Songwoven presents Irabrin Dawnbreak, a level-up, advanced-fit edition, actual play campaign.
Episode 15 Between the Lines.
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Hello everyone and welcome to Irabrin Dawnbreak.
I am your narrator, Tim Don Tran, and of course I am joined by my three absolutely lovely
co-hosts.
Hi everyone, I'm Emma Remusco, I play Lucia B-B-B-B.
What's up everyone, my name is Jenny Sherard, I play Valora Evinlea.
Hey guys, I'm Albert, but you can call me Al or Bert.
That's not an official condoning of that.
I play Cole.
And this is Songwoven!
Alright everyone, well, while everything outside is not so great at the moment, guess what?
Outside, it's a little on fire, but inside, we're nice and toasty.
Inside I can control the temperatures of my house.
We can control the world!
What if the world had a thermostat?
We would end global warming right then, right there.
I feel like a billionaire would find a way to be like, I control the thermostat so give
me all the money or I keep cranking it up, I keep putting it up, I'm gonna put it up
a little bit more, give me your money!
We love bioterrorism!
Anyways, okay, we need an opening bit.
Timmy is playing all our characters today because he is all of us today.
I love that we went down in pitch.
I started here and then it was Jenny and then it was Albert.
Emma's the highest pitched of us, I guess.
Because I talk really up here!
Mitchie is the highest pitched.
So Timmy, Jenny, Timmy, Jenny, do the recap.
Alright, we'll both read it at the same time.
No!
Do the recap as me.
As you, as you, yes.
The silver lions give the olive house a tour of Ira Brin.
Timmy Jenny is very sexy.
All of you here is a suspicious conversation between Tamzin and Lucia.
Valora and Lucia are lured to a hidden underground maze by a cot.
While Koala secures their phialism, deep under the school, the group is confronted by mushroom
people who insist on wiping Lucy's memories of the place.
They refuse, instead run ahead into a room occupied by many people who then force the
group to drop their weapons so they can talk to Lucia.
Lucia.
Lucia!
That's how they pronounce it.
Jenny, you, you give such an interesting...
Jenny, you've changed.
Yeah, Jenny, you've changed.
Jenny, you should really go into erotica audio because, I mean, those smooth, smooth tones
on the back end.
We're at the next, the next campaign for Songwoven.
Audio erotica.
Yes, but don't spoil it.
It's our, it's our Valentine's Day special, Dongwoven.
Our podcast, podcast only, Kobold only party erotica Dongwoven.
Happy Valentine's Day.
The Dongwoven we're bringing back Momwoven.
We're getting...
JT, JT's like, I don't want to be the Mod anymore.
Then JT takes over and we call it Modwoven.
Modwoven.
Well, JT is going to take over soon for something special, right?
Maybe.
I don't know anything about that.
Anyways.
We all play fish.
Godwoven.
Oh, we play, um, all gods, Godwoven.
Godwoven.
Oh.
We can all be bards.
We can play, it could be Songwoven.
Yeah.
We could actually do a song for her.
Hi, JT!
Please.
Please stop.
We're getting yelled at by the Mod.
I always freeze up.
I always freeze up when the teacher walks into the room.
Oh no, Mod!
Don't be sick.
I know.
Same, same.
Oh gosh.
Can't be sick.
There's a Super Bowl coming up.
Yeah, Super Bowl coming up next week.
I know, JT, you've got to hang on for the chiefs.
But hang in there.
Do it for Lucia.
And guys, remember.
What for me?
Smoking kills.
Wicklings!
All right.
With that official endorsement, let's, let's perhaps...
For tobacco?
Let's perhaps start getting into...
I gotta start bowing down to some billionaire corporation.
I might as well.
Hey, hey, can it at least be Ben and Jerry's?
Because those motherfuckers have been OG since day one.
And I don't care how expensive their ice cream gets.
I will stan.
Oh, they fuck.
They fuck.
They do.
They fuck real hard.
They fuck real good.
Ben and Jerry.
Okay.
I will bow down to them.
I will bow down to the girl who apparently had went to a wedding where Ben from Ben and
Jerry's was serving ice cream at the wedding because he happened to be friends with the
wedding party or something.
Fucking incredible.
And I would have cried.
That would have been amazing.
That would have made my life.
They'd charge him two for 18 for two points.
Gosh.
Oh, they're expensive.
They are.
But, but I would bow down.
I'll bow down to Ben and Jerry's.
It costs a lot.
I would bow down to Ben and Jerry's.
Because that's the.
Costco.
Costco 2 also has my is my sword.
Please sponsor us Costco.
There might be a strike soon on Costco.
Is it going to strike on Costco?
There might be there might be.
That's they're still negotiating, try believe it.
Costco, if you sponsor us.
No, no, that's a strike.
There's a strike.
We can't cross the line.
No, crossing the picket line.
There are too many strikes.
My God.
Anyway, oh no.
Oh no, they just came to a last minute agreement yesterday.
I thought Costco was in the green.
I thought we were good with Costco.
There are some unionized Costcos that they're saying,
you know, you've got record profits and you've not raised
the wages enough and stuff and things like that.
But my mom who works at Costco is very happy
because she's not in a unionized Costco
and they are getting a big pay increase.
Let's go.
They're getting paid like 30 bucks an hour or something,
aren't they?
Yeah, I think top out and my mom's gonna make even more
because she's about to become a hearing aid dispenser.
Welcome to the stream where all of us are gonna put
in a job application to Costco.
Literally, literally.
And also they have a really cute little reading chair.
So if Costco, you wanna send us a reading chair too,
I would love that.
The thing is Emma's super qualified because of her.
My resume.
Speaking of having his resume.
Oh yeah, that's what you mean.
Let's do.
Everyone remember their bits for that.
So chat, which of Emma's roles was your favorite?
No, no, no, no, no.
I love hearing Genshin Impact.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
we're not talking about the Hoyoverse right now.
Hoyoverse is in bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed.
I gotta go find her shirt because that's the only place.
Don't get the fucking t-shirt.
One second, let me find.
I found her resume off her website.
Does that mean like Timmy's shirt is like a relic now?
I fucking hid it.
It gets paid so much more.
No.
Song, when you become really famous,
that's like super rare.
Like if I just can get you to sign it.
If I can just forge your signature.
No, no, no, I edited my demo.
No, don't let it, okay.
Don't, don't, don't.
Can we go to the game?
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I was just sending Emma's materials in the chat.
In the chat.
I quit, I don't wanna, I don't wanna be,
I don't think I'm not gonna be an actor anymore.
This one's from 2022.
Yeah, old.
In care.
Delete it.
Stop flipping.
Okay, okay, okay.
She's like whispering in my ear, okay.
Stop.
Okay, everyone, that's, that's, that's, that's settled down.
Now that the bullying Emma segment is over,
I think we can start.
You don't have to talk about how, nevermind, nevermind.
You're gonna stop.
I just do wanna say that there was a point
when I was searching stuff up on Emma
that I went to her mom's.
My mom?
You just had like a really good like thing you made
to save the postal system.
Oh, no, no, no, not my piece.
Oh, no, no, no.
I think I deleted that one after you said you found it.
I have.
That hurt.
I've got Emma's, I'm gonna subscribe to her real quick.
No, please don't subscribe to me.
Okay, okay, okay, guys, Emma's tired.
Okay, Emma's, Emma's.
Emma is tired and she has a role play moment coming up.
So.
This is just the mindset we need to be
in going into this.
Honestly, if I can bring this joy to you guys,
abuse my resume all you need.
Give us permission.
Albert.
But it's nothing.
You're too altruistic.
Emma's gonna fucking throw us in the dungeon one day.
If she takes over.
You're like, wait, then I just,
I just, I just, I love, what can I say?
Can I say you put, I do it to myself,
but honestly, it's been a really good lesson
in what content you put out there.
If Tim can find it, be okay with something Tim can find.
I love knowing things about people.
I did try to save the post office.
I was not successful and I tried though, guys, I tried.
You guys, for fun, you should search Kutaj Kurogi
and then see what you can find.
How about we play the game?
Let me spill it in the chat.
Anyways.
All right.
I'll look at this resume later.
It was very easy.
I'm sweating.
No, I'm sweating.
It's been 11 minutes.
Let's go.
Here we go.
Ready, I'm focused.
I'm not feverish.
Here we go.
Razor Sharp.
A sphere of silence
befalls both Allura and Kual
as they are flanked by a,
as they are flanked by two separate duos
of these gnarly scarred, scary looking individuals
holding them in place.
The dark elven lady
with magic protruding through her gloved fingertips
envelops them in a sphere of silence.
So they would have less of a chance
to perhaps hear what she has to say.
Lucia, who she guides away
for a moment.
They are still,
Lucia as promised by,
as promised by this elven woman
is within, is still within view
of these other two.
Lucia.
As she brings you off over to the side,
her plate, her ice dagger-y eyes
look directly into yours.
She's scrutinizing you, analyzing you.
Left, right, up and down.
Wherever her eyesight looks at,
it's at some different portion of you.
As if trying to take note of every inch of you.
And then she says, small.
Lacking the authority that she has spoken with exclusively.
Petal.
And then she gauges, looking.
Is that word familiar to you at all?
It's what my dad calls me.
It is.
You heard him?
No.
I'm going to raise my hand towards you.
I promise no harm is going to befall you.
But I want to take a look
at the magic that's been inscribed onto you.
At the magic that's been inscribed onto you.
Inscri-
Inscribed, I-
Okay.
I think she's like looking back at her friends
to make sure that they're still safe.
Understanding that it's not just her
that will be impacted if she fucks up.
I will use this to say too,
I will cast freedom of movement on myself.
Which I believe I can do without anyone noticing
because it doesn't have components.
It doesn't.
It's just somatic.
For the viewers-
Nothing.
Viewers at home, A on marks, get cool shit.
Oh, that's right.
In her blood.
In her bread.
I have to use components if I cast it on someone else,
but not for me.
I'm gonna cast meteor swarm.
On my, with my A on mark.
I cast fireball with my A on mark.
I guess cool time to reveal
that Albert does indeed have an A on mark
that allows him to cast meteor swarm.
And fireball.
Whoosh.
You get a look towards them being held firmly in place.
Valora, you cast freedom of movement.
So you're at the ready.
No one notices.
And now Lucia, you, after that cursory glance,
you look towards this woman once more.
Okay.
She just goes.
Okay.
My name is Avanya.
And she, and she looks at you once more.
It seems like every little bit of information
she's tiptoeing with, she, she looks for anything
to like gauge, like your reaction to it.
Lucia's a pretty open book.
You two just see her return her stare.
The name doesn't ring a bell.
She nods.
And she begins to circle you like a jungle cat.
There is that just moment of just complete utter silence.
As soon as she leaves your peripheral,
it's like she's not there.
Like she just, she has disappeared or turned into a ghost.
She places a hand on your shoulder and traces it down
to like the small of your back.
And she begins muttering something,
a continued string of words, indecipherable,
draconic in nature.
It's an incantation.
You're allowed to have it.
I don't think there's anything else she can do.
As the incantation completes,
as you feel magic begin to swell behind you
onto the marks on your back,
you feel a searing on a very small part on your back.
Eventually, eventually it soothes, not immediately.
The pain, the pain is still there.
Your muscles have tensed up.
It is like the moments after a leg cramp
where the pain has stopped, but you're still very sore.
And you hear her mutter under her breath,
what have they done to you?
Who?
She takes a moment.
And before she walks away from you for a moment,
she kind of goes over to the stand
where she fusses with a small rucksack,
pulling out a small notebook.
And she turns towards you.
She just goes, tell me your earliest memories.
Oh.
Would that be the fire?
Or does, it would be the fire, right?
Yes.
There was a fire.
Crash was in the air.
It was kind of hard to breathe.
I think that's when, that's the day that Kali saved me,
I'm pretty sure.
Inside check.
She hates Kali.
Jenny's like, I know it.
Jenny's like, we're rocking with her.
Oh shit, 25.
The slightest imperceptible amount.
You see, she shows the slightest just show of disgust.
She has control on her face,
but even that you feel she has some wrinkled core with it.
It was, it's just the twitch of the,
the twitch of the lip, the twitch of the eye.
The twitch of the eye.
And she just kind of like, with that,
once more the information sinks in.
She doesn't, you don't hear her breathe.
It's just constantly dead moments of silence
after dead moments of silence.
It does.
And what's the name of your father?
Rinalda Sardy.
Remain here.
You can go back to your friends.
She nods and immediately.
In the meantime.
She does a wave of the hand and the silence bubble
disperses.
Immediately go over to the others.
You guys okay?
Yeah.
I feel like my ears popped.
What did she say?
She wanted to see, there was a magic affecting me,
something, so she did a spell and she asked about my face.
And she said, I don't know.
I just feel like I'm missing something.
She said, I don't know.
I'm not sure what it was.
I thought it was a spell.
And she asked about my earliest memories
and honestly, I'm really, really confused.
But I know that she wants us to stay here for a bit.
And I'm really sorry, as I do feel like it is all my fault.
It's not your fault.
Whatever they wanna know.
What does she want?
I don't know.
Are we still being held by the way?
You're not being held directly,
but there is like the feeling of like, you should stay here.
She turns to one of them and she goes, who are you?
Oh, okay, this is like the teacher's lounge, right?
Oh, no.
No, nevermind.
It's the scariest teacher's lounge I've ever seen.
But you, who are you?
You don't have to worry about that.
Any information that you're gonna learn,
you're gonna get it from the lady.
And O'Shea?
Any information you learn,
you're gonna get it from the lady.
Well, if you want us to ask her questions,
how are we gonna know if we don't know what it is?
Questions, how are we gonna know if we don't know her name?
She will come to you in due time, I'm sure.
What do you want with Lucia?
What do you, what?
She knows I'm not gonna say anything, but she should.
Are y'all faculty members here?
We have class in the morning, so.
The two of them kinda look at each other.
Who's this guy?
He's one of them girls.
He's foreign exchange.
And honestly, as she kinda like turns to look,
why are you here?
I don't know, I got chased by mushrooms.
I mean, it's a whole lot, you know?
Yeah, how did you end up,
why were you following us?
Remember, like I said, I was out on a little walk,
and then I saw that light kinda bobbing up and down,
and then y'all like walked through a wall?
Why didn't you just tell us?
I did, you asked me that like a while ago,
but we were getting chased by mushrooms,
so I understand if it kinda got lost in the chaos.
Sorry, ma.
You know, I did hit my head pretty hard.
And I was pretty worried about her.
Cut back to with one of the big ass mushrooms
that are wrestling move on fucking Lucia,
and squirted her around by the leg and threw her.
It is Groundhog Day, so I think we should be allowed
to ask the same questions we asked three minutes ago again.
Anyway, hopefully I can just give them
the information that they want,
and we can get outta here and go back to school.
Does it never leave the school grounds again?
Well, I think we're still in the school grounds.
Well, we're literally in the school grounds, I think.
We're like in the ground, kinda.
Lucia, are you?
Well, no, we're under, we're above.
No, we're in it.
Are you okay, Lucia?
Oh, I'm fine.
I got just a little twinge on my back, but I'm out.
She don't think she's going to.
Yeah, she like poked you and you're like,
did a little.
Little wiggle.
Yeah, I don't know, I don't, is there anything on my back?
She's kinda like turning to the.
I feel fine now.
As you turn towards them, the two of you see,
and Lucia, you do feel sore, but like,
you do feel sore, but like, but like nothing at the moment,
through her uniform, there is a slight, like,
a flight, like a faint, like light coming through,
like shining through on like the up,
on like the small of her back.
I just gently touch it.
Sore, that hurts.
Ow, ow!
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
You're like glowing.
Do you have like a firefly stuck in your pocket or something?
Fire, a firefly?
Yeah, it's like glowing, like you got like a whole like lamp
in your shirt.
A lamp in my shirt?
And she.
Yeah, like on the back, you know what I mean?
I think she'll start to take off like, very respectfully,
right, not full on stripping,
but start to like take off her jacket of her uniform
and just trying to like.
I'm not good at magic,
but do I recognize what it might be from my dad
or does it remind me of an Aeon mark?
Give me, go ahead and give me an arcana check
and I'll tell you, I'll tell you this,
you might've already gotten this, but like,
seeing what's underneath might be,
might be more pertinent,
might give you a better idea of what it is.
Because you're, like I said,
you're always seeing a glow of it through her clothes.
Was it on her upper back or lower back?
It's on your upper.
Okay.
Between the shoulder blade kind of area?
Yeah, a little bit below that, but yeah, basically.
Okay, I rolled an eight arcana.
Hard to tell, definitely magical,
and definitely magical in nature,
but like nothing you think you saw your dad do.
Cole, can you cover your eyes, please?
Yeah.
I have to take off my shirt, okay?
There's other people around here.
Can you guys, she turned to the people.
Can you guys also please close your eyes?
I have to take off my shirt.
You just kind of look into there.
I have a little privacy.
It's undignified for a young lady such as myself
to be revealing her brazier in public.
Turns away.
It's such a good way to get away actually, but.
Thank you.
All right.
We all just walk away.
We all just leave, no I'm kidding.
We just start calling it Cole.
Do you have to take off your whole shirt?
You could just like lift up the.
I mean, you don't know how it works.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, my sister was just gonna have me kind of, yeah.
Back of my bra will be exposed
and I would like people to not see
as I am a dignified young lady.
I might've been raised in a small town.
You don't have to yell at us, we're looking away.
Thank you.
Listen, she's a prude, I don't know what to tell you.
And she'll turn to Velora and lift up the back of her shirt
so she can see.
Velora, you see a, it's almost like it's scarred.
Like something was wrong, but has healed long time ago.
A very old scarred looking word
that was literally, it looks like it's inscribed
onto her flesh.
There is a faint shimmer on it as if,
as if there was some kind of magic there before.
But something about it has faded away.
You know Draconic, right?
Yes, I do.
The word, here, I'll say, I'll type it to you
and then you can tell it about other people.
I can decide how to pronounce it.
Words.
Let's see.
Sia is a starian, no I'm kidding.
Oh.
She's, it's a word in Draconic.
Oh.
It's like a scar, but like the word.
What kind of word?
I'll put down my shirt, I'll put down,
you can look now, thank you, thank you gentlemen.
She slowly pulls her jacket back on and buttons it up.
It means death.
Death?
Yeah.
Well, that's not a good word.
But it looks like there's like a magic.
Is it tattooed on my back?
Well, it was like a scar, like long healed
and it's had like magic that seems to be fading from it.
But.
But she knew about that somehow.
Well, you got like a scar that says death
in like dragon language.
Well, maybe when I was little, I was cursed
and now the curse is gone, because I don't know.
I mean, that's kind of cool, kind of a cool scar.
But why would she know about that?
I don't know, she knows the nickname
that my dad calls me though.
Maybe she like gave it to you.
Maybe she gave me the scar?
I don't know.
What'd she ask you?
What my earliest memory was?
My dad's name was?
And can I watch like the faces of the guards
and see if they have any reaction
to their conversation about this?
I'll go ahead and say upfront.
I'll go ahead and say upfront
that they're just pretty kind of like stoic about this.
They're very like, there's on the side
there's a professionalism to them.
Ugh, lame, okay.
I'm trying to speak a little quieter
when I'm talking to Lucia.
Weird question, what was your earliest memory,
I guess, if that helps?
Yeah, it was before my dad adopted me.
There was a fire.
Yeah.
There was a fire.
It's like a burn scar?
Maybe, maybe, maybe, I don't know.
Burned into the word death?
Hey, hey!
You see one of the guards who's turned away from you guys,
yells out to somebody, takes a few steps forward
and you see a figure dart behind a few tents.
He takes a few steps back.
He just looks to one of the other guards
and goes, shit, we're drawing attention.
Where's the lady?
And the other one goes,
I don't know, they should be back soon.
Should we move?
Fuck it, no, they know already.
So confusing.
I try to kind of nudge the other slightly,
like trying to keep an eye on it.
She doesn't want to say it out loud,
but like if there's an opening,
I'm not gonna say what she's thinking.
She just nudges you guys.
I'm ready, we are.
Looking around, is there a way out of here
besides back through mushroom land?
You have, there is this huge circular gate
that's a stone door that is operated
by a slow moving mechanism
that goes back through mushroom lands.
And that seems to be,
give me a perception check.
Lucy had four points, four hit points goes, okay.
That's a 22.
You don't see anything immediately,
like around you at the moment.
The only very obvious exit is the way that you came in.
But I will give you this,
you do hear the sound of a waterfall.
Very faint.
But even with a 22 perception,
looking around in your current position,
you can't, there's so much from it,
you can tell where the sound of the waterfall
is coming from at the very least.
Okay.
Valor, question to you.
You know a lot about this school.
Do you know where a waterfall is
on the school grounds or nearby?
I kind of can hear water in the distance.
She's familiar with the map.
Yes.
Is there one?
Yes, Paragon Falls.
Yeah, there wouldn't just be a waterfall
isolated underground.
Did we come up at all during our running?
I know we went down.
Did we slope back up?
No, look, there she is.
One of the guards there.
And your attention flits over.
You guys can return to your conversation.
But your attention flits over
to see the woman coming back.
And beside her is this white haired,
kind of like middle-aged looking drow gentleman
coming along, robed, has his own book.
And they don't seem distracted
by whatever that darting figure was.
They don't.
What are you reading?
So he has a book?
They're so far, but they're coming over.
They're approaching.
And you guys are still whispering
if you guys want to make a plan.
No.
If they get distracted again,
we just need to go.
There's a waterfall here.
I hear in the distance.
I can't quite, it's echoing,
so it's kind of hard to tell.
If we get moved at all, maybe I'll keep an ear out.
Or.
Can't swim up a waterfall, though.
We can get phantom.
Oh.
Yeah, we gotta, I mean, yeah.
We could just kind of jump on her.
Okay.
Eventually, Avanya approaches.
You see this refined, drow gentleman,
white hair, these silver eyes,
fucking hot, whatever, dude.
He's hot, okay?
Mm-hmm.
Hey?
Comes over with this book pressed to his chest.
And he,
and looking to you, addressing you specifically, Lucia.
Salutations.
I'm just here to appraise the writing on your back.
Okay.
Well, we already appraised it.
So.
It says death and draconic.
So.
There you go.
So,
we're gonna go with the book.
It says death and draconic, so there you go.
The woman goes,
there's a curse and a scribe on your flesh.
How did you know about it? Curse?
The answer to that isn't put in at the moment.
Well, what if you're the one who put it on her?
Exactly.
I'm not.
Then how do you know?
We've been nothing but cooperative with you.
I'll answer your questions in due time,
but for now,
I'm on the hunt for answers myself.
I would be much more helpful to you
if I were to know
the qualities of this curse.
And I am more than willing to cooperate as we have before,
but it seems like this is a me thing,
like a me issue,
and it has nothing to do with them.
So,
can you let them go?
Oh, I'm not going to leave you here.
Yeah, we're not gonna leave you.
Well, right.
I appreciate that.
So that's besides the point,
is this about her?
And you just come in here and you say, do this, do that
How to Concentrate onur
for the stuff that's about her
without explaining anything to her?
her without explaining anything to her I would I will assure you no harm is
I will assure you no harm is going to come your way.
That's not the point.
going to come your way that's not the point
Do you work for the
do you work for the school you know we have class in the morning right then
let's hurry this along okay um sure excuse me if everyone could please
whatever and she'll just take off her jacket you don't have to do that
how are you gonna see my back just turn around and see through people's shirts
oh he's got like that x-ray vision stuff that's creepy I do enjoy the banter but
can we please get this along fine turn around and she just has her undershirt on
her arms are crossed one of the one of the guards walks up to Avanya
because yeah Vanya people are people are snooping around
they people getting you just I think people are getting a little antsy oh what's going on here
Avanya goes this will be done quick
keep a watch out but no 25 hmm no 25 she said no 25 mm-hmm
sounds like a band and you LL 25 this isn't all their people here yeah we
might be like it how um you see the you see the drown the drow young man put
places a finger gets your back and as he starts my as he mutters a small
incantation all of us all of a sudden and this is almost instant he is blown
backwards as a huge kinetic force exudes from your back Lucia you fall to your
front as this as this person flies through the air for a moment but then
slowly gently falls this huge this sudden huge blast you see draws the
attention of everyone everyone around go to help Lucia yeah she's what that man
just did it wasn't my fault that wasn't my fault yeah what did he just do you
don't know he looks towards Avanya and this goes it's powerful those songbirds
curse he goes as soon as he says songbirds curse Avanya looks towards you
Lucia and just goes I'm trying to be gentle with you
genteel well I just got shoved in the dirt so I don't know how gentle that is
you are a prisoner here not here I thought you said you'd go what crime
pedal she her eyes soften calling me that you're not my dad her eyes soften she
says that and you see she she does it like a hurried little walk towards you
um as soon as you guys see that she's approaching it's it's like it's like a
oh no she's gonna do something kind of like approach like in your in that
instinctual moment you Lucia call you she starts approaching I put myself
between yeah I don't know what you expect you're just saying all these
things and you expect her to just be okay we don't know you
you need to get that curse removed from you as soon as possible if you want any
chance at freedom
and then shouting from the other side of the room you see now a procession of
armed individuals people that look way more like Haggard and like and like
roughshod than the current group and you see you see a dwarf with a you see this
you see this you see this dwarf with a war hammer and like on his side of like
long scraggly beard with gray tips at the bottom just kind of like come up
take his horn helmet off and just go alright what's this then just just
what's this ruckus all about just um and then Avanya kind of like regards him for
a moment it just goes we're just about to finish up and then the dwarf goes
holy fucking shit is that the heaven lay a daughter here yeah yeah it is and
you're gonna be in big trouble we're just leaving yeah we very much like to
leave we have class and Lauren what the fuck are you doing Avanya this goes I
plan to remedy I'm plan to remedy all of this I just wanted to see her what I
start nudging the I know they're paying attention to us but they're also
arguing with each other so yeah there are people eyes on you definitely it's
yeah but the two people definitely um just goes oh wait a moment then you
invited the daughter of the fucking boogeyman that's been taking all of us
down here um pointing at veloura hmm and as he says that you see the the ranks
behind him break as this orc as this as this tall like you can like seven and
a half foot tall like orc walks through like beard scar one scarred eye that's
sort of like I like faded out one tusk protruding through like walking goes
alright says he pats the door from shoulder like hey don't worry let me take
care of this okay thanks thanks for the thanks for the hype though
this goes that's for Laura fucking have a layer down here hmm the orc walks up
and a familiar you see an air genasi kind of like walk up beside him and the
and the orc just goes those just those are kids talking about like yeah that's
them um Lucia yes you see you look at this edge an assy he has a sort of like
dark hair with like plumes of blue yes his hair and like an a ponytail um but
you swear you know this person you wouldn't um do you want to roll a
history check yeah okay well the history check see the kid I threatened at the
okay this is a recent memory you remember him faintly because you had a
dance with him EO wide he's the guy who snuck into the the party and the guy the
guy who asked you to give him a good word to put him in the Silver Lions and
didn't happen oh she completely forgot she completely forgot oh no she goes
hey well I forgot to tell you velour he's supposed to join your I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry it's okay I'm not I'm not that memorable no no you are very
memorable I know I don't take notes uh the or the or the oranges goes brush he
remembers you wow I'm sure she put in a good word for me I'm sure she she did
everything she could they're really busy only been going for like a few days yeah
yeah there's still time you put in a good word for me right like you remember
me you put in a good word for me what's great it's not really the time oh you're
doing it now I don't even know what you want I just um you say well you can have
whatever you want as long as you help us get out of here the thing is I don't run
the show here and you see the or just goes hello kids Krogthor sorry you're
gonna have to stand there for a little uncomfortable moment while I get this
situated hello there Vanya hmm yes you realize the things we told you before
you came in here right that there are rules and such right and you remember
that you are a guest here right I'm aware yes right right right right and
you realize by before before I let her speak again it gets how did you come
down here that you stumbled into a magical door her cat oh yeah she let you
down here and she hadn't let us leave either she led you down here weapons at
us and almost cast spells on us blew up her back a second ago too I'm a I'm a
prisoner thank you kids that was really really helpful I'm gonna get back to you
so I'm so you're gonna refute any of that I did lead them down here yes
I'm not very good at explaining things to anyone I see got it I mean if she
wanted to explain things a little bit better you know we wouldn't be so quick
to get out of here but yes how did they says how they get down here the moral
should have stopped them moral assisted me in this matter he did he is fairly
easy to deceive they picked her up and spun her around and shucked her I taught
him that all right well
you still have the mushroom calf I have multiple because I'm like trying to put
them in my bag like maple story carrying his friend's corpse on his back all
right so Avanya you put this place in this array you got this place on the
thread you got says you got the daughter of the says of the guy who's been
stealing a bunch of us and thrown and thrown us around I'm sure you got a plan
right so go ahead tell it to everyone what's your plan they were not they are
not going to leave this area without having their mind the memories altered
at this encounter all right that seems kind of rude we didn't even want to come
down here yeah I did it was my fault
so why'd you lead them down here says and I want you to keep in mind Avanya
hmm remember this I know you're this powerful mage and all you can get you
can get all this you and your little troop here but you blow up the spot
that's the reason why you came here in the first place you're not gonna achieve
it I'll tell you that I wanted to see her points out to see her okay why
explain why
she's a person of great personal interest to me and I want to see to it
that her safety is achieved yeah
all right do the whole story spin it out right now don't be afraid about having
these having these folks remember it because thing is we're obligated to wipe
their memory too so that's in both of our interests my name my name is pedal
that she has a song she has a song birds curse on her if she crosses certain
thresholds within says within the kingdom if she cropped if she crosses any of
the kingdom's boundaries and towards other countries or makes any attempt on
his attempt to escape a killing curse will amplify on her and kill her
immediately how did you know I feel like there's something that maybe we shouldn't
want her memory of so it doesn't accidentally happen hmm Avanya for the
first time turns towards the both of you and she just goes when it comes to
creating a plan in order to get somewhat of a high interest outside a wait says
away from a country it is pertinent to ensure that there is nothing no magic on
them that hinders your attempt to help them escape so you're trying to kidnap
her essentially yes
I think kidnapping is kind of bad hey you know what he's right listen let's just
kind of get this over with let's just wait my dad has been taking you who are
you you're gonna make me forget it anyways right
hey you know what I will get this I will get back to you no worry you deserve
something you deserve no things except you're gonna want it away what was that
you're all over there sorry no we're you ever just like clear your throat anyway
yeah Avanya did you do any did you do everything that you set out to do how
far is Phantom from us by the way yeah Phantom I would say it's like more than
30 feet away from you at this very moment far um this goes
Vanya we gotta wrap this up because the longer the longer the leader and
retainer of a house and I assume some kind of a foreign student are down here
and are continuing to be missing it's gonna bring a lot of trouble to us
Avanya just go Avanya and like purses her lips for a moment
um it just goes I would like to do one last thing
gonna be quick
I wanted to see if there were block it says magical blockages in her memory
didn't answer my question that was quick it could be an involved process I could
take hours okay and have you asked her either you're coming down you brought
her down here and now you're acting like you own her it's okay Laura she doesn't
know it's not okay you don't even know my name she keeps using the nickname my
dad gave me not you where you are I don't care about me anyway it's okay
ever
I retract my statement
it was an as you see fit you can always come over here what are you gonna wipe
our memories if we do that I mean I feel like that's an important question to no
I'm not gonna do it I feel like you're not I'm not I feel like no I feel like
like his friend is gonna do it or something I'm not gonna he's doing the
wordplay not not not you know we used to do that my parents like I'm not gonna
you know eat to steal all the cookies but what we really meant was my brother
was gonna steal the cookies and we were just gonna eat them but technically
we're telling the truth so that's what you're doing right right now I think
it was do you really want to be in the silver lions that's what maybe we'll
have this conversation later no no no because if you wipe my memories a lot I
am so sorry but I promise you I will not remember you so you didn't talk about
me no I didn't and if you wipe and if you wipe my memories if you wipe our
memories it will also not remember to bring it up I'm not gonna do it I mean in
general if our memories are wiped enough of the yelling come over here we're
gonna go sit at the bar over here have a drink it gets our own laughs so we got
juice
I I think there's nothing else we can really do okay what was that word you
you were saying velour before you said like a word you said a lot of words I
like she goes over I know she just slightly nods and yes that's fine
all right what kind of juice you got is like orange oh you're gonna love it
brachyberry juice what the hell's a brachylberry brachylberry oh yeah oh
this girl knows you're gonna find out come on you see that as you leave
Avanya who seemed to be so dead set and focused on you earlier has seemingly
like it's hitched off she kind of like a sub-boss or small little group for you
Lucia definitely this is not a feeling this is not a conclusory feeling at all
and this scheming there's something coming up
I'm keeping an eye out now too for the waterfall that he heard as you're
walking towards the bar the waterfall becomes more prevalent you are going
towards that direction it's good is phantom coming too I have a plan for
that maybe he wants to drink too does he back yeah see like juice hey kiddos
sorry about that not typically not typically like you know so often we get
esteemed guests down here we tend to avoid having things like that welcome to
the load take a load off yeah my name is a croc Thor and I kind of says I kind of
the people kind of look up to me in this place because you're so tall yeah yeah I
am that was one here well there's a Goliath over there but we're not gonna
talk about him when he's sitting down so it doesn't really count all right go in
take a seat over here you walk in towards this like sort of like Graham
shackle little bar that has like a big window fucking what the fuck oh yeah a
lively tune that was Sean Clodge went out to go drinking music
my god wasn't his drinking music yeah it was hello Cecilia hmm you see he keeps
an eye out towards Avanya he just goes everybody else go keep it well just
don't keep an eye out on her group as you walk into the bar you see these you
see multiple armed people with crossbows um like swords out at the ready it's
keeping an eye out like it seems like it's it feels like a standoff and it
feels so weird getting behind all of these people to sit at the bar where
crocs are just collectives he just goes ah and pointed the seats
so I know you want us out of here fast but I do you said you'd explain I do and
I will it doesn't really need to be that fast I think everyone who knew where I
was kind of asleep right now that is kind of yeah but this is we got a
princess here so princess can't keep you can't keep you too long oh are you
princess no I don't know the proper titles hmm she is very fancy but why is
her dad stealing people as the list see it sits down on the chair at the bar as
we're chatting I'm spending one minute doing stretches to get some exertion
points back I'm just kind of like you know I had my arms all kind of bent back
there you know so skills first of all I don't know why I've on you led you guys
down here in the first place but this is the point of the matter is you folks
should really not be down here there's a town called her fun over yonder if you
want to get your thrills I reckon you'll there but I figure you know that already
you were let down here this place is hidden by design in the first place huh
as I'm sure as I'm sure you figured out I don't know what her personal interest
is with you a volume you just says of all says of one year over there I heard
us some I heard of some higher up big wig person from from an era thanks yeah
we tend to not ask too many too many questions about here about people but
here comes his lady our noble magic lady comes around with her crew does what
you're doing under a school probably wanting to do something here
specifically something out the school what is very are you like teachers are
you I'm not like a cool underground club kind of thing
kinda all right well does that mean we're like members now do you have to be
kidnapped to be indoctrinated to the club well let me address the princess's
question here do we get like school croc darvander pool this is my adopt son
points at EO odd does it EO odd Vanderpool hey awkward meeting you here I
heard he snuck into a dance so he could get so he can get you can get to the
school says kids got brass and I will be scolding him about this later but I
don't know this here just as well there used to be another another place down
here much like it basically this I'll be very candid with you I could be a good
wax poetic about all this and how much this means to me how much it means to
live like this or whatever but the very basic the very the very basic system of
it is is that we are the loads sort of like an underground you know group
underground small society of folks that have you know have become forgotten
maybe through the actions they've taken or the circumstances that they've had
been voiced it upon them I just needed just needed a place to live or to do
business now the previous folks they were a rough crowd if you says if you
had came down if you pointed velour had came down with the previous folks that
came down here all right you would you would be in a much worse situation but
yeah we yes we are hiding from from being majorly known by the authority up
there because well they chew us out there's a lot of logistics and stuff that
exists down here that's kind of needed in these people's lives some of it
illegal yes but no murder none of that none of the hurting people stuff no
mostly I'm here to make sure that everyone's acting as they should day to
day people are being taken care of things like that is that why the
mastered arms is kidnapping people because he's taking you guys back up to
the surface to be like punished okay so judging looks of Laura with your
question in mind Lucy I guess judging by your reaction you didn't know that your
father was doing that doing this look it's a tough stuff thing let's see I
don't even know how to start well look I get your name points a call
call it a goal that's so often we get injured as he's down here pointed you what
it just looks like to do it you Laura all right so your dad knows about us
down here the master at arm specifically ever since I'd ever since he'd come in
I'd say like the moment he got instated I'd say things started getting really
busy down here people started disappearing people says people who
operate under him come down here take says folks get taken folks get we could
take it in the caves at first we thought people disappeared and then because you
know that word gets a little complicated
this but as we started looking into it you ever heard of the shadow guard no
you haven't she shakes her head all right wait so sorry yeah I guess I'm
not really important in this conversation but just so I understand
what's happening you were saying people are going missing from down here from
this pop okay God all right yeah okay and I'll show that no it's cool it's
it's great that you're kind of like going along with this though I do have
the one you guys like you guys don't as ready like it's important that you guys
really don't know about this place because you know we have a level of
caution here but we'll get to that place again oh you're good
it's about to Valora we don't know where those people go we see them get carried
off we see them get taken and despite all the people that we have up there we
don't know where they go well give me some information and I'll find out
the good persuasion check would it help if I said she hates her dad is he a
lower CR than my level no I didn't think so okay anything that could help from
this 20 or DC was fucking 23 yeah I had guidance if needed it
I get a good feeling from here if it's true and you're not harming anyone I
mean like I don't give a shit if people are living down here and I don't know
what my dad's doing but I don't think that's right and I'm much more likely
to lean on the side of whatever my dad's doing is fucking wrong because nine out
of ten times it is I lean over he's hurting people I'm going to help I get
the feeling she doesn't like her dad it's really complicated I still don't
understand it's always really tense when they talk okay all right oh wait you're
this way on the screen okay nice repeated okay yeah all right well I'll go ahead
and say comforting the knowledge you're not like you know you're not backing your
dad and I see and I feel some genuine burning truth from you if I'm gonna be
honest last thing I want someone like you and then a noble leader all that
doesn't all that good stuff all your labels to know about what's going on
down here but the truth is I do want to know what's going on
hmm okay so we'll talk we get if we get to leave with knowing this and if I
don't find anything that suggests that you're lying to me about your purposes
down here then I can help right you know what
Avanya's not gonna be too pleased if I don't live your memory but also fucker
yeah it sounds like she broke the rules why I was called a prisoner okay I'm
gonna be honest with you for you I have no fucking idea what your deal is I have
no sorry never mind it's okay I don't apologize I just don't I just straight
up do not know your shit I just do not know what the fuck you're about
completely understandable a prisoner whatever she doesn't she barely talks
to me okay and understand and when I talk when I ask questions she's she kind
of like sidesteps with like another answer that just barely answers my
question and she thinks it's satisfying enough but it doesn't do that she's
gonna explain shit to us that's that's she just she just wanted us to believe
that she was doing this for you know what you know her as much as I do now
all right just to be safe we're nowhere near a border right you're the center of
the good okay all right so I make sure Lucy doesn't blow up or some no if I do
make sure you get a far away you're not going to we're not going to let that
happen yeah but if it does happen I'm saying like make sure you know where
near it it's not going to happen yeah no we'll find a way to end whatever that
is all right here's here's the thing I feel like you've Laura you got a hold on
Lucia here I feel like she's not so she can keep a secret and I feel like she
should know also that if she if she steps near some kind of imaginary line
as she can see she's gonna blow up so I feel as morally as a person you are
entitled to that information yeah so now it's gonna come to this person over here
points a call it's my first day you're not gonna make me forget my first day at
school well yeah well I never been to school before you make you forget a
portion of your first day we just want we want you to forget like what happened
here I trust him too I mean he he's been sticking up for us the whole time we've
been down here even though I've just met him but I also Cole has been through a
lot and I think taking away his memories of the past few days wouldn't be helpful
in that if anything I've learned that having patchy memories is not a great
experience a lot to unpack there I'm so sorry for you you learned a lot here
before I got to this boy had there was a whole big lack at a fight a giant war
beast I'm taking I'm already taking a lot of security risk or peace later but
yeah I'm tick I'm already taking a lot of risks as is do we know that the war
beasts are from an era a Robin told Robin said yeah yeah yeah I don't know if we
directly said it to you guys but but Robin like we know at least yeah Robin
did I mean Robin told the collective or told this whole the collective okay yeah
I mean looks like an era really is making I mean you've got the war beasts
that attacked them from an era then you have these people she points back to
where Avanya is from an era really deep even deeper than you were attacked also
if you want my memory what's stopping her from like tracking us down again you
know what I mean like she knows where we are it sounds like she wants to like
kidnapped and stuff so if she tries to do that she's gonna have to answer she's
gonna have an answer to me I don't know what the fuck her plan is with you
because we're gonna mean her gonna have a long talk my boys over there he points
at the he points at the people with crosswords righties this as you can see
our conversation ain't done yet all right
she's not gonna have a chance to do anything to you guys that's gonna get us
in trouble it will except for a second what she just did yeah yeah but we won't
tell us all we'll keep it keep it on the down low like a ground like a
persuasion check yeah I think call can help me I add
persuasion I blink my eyes all cutely for an extra 20 I blink my eyes sweetly I
think you I think you to the guys God's please what if what if I get the net
20 let me illustrate real quick how important this is all right there's a
lot of sick like a lot of people doing their business yeah it's shady business
but there's a lot of sick a lot of people got nowhere to go there's a lot
of people who can't find work anywhere else down here says now the master at
arms already knows about as he's been keeping that secret but he's been using
it for something but it becomes it starts getting but it starts getting
wide widely known presence ain't gonna do everything I do too hot down here
we're on it says we're on the grounds of a of a former house Tarkad in operation
that name gets that name gets around like this this place is the opposite of
sacred ground all right I imagine ministry hears about us being in this
place trying to just trying to maintain secrecy and then come down look we're
really gonna start hurting people ministry wouldn't do that house
Tarkonnen if house Tarkonnen used to be down here they absolutely would what's
that know that what's a Tarkonnen I just assumed Velour a new house Tarkonnen to
me I realized that absolutely no no no you should know that's anything you
know is that like the olive house is there another one is there a seventh
house no house Tarkonnen were a group that basically basically a terrorist
organization oh set on taking down a unmarked houses and Wow yeah that might
be a problem
so it on the down low people are just trying to live here but and how star
conan isn't affiliated with this place and we're gone you're gone I'm in charge
now hmm I asked the garden has been around in years
all right well in my mind what was gonna happen was that you guys want to walk
into here I give you like a talk show you that I'm pretty friendly and like
okay now I'm gonna now now we're gonna erase your memory I thought I could talk
you guys into it kinda but that didn't happen the way I thought it was like
play along like we all we all walk out pretend we have headaches yeah we're
actually gonna join the drama club so we might learn really good skill like we
could like we get a bond you could think we'd lost our memories you know we could
just like tell her we did and then she's oh my head hurts so much I'm gonna go
ahead and give you good kids a warning
that woman ain't stupid I've seen little works of her operation she's run a tight
ship I figure that maybe she's got eyes and ears about just be careful why do
you let her stay down here well we got rules I don't we can't exactly turn away
we don't exactly turn away folks who come in here acting with a need do you
know who she's got working with her so we know who to look out for well I guess
the folks that are with her right now they got all kinds of magic and stuff
they know magic they could disguise themselves anyways I ever got a really
good security though all right well look not a lot of them I'm not gonna race
your memories then yeah you're an avalaia memories huh well no it's great
though is that since you haven't erased our memories guess who gets a glowing
recommendation for the silver lion's house I don't know if it's that it's
right a lot you I mean I not opposed to it but I don't I also don't know if that
would compromise what oh yeah this is also the first time I'm hearing about
this so go ahead hey what well the plan was you know I wasn't gonna bring up any
of this either I was just gonna study you know do some maintenance up there
and do my thing you know what I mean just like real cool and they're like
under under the table like I was gonna be a student you know what I mean yeah
and he'd be like a cool black go between you know I mean a go between yeah this
guy gets me hey engine actually stick together am I right hey hey yeah
all right well you should told me war bond ability because that that's important
and a decent decent one but how your stats though yeah what do you stats I
need to know your vulnerability to know see if I can fit you in the team well he
already says you already got a kid in the server lines house you do yeah I'm in
fact I'm planning to go go get him so he can lead you guys back up he's down
here right now oh yeah Robin Oh no Marcelis Quincy I'm just listening
he just he just goes hey Dean hmm I was gonna say the the missing link huh you
see one of the people drop says drop their it's just kind of like holding a
this huge war war axe with two hands it's gonna like drops it to his side and
turns around when once he's once he's addressed you see the steely eyed like
steely steely eyed he's his parents is small his appearance seems small like
his aura is small but he's a decently sized individual dark bags under his
eyes he's like a shock of like brown hair on top he has this kind of like
serious like steely I look to him as he just kind of like looks over he just
goes yeah yes I'm gonna go ahead and put you on says what you want to do that
you're gonna keep says you're gonna keep an eye on them when you bring him back
up at the surface and you gotta make sure they don't talk about us up there
when you go into class I don't even know where I am this gets good I like him
what was her name again for me yeah I got crock there no you just failed the
test you weren't supposed to tell me you get out information real easy I'm being
taking the school now damn and I look back to the the air genasi kid and be
like and I'm like look I'd really like to help you with that but if I'm also
helping with this it hey you might cause you know what I shot my shot what if
what if he joined on the olive house I mean oh that's that's pretty that's
really tough one of us is a leader do we think I've run her I was what someone's
a leader but I don't think I think it's just a name kind of between the three of
us I don't really know how it works I'm gonna be honest my my mom would are you
from a different country listen um it seems like there's more important stuff
at the moment for you guys I think we have an extra room in the olive has
probably say yeah they have right I think my trains so I really want to I
just know that there is like a lot of like you know like the olive house
thing was like actually the first thing I looked into a lot of paperwork on the
verification stuff that like we kind of don't have you don't have a good like
forgery thing down here so look I will ask my mom to sponsor you if you and
your dad can come up with a reason I would know you and would want you that
wouldn't raise alarm bells for my dad okay I'm gonna be like if you live in
what's the name of that little town hello or some a lot hello I'm tap having
names the one the town nearby maybe you live there have fun yeah my dad's been
here a couple years now that might still race well you know um that would
actually does he know every every random person living there no but I'm sure he
has a network by now of people who what if you move in there like you're a new
mover inner kind of guy it's pretty sneaky I mean he snuck into that ball
dance thing yeah I did um but that's because we don't look at all alike right
no not at all okay so we can't like pretend to be the same person like twin
I thought you were shadowing the black wars today cool and it's like all right
he's like your cousin here's the thing um it's gonna go ahead and just bring
this along floor you're very gent you're very generous that's very good I'm gonna
talk about it I'm gonna talk about it with him here I'm sure we're gonna be
in communications soon we're gonna set we're gonna have to find a way to
establish that before right now it's important that you start getting what
you need to be hmm because as much as you guys are a great conversation list I
don't says and it looks like I'm you know I'm a very hospitable kind of
person I kind of don't want you here at the moment no offense
get the fuck out all right did we just walk up past the mushrooms again or a
moral should let you this is moral should let you pass but I think it's
safe if you go through the you know the other exit Dean's gonna help bring you
out there and he's gonna go home I'm sorry Dean you can't be here right now
understood
right you guys um that's what she was gonna do earlier but you hear oh as a
you see from the narrow window you see someone goes flying as you see
Phantom like peek up through the window
he kind of like scurries over breaking the ranks of the people who are
vigilant it comes over to you and just can like sniff see who checks up on you
well okay should probably get so bad too yeah a one let you learn something
really important you're walking away pretty much unscathed this is a this is
important all right this is important we're good people we're not gonna make
sure Vanya doesn't do anything untoward or anything towards you if she wants to
tell you something she's got it says I'm gonna says he's gonna have to tell you
up front all right I'll help do with her don't you worry about that right now you
kids right now just need to focus on the school talking about school all your
friends up there things like that all right you talk about this when maybe you
get a letter from me or something like that all right we have a special we have
a special can't that we talk in if we need to talk to somebody in school and
I'm sure Lucius can if you need any more explanation about anything or if you
need any secrets about keep if you want to know any secrets about keeping this
place intact or if maybe you want to come down here again talk to Lucius good
to know
all right I know it's gonna be weird that it feels like you guys are getting
away scott-free but this is feel like I lived a fever dream and all this I don't
even know what's happening right now you know what a weird dreams this was your
dream it's a really weird dream really weird dream
Wow
weird introduction but nice to meet you yeah sorry about your curse Lucy yeah
this sounds like it sucks um it's okay I think I'm gonna compartmentalize that
one for a bit that's not good for you but you do what you need to do we can get
it fixed I mean yeah I think there's a first day of school yeah figure that out
figure that out yeah all right well Dean's gonna go ahead and show you the door you
see this man walks over he's taught and as he walks over you being realized how
tall he is he has his hands in his hands in his pocket you what comes up to him
discuss all right see you around brother and the two of them have a little like a
small handshake and I'll see you later are you three come on all right make
sure to get our stuff but then yeah hmm yes well you're just we're going to go
out over here so not inside of Avanya's group
hmm nice to meet you by the way thanks for looking out for us
he doesn't he just the lightest of regards he seems a pretty aloof as he
walks into the back holding the door open you make through this light this
this small tunnel this small system of pathways as you draw closer and closer
to the sound of a waterfall
you were completely right about the water fall she says I thought I heard it
eventually you come into this wide like cavernous sort of this wide open like
wide open cavern that has a this that is being shielded by what seems to be
falling water you there are people seemingly with tents tents on the ground
puts high push tie up people with people with bows one of them sleeping just
keep seemingly keeping watch but you the entrance you guys are coming out of the
seems to give you this give you some regard but ultimately don't raise any
alarms or anything how like guarded is it like how is there like a lot of
people here you just like four people total with two tents no campfire or
anything down here it seems they seem to keep everything on a down low like it's
dark down here or was any of this waterfall
Peregrine Falls a grand she does kind of say to Dean that this must be
Peregrine Falls huh yeah it is just for her mental note for what she refines her
map later
Dean Dean goes you're gonna have to get wet no problem
take that over and washed hmm he just he walks through the waterfall
and you and you all do as well as much as like it is a waterfall it is a
heavily like falling waterfall as you walk through it you don't get as wet as
you think it is you like you don't get completely drenched there is still
semblance there is a semblance of wet like yeah like yeah but you're not like
completely utterly soaked and you walk through you walk through quickly it
feels like your hair is just wet mostly looking at clothes there's little spots
of wet but where you feel like water has hit you but other than that it's just
like rain
you wait through a small river for a moment before you make your way up onto
a bank where you already see you're looking around this is like the this is
like east to the entrance of Irabrin um and this is already within viewpoint of
a of a walking path that goes around Irabrin so this is this entrance to
this place is so close
why don't you just take us through this way it's a great question all right
you'll you wanna know where to go now
no to bed I know the way how long have you been down there since last year
like you didn't come up at all
no I didn't attend the Academy I see well listen I'll see you tomorrow
looking towards the Lord on Lucia
I'll see you tomorrow and just a just a head warning that this it's not a route
it's not a good idea I'm a success I'm a second year but it's not a good idea to
get close to me I don't have a good reputation around these parts
what do you mean you're like a bullier son
not everybody there's a lot of scorn for people who break their break their power
the notes I missed I'm missing his dark backstory he lost his ear all right what
happened there's a lot of scorn towards people who break their power the notes
personal what does that mean it doesn't make a difference to me
and anyone's business really and I'm I'm not gonna let what people if you're
worried about what people think because of that if it were related to like
something safety wise with these people I get it but like I'm not worried about
what people think about me spending time with you because of that
well
now that you have to or anything to be clear you just have my warning is all
good night to you all
good night
see you in class
and I'll put my plea for two people need that place just keep it a secret
of course he walks away
you're not going the same direction as us yeah it would be awkward that would be really fucking awkward
you see he walks first he walks first and he's like oh yeah if you walk you're gonna follow him
if you want to go where you want to go I guess we should fly we can fly anyways if we want
or wait we know we gotta be sneaky right so like we shouldn't be seen
well let's go we could walk a bit always and then we could fly and then I can say like oh we needed to take you out on a quick
you were curious about phantom so we did a ride because we didn't get to do a ride on your tour you know
yeah good point
do we have sneaky music I think
sneaky sneak
give me one second I'm gonna put on some sneaky music
I already wasted my pass without trace but okay
well guys I'm really sorry about that
no I mean it's a good thing that we know you're gonna blow up you know
she's not going to blow up
are you okay though Lucia?
am I okay? I mean yeah are you guys okay?
that was weird
I mean yeah we're okay but we're not the ones with the weird
woman
coming after us from an era to tell you that you're cursed or
she's gonna kidnap you or something
no she's gonna kidnap you yeah
I feel like she was really like open about that information
yeah
it's alright I mean I've had weird people come visit me before
what?
when? for what?
why? is this a normal thing for you that you deal with?
um not really just this year kind of jump started it all
um
the party actually
the party?
remember the party we had?
no
oh there was this really cool party that was in honor of Valora being chosen as the leader
excuse me I'm a silver lining
like a really big like birthday party kind of thing but
but not a birthday yeah
yeah yeah
but so you said weird people confronted you at the naming ceremony?
after you were named retainer or?
was it after Tim or before?
a disciple
oh a disciple that was during
it was during
and
sorry guys and did it I can't remember in my notes
was it mentioned that they were a cybill?
it was it's lucy a roll to
yes it was it was a cybill basically yes
during the naming ceremony
it stepped out to get some air and um
woman appeared in the dark
and she said she knew me and
well just a lot of crazy stuff has happened since then so um
honestly not
jocked about all the
it was just like a weird woman?
should give it like a name or anything?
um
I'm also trying to be careful because I figured out recently that the more information I tell about certain things the more it puts you guys in danger so
what?
what do you mean by that?
that can't possibly be true how does us knowing things make it
yeah I think usually it's the opposite you know you know things you never had to be careful you know
no I think it
more so has to do with my ability like
I'm actively changing
the future by giving forewarning so you guys get punished for it or something
what?
oh
laughter
what does that mean I'm confused
actually changing the future by giving a forewarning
I think we're all changing the future in a way
laughter
what a recovery what a recovery
Valora's trying to help her at least
it's okay Valora he may as well know
um yeah Cole um so I can sometimes see the future
back
we're back
oh I get it you're kind of like
I get it you're like one of them like
like psychics like my mom was psychic
my mama used to tell me all the time she'd be like
don't do that and I'd be like mom what are you talking about
and she'd be like I know what you're thinking and I was like mama I didn't even think about it yet
yeah she's really insightful
yeah it's like a what's it called like a woman's intuition kind of thing or like a mama's intuition or something
you're not a mama I mean you could be but not yet
no no no I'm not a mom um I know just very actually well I even have I even haven't had nevermind um
laughter
I'm so loud too
the time the time thing had to change the music
laughter
you know the perfect time
time jumping music
how far did we rewind it was just her like being like okay I should tell you
before yeah she it was like it was like okay I should tell you
that is what you saw
okay got it so I still got actively changing the future by getting a forewarning okay
and you did hear me say something about vision
yeah I did
yeah I just have really strong women's intuition
okay women are so powerful
women are so powerful guys
that's what mama used to say yeah
laughter
I hope that this doesn't ruin your guys's first day of school
I mean it was eventful
Lucia you're so worried about us but like
yeah you're gonna blow up you should be worried about you
no she's not going to blow up
all I'm saying
all I'm saying is
Lucia I don't know why you think
that it's dangerous to share this but I mean I guess I kind of get why
because we were down there and it was scary I get that
but if it is scary and you are worried I don't want you to deal with that alone okay
okay
and there's nothing wrong with having a woman's intuition you know
I mean
in regards with people seeking her out and stuff and not wanting to talk about it
yeah
oh um
we'll certainly know if she comes back
um
Avanya I guess what's her name
um yeah
um don't worry I'll let you know for sure
and I'm not really worried about
myself for Laura and I don't mean that in like a facetious way
what I mean by that is like I know
that I'm always going to be protected and taken care of
it
fishin way
it um it's a big word that I read the other day I forgot its meaning but it sounded really cool just there
it kind of worries me though if that's true if you're not worried about yourself
well no I mean like because the gods are looking out for me
sure sure but that doesn't mean you
don't worry enough to like do something to try to
oh no I won't no no no I won't intentionally go into danger no no no I'm just saying that like
I have a purpose
like following the cat
well following the cat that was just because I like cats and that was on me and I shouldn't have done that and I was very curious
it wasn't following the okay yay
but like no I'm not going to rush to danger I'm not going to do anything to
no no I want to enjoy my first year at school I've never even thought I could be able to go to school
I want to enjoy I want to get to know my classmates I want to I want to I want to spend time being your retainer and know what that's about
I want to be safe too I'm just saying that like
Dune has always looked out for me and I've gotten this far and I don't think she's going to change her mind anytime soon
mm-hmm
well if if that
Avanya lady ever
reaches out again or or if if anything's weird or anything you know
you two will be the first to know I promise
just don't
okay we'll make sure you don't blow up and we'll make sure Avanya doesn't kidnap you or anything
that your dad can have more people
that's wild wasn't it
oh geez yeah that's a lot that's big information
it is but it's a it's the exact thing I can
see him wanting to do
of course he wouldn't want people
well he wouldn't want a security risk under the school
but that then that makes me wonder why hasn't he just flushed them all out
because that's the more likely thing I would think he would have just
he wouldn't be just kidnapping them one by one he would have you know I haven't met your dad yet ever but like
he doesn't sound like a very nice guy I don't mean to be rude no okay
oh geez all right
well he's an asshole but I did
it's it's so complicated because
it's not like I
I'm confused like I said if it were a security risk thing I would think he would just want them out of here but I wouldn't expect him to just secretly kidnap people
so I don't know what he's doing with that
and I don't know what he could possibly want to do with that
um
and I can't say that I've ever ever would have guessed that he would do that
like I said my guess would be he would just get rid of them
Laura's mom is really cool
she is
but we see a trace to
help
does your mom kidnap people too?
no
he my dad
my dad and my mom disagree a lot lately
and I would hope she disagrees with him kidnapping people
well he does things behind her back even though she's the lord
and he will do things like they used to
a parent what I've they've said is they used to work together a lot more they would talk through things but now
with matters of his position in my house at home
he'll do things like
he'll come up with an idea he knows my mom won't like
and he'll pitch the idea to the king and get him on board before he asks my mom so that my mom has to do it because she's the decision maker
that sounds like an unhealthy relationship right there
it is
have they considered getting like a divorce or something?
I wish I you know one time I drafted up the papers
and I forged my mom's signature and I had it ready to send
because all it takes is the Lord's signature to do it
oh wow
I never I only have my dad I so I've never really seen how a relationships work but isn't it normal to have problems in relationships
yes
problems but not like you don't you shouldn't be going behind it goes beyond this
I don't know
my parents never kidnapped anyone
that's true too I think I think I think kidnapping is probably a whole new level of
and I think it's more about the lordship and stuff to him
you know I just
is that just what like noble people do?
when you're rich like kidnap people?
no I won't some of them but that's not legal
some of them how many?
there there have been incidents there have and oh and I don't even guess like Conakin and some of their labor practices that are just slavery and disguise it's it's a whole other it's there there is corruption
there is a lot of bad stuff I didn't think my dad would do something like this but at the same time I can't be horribly horribly shocked you know
I can't myself into it this school
honestly Cole sometimes it's best just to know less
don't say that they could hear us
what do you mean?
what is who?
the people yeah
hey!
who's out there?
as you see a guard walking around with lantern on the pathway
oh hey we're just coming back from our flight
anyway then
thanks
I guess it's time to stop talking
I think we should go to bed now anyway
they didn't even like check who we were he just
that's the security?
he knows who I am I mean Phantom is pretty recognizable
oh geez she's Phantom in the dark when the lantern light comes up
he didn't even notice Phantom geez okay
I was thinking why you guys were floating
alright I'll fly you back home Cole
alright thank you
what a day
I thought you know I thought it was a busy day
you know a couple days ago when I had to fight a war beast for my life
this isn't normal none of this is normal
this seems kind of normal so far I feel like this is just is this is this what you do in an or?
no like I said this isn't normal
mushrooms and
I have been all over an or and nothing like this has ever happened to me before
well tomorrow is gonna be normal tomorrow we're gonna wake up we're gonna go get breakfast in the great hall
and we're gonna get our class schedules and we're gonna go to class and we're gonna go to clubs and live life like normal everyday students
and we're joining the drama club
yes and we're joining the drama club we have to join
and she looks at Valora
yes
Valora you joined
I really I wasn't planning on it but I mean if everybody's doing it
it'd be kind of fun
maybe
um yeah
Lauren should join the drama club with us
why are you saying it like that
Lucy is
do you know the GIF of the woman doing math in her head in the air
Lucy is like if I
exactly if I can bring Valora into the drama club will I unlock more information to protect her from the Saga Dondarius fan club and it's all just
Valora makes her own assumption and then he goes
okay I you know
I'm not that interested in it to be honest
no no no Valora you'd be perfect
no you don't have to say that if you
I mean you don't have to spend all your time with me if you want some time
in a club that doesn't have to do with me that's fine
and then you have and then you feel arms you feel arms wrapping around you
no Valora I want you to join the drama club with us come on Garvey's doing it too you have to watch him because I need to beat him and you need to help me
I do want to watch him do it okay I'll at least watch you guys
no I want you to join now too
you actually want me to join or you just
really
I promise I don't feel bad
okay Valora can I tell you a secret
sure
Saga Dondarius fan club is making moves I need to stop them that's why I'm joining the drama club
you're joining the drama club for the Saga Dondarius fan club
to get info on them to take them down
it's really
on the inside
what
it's it's a long story
um
it's a covert operation
listen Cole look at me look at me
alright
it's a secret operation
okay
Saga Dondarius fan club
is Valora's girlfriend
has been making
oh wow alright
um her date
her date
date soon to be girlfriend okay
date soon to be girlfriend has been making moves
to poison
Valora
poison
yes poison students poison he poisoned Valora
yes
the guard
the poison of love
you know when like I can't stop thinking about him I can't get it out of my head
are you just following us
no he's been standing there
we were flying back to his house
yeah we were leaving
I thought we were just flying to his house
he has a flight
he actually climbed on
poison
um
okay
yeah they tried to poison her already
so I was informed by one of my informants
why does it matter
well I mean like there's
I don't know
why does it matter what kind of poison Cole
it wasn't that serious it's really not that serious
I mean she's alive so I guess it couldn't be that bad
wait why do you need to know though
it was poison
it depends like are they trying to just give her a tummy ache
or are they trying to like
do you know a lot about poison
yeah are you well informed
well my sister she liked to garden a lot
and so she used to tell me all sorts of things
she liked
she had like um
it was kind of like a pop quiz not really a pop quiz
it was like a special fact of the day or whatever
and she'd tell me about all sorts of different plants and stuff
sometimes she would just talk to me about like
plants you shouldn't eat and stuff
so like poisonous things
well I'm not sure what kind of poison nor would I care
because it's still poisoning her
so needless to say
if it's like real bad you know I mean
needless to say it was a attack against my house leader
and so I was informed I could get information to take down the Saga Dandereus fan club by joining the drama club
what does it have to do with the drama club
who informed you of what
that I cannot reveal
why not
that I cannot reveal
oh I get it
it's part of the did they like whisper something to you down there
down there
no this is nothing to do with those
I don't know what's going on with those
I'm blocking that out from my head
I'm putting it in a small box and putting it on a shelf in the back of my head
so I don't have to think about it for a really long time
sounds good
okay well you joined the drama club then I guess
I mean it's really not a big
so I am joining the drama club to save you Valora
to save you
I don't think the fan club's a big deal
I know right they're poisoning you
I think they are a big deal
you finally fly over the wall
and you see the guard kind of like holds up a lantern
and sees you
but like kind of like
poison
in the conversation
and you fly over the walls you finally see I
or Brynn, residential district down below
we're gonna save you
Valora don't worry
okay well maybe I
will keep out of drama club
I'm saying
you are more than welcome to join
you want us to like try
your food for you and stuff before you eat it
I have a spell
oh I've been casting it
for detecting
for detecting poison before you
you've been casting spells on my food
I mean
I didn't even notice
yes I have
it's just to make sure that you're not eating poison
I didn't even notice you casting magic on my food
what do you mean no wonder
oh I am casting a spell
Valora to detect whether it's poison
no what I'm saying is I'm so unobservant that
you're only eating the poison
oh yeah well nope
now that you've got me
I've got my eye on
also what is his name what does he look like
oh Devon
Devon? What kind of name is Devon?
well his fake name is Franco
fake name?
wait is it Franco or Devon?
well he introduced me to himself as Franco but then Saga pointed out that his name was Devon
he has like this greasy hair
and sometimes he wears a fedora
no
but he did shower before class
so
and I saw
this fire genasi I think
girl it was a fire
genasi right it was like glaring at me
tiefling oh tiefling
there's I saw this tiefling girl glaring
at me at
breakfast afterwards too
you get
closer towards the residential district where
pfft
and then I turn to surround
me and realize that people are sleeping
and then I turn to surround me and realize that people are sleeping
Dragmire
oh Dragmire you missed a lot
yeah I missed a lot
but it's okay
we're not allowed to talk about any of it either
it's okay you've come to the most important time
they're getting ready for the first day of school
it was like a weird dream
nothing happened nothing to note
don't worry about it oh all good
no no no the lamp
just
multiple ways to take down the saga dandarius fan club
oh cool
um
I think this is your stop
well uh thank you
thank you for
helping us and
going to school all that no problem
anytime
alright I'm gonna go
yeah I'll see you in the morning
alright I turn around
I'll probably walk into the door
and then I oh
gotta open it oh gotta unlock it
alright
we're just gonna do the watching to make sure he gets home safe
yeah
you're in great with the door
alright
take it easy
can I call
nah
you won't blow up we got you
I'll shut the door
thanks thank you
thanks
alright
your stop's next Lucia
you're okay
I'm going to my room
I'm going to finish writing my
letter home
cause I got interrupted
and boy do I have a lot to tell them
oh boy
alright
guys you have no idea what the
fuck I just went through
but you can't tell them you can't tell them
only tell about
the drama club mission
I had to fight mushrooms
on my first day
are you gonna eat the mushrooms
oh he's fighting them all oh cause you're gonna cook breakfast tomorrow for all your friends
that's for breakfast
bleh
please not want not you know what I mean
alright
um
but yeah
she
you asked if Laura was okay she was
I
I'm not
going to be
I can't be that upset with you for worrying about me
but
I don't want you to be more worried for me than
yourself given
everything
you know
I
appreciate that
sometimes
sometimes it's easier to worry about other people than yourself
you know what that means
yeah
well hey you're my responsibility
so
yeah and you're mine
I guess it's true too
technically
but I'm doing this covert operation
I'm doing this covert operation
alright
she's really proud
so Laura's kind of letting that all go because it's like okay well it's a distraction I guess and keeping them okay and I guess there's no harm in it
it's like um
well
thanks for looking out for me
I'm sorry
thanks for looking out for me
thanks for looking out for me and not leaving me behind
I wouldn't have
I wouldn't have ever
but
but don't let
fear that
telling me
telling me something's going to cause me to get hurt
stop me from like don't let it
stop you from letting me help you
okay
alright
fly her down to the commoner's
storm
um
you fly her down
and land
and
Lucia you head into the commoner's
yep she gives a little wave
she heads in
for bed
hi phantom
um
before we shift to Yvallora
uh Lucia
oh my god
walking into the hallway
whispers
suddenly fill the air
ahhhh
wha-
take you away
ahhhh
they fill
your head the
um you see the
you see the hallway gets a little twisted
in front of you do you just want to
do you just want to like
how does Lucia feel about these whispers
did just does she just want to just
go away
I think she's just I think uh
as they start it's take you away
right that's what she's hearing
I think she's starting to actually get very frustrated
and she
she I know
I know it's in the middle of the night but she can't
help but she goes um as I search
for her she goes I KNOW ALREADY
and she kinda like slams into her
room
as you say
I KNOW ALREADY
before you slam into your room as you say I KNOW ALREADY
um it feels as if
force exults from you
um
you feel as you
you feel that there are the
walls are slammed
as like the hallway legitimately
mistakes for a moment
and the whispers are gone
I think now
now that it's gone now
fresh tears are just falling quietly down
her face
um
as you
start to cry
um caught up
in what you were hearing
I just
look to the chat here children crying
GOOD
she's technically she's 23
um
you're older than me
I thought Lucy was like 18
or something
I also thought she was 18
was she no I think
did we make them legal adults I thought we made them legal adults
they're all adults
they are adults
Cole's like 20
she's
she's older but she acts younger
I actually do remember this
um
maybe I said
we were talking about Mercedes from uh
three houses
oh yes yes yes yes
um
as fresh tears start
cresting down your face
um
as your vision finally clears
you see
in front of you
uh in the midst of the hallway
ears
folded
a little bit
you see a little
like Pomeranian dog
kinda like
scared like fearful
me
fearful of you
oh no
hi dog
it has a paw up
and everything
so
you know
try to wipe the tears from her face
I'm sorry dog
it's been a really long day
the dog kinda like
with his little legs begins to walk
away
you see it goes towards Tamsin's
room and scratches at the door
oh are you
are you Tamsin's dog
she's not allowed to take your body
45,000 worms in a dog
I'm just gonna say
she's got some of her worms to investigate in a dog
Lucia says she's not allowed to take your
body okay dog
as she goes to open the door for Tamsin
as you open the door to Tamsin's
room uh Tamsin's not in there
you see the dog
walk you see the dog walks in
turns towards you
and just goes hey Lucia
it's me Tamsin
do you wanna talk come in here
AHHHHHH
TAMSIN
Lucia has a
fully face planted onto the fucking
floor
and she's just
lying there
uh Tam dog comes around
she pushes against the
door to close it
Tamsin did you kill a dog
nooooo
no
I say it like I'm lying but
really no
you say what did you do
I just okay I thought of a dog
it's really weird seeing the dog's mouth moves
and human words are coming out
I thought of a dog
like I'm beginning to really
kinda like experiment with my transmogrify
but then I forgot to realize that like
oh yeah I'm gonna I have to spend like a few
like an hour or something to turn
back into my human form
okay so you're still you're still
using the body that you have you've just
turned it into a dog magically right
mmmmm magically naturally
what do you
magically naturally
I have less worms in me right now
but I'm gonna have to do like
are the words are coming the worms are gonna
come towards me I like chip that little corner
of my room so the worms can crawl in into
my room
okay okay okay
are you okay
I am I'm
sorry about that explosion
explosion
she starts laughing
that's a funny
word is it
is it
ticking time bomb
hahahaha
pops on your forehead
okay I don't feel a fever
no I'm not
sick Tamsin
thank you
umm and you
hear people out in the hallway
like you hear
like yeah I heard it over here like
just uhh people are investigating
outside okay I've gotta go cover
no it's okay you can stay in my room
no I should cover
because it's gonna scare people okay is it because
there's a body in here
I already ate it what
I already ate it what it's gone
no Tamsin no
I have his memories on me Tamsin no
Tamsin if it's okay
I already ate it it's not here anymore
no Tamsin
she's just
okay well
I will see you in the morning
okay I'm gonna go just explain
to people it was a spell gone wrong
is but are you
all are you really alright
I
really am going to
be a-okay
as soon as I get to go to my first
day of class tomorrow
all my new friends
learning how to read
and joining a club
and just living like
oh the drama club that's right
yes yes
I'm joining the drama club
I'm very excited to live
life like a normal
girl
you know
that's really
that's really good
because like living like a normal
girl that's like people don't know don't even know
that's genuinely like a luxury
guess it is huh
well
I can tell you kind of don't want to talk
about it right now and that's okay
just know that I'm always
your neighbor I'm always here and I'm not
always gonna be a dog
tomorrow
I'm gonna give you a forewarning
tomorrow I'm gonna try to be
a crow
okay well thank you and
wait wait wait
oh no wonder
dogs love that
your ears are
so soft
shows her belly
look at your little tummy
you were saying
oh yeah
Quincy told me to tell you something
and he did
oh yeah he came here to drop off a letter
and then he remembered that you didn't know how to
read
oh do you have it
um
well no he took it with him but I can tell you
can tell me what it you read it
oh he told me to tell you
oh okay
he read him he's alive
you can't
you can't eat Garvey
I'm not going to
you can't eat anyone
that's a student here Lucy I don't want to be
rude but we had this conversation already I know
okay I know
I'm sorry I'm sorry that's on me
that's on me
I'm sorry I shouldn't have
I think Poole would taste like marshmallows for some
reason
I'm going to
respect
I'm going to
I'm going to trust you
Tamsin I'm going to trust you
thank you for telling me
I will go
god damn it Albert
I will
check in with Garvey tomorrow about that letter
he's supposed to join the drama club with me
anyway so it's probably good we check in
and I will see you tomorrow
whether it be in dog form
in crow form I appreciate your friendship neighbor
absolutely
and thanks for not being weirded out by the things that I can do
it's okay I think we're all pretty weird here
some of us hide it better
aww
Marcellus doesn't
I did that all
I'm sorry
Marcellus doesn't
I did that all
Marcellus is a weirdo?
he's a real weirdo
you're the only one who thought he was pretty cool
you know something I don't know?
do you know something about Marcellus that I don't know?
I just think he's so weird
well it's weird about him
just like his everything?
what about?
listen to me some things
well
well like
oh gosh
I thought he was like
he was a bit raggedoshious
you know some people are like oh it's fun
we're still friends
but
it's so weird
because you know how we were responsible
we were being responsible with that catapult
and Garvey
came up to us and started being like
you know how like they are
yeah yeah yeah
well when Marcellus
I don't know what happened
but we were grouping up and heading back into the school
Marcellus had like a weird
smell to him
what did he smell like?
like I don't know hormones?
I don't know
hormones?
like a completely different complexion
complexion?
like he did something to himself?
I don't think so
I just know things
I just get different smells from different people
like Velora for example
she smells like cedar wood
ooh that's a good scent for Velora
when she's like
when she gets all fiery
I feel like actually pretty hot
like
the hands from beyond
thank you have given me the ability
to
have given
shout out to my hands from the beyond
thank you
hands from beyond
it's like I can
I get different scents
I get different feels of people
and it's like
I kind of
just kind of feel like
where the mood is at you know
so is Marcellus okay?
or is he in danger?
is he sick? is something wrong?
I guess
I do get that smell
from a lot of people
from time to time
like Velora had that smell
on her like
pretty recently actually
oh okay so
alright
hmm yeah it was like
like this morning
it was very faint though
uh
how do you feel about Garvey?
what do you mean?
like in general I
is he doing something weird now too?
no no no no
he's a friend
what do you like him?
what are you? okay okay
let's see it's like
okay you know I
I should let you get to sleep
as a little dog and I need to go talk to the people outside
I'm just trying to know how I can
like I'm just trying to figure out
what my senses are hands beyond the beyond
things to me
what is what is does his smell change?
does my smell change? is that what you're saying?
yeah
wait whose?
mine or his?
the dog
okay I'm not
I'm not yelling I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry
whose smell changes? Tams in?
Tams dog? Tams?
the smell changes
it's just everyone's really different
I'm just trying to figure it out
I'm just trying to figure out how to label things
absolutely
so does my smell change when Garvey's around?
is that what you're saying?
a little bit
okay okay
I mean there was a time he held your hand
and said something and said some things to you
okay um yep so
I'm gonna say good night Tamsin
I'm gonna go let the people outside know that
you know it's okay it was just
thank you for checking in on me
I really mean that and before you look at the time
it's really late we gotta get to bed
crazy day
also I can tell you
because
my worms did
kind of like the spectral
worms not the physical ones but the spectral ones
the spectral worms
did like
it doesn't hurt
they did look into
Kual a little bit
look into his most recent memories he's so cool
into his memories?
oh that's okay and
that's kind of invasive
oh I love learning about people
I know but sometimes you
have to ask you gotta get to know them by asking
them instead of just going in their head
I plan to do that but when I touch people
I can get the memory
I get some of their memories like the most recent ones
and when I
do you don't like
the word eat when I become one
with them
I can get access to their entire
memory
right that's what you mentioned about the body and the barrel
right
it's Victor in our chat
by the way
it's Victor hi Victor
hi Victor oh my god
I had to interrupt to say that
hi Victor wow
we've got a lot going on in this conversation
I miss all these faces
we miss yours buddy
we miss you too
does saga smell like hormones and she's so full
that's what I need to know
listen I know
listen unfortunately Lucia is not the person
to have a talk with about
about physical
romance girl is fucking
out of her god damn depth she's a church
kid she don't know jack shit
um
okay
we'll talk in the morning
after we're all
oh
oh oh
oh what they
what they end on oh she said I went
into Cole's memories and then we said well you gotta learn
a loma first okay um
Cole is a very very
nice young man
I
I know
I know that much
I don't think so
oh oh that was a
really long pause
oh I thought you were gonna keep going
oh oh no
I was just saying he's a very nice guy
mm-hmm
when he fights he's
he's zeroed in
he's so focused
yeah
he really knows what to do
seeing him fight
oh yeah I was just
saying well from the memory
when did you see him fight oh when I
touched him I looked into his most recent
how first time I saw him
oh when you saw him fighting
the war beasts you mean
mm-hmm
yeah I get oh so he's
really trained then I guess
ah
I
I wish I wish I was
as well trained as him
that's so
must be where are they from
I guess they train everyone on the
maybe his sisters trained him
oh yeah he does have those
he has a sisters and his mom
I used to have
a sister and a mom
oh
they still alive
oh I don't I don't even know
I'm sorry
oh it's okay not everybody
needs
not everyone needs parents or family
I mean Valora hates
her dad
so much
well hate's a strong
word um I
think you know every family has
a sister and a mom
oh
when I met while I'm manifesting the human
form
you'll keep manifesting
you know some you know
you want to stay really cool
there's a part of me that has
to be like worms though like
the worms the worms can have a view on
things and like what to do out here I can't like completely
enclose my body so that's why my eye patch
I'll have to wear an eye patch you know
mhm
I don't know how you don't know what part
Worms right now does the dog have an eye patch?
No, yeah, Tim. What part of you is worms right now six out her tongue. It's a bunch of wriggling worms
That's great, that's awesome Tim's and that's
That's really awesome jaw unhinged
The jaw falls off and she goes oops
Okay, she's out the door
You close the door and you see like there's a small group of people like students just kind of like hi
Good evening. I'm Lucia the retainer of the silver lions. I wanted to apologize
I was really nervous about my first day of school tomorrow. You know me
Scholarships our second day the time zones and what not
That must be really nervous
I really nervous um, you know, um, so that was a spell that just kind of went kablooey
I'm trying to make sure I'm ready for for all my classes and stuff. So I'm so sorry about that. Um, everything is okay
um
and
Any concerns, please feel free to bring them up at the same time
I'm up at the silver lions table dining hall table in the morning tomorrow
They just trade looks
Yeah
Great great she's really cool now guys
She's really popular, um anyway
Good night
You walk you walk to your room and they just kind of like it's like they're waiting for you to leave
Okay, all right closing the door closing the door now, yeah, it's just
That's that's that's happening now, yeah
Now yeah, I see that you're
Doing it
So make a deception check with super disadvantage
It's just just just just like this is weird like your retainer is really fucking weird. Yep
Oh my god
We're off to a great start that's a five got it. All right, and you enter your room
Um, is she frozen too
Maybe let's go. Oh perfect time. Very good frozen because i'm shifting over to someone else
Oh boy
Well, then perfect timing on that to have the difficult difficulties
Oh boy, uh gonna wait a moment. Oh there she is in chat. She goes. Uh-oh
There she goes technical difficulties over there. Hey everyone. I get to see your full faces
Uh, everyone's full backgrounds. Oh no. Uh, all right. Well, we're gonna go ahead and
Me too, man, me too. All right, uh velora
I'm here I think on the way back. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Is it well, is it emma?
Emma's returned. I returned. I'm sorry guys
This is this is the this is the on the fly stuff that you get to watch live on song woven show
Recovery team good recovery. This is what you get premium live event
Let's go. So sorry, please continue wherever you left off
velora
Um, so I think on her way back
She hasn't had the time to train phantom to go back to his new stall yet on his own
So she can't have him drop her off at her room. So she brings him back to the flying stables and then walks
back to her dorm
You walk back after
Admittedly an exhausting day
And eight flights of stairs
Um, did you know did you know that you meeting devin and fighting all those mushroom people occurred on the same day?
Uh, oh my god. No
So that's awful, it's a tiring day. Yeah
Yeah, walking up uh eight flights of stairs, which is fucking awful going up towards your room
Uh, this would be a horrible place to get hung over or drunk drunk. Um
You uh there there at this time of night it is a
Um, there is this
Serene sense of quiet
um
It's like waking up first set of sleep over like everyone's sleeping gotta be real quiet
um
You make your way up towards
your room
um
and as you kind of like
Reach towards your door. There is the faint sound
Of music coming from saga's room here to your side
And it is the slight sound of guitar
She
She wants to say hi, but at the same time
It's like
She's really worried
for
Lucia and everything that just
happened
Well, I think for now she'll just go into her room
And maybe go sit out on her
Perch for a bit
Um as you sit out on your perch
um
The sky is so clear that night
Stars and moons abound
Um
You sit out as soon as you open the window sit on the perch you hear that you feel that the music stops
Um
the door
Uh that the window to saga's room opens
And you see that she leans out
um
This is the first time you've seen saga with her hair down
Oh, hey
Hey
Having a rough night
Um
No, just a little hard to sleep, you know
Yeah place and stuff
What about you?
Oh
Yeah, but it says not too uncommon with me
It's hard for me to sleep sometimes, you know, especially if lots happen in a day
But it says guitars a guitar journaling all that stuff's a way to get my mind together
Does it put me to sleep faster though?
Well, um
I'd offer to teleport you out here, but i'm actually all spent on that today
Oh, yeah
Yeah, I don't know I do hear about what happened with todd
Yeah, I mean aside from this morning but
I've done nothing but hear about todd. Yeah
Well, listen
Um, I don't know
Oh todd's gets sent out he always gets he always comes back
I don't know what that's gonna tell for you like this is this is a nice break from you and all for you and all but
The thing is he does come back. It's always a temporary solution to a big problem
Yeah, um, I don't
I don't think he should come back
And I was all
Emboldened to do something about it, but
Lucia doesn't seem to
Lucia really wants to try to help and I don't want to discourage her, you know
Hmm
I don't want like the first time
I don't want like the first thing I do
To be discouraging things that she wants to try to do to help the house
He's got a big heart though
As much as we want to like tell people that doing good things is not it's not smart or whatever
It's a rare breed to like have genuinely
All good doing people around you know, I think you have a really good with Dana on your hands
I got real lucky
I
Was honestly really worried about it
But
I mean like I didn't exactly like
I picked her but I didn't really pick her
Well complicated yeah
Yeah, you got some time even my door is still open if you want to come sit
You do have to try and sleep
Together
I'll tell you what
Let's see if their stories are our date
Do you think it's a date story though, uh, oh get me all mad
I
Don't know if it's that exciting to me it is
Everyone has been my whole the whole date ranting about my dad then
Then uh, yeah, maybe that killed the mood
All right, give me one second i'm popping over
She enters into your room
Um
Yeah, I think my dad might be done trying to get me to get rid of it
Yeah, like squeezing blood out of a stone that's that's the saying right
Right, so okay, okay
So basically I met lucia the naming ceremony
like
really in a really weird way to like someone stole from her and then
I heard her
running after them and I
Flew in front of them away from my procession, but pissed off my dad. Whatever. I don't care about that. Um
um and met her and then she like
Was like I I need to help you and I just thought it was like a religious thing. I don't know. It's weird
um
But she was coming to the naming ceremony and I was supposed to take graham alazan if you know who that is
No idea. No his family. Um, they're not nobles, but he they're really wealthy
Uh landowners near voron adam and um
Um, so I knew I was gonna be with dad my dad for the next three years and I wasn't looking forward to it
And so my dad had recommended him
so I met him and
I liked him well enough. I wouldn't have picked him if I didn't like him, but
you know, we got along good and
All this stuff and you know, I I I liked him
So I was like this would be a good way
To try to try like for the millionth time
to
Show my dad that I'm
At least trying
To get along with him, you know
and so
I agreed
And then at the ceremony before the ceremony started
I
went off during this music performance and I heard like shouting and
lucia
had
Basically stopped him from slapping a servant
And I walked in on him saying all these nasty things and everything long enough to confirm and then when I asked him about it
He just pandered to me didn't try to explain that. Oh, he was just nervous and nothing. Oh, and so
Oh the special. Mm-hmm
So it pissed me off and then immediately after that I had to pick my retainer
And lucia had said that she would help me and I mean my only other person there I could have thought was maybe like garvey
I don't know if he'd even want to do that
So I just said lucia and I didn't even know her last name
I don't even think she has a last name actually now that I think about it
um, but I said lucia like the one with the pink hair
and
they
They let it happen
And but that's not that's not the really awful part
After that, uh graham's mom came up to me and said that
Um basically said something about how she's sure the deal
That she arranged with my father could they could come to a different solution
So
Behind my back and my mom's because my mom heard that for the first time there, too
My dad sold my retainer ship to the alizans
Or at least tried to
And now we have to sponsor him here because of it
No way
Yeah
After you after you tried to make good with him. He did that
Yeah, and it's like this happens every single time anytime I try to do anything give him an inch give him an inch
See what exactly that's what I always say. I would say he will just you can't give him anything because all he'll do is
He just takes and he just
He never does
It's like he doesn't care about anything
except for like
Whatever he's working on in his head, which god gods know if I even know what it is
Well
I know I know who wins because the shittiest dad award
I'm sorry to hear that
That's
I mean I should know
You know
I mean, I should know
You know
It's how it's
Always been
We'll look at it this way
All that was all that was really shitty. Yeah
But
But in the end through some stroke of luck or fate or whatever you call it
call it over says over there we would say thank the winds. You says somehow in some way
life gave life gave you a way to defy your dad even even if when you didn't want to.
That's true. And you're way better off than you are now. It feels like it was his life's way of
just correcting things making it meant to be because maybe you are deserving of good things.
Some weird stroke of fate. I would have never gotten to know Lucia. I mean I only barely know
her so but she's a really good person. Well it seems like the two of you are pretty
relatively good people. So even though you're waddling around in the deep part of the pool,
I think you're gonna work out.
I was scared too you know like when I got here away from home for the first time with my dad.
I barely knew Lucio. It's basically the same thing but except for her dad it's a series of old women
in the mountains that could tell everyone's future. Yeah because the cybals you don't get to pick your
retainer at all. They pick who goes and who's the retainer and tell them good luck.
Do you think they ever set people up with like people they like hate?
But they're all knowing it's gonna be good for the kingdom of the future.
If I could see everything going on around me I would be such a drama hound too.
So you've met the cybals then huh? Oh definitely yeah.
What was that like? Did they like tell you your future?
Oh boy. How do I start with that? So yeah they did come to my house. They suddenly
appeared out of nowhere. They smell like sulfur you know like something burned.
And I tried to act you know kind of cool with them like I was trying to invite like a casual
conversation but their whole business and their business is being cryptic about things that's
going to happen to the future. Like yeah you will achieve greatness but soon you will be broken.
And it is when things that are broken that they are at their sharpest.
Is that what they said? Among many things.
Oh and then they just sent you off to school?
Basically. They said that like I'm just saying things very basically like yeah I had a good
heart. It will be a guide for everyone and I was like thanks I know. And they said I'll go do some
trials or whatever. I'll burn and I'll be broken. All that kind of stuff and I don't know how to
interpret all of that. But I'm not gonna worry about it. Now you see why I was staying up
in my first few days because I have that. I don't know my retainer. He's 14 when he started out.
Yeah that would make me worried too. Being a leader which is new to me.
Like yeah we have community outreach at home but like leading a bunch of people that are around
your age or younger or that's different. It's different. But I find that people are drawn.
You are going to invite people who are drawn to you as a person and they are going to want
to copy the things that you do and if you do good things then you're just gonna attract good people.
That's what I find. Yeah. You know what really helped me through these first days?
You know what really helped me through these first days? Brimstone.
You know me and Brimstone had chats like these on our first days. So I'm kind of like the Brimstone now.
They...
Seeing them hurt. Being in the infirmary. It hurts me you know.
I don't like seeing good people get hurt.
That's part of what made me so angry.
That pal can just come back. But then I mentioned it to Brim and he you know he agrees but
even with all that he has so much more empathy for that guy than I do I think.
That's him yeah.
He said something like he just doesn't think it's good for him at home and I get that and I know.
But then he was kind of both side you know both. Part of why I can't like fully bring myself to just
push trying to make sure he doesn't come back because even Brimstone.
Yeah Brim called Todd his ideal reader. He's writing a book.
What does that mean? Ideal reader for his book?
Yeah. Brim believes that there is an innate good you know in everyone and it's only circumstance.
That make people bad. I'm not going to get into it. I'm sure he can tell you all about it.
And it makes it hard for me to think about it because like you know me and Brim
now you're here so you're going to see it. We're going to be doing good. We're going to be doing.
We're going to try our best to make sure everyone's thriving and safe and good.
But despite all of our best efforts.
Despite everything. The people not going to believe it. The people that we like are going to get hurt anyways.
Brim.
I don't think you can resign yourself to that though.
Of course I'm not.
I know.
But I'm going to try.
I'm going to try.
I know.
It's discouraging.
Especially with Todd. That's what they've been here three years.
Still.
But you still have to try. Right?
Exactly.
And I don't know. I know this isn't the point but like cryptic fortune telling about the future and
stuff too. I don't think anything's set in stone.
I think the future is what we make it.
And I just hope we make it with good choices.
Good choices?
I've heard the path to hell.
Is paved with things like that.
Then maybe we just need to go to hell.
We can make it.
Well I feel a little tired now.
Sorry I didn't mean to tell you about. Didn't mean to be vulnerable in front of you.
I'll be better next time.
Oh. This is a weakness for you?
Being human? She just kind of pokes her in the chest.
And hey you know what? I do have to say. You're all worried about getting all hot and bothered.
But.
But you're hot when you're hot.
I'm going to pretend like I knew what you meant by that.
You're hot when you're angry.
Well you're hot all the time so.
Yes.
Well. But you already know that so.
Of course I do. I have mirrors in my room.
You excited for our date?
Yeah I'm real excited. I said that all like Drew but no like I genuinely.
You feel a warmth on your hand.
Her hands are really warm.
She kind of like wraps it around yours while you're sitting out.
It counteracts the outside cold very well. The outside mountain winds.
And she just goes. I'm sorry I'm not a very patient person.
And clearly I'm not either.
Then you won't mind if I. Her fingers trail up your arm walking slowly up your arm.
It slinks onto your shoulder. Her eye looks towards yours.
And her fingers slowly fingers slowly move towards the back of your head.
And they thread through your hair.
And she leans in.
As her breath goes over your lips.
Because.
I promised my dad I'd wait. Until the first date.
I didn't promise him anything.
And she'll just lean forward the rest of the way.
She can't tease me like that and then not do it.
Oh my God.
As you just a quick one.
It was just enough to register the feel and taste.
Of this woman.
And your lips.
And she just goes.
Who's the one teasing.
See you soon.
I'll see ya.
See you around. Trouble.
Good night.
Peace out.
She had sin.
And.
Oh no despite there's so so much in the brain.
At least.
I don't think it will help her sleep. I was gonna say I don't think it helps her sleep.
But.
Does help distract a little bit.
Like a point of inspiration.
Oh my God kissing gives you inspiration in this game.
We gotta get those romances.
Get your romances up guys.
Support.
Teasing so bad but she wasn't gonna.
But then Valora did it.
Fucking.
Pillar.
She feels like she has to get an edge somehow because.
Saga keeps teasing her teasing her.
She's starting to get a feel for it.
It's like OK OK.
Girlfriends.
Get the U haul.
The cat.
The dog.
Time is now.
Yes Dragmire please draw it.
Oh gosh.
This shit.
Tim is now promoted to ally.
He's not homophobic anymore.
No forehead kiss.
I was gonna say what's the what's the what's the sound.
There's like a tick tock sound that's like ally.
Like.
Me.
It'll go back to homophobic next campaign until until the kiss happens.
It's homophobic is my default.
Thank you for being such a good ally.
Ally.
Me.
Huh.
Ally.
I.
I'm a member of the LGBT QA.
Let's get the.
The.
LGBT.
QA.
OK.
Well I guess the campaign has to keep going now.
I don't know.
I think I think we're done.
You know nice happy ending though.
I feel like blow up one day but she'll never leave the kingdom.
It's fine.
What could possibly ruin that scene.
So continuing.
Um.
The night passes.
For everyone.
A night of aches fatigue.
A night where a night where the mind definitely runs rampant.
But should you try to find sleep eventually it will find you.
Um.
One of you has mushroom bruiser related bruises.
On your body.
And little scars where mushroom stabbed you with little knives.
Um.
I'm sorry one of you has that.
Not multiple.
Yeah.
I'm sorry one.
Yeah neither of us got hit.
Um.
Fine.
It's cool.
You can say that we ain't nothing but you know the truth.
And I believe.
Emma four sessions ago rolled a.
Got it.
OK next day.
What.
I blow up.
Yep.
You know.
What happens if unbeknownst to her.
Anore changes like the borderline.
Oh gosh.
If we get taken over then.
Does she go.
If we get taken over then.
Goodbye.
If.
Mistakes.
If I were been to seeds from from anore.
What happens.
I.
Seed.
I'm sorry.
You see.
Well it's nice knowing you guys.
Do we have.
Well lasted.
And I got to go to two days of school.
If it makes you feel better.
You see.
Never mind.
I can't say that.
I can't tell you how.
I can't tell you how the death curse will happen.
Better.
It'll be quick.
It won't feel anything.
So.
Lucia.
Laura.
The next day.
You get up.
Get get get.
Doesn't.
All doesn't wake up.
Wait.
Hold on.
I'm not done yet.
It's okay.
I'm not done yet.
Cold.
I died in my sleep.
No.
You guys don't know this.
I roll for if you guys have a heart attack.
Based on our age and other factors.
This is what happens when you turn 20.
Nightly heart attacks.
For cold I did roll a 76.
So.
That's not how she first saw it.
But.
Laura.
Let's see.
It is raining now.
I'm just kidding.
Oh, it's raining.
Okay.
For Laura Lucia.
The two of you get up.
Do your morning rituals.
Head to the mess hall.
Yes.
My one thing that I do differently this morning.
Is that since she didn't do it last night.
She got distracted.
She's going to refine the map she was working on.
Before she heads to the mess hall.
Got it.
I'll shove it away somewhere safe.
Okay.
That she needs safe at least.
So.
You refine your map.
And the two of you begin to tend to your morning.
And eventually head to the mess hall.
Be cut over to.
Well.
At zero points apparently.
After his heart attack as many 20 somethings tend to have.
Well, hitting the long rest button.
Well, in the early morning.
Oh, yeah.
You have one.
Okay.
You're getting long rest.
Oh, yeah.
I need to roll a d6.
Except for Lucia.
First thing that I do when I wake up is I turn on my perceptive stance.
I was like, I don't get any of my spells lost.
As you stretch into your perceptive stance.
Yeah.
Um.
Coel, you awake to see.
To see Reinwald and Tula already in the main room.
Reinwald just.
Reinwald is going so like.
So let me get this straight.
You're allowed to.
So you have.
So your.
Um.
Aristocracy.
Um.
You have different.
You have different rules for you for your nobility on your island.
Yes, I do.
So you can have multiple.
What did you call them?
Oh, yeah.
Conk you binds.
Oh, right.
My God.
Just.
And I wished I wished to invite you invite you and coil.
To become.
You wish for us to become.
Your concoction.
It is a noble title.
Um.
It is a title assigned to great friends.
It can be.
Um.
The two of you are very good friends.
Uh.
And we have done a lot together.
Right.
I'm afraid the definition of the word carries different connotations.
And other places.
It has different meanings.
As what I do this from the hallway, by the way, I have not made myself known.
And so now, cocky bind.
Coles just.
Perhaps what you're thinking is a retainer.
Or just a close, a close friend of the nobility.
Yes, retainer.
That could be that could be that.
Just like.
Lucia.
Yes, just like Lucia.
Um, just to be clear, you should not state that Lucio is a concubine of Valora.
I don't like.
Uh.
Um.
And the conversation is going to keep going and let you step in.
Cool.
Okay.
I will keep talking to myself apparently.
Yeah, I will.
I'll make make my way in.
Oh, morning.
Good morning.
She who to the.
She who.
Good morning.
Morning.
How did you sleep last night?
Did you have good dreams?
You know, I actually woke up.
And I went mushroom picking.
Huh?
Mushroom.
If you want.
Yeah.
I mean, I think.
I love mushroom.
I figured we could go to the the the food hall, figure out what they got there.
But I think that these are just kind of like place them down.
I think that these are probably edible.
Probably.
Did I did I figure out if I know you said that the regular mycenae caps are not poisonous.
They're delicious.
What about morals?
Um, it is absolutely like it's the bigger.
It is the bigger version of it.
It's like putting down like a bluefin tuna.
Like this is the like the bull.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah, I found these.
Oh, goodness.
One of that size.
In the woods.
You.
You say that like you're lying, but I believe you.
It's like I don't think you're lying.
Like you're telling the truth.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, where else would you find mushrooms?
You're right, I suppose.
Um.
Well, we were just the only ones of their kind, though.
So I kind of wiped it out.
You know, I should probably should have left some so I could have grown back.
But we were just about to head out to the the mess hall, but we were told to wait for
assignment from Socrat.
All right.
Well, I guess we could eat these in the meantime.
Anyone know how to cook them?
And to look.
Oh, I would like to try.
Sure.
Go ahead.
Yes.
All right.
Now, if you want to say back.
Before you do that.
What are you telling us to stay back for?
You're not going to explode the mushrooms, are you?
Oh, no, I am going to put on a flame to cook it.
I don't want you to be hurt here.
And then like a kitchen like right there.
Oh, that's what that was.
Okay.
Our kitchen looks very different.
Oh, okay.
Good kitchen.
All right.
Hiya.
She shoots a fireball at the at the at the where it holds the flame.
She just goes, we will just roast this.
Okay.
Sounds good.
And she begins to she begins to cook up mushroom caps.
While she's busy, I kind of lean over to run walled.
So we're concubines now.
No, that's not what she meant.
Okay.
I don't know.
Let's see that.
Okay.
That's getting like weird feelings.
You know what I mean?
There's like I'm not.
I just mean like, I feel like.
I don't know.
No, you should make sure she wears gloves.
That's all I'm saying.
We are.
We're not concubines.
Just you then.
No, we have you know, we we are not concubines.
You're right.
If we're in together, so we're kind of guys together or not.
Koel, my friend.
Yeah.
There is just a cultural divide between Tula and us who are acquainted with, you know, typical nobility.
I don't know what concubine means.
What does that mean?
It just someone who you love very much.
Wrong.
Maybe we could be concubines.
Koel, Koel, Koel, I must confess I was wrong.
I was wrong.
I was wrong about my statement.
My statement was incorrect.
Oh, okay.
Perhaps it is a matter of another deeper conversation, perhaps with drink.
But just be sure that it is not the proper word.
It is a proper word only in very few contexts.
Very few, very few.
But when you love someone a whole lot.
No, that's I told you I was incorrect.
Oh, okay.
Please discard that at once.
I see what's when you hate someone a lot.
No.
Well, please.
I'm trying to figure out what it means.
That's all.
I'm afraid I must cut through your efforts.
But what she was referring to is that we are people who are close to her.
She feels a closeness with us.
Gotcha.
Oh, yeah, she wanted to like take us back with her or whatever, right?
To come see her homeland, yes.
I heard it's quite a beautiful homeland.
All right.
It's like an island or something, right?
It is a part of a greater of a greater nations.
But her family owns islands and controls and controls the sea commerce coming in from the sea.
She's she's actually has a really good head, a really good head on her shoulders about
maintaining a ledger and maintaining business.
And that's the men's eye for detail.
She's smart.
She knows like a whole bunch of languages stuff.
I've heard she also knows the weak points of every crap she's ever fought.
She's told me.
Fought.
Yes.
Fought.
That's a very specific word.
Not saw.
Not that cooked.
Fought.
Yes.
She she did.
Every time she spoke about a concert with the crab, it sounded like a terrible encounter with a horde beast.
Are they like war crabs?
Do they have war crabs?
Where she's from?
I suppose there can be something like that.
Yes.
Huh.
Ta-da!
I am finished.
Doesn't it smell so good?
It does genuinely smell pretty good.
Hmm.
It just goes, you must show me where you got these mushrooms.
Well, I don't think there's any more that we can get at least.
We have to regrow.
Are they extinct now?
I'm sure there's more.
I don't think I don't think I wiped out like a local population or anything.
I think.
Oh, no.
Wiping out local populations.
I mean, I'm sure there's more.
That is what I that is what I've done that before.
Pull up!
What?
Oh, with the iron shot crabs of the island.
Oh, yeah.
He was just telling me.
So you're fighting.
You have like wars with crabs?
Yes.
Iron shot crabs, Kora crabs, Descant crabs.
The goodness.
When some of them learn how to use spears and they they have the crabs know how to use spears.
Yes.
They make them out of bone and some of them out of children out of their own children.
The Kira Kira parts.
Um.
Crabs that use babies as spears.
Oh, no, just just a body.
Baby bodies.
Yes.
As spears.
Yes.
The body when it is young, it is sharp.
Uh huh.
So they know how to make weapon.
Babies make good weapons.
I've already divided up a serving for everyone.
If you want.
Thank you.
Hmm.
Perhaps with Spears.
Just goes.
But it's OK if we put them down.
Done.
No more Spears.
No more magic seeping into the land.
We killed.
We killed them.
We killed the person responsible.
It's good.
It's a magic thing that made him pick up Spears.
This smells so good.
All right.
Yeah.
But we can table that back to the.
I don't know.
I don't know what's being lost in translation and what is she saying is actually truth.
But what I do know is that this does.
This is a rather fragrant dish.
Yeah.
It's not so good.
Yeah.
Um, strangely, kind of meaty.
Hmm.
It's like eating.
It's like eating an impossible steak.
Basically, like strangely enough, like, yeah, the juices oozing out of it.
It feels like a steak.
Huh.
Oh, I've had something like this before.
Mm hmm.
What is the animal?
Um, it go out.
Cow.
Yes.
But the one on the land, the one on the land.
Are they are there cows that aren't aren't on land?
Oh, yes.
I'm not island.
Yes.
Are they in the sky?
No, they're in the water.
Water cows.
The door is knocked on to.
Um, as everyone sits up, the door opens and you see Dutch Krat walk in.
Just hello, everyone.
Now, let's see.
I am going to be your temporary assignment for the first week here at this academy.
Do you want some mushroom?
No.
Um, it just goes.
Uh, by the by, by the by, the food here at the mess hall is, uh, says is free for you
to attend.
They serve.
Welcome border next.
They serve the breakfast, they have service for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Um, now you have been given a cursory glance at the school, but you'll learn more about
the deeper mechanics of it through that spending your time here.
But for now, for your first day here, very deep for your first day here, but your first
thing here, you're going to be, uh, gathering these books that I have assigned to you.
And you will, and for your very first day, I want you to all, I want you all to ghost
classes.
So some classes will present themselves outside of the, uh, out of the, uh, out of the, out
of the walls.
Some of them will be really in the classroom.
Go about, make your, it doesn't make your acquaintance.
Uh, for the very first test today, I simply just want you to get the names of three professors
and write them down.
What if we already know three?
Then simply write them down.
Okay.
I will, at the end of the day, I will come with you, collect information.
Oh, not now?
Not now.
Okay.
Wait till I'm finished.
He got so, he got so bitched and so fast.
Um, he just goes, and then says, and the next days to come, we will be, so we will be personally
assigning classes for you to shadow on at a deeper level, uh, and get you and give you
more, uh, in-depth assignments.
But remember your main mission, your main mission about coming here.
You want to connect the students here, learn about our culture and synergize with us.
The, says, uh, one of the gothies is not here to give you your proper introduction today.
So, at some point during this week, someone will come, someone will come here and give
you a wide sweeping introduction of the, of the school.
But that's not my responsibility.
Oh, well, uh, Laura gave us one yesterday.
The gothie has their own way, the way they wish to, they wish to show.
Gotcha.
What's a gothie?
It is a, it says it is a man of God, a person, a person of our, a person of the Asatru.
God, that's not what I was, I was thinking about goats.
All right.
I promise this is nothing like that.
Now, it's like a priest guy.
Okay.
But that said, tell us, it says at the end of the day, I will also ask you which class
strikes you the most.
You can influence you, you can influence your placement on which classes, which classes
you want to more deeply shadow.
All right.
Now, go on ahead throughout your day.
You haven't given your assignment.
Do we have to have different professors that we write down the names of?
No.
Okay.
And he just walks away.
Sure you didn't want any of this mushroom?
We got a lot.
All right.
Did she cook all of it or just one?
She cooked, she cooked the big one.
Moral.
Okay.
She cooked moral.
You get five temporary hit points.
Ayo.
How much do we have left?
Can I bring leftovers with me?
Yes, you can.
Perfect.
I'm going to share this.
Ryan Watt goes, well, it must have been not a particularly deep assignment.
It must, it says, with the passing of Sir Gavrin, I assume they're thrown in for a loop.
Yeah.
But I won't squander the opportunity.
When they say ghosts, what do they mean?
They mean like just kind of follow them around or they mean like we got to hide from them?
I don't think hiding would be gracious, gracious as within them.
Yeah, I don't think so.
We are to become one with the shadow to see what they see, do what they do.
Well, if we're one with the shadow, that means we're hiding.
Hmm.
We are to be with them as close as we are, like we how we are with each other.
Like concubines.
Yes, like concubines.
No.
You too, please.
You got it.
Egytli, he's behind you.
He's supposed to have to learn to trial by fire.
Please do not call it, please do not say the word concubines outside of this abode.
You got it.
Only in the house.
He follows along.
Now he's to take care of you guys.
Every school has at least one, one what?
A concubine?
Where Reinwald has taken up the Robin roll.
Okay.
So the morning, the morning, the morning goes, Valora, Lucia, you meet at the, you meet at the mess hall.
And eventually, eventually I'll say, eventually I'll say that you show up there as well, Cole.
And because I think I see somebody fading off into the realm of dreams.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
We promise this would be a short session anyways.
We will pick this up next time.
Payment make me sleepy.
See you have a Laura.
I got leftovers for you.
Not eating those.
Not eating any mushrooms.
You give me more money in moral.
I'm not eating mushroom people.
It's five temporary points.
I already have 10 temporary hit points.
They stack.
I'm not eating them.
I will be Marcel from, from delicious, I'm not eating mushroom people.
Should I do some, should I do some, I'm trying.
Marcelis.
Oh, Marceli.
What the fuck is her name again?
Marcel.
Marcel, okay, I can't get Marcelis out of my mind.
I'll get him to do whatever he wants.
Listen, Marcelis, Marcelis is going through it.
Marcelis, you can have some mushroom.
Hey, just wait until Marcelis gets to you.
When Tamsen started talking about the hormones, I was like, oh my gosh.
She went over Lucia's head, over.
She's like, are they werewolves?
Is that what's happening?
Tamsen shows up in every scene and makes it weirder.
I worry for Tamsen in more ways than once.
Saga of the Lord Kiss and you see Tamsen just goes, get sent flying away.
Dragware says, how do we feel about Marcelis and Orwin?
Yeah, they could talk to each other for the, they can have an interaction.
Like, they have that one.
It's only year one.
It's only day two.
It's day two.
Year one.
Look, Marcelis can, he can still fit in somewhere, I'm sure.
Oh, outfit.
I bet you can't.
You're right.
No, no, no, no.
And then you're supposed to kiss me and then I get an interaction.
Marcelis, have confidence.
Have confidence.
Okay, okay.
You're supposed to kiss me, give inspiration to me.
No.
Where's my inspiration kiss?
Everybody just start kissing people for inspiration.
This is how we play this game.
I got inspiration when she kissed me on the cheek too.
And so I have so much inspiration, guys.
I have three and I already spent one and that's start making smooches.
The concubine to Tula makes sense.
The message of song wolf in love wins.
Love wins.
Unrelated kissing Tim, did I get one this session?
All because of the kiss that you DMed me about.
Uh huh.
What kiss that he DMed you about?
I think because of your, because of that one thing you do get one actually.
Your destiny?
Oh, that's right.
God, we have those.
Because of his subclass.
I'm kidding.
I haven't even looked at the subclasses still.
You don't get to find out anything.
I've got blackmail on Tim.
I've got the kid with the brick on speed dial.
Motherfucker.
I don't think the people know the brick kid story actually.
No.
Basically a kid threw a brick at me.
Yeah.
Where is that child to this day?
It was this kid that I had yelled at before like months prior.
Because he was basically, just to make a long story short, he was bullying a cat.
And I got mad at him.
I saw him while I was taking out the garbage.
I chased him out.
Weeks later I was taking out my garbage and I felt something smash against my back.
It was the same kid he threw a brick at me directly at the square in my back.
And he was kicking neighbors cars.
And then so a neighbor tried to chase him and fell and hurt himself.
Yeah.
While trying to chase him.
Me and my dad had to help that neighbor back onto the curb because he fell in the street.
I'm really hoping the kid has a redemption arc.
Yeah, me too.
Someone get this kid help.
He's clearly going through it.
That kid is Todd.
Oh no.
We don't know how bad it is at home but still.
Our ma just informed us that he can't show his face in South Philly.
What?
Why?
You're the least combative person I know.
What have you done?
Find out next time.
On Songwulven.
Why is he wanted?
Tune in next time to find out why our ma is wanted in South Philadelphia.
Ask Jenny he says.
Next time.
We'll find out why.
Find out.
The ma, our ma can't be seen in South Philadelphia.
And we'll find out does Saga and Valora use T'huul tongue?
And.
No.
And what about Tamdog's tongue?
We'll find out.
No, no, no, not the worm tongue.
But it feels awesome.
Ew!
It's a dog!
Alright everyone, we'll see you next time.
See ya.
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 fates and unstoppable course, but there's so much I still don't see.
I never thought your second in command would be me. Hiding the mountains where they train the elite.
Or think 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 bring, taken 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.