WEBVTT 00:00:02.090 --> 00:00:03.970 Hey guys, it's Steven. If you're enjoying the 00:00:03.970 --> 00:00:05.769 show, please consider leaving a podcast rating 00:00:05.769 --> 00:00:07.910 wherever you're listening. That's one of the 00:00:07.910 --> 00:00:10.349 best ways to help us grow. Also, please find 00:00:10.349 --> 00:00:13.109 us on Instagram at fantasypantspod and share 00:00:13.109 --> 00:01:09.519 it with your friends. Thank you so much. Yara 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.439 Ivanka, a .k .a. Mesmerize, is one of the relatively 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:15.799 few luminaries chosen to represent this world. 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.099 As a child in the village of Bevel, Yara was 00:01:19.099 --> 00:01:21.060 chosen to have the art of illusion passed down 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:23.620 to her from her elders. Where there was nothing 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:26.239 left to learn, Yara made the long trek to Katagrad. 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:29.560 To the awful marine, conquer Jewel. And to the 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.180 radiant Citadel. Once she reached the Citadel, 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:35.159 Yara was given a moniker of Mesmerize. In reference 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:37.859 to the eye symbols that adorn her fur robes. 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:41.439 A remembrance of her village. Alongside her near 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.579 silent, Goliath sidekick Grunt. Yara has conquered 00:01:44.579 --> 00:01:47.040 many a terrible foe with the pursuit of justice 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:55.159 and glory. What'd you just do? Yeah, what was 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.939 that? I found some thick mud on the bottom of 00:01:58.939 --> 00:02:02.079 my coffee cup. Oh, okay. I just saw this face. 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:07.159 I'm sorry that my coffee is muddy. Don't be sorry. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.560 I'm happy for the coffee. I mean, it's just a 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.900 byproduct. It just happens when you make coffee 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:14.759 sometimes. It happens in my coffee maker every 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.340 single time. I don't understand why. I don't 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:19.539 get it. I don't either. It doesn't make sense. 00:02:20.149 --> 00:02:23.050 Coffee pros out there, fill us in. Yeah. Yeah. 00:02:23.430 --> 00:02:25.409 How do we make a cleaner cup of coffee? Or just 00:02:25.409 --> 00:02:28.229 have a Rockstar energy drink. No. I would literally 00:02:28.229 --> 00:02:30.270 never. This episode's sponsored by Rockstar, 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:33.150 but not actually. At 37 years old, I don't know 00:02:33.150 --> 00:02:35.330 what a Rockstar would do to my heart. That's 00:02:35.330 --> 00:02:37.949 fair. That's fair. Dude, I remember I was like 00:02:37.949 --> 00:02:40.349 14 and I had like two or three Rockstars over 00:02:40.349 --> 00:02:42.250 at my buddy's house playing video games and I 00:02:42.250 --> 00:02:44.949 thought I was going to die. I believe it. Yeah. 00:02:45.129 --> 00:02:49.629 Absolutely. Speaking of dying gentlemen. You 00:02:49.629 --> 00:02:52.870 didn't die last week. So here we are. Here we 00:02:52.870 --> 00:02:55.310 are again. I could be home playing Tears of the 00:02:55.310 --> 00:02:58.229 Kingdom. But I'm not doing that. I'm here recording. 00:02:58.349 --> 00:03:00.430 You know why? Because you lived. Because you 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:05.569 rolled 16 natural 20s. Explain yourself. Be ashamed. 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:08.469 I was on fire. That's all Steven. That's all 00:03:08.469 --> 00:03:11.469 Steven. Yeah. I think there was like four, maybe 00:03:11.469 --> 00:03:15.490 five 20s over the course of like, what, less 00:03:15.490 --> 00:03:19.009 than a dozen rolls. That was. Completely absurd. 00:03:19.330 --> 00:03:23.949 I would say probably at least 60 % or 70 % of 00:03:23.949 --> 00:03:27.250 your rolls were 20s. I think there was some advantage 00:03:27.250 --> 00:03:29.389 in there, so that might skew it a little bit. 00:03:29.569 --> 00:03:32.990 Still. In that final 20, that unbelievably clutch 00:03:32.990 --> 00:03:36.770 death save 20 to get up and keep fighting when 00:03:36.770 --> 00:03:39.550 the only person left in the field was a blinded 00:03:39.550 --> 00:03:42.770 Jean Franklin who was barely alive. I don't know. 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:44.210 I think Jean Franklin could have pulled it off. 00:03:44.370 --> 00:03:48.080 My plan was to try to... persuade you to take 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.719 a button and unblind him. And then I thought 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.680 he'd maybe have a fighting chance, but. That's 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.659 possible. It's possible. But boy, oh boy, was 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:57.979 that close. It worked out really cool. Yeah. 00:03:58.020 --> 00:04:00.120 And then, yeah, at that moment, I don't know. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:02.680 I pooped my pants a little. Oh, for sure. And 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.240 then you crit. And then we had. And then I crit 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.740 my pants a little. So we had like bad crit and 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:11.379 good crit. Mm -hmm. All at once. Even I got a 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:14.419 crit. That never happens. Yeah. Good times all 00:04:14.419 --> 00:04:17.250 around. Yeah. And don't worry, David. Yoshi will 00:04:17.250 --> 00:04:20.250 be waiting for you when you get home. No. Tonight 00:04:20.250 --> 00:04:22.490 the shirt stays on. I will not let you get under 00:04:22.490 --> 00:04:27.769 my skin, Steven. Just under your shirt. Now we're 00:04:27.769 --> 00:04:29.910 talking about this fight. Let's bring up, you 00:04:29.910 --> 00:04:33.189 know what, the wedgies. Not a lot this time from 00:04:33.189 --> 00:04:35.189 what I have seen. We didn't talk about this during 00:04:35.189 --> 00:04:37.269 the week. Did I miss? No, yeah. I didn't hear 00:04:37.269 --> 00:04:39.870 shit. What are you talking about? This is actually 00:04:39.870 --> 00:04:41.790 a spur of the moment from my head right now because 00:04:41.790 --> 00:04:43.970 I totally forgot this was a thing to do. So, 00:04:43.970 --> 00:04:46.230 hey, I might miss some. Nothing good comes spur 00:04:46.230 --> 00:04:48.269 of the moment from David's head. Realistically, 00:04:48.310 --> 00:04:51.110 there's only one wedgie we have, and that wedgie 00:04:51.110 --> 00:04:54.769 is I should have taken half damage. twice from 00:04:54.769 --> 00:04:57.350 Dissonant Whispers, which I believe is 1d6 each 00:04:57.350 --> 00:05:00.170 time. Correct? That's true. Yes, we forgot about 00:05:00.170 --> 00:05:01.829 the half damage. So that's the only thing. And 00:05:01.829 --> 00:05:05.029 it kind of balances out because I actually should 00:05:05.029 --> 00:05:06.750 have been utilizing my bonus action displacement 00:05:06.750 --> 00:05:10.329 earlier on in the combat. So again, one of those 00:05:10.329 --> 00:05:12.910 things where we both did a thing. All in all, 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:14.689 balance -wise, everything equals out. We both 00:05:14.689 --> 00:05:17.269 made a slight mistake. But yeah. Yeah, great 00:05:17.269 --> 00:05:20.269 fight. Great, great fight. I had a blast. I love 00:05:20.269 --> 00:05:23.209 playing a villain or any character that has any 00:05:23.209 --> 00:05:25.629 kind of gimmicky power or role that I really 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:28.149 get to dive into. So really playing the illusionist 00:05:28.149 --> 00:05:31.170 role felt awesome. Yeah, she was a cool character. 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:34.870 It was great. And now she's dying on the sands. 00:05:35.310 --> 00:05:38.269 And what are these characters going to do? Leave 00:05:38.269 --> 00:05:41.509 this luminary to die? Well, I guess we're about 00:05:41.509 --> 00:05:43.490 to find out, aren't we? Anything else you want 00:05:43.490 --> 00:05:44.589 to do, gentlemen? Anything you want to talk about 00:05:44.589 --> 00:05:47.379 before we get into this? I think I'm ready to 00:05:47.379 --> 00:05:51.360 play. Yeah. All right. I mean, you've got to 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.740 start the music for us to play. Yeah, I'm not 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:54.779 playing without music. It should be starting. 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.120 Isn't it starting? Do you hear it? Why is it 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:06.199 not? Okay, hang on. We are standing in the preserve 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:12.160 of the ancestors. You stand on the dunes of a 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.699 desert. The sky above you is... I'll say at this 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:19.560 point it looks like an afternoon sky, perfectly 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:23.279 blue and clear, but broken up by the many facets 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.819 and sides of the great auroral diamond that you 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:28.379 stand within. I mentioned before, this place 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:31.199 is absolutely massive, so much bigger on the 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.019 inside than on the outside. Just the tiniest 00:06:34.019 --> 00:06:37.879 testament to the absolute power of this incredible 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.259 ancient artifact that this entire society is 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:44.699 based around. And yet, you still know so little 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:48.420 about it. But here you are, surrounded by every 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:51.899 imaginable habitat, and you are in the dunes. 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:59.300 Zebulon, you barely stand at one HP, your sheer 00:06:59.300 --> 00:07:04.339 grit pulling you up from the jaws of death. Jules 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:08.399 is currently unconscious and dying. John Franklin, 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:12.800 also barely standing next to an unconscious and 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.459 dying Yara Ivanka. You see the Goliath grunt 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:20.180 and the goblin trace are on the ground behind 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:23.759 you, kind of down the slope of this dune. Grunt 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:28.279 unconscious, but stable. And trace actually not 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:32.220 hurt at all, but just fully bound by manacles. 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:35.560 In the most ridiculous display of, it shouldn't 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.600 be possible to hogtie someone with manacles. 00:07:37.660 --> 00:07:40.569 You did it. I don't know how. But, hey, 20 versus 00:07:40.569 --> 00:07:43.029 1, yeah, you did it. It's ridiculous. I'll take 00:07:43.029 --> 00:07:44.769 it. Maybe shoelaces were involved. I don't know. 00:07:46.470 --> 00:07:52.569 Hopefully. What do you want to do? Well, first 00:07:52.569 --> 00:07:57.110 and foremost, Zeb's going to step over and feed 00:07:57.110 --> 00:08:02.689 Jules a potion here. I'm sorry you have to use 00:08:02.689 --> 00:08:05.649 one of those. No, don't be sorry. So early on 00:08:05.649 --> 00:08:09.079 after getting it. Yep, just a... 2d4 plus two. 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:11.000 All right, let's see what we get. Go ahead and 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.779 give that to yourself. Zebulon, mama birds a 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:16.899 potion into Jules' mouth. Yeah, puts it in Zebulon's 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:22.279 mouth first, pries Jules' mouth open, and spits 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.459 into it. So that's six. All right, good. You're 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:30.500 back up. Then Zeb's going to head down the dune 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:34.799 to Jean Franklin, pulling out the second and 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:38.179 final pair of manacles that he has. Uh, Jan, 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:44.279 are you alright? Yes, I'm... I'm fine, I... He's 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.159 got this sort of far -off look in his eyes, but 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:50.240 he seems to focus, looking at Yara. What of her? 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.720 Um, Zeb's already putting the manacles on her. 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:57.480 Let's, um, let's stabilize her, wake her up. 00:08:57.980 --> 00:09:02.580 She would, um, she knows. Uh, I'm gonna, I'm 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:08.000 gonna say, guess, decide that, um... since Chester's 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.440 no longer here, that Zeb has the recording diamond 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:16.279 on him, and he passes it off to Jaune. Why does 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:22.340 he record this? Maybe it'll be useful. Oh, yeah. 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.539 I mean, heal her. I was going to say, he's rolling 00:09:26.539 --> 00:09:29.059 death saves here. He's rolling death saves. We've 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:30.779 got to do this. I think Jaune Franklin's already 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:32.120 scrambling over, because he's not going to let 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:36.029 someone just die. My idea was that we wouldn't 00:09:36.029 --> 00:09:38.889 let more than, like, you know, 12 seconds or 00:09:38.889 --> 00:09:40.789 whatever pass by before. You know what I mean? 00:09:40.889 --> 00:09:43.830 Okay. Yeah, he reaches down. He's got five points 00:09:43.830 --> 00:09:45.370 left in his pool. You tell me. Does he use all 00:09:45.370 --> 00:09:48.529 five? No, just one. Okay. Enough to just close 00:09:48.529 --> 00:09:51.950 the wound, the last arrow wound, and leave her 00:09:51.950 --> 00:09:56.429 just barely breathing. Her eyes flutter open, 00:09:56.549 --> 00:10:01.509 but she is manacled. Hey, what does your wound 00:10:01.509 --> 00:10:05.759 have on you? Why did you come and do this? She 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.899 just kind of scoffs. So her blood just like running 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:14.740 from her lips. If you are to kill me, please 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:17.960 hear at least one request first. For my bested 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:22.519 warrior. Uh, sure. I mean, let's hear it. Take 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:27.700 my life. But do not tell what I have done. Rune 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:31.519 will have no reason to tell anyone now. Okay, 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:36.409 so... you're tied up, your friends are tied up, 00:10:36.450 --> 00:10:40.149 and we're not going to kill you. And he's actively 00:10:40.149 --> 00:10:46.690 disarming her, pulling her focus away. Why? We 00:10:46.690 --> 00:10:49.509 would have killed you. I would have killed you. 00:10:50.309 --> 00:10:54.269 Well, it seems awful messy, and, I mean, you 00:10:54.269 --> 00:10:58.490 kind of are the bad guys here in this. Bad guys? 00:10:59.570 --> 00:11:04.460 Yes. I have been a bad guy for a long time. But 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:11.059 my village, it is small. It is remote, far in 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:16.019 the ever winds of Arnikek. And these winds, they 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:20.279 are growing, every year growing. My people suffer, 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.159 and they will not leave, for this is our ancestors' 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:28.059 place. We need someone to come, to bring money, 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:34.639 to bring glory. To bring help. And I come. To 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.200 the citadel. And I am found by Runer's song. 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.679 And he tells me I do things. I will have the 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:46.200 fame. My people will not suffer. And I do these 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:52.000 things. But he records them. And now. Now I am 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.679 a luminary. But if I do not heed his call. I 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:01.320 will be exposed. And I deserve it, I do. But 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.799 not my people. Okay, well, and Zeb, like, pats 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:07.460 her on the shoulder. Why don't you stand up? 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.980 Maybe you'll get a chance to help your village 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:14.000 again. Jean, did you get all that? Eyes. How 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:18.179 do I turn this on? Nuh -uh. I call bullshit. 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:23.620 I call bullshit. He fully has it. He's recording 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:27.159 it. And just kind of looks extremely grim as 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:30.220 he's taking this in, actually. He's just silently 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:33.759 listening to this. You know, Rune offered the 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.679 same thing to us. I think we punched him. Probably 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:42.960 in the face. You did. Jaune was there. And here 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:46.220 we are now. So, I mean, don't give up yet, I 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:49.120 guess. Jaune actually just sort of nods at this 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:56.919 and steps forward. It's... Not too late. I understand 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:04.120 that desperation. I was lucky. I came to this 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:09.879 hotel seeking help in a personal endeavor. A 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:14.100 fight against corruption and dishonor. And I 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:18.919 was turned away. For my people are not popular. 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:22.960 I don't have the social graces, one might say, 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:26.250 to... Turned this fact around, and I ended up 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.309 with Rune. He promised me I would find someone 00:13:29.309 --> 00:13:33.730 to take me on, a luminary to carry me to my goals, 00:13:33.830 --> 00:13:37.289 and... Well, luckily, I'd only been with him 00:13:37.289 --> 00:13:42.629 for about a week. And then I met these two. You... 00:13:42.629 --> 00:13:52.049 You saved me from a fate worse than death. Dishonor. 00:13:53.450 --> 00:13:57.990 So I thank you again, for I was a razor's edge 00:13:57.990 --> 00:14:01.529 for becoming just like them. Well, Jean, we're 00:14:01.529 --> 00:14:04.070 really happy to have you. I mean, you've shaved 00:14:04.070 --> 00:14:08.789 our skin, you know, so many times. And I do want 00:14:08.789 --> 00:14:12.830 to help you, of course. And I think that time's 00:14:12.830 --> 00:14:19.330 coming. I will accept your help. I will tell 00:14:19.330 --> 00:14:22.269 you all soon about myself, about what I have... 00:14:22.490 --> 00:14:27.750 Witnessed? It's hard for me. Open up, I guess. 00:14:27.769 --> 00:14:31.990 I haven't really had acquaintances before. You 00:14:31.990 --> 00:14:34.850 have been very secret. I suppose I also haven't 00:14:34.850 --> 00:14:41.230 really asked yet. I would like to know, but, 00:14:41.269 --> 00:14:48.379 I mean, probably a bad time. Hey, George? He 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:50.080 was just talking to us like we were right next 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.840 to each other, so I think we're right next to 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:54.860 each other. Oh, okay. I thought you were up on 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:58.419 the sand dune. He could have been sweeping his 00:14:58.419 --> 00:15:00.740 face around, looking up at the... Where are you, 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:04.440 Jules? You tell me. I don't know. You just said 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:06.159 John Franklin looked at both of us and said, 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.059 thank you both. That's true. You were in sight. 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:14.120 I assumed we were together. Okay, I guess I'm 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.750 further up the dune. Hey, while you're up there, 00:15:17.809 --> 00:15:21.009 since you're definitely up there, could you just 00:15:21.009 --> 00:15:24.870 disarm those two? Way ahead of you, bud. I got 00:15:24.870 --> 00:15:29.870 them. Oh, man, Ben, you're so great. Trace is 00:15:29.870 --> 00:15:33.370 howling back there. Is that some John Franklin 00:15:33.370 --> 00:15:35.529 character development I hear down there? It's 00:15:35.529 --> 00:15:38.649 been, honestly, this is a great John scene. It's 00:15:38.649 --> 00:15:40.769 growth. It's growth. Yeah, it's really good. 00:15:40.870 --> 00:15:44.289 Shut up! I love it. John, we love you. No, that's... 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:46.399 You take your time, buddy, okay? We'll be here 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.440 for you whenever you're ready. I will not stand 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:53.039 for fourth wall breaking in this story. Go back 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:56.860 to that legality. Okay, yes. Jules has already 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:00.379 been disarming everybody. Okay, sweet. Hell yeah. 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.519 So maybe Zeb's going to grab Jaune and bring 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.559 him up the hill and have him put a hit point 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:11.399 into Grunt. Grunt. You do not have any more manacles. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:17.580 Yeah, I know. Okay. disarmed with one HP, and 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:20.539 there's three of us fully armed. So I'm thinking 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:24.720 that he'll come to. Jaune puts the hit point 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.519 in him. Yara, I imagine, you said yesterday to 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:29.240 stand up. She stands, and she follows you up 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.000 the dune. Okay. How about this? How about Zeb 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.940 readies an action to stab Grunt if he's hostile? 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:42.179 Okay. Jaune lays a hand down his back. Some light 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:45.460 pulses from him. into the body of this Goliath, 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:48.639 whose eyes snap open, and he, like, immediately 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.220 goes into combat position and then clocks Yara 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:53.759 just behind you, who shakes her head gently. 00:16:54.620 --> 00:17:00.740 And he just kind of lowers his fists. Zeb points 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:04.000 next to him on the ground. Think you could carry 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.440 that one? Aye. He just picks up Trace. Oh, perfect. 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.000 Excellent. I didn't even think about that. We 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.400 were discussing this earlier, trying to figure 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.599 out what the hell we're going to do. Yeah, it 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.240 came to me like a little while ago. That's perfect. 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:19.640 Yeah. That is perfect. I think you're a Mesmerize. 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:23.819 It's a cool name. It's cool. Super cool. Yeah, 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.259 thank you. Speaks up. I am afraid you will not 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:30.559 catch a room. I had created a phantom steed just 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:34.180 over the dune. You will be far away by now, even 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:36.569 when the magic was let go. It lasts for a minute. 00:17:37.410 --> 00:17:42.109 Look at his in time. I hope that's true. Well, 00:17:42.130 --> 00:17:43.990 do you have anything useful that we could use 00:17:43.990 --> 00:17:49.670 to catch him? You know where he's going? Likely 00:17:49.670 --> 00:17:52.930 to Aurora Town. Then back to the Citadel, through 00:17:52.930 --> 00:17:56.630 the gates. Do you know where he lives? He lives 00:17:56.630 --> 00:18:00.970 in his office. Up the stairs. But it should be 00:18:00.970 --> 00:18:05.799 trapped. I will be careful. Sounds like a problem 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:09.160 for another day. Yeah. There is one thing I can 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.519 tell you that may be of use. You seek the incarnate, 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:16.400 yes? That's right. That's the word. Incarnate. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:28.559 I remember. God, you'll get it eventually. It's 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.119 funny. I changed it from the book. Yes, in the 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.329 book. There are, like, a bunch of incarnates, 00:18:32.349 --> 00:18:34.009 but there are also dawn incarnates. Those are 00:18:34.009 --> 00:18:35.490 the big incarnates. And I decided to, like, do 00:18:35.490 --> 00:18:36.890 it with all the other incarnates and just have 00:18:36.890 --> 00:18:38.750 all the dawn incarnates be incarnates because 00:18:38.750 --> 00:18:42.170 I wanted to spare you guys that. Yeah, that's 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:44.190 a little confusing. I'm trying to cut down on 00:18:44.190 --> 00:18:46.490 a lot of the jargon, the fancy jargon, as much 00:18:46.490 --> 00:18:48.130 as I can. I really have no idea what you just 00:18:48.130 --> 00:18:49.809 said. That just confused the shit out of me. 00:18:50.269 --> 00:18:54.130 It's fair. It's fair. Yes. The incarnate, if 00:18:54.130 --> 00:18:59.220 you please, Mesmer, point the direction. She 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:01.140 kind of glances off to the northwest and says, 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.640 Grunt and I, we scouted before to make sure the 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:07.299 Incarnate will not come upon us during our fight. 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:11.599 It is there, to the northwest. They do not move 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:15.019 around much. They are slow. It should still be 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:19.019 there. You'll find it. Zeb looks over at Jules. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:25.720 How far to the northwest? What? She said it was 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.779 to the northwest? Yeah. Why are you asking me 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:31.619 how far? Well, no, I was asking her, but looking 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:35.220 at you. He looked at him when he said this. I 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:41.140 was like, why are you asking him? Mishmer, how 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:43.700 far to the northwest is it? I'll say right now, 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:46.839 you are pretty close to where you reached the 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:48.799 bottom of the steps and went into the dunes. 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:51.319 They wanted to catch you basically moving into 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:54.160 the dunes itself. So you are almost at the... 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:57.279 the southeastern corner of this, like, habitat. 00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:00.059 And we can imagine this habitat as, like, a larger 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:03.000 sort of square, just almost a squared grid of 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:08.539 this gigantic, you know, many habitats, amalgamation. 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:13.480 It's probably about a mile or so of, like, actual 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:17.740 full desert. Oh, okay. And she just says, it 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:20.299 is close to the edge, maybe three quarters of 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.420 a mile. And we're going to have to walk north 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:26.319 to get to the city anyway. It's true. The city 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.079 is essentially directly north of where you stand. 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:35.480 Should we just detour, Jules? I think so. Okay, 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:38.220 troop. I'm going to count on you all to cooperate 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:42.240 with us here. Yeah, you know, I like to give 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.980 people the benefit of the doubt, but just, you 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:48.960 got to understand, you got to come with us. We 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.079 can't just let you go right now. You threatened 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.660 before. The sky prison. If this is your goal, 00:20:56.819 --> 00:21:01.960 I would ask that you kill me now. Here. No one 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.920 will see. We made sure there were no witnesses. 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:06.539 That is why we chose this spot to fight. Well, 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:09.079 things are different now. You just got to give 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:11.319 us a little more time to trust you a little more. 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.319 Our goal right now is really just to get out 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:17.799 of the desert here. And you guys kind of have 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.400 to come with us because Zeb rattles his saber. 00:21:21.930 --> 00:21:25.430 We've got the weapons and you don't, so... I 00:21:25.430 --> 00:21:27.849 think she just looks at the Goliath behind her 00:21:27.849 --> 00:21:31.549 with Trace just kind of like growling and half 00:21:31.549 --> 00:21:34.450 -sobbing just over his shoulder. Just kind of 00:21:34.450 --> 00:21:38.250 gives him a sort of long look. He just nods and... 00:21:38.250 --> 00:21:42.970 Aye. All right. Late is settled. Lead the way. 00:21:43.430 --> 00:21:46.490 All right, yeah. And we can start to move towards 00:21:46.490 --> 00:21:49.369 the northwest. Hopefully not into another trap. 00:21:49.849 --> 00:21:55.349 Hopefully. I mean, yeah, let's, I mean, at least 00:21:55.349 --> 00:21:59.009 Zeb is going to try to roll insight on this lady. 00:21:59.509 --> 00:22:06.710 Sure. Is that an 18 or a 16? 16. Okay, so with 00:22:06.710 --> 00:22:11.690 my wonderful minus three, that's a 13. I got 00:22:11.690 --> 00:22:17.609 one less than Zebulon. She seems to be honest. 00:22:18.390 --> 00:22:21.720 Okay, then we are going to... Do what she says. 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:24.700 What she suggested. We're going to travel in 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:28.480 the direction that she proposed. Yeah. Sounds 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:33.299 about right. You begin to move. I think for Yara 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:36.400 and Grunt, this is just like the most grueling 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:39.400 trek. As I mentioned before, she was sweating 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:42.180 and sweating standing in these dunes before in 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:45.180 this heat. And even just wearing these fur robes 00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:47.519 she's wearing, they're overly hot for this weather, 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:50.839 but they are... something she's not willing to 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:54.400 part with. And, like, this is not her climate. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:56.420 You know, Jules, you read that, you got that 00:22:56.420 --> 00:23:00.279 high roll before. Arnikek is just this massive, 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:04.400 massive tundra world. It is the farthest thing 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:06.819 away from this grueling heat of this desert, 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:09.579 and it's showing on them that this is hard for 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:11.660 them. But they are keeping up. Yeah, I mean, 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.819 we're going, like, less than a mile. You know, 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:16.380 if she really looks like she's suffering, Zeb 00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:19.880 will share some water, but... I mean, even I, 00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:22.920 Steven, can walk pretty far in some serious heat. 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:30.200 You, Steven, are not at 1 HP. Fair. Fair. However, 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:33.579 remember how many HP we had at the end of the 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:36.900 Kilkenny Ridge. That's also fair. And also, you, 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:39.299 Zebulon, are also at 1 HP right now. Yeah, yeah, 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:41.539 yeah. That's pretty rough. Actually, I think 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.759 Jean -Francois would pull up beside you, because 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:44.559 you must look like you're in terrible shape. 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.859 Jules, you have at least some healing going on. 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.900 Zebulon, you're... still being carried on by 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:52.440 the sheer grit that, like, pulled you to your 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.200 feet in the first place. I could heal you a little 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:58.420 more. I have more power in me, not much, but 00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:01.880 I can make you more comfortable at least. Don't 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:05.400 worry about it, John. I got this. And I'm going 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:07.500 to cast Cure Wounds. Oh, nice. I thought you 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.559 were just going to be like, no, don't worry about 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:10.859 it. He's fine. I was thinking the same thing! 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:16.059 You don't got much left. Let me take some of 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:19.849 this for you. So we've got cure wounds, 1d8 plus 00:24:19.849 --> 00:24:26.410 3. All right, so that's 7 back for Zeb. It's 00:24:26.410 --> 00:24:29.430 not terrible. Oh, my goodness. Wow, Jules, thank 00:24:29.430 --> 00:24:34.029 you. That's, wow. He's standing a little taller. 00:24:34.089 --> 00:24:37.170 He's not slouching as much. Wow, that's so much 00:24:37.170 --> 00:24:39.630 nicer. Nice to see a little spring in your step. 00:24:39.829 --> 00:24:43.049 Yeah, thanks, man. All of this entire group is 00:24:43.049 --> 00:24:44.970 moving, and, like, everyone here, even after 00:24:44.970 --> 00:24:47.400 the healing, is still just in. terrible shape 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:50.480 except for the wriggling goblin who's still just 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:53.720 hot completely unscathed oh yeah he didn't take 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.880 any damage you have disrespected this goblin 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:58.839 on so many levels every time come on man we've 00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:01.559 it's amazing you've just you've shown this guy's 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:04.259 parade every time he shows up yeah it makes you 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:06.380 wonder why he hasn't come and joined us yet because 00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.019 this is the situation he keeps getting himself 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:11.099 into he hates you more and more every time yeah 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:14.119 but it's not getting him anywhere It really isn't. 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:16.799 Not getting him anywhere. Jean Franklin is doing 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:20.019 great. Pepper's doing great. Like, and I wonder, 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.940 because these guys are moving with you. Yara 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:25.240 and Grunt seem like they're, you know, they seem 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:28.700 noble. And they seem like they're not enemies 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:32.259 of you now. But, I mean. And Trace is still just 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:34.940 going on and on, just filth and expletives. And 00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:37.420 I'll kill you, I will. Trace will get out of 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:40.240 this and he'll kill you. I'll fucking kill you 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:43.980 and eat you all up. Just so angry. And like, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.500 you know, there's no, he's going to come back. 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:49.779 He will always come back. Hey, Trace, buddy, 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:52.279 we could have killed you today. So if you don't 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:58.869 mind just zipping it. No. Yeah, you zip it, you 00:25:58.869 --> 00:26:04.809 dragon. I'll take you down, I will. Jules is 00:26:04.809 --> 00:26:08.809 going to rip part of his sleeve off and go and 00:26:08.809 --> 00:26:13.690 put it around Trace's mouth. It's going on and 00:26:13.690 --> 00:26:17.529 on. And that thing hasn't been washed. Oh, yeah, 00:26:17.750 --> 00:26:20.009 I took the part from the pit. Yeah, a couple 00:26:20.009 --> 00:26:26.730 of arcs, I don't think. Nonsense typos. And so 00:26:26.730 --> 00:26:32.460 you move. The heat is brutal. The sand beneath 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:34.960 your feet is constantly shifting. There's probably 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.960 a lot of just like near stumbles, near incidents 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:40.859 as you go dune over dune over dune. And it's 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:43.819 funny because as you crest the tile as points, 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:47.940 you look out ahead and you just see the desert 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:51.940 comes to an abrupt end. And there's just other, 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:54.500 there's a great sort of... grass fields, right? 00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:56.720 Savannas in one direction. You see trees beyond 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.559 that. You see the mountains rising up. You can 00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.980 see a piece of everything. You can see the sort 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:03.720 of giant crystalline spires of a rural town far 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:08.460 off in the distance to the north. And go ahead 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.980 and roll me investigate check with advantage 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:13.000 because you know the direction to go. Wow, Jules, 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:15.740 it really is pretty out here. I mean, I've never 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:19.680 seen anything like this. Might be fake, but it's 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:24.390 still beautiful. Yeah, I rolled single digits. 00:27:25.549 --> 00:27:29.410 17. Okay. Debulon, you're taking in the sights. 00:27:29.589 --> 00:27:31.269 I mean, it's so pretty out here. And you're not 00:27:31.269 --> 00:27:32.890 focused. You're just looking around at everything 00:27:32.890 --> 00:27:38.450 else. And so you don't see it. The far -off sort 00:27:38.450 --> 00:27:42.630 of splash of this lighter blue just resting atop 00:27:42.630 --> 00:27:45.450 one of these dunes. But Jules, you clock it. 00:27:46.109 --> 00:27:49.950 It's about, well, maybe 200 feet away now. Hey, 00:27:49.950 --> 00:27:54.910 Zab. Look over there, about 200 feet. Oh my goodness, 00:27:55.109 --> 00:27:58.309 it was like right there the whole time. Zeb turns 00:27:58.309 --> 00:28:00.769 all the way around. It looks like it might have 00:28:00.769 --> 00:28:03.289 just climbed over the top of one of these dunes. 00:28:03.289 --> 00:28:05.230 You can see it's sort of blurred in the heat 00:28:05.230 --> 00:28:10.809 waves. Just a few dunes away. Is it just me, 00:28:10.950 --> 00:28:13.529 or does that look a little like an illusion? 00:28:15.269 --> 00:28:17.349 I don't know, can I roll Arcana? You can roll 00:28:17.349 --> 00:28:24.759 Arcana. That's a 15. 15. I'll tell you this. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.940 You look at this thing, and maybe you move just 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:32.299 a little bit closer to it, and what strikes you 00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:37.460 is how you ever, even for a second, could have 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:40.519 thought that the illusion from before was really 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:44.839 an incarnate. Because as you take this thing 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:47.779 and as you move closer to it, there is something 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:51.670 in the air. An electricity, a force, a gravity. 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:56.670 You feel pulled towards it. Your eyes falling 00:28:56.670 --> 00:29:00.450 on it barely can look away. These shimmering 00:29:00.450 --> 00:29:03.470 turquoise gemstones that build up the bulk of 00:29:03.470 --> 00:29:07.190 this great and mighty lion, this beast, with 00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:10.569 its gemstone mane falling all around it, glimmering 00:29:10.569 --> 00:29:14.849 in the fake sun, watching you, standing tall, 00:29:15.029 --> 00:29:18.359 seeming taller than you can imagine. seeming 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:22.180 more noble than you could have believed. There 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:27.259 is magic here. Powerful magic. You can feel it 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:30.559 in the air. On every hair on your arms and body, 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:35.000 you can feel it, Jules. I imagine my, uh, Jules' 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:37.799 hand kind of tingles a little bit. I imagine 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.059 so as well. What do you do? Sippion pulls out 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:45.240 his short bow. Zeb, no, no, no, no, no, no. I 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.720 would not do this. No, no, no. I would not. This 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:50.160 one's real. This one's real. You sure? You see 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.119 the way it's like shimmering? I mean, you can 00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:56.319 try, but I'm going to go that way. And Jules 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:59.519 points the complete opposite direction. All right, 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:02.799 let's go talk to this thing. Let's do it. I think 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:05.500 you go to step forward and jump right in. One 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:09.339 just says, I will watch them if you'd like. You're 00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:11.059 the luminaries. You're the one that's supposed 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:14.500 to meet with this creature. I will take care 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:18.180 of these ones, give you privacy. Is this the 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:21.359 kind of thing where, like, privacy is expected? 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:25.859 No. But I think there's, like, like I said, there's 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:28.420 this gravity to this creature. It feels like 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:35.319 this ceremony has weight. Okay. And being around 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.839 this thing, there's just this expectation that 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.859 there's a right way to go about this. Okay, so 00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:45.660 we can just intuit that it's not proper to bring 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:49.119 your prisoners to meet the incarnate? I feel 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:53.000 like you would get that. This being has so much 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:58.519 presence. Yeah, all right. Thank you, Sean. Let's 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:04.819 go meet this thing. Yeah, I'm in. Okay. And the 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:10.670 two of you venture on together. trekking through 00:31:10.670 --> 00:31:16.950 the sands, down a dune, up, down another, and 00:31:16.950 --> 00:31:20.210 you begin to approach sort of this largest dune 00:31:20.210 --> 00:31:23.650 you've come across so far, just pushing your 00:31:23.650 --> 00:31:27.130 way up, this thing staring down at you from above, 00:31:27.369 --> 00:31:31.950 just shining, this feeling of electricity growing 00:31:31.950 --> 00:31:36.329 and growing as you get closer. And I'd like you 00:31:36.329 --> 00:31:42.150 to roll me a perception check. That's a 19 for 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:45.609 Jules. Don't even worry about it. Okay. Jules, 00:31:45.710 --> 00:31:51.329 as you get closer, you catch a sound seeming 00:31:51.329 --> 00:31:54.309 to emanate from this being. Hmm. There's these 00:31:54.309 --> 00:31:59.049 melodic notes, this sort of song, constant and 00:31:59.049 --> 00:32:02.309 ever and shifting, and something behind it as 00:32:02.309 --> 00:32:07.430 well, like the sound of a roaring thunder. Oh. 00:32:07.970 --> 00:32:13.109 And you approach. Yeah? And the two of you reach 00:32:13.109 --> 00:32:15.349 the top of the dune and stand before this mighty 00:32:15.349 --> 00:32:19.450 creature. It is about, I will say, ten feet tall. 00:32:20.369 --> 00:32:25.690 It's huge. It just looks down at you, waiting. 00:32:26.789 --> 00:32:28.930 Oh, man. I was just going to look up at it and 00:32:28.930 --> 00:32:31.390 wait. Then we're going to have a real awkward 00:32:31.390 --> 00:32:34.430 situation on our hands. Jules looks up and says, 00:32:34.730 --> 00:32:48.079 Well, we're here. Hi. Is that what Jules says 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:52.740 to this incarnate? I just want to know. Yeah. 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:56.019 Okay. Yeah. Great. I love it. Yeah. Great. At 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.819 this point, he's just like, all right, let's 00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:02.599 do this. Blank turquoise eyes just take this 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:08.259 in. Zebulon finishes looking at Jules. Turns 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:11.480 his attention back to the incarnate. Hi, I'm 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:18.319 Zebulon. Brass. La Roche. One the name of a trusted 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:24.720 friend. The other the name of bitter foes. This 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:28.900 is a strange duo defined before me. This voice 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:31.500 does not come from the mouth of this being. It 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:36.000 comes from every gem, like, vibrating out towards 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:39.640 you from, like, everywhere on it. And it's a 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:45.269 strangely calm voice. Monotone. Who's your foe? 00:33:46.069 --> 00:33:51.210 Your family, who worships the fallen one. So 00:33:51.210 --> 00:33:53.769 I'll take a shot. This is directed, you realize, 00:33:53.930 --> 00:33:57.490 towards Jules. You know, I'd really appreciate 00:33:57.490 --> 00:34:00.390 it if you didn't lump me in with them. The same 00:34:00.390 --> 00:34:04.049 blood might run through my veins, but it ain't 00:34:04.049 --> 00:34:07.349 that thick. Is this about the demon stuff you 00:34:07.349 --> 00:34:11.289 were telling me about? Seems to be. You are partners. 00:34:12.289 --> 00:34:16.869 Absolutely. Have you told him about the change? 00:34:18.530 --> 00:34:25.750 Not yet. Then I leave it to you. Fuck! You say 00:34:25.750 --> 00:34:30.809 that you are different, but I can sense. Jules? 00:34:30.909 --> 00:34:35.210 You know, my heart's different. And that's everything. 00:34:36.170 --> 00:34:41.400 I can't control what's been done to me. I had 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:45.860 no choice. Zebulon, look. Who? And I pull off 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:51.440 the glove. Oh my god, what happened? My family 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:56.760 happened. What did they do? Dark things. Evil 00:34:56.760 --> 00:35:00.380 things, and they passed it to me. Well, does 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:05.860 it hurt? Can you help? Zebulon looks up to the 00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:13.659 incarnate. We do not. Interfere. We have learned 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:20.179 long ago that we do not interfere. Well, why 00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:24.239 not? If these people are doing stuff like this 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:28.519 to people like Jules, and they're in a position 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:32.820 of power, and you have, I'm gonna assume, some 00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:36.380 ability to stop it. We're doing everything we 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:39.599 can to stop it. Because not you or anybody else 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:44.519 is doing anything about it. It nods towards you, 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:50.800 Jules. Your heart is different. And looks to 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:56.179 Zebulon. You say there is no one who stands against 00:35:56.179 --> 00:36:03.059 the dark. And yet, your blood flows pure. With 00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:10.050 her essence. Sholay. Trusted friend. She who 00:36:10.050 --> 00:36:12.849 revived this place and connected the worlds. 00:36:13.769 --> 00:36:19.469 The one bulwark we have. Yeah, well, she's not 00:36:19.469 --> 00:36:23.949 always very helpful to me or very trusting of 00:36:23.949 --> 00:36:30.630 me. She still treats me like a kid. You are a 00:36:30.630 --> 00:36:37.619 half -dragon. You will live long. And yet you 00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:43.059 are young. Too young to understand. Centuries 00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:50.900 of history. The wait. Well, I mean, if somebody 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:55.239 could clue me in, then maybe I could start to 00:36:55.239 --> 00:37:00.800 understand or learn. Or, I mean, there's so much 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:05.579 going on, like, with the world. It's so much 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:10.280 bigger than me. I just want to help. Then go 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:17.460 to Sholai. She is our trusted. You stand before 00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:23.179 me as a luminary against everything she wished, 00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:28.619 not knowing the sacrifices that brought you here. 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:32.219 Well, what should I say to her? She's always 00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:37.750 so mean and yells a lot. I just feel like I can't 00:37:37.750 --> 00:37:40.650 have a constructive conversation. Are you saying 00:37:40.650 --> 00:37:44.329 that I shouldn't be a luminary either? This is 00:37:44.329 --> 00:37:47.909 the only way I know how to help. Ours is not 00:37:47.909 --> 00:37:52.329 to dissuade. Simply to guide through gentle strokes. 00:37:53.570 --> 00:37:57.590 Stop it. Stop it. You motherfucker. My head went 00:37:57.590 --> 00:38:01.570 there too. Don't. God damn it. It's a god damn 00:38:01.570 --> 00:38:03.670 incarnate. It's serious. I know, but I wouldn't 00:38:03.670 --> 00:38:06.769 have laughed until you said stop it. Look at 00:38:06.769 --> 00:38:10.769 this fucking lion. It's a big deal. He can see 00:38:10.769 --> 00:38:16.130 your dirty mind. He's gonna stomp on you. Oh 00:38:16.130 --> 00:38:20.750 my god. Alright, fourth grade Steven's been put 00:38:20.750 --> 00:38:22.190 away. Alright, get out of here, fourth grade 00:38:22.190 --> 00:38:24.369 Steven. Oh, you've graduated to fifth grade. 00:38:24.929 --> 00:38:31.510 Damn it. That's all it says. I'm trying to think 00:38:31.510 --> 00:38:33.230 of what to say to this thing. I feel like we 00:38:33.230 --> 00:38:35.559 should have gotten more. Not... I'm not saying, 00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:38.340 yeah. It's cryptic as hell. Yeah, yeah, it's 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:43.340 super cryptic. So, so what do we do? Whatever 00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:49.139 you wish. You have my blessing. You have found 00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:54.219 this place. It seems you have survived a difficult 00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:58.320 fight along the way. Mistaken in your wounds, 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.739 like, you still look pretty roughed up. Yeah, 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:05.170 we were ambushed by this guy who, like, I don't 00:39:05.170 --> 00:39:08.230 know. We were just trying to come see you, and 00:39:08.230 --> 00:39:13.989 he pretended to be you and attacked us. So we... 00:39:13.989 --> 00:39:17.570 With his luminary pal. Yeah. So we beat him up, 00:39:17.710 --> 00:39:21.889 I guess kind of arrested them. Zebulon turns 00:39:21.889 --> 00:39:24.150 around and points back toward... Oh, wait, we're 00:39:24.150 --> 00:39:26.449 up and over dunes, aren't we? You can kind of 00:39:26.449 --> 00:39:27.929 vaguely see them far off. Okay, I was going to 00:39:27.929 --> 00:39:29.269 say. They're on a dune. You can see this thing, 00:39:29.289 --> 00:39:32.530 so it can see you. Sure, all right. It, like, 00:39:32.550 --> 00:39:38.219 arcs it up and looks. Then, a question. You who 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:43.340 want to be luminaries. What do you think your 00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:49.199 role is? A role? A role in what? As a luminary, 00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:55.519 what is your role in this society? In these conquered 00:39:55.519 --> 00:40:00.800 worlds? Well, I mean, it's to help, but it's 00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:05.530 also to be, you know, Kind of cool and kind of 00:40:05.530 --> 00:40:12.510 badass. Jesus. God. Beyond, like, magazine covers. 00:40:12.889 --> 00:40:19.530 Oh, God. It just full looks at you, Jules. To 00:40:19.530 --> 00:40:22.630 rid the world of the darkness. To rid all the 00:40:22.630 --> 00:40:25.869 worlds. So that maybe everybody can live in peace. 00:40:26.869 --> 00:40:33.889 Peace. The word blows past you like melody. intermingling 00:40:33.889 --> 00:40:35.690 with it, as though you've hit some sort of great 00:40:35.690 --> 00:40:38.750 note, as though it's coming off of this creature 00:40:38.750 --> 00:40:46.849 in a long sigh. Peace is all we desire. Sweet 00:40:46.849 --> 00:40:57.389 peace. In our millennia of life and death, we 00:40:57.389 --> 00:41:02.329 have not found peace. Do you think you will? 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.719 All I can tell you, that's about to change. You 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:11.400 speak of conquering the darkness. Those who would 00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:16.539 strike you. They are criminals. Attempted murderers. 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:21.239 And you have captured them. What will you do? 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:28.480 What is your judgment, Luminaries? I don't think 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:33.820 that's for me to decide. Then who? I just want 00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:35.579 to break in here and say that I think my part 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:44.360 was kind of, you know, important too. I think 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:46.159 that's a major part of what it means to be a 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.880 luminary. Sort of like a public figure. Hopes 00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.820 and dreams to the kids. I think it actually, 00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:56.579 like, maybe turns away and looks at you. There 00:41:56.579 --> 00:42:01.860 is wisdom in this. To be a leader. An inspiration. 00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:07.480 Much like your grandmother. Much like friend, 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:14.139 Sholay. Everything is always about Sholay. Well, 00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:18.219 well, Mr. Incarnate, what would you do with these 00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:22.079 people? I mean, we can't be the judge, jury, 00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:25.440 and executioner. We're just... We're just luminaries. 00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:31.539 I cannot make a definite choice. But there are 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:38.239 options. Atash, the solar angel. Sovereign ruler 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:43.219 of Anchor and Sengar has his sky prisoned. Yeah, 00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:46.079 I'm not really... I mean, there's gotta be something 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:51.119 else, right? That place is... I mean, they hurt 00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:54.199 people there. You... Go through all the insight 00:42:54.199 --> 00:43:02.679 checks, too, here. Ten. Five. Okay. Yeah, don't 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:05.739 worry about it. It just stares down at you. You 00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:09.420 feel like a weight kind of growing on you. I 00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:14.360 don't like that. You speak true. There is cruelty 00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:20.440 in his justice. And yet, this is the path our 00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:25.460 society has taken. The conquered worlds follow 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:31.670 Atash's example. Stray from Chalice. To serve 00:43:31.670 --> 00:43:36.650 as a luminary, you must serve our touch. So we 00:43:36.650 --> 00:43:41.030 either send them to the Sky Prison or set them 00:43:41.030 --> 00:43:43.969 free? I mean, these are just people who have 00:43:43.969 --> 00:43:48.369 gone astray and lost sight of what's important. 00:43:49.409 --> 00:43:54.010 The evil that's taken over, that should be confined 00:43:54.010 --> 00:43:57.150 to something like the Sky Prison. That's what 00:43:57.150 --> 00:44:01.309 needs to be contained. Not these people. They 00:44:01.309 --> 00:44:07.110 just... They lost their way. I think... It's 00:44:07.110 --> 00:44:09.889 looking between the both of you. Its head just 00:44:09.889 --> 00:44:15.730 arcs upwards. You follow a dark path. But... 00:44:15.730 --> 00:44:20.369 There is wisdom in you. There is light in your 00:44:20.369 --> 00:44:25.730 intentions. I am eager to watch and see. How 00:44:25.730 --> 00:44:31.909 you will shake these worlds. You may go. Well, 00:44:32.050 --> 00:44:37.690 okay. Thank you for that. We will take our leave. 00:44:37.869 --> 00:44:42.829 I just want to say that you are, while very large 00:44:42.829 --> 00:44:46.590 and scary, maybe a little less helpful than I 00:44:46.590 --> 00:44:53.510 anticipated. And as we walk away, I just glance 00:44:53.510 --> 00:44:57.460 over and say, The beacon of light. That's our 00:44:57.460 --> 00:45:04.800 role. Then, shine. And you see it turn and step 00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:11.659 away down the dune, slowly vanishing. So, what 00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:14.320 are we going to do with them? It's something 00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:17.920 you've got to think about. The general way these 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:21.000 are handled is luminaries go to worlds, solve 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.730 problems, catch prisoners. And send them to the 00:45:25.730 --> 00:45:28.250 Sky Prison. I mean, Kasim Arun ended up at the 00:45:28.250 --> 00:45:31.150 Sky Prison. And you were a part of that. As much 00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:33.110 as you don't want to accept it, that was your 00:45:33.110 --> 00:45:35.610 catch. Sturgeman came in at the last second, 00:45:35.690 --> 00:45:39.849 took it from you. But you did that. He was yours. 00:45:40.869 --> 00:45:42.469 And you have to do it again. If you want to follow 00:45:42.469 --> 00:45:44.510 this path, you have to do it again. Because that's 00:45:44.510 --> 00:45:48.289 the way the world moves. So, I know what Jules 00:45:48.289 --> 00:45:52.000 wants to do. I'm a little conflicted. So let's 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.599 hear what Jules wants to do. Do you want me to 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:56.780 tell you what Jules wants to do, or do you want 00:45:56.780 --> 00:45:59.619 Jules to just do it? I want Jules to tell me 00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:06.659 what Jules wants to do. Okay. Jules looks over 00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:09.920 to Zebulon. I'm imagining we're, like, on our 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.039 way back. We're walking back towards them sort 00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:16.099 of thing. We need to free them. If we want to 00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:21.659 be a beacon of light, of peace. Yeah. We need 00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:26.219 to show it. Yeah, it's... It sounds like the 00:46:26.219 --> 00:46:33.659 right thing to do. Even Trace? Even Trace. I 00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:36.940 mean... Just because we don't like somebody doesn't 00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:39.460 mean they don't deserve to be shown compassion. 00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:43.320 Yeah, but I mean, he's dangerous. I mean... So 00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:50.420 are we. Yeah. How long... So if we... If we turn 00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:53.920 Trace in, how long is he going to be there for? 00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:57.059 Is there something that we could roll to kind 00:46:57.059 --> 00:47:00.659 of like... Gauge sentencing? You know, like if 00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:03.059 I was a police officer, I would have some understanding 00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:05.099 as to how long someone's going to go to jail 00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:07.599 if I arrest them. Yeah, give me a... Ooh, what's... 00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:11.420 What would be like a law roll? Maybe falling 00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:14.260 under history? History was my first guess. I 00:47:14.260 --> 00:47:17.639 like that. Yeah, I like that. I guess any intelligence 00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:25.099 roll. Yeah. Religion actually could also work 00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:29.039 because, I mean, realistically, Atash, his whole 00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:31.139 sky prison, the whole legal system is kind of 00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:33.800 grounded in the religion of the Sunweaver and 00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:36.179 the Sunweaver's commandments, who is sort of 00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:39.440 like the patron god of Ankar and Sengar, who's 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:41.960 become very, very influential amongst all the 00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:45.059 worlds after Atash was sent in what could only 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:47.340 be described as a miracle to stop the demonic 00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:50.619 invasion of Ankar and Sengar. A lot of the tenets 00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:55.690 of the current law. Especially like Atash's laws 00:47:55.690 --> 00:47:58.409 over his own world that have kind of spread and 00:47:58.409 --> 00:48:00.849 become part of this main society are based on 00:48:00.849 --> 00:48:04.849 the tenets of the Sunweaver. Well, Jules doesn't 00:48:04.849 --> 00:48:06.590 know anything about the judicial system with 00:48:06.590 --> 00:48:10.530 a natural one. Okay. I got a 13 for history. 00:48:11.449 --> 00:48:13.389 Jules, you're trying to think about this, but 00:48:13.389 --> 00:48:20.579 all you can imagine is horses. Zebulon. It's 00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:22.159 like counting sheep, but there's just horses. 00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:27.400 He just cut to, like, jewels and just hear, like, 00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:30.380 the sort of internal monologue. Just, no! Cut 00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:34.900 to Zebulon. What'd you roll again? 13. 13. So 00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:37.840 this is, I mean, I guess it depends. What would 00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:40.760 you bring him in for? Just this attempted murder? 00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:44.239 Or the prior assault? I mean, I guess I would 00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:47.000 just try to bring it in as, like, an assault 00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:50.070 rather than an attempted murder. Okay. I mean, 00:48:50.070 --> 00:48:55.309 because we're not trying to make them serve a 00:48:55.309 --> 00:48:57.829 gazillion life sentences. You know, Zebulon's 00:48:57.829 --> 00:49:00.909 thought is like, okay, if this guy can go away, 00:49:01.010 --> 00:49:05.289 get punished, get rehabilitated, then maybe that's... 00:49:05.289 --> 00:49:07.929 Is it going to rehabilitate him, though, or make 00:49:07.929 --> 00:49:12.030 him worse? Rehabilitation is certainly not the 00:49:12.030 --> 00:49:15.500 primary objective of the Sky Prison. You would 00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:18.320 assume between 10 and 20 years for a basic assault. 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:21.039 If it ends up being blown up into an attempted 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:24.000 murder, and the real facts of this are to come 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:28.260 out, maybe 50. That's not going to do him any 00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:31.739 good. As a goblin, he would not live nearly long 00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:33.159 enough to see the end of it, but don't worry, 00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:36.099 they would likely freeze his time, in a sense, 00:49:36.099 --> 00:49:39.079 to make sure he experiences the entirety of the 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:43.199 punishment. It's funny, I'm only now realizing 00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:47.030 that... Likely my background and my bachelor's 00:49:47.030 --> 00:49:49.670 in criminology have been fueling this sort of 00:49:49.670 --> 00:49:52.570 animosity towards the actual prison system. Wait, 00:49:52.570 --> 00:49:56.730 what? Wait, what? Huh? Yeah. What? I have a bachelor's 00:49:56.730 --> 00:49:58.909 in criminology. So I spent like years learning 00:49:58.909 --> 00:50:00.449 about how fucked up the prison system is in the 00:50:00.449 --> 00:50:02.809 U .S. So I feel like that may or may not be inspiration 00:50:02.809 --> 00:50:05.469 for all this. How is this the first time I'm 00:50:05.469 --> 00:50:09.389 hearing this at all? Yeah, I was initially out 00:50:09.389 --> 00:50:11.489 of school. I wanted to get into like police work. 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:13.440 And that just kind of didn't happen, which is 00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:15.380 good, because I'm really, really socially awkward. 00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:20.659 David, I don't know you. Holy shit. Anyways. 00:50:22.780 --> 00:50:27.480 Detective Monroe. Oh, man, another world. Maybe. 00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:33.300 Just maybe. Oh, geez, Louise. Jules, I think 00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:39.920 that we would be safe if we let Mesmer and Grub 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:46.849 go. But I think we need to do something about 00:50:46.849 --> 00:50:51.730 Trace. He's just going to come back. Wow. Jules, 00:50:51.769 --> 00:50:54.449 he's going to kill us. You know damn well we 00:50:54.449 --> 00:50:57.829 can kill him before he kills us. Yeah, but don't 00:50:57.829 --> 00:51:00.670 you think we should be done killing? This is, 00:51:00.670 --> 00:51:03.630 I will say, like the first time these two characters 00:51:03.630 --> 00:51:05.969 have actually had like a solid disagreement over 00:51:05.969 --> 00:51:07.889 something, I feel like. And this is awesome. 00:51:08.849 --> 00:51:12.329 He's awake, right? Trace is full awake. Okay. 00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:15.880 Yeah, Grunt's carrying him. Have we reached them 00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:18.320 by now? If you want to have. I think that might 00:51:18.320 --> 00:51:21.019 be helpful, actually. Okay, yeah. Yeah, you're 00:51:21.019 --> 00:51:23.380 just getting up to him now. All right, so I'm 00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:26.420 going to go up behind Grunt. I assume his head 00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:30.559 is over the back of Grunt. Yeah. Okay. Jules 00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:35.199 is going to go and face Trace and kind of hold 00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:37.500 his chin up with his hand and look him straight 00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:41.739 in the eye. Just glares back at you, panting 00:51:41.739 --> 00:51:55.920 heavily. Why do you hate me? Excellent. Excellent. 00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:03.440 All right. I pull off his gag. I'm not giving 00:52:03.440 --> 00:52:06.900 you another button, but it was good. I look at 00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:09.099 Steven. He knew. He was waiting. That was good. 00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:18.960 Spits out. I hate you because you made a fool 00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:22.159 of me. Time and time again she makes a fool of 00:52:22.159 --> 00:52:25.579 Trace. No one makes a fool of Trace. No one can 00:52:25.579 --> 00:52:31.940 get away with it. No. Trace. What? I don't think 00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:35.119 you're a fool. Okay, you were under orders and 00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:38.380 you attacked us out of nowhere. What would you 00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:43.269 have us do? If I came out of nowhere. and started 00:52:43.269 --> 00:52:46.570 attacking you, what would you do? You think you're 00:52:46.570 --> 00:52:50.429 so noble. All you humans just think you're so 00:52:50.429 --> 00:52:57.489 noble. No. No. We're all the same. All the same? 00:52:58.409 --> 00:53:03.030 You tell that to a goblin. Hey, you don't know 00:53:03.030 --> 00:53:07.690 what it's like. Monsters, they think us. Monsters, 00:53:07.690 --> 00:53:11.070 when I came to this hill, looking for glory. 00:53:12.269 --> 00:53:15.730 They laughed at my face every single one but 00:53:15.730 --> 00:53:22.090 Rune. Only he saw potential. All the same. Just 00:53:22.090 --> 00:53:25.110 like a human is to say that. You want to talk 00:53:25.110 --> 00:53:28.389 about nobility? Rune ain't got none of that. 00:53:29.010 --> 00:53:33.289 He just uses people because he's weak. He needs 00:53:33.289 --> 00:53:37.449 strong people. He uses people that are just trying 00:53:37.449 --> 00:53:41.750 to better their lives. For his own gain. Where 00:53:41.750 --> 00:53:48.309 is he now? He just grunts. Go ahead and roll 00:53:48.309 --> 00:53:51.989 me a persuasion check. That was a good argument. 00:53:52.469 --> 00:53:55.250 You will not have disadvantage, but it is going 00:53:55.250 --> 00:53:57.610 to be a high check if you want to break the ice 00:53:57.610 --> 00:54:01.510 with this particular very angry goblin. Trust 00:54:01.510 --> 00:54:05.409 me, Trace, you are no fool. I admire your strength. 00:54:08.110 --> 00:54:12.190 Not enough, apparently. Oh, no. That's only a 00:54:12.190 --> 00:54:16.909 10. I mean, I love the argument. And I think 00:54:16.909 --> 00:54:21.130 what you see, I think what you see is, it's so 00:54:21.130 --> 00:54:23.369 funny, like all your bad rolls are always your 00:54:23.369 --> 00:54:24.989 persuasion rolls, which is like a ridiculous 00:54:24.989 --> 00:54:27.210 bonus. No, it's always with Trace. It's true. 00:54:27.289 --> 00:54:30.750 The same thing happened before. I will say this. 00:54:31.630 --> 00:54:35.869 You say this. And it's not that he like snarls 00:54:35.869 --> 00:54:37.789 at you. It's not that he like spits towards you. 00:54:37.849 --> 00:54:44.059 He doesn't seem like he's still. He just, his 00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:45.900 ears sort of drop and he just turns his head 00:54:45.900 --> 00:54:49.000 away. Just take me away and be done with it. 00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:51.639 Jean Franklin, you want to chime in on this? 00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:56.940 David, do you want to convince yourself? I have 00:54:56.940 --> 00:55:01.519 nothing to say to this guy. I think I will say 00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:04.179 this. Jean Franklin will step forward. Yep, now 00:55:04.179 --> 00:55:07.820 things are about to get complicated. It's always 00:55:07.820 --> 00:55:11.530 the hardest task. I think Trace just, like, looks 00:55:11.530 --> 00:55:12.949 in his direction, and this glare just, like, 00:55:12.949 --> 00:55:17.150 reignites, like, and you, the traitor, turning 00:55:17.150 --> 00:55:20.929 around, stealing from the boss. John just ignores 00:55:20.929 --> 00:55:26.250 him. I... He's looking at you, Jules. ...did 00:55:26.250 --> 00:55:31.230 not know much of Trace before we came together 00:55:31.230 --> 00:55:37.489 under Rune. I... I left very quickly after I 00:55:37.489 --> 00:55:41.269 joined him, and, well... All this speak of goblins, 00:55:41.269 --> 00:55:44.170 this is the first I've heard of it. But he's 00:55:44.170 --> 00:55:47.610 right. It's an unfortunate circumstance in the 00:55:47.610 --> 00:55:51.369 network that some of us are not seen as popular. 00:55:52.289 --> 00:55:55.610 And what sells in the network, what sells to 00:55:55.610 --> 00:55:59.510 the masses, is generally preferred. My own people 00:55:59.510 --> 00:56:02.030 had to fight tooth and nail to gain any reputation 00:56:02.030 --> 00:56:07.230 in Zinda. And I have had a hell of a time, despite... 00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:09.099 Like I said, my natural charms. You look at me, 00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:12.139 I'm very charming, damn it. It's been very difficult 00:56:12.139 --> 00:56:15.480 to make any headway as a luminary or even a sidekick. 00:56:15.880 --> 00:56:19.820 He speaks true in that regard. I have been curious, 00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:24.599 what will you do with him? Everyone's just watching 00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:28.059 Yara and Grunt. And Grunt obviously say nothing, 00:56:28.219 --> 00:56:32.159 but... Jules is going to walk around to Zebulon 00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:37.409 and say, we are different. And we are going to 00:56:37.409 --> 00:56:40.309 change things. And Jules is going to grab the 00:56:40.309 --> 00:56:45.130 key from Zebulon and walk over and free trace. 00:56:45.349 --> 00:56:48.789 Jules, Jules, don't do this. You slip the key 00:56:48.789 --> 00:56:52.949 in, hear it click. As I'm doing that, I'm looking 00:56:52.949 --> 00:56:57.969 him right in the eyes. He's just staring at you 00:56:57.969 --> 00:57:01.409 with these wide, wide eyes. I'm not staring angrily. 00:57:01.409 --> 00:57:04.710 I'm staring with a compassionate stare. He's 00:57:04.710 --> 00:57:08.889 not angry either. He just looks surprised. You 00:57:08.889 --> 00:57:14.329 are no fool. You are strong. Trace wriggles, 00:57:14.469 --> 00:57:18.889 dropping off of like Grunt's shoulder. Stands 00:57:18.889 --> 00:57:22.230 up, as tall as he can, still tiny compared to 00:57:22.230 --> 00:57:25.010 you, just looking you straight in the eyes. And 00:57:25.010 --> 00:57:28.630 he turns, and begins to scurry away across the 00:57:28.630 --> 00:57:33.429 desert sand. Stopping once to look back, and 00:57:33.429 --> 00:57:37.260 then vanishing behind a dune. Well, great. Well, 00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:43.599 that's just great. Zebulon's yelling this, but 00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:45.639 you look up and you actually see Jean Franklin 00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:49.559 catches your eyes and just gives you this single 00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:55.400 nod. Jules nods back. So now we're luminaries 00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:59.679 who don't arrest anybody as Zebulon's undoing 00:57:59.679 --> 00:58:03.760 the manacles on Mesmer. For what it's worth. 00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:07.199 I was planning on letting you go anyways. But 00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:12.159 that guy? No way. I was taking him to jail. She's 00:58:12.159 --> 00:58:15.300 just... You know, we're not going to achieve 00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:17.159 what we're trying to achieve by doing the same 00:58:17.159 --> 00:58:23.380 thing. We have to be a beacon. We have to show 00:58:23.380 --> 00:58:28.219 everybody. That's true. But Jules, if we don't 00:58:28.219 --> 00:58:31.340 play a little bit of this game, if we don't live 00:58:31.340 --> 00:58:34.559 with one foot in this world... and one foot in 00:58:34.559 --> 00:58:38.539 our world, then no one's going to take us seriously. 00:58:39.699 --> 00:58:43.239 Luminaries who never arrest anybody, who don't 00:58:43.239 --> 00:58:45.599 do the conventional things that they think a 00:58:45.599 --> 00:58:47.420 luminary is supposed to do, we're going to be 00:58:47.420 --> 00:58:50.139 off the network before you know it. So, how do 00:58:50.139 --> 00:58:51.820 you think we should be judged for those that 00:58:51.820 --> 00:58:55.519 we've killed? Brave situations or not, we have 00:58:55.519 --> 00:58:59.719 killed. Yes. And how do you think we should be 00:58:59.719 --> 00:59:03.860 judged for that? Oh my god, I need popcorn. John 00:59:03.860 --> 00:59:07.059 and Cully were there even they said we were within 00:59:07.059 --> 00:59:13.599 our legal duties to act. He was not. He came 00:59:13.599 --> 00:59:17.639 like a snake in the grass or a snake in the sand 00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:25.139 to try and kill us with no just cause. We are 00:59:25.139 --> 00:59:29.719 different. So did these two. Yeah, I know. And 00:59:29.719 --> 00:59:32.860 that's my One foot in one world and one foot 00:59:32.860 --> 00:59:37.639 in another. There you go. So are we still luminaries? 00:59:38.719 --> 00:59:45.119 No. Yara finally speaks up. You are better. When 00:59:45.119 --> 00:59:47.980 the time comes, when you want to seek out Rune 00:59:47.980 --> 00:59:52.039 Rusan, you tell me. Perhaps we should all get 00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:54.619 revenge. You said yourself you wanted to kill 00:59:54.619 --> 00:59:57.820 Rune. You said it last episode you wanted to 00:59:57.820 --> 01:00:02.500 kill Rune Rusan. Jules LaRose. I didn't mean 01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:11.699 to throw wood in the fire. I am sorry. If I can't 01:00:11.699 --> 01:00:14.039 put Trace the Goblin in jail for 10 to 20 years, 01:00:14.159 --> 01:00:17.400 then you can't kill Rune Roushan. Can I kill 01:00:17.400 --> 01:00:22.179 Rune Roushan? I will stay out of it. You also 01:00:22.179 --> 01:00:24.900 don't have this little antler thingy, so I don't 01:00:24.900 --> 01:00:27.400 know what you're going to do. This is true. Can 01:00:27.400 --> 01:00:29.619 I have back? No, I don't think so. I failed a 01:00:29.619 --> 01:00:31.480 mighty beast for that. Yeah, I really don't trust 01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:34.739 you at all. It's just an heirloom. Okay. How 01:00:34.739 --> 01:00:44.119 much is it worth? We should get this conversation. 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:47.219 Yeah, I did say that. I don't got a defense for 01:00:47.219 --> 01:00:50.940 that. And when the time comes, you know, who 01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:55.500 knows? When the time comes, I won't take it away 01:00:55.500 --> 01:00:58.519 from you. As long as you don't take it away from 01:00:58.519 --> 01:01:12.880 me again. Aye. Well, uh... You can go too, big 01:01:12.880 --> 01:01:20.219 guy. Whatever. Aye. Let's just, uh... Why don't 01:01:20.219 --> 01:01:23.219 for now we say let's just hope we both continue 01:01:23.219 --> 01:01:27.460 to grow so that the next time... Maybe this shit's 01:01:27.460 --> 01:01:30.699 a little easier. Yeah, I guess we'll see what 01:01:30.699 --> 01:01:35.360 happens. I think Grunt and Yar seem like they're 01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:38.480 starting to step away, and she turns back to 01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:42.800 you. So you'll travel to a rural town. I am headed 01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:46.300 there now. Yeah, we're going back to a rural 01:01:46.300 --> 01:01:49.639 town. We're not back there for the first time. 01:01:51.380 --> 01:01:55.260 And hey, don't you forget, now I've got dirt 01:01:55.260 --> 01:01:59.079 on you too. I think she smiles, this kind of 01:01:59.079 --> 01:02:04.360 little smile. Not so much mocking, but almost 01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:07.179 knowing. You just don't see the kind of person 01:02:07.179 --> 01:02:10.860 that would, I guess, fall to runes? You know, 01:02:10.860 --> 01:02:14.000 sort of antics? His pure blackmail? At least 01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:16.760 not in the same way that he would. At least he 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:18.699 doesn't believe that he would. I think Zebulon's 01:02:18.699 --> 01:02:20.940 intention is just like, hey, don't try to come 01:02:20.940 --> 01:02:24.900 kill me again, because I have shit on you. and 01:02:24.900 --> 01:02:29.820 I'm letting you go. So maybe we can not try to 01:02:29.820 --> 01:02:32.340 kill each other again. That'd be swell. I think 01:02:32.340 --> 01:02:34.480 she just kind of like, she just smiles at you 01:02:34.480 --> 01:02:37.719 and nods to Grunt and then just turns back to 01:02:37.719 --> 01:02:41.119 you both and says, you are good people. What 01:02:41.119 --> 01:02:45.039 is ahead? It is dark. Do not let it change you. 01:02:45.800 --> 01:02:49.119 And she begins to move away as well towards the 01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:52.840 crystal structures ahead. And my last question 01:02:52.840 --> 01:02:57.099 for you guys. Do you follow? I mean, yeah, but 01:02:57.099 --> 01:03:02.619 I don't want to walk with them. It's like when 01:03:02.619 --> 01:03:04.760 you say bye to somebody and you start walking 01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:06.639 down the hallway in the same direction. What 01:03:06.639 --> 01:03:08.679 are we going to do? I don't know. We can sit 01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:12.760 there for a long rest and let them go. Or just 01:03:12.760 --> 01:03:17.840 walk slower than they are. Yeah. I will put one 01:03:17.840 --> 01:03:20.960 thing out there. It doesn't even need to be on 01:03:20.960 --> 01:03:23.750 mic. But I want to make sure you have all your 01:03:23.750 --> 01:03:27.110 options out there that you remember. There was 01:03:27.110 --> 01:03:32.550 some talk about going past Oral Town to the mountains 01:03:32.550 --> 01:03:36.690 beyond to the Sapphire Wyvern. Oh, well, that's 01:03:36.690 --> 01:03:39.170 a Jules decision. Yeah, not right now. Okay, 01:03:39.190 --> 01:03:40.210 okay, cool. I didn't know if that was something 01:03:40.210 --> 01:03:43.050 you were going to do after meeting this incarnate. 01:03:43.170 --> 01:03:45.150 Not when all of my spell slots have been used 01:03:45.150 --> 01:03:47.150 up. That's a good point. And we are almost dead. 01:03:47.190 --> 01:03:49.309 Yeah, hell no. Fair, fair, fair, fair. Hell no. 01:03:49.489 --> 01:03:53.650 And I've got this cool new wand to sell. You 01:03:53.650 --> 01:03:58.769 son of a bitch. All right. What's the plan? Are 01:03:58.769 --> 01:04:01.110 you going to take a rest? Are you going to go 01:04:01.110 --> 01:04:04.429 explore? Or are you going to cut to Aurora Town? 01:04:04.869 --> 01:04:06.630 I think we're just going to cut to Aurora Town. 01:04:06.630 --> 01:04:07.650 Yeah, I think we've got to get to Aurora Town. 01:04:07.710 --> 01:04:15.710 Yeah. Then... Shut up. I got that. I heard it. 01:04:15.829 --> 01:04:19.989 Shut up. Oh, yeah. We see Zebulon, Jules, and 01:04:19.989 --> 01:04:23.710 John Franklin. Gathering together and moving 01:04:23.710 --> 01:04:28.389 as well. Following the shapes of the two. Moving 01:04:28.389 --> 01:04:33.150 ahead. Heading towards this great beacon of light 01:04:33.150 --> 01:04:37.510 and noise. These crystalline structures sticking 01:04:37.510 --> 01:04:40.630 out amongst all this nature. Heading towards 01:04:40.630 --> 01:04:45.989 this place of light and darkness. And we'll call 01:04:45.989 --> 01:04:46.329 it there.