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Welcome to Songwoven, mortals!
This is not merely a stream.
It is a gathering of the chosen, a congregation of the extraordinary.
Here we shall witness the birth of a new era, a time when the world will tremble at our
feet.
We are the conquerors, the victors, the unyielding force that will dominate all.
We are the architects of our own destiny.
We are the ones who will shape the future, not be shaped by it.
We are the masters and rulers of the world!
I'm Tim Don Tran.
What the fuck?
The hype is too hyped.
I'm Jenny Sherward.
And I'm Emma Ravosco.
Hello everyone, welcome to Songwoven.
I am Brynn Donbrake.
We did the intro and we introduced ourselves.
So yeah, been a little bit, but we're here now and we're all, most of us are in different
places.
I'm in a different place mentally.
In my mind.
I have disassociated two days before the stream started.
I don't even know if this is a dream.
I am screwed.
Oh no!
And I am hopped up on meds from pain medication.
Did you know?
We're still on it.
You know the campaign started two days after I got injured.
I'm still injured right now.
We're still injured Tim.
Let's go.
No.
Let's no.
Yeah, but that's the update on us.
We've all been living good, fulfilling lives.
Today is September 1st to put a date to date this stream.
And it's been like two months since we started.
So wow, we did it.
We're awesome.
Spooky season now.
Oh, it's getting the spooky season.
That's right.
It's just spooky season.
And you know what that means.
Spirit of Halloween.
I saw one.
I saw one open today.
I'm like Spirit Halloween.
There it is.
Oh gosh.
It's like a virus.
I saw one.
I saw one too.
It like I was in downtown today.
We just visited the Philadelphia Museum of Arts.
Awesome museum.
Almost got hit by a cyber truck too.
I've got to tell you that story.
So ugly too.
They're so ugly.
They're so bad.
They're so ugly.
They're so bad.
It's a car I drew when I was like two years old.
Yes.
I'm like how is any of this makes sense?
It's like those wood carving blocks that are shaped like cars.
Like they're half shaped like cars already.
The toddler designed it.
You're supposed to whittle them because you're supposed to whittle them into the shape, but
nobody whittled it.
And then they put the wheels on and made it metal.
I just don't understand why people buy them either.
Song of an interview.
A cyber truck driver.
Why?
Valora's dad would own a cyber truck.
Oh no.
Wait, that explains a lot.
We go to the campaign, who would own a cyber truck?
Valora's dad.
And if anyone's watched Black Guards Gallery, it's Jane's entire family.
Oh God, you're right.
Oh gosh.
All right.
Well, on that note, on that note, we're finally gonna get to our brand, the namesake of the
show.
Um, school.
Shall we have ourselves a little.
What's the word for it?
Recap.
A recapturing of the memories.
Recaps not kneecaps.
I don't know why.
Are you okay?
What did you turn on?
Are you getting burned by the sun like a vampire?
What did you turn on?
It was unintentional or accidental?
I guess it's accidental.
Were you enacting Emma earlier?
No, you bastard.
God, it's a fucking.
No, it's a fucking, it's my sun lamp.
I have it on the high end.
I have it right here, right next to here.
The power of the sun is in my eye.
It gets gloomy here.
In Pennsylvania.
It's in my eyes.
Do you think a sun lamp would work against a vampire?
Ooh, I'm watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer right now.
Like, I've never watched it before.
Do you need the sun lamp?
I have a feeling, I have a feeling it might.
It might.
Depends on the vampire.
Depends on the vamp.
Just like, are they like an urban vampire?
Then I think throw a lamp at them.
Ooh, good question.
I also want to play Vampire the Masquerade.
Everyone has their own things about it.
Me too.
Maybe that would be our Halloween, our leading up to Halloween special, a one shot.
That'd be fun.
I've always wanted to be a mosquito person.
We really did glamify.
Everyone's these cool, edgy, and then Tim's just wearing a mosquito hat.
I flavored my vampire as a mosquito.
Everyone's doing their cool brooding intro, and I'm like flap flap.
Suck suck.
I have malaria.
We'll tune in for our Halloween special.
So recap.
The recap before that.
It's been a bit.
What I wrote down was that Lucia arrived in Voron Adam, which is Valora's hometown.
Oh yeah, her mansion.
Her mansion.
It's super cool.
It's like an old keep, isn't it?
Yeah.
Historic.
Historic keep, protected.
But I met some people from my house, like Ja'Shawn, the master of coin.
That makes me nervous.
Yeah, he was making jokes that sounded kind of alarming.
She's like, actually don't pressure her, please.
It's all up to you.
We saw a thing that the characters don't know of Arnalda, Lucia's dad figure, being brought
before the king and told to kneel.
And then we didn't find out what happened.
And also Arnalda was ready to throw hands with people in general.
I was going to say, you know how there's always that one character, they're the nice sweet
old grandpa, but their back story is like Black Ops, maybe Seal.
I've committed so many war crimes.
That's Arnalda, who's going to be here.
Also, sorry, real quick, Lucia tried multiple times to tell Velora that she's like, I can
see the future.
Hey, hey, I'm trying to warn you about your future.
And no matter how many times she's tried, she can't tell her and or warn her about the
premonitions.
Well, actually, she was told that bad things would happen to Velora's house, to her family.
So there's a lot going on.
There's a lot of mystery there.
And then at some point, too, Lucia discovered that Velora's father, Eric Avilea, is the
master at arms at Ivar Brinn.
So he will be at the school with us.
That's right.
And she's like, great.
Cool.
Great.
So she's like, I'm not there.
Not your mom.
Not my mom.
Your dad.
My mom, the cool one.
But my cool mate is coming with us.
Rudra Pallavi, Sir Pallavi, is coming with us as well as the executor.
Orier.
Orier is coming with us.
Orier.
Who's coming on Lucia's behalf.
And the command of the king.
The Vout Warriors of the Ministry.
By the way, guys, that's huge.
He's a head executor.
That's a super high, like, militaristic position.
And then they decided the king was like, I'm going to personally.
That means you're going to get out of your station, your high station, and you are going
to personally attend to her.
You're going to personally attend to Lucia.
This child.
At school.
What the fuck?
This is literally the back to school week of my siblings and we're going to school today.
This is literally the back to school episode.
Quite literally.
Real quick before we start.
Emma?
Yes?
What do you have?
What is Lucia most afraid of?
What is she most afraid of?
Yeah.
Oh.
Dragwired draw says I hate school.
I wouldn't want to come to school.
I hate school.
I wouldn't want to go back to school either personally.
Oh, what's she most afraid of?
Most of my nightmares are school related.
Yeah.
Tests.
Always tests.
Math tests.
I'm always late.
I'm always late for school.
For me, I didn't study enough and I don't know what to write for my test.
What is Lucia's biggest fear?
Like actually or comedically?
What are you looking for?
What's her deepest fear?
Deepest fear?
Yeah.
Deepest fear.
I know I'm trying to think this is a kind of hard question to pop right off the spot.
Let me go into my character's deepest darkest.
Probably that, oh, I know what it is.
That she's given power, like she's been given this power to help, but she does nothing.
Like she's useless.
She sees the future happening and she sees the things that she can do to help fix it
and she's unable to enact any change.
Like being what's what would that be?
Being I don't know is useless the right word?
You know what I'm saying, Jenny?
Yeah.
Being.
Incapable.
Powerless.
Yeah.
Like you're like you're seeing a car crash happening, but you yeah, you're seeing a
car crash happening and you can say something to stop it, but you you can't.
You're being writing all of this down, which makes me nervous.
I don't know why you're writing all of this down.
What about Jenny's deepest fear?
What about Velora's deepest fear?
I'm free.
I made it.
Skating by.
What the hell?
Supposed to be you.
What the hell?
We awake.
What the actual fuck?
The day of the day of when you're going to head to I were you're going to head to I were
bring fire airship says a deed that not many can claim within the kingdom.
The days the days leading up to it haven't spent more so getting getting to more so getting
to know each other, getting prepared, making making great use of those back to school specials.
I forgot about the back to school specials.
Two plus one arrows for the price of two.
The ad just drew us in.
Number number two, number two arrows.
As days have as the days have been prepared and you all have been preparing yourselves
for the emotions to come, eventually the day does arrive.
You are going to be arriving at school a few days before the opening ceremony, but just
enough to get yourself situated within within the school.
Get yourself acclimatated.
That's how we say it.
Where I'm from.
Acclimated.
Acclimatated.
I don't I'm pretty sure they don't say that in Pennsylvania.
Yes, we do.
Is that the pronunciation in New Orleans?
And knowledge.
Yeah, knowledge.
We do.
Jimmy say knowledge is a real thing.
That is a real thing.
But not acclimatated.
Acclimatated is not real.
A climate ties like baptism.
But for the climate, it sounds like as you're getting acclimated, you guys say what that's
wrong.
As you guys get as you guys get acclimated regional accent is a gentrif- gentrifying
my fucking speech.
Who wants to wake up first?
What do we do?
Rollies to do D20 rolls to clash to see who does.
We're both early risers, right?
So maybe.
Yeah, but who am I?
Who am I perspective in first?
Tim's like, who's deepest fear?
I'm leeching onto them.
I don't remember doing that ever.
Oh, guess like gatekeep.
We love that.
Guy boss.
Anyway, let's roll a D20 in the chat.
D20.
Two.
I rolled 14.
Okay, I'm gonna take five points.
I'm just kidding.
Take a point of exhaustion.
That's better.
No, okay.
Fatigue, strife.
That's right.
I forget.
Fatigu.
Yeah.
Fatiguay.
Strife is the mental one.
Fatigue is the physical one, right?
Yes.
In A5E, fatigue.
If you're familiar with exhaustion levels, fatigue is another word for that.
It's physical exhaustion.
And then there's strife, which takes a mental toll on you.
Depression.
Yeah.
Which, keep in mind what I said about this because it will come up later.
So.
Oh no.
Lucia?
Yes?
The sun has risen.
As your eyes widened in probably one of the most, probably the most comfiest bed you've
ever slept in, in a room that is as big as your house, maybe even slightly bigger, you've
awakened.
The time's come.
Very much the JRPG, like messy hair, you know, stretch awake.
And then like, I think she thinks she's back home and like goes to say something to her
dad and then realizes that she's in this giant room.
Yeah.
And she kind of shakes it off and, you know, paddles over to her little knapsack.
That's all she brought and just starts getting ready for the day.
Kind of, kind of a little out of it.
Because she's, she's woke up in the same place for her whole life.
Yeah.
You're probably a triple sleeping because she's so used to like his snores or something
like that.
And then she was all alone in this.
Oh no.
That hit set a very close place.
That's so true.
Yeah.
So she's, she's hanging in there.
She's hanging in there.
So yes, this is all like very luxurious and this is like everything like a girl would
want in the princess bedroom.
But for Lucia, it's a little, a little, a little sad.
But she puckers up.
She buckles up and she gets ready for the day and splashes water on her face and she's
ready to, you know, be the retainer, the retainer that she must be.
Absolutely.
And then, as that, as that happens, you hear, you hear a brief, a little knock on the door.
One second.
And she just kind of like puts on her little bandana, makes sure her little like, her little
clerical, you know, very, like, very, like, almost like, I'm thinking like, like a priest's
robe.
Like they're very like boring and bland, right?
Nothing special about them.
She goes, she goes, I'm ready.
And as you head over to open up the door, you see the, you see the, the tiefling man,
the purple tiefling man whom you've known over the days, the strand again, one of the
heads of house here at House Avalea, he cheats you with a gentle, a gentle smile.
And he just, he just goes, you'll see him, about his head.
Oh, good morning, strand again.
How are you?
I'm doing well.
I was just coming to check up on you and see that all of your things were in the proper
places that they were supposed to be.
Yep, I'm ready to go.
And she just holds up her little backpack.
I can take that for you.
The breakfast is prepared in the halls for you.
Okay.
I mean, I don't mind carrying it, but sure, if you want.
It would be my pleasure.
Okay, you have to carry.
Okay, cool.
So she hands over her backpack.
I think she's kind of learned that like these are these people's jobs.
So like, I think for the like longest time, she's like, no, I'll do it.
I'll do it.
It got to a point where like annoying them.
Like, no, just let this is their job.
Let them do their job.
Please.
It's my pleasure.
Let me do my fucking job, kid.
Put it on the airship.
So she'll head over her bag and go, what's on the menu for this morning?
Well, I wouldn't want to spoil a surprise for you.
Oh, I hope there's warm toasty bread.
No!
It's a hand to her heart hand on the wall.
Toasty bread.
Will I have my jam with?
I'm going to take your bag.
As she gets ready and gives her the good old like anime protag slap on the cheeks to kind
of focus.
Wake up.
We are going to school and we've got to help the Laura and is Laura up?
Where is she?
I should probably be waiting at her bedside or something, right?
I just stand like at attention at all times.
If you wish, my lady's door is just down that way.
I'll go do that.
So yet again, the retainer stuff she's she's picking up as she goes along.
So she'll I think she'll go to like open the door and then go, wait, am I supposed to guard
her door or like, or am I supposed to be by her bed when she wakes up?
I am sure that the position of retainer is something that you are going to learn as you
inhabit it.
Right.
And he leaves.
He says, I will put this stuff in the airship.
He just smiles.
He's just he's like, oh, this is good.
Well, um, well, I'll see.
Maybe I don't think it's rude.
Do I hear her struggling?
She's literally talking to herself.
We go to Valora.
As you awake.
Like someone else.
You just kind of blink your eyes open.
Here's the thing.
If I stand guard of the door, no one can come in and attack her.
And I think that's part of the job as the retainer is to protect her.
That being said, you need someone.
And then quickly fix, not fully fix her, just put it up and like throw on throw on a jacket
or something and then just and go to open the door and say, oh, good morning.
Oh, good morning.
And she's saluting you immediately in her little clerical uniform.
I hope you had a very good sleep.
I am here to protect you and retain whatever you need.
Did you need something else?
I I you get breakfast yet?
No, no, but apparently there's no warm, toasty bread there today.
Oh, I mean, I'm sure there is.
There is.
I mean, there's almost always like some form of bread, usually toasted with breakfast,
like if not like toast and like biscuits or English muffins or something.
There's going to be bread.
Don't slowly sliding down the wall.
As you're saying, there will always be bread.
All she's thinking of is Vexia, the bread woman back in the town that she came from.
Like, there's always going to be bread.
It's going to be home and bread.
Everything always slices in many ways.
Can?
Yeah.
We can.
We can just do that.
Do you not slice bread?
It's such a sight like you slice bread.
No, she's saying what she means is like she's not used to having it around.
Like you get it.
Don't you know poor people don't slice bread?
How classist of you to assume that I would slice my bread living in poverty.
Living in poverty.
This is why we need communism.
No, I'm so sorry.
I think that's a rich person to do this.
Communists mean slice bread.
This is our bread.
This is the future communist wall and it holds up slice bread from the store.
No, I meant that like having like freshly baked, Jesus baked bread was like a bit of
like a special treat.
Oh, I get it.
This servant goes.
Do you not have slice bread?
This one servant is like literally like we can't bring these commoners into our house
anymore.
This servant has been kind of like middle class rich her whole life.
She has never, she has never, she thinks slice bread is a commodity.
But if they're, if they're feeding like all their guards and stuff too, they probably
make bread date, like plenty of bread daily.
So that's why it's not an issue.
What is wrong with her?
Velora, as you look at Vanna, you're one out of touch servant.
She's like, Oh, good morning Vanna.
Good morning.
Breakfast is ready and the dining hall.
Thanks.
Remember you can get a slice of bread if you want.
If you need to stop by.
That's incredible.
Oh, certainly.
Because we do that here because we have knives.
I think Lucy is a little confused now.
She's like, Oh, that's good.
Yeah, yeah, that's nice too.
How much do you guys cost?
10 gold?
Anyways.
I don't think they cost 10 gold.
Anyways.
What?
I'm going to go on my break.
What kind of knives are you?
I don't know.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
Are you acting?
Do we have normal knives?
Just don't mind her.
Oh good.
Good.
This sharp.
They cut bread.
They're not 10 gold.
Oh.
It talks a word.
Well, Luciana, Luciana is here to help.
She just can do another salute.
I am your retainer and whatever you need, I'm just getting ready for school.
to you and House Evan Leia.
I know.
And it'll be exciting and fun.
And, you know, it's gonna be a lot of new stuff
all at once and why don't we focus on the fun part first?
Yeah, what are you most excited for?
Well, I am excited to,
I mean, it's always like the travel part of it is exciting.
To like go somewhere without.
To like the travel to get there.
Well, yeah, I mean, I am really excited
because we're gonna take the airship for the first time.
They got it approved that we are.
Really?
Oh, we're gonna be coming in in style.
So I am excited just to go there.
It's really not gonna take that long on an airship,
to be honest, but you know, once we get there,
we're gonna be like,
once we get into the swing of things,
we're going to be traveling all over the kingdom
doing stuff.
That's right, we get to see everywhere.
If Vanna calls Rick, why does she go and bring.
Um.
I told her she could get a slice of bread.
Strennigan walks over and just goes,
hello, my lady, Vanna was supposed to tend to you.
Do you have all your things packed up and prepared?
Oh, yeah, I'm tended.
All right, if you have anything to take with you on a trip,
I will be happy to take it to the airship.
Oh, thanks, I loaded everything last night
because I wanted another excuse to go on the airship.
So I think I'm all set.
Literally back to school.
I loaded up the car last night, dad, it's all good.
Literally.
I picked out all my outfits.
But my outfits are all like,
it's moving day.
It's moving day, it's moving day.
Very well then.
I think for Laura, actually,
she probably packed too many of her like the clothes
she actually likes.
And so that's why she just,
like she thinks that she might go back and properly change,
but all she has is this jacket and her pajama pants.
And so she's like, oh, well, it's already on the ship
and just is gonna leave like this.
Wear her jacket or jammy pants, right?
And in style.
Did Vanna offer, before I leave,
did Vanna offer to help with the bags
or anything of the sort?
Oh, no, we were in a rousing conversation,
didn't come up.
Then I can help.
I can bring them down.
I see.
Then I won't
notificate any further.
You see, he smiles a wary smile.
You know that Vanna's parents are in charge of the pay,
are in, work for your family.
They are in charge of the payrolls of the servants.
So he's not gonna get on that.
I mean, I could mention it to my mother at breakfast, maybe.
But not because you said anything.
Just in general.
Anonymously.
But I did tell her she could go get a slice of bread.
So that I mean.
Really good.
You can too, if you want, you know,
we have sliced bread here.
Sliced warm toasty bread.
Perhaps.
Let's go.
You head to the dining halls.
As you head, you have to go through the first dining hall,
which is this long like fucking quarter mile.
I'm just kidding, not a quarter mile.
I know, I know, Dougie.
Okay, this is gonna shut off my whole freaking camera again.
Sorry.
Oh, oh, oh, Corona.
I know, it's, it's silver art.
Listen, the Avonlea house, there's a lot going on.
Yeah.
There are fire alarms going off.
There's the hounds.
Yeah, I love it going on.
This is the second time I had to spit that.
Corona, baby.
I'm sorry, someone has to clip Jenny fixing her phone camera,
Tim blinding himself again.
Oh wait, watch this, Timmy, Timmy, look.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Oh, my back, yeah.
I should not have committed.
No, no, no, no, no, don't hurt your back.
Don't hurt your back.
I should not have committed.
Corona, baby.
Corona, baby, it's okay.
Guys.
Do you guys wanna see Corona?
Oh, that was bad.
That was bad.
Are you with Tim?
Hi, Corona, Corona.
Tim pulled us back again.
Oh no, Timmy.
Everything's going crazy today.
Hi, doggy.
Everything is going fucking nice.
So Tim, Tim, yeah, okay, so if you,
we can have a quick session today, okay?
Yeah, we'll see, we'll see what's going on.
A nice quick little session.
When I super disassociated D and D,
I'm not of this world.
That's my biggest, that's my best paid reliever.
Anyways, that was a very chaotic minute.
Okay.
Now what's gonna happen for Emma?
I think I just realized I locked myself in the garage.
No.
Why don't we take like a 10 minute break?
Why don't we take a 10 minute break?
We get ourselves situated.
I locked myself in the garage.
You can't open it from the inside?
I don't know how.
Oh my gosh.
I just realized as I turned behind me,
I was like, wait, how do I get out?
We can take like a five, 10 minute break real quick
to get situated with everything.
Everything just kinda happened at once.
What the fuck just happened?
I think we need to go.
I think we need to clip this.
Everything just fell apart so fast.
It fell apart.
It's held together by Elber's glue.
Okay.
It's held together.
Speaking of Elber's glue, back to school special.
Just everything's mental.
Oh my gosh.
All right, five minute break, 10 minute break.
Five minute break, yeah.
Let me see if I can, let me see if I can get out.
Yeah, whatever you need.
Or if I have to call my mom to come get me out of the garage.
Mom.
I'm getting caught in a crash.
All right, everyone stay tuned
for what happens with Emma Romusko.
Will we free Emma?
Will we free Emma from her prison?
Will we be able to travel to play games forever?
Oh my god.
All right, all right everyone, we'll be back in five minutes.
We'll be right back, we'll be right back.
The dog wants to go outside, so perfect timing.
Now that I know I can leave.
And we're back.
We're back.
Hello everyone.
Hi, we have put back up the Cosmic Dominos.
We've assembled them again.
The next time they fall,
we don't know what's gonna happen to us.
No, really, really, we were making it out
by the skin of our teeth.
But thankfully everything is situated.
Emma's not trapped.
It's not trapped in the garage.
We don't have to write a Blumhouse horror film
true story in the future about being trapped in the garage.
And the thing is that this garage is far,
we purposely picked it, so my parents are in an apartment.
We purposely picked this garage unit
because it's far away from everyone.
So that like no one can hear me if I'm like doing VO stuff.
So, and again, no one, if I was trapped in this garage,
no one could hear me.
So no one can hear you scream.
So it's a perfect like party.
As we force you to continuously play games with us.
Please, Timmy, Jenny, stop.
Please, Timmy, Jenny, let me out.
No, I would love to, that would be a blessing.
That would be a blessing, my friends.
Like give us the French accent again.
Give us the given.
Give us Jean-Claude one more time.
Such a perfect horror movie titled Emma's Games or something.
Emma's Games.
Not Emma's Choice.
She doesn't get one.
She doesn't get one either.
She doesn't have a choice actually, play or die.
Jenny, not Emma's Choice.
What is Emma's Choice?
Is that the one where she gets tied to like a-
No, Sophie's Choice is the one,
it's the one set in like Nazi Germany, isn't it?
Yeah, where she had to choose between her kids.
I didn't, I thought it was a romantic.
I never heard the premise of it.
No, no.
I also thought that Emma's Choice was a thing,
was fucking, was that one movie where
a woman's having sex with a man in her bed
and then he cuffs her to the bed
and then he dies of a heart attack.
And the rest of the movie is just her cuff there
just trying, just like slowly going mad.
I looked up Emma's Choice movie.
I recommended Emma's Choice in a recommended movie.
And the first thing to come up is Emma's Chance,
which is a movie about a young woman
who forms a bond with an abused show horse
by completing her community service
at a horse rescue ranch.
I'm not a horse girl.
Oh. You could be.
It's your chance, Emma's Chance.
The movie I was talking about is Gerald's Game.
It's a game. What the fuck?
It's on Netflix.
What the fuck?
It's like, what the fuck?
What's funny is that I heard about this movie from my dad.
Oh, Jesus.
Who stopped watching the movie when they were having sex.
Which is at the very beginning.
It was a setup for the movie.
My dad was like, I'm done. I'm out. I quit. I quit.
Wild. Well, yeah, breakfast is going to be delicious.
Breakfast, slice, slice, bread.
Oh, gosh. OK, back to this game.
This game, not the game of life that we're currently in.
Holy shit.
Oh, right. What a few minutes that was.
Jesus.
All right. What is this song? What is this song?
There we go. Yeah, that's a nice one.
All right.
Drag Warrior Girls, this is why you never let anyone
cuff you to a bed.
I know, right?
That's what I'm saying.
The real takeaway from all of this.
The real takeaway from this, the real lesson we learned.
Don't let anyone cuff you to a bed.
As you walk into the...
It's so crazy going right back into it.
OK.
I'm going to have to clip that.
This is truly crazy.
As the two of you venture through the vast dining hall,
through the vast dining hall.
Into the second dining hall.
Into the second, more personal dining hall.
You immediately set...
You immediately see the sight of Laura's mother.
Just like you see her back is turned towards the door
as she's currently tending to something.
As she's currently tending to something in front of her
that you can't quite see, but it's on the table.
And before you, you see that there is a spread
of assorted breakfast items.
Bacon, eggs, white bread, rye bread, sourdough,
baguette, ciabatta, poppernickel.
All kinds of bread that are sliced.
Bread.
That are sliced very evenly.
Sliced.
Jesus Christ.
This is going to be like the level of wealth
that we understand.
Sliced bread.
How many sliced breads do you have?
How many sliced bread does your household carry?
But yeah, you see that there is a small,
but vast assortment of breakfast items in front of you.
And for you, this is a king's feast.
Yeah, the food just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
You've been trying all new kinds of fruit.
There's this new sort of like, kind of like,
kind of like yellowish one that's kind of pleated
really nicely on a plate.
And eventually you see your mother kind of like
put down the knife and she just goes,
hands under her hips, she goes,
yes, good job.
She says to herself,
Good morning, mom.
Turns to you.
Good morning.
Flora walks over to you, kiss on the forehead.
And good morning, Lucia.
Good morning, this is beautiful.
Did you do this all yourself?
Oh no, servant said,
are you talking about what I did right there?
She points to the plate she was working on.
It is a sandwich with the crust.
She just cut the crust off.
Oh yes, that's exactly what I was talking about.
She says, I made two of them.
Wow, with the crusts off and everything.
Yes.
Why?
Lucia says under her breath,
why would you do that?
It's just, I personally don't like,
I personally am not a big fan of the crust
and I wouldn't want to, you know,
give that burden to my daughter or you.
She's always done this.
Burden?
I mean, I would spoil you.
And I have to,
I have to tone it down a little bit.
Yeah, I know.
We, I mean, we would take the crust
and go like feed the ducks at the lake though.
I'll eat your crusts.
You're not a duck, it's okay.
Well, do you want me to do that for you at school?
I can cut off your crusts.
Oh no, no, it's like, seriously, it's fine.
But thank you.
You can eat your crusts.
Like, you don't eat the crusts on your pizzas?
Well, I mean, like some, I'd say like, you know,
if I get two slices, I'd probably eat the crust
for like one of them.
The pizzas, how rustic.
We should, we should, we should tell the servants
to make that.
How rustic.
I remember the first time I ate pizza, it was really good.
Velora, I remember you loved it.
I did.
I don't think anyone dislikes pizza.
And if they do, that's a red flag.
You got it.
Well, today is the school.
Is it, wait, is today moving day
or the first day of school?
I can't remember.
Not the first day of school.
It's just, we're just moving in.
Moving day, we're just meeting everyone
and maybe our professors and, and, and school.
Maybe our professors and, and, and getting situated
in our houses and stuff.
Yep.
It's not even, it's not even the opening ceremony today.
So we've got, we've got some time
before the opening ceremony.
So.
Well, if anything you want to do at home before,
anything fun you want to do before we head off?
Oh, well, I mean, like, I'm really excited.
I mean, the airship is going to be awesome.
And I, I, I'm really hoping that he'll start teaching me
how to like actually fly it.
Oh, wow.
You don't need a license for that?
Well, I mean, there's not, there are very many airships.
I mean, just.
That's true.
Not really any.
So new.
Mm-hmm.
I, I'm excited too.
I, I can't wait to meet our other classmates.
Oh, it's going to be great.
I'm just so excited.
It is.
I'm so excited.
And with, you know, the kind of person I've,
this I've seen you, I think a lot of people
are really taking a shine to you too.
Well, I've got Valora and I'm,
I feel confident in that with she's by my side.
I, I'm sure we'll that we'll do,
we'll make the best alliances that we can.
And friends.
Right. And friends.
Friends are what we're there to make too.
I forgot that we get to make friends there.
I will dig into your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Thanks.
Oh, can, oh, we just see if they'll toast some of that bread.
She really, she was really excited about toast.
Oh, of course.
You know, they're going to bring out a brioche soon.
She's like almost having a full-on connection.
But yeah, go ahead and taste the sandwich
and tell me what you think.
Do you take a bite too, Lucia?
And they both, she's following Valora's lead
because clearly this means a lot to her mom.
So she's following her lead.
Valora, you take a notice that she said peanut butter
and jelly sandwich, you take a bite
and it's all peanut butter and Lucia,
you take a bite and it's all jelly.
And she just goes, oh dear.
It seems as if the two of you
are facing your first obstacle together
as a lead-in retainer.
You know, I'm just not getting a lot of jelly.
I like jam, so I'm actually kind of having a nice sandwich.
Yeah, I mean peanut butter's my favorite part of it too,
actually.
But it's quintessential, isn't it a little strange
to just have a peanut butter sandwich or a jelly sandwich?
We need a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,
so what do we do here?
I mean, if you want any peanut butter,
but if you just want the jelly, that's fine with me too.
I mean, I got a jam in my bag too.
Like you're more than welcome to like help someone
that preserves in there.
Oh, oh, and I think Lucia catches on.
We're meant to share, like sharing the responsibilities
of being a retainer and leader of a house.
Okay, we can play my mom's games.
Mom's games?
Sadly, mom's games.
Is this the sequel to Emma's Choice, Mom's Games?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Here, she takes her bread apart and she goes,
you want to trade a bread piece?
I'll give you one that has less of my bite mark on it.
And she'll give you another and they'll swap the pieces.
There you go.
Everything is right with the world.
Good call retainer.
Thank you, leader of the house.
I didn't know if we were gonna work really well together.
Have a lot of faith in the both of you.
You know, while we're eating, you know,
I know we talked about the first few days
and the first few events and everything.
And I am stalling because once you guys get up
from this table, you're gonna get on an airship
and I'm not gonna see you for a little bit.
So if you have any questions for me about Ivar Brinn,
about any of the stuff that's gonna happen,
then just let me know now.
Lucia kind of just looks at Valora.
Sorry, there you go.
Well, I mean, I don't, if there's anything you
are still wondering Lucia, I mean,
we're gonna find out a lot when we're there.
I've already seen the school before.
I know a lot more about it, I think.
I have a feeling that,
I'm just gonna, well, I feel like I'm gonna learn
what it, well, I guess the question would be,
so Valora and I will be in classes mostly together, right?
Except the ones that are specifically more catered
to our abilities and kind of thing.
You're gonna have like specialized little classes
that comes after your main class.
And it's just gonna be, they're gonna get a good read
on your skills and they're gonna match you with someone
who has something more along your wavelength.
They kind of teach you further on that one.
And how long have people been working on their skills?
Yeah, the school?
Oh, so the council, the school, they have this really
rigorous process where they pick out people from,
it can be someone from all over the world
or someone within their own army to be an instructor.
And I hear they pay them really well.
Oh, okay.
And then what about, are there any,
I guess what I'm trying to ask is, am I gonna be behind?
Well, that's not gonna be the goal,
definitely for the school.
You're gonna have the very best people provided for you
and you're gonna be good teachers
and you're gonna be a good student.
So I'm gonna learn quick.
Do you think you're- I guarantee you,
there's gonna be a noble kid there who doesn't know
even half of what you know how to do with that knife already.
Oh, she says I'm putting more jelly on her sandwich.
Really?
Okay, well that makes me feel better.
That's good to know.
And if I'm gonna be completely honest,
I think they're gonna be a way more popular pick
for the forest death run than my daughter.
They love healers.
I'm sorry, what was that thing you just said?
The what?
Oh, the forest death run, it's really fun.
The what?
You're gonna do it every year.
I'm sorry, I'm-
I see, she's like saying-
She's bringing it all up.
It sounds way scarier than it is.
It's like literally just kind of like a camping contest.
It's called the forest death run?
Yeah, I don't know why they call it that.
It's not scary, kinda.
I mean, they have like teachers everywhere watching
to make sure that nobody gets hurt.
Why is it a death run?
It's just a name, you know?
I don't know.
No one's ever died.
No one's ever, oh, okay.
So, okay, it's like an extreme sports thing
and no one's ever died, that's good.
The forest just gets set on fire,
poison clouds fill the forest.
And they mix up all the houses for teams.
What?
So like we wouldn't be together for that,
but that's not gonna happen for like a month anyways.
What do you mean?
My year they summoned this illusory dragon
to breathe fire at all. What do you mean?
She's full on freaking out at the table.
Uh oh.
The moment she said to be separated from Valora,
she's gone.
Did I do it to Sean?
It's really nothing, you're gonna be fine.
It's more fun. It's not for a month anyways.
It's fun than anything.
But how am I supposed to retain you
if I'm not in your group?
Well, it's okay, you're gonna go against her.
What? It's a contest.
It's just like a fun contest thing.
I go against my own house leader?
Yeah, they get a chance to like get to know people
from the other houses too.
Yet each team is made up of one person from each house.
Oh, oh, okay, okay, okay.
And we've got them, okay.
And by then we should have friends by then, right?
We definitely will.
Okay, okay.
Okay, it's just camping, right?
Nothing.
The forest being set on fire.
I'm gonna secure that.
The forest set on fire is more like a metaphor.
Like it's set on fire with our desires and-
You'll find out later.
You'll find out.
You'll know, you'll know.
What the fuck, guys?
That is partially Emma going, what the fuck?
I set the forest on fire?
I set the forest on fucking fire?
It's like a fucking Hunger Games situation
where they put you in like an illusory simulated place.
It was literally like what in the Hunger Games
is this fucking going on?
That's exactly it, that's exactly it.
They just put you like, yeah.
Oh my God.
We're gonna have to Hunger Games this, oh my God.
You're like trying to steal, everyone has a medallion
and you're trying to steal medallions from the other teams
or potentially capture people from the other teams
but simultaneously get out of the forest from one another.
It's like that Percy Jackson
capture the flag episode meets Hunger Games.
Okay, that will be fun when we get there.
A month in game.
We're not even to the forest death run
in the original I reference.
We've been stuck here.
We're barely to the forest death run.
We're stuck.
But we're getting up to it now.
We're four long years.
We haven't gotten to the forest death run.
We're literally right like an hour
before the forest death run in game.
We just haven't been able to play.
You'll have to know, let me know how it goes.
Scheduling.
But yeah, as you tend to the breakfast,
a buttery smell fills the room
and you see that the servants bring out this beautiful
a square brioche bun, puts it down.
Oh, that's right with the world.
The brioche bun.
There's no forest death run.
It's just brioche.
And you see they cut it and the smell of butter
and just the pure gooey richness of it just fills the room.
It's not gooey.
Oh, it's under baked, yum.
And she just goes, all right, well,
guess you guys need this and I gotta get to my duties.
This breaks run a little long for me.
Are you coming on the airship?
Definitely, I can spare the time.
I can spare the time for you anytime.
I was just like, I didn't think you'd wanna miss
the first airship ride.
We can say check.
And I already know she snuck out
and did it already, didn't she?
That's my guess from her face.
I was literally about to say, I gotta pop out my sheet.
I didn't have my sheet ready.
Let's see.
Inside.
19.
She does make a suspicious face.
She doesn't have the greatest,
she has an allegiance to the truth
and you know that she lives in truth very much
and you know that she's making the guilty,
like the thing you didn't say.
You couldn't have brought it out without me noticing.
But that night, I don't get a lot of free time with myself.
But you can't just, you have to get the whole crew
and everything.
Yeah, the paid people lived well.
And it, you went without me?
You were sleeping.
You could have woken me up.
You were gonna go on it.
Listen, your first time is gonna be with Lucia
and it's gonna be great.
You're gonna share it with your retainer.
Fine, but I wanted to go on the first,
I've been like waiting for like days.
It's so good.
When Aurora's awake, it, oh.
Yeah, I bet it's really good.
Oh, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I love you.
Gosh.
It just cheats, don't do that.
Stop.
All right, well, are we ready?
You see, it's just been stuffing Brioche in her mouth,
watching this exchange the entire time.
Welcome to the Phantom.
All right then, boys and squirrels.
Neither of those things are here.
There's a squirrel.
Let's get going.
Phantom is already at the ship.
Perfect.
It gets, she gets up and she goes,
you want to go for that?
Running at Lucia.
Oh, oh, she's already been trying to slide it slowly
into her dress pockets.
She goes, oh, oh, no, no, it's okay.
I'm sure there'll be bread at school.
Hope.
Okay, what could you, could you go up, please?
Thank you.
So it's bring out just like a bag for you.
Yay.
She shoves all the bread in if she can.
You make your way, you follow Sabine outside.
And as you finally hit the outside air,
you see it in front of you.
Sitting on its throne of grass, of just a plain,
it's this large ship that you've both,
the both of you have seen before, but now it is ready.
It is ready to receive the both of you.
You see walking up to it, as you're walking up to it,
you see that there is this dark gray creature
currently excitedly running about on the top of the ship.
He stands at the top of the ship,
kind of like looking out, his eyes like cranking everywhere.
Just exploring everything.
He sees the approaching people and then just flies over.
Phantom.
Licks you.
Oh, it's really exciting.
And you hear, you hear from a, you hear from a floor,
hi captain.
As you see, as you see a man, a Dorven,
it says a short Dorven man, bald, bald,
bald face has a short, has a stubble.
You see he's at the top of the ramp
that leads to the top of the ship.
As he, he starts to get, he starts to get real low.
And the next thing you know, he approaches you.
He is, he's a short stout man, but clearly scarred
on his like sort of bronzer skin that is sun,
sort of like sun tanned skin, almost leathery.
And he is wearing boots with fur.
Boots with the fur, whole club looking at her.
And he just, he approaches and he,
he can't, because Jenny already knows his character.
He just goes, captain Apple bottom at your service.
Wait, you're fucking lying.
You're fucking lying.
Shut the fuck up.
As he hits the floor, as he hits the floor,
as he hits the floor, the next thing you know
is that he's right in front of you.
And he hits the floor.
Next thing you know, I hate this.
Welcome oh my y to this.
Does he get low?
Yeah.
Low low.
I don't know why all my dwarves get the reference
that it's a popular meme.
Captain Apple bottom.
He is wearing denim.
He's wearing, he's wearing, listen,
the whole club is indeed looking.
But yeah, he approaches, gives a salute
and he just goes, the cloud racer is ready for you.
That's not the name of the ship though, right?
Yes, right, but we gave it a title.
Oh yeah, the title.
Could you remind us of the name?
Oh, the name, yes.
Just her name, her god given name is Whiskey Jack.
Whiskey Jack is the name of the ship.
Yes, but it sounds a little bit more regal
and a bit more within the aesthetics of your kingdom
if it's something else, you know.
On to cloud racer Whiskey Jack.
Cloud racer Whiskey Jack.
It's gonna cut through all the clouds.
With some whiskey.
So.
I guess she's very confused by the name of the ship.
Turns to you, says, Lucia, has heard about you.
Says, please receive you onto our ship.
Thank you for having me, captain.
She salutes.
Follow me, the crew get you situated.
It would be, says, you'll stop yourselves in.
It would be a very long ride of just a handful of hours.
A handful of hours.
Is, okay, would we be in the way
if you taught us a little bit of how to help?
I like you already.
Come on, I'll put you to work.
She's so excited.
Oh boy, work!
I knew those hands weren't soft.
And as you walk off, you see your mom kind of like stays
back and just waves at you.
She just goes,
write me and if you ever miss me too much, fly back.
I thought you were coming to, at least to drop off,
but it's okay.
To drop off already.
All right.
She goes and hugs her.
You got this, kiddo.
Thanks.
I'll come visit or you can come visit.
Maybe I'll surprise you.
Thank you for everything and all my bread.
As she holds up her giant sack of bread.
I'm so happy.
You got this, Lucia.
I believe in you.
I believe in me.
She looks at you, Valora.
She goes, give him hell.
I love you.
I love you too.
What's the matter with that corona?
Oh, the hound is gonna miss you too.
The dog's gonna miss you too.
Come here, come on.
I know it's sad, but come on.
The hounds at the keep are not happy that Valora's leaving.
You gotta go.
I gotta keep these guys back.
All right, you gotta get going.
I gotta keep the hounds back.
You cool now?
She's like.
And you make your way.
As you began heading up on the slanted ramp,
which gets a little bit,
which might, for those of you who are maybe not inclined
to heights, you might get a little more weary
as you get towards the top, but you.
I was so afraid of heights.
Valora has her sky legs.
She's walking straight and narrow up onto that ship.
No problem.
Lucia is clinging to the side.
Slowly making her way.
That's the fun thing, there is no side.
Oh no, she's crawling on her hands and knees.
You get your sky legs eventually.
Yeah, yeah, it's just really high
and I promise I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I've got this.
You can get strapped in if you need.
Or maybe, here, why don't you go on Phantom?
Okay, that's a good point.
She crawls up on Phantom.
And that way, she's clinging to Phantom.
I'll straff her into the saddle too.
If we fall, you can fly, right Phantom?
Ice?
Yeah.
Okay.
She's just kinda clinging to Phantom.
She straps her legs in to it, to the saddle.
And Phantom walks up with aplomb.
And eventually, you're on the top of the ship.
You are presented with the full lay of everything.
You see Francis begins to talk to his crew,
shouting out given commands,
as the ship is getting prepared to set off.
As we're getting into the final stages of it,
and eventually, Lucia, you're let off Phantom
in the meantime, because you gotta walk around the ship.
Francis brings you down to the sort of engine,
sort of like the, what he says is the heart of the ship.
And as you walk into this sort of like,
more modernly constructed room,
you see that it's more like a steel,
sort of riveted interior.
You see that there is this sort of like huge sphere,
sphere, embedded in the middle of this room.
All the lay lines that course through the ship
all connect to the sphere.
And he just goes, says,
that this right here is where the magic happens.
That's the air elemental, isn't it?
Yes.
What?
There's something in there?
There's something in there.
What? There's something in there?
He told everyone I got to tour before, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
You see, so we,
so how all of this work is that a portal is opened up
to the elemental plane.
This- Whoa.
Inside of the, says inside of the home of an air elemental,
and all that nice stuff just comes out here.
Wow, does the air, can she see the air elemental in there?
It's very faint right now.
You do see like little faint whiffs.
It's almost like smoke, but it's not,
but you don't see anything like open yet,
but give me a perception check.
Yeah, I wanna see an air eminental.
Air-min-ator.
Em-min-min-min-tel.
Em-min-min-min-min-er.
Not 20!
But Timmy's favorite number, 26!
That is my favorite number.
All right, your maximum points go up by 100.
Yay!
I'm not gonna die!
You just have to watch everyone else.
Yay!
Oh no!
My greatest fear comes to life.
That's so cool, you're gonna be the immortal
and everyone else is gonna die.
That's so cool, that's my deepest, darkest fear
that you opened at the top of the game with.
Woo!
Watching everyone die. Stop writing.
Stop writing, Timmy.
All my loved ones die around me in a fiery death.
Yeah.
Well, fiery, okay.
Oh wait, hold on, if the forest's gonna be on fire,
Lucy's gonna have some lovely PTSD flashback moments.
That's gonna be cute.
Thanks, Kali, Alderbrand.
Thanks, Kali.
All right, let's see.
So you see that there is a faint,
you have the feeling deep,
you do have a feeling, like just a sense of it,
but you do feel as if there is something greater
in front of you.
It is, you know, at night sometimes when you're scared
and you feel like something's watching you,
or like when you're walking out at night
and you have the innate feeling that there are eyes on you,
which is a real feeling that people have,
as you stare into the wisps in the sphere,
it is, you do feel something staring back.
So give a little wave.
Thank you for flying the ship.
No response.
I'm sure they heard me.
She goes,
Halen doesn't really talk that much to us,
but his wings get the job done.
What's his name?
Halen.
Thank you, Halen.
She'll call into the glass.
You feel like that there is an acknowledgement.
I'm gonna build off of your nat 20,
that there is almost an acknowledgement,
but you're not sure if it's confirmation or negative.
If it's like, shut up, child.
Get this kid away from me.
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here, you dumb bitch.
I'm gonna open this portal into my fucking house.
Open this fucking portal into my house.
Watch it, Simpsons.
And now I'm trapped.
I was wondering that.
I'm like, oh no, is the air elements trapped?
Did they agree to this?
I don't know, we'll find out.
There would be concerns, but you know, magic.
We don't care.
But you know, you guys don't worry about that.
Hey guys, as long as we progress as a race together,
everything we do is justified.
This is an air elemental.
Yeah, it's just air.
They don't have feelings.
It's just air.
I gotta look up their mental stats real quick.
Because Lucia's like, that's Lucia's line of thinking,
is like, oh, that's cool.
I hope they wanna do their job.
Six intelligence, that is possible
for a player character to have.
That is.
Six wisdom, six charisma.
He just goes, all right, everyone,
let's get this thing started.
And the both of you pay close attention.
Game notepad.
As you see the sort of like,
an Elven woman gets the nod from Francis.
She puts her hand on a small panel.
And you see magic, a blue sort of like,
arcane magic begins to fill the ley lines
that connect to the sphere.
And you feel this visceral sort of like, tear.
This magical tear through reality
just open up within the portal.
This is the most vicious visceral magic you've seen.
Like, you see this reality just being altered
right in front of you.
As the portal to another plane opens up.
And then you see a vicious,
just a vicious whipping of winds
begin to beat against the inside of the sphere
as you hear loud fangs and bangs against the glass.
And that feeling that you've had before, Lucia,
the feeling of something watching you,
it comes to fruition as a pair of what you feel
to be angry eyes begins to like,
begins to take shape within the funnel of air
in front of you.
And as the wind begins to intensify,
you begin to see that a sort of greenish sort of energy
begins to fill the ley lines.
Like, like, like bloods running through veins.
It begins to like course throughout most of the ley lines,
going throughout most of the ship.
As the sound intensifies,
you can feel the shuttering of the ship
as it begins to come alive.
And you can feel it from the inside.
You begin to feel as if the huge ship,
even though your feet are connected to like,
like a metal platform,
you begin to feel as if the large ship
has beginning slowly lift off the ground.
So you see Captain Applebottom just goes,
all right, follow me, you two follow me.
As he just goes,
you wanna see this bad boy take off, right?
Come on.
Yeah.
Thank you, Ailin.
I salute to the air elemental who is not happy.
I was gonna say,
Lysia's a little concerned that it looks so angry.
It's, and he just goes,
just don't worry about it,
we're just bothering it for a little bit.
All it does in its home place,
it just shoots air everywhere.
Right.
Come on, come on, come on.
As you begin to rush,
as you begin to rush to the top,
Lysia, you hear,
you hear in your head,
turn it off.
Oh no.
You who the wind speaks to turn it off.
Oh.
Ailin?
I know you can hear me, Tempest.
Turn it off.
I do not want these intruders in my home.
I don't know how.
Find a way.
It's very forceful.
It speaks to you in like hushed, hushed whispers.
You know it's speaking in a language
that's being translated to you,
but it's a language that you will not
need to understand,
but it's as if you're picking up meaning
through harsh, harsh wind bites.
Oh God, okay, so wait.
So Velora and Captain Applebottom
are headed upstairs quickly.
Yeah.
Turn back to see the control area.
Yeah, you see the Elven woman
is like has her hand on it.
She's like monitoring, monitoring everything.
And I think she'll let Velora
and Captain Applebottom go up.
They're rushing up there.
Yes.
See Elven woman, I'm sorry.
Can we turn it off?
It's too loud for you.
It's going to be quiet in a few moments.
I promise.
No, no, no, Aiden just mad.
Make a persuasion check.
I don't think Lucien knows that.
I assume that Aiden doesn't speak to a lot of people.
So I don't think Lucien knows that this is a new thing.
She's just being very genuine.
Persuasion is zero.
Oh shit, that's a two.
It's very tersed, she goes,
listen, it's going to be very dangerous
if I stop doing this right now.
Why don't you go with the others?
I assure you that it is perfectly fine.
Go on.
I have to focus on this.
Does she hear anything else in her head
or is it just quiet?
You do hear something,
but I don't think she's going to be able to hear anything.
You do hear blow her away.
And you see the wizard just goes,
listen, I'll just go ahead and cut a few steps right here.
I'll help you out here.
Cast silence on the sphere
and you see that the room grows quiet.
The shuddering continues.
But the large whipping winds
that just were filling your ears earlier
have now come to seize.
You guys, there, better?
Does Aelyn normally ask for help?
And at this point,
France is walking up the steps,
kind of like looks back past you, Valora,
just goes, where's your friend?
I don't, Lucia.
Do I hear that?
Yes, you hear now, definitely.
Oh, a coming...
And she goes to say thank you to the woman,
but is genuinely confused
and she'll give like a kind of sheepishly sad look
to the glass where Aelyn is
and head over to where Valora is calling for her.
There is a disappointment
and then you feel it sort of retreating into like,
okay, well, I'm gonna,
it's just gonna go back to how it's been
as you make your way back up towards Valora and Frances.
Why am I playing LoFo? No!
No!
This is what I get, what I get, what I get.
You make your way up and you just go,
you see Frances just goes, you're gonna miss,
you're gonna miss the lift off, come on!
Okay, yeah, coming.
You rush up to the poopy deck of the ship.
I don't know, I used to know the ship parts.
The poopy deck?
You rush to the deck of the ship heading off to the side
and you just, as you head off to the sun and look over,
you see that the ship has taken off a few bobs now.
It's a few inches, but as you see the as the lay lines
reach out towards, reach out towards every little inch
of the ship, the places where they need to go,
the lift becomes stronger.
The ship becomes more straight.
It begins to ascend with more confidence
as it goes faster and faster and faster
as you are so going so impossibly high.
How are the both, what are your characters reactions?
Isn't this just awesome, Lucia?
Oh, you're not afraid of heights, right?
Yes, but that's not, no, this is great!
She's like really strong.
She's like, how do I tell Velora
that there's a creature imprisoned
and being forced to work to get this thing to fly?
What?
She's so excited about the airship.
Velora was so excited about the airship.
She's really excited.
If it's a consolation to you, a cool fact about this,
JT's character in another game invented a new way
to make airships that doesn't use elementals.
And that's what Armin used in Blackguards
to build the ship.
I was going to say, I really hope we didn't use
an air elemental in Blackguards
because that would make me sad.
Aura would be friended.
Aura would be like, this is my friend now.
A member of the crew.
One of the crew.
We should have an air elemental pirate.
That'd be so cool.
That would be cool.
An air Genasi pirate.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you think Lestia's very, like,
I don't want to fuck this up for Velora,
but also I need to free this thing.
I don't know how.
I don't know when,
but I'm going to have to find a way to do it legally.
Yeah.
The ship, as Francis begins to yell at commands,
you see the ship, the wheel is being tended to
by two halflings standing under the shoulders
who had to tend to, like, the bottom and upper wheel.
It's three halflings in a trench coat.
And as the ship turns, you begin to,
you begin to look forward into the sky.
As you begin to make ways into the iron landscape,
the iron landscape in front of you,
the sun is nothing but an orange button in the sky,
and it's for you, the both of you, to claim
as it's time to go to Irobrin.
It's move-in day.
All this thanks to Hailand.
Oh, no.
Probably not even the name they chose for themselves.
Oh, no.
Valora's just like, OK, so how can I help, Captain?
All right.
This is going to put you right to work.
We've run out of these sails.
They're very important still.
The wind is very important up here.
As you can see, wind has a theme going on here.
I would imagine being in the sky.
Let's follow me.
Lucy, I'm putting you to work too.
Come on.
Yeah, sure.
Yes, Captain.
Both of you give me an athletics check.
And I get proficiency if I'm making a group check
that someone else making it also has proficiency.
So does that count with all the people working?
Absolutely.
I was going to say, it's not me.
Absolutely.
It's not me.
You get, I think you get a D4 as well because of air vehicles.
Oh.
Are we doing a D4 or doing expertise?
Oh, yeah.
You get an expertise die.
OK.
Natural one.
Oh.
I rolled a 10.
Um.
Ooh.
Lucy, even being distracted, it's like you have the task in front of you.
Um, Velora.
It's not your fault.
It's because there's also Phantoms kind of like running around.
He's in the nest.
He's poking his head out of things.
And you kind of like keeping an eye on him at times.
So there's like an distraction from time to time.
Phantoms acting good, but he's just really excited about the new place.
Um, and you are you are doing your best, but these these ropes are really heavy.
And the wind has been fighting against you specifically.
You feel like it's personal.
I'm sorry.
Just tight.
Just Velora.
Just just tie the rope down.
Just the wind.
And it basically hits it out of your hand.
You feel her.
Phantom.
Let me check my list of commands.
Which I basically just say what what the thing is for for fetch.
It's very coy.
Wild.
Phantom rushes up, grabs the rope with his jaws and brings it to brings it towards you.
You choose it one more time before handing it to you.
Think of two flists every time I think of that's what I'm thinking to very similar.
Yeah, literally think of two flists.
She's like, he's stronger than her to probably.
So it's like, OK, she might actually try to use them to actually get it done to like to keep a hold on it while she ties it.
He's giving the help command roll out with advantage.
Let's go, baby.
Oh, I didn't roll twice.
A 17 and a 19 plus two with the expert.
Oh, yeah.
That's more like it.
You see, you're like tying a knot.
It's like, OK, it's it's coming.
It's coming to you.
I think I'm getting it now.
She tries to time out for like the fifth time.
And eventually, Velora, it's like, OK, you had you just had a bad stroke of luck.
A really bad stroke of luck, and you see phantoms like we're watching very curiously as like with wide eyes as you're like doing it.
She's like, she's also like gentle, gentle, few wheels that we don't want to break anything.
Jaw loosens up. You can see you see it.
And eventually just goes, all right, you know what?
I think that's going to be it.
Good job, both of you.
Yeah, I hope we didn't get too in the way.
I did a great knot.
She's been working on this knot the entire time.
Yeah, that's really great.
When I'm at home, though, I'm going to learn for real and in a not burdening way.
Sure.
As he does, they just goes, all right, well, I think with the time spent, believe it or not, the time you spend on that, I think that means we're already pretty close to this nation.
She looks out.
Oh, yeah, you're right.
Close.
You see, coming closer.
Sorry.
The ship tears through a cloud as the clouds part in the ship begins to lower a collect you see before you a grand landscape, a collection, a collection of three of three separated little mountainscapes that surround this Emerald Field
on the plains, on the plains below are is says, is, is a large townscape of a bustling people even from this far up you see the small dots beneath you of a busy and productive space.
But what captures both of your intentions is what's sitting on the mountain that sort of sits in the heart of the Emerald Fields crowning multiple parts of this mountain are these large spires of of of buildings of of of a says of an elite community
surrounding these surrounding these long storied long story buildings is this large grand like wall that encompasses the encompasses the sort of length of the perimeter of the mountain.
It behemoths over everything else in its grand or in its size.
You feel small compared to it.
As you see before you.
It's magnificent, it's magnificent and splendor.
I'm brooking no questions.
Ira, we're in
the school.
It's massive.
As, as the ship is sort of like it is going like is going closer to as going closer towards towards it.
You can see from the, you can see from the views above as a ship's going lower you get better clarity of what's going on on the fields in front of the school.
There is a, there is a, there's this large gate that sort of bisects entrance to the town to the to the fields in front of the school. And when you see like the fields in the school you see multiple.
You see people, students practicing their many practicing the many arts you see battalion swinging weapons and use and training.
And then the wizard wizard kids are testing out their fireballs and lightning bolts in the fields you can see the little streaks of light from up above.
You see multiple wooden dummies being absolutely bomb.
And you see by these by these amateur students by students of both experienced and new.
Flying on a multitude of mounts pegasi white Wyverns griffins.
People are always looking up and like pointing at the ship as your sort of like ship creates this huge cleaves a huge shadow onto the fields that typically only get bothered by clouds but it's a sunny day.
You see some of the students start flying alongside the ship and waving waving at you all.
And you hear nice ship.
Thanks.
And you you feel a you feel a sharp wind, kind of like, kind of like fly right past your back this is really strong wind kind of like blows blows on your back, your hair sort of like flies up as you see a young man on a Pegasus flies fast over a safe over you.
I'm stopping the wings on his black pegasi unfurl.
You see Marcellus.
Oh hey Marcellus finally made it.
You want to join us for the landing.
Yes.
And like, kind of like looks on looks on to it he just goes, this, well who am I to turn on an invitation from the leader.
Um, the Pegasi lands, majestically, and you've only ever seen a handful of black pegasi.
And wait, wait a second.
Flora, you know this one.
Yeah, you know, you just, this, this, I guess I was raised in your, um, this was raised was raised by your house.
But if he's had the Pegasus since Pegasus since he was born.
Oh, how old was he.
You'll find out.
Is that the one you danced with.
Oh yeah that's did you actually get to meet him.
Marcellus Marcellus this is my retainer Lucia.
Goggles, says goggles up.
And he just, he just goes.
Hello there.
Lucia, correct.
Yes, Marcellus nice to meet you and looking forward to sharing house duties with you.
Certainly.
Just how you like she was first quickly to know.
Oh, nevermind.
Nothing.
It goes, I, I says, I do hope you've improved on your dancing since last time.
Yeah, I kind of remember that maybe one of us did a little bit better than the other, though, maybe it's not me who needs the
I mean there was a one move that you tried with.
There was more than one.
It didn't go quite well, did it?
Also you only really copied what I was doing I noticed.
Not copied, more so improved.
I know I think you have to steal from my inspiration.
You, you see a bunch of the people flying along and they're like, oh, that's already.
I was gonna say, was he is like, should I be here should I feel like I shouldn't be here.
Who do you think dance better Lucia.
Yeah.
You saw it right.
No, I actually biases.
I did.
I was outside with Garvey actually.
Yeah.
I'll have to see it again at opening ceremonies, right, that's a little really, I don't dance at the opening ceremony but maybe the party.
Yeah, that's one of us you could have a rematch, but maybe I should spare him.
Yes, you should, you should.
I mean, we want to make good impressions right as our house leader.
This.
Well, I do.
I am empathic and I do get embarrassed at other people's failure so I guess you are sparing me in that regard.
Yes.
He did not just.
I'm an empath.
I did not fucking do that.
I'm a sympathetic friar.
We do have a race on the docket though.
We do.
Yes.
You know, when are you going to race.
Anytime of your choosing.
I was going to say the same to you.
I mean you've already been doing some flying today.
Maximus might be tired.
Yes.
He looks familiar to like, I think.
I think we've had at least some from his line.
Oh, is that true?
In our stables.
Yeah.
I've had had my eye on Maximus ever since I, ever since I was born, yes.
It did take a while for him to come into my, ever since I was born, yes.
I did feel a connection with him.
This character I can't.
You didn't tell me he was from our house.
Yes.
Well, I fear I didn't want to, I didn't want to inflate it.
It says inflate ego or anything, but most great mounts from, most great mounts trained very well and of an expert temperament.
You come from a good place.
Well, I can tell even just by looking, it seems like he's doing pretty well.
Kind of like pridefully raises his chin.
And you see Francis is like, who is this motherfucker on my ship?
Kind of like standing there.
If she notices him looking, she goes, oh, this is the captain, captain Apple Bottom.
Says, I admire your boots, my friend.
Thanks.
Pretty boys.
Pretty boys allowed as it says, as the ship is about to get real low.
You see, you see the captain begins to shoot away like, you know, the way move, move to to everyone else as as the flyers begin to depart.
You see that the place where you go, the place where you're going to land, you see that there is already a small assortment of silver armored individuals with spears, spears and halberds.
Wearing the wearing the wearing the patch of the the such a ministry and above it on the pauldron is a is a as another patch of the.
So in the coat of arms of the school.
Which is an assortment. It is all five is all five creatures to board the board the lion, the griffin, the wolf and the moose.
Like a sword assorted in front of two cross swords.
It's a it's a very intricate patch and must be very annoying to recreate.
They're like, this is taking forever.
Are they paying me? Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Pay extra for this one.
See, as a ship as a ship lands.
You see, standing and standing in front of this assortment of soldiers.
A says a knight, a knightly individual.
And because we forgot Rudra Pilavi.
Yeah, I was like, I just assumed they were here. Yeah.
She did.
She did went out.
She did. She was here with you guys.
Thumbs up.
And Ori.
And Ori is here too.
I was thinking about it a little bit ago.
Yeah, I guess they got there early.
They were strapped in, you know, in my mind.
In my mind, I forgot to communicate that they were already on the ship waiting for you guys.
But you guys had the whole moment with the the air elemental that I had to like, okay, we have to get to the I was like, we have to get to school.
School and Ori is like, you're here.
Wow. Good job.
But you do see standing in front is a you see a knightly individual.
A woman with sort of a terse, a terse strict expression and sort of like, sort of like short sort of like Auburn hair hands behind hands behind her back.
She has two swords.
She has two swords at her side.
And standing next to sitting next to her is this strict looking man.
Tight in the shoulders.
And Jenny's making a face because she already knows before and then you're like, oh, it wasn't him.
And then we're back.
You already know who he is.
And we'll see how you've seen this person before.
Eric, Avonlea.
Oh, it's her dad.
Valora's father.
And one more individual sitting next to him.
The only assortment of the slot that's not armored up.
He's sort of wearing like of he does he is dressed nicely.
He has a vest.
He has a cane that he's like, kind of like he's kind of like holding on to.
He does seem a little pallid and sick, a little sickly.
He has sort of like kind of like unkempt sort of like black hair.
And he's just kind of like standing there next to your next to your father.
Next to the master at arms.
This ship eventually lands.
You see in the distance a small gathering crowd of students coming to see what the wreckage is all about.
The ramp is laid out and you see Eric approaching the ship at the ramp.
Thank you so much, Captain Crew and anyone she sees.
Of course, of course, of course.
Then yes, thank you.
She was well.
We better dismount.
Don't know why he's coming up here.
He's standing at the bottom.
OK, I thought he was coming up.
OK, OK, she or the other two.
Do I recognize them?
You don't.
I don't know.
But you do see Rudra just kind of looks at the the night with the two swords.
She goes, you know her or him.
I don't know which one it was.
Yeah.
Yes, sir. Amari.
Don't like it.
You don't know.
She.
Yes, I don't want to spoil.
Your first steps into the emerald plains.
We'll talk about it later.
OK, learn on the job, right?
As as you guys step onto the ramp and begin to head down, the almost authoritative look of your father, the sort of a difference.
It's you do feel that he's standing on some different type of ceremony like he would do it with anyone else.
But there's but there's also that special look that you are way too familiar with.
She's trying not to look at them too much.
And as she gets to the point where she's going to pass him getting off the ramp, she just says, Master at Arms and then walks past him to go greet the others.
Haven't.
Hi.
And she just runs back over.
Yeah.
As the both of you kind of rushed past him, he just kind of sucks his teeth for a moment.
A little annoyed.
Just the other two be like.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
And she's just the woman, Sir, Amari, just goes.
Let the Avalaya Bowser Bowser had this pleasure to receive you.
And you see the young man, the young man Bowser's had.
She goes, I'm Sir Amari, just because I'm a knight dedicated here the next four said.
The man kind of like, kind of like the young man kind of like kind of like strings himself out a little bit, kind of like holds up the cane for a moment.
He just goes, I am pedantos, Galbo.
But you just call me pedantos.
I know it's quite the mouthful.
How do you spell it?
I'll just put I will post this in the chat.
I'm going to put it in the chat.
Thank you.
A don't know Galbo pedantos is a B or P.
Don't knows.
Like potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.
Perhaps if it is too hard, you can just come to doctors.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Pedantos, Sir Amari.
And
you see your father kind of like makes his way up and just goes,
I have an A, Lucia.
It is a pleasure to receive you at the school.
I will be in charge of showing you around.
The school's many faculties.
Well, that's quite all right.
We do have an alum of I remember and with us.
I'm not sure if you're going to be doing this right now.
No, I insist.
Surely you have more important duties to tend to than showing us around.
You cannot be doing this right now.
No, I told I told you.
What my expectations were.
When we got back here.
When are you going to stop being a child?
I'll be a teacher.
If I may, would you like to join us for a one a tour,
Master at Arms?
And you see, you see pedantos is goes.
If I may,
he's like, it's really nice to be here.
Wow.
This is incredible.
Just glaring at his daughter.
You says you are on the busy schedule of course.
But if I may relieve myself of my position by your side for just a moment I can perform the tours.
Laura, you are a brilliant and talented young woman.
I'm not taking that right now. I told you.
Just consider. You are so full of potential. I am here to help you.
As Master at Arms. And I do not need a personal tour from the Master at Arms, do I?
Takes a step back.
Jesus.
But Danto just goes, well if I may.
If it's not too much trouble, if you have other duties to get to, it's like I said, we have an alum with us. I'm sure we can find our way around just fine.
And you see Aurier just goes, yes. She goes, I actually am not quite aware how much the school has changed since I was gone.
Has it changed much?
And Danto just goes, well I would bring being the, being the state of the art facility that it is, of course it is prone to the very best that the world has to offer.
While I am sure that many of your, many of the old facilities that you are familiar with are still here, there is many stuff that is new.
So, Diffusor Frights, I would very much like to walk with the both of you still.
Appreciate that. Did you already get the tour, Marcellus?
And he just goes, well no actually. I've just been kind of like in and out in certain places and I've mostly focused on flying for the day.
Well, if you'd like to join us, you're welcome to.
Other people from our house.
Yes.
You get a little, a little bust going.
Um, and but then Dantus is just.
Darn it.
A little wagon.
It goes over Lucia's head.
An airship will exist.
Yeah!
What she said.
And you see, I fear I will not make a good front of any line, but I will endeavor to make sure that, to make sure to give you guys, give you all the great experience.
But what is pertinent is that we get you properly signed up within the academy, your uniforms and your dorm rooms.
I appreciate that. Thanks.
Um, well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Sarah Mari.
Looks past her dad and.
Thank you, Master at Arms.
Follow behind, Valora.
Of course.
Oh, there's this.
There's this.
We knew we didn't have time to stream what Valora and her dad's conversation after the show was over.
But we talked through it and he made it so much worse.
So that's.
I was going to say like, what the fuck is going on?
She, she, she told him that she's not dealing with him at Iribren as her father.
She will only deal with him in a professional capacity because she's done with taking his advice.
And so.
That's why I should say that.
That's why she's a little angry.
Those two are so tense.
As you begin to walk around the leaving the leaving the ship and the little congregation of soldiers that were that were put their design specifically to to welcome to welcome you guys.
That's all left behind in favor of the company of Aurier.
Rujra, Rujra just nods to you, kind of like falls in with.
Falls in with your father.
A little little side glare at Suramar.
You see that the both of them have some kind of tension like they're they're not happy with each other.
She's like, oh no, I thought she was coming with us.
Oh, well.
But Aurier is coming.
You see, you see Padantos.
Look at me, short to Dantos begins to walk alongside alongside.
You get as you kind of like clear the view of the ship.
You finally get like this long, like beautiful view of the planes in front of you.
A large, gray, beaten path that leads from the front of the large gates of Irebren to the it's to this this path spirals all the way sprawls all the way across this field goes over the small river on a little wooden a little curved wooden bridge.
And to another set of gates that lead into the township of Hafan. These are stuff that you've you that you've these are some that you've heard about.
Hafan, the large town of commoners who are absolutely they love you guys.
They love the students, the college kids, said no one ever.
Says, you know that it's a state of the art like town full of like luxurious like your mom Sabine has talked about many nights spent in Hafan having fun and Hafan is the same.
And you definitely get me spending a lot of time there.
But seeing it there, seeing it right now, you can't really see it beyond the gate and the assortment of guards keeping out the chaff, the pores from entering the fields.
Wait, that looks like my outfit.
Someone in your outfit just gets a punch from one of the guys.
Oh no! Why are they beating the poor people?
They don't beat the poor people in this city.
As you approach the these storied the storied stone gates of Irobren, you are just completely dwarfed by this.
Standing at the base of the mountain, looking up the entire like Irobren, like all the buildings that are built on the mountain, it's completely like blocked out by this large stone wall.
And as you're just gazing up at this, Arnolda dies.
No!
When you said that I was going to be like, he's here? He's dead?
No, he can't die yet.
He's our badass black ops secret undercover man.
He's like a level 20 or something.
He's probably like level fucking 20.
Yeah.
Dantos walks towards the front of the gate where you see this one lone.
Just, he has aura, this one man.
Oh God, I love this guy.
As you see a young man in silvered armor of the sort of the shade of the visor that covers his eyes.
He stands with like one halberd like tucked to his side.
His posture is immaculate.
You have a sense that this front gate is completely being kept safe.
By this one man.
By this one young man.
It's kept so safe.
As pedantos walks up, he just goes, this one right here is Valora Avonlea.
She is the leader of the civil alliance.
And this one is Lucia.
Hello.
Greetings, Valora.
Greetings, Lucia.
Greetings.
Your name is?
Oh, please.
You can refer to me as the gatekeeper.
I'm a bit of a legend.
Fuck you didn't say that.
I was like, he doesn't have a fucking name.
And Dante just goes, is there anything to nothing to report?
Is this one has the easier job?
He got the inner gates.
Basically, no one gets past them.
But if they did, I mean, he wouldn't let them.
Just the gatekeeper.
Just trust me.
I'm not going to, I am not going to fail my one sacred duty that I have been allotted to in my life.
The one only one?
That's it?
Yes.
I have been entrusted this with the head priest himself.
I will not fail.
Good for you.
I appreciate it.
Thanks for the work you do.
It brings his feet together.
Salutes.
Salutes back.
Yes.
He's a little bit of a character.
Come on.
Just through the gates.
Seriously, though, pedantos.
I really appreciate you doing the tour.
But if you do have other stuff to do, I promise we can figure it out.
Well, I must admit, it turns to you, I do have a slight curiosity about my boss's daughter, if that doesn't offend.
Oh, not at all.
If I'm being completely honest, you're not exactly what I expected.
What did you expect?
I suppose someone a bit more...
Like him?
If yes, the countenance of a scarecrow.
Alright, that's it.
I know I like you now.
That's all I needed to hear.
They mean your father has given me this job, so I suppose I should be a bit more graceful in my...
Speaking of him.
It's just an observation, I don't think it's particularly negative.
It's not like you're wrong.
You are...
And you, you are...
You're Lucia.
I've not heard much about you, actually.
You have?
I have not heard much about you, actually.
Oh, oh, good, good, good.
Because I don't hear much about me, and I don't know much about me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I am her retainer.
I suppose you are someone of great importance if you have the head executor as your personal guide.
Oh yeah, real important McGee over here.
I've been wondering about that too.
How long have you known the king for?
King?
Well, the king sent her specifically, I assume it was because she...
Like, I thought you might have been close with a family or something.
I...
And she's kind of looking to Orië for cues about how much to talk about.
She just goes...
Well, if you're wondering about my circumstances at this moment, there is ceremony in having someone from...
Cut from our very cloth, appointed as someone in a high position, as Irabrin itself, a retainer of the house, no less.
Sure.
The king saw fit to personally appoint me at her side.
Oh yes, I am a devout worshiper of the gods, and I have them speak through me and I speak through them in our own clerical ways.
She thinks on like what tiny, tiny bit her dad told her the night they argued about...
He said something about her being...
Like, it was very vague, but something about her being actually a suitable choice for reasons.
And so she knows there's more to it than this, probably, but she just goes...
Her dad approves of me? What?
Yeah, I forgot to tell you that part.
What? The biggest swat twist ever!
He actually said it was a good choice ultimately.
From whatever he talked to people, whatever they told him, whatever he knows about you, he was like, okay, well, she's actually important.
Well, it seems like it's...
I mean, it's not just because you're like from the ministry.
They wouldn't just send them for anyone from the ministry, right?
Um...
Well, the occasion is often special, and I have known...
I have known Lucia. I've been a close friend of her and her gothie for a very, very long time.
Well, it's great to have you.
Yes.
Especially if the ceremony is that to rip the head executor from her position, it must be a grand occasion.
Well, just you wait and see what the head of the silver lions and their retainer will come up to this academic year.
I am rather excited to see.
Now, come down.
Walks up. You see this huge staircase that goes up and then kind of like heads back and starts like...
It's in a waveform. It's so many stairs.
Um, we've got to... What? What is this?
It goes... Um...
And Ori just goes... Well, the one thing I don't miss...
Going to Hefane always constituted a rather intense workout.
It goes... And you see Padantos just kind of goes... Huh, yes.
Refuel. Like I said, says, I would bring this... People work hard to make it a product of its time.
He walks to the side of the steps. You see that there is like a smooth ramp.
And he just kind of like steps. He kind of like steps onto the ramp.
He taps his feet twice. And you see a runic circle forms underneath him.
And his feet began to like levitate and he begins to move alongside the ramp.
Dennis would love this. Absolutely.
Oh, well, that's convenient. Wow!
Yes. The teleportation circle is still in the works, but it's um...
You know, it's injuring less people, so it's starting to get to its prime objective.
And I was just planning on how I'd flight phantom to and from.
Yes, I suppose you can do that too, but I reckon you should go up the stairs at least once.
So we can't do the thing? We have to walk it? We can't use the magic that... What?
No, you can, but...
Okay, I guess part of the initiation, right, Valora?
Yeah. Yes.
Some students are... If you want.
You see some students are kind of like moving past you. This place is full. It's busy.
There are multiple... There's a multitude of like adults.
You see merchants with like carrying huge bags walking up the steps.
Students, people in armor.
You see some older looking students make their way to the stairs. They're already sweating. They just go...
Aaaaaaah!
You just go, is the circle ready?
And you see some... You see an individual who's been working on one of the circles. It just goes...
Shut down for the week! And you hear... And just a collective groan.
I think we should... get comfortable with it at least.
And you see one student kind of like walking up, an older student, goes onto the smooth ramp.
And Padantos is floating up slowly. This one fucking skateboards immediately.
Like, just goes up at a faster rate.
No, actually, I want to do that. She tries it.
Whoa!
You step your foot on there, tap it twice. Your feet are lifted. You are...
It's like you're anchored. You are straightened up. There's magic that's assisting you here.
And you're like still. And then when you think, I want to move forward...
Oh no, Velora, wait! I think Lucia's trying to run after her up the stairs next to her.
Just try it, it's easy!
You can't...
I have to retain you!
As you lose your leader immediately.
Oh shoot!
Velora almost becomes a blur as you...
AHHHH!
I'm already failing my job!
And Padantos is like, you should go get her.
And she like kind of clambers onto the circle and...
Go!
As you clamber onto the circle, you're lifted up. And as you think of super urgency, you actually go way faster.
AHHHH!
Full on screaming! Her screams are heard!
Make a con saving throw, Velora, make a deck save.
Oh no!
Screams are heard throughout the school.
Where are my saving throws? Where did you go?
14? Not bad.
Decks save 12. Geez.
Okay, so real quick.
High-jink music?
Wrong music.
Because I'm pretty sure I have stuff for deck saves. I think it's an expendable resource though, I'm not going to use it.
So, Lucia, you manage to hold your guts in as you're like, oh god, you're going to throw up as fast as you've ever moved.
Of Velora, you're like, okay, you've got to stay to yourself.
But as you do, all of a sudden, you feel like a bull completely collides directly into your back.
And you are shoved towards, all of a sudden, the both of you are knocked out of the magic of this ramp.
And Velora, your front collides with someone as well, as three people are sent flying.
You hear the piece, but as we go, like, ohhhh!
This is a great strong first impression for the Silver Lions, I must say.
As a bunch of students walking up, people use the ramp, but people are walking up with each other because they're talking to each other so they're not using the ramp.
So it's only you guys. They all of a sudden see three people flying in the air.
I can land well, but I'm trying to orient the others so that they don't die.
You got to, um, Velora's Choice.
Velora's Choice!
Not fucking Velora's Choice.
Oh, oh, oh, I know what to do, actually.
No, wait, I don't know if I actually can do that. I thought it was really cool.
I think I have Feather Fall. I don't know if that would help right now, though.
That would help.
That would help. Okay, hold on, let me check. I actually don't have Feather Fall. I lied.
Okay, I got it, I got it, I got it. I touched the two of them. I grabbed them and I teleport them onto solid land.
As you touch the two of them, you look beneath you. There is solid land.
You don't see stairs anymore, actually, but you just... all of a sudden, Lucy, you're just, you're touched.
And then you were flying through the air at an impossibly fast rate.
And then you descend so impossibly fast that you're, and all of a sudden you're completely still.
I'm going to need to... you're just holding your stomach.
My Aeon Mark threw my glove hand. Well, I don't think I have my gloves on. I haven't been flying.
But my Aeon Mark glows with that as it activates.
Trying not to yak my guts out.
You see...
Why is there nice music?
Because I'm still in the air, because I can't move three people.
Where's the music? What am I looking for?
As Melora thinks on her last moments of life, she flies me.
I can take falls, at least. I always land on my feet.
I can take a fall? Question mark?
21 hit points?
I'm good.
You are... the both of you are grounded.
And you see the...
Lucia, give me a wisdom saving throw.
A wisdom save for getting thrown on my ass?
Just for something.
Me too.
Okay.
I'm going to... I'm going to message you something.
You managed to not yak up your cookies.
And I will allow you to read this out loud if you wish.
Okay, I'm waiting.
I kind of want Jenny to be here.
My super secret muscles.
Super secret.
Love all the music this episode.
I want to have like a playlist that I can study to.
Oh, okay.
Eww!
Okay, Jenny.
Can I read it for Jenny?
If you want, yeah.
Feel within your mind the feeling of something wriggling in your mind.
It tickles the edges of your skull.
It's nothing you've ever felt before.
And as you feel that, it suddenly like flashes away.
As you hear the other person that you, the both of you,
you've invited into, just goes, okay.
I'm okay.
I'm here.
Looks to the both of you.
A young woman with auburn hair.
She has a sort of like a little like a little headband, just kind of like you, Lucia.
That's of like an orange color.
She's young and she's young and spry face a little bit shorter than the both, a little bit shorter than the both of you.
And you see that she has her uniform that denotes her of silver lion.
Oh!
Oh, I'm sorry. I was the dog was barking and I missed. I landed, right?
You landed, yeah.
Okay.
You're on the ground with these two people.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Oh, sorry for hitting you. But also, hello.
This is your house leader and I'm your retainer.
Or retainer. I'm the retainer of the house.
Sorry about that.
What a way to meet my, my leads.
You see the this young woman, she has an eye patch over one of her over her right eye.
And you see hanging from her hip is a you see hanging from her hip is a spell book.
Oh, are you a caster too?
Sorry, I'm still a little kind of loopsy from all that action earlier that everything just kind of happened at once.
Yeah, sorry about that. Are you okay too, Lucio? You went really fast.
Well, I was trying to catch up to you because I couldn't lose you because I'm supposed to retain you and then I smashed into you and I didn't mean to.
So it's really all my fault. And I'm really sorry about that. I didn't mean to hit you or run into you, but I had to catch up to you and I couldn't leave you behind.
She's just like me.
Oh my gosh.
It's nice to meet you. I'm Valora.
Valora?
I'm Lucia.
Lucia.
She just goes, what are my manners? She streams out her outfit, dusts herself off.
She just goes, I'm supposed to bow right? No, curtsy, curtsy.
It's okay. I mean, don't worry about it.
No, no.
I practice. I practice. Please.
Okay. Well, if you really want to, I guess.
You can do it to Valora, but I still don't get the curtsy. I don't understand it yet.
And she does a textbook curtsy.
Beautiful.
I am Tamsin Von Rue.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Tamsin Von Rue.
Wow. Valora Avonlea, it's the first time I've ever seen something like you. Sorry, I don't mean to be creepy.
Oh, you're not at all. No, no, no. You're good. And you're first year too, I'm guessing?
Yes. She stands up a little more proudly. I am sponsored by the Lords and Ladies over at House Luenhart.
I'm sponsored too.
That's really impressive.
Oh, who are you sponsored by?
She points to Valora, right? Isn't Valora her sponsor?
House Avonlea.
House Avonlea, Valora's house is my sponsor.
Oh, got it. Got it.
Well, I know to be sponsored by House Luenhart, you definitely have to embody that whole valor thing.
Yes, of course. The reason why I got here in the first place is because I fended off a whole horde of gnolls by myself.
What? Wow. How did you do that?
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm kind of a self-learned mage.
That's amazing.
You taught yourself magic? That gods gave it to you?
Well, knowledge gave it to me.
But you know, I do think that's of course.
But I promise I won't disappoint you.
Just tell me what to do.
Says, and your girl is gonna get him.
Well, it's real nice to meet you. You know, we're making a little, not a real wagon, but we've got like kind of a few of us silver lions here going on a tour if you want to join in.
Marcellus is in our house too.
Yeah, yeah, he's probably, did he get a concept to us yet?
Are you, are you lot okay? I saw you were flying.
Yeah, maybe you all are just a little too slow.
Yes.
Well, I suppose we meant to do that. I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised that you tumbled.
Flying.
Ah, tumbling lessons.
Flying, what to do when thrown into the air.
Sometimes you just need a push to get the place you're going faster.
And that's what a good retainer knows.
And that's why she did what she did.
And boats are meant to sail.
They are meant to.
I was following along.
And Tamsin knows, Tamsin goes, no, no, no, no, keep going. I'm getting it.
Like the airship flying.
Like the airship.
Of course that was you guys.
Oh, that's so cool.
Isn't it so cool?
Both of you are so cool.
That was our first time flying on it.
Yeah, we're really cool.
I mean, I guess you kind of have to be cool to be a retainer.
Yeah, yeah, I am kind of cool, aren't I?
And I mean, looks to look at you.
Well, you see, I mean, you're you're already sound really, really cool.
I mean, who fought off Noles?
By yourself. That's insane.
Well, you know, I knew it was coming.
I like the shot and drag my draw just says this girl's gay.
Drag was like, she's got to be queer.
She's got to be queer.
Give it away.
She is not straight.
There are very few straight characters in our games.
I was going to say it's so rare.
And then you take notice, like finally getting to your senses.
You are standing and you're noticing that the little congregation of of merchants
of kind of moving past you here, you notice that you're standing within
at the edges of the sort of Merchant Square, a small stop, a small like a small
stop shop for students heading their way up here.
You see a multitude of like a multitude of like tents and such set up
and an assortment of very good, very good, unique goods.
Sort of like set up around here.
You see a little you see a you see a little girl with red hair,
kind of like kind of like kind of like kind of like kind of like kind of like
impatiently just tapping her fingers alongside on a glass case,
on a glass case, kind of like kind of like watching people as they pass by.
And similarly, someone who looks like the same shade of red,
same shade of red hair, a young man is kind of like setting up a setting up shop.
And you do see that there's a shop. There's a sign that says Ana's Emporium.
Oh, no, no. OK. I was like, are we getting the are we getting Ana family lore now?
But then I was like, OK, we didn't.
There's a man and I was like, oh, no, wait.
Oh, no. It's our twin.
Um. And at the stock, Dantos eventually catches up and you see Ori just kind of like
kind of like immediately looks at Lucia to see if she's OK. And it's like, OK, she's OK.
Oh, yeah, we're good. Um. Sorry.
I have to interrupt real quick that Corona the dog, he just squeaked his toy once
and then walked over to me and then he's just watching me like like, why not play?
I can't. It's time to play. If you bring it to me, I'll throw it.
But I just had to. Soon Corona, soon. Sorry.
Oh, um.
Dantos eventually comes up and just goes, by the way, that is not how you use the
that is not how you use the magical implements of the ramp.
I learned that the hard way.
It was really fast, wasn't it?
Oh, yeah, really, really fast.
Um. Yes. Well, then shall we continue?
And Tamsin just goes, well, if it's all right, I would love to come with.
I got a tour of the place already, but.
You're welcome. Come along.
I just feel like there's a moment here because like the leader and retainer bumped into me.
Hopefully we won't do that again.
Hopefully, hopefully only. Yeah, it's OK. My back does not hurt.
Um, are you sure? Here, here, here. And I'm going to do a quick cure wounds on her.
No, no, really, it's OK.
No, no, it's my fault. So let me do this.
And yeah, she'll just cast one quick little cure wounds.
In her back. As you as you touch as you touch her, you don't have to go. I'll just the rope like your wounds.
As you touch her in the healing magic shoes to her, you see that she's like she like like jolts at your touch for a moment and her one eye blinks at you.
Are you?
And then you hear Dante just goes.
Well, if we're going to.
Well, I don't want to.
I don't want you all to go too far ahead of me.
So why don't we all stick close together now?
Yep, yep. Sorry.
Yeah, we're coming. Sorry, Tim. Tim. What was that? Am I?
Nothing. Sorry.
Oh, it's OK. Your back feel a little better?
Yeah, definitely.
OK, good. You were ready.
This worms got her back straightened out.
Worm.
Why did you say worm?
It's a little weird.
Sorry. It's not weird. I think it's funny.
I've been fishing recently. I've been thinking a lot about worms.
I got worm for brains.
I think I'm a Robin like a bird.
That's what I would think. But then wait, no, it can't be Robin because then I would eat you because I eat worms.
That'd be horrible.
I know why she. Plus Phantom eats birds.
Oh no! That can't be a bird!
You see Phantom going, oh, bird.
I'm going to have to rebrand.
There is a... Hello, GTE in the chat.
GTE!
There is a... You see Pedantos just goes, this one, this place is the merchant square.
Merchants that are, says, veterans, trusted, licensed, by the school's councils, are allowed here.
Says if you need any extra supplies that are normally supplied to you by the academy itself, this is the place to bring it.
The place to buy some.
And he just goes, that's about it.
Oh!
We can talk on the stairs. All right, follow me.
And as you begin walking towards the other stairs, you see that the woman with the red hair just kind of goes, oh!
Oh, the young woman just goes, sees you specifically, Velora just goes and waves you over.
Where? She looks at Pedantos.
I'm sorry we are busy.
She goes, you see the young woman just goes, the very young, almost-girl just goes, oh, that's a shame.
Says we had a special welcoming gift for the Avonleas.
Sorry, one more second. I gotta let the dog back in.
We're going to fleece these nobles so fucking hard.
Yeah, you can't give the gift yet.
So where are my keys?
Where are my keys?
We're back.
She goes, well, I'll definitely be back later, thanks.
Oh no, for this limited time gift?
I can grab it and catch up.
No, no, you need the two or two.
I don't have the insight to know, okay, this is just a marketing tactic already.
Dantos is just size and just, if you want.
Limited time only.
It just seems like I'm getting like, people having to do ads and things.
If you do it now, you get another one for free.
Two for one for what? You get something free?
Okay, fine.
I'm not reading any ads.
And you do see this young woman goes, Eddie, Eddie, I got one.
And you see the man with the red hair walks out.
Just goes, good job, Ana.
And Dantos just goes, I'm giving an eye on you, Eddie.
And you see the man with the man with red hair who seems much older, the elder of this red hair young woman just goes, well, hello there.
Says, Lady Avonlea.
We thought we catch you on the way up. Good thing you weren't flying.
Oh yeah, a little bit harder to catch then.
This Lucia, Lucia, of course.
All father praise you.
Yes, you know my prayer, my prayers this morning. I felt very connected with the all father.
Did you really? Yeah.
Wonderful.
I find it's really good to even when talking to the gods, you just remember like all the wonderful things that even if they're small things, the things to be grateful for and in connecting in that way.
We remind ourselves that we're part of a bigger picture with everyone.
I agree. Totally.
And he just goes, you know who my favorite is?
A dune.
That's my goddess. Really?
I think she's like an underrated goddess.
So she really is. Oh, hello.
My lady.
What did you, she looks at Ana and goes, what did you really need to show me?
Oh yes, we have a special limited time gift for the Avalea family. Looks to her brother.
Oh right. Yeah, definitely. Here.
Yeah, two you said, right?
Two? Looks at Ana and goes, yeah, two.
There's limited time.
Two it is. Yeah.
You see, he brings out the small like, it's like a bingo, like a like a bingo cage made out of bamboo.
He puts it up in front of you. It has like small little handle on the side with a bunch of balls inside of it.
He goes, you get two pulls at the wonderful mystic, mysterious Emporium.
Of Ana's Emporium.
Oh, fun. Well, maybe I should do one and you should do one, Lucia.
Yeah. So wait, wait. And she's very much distracted by, is it Eddie is his name or Addie?
Eddie. I'll spell it.
Yeah, I knew Edie. I can't. Oh, no. The names. She's like, so you worship a dune. Oh, yes. And I have something special just for you.
Doesn't she have a lot to do with like femininity and stuff? Not judging, but like that's just what I remember. Is it more youthfulness?
Or like vitality? Yeah. Yeah. She keeps the gods young by feasting up, giving them golden apples to feast on.
And it kind of keeps them strong and young. Actually, you know the phrase an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Some say that came from a dune. From a dune. Yeah. A dune is a fertility goddess in Norse mythology who holds the apples of eternal youth that gods rely on to remain young and healthy.
The Norse gods were not immortal. They just lived very long lives. And the apples of a dune made this possible. Thanks, Anna.
You see they're both wearing earrings. I'm just saying.
What's this mystic thing?
It just goes, well, this little, this little cage, this little cage here will decide if you win or you if you win an item from a little mysterious pole or not.
If a red ball, if you shake the cage and you're presented with a red ball, sadly, your chance becomes wasted.
But if you shake the cage and out comes a green ball, then you get a random item from us.
Cool.
All right.
And Lucia?
Yes. Something kind of like something comes to you and it's like instinct.
This has happened a few times. This has happened a few times but you have been presented with chance.
And you feel, it says, and you know you've been meditating and thinking about the situation that occurred with, you know, when you first met Velora and that, that, that son of a bitch bastard that was her previous retainer.
And with things kind of like rewired in time after a certain amount of time. And the, and that time when you were talking with Velora in the room and time went forward and then went back, but you retain all your memories.
You had a short vision of living in the future.
Do you think maybe, you think maybe perhaps you can tap into that again?
Oh, listen, it's just one item.
I got two of my best items in the original Irobron by random chance because they fit us perfectly well.
You, Tamsin standing, I just had, Tamsin standing beside you Lucia, as everyone's gathered around like okay let's watch this girl, let's watch this girl gamble.
As, as time, as the world around you sort of fluctuates Lucia, it's the thing that's felt before but now you, it's you willed it into happening.
There's something in you that exerted outwards, and now you feel the time fluctuate in front of you.
Give me a d20 roll.
Okay.
Green.
Oh no.
Maybe next time.
Cool.
It's supposed to be green.
I mean, you do have a second poll if you want.
It's your turn, Lucia.
Yeah.
Green.
It won't let me win a prize.
Oh no.
That's so unfortunate.
Well,
for, for 20 gold pieces, you can try.
Time rewinds to the moment before for Laura is about to is about to make her poll.
This game rigged.
Huh.
So your green ball in there there are there only red balls in this game.
No, there's green balls in here.
Are there.
Definitely yeah.
I see.
Absolutely.
You look peek in. Yeah you peek in. It's like a rat Ratan like sort of like, you know, there is definitely there's a few green balls in there, but there's there. There is more red balls but of course.
I wonder if they look if they're able to like put the red balls on the bottom specifically.
I don't know the city thinks this game is fucking rigged.
As you're looking through Tamsin looks around just goes, then, didn't you two already just.
She Lucia almost like launches herself on the Tamsin and last thing goes, go for it for Laura and she goes right there.
Did you saw that. So what.
It's kind of like deja vu right.
Roll a d20 with advantage. Are you talking about.
Oh my god.
Oh wait, I okay I'll just roll it twice. There we go.
12 and 12.
No, red ball.
Oh wait a second actually.
Um, you see that Tamsin kind of like looks between the both of you for a moment.
And she just, because you're right up in front of her face. Lucia attempts to just goes attempts to just goes.
Sorry, I didn't know what I was talking about.
You feel you specifically say you feel like a sort of exertion, like come from Lucia.
And then you hear like, oh you. Wow, as a green ball comes out of the casino as a green ball comes out of the cage.
Oh,
did you win, Valora. Yeah, there weren't that many in there. So that's cool.
Winster first one.
I mean we saw firsthand the odds weren't that good.
Leader of our house. She kind of is watching Tamsin's expression.
Because you're very lucky. That's wow. I almost spent all my money on this earlier. Really.
I'm embarrassed now.
Oh, I mean it's fun you know you happen to have a fun first day.
It's not like all the time, you know.
Um,
are we gonna do you know where we were sleeping tonight.
I'm kind of wondering why I put down my stuff.
Yes, I can show you that if you've done with this little side show.
Oh, yeah, I mean like, oh, do you want to do your, your role too.
Um, I'm good for it. I want to make sure you get your prize first and then we can go.
Um, Eddie pulls out a such taking a box and discuss. All right, just pull out.
I slip.
Okay, roll roll a D 100.
63.
63 give me one moment.
Divisible by three my lucky number. I swear.
I have a solid full solid record between our games of getting exactly the right thing for the character right.
But I kind of am obsessed with that.
We got this dwarven thrower for my Paladin.
It was so good.
That decides the rarity of it.
Oh yeah, there's more.
Roll one more.
89.
Oh, no.
Oh no.
A knife.
It's a knife.
No.
What do you have for.
A knife.
What the fuck is this.
Rolls an item you've never heard of.
I don't even know what it is.
Give me more crit range.
Um, you see he pulls out a number.
And he just goes, you're very lucky customer.
It just goes.
Just looks honest. She goes, she's very lucky.
89. Okay, I'll go to the back and get it.
She, she eventually comes out with this very nice like intricately wrapped like item, you can you can see that from the shape of it, it is definitely like, it's definitely like a glaive of some kind.
Or a polearm weapon.
Um, yeah, I use a blade currently so.
And gives it to you.
Oh, hello.
Hello. Oh, goodness, the connection.
No, it looks fine for me. I can hear you. Oh no, you're breaking up for me. Oh, goodness. It's all totally clear for me.
Oh, listen to him.
Even he's clear on my end. It's so weird. It's clearing up. It's clearing up. It's clearing up.
All right. He just goes.
Oh, you are now the proud owner of a vicious glaive.
Jesus.
Isn't that what I already have?
No, it's it's it's different. It's not the crit range. I remember we changed the name for something crit range to killer. When you roll a critical attack with this weapon, you do an extra 2d6 damage.
Oh my gosh.
You're joking right now. I went, I went to the bottom of this list I counted up 11. I went past the wands and the only thing in the V section is vicious weapon.
Oh my gosh. Wow.
If you went one more, you would have got sword of wounding.
Oh Lord.
Are you sure you guys didn't like plan this?
Because and Tamsin just goes, it feels kind of too perfect. It's crazy. No, actually, I mean, I just wow. Well, thanks. It's kind of crazy how that happens, isn't it?
Are you sure you don't want to do your roll? We have one more. You should do it. It's fun. Or if you don't want to, maybe someone else. No, listen. Oh yeah, Tamsin. Do you want to roll?
Oh, I wouldn't want to keep.
Go for it.
Because if I may, if you can just hold this until later, you didn't come back. And you see, I didn't understand.
You know, since you, since you went through on the deal, we can keep your role for later. Yes.
Well, thanks.
Yes, surprisingly fun.
Yeah.
I mean, that's awesome. That's nice to me. That drives me fucking crazy. What does it do again?
When you roll the crit, you add an extra 2d6 to your damage.
Yeah, that's great. That's really good.
Now I have to decide, do I want higher crit damage or with a slightly, slightly lower crit chance or my higher crit chance?
These are the questions.
But it's only by one, because I have a lot of crit chance already, because my build is for the audience. My build is built around crits.
It's literally what I'm built around. Really? Yeah, gladiator fighter in a five. Oh, I know that. That's why I have a killer glaive to start.
That's what I put my money into was enchanting my glaive. So I have my killer glaive.
I crit on an 18, but I also have a maneuver that makes me crit on a 17. More, you know.
Yeah. And I get effects. I get different effects when I crit.
So, Dante's discuss. First of all, congratulations. I've never seen anyone win that bet.
I swear that was rigged, right? I mean, we looked at it though, and it looks like it was all red. But like this is like fits me too.
They clearly did the research. The gods work in mysterious ways.
Eddie appears beside that they do. Here you can have you can have this as a welcoming gift for you.
Lucia. What do I get?
You get like you get like a little necklace of like a little apple. It's a little simple.
Oh, thank you so much. It's so nice to meet other worshipers of hers.
There aren't many because a lot of luck gets lost in the lore, but I think she's a symbol of vitality and youth.
And she's always taking care of others. I really respect. Yeah.
What's your favorite thing about a Dune, Eddie? Oh, yeah.
It's it's definitely like how she keeps the gods and mortals and keeps them all nice and healthy.
You know, that's like what Lucia said earlier. Yeah.
You know, I don't know much about a Dune. Is there something like what's your favorite fun fact about a Dune?
Just curious. My favorite fun fact about a Dune rubs it.
He just goes. And I'm watching him closely.
Well, you know, her name means giver of eternal youth.
Can I can I insight check? You may.
She's watching closely because she's skeptical.
Twenty two. Oh, Jesus.
He has definitely become more confident in his information giving as he is touching his earring.
She just goes. Oh, that's really interesting and just rubs her ear a lot.
You OK? Oh, yeah, I'm good.
Anyways, thanks for the game. It was a lot of fun.
Thank you. Of course.
Fun with your. Item.
I will. Yeah.
This is not good business.
This is not sustainable.
Oh, gosh, we just got to play that all the time because you can just cheat it.
Well, we'll see. We'll see.
We'll just say we roll it for longer, you know, every time because you can go back an unlimited number of times with your ability.
Right. I don't think it's only my proficiency bonus proficiency.
Yeah. Oh, OK. OK. OK. I thought it was like unlimited before I forgot.
OK. Yeah, that would be ridiculous. That would be that would be OP.
Very powerful. OP.
Don't just us anyways.
Follow me.
He begins to you begin to trek across camp upwards now, moving, moving upwards.
You are being presented with many, like many more like, yes, now it's beginning to feel more exclusive.
It's beginning to feel more like, OK, we're stepping onto like this is super private stuff.
The part of us that leads to like a small like downwards path that leads to like this is huge assortment of like houses that are like cobbled cobbled together.
They seem rather they seem rather old and some of them are more freshly built than the others.
He explains to you that this is like this.
This is sort of like the residential district for like professors and and other people like and like professors and instructors, people who were hired to come here basically and some staff heading more heading more upwards.
You do see that there's a sign for like communal bath in construction.
He just goes, yeah, they found a hot spring shrugs.
Oh, that's really fun.
They have that when you were here.
Or you just goes, definitely not.
She seems a little like about it.
Unholy.
I luxurious.
And making way more upwards, you see that there's there's a there's eventually like not a gate.
There's like this huge like sign that kind of like hangs over.
It does say I would bring officers, officers Academy moving, moving upwards.
Even even more buildings there is there's the extra your first greeted with the extremely large sort of like entrance hall entering entering into it.
You do see that there's it's busy in here.
Assortment of students.
It becomes very echoey immediately.
A statue of Odin kind of like hangs over to the two Ravens on his shoulders.
A large glorious statue of the Allfather just hanging at the very like just like crowning the room.
It's it's an entrance hall.
It's to it's a place where people receive you see parents are like parents are hugging their children.
There are people like writing letters there because there's like a you can write you can write you can write messages to people here and there's we have a summer bird.
Cute cute cute cute.
You know this in game.
Don't Don't so it's just kind of like Don't just begins to head over towards other places.
He's just explaining you the function of each other.
You see that there is this there's this glass there's this building with a glass sort of like a sort of a glass like walls and a roof over it.
That's grown rather large or he sees it and just kind of like blinks it just goes is this the new and that just gets yes greenhouse.
Oh really cool.
Beautiful crops as soon as it says as soon as you ask the Earthbreaker on the Earthbreaker on the side by you can get your own little plot here and what would you like.
Perhaps you can ask me for advice.
Oh you like gardening.
Yes.
Well it's definitely garden.
Definitely garden.
Well if you ever need an expert.
You are brought over to where a lot of commotion is an extremely huge mess hall.
Where currently you see like a lot a bunch of tables and chairs that push out the way you see that there's an assortment of people of like of like chefs that are dotted throughout the mess hall.
There is a sound of like people working really hard in the kitchen getting getting food getting food ready.
But you see like it's not official officially up yet because school hasn't exactly started yet.
But despite that there is this large pig man.
A pig man yes very exotic race definitely here in the north.
Very large currently.
Currently, currently, currently rotating a spit roast of a pig.
What
is the animalism he and you see a bunch of students are like sir like surrounding him like with plates like the food is being given out for free.
But what kind of catches both of your eyes is that there is a there's a there's two halflings currently dealing with that like this rotating sort of like steel drum.
You see they pull you see they pour like sort of cream on it and it seems really cold and they and as like the cream sticks to the drum they rub fruit on it.
So sort of sort of flavor it.
They put a scraper up to it and they and then they dump like the ice and the cream into like into like a small in small bowls to give the students.
Don't just goes mess all very social occasions you want to be here every day.
The food here is good.
Looks delicious.
Yes. Well if you're not hungry we can keep going. There's an assortment of artists here who are just who are covering for the schools before the school opens they're giving it free food and if you want.
You can see them at have fun but if you are not we can keep the tour going.
To you, Laura.
Well, we were going to try to get to those dorms for yes.
So that's true.
See you are staying.
Well, we do need to get you assigned the first.
So let me will do this.
I'll give you a quick I'll give you just a quick tour before we get back up.
Yeah, he begins he begins rushing out.
He begins like moving at a faster pace.
Not really, not really letting you guys get a deeper look at the things he's showing you that you see that there's a little side mountain view like, like cafe seating area where it's built on the side of the mountain.
And that, and like you get like you get like a great view of like the mountain there's like steel fences put up and there's little, there's a little like drink place set up there where you can like hang out with friends and see the side of the mountain.
You pass the you pass the academic buildings, which are like super like they're like 30, like 3040 feet high, waving the flags are double tiered, which means there's there's there's two entrances to each to each building, each waving the flags.
You do you do see Valora a, a darks a black man sort of like in armor he has he has like white kind of like white like aged hair on his face currently standing in front of the door, talking to students.
And Tamsin and Tamsin just goes, Oh, that's the professor.
You think we should stop and meet him?
Um, you see Donzo's is kind of like stops and looks back, just waiting to see what your intentions are.
Well, if you're okay with that.
I'm fine. Yes.
There's no hurry.
Yeah.
All right.
She'll wait till he's done talking to people.
You make your way towards the professor moment.
As I start playing his theme, I guess.
The song, whatever you play first is this new theme song. Oh, gosh, what is no pressure.
It'd be cool. What is this one.
No, that's not his theme.
It's a chipper fella.
As you walk up to him, he and you see he's ponder over a book.
And he just goes, and we're definitely going to cover this over the next few days to the student.
And he just goes, Don't worry.
I'll get you through it.
And he's like, I wish I could sound like Kerry Payton right now because he's such a good voice.
I wish I could be. I wish I could do Kerry Payton.
That's okay. I've got him in my head now.
I know our teachers. Dope as fuck.
And that's the student who goes, Thanks, professor.
Steps back.
He meet him. He doesn't. He hasn't looked your way.
But as you approach, he just goes, And who is approaching me?
Who dares?
It's nice to meet you. My name's Velora.
Big smile. White teeth. Very warm.
He just goes, I know exactly who you are.
Walks to you with a big hand out.
She shakes his hand.
Lucia.
I'm her retainer.
Lucia.
Nice to meet you.
The entire group.
Met both of them already.
I know you, Dantos.
Says, VoloWayne.
Good to see that you're on your feet, professor.
And nods.
And he just goes, I'm lucky to be here.
I am Lambert Grantham.
You guys are going to, you lot are going to be calling me.
Professor.
Professor Grantham.
Professor.
Whatever you'd like.
It's a pleasure, professor Grantham.
What do you specialize in, professor?
What do I specialize in?
Well, all kinds of, says,
all kinds of warfare.
Let's see.
First of all, pulls out his book.
He just goes, this right here is my personal skull.
Filled with all kinds of wisdom.
I've gathered over the years.
I fought in many wars and many battles.
Wow.
Yes.
Anything that, says anything that includes using your hands and eyes.
Using this, definitely using your brain.
It says, just consider me a specialty in it.
But unfortunately.
That covers a pretty wide range.
That's a lot.
Fortunately, I'm not so well versed in magic.
But that's where we have our specialized instructors to come in to fill in for us.
Oh, that's kind of cool.
Yes.
I promise that you are going to have a wonderful time here.
We're really excited.
So we are.
Yes.
And I promise I won't let your father down.
Like, makes a face at that.
Oh, she's like.
I know.
Okay.
Okay, mastered arms, whatever.
As my father, don't worry about it.
I mean, he'll try to make you worry about it.
But he's going to be mad no matter what.
I'm just telling you right now, he's going to be mad.
And it's not going to be your fault.
And it's not going to be my fault.
And that's just how he works.
He kind of steps up to you quietly, hands behind his back.
He goes, between you and me, just keep this close to you.
I don't mean to cause drama, but your father did personally request me.
And I denied him because this is between me and you.
But he personally requested an update to all of your grades between every week.
He can't do that.
I mean, obviously he can't.
You told him no.
But I mean, I shouldn't be surprised that he asked.
He really did that.
Well, the impression I got from him over the years was that he runs a tight ship.
And it seems like he does that in regards to you, too.
I'm sure you were aware.
Oh, well, yeah, you've got a good read.
I mean, I mean, he might be kind of a boss here, but like, you know, he's not he's not the boss.
And he's not the boss at home either.
So I promise you he has his nose in security.
I'll be the one in charge of your education.
All right.
Thanks.
Yeah, I find he's it's not important, but thanks for telling me.
But of course, I just thought I is that Phantom walks over.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, this is Phantom.
Oh, this is our professor.
You're a lovely beast.
Oh, my God.
Can I can I any permission first?
She she just she just basically tells Phantom to be friendly, though he's already in a pretty laid back mood.
I feel like right now, anyways, he's a friendly guy.
And it was just like, whoa, everything's so cool.
Everything's exciting.
Also, I wanted to eat that pig earlier, but I know self-control.
Also, I wanted a snack.
He's probably not looked away from it the whole time.
Oh, no, no, no.
He as as Phantom is padded, he finally pays attention to like, oh, OK.
The real Phantom friend.
He just invented this except the paths from the professor.
Professor professor brings hand by his back and he just goes, he just goes, you can already tell.
That's good for you.
Good for the scales.
It's a genius.
Smart one.
Oh, he is.
He's super smart.
You do a lot of flying.
In my time.
I'm proficient at it.
Yeah.
Well, well, I'm sure I'm sure we'll get the chance sometime.
I mean, this whole house is going to be fine, I think.
Before long, I'm going to have you here.
I'm sure you know a few things I don't know.
Do you know?
Do not knock over the microphone.
I see he's sniffing it and he raises his paw just off camera.
The cat.
You know, you know, jump scare.
I was wondering if you could hear him sniffing it.
Hurry, just smack across any space.
Do you know?
Attack me.
I just know it.
He's like, crouch.
He just goes, well, a lot of you.
I'm really excited for this bunch.
I'm sure I got a lot to learn from you, but you are definitely going to learn a lot from me.
I'm confident in that.
And Marcellus just goes, Professor, between you and me, if you think me and Avonlea, since you personally evaluated my flying skills, between me and Avonlea, who would you think would handily win in a flying race?
He hasn't seen me fly.
I haven't seen him do this, but he seems to be.
Do we need to settle this now?
She said it's already turned into him.
Oh God, I would not mind.
And you see Donnors goes, well, can I finish my tour first?
We better finish that tour.
I just thought maybe I could give the Professor a slightly different impression of you while he was here.
Well, if the two of you can keep with this rivalry.
You know, iron sharpens iron.
Yeah, if it's two sided at all,
I'm not that confident in that, she says.
I agree.
I'm glad you agree with me.
I agree with the statement, if it was set by me.
Samson just kind of like nudges you,
like Lucy just goes, eee.
No, I think they like each other,
but in a weird kind of way.
I'm sure I'm not really sure about it.
Yeah, it's kind of like, you know, I read some books.
You know, they might kill each other.
Yeah, but like they might kill each other or kiss.
I'm not sure.
Yeah, it's a KI followed by two of the same letter.
By two letters.
What are you guys talking about?
Nothing. Oh, nothing.
Nothing.
We're just chatting it up.
Good to meet you, professor.
I'm glad to see more of you.
We're gonna be standing by each other at the ceremony.
Yep, that's right.
So make me look good, all right?
I'll do my best. So don't fuck up.
Fuck it up.
I'll do my hair a little nicer.
Just as Timmy's gonna workshop his voice tonight
because he forgot how to fucking do his voice.
All right, he's an old guy.
Yeah, maybe I'll do this one.
Yeah, let's go, kids.
Let's fucking go to war.
Let's fucking go.
We're gonna do our first murder.
Call the police, but not for me.
I have sharpshooter, motherfucker.
Danto shows you where the roosts are and quickly moves by.
He shows you where the flying mounds are kept
and has noted that, oh yeah,
Shadow has been given a special place to live.
Phantom.
Fuck.
Phantom.
We're coming to the end of today's episode.
Damn it.
Um.
Dammit.
And I would say this too,
like Pepper throughout your tour,
people have been seeing you
and there are some people who have the recognition
and there are definitely people who have seen your,
that have seen your mark.
You see comments like, oh, okay,
I need to respect this person.
And there are some other individuals who are just like,
very casual and waving and greeting to you
and seeing you getting the tour and all.
And they say Phantom.
Well, I guess Wyverns aren't too unusual here,
but maybe a Wyvern getting the full tour is,
maybe a Wyvern on the full tour, absolutely.
There is something really funny about a Wyvern
following along for the tour.
Eventually, and Lucy, this is big for you,
at the very top of the mountain,
you see seated at the,
at the top of the mountain is a little circle area.
You see a large, like, it comes out,
it comes out, everything stained glass,
a picture, a large church.
I think she like almost sprints to it.
And Nodder goes, this is the church of Ahola
and that one already knows.
She's like flying to it.
The largest one she's ever seen.
Pay our respects.
I suppose.
You got an executor right there.
You gotta look through it.
The executor knows that there are people of varying faiths.
And the executor is just like,
kind of like, hmm, I'm not sure if I like
that statement very much.
Um, you, you make your way in Lucia,
and copyrighted music, oh.
Copyrighted music?
Or saving yourself the copyright,
but you hear, for some reason you hear hymns,
you hear people like, like singing, like, you know,
like disconnected voices in the back.
No, this is the background music.
But as you walk in to these hallowed halls,
your feet, your footsteps echo,
and you realize like, oh, this is a place of veneration.
Respect, it's very quiet in here.
Um.
You'll just go find a quiet spot.
You walk in through the small entrance hall,
the place opens up,
and it is the most gorgeous place of worship.
Multiple.
Start crying.
Students and people, of people of, of,
of variance.
You see multiple like commoners, like not just students,
but like just people like here.
Um.
Statues of every, of every figure of the,
of the Norse pantheon is represented here
in glorious, vibrant, like, like detailed statues
built as a dedication to them.
Um.
Can I go find a dune?
Yeah.
Can I go find a dune?
You may.
Crossing Thor and, and Valora, you're definitely in here too.
And it's like, okay, we have to be really quiet here.
Um.
Like where did she go?
Um.
Hamster just goes, oh, she's right there.
Is she crying?
This must be a big moment for her.
Um.
And my sister just goes,
there's like, it's going to be a big moment for me
when I win.
What a little bitch.
His personal skill is literally if he watches you do
something, he can do it, but with a plus one.
I think it's a plus two.
Oh, plus two.
Yeah.
Oh wow. Big deal.
Marcellus, you're a fucking copycat.
I know, right?
He's, it's literally something, anything you can do,
I can do better.
Oh no.
No.
Except he can't because I won.
Um.
Anyways.
We do have, we do have a hand check agreement that if,
if they race and if, if somehow, if Marcellus wins,
then he doesn't exist anymore.
He never existed.
But if he loses, he stays.
That's why it's the free space on my bingo card that I win.
Marcellus, what have you done?
Help me.
I can't.
Help me.
I'm doing all this bragging and I can't win.
Help me, I can't win.
Sometimes I forget what these musics are
and I have to check.
Um, but Lucia, you make your way to these halls
and you're trying to find Idun.
Where is she?
One hall into another.
Yeah, Thor, yeah, Freya, all the very popular ones.
You even see that there's one dedicated to Hela,
the goddess of the underworld, who is half giant.
Half her face is covered.
It is said her giant face is super, it is,
just, it is disgusting.
It is raucous.
It is rotted.
It is, her half giant self is,
her worst parts of her,
the worst parts of herself that's covered.
But where is Idun?
Um, there is no, you see that,
you see as you get, as you move further down these halls,
another hall, another hall, you,
the worshipers, there is less and less.
You get to Hela, there's no one there.
Um, and eventually,
the rustle of, you hear the rustle of leaves.
Um, and almost as if purposely,
the smell of nectar kind of hits your nose,
as if beckoning you.
You walk into the next room
to see a plot, a small plot of land
surrounded by a small like rail,
a tree that has permeated throughout the room,
its branches grown wide,
apples hanged from, apples hang from the branches.
A statue of Idun is embedded into the tree itself.
Um, no worshipers here,
but a beautiful site, all the same.
Um, a golden haired,
a golden haired woman,
uh, whose, you see her hands are reach,
her hands are reaching up as if to pluck the apple,
but the hand also speaks that she is about to,
she is freely giving of it, as if offering.
Um, there are multiple cushions that one can kneel on,
uh, in front of the, um, in front of the statue,
and you are the only one here.
I think she kind of is just in awe.
This is the, and also sad that she's so far away
from the other statues,
and she's not even looking at the other statues.
She's just, she's not even looking at the statues.
So far away from all the other statues.
I think she'll kneel in front, kneel on the pillow,
and look up to the statue of the extended hand of Idun,
and her hands instinctually go to clasp,
place them on her heart, and they touch her new necklace
that hang around her throat.
As she toys with the little apple on the necklace,
she says quietly out loud to the tree,
spend all of your time taking care and healing the gods.
Who's healing you?
Who's taking care of you?
And as she says that, she'll kind of try to pluck
some of the weeds that are around the tree.
I'll just tidy it up a little bit,
because she's not sure when the last time
someone's taking care of this site.
So she'll start to clean it up.
As you start cleaning it up.
And Velora, did you follow Lucia,
or did you just let her have her moment?
No, she was trying to follow.
As you follow, make a survival or a perception check.
Survival or a perception check.
I have expertise in wayfinding, if that counts.
Wayfinding?
Yeah.
I'll take that.
Wayfinding. Definitely.
I'll take that.
Like finding a path, because that's kind of like
her whole thing, that's her house.
The road.
Not one.
Oh no, she's lost.
The thing is, as you're making your way through,
you see that she just, you're trying to find,
oh, Lucia, I will give it to you that you've been zeroed in,
there's been no distractions.
But the place is so big and sprawling,
and it's like, maybe you've been here before.
And Ori just goes, she would be with a dune.
Yeah, I haven't seen it anywhere though.
Yes.
How'd she get so far ahead?
Wow.
I think we're that behind, there's so many halls.
I was certain that a dune was here.
Well, maybe they moved it.
They wouldn't.
She says it strongly.
Oh, is it like, like certain significance
in being placed here specifically?
I don't know.
It's just there is purpose to the statues
and where they are placed.
There's purpose that has built over many years
that would be gone if they were to be moved.
I see.
A dune especially, grows in a tree.
Oh, well yeah, I guess they couldn't move that then.
Well, either way, she's probably looking for it.
She begins to walk with purpose.
Lucia.
Give me one moment.
I'm just having a cute one with the tree, no trauma needed.
I'm not.
You see the end of the tree burning.
And the tree is eating me alive.
And there's fire, smoke.
You smell fire everywhere.
A dune offers you an apple and says,
Syke.
It was poison like that.
Well, hold on.
The forest burns down.
That's going to be a whole nother trauma session.
You hear.
Do you think she can hear you?
What's that?
You perk up and look behind you.
And you see a man you've seen before.
The dude from the stairs.
From the front entrance of the,
before you went into the castle.
Yeah, who I helped out.
Yeah.
Is suddenly here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, it's been, wow.
How did you, you're an Ira Brin?
What?
Big smile.
Yes.
I told you you'd see me again, wouldn't you?
Yes.
What do you mean?
She, of course she can hear me.
Oh, miss.
I just assumed that the gods and goddesses are so busy
doing their own thing.
Don't they have this big war
they're getting prepared for, Ragnarok?
What?
What do you mean, Ragnarok?
What war?
Ragnarok.
I mean, Lucy would know where Ragnarok is.
The ending of the world where everyone
who's ever died in the battle would be revived
to help the gods fight against
Surtr and the forces, and evil forces, giants and whatnot.
Well, yeah, of course, Ragnarok,
but that's, they have time to listen sometimes to us.
This is Crouvan, right?
Is that his name?
Mm-hmm.
Crouvan, right?
Yes, I remember my name.
I'm flattered.
Well, you remembered mine, so.
How could I forget you?
I know you've met a great many of people
these past few days, probably,
of being in your position and all.
I did not know you would be named retainer, that is.
So, surprising.
Yeah, I'm very lucky Valora chose me.
Is there something you need?
Can I help you with anything?
I was just trying to pray is all.
Oh, I'm sorry, I did not mean to.
I just was overwhelmed, but a chance meeting,
of all things.
Are you following me?
No.
Insight trick.
Go ahead.
That doesn't seem sus at all.
It's not like the music.
Shit.
I remember when I liked this character.
I remember. Just his ass.
Levin.
This man has never told a lie in his life.
But he has such a way with words,
and there's such a genuine tinge to his smile
and the way he says things.
He just says it so casually.
It's like he's breathing, like how he breathes.
Well, it's good to see a familiar face,
especially at school.
Are you going to Irobrin, or are you a professor here as well?
Oh, no, I just went on a pilgrimage here.
These are one of the only days that us common folk outside
can really come in and pay respects to the,
to the most venerative places in this entire kingdom.
Hey, the common folk normally can't come into the church?
We're normally allowed to pass by,
we're normally allowed to pass the gates next to Hafan.
Really?
Yes.
When the school year gets going,
everyone else gets excluded.
Really? That's not fair.
Oh, I wouldn't say that out loud.
Oh, I...
Well, maybe I can see,
maybe they can make a special exception
if you want to come in to pray.
Oh, I'm afraid I've done enough praying for today.
Well, Lucy,
I'm afraid I've taken a,
I'm afraid I've taken up a good portion of your time here,
but I do feel like we will talk again.
Yeah, I'm sure we'll run it again soon.
Small world.
Small world indeed.
Next time you come around,
perhaps if you come to Hafan,
I can shoot you to a nice dinner.
Where?
To Hafan.
Perhaps if we chance to meet again.
Yeah, maybe ask for Laura.
She can finally meet you.
Perhaps.
I would love to meet the lady of House Avonlea.
She's great.
Hmm.
All right, I'm afraid I must be,
I'm afraid I must be gone now.
Okay, well, it's good to see you again, Crouvan.
You as well, Lucy, you as well.
Walks away.
As he walks out the door,
the moment he exits out of view,
you see,
you see Orië just,
I'm gonna like walk right through the doorway
as my cursor disappeared.
Awesome.
She sees you,
sigh of relief,
and then looks up,
and then there's just taking it back
by the tree, by the statue.
I was just hiding it up.
Everything has become
much more resplendent since I last saw it.
Oh, that's good.
And Velora, you're there too.
Just so far.
Oh wow.
Just so far away from all the others though.
Probably because of the
probably because, I mean, if they wanted to grow a tree,
it would kind of have to be, right?
I mean, it's beautiful.
I just wanted to keep her company is all.
Well, this is, yeah, it's really nice.
Yeah, come on.
If you'd like, you can come sit.
You can say hi to her.
I mean, Crouvan doesn't think she can hear me,
but I think I always can.
Who? I always can.
Crouvan.
I met him at the, before the opening ceremony,
and he's here.
So we should go meet him.
Oh, is he like a student?
No, I think he's just a commoner.
Oh, huh.
He's kind of an older man.
Yeah, I don't know why he wants to hang out with me.
Yeah.
I'll make sure to find this Crouvan person.
I'm about to beat this man's ass.
Really unusual for, I mean,
to be able to travel all the way to the Capitol
for the opening ceremony and get back here in time,
if you're not even like working for the school.
I mean, I asked him,
I asked him if he's a professor and he said,
no, he's a commoner.
And he said he was mad.
The commoners, I guess,
can't come into the church all year round.
Oh yeah.
Well, no one's allowed on the school grounds
except for the students and-
Oh.
Knights and whatnot.
I guess that makes sense.
I mean, there's churches in town in Hefan.
Yeah.
That's where he said we should hang out.
Looks at a ring.
I would advise against that.
When did you talk to him?
You talked to him at the opening ceremony and then-
Yeah, I just saw him right now.
He just left when you guys came in.
Did we see him leave?
No.
Hmm.
I was praying to Dune and he said,
do you really think she can hear you?
That's rude.
I was like, what?
Yeah.
Yeah, but you know what?
I'm kind of used to that.
Faith is a really,
maybe it's a weird thing for a lot of people.
So I try not to judge people on it.
No, I try to keep my practices to myself.
And if people are willing to or curious,
I'm happy to answer,
but I understand that faith can be used
in a divisive way as well.
Guilebow, the night hall,
isn't in the same place as it was before.
It's in the same place that it always has been.
I believe there is some work.
I have, there's some preliminary work I have to do.
Okay.
But- Well, thanks for walking with us.
Rest assured, I will keep you safe no matter what.
Well, thank you.
And so are the gods.
I'm very safe here.
Nods.
Looks to you, Valora, gives you a nod.
I believe you.
Happy good night.
You as well.
The night hall walks off with purpose.
She's like, I'm gonna deal with this creepy ass man.
This is man hanging around the college kids.
This place hasn't had proper, proper justice in a while.
The nights are slacking.
I can tell already she's thinking.
I'm gonna tell the night, look out.
What the fuck is going on?
Look out for anyone over the age of 60.
I'm gonna beat us all.
No, they're beating an old man.
How many times do we have to tell you old timer?
I love the young people.
The Venn diagram of Zachariah, Boreas and Oriae Voreeling.
Oh my God.
Oh no.
Oh, innocent old people.
Hates old men.
At least I have a good cause.
Stop.
At least I have a good cause.
Stop.
Hers is justified.
Gone does this ghost.
I can leave you to your worships if you want,
but if you want, I can just show you.
I can show you this rest of the things.
Get you situated in your dormitories
and then call it good.
Yeah, she'll stand up and dust off her, you know,
bottom of her robes.
Don't let me keep you.
Come back.
She says that kind of to the statue
more so than anyone else.
Yeah, you'll have plenty of time to come.
I mean, we don't have three years here.
That's right.
You got a long time.
Oh, till next time.
She'll wave goodbye to the statue
and come back with Laura.
She's like, when she sees her do it, she goes,
oh, bye, Adun.
Adun.
Adun does not yet.
Bye.
That'd be so scary if it just.
Oh, he's like that would be,
but Laura's like, I'm not believing in anything.
Whoa.
Whatever the fuck.
Danto's eat.
That just takes you.
You see, there's this large like stone bridge
that goes a long way that connects to the library of Freya.
You have to re-order.
Like there's a theme here.
Everything is gigantic, motherfucking mundo, mundo sized.
You feel small.
And you feel small.
Yeah, Rito, tiny.
Danto just goes, the best building to the library.
Oh, avid reader.
I happen to dabble, yes.
What do you like to read?
If we want to get to more personal conversations,
we can do so later.
Oh, oh, jeez.
On a mission.
But also history.
Oh, cool.
It's always nice seeing,
how people nowadays make their mistakes.
Gestures, it says library of Freya.
Yes, it says,
10 levels to the top.
Multiple, it says multiple libraries at the bottom.
It goes on the ground.
And you need to.
A lot of books.
Lots of books.
And you smile a little bit.
And it just goes.
And finally brings you over towards the administrative building.
This is where I drop you off.
Go inside, get yourself situated with Mr. Thatcher.
And then you.
And thanks for putting up with us.
Thank you for the tour.
Oh, that's quite it's nothing.
Really?
And for rescuing us from my father.
I feel as if you have done most of the work yourself.
Well, thank you for being my accomplice then.
That's a good word.
That's I will accept.
All right.
I should return back to my lab.
I guess this is where it gets boring, she says, to the other two
they picked up along the way.
But. And thanks for coming along.
I shall as it goes, I shall leave you to it, but I do look I do.
So I do look forward to the rest of the year, genuinely.
Me too.
And Tamsin goes,
um, I hope I hope, you know, I'm in the common dormitory.
I hope I'm going to use my neighbor.
There's an empty room next to mine.
Oh, well, then I guess I'll see you there.
Oh, definitely. Yeah.
I hope you're my neighbor.
Yeah, that would be nice.
Very cool. We were neighbors.
Mm hmm. In the back of the CS head, she's like,
I got to fucking grill this bitch like she.
She's fucking sus, so sneaky as little bitch.
I'm just going to get that voice clip of the Lucia voice.
I got fucking grill.
Well, she doesn't think like that, but that's Emma's.
That's Emma's thoughts going like, I got to fucking interrogate her.
Lucia, when she first makes a mistake.
I can't wait for Lucia to learn some truth.
That's a verbal component.
I'm not going to grill you.
You bitch. Do I already have it?
I think you have access to it already.
It's like second level, I think.
I think I was scared to take it.
I think it was good.
But you can prep it because I can prep it.
I can prep it.
You know, she'll go look forward to rooming with you neighbor.
If that if you are.
Yeah, if I am.
Walks over to Marsalis and Marsalis is just like, did I do anything wrong?
I just think she's quite intense like that.
She's the only person who has been able to notice the time shift.
The only person.
And she said to she said to the CA, aren't you a blank?
Is that what happened?
Like, stop gaslighting me.
The Lord goes,
well, I'm glad you and Tamsin seem to make friends.
Yeah, no, it's really nice to meet some other commoners who are also mages.
We're very similar in that way.
And you and Marsalis are getting along in your own way.
Well, I mean, he obviously can take a bit of joking and a bit of banter.
Yes. Yeah, very, very.
Yeah. Yeah. Are you guys you?
You're good with each other, right?
I go back and forth. I'm not a fan of that.
You're good with each other, right? I go back and forth. I'm not.
I think so. I mean, at least I felt like it was fine.
OK. You think he was you think he was actually upset?
No, no, no, no. That's not the word I would use.
What word would you use?
So the administrative building.
She goes to like open the door.
I will say that you're near the top of the mountain.
You know, the top of the mountain.
This mountain is like twenty eight hundred feet high.
So like. So.
But you're not like an immediate.
It's like you're a question of foundation and everything.
It's just like, man, this is big fun at school.
Mm hmm.
They put the administrative building at the very top.
But that is a genuine complaint.
You have to fly to work every day.
I get to work and I'm exhausted.
I already take my break because I'm like, I'm trying to get to the top of the fucking building.
Fucking hike to get here.
Welcome to school. Get to the top of the fucking mountain.
Trying to get to the mess hall for lunch in time on your lunch break.
Oh, son of a.
It's like when I used to when I used to go to camp in Vermont, we would have to hike to our lunch spot.
And it was always like at the top of a ski resort.
So we'd be like crawling.
And it's like, oh, that sucks.
I get you get there.
You take one by the oh, fuck, we got to get back down.
I identify strongly with this moment.
You know, that is faster if you roll in a barrel.
The barrel.
But she'll also open the door for the Lord to the administrative office.
They can go start on their paperwork.
Thanks, Phantom.
Folks head through door.
Can't get through.
She was OK.
Zeksonuma Phantom.
Sovereign Moby.
OK, walks away.
Sounds like a new drug on the market.
Zeksonuma.
You might experience the following side effects.
My rheumatoid arthritis really took a turn, but with Zeksonuma.
Be Zegs-o-lence.
I'm just going off of this draconic dictionary.
I'm so Zegsy.
Be Zegsy with Zeksonuma.
So Zeksy they do like when they always modify the like songs on those commercials.
I have general herpes, but thankfully Zeksonuma dealt with that pretty good.
I love the draconic though.
I'm obsessed with it.
The general.
Oh, OK.
Never mind.
The general?
I'm obsessed with the general warts.
We've reached the witching hour.
OK.
Dragomyrus said, wait, he's the guy who stole her voice.
And I'm kind of scared to say anything about that.
So we're just going to continue.
Vivian.
We're just going to continue.
Cass.
Cass Vivian.
So walking into.
Dragmyrus has been watching the Gartellia?
No, but I did tell him about, I don't know if that's what he was referencing when he
said that, but I did tell him on one of his streams about Vivian's backstory.
So her name, my bad.
OK, that makes more sense.
I was like, that's kind of random.
But yeah.
I was like, how the fuck is there a Cass Vivian connection already?
What the fuck?
You walk into.
I don't think it was him.
You walk into the administrative building.
And you, it says plush.
It's very cozy already.
Top of a mountain.
Marble floors.
There's a painting of the mountain as if he didn't just fucking win up it.
It's the hang in there cats.
You know the hang in there cats in like the therapy offices?
That's what this is.
She's like, I don't think they painted that up here.
I bet they painted that like way far away.
And then they brought it up here.
And then you see that there is another like graph of the mountain and it says you are
here and a point near the top.
Oh, good.
And you hear, hello.
Is it the guy again?
You see sitting at the desk, a man in a very loud, brightly
bright suit.
What's not the gatekeeper?
No, no, no.
He's in a very bright suit.
This is not the song for him.
I was like, the gatekeeper is back?
Oh, you know what, fuck this song.
Oh, he's Italian.
Got it.
Hey.
You see, he has a, he's in a very like, it's like, like, like a yellow suit with like
blue swirls.
Like it's like someone paint through paint on him.
He has a, he has this like very bright white shirt and he has like this fun looking tie
on him with a bunch of stars and stuff.
Like, kind of like drawn on it.
He stands up.
It's, it's a half elven, a half elven older man.
And he just goes, we're going to help you with today.
Hi.
We need to get everything figured out for like uniforms and rooms and stuff.
Honey, I got you.
Do not worry about that.
It says, all right, just come over here.
I'm going to give you these forms.
You're just going to sign, it says you're going to sign everything to the best of your
abilities.
Move to the side over here so that people can come in.
And when you get, it says when you're done with it, just let me know.
And I'll give you your keys and everything gets you ready to go.
Thanks.
Use a nap.
You look like it.
What?
Lucia.
What?
Valora Avonlea.
I know everyone's going to know you here.
Oh, right.
I'm sorry.
Who are you?
Oh, I'm looks at my notes.
I'm Alan Thatcher.
I'm the, I'm an administrative reception here.
Receptionist here.
Well, thank you, Mr. Thatcher.
Absolutely.
Anything you need help with anything, you're going to get to the top of the mountain to come see me.
So, so yeah, I will do anything to help you.
I also have some, I also have some of my simulacrums located more closer to the bottom of the school just in case you need my help there.
Yeah, that would be helpful.
This is a kind of a track to get all the way up here.
You'll be flying.
That's right.
We won't have to worry about that.
Never mind.
I take it back.
If you can't make it to the top of the mountain, then how can you get to the top of the mountain?
Am I right or am I right?
Yeah, yeah.
Like when a boat, a boat is meant to sail.
Exactly.
Yes.
You got it.
Valora.
Laura's like, what the fuck is going on?
She was like, oh, he's going to be confused.
And then he said exactly.
And she's like, someone gets it.
I or Brynn makes waves and what travels waves more than boats.
I'm going to fill up my form.
Um, and he just goes, I have a bunch of lollipops in this in this cup if you want them.
Oh, yes, please.
Um, and you go ahead and fill out the form name.
Um, if noble house affiliation says what designated like marshal or caster.
Um, you will discuss this further with your professor.
Um, and age and this and that and this and this and that.
It's a lot of information.
Um, and he just goes, oh, if you don't know your size, we do have a tailor here who's
willing to measure everything.
Um, yeah, everything ready.
Your uniforms will be prepared for you by the end of the day.
Great.
Wow.
That's fast.
So quick.
We deliver right to your room.
Wow.
Um, oh, it says I can get a cape right.
Oh, yes.
Do you want would you would you would you like that?
Yeah.
Put it down.
When you're flying the Lord, I have a key.
Exactly.
I've always wanted a key.
Oh, I would use to take blankets out and then go fly like that.
But then I lost one in the river.
You're going to stop doing that.
You're going to fly.
Right.
Yeah.
Give me that.
Um, he he writes next to it a little parentheses flyer parentheses next to the cape thing.
You're going to love it.
Oh, wow.
Flyers get a special cape.
That's so cool.
Yes.
It helps.
It defends them from, uh, arrows.
Oh, I never even thought of that.
This is only for the leaders, though, but this is a very special occasion.
She deserves the best.
I feel like everyone should get the blocks.
It was caked.
I don't want to be in an area where I'm going to be hit by arrows.
I'll see in the back.
Well, that's where the arrows are supposed to reach.
So where do I hide behind everyone else?
I'll take that.
They're not supposed to hit the healer.
I suppose to guess.
Oh, or something.
Is it a war crime?
Yes.
I say a pause.
Once should not theoretically attack a healer, a defenseless healer.
Anyways.
Um, everything said and here are going to be your keys.
One for you.
You are assigned in the noble dormitory.
He says you're going to be at the top level.
Oh, nice.
That's good because I know you're going to be operating at the top level.
Um, and you, you're going to be in the commoners dormitory.
You actually have one of the older rooms.
So it's going to be will taken care of.
Oh, and well loved.
It's been well loved.
Yes.
Here you go.
Thank you.
What floor are you on?
Um, you see, uh, it says the first floor.
On the first floor.
Easy to move into.
Yeah, that's true.
And you have less distance to go when you're getting anywhere.
Yep.
And less stairs to walk up.
Easy peasy.
Also, uh, um, I remember this.
I was really excited about this.
Special clearance demanded by your mom, demanded by Lord Avonlea that, um, Phantom has received a special sort of, um, uh, special amenities and such.
So be rest assured that he will be very well taken care of.
Yeah, we'll have to get that taken.
Well, I mean, she, she opens up the door real quick and it calls him over to peek his head in.
We'll have to go find that.
Stop looking at the pig, stop looking at the direction of the pig.
Yes.
Oh yeah, just take him to the roost.
His handlers will take good care of him.
All right.
Hmm.
I need to let them know that I'm going to do all his upkeep and stuff too.
Hmm.
All right.
Uh, you are all set.
Welcome to Ira Brynn.
Officers.
Academy.
Thanks.
Um, Sister Thatcher, it waves you both off with a big smile.
He's happy to see you.
So how about instead of walking back down, we fly down.
Please, please.
I'm so tired.
Please.
I think the commoner's dorm is actually near the stables anyways, so.
Oh, perfect.
So I can meet you there in the morning.
Yeah.
Well, I think the flying stables is a little bit different, but like I'm, I'm going to be going between things anyways.
I'm excited.
All right.
Let me strap you in again.
Or here.
Please help.
Here's how you do it, by the way, if you ever, and she just walked.
I should probably watch.
Safety is key.
And she's like tying as tight as she can.
And this is the release.
If you needed to release in an emergency.
She just walks you through it real quick.
Okay.
That makes sense.
But also I hope I never have to do that.
Sometimes you can do it for fun.
Well, once you get good at falling.
What?
Good at falling?
Well, if you fly as much as I have.
You fall.
A few times.
I don't think I want to fly anymore.
I think I'm going to stand on the ground.
Well, I mean, I'm perfectly fine, right?
I don't have any big dents in my head.
Mostly.
No, you don't.
That's true.
Okay.
We'll give it a try later.
Later.
As she kind of strapping herself.
Goodness.
We're not falling from up here.
Please not.
Okay.
All right.
And she hops on.
Excited to see your new room?
Yeah, I am.
You know, my mom said they put like a model of the city in her room when, of our, like
her home city, Foreign Adam.
Wow.
When she came.
And she was wondering what they did with it.
Actually, you know, she actually told me that my dad like broke it by accident.
He broke her model home?
Mm hmm.
Why?
It was an accident, I guess.
Yes.
So maybe they'll put the broken city in back of my room.
Not to pry, but are you okay?
Yeah.
I mean, if you're worried about stuff with my dad, like really like, don't worry about
it.
No, I'm not worried.
I just wanted to make sure you were okay, because you seemed a little upset.
Oh, well, he, I mean, he made me mad.
Yeah, but like, I want, that's not new.
So.
Okay.
And I told him that I will deal with him in the capacity that he's master at arms here.
And obviously he was trying to overrule that first thing, but I kind of expected that.
And hopefully he's on his lesson now.
That he can't just say some nice things and think that I'm just going to treat him like
normal again.
When I told him I wasn't going to deal with him here.
So.
I can imagine that could be difficult.
It's, it's whatever really.
Oh, let's go see what's in our rooms.
Yeah.
Let's go to yours first.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Please do.
I want to see who my neighbors are.
Right.
Phantom.
Oh, his fear.
Um, as.
Yep.
Um, as a Phantom, yip yips.
And flies towards the adorabatory.
You do notice as you fly towards the, they're both bisected by the staircase.
Um, it was a request by the noble families to, uh, to the word, the word is segregate,
but that's such a nasty word.
To divide.
The word is segregation.
To, that's such a nasty word to divide.
Um, people by their class.
Um, which is nicer.
Um, you do see on one of the top rooms on the noble dormitory.
That kind of gives, that kind of like, kind of like, kind of like, you see, you see that there is a fixture outside one of the windows to the noble dormitories.
It seems like a, it seems like a steel like perch.
Oh, for Phantom.
I think we know, I think that's my room.
Is that for Phantom?
It must be.
Like why else would they have that there?
And if it was already there and they didn't give me that room, I'm going to be mad.
But.
You should go see.
All right.
You do see that like outside some other rooms there are other fixtures like one has like a garden and another, um, like, another is placed closer.
Another like on the first floor has like a horse stable, like directly like a single horse stable next to it.
Jesus.
We're silliest.
You, Phantom makes his way over and he comfortably sits on the, on the perch with plenty of space.
Like it's flat for him to lie down.
It's everything.
It's, it's, it's been designed just for him.
He has a little map spot.
Well, this is nice, isn't it Phantom?
It's peeking through the window.
Peeking through the window.
And you see, of course, this lavish full room.
Like king sized, king sized bed, multiple bookshelves that have that have already been full.
And of course, prop in the middle of the room on this on this like on a square table is a model of Boran Adam.
Oh, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look.
Do you see?
Your house from here.
You see multiple like they're on top of little sticks, like little flying like features that are above Boran Adam like little pegasi.
Oh, that's so cute.
And the wyverns.
It does seem, it does seem, it does seem new.
There seems to be like a letter on placed on top of on the on it as well.
Yeah, very well appointed room.
Everything you need.
There's like three dressers.
There's like two, two, two dresses.
Like, there's everything.
Looks nice.
Beautiful.
There is a personal touch to that.
Like, if you if you ever told your mother or your father what your favorite color was, it is a combination of your favorite colors in this room.
She's just curious to add just purely out of curiosity.
She tries to open the window slides open easy.
They left it unlocked.
Wow.
I'm surprised.
I guess it's the fourth floor, but there's like pegasi everywhere.
Pegasi can open windows.
Well, no, but I mean, like someone could write a pegasi up to this.
Oh, and then open the window.
Yeah, that makes sense.
That makes sense.
Well, she shouts it.
We should go see yours.
Yeah.
Come on by.
Fly him over to the to the to the commerce dorms, no fixtures on the outside. Someone does have like, oh, like some outside garden.
But it's like, kind of like rickety built.
And you see, you see that there is a sign on the side of the building that says no outside fixtures on the window.
You see, you see a knight's already pointing it out.
It says like, OK, we have to go take it down.
It's next to the staples.
So there's already a smell in the air of like hay and you hear horses.
And you have to enter into the enter into the door.
You see, you see as you guys enter the door and it's not exactly big enough for Phantom, he just you see he just almost kind of rolls his eyes and he's getting ready to receive the command to sit.
She goes, oh, they weren't prepared for you, huh?
She just says, you think?
Sits.
You walk in and eventually, Lucia, you reach your door.
It's located towards the end of the hall.
And as you as you as you reach there, it's basically at the end, the person next to you is at the end of the hall.
And then you have another neighbor, you have two neighbors.
Oh, well, I guess I'll have to meet my neighbors soon.
You know, you know, the key in your hand.
Put it in.
And as you open it, you are immediately.
Your your nostrils are assaulted with the stench of mildew.
Oh, you look inside to see a room with a twin.
It's like a twin. It's like a twin size bed.
They do. It does have like a wooden frame to it.
Definitely a lot less color in this room.
It's it's wood. They do have like they do like have a carpet in here.
There is there is a little chess.
There's a little foot locker at the end of the bed.
They do have like, you know, the entablature like the like, you know, those, you know, those, you know, those rooms that you grew up in.
Like you can imagine a room that like a young girl would grow up in.
But I would love to have where they had like a little chess like attached to the attached like a window.
And you can like, yeah, that's like that makes up the that makes up that takes up like an entire part of the wall.
It's a very long. That's very cute, though. That's cool.
I love that. That's all the rooms has that. It's awesome.
That's cool. I just got to open the window and get the mildew out. That's all.
Um, it's an extreme. It's an it is an extremely simple room compared to the really extravagance that was of Laura's.
Well, this is nice.
Isn't it pretty? I love it. I just got a touch and she starts just opening the windows and starts trying to clean each other.
Open the window. It's stuck.
Oh, that's all right. Just a little elbow grease.
Maybe like some actual grease later. Maybe the actual grease. Yeah. Yeah.
Future me problems. Well, maybe I can get it. She tries. Probably not any better, to be honest. Making the athletics check.
Break my window.
Nineteen.
No modifier.
You actually you actually get it decently open. It takes the the hugest yank you have to give.
Wish I had that earlier on the airship. Wow.
Perfect for windows.
I just have my window straight.
Um, you hear on your door is open, but there's a knock. There's a knock on it as someone reaches their hand in a knock.
You see Tamsin. This goes.
What are the chances? Oh, my goodness. Hi, roomie. Hi. Um,
Wow. Our rooms look exactly the same. Oh, our carpets a little different though.
Yours also smell like Melville. Yeah. Yeah, it does.
Okay, I'm going to go get some. Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm going to get some cleaning supplies. And once I'm done with it, you can borrow them after me.
Oh, yeah. That'd be wonderful. You know, um,
you know, it's easy to make things less. I was thinking like, oh, we can make it like a little concoction, like a little magical concoction.
It really freshened the place up.
Oh, I guess we could use magic. I never thought of that. Did you see the dresser? Isn't it so nice?
It is really nice. I look, look, look at the window. Look, I, R'hllor opened it.
It opened. Wow. Um, yeah, no. And now I can send a little thing with a little dress and then I can read my books. Do I read books? No, but I'm going to start.
Can you open my window? Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah. Um, she just goes, uh, she just goes, you should check.
Before that, you should really check out the wardrobe. She tries to open it. Uh, as she, as she opens it up, the door falls off the hinges.
Oh, wow. Mine didn't do that. Yeah. You would have thought they would have given this like another look over.
Like maybe taking some of the time spent decorating my room and, you know, make sure anything, everything was functional.
We can speak to the building authority. I haven't seen anything. I can fix it. I'll talk to someone.
Oh, I don't have to do that for Laura. Well, I mean, like they shouldn't have started the year like this.
What if you get blamed for it, like being broken or something? Right. And I don't have the money to pay for that.
Well, I mean, I don't think it's going to be a problem, but like I'm going to make sure they know that it's not.
This is what it's like. Well, give me some time and I'll make this feel like home.
She looks at the thing. Are there screws at all for that? The wardrobe? Um, I don't even like seeing loose ones on the floor.
No, no, no. Maybe I could use some nails sticking out of the ground. That might be able to help.
Oh, yeah. Those are a hazard. Wow. I didn't notice that before.
Oh, wow. Um, that's what I could use. The room's in a state. Wow.
I'm going to make it the nicest room you ever did see.
And, you know, leader, you open the window if you can open up my nephew. Oh, yeah, I can help.
You can call me for Laura, by the way. It's really stuck. Oh, um, if it's okay. Yeah, of course. Classmates.
Wow. All right.
Yeah, let me uh, she rolls up her sleeves and goes literally. Where's your room?
Literally almost the same room layout as you walk in. It's like, wait, did I just walk into that? Just walk into the same room.
Did I just walk more mildew less mildew? Oh, look, the doors on that one.
Let's see. She just goes, oh, yeah, this one at least like works. Opens it door, door falls. I was like, I just opened this earlier.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, really? I opened this earlier. Oh, okay. Well, let me get the window. She goes to open the window.
You got this. Roll athletics. Again, again. No, no, no, no. This one's harder. It's harder. I rolled a 19 on my last one. 18. Yes. There we go.
No one can stop her with the doors, baby. This is fucking 18. Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm gonna have to take, I'm gonna have to take mending as a cantrip.
You just open, but you got an open. She brushes her hands together.
I don't think I even got any splinters from that one. Wow. I didn't know you were so strong.
Yeah, I'm just, you know, window strong, I guess. Windows strong.
That sounds actually really lame. I hate that you repeated it, to be honest. You weak skill.
I was probably, I was pretty warmed up from like the pulling the ropes on the airship, I guess. Oh gosh, the airship. Can I, is the airship still around? No, that's too much.
Probably not, but you know, I think we should go, I think we should take it sometime like on a break or something. I think that'd be so fun.
You know, I don't want to hopscotch on any boundaries or anything like that. But like, if I ever get to, like, just tell me.
You're not hopscotching on anything. I think you're really cool. I think the both of you are really cool.
I'm glad I got to run into you first thing, you know, you know, another face to know in the coming days. Great.
There's gonna be a lot more students coming over the next few days before the ceremony, so don't forget about me.
Oh, I'm not gonna forget about you. Just remember me. I'm the, I'm the worm girl.
I'm kidding. The worm girl who hopscotches over things or who doesn't hopscotch over things.
Only if you tell me to, leader. Leader Velora.
Well, yeah, glad you guys are neighbors. I'm, if you ever need me, I'm in the, I'm on the top floor of the Nobles dormitory.
I see. That building is like eight floors tall, isn't it?
Yeah, looking at her room number. Yeah.
Oh, God. You must be so tired. Well, maybe I'll just like use the little perch outside the window and fly Phantom up.
All right. Well, thank you again so much. It was really nice meeting you. I'm so excited to be your neighbor.
I'm so excited to be your neighbor. I've got to go take a nap. You look like it.
Well, get some, get some rest then.
And I'll leave. Good night. See you guys.
Laura. Yeah. You have so much wonderful things to do together and I can't wait to do them. Me too. And I can't feel my face right now.
Yeah, it's been a pretty busy day already. Yeah, that's what Milt does to you.
Milt. Oh, good. We should really bring it up with the building authority. I think we might have jobs to do tomorrow.
We might be past building by this point. I think there's a straight up mold.
Do you want to sleep in my room while I talk to someone?
No, that's your room. I will. I will stay in my room. This is where I'm supposed to be. And if I am meant to be sick, then the gods are teaching me a lesson.
About proper hygiene? Question mark? I'm going to talk to someone while you get some rest.
Okay, okay. That sounds good. Good idea. If you need me, you know where my room is.
See you soon, Valora. I'll see you soon.
In the morning, leader.
You walk away, Valora. Tamsen turns to you, who she just goes, I have like very powerful like natural concoctions to help you sleep if you need it.
I know I need that.
Yeah, I might take you up on that.
Yeah, one whiff and it'll knock you out.
Wow. Yeah, I might consider that after you tell me how you know.
Know what?
You know.
Um, I know a lot of things but I still don't know a lot of things. I know that I don't know.
I've been trying to tell Valora.
So many times.
But what I am.
For some reason.
Cosmic forces that be won't let me.
And yet you notice.
I'm sure you felt a sense of deja vu earlier with the balls right.
I don't know what that was.
It was me.
You're doing that.
Yes.
No one else has ever known.
So how do you.
She touches her eye patch for a moment.
Is it okay if I tell her.
Who are you again.
Talking to you.
I'm Lucia would you like to introduce me to your friend.
She looks at the eye patch.
We'll talk later. Okay.
Her hand comes down.
And she just goes.
You're a really interesting person.
I didn't expect.
To have something this exciting happen.
The days before the open for the schools even supposed to start.
I don't mean to scare you.
And I might have come on a little strong.
I just feel like everyone knows so much about everything and I know nothing.
I don't know what to do.
Give me the 100.
She got a slap me.
You're like, that's right.
Tell your place, bitch.
I was like.
Yeah, I'll knock you out in one sniff.
Interesting drug you 60.
Oh my God.
Actually, it slapped.
Oh, no.
She just goes.
There's more I want to tell you, but.
I don't know.
We're gonna have to wait for a right time.
It's okay.
All I've got is time and you feel a little psychic wave.
Shuffle through you.
And she just she she she she just kind of like touches her eye patch for a moment.
She just goes, I have to go.
Take a night.
And she hurries off.
It was really nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you, too.
And thank you.
Shuts door.
He's a work on your freaking social skills.
She goes back into.
I have some grace.
She does have a zero charisma.
So this all checks out.
She warlock.
Oh, but she said she learned it on her own.
She's a wizard warlock hybrid.
All right.
Qualify.
A warzok.
Wizard warlock.
Whizlock.
Wars.
Warzord.
Um.
prompts to get all rather tired.
Just get a bump of Queen.
You're messy.
From all over.
You make your way outside to see to see Phantom.
Being a.
You see a bunch of students who has food.
Like they're like heading.
рабbing him some of them are like,
feeding him.
And he's like, yes.
Food.
Careful, careful, careful.
He's pretty good.
Yeah, it hasn't happened in a long, long time, but still, you know, you never be too careful
with a wyvern.
The halfling, the halfling blackboard students was like, oh, he looks like he wouldn't buy
Woody, he's just a big fella.
But now that you're here, you see Phantom kind of like side eyes you to get permission
to eat.
Now, now he's acting all disciplined.
He's like, you know you're not supposed to take it from strangers.
Not that he can understand her.
She's like, Phantom.
Ears go down.
We're gonna have to, I guess it's about time to put you in your roost.
Anyways.
He makes his way over to you.
You see the students dispersed.
It was a group of like 10 students.
One of them goes, he's so cool.
I guess he made friends at least.
Phantom just comes up to you and you're getting ready to bring him to the roost.
Yeah.
You bring him towards the special area, of course.
I want to make this quick because I think two of us are going to pass out and one of
us has back pain.
Yes, yes.
You make your way to the roost and the hinder is like, hey, yo, guess who I am.
It's like, nice to meet you.
I'm going to do his caring.
Thanks.
Yeah, you know, you can also leave his instructions in case, you know, but like, if I have to
do at any point, but I'm doing it.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I got you.
Laura, I have a layer of house.
I have a layer of a catapult for his food.
That'll do.
We actually do have catapults at the top.
Oh, great.
I'm dead serious.
I'm not kidding.
And we have good because I'm not kidding either.
All right.
Well, believe it or not, this is a thing.
Anyways, I'm not going to expound any further with fun information.
I will become a fully fledged character down the line.
But for now, I will take care of this wyvern and you will as well.
But mostly me.
Mostly you.
Yeah.
This wyvern who has four legs.
That's actually normal.
Oh, God.
They started breeding for two legged species to make them easier to tame.
But in the wyvern in the wild, they most often have four legs.
That's actually a fun fact to it that I did not know.
Anyways, I've learned something today.
You have a good day.
You have a good night now.
The even time is looking rather splendid tonight.
Why are you the random Dragon Age NPC?
Oh, my God.
Do you says you ask one question and now five more questions have popped up for me to expand
my dialogue.
Anyways, have a good day.
Night.
Evening.
Fuck it.
Night.
Evening.
Fuck it.
I haven't been outside for a while.
And you make your way to your dorm.
Walking up walking all the fight of stairs.
You see each room has like nameplates on them.
People designed to go people designed to go there.
Commoners didn't have those.
I'm definitely checking my neighbors then.
Our neighbors.
As you make as you make as you make your way to you to your room.
You see looking towards one of the looking towards one of the one of your neighbors.
You see D'Vorah L'Agostella.
And I recognize her name because I know all the leaders names.
You had a leader of the Crimson Griffins.
She's a leader of the Crimson.
And you look so the first year and you look towards the other neighbor and you see the
name saga Don Darius.
Yes.
Another leader.
Damn.
The black forest leader.
And I actually know the Don Darius is very well from other games but not saga.
Saga is new to me.
I know her mother and her uncle in other games.
And Valorah's met her mother too.
All these leaders then.
And you actually look down the list like the three leaders next to each other and you look
around you're in the middle between of between all five leaders.
Now the leaders are here.
They put us on the same floor.
They didn't do that in the current Irobran times.
Interesting.
So the so is it like I got to is it like a straight hallway and we're all or is it like
there's two of the other two leaders are across the way.
It's a straight hallway.
Okay.
Cool.
You open the you open the door to see.
Oh my gosh, there's even more detail.
Like your your rug you get to see it.
You can see it through the window.
It is.
Yeah, it looks like your keep.
It looks like your home.
It was it's the design is knitted into the into the rug and you see the entablature of
like the chess like the lockers against the the the gosh I don't know how to pronounce
it but the my chemical romance girls the princess girls.
The princess the princess girls like the chess against the window thing.
Yours has like little embroideries of a wyvern flying.
It's like a stop motion thing.
Honestly, seeing the room after seeing the other two commoners ones, it just reminds
her that she's like, you know, yeah, she puts on the the frickin the wave she's been carrying
for forever.
And she's like, she's like, I do.
I need to get that worked out.
And she's already we don't have to role play it.
But that's what she's playing.
That's what she's going to go do.
Laura is going to do a complete overhaul of the commoner storms.
Like she just feels too.
She feels bad about that.
Like if it's literally moldy and stuff, it's like, no, no, no, no, I can't lounge and rest
in here right now.
We got to figure this out.
We've got really cool benches as you march out with a purpose.
That's we're going to stop this little motherfucking game.
We made it to our school.
School.
Back to school.
Over school.
This was a quick overview of everything, but we're settled in now.
The next few.
Keep in mind for the next episode, we're meeting more students, maybe go through the school
more thoroughly and just do wacky school shit.
There are so many more students.
Get ready for school.
There's a lot of students.
Thank you for coming.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you all so much.
It was a long one.
It was a long one, but you hung in there.
Oh boy.
Despite our catastrophes earlier.
Oh, I have to clip it.
I have that was the funniest.
I got it's like the silver alert came on.
I get fucking flashbang and then my and then Jenny Florio blows me and it breaks my back
and then Emma's like, wait a second.
Am I stuck in here?
It was really Domino.
It's like it was really the funny.
Oh, sorry.
Oh yeah, it just was like, okay, things actively happening to me and Jenny and it's like, okay,
nothing's happened to Emma except the only thing that's happened to Emma was just the
realization.
It's like, is something bad happening to me?
Wait, wait, wait.
So funny on when we were trying to we were on the break trying to figure out and then
we just were like, Timmy said something like, like, well, yeah, I remember one of us said
something like, well, yeah, hopefully it's not too bad.
And then immediately she's on the phone with I'm stuck.
And we're like, Timmy and I both of our faces, but we were like, oh no.
And immediately I'm talking with Jenny like, okay, if the episode has to end early, which
is the call is like 4.5.
And then we see the lights turned on in the garage and then we see the door open and we're
like, we're both like, one of our players is not trapped in a garage.
We don't force her to play.
Oh, you don't lock her in the garage.
Unmarked warehouse.
It's like, she's there for free will.
It's not so she can't call for help.
The plywood's great insulation.
God Almighty, I love you guys.
Thanks for coming.
Remember, we are the best.
Remember, we are the masters and rulers of the world.
Bye.