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Ira Brinn Dawnbreak.
A level-up, advanced fifth edition, actual play campaign.
Episode 10.
Spilling Drinks.
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Oh, he died.
I see.
Oh, he's dead?
Oh, sorry.
Or does the kid say, unalived?
Yeah, he got unalived.
I am so frustrated that that's become a colloquial term.
Oh, no, wait.
Is there something in the chat?
Something in the chat?
I don't know.
It says, you guys do the intro.
I'm tired.
I didn't see that.
Oh, I didn't see that.
Okay, so in our DMs, Tim wrote, you guys do the intro.
I'm tired.
Hello!
Welcome to Songwobin, Irabrin, Dawnbreak.
What else did he say?
We are not your humble narrator.
That's Tim Don Tran, who is taking a quick little snooze.
He did say before you got here, Emma, that you guys GM the session today.
Oh!
He said, oh!
He did say, here, just pick NPCs you want the other person to play and just go for it.
Oh, that's a lot.
That's a lot.
Oh, your whole team is just going to sleep on camera the whole time.
That's fine.
And I remember Moscow, followed by my incredible talented partner.
I forgot my name for a second.
Oh my god!
Jenny Schwarz.
What do you mean?
I don't know.
I was like, who am I?
We're having an existential crisis for our entire team.
Tim just said something before he passed out again.
Oh, Drag Minus has tickled him and he won't wake up.
No!
I'm Tim Don Tran and I am your ever energetic narrator.
Hello guys, what's up?
Oh, so you should have told me.
Hello everyone on Irabin, Dawnbreak.
We all introduced ourselves.
Yeah, we did it already.
It's okay.
Oh, okay.
All right.
I'm going to go ahead and start.
We finished the game actually.
Oh, that's good news for me.
You slept through the whole thing.
You slept through the whole thing and we did it.
We won.
Oh, you won?
Yeah, we leveled up like so many times because...
Oh damn.
I mean...
Also, thank you for the gift sub, Dragmire.
Thank you, Dragmire!
Dragmire is waking up our narrator, they're giving us gifts.
Dragmire is on top of it.
I'm feeling powerful.
My gauge is filling up.
The money fuels me.
Also shout out to our mod for being our longest subscriber for two years.
Yay, JT!
In case you guys didn't know, Songwulven lore, we love JT.
You haven't guessed.
Yeah, welcome to Songwulven, everyone.
We are now on episode 10 of this dastardly little series of ours.
We finally had our first combat in the last session, the Mawka Battle.
And what am I doing?
We should save this part for the recap.
Recap's easy.
We fought.
We planned for the Mawka Battle with our professor, and there was a weird person that Lucia got
vibes from.
Oh, the elf man.
Remember that?
The elf man.
Yeah.
He was gonna kidnap me.
Yeah.
And then you had a quick vision where you smelled smoke?
Yes, hold on.
I wrote it in my notes and I had-
Dr. Ackerman.
Three words.
Tim rolled a random dice and gave me three words that kind of filled her mind as she
looked at him, which was lost, found, and love.
He wants to take you away.
That's something you heard, too?
He wants to take you away.
He's trying to kidnap me, even though I'm an adult.
Dr. Ackerman.
That was weird.
And then we did the Mawka Battle, and our plan almost didn't go so well because the
black boars were really strong.
But then Vesper came in from behind and said, sneak attack.
And they went out and we beat the black boars together.
Then we went to go help the golden moose.
And it was...
D'Vorah was cowering because all her teammates were gone because of Samara.
Samara was terrifying.
She is a boss at the end of the level, basically.
And that's the roommate that Lucia, what are we, level five, three?
Three.
Level three.
Is that what Eric threatened?
She's level seven, but really strong.
A hundred and something hit points.
Yeah, and half damage because she's raging as a barbarian.
Yeah.
So yeah, very strong.
Samara whooped some of our asses.
But that being said, the blue wolves conceded in a way.
They swapped to a duel with just the house leaders, Velora versus Vesper.
And Vesper kind of threw the fight.
Yeah, Vesper threw their weapon.
I flung it back to them and they're like, oh no, I'm defeated.
Because they didn't want to make a show out of beating the silver lions with the political
tensions right now between the crown and Aurora, which has not been super, super gone into
on stream, even though I know things because I have played in the future before.
Even though I know things.
She knows everybody who dies.
She knows it all.
That being said, Jenny and I had a moment to chat and we said if we would have had to
go up against the blue wolves, we most certainly would have lost.
Yeah, even though there's no fucking way.
Vesper's all like, oh, we're down one person.
It'll be an uneven fight.
Would you honor me with a duel even though you'd be at the, even though you have such
an advantage right now?
And we're like, we're all beat up.
You are unharmed almost.
You come out of fucking nowhere.
Like they could kill any of us in one hit with a sneak attack.
Terrifying.
Like, no, yeah, I'll do you.
I'm a better doler, I think.
And then my dad was all mad about it.
He was, but he was like, oh, at least you won, but I will look over the breaking of
tradition thing.
And I was like, bitch.
And that was basically it.
Oh, and so Valora won her date, which was yay.
I did.
Date.
I don't know what we're doing yet, but she will tell me.
And it will happen sometime in the foreseeable future.
And then where we landed off was that Lucia saw Archie or Archibald, the retainer to Vesper
running, not running, I'm walking away very, very angrily.
And Lucia was like, I have to have a retainer to retainer talk.
That's my job.
That's what I do.
Also, yo, the, the black boars, they gone hard for the healer.
I was, I was not expecting that.
That was terrifying.
That was scary.
It probably my charm.
Cause I feel like Saga would have focused me if I hadn't charmed them.
But so then they're like, okay, Lucia, and I was like, what the fuck?
I'm the medic.
War crimes.
I didn't know the war crimes started now.
They don't count as war crimes if you win.
Who lives, who dies, who dies.
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.
Oh God.
But anyway, that's what happened last session.
All right.
I do also like the image of, of Lucia seeing Archibald, another retainer walking away.
And then she's like, pulls up the buckle.
This is a job for me.
The bitch with negative charisma.
Correct.
I know how to read people.
That's all I got.
She has got to be good at heart to hearts.
Cause she has so much heart.
Question mark.
She has so much heart.
She has too much heart and that's what's going to kill it.
I smack your question mark.
Trackfire says you always take out the medic.
That's how you win wars.
True.
Guys, that's a war crime.
Attack the medics and the cooks, he says.
What a dangerous game it is to play.
All right.
We are going to start off not from the perspectives of these two.
Gasping.
No, Arnolda, my dad.
Can my guest please comment?
I'm kidding.
I was like, who?
I didn't make the overlay.
I did.
Jenny's like, excuse me?
I did not approve.
I was like, Kate?
I cannot surprise them with a guest.
That's not good communication.
I have to communicate with them.
As the mock battle rages on, as on the sideline
of the show, one such doctor falls out of the lineup and starts to make some distance
away from the crowd breaking away.
Dracaman, where are you going?
Oh, just have to use the bathroom.
I'll be sure to be back.
Just in time to get all the boo-boos all made up.
And she just goes, well.
Looks like the Silver Lions are taking a beating.
And he just goes, oh, I'm sure they'll make a comeback.
I'll be back.
And walks away.
And I would like to point out real quick, Emma said in the chat, I really like this
music.
It feels very anime.
This is Lucia's theme that I've been using.
Is this really my theme?
Yeah, this is the song I've been using with all your scenes, basically.
Oh, I love it.
It's her.
It's so it's so kind of sad.
I love it.
Okay.
Okay, I'm shutting up now.
Dracaman steps away, steps into the gates of Irebren, makes his way upwards towards
the mountain for a bit at the small assortment of buildings put towards the bottom.
He walks in towards one of the bathrooms and after gazing about at his surroundings, knowing
that he's alone, he closes he closes the door and locks it.
There's a brief moment where he looks in the mirror.
He reaches up with with his thumbs towards the edges of his face.
And after this is something that has taken a lot of practice.
But after finding the grooves of the mask, it slowly peels off squelch as the sounds
of flesh tears, the sounds of blood squelches for a moment.
It is an unsavory moment.
But through all of this, what unveils strangely is a face, a featureless face, pale in the
eyes.
And as he puts it as as he takes a breath, as if suff as if suffocating and only having
now to breathe.
This strange individual pulls out a sending stone from their pocket holds it up and just
goes founder.
She's here.
And now we go.
Now we join in modern times.
He's going to kidnap me.
I'm an adult, so it's adult nap.
Let me take a moment here.
So yeah, that was cool.
Um, I was whatever that meant.
Cool, but also creepy.
At first I was like, oh, it's cool.
It's like the question from the Justice League series, but I was that I heard you said the
blood and I was like, nope, that's not the question.
We go forward towards the moment of great victory.
Covered, covered in dirt, soot, blood.
But all of that becomes numb under the mantle of victory.
The lot of you gathered together to to sort of lick your wounds, look after each other
as the sort of the medical personnel descend on you to check on everyone and how you're
just how a lot of you are doing.
Um, two of you give me perception checks, please.
This is the one thing I can do.
Don't jinx it.
I rolled a 13.
I rolled a 17, 17, but your passive is ridiculously high.
Also, my passive is 21.
These are basically successes.
Um, I get, oh no, nevermind.
I was gonna say I get proficiency in it because I already have proficiency in it because Lucia
is also proficient in it and that's the thing I can do.
But what?
Wait, wait, wait, what is happening?
The word proficient was used seven times.
I know.
I can get proficiency in things if someone, if we're both making like the same check,
if you're proficient in it, I can also get proficiency.
Oh my God, you and Marcellus in a weird way are literally built for each other.
You are, you are quite actually built for each other.
Oh my God.
Oh God.
Um, amidst the, amidst the bumble, things have, things have quieted, things have quieted
it down.
You guys take a look around towards the other sort of, the other sort of houses around you.
It seems to be as if the walls, as superficial as they were growing up, the competitive walls
have now died down and there seems to be a, a burgeoning, like a sense of jubilation ready
to burst at the moment.
Seeing people after, after making a ways away from the doctors jumping joys, showing off
that their legs, hey, my legs still work.
Oh God.
And Mara hit me in the spine directly and my legs work.
No, and my legs work.
You watch, I will say the two of you catch sight of Saga Dondarius kneeling before some
of her subordinates, some of her fellow classmates.
She's bandaging up people's legs.
And she has a kind, she's always had like this sort of daredevil sort of like expression
about her, a smirk to be shared everywhere.
But as of now, as she bandages up people, gives people a small peppy smack to the cheek,
there's that, there's that, there's that, there's another leaderly aspect to her that
you're witnessing at the moment.
Grimston you see is, gives a big pat to the back of Samara.
And you see Roscoe kind of like on a walking cane, even though you know he didn't take
that much damage.
I was going to say, wasn't he fine?
He's fine.
He did get blown up by D'Vorah at the end.
Oh, that's true.
He did get blown up.
You see that Roscoe's walking with a walking cane and then Samara, who does not take no
shit, just holds up the cane and Roscoe's like, oh, you got me.
You do take notice that the blue wolf is a little bit of an enclave at the moment.
You don't see Vesper.
You both notice this?
Yes.
And D'Vorah seems to be shy from her classmates, but Luthanbel seems to include her into the
fold.
As this is happening, Velora, you're bandaged up at the places where you were shot with
a crossbow bolt very savagely.
It's kind of funny.
I was like, she probably says to whoever is helping her is like, do the people who make
the uniforms ever get resentful that they make all these nice new uniforms and then
the first thing they do to wear them in is to get all these holes in them?
There's been a push by the uniform department and yes, we do assess that there is a very
dedicated outfit of people here dedicated to that to have a difference between a battle
uniform and an Arabian uniform, but the board wishes to keep everything the same.
I see.
Much of a chagrin of certain people.
Yeah, that would be frustrating.
As that happens, you see all of a sudden shoved in front of your face from down below, a apple,
shiny red is pushed directly into the front of your face.
Hey there, young one, you're going to need to regroup your energy.
Oh, thank you.
Yep.
And Lucia, you also get offered an apple.
You see that this swath of halflings have come over.
They've been here since they've been watching.
These were the halflings that Saga approached earlier.
And they are offering refreshments, fruits, little baskets, little gift baskets.
Oh, thank you so much.
This is my favorite.
Of course, Button, you did really good today.
Button?
Yeah, Button.
You're cute as a button.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah, nice to meet you.
You gave my daughter there quite a thrashing.
I saw that.
Oh, are you Saga's dad?
Mm-hmm.
In the flesh.
Nice to meet you, I'm Velora.
It is my pleasure to meet you, a friend of Saga, or at least a future friend.
I am Irwin Applecrest.
Also, why is this music so ominous?
I know, right?
Is it ominous?
Is it real scary?
Yes!
It sounds so scary.
I have it under the grand category, so that's not right.
No, it is like the minor key is making us think, oh my, what music?
Yeah, it's been kind of quiet on the stream side.
Stream not here.
I'll turn it up a little bit for you folks.
But good thing that wasn't scary for you guys.
It was because it had the clock ticking.
I kept thinking something bad.
I thought the perception check was going to go so bad because of it.
It was like, we're going to die.
We're going to die.
Oh, oh my, my wife says we hear nothing.
All right, that should be music a little bit louder.
Sorry guys, the music is a little weird sometimes.
Well, at least the OBS one does.
Give us a note, if you can't hear anything.
I basically almost always have music playing.
Some cool acoustic, this is much better.
Now I'm not scared to talk to the halflings.
It just goes, oh please, the pleasure is all mine.
I'm, I'm Erwin Applecrest.
It's really nice to meet you.
Oh, your, your daughter is really, really strong.
She gets that from her mom.
My, my little button, my little, my little berry.
She, my little cub.
She, she won last year, but she's, I see there's a lot of challenge up for her this year.
No, yeah, I knew she won.
So we did kind of plot against her specifically.
I hope there's no hard feelings.
Oh no, no, no, no, that's okay.
Plot away.
Oh, okay.
Let me introduce you.
Is it okay if I introduce you to the rest of the family here?
This is Saugus Family.
Yeah.
Well, my side anyways.
You see?
Yeah, definitely.
All right, that one's there.
That one's there.
His name is Uru Rick.
We call him Rick.
Hey, how you doing?
Nice to meet you, Rick.
That one's Caspos.
Hello.
Hi, Caspos.
That one's Orister.
Hey.
Hi, Orister.
That one's Eleni.
Hi there, sugar.
Hi, Orister.
Hi, sugar.
Hi, Eleni.
That one's May.
I'm not saying hi to everyone.
I committed to saying hi to everyone, so now I have to say hi to each individual person.
Yeah, Lucy is lost.
She's gone.
That one's May.
Hi.
You did really good.
Nice to meet you, May.
Oh, thank you.
And last but not least, that one's Shacy.
I've killed a man.
What?
So he continues.
That's Shacy.
Continue what you were going to say?
I've killed a man.
What kindness before?
Oh.
Well, congratulations for being a leader.
I can already tell you're going to do so great.
Thank you.
And I hope my daughter behaves around you.
Around all of you.
She's got a da-
And thank you for the water.
She gave me some water from you.
Oh, I see.
Interesting.
Oh, nothing.
I'm just making a couple little observations here.
Well, um, observe away, I guess.
Well, we're going to be around for the whole day.
We're going to be helping with the celebration and all the foods and all that kind of stuff.
We're making Wyvern cake today in honor of you for the Silver Lions.
We got themed little things for everyone.
That's so kind of you.
Oh, well, I'm excited.
Yes, well, you guys earned it.
Be proud of yourselves.
I'll have to hunt you down sometime and see if you've got any fun stories about Saga.
Oh, I got a little- I got a lot of stories about my little bear.
You do catch Saga looking over and she just kind of gives a little exaggerated sigh.
Thanks again.
She bites the apple.
Big bite.
All right.
And walks off.
Yeah, the two of you are all patched up.
There is an announcement that people will be moving towards the school to celebrate.
The rest of the day will be put towards celebration.
And then Jareth goes, let us not have a repeat of last year's jubilations where there was
an excessive amount of celebration ended up causing a massive amount of discourageable
behavior in the next morning.
It looks like you heard that right.
No discourageable behavior.
I don't even know what that means, but sounds about right.
I don't really know what they mean by that.
What do they mean by that?
It's very vague.
She goes, you don't want to know.
What happened?
And then as everyone's walking by you, you feel a tap on your shoulder as Saga walks
to your side of Laura and then turns around while also walking with the crowd.
And she just goes, don't let that discourage you.
Gives you a little wink and walks away with everyone.
Goodness, they haven't even gone to their date yet.
It's palpable.
The passion, the flirtation.
And Tamzin just goes, I deserve this.
What?
I'm very happy for you, leader.
Hard earned victory.
Oh, I see.
Great work, everyone.
But yeah, I'm excited too.
You really sealed the deal with that fight with Vesper.
Great work.
Oh yeah.
Good fight.
Right?
You want to make an insight check?
Yeah, because that's not very Malora like.
Yeah, good fight.
She's so disappointed.
Malora, make a persuasion or a deception check.
I'm like, that's not that.
That's not.
Let me go to my...
I rolled a 15.
Oh no.
I'm inside.
Only a plus six.
Right.
It didn't roll.
Oh, there it is.
20.
Dirty 20.
Yeah, she's trying to hold back sarcasm about it, which, and she seems kind of disappointed.
Maybe something we can talk about later?
The fight?
I mean, we won, so.
I mean, but that's the best outcome, right?
Yeah.
I saw a...
Fucking name, God damn it.
Archibald.
Archibald, Jesus Christ.
What was the fucking name?
I saw Archibald walk off really upset, so I thought of maybe going to talk to him and,
I don't know, bring him a piece of the wyvern cake or something to make sure everything's
good between the two houses.
That'd be really sweet.
Yeah, if you want to.
I bet that'd mean a lot.
Here, she kind of tries to, she leans in trying to, nobody else can really hear.
She goes, he's probably upset because Vesper let us win.
Laura's eye, that's not for Laura.
Lucia's eye, I'm not for Laura.
And now I've taken your body too.
Lucia's eyes go wide.
He goes, what?
What do you mean?
But you really can't tell anyone because you heard some of the stuff about what's going
on in Aurora and...
Well, I saw it too at the ceremony.
Mm-hmm.
They...
It's frustrating to me, but I get why they did it.
They don't want to cause...
No, they don't want to make it look like, oh, we're rebelling against the crown or something
like that.
Like, you know, our house represents the crown the closest because we're the capital region.
Well, that sucks though because that means that we didn't really win, did we?
Exactly, yeah.
I'm disappointed too, but don't tell anyone because...
No, now it just makes me grumpy.
Yeah, because I mean, if people found out too, it would seem as if they thought that
they were so strong that they had to hold back on me or something, which would be worse.
So it's...I know they didn't.
I know why they did it.
It's just frustrating.
We'll find a way for a fair rematch.
And it's probably best that given everything that's going on...
Well, we should keep them close.
Yeah.
To avoid any conflict in the future.
Yeah, then, you know, I can already tell Vesper's a great person.
Because it might get really bad and we don't even know why.
Then things can escalate so quickly, you don't even know why it happens.
But I really like Vesper and I...I'll make it...I'll talk to Archibald.
I'll help.
And believe me, I'm going to be helping them as much as I can.
We're trying to help make peace.
Hopefully it doesn't...I mean, I hope things don't get worse there, but...
You don't think we would turn on them, would you?
Silence!
The silence!
Luc- Lucius starts to sweat because she's like, holy fuck, is my vision going to come
true?
It's not all in our hands and it's not all in their hands.
Not me, personally.
But we won't let it get that far, okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, we can work towards a different future.
Yeah.
And then, bursting into your conversation, Marcellus has an arm around the both of you.
Because why the downer faces, you two?
It was victory to be reveled in.
Come now!
Oh, we're just gossiping about your impending loss to me when we finally get to race and
it made us really sad.
Small little pockets of delusion after victory.
I see that you are in desperate need of humbling, my dear Valora.
Yes, it made me very sad to think that you would lose to our leader and lower morale.
Think of how sad his face will be, you know?
Once I cross the finish line and he's all the way, all the way, all the way back.
All the way in front of you because I have passed you sorely long ago because of my expansive
writing skills.
Not what I said.
Expensive?
Expansive.
Oh, I said expensive.
The way you said expensive, though, did kind of sound like you were saying expensive with
like a fancy accent.
Like it's so expansive.
Quincy goes, I want both of you to lose.
Oh, Garvey brings up a great point.
What if you guys, both of you lose or you both tie?
Well someone else would have to.
I mean, if we tied.
Quincy, is that an invitation to yourself and to our little Frey?
God knows.
Yeah, you want to beat both of us?
Absolutely not.
Let's get a drink.
Well.
Marcellus just goes about the drinks as well.
I'm afraid I cannot partake too much.
Oh, it's okay.
You can drink whatever you feel comfortable with.
Yes, it's just I fear as if the libations, I'm not so well equipped with them, you see,
because when I drink sort of one sort of drink, my whole world tends to go astray.
Ah, you're you're a lightweight as they call them.
Yes.
That's okay.
You can you don't you can drink whatever you want as someone who also has a not wonderful
constitution.
I try to stick to one or two ciders and then just call it a day.
And Tamsin just goes, I don't want to brag, but I can out drink anyone here.
I weirdly kind of believe that.
Your girl packs it away.
Oh, well, we should do a toast, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But I need to go get something before I get I join you guys because I have delivery in
a fun.
I need to bring it up to my room because we did you hear Lucy?
Our rooms are cleared now we can we can move back.
Oh, oh, cool.
Awesome.
Do you need help with your package?
Is it big or something?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's okay.
You sure?
Yeah, absolutely.
Is it something exciting?
It's something really it's something boring.
Oh, oh, okay.
Oh, yeah, we'll wait until you come back.
Okay, you don't have to you guys have to wait for me but that's really nice.
Um, I'll be a little bit but I'll be with you guys.
Hey, we'll see you soon.
She she runs she runs off.
I'm so suspicious of that.
Oh, Tamsin from the moment Tamsin was like notice that Lucia could see the future and
with time, Lucia has been like don't trust her.
I don't know what she's up about.
We're just gonna let her live her little life.
Let's go find the party.
Maybe you find Archibald.
I was like, um, actually, that's a great that's a great point.
I know.
You move in herds.
And from up above, if it was nighttime, maybe this maybe the disparate sort of colors of
your head, you could be mistaken as constellations.
Making your way into the school.
You see that there is notes of celebration little little pockets of congratulations being
given out to being given out to you, but just to everyone just for doing doing a good job.
There are nights all there are nights all about some people for some reason even even
though the syllabus just started because already trash on the ground.
Oh my god.
And it's a dorm party.
You see nights are putting up signs that says don't litter.
There are during the during the time of the mock battle, you see that little little banners
haven't put up around the sides, which you feel you forget that maybe the Applecrest
family sagas family have done little little little cutouts of a lion and Griffin, the
animals the Boars and the walls holding hands all the way across.
Oh, they're holding hands.
It's very elementary school.
Are we holding hands with the Boars?
So cute.
Pin the tail on the Boar.
Going towards the mess hall, which is where the herds are going.
You take you take notice of this the the the mixture of powerful of powerful spices in
the air.
Something has hit you.
It has drilled to your very core.
It makes you hungry.
The clanking of tankards you watch as somebody you watch as a golden moose kind of like
rips down a sign that says no no drinking before no drinking before five.
Whoa, it's five o'clock somewhere.
As you all as you all as you all come in, the people of interest that you're probably
looking towards at the moment, Vesper Archibald, they're not there at the moment, but Brimstone
and Saga, even D'Vora, even the Vora is there.
Food is gathered good food in the company of good people.
It is.
It feels great.
Both of you get an inspiration point from this.
Oh, shit.
I'll take it.
I get one of the ones I used back and go ahead and add 10 temporary points.
Snacks, snacks, snacks, snacks.
We love snacks.
Um, well, because Tamsin is going to go get her secret thing sneaky.
Um, and I tried and we weren't probably we're not going to do our our toast until she comes
back.
Can I see if Archibald is around?
Oh, yeah.
Go ahead and give me a perception check.
Hold on.
Let me just add my inspiration.
Remember where he stormed off to?
I was going to say, I don't know if he would be.
Yeah, maybe I might have to swing around back and then split up for a bit.
I'd let you take Phantom if you want to look.
Oh, that's a good idea.
Let me see if he's here at the party first and then if he's not, then we'll go we'll
go fly around.
Let me perceive.
Oh, shit.
10.
I will say as the sort of jubilations and and whichever is occurring around you, it's
it gets hard to pick up people from the crowd.
Archibald himself already a hard person to spot.
Do I see a member of the Blue Wolves?
Oh, absolutely.
They are the smallest party here, but you do spot a few.
Can I can I go up to one of the Blue Wolves?
Can I ask that?
I think I stroke.
Thank you.
You see, you see, you see Calum Calum, the people who fought alongside you.
Oh, hi, Fidelia.
Great fighting out there, by the way.
And also to you.
Oh, thanks.
I didn't I didn't do them throwing punches.
But but thanks.
Um, I was wondering, do you know where Archibald is?
And Raimondi, I'm afraid I didn't see where he went.
I suppose my leader, Vesper Vanka went after him.
Oh, oh, Vesper went to go talk to them.
Um, OK.
Um, well, when Archibald comes back, would you let him know that I'm I'm looking for
him?
Of course.
Roll a d100.
Does that mean?
What does that mean?
What does that fucking mean?
Jenny.
Of course, holds a gun to her head.
Jenny now like, yeah, watching someone else play the tempest.
What does that mean?
Um, OK.
Jenny, what does it mean?
What does it mean?
With the shifting, with the shifting of movements everywhere, you feel the wind sort of like
be hiccuped, be pushed, be pushed about glides about that the movements in the frames of
over people, all of that mutes to you.
The presence of everyone else becomes numb as you feel a wind pull you.
This is one of the best parts about it.
Yeah.
A part about what, Jenny?
You feel like you are being pulled.
What is the tempest?
What do you mean it's not a pictorial?
What the fuck is going on?
Jenny has lore for days.
It's just one of Uncle Tim's little things he tells you to scare you.
The wind's trying to tell you where Archibald is.
Oh, OK.
So I'll, Lucia and her like, I'm going to put my face in the gods specifically, Dune,
and hope that the wind is taking me to where I need to go.
You have put something out in the world that you want to seek, and it seems like the world
has answered, it feels.
Oh, that's wild.
Wild.
You begin to follow the winds?
Mm-hmm.
It does seem to lead you out of the mess hall.
I know I'm technically like, am I, I'm deaf right now, right?
Like I can't hear anything or was that just for a moment?
That was just for a moment.
That's just a fluff.
OK.
Flavor, flavor, fluff.
I turn to the lore and go, I'm going to be right back.
I'm going to go talk to Archibald and I'll be back in time for the toast.
OK?
OK.
Have fun.
Thanks.
I'm going to go back to before the wind like stopped blowing.
I'm trying to catch it off, catch up with it.
As a Lucia Tom Cruise sort of runs out or that one cop in Spaghetti with a Chance of
Meatballs just rolls the booze ashes out.
Or Anime Girl grabs a piece of toast, rinse out the door.
The lore where you had an apple kind of like put in your face earlier, now a tinkered of
what froth coming out the top is in front of your face.
Thank you.
You're welcome, Saga goes.
You see that she kind of like, she kind of like leans against the table, like swirling
her finger in the drink.
She just goes, how's it feel being on top, champ?
Oh my God.
Well you know, yeah, it's I'm excited.
I mean, that's what I planned for.
But I mean, it got a little it got a little scary, to be honest.
You guys are pretty tough.
Mm hmm.
But I had you for a second.
The plan was we just burst through you guys.
Able to go in this huddle down, settle it there.
But guess I wasn't thinking about the, you know, the fact that I guess I wasn't thinking
about not beating you guys fast enough.
Yeah.
And I mean, it could have been close, but it helped to D'Vorah got she agreed to it.
Even I didn't try to like trick her into it, you know, or anything.
But she agreed to take what I knew was the harder job, and then it ended up being even
harder than I thought it would for her.
So I really good job to them.
But good job to everyone.
Yeah, you did.
You did awesome.
I was in awe.
Thanks.
But I have a penchant for making sure that if the position on top is not occupied by
me, I fight my way towards it.
Okay, stop.
We'll talk about next year.
Stop.
This is so sexual.
It is?
That's so funny that Tim doesn't even know.
You don't even know that you're doing it.
I'm just talking.
I know, but it's just...
Someone will one day explain it to you.
Alright, urban dictionary.
Let's go.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Just plug my whole sentence with what I said.
Stop changing the word.
You'll be looking up at me soon enough.
I knew that time.
Yeah, I know you knew it.
Well, I'd love to see you try.
That's fun.
Drink?
Thanks.
She... as you raise her arm to drink, she suddenly links her arm around yours so that both of
you have your arms linked.
She goes, you're not going to disappoint me, right?
Unless you're not much of a drinker.
That is alcoholic.
You don't have to do that if you don't want to.
I can do some.
Alright, don't want legitimately don't feel like I'm peer pressuring you.
If anyone peer pressures you, tell me.
I'll kick their ass.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's good.
Alright.
Don't disappoint me.
She goes, or for chugging.
We go to Lucia.
Lucia, you feel a sort of like, running towards this objective running towards the object
of your mind.
It is equivalent to it is equivalent to the feeling you get when you know when you have
worked when you have labored at something, and you know the goal is near.
That's sort of that sort of ball that sort of like that it sort of expands and flies
out in your mind, the feeling of satisfaction when a task is done.
That's what it feels in your heart, the closer you get to where you want to go.
Fascinating.
You are breaking away from from the campus, going downwards towards going downwards towards
the gate.
And you find yourself plotting alongside a gentle babbling brook until you feel feeling
around you.
The sort of wind that was guiding you in the first place becomes gnolled.
And it is instead replaced with the sounds of leaves rustling, the gentle breeze that's
carried throughout the woods.
The sound of water.
You see the frame of a person in contemplation before you.
A man a young man sitting on a log.
Notebook in hand.
He seems to be writing something in a sheepskin sort of book.
What does Archibald look like again?
A sort of like scrawny, dour looking man with a sort of dark olive greenish hair.
He has bags under his eyes.
He's always had a rather serious expression.
Right, I know.
Okay.
He's human, right?
Yes.
Okay.
So I think she's catching her breath for a bit and then goes and notices Archibald and
goes Archibald.
Hi.
Sorry, interrupt.
Closes the book.
He turns towards you with the flat regard of a reptile.
Jesus.
Any discuss?
Silver lions for Tana, right?
Yes, Lucia.
Are you busy?
If you count contemplating and thinking as busy, then I suppose.
But no, I'm not.
Oh.
Okay.
How did you find me all the way out here?
I don't know if you'd believe me if I told you.
Are you a hunter?
Am I?
I don't know.
She looks like she's in complete look of confusion.
I don't think.
No.
I can shoot a crossbow, kind of.
I shot Saga earlier.
No, I don't think I did actually.
I think it missed her.
I tried to.
It didn't work.
I'm really bad.
You hit someone.
I know you hit someone.
I don't know.
You hit Samara.
I hit Samara.
Jesus.
Um, um, I, do you got any room on that rock?
He scoots.
He goes, it would be selfish of me to keep, um, take up more space of nature than I have
the right to.
That's very kind, she kind of like flops down like her limbs are kind of like all over him
like very close.
Because that's fine with me with, you know, it's, it's, everyone can share sometimes and
that's a great way of thinking.
Did you know that boats are, the boats are meant to leave, they're meant to leave their
harbors because boats weren't made to stay in harbors.
A fine saying.
You know the saying?
Well, yes.
Did I do it right?
Yes.
Really?
Very tentatively.
She kind of like explodes.
The spirit is there.
It's taken me so long to get it.
And she kind of like squeezes his arm and shakes him a little.
It took me so long.
I believe the saying unperturbed by nerves is boats are safest at harbor, but that's
not what boats are for.
That's exactly it.
You have that saying where you're from too?
It is a common platitude.
You're home really like in snow.
He puts the sheepskin down and looks up at the air.
What could be misconstrued as aloofness by other people, you instead see as something
else because there isn't, there isn't, there isn't opening to you that's occurring.
He's not unfriendly.
I was going to say this is very like, like both player Emma and the character are very
surprised that he's this friendly right now.
Like it's, it's, it's odd.
I was not expecting this.
He just goes, yes, my home is encased in snow, but there's much more to it.
What?
I've never seen snow.
You feel something unlock within this man as you ask about his homeland.
He takes a moment of quiet contemplation.
You see the gears turning in his head and he just goes, perhaps I can open up to you
about the, it's about the wonders of Aurora a certain, says a certain day, but I wouldn't
want to rob you of your time away from everyone else.
Don't you have a victory to celebrate?
Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.
And she kind of pulls her feet up, up to onto the rock and kind of wraps her arms on her
legs.
I saw you looked really upset earlier and, and she then remembers that Valora said, don't
tell anyone right that he threw it.
And she goes, I saw you look upset earlier and I just, oh, I thought retainer to retainer.
We are allies at the end of the day.
I want to check in.
Make a persuasion check with advantage.
Oh Jesus.
Why?
This is so odd that he's opening up to her because he's so grumpy.
Oh, normally what is happening?
Because you're so genuine.
Cause she's so dumb.
In a place full of perceived hostilities, it is nice to see someone ask about your homeland.
Oh, oh, oh, the blue wolves.
They're trying.
They don't know.
Uh, uh, persuasion and advantage, which is, oh, Jesus, four in the 12.
She's doing, she's doing her best.
12 is good.
I hope you didn't see that as me being sour about the loss at hand.
No, I think you guys definitely would have crushed us.
Like I was staying to Valora.
We were on Intim that like if we had to go toe to toe, we'd get squished.
You know?
Well, who knows what to say?
Uh, we definitely would have gotten squished.
I'm really glad that you guys are our friends.
Friends.
We're friends, right?
We're not friends?
She kind of like double tinks.
I suppose we could be with a positive amount of time underneath our belts.
Oh, we've got to work for it.
I understand.
Earn your friendship.
Her eyes just.
I understand in warmer places.
I'm sorry, it says are closer bound to acquaintances, but it's different where I'm from.
This point, she kind of like launches herself off the rock, turns around to him, hands on
her hip, anime style.
And I shall earn your friendship in full.
Little chuckle.
You're not going to be ready for my friendship.
It's going to come out of a field and you're going to go, oh my God, this friendship is
going to be a big one.
Stands up.
My full name is Archibald Raimondi.
It's a cool name.
Pleasure to meet you.
I'm just Lucia, but it's nice to meet you.
Just Lucia.
Uh, you have no surname?
Well, I never took it, but I guess it was never official, but it could be Lucia.
It's just Lucia.
Nods.
Where me and Vesper are from.
Typically those who are bastards tend to work up towards a name and build a name for themselves
that they believe fits them the most.
I understand that there are different naming systems within the warmer parts of Onor, but
it seems like you are on a similar path.
Yeah.
I mean.
Surname is not really important when you're in service to the gods, you know?
Kind of like we are children of those above.
So why does it really matter?
The gods.
Nods.
Right.
Right?
He writes that down?
No, he says right.
Oh, I thought he was like, what the fuck?
God's question mark.
Where Preytel is your leader?
Lucia?
Yes.
Oh, she's partying back with the others and I just wanted to check on you and...
Me specifically.
Yeah, because you looked really upset and also it seems like it's been hard for a lot
of the blue wolves and Esper's only been helpful and very honest.
Very much so.
To a fault.
So yeah.
And I don't know, we said we were allies and I don't know.
I'm sad.
Some would believe that your sadness is a weakness of yours, empathy, whatnot.
But for this moment, and I know for Vanga, my friend, Vesper Vanga, it is well received
and it is safe within their hearts.
You kind of blink, because I don't wish to presume, but are you not aware of the situation
surrounding House Vanga?
Uh... no?
Right.
Honestly, I'm not sure if it matters.
I assure you it matters a lot.
I don't know, everyone seems really weird around you guys and you guys have only been
helpful.
Vespi ran through the f- Vespi?
I said nothing.
That's the thing they notice.
That's the thing he notices.
Not the- through the f- Vespi?
Vespi?
Marking down relationship point.
Vespi.
I meant- He does write that right in front of you.
Well, I mean, I know, I can see why politically you'd want to throw a fight.
Not that you wanted to mean something by it, but-
So you've noticed that as well?
No, I didn't notice it.
But- but- but I promise you that-
Calm your nerves.
Okay?
I've noticed the same things.
I think when things are better, we're gonna actually beat you guys fair and square at
the end.
Perhaps.
I don't know if that opportunity will ever come.
Well.
But.
It has to.
I don't want the other way.
And I'm sure you're aware of the motivation behind my lord throwing the fight.
Yeah, people don't really like you guys here.
Just because of the colors, we bear.
My lord is a different breed of individuals, however.
The lord of their house.
The Keeper of Souls.
Last of their name.
And Lucia, Keeper of Souls is something you've heard before.
That Keeper of Souls is a title, a moniker, worn by people who are the very last of their
family.
That if they died, that family is gone.
That bloodline's done and over.
Esper is the last one?
Yes.
You have no family?
Look, Stratus Waters goes, and they are sacrificing every part of their image.
For some gambit that they might not even know that works.
What's the best case scenario?
A warrior house stands down, their claim against the crown.
An innocent people, despite the offenses made from this warrior house, do not get punished.
And Vesper makes any attempt at maintaining their own legacy of their family.
So Vesper needs a partner?
And they grow silent at that.
Do they want a girlfriend or a boyfriend or a non-binary friend?
It's not on their mind at the moment.
And I wouldn't be- No.
No.
Catches himself.
No.
That's sometimes people make alliances that way, right?
What if Vesper dated someone from another house?
The politics of Aurora is different and my lord is not focused on such.
Not focused on their own legacy at the moment.
Well, would it help if Vesper like pretend dated someone?
Like we could pretend date.
No, no.
No bull of you.
But unadvisable.
Oh.
Make a D100.
What is a D100?
The D100 is like Lucia's crazy ass goddamn plans.
68?
I don't know what the- One point away from 69!
I'll message you.
And you can decide if you want to say this out loud or not.
No pretend date so have to be real date oh my wises.
I feel like if I were playing a different character I would totally be wanting to romance
Vesper though.
I really like Vesper.
I adore Vesper.
Waiting for the message.
There you go.
Okay.
Oh.
Okay.
This is Juicy's.
So um.
See it goes of course I wouldn't want to pretend date someone if someone else were in love
with Vesper.
Oh.
So we'll find another way.
I hope they find someone suitable when the situation arrives at a warmer place.
Um.
Yeah.
Sometimes though you know the best loves come from friendship.
And trust.
And people that- I'm afraid I have to stop.
Okay yeah.
Are you ready to go party now?
Stand up.
Kind of like puts the sheep skin into his coat and just goes.
Please you don't have to wait for me.
It is assuring and comforting that you would ask about my homeland.
Yeah I've always wanted to eat snow not the yellow kind but I've always wanted to see
what it tastes like.
Understood.
The facial expression.
Oh here let's do this.
Let's walk in together to the party like we're really good allies.
I believe I have other plans at the moment but if you want I can recommend good titles
for you to read within the library.
Um.
Are there- are there- are there like audio versions of these tones?
I've never heard of- are there individuals who read things out loud to you?
Is that what you're asking?
Would someone read it to me maybe?
You read it to me.
That'd be so sweet.
If time is ever allotted.
I apologize I don't mean to make assumptions here but are you comfortable with reading?
No.
She's just tiring this poor guy out.
If you are motivated to do so.
I was Lord Vonga's tutor.
I had taught them how to read.
Perhaps if the- perhaps if the time is spent- perhaps if the time is allotted to us.
I can help you learn.
You were Vesper's tutor?
That's so romantic.
Completely platonic of course.
Romantic, platonic.
She doesn't know the difference.
That is not an applicable answer to my query.
Please.
Please please please please please.
Alright.
Please.
Please please please please.
I was the one- I was the one who put it forward.
I'll give you jam.
No.
I've- I've- I was the one who put it forward without-
Did you just say no to my jam?
I mean I suppose I could accept the gift.
Yes, yes you will.
Thank you so much.
I'm gonna teach you about the gold worth.
Joy is jam.
Fresh preserved.
Fresh.
Okay.
Right off the vine.
There's nothing Lucille is more serious about than her jam.
Well we will- I am sure we will have an opportunity in the future in order to- in order to collect
our schedule.
But please, as I said before, do not let me hold you back from the jubilations that you've
earned.
That's okay, I kind of like talking one-on-one.
Sometimes in big crowds it can get really stressful and also sometimes I can get out
of my head when stuff- Never mind.
It was good to see you.
Glad you're feeling better.
And uh, yeah, no fake dating with Vesper.
Because uh, we don't- we can't have that, you know?
Because none of that in case, you know, someone- you know, so you keep doing you and uh, I'll
make that jam.
She's like slowly backing away.
I'm not scaring you, am I?
No, no, no, I'm just trying.
I'm just saying.
You know, the jam is really nice to share with a special someone, maybe on a picnic,
maybe a special friend.
That might be nice.
You feel them.
It was nice in the beginning.
Still backing away!
It was nice in the beginning, but you feel the act of yearn for silence.
And then she goes, thanks, bye!
And turns around and sprints back.
Runs everywhere.
She's running everywhere!
Um, and it just goes, a moment.
Freezes.
Turns slowly back around.
He walks up to you, is a few feet away.
He bends down and picks up a dagger off the ground.
It's Orië's dagger that she gave you the train with at home.
I'm about to drop that.
And he just goes, be more careful.
And holds it at the blade and hands the handle forward towards you.
Thanks, sorry about that.
It's quite fun.
As you hold it to grab it, as you hold it, as you hold the handle, cold.
The tip of the dagger, you see the image of a tip of a dagger plunged.
As you look up, your vision, your vision brings you back.
Archibald, an armored archibald.
Blood out of his mouth.
Looking up at the wielder of the dagger.
Orië.
Orië pulls the dagger back.
As Archibald slumps to the ground.
Quick flashes of Orië looking towards you.
Of smiles, the warmth of the gods, the statues of Odin, Idun, in front of you.
The fires of the past, of that mysterious vision from earlier.
The man burning.
And you're holding the dagger in your hand.
Archibald goes, you wouldn't want to lose to that.
Is she back in this moment?
I think her entire demeanor has changed.
And like, tears start to fill her eyes as she goes,
Hey.
Who are you?
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
And she immediately turns and sprints away.
It's not your fault.
And then you sprint and you turn.
You don't see the hand that reaches out towards you.
Archie.
She's just like tears.
She's just sobbing because she feels like she can't stop it.
How is she gonna stop it?
And everyone's drinking.
The party!
As the, as food is, as food is had, Velora, you, you, you take great note of like, of
the various, of the various meals and spreads before you.
There's one of every, there's one of every different kinds of the, of the regions where
people are from.
You yourself don't eat things too fancy.
You see the Silver Lion's food, the Onidorian foods, and you're looking at like a stranger
spread at the moment.
This is more so the fancy dinners that your dad would take you to.
But you do see, you do see like sandwiches with the crust on.
The best part, you heathens!
Meat, tomato, meat, tomatoes, stuff like that.
Just a, just a nice spread that's supposed to remind people of home.
But doesn't speak to you much.
You've always been different.
I'm just so different.
Oh no!
I'm not like other girls!
I'm special.
You watch as a, as you kind of like looking at the spread.
Brim, Brimstone, Deptcaster, the leader of the Golden Moose.
This rotund, shirtless sort of like dwarf.
Multiple tattoos across their body.
A big large orange hair that goes back into sort of a ponytail.
He has golden braids and his beard.
Kind of like approaches you for a moment and he just goes, well, you're still walking
straight.
She missed me and I still felt it.
I thought she missed me.
Are you talking about Sam?
Oh, Samara?
Yeah, yeah.
Um, that was, that was Lucille's roommate?
I didn't know what to expect.
Hmm.
Just Samara did tell me that she saw someone do something exceptionally brave while in the
mess hall the other day.
Is that right?
A pair of people told me to look out for them.
And I guess I'm doing just that right now.
It's great to talk to you.
Yes, yes, of course.
Formal introductions because, you know, our introduction earlier was in a group.
I feel like this is a little bit more personal.
My name is Brimston Deptcaster, but you can call me Brim.
Nice to properly meet you, Brim.
I'm, I guess the proper introduction, the way my dad would like would be.
I am Velora Avonlea, the heir to House Avonlea.
But you can just call me Velor.
Velora, Velora it is then.
Your dad, that's the master at arms, right?
The Avonlea?
Yup, that's him.
Interesting individual.
You can say what you really think.
It's fine.
Are you sure?
Mm hmm.
Wounded up individual, still being diplomatic here.
Though like the meaner the better, in my opinion, I'm still mad at who.
Oh really?
Yeah, there was some old bullshit before we got here.
Language.
No, not you too.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
Well, it's well, it's very well to get acquainted with you.
Dirty, it says dirty here.
Yeah, so if you find me annoying, you're only going to have me for one more year.
You think I would want to get rid of you?
Who knows?
Stick around me long enough.
What if at the end of the year I'm like here like no, no, please fail, stay another year.
Would they even let you be leader you think if you failed?
Oh my god.
I could be convincing enough.
And if you're convincing in me, maybe I'll stay.
Maybe I'll stay.
I'll keep that in mind.
Well, we'll see where I fall at the end of the year, you know, if it's going to be like,
oh, finally.
I doubt it.
Yes.
It seems like he leans in towards you a little bit.
Seems like you caught Saga's eye.
Well, we've got a date.
Don't know yet.
He told him!
He kind of smiles at that.
It just goes.
Hey, you're in for a ride.
I'm excited.
I could tell immediately I thought we were going to be friends.
So I was like.
I like to think Saga has a good eye for things and I can already tell you're a good kid.
You're not that much older than me.
I'm not going to get into it, but I can't call you kid.
I mean, like technically, but like, you know, not like in like human years.
It is my right to call you kid though.
I'm sort of the I'm the veteran here.
All right.
Only if I can call you grandpa.
Oh my God.
Gramps.
Affectionate.
I like it.
So by the way, just letting you know, by the time of the battle of the born wolf, you,
the tradition around here, not really a school thing.
It's more of a student body kind of thing.
But if you want, just by that time, you're supposed to make a drink recipe in your mind.
Take that to your house because we're about to bust out all the house drinks earlier.
All recipes can only be provided by the house leaders.
That's fun.
Oh, oh wow.
I don't know.
I don't know what I do.
I'm not sure you'll be able to take the blue wolves drink.
Not a challenge.
I feel like you're that type.
The drink is called foot down.
The blue wolves drink is probably like straight out rubbing alcohol.
I mean, it's cold up there.
You got to keep warm somehow.
And I will say that that recipe that the leader provided was one out of spite and anger because
we kept pressuring him.
Oh, I see.
That's why the drink is called foot down.
Angry drink.
Who was the leader last year?
It goes to some straight individual completely completely straight laced everything.
I would say that we would have a strictly professional relationship.
Tobias Ebencaster is his name.
Well, you'll like Vesper.
I don't know if you've gotten to talk to Vesper that much yet.
Oh, that's that person just disappears from time to time.
I don't know if it's my sight that's betraying me, but I don't quite see them around.
Yeah, they can like they have me feel their heart and they can make it like go to so slow
that I feared that they were dead.
All kinds of people in the school.
I'm sure you've been I'm sure you're really interested in.
In some are after a little display of hers.
Yeah.
How?
How we do anything.
Common question.
That's why I'm here.
She's my bodyguard, but I'm here to hype her up.
He goes.
So her family roving clan of warriors, right?
Lived in the lived in Kalanau for a very long time.
You know, the the Western Dunes, we don't call it the Hinder Dunes.
The locals don't like that very much.
Yeah.
Oh, you know, it's about the road.
You've got some roads there.
Yeah, I actually.
The projects have to be redone a lot, so that's part of why it's not always like super well
maintained there.
But I went out a couple of years ago myself to learn a bit about how to do that.
I've been there, especially with the spirits in the desert.
Yeah.
You ever to count to the gin before?
No, I heard about the gin, but.
Yeah, spirits that hang out in the empty parts where the weave is torn astray.
That's what Samara met.
It says a gin, a gin of the storm.
OK, so you're making up like a story now.
It sounds like one.
It sounds like the making of a legend, but that's exactly who Samara is.
She was blessed, championed by a gin of the storm.
That's why she carries stones everywhere, even when skies are clear.
You're not joking?
No, I'm not.
I can't wait to actually meet her properly.
Like with her like not trying to seemingly throw my body into a million pieces when it
crashes down from the sky.
She like this.
I bet she'll like you.
You think so?
Call it a hunch.
Because you and your retainer have already made an impression on her.
I'm glad.
Says your retainer has the loudest scream she's ever heard.
Yeah, me too.
That's that's true.
And that's coming from someone.
That's coming from someone championed by a gin of a storm.
Yeah, Lucia.
She's something else.
I still don't really have to be honest, like I still don't really fully get her, you know.
Oh, really?
But well, yeah, like that's not very common in my experience.
Retainer, right?
Yeah, that's a long story.
But you know, she's what I do know about her is I know she's a good, very brave person.
Good.
But she's always surprising me, too.
I think sometimes just being a good person is all you need to make good change.
Yeah, and the bravery helps a lot, too, I think.
Oh, it does.
It does.
Yeah.
I don't just I don't want to scare you or anything, but you're with a bunch.
You're with a brave bunch, Laura.
Good.
Speaking of brave, now we don't pressure people because I don't feel like I feel like the
Vora over there is going to fall down if she drink if an ounce of alcohol enters her body.
But we do have tradition after the mock battle for each of the leaders to drink all five
does all five house drinks so we can all feel connected to each other.
I'm doing now.
I see.
Now I'm doing I'm talking to you now as sort of a mercy.
We've already connected, right?
Yeah.
So you don't have to drink adultery in the lighthouse.
I see.
So OK, OK, so we can like rule it out if we're feeling we're feeling close enough already.
That's fine.
Or are you trying to do that?
Like, oh, I'm going to actually challenge you kind of thing.
Little bit of column A, little bit of column B. Oh, you better not drink it.
Oh, I don't want you won't be able to handle that.
It'll get you pretty bad.
It'll make you it'll make you braver than you already are.
And you better be careful about excess bravery.
But we'll bust up the drinks later and you can join if you'd like.
Yeah, we'll be so drunk.
I don't.
I promise.
I wouldn't know if you were holding water.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
And I haven't properly thanked your family for what you've done to us.
Oh, yeah.
After I was born with noble distinction, the only one in my family to have a mark.
You guys bought the roads to us.
Finally some notice.
Oh, yeah, that's fine.
That's a lot of effort.
I mean, I wasn't I wasn't here, but you know, like, I wish they didn't take that, though.
You know, that's something my mom tries really hard to work on is, yeah, we're doing a lot
and we spend a lot of time in Aurora and Connika specifically because of the really hard to
reach places.
But they still prioritize other things and stuff.
And it really it really is important that everyone's able to, you know, get around.
More important sometimes that people are able to get to them.
But I could talk about that for like hours, and I think you would be bored out of your
mind if I just sat by you talking about roads for the remainder of the night.
I got the respect to listen, but I don't know what the circumstances do.
Because.
Well, I'll leave you be.
And now I captured a lot of your attention already.
You got a bunch of adoring fans around.
But hey, I like the little scar you got there.
What?
The little cut you got there.
You probably picked it up from the you probably picked it up from the Mock Battle.
Oh, is it going to be a cool one?
I will say that some people find facial scars attractive.
And mind you, I think one of those people is saga.
Good to know.
That was a that was a garris from Mass Effect quote.
And as you.
I didn't even realize what you were getting at.
Oh, yeah, I guess I'm used to.
And then the line of thought is, I remember they used to drive you wild.
Mm hmm.
And then he's like, but I can go out and get all new ones of it'll help.
I know ball specifically targeting Emma.
Oh, because in the chat, I'm talking about the fucking body.
I didn't even notice that.
I didn't I didn't notice that either.
I talked.
I talked with Jenny before.
It's like I got to target Emma, but like I can't make a garris like the chat literally
right now.
Dragmire and I were just talking about me buying a Garis McHarris body pillow.
I shit you not.
You can threaten me with Garis quotes all day long, every day, all day.
That is my space goddamn husband.
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah, brother.
S.T.A.
All right.
As that happens, Lucia, are you heading back to the mess hall?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You eventually find your way in.
Alcohol more apparent in the air at the moment.
We do spot Valora.
She's kind of tired from sprinting back and forth and also like less jazzed from seeing
Ray once more stabbing one of the blue wolves and also Lucia herself stabbing one of the
blue wolves of a friend and ally she just made.
So she kind of like just smacks her cheeks a little to get her, you know, back into the
chipper mood and she goes over to the over to Valora.
Hi, Lucia.
Did you find him?
Yeah, he's good.
You have a good talk?
Yeah, really good talk.
You're good.
Good.
Well, there's a lot of great food here.
Valora, can you sometimes see things?
See what kind of things?
Lucia, you're back.
Literally, I was like, I'm waiting for Doom to cut me off.
Her fucking curse, she can never tell Valora.
Lucia, you're back.
I prepared some cider for you on the side.
Is this Marcellus?
Yes.
Oh, Marcellus.
Thank you so much.
I could really use a drink.
And she grabs the tangerine.
She hates us so much.
Don't look.
That shit's good.
They got bread.
They got bread and we get jammed.
What is the water, would you know?
There's bread and jam at this party.
And many other very delicious things.
So Valora, what did I miss?
What are we doing?
Are we toasting our leader because we won?
I don't think it should be toasting me.
We should be toasting everyone.
Well, are we ready to toast?
Is Tamsin back from her secret thing?
We haven't seen her.
I haven't seen her.
And then Lucia remembers, wait, Tamsin noticed something.
I wonder, it feels like it shouldn't have taken that long, but it wasn't a fun, she
said.
So do you want me to go grab her?
No, that's okay.
I'm sure she'll find her way back.
Okay.
You shouldn't, you haven't even gotten any time to celebrate that.
I mean, you helped get us here too.
I guess, about that.
I didn't really do my job.
I saw you shot Samara and you almost hit.
What?
I did shoot her, didn't I?
Yeah.
You know, Brimstone was just talking to me.
It took a long time to go down.
It took a lot.
Vesper shows up suddenly.
Hi Vesper.
Sing song voice again.
Hi Vesper.
Wow.
Great, great work earlier.
She's kind of like, kind of wiping off a little bit of the cider she spilled on her.
They are holding apple juice.
They're holding apple juice!
She goes, find Bout.
I have to raise a cup.
I have to raise a cup towards all of you.
I've already saluted all of my, all of the blue wolves who are here.
Well, I mean, you helped us get there.
I mean, I don't know if we would have held out much longer against the black wars without
you guys' help.
It was a combined effort.
I almost ate the dirt at my feet.
It's fortunate that you did not.
And I will ensure that, with all the power vested in me, that I will promise that you
will not be forced to do anything you never want to do.
Well, that's very specific.
Eating dirt?
Oh, oh, yeah, that's dope.
Thank you very much, Vesper.
Of course.
You're welcome very much.
And we hope to do the same to you.
And I think we should have a rematch sometime.
Yeah!
Oh, today?
Oh, maybe not today.
I mean, we could.
But, you know, sometime.
Certainly.
I would be honored to.
You have due etiquette down, soundly it seems, returning my weapon to me, restoring some
of the honor that I have lost.
I'd love to see how a duel between us goes when I don't get lucky, Shardin.
My defenses were down, and you capitalized on it well.
Now, if we are to duel again today, I must have- I have to strictly advise that we do
not duel for a third time.
Where I am from, dueling three times in a day is a privilege that is strictly only for
lovers.
Lil T goes, wait, you can't do that!
Well, because there's a lot, someone might have feelings for someone.
Can I roll an Insight check?
Yeah, certainly.
Yeah, yeah, you can.
Absolutely, you can.
Did it roll?
Tim, you shouldn't have told me about Archibald!
You get all the little whispers of the world.
Do I reveal something?
If you would like to roll a Persuasion or a Deception.
I don't know.
That's a hard one.
I think you're hiding intent.
Yeah, she's trying to hide it, so that would be Deception, right?
Let's see.
Oh shit, I rolled a 15.
Does he have 15?
What beats, normally?
In our case, we just roll a straight D20 and we clash.
Shit, okay.
14.
Straight D20 roll for Lucia is...
Net one!
The dice say we must tell the story.
You know that Lucia has knowledge of some sort.
It wasn't so much a, oh, I'm into Vesper, right?
Okay.
It was Lucia has knowledge.
That's what she was curious about, so she's like...
Well, yeah, I guess we're not anywhere close to being a married couple, are we?
Yes.
Two duels.
One to settle the score and the other to do away with any confusion.
To wash away any doubts.
In more crying, she was...
I'm not mad at you.
Okay?
I noticed, though.
But I get why.
I get it.
I don't mean it dishonor you, of course.
I know.
Vesper.
You're someone...
You are someone worthy.
This is of my full.
This is of my full self.
And I truly wish to show you that one day.
I want to romance Vesper.
Vesper already has a boyfriend!
Remember when Vesper called me beautiful last game?
Remember when Vesper...
If Tim had only known...
Archibald and him would be so cute.
They, no, they have to be together.
There is no other option for them now.
This is the first time I've ever built romance as drama, dude.
This is...
I'm gonna make it fucking happen.
I'm gonna make you romance yourself, Tim.
I'll make you love yourself!
Love yourself!
Freeze narcissism, Tim!
That's not narcissism, that's self-love!
I'd really like that.
Smiles.
She goes...
You are glorious, resplendent, everything.
Thank you.
Thank you for every consideration so far, and I'm excited to have the year ahead of
us.
I'm excited too.
I can tell we're gonna get along really good.
With that said, someone bangs on pots.
And that silence falls.
And it just goes...
Everyone!
Time for the house tricks!
The house, the what?
It's a tradition thing.
Oh.
I think I might die.
We'll see.
What?
Now I can actually do my job!
And she rolls up her sleeves for spellcasting.
First verse goes, I will ensure that Valora's life will remain intact by the end of tonight.
Walking forward.
As you're making your way through the crowd, and you hear there are multiple chants of
the leader's names throughout the crowd, you see D'Vorah kind of like squeezes up past
you, squeezes up next to you.
Valora just goes, hey, um...
Oh hey!
Hi!
D'Vorah, oh no!
Did you hear about this?
Yeah, I have.
I've never drank before.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
Maybe up to you, but maybe don't is what I'm hearing.
I prepared myself.
I cast enhanceability on myself.
Oh my god!
Oh.
Maybe like, okay, like a taste of each one, you know, for like, to be like, that's the
unity thing.
You don't have to drink the whole thing.
Yeah, I've heard that from multiple people, but I feel like this is my one shot to be
ingratiated to everyone's mind.
Okay, but like, the blue wolf's one is, I've heard is like, she just does no...
I am the wildfire of Stravai.
There is no fire outside of me that burns brighter than that inside of me.
I'm serious, I'm serious, I'm serious, I'm really serious about that one.
I shouldn't have tried to be brave.
No, that was really cool though.
You know, you were so brave today.
I didn't realize I was...
I knew I gave you, you had the hardest job in the mock battle, but like, I didn't realize
just how, how hard that was gonna be.
You did a good job.
And you helped, helped me a lot.
Sorry about how it went down, but...
Thank you.
You're very kind.
You helped a lot too.
Um, I guess I've never been in battle as much as any of you before.
I've never been in a battle, see a Pimson.
Yeah.
Oh, you were very brave.
You were very brave.
And like, you did those spells on the retainer, and then like, it was just like, a few seconds
later, then they just like, it was like you cast them all again at the same time.
Oh.
Thank you.
Um, Echo spells.
It's a lot to explain.
We're gonna drink in a little bit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's, yeah, let's, you know, explain it to me after you drink.
That'll be fun.
Okay.
Solid plan.
I know it enough.
I'm sure I'll be able to explain it even, even if I'm asleep.
She says last famous last words.
She probably will be asleep.
It sounds like she'll be like, yeah.
Um, you make your way up to see Saga and the Saga and Brimstone.
Uh, already, like you see, you see Brimstone is has Saga's face in his hand and Saga has
his face in her hands.
And they're both saying, look at you now.
Look at you.
Like, oh my God.
And um, like, like they're, they're, they're already, they're already up there.
Um, and then Saga looks at you, just goes, look at her.
Look at me.
Look at you.
Wow.
That's so easy to get into.
Wow.
Come here.
You're all dorks.
This is the best I ever read.
This is the best I ever read roster.
Everyone's incredible.
It's all so nice together.
Um, until everything happens.
Uh, until the incident.
What?
The CSP is the only one burdened with the knowledge.
Like, I'm like, ah, it's all going to blow up in flame.
Um, so, uh, you, uh, you make, you make your way up and there's this, there's this retinue
of like drinks in front of you.
Already made drinks.
Uh, placed in front of you with five cups each.
Um, oh, there's five of these fucking drinks.
Um, yeah, yeah.
And, and they're mixing liquors.
Something I don't recommend on an empty stomach.
These are all, these are all mixed drinks, uh, recipes I made up.
Uh, and you guys can actually make these, but these are, I've, I've worked at a bar
before.
So these are, some of these are kind of fancy.
Oh my God.
The song lobing cookbook.
Yeah.
Um, you see that the black boars is up first.
It's a drink called, uh, Saka made it.
It's called in awe of she.
My God, stop.
Um, you, you give it a sniff, Laura.
It smells so sweet and floral.
Honeyed whiskey, elderflower liqueur, lavender.
Um, it, it smells actually pretty pleasant.
Drink it.
She goes, wait, wait, wait, wait, Saga.
What's like the artistic vision behind this?
Like the name sounds so artistic.
I'm awesome.
Okay.
Drink.
My God.
But it also, after you drink it, she goes, but it also could mean you pokes you in the
nose.
Oh, or Devora pokes her in the nose.
And the world goes, and Vesper goes another, um, make a con save.
Here we go.
14 save.
These are all 10 except for the blue wolves.
Oh Jesus.
I know that one's going to kill you.
And from the golden moose, if you would like to pronounce the title and then Brimstone goes,
Brimstone holds up the drink and goes, it's this drink that has like this sort of like,
they had like a little smoke, smoke presentation with it.
He just goes, I'll drink's name for the third year in a row.
Adultery in the lighthouse.
Sorry, master at arms.
Adultery in the lighthouse.
Funny story about this drink name.
This is a real drink name from real life that I made before.
Is a signature.
That's signature.
Adultery in the lighthouse.
Wild.
Different recipe though.
Um, you, you, you take a sip.
It's smoky and there's something strong in there.
Hmm.
I wonder if it's, um, is it a, it's the smoky tequila.
Oh no.
But that's a good idea.
Okay.
Uh, con save.
Uh, 14 again.
Down that.
It's another day.
Down that.
Um, so it goes, and Brim goes, Brimstone goes, I realized as a ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Uh, Dvor goes, so Echo spells.
They, um, so what happens.
All right.
Is that this is Echoes and like the sound.
Yeah.
The Crimson, and from the Crimson Griffins, uh, it shows these, uh, it shows these, uh,
little shots that have, that have a lot of like, um, like sparkle and they look like,
it looks like the weave looks like magic.
Oh, and it just goes, uh, just goes this one named by the previous leader, magic missile.
Oh, uh, Dvor goes, all right, I got this.
Uh, concept.
13.
Oh, you're slamming these down.
Um, um, there's, there's big tears as there's chance to chug, chug, chug another, another,
another by, by people.
Um, and, uh, uh, you see, you see this one comes out fast.
It's a sweet drink.
Uh, Dvor, Dvor goes, I didn't spell numbers.
They smell pretty good.
Um, and this goes the next step.
Silver lions.
This drink named by the previous leader, pride.
Pretty on the nose.
Um, Saga goes, oh, it's cause you're a bunch of lions.
You're a bunch of little cats frogging about.
Frogging.
Frolicing.
I heard frolicing too.
Frogging about.
Frolicing about.
You're teasing me like I'm the one who made it, but you know, I bet this one's the best
one drinks it.
Straight up.
It's, it's bourbon and honey syrup and it is smooth and so sweet.
That's my failure seven.
Can I?
Oh no.
I was going to tap guidance on her before she drank it, but it's too late.
Oh, I'll allow it.
If you want to.
I'll allow it.
I'll roll like, I'll like a roll on, I'll roll a one on it.
I rolled a four.
So I actually rolled 16.
11.
That was so smooth.
That's a dangerous drink.
Uh, cause you can drink that.
You can drink the whole thing and then like the drunkness will settle them later.
Um, everyone seems to be, everyone seems to be fine.
Vesper goes, that was a fine drink, puts it down.
You don't look bothered at all.
It is not the strength that I am typically exposed to.
Um, and, um, he goes, and finally for the finale, the blue wolves drink, which since
I was, I was requested, I was requested the chat to say it, uh, to say what the recipe
is.
Um, overproof rum.
So it could be like, um, in my mind, 160% proof.
Uh, uh, shochu sake, shochu is a very strong alcohol.
Um, juice from yuzu, green tea liqueur.
No!
Um, a dash of chili bitters, or it could be cayenne pepper, a smack of cayenne pepper
and cinnamon syrup.
Absolutely not.
Um, and as that's put in front, as that's put in front of you, this evil elixir, um,
you see, uh, Vesper lights up at it.
Um.
It just goes, this drink's name is foot down and only if you want to, you put the, the
announcer puts, puts forward a little plate of black pepper, a garnish.
Uh, saga just goes, huh, I'm a favorite one.
And for last, um, and just doing a sip.
I'm telling you right now, it's just the guidance.
You have guidance.
Okay.
Thank you.
Brim holds it up.
You see people are holding it up to their, um, mouths.
When you do that, your mind expand.
It's like when you eat horseradish, it's like, you know how like it spreads across your brain.
That's what it feels like just pure the scent of it all.
Nasty.
Um, so it goes, okay.
One, two, three, uh, drinks and you're taking a sip.
You're just taking a sip.
She's just doing a sip.
All right.
The DC's lower, but make a con save still.
Um, five plus four, so nine.
Oh no.
One off.
Um, already that, that evil is into your body.
Your body, your body is a temple and the temple guardians are saying, no, we don't want this.
Um, she's not in shape.
She's just like, no, you see, you see the word, the word just goes, just the glass flies
out of her hand.
Saga drinks half of it and just goes, Oh, and then drinks the rest.
Um, Rimsson downs it.
Vesper downs it.
My God, even that drops people.
Uh, the biggest cheer out of all there.
And you see my wife has a question.
Can I use my inspiration to make a roll in that one?
What inspiration?
Um, sure.
I'm just kidding.
No.
Uh, maybe.
Oh my, we'll talk.
We'll talk.
Um, after that drink and that's the cheers, you feel like a handcuffs your face.
Valora just goes, let me look, let me look, let me look.
Are you okay?
You okay?
I'll survive.
Well, that's horrible though.
It's horrible.
It's awful.
Yeah.
Awful, but you survived.
But that's good thing.
We still got a date.
Any ideas?
I got a few.
I'll surprise you.
Um, the Vora collapses.
No!
I healing hands.
Healing word.
I'll say you can, you can, okay.
Just, uh, just you, you spend a spell slot.
How many spells do you have left?
Got one left.
One?
Only one left?
Uh, one for my first level.
Yeah.
And I have Lester restoration.
I have two for lesser restoration.
If anyone gets like really, if anyone gets poisoned.
Okay.
It's like the Vora is a cuss lashed.
Um, so Lester restoration is justified.
Oh, so you want lesser rest.
Okay.
So you will, you will rest.
You will be able to rest.
Okay, cool.
So I'll spend one lesser restoration and be like, all right, everyone, let's take it easy.
Hold on now.
Um, you see, you see Marcellus just goes, Marcellus, you hear him in the back.
Because my brother, he is good, good man, good young man, but just needs to like, this
apple cider has been tainted.
Has he even had alcohol?
Marcellus, how much have you had?
Oh, I've had a, a vast amount.
Incredible.
My systems are overloaded.
I have had one.
Half.
Half?
Can I start getting people food?
Just like carve something to like fill their stomach.
I want to try the rest of this with the, the blue balls one that she gave up on.
Lucia?
Absolutely not.
Lucia's like rolled up her, rolled up her sleeve.
She's in full on like nurse mode, like has a little apron out, right?
Uh huh.
She's pulled her hair up so she's like full on, she's like getting people water, getting
people food.
She's already tended to Devora.
Um, I-
Quincy, Quincy, you want it?
Quincy looks, takes it.
What the?
Alright.
How?
Oh my God.
He pulls out a pocket watch.
This is supposed to do something.
Puts the pocket watch away.
Okay.
I didn't, it says, seems like you're a gifted actor, Velora.
This affected you?
Oh, very charitable.
So, so nice of you.
You're welcome.
Is he fibbing?
Um, make it in sight.
If he like secretly like tossed it or something, sleight of hand.
Eight.
He downed that shit.
He's taking it.
Woo, Garvey.
Be careful, alright?
Not too many of those.
Oh, I just saw Dragmire's message.
This would be where Marcelus's accent breaks and we find out that he's actually American.
Yup, yup, yup, yup.
Velora, I'm gonna beat you in that Gaston race.
Gaston Velora.
Um, Quincy, Quincy just goes, well, let's like water.
Puts it down.
Disappointing.
Oh God.
Water's disappointing?
This, this is disappointing.
Oh, okay.
Why don't you mix them all together and then drink it?
Oh my God.
This is high.
Yeah, I don't think I'm going to make it.
Absolutely not.
A seven.
She goes back to nursing duties.
Nevermind.
Yeah, that's stupid.
Well, I'll go ahead and excuse myself.
Because, but it was says it was fine being commanded by you this evening.
You did a great job.
You're pretty good with that with that bow and those explosives.
The explosives really?
Yeah.
Thank nature.
This, but you're not bad yourself.
Thanks.
It's nice to see Lucia.
Be brave and hold herself up.
Yeah, she did a good job.
Never being in a battle before.
Well, I should bid you good night.
See you in class.
Yeah, we have that.
That's the thing.
Yeah.
See you in class Lucia.
Oh, Garvey, you're leaving.
She puts down like a tray of waters that she's been handing out to all the drunk, all the
drunk people.
And she just gives him a big hug and says, thanks for watching my back.
Pats.
He just goes easy.
And I do it again.
You watch my back?
You don't watch my back?
I'll do it again.
These do because I almost ate dirt.
Yeah, you really you really kept us going.
I can say that.
Oh, no, my impending doom and then arrow or like like like this force field in front of
me.
I was terrified.
I thought you're supposed to not hit the medics.
That was not that was not the case.
Yeah, it's a war crime.
Oh, well, thank you for making sure a war crime wasn't committed, Garvey.
Always.
Have a good night.
You too.
Thank Garvey to my cell is.
Are you okay?
And another thing it's just like, I maybe I don't like my parents expect me to be nice.
But the thing is, it's just like the expectations is just I don't feel maybe it's not.
You see Quincy has a pulls pulls up Marcellus.
He goes, no, wait, I need to best Valora at a duel of some kind.
Oh, look, you're winning the leaving first.
I win.
Yes.
No one leaves better than me at this moment, an hour and minute and second of time.
Oh, my God.
But he goes, All right, let's go.
I would say Lucia, I'll say for the just for tonight, you spend all your spells helping
people.
Perfect.
That's totally fine with me.
Some people's hair if they need to puke.
You do.
He's there for it all.
Did you say it was like time for us to get ambushed.
I'm getting ambushed right now.
And all my spell slots are gone.
Baby Eric comes in this like, guess what?
I'm making the worst decision ever right now.
What's his name?
What's it?
What's the guy we hate?
What's Todd?
Todd.
Todd competing the mock battle.
No he did not.
Howard.
He's a loser.
He sat it out.
He didn't even show up to like the team meeting.
Oh, Todd.
I hope he got kidnapped and murdered or something.
Oh, I can fix him.
She says like, just like disappointingly like, No, I gotta.
He's either gonna get poisoned or fixed.
He's got two options.
As, as the sort of party dies down, nighttime has taken hold over Irabread at the moment.
Let me see.
Okay.
It seems like the time for bed is almost near.
You see it helping after helping a lot of people seems like the energy of the party
has stabilized.
And you do you do see Orier kind of like poking her head in alongside Solanasi.
She kind of like freezes up and awkwardly waves in the middle of her tending to other
people's duties like, everything's good.
Oria waves back and then bends over, casts Leon hands on a student as she walks by.
And she approaches the both of you.
She just goes.
Executor.
Lucia, hi, congratulations to your victory.
Thank you.
I'm I'm real proud of everyone, especially Lucia.
Yes, and I am proud of my leader.
Good victory.
Very good.
Because if says the mock battle is typically just a is typically just a sort of lacks a
sort of lacks battle compared to compared to the battle that's going to occur later
in the year.
It'll be much more serious.
It's much more serious guidelines.
Battle of the born wolf.
Are you going to be in that one?
And there's a battle between the houses.
I will have a lot more experience under our belt by then.
A lot more practice, a lot more training.
We're gonna be even better, she says.
I was wondering, Lucia, if you would like to join me in the in the opening day in the
opening day prayers.
Um, yeah, yeah, yes, that would be a good time.
Despite despite the other drinks and people have clouded minds.
Any student says I find it miraculous that any student who joins us as in these prayers
don't seem to don't seem to be too affected by the libations as if the prayers are powerful
enough.
Um, just goes, would you also like to join Evan Leia?
Oh, um, you know, I, I'll have to see.
I mean, I'm not quite I'm not really sure how my morning schedule is gonna look like.
My routines gonna look like here yet with them getting phantom already and stuff before
school and stuff.
And maybe once I settle into like routine, you know, certainly.
I was meaning tonight.
Oh, tonight, tonight.
Oh, I made plans.
Yeah, nods.
Very well, it'll come a time.
Yeah.
Or he holds out a hand to you.
Um, Lucia.
That we.
Yeah, we shall.
Oh, my goodness.
Look, I have to grab that thing.
Um, as she runs over to a table to grab something random, anything that's on the table, um,
or she like before she can go outside, doesn't have to grab or a sand.
This Lauren, if we have a lower and noticed a little bit because like normally Lucia is
really comfortable around or a.
But I don't even think I'm going to roll insight check because I think she gets that much.
But I don't think there's any way she can place what's wrong.
But
I already check those little videos because I have a you seem to have stuck some kind
of fire within her.
No, I think she's really excited about being here and stuff.
And you know, she's so brave.
She she took some pretty big hits and didn't give up.
So I think she did pretty amazing.
Yes.
Thank you for protecting her.
I shall leave you to.
I shall leave you to your address of your night now.
Um, she makes her way out following Lucia.
Um, and almost as an on cue, as soon as the executor leaves, leaves your site, you see
a presence on it makes itself known in the room.
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
Just goes.
Everyone.
The great Todd now graces you with his presence.
Todd is singing.
No, don't worry.
Don't worry me.
Oh,
what alternative reality have we stumbled in and how do we get out if Todd is singing?
Todd walks in.
It's probably a good opera singer.
Todd, Todd walks in.
See sees you, Valora looks at you up and down.
And just walks and gets food.
Okay.
Did Lucy already go?
Where is she still here?
Can I poison Todd?
Um, you're gone, Lucia, but you did.
You did hear the me, me, me, me, me, me.
Oh, no, she walks faster.
Um, don't worry me walking by alongside Todd makes eye contact with you, Valora.
And just goes, I told Todd what you said.
Okay.
What did I say again?
This goes, look at you so drunk with your libations that you don't even remember the
crimes you've committed.
Or maybe it just wasn't that big of a deal.
But you know, oh, you will learn.
Whatever.
You're going to learn.
Okay.
Todd goes, shut up.
Don't worry me.
Yes, Todd.
Todd grabs food and just kind of like, someone just goes, who won?
We won.
Yay.
She pulling my leg?
You all lost to this runt?
Well, I don't think you get to say anything when you didn't even fucking help.
So
Scathing.
But you know, thanks for, um, no, nevermind.
Yeah keep that mouth shut.
I don't care.
She shrugs.
She goes, I don't, I don't care what you were doing.
Hope you had fun.
After another moment, um, you see, Brimstone just goes, hey Todd, if you have the, any
ability to read the room, just considering your brain, I don't even know, you even know
how to read.
Nobody wants you here right now.
Oof.
I remember you runt.
See you soon.
How beautiful to remember someone you went to school with for three years straight.
What's that?
Stop mumbling.
Oh, I thought you didn't want to hear what I had to say.
No, since you're opening up that mouth of yours.
Um, Soggie just steps in just goes, beat it.
Just uh, Todd just goes, just Todd just laughs.
I don't have to waste my time with these losers.
Come on, let's go.
Walks out.
That fucking loser.
I know you're telling me.
Um, Velora.
Something builds up inside of you.
There's a heat that builds in your chest, it goes to your head.
It goes to your nuts.
Ahchoo!
You sneeze.
Oh.
Soggie just goes, you all right?
Yeah, I think so.
I don't know where that came from.
You didn't pass a cold to you, did you?
I don't think it works like that.
Someone cast an illness on her.
You see Saga puts her hand on your forehead.
You know, the heat of her hand on your forehead.
You take, you're bringing to take note of your body.
Oh gosh, something's not sitting right in your stomach.
Oh.
Well that just came out of nowhere.
Wow.
Great.
God.
You're burning up trouble.
I was like, I was fine.
Um.
You feel your nose begin to get a little stuffy.
Hmm.
All right.
Everyone Valora's tapping out.
What?
No.
No, no objections.
Come on.
We have plans anyways.
I can't wait.
I'll get my time with you, but for now, just gotta, just we gotta make sure you're looked
after.
Come on.
She grabbed.
It's probably fine.
I don't know where it's probably just the alcohol or something.
I don't.
She takes hold of your hand.
Oh.
And she just goes, either we do it this way or I carry you.
All right.
Um, she, she begins to hold your hand and hold your way and she just goes, good night
everyone looking forward to a great year.
Good job guys.
As soon as you kind of like hit the outside cool spring night, spring air, um, another
sneeze comes up to you and escapes you.
Oh no, you have a cold.
Why did that come?
Where the f that came from?
Oh, she's like, kind of, she's so annoyed too.
Bad timing too.
Medic places is probably full with people already, you know, being looked after and,
you know, other drunk folk.
Oh, I don't worry.
I got you.
I'm guessing they don't have any, any room to deal with a little cold or whatever.
Why do that when isn't the night's rest?
Yeah.
Come on.
You're really, I'd be fine.
You don't have to end your whole night for none of that.
I like, I like looking after my friends.
All right.
That's how I know you're sick.
Give up.
Oh, no, I just, I just, I, I relate, I guess.
I wouldn't let, I wouldn't let you go either.
I have, I had a feeling.
Yes.
Which one was it?
Was it the blue wolf's drink?
Probably.
I mean, I heard they drink that.
Yeah.
First time I took it.
Then the wolf socks fell off.
It was awful.
So they do it again.
It's the battle of the poor and the wolf.
Well, hopefully, you know, Vanga will think of something new.
Yeah.
I, I'm not going to give you guys something horrible.
I can take, we can take on whatever you throw.
Prop says you look like, says you look like your favorite drink is like cranberry juice
or something.
But like, I'm like, I'm a grandma or something.
Good.
You could give off those kinds of vibes.
As you get towards the dormitory and you get to the stairs, she goes, oh, careful.
Get to the level.
Come on.
I'm fine.
This, this is the same sort of tender care that she was giving to that, her fellow student
earlier.
There's this sudden switch that the sudden look in her eyes, this tenderness and softness
that you kind of see from maybe she got that from her father.
And that daredevil look has now switched completely to this, like taking, taking into consideration
everything in your path, genuinely watching over everything you do.
And as, as you get up onto, as you get, as you climb a flight, she squeezes a nape of
your neck and she just goes, good job.
Oh God, I can, I'm not like dying.
This, she goes, well, I'm making sure that's not going to happen.
That's not happening.
Thank goodness.
Come on, we got a few more.
These are called flights, right?
You're really good at, you're really good at that.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to put it out, like make it like eight floors, couldn't
they have like gone wide?
Yeah, you know, not a lot of this place is really super built efficiently.
All this building on the mountain, all the stuff they had to add, like the wheelchair
support and everything that was built way later.
Climbing up the steps, it does get harder, but you have support.
Your stomach, your stomach is swimming, the head is swimming, everything.
She like suddenly realizes something.
She goes, I wonder if it was the bread.
They, oh, the victory bread?
She rotted it.
Yeah.
She rotted, Tamsin rotted it in my stomach to try to make it digest better or something.
That can happen.
Yeah.
I don't know how she does it either, but I felt it.
Can you get like sick from rotted bread?
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, I guess technically, but like, I don't think it like, you know, isn't it
like normally like bread with like mold on it?
I wouldn't have grown mold in my stomach or Tamsin did talk about eating mold too though.
So whoa, what's going on?
What's going on with your team members?
Yeah, Tamsin.
She's, I don't know her very well yet, but she seems like something else too.
Seems like a, seems like a theme in your whole house of just being something else.
Yeah, for real.
Well, Todd, ugh.
Don't worry about that asshole.
You're doing so good.
Thanks.
The whole point of being a leader and being good is that you're so good that no one notices
all the horrible things, all the horrible people and stuff that don't affect them on
the side.
You're going to be so good and you're going to be so inspiring for people that they're
going to be focusing on what matters.
Thanks.
Don't thank me.
Just stay in the obvious.
You got your key?
Oh yeah.
Hopefully.
Unlock the door.
She opened, as you, as she opens it for you.
And she just goes, my lady, kind of like, kind of carrying on the shoulder on the inside.
And she gently leans down as you descend onto the bed.
You see she goes ahead.
She is genuine in all the motion she's doing.
She goes ahead and she pulls up your blanket, starts like positioning the pillows.
This is all in earnest.
I'm good, I'm good.
I swear.
I promise I'm good.
You will be.
I'm good.
You're going to be fine.
You'll sleep a little head down.
You still got that guitar in you tonight?
Oh my god.
He's thinking.
Maybe another night of trouble.
All right.
Well, thanks for walking me back.
She pulls up.
She pulls up a chair to your side.
She just goes, I'm just going to sit here till you fall asleep.
If you wake up in the middle of the night and you feel like you need something, you
want a glass of water or something, just call out to me.
My room's over there.
But you already know that.
Not far.
You're real sweet.
Do this for anyone.
I like making sure that the people around me are nice and taken care of, you know?
That's good.
Don't let me see those eyes open.
I talked to your dad.
Love him.
You scrounging around for any little secrets of mine?
Not yet.
I was like, oh, maybe I can hunt him down later.
But I'm going to nickname city call me.
He has a hundred.
Oh, there is a button and bear and the problem.
I think a bunch more.
Don't get any ideas.
Let's talk more.
We'll see how we'll see how you look in the morning.
Okay.
Thanks.
It's no problem.
I'm not sure I can fall asleep with you staring at me though.
She just kind of like kicks her legs up on a little table and like looks away.
You sound like a snorer, so I'll take that as my cue.
Can you fall asleep?
Say good night and she'll try to get some rest.
Good night, Valorra.
And you fall asleep.
Lucia.
You follow Aurier to the what they call the yonder lands.
It is where faculty people who receive distinction from Irobrin are buried.
Oh, Terry got it.
They're pushing the dead.
As you reach there, you see that there is already a goal.
They're reading over people, giving a sort of like sermon.
Just everything.
Just the typical spiel that you would hear on all the give on all the.
It hasn't been a week.
And yet this constant in your life now removed.
It feels like it feels like it feels like a wagon out of control.
But you are the only ones here.
You're the only one here to take control to take rain rain of it again.
But the spite of my letters, right?
You did.
You take note of headstones.
Taking care of, but but with the cracks and little and little chips, it seems that even
with care, the on airing on airing tide of time does take its does take its share.
You see names of all kind, graves of all sizes.
Some graves you see are too small.
And some numbers are too small.
As a sensor is filled and smoke is as you walk through the graveyard of the cemetery,
multiple students around heads down in respect.
There is this there is a sobering sort of scent that alleviates any sort of prickle pins
in the brain.
If you were drunk.
Well, do 100 50.
There is and it feels natural to you.
Within the sort of exuberance and the and the intense energy of the past few days, there
is always something humbling about offering respect.
As the as the mind sort of flattens out, you see each and every cemetery, each and every
headstone engraved.
You count the heads of each of the students around you.
And you you might see it.
You you might see all of them.
You might view all of them in awe.
This is life.
Those that die, those that remember.
For you, at this very moment, headstones and heads alike, no matter what, they connect
to each other.
They are the great constellations of this earth.
You are beginning to violently know this world.
And even then, you are you find praise and respect here.
You find the connections between people.
And even in the saddest, even in the sadder depths of your heart.
Do your dirge to your lament turn into victorious songs?
You're part of this.
You're part of the bigger ocean here.
You're among the stars now.
You are building your legacy.
You are building a headstone.
And you can see others as well.
Whatever the future holds, whatever it may bring, you are going to be a part of it.
Because in all those words in your head, you deserve to be a part of it.
The walkthrough happens.
How are you?
It's always humbling at the beginning of every school year.
I make sure to never miss this.
We always have to remember who came before us.
She, her hand, the same hand that you saw held the dagger.
You see the back of it gently rushes up towards you.
And she just goes, no, it's dark, but it's only me.
As she moves to move a lock of hair out of your face.
I'll protect you.
Thank you.
Shall I walk you back to your room?
If you would like.
She takes you by the hand gently.
Always a guiding hand.
How much of your life did she guide?
Beyond your knowing.
You are taken to your dormitories, where she bids you farewell and a good night.
Then walks off, leaving you at the entrance of the dorms.
As you open the door, a little lost in thought.
Can you tell me what Lucia, only if you want to.
What's Lucia, what her mind is at right now?
It's a mess.
Because in the vision you said, like the gods were present, right?
When Archibald was being stabbed.
Flashes of the gods.
It is up to interpretation.
I think since that happened, she's kind of been on like a mini spiral in her head.
Why were they there?
Why would they want that?
What am I missing?
Seeing the tombstones, the ones with very, very short timelines.
The lives of people that didn't even get a chance to start really.
She's spiraling on that.
Every death has a purpose, right?
There's a meaning behind every death, isn't there?
What was their purpose?
They didn't even get to live.
She's full on like, it's something she's never, ever questioned.
She's kind of drowning.
Swimming.
As your mind swims.
Something in front of you catches your eye.
Impossible not to.
A storm, what feels like a storm, is in front of you.
But as you-
What's in my room?
As your eyes look up down the hallway towards your room, this storm becomes to a calm.
It is something akin to a flat black sky.
As you see Samara in front of her room.
Her room, not my room.
Yeah.
I thought I walked into my room and someone was in there.
I was like, what?
Horrifying.
You're looking down the hallway.
Okay, looking down the hallway, opening my door, and then Samara is there.
Ah, oh.
Lucia.
Hey.
Sorry about-
I've suffered for this.
You were good.
Yeah, thanks.
You weren't going down.
You kept to your promise.
I did?
You said you were going to take me down, remember?
But I- I- I- I-
Take pride in what you did today.
Thanks.
I'm sorry that you guys- but you- you- you carried your team for sure.
Still never won a year.
The what?
Still never won a year.
Still never won a year?
Still never won a year.
They never won a mock battle.
Oh, oh, still never won a year.
Oh, they haven't ever won one.
They haven't?
Yeah, still never won.
Yeah, a year.
Oh, won.
Got it, got it, got it, got it.
Because you guys have never won?
It's fine.
It's about the number of contests, not conquests.
And, I mean, do you really want to be the victor at the end of all this anyway?
I mean, at some point it stops being school and it's- and it's just life and- I guess
winning has a different meaning then.
With that, you get her full regard.
Her head turns towards you.
At what you say and seeing you in contemplation.
It turns away from her door and walks towards you.
Her hand is so big, but it feels so light.
Breath fits on your shoulder.
And never gets easier.
But it is supposed to get harder.
And you will be broken again and again.
And things will always come back stronger.
Why they- they just stay broken.
That's not our nature.
You'll learn.
That's what time is for.
Time, yes.
Time.
Something I don't have enough of and yet keep hurtling forward into.
So much of it and yet there's not enough of it.
You're learning.
Am I?
You are.
Do you have any idea?
Her hand returns to her side.
I just feel like the world is closing in around me.
And I'm trying.
Don't listen to that.
Until what?
When the world is closing in around you.
When everything seems like it's bad.
And only the worst can happen.
You don't listen to that.
Make a change.
It's not that bad things can happen.
It's that they will.
That's life.
Yeah.
I guess you're right.
I've tucked your ear off enough.
You should get some sleep.
Yeah you too.
You know, rest from such a crazy day and well, won't see you as my roommate for a while so
we'll just be neighbors you know.
Rock on my door if you need anything.
Yeah right back at you girlfriend.
You rock on my door if you need anything and we'll just yeah if you need anything come
on by.
I've got heels for days.
Whatever you need.
Okay.
Good night.
You'll learn.
It gets harder but it does get easier too.
In other ways.
I wish.
Never mind.
Look at me.
Thank you Samara.
Acknowledge.
Repeat what I said.
Make it a truth.
Say it.
It's not.
I'm dealing with things.
That are a lot.
Girl.
Do it for yourself.
It will get easier.
Good girl.
And she walks into her room.
Who would have thought?
Titan of the storms.
Big old softy.
She calls out as she.
And then.
As that.
As that occurs.
As you call her as your sing song voice still lingers within her room.
Calling her a softy.
How dare you.
You reach for your keys.
And then you hear.
From the hall as the door opens.
Tamzin.
You see Tamzin covered in sweat.
She's tending to a barrel.
And she's rolling it over.
I'm so sorry.
This no one.
I carried this all the way up.
Me my little arms.
Is there two questions.
One is there anyone else in the hallway currently?
I'll say just here and there.
Yeah.
You're not alone.
There's the two of you.
OK.
And two what is what is the Tamsin's physical posture look like right now in regards like
is she leaning on the barrel is like where is where is she's leaning on it.
Just like pushing it on the side like rolling it towards her room.
And Lucia get on the other side of the barrel.
Try to stop it.
You stop it.
Yeah.
As you stop it.
Her eyes wide.
She goes.
Lucia.
I can't do this alone.
I need your help.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm just trying to get this barrel to my room.
Lucia doesn't laugh at Emma laughing.
This barrel is really heavy and has something very valuable inside.
Lucia goes as she's starting to push back on the barrel.
Lucia please please be careful with this.
Tamsin you're the only other person who knows.
Know what?
Don't know.
Can we talk in my room?
I need to get this barrel in there.
Fine and she'll go on the other side to Tamsin's side and help her push up the barrel into
her room.
OK.
What the heck is in this barrel?
Lucia says leaning over panting.
Oh just something.
It's really heavy.
What is something?
What is it?
She starts lifting it up to get it upright.
She goes.
Oh wow.
I spent the whole day doing that.
Enough spellcasters and all we need our special stuff.
What is that heavy?
Oh just a barrel full of like stuff I need for my spellcasting.
Like what?
Like you know sand.
It's a barrel of sand?
Well other things too but yeah it's a lot of sand.
What else is in the sand?
Lucia.
So Tamsin.
What's up?
Do you realize how suspicious you come off right?
Yeah.
Big big big big suspicion.
Big suspicion.
OK I'm just I'm just trying to just trying to simulate everything make sure everything's
you know good and you know I've been really nervous being here and all you know this is
the most people I've ever seen ever.
I grew up in a small village.
I fought a bunch of gnolls.
Well I just said me too.
I grew up in a small village too.
I understand.
I'm just you know just a small town girl.
Lucia doesn't do that but Emma does.
Your small town girl.
You're also the only other person who's ever seen time shift.
You can do that?
No no no.
I shouldn't do that.
Yeah you know you already told me.
Didn't mean to.
You knew something was off that day remember?
I do.
I felt.
I felt the reality shift around me.
I felt invisible hands reach towards the tethers.
What are you?
I've only seen one other one other thing do that.
Sorry.
Player question.
The cyborg tell me I was a cyborg.
Or was it just like this woman appeared and I was like oh god.
It was basically like you know you return to us one day.
Right.
That there wasn't it wasn't like you're a cyborg right?
It wasn't giving me any.
It wasn't like obvious because nothing the fucking cyborgs ever say is wrong.
Right right.
Just like there's a woman.
Um.
Lucia goes.
I don't know.
Do you know that I've seen some pretty bad things.
And I want to do everything in my power to stop it and I don't know how.
Maybe that's why.
I'm here.
What?
To help you.
What do you mean?
Okay.
So.
Do you want to sit down for this?
You might.
Okay.
It pops on the barrel.
Take a breath.
Don't sit on that.
Okay never mind.
Sorry.
Sit on the floor.
You sit on my bed.
It's okay.
Okay.
I'm fine.
Curls up on the bed.
Okay.
I asked them if it was okay to tell you and it took a bit to get an answer but they said
yes.
Don't scream.
Please do not scream.
I'm going to show you something but please don't scream okay?
She's.
As soon as she said them Lucia there's no words exiting from her mouth.
Please don't scream.
Shots.
Silently.
Okay.
Um.
As I will give to you guys her true character sheet.
Oh my god.
Um.
She just goes.
Okay.
She reaches towards her eye patch.
And as she pulls it up.
Her eye is completely gone.
Inside a cavity.
Multiple wriggling worms.
It's okay.
My whole body is made of worms.
You see she pulls her hand and she takes it off.
And it's just all worms.
She puts it back on.
I mean no harm.
Okay.
So I guess I'll just throw everything at you at once.
So in the null attack I kind of died.
Thankfully because of this ritual I was brought back.
I have a patron.
I'm a warlock.
Hi.
I'm a warlock and I am attuned to these entities.
They don't really have a name.
They're called the hands from beyond.
That's basically what they are.
They're two hands.
They're really big hands.
They look like the universe when you look at them.
And I think I'm their only...
I think they chose me as their only patron.
They like to shift.
They shift time around.
They know about like...
Remember when Lucio talked about those echoes things?
They know about that.
They move the echoes around.
They have the little fingers.
And I am made completely of worms.
But so yeah I can't take off my head.
It is freaky.
I'm not going to do that to you.
All right.
And as a sort of like...
So for them to see, that's why I have the eye patch thing.
I'm just sort of here right now doing my thing, going towards Iorbrin.
Because I feel like the hands from beyond were guiding me here.
And like I think they're interested in you specifically.
And yeah.
Any questions?
Would you allow Tim for Lucita to pass out?
And you pass out.
As you pass, you pass out.
The night takes as we begin to head towards...
Oh my god!
What is this?
What?
I will say that I did put a hint.
Her bandwagon ability is called Worm Out.
Well and also the decomposing in the tummy and it's all coming together.
Oh my god!
Wait, how is there a character that's made of just worms?
Hi I'm just a bunch of worms.
Play A5E everyone.
Oh is that a thing?
That's a thing in A5E.
What's it called?
Worms?
I gotta look it up.
I remember looking at that now.
I remember seeing that.
That is something.
That's an actual thing.
Yeah, we talked about it.
Like I think Albert was in the call.
I've gotta look, I need to know what the fuck.
What the fuck?
Worms.
Well we'll look it up later but for now, it's called writhing transformation.
You can look that up later.
But!
Get wild.
It engulfs Irobrin and with it, it brings slumber.
It sweeps the remainder of the time, the time spent and the time to be spent into the realm
of memories.
And I'm gonna say this next thing.
And the game will end right after I say it.
Valora?
As you awake?
The curtains drawn?
As you feel the hair sort of a little frizzled, like the fever kind of like wearing off a
little bit.
Your head turns to the rest of your room and you see sleeping in the chair that she sat
on, slumbering from maintaining her vigilant watch over you.
Saga Dondarius.
And that is where we'll end today's session.
So cute but I'm sorry I'm still in the whiplash of worms.
The worms?
I'm literally reading this spell right now.
What the fuck A5E?
Who sits down?
Thanks.
Yes!
This is what A5E needs.
Yeah we need another night level spell.
We need a night level spell where you are a shell of a person and a writhing mass of
what the fuck?
You are worms.
Coffin filled with worms.
Oh my god.
Wait I feel bad.
So wait what is Tamsin?
What happened?
So Tamsin's kind of undead then.
She's an aberration.
She's kind of dead.
She died and then got aberrated.
What the fuck Pathfinder says Pathfinder has a spell where you use your organs as a rope.
Guys this is not normal!
Tamsin would love that.
She would be just a bunch of worms.
No!
That's just called being a resourceful serial killer.
Yeah.
Oh my god what the hell.
That's so...
Well no one can call that one but.
Well it's on my bingo card.
I'm kidding.
Oh my god.
Character is just worms.
Tamsin is worms.
Someone's gonna be like you're a worm.
You're nothing more than a worm.
Actually I'm many worms.
She's gonna be like actually I am.
Honestly though.
I am not one worm.
I'm so many worms.
In one of the first meetings she did say like sorry I have worms in my head.
Oh damn what the fuck.
Yeah what?
Wait hold on.
Look at the last part of this spell.
If you spend an hour in the same space as a dead creature of your original form size
you can eat its insides and inhabit its skin in the same way you once inhabited your own.
So what she's calling a ritual is a bunch of worms went inside her and took her body.
Yeah.
And she can keep going and she can swap a form.
She can swap it right?
I kinda wanna tell you guys what's in the barrel now.
Is it a corpse?
Is it a student's body?
It's a corpse.
No!
No no no.
I was all like I was like so suspicious when she said it was just a normal thing.
Just a normal thing.
And this is the person Lissia has to ally herself with.
I'm here to help you anyways.
I'm re- the worms are so hungry.
Time for dinner.
No no no the worms are a backup.
I can eat anything like literally anything.
I can eat dirt.
Then why are you eating a corpse?
No no no the corpse is just like a big backup kind of thing.
Anyways no one knows I'm worms.
I'm a worm.
Oh god.
This just went this we went we went.
We went from slice of like school war school to fucking horror.
It's a war school?
I thought they said worm school.
Worm school!
Oh no.
Help me now!
Uh oh.
Who pulls out a worm?
You're not gonna learn anything here little buddy.
Do the worms take turns getting to see who gets to look through the iPad?
Any of the worms will act will gladly act as eyes for the hands from beyond.
Oh my god.
I need to I need to learn how to read fast.
Does that mean we can have her like take worms out of her body and use them to like surveillance
in multiple places?
Yeah is it like a ranger thing or like a like a oh god oh god.
She does want to keep it secret from everyone else.
That's fair.
Lucia probably wants to erase this from her head completely.
She's gonna think she dreamed this or something.
She wakes up and she's like I had the craziest fucking dream.
Lucia's literally gonna think it was a nightmare.
That's literally what she's gonna think.
It's like god.
I had a hard day, all these scary visions, the future is so bad and then I talk to Tamsin
and she's warmed.
She definitely thinks it's a nightmare and there's no fucking way.
I have to get fit.
I have to go commission fan art now of Tamsin doing the worm.
She's probably really good at it.
She is.
She's very wiggly.
Wait but now I feel bad for Tamsin because she's just a bunch of worms.
It's okay I'm gonna get my body back.
Ohhhhh.
I thought the worms already ate your insides.
No they'll give it back.
I've been promised the hands from beyond they'll give it back.
Hands are made for making and the hands from beyond love doing everything hands like they
do.
The worms eat people's insides.
Oh god this is gonna be fascinating.
It's literally the fire emblem priest versus oh my god what's the warlock class?
I think it's dark.
Dark mage.
I think there's one that literally is warlock.
Yeah it's literally the white magic versus the dark magic.
The reason and faith.
Even if Lucia starts to slip this to anyone nobody will know what she's talking about.
Oh no they're gonna think she's nuts and it's fine because it's for the better.
Valora's already very used to not understanding everything Lucia says all the time.
She tries so hard to tell her.
Hey you know what?
That thing that happened with Valora and Saga are kinda cute.
They're kinda cute.
I wanted a forehead kiss.
Chat we demanded a forehead kiss.
We were not fed.
One day.
No no no no no no stay hungry stay hungry.
Well the thing is too we were like well this is also just so queer because it's either
the slowest of the slow fucking burns or it's one date and then they buy a U-Haul.
They get a U-Haul and they're moving in together.
Knock down the wall.
Moving in.
And Lucia if you fear that one day your heart will not be yours take heed in the fact that
in the respect and praise you have of others in that your heart is still yours.
What?
Arnalda dies.
No!
Never.
Never ever.
What?
Ever do ever.
I was very fascinated though by the Archibald in love with Vesper Plot twist though.
I at first was like Archibald likes me.
Nope.
He's just like thank god there's someone that's being nice to me.
Poor buddy.
Poor Archibald.
They should date.
They're going.
No, not should.
They will.
But Archibald is like well they need something better than me and like aww.
And like they're gonna pass on the mark because that's what this fucking kingdom wants.
That's not what's gonna happen though because Lucia's on the job.
If Vesper gets with the man then there's no babies with marks.
Adoption!
Yep.
But they can't have the mark which is so important.
Stupid.
Surrogacy?
Magic?
Uh.
Well we learned a lot today.
Learned very much today.
Good wonderful job everyone.
Top three things we learned.
Worms.
Worms and worms and worms.
Thank you so much for watching everyone.
Thanks guys.
We will see you again next time.
These worms and worms.
Have a good one everyone.
Good night.
Thanks for coming.
Bye.
Thanks for coming.
Bye.
The winds have been whispering of what's to come but every time the words are bound to
leave my tongue.
Some obstacle arises, some unstoppable force.
My deepest fear awakens, fades unstoppable course but there's so much I still don't
see.
I never thought a second in command would be me.
High in the mountains where they train the elite.
I'm the one who's in it amongst all this nobility.
You with your aim mark a passage in speed with riches and power in your family tree.
But injustice strains all your loyalty.
Desire and duty is the balance between.
The winds have been whispering of what's to come.
Foreboding whispers whispers to thunder.
Your castle walls crumbling one by one against the blood red sky right on fandom.
I fight for what's right.
Some may call me naive but nothing can put out the flame in me.
The goddess of spring, a life from death she brings.
A man from war raised in items ministry.
Two silver lions from different packs.
I shed off my shelteredness freedom at last.
I pray what I've seen does not have to be done.
For the winds have been whispering.
The winds have been whispering of what's to come.