WEBVTT 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:03.419 Storyteller David here. You guys having fun? 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:05.219 Great. Well, you know the fun doesn't have to 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:07.280 end with the show itself. Check out our Instagram, 00:00:07.459 --> 00:00:10.199 fancypantspod at instagram .com. And hey, while 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:11.939 you're at it, go ahead and rate us. Tell your 00:00:11.939 --> 00:00:13.480 friends about us. Let everyone else join our 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.100 pants party. Thank you much. Enjoy the episode. 00:00:56.420 --> 00:01:01.020 And chains of guilt broken for uncle and niece. 00:01:01.259 --> 00:01:04.599 Jean Franklin stood strong as claws raked his 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.980 skin. Just a hell to the wall, shooting arrows 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:12.060 within. Seb's blades a flurry, severed many a 00:01:12.060 --> 00:01:15.659 hand. And Jules' magic supported in a masterful 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:19.939 plan. Together they banished the malevolent past. 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:23.060 Free the good folk of God's breath from the shadow 00:01:23.060 --> 00:01:30.420 it casts. Spirits rest. Darkness gone. Slay the 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:40.159 night. Break the dawn. A new start. A new start. 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:46.400 A new start. Final excerpt from The Awakening 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:51.040 Song. The Song of Seven Jewels. Co -written by 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.480 Proclaimer Amy Corden. And Proclaimer Tungsten 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.689 Ward. May they find peace in the arms of the 00:01:57.689 --> 00:02:03.250 covenant gods. You just gave me goosebumps. Yeah. 00:02:03.409 --> 00:02:08.210 Hoo -wee. I had goosebumps last week. That was... 00:02:08.210 --> 00:02:11.590 That was something else. Yeah, it was. You guys. 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:16.629 You guys. I mean, you were incredible. You played 00:02:16.629 --> 00:02:19.449 your roles perfectly. Jean Franklin up there 00:02:19.449 --> 00:02:21.770 tanking every blow, stopping that last hand for 00:02:21.770 --> 00:02:24.629 hitting Coley, getting the actual attacks onto 00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:27.550 his... His death saves. I mean, like, Zebulon, 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:29.409 you're in there doing your damage. Jules, the 00:02:29.409 --> 00:02:35.270 support. Just beautiful. I'll be honest with 00:02:35.270 --> 00:02:39.069 you. Me and the monster both really underestimated 00:02:39.069 --> 00:02:42.969 you guys. Well, yeah. I mean, if any one of us 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:47.189 wasn't playing that chosen role, then the whole 00:02:47.189 --> 00:02:49.370 thing could have fallen apart. And we saw how 00:02:49.370 --> 00:02:55.240 one hit could either change or end. The fight 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.599 for somebody. If we had one wrong move, it would 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.560 have been over. Well, if anybody else except 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.060 for Jean took that hit, then they'd have been 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:07.419 down. Yep. It was a risky, risky thing. Especially 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.120 with 14 HP. Yeah. I feel that. I feel that. Even 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.080 Zeb with 21 would have been down because that 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:14.719 first hit was 22 HP. Oh, that's right. It was. 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:17.879 Yeah. And then the whole thing just falls apart. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.400 I was going to play mean. I was going to go after 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.599 down people. I was out to kill. And you guys. 00:03:24.389 --> 00:03:27.430 Just played perfectly. You were going to play 00:03:27.430 --> 00:03:28.830 me? Does that mean you took it easy? What the 00:03:28.830 --> 00:03:31.770 fuck? Right. I didn't get to play me. I didn't 00:03:31.770 --> 00:03:34.669 get to have turns. You guys were slaying me. 00:03:34.770 --> 00:03:36.750 Throwing me this way and that. Oh, my God. It 00:03:36.750 --> 00:03:40.129 was beautiful. Brutal, but beautiful. Plus, those 00:03:40.129 --> 00:03:42.009 dice rolls. Those blessed dice might have worked 00:03:42.009 --> 00:03:44.849 out because I was rolling not great. Thank you, 00:03:44.909 --> 00:03:48.530 Rochelle. Yeah. Yeah. That was pretty key. After 00:03:48.530 --> 00:03:50.250 those first couple of stinkers for me, I just 00:03:50.250 --> 00:03:53.729 had to warm things up. But all that being said, 00:03:53.849 --> 00:03:57.590 a couple of real quick wedges here. At one point, 00:03:57.610 --> 00:03:59.610 we did miss the extra damage on a Bardic attack 00:03:59.610 --> 00:04:04.449 from Jules' College of Creation. Basically, like 00:04:04.449 --> 00:04:06.729 extra sort of inspiration on his Bardic die. 00:04:06.889 --> 00:04:08.830 Oh, yeah. Yes, there's sort of a sonic damage 00:04:08.830 --> 00:04:12.090 component or force damage. A damage. Basically, 00:04:12.289 --> 00:04:13.569 it wouldn't have mattered, I realize, in the 00:04:13.569 --> 00:04:14.969 hindsight, though, because it was the final blow 00:04:14.969 --> 00:04:16.589 of the combat, but still would have been a pretty 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:18.949 cool visual. Yeah, I think it was like a con 00:04:18.949 --> 00:04:21.449 save on the attack roll or something. Yes, that's 00:04:21.449 --> 00:04:24.110 right. I constantly attack roll. Yeah. I also 00:04:24.110 --> 00:04:27.589 did not give Jean -Francois an A -O -O when Jules 00:04:27.589 --> 00:04:32.529 did his first Dissonant Whispers. This was partially 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:35.269 out of choice because in the moment I was kind 00:04:35.269 --> 00:04:37.110 of making a call whether or not I would let go. 00:04:37.269 --> 00:04:39.750 I have to move as far away as I can with my speed, 00:04:39.850 --> 00:04:42.069 but you can actually move something you're grappling 00:04:42.069 --> 00:04:44.290 just at half speed. In the moment, I decided 00:04:44.290 --> 00:04:46.790 to let go and move back. It felt more fitting 00:04:46.790 --> 00:04:49.589 for the moment, for the scene. But because of 00:04:49.589 --> 00:04:51.410 that, I kind of like in the moment was like, 00:04:51.449 --> 00:04:53.250 eh, maybe I won't do the AOO though because he 00:04:53.250 --> 00:04:55.189 wouldn't have had it if I grabbed him and pulled 00:04:55.189 --> 00:04:57.029 him. So it was kind of like a give and take moment 00:04:57.029 --> 00:05:01.230 I viewed as. But yeah, still could be considered 00:05:01.230 --> 00:05:03.230 a wedgie. I wanted to clear that up in case anybody 00:05:03.230 --> 00:05:06.529 was curious about that little bit there. So the 00:05:06.529 --> 00:05:10.189 only one that's kind of a bigger thing is the, 00:05:10.329 --> 00:05:12.990 well, we got a little bit of something wrong 00:05:12.990 --> 00:05:15.290 with Tasha's hideous laughter. And I believe 00:05:15.290 --> 00:05:17.470 this in myself. I was a little too invested in 00:05:17.470 --> 00:05:18.750 figuring out whether or not it would work on 00:05:18.750 --> 00:05:21.980 a prone creature looking into that. So I... Didn't 00:05:21.980 --> 00:05:24.319 quite look at the fact that I should have been 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.459 making extra saves on attacks that actually hit 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:30.279 my enemy while it was under the effects. But 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.660 hey, on the bright side, my wisdom save on this 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:35.879 creature was very low. And even had I gotten 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:37.199 those, I think it was three different chances 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.300 of what I had to reroll, they weren't super likely 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:44.100 to actually... So I got extraordinarily lucky 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:46.699 by getting the first try on my turn. I mean, 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:48.339 we can spread around the blame on that. That 00:05:48.339 --> 00:05:51.019 was my spell. I should have known it right off 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:53.199 the bat and let you know. But in the end, honestly, 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:58.420 fantastic fight. I have no regrets. And here 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:03.199 we are moving on into the conclusion of God's 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:07.139 Breath. This is wild. This is exciting. How are 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:08.680 you guys feeling? I didn't think we'd ever make 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.199 it here. Well, I know when we first, I mean, 00:06:12.220 --> 00:06:14.300 this is a lot of unzip talk, but when we first 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:16.259 started the arc, David, you were thinking like 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:19.339 five episodes. I did. I did. Yeah. Yeah. What 00:06:19.339 --> 00:06:21.660 is it like 10 now? Something like that. Like 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:24.560 19 or 20, we started. Something like that. Yeah. 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:27.300 10 or more. I got really excited and kept adding 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:31.300 things. It feels like both yesterday and last 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:33.660 year at the same time. It feels like we've been 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:36.000 here a long ass time. It really does. It has 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.009 been, it's been big. I think a lot of things 00:06:39.009 --> 00:06:40.990 have changed for a lot of these characters. And, 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:45.170 man, I cannot wait to go back to the Radiant 00:06:45.170 --> 00:06:47.930 Citadel and to see how these developments are 00:06:47.930 --> 00:06:51.410 moving on. Before we do move on, do you guys 00:06:51.410 --> 00:06:53.870 want to do a little bit of mail time, super, 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:56.769 super quick? Oh, yeah, sure thing. Yeah, so... 00:06:56.769 --> 00:06:59.250 Mail time, mail time, mail time, mail time. Here's 00:06:59.250 --> 00:07:03.269 the mail that never fails. It makes me want to 00:07:03.269 --> 00:07:07.530 wag my tail. When it comes, I want to wail. Thank 00:07:07.530 --> 00:07:10.490 you. Thank you. You guys both had to look like, 00:07:10.529 --> 00:07:12.089 what the hell are you talking about? Yeah, I 00:07:12.089 --> 00:07:14.389 knew the thing. Are we going to get sued now? 00:07:14.689 --> 00:07:22.230 No. No. It's parody. Oh, okay. So in addition 00:07:22.230 --> 00:07:26.649 to the other week on Instagram, we posted the 00:07:26.649 --> 00:07:29.189 stickers and talked about the letter that we 00:07:29.189 --> 00:07:33.160 got from our friends. Rochelle, of course, and 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.720 Danny Pirate, who paints minis and all sorts 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.839 of really cool stuff. Super, super talented. 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:43.779 We also got some goodies in the mail from our 00:07:43.779 --> 00:07:46.579 friend Hungry Familiar, who just launched a Kickstarter. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.180 In this package here, we have some original art 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:56.720 from her, as well as a zine of a tavern that 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:02.110 she... that she drew up. There's like, there's 00:08:02.110 --> 00:08:04.970 like a bookmark that has the menu for the tavern. 00:08:05.089 --> 00:08:08.250 There's a map of the tavern. I believe there's 00:08:08.250 --> 00:08:11.529 a short scenario that you can run and stuff about 00:08:11.529 --> 00:08:14.730 the NPCs, all sorts of stuff. So I thought we 00:08:14.730 --> 00:08:16.970 could open it here real quick before we get started. 00:08:17.110 --> 00:08:22.709 Sweet. So this is the original ink drawing that 00:08:22.709 --> 00:08:27.040 we got from her. It's a couple of A couple of 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:30.879 lovers sitting under a tree. Holy shit. So I 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:32.740 think that'll look pretty cool on our new shelves. 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:36.799 Yeah, I finally put up shelves in this studio 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.100 here so we can display this awesome, awesome 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:42.000 stuff. And then while that's going around, this 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:46.519 is that brand new. Here is the Hungry Familiar. 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:51.039 What's the? Timberwolf Tavern. Timberwolf Tavern. 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.639 That's the one. I wanted to say our tavern, but 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:57.970 it's not ours. Check that out. Not so ugly as 00:08:57.970 --> 00:09:00.830 ours. Oh, that's cool. I love it. So we got some 00:09:00.830 --> 00:09:02.149 extra goodies in there. We got some stickers 00:09:02.149 --> 00:09:03.669 and stuff like that. I haven't opened it to really 00:09:03.669 --> 00:09:05.669 figure everything out. I'm going to have to read 00:09:05.669 --> 00:09:07.779 this to Danny. I'm calling dibs on one of those 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:10.179 stickers. Oh, absolutely. This isn't totally 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:12.200 well -known yet, but we actually had to put off 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:15.559 last week's recording for a few days because 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.559 my computer, my faithful, faithful computer died 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:21.039 that night we were about to start the fight. 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.259 So I got a new one, and I am so glad to be getting 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:24.399 all these stickers from all these cool folks 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.259 and decorating it. I've never really done that 00:09:26.259 --> 00:09:28.159 before, and it's really cool. Yeah, it's looking 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.500 cool so far. You got some Happy Cat from our 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:34.340 buddy Morgan Gleave, some UR Wizards, one of 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:38.909 Danny's stickers. Halfling's Den. I see Spectral 00:09:38.909 --> 00:09:41.049 Craft on there. And now I'm getting this cat 00:09:41.049 --> 00:09:44.289 from Letterkenny fame. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, 00:09:44.409 --> 00:09:46.529 yeah, the cat that was on the poster in Letterkenny. 00:09:47.129 --> 00:09:49.409 Yeah. Still just isn't as good as Friends, but 00:09:49.409 --> 00:09:52.529 we're not getting into that today. You were the 00:09:52.529 --> 00:09:54.669 one who put that to bed. Yeah, you just brought 00:09:54.669 --> 00:09:56.750 it up. I'm putting it back to bed. You just brought 00:09:56.750 --> 00:09:58.970 it up. I just want to remind you how foolish 00:09:58.970 --> 00:10:02.909 you are. You're alone. You're alone in this. 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.299 I'll die on this hill. I don't care. That's what's 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:11.679 going to happen, yeah. You are correct. Well, 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.620 gentlemen, you have been through a lot in this 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:18.620 last number of episodes. I mean, you went through 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:20.519 the horror arc here, and I feel like you went 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.539 through the ringer, and you came out of it. I 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:27.559 think it's time to close the book on God's Breath. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:32.100 And maybe, just maybe... To claim your reward 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:35.279 for everything, everything you've been through. 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:42.179 But first, let's open up the cold cavern beneath 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:47.379 a lonely, dark farmhouse. You are surrounded 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:52.159 by just walls of red clay. In the middle of this 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.440 room, just a pool of dirty water. Hands and fingers 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.320 sort of floating atop it. And you stand in silence. 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:05.240 I think the first thing that happens is we see 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.539 Kiana still kind of on the ground where she was 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:11.039 stabbing at the last hand that was attacking 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.080 her. Looks around at all of you, her eyes wide, 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:19.100 taking you in person to person. And there's just 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:22.500 so much in those eyes. You don't need to roll 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:27.320 insight to see the gratitude. And then her eyes 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:32.779 close. And she slumps backwards. The exhaustion 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:37.519 of these last days, weeks, you don't know. Finally 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:42.120 taking their toll. And she rests. Cully just 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.679 reaches down, puts his head on her chest. Stands 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:52.379 up. She's sleeping. Poor thing. Looks like she's 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.980 been through hell. I don't know what she's going 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:57.419 to want when this is over. I don't know if she 00:11:57.419 --> 00:12:00.200 wants to stay here. And maybe I have to stay 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:04.240 too odd. I will, if it comes to it. But I will 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:08.559 make good on my deal with you first. Now, I don't 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.820 know about you all, but I'm ready to get the 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:14.419 hell out of this hole. Yeah, Zebulon walks over 00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:19.019 to grab one of Kiana's arms and, you know, put 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:20.600 it over his shoulder to try to help him carry 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:27.340 her. So, she's free now that this thing is dead. 00:12:28.450 --> 00:12:31.850 There's an expression in Cully's eyes that's 00:12:31.850 --> 00:12:36.210 hard to read. He just nods slowly, staring down, 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:39.049 dismembered hands all over the floor, eyes flickering 00:12:39.049 --> 00:12:44.230 from place to place, and says, Yeah, I think 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:49.730 we both are finally free. And he grabs the other 00:12:49.730 --> 00:12:56.570 arm. So that means that upstairs, they had a 00:12:56.570 --> 00:12:59.539 chance. We don't know what their purpose was. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:04.360 If I could feel this thing for a second, I could 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:07.220 feel it creeping in on me. And I would have done 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:10.139 anything that it ordered me to. Maybe they were 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:12.299 meant to come down and attack us while we were 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:15.919 fighting it from behind. I don't know. Zeb, you 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:19.259 said that yourself. If we didn't do what we did, 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.820 they might have killed us. I just want to know 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:28.990 what it was like. Maybe when... Even when Kiana's 00:13:28.990 --> 00:13:35.110 awake. Let's get out of here. And you each take 00:13:35.110 --> 00:13:36.990 an arm. It's pretty rough moving through the 00:13:36.990 --> 00:13:39.169 tunnel, moving in. It's a tight squeeze, but 00:13:39.169 --> 00:13:42.230 perhaps with your sort of smaller frame, it's 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:44.590 easier for you to maneuver. Taking the front. 00:13:45.990 --> 00:13:49.269 Gently and slowly, you push around and up and 00:13:49.269 --> 00:13:54.049 up. You work your way up the ladder into that 00:13:54.049 --> 00:13:57.889 small pantry, into the farmhouse proper. And 00:13:57.889 --> 00:14:00.830 I ask you now, what do you want to do? See, everyone 00:14:00.830 --> 00:14:06.490 climbs out. Kiana's still sleeping. This first 00:14:06.490 --> 00:14:11.190 room has two bodies on the floor. I think, uh... 00:14:11.190 --> 00:14:14.509 I don't think Jules and Chester are saying much. 00:14:15.289 --> 00:14:18.009 Chester, especially after the conversation he 00:14:18.009 --> 00:14:21.289 was there for, has been very, very quiet. And 00:14:21.289 --> 00:14:24.590 as he sees these bodies, like, face very white, 00:14:24.649 --> 00:14:27.580 head down. Where I was going with that was as 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:29.980 we get up and we cross over the bodies, I think 00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:33.480 Jules grabs Chester's head and kind of covers 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.559 his eyes and pulls his head in towards his chest 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.000 as they walk by, kind of shielding him from seeing 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:43.600 all of that. Zebulon's feeling kind of claustrophobic, 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:48.440 trying to put on an air like he knows what he's 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.779 doing and just walks straight for the... He just 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:55.080 wants to get Kiana and get out of here. Put this 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:59.240 behind him. Hell yeah. The door damaged, the 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:01.639 splinters of a chair still all over the hallway 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.059 just outside. I think, Jules, you must have your 00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:07.320 rapier out, the only light source for this group 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.059 to follow currently. Hell yeah. You move out 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:14.019 of this room, away from the corpses, away from 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:19.200 the smell of rot emanating from that cellar down 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:23.100 below. What's your plan now? It's the middle 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:26.500 of the night. You're at a farmhouse. There's 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:29.480 nobody around. I don't want to speak for anybody, 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:32.919 but Jules doesn't want to stay the night in this 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:34.840 place. Yeah, I don't think it makes sense to 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:37.100 stay here. I think it would be smarter to go 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:39.740 to the next house down the street sort of thing. 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:45.000 At least. Yeah. I'm thinking almost maybe just 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.799 camp out outside of this neighborhood. Yeah. 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:51.100 We could do that too. I don't know. Like I said, 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.190 I don't want to speak for anybody. I just, I 00:15:53.190 --> 00:15:58.029 don't want to stay here. Let's, let's find a 00:15:58.029 --> 00:16:02.509 safe place. We can, we can start a fire and we 00:16:02.509 --> 00:16:07.269 can take watch and rest until the sun comes up. 00:16:07.610 --> 00:16:11.789 All right. So you guys move away from the farmhouse 00:16:11.789 --> 00:16:15.950 as you're sitting past that last body down at 00:16:15.950 --> 00:16:18.750 the base of the porch. John Franklin's eyes fall 00:16:18.750 --> 00:16:23.889 on it. He turns to Cully. Is it possible to get, 00:16:24.009 --> 00:16:28.809 well, information on these folk that lived here? 00:16:29.549 --> 00:16:35.710 Do they have people? I would be much obliged 00:16:35.710 --> 00:16:38.509 if you could look into it for me. Coy just nods. 00:16:38.789 --> 00:16:44.490 Yeah. Keanu will know. And as much as I hate 00:16:44.490 --> 00:16:47.730 to say it, we'll have to tell her everything. 00:16:48.490 --> 00:16:51.750 I ain't lying to her anymore. Sibion speaks up 00:16:51.750 --> 00:16:54.850 to kind of try to almost interrupt or maybe redirect. 00:16:56.049 --> 00:16:58.970 Where's the horse? He's looking around for, I 00:16:58.970 --> 00:17:02.549 forget the horse's name. Percy. Percy. Where's 00:17:02.549 --> 00:17:05.470 Percy? Zeb, didn't you tie him up at the house 00:17:05.470 --> 00:17:08.650 back there? Rule D20 for me. I'm pretty sure 00:17:08.650 --> 00:17:10.569 you tied him up before we went in. Did we just 00:17:10.569 --> 00:17:12.369 leave him? I'm going to roll the red dragon. 00:17:14.549 --> 00:17:17.829 That's a three on the die. I was thinking he'd 00:17:17.829 --> 00:17:22.109 get a one. You just hear a... It's the worst 00:17:22.109 --> 00:17:25.869 Winnie. It's a natural three Winnie right there. 00:17:26.150 --> 00:17:27.869 I was going to say natural three on that Winnie. 00:17:28.349 --> 00:17:31.170 Did you say that was a DC one? No, I wanted to 00:17:31.170 --> 00:17:34.710 see if you'd roll a one. Bad thing might happen. 00:17:35.369 --> 00:17:37.549 Percy comes shambling out. He was kind of like 00:17:37.549 --> 00:17:40.069 lying down, maybe in some brush around where 00:17:40.069 --> 00:17:42.630 you tied him up. But he runs over to where this 00:17:42.630 --> 00:17:45.210 rain sort of end and just kind of just looking 00:17:45.210 --> 00:17:47.990 at you all, just snorting and puffing. Oren, 00:17:48.029 --> 00:17:51.789 help me get Kiana up on Percy. Right, yeah. And 00:17:51.789 --> 00:17:56.529 get her up there. And I imagine you guys get 00:17:56.529 --> 00:17:59.769 some distance to the point where you, maybe you're 00:17:59.769 --> 00:18:02.890 still along this old road, but not within sight 00:18:02.890 --> 00:18:05.630 of any of these farmhouses. As you're moving 00:18:05.630 --> 00:18:08.329 back, you don't see any of those hands either. 00:18:08.650 --> 00:18:11.569 It's ones pointing the path. And maybe they were 00:18:11.569 --> 00:18:14.349 the ones making up that creature you fought. 00:18:14.410 --> 00:18:18.059 Maybe they weren't. Maybe there are some mysteries 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:21.460 you're not going to solve here, but you at least 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:24.799 know that they are gone for now. Are we going 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.960 to learn later, though, like Jeremy and Steven? 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.380 Yeah. Because I think that they were the hands. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:33.980 Maybe. Who knows? I mean, the tunnels under the 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:36.819 floorboard tells me that they were the hands. 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.779 Yeah, we saw a whole bunch of hands. So if we 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:40.559 just went around, like, killing hands, do you 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.519 think we could have made this thing weaker? All 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.900 right, retcon the whole thing. Let's redo this. 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:50.839 A magician never reveals his secrets. Or not 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.099 all of them, at least. They're just illusions. 00:18:56.460 --> 00:19:00.960 All right. Serious. Campfire. Night watch. You 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.700 got a campfire going. Crackling in the night. 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:09.960 Have fun with that. Sorry. I was just going to 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:11.819 say, I'll take first watch, though. You get some 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:17.160 rest. Roast a knockwurst over the fire. The official 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:23.140 meat of fantasy bands. You know it. Yeah, I think 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:26.720 Jules will take first watch. You get some rest, 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.940 Seb. You've been through a lot. You know, let's 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:35.960 take shifts. Maybe I can sit up with you. We 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:39.259 could do that. I think you also see, like, John 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:45.259 Franklin just looks around. I don't. feasibly 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:49.279 see any way I'm going to sleep. So, perhaps I'll 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:53.819 take a watch, too. Well, then it's, uh, I think 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:56.440 it's settled, then. We're all staying awake. 00:19:57.579 --> 00:20:01.579 Yeah. Yeah, I think that's just about right. 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:05.740 Chester's just sitting on his own, staring down 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:08.660 at the ground, hands playing in the wet mud. 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:14.059 Coley's leaning over Kiana. She laid out in a 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:18.700 sleeping mat. You know, there's no way in hell 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:22.980 I'm going to sleep. Well, I want to make sure 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:28.440 this fire stays running all night. Jules, do 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:33.579 you want to help me gather some wood? Yeah. Yeah. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:40.180 One second, though. And Jules is going to mosey 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:45.029 over to Cully. Reach in his pocket and pull out 00:20:45.029 --> 00:20:51.549 the rings. I think these belong to you. And he 00:20:51.549 --> 00:20:56.390 reaches out. He puts his hands out. His eyes 00:20:56.390 --> 00:21:00.509 go wide, just looking over all of them. He's 00:21:00.509 --> 00:21:03.490 mouthing something, some words. You can't quite 00:21:03.490 --> 00:21:07.890 make them out. And his eyes tear up just a little 00:21:07.890 --> 00:21:14.059 bit. Not wounded. She kept them. Left them to 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:17.660 her to sell them, you know. Help make a home 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:22.480 for herself. These belong to my sister, Delilah. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:28.079 And to my Susanna. This here. Grabs one of them 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:30.579 from the pile. Very simple little ring with a 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:34.619 singular small diamond. I proposed with this. 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:39.119 Different life. I guess I shouldn't have expected 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:43.619 to get rid of them. Girls too sentimental. They 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:48.740 clearly mean a lot. Yeah, they do. Thank you. 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:52.680 Of course. Jules pats him on the shoulder and 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.519 then turns back to Zeb. Yeah, Zebulon's at the 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.559 tree line. He's already got like three or four 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:03.920 good sticks under his arm. That's all he can 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:08.220 carry. Just kind of like moving real slow. All 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:11.109 right, Jules joins him. It is a short while where 00:22:11.109 --> 00:22:13.990 you go out gathering. Anything you want to talk 00:22:13.990 --> 00:22:16.490 about while you're alone? Yeah, just quietly 00:22:16.490 --> 00:22:19.009 gathering sticks for the first couple of minutes. 00:22:19.549 --> 00:22:24.369 So, Jules, you know at least something about 00:22:24.369 --> 00:22:30.069 demons, and we've seen some pretty horrible things 00:22:30.069 --> 00:22:40.329 together. I'm not bad, am I? Absolutely not. 00:22:42.069 --> 00:22:47.490 Because... Look, we had to make really tough 00:22:47.490 --> 00:22:53.329 choices. And sometimes it's not always right 00:22:53.329 --> 00:22:59.670 and wrong. It's just trying to survive. We've 00:22:59.670 --> 00:23:05.609 seen monsters now. Don't let me be a monster. 00:23:07.829 --> 00:23:13.700 Okay? You're anything but, Zeb. You're my best 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:22.420 friend. Thank you, you're my best friend. Oh 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:26.500 my god. You guys take a button each. Oh yeah. 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:29.819 You guys take a button each, I can't not. Get 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:32.420 over here, put your hands up. Take your buttons. 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:38.730 I got tears in my eyes. I almost do too. Well, 00:23:38.750 --> 00:23:44.130 I think that's enough stick to get it most of 00:23:44.130 --> 00:23:46.809 the way. Oh, don't tell Chester what I just said. 00:23:49.809 --> 00:23:51.890 That's right. Give me that button back. Hey, 00:23:51.950 --> 00:23:58.430 give me that bucket back. Oh, God. I'm content 00:23:58.430 --> 00:24:01.690 to sit and watch by the fire the rest of the 00:24:01.690 --> 00:24:06.009 night. Yeah, same. David, did we get enough wood 00:24:06.009 --> 00:24:08.980 in that time? Yeah. Perfect. You're good. Cool. 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:13.079 I'm not. Now, what are the mechanics of campfire 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:17.500 wood? Let's really dig into this. We will lose 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:22.859 every listener. Except for those old D &D fans. 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:27.799 The real wood gathering aficionados. Oh, yeah. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:33.839 Keep those guys. You guys move back. Zabielon, 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:37.470 you stay up and watch. And I'm just going to 00:24:37.470 --> 00:24:41.849 ask, who does sleep? Kali and Kiana? I mean, 00:24:41.869 --> 00:24:44.829 I only control Zebulon, so. Yeah. I think Jean 00:24:44.829 --> 00:24:48.390 Franklin eventually trails off. That's good. 00:24:48.450 --> 00:24:51.650 He needs it. He also bickers a lot about how 00:24:51.650 --> 00:24:55.910 uncomfortable this mattress is. What is this? 00:24:56.009 --> 00:25:00.109 What mattress? He's got this really nice packed 00:25:00.109 --> 00:25:01.750 bed that kind of puffs up. Oh, so he carries 00:25:01.750 --> 00:25:05.559 a giant bedroll? He's got a way bigger bedroll. 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:07.220 The whole time we were getting wood, he was sitting 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.799 there blowing up his air mattress. Yeah, exactly. 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:14.299 He's lightheaded. This needs more feathers. I 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:19.660 can't sleep on this. Ridiculous. Yeah, I imagine 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:24.440 Chester eventually succumbs to sleep as well. 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:29.119 I don't think he falls asleep traditionally. 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.259 I think he's just sitting, like, kneeling on 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.700 the ground, and then eventually just kind of 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:36.119 his head sort of slowly drop into the points 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:39.319 of his knees. Right. Snores. I don't think Jules... 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:43.779 He snores. I don't know if Jules ever falls asleep. 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:47.500 I think he just kind of stares at the fire, thinking 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:52.299 about what just happened in his head. Damn. Yeah. 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:58.619 And what's happening to him. Yeah. Probably imagines 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:02.099 Ebulon's exact words. Don't let me become a monster. 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:08.579 And the night passes, and day begins to break. 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:12.720 Kiana's the first to wake up of those that did 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:16.059 fall asleep. Her eyes finally just fluttering 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:19.759 open, and she just sits up with a gasp. She looks 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:22.680 around at the campsite, everyone. Koli's right 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.299 next to her, asleep on the ground. She looks 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:29.579 to you, Zeb. I knew it, and I was thinking about 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:34.299 it. I remember a little. Y 'all were there in 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:40.359 the cavern. I don't know you. I owe you my life. 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:45.119 Thank you. That's okay, Kiana. You don't owe 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:51.039 us anything. We're just here with Cully. We're 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:54.220 just doing our job. She just kind of looks back 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:59.710 at him. I still can't believe it. It's all like 00:26:59.710 --> 00:27:04.789 some crazy nightmare. I could feel him calling 00:27:04.789 --> 00:27:08.690 out for me. I had visions in my sleep. I could 00:27:08.690 --> 00:27:11.990 see him moving, slowly moving to meet me here, 00:27:12.069 --> 00:27:14.410 but I didn't see, I didn't know what he became. 00:27:15.309 --> 00:27:20.009 I didn't know, and now I do. That wasn't him, 00:27:20.109 --> 00:27:23.170 was it? That wasn't little Coley. That wasn't 00:27:23.170 --> 00:27:27.670 Coley Jr. He's gone, right? He's really gone? 00:27:28.630 --> 00:27:33.450 He's been gone, yeah. So that's what it was like. 00:27:34.450 --> 00:27:37.170 She just looks down at her stump of a right arm. 00:27:37.990 --> 00:27:41.569 I never, never in all my life thought I'd feel 00:27:41.569 --> 00:27:44.450 grateful for that thought. And my cousins were 00:27:44.450 --> 00:27:50.589 the Covenant Cards. I'm sorry, Kiana. Well, it's 00:27:50.589 --> 00:27:54.009 done, it's done. And then she kind of, as if 00:27:54.009 --> 00:27:58.269 something hits her mind, Oh! Um, there were others. 00:27:58.849 --> 00:28:03.029 Mitch, Hayes, Diane, Tyra. I had other folk there 00:28:03.029 --> 00:28:07.230 at the farm. Well, Zebulon stands up and starts 00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:11.809 to kick dirt onto the fire. A safe fire is a 00:28:11.809 --> 00:28:15.329 dead fire. Wake the others. Let's get moving. 00:28:17.190 --> 00:28:23.910 First light. She just nods. Her eyes still kind 00:28:23.910 --> 00:28:26.589 of vacant, stupefied, and starts to... Shake 00:28:26.589 --> 00:28:29.309 people awake. And Zebulon starts to pack up camp 00:28:29.309 --> 00:28:34.569 and load Percy up with Jaune's bedroll, apparently. 00:28:37.670 --> 00:28:40.089 It's the biggest, puffiest thing on the back 00:28:40.089 --> 00:28:43.789 of this horse. It's like a saddle blanket. Did 00:28:43.789 --> 00:28:49.269 you just roll him up, like, inside it? Wake up, 00:28:49.289 --> 00:28:51.869 Jaune. Time to go. You, like, roll him off at 00:28:51.869 --> 00:28:56.589 no time. Fine. Can't I just sleep a little? No, 00:28:56.609 --> 00:28:58.690 you know what? This is fine. This is fine. The 00:28:58.690 --> 00:29:00.710 sooner we get back to Promise, the sooner we 00:29:00.710 --> 00:29:04.250 get to the Pale Moonlight Inn. And I cannot wait 00:29:04.250 --> 00:29:07.250 for my feathered bed. Yeah, that's exactly where 00:29:07.250 --> 00:29:10.430 we're going. Fuck the Pale Moonlight Inn. You 00:29:10.430 --> 00:29:12.529 keep thinking that. What? You keep thinking that. 00:29:12.529 --> 00:29:15.089 I'm going back there. Perfect. Good riddance. 00:29:15.170 --> 00:29:17.490 You can go to your ugly coyote whenever you want. 00:29:17.789 --> 00:29:21.869 But me, I've had enough of this world. I hate 00:29:21.869 --> 00:29:26.299 those guys from the Pale Moonlight Inn. Everyone 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:30.380 kind of gets up, Coley, Chester. You pack up, 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:33.660 begin to move, and you're probably an hour into 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:37.240 your journey when over the hills ahead you spot 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.259 another group coming your way. As you get closer 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:44.720 and as they get closer, as you nearly meet, you 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.140 can make out Uncle Polder on horseback, the first 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:52.079 one in this line. You see just behind him, looks 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:55.799 like a proclaimer. You notice the rainbow scarf. 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:59.059 You see an older man with a full black beard 00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:04.819 and a long face and chin. And this group, catch 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.619 up to your group, behind them there's probably 00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:09.839 like about 20 men all on horseback, all like 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:12.900 rugged farmer types. I say men, men and women 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.619 both, just like real hodgepodge, a couple of 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:19.119 haranguan. In fact, it's hard to make out, but 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.619 there's one particular haranguan that seems to 00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:24.769 stand out a little farther back. Huh. We'll touch 00:30:24.769 --> 00:30:30.309 on him in a minute, though. Okay. As this group 00:30:30.309 --> 00:30:35.789 kind of meets you, Polo jumps down. Oh, y 'all 00:30:35.789 --> 00:30:39.349 made it. Y 'all made it all right. Oh, thank 00:30:39.349 --> 00:30:42.609 the Covenant gods. I was worried, but I brought 00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:45.269 help, like I said. If y 'all need help moving 00:30:45.269 --> 00:30:48.470 back, we can get you there. We can go and investigate. 00:30:48.490 --> 00:30:52.569 Is it gone? That thing, is it gone? It's over. 00:30:54.079 --> 00:31:00.440 It's over. Hell. Well, we're gonna push forward. 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:03.180 I won't keep you guys any longer. I know you 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:06.180 must be itching to get back to promise, back 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:08.859 to civilization, but we're gonna go investigate, 00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:14.700 follow through, make sure. Um, I think the man 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.819 behind him moves up, the proclaimer. Says, uh, 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.740 my name's Emmett Corden. I'm a proclaimer of 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:26.319 the covenant gods. Well, I'm just wondering if 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.619 y 'all would be interested in telling me a little 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:30.539 bit about what happened here. It's important 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:34.480 to get this down on history, you see. It don't 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:37.059 need to be right now. I know y 'all are in a 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:42.200 hurry, but... Yeah, there's a lot to tell. We 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:49.400 were accompanied by a proclaimer earlier, Tungsten 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:54.680 Ward. And Corden just looks down. Yeah, I heard. 00:31:55.440 --> 00:32:00.660 Polter told me all. That's a damn shame. A damn 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:07.740 shame. I have, and Zeb reaches into his pocket 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:14.299 and pulls out Ward's scarf. I got this. I don't 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:17.539 know if it's important. He reaches out for it. 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:25.579 To bring it to Ward's folk. The parents. Tungsten 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:29.819 was a little abrasive at first, but they were 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:36.059 our friend. I'm sorry. Trust me. I've butted 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:39.279 heads with them time and time again. They all 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:44.099 relentless. Were relentless. Damn it. It's gonna 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:49.099 be weird. Listen, Emmett. Was Emmett, right? 00:32:49.740 --> 00:33:00.019 I think so. Let me check my notes. Ammit with 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:06.299 an A. It says right here. Ammit? Ammit. Like, 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:11.900 damn it? Oh, now I get it. Ammit, listen, you 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:17.000 should know that there's nobody left back there 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:22.619 that needs help. So proceed with that understanding. 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:27.700 I think if you want the details, I think that 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:32.079 might be for Cully to decide. He looks up, and 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:36.220 Cully behind him just nods and says, Yeah, give 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:39.240 us some time. You investigate, and we're going 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:42.220 to head back to the Citadel. I got things I got 00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:45.700 to do with that, but you have my word. I'm coming 00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:49.279 back, and I'll tell you everything. About me. 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:55.299 About this story. Some stories deserve to be 00:33:55.299 --> 00:34:00.859 told. Right? And it just nods. I think some of 00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.720 these guys in the group are kind of getting a 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:06.359 little, you know, biting at the, chomping at 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:08.500 the bit. That's the one. Chomping at the bit. 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:11.460 And they start to move forward like, come on, 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:13.340 we gotta go. We don't know what's heading up 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:16.739 there. Might be folk who need help. Some of the 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.960 ones didn't really hear what was being said. 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:23.119 Ava kind of nods and then, oh, just out of curiosity, 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:28.940 not the only thing Ward left. Scoff. I need a 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:31.980 second. You knew it was going to be, I was going 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:35.739 to do this. Moving hard. No way I wasn't going 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:40.239 to. You feel that diamond? Yeah, I know. Pressing 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.860 on you in your pocket. And I wasn't going to 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:46.239 bring it up, but now that, I'm not going to fucking. 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:54.460 lie to this guy. That's your choice. I know he's 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.639 going to say something. I just need a second 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.440 to figure out exactly how he's going to... You 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:02.780 know what? Screw it. Well, yeah, there's... There 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:06.860 was this. And Zebulon pulls out the recording 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:12.260 diamond. There's a lot on it that I kind of need. 00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:18.539 Well, um... Perhaps if you're feeling kind enough, 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:23.139 you could bring it back after you take what you 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:25.820 need from it. Might be footage on there that 00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.980 Ward's folks might want to have brought back 00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:32.480 to him. Bring it back. Yeah, that's great. I 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:40.099 can do that. You don't mind if I borrow it? Just 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:43.239 to get the footage. He just kind of looks for 00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:47.940 a moment, nods. No, yeah, it's what you've been 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:51.179 through, what you've done for us. I heard about 00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:54.900 the snake in town. Any possible thing I can give 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:58.440 for you, I mean, take it. Yeah, the snake, that 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:03.119 was us. I think that's on the diamond, too. We'll 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:09.000 want to see that. I hope you understand. Coley 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:12.099 just kind of tips his straw hat. Let's get going, 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:15.579 Emmett. I'll see you again soon. I promise I'll 00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:18.800 find you. We got to tell Ward's story together. 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:23.800 And this group begins to move off, hold her in 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:29.179 the lead. Kiana is staring wide -eyed. She hadn't 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:31.480 asked since this morning, but she heard what 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:36.059 you said. No one left. She buries her head in 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:40.130 the mane of her horse, or the only horse. I imagine, 00:36:40.269 --> 00:36:41.769 I actually don't really know who's riding it. 00:36:41.769 --> 00:36:43.949 I was assuming it was Koli and Kiana on horseback. 00:36:44.130 --> 00:36:46.289 I was assuming at least Kiana was riding. Okay. 00:36:47.010 --> 00:36:50.750 And so I take it you move on? Yeah. Zebulon's 00:36:50.750 --> 00:36:54.929 got nothing left to say. It's a long trip to 00:36:54.929 --> 00:36:59.849 promise. Almost a full day's ride. Well, because 00:36:59.849 --> 00:37:03.289 you're walking, most of you. And I guess you 00:37:03.289 --> 00:37:08.150 start to move off as Kiana's sobbing very weakly 00:37:08.150 --> 00:37:11.960 next to her. You just hear Chester's voice. It 00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:17.920 was self -defense. It was self... He just trails 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:23.659 off. And you move. Do you think it's a quiet 00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:27.280 trip back? Zebulon's at least pretty quiet. I 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:31.400 think so. Maybe like after a few hours, Coley 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.719 and Jean Franklin prod Kiana for information 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:38.489 on just the folk who they can talk to. I think 00:37:38.489 --> 00:37:41.309 both of them are invested in maybe trying to 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:43.469 get their families some compensation, something. 00:37:43.969 --> 00:37:49.730 And there's so much more than just those people 00:37:49.730 --> 00:37:53.710 in the farmhouse. So much more. There's the death 00:37:53.710 --> 00:37:58.769 of Ward. There's this theory of planar absorption. 00:37:59.809 --> 00:38:04.190 There's this fucking monster. I mean, like, we're 00:38:04.190 --> 00:38:09.030 talking about world shattering. Shit. Everything 00:38:09.030 --> 00:38:11.989 just changed for us. Yeah, how do you go back 00:38:11.989 --> 00:38:16.570 to normal? We don't. We can't. And I nearly forgot. 00:38:17.570 --> 00:38:20.590 As you're, uh, suit back in time, just a short 00:38:20.590 --> 00:38:23.110 bit as you're parting from this group, you do 00:38:23.110 --> 00:38:25.190 see one figure that stands out from the rest. 00:38:25.690 --> 00:38:27.670 Sort of in the back, a lot of folk are kind of 00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:30.869 hushed whispers around them, gathered up, and 00:38:30.869 --> 00:38:33.389 a name rings out here and there amongst these 00:38:33.389 --> 00:38:36.449 whispers. Crispin DuBois. Crispin DuBois. Hey, 00:38:36.489 --> 00:38:39.389 Crispin. This way, come on. We'll need you on 00:38:39.389 --> 00:38:41.690 this one. You remember hearing this name once 00:38:41.690 --> 00:38:45.349 before, spoken by Ward? A luminary of God's breath. 00:38:45.809 --> 00:38:48.190 And as you're sort of passing by this figure, 00:38:48.289 --> 00:38:52.210 as maybe they turn and take your little group 00:38:52.210 --> 00:38:57.809 in, I would like Stephen to describe Crispin 00:38:57.809 --> 00:39:02.889 Dubois for us all. Yeah. Crispin Dubois is a 00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:07.630 Haringan. He's got, um... Sort of like a gray, 00:39:07.769 --> 00:39:14.369 dusty color fur. A little bit of white on the 00:39:14.369 --> 00:39:17.690 center of his face. The rest of his face, though, 00:39:17.769 --> 00:39:22.769 is covered up by a red bandana that he wears 00:39:22.769 --> 00:39:28.889 over his face and nose. And sort of tied into 00:39:28.889 --> 00:39:32.409 the back of his bandana. Are his ears. His ears 00:39:32.409 --> 00:39:34.510 are tucked in behind it. Holy shit. So they're 00:39:34.510 --> 00:39:37.710 kind of down over his head. Bandana's tied around. 00:39:38.889 --> 00:39:43.489 And that's really all I have so far for a Crispin 00:39:43.489 --> 00:39:46.010 Dubois description. That's good for a passing 00:39:46.010 --> 00:39:48.409 glance. And hopefully we don't need any more. 00:39:50.769 --> 00:39:54.230 Fingers crossed. Here's hoping. You think Crispin 00:39:54.230 --> 00:39:57.070 gives your little group a nod as they pass by 00:39:57.070 --> 00:40:01.260 or just carries on doing his thing? Hmm. Yeah. 00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:04.940 He'd be cordial. He'd give a nod, a head nod. 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:08.920 Hell yeah. As he goes to join the rest of the 00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:13.940 group, a luminary moving to the former battlefield. 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:18.340 Then you continue your journey to promise. About 00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:23.019 seven hours or so pass. The day is absolutely 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:28.150 stunning. Not a cloud in the sky. rolling green 00:40:28.150 --> 00:40:32.449 farm hills, it's hard to imagine that just beyond 00:40:32.449 --> 00:40:37.610 this beautiful land lies something so, so horrible, 00:40:37.710 --> 00:40:43.889 so dark, it could be easy to forget as the nice, 00:40:43.989 --> 00:40:47.329 cool breeze mingles with the heat of the sun 00:40:47.329 --> 00:40:53.130 bearing down on you. And then you see, promise, 00:40:53.389 --> 00:40:59.900 town bustling. You see a hill just beyond it 00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:05.059 where you know soon, potentially, a gem will 00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:09.079 appear to take you home. Thank goodness. I am 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:14.219 starving. Of course you are. I think as you're 00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:17.719 getting close, Jean Franklin kind of shoots down 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:21.659 ahead, talks to some folk in town, comes back 00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:25.199 to meet you. Well, we're in luck, looks like. 00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:29.019 The jasp is coming soon. We have about an hour 00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:35.079 in town. Okay, well, let's see how Promise is 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:38.639 after the snake attack. As you step through the 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:41.760 streets of Promise, you see the colorful drapery 00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:44.280 all around has been put away. The Awakening Festival 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:48.219 is over. There's no low, droning singing coming 00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:50.619 from every corner of every street. There's no 00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:54.980 stage set in an open field with a choir of proclaimers. 00:41:56.099 --> 00:42:00.239 Things are back to usual here in this town. Just 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:02.920 simple trade going on, a lot of stands closed 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:06.820 down, a lot of farmers moving in to sell their 00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:10.239 wares from the fields. A lot of nods in your 00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:12.920 way as you come by, because just as before, you 00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:16.920 stand out here in this town, in this world, and 00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:19.900 everyone knows the story of the guys who fought 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:23.519 off the rattlesnake with Emonrath. Emonrath and 00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:25.690 Bink don't seem to be here. Pick that up instantly. 00:42:26.030 --> 00:42:27.909 They have a way of attracting attention if they're 00:42:27.909 --> 00:42:31.489 anywhere around. So they must have taken off 00:42:31.489 --> 00:42:36.389 some time ago after making sure that event at 00:42:36.389 --> 00:42:39.710 the festival wasn't going to repeat itself. Never 00:42:39.710 --> 00:42:41.809 to stay in one place too long, those fellas. 00:42:42.670 --> 00:42:45.369 In and out. So you're moving to the town. Is 00:42:45.369 --> 00:42:46.809 there anything in particular you're seeking out? 00:42:47.869 --> 00:42:51.250 You're looking at me like... I'm just hoping 00:42:51.250 --> 00:42:52.869 that you got something because I kind of don't 00:42:52.869 --> 00:42:54.980 have much. I don't have anything. I mean, I think 00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:57.139 Jules is going to eat something. Yeah, Zebulon 00:42:57.139 --> 00:43:00.639 is pretty hungry. Yeah, yeah. Seven hour walk. 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:04.199 Yeah, I think Jules at least is eating out of 00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:06.719 necessity. I don't think he's thinking, oh man, 00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:10.159 this is so good. Yeah, food, food. I just think 00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:12.739 he's kind of going through the motions of eating. 00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:14.519 He's feeling like really out of place right now. 00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:18.360 And really just kind of, life is happening normally 00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.099 around him. And everything that just happened 00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:26.530 is not normal. Life is no longer normal. So it's 00:43:26.530 --> 00:43:29.289 this kind of surreal kind of walk through the 00:43:29.289 --> 00:43:34.730 crowd and munching on whatever's there. Wherever 00:43:34.730 --> 00:43:37.590 they stop to get food, Zebulon's going to ask 00:43:37.590 --> 00:43:42.230 the proprietor. So, um, is there any more news 00:43:42.230 --> 00:43:45.809 about those poachers? Um, well, by the bar, just 00:43:45.809 --> 00:43:49.949 no, no. No news at all, really. Looks like they 00:43:49.949 --> 00:43:53.489 were local folk here. But, uh... Whatever's going 00:43:53.489 --> 00:43:56.329 on is all hush -hush. I think that was a lot 00:43:56.329 --> 00:43:57.710 of them, though. We haven't seen any more trouble. 00:43:58.070 --> 00:44:01.750 Oh, okay. We'll have to ask when we get back 00:44:01.750 --> 00:44:04.730 to the Citadel. Oh, y 'all know people in high 00:44:04.730 --> 00:44:07.349 places, huh? Well, I mean, I don't want to kiss 00:44:07.349 --> 00:44:12.190 and tell, but I don't know why I said that. She 00:44:12.190 --> 00:44:19.889 just weirdly walks away from you. I will say 00:44:19.889 --> 00:44:23.800 one thing that's interesting. I guess you can't 00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:27.519 take that one out, huh? God. I wouldn't if I 00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:31.280 could. Oh, God. What I think you'll find that's 00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:33.619 interesting is, amongst the stares coming towards 00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:36.219 you, there's a lot coming towards Kiana and Kully. 00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:40.059 Kully, who's no longer in disguised form, not 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:45.119 as Orin, not as Lady Dre, but as the man he really 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:49.800 is, as Kully. Is there any, does Zebulon detect 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:52.880 any aggression towards Kully? Because he's kind 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:56.840 of on edge about that. It's not necessarily aggression. 00:44:57.980 --> 00:45:02.460 To some folk, it's a bit of pity. To some, it's, 00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:05.239 I hate to say something so strong, but almost 00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:09.760 disgust. The man who fled and all the songs. 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:12.619 But there are a few faces in this crowd that 00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:16.400 look on with pride at the man who came back. 00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:21.039 You realize that maybe the reason Orin is so... 00:45:22.429 --> 00:45:25.750 Because no one actually knew who Orin was. Just 00:45:25.750 --> 00:45:27.110 figured that showed up on the Crystal Network 00:45:27.110 --> 00:45:29.769 one day and not a single soul in Promise recognized 00:45:29.769 --> 00:45:33.150 him. And what happens now with this character, 00:45:33.230 --> 00:45:36.309 with Koli, Orin, who they will become when they 00:45:36.309 --> 00:45:40.269 get back to the Citadel, you don't know. Yeah, 00:45:40.269 --> 00:45:42.849 it's for him to decide. I think as you finish 00:45:42.849 --> 00:45:46.510 your meals, stepping out of this little tavern 00:45:46.510 --> 00:45:50.789 with little time left, Someone sort of shoots 00:45:50.789 --> 00:45:53.869 out of the crowd towards you. A small figure 00:45:53.869 --> 00:45:57.070 comes running at you. Just, oh, I found you. 00:45:57.150 --> 00:46:01.590 I found you. I was so worried. Ruby. Is that 00:46:01.590 --> 00:46:06.250 her name? Hannah. Hannah. Jesus Christ, Stephen. 00:46:07.429 --> 00:46:10.170 How did you not remember that? I feel like I 00:46:10.170 --> 00:46:13.349 said Ruby like... Ruby's her last name. Hannah 00:46:13.349 --> 00:46:18.920 Ruby now. I thought it was Ruby Hannah. Where 00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:20.880 did Ruby come from? That's like the second time 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:24.519 I said Ruby. I have no clue. Oh, beautiful. I 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:27.920 should just stop talking about it. Just stay 00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:31.800 quiet until we get back to the sit -and -dow. 00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:35.820 Two beer Steven. Yeah, exactly. Fucking letting 00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:41.119 loose. No, that's three. Here it comes up. Are 00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:45.760 you my mom? Yes. That explains it. She comes 00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:47.260 running towards you all with her arms filled 00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:51.739 with these four little figures. And she's just 00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:53.920 kind of looking at you like, I made them like 00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:56.000 I asked. I couldn't find you after the festival, 00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:58.739 but folks said you were still on world. I've 00:46:58.739 --> 00:47:01.519 been waiting. I really worked hard on these ones. 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:06.699 I know you guys did. We did a lot for us. Here. 00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:11.659 She reaches down. She pulls up. It's a figurine, 00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:16.119 a little straw doll. Of jewels. Oh, jeez. You 00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:18.320 know how she managed to dye a cloak to look like 00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:21.820 the exact colors of your own? But it is impressive. 00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:26.420 Even a little wooden carved lute resting on the 00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:31.059 back. This is beautiful. How'd you do that? Well, 00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:32.880 I'm pretty good, mister. That's why I do it. 00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:35.480 No kidding. Yeah, I want to do it all my life. 00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:39.800 Is this for me? Yeah. Y 'all paid for it, remember? 00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:43.800 Thank you so much. This is so special. This is 00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:47.599 real special. You got a gift. She's just beaming. 00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:49.920 She looks a little nervous when she turns to 00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:53.719 you, Zeb. I never made a dragon one before. I 00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:57.599 hope it turned out okay. And she hands you a 00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:00.119 little figurine of Zebulon. It's, you know, probably 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:02.840 half the size of the jewels one. But somehow 00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:05.159 she managed to nail, like, the head. I think 00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:06.360 there's, like, you could see almost, like, there's 00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:08.679 bits of beak, like a bird's beak, kind of, like, 00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:12.110 worked around in the straw to, like. formulate 00:48:12.110 --> 00:48:15.409 the head, but it looks surprisingly good. Is 00:48:15.409 --> 00:48:18.349 it good? It's good. It's decent. Maybe you take 00:48:18.349 --> 00:48:22.949 this in, and it's strange. You're looking at 00:48:22.949 --> 00:48:27.309 maybe the first edition of a Zebulon action figure, 00:48:27.489 --> 00:48:31.090 and maybe it reminds you of an Ozen Yoshikatsu 00:48:31.090 --> 00:48:36.289 figure that you definitely had as a child. Definitely. 00:48:37.329 --> 00:48:41.369 This is, um... Looks at it for a second. This 00:48:41.369 --> 00:48:43.489 is really good. You should make more of these. 00:48:43.829 --> 00:48:47.230 Yeah, actually, that's my seventh. I keep making 00:48:47.230 --> 00:48:50.170 them. Oh, yeah, yeah. A lot of the kids here, 00:48:50.230 --> 00:48:52.550 they've been asking for your figures. They're 00:48:52.550 --> 00:48:53.989 playing with them. You might see them around. 00:48:54.989 --> 00:48:58.650 You guys have made me some money. Wow. Well, 00:48:58.730 --> 00:49:04.489 yeah, here you go. And Zeb hands her a gold piece. 00:49:05.090 --> 00:49:11.840 The next many are keep making these. Oh, yeah, 00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:16.280 yeah. Thank you, mister. This is a lot of money. 00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:20.500 A gold piece is meaningful. Her eyes are glowing 00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:24.000 as she takes us in. You sounded like you wanted 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:26.679 to take that back. Steven didn't do it. Zebulon 00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:31.929 did it. She reaches out with another one. Handing 00:49:31.929 --> 00:49:34.050 Chester's figure to him as you see, like, maybe 00:49:34.050 --> 00:49:35.550 there's, like, a little bit of a flower with 00:49:35.550 --> 00:49:38.130 sort of an orange bloom for the head to, like, 00:49:38.130 --> 00:49:41.550 give him that moppy red hair. It's a little figure 00:49:41.550 --> 00:49:45.070 with a little bow. And you just see he stares 00:49:45.070 --> 00:49:51.929 at it and just slowly reaches out. Um, I... You 00:49:51.929 --> 00:49:54.289 keep it. Maybe there's a kid here that wants 00:49:54.289 --> 00:49:58.929 to play with it. Come on, Chester. You're a hero, 00:49:58.989 --> 00:50:06.929 too. Roll me an insight check. 16. You see... 00:50:06.929 --> 00:50:09.969 Actually, let me roll a contested check. I really 00:50:09.969 --> 00:50:12.449 have no idea where he's going with this. I'm 00:50:12.449 --> 00:50:20.250 going to roll. 15. I will say what you guys notice 00:50:20.250 --> 00:50:24.809 is... 18 on the die. Minus three. What? Oh, I 00:50:24.809 --> 00:50:27.250 forgot about... Why'd you even roll? Because 00:50:27.250 --> 00:50:31.260 I wanted to feel included. You just see something 00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:35.860 dark pass over Chester's features for just a 00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:39.360 moment. His face sort of setting, eyes narrow, 00:50:39.500 --> 00:50:44.039 and he just blinks it away. Right, yeah, of course, 00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:47.300 Jules. Yeah, I'll take it. Thanks. I appreciate 00:50:47.300 --> 00:50:49.780 it. It's nice. It's really good. It's nice. He 00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:52.239 just kind of subs it down his back pocket and 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:54.360 just kind of moves away. You earned this, kid. 00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:58.440 She probably hasn't sold seven, but... He's like, 00:50:58.460 --> 00:51:00.280 he's actually actively kind of moving on past 00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:03.420 you guys. And as he kind of moves away, I'm going 00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:06.360 to stop him with my hand. We'll talk about it 00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:10.860 later. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Nothing to talk 00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:13.280 about. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Sure. Later. 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:17.920 And she reaches out with one last figure. You 00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:20.760 see an actual turtle shell. Oh, God. Oh, no. 00:51:21.099 --> 00:51:24.219 This strong figurine. No, you can't give that 00:51:24.219 --> 00:51:28.119 to him. A turtle shell? He's got a little turtle 00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:30.699 shell. You know where those come from, right? 00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:33.320 It was probably an already dead turtle. I don't 00:51:33.320 --> 00:51:36.900 know. I have no idea. But, like, it's actually 00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:39.219 in some ways maybe the most ornate. Like, she 00:51:39.219 --> 00:51:44.480 got really creative with it. It's... Got him. 00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:51.599 We just killed Jerry. Got him. You sure it wasn't 00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:55.420 like a walnut shell painted to look like a turtle 00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:57.719 shell? It's a bigger figure than that. Oh, my 00:51:57.719 --> 00:52:02.340 God. A coconut shell? Coconut's on God's rest. 00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:05.440 Don't be ridiculous. I'm sure there's a huge 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:09.179 import market. Jean Franklin reaches out for 00:52:09.179 --> 00:52:13.940 it and just, um, let's shell it. Oh, it's already 00:52:13.940 --> 00:52:16.619 dead. Sorry. It wasn't. I know maybe it's tasteless, 00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:20.599 but I thought it looked nice. I wanted to be 00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:23.500 like yours. Your shell's so pretty. And he just 00:52:23.500 --> 00:52:27.099 kind of, like, stares at her for a moment. And 00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:29.039 there's no real expression on his face as he 00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:32.039 looks at this thing. He just kind of reaches 00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:34.579 into his coin purse and pulls out some coins 00:52:34.579 --> 00:52:37.360 and reaches out with them. And she's, oh, no, 00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:39.139 mister, your friends paid for your dolly already, 00:52:39.300 --> 00:52:42.440 and you don't get to. Yes, well, they probably 00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:45.840 made a mistake. They're bad at counting. And 00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:49.659 he just drops some coins into her hands. It just 00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:52.599 stares down at bits of gleaming gold and just... 00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:57.780 Mr. No, this is way too much. I'm bad at counting, 00:52:57.900 --> 00:53:02.699 too. And he just storms away. Sean Franklin's 00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:08.300 got a heart, after all. So, David. Yes? Give 00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:11.539 me like 60 seconds here. Less than that. If somebody 00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:17.329 handed you a dolly made of human skin... And 00:53:17.329 --> 00:53:19.329 then they said, oh, well, no, it was already 00:53:19.329 --> 00:53:24.010 dead. Oh, turtles aren't turtles. It just doesn't 00:53:24.010 --> 00:53:26.989 sit right with me. Turtles aren't turtles. I 00:53:26.989 --> 00:53:28.750 just want you to know I'm uncomfortable. They 00:53:28.750 --> 00:53:30.829 are fishermen. Like they got to accept the fact 00:53:30.829 --> 00:53:33.849 that like turtles die. I don't know. I don't 00:53:33.849 --> 00:53:35.829 think it's like the features that define your 00:53:35.829 --> 00:53:39.590 your closeness to like. beings of your your same 00:53:39.590 --> 00:53:42.690 species i think it's like the the emotional connectivity 00:53:42.690 --> 00:53:44.809 and intelligence but this is a conversation probably 00:53:44.809 --> 00:53:47.230 not for a dnd podcast we're gonna have to agree 00:53:47.230 --> 00:53:50.789 to disagree on that one i mean maybe it's a little 00:53:50.789 --> 00:53:53.170 weird maybe it's a little weird but she's a little 00:53:53.170 --> 00:53:56.429 girl so give her some slack you monster all right 00:53:56.429 --> 00:53:58.329 that's all that's all my that's all for my interruption 00:53:58.329 --> 00:54:03.849 you guys uh make your way towards the hill just 00:54:03.849 --> 00:54:07.050 outside of town Knowing the Jasper is about to 00:54:07.050 --> 00:54:10.550 appear. And one thing has been unsaid this whole 00:54:10.550 --> 00:54:15.150 time. Kiana is by Koli's side as they move up. 00:54:16.289 --> 00:54:19.469 And just as you reach the hill, he turns back 00:54:19.469 --> 00:54:22.610 to her. Now, I gotta do a few things on the city, 00:54:22.670 --> 00:54:26.730 but I'll be back. I think maybe it's time for 00:54:26.730 --> 00:54:30.469 Storyteller Oren to retire. And she shakes her 00:54:30.469 --> 00:54:38.690 head. No. No. It ain't. I ran away too, in my 00:54:38.690 --> 00:54:43.889 own way. I guess in the opposite way. And I just 00:54:43.889 --> 00:54:46.369 couldn't let go of it all. I didn't want to let 00:54:46.369 --> 00:54:51.150 go, but I'm ready to let go now. Uncle, I'd like 00:54:51.150 --> 00:54:56.389 to come with you back to the city. Maybe a new 00:54:56.389 --> 00:55:01.989 start wouldn't be so bad. He smiles and hugs 00:55:01.989 --> 00:55:06.139 her and doesn't even try to. Hold back the tears 00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:15.159 as you guys hear a whooshing of air. A gem appears 00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:21.239 in the sky above and slowly lowers down. These 00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:25.199 two embracing figures let go of each other hand 00:55:25.199 --> 00:55:28.199 in hand. I just love that. Like, the two of them 00:55:28.199 --> 00:55:30.960 hugging. As it's coming down behind them. The 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:33.900 camera zooms back and there's this giant gem 00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:36.190 coming down and they're like, silhouetted in 00:55:36.190 --> 00:55:39.210 front of it, and it's like the scale is just... 00:55:39.210 --> 00:55:43.170 You see they turn hand in hand towards it in 00:55:43.170 --> 00:55:46.889 the same camera image. All of you all gathered 00:55:46.889 --> 00:55:49.829 around them. Imagine all of you begin to move 00:55:49.829 --> 00:55:55.309 towards the Jasper. Yeah. No looking back. I 00:55:55.309 --> 00:55:57.989 think literally, I don't think Jules turns back. 00:55:58.070 --> 00:56:01.909 No way. No way. Nope. Hell yeah. Now I'm gonna 00:56:01.909 --> 00:56:03.809 do something a little weird here for just a moment. 00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:08.639 I want to cut ahead in time just a couple of 00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:12.019 days. Wow. We haven't done this before. Huh. 00:56:12.460 --> 00:56:15.139 And what happens in that day span, we'll touch 00:56:15.139 --> 00:56:19.820 on next time. But there's a little scene I think 00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:24.000 we all deserve to see. You've piqued my interest. 00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:29.260 Yeah. You stand at the Ugly Coyote. Kiana's there 00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:32.099 as well. Cherry Delights, the ones that remain, 00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:35.949 all gathered around. Ader, looking proudly on 00:56:35.949 --> 00:56:40.489 the bunch. All of you in the empty dining room 00:56:40.489 --> 00:56:44.849 as the crystal projector flickers to life on 00:56:44.849 --> 00:56:50.269 the canvas wall. And you see Storyteller Oren. 00:56:50.849 --> 00:56:54.550 But it's also not Storyteller Oren. For while 00:56:54.550 --> 00:56:58.070 he wears that same straw hat, he's kept his features 00:56:58.070 --> 00:57:01.909 as Cully. And he just looks at the screen and 00:57:01.909 --> 00:57:04.699 says, Now, I know there's been a lot of rumors 00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:06.940 and confusion around the details of my little 00:57:06.940 --> 00:57:09.360 break from the network. And I might be able to 00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:11.880 clear things up a bit. But that ain't the real 00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:15.739 heart of this broadcast. First things first, 00:57:15.880 --> 00:57:19.619 let me speak true to y 'all. I was not born storyteller 00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:24.119 -owning. My real name is Cully. Cully Groundspur. 00:57:25.340 --> 00:57:28.239 Ten years ago, I lost my little boy to dark forces 00:57:28.239 --> 00:57:31.340 in my homeworld of God's breath. And a few days 00:57:31.340 --> 00:57:34.519 ago, that self -same darkness came back for me. 00:57:35.340 --> 00:57:37.659 Now, I ain't got time for the whole story right 00:57:37.659 --> 00:57:40.179 now, and the details ain't important to my announcement 00:57:40.179 --> 00:57:43.179 tonight. Just know that I faced a greater evil 00:57:43.179 --> 00:57:46.280 than I have ever known. And I did so with the 00:57:46.280 --> 00:57:49.760 help of the two most promising luminary candidates 00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:55.380 I have ever met. Zebulon Black and Jules LaRoche. 00:57:55.599 --> 00:57:59.530 Y 'all hear those names? Remember them. Stebulon 00:57:59.530 --> 00:58:03.849 Black, Jules LaRoche, Sidekicks, Jean Franklin 00:58:03.849 --> 00:58:07.510 Montalia, and Chester Mapes. You may know that 00:58:07.510 --> 00:58:10.010 some of these folks through station and reputation, 00:58:10.130 --> 00:58:14.389 but you do not know them as I do. As true heroes. 00:58:15.210 --> 00:58:18.960 Just as survivors of Tithos. Some of whom owe 00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:21.659 their lives to these new luminaries. And you 00:58:21.659 --> 00:58:25.039 see them flashing across the screen over this 00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:26.840 foot of his face. You see the footage that started 00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:30.099 all of this. Jules, backed by his cherry delights, 00:58:30.099 --> 00:58:32.699 obliterating a lightning creature. With a magic 00:58:32.699 --> 00:58:35.400 touch, Zebulon, two blades, cutting through one 00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:38.239 of these elementals in a flashing X. The two 00:58:38.239 --> 00:58:41.780 of you, eyes meeting for the first time on the 00:58:41.780 --> 00:58:44.179 sapphire, surrounded by the cool blue of the 00:58:44.179 --> 00:58:48.119 jewel. Oh, hell. As the folk of the Ding Sing 00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:51.420 Night Market, who still sing their praises, and 00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:54.480 you see footage of the market games. Jules eating 00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:56.559 the skull pepper to the awe of the silent crowd 00:58:56.559 --> 00:58:59.639 and standing strong. Zebulon cleaving through 00:58:59.639 --> 00:59:02.179 a giant prawn, launching itself, spiraling out 00:59:02.179 --> 00:59:04.559 of the water of the tank. To roaring applause, 00:59:04.920 --> 00:59:07.079 Chester tossing the last of the living green 00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:10.179 bee into his mouth. Jules casting hideous laughter 00:59:10.179 --> 00:59:13.019 in a dashing dance. Zebulon blasted backwards 00:59:13.019 --> 00:59:15.900 by falling, burning tent frame. Then rising. 00:59:16.320 --> 00:59:18.559 healed by Jules and cutting his way through canvas 00:59:18.559 --> 00:59:22.739 into flames and smoke. Zebulon now behind the 00:59:22.739 --> 00:59:26.420 tent and holding a barely breathing Gammon Sunkoon. 00:59:27.420 --> 00:59:31.519 And of course, the good folk of God's breath. 00:59:31.980 --> 00:59:34.820 Jean Franklin taking a bite from the giant rattlesnake 00:59:34.820 --> 00:59:38.000 right in the chest and holding strong. Chester 00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.880 firing an arrow into this creature's head. Jules' 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:44.639 magic driving the creature away. Zebulon's final 00:59:44.639 --> 00:59:47.820 shot through its eye. Dire coyotes surrounding 00:59:47.820 --> 00:59:50.800 your group. A flurry of blades. The thrusts of 00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:53.800 a spear. Arrows fired. Magical mists in a glowing 00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:59.500 lute. A party together. And the images fade away 00:59:59.500 --> 01:00:04.559 to the familiar face of Kully. What more can 01:00:04.559 --> 01:00:10.369 I say? Just this. It with the utmost pleasure 01:00:10.369 --> 01:00:13.269 and excitement and pride that I announce my full 01:00:13.269 --> 01:00:16.650 support of these four folk. They are the real 01:00:16.650 --> 01:00:19.570 deal. And I will continue to promote them and 01:00:19.570 --> 01:00:21.769 sing their praises for as long as I am able. 01:00:22.449 --> 01:00:26.989 Which, well, it may not be long enough. Now, 01:00:27.010 --> 01:00:29.590 I'll be honest with y 'all. I might not be around 01:00:29.590 --> 01:00:32.010 for a bit. You see, there's some folk in power 01:00:32.010 --> 01:00:34.489 that don't want to see these luminaries rise. 01:00:35.269 --> 01:00:37.800 Which is why I look to you. Good folk of the 01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:41.940 Concord worlds. I look to you and I plead. In 01:00:41.940 --> 01:00:44.300 these times of darkness, don't shy away from 01:00:44.300 --> 01:00:48.019 our greatest, brightest beacons of light. Invite 01:00:48.019 --> 01:00:53.239 them. Welcome them. Oh, and don't forget to check 01:00:53.239 --> 01:00:55.400 out Pepper's Peppers in the Densing Night Market. 01:00:55.619 --> 01:00:58.820 The official sponsor for these two rising heroes. 01:00:59.760 --> 01:01:12.500 And, hell, I guess we'll call it there. There's 01:01:12.500 --> 01:01:15.900 another award you guys deserve. What? You both 01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:21.000 level up to four. Yeah. Level four. Oh, man. 01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:25.000 Only took 33 episodes. See you next week, folks.