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be great. Thank you so much. Just want to say

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goodbye to y 'all before I take my annual vacation.

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I'm off to honor the Covenant Gods of God's Breath

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during the Awakening Festival. While I won't

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be returning to God's Breath proper, I will spend

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some time here in the Citadel in quiet prayer

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and celebration. To those folks in the Town of

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Promise, I wish y 'all an amazing festival. I

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know times have been tough in the ribbon, and

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I understand the fears that prey on each and

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every heart in our land. Here's hoping that the

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songs and stories of our world's history will

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reach the ears of the covenant gods and remind

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them of the people they once saved and left behind.

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Keep singing God's breath, and someday the gods

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will hear you. As for the rest of you folks out

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there, I'll look forward to speaking with y 'all

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again in a few days. Now I know tensions are

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still high right now. especially in the wake

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of the speaker's rarest announcement involving

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the good people of Tithos. I'll pray for them,

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too, that their souls may be erased. We'll be

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back soon, good folks, to keep telling our stories

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and to make sure none of those we lost are ever

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truly forgotten. Do it. Yeah, do it! There it

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is. Oh, shit, I didn't grab a can. What the heck?

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Aren't you a thirsty boy? Stand by for two seconds,

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guys. Talk. Banter. Banter. Banter. We'll cut

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this. We finally had black garlic. Vamp. Hurry.

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Vamp. Vamp. No, Cesar, we had black garlic. I

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had it. Well, yeah, but don't you think Jeremy

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wants to talk about black garlic too? He only

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did his opinion. They've been waiting for my

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opinion and mine alone. All right. Let's hear

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it. It's all right. That's it. That's all I got.

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Lame. So now three people are underwhelmed. Great.

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Were you also underwhelmed? No, I'm underwhelmed

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by your reaction. Oh. Yes, same. How do you not

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absolutely fall in love with black garlic the

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first time you have it? I mean, it was good.

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I mean, like, I don't know. It was weird because

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it's garlic. I don't like that garlic didn't

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taste like garlic. It's quite a tasty treat.

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It's all right. Yeah, it's good. It's good. It

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tastes like a garlicky raisin. That's not a great

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description. I don't want that. I don't sit there

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at home in the fucking bubble bath and say, if

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only I'd... garlicky raisin right how many bubble

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baths have you taken as an adult i mean like

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none that's the correct answer that's kind of

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what i was i mean like i i don't fault anybody

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who wants to take a bubble bath i just like the

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the logistics of taking a bubble bath just don't

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work for me it's so hard if i had like a big

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jacuzzi tub that would be wonderful sure But,

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I mean, being like 6 '3", 6 '4", trying to fit

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in just a regular size, fuck, gross. It just

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feels gross. Your knees are tapping the ceiling.

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Yeah. And you're just sitting in your own filth,

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too. Yeah, that, too. I mean, the counterpoint

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I've heard is, like, you don't have to be dirty

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to take a bath. You can just be like, you know,

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even if I took a shower this morning, I don't

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know, I'm just going to relax in the bubble bath

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because I think it's nice. I personally don't

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think it's nice. But you're also, you're also

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a man that just accumulates filth constantly

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on his body. Yeah. I mean, so I'm just, I should

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just take baths every like six hours. Yeah. Or

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I mean, just never at all. What's the point?

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Might as well just quit while I'm ahead. Yeah.

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Yeah. You know? Oh God. That was, that was it,

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huh? That was banter. Yeah. You know, sometimes

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you just. There you go, listeners. That's all

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we got for today. See you next week. We'll call

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it that. The black garlic we've been building

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up for months. Yeah, it's been at least like

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three episodes since the last time you said,

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yeah, I'm going to bring black garlic next week.

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Well, yeah, because I made it to give out as

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Christmas gifts. It is now after Valentine's

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Day. Well, when you hype something up for too

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long. You know, I was so hyped. I had this impossible

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dream in my mind that could not be lived up to.

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So it's really your own fault for timeliness.

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I mean, a lack of it. I thought it was pretty

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good. Yeah. I thought it lived up to it just

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fine. Yeah. I saw the black garlic and I was

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like, oh my God. And then I spread that black

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garlic on a piece of ciabatta bread, ate it,

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and said. Oh, my God. So, Jeremy, get this. This

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is for Jeremy. This is just for Jeremy, David.

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You can take your headphones off or something

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if you want. For Valentine's Day, I got the pasta

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roller attachment for my KitchenAid mixer. Wow.

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So, I actually, the day, yeah, it was Valentine's

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Day I made. I don't know how this relates to

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just me and not David. Well, I'm going to get

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to it. So, I made ravioli, a nice thing to do

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on Valentine's Day with my Valentine's Day gift.

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Now, I still have some black garlic left over,

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and I plan to make black garlic pasta with black

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garlic in the pasta dough. Interesting. Yeah.

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Interesting. Stay tuned. I will test that out

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for you. Yeah. Absolutely. David, you're not

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invited. Just kidding, buddy. Just kidding. Look,

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it might come down to anosmia. That's fair. Yeah.

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I have anosmia. I've never had a sense of smell.

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So I don't really have – I think my tastes are

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a little off, which is probably a strange feature

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for a career cook. But, yeah. I might have told

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Jeremy this, but this is the best way I could

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describe it to anybody. I was having a conversation

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with David one time about his asnosmia, and the

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way he put it is that – Pepsi and Dr. Pepper

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pretty much taste the same to you. They taste

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like really good. There's sugar and fizz. I like

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that. Interesting. So I think he gets the broad

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strokes of flavor. Yeah, I think that's kind

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of how it's been explained to me. Interesting.

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Yeah. So with that, speaking of build up, we've

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been building up this new arc for an entire episode

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now, gentlemen. I think that people want to see

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you leave the Citadel. Move on to something new

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and exciting. What do you think? You ready for

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that? Let's get off this gym. I mean, my cherry

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delights are in peril, so I'm a little apprehensive.

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Is that the right word? Yeah, remember how awful

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the last episode ended? Yeah. Sorry, I just talked

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over you the whole time there. Yes, I forgot

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about that. That is a situation. And one that

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if you want to do something about, you're going

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to need to see this quest through. Because you

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finally found someone that could potentially

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reveal your footage to the world. Make you luminaries,

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make you protected by the sort of mass population,

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by the people. You'll basically no longer be

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able to be like pulled down by the speakers for

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the ancestors, by Sholay, by Cirilla. It's your

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only chance. But the man who could show this

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footage. needs bodyguards. And if he dies on

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the world of God's breath and the events to come,

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what happens then? Not only do you lose your

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shot, perhaps your only shot, we also lose the

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narrator of our story. So I guess you might as

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well just shut the podcast down at that point.

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I guess I'm not going to throw away my shot.

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Steven doesn't get it. David does. I missed it.

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I mean, I love it. Zoom. There's a sound of that

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one going right over my head. Let me guess. Hold

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on. Hold on. Let me guess. Oliver Twist. Nope.

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Nope. It's Alexander Hamilton. There you go.

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Okay. It's a line from Alexander Hamilton. And

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now we get hit with copyright. Yeah, there you

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go. I was in the right genre. That's true. We

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discussed last time, and let's hit me with that

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sirenscape just a little bit here. Ooh, yeah.

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You know, the bird sounds are weird in retrospect,

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because, like, you know what? There's trees.

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There's birds. Why not? Why can't there be birds,

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Steven? Yeah, why is there not life on the Radiant

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Citadel? There is life. Damn it, Steven. Yeah.

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You naysayer. So, you awaken there. The light

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of the gem. sort of slowly begins to glow and

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glow and glow until this sort of broad daylight

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hits the great fossil upon which this city is

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built. A city known as the Radiant Citadel, the

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gateway between worlds. As you awaken, you realize

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it's pretty early in the morning, probably around

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7 o 'clock. And from what you heard, the jasper

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gem that leaves for God's breath on this day

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is going to leave around 8. Now, I will ask you

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this. Is there anything you want to do here in

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the ugly coyote before taking off towards the

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conquered passage of respite? I mean, we get

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up at 7 and it leaves at 8. I need at least an

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hour and a half, two hours to get ready. I see

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you wake up earlier than that. All right, we

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wake up at 6. Jules is going to take his morning

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poop for two hours. Scroll Twitter. I just Googled

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what a Jasper gemstone looks like, and I'm pretty

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sure I had one of these as a kid. They're pretty

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cool. They're very cool. A blue one, specifically.

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I think this one, when I was looking at it, I

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saw red. That's what I was thinking. It's red

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Jasper. There was a slight translucence to the

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last two gemstones you went on. This one does

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not have that. It's a solid, solid stone. There

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are a few of those out there. It's really cool.

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You're seeing these things constantly orbiting

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the Citadel in the slow movement, these different

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colored, brilliant gemstones that are stadium

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-sized. They're always in orbit. It's kind of

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amazing. It's what you see as stars in the midst

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of this ethereal fog that always surrounds the

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great diamond upon which the city is built. That's

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pretty sweet. It's really cool. That's really

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cool. It's a really, really cool idea. The blue

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ones are better. Well, too bad. This is a red

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one. As far as the game goes, Zebulon's just

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waiting up for Jules. Okay. Yeah, I think Jules

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just comes down the stairs just slowly. You know,

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not really a whole lot of emotion on his face.

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Just kind of ready to get down to business. Zebulon's

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watching him wordlessly. I guess he's just kind

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of waiting to see. how Jules is doing. He doesn't

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want to pester him, but he's obviously concerned.

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Yeah, I mean, I think Jules is just open to doing

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what we're doing. You know, I don't think it's

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something that Zebulon really needs to worry

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about too much. He's just ready to do what we've

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got to do. Jules, do you need a hand with anything

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this morning? No, I'm doing all right. I'm doing

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all right. I think, uh... Just ready to get this

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done. Before we leave, Jules, um... There was

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something... I've been... I've been thinking

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about it. Is it okay if I ask you... Ask you

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a question? Yeah, of course, Ev. Of course. What

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do you... What do you know about... Demons? David,

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what do I know about demons? Huh. I guess it

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comes down to how much you want to reveal. You

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know this. Your parents were a part of some large

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organization, and they were somewhere near the

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top of this organization. You know this group

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was known as the Cult of the Fractured Horn?

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Yes. They worship a particular demon, one that

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we actually have mentioned long before on this

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show, but never by name. This demon is known

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as Zolmante Shab. It is the horned demon that

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once did battle with Atash in the land of Ankaran

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Sengar and was sealed away. The greatest foe

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of the greatest luminary. And he is an idol to

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your parents. It is from him that your mother

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receives her dark magic. And it is him that they

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were trying to give you to. through all these

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occult rituals you spent growing up. You suspect...

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Like as a sacrifice? You're not sure entirely

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what their intentions were. You just remember

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all the different rituals they made you go through.

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You remember the darkness, the voices, that one

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roaring voice in particular. A voice that I think

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you may wonder if it was Zomateshab. Open your

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eyes. The other day, you and Shelley were talking

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about demons like you talk about roles. I only

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know about one, Zeb. And we better pray we never

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meet him. It's nothing but evil. Nothing but

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death. Nothing but power. I mean, we're out here

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dealing with, you know, brigands and bad guys

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and the worst that... Mankind has to offer, but...

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You ain't seen the worst yet. You're not even

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talking about mankind. This is... That's a whole

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new level. That's... That's pretty scary. Yeah,

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it is. As much as I hate to think about it, I

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think somewhere down the road we might have to

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face them. That's what we're really wrapped up

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in? Yeah. That's... That's reality. Huh. I'm...

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I'm not going to force you to continue with me,

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:50.200
but... I guess this is quite the unexpected obstacle,

00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:55.679
but... We've gotten through some tough times

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already, so... I guess let's keep it rolling?

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.080
Thick and thin. We'll cross that bridge when

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.080
we get to it. How many more sayings can we come

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:16.090
up with? David, take it away. You see Chester

00:16:16.090 --> 00:16:18.169
just like, I feel a hand pressed down your shoulders

00:16:18.169 --> 00:16:21.429
at Milan. I'm somewhere way above. And Chester

00:16:21.429 --> 00:16:26.149
just says, attaboy, Zeb. I'm going to like this

00:16:26.149 --> 00:16:28.330
guy more and more every day, Jules. I think we're

00:16:28.330 --> 00:16:31.389
all one big family now. I think as you mentioned

00:16:31.389 --> 00:16:34.070
family, maybe like Chester and you both kind

00:16:34.070 --> 00:16:37.889
of look around. See Fibro in the corner is still

00:16:37.889 --> 00:16:40.009
reading like he has been. Actually, at this point,

00:16:40.029 --> 00:16:41.669
I think he finally fell asleep, so he's just

00:16:41.669 --> 00:16:47.149
snoring on a book on a table in the corner, just

00:16:47.149 --> 00:16:49.870
softly snoring in his own corner here. You also

00:16:49.870 --> 00:16:53.730
hear another voice snoring very loudly and deeply

00:16:53.730 --> 00:16:56.210
from the back row as it's suddenly cut off as

00:16:56.210 --> 00:17:00.490
Ader is forced awake by a very angry Jeans, who's

00:17:00.490 --> 00:17:02.730
just like, Ader, I told you, no more of this

00:17:02.730 --> 00:17:05.569
sleeping past 10 o 'clock business. Up now. You

00:17:05.569 --> 00:17:06.970
want to run a business? Got to get going in the

00:17:06.970 --> 00:17:09.750
morning, all right? Come on, come on. Oh, come

00:17:09.750 --> 00:17:13.250
on. I was up late again, and this ain't fair.

00:17:13.789 --> 00:17:16.089
It's like I'm arguing. The door opens up, and

00:17:16.089 --> 00:17:18.869
a bleary -eyed aider just steps out, trying to,

00:17:18.869 --> 00:17:21.369
like, don an apron. As he steps out, you see

00:17:21.369 --> 00:17:23.329
Mulligan's over there, apron already tied, ready

00:17:23.329 --> 00:17:26.170
to go, hands washed and drying in the air as

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he's excited. Just begin cooking again. Begin

00:17:29.009 --> 00:17:30.589
his prep for a new day. He wants to learn some

00:17:30.589 --> 00:17:33.980
new dishes. You see the cherry delights, and

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:37.359
they're just getting along fine. I mean, there's

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.539
definitely this lingering despair around them

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:44.099
always, but they do have something to do now,

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.220
something to work towards, and they're doubling

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down on it. And that's kind of the way I want

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:52.880
it to stay. Let them take care of the other coyote,

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:56.099
and we're going to go out, and we're going to

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fix it. We're going to take care of this. And

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:02.160
when it comes to doubling down, I think you also

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.880
see a very eager Chester. Eyes burning, staying

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.279
beside you. Arrow slung on his back. He's just

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:13.559
ready to go, whatever comes. You know, I told

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:17.200
you before, you weaponize Jules. When you weaponize

00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:21.839
Jules, you weaponize Chester. Hell yeah. Oh,

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:26.519
I love it. I think you guys hear a knock at the

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.480
door. Or, no, it's a saloon door. The saloon

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:34.319
door. No one knocks. The door's open. Who is

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:37.500
it? You see Lady Dre, in quotes, steps in. You

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:39.880
remember this broad shoulder, sort of husky woman

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.279
with a sort of loose, colorful, God's breath

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.660
dress. Big straw hat that you recognize anywhere.

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Steps in the room and just says, Well, hi there,

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.160
folks. Y 'all ready to go? Sorry I knocked. I

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:56.779
forgot I was saloon door for some reason. That's

00:18:56.779 --> 00:19:02.119
okay. It was polite. Yes, Mr. A, I'm ready to

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:10.740
go. All right, and hang on. So, she reveals his

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:15.660
usual tone. Orange looks you over. So, I got

00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:19.099
a little trouble. I just received word that I

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:21.880
think I'll be all right to get through. I got

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:24.079
my hat and all that. No one really knows about

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.500
my alter ego, right? Even the ones high up. Kept

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.759
a good secret here. And Jules, I think you might

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.200
be okay. I got a rip for you, got a rip for Chester

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:39.319
here. But, Zebulon, I have a rip for you. But

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:41.500
they're looking for you. It'll be tough getting

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:46.240
you by. Oh, geez. Now, I don't know if we have

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:49.200
some means of sneaking you on. I can't give up

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:52.359
my high disguise. I need to stay incognito myself,

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:58.720
but... Well, it just so happens. Yeah. What?

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:05.059
Hey, yeah, Jules can do a thing. I can do a thing.

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:13.019
Do a thing. And that thing is called... Invisibility.

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:18.920
Invisibility. We remember. I just paused David

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:21.240
because I said that and you looked like genuinely

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:23.740
confused. Like, wait, what? There's something

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:26.359
you could do? I was playing the character. I

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:32.240
was playing the character. Okay. I can make Zeb

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:35.660
invisible. All right. That'll work. Sneak him

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:39.779
on. I can't believe they're going to do that

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:42.009
to me. I can't believe they're going to. Actually,

00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:43.890
let me just make sure that I didn't expend it.

00:20:43.910 --> 00:20:45.690
Oh, no, I took a long rest anyway, so it's okay.

00:20:45.890 --> 00:20:49.569
You don't have it for later in the day, but you'll

00:20:49.569 --> 00:20:53.289
use it now, and that should be. I think Oren's

00:20:53.289 --> 00:20:57.650
just nodding. Well, yeah, that'll work. Should

00:20:57.650 --> 00:20:58.950
have trusted you all to have something up your

00:20:58.950 --> 00:21:02.589
sleeves. As he's kind of like turning towards

00:21:02.589 --> 00:21:04.950
the door, you see Aiders as part of his sort

00:21:04.950 --> 00:21:06.569
of morning routine is sort of getting that crystal.

00:21:06.809 --> 00:21:09.849
He's like he goes up to his crystal projector.

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.700
You know, the diamond still, I think he pulls

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.019
out of his pocket, he has a little diamond chip,

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.740
he slides into the slot in the back to sort of

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:18.039
project an image. He sort of slaps it a few times

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.500
and sparks to life on the wall. You guys see

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:24.140
this happening and decide, you and your tester

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:29.579
kind of go, hey, Jules, Zab, look at that. We

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:33.460
know that fellow, right? And you all turn towards

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the image now projected on this sort of screen

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sort of dropped on the back wall of the room.

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And roll the video feed. Audio feed. The Morning

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.960
Jewel is filmed in front of a live studio audience.

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We hear this voice ring out. And we are once

00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:03.299
again staring at a room with luxurious sort of

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:05.900
fuchsia furniture. There's a small sort of table

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:08.220
set out in the middle. There's a singular large

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:11.609
sofa. where a dwarven woman in luxurious fuchsia

00:22:11.609 --> 00:22:15.250
robes matching the set sits with a long pipe

00:22:15.250 --> 00:22:18.269
resting at the edge of her lips. We see two other

00:22:18.269 --> 00:22:20.529
chairs on the other side of this table, and we

00:22:20.529 --> 00:22:24.150
see two, well, one familiar figure and a new

00:22:24.150 --> 00:22:27.069
character sitting on the other side. And first

00:22:27.069 --> 00:22:28.910
of all, Eamon Rath, it's been a little while.

00:22:29.549 --> 00:22:31.250
Ah, yes. Let's talk about what you look like

00:22:31.250 --> 00:22:36.990
again. Ah, yes. Well, let's begin with my illustrious

00:22:36.990 --> 00:22:41.119
top knife. Yes. It is the crown jewel of the

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.220
Wrath family. Everybody must have the top knot

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:48.680
from top to bottom. So yes, I have the top knot.

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:52.680
And then from there, I go down to my coat, which

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.539
is made out of Silver Hills leather, which is

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:59.259
the best leather in the world. Yes, it's amazing.

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:03.039
Very, very fine. And then from there, I have

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:06.440
my little wooden shield, which I use because,

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:10.049
again, I need to move fast for this. large bulky

00:23:10.049 --> 00:23:13.910
frame. But, yeah. And then I have this massive

00:23:13.910 --> 00:23:17.589
long sword, which I use. It's not quite... What

00:23:17.589 --> 00:23:21.450
is the word there? Oh, I forget the word of the

00:23:21.450 --> 00:23:24.549
sword that knocks down legs of horses. What is

00:23:24.549 --> 00:23:27.470
it? The claymore. Yes, a claymore. So, yes, yes,

00:23:27.529 --> 00:23:29.930
yes. Oh, yes, yes, yes. It's similar, but it's

00:23:29.930 --> 00:23:32.950
a little bit shorter. Yes, yes. So, yes. Here

00:23:32.950 --> 00:23:36.690
I am. And I do have something new, which... You

00:23:36.690 --> 00:23:39.089
may not be familiar with, but I want to get into

00:23:39.089 --> 00:23:43.829
that later. I really dove into culture while

00:23:43.829 --> 00:23:50.910
I was in my Sapsanko day. It's a long story,

00:23:51.009 --> 00:23:53.329
but we will touch upon it. But I have some additions

00:23:53.329 --> 00:23:58.680
to my top -notch, actually. Oh my god, yes! I

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:01.259
love this. I should state here for the listening

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:03.720
audience that while Stephen and Jeremy unfortunately

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:08.140
can't join me in voice, they are here laughing

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:10.160
their asses off with their headphones on listening.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:17.480
So it's just important to know. And so we see

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:20.299
Ananath sitting there in his chair, and just

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.700
beside him we see a new character. Mike, would

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:26.240
you describe your character for us? I would describe

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.549
my character as nondescript. My hair is neither

00:24:29.549 --> 00:24:35.569
long nor short. I would say that mostly I blend

00:24:35.569 --> 00:24:38.750
in. I would say I'm neither muscular nor doughy.

00:24:39.170 --> 00:24:43.589
I would say I'm neither tall nor short. It's

00:24:43.589 --> 00:24:47.049
critical that I blend in and I do not draw attention

00:24:47.049 --> 00:24:53.569
to myself. I have basic leather. Yes. Taking

00:24:53.569 --> 00:24:57.079
after the wrath. Yes, and I would say that my

00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:00.880
garments are primarily focused on hidden pockets.

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:07.819
I have a lot of tools. I have a lot of weapons,

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.299
particularly daggers, that I hide in my pockets.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:16.109
Hell yeah, I... I love this image of Eamon the

00:25:16.109 --> 00:25:18.769
Wrath just so over the top with his bald head

00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:21.450
and white topknot and long coat and big sword.

00:25:21.589 --> 00:25:23.789
And then next to him is just this really nondescript

00:25:23.789 --> 00:25:26.569
figure. It's just like night and day. But it

00:25:26.569 --> 00:25:33.109
works oh so well. Either handsome or ugly. That's

00:25:33.109 --> 00:25:35.369
how I prefer my co -creators. Let me see on the

00:25:35.369 --> 00:25:42.150
other side of the table. Fubo Mei, the dwarven

00:25:42.150 --> 00:25:45.789
woman with her long black raven locks, takes

00:25:45.789 --> 00:25:50.009
a dragmire pipe and blows it out very soulfully

00:25:50.009 --> 00:25:53.950
and turns towards the camera staring at her and

00:25:53.950 --> 00:25:56.430
just says, Welcome to the morning, Jewel. We

00:25:56.430 --> 00:25:59.730
start our days off brilliantly. Well, folks,

00:25:59.829 --> 00:26:01.890
I've got myself two handsome men in the studio

00:26:01.890 --> 00:26:04.349
today. Luminary, I'm going to wrath this back.

00:26:04.630 --> 00:26:07.490
And he brought his new sidekick. Sorry, your

00:26:07.490 --> 00:26:11.359
name again? It's Pink. Please don't call me handsome.

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:21.500
Handsome and humble. I love it. I love it. May

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:26.740
I just say, he sounds like somebody from a familiar

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:30.900
podcast that I listen to. But I would not. I

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:38.099
would not go there. And actually, for anyone

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:41.420
who doesn't know, we already touched on Stomp,

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.059
who joined us in the show earlier on, as a podcast.

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:47.259
It is the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast.

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:50.400
And we got lucky enough for his co -host, Mike,

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.980
to join us as well. We got the full package here

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:58.720
tonight, folks. We're going places. Yeah, we

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.660
are so grateful you guys got to join us for this.

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:06.140
It's always a good time. So if we may just kind

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:08.470
of... Alright, next section I drag, and then...

00:27:08.470 --> 00:27:11.609
Now, Mr. Emin Rath, enough with the foreplay.

00:27:11.789 --> 00:27:14.190
What with this talk of poachers and some sunko,

00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:17.990
huh? Well, I just want to let everybody know

00:27:17.990 --> 00:27:22.089
that you may be familiar with the sad events

00:27:22.089 --> 00:27:27.450
of the night market, where I just disappeared

00:27:27.450 --> 00:27:29.990
out of the blue. Well, I must tell you that I've

00:27:29.990 --> 00:27:33.769
been more or less resting at the edge of the

00:27:33.769 --> 00:27:37.349
town. Resting, keeping an eye on my two newfound

00:27:37.349 --> 00:27:42.490
allies, Zeb and Jules. But from a distance, because

00:27:42.490 --> 00:27:44.609
I had other things to do, I had to look for the

00:27:44.609 --> 00:27:48.210
big old Ojo. And don't ask me to say his full

00:27:48.210 --> 00:27:50.549
name, because there's just too much to talk about

00:27:50.549 --> 00:27:56.589
tonight. So, yes, I was there, daily, living

00:27:56.589 --> 00:27:59.869
in a yurt on the edge of town, resting, keeping

00:27:59.869 --> 00:28:02.359
an eye on these people. And at night, I would

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.359
imbibe in the culture and the craft of the night

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:07.579
market. But during the day, I would explore the

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:13.140
dense jungle of Sub -Sunko. Excuse me. I burped

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:21.220
a little bit. So, yes. Your question was in regards

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:25.640
to the people of the dense vegetation in the

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:29.640
forest. This is a troubling, troubling event.

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:35.680
So I must tell you what I discovered. Must we

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:39.420
go there? Who? Well, the people want to know.

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.059
Emendrath, it's been the talk of the town. The

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:44.460
talk of all the world's towns. I'll tell you,

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:46.039
people are real excited about what you're up

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:48.680
to. And I'm guessing it's on some sunker that

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:52.700
you met this tasty creature, huh? Yes, yes. That's

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:57.390
true. That's true. Yes, absolutely. Again, I

00:28:57.390 --> 00:29:00.049
would go out for daily expeditions trying to

00:29:00.049 --> 00:29:04.069
find the Big O. As you know, as a young child,

00:29:04.190 --> 00:29:07.450
I was abducted from the Silver Hills and I was

00:29:07.450 --> 00:29:12.130
trained in the ways of the Citadel. And I was

00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:15.410
called out again to find the Big O who has since

00:29:15.410 --> 00:29:20.170
vanished after an unfortunate event. So during

00:29:20.170 --> 00:29:24.890
my reconnaissance, that's reconnaissance, I stumbled

00:29:24.890 --> 00:29:30.230
upon... A thick section of vegetation. And I

00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:33.950
was unfortunately ambushed by unseen group of

00:29:33.950 --> 00:29:38.269
adversaries. Hidden by thick forest. Yes, yes,

00:29:38.289 --> 00:29:42.069
yes. Hidden by thick floor of forest. I quickly

00:29:42.069 --> 00:29:45.430
learned, as you mentioned, that this group was

00:29:45.430 --> 00:29:49.809
a fierce band of poachers and smugglers. Loathed

00:29:49.809 --> 00:29:54.150
by the good folk of Sbsanko. With a little more

00:29:54.150 --> 00:29:58.480
reconnaissance. Their name, I found out, to be...

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:05.180
The Snake Eaters. The Snake Eaters? Why, I've

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:07.859
heard of the Snake Eaters. They cross all the

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:09.799
worlds, don't they? From what I understand, yes,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:13.920
they do, yes. Their trade? Regional subsanctifona.

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:18.240
Yes. Can you say that three times fast? Regional

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.099
subsanctifona. Regional subsanctifona. Regional

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:24.779
subsanctifona. Which is highly valid throughout

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:29.839
the realm. So, yes, I was ambushed. Amazing.

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:34.539
I'm sorry to ambush your comments, but I was

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:39.220
ambushed myself. And that's where I met my new

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:43.259
protoday, Bink, which is here next to me. And

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:47.000
I can't thank him enough for saving me because

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:52.410
the snakeages deal in terrible... Terrible poisons.

00:30:52.450 --> 00:30:57.950
Terrible craft. Poison, you say? Yes. Very deadly

00:30:57.950 --> 00:31:02.049
poison. Yes, and I think you're very lucky to

00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:04.009
have met me because I have a particular set of

00:31:04.009 --> 00:31:09.130
skills. Yes, do tell, do tell, do tell. Well,

00:31:09.130 --> 00:31:13.190
you see. Please, please. So my background is

00:31:13.190 --> 00:31:17.109
that of somebody who knows the insides and the

00:31:17.109 --> 00:31:21.480
outsides of the jungle as well as the town. Because

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:25.539
I have a particular focus on obtaining goods

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:30.160
as needed. And I also will sometimes help people

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.480
out if they're dealing with snake eaters. Yes.

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:36.299
And... All right, yeah, first it sounded mighty

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:38.079
suspicious, but now that you're talking about

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.779
helping people out, it sounds a little better.

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.519
Well, I mean, I wouldn't say that I was doing

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:45.420
it as a way to be nice. Eamonrath happens to

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:49.299
have a lot of valuable possessions on him, and...

00:31:49.549 --> 00:31:52.730
Initially, my thought was that I may abscond

00:31:52.730 --> 00:31:57.289
with some of those. Yes, yes. Honey, we are broadcasting

00:31:57.289 --> 00:31:59.710
this to a live audience. I just want to make

00:31:59.710 --> 00:32:02.890
sure you have that. I have to say, I have been

00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:07.809
checking my pockets recently. Just in case. It's

00:32:07.809 --> 00:32:13.549
a love -hate relationship. But with all... Gotta

00:32:13.549 --> 00:32:16.670
hit those R's hard, huh? But with all new relationships...

00:32:18.250 --> 00:32:20.390
You must be cautious until you become familiar.

00:32:21.329 --> 00:32:25.329
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I would say that I've sort

00:32:25.329 --> 00:32:29.569
of given up on my current life and the circumstances

00:32:29.569 --> 00:32:33.130
that have happened that caused me to have to

00:32:33.130 --> 00:32:36.029
sort of change my alliances and friendships.

00:32:36.769 --> 00:32:39.990
And I thought that it would be a good idea to

00:32:39.990 --> 00:32:42.970
sort of move forward and get in with him and

00:32:42.970 --> 00:32:46.410
see what he's got going on. So, so far it's been

00:32:46.410 --> 00:32:50.779
a mixed... mixed bag right now. Hmm. What do

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:54.400
you mean by that, my friend? Well, I'm waiting

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:59.160
to get rich. Listen, I know it's been a little

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:02.640
tight in the hammock, but is there more to it

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.599
than the tightness of the hammock? Well, I think

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:08.059
that's one of the issues, is that I'm not a hammock

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:11.220
person. I'm a tent person. Ah, yes, yes, I see.

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:13.380
Well, when you're in the jungle, you must do

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:17.180
what you must do. But, again... I thank you for

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:21.779
everything you've done for me. And tell everybody

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:25.240
what you're doing now. Are you joining me? Are

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.640
you learning the ways of the Citadel? I am joining

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:30.720
you, and I'm learning the ways, and I'm also

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:33.559
teaching you the ways of the Dagger and Sleight

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.200
of Hand. Yes, yes, which is very tricky, very

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:45.589
tricky. Yes, it is. Yes, very tricky. Yes. A

00:33:45.589 --> 00:33:47.670
trade of skills, that's very exciting. Yes, well,

00:33:47.769 --> 00:33:50.829
they will come in handy because, you know, my

00:33:50.829 --> 00:33:54.009
skills, his skills will come in very, very good

00:33:54.009 --> 00:33:57.750
use because we are on a new mission. Our original

00:33:57.750 --> 00:34:01.829
mission is to find the big O, the big O. But

00:34:01.829 --> 00:34:07.710
now we must continue to infiltrate, disband these

00:34:07.710 --> 00:34:11.750
so -called snake eaters, okay? Yes, that's what

00:34:11.750 --> 00:34:15.010
our mission is now, moving forward. Right. And

00:34:15.010 --> 00:34:17.230
Bink cannot throw. By trying to teach him how

00:34:17.230 --> 00:34:20.010
to throw a dagger, he throws... I don't know.

00:34:20.030 --> 00:34:24.550
How would you say you throw? Bink? Or Emin Roth?

00:34:25.429 --> 00:34:30.190
Emin Roth. I'm not used to the dagger. I'm used

00:34:30.190 --> 00:34:33.989
to the sword and the shield. And rolling on the

00:34:33.989 --> 00:34:37.690
ground when I need to, to avoid other daggers

00:34:37.690 --> 00:34:39.789
and things. But I've never thrown them. I've

00:34:39.789 --> 00:34:43.900
been on the receiving end of them. Which is tough.

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:46.739
That sucks being on the receiving end of a dagger.

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.940
Well, there's nothing wrong with knowing your

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:52.039
way around a big weapon, am I right? Yes, true,

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:56.000
true. Yes, yes. That's what big men are all about.

00:34:56.199 --> 00:35:00.119
What kind of discussion is this? Hopefully it's

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:05.679
explicitly rated. Yes, yes, yes. Anyway. Uwe

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:10.210
just winks at you from across the table. So you

00:35:10.210 --> 00:35:13.730
mentioned this deadly poison, huh? Yes, and apparently

00:35:13.730 --> 00:35:19.789
it's derived from rattlesnake venom. Can you

00:35:19.789 --> 00:35:25.329
believe this? Rattlesnake venom. Likely. Rattlesnake?

00:35:25.349 --> 00:35:27.570
Yes, yes, yes, which is very hard to find. I

00:35:27.570 --> 00:35:30.190
mean, you have to dig deep. They do not come

00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:37.280
out into the air or the... upper ground of subsancto

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.800
they stay deep deep deep so you have to go deep

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:42.820
and you find the snakes and you get the venom

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:50.539
and like oh hold on hold on hold on hold on i'm

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.280
an expert in poisoning so i'm trying to explain

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.559
something to you okay okay i'm sorry i'm getting

00:35:55.559 --> 00:36:00.840
carried away do you know that you do not need

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:04.750
to find snake poison I did not know that. Because

00:36:04.750 --> 00:36:07.329
I know how to make poison out of plants. Oh,

00:36:07.329 --> 00:36:10.989
damn. Really? Yes, I'm an expert poisoner. I

00:36:10.989 --> 00:36:14.190
see, I see. So we can actually find some plants.

00:36:14.309 --> 00:36:16.190
Do you know what kind of plants we can find to

00:36:16.190 --> 00:36:20.730
get poison? No. Take a guess. We probably shouldn't

00:36:20.730 --> 00:36:23.210
tell the whole wide world how to make poison.

00:36:24.369 --> 00:36:26.869
Seems like a really dangerous topic. Well, everybody

00:36:26.869 --> 00:36:29.670
should know how to make poison. Yeah. What if

00:36:29.670 --> 00:36:31.090
you need to kill somebody? My show might get

00:36:31.090 --> 00:36:38.619
shut down. There's one twist to this story that

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:43.539
I must mention. They have intertwined the venom

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:47.340
from Subsanko from venom from elsewhere, and

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:50.239
the venom that they have intertwined, very much

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:53.679
like a strange DNA thing, is from the world of

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:56.340
God's Breath. Rattlesnake venom from God's Breath,

00:36:56.420 --> 00:37:00.070
you say? Yes. So that... I see. So you're thinking

00:37:00.070 --> 00:37:02.449
this might be where these snake eaters may be

00:37:02.449 --> 00:37:05.429
working from? At least another arm of this organization?

00:37:06.090 --> 00:37:09.489
Yes. This may very well expand beyond Sipsanko

00:37:09.489 --> 00:37:15.869
and broaden out to the greater realm. So we shall

00:37:15.869 --> 00:37:18.409
see. But that is our mission at the moment. Wow.

00:37:18.489 --> 00:37:20.369
So any of you folks watching from God's breath,

00:37:20.409 --> 00:37:22.489
you watch out for poachers in your jungles or

00:37:22.489 --> 00:37:25.769
your forests, whatever you have here. And, uh...

00:37:26.190 --> 00:37:35.150
Yeah, be careful. Sorry. Damn it, Jeremy. Oh,

00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:42.889
my gosh. Now... Wait, wait, just have stretches,

00:37:42.969 --> 00:37:45.969
stretches out. Another drag, a pipe, and a...

00:37:45.969 --> 00:37:49.130
Now, I have one last question for you both before

00:37:49.130 --> 00:37:51.809
we go to break. And I really hate to ruin our

00:37:51.809 --> 00:37:53.769
fun with talk of tragedy, but the people will

00:37:53.769 --> 00:37:56.449
be wondering. Just last night, the speakers for

00:37:56.449 --> 00:37:58.989
the Ancestors have acted on the will of the Incarnates,

00:37:59.050 --> 00:38:01.409
and finally made the heartbreaking decision to

00:38:01.409 --> 00:38:04.409
declare the deaths of all those lost on Tythos.

00:38:05.070 --> 00:38:08.489
This, of course, includes the very man you were

00:38:08.489 --> 00:38:10.809
searching for, the primary suspect behind these

00:38:10.809 --> 00:38:14.030
terrible events, your former mentor, Hojin Yoshikatsu.

00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:17.369
Do you - I have not heard this. Tell me, do you

00:38:17.369 --> 00:38:20.769
feel he's truly dead and gone? This is new to

00:38:20.769 --> 00:38:23.690
me. Again, I've been in my yurt world, and I

00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:27.070
have not had access to communications with the

00:38:27.070 --> 00:38:30.309
Citadel on a regular basis. This is impossible.

00:38:31.389 --> 00:38:35.190
Impossible. It's a travesty. I do not understand.

00:38:35.449 --> 00:38:39.469
I will have to reserve judgment. It could be

00:38:39.469 --> 00:38:44.750
an opportunity. It's too soon, Bink. Too soon.

00:38:45.969 --> 00:38:51.289
Sorry. There's some suspicious talk happening

00:38:51.289 --> 00:38:55.650
on my show. Before any more crimes are committed,

00:38:55.690 --> 00:38:57.550
we should probably cut to commercial, but thank

00:38:57.550 --> 00:38:59.989
you both so much for coming on. You're very welcome.

00:39:00.070 --> 00:39:02.849
It's always good to see you, fool. Thank you

00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:06.190
for welcoming me. Oh, anytime, darling. Anytime.

00:39:06.329 --> 00:39:13.210
Thank you so much. And we're back. We zoom out

00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:19.029
from this image, and you guys just watched. Goofiness

00:39:19.029 --> 00:39:23.489
ensues. Goofiness. That was awesome. It was a

00:39:23.489 --> 00:39:26.329
lot of fun. Or in her early days, shaking her

00:39:26.329 --> 00:39:28.949
head, just like, that show gets more off the

00:39:28.949 --> 00:39:34.889
rails every day. Dad, I'm in wrath. It's been

00:39:34.889 --> 00:39:44.630
busy. Excuse me, I'm in wrath. Yeah, Joel, it's

00:39:44.630 --> 00:39:49.980
just, I'm in wrath. Wrath. I got it now. I got

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:52.320
it. I promised I won't fuck it up again. And

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.059
how about that bank guy? Yeah. Where'd he come

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:56.619
from? I don't know. This guy just came out of

00:39:56.619 --> 00:40:00.579
nowhere. Yeah. I don't know. It's kind of impressive,

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:06.340
to be honest. I like his style of humor. Or Lady

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:10.079
Dress is kind of staring. I don't like the mention

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:13.559
of God's breath there. Poachers in the rattle.

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.260
That's where they find the rattlesnakes, at least.

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:19.059
Makes you wonder. Well, yeah, that's why it's

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:22.760
named that way. Like the poison. Oh, okay. Yeah.

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.699
I get it now. Yeah. Well, it shouldn't matter

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:31.739
to us. We'll be skipping through quickly. Yeah,

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:33.300
nothing to worry about. I'm sure we'll be real

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:39.000
safe. You actually see Chester's staring out.

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:40.880
His eyes are still locked on the screen, though

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:42.840
now it's just playing an ad for Marfil Ironworks.

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:46.219
It's a mighty pig man on the screen, just like,

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:52.719
buy a mafia! Just some silly... Chester's staring

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:54.940
out with this sort of somber look to him. What's

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:59.119
up, Chester? Huh? What's up? What's up? Did you

00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:04.119
hear that, Jules? I did. They declared them dead.

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:10.579
I didn't know. Everyone? I mean, I guess I figured,

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:14.969
but... I know when you actually hear it, when

00:41:14.969 --> 00:41:17.030
you actually face to face with it, it's different.

00:41:18.369 --> 00:41:21.989
I hadn't really, I don't know, processed? I hadn't

00:41:21.989 --> 00:41:24.809
really thought about it. It's so much been going

00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:29.010
on. It's all happened so fast. I know. Trust

00:41:29.010 --> 00:41:32.869
me, I feel it too. But we got to keep moving

00:41:32.869 --> 00:41:38.429
forward, okay? Yeah. This is not going to end

00:41:38.429 --> 00:41:40.949
unless we keep moving forward. For everyone.

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:45.480
Everyone we lost. For everyone. He pushes his

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:47.159
bow up a little tighter on his shoulder. He stands

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:51.460
a little taller. And his eyes, looking almost

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:54.760
close to breaking into tears, just immediately

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:58.659
harden. The warrior's eyes. He gives you a nod

00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:02.880
and turns towards the door. Zebulon's also looking,

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:07.400
you know, really forlorn. They skipped right

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:11.340
over the part. About how to make poison out of

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:19.199
plants. That could have been so useful. Your

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:21.360
names were also mentioned very briefly and never

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:23.940
touched on. It was like so close, but so far

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:28.360
away. Well, yeah, that's right. You did mention

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.820
this. Yeah, but like just Zeb. So like no one

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:36.099
would really know, which I love. He said my nickname.

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:40.989
He said my nickname. The saloon door bursts open

00:42:40.989 --> 00:42:44.349
again. You see a panting Jean Franklin. Sorry,

00:42:44.510 --> 00:42:47.429
I overslept. My bed was too comfortable. Oh,

00:42:47.449 --> 00:42:48.650
man, and here I thought we were going to have

00:42:48.650 --> 00:42:50.349
to go wake you up manually. At the pale moonlight,

00:42:50.650 --> 00:42:54.309
it was too comfortable and clean. I find that

00:42:54.309 --> 00:42:57.130
very hot to believe. That's because you're an

00:42:57.130 --> 00:42:59.550
idiot. Now let's go. Sorry, did you say cold

00:42:59.550 --> 00:43:04.289
and inhospitable? So I take it your group heads

00:43:04.289 --> 00:43:09.480
out? Yeah, I think so. Do you sleep? Of course.

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:12.880
Okay. The other two step forward. I think Jean's

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:15.239
actually stored in the back of the room. And

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:18.619
she's kind of looking at you. She's still angry.

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:23.860
I'm going to fix this, okay? She glances. Her

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:27.219
gaze turns from you. She looks over at Chester.

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:32.980
Then back at you. No one else, Jules. We lose

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:39.199
no one else. You understand? We're losing. No

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:44.019
one. She nods, just keeps her eyes locked on

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:47.340
you, and then finally, almost ashamedly, looks

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:50.260
down towards the floor. Mulligan just has to

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:53.960
feed you. Uh, so, uh, pretty good food on God's

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:56.559
breath. Don't worry, we'll bring some back for

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:59.460
you. Oh boy, alright. I mean, an eater can make

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:01.539
pretty much anything here. It's a specialty,

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:04.400
but still, you know, authentic Godsworth cuisine.

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:10.980
Yeah, we gotcha. Oh, alright. Don't worry. Fibro

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:13.840
snoring in the corner and Lady Dre just turns.

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:18.659
All right now. Hang on. All right now. Ready

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:24.739
to go, sugar? I'm ready. I'm ready, Spice. Thanks

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:35.300
for the concern, Jeans. You work your way. Door

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:37.519
opens and closes. Ader waves you a good goodbye.

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:40.260
Um, so there's a few passing words with, with,

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:43.500
uh, Lady Dre and you're back out in the streets.

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:45.719
What are those few passing words? You don't hear

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:48.760
them. You're too far away. Can I roll? Damn it.

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:55.320
Perception. Yeah, you can roll perception. 14.

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:02.840
Uh, as you're kind of moving away, you just kind

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.519
of hear from the back of the room where, uh,

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:08.440
where the two guys are speaking. Just like, No,

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:10.239
no, yeah, I'm sure about them. Don't you worry,

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:13.659
they're tough. They'll get you through. And,

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:16.980
hey Dre, just, it just ain't their problem, you

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:20.320
know? Hang on, sorry. Just ain't their problem.

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:22.679
I'd hate to see them get mixed up in something

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:27.320
bad. But, I like them fine. They're good folk.

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:29.659
I'll do what I can to make sure they get back

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:35.280
alright. Yeah, Oren, yeah. And, uh, take care

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:37.750
of yourself, too. I don't like the look in your

00:45:37.750 --> 00:45:41.949
eye. Okay, I'm satisfied. They almost break away

00:45:41.949 --> 00:45:43.289
from each other then. All right, I'll let you

00:45:43.289 --> 00:45:45.269
off the hook now. Thank you. Thank you so much.

00:45:46.449 --> 00:45:50.949
You monster. You guys step out into the streets

00:45:50.949 --> 00:45:54.829
of the Citadel. You begin to work your way up

00:45:54.829 --> 00:45:59.190
the trade disc all once more. Much happier mirror

00:45:59.190 --> 00:46:03.059
of a scene from a few days ago. And as your party

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:05.780
just works around the crowd, people just running

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:08.579
around cheering and applauding and just having

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:10.780
a great old time. It's always a good time here

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:15.039
on the Radiant Citadel. You up the coil, up the

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:17.599
coil around two times, and you hit just around

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:20.659
where the Passes of Respa is. What's up, Steve

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:26.780
Elm? Before we get too close, Jules, do you want

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:30.340
to do the... And Zebulon makes, like, hand motions

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:34.579
trying to somehow. Jeremy, the player, is very

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:36.920
confused right now. Talking about invisibility.

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:42.159
Oh, okay. Zebulon's thinking that he's maybe

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:44.920
being watched as soon as they leave the ugly

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:47.860
coyote. Okay, so, yeah. All right, so, yeah,

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:50.659
as we leave the saloon doors. Let's go into this

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:53.349
shop over here. All right, let's go take a peek.

00:46:53.530 --> 00:46:55.989
Yeah, let's go do a little shopping before we

00:46:55.989 --> 00:46:58.389
leave. I ain't got some gold, but I think you

00:46:58.389 --> 00:47:00.570
got some less, so let's go. Yeah, exactly. All

00:47:00.570 --> 00:47:04.010
right, let's go. And what shop are we going into,

00:47:04.110 --> 00:47:13.489
David? There's a shop of fine zing dishes, like

00:47:13.489 --> 00:47:15.769
china, fine china. Perfect. Yeah, and you go

00:47:15.769 --> 00:47:17.769
in there, and there's all sorts of flowery, beautiful.

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:20.119
Yeah, I mean, there's no one in here because

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:21.900
nobody wants that. So we're going to act like

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:23.519
we're looking at the shelves. Oh, my gosh, customers.

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:27.599
Oh, my goodness. Look that way. Look that way.

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:29.500
I have customers? What's that? What's that? Look,

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:33.539
there's a bull. What? What's that? God, why would

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:36.679
you go? What's that? What is that? What is that?

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:40.539
Look that way. Roll me a check. A persuasion

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:44.280
check. Hold on. There's an old lady here. I clearly

00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:46.880
gave the help action. Fine. Take the help action

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:49.000
for the bull comment. Okay. Look away. What's

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:53.900
that? What'd you get? I got a 20. 30 -20. Oh,

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:57.139
what? Oh. And I poke Zeb. When she turns around,

00:47:57.199 --> 00:48:00.059
Zeb goes invisible. Turns around. Oh, no. I lost

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:01.820
a customer again. Sorry. He had to go take a

00:48:01.820 --> 00:48:12.170
poop. Oh. It happens every time. You're going

00:48:12.170 --> 00:48:15.190
to buy anything? I just wanted to look, just

00:48:15.190 --> 00:48:17.289
window shopping. And then the bell on the door

00:48:17.289 --> 00:48:19.730
jingles as Zebulon leaves the store. What the

00:48:19.730 --> 00:48:23.389
hell? You guys leave. Thank you, bye. Oh, God.

00:48:25.289 --> 00:48:27.829
This is quite exquisite. Oh, sorry, we have to

00:48:27.829 --> 00:48:31.730
go. You guys all leave. Zebulon is no longer

00:48:31.730 --> 00:48:34.110
with you. You can see, but you know his presence

00:48:34.110 --> 00:48:36.690
is lingering just behind or in front somewhere

00:48:36.690 --> 00:48:42.969
as you continue your way up. Now. Actually, as

00:48:42.969 --> 00:48:47.769
you're reaching, you're passing the Palace of

00:48:47.769 --> 00:48:51.030
Exile, you do see a number of shield bearers.

00:48:51.030 --> 00:48:53.670
They almost like clock jewels, and they kind

00:48:53.670 --> 00:48:57.889
of look eyes sort of narrowed. I kind of move

00:48:57.889 --> 00:49:00.170
my hood a little more over my face. But their

00:49:00.170 --> 00:49:02.670
eyes are looking past you and around, scanning,

00:49:02.929 --> 00:49:07.150
and they seem to relax when they don't see a

00:49:07.150 --> 00:49:10.340
certain half -dragon with you. Did we just mechanically

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:13.420
do a right thing? Holy shit. And you see one

00:49:13.420 --> 00:49:15.900
more thing, too. You're reaching the Passage

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:17.619
of Respite, which is like you see this kind of

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:21.219
stairs leading down to that sort of open, almost

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:24.420
like U -shaped crest of a fossil, like the head

00:49:24.420 --> 00:49:27.079
of this ancient creature, whatever it may be,

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:30.460
where the gems will move in to be docked on.

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:32.619
And as you're moving down the steps into that

00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:36.900
last spot, you see... Both of you, I'll say,

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:38.659
with your passive perception, see a very familiar

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:41.579
figure standing off to the side of the stairs,

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:44.079
still holding that bad arm. I didn't mention

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:47.420
it in the last few episodes, but one arm is still

00:49:47.420 --> 00:49:50.159
totally dead. Everything Arhalon did was this

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:52.739
non -primary arm, just throwing people around.

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:56.699
But you see Arhalon just standing and watching

00:49:56.699 --> 00:50:02.619
people moving by. Zebulon, you know your brother.

00:50:04.349 --> 00:50:06.389
I don't think you even need to roll to see just

00:50:06.389 --> 00:50:11.210
how tired he looks. I mean, you've never seen

00:50:11.210 --> 00:50:17.309
him so deflated, so small. His shield -bearer

00:50:17.309 --> 00:50:19.989
armor seems to not fit him at all right now.

00:50:20.510 --> 00:50:22.389
There's something about his posture. He's just

00:50:22.389 --> 00:50:24.309
standing, and he's watching everyone that passes

00:50:24.309 --> 00:50:26.949
by in the crowd, his eyes sort of wide and wild.

00:50:27.809 --> 00:50:31.940
But he does not see you. And I think, honestly,

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:35.280
actually, let me ask you, Jules, are you going

00:50:35.280 --> 00:50:38.099
to, like, try to keep yourself? I mean, you clock

00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:39.760
him from far away. You could have the option

00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:41.239
of kind of pushing to the other side into the

00:50:41.239 --> 00:50:42.659
crowd to get around him. Is that something you

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:44.280
want to do? Your cloak's already up over your

00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:47.380
head, you said. Yeah, I think I'm going to try

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:51.460
to avoid his gaze. Okay. I don't think I'm going

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:53.940
to go through any extreme measures to do so.

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:59.539
Okay. I mean, I have a writ. Yeah. And I'm with

00:50:59.539 --> 00:51:04.179
people that, he has not seen before. Yeah. I

00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:07.440
mean, I'm not worried about anything with Arhan

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:10.980
seeing me, but I would just rather him not at

00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:12.519
this moment. And you're still one amongst many

00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:14.079
right now, so it's pretty easy for you to tuck

00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:17.039
behind some folks, behind a large crowd. You

00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:19.699
move past him. You see him just still scanning

00:51:19.699 --> 00:51:23.079
eyes, crossing every person, moving back and

00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:27.460
forth. He looks like he's like... holding himself

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:31.400
up on a sort of post beside him. Almost like

00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:34.619
he can barely stand on his own. And you move

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:40.019
down the steps as the Jasper comes to dock. We'll

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:42.440
skip the line business this time unless you guys

00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:44.440
want to have an extended roleplay scene in line

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:49.179
again. No, we're good? Alright, great. I guess

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:53.539
it depends on who we see in the line. You see

00:51:53.539 --> 00:52:00.789
nobody. Any interesting hairstyles? No, so you

00:52:00.789 --> 00:52:03.570
move forward. Actually, I should state, we did

00:52:03.570 --> 00:52:06.989
have that earlier scene. We actually had intended

00:52:06.989 --> 00:52:11.050
to potentially bring in our friends from Sounds

00:52:11.050 --> 00:52:13.889
Like a Search and Rescue podcast here. Technicalities

00:52:13.889 --> 00:52:17.210
didn't really work out, so we decided to go for

00:52:17.210 --> 00:52:18.789
a little cameo instead, and hopefully we can

00:52:18.789 --> 00:52:22.449
get them in soon. No promises, but... Yeah. We're

00:52:22.449 --> 00:52:25.789
trying. You unfortunately do not see Bink and

00:52:25.789 --> 00:52:29.789
Eminem in this line as you begin to board the

00:52:29.789 --> 00:52:33.989
Jasper. As you reach the top, it's all very,

00:52:34.050 --> 00:52:36.289
very by the book. I think, like, Sabian, you

00:52:36.289 --> 00:52:38.429
sneak by. Go ahead and roll a stealth check for

00:52:38.429 --> 00:52:40.230
the hell of it. Oh, great. Yeah, this couldn't

00:52:40.230 --> 00:52:42.809
go terribly wrong at all. Why does he need to

00:52:42.809 --> 00:52:45.730
roll a stealth check? Because it's funny. If

00:52:45.730 --> 00:52:47.630
he fails. There's no reason. He's fucking invisible.

00:52:48.289 --> 00:52:50.349
All right. Well, that's definitely a pass. That's

00:52:50.349 --> 00:52:53.750
a... Twenty -seven? Twenty -six? You have the

00:52:53.750 --> 00:52:56.610
best seat already on the jewel. You are already

00:52:56.610 --> 00:52:58.769
on it. You're comfortable. You're like the first

00:52:58.769 --> 00:53:01.969
person on. Just get right by the line. As you

00:53:01.969 --> 00:53:06.130
step on jewels, like the hand of the man in white

00:53:06.130 --> 00:53:08.630
kind of letting everyone aboard sort of reaches

00:53:08.630 --> 00:53:12.409
out just like, Oh, excuse me. I don't believe

00:53:12.409 --> 00:53:15.130
you. And then Leia Dre's just like, I want to

00:53:15.130 --> 00:53:18.070
take a look at this, honey. And he just snatches

00:53:18.070 --> 00:53:21.210
a paper out of her hand, reads over it. Eyebrows

00:53:21.210 --> 00:53:30.190
raised. Please, after you, sir. Thank you. He's

00:53:30.190 --> 00:53:32.309
staring very quizzically like, Do you mean ma

00:53:32.309 --> 00:53:37.489
'am? Talking to Jules. I knew he was talking

00:53:37.489 --> 00:53:43.130
to me. After you as well, ma 'am. Ma 'am. So

00:53:43.130 --> 00:53:47.570
you guys all board the jam. Take your seats.

00:53:49.130 --> 00:53:51.889
for the sake of sound effects. You can see the

00:53:51.889 --> 00:53:56.889
gem begin to rise out from the plaza as everyone's

00:53:56.889 --> 00:53:59.489
boarded. Everything's secured. All the carts

00:53:59.489 --> 00:54:02.090
and everything going to Promise for the Awakening

00:54:02.090 --> 00:54:04.550
Festival is all ready and set in the middle stage

00:54:04.550 --> 00:54:09.550
of this great stadium Jasper Jewel. Begins to

00:54:09.550 --> 00:54:15.869
rise from its place. Reaches about 500 feet away

00:54:15.869 --> 00:54:20.349
from the Seattle proper and then... A flash of

00:54:20.349 --> 00:54:23.889
light spreading out from the walls, overtaking

00:54:23.889 --> 00:54:31.250
your vision. And you are somewhere new. As a

00:54:31.250 --> 00:54:36.849
jewel descends down in the... Yes! The gem walls

00:54:36.849 --> 00:54:41.219
spread open. You look out. and you're basically

00:54:41.219 --> 00:54:42.760
resting at the top, you have another one of those

00:54:42.760 --> 00:54:45.460
small, like, stages, sort of stone stages set

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:47.219
up for the jewel to sort of come down on, a big

00:54:47.219 --> 00:54:49.719
sort of ramp leading up to the door, and everyone

00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:51.820
starts to funnel down, funnel off. I think you

00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:54.139
guys were pretty early on, so you guys all climb

00:54:54.139 --> 00:54:56.559
down slowly amongst the crowd that spreads out

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:59.260
around you and starts moving down a sort of dusty

00:54:59.260 --> 00:55:01.820
trail, moving down the hill. Despite the fact

00:55:01.820 --> 00:55:03.860
there's a great festival here, there's not as

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:06.219
many people as you'd expect coming to God's Breath.

00:55:07.099 --> 00:55:10.260
It's, uh, it's not. as full as you'd think it

00:55:10.260 --> 00:55:12.539
would be. You're, like, looking, you're standing

00:55:12.539 --> 00:55:14.380
at the top of this hill, looking down amongst

00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:18.280
many other rolling hills around. Leidre steps

00:55:18.280 --> 00:55:20.880
down. You know, actually, before I get to this,

00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:24.000
before we get to the meat of this, I want to

00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:25.320
bring up one thing. It's something I've been

00:55:25.320 --> 00:55:27.699
meaning to bring up for a while now, and I just

00:55:27.699 --> 00:55:29.400
keep nerfing the time, never really works out,

00:55:29.460 --> 00:55:31.000
but I think it's kind of important. I'll be quick.

00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:35.650
A while back, maybe, like, 12 episodes ago, I

00:55:35.650 --> 00:55:38.630
gave an inaccurate description of the way the

00:55:38.630 --> 00:55:42.050
book portrays these worlds. Misunderstanding

00:55:42.050 --> 00:55:43.769
on my part, because in the book, they're not

00:55:43.769 --> 00:55:46.670
necessarily worlds. They're simply various civilizations

00:55:46.670 --> 00:55:49.150
that could take place in the same world or a

00:55:49.150 --> 00:55:50.909
few of them on the same world, some on different

00:55:50.909 --> 00:55:53.030
worlds. It's very kind of up to interpretation,

00:55:53.090 --> 00:55:55.929
but there's basically just various civilizations

00:55:55.929 --> 00:55:58.489
connected via this, and the distance between

00:55:58.489 --> 00:56:01.929
them physically could be whatever. I had the

00:56:01.929 --> 00:56:03.250
impression it was all just different worlds,

00:56:03.349 --> 00:56:04.989
and so I made some complaints about the sizes

00:56:04.989 --> 00:56:07.130
of these worlds relative to what I think they

00:56:07.130 --> 00:56:10.730
should have been. From my perspective for this

00:56:10.730 --> 00:56:15.230
story, they are separate worlds. And they are

00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:17.929
essentially separate demi -planes, you would

00:56:17.929 --> 00:56:20.469
say. Each world essentially exists on sort of

00:56:20.469 --> 00:56:25.250
a plane. Not really a round sort of world. We're

00:56:25.250 --> 00:56:27.269
flat earthers here, I guess. Yeah, so the Earth

00:56:27.269 --> 00:56:31.780
is flat. Of course. God's worth is flat. And

00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:33.880
I will not take an argument. Basically, these

00:56:33.880 --> 00:56:36.639
sort of flat planes extend out in every direction,

00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:39.119
almost in a giant circle. And every world follows

00:56:39.119 --> 00:56:41.840
the same pattern. And at the edge of these planes,

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:44.139
you see like an ethereal mist, much like that,

00:56:44.179 --> 00:56:46.219
that covers the ethereal plane where the diamond

00:56:46.219 --> 00:56:49.219
is from, where you guys just came from, borders

00:56:49.219 --> 00:56:51.940
each world. So it just kind of, each world sort

00:56:51.940 --> 00:56:54.920
of vanishes into the ethereal plane. Traveling

00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:56.739
beyond that point, you'll just kind of get lost

00:56:56.739 --> 00:56:59.139
and no one really does. It's very dangerous to

00:56:59.139 --> 00:57:01.900
move past the borders of each world. So interesting.

00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:06.559
God's breath is flat and gems spray us. Yeah.

00:57:08.119 --> 00:57:10.579
It's pretty good. If you weren't maxed out on

00:57:10.579 --> 00:57:11.820
buttons, you might have gotten one right now.

00:57:11.980 --> 00:57:15.960
Oh, shit. There's a max? There's three. Unless

00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:18.000
Jeremy sings, apparently. Then you get four.

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:22.360
You fucked that up. I did. I did. I just didn't

00:57:22.360 --> 00:57:25.030
say anything. But yeah, so each world's a flat

00:57:25.030 --> 00:57:26.909
circular plane vanishing into ethereal mists

00:57:26.909 --> 00:57:30.489
at its edges, fading into the ethereal plane

00:57:30.489 --> 00:57:33.190
that lingers between all worlds. That's all I

00:57:33.190 --> 00:57:35.269
want to say. My interpretation, not the book's

00:57:35.269 --> 00:57:37.150
interpretation. I was wrong. Sorry, writers.

00:57:37.289 --> 00:57:41.050
You guys are amazing. Keep it up. So. Where'd

00:57:41.050 --> 00:57:48.050
the music go? There it is. Keep it in. Yes. Patience,

00:57:48.050 --> 00:57:52.329
Jeremy. Patience. As you step down, Lady Dre

00:57:52.329 --> 00:57:55.289
just turns back to you. Now, now. Let me give

00:57:55.289 --> 00:57:58.449
you all the tour. And she kind of spreads her

00:57:58.449 --> 00:58:01.170
arms out in front of her. And you look down over

00:58:01.170 --> 00:58:03.510
these verdant rolling hills with large expanses

00:58:03.510 --> 00:58:06.570
covered in uniform lines of farmland. There are

00:58:06.570 --> 00:58:07.829
a number of these patches you see where there's

00:58:07.829 --> 00:58:10.730
no green to be seen. Just the brown of broken,

00:58:10.849 --> 00:58:14.030
dead soil. Fences run between barns and houses

00:58:14.030 --> 00:58:16.840
that dot these hills. It's a few of the closest

00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:19.340
dwellings you see that look worse for wear. Possibly

00:58:19.340 --> 00:58:21.340
abandoned. Just like spreading out here and there

00:58:21.340 --> 00:58:25.360
on these hilltops. And Leydre just says, This

00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:28.800
here's the ribbon. And, oh, that way's Nightwater

00:58:28.800 --> 00:58:32.440
Cove. You see a short ways to the south of where

00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:36.480
you stand. There's a large bay. Nearly closed

00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:39.940
in by a ring of land and a few islands that spread

00:58:39.940 --> 00:58:43.440
out across the water. In the midst of this, you

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:45.480
see colorful buildings are dotting these islands,

00:58:45.639 --> 00:58:48.179
seemingly raised on stilts high above the water.

00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:52.420
While beautiful in the shimmering light of the

00:58:52.420 --> 00:58:55.539
sun, there's this off -putting darkness to the

00:58:55.539 --> 00:58:58.400
cove's water. At the furthest point you can see,

00:58:58.460 --> 00:59:02.199
it nearly looks like an inky, inky black. I'll

00:59:02.199 --> 00:59:04.980
say, like, to everything you see around you,

00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:07.940
there's this strange feeling to all of it. And

00:59:07.940 --> 00:59:10.300
this is coming from an arachnophobe here. But

00:59:10.300 --> 00:59:12.980
I'll say that God's breath, it feels akin to

00:59:12.980 --> 00:59:15.480
looking at a fresh spider web glinting with morning

00:59:15.480 --> 00:59:20.159
dew. It's also so raw and natural in its beauty.

00:59:20.820 --> 00:59:23.719
But there's this lingering feeling of something

00:59:23.719 --> 00:59:28.139
ever -present. Some creeping dread. A predator

00:59:28.139 --> 00:59:34.139
in the shadows. Just out of sight. Waiting. Somewhere

00:59:34.139 --> 00:59:35.920
far at the edge of your vision you can see, like,

00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:41.730
woods and fog. And that, that there is promise.

00:59:42.690 --> 00:59:44.929
Laidra, I just brace you from this thought, this

00:59:44.929 --> 00:59:48.630
reverie, pointing down at a town resting just

00:59:48.630 --> 00:59:51.429
a short ways from you. It'd be like a half mile

00:59:51.429 --> 00:59:55.710
right at sort of the edge of that bay. Festival

00:59:55.710 --> 00:59:58.590
merriment, music, and a constant low singing

00:59:58.590 --> 01:00:01.090
echo up to greet your ears. This sort of rough,

01:00:01.130 --> 01:00:03.630
various sort of cuts, different songs sort of

01:00:03.630 --> 01:00:09.320
blending together in this. You can't make out

01:00:09.320 --> 01:00:12.519
the words, but you find this sort of united,

01:00:12.739 --> 01:00:15.800
many voices sort of gathering together in some

01:00:15.800 --> 01:00:19.960
beautiful, beautiful song. Though rustic and

01:00:19.960 --> 01:00:21.780
simple in appearance, Promise looks to be more

01:00:21.780 --> 01:00:25.119
city than town at this point. While its buildings

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:27.639
are relatively small, few looking to be larger

01:00:27.639 --> 01:00:30.599
than two stories, there are a great, great many

01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:33.570
of them. You see dirt roads between buildings

01:00:33.570 --> 01:00:35.710
packed with moving, dancing, chattering figures,

01:00:36.090 --> 01:00:38.969
horses trotting between them, pulling wagons

01:00:38.969 --> 01:00:41.750
down the larger thoroughfares. You see colorful

01:00:41.750 --> 01:00:44.489
cloths and banners running along every roof,

01:00:44.489 --> 01:00:47.469
window, and balcony. A large wooden fence circles

01:00:47.469 --> 01:00:49.289
all this activity with gaps here and there to

01:00:49.289 --> 01:00:52.130
allow entrance. And you also see there's an open

01:00:52.130 --> 01:00:55.369
plaza on the town's northeastern edge and along

01:00:55.369 --> 01:00:57.650
the edge of the Nightwater River that cuts across

01:00:57.650 --> 01:01:01.329
Promise and runs into the nearby cove. A mess

01:01:01.329 --> 01:01:03.269
of colorful carts and celebrating figures can

01:01:03.269 --> 01:01:06.590
be seen resting in this plaza. And it's from

01:01:06.590 --> 01:01:08.909
here that the majority of the sounds of festivities

01:01:08.909 --> 01:01:12.329
seem to resonate. You can see a choir of godsfolk

01:01:12.329 --> 01:01:15.190
singing in low tones, their voices mingling into

01:01:15.190 --> 01:01:20.590
a constant, rhythmic thumb. So I, uh, I take

01:01:20.590 --> 01:01:22.170
it you guys are heading that way as related to

01:01:22.170 --> 01:01:26.030
a sort of gesture like, Well, I don't know where

01:01:26.030 --> 01:01:28.610
Kiana's at. As you know, she kept a secret, but...

01:01:29.289 --> 01:01:31.130
I'm known to the people around here. They think

01:01:31.130 --> 01:01:35.349
I'm an off -worlds merchant. So, uh, I'm a little

01:01:35.349 --> 01:01:39.409
popular. Not like Orin is. I can ask around.

01:01:41.110 --> 01:01:44.969
Well, I suppose we should, um, follow your lead.

01:01:45.530 --> 01:01:48.250
Yeah, you're, uh, you're the one that knows this

01:01:48.250 --> 01:01:52.090
place. Well, alrighty then. Enjoy the festivities.

01:01:52.150 --> 01:01:53.750
I want to get down. I'll start asking around

01:01:53.750 --> 01:01:56.349
town, see what I can find out. You guys just

01:01:56.349 --> 01:02:00.599
enjoy yourselves. I'll find you. Okay. Don't

01:02:00.599 --> 01:02:04.760
worry. We'll just go off on our own and explore

01:02:04.760 --> 01:02:09.380
this new world. And you guys begin to move down

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:12.510
the hill. It's a short walk, and I think as you

01:02:12.510 --> 01:02:14.190
get closer and closer, the singing gets louder

01:02:14.190 --> 01:02:16.429
and louder. You can start making out words. It's

01:02:16.429 --> 01:02:18.889
like snippets of song, talking about various

01:02:18.889 --> 01:02:22.349
little stories. It sounds like stories of people

01:02:22.349 --> 01:02:24.090
who had lived here, people who still live here,

01:02:24.250 --> 01:02:27.769
stories of the land's history, told in small

01:02:27.769 --> 01:02:30.329
songs that kind of combine together to create

01:02:30.329 --> 01:02:35.130
this larger, full song that encompasses everything

01:02:35.130 --> 01:02:36.849
that's ever happened in the world of God's Breath.

01:02:37.469 --> 01:02:39.769
Lady Dre kind of looks back. Oh yeah, I should

01:02:39.769 --> 01:02:41.829
probably explain. This here is what's called

01:02:41.829 --> 01:02:44.130
the Awakening Song. Kind of the whole point of

01:02:44.130 --> 01:02:46.369
the festival. We all sing about our collective

01:02:46.369 --> 01:02:48.510
history together. Sort of answering each other

01:02:48.510 --> 01:02:50.650
song for song and telling our story so the gods

01:02:50.650 --> 01:02:53.969
may hear it. And hopefully return. Remembering

01:02:53.969 --> 01:02:57.210
what they left behind. It sounds futile, I know,

01:02:57.289 --> 01:03:01.409
but... Well, I love a good story. Every place

01:03:01.409 --> 01:03:04.269
has got their traditions. I don't judge. And,

01:03:04.309 --> 01:03:07.739
uh, you guys push down towards the town? As you

01:03:07.739 --> 01:03:10.079
get closer even more, the smells of roast rabbit

01:03:10.079 --> 01:03:13.199
and hog, hominy, rice and gravy, and corn -prone

01:03:13.199 --> 01:03:18.119
greets your noses. Oh, it's amazing. You can

01:03:18.119 --> 01:03:20.719
see figures in colorful attire dancing around

01:03:20.719 --> 01:03:24.019
every corner. And Lady's Ray finally reaches

01:03:24.019 --> 01:03:26.300
the gates of town and looks back. Now I got some

01:03:26.300 --> 01:03:28.699
gone tax in town I'm going to go speak to. Like

01:03:28.699 --> 01:03:30.440
I said, y 'all enjoy yourselves and don't worry.

01:03:31.059 --> 01:03:33.320
You're going to stand out pretty well. I'll find

01:03:33.320 --> 01:03:35.260
you just fine. All right, we'll see you around

01:03:35.260 --> 01:03:39.929
then. on the tip of her straw hat. She whips

01:03:39.929 --> 01:03:41.710
her out and turns away. You see people go, some

01:03:41.710 --> 01:03:44.650
people in the corner, Lady Dre, yeah! Lady Dre,

01:03:44.849 --> 01:03:47.170
yeah, how you doing? Hey, Lady Dre. People are

01:03:47.170 --> 01:03:49.730
just so excited. And she's just running around,

01:03:49.789 --> 01:03:51.690
giving hugs, high fives, and just moving away

01:03:51.690 --> 01:03:54.929
from you. And you stand at the gate of promise,

01:03:54.989 --> 01:03:57.289
these great sorts of wooden buildings staying

01:03:57.289 --> 01:03:59.389
in front of you, or two stories or so, not great,

01:03:59.550 --> 01:04:01.969
but many, many buildings, many people. You are

01:04:01.969 --> 01:04:04.610
staring at just like this crowded, crowded thoroughfare.

01:04:05.769 --> 01:04:07.889
A lot of the smells and singing are resonating

01:04:07.889 --> 01:04:11.670
to you from an area to the east of where you

01:04:11.670 --> 01:04:14.210
stand as you're moving in from the south, where

01:04:14.210 --> 01:04:17.269
just sort of pretty close to the front of the

01:04:17.269 --> 01:04:19.369
town, there's an open plaza that you saw from

01:04:19.369 --> 01:04:21.750
above that a lot of the festivities are mostly

01:04:21.750 --> 01:04:25.489
focused on. Well, I guess we should probably

01:04:25.489 --> 01:04:29.449
head to the center here. As well, I'm down to

01:04:29.449 --> 01:04:32.849
experience the local culture. Lady Dre said that

01:04:32.849 --> 01:04:35.829
we should explore. What do you think, Chester?

01:04:36.269 --> 01:04:39.550
Oh, yeah. This is awesome. Does anyone care what

01:04:39.550 --> 01:04:41.969
I think? Because this place looks... All right,

01:04:42.070 --> 01:04:52.289
fine, fine, fine. Yes, let's go. Sure. He doesn't

01:04:52.289 --> 01:04:55.889
push them through town. I think, like, the locals

01:04:55.889 --> 01:04:58.570
are... You know that the people of God's Breath

01:04:58.570 --> 01:05:02.920
are not... entirely happy with the situation

01:05:02.920 --> 01:05:05.119
with the Citadel. They don't like the idea of

01:05:05.119 --> 01:05:06.780
this sort of centralized government sort of uniting

01:05:06.780 --> 01:05:08.960
all their worlds. They're very, very fiercely

01:05:08.960 --> 01:05:13.440
independent. That being said, they love to show

01:05:13.440 --> 01:05:15.239
off their home and culture to anyone coming to

01:05:15.239 --> 01:05:17.980
buy. And I think as I see you, there's a lot

01:05:17.980 --> 01:05:21.119
of just, yeah, hey, how you doing? Come on, hey,

01:05:21.179 --> 01:05:22.760
come here, come here. A lot of high fives and

01:05:22.760 --> 01:05:24.659
just like, people are just weirdly friendly,

01:05:24.860 --> 01:05:28.500
super friendly. Oh, hey, hey. What's going on?

01:05:28.599 --> 01:05:33.400
Hey. As you kind of get closer to the plaza,

01:05:33.460 --> 01:05:36.019
suddenly a little girl in a pink dress just dances

01:05:36.019 --> 01:05:40.719
in your way. Excuse me. Would y 'all like a dolly?

01:05:41.780 --> 01:05:45.940
What? Y 'all want a dolly? And she kind of reaches

01:05:45.940 --> 01:05:48.260
out and she's got these little straw dolls. And

01:05:48.260 --> 01:05:52.829
she almost pulls up a little... crate beside

01:05:52.829 --> 01:05:54.429
her. She kind of reaches down and sort of drags

01:05:54.429 --> 01:05:55.489
it down the middle of the road. People are like,

01:05:55.550 --> 01:05:57.469
hey, hey, moving around her. And she starts pulling

01:05:57.469 --> 01:06:00.289
up these small straw figurines of various, like,

01:06:00.309 --> 01:06:02.409
looks like God's folk dressed up in their sort

01:06:02.409 --> 01:06:05.510
of local attire. Sure, yeah. I'll take a few.

01:06:06.449 --> 01:06:08.090
Y 'all want one of yourself? I can make one of

01:06:08.090 --> 01:06:12.889
you. Oh, well, that would be swell. Seven cup

01:06:12.889 --> 01:06:14.929
of pieces and I'll make it and you can come back.

01:06:15.550 --> 01:06:18.429
That sounds great to me. Yeah, let's call it

01:06:18.429 --> 01:06:21.230
a deal. Alright, y 'all want one too? Yeah, we'll

01:06:21.230 --> 01:06:25.449
take one. I'll take one and one to Chester here,

01:06:25.510 --> 01:06:27.789
too. She's just up and down. All right, yeah,

01:06:27.889 --> 01:06:29.869
I can do that. And you know what? You know what?

01:06:29.909 --> 01:06:32.610
Fuck it. I'll chip in for John Franklin here,

01:06:32.650 --> 01:06:35.610
too. One for each of us. Yeah. I don't need a

01:06:35.610 --> 01:06:37.730
dollar. Well, you're going to get it. All right,

01:06:37.750 --> 01:06:42.730
fine. Yes, yes. He's like looking around with

01:06:42.730 --> 01:06:45.150
this absolute distaste at everything he's seen

01:06:45.150 --> 01:06:48.110
around him. Just, ugh, ugh, ugh. Come on, John.

01:06:48.210 --> 01:06:51.250
You smell that food. It's terrible. Just give

01:06:51.250 --> 01:06:53.809
it a shot. Everyone's friendly to you. Everyone

01:06:53.809 --> 01:06:55.849
who sees John Franklin gives him a wide berth.

01:06:56.190 --> 01:06:59.210
He just puts off this very off -putting air,

01:06:59.369 --> 01:07:02.010
especially to these friendly locals. He just

01:07:02.010 --> 01:07:04.849
does not want to be there. Wait, he puts off

01:07:04.849 --> 01:07:10.630
or off -puts? Nah. Zebulon slaps him on the shoulder.

01:07:10.909 --> 01:07:12.949
You know, John, we're going to have a lot easier

01:07:12.949 --> 01:07:39.539
of a time if you just relax a little. Look at

01:07:39.539 --> 01:07:43.159
them. There's culture all around. All of this.

01:07:43.300 --> 01:07:48.699
It's so rich. No, no, no. I'm rich. I knew that

01:07:48.699 --> 01:07:51.699
that's where that was going the instant you said

01:07:51.699 --> 01:07:53.860
it. These people are clearly the opposite of

01:07:53.860 --> 01:07:57.739
rich. That's why they're here in this backwaterville.

01:07:57.860 --> 01:07:59.760
But it doesn't matter. We're here for a purpose.

01:07:59.900 --> 01:08:02.300
You know, just because it's not your culture

01:08:02.300 --> 01:08:05.500
doesn't mean it's not just as meaningful. You

01:08:05.500 --> 01:08:09.380
could learn something from these people. I think

01:08:09.380 --> 01:08:13.099
before we leave this world, you're going to get

01:08:13.099 --> 01:08:17.289
into this place. You're going to like it just

01:08:17.289 --> 01:08:21.289
a little bit. His arms are folded looking at

01:08:21.289 --> 01:08:27.069
you, just like, well, we'll see about that. And

01:08:27.069 --> 01:08:31.750
you guys continue to move as you step just a

01:08:31.750 --> 01:08:34.270
little farther beyond the girl. I think she exchanged

01:08:34.270 --> 01:08:36.729
her name. She says, as you're going like, oh,

01:08:36.770 --> 01:08:38.930
my name's Hannah, by the way. If y 'all want

01:08:38.930 --> 01:08:41.350
to find me, I'll be right here, okay? Thanks,

01:08:41.689 --> 01:08:45.020
Hannah. Have fun. And you move away, you move

01:08:45.020 --> 01:08:47.680
into this great sort of open plaza where you

01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:49.579
see like down to the south, there's this open

01:08:49.579 --> 01:08:51.500
stage. You see a number of people dressed in

01:08:51.500 --> 01:08:56.199
these similar sort of purple garbs are singing.

01:08:57.579 --> 01:08:59.699
This is constant different songs, but they sort

01:08:59.699 --> 01:09:03.279
of mingle together note by note. Just an actual,

01:09:03.359 --> 01:09:05.239
well, everyone in the town is singing these snippets.

01:09:05.239 --> 01:09:06.600
These people seem like they're the official kind

01:09:06.600 --> 01:09:08.899
of choir of the Awakening Festival, kind of in

01:09:08.899 --> 01:09:11.260
this nonstop thrum of just singing, singing,

01:09:11.420 --> 01:09:14.010
singing. As you make out the words, you hear

01:09:14.010 --> 01:09:15.789
more and more little micro -stories of different

01:09:15.789 --> 01:09:19.350
people who were and are, and maybe even stories

01:09:19.350 --> 01:09:22.930
of people growing up and what they might do in

01:09:22.930 --> 01:09:25.569
this crazy world. I'm not even sure how these

01:09:25.569 --> 01:09:27.350
stories are chosen, how these songs are made,

01:09:27.470 --> 01:09:30.789
but it's really quite something. You're standing

01:09:30.789 --> 01:09:32.770
there just looking around at all this, all these

01:09:32.770 --> 01:09:37.189
people just like so delighted and excited, and

01:09:37.189 --> 01:09:40.720
I'd like you to make a perception check. And

01:09:40.720 --> 01:09:43.159
you may make one for your... Both of us? Yes,

01:09:43.279 --> 01:09:48.640
everyone. Sidekicks included. Chester doesn't

01:09:48.640 --> 01:09:51.800
have a bonus to perception, right? It's just

01:09:51.800 --> 01:09:56.779
flat. No, he does. He has a plus two. Okay. Actually,

01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:59.920
he has a plus four. Oh shit, so he had a 30 -20.

01:10:00.079 --> 01:10:06.960
Okay, great. Jules got a 13. 13. 19 on the die,

01:10:07.060 --> 01:10:14.109
so 18 for Zebulon. And 17 for Jean. Okay. So

01:10:14.109 --> 01:10:17.170
actually, Jules, you're taking in all these sights.

01:10:17.250 --> 01:10:19.010
I imagine the song is really kind of drawing

01:10:19.010 --> 01:10:22.850
you in. And you don't really notice this, but

01:10:22.850 --> 01:10:27.409
as you're looking around, I think Zebulon, Jean

01:10:27.409 --> 01:10:29.590
Franklin, and Chester's eyes all kind of fall

01:10:29.590 --> 01:10:33.850
on something a little off -putting. You see,

01:10:33.930 --> 01:10:37.409
amongst all these folk dancing and running and

01:10:37.409 --> 01:10:40.140
just... generally just cheering and having a

01:10:40.140 --> 01:10:42.800
great time, there's a few folks who are just

01:10:42.800 --> 01:10:48.659
standing still. Weirdly still. And it's this

01:10:48.659 --> 01:10:52.680
that makes them stand out from the crowds. They

01:10:52.680 --> 01:10:55.359
look to be God's folk like the rest, with their

01:10:55.359 --> 01:10:59.640
dark skin and curly, sort of dark, or either

01:10:59.640 --> 01:11:03.140
dark brown or black hair. But their leather armor

01:11:03.140 --> 01:11:05.579
and hunting gear distinguish them from the farmers

01:11:05.579 --> 01:11:08.260
and villagers abound. You see that their belts

01:11:08.260 --> 01:11:12.979
are lined with knives and holding sheathed scimitars.

01:11:13.560 --> 01:11:17.279
You see bows and quivers hanging from their backs,

01:11:17.279 --> 01:11:19.619
much like Chester's. And you see that their garments

01:11:19.619 --> 01:11:22.680
are torn and dirty over their armor. Standing

01:11:22.680 --> 01:11:25.840
still amongst the moving, bustling crowd, heads

01:11:25.840 --> 01:11:28.739
down, and straw hats covering their faces. They

01:11:28.739 --> 01:11:33.539
could be scarecrows. Unmoving and silent. They

01:11:33.539 --> 01:11:35.359
stand at the edge of this plaza, just beside

01:11:35.359 --> 01:11:40.689
a rather... Strange wagon carriage. Large. Block

01:11:40.689 --> 01:11:44.989
-shaped. Heavily reinforced. The kind of wagon

01:11:44.989 --> 01:11:48.850
one might use to store dangerous cattle. Or something

01:11:48.850 --> 01:11:53.189
worse. Jules excluded. You guys do anything?

01:11:54.569 --> 01:11:58.430
Um... I feel like Zebulon probably notices that

01:11:58.430 --> 01:12:00.930
Jules is looking in the other direction and he

01:12:00.930 --> 01:12:04.850
sharply follows him. Jules, hey. What? What do

01:12:04.850 --> 01:12:06.880
you think? What do you think's up with those

01:12:06.880 --> 01:12:11.359
guys over there? The hell? It just... Something

01:12:11.359 --> 01:12:14.100
doesn't look right. No, something's definitely

01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:17.380
not right. Is anybody else around us? A ton of

01:12:17.380 --> 01:12:18.800
people are around you. People are constantly

01:12:18.800 --> 01:12:20.460
moving between you and them, so you're kind of

01:12:20.460 --> 01:12:21.960
losing them for a second and seeing them again.

01:12:22.039 --> 01:12:25.720
Still unmoving. Does anybody else around us seem

01:12:25.720 --> 01:12:28.939
to notice? You start to see people stop and look

01:12:28.939 --> 01:12:32.140
kind of quizzically at them here and there. A

01:12:32.140 --> 01:12:33.619
lot of people are just caught up in the reverie,

01:12:33.659 --> 01:12:36.329
and they're not... really seeing everything around

01:12:36.329 --> 01:12:38.130
them, but there are a few that stop and there's

01:12:38.130 --> 01:12:43.689
some whispers behind you. I will say you see

01:12:43.689 --> 01:12:47.449
one man kind of like looking sort of concerned,

01:12:47.609 --> 01:12:50.970
just starts to move towards them. I think as

01:12:50.970 --> 01:12:55.329
he moves towards them, Jules is going to kind

01:12:55.329 --> 01:12:59.750
of start wrapping around back. Okay. Just kind

01:12:59.750 --> 01:13:02.170
of slowly walking, kind of getting a different

01:13:02.170 --> 01:13:04.810
angle. All right, so you're moving kind of around

01:13:04.810 --> 01:13:09.069
the back of the wagon, basically? Yes, it's still

01:13:09.069 --> 01:13:11.250
wide. Moving towards the edge of the plaza in

01:13:11.250 --> 01:13:13.489
a wide arc. Yeah, like I said, just more kind

01:13:13.489 --> 01:13:15.810
of getting a different angle on it. I'm going

01:13:15.810 --> 01:13:17.649
to say Chester's going to see you, clock you,

01:13:17.710 --> 01:13:20.670
and start moving along with you. He's got his

01:13:20.670 --> 01:13:22.750
bow. He doesn't draw it because he doesn't want

01:13:22.750 --> 01:13:25.409
to look overly malicious here, but he's got his

01:13:25.409 --> 01:13:27.470
hands on it as he's moving around beside you.

01:13:27.789 --> 01:13:31.000
Zebulon, what are you doing? My initial thought

01:13:31.000 --> 01:13:35.380
was to be a little more confrontational, but

01:13:35.380 --> 01:13:40.260
seeing Jules and Chester go off into the background,

01:13:40.359 --> 01:13:43.640
I also think Zebulon's going to find a place

01:13:43.640 --> 01:13:48.359
to hide behind a barrel or a bush or something

01:13:48.359 --> 01:13:52.920
and just watch and wait. We don't know this world.

01:13:52.979 --> 01:13:57.779
We don't know these people. Yeah. You guys start

01:13:57.779 --> 01:14:00.880
to move away and jump right in. What? What? What

01:14:00.880 --> 01:14:03.460
are they upsetting you? Just say something. Excuse

01:14:03.460 --> 01:14:08.520
me. You there. Excuse me. You walked away. Fucking

01:14:08.520 --> 01:14:11.199
Christ. And he begins to march up towards them.

01:14:11.300 --> 01:14:12.899
You see the other guy that's walking kind of

01:14:12.899 --> 01:14:15.520
stops and looks over at him. Kind of like picks

01:14:15.520 --> 01:14:17.460
a step back. Letting Jean -Francois take the

01:14:17.460 --> 01:14:19.979
lead. As he kind of moves right up towards these

01:14:19.979 --> 01:14:23.279
figures. I call foul, David. I call foul. You

01:14:23.279 --> 01:14:25.460
can always count on Jean to forward the story.

01:14:25.560 --> 01:14:27.119
Everyone walked away for him. I had to do something.

01:14:27.380 --> 01:14:30.220
He gets about halfway to them, and as he's yelling,

01:14:30.300 --> 01:14:36.539
you do see, finally, some reaction. You see their

01:14:36.539 --> 01:14:42.039
eyes as their heads snap up. You see eyes that

01:14:42.039 --> 01:14:45.100
are filled with blood that just can't seem to

01:14:45.100 --> 01:14:48.060
spill out. Instead, it just seems to swirl and

01:14:48.060 --> 01:14:53.039
churn in place. Jules, You were moving behind

01:14:53.039 --> 01:14:54.579
this thing, and you and Chester both noticed

01:14:54.579 --> 01:14:57.380
something else at the same time, something very

01:14:57.380 --> 01:15:00.760
disturbing. You noticed that the bar locking

01:15:00.760 --> 01:15:03.739
the back of the wagon has already been removed.

01:15:04.279 --> 01:15:07.899
And just as you see this, the men, sort of standing

01:15:07.899 --> 01:15:10.880
at the wagon's side, open their mouths in unison,

01:15:10.960 --> 01:15:16.420
just let out this bestial war cry. One of them

01:15:16.420 --> 01:15:18.649
takes the scimitar. from its sheath and begins

01:15:18.649 --> 01:15:21.510
to smack at the back of the wagon hard, rapidly,

01:15:21.670 --> 01:15:24.890
hacking. The crowd around you suddenly just goes

01:15:24.890 --> 01:15:27.189
quiet, plunging into silence. The choir stops

01:15:27.189 --> 01:15:29.569
singing. Everyone's eyes suddenly turn towards

01:15:29.569 --> 01:15:33.210
this moment, this scene. And as the singing stops,

01:15:33.430 --> 01:15:37.229
you all watch as the wagon door drops open, pushed

01:15:37.229 --> 01:15:42.609
by some force inside. And in the new quiet, you

01:15:42.609 --> 01:15:53.680
hear a sound. The folks around you begin to break

01:15:53.680 --> 01:15:59.319
away and scream. It's a gigantic, 30 -foot -long

01:15:59.319 --> 01:16:02.479
rattlesnake slithers out of its confinement,

01:16:02.699 --> 01:16:06.760
its ravenous eyes falling first on Jean Franklin.

01:16:07.479 --> 01:16:35.529
And it hisses. And we'll call it there! I have

01:16:35.529 --> 01:16:37.649
a song as well, actually. Do you want to know

01:16:37.649 --> 01:16:40.989
the song? It's a beautiful... Absolutely. All

01:16:40.989 --> 01:16:42.489
the world's want to know the song. It's a beautiful

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Sipsango folk song that I memorized during my

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time there. Now, there's two parts, so it's very,

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very simple. I must have everybody participate.

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So, your part is... Oh, oh, oh, oh. Okay. Can

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you do that? Can you repeat after me? I can do

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that. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yeah? Let me hear it. Okay,

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one more time with the motion. Okay, perfect.

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Now, stop. Now, ready? Here comes the song. Here

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we go. So... That's the folk song. It's just

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wonderful. That's the whole song. Yes, it's culture.