> 00:52:43.739
you go invisible. I think if you go invisible,

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:45.659
that shows that you're trying to escalate it.

00:52:46.339 --> 00:52:48.260
I think if you, in front of everybody, if you

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:50.320
said, Arhan, they're horrible people, blah, blah,

00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:52.940
blah. Okay. Well, maybe like, okay. Maybe we

00:52:52.940 --> 00:52:55.019
put the run on pause. Maybe, maybe I'll just

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:57.300
say, hold on, hold on, hold on. Okay. Okay. Let's

00:52:57.300 --> 00:52:59.320
talk for a second and I'll pull them aside. Right.

00:52:59.420 --> 00:53:01.500
If we try to do like, maybe if you and I try

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:05.219
to do a body block and you try to talk. Okay.

00:53:05.579 --> 00:53:08.960
I don't know. I'm looking through, I mean, you

00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:10.619
know, level three rogue. I mean, I have plenty

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:13.380
of stuff for combat, but outside of combat. Yeah.

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:15.500
I don't have a lot of stuff that I can do. I

00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:20.099
can do spells, but anything is going to be seen

00:53:20.099 --> 00:53:24.179
as an attack. Yeah. I think you have a decent

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:28.659
argument. We just need to use that argument without

00:53:28.659 --> 00:53:32.920
being threatening and attacking. I'm pretty sure

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:35.519
I have a plus seven in persuasion too. All right.

00:53:36.989 --> 00:53:39.090
That's really the only shot we got other than

00:53:39.090 --> 00:53:41.010
getting into a fucking fight with an army of

00:53:41.010 --> 00:53:42.170
shield bearers. We're not going to get into a

00:53:42.170 --> 00:53:44.949
fight with shield bearers. To be clear, listeners,

00:53:45.170 --> 00:53:47.570
that was never my intention is to get in a fight.

00:53:47.670 --> 00:53:50.849
That is not. We cannot win this fight. This fucking

00:53:50.849 --> 00:53:53.710
story will be over if that happens. Not only

00:53:53.710 --> 00:53:56.010
would it end badly in this room, but even if

00:53:56.010 --> 00:53:57.969
we got out of this room, we would have no chance

00:53:57.969 --> 00:53:59.989
of getting an agent and becoming a luminary.

00:54:00.090 --> 00:54:03.309
Nope. Nope. Okay. Fucking hell. You want to try

00:54:03.309 --> 00:54:07.380
that? Let's go. All right, let's do it. Um, you

00:54:07.380 --> 00:54:10.579
watch three of these guys break off and begin

00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:13.480
to move around you to gather the Terry Delights

00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:15.719
who are currently running towards the back. I

00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:19.679
think as that happens, as that happens, Jules

00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:22.440
is stepping in between the kids and the shield

00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:24.840
bearers. And I'm going to look over and Jules

00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:27.019
is going to look over at Zebulon. Yeah. Zeb will

00:54:27.019 --> 00:54:29.500
join in and sort of body block. Okay. I was,

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:31.099
I was going to say it was like, I'm looking over

00:54:31.099 --> 00:54:33.920
at Zeb. I'm not, I'm not going to try and, you

00:54:33.920 --> 00:54:36.719
know. coerce him into doing this with me. It's

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:38.780
more of just like a look like, are you going

00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:41.679
to help me here? And it's just like you're standing

00:54:41.679 --> 00:54:45.980
right now, Jeremy, with arms splayed, kind of

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:48.840
like out to your sides, non -threatening, hands

00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:52.780
down, just a passive body block. Three things

00:54:52.780 --> 00:54:55.400
happen when you do this. Three things happen.

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:59.300
The first one is, you watch as Arhalon's eyes

00:54:59.300 --> 00:55:02.360
fall on Zebulon, and as Zebulon moves to get

00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:06.829
in his way, To get in the Law's way. You see

00:55:06.829 --> 00:55:12.849
he looks so fucking tired and sad. And then instantly,

00:55:12.969 --> 00:55:17.530
like a match being lit, his expression just changes

00:55:17.530 --> 00:55:24.389
to this pure rage. You see Aether steps out in

00:55:24.389 --> 00:55:27.570
front of both of you. Holy shit. Hands splayed

00:55:27.570 --> 00:55:32.159
out. Just says, You ain't welcome here. Get out

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:36.519
of my bar. I didn't expect that. And you hear.

00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:41.639
No way. You see Pepper the Horrigan is holding

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:47.760
his ears down. And he goes, Those are my friends!

00:55:48.139 --> 00:55:54.760
No! And he goes into a rage. Oh, no. You see

00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:57.820
those three things happen. You may react. The

00:55:57.820 --> 00:55:59.880
guards stop short in front of you, and they're

00:55:59.880 --> 00:56:00.739
kind of like not sure what to do. Especially

00:56:00.739 --> 00:56:02.599
with Ader being this huge guy in their way, they're

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:03.920
kind of spears out, and they're just kind of

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:06.800
like holding. So what I was going to do is once

00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:10.260
we got in here, I'm going to look over to Arhalon

00:56:10.260 --> 00:56:15.119
and say, Arhalon, Arhalon. You're a man of honor,

00:56:15.199 --> 00:56:20.820
right? Yes and no. Simple question. Where are

00:56:20.820 --> 00:56:23.820
you going with this? You are a man of honor,

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:27.530
right? I know more honor. than you've ever known.

00:56:28.070 --> 00:56:31.329
That's debatable. If you are a man of honor,

00:56:31.469 --> 00:56:34.050
you come with me right now into the back room,

00:56:34.130 --> 00:56:38.250
and we talk. We pause everything right here.

00:56:39.449 --> 00:56:42.070
Pause. And we talk, because I got something to

00:56:42.070 --> 00:56:45.090
tell you. You see, Jessen is over there like,

00:56:45.710 --> 00:56:48.809
now, don't, don't listen to him. He's a liar.

00:56:48.909 --> 00:56:50.650
He's a scoundrel. He's always been a scoundrel.

00:56:50.730 --> 00:56:52.949
Don't listen. But Arlan's not looking at him

00:56:52.949 --> 00:56:56.980
or you, Jules. He's looking at you, Zebulon.

00:56:57.039 --> 00:57:00.300
Now, Pepper is still shaking with rage. That's

00:57:00.300 --> 00:57:01.880
going to be a problem very soon, but right now,

00:57:02.019 --> 00:57:06.039
Arhan's looking at you, Zebulon. Go with him,

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:09.199
Arhan. It's okay. I'll calm down the Haringan.

00:57:10.099 --> 00:57:15.699
Can we just take this slow? Slow and easy. All

00:57:15.699 --> 00:57:19.679
right. He looks at you, looks over at you, Jules,

00:57:19.780 --> 00:57:23.199
and then says, Officer, stand down! And you!

00:57:23.300 --> 00:57:24.900
And he kind of points to the Power Guard. Pepper's,

00:57:24.900 --> 00:57:27.460
like, seething, but he's not making a move yet.

00:57:27.619 --> 00:57:33.760
He's kind of like... Zeb grabs Ader's shoulder.

00:57:34.239 --> 00:57:36.579
Ader, help me with Pepper. Help me with Pepper.

00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:40.320
All right. And they start to walk over and try

00:57:40.320 --> 00:57:42.559
to, I mean, physically restrain if we need to,

00:57:42.619 --> 00:57:44.579
but try to calm Pepper down. You guys go to Pepper.

00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:47.679
I need you both to make. I'm going to let you

00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:49.780
make a check, basically. You can decide what

00:57:49.780 --> 00:57:51.239
check it's going to be. You'll have to play it

00:57:51.239 --> 00:57:54.519
out. While this is happening, Justin Kelly stares

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:57.340
on in shock as Arhalon sort of like pushes him

00:57:57.340 --> 00:57:59.199
to the side. He reaches over like, what are you,

00:57:59.199 --> 00:58:00.599
no, wait, stop! And he tries to grab Arhalon

00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:03.980
and just pushes him away like, stand down, officer!

00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:10.619
And he moves to you, Jules. And take it you probably

00:58:10.619 --> 00:58:13.739
open the back door. Mm -hmm. And give him a little

00:58:13.739 --> 00:58:16.489
nod in. The two of you. And the cherry delights,

00:58:16.510 --> 00:58:19.570
I imagine, all funnel into the room. And as that

00:58:19.570 --> 00:58:23.570
happens, make your check. It's going to be a

00:58:23.570 --> 00:58:26.070
big one. I'm going to go with persuasion. You

00:58:26.070 --> 00:58:29.369
have advantage on whatever you do. Because Aether

00:58:29.369 --> 00:58:30.710
is going to give you the help action no matter

00:58:30.710 --> 00:58:32.170
what you're doing. So you play it out, and I'll

00:58:32.170 --> 00:58:33.670
play his side. I'm trying to decide if I should

00:58:33.670 --> 00:58:36.269
use my button or not. They're threatening! They're

00:58:36.269 --> 00:58:41.230
threatening my friends! Like, he just seems like

00:58:41.230 --> 00:58:43.210
his eyes are getting weird and fuzzy, kind of

00:58:43.210 --> 00:58:46.380
getting lost. Can I cast Bardic Inspiration?

00:58:47.119 --> 00:58:49.420
As you go? As I go in the room? Yeah, go ahead.

00:58:49.460 --> 00:58:52.159
Your loot lights up and you shoot a beam out

00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:56.059
at Zebulon. So I'm rolling with advantage plus

00:58:56.059 --> 00:58:59.260
a d6? Yeah. It's a pretty good roll. I'm definitely

00:58:59.260 --> 00:59:00.679
not using my button then. What are you doing?

00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:05.699
No, don't use your button. Threatening my friends?

00:59:05.800 --> 00:59:09.059
I don't like it. I don't like it, Samulon. Pepper.

00:59:09.179 --> 00:59:10.760
I can take them. I can take them all. No, no,

00:59:10.840 --> 00:59:12.599
no. I can take them all. I can take them all.

00:59:12.699 --> 00:59:14.880
I know. I know you can, Pepper, but you see that

00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:17.980
big guy over there? Huh? That's my brother. Oh!

00:59:18.099 --> 00:59:19.940
I don't want you to hurt my brother, because

00:59:19.940 --> 00:59:23.500
I really care about him. He's my family. He's

00:59:23.500 --> 00:59:26.760
like... He's like... Like we are, family. The

00:59:26.760 --> 00:59:29.780
rest of us. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I haven't had a

00:59:29.780 --> 00:59:32.380
family. Well, not since I... Not since the thing.

00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:39.199
So do you think that you can calm down and be

00:59:39.199 --> 00:59:42.420
civil here? Yeah, yeah, come on. Let's calm right

00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:44.820
down. We got this all handled, right? It's under

00:59:44.820 --> 00:59:47.719
control, Pepper. Come on, bunny fella. Jules

00:59:47.719 --> 00:59:49.579
is going to take care of it. You know Jules.

00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:55.599
He's going to be so easy. I know Jules. We go

00:59:55.599 --> 00:59:57.579
way back. I met him like three days ago. Yeah,

00:59:57.579 --> 01:00:00.300
that's right. Had a wild ride with that one.

01:00:00.460 --> 01:00:04.090
All right, go ahead and make that roll. First

01:00:04.090 --> 01:00:07.010
roll is a 7 on the die. Let's see what I get

01:00:07.010 --> 01:00:11.829
next here. Second roll is a 13, so plus 3, that's

01:00:11.829 --> 01:00:16.150
16. Only plus 1, so that's a 17. 17 will do it.

01:00:16.429 --> 01:00:21.010
You see he visibly calms, and he goes out of

01:00:21.010 --> 01:00:24.650
rage. Oh, okay, all right. That's great, Pepper.

01:00:24.889 --> 01:00:29.809
Really good job, man. Way to go. And Zebulon

01:00:29.809 --> 01:00:32.489
turns to the rest of the guards. You're right.

01:00:33.500 --> 01:00:35.119
It's okay, we got him. There's still weapons

01:00:35.119 --> 01:00:37.300
at the ready. The weapons were held out at this

01:00:37.300 --> 01:00:38.940
point, like pointing towards him as he was about

01:00:38.940 --> 01:00:40.920
to rage. Very aggressive. They start to lower

01:00:40.920 --> 01:00:44.239
the spears, except for one. Justin Kellig is

01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:47.840
still spear out, grimacing. He looks so fucking

01:00:47.840 --> 01:00:51.619
mad. His eyes are on the closed door to the back

01:00:51.619 --> 01:00:54.599
of the room. We follow his eyeline to the door.

01:00:54.599 --> 01:00:59.079
We zoom in on the keyhole and move through. We

01:00:59.079 --> 01:01:01.139
see the cherry delights all lined up, all terrified.

01:01:03.480 --> 01:01:05.420
Chester's the only one. I mean, he's kind of,

01:01:05.440 --> 01:01:08.400
like, unsure of what to do. You see he's ready

01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:12.280
to rumble if it comes down to it. I think he's

01:01:12.280 --> 01:01:13.840
trying to, like, catch your eye, Jules. Like,

01:01:13.860 --> 01:01:16.719
he's, you know, what are we doing? We doing the

01:01:16.719 --> 01:01:19.280
one, two, three? I don't even think I look down

01:01:19.280 --> 01:01:21.260
at Chester. Sneaking the grass? I think I'm locked

01:01:21.260 --> 01:01:24.039
eyes with Arhalon still as we go in. He is just

01:01:24.039 --> 01:01:25.880
towering above you, like, in this small room.

01:01:25.900 --> 01:01:28.019
And this back room of Aedir's, you move into

01:01:28.019 --> 01:01:29.440
it, it's, like, half the room is, like, this

01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.469
little sort of kitchenette. And, like, also on

01:01:32.469 --> 01:01:34.050
the other side there's a big sleeping pad where

01:01:34.050 --> 01:01:36.329
he just sleeps. It's really not the most sanitary

01:01:36.329 --> 01:01:39.349
situation. His actual living room is also the

01:01:39.349 --> 01:01:42.050
kitchen area. You see there's a few things actually

01:01:42.050 --> 01:01:44.090
boiling on the stove. Something's boiling over.

01:01:46.030 --> 01:01:48.110
Sizzling as it runs into, like, the sort of open

01:01:48.110 --> 01:01:52.550
flame below. Are there chairs in there? No. There's

01:01:52.550 --> 01:01:55.909
a bed, right? There's a bed. Is there, like,

01:01:55.989 --> 01:01:59.289
a dresser that could be sat on? Yeah, there's

01:01:59.289 --> 01:02:02.219
a small one. Kind of roughly made. Wouldn't put

01:02:02.219 --> 01:02:03.800
a lot of weight on it. I'm going to sit on the

01:02:03.800 --> 01:02:06.920
dresser and then motion for Arlon to sit on the

01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:11.480
bed. He slowly moves into the room. We're just

01:02:11.480 --> 01:02:13.539
talking here. We're just talking. He sits down.

01:02:13.579 --> 01:02:17.079
You see the bed just folds under his weight.

01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:23.579
It's like this 500 pound. Sorry, Ada. What did

01:02:23.579 --> 01:02:28.320
you say to him? What did you tell him? What are

01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:31.519
you talking about? My brother. Suddenly he's

01:02:31.519 --> 01:02:34.719
willing to turn on me on a dime? Why? To ally

01:02:34.719 --> 01:02:36.800
with you? What did you do? What makes you so

01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:39.360
special? What makes you better than me in his

01:02:39.360 --> 01:02:41.780
eyes? This kid is special. Your brother's special.

01:02:42.360 --> 01:02:45.360
Stay focused. I know. I know. I know where you're...

01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:47.840
I know, I know, I know, I know. I know. I see

01:02:47.840 --> 01:02:49.579
what he's trying to do. I see what he's trying

01:02:49.579 --> 01:02:57.880
to do. I'm very aware. I'm aware. He's seething.

01:02:57.980 --> 01:03:00.460
He was quiet this whole time. The second you

01:03:00.460 --> 01:03:03.559
get out of the range of everybody else, his rage

01:03:03.559 --> 01:03:06.739
is showing. There's a crackling flame at the

01:03:06.739 --> 01:03:08.820
back of his throat. You're talking about your

01:03:08.820 --> 01:03:12.039
brother who's about to become a luminary? He

01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:15.039
is special, and you know what? That's because

01:03:15.039 --> 01:03:19.699
of you. It's all because of you. All that he's

01:03:19.699 --> 01:03:25.219
done is look up to you. And he wants to be you.

01:03:26.349 --> 01:03:29.030
Now I don't know with the way you're acting.

01:03:30.329 --> 01:03:38.269
Huh. But you tell me. Huh. Damn. Well reasoned.

01:03:38.369 --> 01:03:40.150
I think he's rolled me a persuasion check. I'm

01:03:40.150 --> 01:03:43.110
fucking surprised. I think he's rolled me a persuasion

01:03:43.110 --> 01:03:47.789
check. I fucking loved that. Huh. But he's mad.

01:03:48.030 --> 01:03:51.170
Will these words get through to him? I don't

01:03:51.170 --> 01:03:56.300
know. You tell me. 26. 26 again. God. Damn, with

01:03:56.300 --> 01:03:59.880
the 19 on the die. Arhalon visibly starts to

01:03:59.880 --> 01:04:02.059
soften. His shoulders sort of like losing some

01:04:02.059 --> 01:04:06.340
of their tension. Listen, this is not what all

01:04:06.340 --> 01:04:09.940
of this is about. Tell me what... It's not, no.

01:04:10.099 --> 01:04:14.380
I apologize. That came from a place of I don't

01:04:14.380 --> 01:04:19.420
know. I am a shield bearer. I'm a man of honor.

01:04:20.199 --> 01:04:22.099
Absolutely. I should not bring personal feelings

01:04:22.099 --> 01:04:24.239
and matters into my relationship with my brother.

01:04:24.260 --> 01:04:26.380
It has nothing to do with this whole situation.

01:04:26.800 --> 01:04:29.099
Yes, you're a man of honor. And guess what? Whether

01:04:29.099 --> 01:04:31.659
you think it right now or not, so am I. Tell

01:04:31.659 --> 01:04:35.320
me, what do you know about me? You tell me what

01:04:35.320 --> 01:04:37.960
you know about me. You won't like the answer.

01:04:38.579 --> 01:04:40.599
Tell me. You're a criminal. I know the answer

01:04:40.599 --> 01:04:43.440
already. I know the answer. I want to hear it

01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:46.110
from you. You are a known criminal. From the

01:04:46.110 --> 01:04:49.070
city of Cerulean Tithos, you left your royal

01:04:49.070 --> 01:04:51.889
line behind, left your duties, and you became

01:04:51.889 --> 01:04:53.610
a thorn in the side of the royalty, speaking

01:04:53.610 --> 01:04:56.630
out against them, working against them. You worked

01:04:56.630 --> 01:04:59.670
against the law, Jules. And these children, I

01:04:59.670 --> 01:05:01.670
understand where you're coming from. I don't

01:05:01.670 --> 01:05:05.469
mean to hurt you, but they are emaciated. They're

01:05:05.469 --> 01:05:08.650
poor. They could have so much more. Your family

01:05:08.650 --> 01:05:12.190
can offer them so much more. I know you walked

01:05:12.190 --> 01:05:15.119
away from your birthright. But don't take it

01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:17.960
away from them. And, like, they just start, no,

01:05:18.139 --> 01:05:22.300
no. Like, Rhapsody starts crying. They take care

01:05:22.300 --> 01:05:27.199
of me. Tell me, you keep talking about my family

01:05:27.199 --> 01:05:32.400
and my birthright. What if I told you that I

01:05:32.400 --> 01:05:38.900
want no part of this dark magic, this evil that

01:05:38.900 --> 01:05:44.730
is slowly taking over these worlds? Dark magic?

01:05:45.710 --> 01:05:47.769
Yeah, you tell me. What do you think about this?

01:05:47.909 --> 01:05:49.909
And I turn my loot, and I just make it glow.

01:05:50.170 --> 01:05:52.130
And I make it shine and make all these fucking

01:05:52.130 --> 01:05:55.269
little, this magic spectacle. What are you trying?

01:05:56.510 --> 01:05:59.650
I'm not doing anything. I'm just showing you.

01:06:00.409 --> 01:06:03.449
Where do you think this comes from? How do you

01:06:03.449 --> 01:06:07.510
think I can do this? How about this? And I poke

01:06:07.510 --> 01:06:09.650
myself and become invisible real fast, and then

01:06:09.650 --> 01:06:13.530
I stop and go visible again. Where do you think

01:06:13.530 --> 01:06:17.269
this comes from? I'm going to do something. I'm

01:06:17.269 --> 01:06:18.130
going to do something here. This is actually

01:06:18.130 --> 01:06:23.429
fascinating. Arhalon, you see he brandishes his,

01:06:23.469 --> 01:06:25.889
like, shield bear insignia, like a badge he has,

01:06:25.949 --> 01:06:30.230
and he holds it out one moment. And he holds

01:06:30.230 --> 01:06:32.510
it towards you just as you're doing this. And

01:06:32.510 --> 01:06:35.630
he's going to cast Detect Good and Evil because

01:06:35.630 --> 01:06:42.300
he is a paladin. Oh, okay. And... His eyes widen.

01:06:42.739 --> 01:06:48.780
What the... What is this? This... You're being

01:06:48.780 --> 01:06:53.139
lied to. Everybody. And I'm not saying... You're

01:06:53.139 --> 01:06:55.599
showing me that there's demonic elements in your

01:06:55.599 --> 01:07:02.300
blood. In your... In your blood. Now you're getting

01:07:02.300 --> 01:07:08.219
it. I got nothing against you, man. Absolutely

01:07:08.219 --> 01:07:14.300
nothing. I'm on the run from evil. From the darkness

01:07:14.300 --> 01:07:19.400
that is about to take over all of this. And it

01:07:19.400 --> 01:07:24.340
starts with my mother. Something hungry enters

01:07:24.340 --> 01:07:30.000
his eyes. Something intense. The storm on Tithos.

01:07:30.380 --> 01:07:34.159
The fall of the sapphire. Do they have to do

01:07:34.159 --> 01:07:36.619
with this? Do you know where Shadrakhan is? Who

01:07:36.619 --> 01:07:41.719
is Shadrakhan? It's a place. Have you been there?

01:07:41.780 --> 01:07:43.960
Do you know of this place? I haven't, but while

01:07:43.960 --> 01:07:47.500
we were gone off the Siddha, we found out it's

01:07:47.500 --> 01:07:51.719
a place where the spirits roam. I see. Never

01:07:51.719 --> 01:07:54.599
been there, but it doesn't sound good. This.

01:07:55.579 --> 01:07:57.579
And finally, he begins to slump. You can see,

01:07:57.699 --> 01:07:59.840
you've won him over for the most part. He's believing

01:07:59.840 --> 01:08:03.460
you. He's onto something, but his shoulders slump

01:08:03.460 --> 01:08:06.360
and he sighs out. He's like, it doesn't matter,

01:08:06.739 --> 01:08:11.380
Jules. Look. I'm not the top of the chain. This

01:08:11.380 --> 01:08:15.239
is from the speakers for the ancestors. Your

01:08:15.239 --> 01:08:18.819
cousin. My cousin? It's a demand, yes. It's a

01:08:18.819 --> 01:08:20.760
demand from the top. You're talking about my

01:08:20.760 --> 01:08:26.000
blood. I can't... Think about it. If I don't

01:08:26.000 --> 01:08:27.939
make a move here, Arya himself will come in.

01:08:29.100 --> 01:08:31.720
I have to do something. What would you have me

01:08:31.720 --> 01:08:34.119
do? Go back to them and tell them I changed my

01:08:34.119 --> 01:08:37.920
mind? Get on the side of the good. You want to

01:08:37.920 --> 01:08:41.460
do something, do something good. I have an idea.

01:08:42.779 --> 01:08:45.180
You're not in the room. Get out of here. Get

01:08:45.180 --> 01:08:47.199
out of here, Steven. You're not on the podcast

01:08:47.199 --> 01:08:53.300
anymore. You're kicked out. Go ahead. I have

01:08:53.300 --> 01:08:56.359
an idea. You already told the kids to run to

01:08:56.359 --> 01:08:59.420
Xena's. Right, but they're in the room right

01:08:59.420 --> 01:09:01.479
now and they can't get out. Right, but maybe

01:09:01.479 --> 01:09:06.319
push to have them placed there. He has to do

01:09:06.319 --> 01:09:08.460
something. That's a good idea. I was going to

01:09:08.460 --> 01:09:10.420
start bringing it back around to them as well

01:09:10.420 --> 01:09:14.180
at some point. Sorry, what was the last thing

01:09:14.180 --> 01:09:16.579
you said, David? Or how long? I think he just

01:09:16.579 --> 01:09:19.500
asked you, what do I do? I think you started

01:09:19.500 --> 01:09:22.659
talking about being on the side of good. I get

01:09:22.659 --> 01:09:24.500
it. I understand that. I've been in terrible

01:09:24.500 --> 01:09:27.680
spots my whole fucking life. But these guys right

01:09:27.680 --> 01:09:31.260
here, everybody in this room, and your brother

01:09:31.260 --> 01:09:35.140
out there, and hopefully you, we're all the best

01:09:35.140 --> 01:09:40.479
chance we got. At staying alive. At keeping the

01:09:40.479 --> 01:09:43.979
peace in all of these worlds. And keeping the

01:09:43.979 --> 01:09:48.000
darkness out. These guys took care of me when

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:51.560
I was escaping that evil. They showed me how

01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:54.359
to be happy. These aren't my kids. These are

01:09:54.359 --> 01:09:59.859
my friends. These are my mentors. We are fighting

01:09:59.859 --> 01:10:04.819
for goodness. And we need all the help we can

01:10:04.819 --> 01:10:08.569
get. This is not an easy road. You see what's

01:10:08.569 --> 01:10:13.409
happening right now. It's fucking hard. But it's

01:10:13.409 --> 01:10:19.189
what's right. That's just it. What you're asking

01:10:19.189 --> 01:10:24.770
me to do is to forsake my role. To forsake my

01:10:24.770 --> 01:10:27.729
job. To leave the shield bearers behind. I will

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be... You're talking to somebody who did that.

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And trust me, it's a lot better to know that

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you're right. And you're good. The bed groans

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as Arhalon slowly stands to his feet, towering

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above you. He looks over at the children. He

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looks down into your eyes. And I'm going to need

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one final persuasion check. But not right now.

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Because we'll call it there! Look at his face.

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Ain't I a stinker? He hates you. No, I mean,

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it sounds like it's turning around, so I'm shaking

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inside.