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Episode 18, La Dueler Exquis. You can catch us
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For he's a jolly good fellow! It's birthday.
It's Armand's birthday! Happy birthday, JT! Happy
birthday, JT! It's JT's birthday? It's JT's birthday
and nobody else's. And nobody else's. And nobody
else's. Fuck you if that's the case. JT, if it
is your birthday today, I'm sorry, you have to
change it. It's canceled. Sorry, Kev. I have
a relative whose birthday it is today. I didn't
call them. It's like a JT's birthday. Because
it is JT's birthday, specifically. Hello everyone
and welcome to Songwoven! I'm your friend Dawnbreak,
I am your narrator, Tim Dontran, and yes, today
is Daylight Savings or whatever the worst variation
is. And now you might be thinking, who's responsible
for this? Who's responsible for this one hour
skip forward? And I will send you over personally
to the person responsible so that she may explain.
Everyone, let's introduce... Emma Ramosco. Why
did I think this was actually going to be like
a lecture or like something informative of like,
actually, the farmers back in 19 blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah. We hate something new every
week now. Oh, we do? Windows 11 last week. This
week it's Daylight Savings. We used to talk a
song woven. We used to talk a lot about love.
It's about accepting other people. Now we're
all about hate. This is our main message. Now
we're a hate group. Now we're a hate group. Daylight
Savings. How I came up with it. I'll tell you
about that later. I'm Amara Mosco. That's all
you need to know about me. The lawyer defending
her in court for her transgressions against time
itself is none other than Jenny Sherrard! My
client did nothing wrong. Just because you don't
want to change your clock, you're lazy. Get over
it. My name's Jenny, and I play Valora. The lawyer
-a. Valora! Honestly, though, I would trust Jenny
with my life as my lawyer. Oh, I'm everybody's
lawyer here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's an old
joke. It's brilliant. Oh, boy. I don't care if
it's old. It's true. The main torturer. Jenny
would slap as a lawyer. Like, the main torturer,
the main, like, lawyer. Like, the torturer is
older. That's oldest time itself. Do what Elle
would set to be up. Torture chamber hole. Yeah,
all the time. But now, everyone, everyone, let's
do a little drum roll. For our guest of honor,
the honorable, the venerable, Judge Albert. Order
in court. All his authority. Tim. What, me? You
are guilty. What did I do? I hereby sentence
you to... 20 years community service. This is
unrelated. I don't like the community. I don't
want to do service. I don't like the community.
25 years service. 25 years of community service.
26 years of community service. That's my favorite
number. 27 years of community service. Not my
favorite number. Okay. 38 years of community
service. Do I hear a 40? Do I hear a 40? Why
did I get freaking Giles Corey'd in the chat?
It's Goodie Proctor! It's Emma! Emma did it!
I saw Emma with the devil! Emma, not guilty.
What the fuck? Emma never did anything. Wait,
wait. Two cases at once? One's guilty, one's
not guilty? What the fuck is this? you blame
Emma for is Timmy's fault. That's a gag. That's
dangerous. That's really dangerous. Timmy, this
is ace attorney courtroom rules. So not only
do we have to prove that she's not guilty, we
have to find who actually did it or she would
have been guilty. And it's definitely one of
the witnesses. It's definitely one of the witnesses.
So that's why Tim, 48 years community service,
you're being found guilty. Zanny in the chat,
you are also going to be facing 27 years jail
time for being an accomplice to Melody. Oh my
God, we can sentence chat members? I would have
done that a long time ago. Yes, anyone who doesn't
wish JT a happy birthday is going to prison.
That's true. That is true. All right. I got to
type out new rules on the page. Drag my right
to... True, true. Tim, for committing hate crimes
in this series, you are being sentenced to three
years of the dunk tank. Three years of the dunk
tank? I'm going to get so pruney. I'm going to
be so pruney. I'm going to be so queasy. I'm
being accused for some reason in the chat, even
though I had hot... Lesbians making out in the
most erotic, in the most explicit way last week.
I'm accused of homophobia. I had a chaperone
session to the max and you accused me. It was
hard to go. H -O -T -T -O -G -O. Slap it back
when it's about to go. Okay. So... uh yeah hey
guys how we doing uh what's up hello uh okay
so we're gonna do recap now Before I go do my
consecutive years of community service and then
being put into a dunk tank when I'm an old man.
I guarantee anyone who's never watched our stream
before, if they tuned in for this episode, they
would be like, what is actually wrong with this?
As the judge, I can just say, mods, get that
man. Mods, get that man out. Mods, kill him.
Birthday mod. Eradicate him. Oh, and Zachoyer
goes, well, well, welcome. Welcome. I don't know
what to tell you. Is that what I'm going to say?
All right. Chat, what are we thinking? Was I
too lenient on him? No, no, no. Chat, please,
please. Chat, you and I, we've always been close.
The chat, the jury. Remember the time I taught
you how to jump? That's your signature move,
man. Like, you got to be on my side here. Okay,
Zachary says I blame Alvin for everything that
happened. Bam! Okay, that's perfect. That's perfect.
No notes. Bailiff, throw him out. I guess I'm
the bailiff. Is JT the bailiff? Am I the bailiff?
No, JT is the bailiff. I can also double time
as the bailiff if you need me to. Tim's like,
can I not be on the stand anymore? Devin Dondarius
is back. Sentence him to two years of community
theater. Mods, put him in the guillotine. Mods,
the guillotine. Mods, Zenny, oubliette. Oubliette!
Zenny, the community theater corner. Three years.
Oh my god. And their production is actually Les
Mis. Surprise, surprise. So, last time... Oh
yeah, we have a game to play, that's right. Valora
and Saga went on their date, and they went to
this picnic place where they got a really fancy,
expensive picnic basket, catered to their tastes,
while secretly Lucia, Cole, Orwin and Lucio went
after the Saga Dondarris fan club and found them
in an alleyway making their plans to put like
a laxative in Valora's food and they just beat
them up. Cole knocked Devin out. Cole beat them
up. Cole beat the fucking brakes off of them.
Cole knocked Devin out and And then held him
hostage so that the others wouldn't keep fighting.
And that's when they revealed that they were
actually hired by Saga's Aunt Kithna. The same
person who made a new rug for our picnic date.
But Saga's Aunt Kithna hired them and pays them
50 gold every three months to... to like help
vet saga's romantic interests and make sure that
they're good and they agreed to leave the rest
of the date alone so they were like cool we won
let's go on a picnic ourselves and they got their
own picnic basket and they they got their own
picnic baskets but then they ran into our professor
lambert grantham um who was having a really hard
time stumbling out of a bar and um trying to
be helped by our assistant teacher lucius and
so they go over to try to help him lucia uses
her magic to help cure him from um birth lesser
restoration and find out that it might be the
anniversary of something happening under his
watch as teacher potentially though they were
a little elusive as to what And they agreed not
to tell anyone, of course. Duh. Meanwhile, Valora
and Saga go over to the Adventurers Guild and
get Valora signed up and learn that Saga's nickname
there is Cat because she knocked over a ton of
drinks one time. And Bobby Joe McNuckle was important.
That's in my notes. Anyways, he was there. Let's
see here. And then, oh, they find out from Saga's
ex's dad, I think, that there was this dude named
Dr. Carlton in town who was scamming people.
Oh, that's right. who was scamming people and
giving them antidotes that were cheaper, but
also made them sicker. And so it was really bothering
Saga. So Valoran and Saga decided, let's just
go hunt the dude down. They went and got Phantom,
hunted him down, bullied him because he deserved
it, and then are going to bring him back, but
decide to have their picnic outside where they
tied him up and knocked him out. And also they
made out. Anyways, then there's... We go to Lucia
and Cole's picnic. And they are having a really
nice picnic for a bit until Lucia starts freezing
up and having... She starts like... She literally...
Did she start glowing or something with the curse
or something? She had runes on me or something.
Yeah, runes. Runes. And so... But Lucia, in the
meantime, is having this vision of a guy she
met back at the naming ceremony. Not at the naming
ceremony. I think I put naming ceremony in the
thing, but it was actually at the church. I think
actually she met him in both places. Both places.
So this guy named ERI. I think he introduced
himself as something else at the previous one.
Yeah, it was a different name. But he says his
name's ERI. He tells her that he can help her
get to the bottom of the curse and stuff. And
he tells her that she has to kill the person
who placed the curse on her to get rid of it.
And she's like, well, who is it then? He goes,
they're at the gates of Iriborin now. So she
snaps out of it. Her and Cole decide to go to
the gates. And they see Arnalda Lucerde, her
basically adoptive father there. And that's what
happened. Unless I'm forgetting. I'm telling
you, not once has an old man in one of Tim's
games. Never trust the old people. The elderly.
And how does this make you feel, Amara Moscow?
Is this an interview? I have a lot of questions,
a lot of concerns, but I think we're going to
play well. I think we're going to play well today.
I think the team has really brought their A game
today, and we're going to do what we can. My
client has no further comments. And I'm going
to go back to the community service. Oh, and
Timmy vowed to announce the bust size of every
male character who was introduced. I did rescind
that. That was a couple sessions ago. Anyone
who doesn't write down, I write down what I want
it to be. And it becomes canon. I just wrote
5v20 and I write down whatever that adds up to.
Listen, Orwin is thick. Confirmed. Big guy. Good
guy. Okay. So, with that said, shall we dive
into yet another session? Shall we play yet another
game? Shall we continue adding ink to this little
story of ours? And maybe the song. I guess we
can. song yeah i feel up to it yeah let's all
right let me take my lion's mane real quick what
okay i'm kidding i'm locking in i'm focusing
that's what i meant okay let me get some let
me get the music going i guess you organize everything
from a to z and now it's to re -explore things
Yeah. I was like, I feel like that doesn't help
yet. Lucy would trip me up as fuck with music
choices. I have to go by, like, vibe. Judging
from the music, you could probably tell this
isn't starting where Lucy is at right now. Can't
hear anything. Hold on. Okay. People can hear
things, right? We got music? Now I hear it. Now
I hear it. Yeah. Okay. I tell you, there's some
wickedness that went into capturing me. You see,
the two people who captured me, they was kissing.
They was kissing. And this is the angry sounds
of Dr. Carlton. As the two of you, as Valora,
you and Saga make your ways away. After having
- Should we knock him out again? I thought he
was, yeah, I thought he was concussed. They spent
a lot of time making - Oh, that's right. They
had a long make out sesh. And then walked back
to town. Proud of them, proud of them. After
helping disperse the funds that were stolen from
the townspeople and doing whatever you could
to get things organized, properly organized with
the transportation of him, you and Saga probably
start making your ways off. It's growing dark
in schools, and it's probably get some early
rest for school. The two of you walk towards
the academy alongside Phantom. And I would dare
to say that perhaps a little bit of love drunkenness
is going on. Saga has definitely been giggling
a little bit here and there. Oh, yeah. Stop!
It's very excited. It's all new. It went really
well. As the two of you kind of, like, share
in your like newfound in this newfound adulation.
She just goes, you know, no, I don't want to
sound sappy. I think this is gonna make me sound
a lot less cool. But And you know, I don't care
about the whole bad luck stuff, but like... You
know, I've always came in... I always go into
every relationship thinking that this one's gonna
work. You know? I think this is the best one.
Oh, they are fucking U -Hauling it. You know...
I'm glad you said that, because I feel that way
too. And I know it's, like, one date, and it's,
like, been, like, a week. But, like... Um...
I feel like I've known you a lot longer. You
know what my heart said on something. Like, I
feel like you're the same. When our heart's set
on something, it's set, right? Right? We're the
same right there? Yeah? But I guess we should
wait before we call it official. Oh, my God.
You sapphic little shits. Holy fuck! This is...
Art reflects life! Well, may I escort you back
to your room? She jokes because their rooms are
next to each other. Oh, it's such a long way
back. Are you sure? Oh, you know, I'll brave
the cold. Cold night. Well, while I'm here, I'll
make sure to keep you warm. When she holds hands,
she holds hands strongly. She interlaces the
fingers with yours. Saga is... Thank you for
the gift stuff. Thank you for the gift stuff.
I love that the gift stuff went to Devon Dondarius.
Thank you Devon Dondarius for the gift stuff.
For the gays. For the gays. Thank you for the
gift stuff. These gays, they're trying to kill
me. Well, anyways. There is something comforting
in the fact that there is a love out there that
kind of reflects yours, Valora. Like a star streaking
across the sky, it's fast and it's hot, it's
burning. Maybe it's too soon to call it official,
but Saga seems pretty confident. She was all
feeling embarrassed about already thinking she
was falling in love with her too. So she really
likes that she said that. As you are walking
back, you do on the... Why is it getting dark?
The music's getting dark. On the front. And then
Saga stabs you. No! That would be super sapphic.
That would be so sapphic, though. And then she
puts the dagger underneath your chin and lifts
it up. There we go. Oh, trouble. It's a revolutionary
girl lieutenant all over again. On the gate leading
towards the Emerald Plains that separate the
school from Hafan, of course, the guards that
are there, the guards are there. uh bisecting
the populations and you see multiple uh there
are posts uh put up around like a help board
uh whichever it's now actually being attended
to was the first time you ever been like really
out to hafan at night like you went that one
time to go get uh lucia and lost to marcellus
that one time But now... I did not lose at anything
to Vercelis. I'd argue otherwise. Leaving the
bright, vibrant town behind you, you give a glancery,
cursory look towards the board. Wait a second.
Something catches your eye. This poster with
large, blocky text. And it's called the Melody
Bowl. Melody Bowl 24. Jesus Christ! And it does
say another tournament in her name. The Grand
Illustrious Melody versus Lucia the Loser. And
it depicts a long, like, absolutely radiant pink
-haired girl stepping on the head of another
pink -haired girl who was in the bowing position
with her forehead on the ground. Not the propaganda
posters! Velora sees it and... It does say featuring
a mid -break dance battle. She sees that and
she's like, wait, wait a second. And goes and
looks at it closer to be like, no, that's definitely
Lucia. And then she pulls it off the board. Oh,
no. Who's Melody? Who is Melody? I don't know.
Fidelity? Okay, so she calls herself Melody Fidelity,
but her name is Melody Wilson. She's part of
House Wilson. Did we know that her name was Melody
Wilson? It's this rich, noble girl from the Golden
Moose House. She's kind of extravagant, and she
challenges people to duels that hurt her honor.
And then she holds all these events in all of
her cronies. She has, like, a fan club, you know?
All of her cronies attend, and she plays, and
she does it by her own rules and things like
that. her family's like you know house wilson
you probably did some work for them uh yeah yeah
really rich really rich folks but but why lucia's
i mean i can see lucia getting herself into something
like this but also like she did go to the drama
club this morning so i'm probably guessing this
is what happened Melody was herself. Lucia didn't
want any of it or stood up to her. Propaganda.
Well, that's bullshit, she says. Like, what?
Who even drew this? It's probably the composer.
It's probably Jerry. Jerry, no. He does things
that are requested of him. It's nothing. It's
probably not his personal. She crumbles it up
and throws it away. Before they keep going. She
just goes, Listen, no one in their right mind
is going to attend that. From what I've heard,
it's basically loud. And it's all skewed towards
Melody. basically like 90 of the time the person
that she challenges to a duel doesn't even show
up anyways but don't even worry okay so lucy
doesn't even have to show she's probably taking
it really seriously though she's probably really
stressed out about it i'll have to talk to her
and see and she just goes Listen, I know the
sensible thing is to talk her out of it, go confront
Melody or whatever, but is it bad to say that
kind of you want to see it? I just, I mean, I
don't know. I mean, like, that just seems, I
mean, this is very extreme, but over what? I
don't even know. And then with that dance break.
I mean, I guess that sounds very theater kid,
I guess. She has a really, really fragile ego.
Like, just say one thing against her. You know,
you'd probably show up and you'd defend her for
some reason. Also, I personally don't like her
because I was the first person to have a gun
here and then she stole my style. She has a gun
too? Oh, yeah. Is she going to use that in the...
It's not an actual duel. It's like a performance
thing. No, no, no. It's gladiatorial combat.
And then there's a dance battle. And then there's...
And then if you don't beat it in the second half,
there's chess involved. Chess? There's chess,
yes. From what I've heard. From what I've heard.
Yeah, you've never attended one. No, I've heard.
I keep my ears around. Well, I'll talk to Lucia
about it. And maybe Melody about it. You don't
want to do that. Well, let me see what Lucia
thinks. I'll throw my hat in. If you need help
with Melody. She is laughing at your reaction
to that. I was like, I've heard a lot of dumb
shit, but... Making your way across the plains,
you make it towards the Gate of Irobrin, where
you see... Happening. When I find the music,
don't worry, I'll find it. Guys, don't leave.
Please don't leave. Bye. See you later. Night!
Get the music, please stay. Bye. Come back! Ooh,
you're tricking him that far back? Holy shit.
Yeah, I can. Oh my goodness. I don't think mine
can, otherwise I'd fall off and die. Oh, come
on. Okay, but what? What's the name of the song?
What is the song? It's called Dad. The last time
I played this was in the first episode. Hello.
Petal. It's... There's no denying the cedar scent.
The warmth in his eyes. He always walks towards
you as if his steps, the way he walks it, ask
for permission. It's so gentle, the way he approaches
you. The way his eyes searches for a yes for
him to hug you. He smells like home. He smells
like your life. He smells like happy memories.
He goes, good to see you again. She is in shock,
disbelief, confusion, lots of feelings, you know,
being flung at her. As she just takes him in
and just looks at him, her eyes searching his
and says, it's you. Of course. How could it be
anyone else other than me? I brought you some
flowers from Miss Vale's garden. Everyone's really
rooting for you. And I heard about... The mock
battle and... You've been doing really well,
haven't you? I know it's been tough being away.
Are you really rooting for me? Of course. Or
are you just saying that? At all. Where is this
coming from? She's starting to slowly step backwards.
His face drops. What's the matter? You can tell
me anything, please. You seem hurt. You knew
this whole time. Koal, you're there as well.
I am. I believe I am. I was hiding. I was not
physically. I wasn't next to her. I'm hiding,
just watching. And Valora, you are seeing this
as well. So I see Lucia and Arnalda then? Yes.
She goes, oh, that's, like, basically Lucia's
dad. She goes up to, like, kind of say hi and
then maybe hears Lucia's voice kind of sad and
then just kind of stops but, like, walks up to
the conversation, though, to be, like, to try
to say hi but doesn't interject right then because
of that. He seems your your We're father Just
look just looks to you every warm memory seemingly
turning cold Turning different turning different
corners of your heart into like into like a chill
you one you begin to wonder how much of it is
real how much of it not but you see the genuine
hurt the genuine confusion more than anything
in his eyes as he's he's holding the flowers
what you couldn't speak to me and i can't leave
Hi. What brings you all the way here? When she
hears that I can't leave, I think that's what
triggers her to be like, oh, maybe we shouldn't
be saying this to him. And she just interjects
at that point. Lucia is just like, she acknowledges
that Valora is there, but is completely just
like out of it. I had heard news about. What
you have been doing and your achievements here
so far and I was really missing Lucia. It's not
so far. I came here. I wanted to come see how
she was doing. And see all the friends she's
made. Is something wrong? There's something wrong.
So, yeah. I'll fix it. I promise. Oh, this sucks.
Um... She realizes decorum, right? Like, they're
in public, right? Like, she's gotta... Velora
is right here. Cole is around the corner. She's
got to pull together, and she just goes, Yeah,
right. I know you can, and I know you will. Why
don't I show you around campus? Oh, by the way,
I'm sure you met Valora before, right? But one
of my other friends came to tag along. Cole,
you want to come out and meet the Gothi from
my town? Your friend seems to be a little shy.
I do not come out. In fact, I have moved somewhere
else. He can read the room. I am not involved.
I am watching from afar somewhere else. Bull
says, fuck no. And this is Saga. Saga, I didn't
even see you there. Hey there. This is very awkward,
Kothi. This is awful! Nice to meet you, Kothi.
Condarius. Nods. Um... I'm glad to see, and also
not see, that Lucia has made many friends here.
She's made a ton real fast. Everybody loves her.
Well, she kind of like, that's being very generous,
Valora. I'm very lucky. I have such really awesome
people around me. And we're doing good things,
I think, she turns to Valora. Right? Yeah. Our
class is really good. Everybody we've met. is
awesome. Eye twitches. Lucia's doing a really
good job. And we won the mock battle, so there's
that. It's a good start. I'm sure Lucia has proven
to be a wonderful healer. It has availed you
of your wounds. Absolutely. Lucia's really talented.
Good. Yeah, Julie... Oh, God, this is awful.
She was always a helpful and wonderful girl who
wished the best for everyone around her. Yeah,
who's also just really easy to lie to as well.
Um... She says that's looking directly at Arnalda.
Guess this is gonna be an insight check in this
regard. Well, we were playing this game, Two
Truths and a Lie, and Lucia falls for it every
time. Oh, Lucia, I know you'll want to catch
up with... Well, if you need to go show him around
or something, but I didn't know if... You remember
I left something in your room? She's totally
lying, so it doesn't seem to fix up that this
is a now or not. I don't know if you could let
me in real quick. Yeah, yeah, of course. And
absolutely, you can absolutely come back to my
room. She turns back to Arnalda. Are you staying
or? I was hoping we could catch up over some
tea. I brought some jams. About your favorite?
That was Emma. She goes... I would really appreciate
a talk. Something that I really need from you.
So I promise that we'll have that in a bit. I
will be in the... the church above on the precipice
of the mountain it's been a while since i've
properly paid my respects and um thank you for
the flowers i can i can put them in water back
in my room um he offers them to you She is really
struggling, and she will nod appreciatively,
and then when her hand reaches out to touch his,
take the flowers, I think tears just start falling
down her face. And she'll take the flowers and
go, I love you. She'll turn around and just...
Head to her room, hoping that Valora follows.
Yeah, Valora looks at Sargon and goes, Hey, um,
I'll... I'll see you later, actually. Yeah. We'll
deal with that. Be around. She goes to follow
Lucia. What... happened? Did something happen?
She... nods. He says, first of all, how did your
date go? It was great, but I mean, like... Because
we put an end to it, you know. Actually, Cole
did, but we... The Saugadon Darius fan club isn't
really a fan club. Well, I guess that's good
news. That was always kind of weird. Is that...
Did something happen with that? Did they... She's
wiping the tears. No, well, her aunt paid these
students to, like, test all of Saga's dates,
and that's why. So it's not, like, malicious,
so you don't have to worry about getting poisoned
anymore. I mean, I wasn't really worried about...
Okay, I'll ask more about that later. Um... You
know, let's get to your room first. And then...
I thought you'd be excited to see Arnalda. I
was. But I think my whole life is alive, Allura.
What they said is true. I had a vision. Cole
and I, we went to go have a picnic because we
saw your picnic and we were like, yay, mission
accomplished, we did it. And we sit down to have
a picnic and I couldn't even have a picnic. I
lost myself in this vision and it was this person
that I've seen. I can't even remember his name,
but I keep seeing him. And he said, You know
the thing that, you know how I'm going to blow
up if I just leave the country? Remember that?
The curse? Yeah. Guess, apparently, who put it
on me. The person in the vision, or? Nope. But
how does this person know? I don't know. Maybe
it's a lie. Exactly. I mean, okay, so this vision's
different than, like, other visions you've had.
Yeah. It's not, like, seeing the future. It's,
like, someone in your brain talking to you? Yeah.
That sounds like magic trickery or something.
Doesn't it? Yeah, you're right. You're right.
It's... Yeah, you're right. You're right. I just...
I just... I just don't know. There's a lot...
There's a lot... I'm... There's a lot happening,
Valora. And I don't want it to be this way. I
just wanna... I wanna help our house and I wanna
go to school and I... And we're doing that to...
We are doing that. You're right. I'm sorry. But,
no. No, no, no. I... Honestly, I was surprised
that this didn't... Catch up to you sooner. You
were so calm. Like, not even a week ago. When
you found out about the curse, and... They said
something about trying to figure out if your
memories had been altered. And... I was surprised
at how... calm you were acting about it but i
don't know why because i guess i just thought
it wouldn't be him he was like the one true thing
i had i thought i'm sorry maybe i it's okay it's
okay she says as she puts a reaches out and gives
you a soft squeeze on These are really big things
that are not going to be solved and not going
to be fixed today. And goddess knows I have enough.
I mean, I've got a duel with Melody, which I
haven't even told you about that. I saw a poster.
What? About it. What do you mean? They put up
posters in Hafan even. Come on. Okay. Don't worry
about her. If you want me to deal with her, I
can deal with her. In terms of all of this stuff,
she gestures to her back and behind her. Let's
put that on the back burner, and I'll figure
that out when I figure that out. And then she
takes the flower she hands in her hands and gently
taps her shoulder. But in terms of melody...
I feel like if I back down, that would be a disservice
to our house and the people who actually want
to join the drama club. She's a tyrant! That
sounds like she's pretty dramatic, is what I
heard, but... You should have seen the way she
spoke to Cole! It was so rude! Saga predicted
that you were probably, like, standing up for
yourself or someone. Someone has to. It's wild
that no one's done it before. And that's why
I don't think we should put this other stuff
on the back burner either. You know? Like...
I don't know. I don't know what to do about it
yet. But, um... I'll try to figure something
out. To get more information. You're a really
good friend, Valora. Well, obviously you are
too. Since you're dueling somebody for one of
your friends who you just made. Well, it was
kind of like... I don't know. I tried to be you
and I said a lot of big things. It... The person
in your head might have been lying. They might
have been telling the truth. It might be a bit
of both. We have to figure that out. And... I...
I know you'll want to talk to him about it. And
I think maybe you should, but also consider if
it's true, if they are changing your memories
and they are trying to protect you. And if he
is, and I hate to have to, it'd be like thinking
my mom was doing something like that to me, which
I can't even imagine. But if he does know about
it, Maybe it's best to... For him to not know
that you know. She nods. I didn't even think
about that. Great. If we... I don't want to bring
you back to them... In the underground. I don't
think they're safe, but they did say they had
a way to... Check if your... If your memories
had been changed. And maybe we don't have to
go to them. Maybe we can find someone else who
can do what they can do. That's true. Another
healer? Yeah. Something like that. Someone who
specializes in memory, perhaps? It's war school.
I'm sure memories get altered and... all the
time. My dad would know about... I saw Tim go
like this. My dad would know about any magic,
but I don't know if I could ask him about it
without him thinking there's something going
on. Maybe I could. I could say it's part of my
field of study, working with older patients.
That's pretty smart. Um, she perks up for like
the, this is the first time during this entire
conversation that she perks up a little bit.
Um, yeah, this is all crazy. And I, I'm sorry.
It's what I you're so, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You chose a weird fucking retainer. No fucking.
You are so, so sweet and nice, and then all this...
I don't even know what. Some of the craziest
things I've heard about in my life are happening
to you the second you were brought here. That's
not for you to apologize for. It's not your fault.
And it's not a problem for me. I mean, it does,
it's not great, right? But I'm not gonna lie,
it would have been so much harder if I didn't
have you here. So I'm just really glad that we're
friends. I'm glad too. And Cole, if he's still
following. Oh yeah, you did say Cole earlier,
and then I looked around and I... I think he
got, I think he ran away. I think I got a little
scared. Understandably so. He's been really helpful.
And a really good friend, too. So... We'll figure
this out. I can... Try... My best to look...
Into it. But when you talk to... Arnalda... What
are you going to say? I think you're right. I
think it's better to play it safe. I'll... I'm
just going to apologize and pretend like everything's
okay. Are you going to be okay doing that, though?
Would you rather I just say, like, I can't say
you're sick. You can heal sickness. I'll be okay,
Valora. Well, you know, maybe the whole Melody
thing is stressing you out a bit. That's true,
too. It doesn't really stress me out, but it
does just boggle my mind that they give her a
loaded gun. Yeah, Sokka said she had a gun. She
pulled a loaded gun on me. She pulled a gun on
you? A loaded gun, Valora. I thought it was a
prop. And this all happened at theater club?
At the drama club. And I thought it was a prop.
And then Cole said, no, it's a loaded gun. So,
you know what? I should focus on talking about
that because I do have to figure out how I'm
going to approach. Honestly, could you tap in
for me? You'd be much better at it than I would.
At the duel or the... Dance? Are you doing the
dance thing in the middle? I don't even know
how to dance. Maybe Cole could tap in for me
at the dance part. Because I feel like he's got
great rhythm. And you can tap in for me at the
combat part. And I can just be like, yeah, woo!
Just do the chest part. I mean, I could... I
could... Tell her to fuck off, basically, if
you want to. She laughs. Yeah, but I also kind
of... I don't know. I kind of want to show this
school that, like... That shouldn't fly! You
know? Yeah, I get it. I think I'd be the same
way. Especially because... No offense... It's
kind of weird. Uh... divide between the nobles
and the commoners. I feel the same way. And you've
never really had to, like, notice that before,
I bet, huh? Never. It's really strong here, where
we're really in our mix. I think maybe it might
be good to see. one of the commoners approach
Noble, who's... I think Reinwald would say something
like, abuse of power or something. He's very
eloquent that way in saying that stuff. Okay,
then... You're gonna beat her, then. I'm not
gonna tap in for you. You're gonna beat her.
And you're pretty strong. You know that, right?
Yeah. You're taking that tree thing. That's right.
It hurts really bad. It does? Yeah. I'm so sorry.
You got me pretty good with it. I'm so sorry.
Well, that was the point. Oh, right. That's a
good thing. It's a good thing. Right. Okay. I
think this will be good for the Silver Lions.
You know, we've won the mock battle and win a
dance battle. Then, you know, restore the drama
club to its rightful... I don't know. I really
don't want to be in it. I don't want to be anywhere
near it. How does this restore the drama club,
though? Is she going to be so embarrassed she's
never going to show up again? She said she would
relinquish control to one of the members who's
been there for a very long time. So, like, that
kind of makes sense. Oh, you have, like, a bet,
basically? Kind of. And then if I lose, I have
to be her servant. For how long? I think it was
for life. I couldn't remember. That's not being
a servant. Unless she's paying you. That's like
slavery, Lucia. I guess if you put it that way.
I guess if you put it that way. That's not even
legal anymore. thing too i mean yeah i i i'm
they they actually do have workarounds for that
in conica it's fucked up um but like oh um but
we don't need to get into that right now gods
um all right well you're gonna win i am and i've
got some letters to write um and i'm not gonna
entertain the thought if you do lose but if if
she did try to do that to you i wouldn't let
her Deal or no deal? I didn't mean to say the
show. I thought of the show halfway through saying
it. Deal or no deal? That's the name of the episode.
Deal or no deal? Yes, Dragmire, go draw Jon Con
in a t -shirt. Please do. Make sure he's thick.
With two C's. I've got some letters to write.
I got my marching orders, so I'll write those
letters and then I'll go check in with Arnalda
and get back to work. All right. Do you need
any help with that or anything for me? I'm just
really glad you had a good first date. It went
really well. It was... We kind of got off course,
though. We were... Well, we were going to have,
like, this picnic, but then we found out about
this guy who was scamming people and selling
them fake medicine that made them sicker. What?
And he left town. Yeah, it's fucked up. So we
decided to take the bounty, and we went and caught
him and brought him back. Oh, good. Good. He's
locked up then, right? Yep. So, well, we still
had our picnic. It was a little cold by then,
but, you know, all the better. he was the one
that poisoned you i don't see why he would yeah
still trying to figure that one out was it not
devin he took credit for it evan actually has
does not care at all i mean like he cares but
doesn't really it's really weird it's kind of
like a role like he should be in the drama club
his whole thing about being obsessed with saga
not real And how did you find that out? You said,
okay, you told me you were infiltrating the drama
club to take down the Saga Dandarius fan club,
but I didn't really get it. Yeah, well, I kind
of mixed up my words. So Lucio came to me with
a proposition that the Saga Dandarius fan club
was going to make a move during your date. And
so Cole happened to be enlisted. with me because
I was going to the drama club to get disguises
for Lucio and I so that we could infiltrate the
date to make sure that we could take care of
the Sagas on Darius fan club and make sure you
could still have your date. So Cole, Lucio, and
I, Garvey was supposed to be there, but Garvey
didn't show up, which is okay. It's fine. I'm
not mad about it. Oh, I ran into Garvey this
morning. How? He said he was bringing a letter
for you because He wanted to apologize because
he wasn't going to make it. He's got something
going on. That man and his letters. Well, he
couldn't make it, which is okay. And I understand.
We all understood. I'm glad he's okay. Paul was
worried something went wrong. So, we got our
disguises. And then we went to intercept Saga
Dandaria's fan club with Orin. Orin came along.
Orin's a really nice guy, by the way. Oh, yeah,
I haven't gotten to talk to him much yet. Very
sweet man. He really looked out for us and pulled
for us. And we all really care about you two.
So we came to stop them. And I was just thinking
of, like, you know, roughing them up a little
bit. But Cole pulled a knife on Devin's unconscious
throat. After you guys knocked him unconscious?
uh after cole knocked him unconscious uh and
then everyone was like whoa whoa whoa they kind
of put their hands up and they're like this is
really intense and we're actually like this is
kind of like our student job is the saga's aunt
put us up to this and you know we're just trying
to make money and help out and and so they're
like okay well are you guys weirdly obsessed
with saga and devin was like no actually it's
just like a role that i play he actually felt
really bad about saying weird stuff to you he
said something about our sexual rival, I don't
even know what that means. Yeah, he called me
that. That's really weird, but he's not like
that in person, and he says he wants to get to
know you and apologize as himself and not this
weird role. His name is Devin, though, right?
Yeah. Okay, so that's real, at least. So wait,
her aunt. Yeah. Put them up to, and they were
gonna interfere with the date? Yeah, they were
gonna put laxatives in your food. Okay. Which
is technically poisoning. I mean, yeah, it is.
That's poisoning. It is poisoning. And it was
because of her aunt. Well, probably not the same.
Probably a different aunt than the one who made...
One of her aunts made us, like, a flying carpet
to have the picnic on. See his eyes? Barrow.
He has an aunt who made you a flying carpet.
Yeah, it had, like, phantom on it and stuff it
was really cute i'm sure it was she had a plan
for you to fall off it it functioned perfectly
fine when we were in the air we sailed out over
a cliff to catch the guy because he took like
a flying potion and it worked perfectly fine
but she has a lot of family though so maybe it's
a different hand That's literally her name, Valora.
Okay, I mean, are they telling... What if they
were lying to you, though? Uh... Real quick.
Normally I would have said, that might be a thing,
but Cole had a knife to his throat, so I don't
think there was lying there. Real quick, are
you guys walking and talking? Yeah. Okay. I assume
we're walking and talking. Or we already got
to her room at this point, maybe. Yeah, I thought
we were... I will say, as you're getting to,
like... As you are getting... We're getting raided!
You guys take cover! Guys, we have nothing. We
have nothing here. We have nothing here. We just
have TTRPGs. That's all we have. Spire by fire
of three houses. That's our raid. Hello. Hello,
everyone. Thanks for coming. Thank you so much.
The recap probably won't make a lot of sense,
but here you go. Yeah, the recap is going to
make no sense, but just vibe with us. Have fun.
But anyways. I will say, as this conversation
goes on, very quickly, we're going to go check
up on Albert, Koal. Where did Koal go? I'm following
Arnalda. Make a stealth check. Koal said, I may
be cute, but I'm deadly. T4. Does this count
as casing? Yes. For everyone. Go ahead. That
was not supposed to be 2 GM, but that's a 28.
Okay. First of all, congratulations on your session
zero. Session zeros are extremely important.
I love session zeros. You did it. That's really
good. And second of all, you guys are in the
middle of a really dramatic. Oh, you came into.
You were in the thick of it. Hello, guys. Oh,
we appreciate the love. Thank you so much for
following and chatting, guys. We'd love to have
you back again, maybe. But the fact that you
already did this, you already chatted, means
so much to us. Thank you so much. Thank you so,
so much. Okay. By the way, that's Emma Roscoe.
That's Lucia. She just learned that she has to
kill her dad. It's in the recap. It's in the
recap. It's in the recap. I have to kill my dad.
Yeah! And don't worry. They love each other.
It's not going to be problematic at all. All
right. This is not the song, I think. I was going
to say, what a song for casing. Patricide is
awesome. I would love to do that in character.
It's only Patricide if you do it, right? But
what if your friend does it? Albert says. It's
a me, Eloigi. Thank you for another gift sub.
Oh my goodness, Dragmire. Thanks, Dragmire. I
think we stressed Dragmire out so much in this
episode that they're just like, take the subs.
Oh, it'll get better. It'll get better. It'll
get better. It'll work. Okay. Let me go ahead
and make an insight check. Hidden from view.
Before Nalda just like appears right next to
Cole. He's a pretty high level paladin, isn't
he too? I mean, I guess you don't have to have
wisdom, but I bet he does. Because he's like
the church goatee and stuff. Probably would.
Forgot he was a paladin. 18. Koal, you watch
as Godman, or Gothi, Lusardi, watch the parting
form of both Valora and Lucia. In sort of the
dusk of the night, as he stands in the... as
he stands in the twilight of a flickering uh
torchlight you watch as his as the tenseness
sorts of leaves his body and his shoulders drop
make an insight check for me From Lucia's dad.
Could you imagine? Thanks for being a guest on
our show, Albert. Fucking yeeted. Why do our
dads suck? We don't know yet. I assume. We'll
see. We'll see. I have thoughts. The tenseness
alleviates. It drops naturally in some parts
of his body. But you watch as his jaw. clenches
his his fingers ball up into a ball about to
fist again and again it's the he is resolving
himself it is when someone gets himself excited
to gets himself pumped up or gaining the courage
to do something he begins to walk um In the direction
of the church he said he was heading to? Yes.
Somewhere else. Okay. Directly into the school,
up the stairs, as you follow along. Now this
old... Now this almost elderly man, he has stamina.
Not one missed step heading up. It is almost
mechanical, how he moves with gait. I mean, with
purpose. You watch as he takes a lesser known
path around Ivor Brynn. He takes this nature
path avoiding the main thoroughfare that would
lead up past the dormitories and such. He has...
You do watch as he has a fondness for the...
the things around the things around them the
uh um the natural sort of like allocations of
nature um bright plumages of flowers that are
not being held up too well to the moonlight uh
as of this moment but he takes a sort of like
winding path um and i will say Because you rolled
really high in the last stealth, I'll go ahead
and let you roll stealth this time again with
advantage. Oh, I didn't even roll the right expertise
die. So I'm going to do six. We are playing advanced
level up 5e. Those people wondering. Level up
a 5e. Level up a 5e. Lots of words. He makes
his way to the grave. To the graveyard attached
to Irobrin. He kneels by... You see he preuses
the headstone, but... Zeroes in as if he knows
the exact steps already. He kneels by... He makes
his way to and then kneels by one headstone.
I note which headstone it is. Okay. I'll go ahead
and type the name to you. What if it was, like,
a failed Eric? My dad? What? Your dad was a failed
cleric? Oh, I heard Eric, and I was like, what
do you mean? Oh, no, I said... That makes more
sense. I also heard Eric. I said, what if it
was a failed cleric? What if it's the kid who
Lambert's grieving? That's true. Maybe it's all
the same kid. That name sounds familiar at all
to me. or look familiar no but it is a small
grave no it's too small no he gets up it's and
it's a solemn solitary moment but his expression
Remains unchanged. And he eventually does make
his way. To the church. Located at the very.
At the apex. At the apex of Irobaran. He walks
in. To the greeter. Who greets him. And then.
You just go. Here you go. I need this place to
myself. Which is not a request you think anyone
could make. But you see that there is confusion.
Sir, this is... If you want to spend time...
This is a place of prayer for many people. And
then Arnalda leans in and whispers. And as he
comes back, he goes, we'll clear this place right
away. What the fuck? Did it look like he cast
a spell on him or he just told him some important
information? So you're going to have to pick
which inquiry to really zoom in on. You can pick
an arcane or arcana or a insight. He pulled out
a badge. The ministry. I'm with the ministry.
That's Agent Lusardi. Agent Arnalda. Agent Arnalda.
neither are amazing what if instead i did this
in that case in that case um scrutiny scrutinizing
that way you don't see anything that uh that
that that that particular way would yield to
you there's nothing from that okay you guys were
figuring a subclass i'm bad at it he doesn't
tell me if i'm right or wrong though am i wrong
are you gonna tell me i'm wrong sister was a
witch bro then i can assume it's the other one
yes There is a small procession of individuals
are led out, a mixture of students. And you see
among them, Tamsin. Tamsin Von Rue, your fellow
student. Hiding from her? I mean, I was already
hiding, but I'm really hiding from her. What's
that smell? I'm just kidding. It smells delicious.
Oh no, Tamsin! Tamsin! Down, Tamsin, down. She
was there and she walks away. I'm really hoping
that this helps prevent that. um arnolda walks
into the uh church and i know i can't get in
through the front door now what's the layout
of the church is this something i can go up and
over like is it is there a courtyard there's
definitely um it you know these churches like
very gray and like tall buildings but thankfully
with that there's that they are very climbable
um There is the front entrance, but right now
that's a bit more tougher to get through. The
greeter is still there. Just kind of being very
vigilant. There's definitely a back entrance.
I can also go up and over. You can go up and
over. yes and like you can see like there's multiple
levels to this this place so like you can probably
like go up and over and like maybe try one of
the windows if you really want to okay yeah i
can just casually jump 10 feet in the air so
like like casually like hands in pocket look
both ways Fucking jumps ten feet in the air.
That's Air Genasi for you. We're going to go
ahead and pick you back up for your last stealth
check. And I assume you're definitely doing this
candidly and silently. Yeah, yeah. Around the
side a little bit. Up and over to try and get
maybe like a view down at him. Okay, so go ahead
and give me an acrobatic check. Alright. Um...
Acrobatics. 22. Okay, easy. You find your way
onto the shingles. These shingles are easy to
grasp. These roof shingles. As you just begin
to Climb your way over on top you are being exposed
a little bit by moonlight But that's what you
have to also rely on people to actually look
up when you know when when they're around so
and there's not too many people around As you
kind of maneuver your way around to keep Just
keeping on maybe seeking some entrances you're
passing by a few windows And you see some departing
forums of some other priests who are seemingly
leaving at the behest of arnolda you see the
entire back of the uh the entire back of the
uh of the church um like like you know a really
a really nicely a really nicely built place statues
of statues of varying gods uh of course the norse
pantheon um a fountain and um there is a like
a fence like a sort of iron fence that sort of
like separates everything from from the back
courtyard to Will falling off the mountain you
watch Arnolda in his lone form walk out to the
back and He truly does believe that he is by
himself. Can I also change since I came straight
from drama club? Can I put on the cloak and the
mask? Okay. The phantom in the church. In case
I'm spotted, I don't want anyone to know who
it is. I love it. It's also dark out. It's true.
As you're putting on the mask, you watch as Arnolda
starts untying his outer garb and his robe. And
it's really heavy. He lifts it up and revealing
that there is this chainmail coat underneath.
Jesus Christ. Arnold takes off his outer coat,
folds it up, puts it down, and then you watch
as he grips the hem of this chainmail, like the
collar of it, and he begins to pull his hands
taut. You feel resistance. As he pulls back,
For the first time his expression changes pain
physical exertion As he Chained snap as you see
this magical expulsion of energy like like exert
outwards The greenery around the shrubbery, you
can feel the force of what he's done. Whatever
magic he broke, fly off to each side. And then
it continues. And then it completely rips off.
Underneath. You see his... You see his older...
His barren body. For an older gentleman... For
an older gentleman, relatively... Like, there
is definitely strength in his form. He does keep...
in touch but as with age you do lose a bit of
it you surmise that he was probably a warrior
in his past time and he is covered in some kind
of dust on his body gray a mix of dark gray and
lighter gray uh go ahead and give me an investigation
check Investigation. Okay. That... That's put
a 7 on there. So I treat that as a... Because
I have a minimum investigation. That's a 14 plus
the 2, so that's a 16. I'm going to use an inspiration
for this. I want to roll a little bit better.
So I'm assuming I keep the 2. So let's just reroll
the investigation. Okay, so that's still the
minimum of 16. Okay. Difficult to tell what it
is, but it's not the natural pigment of his own
skin. Is it magical? Um... No. Um... I will say
that you did detect something magical. Well,
it was obvious, though. The chainmail that was
basically bonded to his skin. He takes the time
to take a breath to himself. He was exhausted
by that. He's leading against the fountain. As
he just kind of like slowly brings the coat up.
Again, the outer gothi priestly robes. Ties it
up. And you do catch at his hip. Hanging at his
hip. A dagger. And a sheath. Anything else you
wanted to? As I'm walking here, he ripped off
his chain mail. He's covered in dust. He put
his clothes back on. He has a knife. A knife?
Yes. No! And that's all... And now he's just
sitting and waiting? He's waiting. Looking out.
The moon is in full view tonight. You said he
looked like he was in pain ripping that off.
Does it look like it exerted him at all? Is he
injured? Tired? Anything like that? Very old
scars on his body, but they're all so old. He
is taking the time to rest. He does seem a bit
more unwell. But yes, genuinely, that was like
intense physical exertion. He seems exhausted.
Uh, question, Tim. Everyone a moment. What's
the question? What does it do with his subclass?
Fucking subclass! Tell us! Tell us the subclass,
Albert. Guys, fill in this with me. I'm talking.
He's an investigator, Rogue. Wait, why did I
get yelled at by JT? Why did I get yelled at,
JT? I think that was for a knife. A knife. Listen,
I have to cut the tension somehow. There's a
lot going on with a knife. A knife, yeah. By
the way, it's our mod's birthday today. It's
only JT's birthday. Happy birthday, JT. It's
only JT's birthday. If it's your birthday today,
I'm sorry. You have to change it. What is Arnold's
bus size? We've got to sing happy birthday again.
If you guys keep doing your secret stuff, we're
going to rouse up another version of happy birthday.
Or we can just do a whole musical. The musical
episode? No. No. In sleep he sang to me. You
got it in my head now. It's all in my mind. Oh,
Chess the Musical. That's what I thought. Oh,
there's going to be a chess match. I was like,
Chess the Musical? I don't know. I'm definitely...
I'm a mezzo, though, because I've got a lower
speaking voice, and my voice tends to sit a bit
lower. I always get shoved into the alto parts.
I technically have a lower range than Emma's,
but I'm a soprano. That's where you feel comfortable,
right? Yeah. I mean, I go up to the same high
note, but I go a little lower than you, and I'm
definitely not a mezzo. I struggle really hard
with that stuff. When you sing, you have such
a light tone. I think it's tone, too. Jenny is
a very princess. She sounds like a fucking princess
if anyone has ever heard Jenny or Sherard sing.
It's beautiful. You listen and I'm like, that's
a real fucking princess. Right there. Tessitura
is where your voice sounds best. She does sound
like a mermaid. I think Jenny should play a bard
for her next character just so she can sing for
me. I did make a bard for a game Tamina talking
about. A one -on -one game. I haven't put a bard
on stream. Bard on stream! Bard on stream! An
empire game. Salarian Empire, though, not the
Inarian Empire. Yeah, no Inarian needs a break.
Salaria is also pretty... That's where Zach's
from. Oh, God. We can't catch a break. Have you
guys stopped your secret chatting? I'm getting
bored. I'm sorry. Give us a second. What lore
do you want to know, Emma, about the world? And
if I don't know it, I'm going to make something
up and Timmy has to stick with it. Lore about
the world? Ooh, world lore. All right, secret
chat, done. Secret chat. Timmy was really scared
there. Yes, JC does have big tits, confirmed.
I would love to say that on stream. I just did.
Yeah. We said a lot of other worse things. It's
an important character trait. Character thing.
He does have big boobs. Do you know what I mean?
Like, now I'm going to tangent because you had
us break for a while. Know what I mean? Like,
a lot of people always talk about, oh, you know,
when femmes have big boobs, it's great. Not enough
respect is given to mask boobs. Yeah. When a
mask has a great set of tits, they deserve to
be known as such. I agree. So, Valora and Lucia.
And that's where I end my rant. I don't mean
to kick out the crate from underneath you while
you're in town square. It's okay. Hear ye, hear
ye. Hear ye, hear ye. Mask tits deserve more
love. Masked tit representation. Masked tit representation!
That's what the men's rights activists aren't
advocating for. And I could get behind them if
they did. If men's rights activists were actually
about advocating for men's tit size, then I would
be behind it. But they're not, because they're
fools. They're sexist instead. They're sexist
and fools. So I am going to bring someone up
who is, I think, would be deeply involved in
this conversation. Is it Oren? No. And I think
Oren would be like, you know, maybe. Oren's like,
maybe I should just go home. I don't think this
school's for me. As you reach towards the end
of your conversation, the both of you, as you
reach towards the dormitory buildings, you see,
just making his rounds, already walking about,
the person I had mentioned earlier who would
be deeply involved in this conversation, Eric
Avonlea. Ugh. I knew it, too. You said making
his rounds, and I was like, nope, that's my dad.
Fuck him. Ew, Eric, no. Geez, okay. Well, last
we heard of him, he's in charge of this human
trafficking thing. Yeah. Allegedly. Okay, but
that's still like not a good vibe. You know what
I mean? Like if it was like alleged Robin Hooding
it or, you know, alleged something, but alleged
human or mortal, let's say mortal, be inclusive,
mortal trafficking, that's a little hard. That's
a little hard. Dragmire says, of course, his
name is Eric. I have to point out it's Eric with
a K instead of a C. Just so you know, it's Eric
with a K. This is fantasy. I just feel like Eric
with a K has a different vibe than Eric with
a C, and he's an Eric with a K. And I kind of
hate it. No offense if your name is Eric with
a K. So... Back into the solemn mood that we
were in. And of course, he sees you. And his
foot... His foot comes - he comes to at -rest.
Zeus. Valora. Master -at -arms. Master -at -arms.
Lucia. Valora's dad. You already addressed him.
Oh, that's right. Sorry. Hi. Hi. I hope you've
had a good day today. I have. Good. And... I
heard you... What? You first. I was just gonna
say, I heard you ran into Saga today. This is
a weird energy from him right now. Because he
even said you first. You even said you first.
He even said you first. He just always talked
over you. He just goes. And I'm going to talk
over him too. She did everything she said she
was going to do, by the way. I feel like the
two of you are good for each other. That surprises
me. The CITX quietly claps in the background.
Your mother is going to be really excited. Yeah,
she already is. She sent me, like, 2 ,000 gold.
What?! She didn't say that's what it's for, but
I'm sure it's what it's for. I see. Did you actually
need something, or...? I just wanted to check
up on you to make sure how the date went. Weird
thing for a Master -at -Arms to check up on,
but okay. Velora, I... Master -at -Arms, as someone
calls out from... You see someone... Hold on.
Hold on one second. Fuck! dressed someone dressed
up in the same the same clothing as pedantos
uh the same like kind of like really like really
nice like outer clothing that seems seems like
really fancy but also um uh but also seems to
be like it belongs in a work environment um another
uh another young man you notice that one of the
sleeves is sort of like it's kind of like stapled
uh, upwards. He's missing, he has one arm. Um,
a, uh, a young man with, uh, with short, uh,
like, sort of like swarthy, kind of like jet
black, uh, jet black hair. Um, he has just like
a straight, narrow, very honest features. Uh,
kind of like, kind of like walks up behind him.
Um, master, um your father turns back to him
just goes i'm sorry i'm in the middle i was like
oh um sorry about that i just i just fixed your
watch i was coming i was coming to come deliver
to you thank you um this young man quickly uh
quickly comes over It just goes, just as you
Valora just goes, excuse me for a moment. I'm
sorry about this. And places this little box
in Eric's hand. And then just goes, all right,
that's about it for me. I just wanted to deliver
that to you. Good night. Is there anything weird
about this? It's a weird way to deliver a watch.
It's fucking weird, okay? It's already fucking
weird. What is weird? It's literally... It's
just man in the middle of the night. Oh, here's
your watch. Here's your watch. What? What's so
weird about this? It's random and it's weird.
Okay, so what you're saying is I don't need to
roll an insight check. This is just GM weirdness,
not like... There's literally nothing fucking...
Like, what are you looking for? This guy was
looking for the headmaster, found him in the
middle of a conversation like, oh, hey, I'm going
to give this to you because I repaired something
that you gave me to repair. I think it's because
of the extreme description and then also like,
and then, and then like. It's nothing weird.
Rather than just dropping it off. It's nothing.
Okay. Is it really nothing? It was a really long
description. Tim, you made that literally sound
like a hook for us. Yeah, he's a character, yeah.
Because he seems to be someone involved with
Eric. Okay. Involved? God, Eric's been cheating
on your mother. No. Trackfire agrees. It's a
character description. Okay. Every character
description's a hook. He's like, who's NPC with
his watch? It's your dad's emergency support
twink. Okay, everyone, let's get back into it.
Focus, focus, focus. Oh, Lucia had raised her
hand, but then she lowers it after the watch
is delivered because she had had a question.
And your father goes, thank you, Nico. And then
the young man politely bows his head and leaves.
Eric pulls out the watch. It's the pocket watch
given to him by your mother, his wife, Sabine.
And he just kind of like, he looks over, he just
goes, it was broken when I was attacked by Todd.
And then puts the pocket watch back into his
pocket. Oh, did you? I just wanted to check on
you. That's all. Yep, still breathing. Cool.
Yes. Master at arms. She has literally raised
her hand. I hope you don't find me being rude,
but a lot of the faculty are acting kind of strange
today. Did something happen? Strange, how do
you mean? Like, upset. Like, you're being very...
very nice to Valora right now. Yeah, you're right.
That is weird. I believe that matter is a...
a personal matter. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no. I wanna know. Why are you being nice to me?
You can leave. And I can... I can leave. She
says that she's slowly backing up. I didn't mean
to. I was just... Daughters and their dads. You
know? As she's still backing up as she's walking
away. No. Um... It's fine. I... I got why they
came here. What I wanted to know. Okay. And then...
He finally... diffuses a part of the awkward
energy by leaving. He just goes, goodnight. Well,
that was weird. Lucia is immediately at your
side. Valora, I have to tell you something. What?
I promised not to tell, but I'm gonna tell you,
and you can't tell anyone I told you, okay? Okay.
Professor Grantham? You found him. Completely
wasted. And crying. Aww. Yeah. That... I feel
bad for him. Did you find out why? I'm guessing
not, since that's what you were asking my dad.
Well, yeah, so... Why am I blanking on his name?
I want to say Luke Hart. Oh, and then, um, Lucius.
Lucius, thank you. I knew it was L -something.
Lucius was there to help, and he said something
along the lines of that, like, he was going to
go help one of the other professors, too, who
was really upset. Like, I think something happened
today. Like, well, I haven't heard of anything
happening today, but I was also out in town all
day. Like, there's no, like, is this, like, an
anniversary or something? Like, was there a really
bad fight one year? I'm guessing she doesn't
know anything. right yeah i don't i don't know
but maybe you know lambert has a pretty extensive
military history i believe and you know stuff
like that is common with veterans i guess i guess
it's just strange that it was both him and the
crimson the Crimson Griffin's teacher, too. Hmm.
Yeah, I don't know. And then when your dad was
being really nice to you, because he was being
really nice to you, I thought maybe it's his...
Maybe it's his... Maybe it's his brush with death
with Todd or whatever. I don't know. Saga said
she taunted him this morning. That's why I said
that. Oh. Sorry. No, no, I was just gonna say
you seem nice right about now. I don't know if
it hardly counts as nice. It's just like, you
know, kind of like not mean. By the way, not
my place. She puts her hand up in the air. Since
we're having a great time with our dads right
now, is everything between you two okay? I mean,
obviously not. No, it's always been really uncomfortable
and I don't really know what to do. Well, I mean,
you heard about... You know what he did with,
um, Graham Alvazon. But even before that, like,
it seems like this goes a long way back. Oh,
yeah, he did shit like that all the time. I mean,
that's one of the worst. But, like... I mean,
he's always been controlling. He's always not
been happy with me. Like, nothing I do is ever
enough. Well, I don't know. He just wants to
dictate every little thing I do, every little
thing I train. He didn't like that I never took
up magic, really. He really tried to teach me.
That's kind of when it started to get worse,
but... And he's judgmental of who I want to be
friends with, who I want to spend time with.
I mean, he got someone fired who was my age from
the stables just because I was having fun being
friends with him. He waited until my mom went
out of town to do it. It also wasn't his authority
because I was the manager at that point. And,
you know, my mom offered to have him come back.
And he never did. Because he was too scared of
my dad. And it's like shit like that. That he's
been doing forever. It's just. I don't know.
I gave up on. It's not a big deal. I gave up
on him. Well. It is a big deal. It sucks. I mean.
I think you're incredibly impressive. Thanks.
Yeah, I mean, like, I learned to, like, not care
about what he thinks a long time ago. I gave
him the little bit with Graham because we were
going to be around each other for three years,
and I just wanted it to be easier, and obviously
that didn't work out, and now I'm done. Like,
I'm done done. I was already pretty done, but
he's the master at arms. That's all he is that
I remember into me. And I'm fine with that. She's
just gonna, if you'll allow her, gently just
hold your hand. She lets her. And I think she's
calming herself down, too, because she is kind
of like... I think she does really fully think
she means it too. And it's like, uh, kind of
like, you know, it's like, we really, really
don't have to feel bad, bad for me, but she calms
herself down. So that trying to like, so Lucy
is not very concerned. Hopefully it's her goal.
It's just like, uh, it wasn't meant. So it was
meant just as like, uh, someone's here with you
kind of thing. Someone's listening. Yeah, with
the kid in the stables. He was like a year older
than me. What's his name? Ian. What's his full
name? He came from Conica. Worked with the horses
first, but he always wanted to work with the
pegasi, and he was doing a really good job, and
my mom promoted him. Up and it was really he
was like the only person my age around really
who I got to hang out with and He was really
really sweet really Gentle like I would like
Scream at someone to kill the spiders and the
stalls and he wouldn't even hurt him He'd pick
him up and he would go take them away and I'm
sure they came right back in but like, you know
He's still right to really sweet No, I haven't
kept up with him since his mom wrote back and
said that he wouldn't be able to come back. But
my dad still insists that like... So what happened?
My mom went out of town on business for the first
time in a while at that time. And I was managing
the pegasi business. One day when I wasn't in
there, my dad claims that Ian struck a pegasus
and left a welt on its face. And I know for a
fact that Ian did not do that. And ever since
then too, even though my dad insists it was him,
I know my dad did that. I know my dad did it.
And he, like the Pekka Sai ever since then, won't
even take food from him. Even like the new ones,
they all learn from the older ones. None of them.
None of them like my dad. Or scared of my dad
ever since then. But he still will insist to
this day, if you asked him, that it was Ian.
Because he didn't like he'd made comments before
that too about us like seemed like we're having
too much fun in there like stupid stuff. And
the real stupid part was after that nobody like
even the people who'd been there for years who
I knew were way more uncomfortable like just
talking to me like in a friendly way. It kind
of became all business after that because everyone
was scared that they were going to lose their
jobs because everyone knew. Everyone knew it
was my dad. My mom knows it was my dad. Everybody
knew. It's strange to me how people who are surrounded
by such love and light like at your home when
I was there still struggle with their own demons.
It's... I mean, everyone's got problems, but...
I don't know what my dad's still... Yeah, but
those are, like, big problems. Well, my dad lied
to me, too, if that helps. I mean, out of talking
about problems, I think you're kind of taking
the cake right now. She shrugs her shoulders.
Honestly, I think focusing on the Melody fight
is gonna be really helpful. And, uh... I'm, uh...
Well... Funny that your dad brought up Todd,
and I'm gonna go write Todd a letter and invite
him to the match. Oh. Um... Do you think they'd
even let him come? Well, I kind of find out from
Throod that... They're supposed to protect me.
Like, Throod told me point blank. They are supposed
to protect me, their family. So Throod, too.
I know you said something about Todd. Both of
them. I don't know. I'm not excusing what he
did to you, Valora. I was so mad that day, and
I did so good not to talk. I deserve a medal
for not talking that whole time. You think he
can help me win back the drama club? You think
he can be a bully for the bullies? Wait, so is
your plan to have him bully... Melody? Not really,
because that wouldn't be fair. No, just to be
like, I don't know. Like, I kind of want, because,
okay, here's the thing. So Todd is part of the
drama club, right? And at the drama club, they
were like, well, we know Cadwalader, blah, blah,
blah. And I was like, well, you know who's friends
with Cadwalader? We're not friends at all. Todd's
in the drama club? Yes. I mean, I guess his friends
are, but. I was like, well, Cadwalader's also
my friend. What did you know? So now I'm going
to have to write a letter in common, which is,
I'm still working on it. And say, you have to
pretend to be my friend and come to this match.
Get over it. I don't think you need him. I think
you can win. I mean, I don't know how good Melody,
Fidelity, not even her real name. That's not
even her real name, you know. It's not? What's
her real name? No, her name's Melody Wilson.
That's a wonderful name. Why would she change
it? That's just what Saga told me. I don't think
you need him, but... I mean, if you want to invite
him... See if he comes... Why not? I think...
I think he can do some good. Well... I trust
your judgment, so... I trust yours, House Leader.
And... Standing at this precipice. The two of
you are supposed to split now, so... Oh, I gotta
go write that letter, by the way. I'm glad your
date went well. I'll keep everything in mind
that you said. I'll see you tomorrow? Yeah. If
you need help or anything, I'm sure... I mean,
I probably shouldn't go talk to Arnaldo with
you or anything. That'd probably be weird, but...
Okay, I'm going to make him help me write a letter
too. That will be, it will, I've got it. I've
got it. I'm on it. All right. Well, if you need
me, you know where to find me. As the two of
you wave goodbye and split off for the night.
Lucia, you make your way towards your dorm in
order to write letters. Was I supposed to meet
with him for tea, Arnaldo for tea, or is that
tomorrow? You were going to write a letter and
then meet him? Am I correct? Or you can just
choose whichever. But now she's going to have
him help her. I think, yeah, I think she's going
to write the letter to give something to distract
her when she talks with him. And also so I can
help with her comment. I think she's going to
write the letter with him for tea, right? Yes.
Okay, cool. So she'll probably run back to her
dorm, grab some pen and paper, shove it into
her book bag, slant over her shoulder, and head
back out to meet up for tea. Okay. And Valora,
as you make your way up to your room, you're
going to your room, right? Yeah. Phantom, as
you train them, He heads back to his perch. He
heads back to his place. Oh, he's so good. He's
a good boy. Making your way up, it is a quiet,
it is a quiet, solemn Sunday night out. Only
very, very, very few people are out and about.
No one that you really know in the noble dorm.
People are seemingly tucked in for the night,
ready to tackle school week tomorrow. As you
make your way up, a person that you've only recently
noticed, and I guess I'll describe him again
because it's a hook. I'm sorry. It literally
sounded like a side quest. It sounded really
good. Like if we were in a video game. Okay,
hold on. I thought he was, like, giving him something
that would be, like, a secret message or something.
So, Nico is currently fixing one of the hallway
clocks. You see a specially designed tray hanging
from his shoulder as he's with tools and such.
He's working with one arm diligently. It seems
like he's fashioned a way for himself. Ingenuity
at its finest, it seems. It seems like as he
just got up there, he just got done. And he's
just slowly coming down the ladder. He kind of
kicks the ladder and sees you. It just gives
you a little wave. He seems a little shy from
that last encounter. So you're like the clock
guy. I mean... That is true, yeah. I do clean...
I do repair the clocks. Sorry for the little
bit of awkwardness earlier. I was looking for
the Master at Arms to return something. Sorry
you had the misfortune of it, so... Oh, it's
a... Trying to gauge you? It was a pleasure?
I mean, it's my dad. How much pleasure can there
be? Oh. Oh. Wow, I'm... I'm really sorry. I'm
really, really sorry then. Wow. I'm just joking
around. Sorry. I don't... He was probably talking
to you about the... Sorry. About the what? No,
it's not in my place to bring it up. Yeah, he
asked me about the date. Oh. What did you think?
Yeah, the date. No, wait, what did you think
he was talking about? Um, I don't mean to be
sensitive. I'm sure you are in a very tender
situation now in regards to your family. I should
not bring it up. I'm sure you know what I'm referring
to. I don't actually. And you see something in
him like clicks and he's like and he like dread
sets in. So. Is there a place that we can speak
privately? What the fuck is going on? For a brief
moment. You want to come to my room? If that
is okay. Of course it's fine. It's my room. Okay.
By the way, is the model of your town, of your
city, to your liking? Yeah. Perfect. Me and Pedantos
worked on that. Oh, wow. You did a good job.
Thank you. That means a lot. How long did it
take? It takes us about... I would say for each
one, we would have the summer to work over them.
It would take about a week for each. Oh. That's
really impressive. Again, I'm really sorry for
any awkwardness. uh that i uh bring um as you
finally go as you go into your room you see that
there's a box like there's a small box kind of
like laid against your door um and it says from
brimston oh she picks it up a little ribbon on
it inside to look at later um as he as he steps
into your room he looks over the model um and
then he looks it over and he just goes uh have
you pressed the button yet wait a button oh yes
there's um he walks over to it and he points
at this small like like the the the little gap
between each it's like so almost precise and
it almost blends in, but there is this, like,
uh... There is, like, a little depression inside.
Like, a circular depression. I didn't even notice
that. Oh, my God. She presses it. Um, as you
press it, uh, fireworks, um, and a wyvern and
pegasi flies across. Oh! Okay, I was just...
Sorry. The illusory ones. I was jealous of Devorah's,
but no, mine's cooler. I'm glad you like it.
Okay. I should inform you, yes. I just feel like
it was disrespectful that I brought that up,
and then I did feel the need to run, but I felt
like it was better to tell you. All right. Please
do not inform your father that I spoke to you
of this. Easy. When me and Padantos, we're partners,
we work in the same workshop, and we work in
an official capacity alongside the Master at
Arms. When we were shuffling through his office
for important documents, Padontos, who is often
much more... Rebellious? That would be the word,
yes. Than I am. Came across a document. A personal
document from your mother, penned to your father.
And you guys read that? Yes. Yes, we did. That's
so awkward. What did it say? He's regretting
so much. Your mother has some dissatisfaction
with facets. Of your father's... Character...
In regards to you... Ed has threatened dissolution
of the marriage if his behavior is not... Improved.
Dis... She threatened to divorce him? Yes. When
did he get this letter? It was dated by this
point over a week ago. Okay. She's not divorcing
him. She's threatening to if he's not nicer to
me. Yes. And I thought that the conversation
was the two of you talking about that and I didn't
wish to intrude. Oh, God, no, he's not going
to tell me. Because if he had told me, he would
think I'm going to sabotage our relationship
on purpose. Wait, like, okay, you're serious?
Like, actually, this isn't like a weird prank
or a test from my dad or something? No, I would
not do that. Yeah, you're really uncomfortable
right now, so... I'm glad you noticed that, because
yes, I am. I mean, I understand why. But... Actually?
Yes, actually. And if you were to ask me again,
I would affirm you. Really? Oh, okay. Yes. You
seem... Never mind. Do you have the letter? Do
you remember exactly what it said? It's crazy
that you asked that. No! Because Padantos created
a copy of the letter. Okay, where's Padantos?
Would he be in bed by now? He's currently awaiting
me in our workshop. I want to read it. Why? I
want to see exactly what she said. Of course.
Yeah. He is supremely uncomfortable. Yes. I appreciate
that you actually told me. By the way. I don't
think most people would. I thought it would be
best after... It would be... It would be unkind
of me if I were to dangle that information in
front of you and left you. And I had also thought
you have known, so that was my mistake. You have
to forgive my cohort. as well i understand if
you want to destroy the copy it's just pedantos
he is a um he is he he is a mousy sort if that
makes sense oh no i mean like i could be mad
about i i'm more mad i would be mad normally
i think about someone looking through my mom's
stuff but i don't give a if you look at my dad's
stuff actually i was planning on doing it later
too in secret i was actually gonna ask pedantos
He would probably give you the key, if you asked.
That's what I thought too, from my interactions
with him, I thought he would. So, I'm glad you
think so too. Yeah, can I go with you? I mean,
are you doing more stuff on the way? These repairs
can wait, I'm ahead of schedule anyways. Alright,
let's go then. Of course. Uh, he just takes a
deep inhale. Oh, dear. Poor Nico. You know this
already, but I didn't, like, actually introduce
myself. Like, it's nice to meet you. I'm Valora.
I am, uh... I'm Nico, uh, the Karna. Yes. Nice
to meet you as well. Um, a pleasure. Um, my lady.
Velour is fine. Of course. I mean, I get it if
you have to say it in front of my dad or something.
He likes those things, but, like, it's Velour.
You follow, you follow Nico to, um, to the sort
of, like, plus you haven't, uh, been to before
yet. It's the, there's a part of Ironbrand where
it's a row of just, like, entire, like, guild
houses and workshops um nico uh kind of like
is quiet the entire time as he takes you to uh
as he takes you to this like little off like
off to the side workshop that's A bit farther
out than the other ones. You have to divorce
yourself from the rest of the main thoroughfare
and walk a bit into the mountain, but there's
still a path that leads out there. And there's
just a foresty clearing where you see there's
just a large Almost like sharp, like the building
has sharp edges to it. Like it's a newer looking
building. Nico has to unlock a key and unlock
a gate in order to walk into it. And he just
goes, if it's any consolation, I bet my partner
would be thrilled to know that you're willing
to imbibe his actions. You don't seem as enthused.
I am in relief that there are no consequences
that I'm currently that I'm suffering right now
from allowing him to do this. Just my company.
That's not a consequence. He closes the gate.
I was scared you were going to say something
like someone died or something. Back at home.
Yeah. That did not happen. I had just. I just
thought that. I have never been married. But
a divorce is a. Very personal. Matter. Yeah.
To be honest. I've had the divorce papers filled
out. With my mom's signature forged. For like.
Like, since I was, like, 14. Jesus. Just, like,
waiting for the moment to, like, send them off.
I see that you also have a pioneering attitude.
I think you would fit right in with the two of
us here. Well, shall we? All right. And with
that, we're going to go on a quick break. Break
time! All right, take me to break. We'll be right
back. Break, break, break. Break, break, break,
break, break. Hello, everyone. This is proving
to be a long night of many events coming together.
But just like everything good in life, just like
everything good and bad, it has to conclude.
Don't worry, Dragware. Melody Fidelity will sing
her cover. Melody has her cover ready to go.
The winds have been whistling. To Melody specifically.
She would rewrite it. She would fucking rewrite
it. To me specifically. The mountains where they
train me. Me elite. The elite. The me elite.
That's me specifically, but they let all these
other people here too. The me elite. Me with
my money. Me with my money. And my gun. And my
gun. Oh, my God. Oh, now it has to happen, unfortunately.
Let's go. Oh, my beauty. And not that stupid
other pink liar who is a straight -up genetic
misfire. Let's go. She's wild. Jesus. Death penalty.
No, no, to Melody, not me, right? You know that
Tim practices these melody things in my DMs.
Genetic Misfire was something he called me in
my DMs. Oh, shush, Genetic Misfire. Genetic Misfire
is... You evolutionary dead end, you. That's
lethal. Every time Albert's messaging to me about
something he's doing to keep secret... It takes
a long time because Timmy's replying as Melody.
As Melody Fidelity, correct. I'm like, uh, gotta
get a fucking character. Pretty frequently, actually.
There's a long, there's a lot of Melody Fidelity.
You, you, you, shush, you. She has to be throughout
this entire campaign. She can't just be one and
done. I'll just be typing a question to Tim and
he'll see the little dot, dot, dot that I'm typing
and I'll just type in you, shush, you. Okay.
Now. D -list Potter. What was that about? Who
was she saying that about? Valora. Valora, that's
right. No, I'm addressing Valora. Valora is the
D -list bottom. But she is a bottom. She's a
switch, thank you very much. He's like, you will
not tell me. Not right now. Okay, a switch, I'm
fine. But no, that's true. Valora, you enter
into the workshop. Entering in, you see already
that there is this core that you think is about
the size of... It's about the size of... It's
like... Fuck. I don't have any good sizes to
bring up. It's not arcane. It's not arcane. Hex
core. It is not a hex core. But that'd be sick.
There is a small floating... Not a small. There's
a floating sphere. Guys, we just got back from
break. Timmy's head sized. That's what you did
with your hands, basically. Imagine my head,
but bigger. It's a sphere. Think about, okay,
you know what? Fine. I'm ending this. It's like
10 basketballs combined into one big ball. Oh,
it's a big one. It is a sphere. Kind of like
floating, humming gently. You see throughout
the workshop, it is a very organized ordeal.
A bunch of different doohickey and knickknacks.
Small things with mechanical insides, like clocks.
Things with wheels, things that are left open.
There are many items laying around in organized
parts. One of them just has boots with a pair
of needles to weave things. uh to weave things
with um you can basically surmise already like
oh uh artifice to work um alongside some engineering
uh some engineering stuff um turning it turning
to you on a swivel go ahead is this epidemic
sounds or yeah we'll find out um i just don't
want the audio to get claimed I'm pretty sure
I've used this song before without it being claimed.
But it's not... Well, let's... Sorry. I just
recognized it. Sorry, I could be wrong. Let's...
So, they turn towards you on a swivel with goggles
over his head. It seems like he was... It seems
like some kind of little... little torch operated
by a small crystal uh of shooting out flames
out of a sort of like a blow torch basically
it's a torch um he brings the goggles up to his
forehead and you see pedantos well i didn't expect
i didn't expect someone like you to walk into
our workshop this very night Hey, how's it going?
I heard you had copies of letters from my mother,
potentially? Lux over to... He didn't tell me.
I just, you know. Anyways, I'm not mad. I just
want to see. Gets up. It just goes. Well, if
you are not mad, I assume you are of a certain
countenance. I believe I can... I believe I can...
You seem very trustworthy with secrets. I can't
be that mad. I was just about to ask you if you'd
help me get into my dad's office. Soon. Yes,
about that, I did lose... I did lose a key. whose
office pretty recently maybe you can help me
look for that of course if i give it to you yes
of course if i give it to you i'd be in deep
deep trouble and me and my partner would get
in deep trouble well if i find it i will inform
you immediately uh yes uh You see as he walks
over, he goes, yes, about that letter. He pulls
out a key. He pulls out a bag of holding, pulls
out a key ring. He goes, as for the letter, I
will. As he's talking, he's like searching for
the key. He pulls the key out. He just goes into
one of the drawers. He pulls it open and then
puts it in and then closes it. He just goes,
as for the letter, I had it across my eyes about
a week ago or so. Now, me and my partner here,
Nico, we tend to keep records, keep things on
the straight and narrow, just help out around
the place as you're... father requests so it
would be pertinent of me to keep records of important
documents to him yeah yeah that's very pertinent
now you will think that perhaps he's trying to
blackmail but that is not the case blackmail
no you're not the type and nico goes and if anything
the envelope that it came in was white. So, can't
be blackmail. Well, you're pretty funny. Thank
you, I try. He just goes, Oh, by the way, you
can go and look for the key. Go try that door
over there. And tell me if you find anything.
Oh, um, hmm. Open store. There's the key he put
in there. Now it looks pretty empty. Takes the
key. Ah, you know. There's something to say.
I wouldn't tell you to look in there in the first
place. It's a tool. Yeah, obviously it wouldn't
be in there. And then Nico goes, obviously. Losing
your touch, partner. Ah. He goes to a drawer
and just goes, Well, I assure you we will be
very vigilant in looking for it. Pulls out an
assortment of papers. Begins to flip through.
You wonder... So he's looking for your document
about, you know... And he's currently going through
a pile. He's searching through. And he just goes,
You know... You are a rather, uh, how do you
say, a refreshing sight. Tell me, how did the
date go today? Oh, it was great. Um, I mean,
got a little off track because we decided to
go after this scam artist dude, but, um, pretty
good. You know, my dad said he thought we would
be good together. Not that I care, but... I just
thought it was a little weird. Oh, so proving.
Must be nice to have that. And pulls out a piece
of paper. And hands it to you. She takes it.
And... It is a sternly worded letter in the exact
handwriting of your mother. I'll add. So he's
copied it, but it's in the exact handwriting.
It's basically written from top to bottom, front
to back. um your mother is very good at you know
the formal like nobility speak and her using
that like strictly on your father is telling
of something um it is um it is it's like your
previous uh actions leading up uh leading uh
leading up to velour's first day is unexcusable
and i do not want you to think that you have
gotten away with it in any capacity this says
um you uh it basically says like your actions
are being looked at and if you are endangering
our daughter's happiness underlines our. Says.
Then you will force my hand and I will seek the
dissolution of our marriage. I will not seek.
I will not. I will not seek your signature. That's
basically the very end of it. The rest is the
rest is basically that level of pointedness.
Like, you have been different. Your presence
has led to unhappiness and unrestlessness. I
had thought that you would be better if you worked
here away from home, but it turns out you're
still scheming against me. And it doesn't give,
like, a timeline or, like, a goal. It's just,
like, be better. Or I will divorce you, basically.
Mm -hmm. Okay. And there is a point where it's
like... It's like, despite everything our daughter
has endeavored and is a good person despite,
you see how good she is. Be a better presence
to her. Be who I know you can be. Jeez, she was
such a friendly reading it a couple times. That's
real. That sounds like her. I'm sure it was very
hurtful to read all of that. Oh, I don't know
how I feel about it. But thank you for snooping,
I guess. Because otherwise I wouldn't have known.
I do wonder how it even came to be, knowing that
Nico is a little more prudish when it comes to
divulging this information. Oh, he's such a gossip.
Jesus. Yeah, that's what I did. I gossiped. Mm
-hmm. I was trying to deliver the broken watch,
the fixed broken watch to the Master -at -Arms
and had spent quite a while looking for him.
One thing went to another and we're here. He's
gone with the details. That means he's embarrassed
about something. Well. I'll let you keep your
not blackmail. She slides it back. Yes, it is.
It is very much white. Like my friend here stated.
You have a good night now. Um. This one's really
random But I was just curious to seem to know
a lot If you ever heard of anything called like
the shadow guard The presence goes it is heavy
in the room But you see Podonjus goes, and then
Nico goes, bits and pieces. Okay. I don't know
what they are. I don't know anything about it.
I just heard the name. You've already done a
lot. For me tonight. I appreciate it. But like...
If there's anything that... You guys need...
Obviously I'm keeping my mouth... Shut. But anything
you want... Tell me. I'll make it happen. You're
too kind. But I think if you were to provide
us with our most wild of wishes, then I suppose
it would look a little suspicious. Are you both
capable of keeping a secret? Of course. We'll
keep that in mind. But for now, you should. Listen.
We really should wish you a good night. She's
not going to push it right now. Just putting
in that, nope, they have heard that name before.
And I might be able to get more information about
them later, but they've already done a lot for
me tonight, so she's not going to push it right
now. All right. Thanks again, really. Of course.
And Nika goes, okay, let me walk you through
the workshop. I know you keep clear of things,
but... You know, I just have... We just have
to make sure this place is... This place is a
hazard, after all. I'll just strap things around.
Well, um... Yeah. Try not to step on anything.
Oh, sharp things, like my partner's wit. Uh...
He just goes, he's come this way as he just walks
and opens the door for you. Escorts you out to
the gate. He just goes, well, that was a little
bit more drama than I'm used to, but yeah, you
have a good night now. Thanks, you too. And if
you have any... No, you. And if you have any
mechanical things that you need fixing or you
want to get anything appraised, I think you could
personally come here and I'll take a look at
it. I appreciate that. But seriously, like, you
need something, let me know. Of course. My mom
just sent me 2 ,000 gold in the mail. Like, You
can ask. I'm glad that you live in a time of
abundance. That's obviously not what I'm saying.
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Because that
means a lot to me. Feel free to come by. After
8 is when me and my partner are in the workshop
together, toiling away the last of the hours
on our projects. You can come visit. We might
have some things that we can... that do need
testing on the field. If you're interested. Of
course. But you have a good night now. You too.
And you walk away. Heading back to your dormitory?
Yeah, she'll head back. Alright. And calling
it a night? The one thing... Can she tell? Is
Saga's light on? In her room? It's not at the
moment. Okay. I was gonna teleport the gift in,
but I don't want to wake her up. I forgot to
give her. I realized I forgot to give her my
gift. She'll do it anyway. She writes a little
note that says, I forgot to give this to you.
Thanks for everything. It was a lot of fun. And
then just... She won't teleport it on the bed
or anything. She just will teleport it to land
where she thinks her desk will be because she
hasn't actually seen inside her room. She doesn't
have to see the location. She just does it where
she thinks the desk should be. And you're starting
to go, oh, what the fuck? I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
Ink spilled all over her textbooks. You hear
the little and you're like, oh, okay, I hope
that didn't wake her up. But no noise seems to
stir from within. Okay. It's in her room. She'll
just be like, it's in my room. Like, where did
this come from? It's funny. Okay. I did not break
into her room or peek through her window or anything.
All right. Oh. But she will open Brimston's package.
Inside... Inside is this... Is this, like, black
stone, like, material. It's as coarse as many,
like... It's a porous sort of, like, stone. It
looks like a sponge. And as you feel the surface,
it's coarse and rough. But it's also... You can
squish it. And there's a note in it that says,
nothing special. Something from my home. This
goes, volcanic sponge. We get a lot of these.
Housewarming gift. Looking forward to the year
with you. And the bet? Yep. All right. Now, Lucia.
Drama. What the fuck? Lucia. I'm just kidding.
We're not doing that music. I was going to say,
oh, my God. Like, a cute, sweet little date moment.
Um, Lucia, you go to gather letter writing documents,
uh, letter writing, uh, stationery. You're ready
for whatever's to come. Maybe it'll be, maybe
it'll be elucidating. You make your way to the
church, sat on top of the school. And where it's
typically you would see processions of people,
people would even pray into the night, of course.
You see that it stands as a lonely... structure
on its own with a with an elven man standing
in the front as you make your way up he sees
you it just goes oh sorry uh this is um this
is untraditional but this place is but there's
a special um special permissions have been implemented
tonight and the place has been reserved I was
supposed to meet my dad. I was supposed to meet
my, uh, goatee here. Um, do you know where he
might have gone instead? Your name? I'm Lucia.
In that case, right this way. Um, I'll lead the
goatee into the back courtyard. Thank you. Hmm.
She'll head that way. As you head in, this place
is eerily quiet. Now, places like these, places
of reverence, there has to be some... There's
always some semblance of quietude to it. It's
like a filled silence. It's a filled silence,
yes. This is like there's no one kind of thing.
You walk towards the back. to see the image of
a painting of sorts of Arnolda back turns towards
you, but unmistakably his silhouette. You can
make it out in the darkness. You have made it
out in the darkness before to find him. A full
moon canvassed by the trees that grow on the
side of the mountain. He sits on a stone bench
next to a table. He had prepared a little basket.
That was where he pulled the flowers out of.
But now it seems he has a small... setup of tea
at the ready. The tea doesn't seem to be made.
The cups are placed upside down. And he doesn't
seem to notice your arrival. He's just sitting
there looking out towards the side. I think she
kind of takes this in and for a moment pretends
that life is normal. Right? Pretends that this
is just another night. Right? It's... There's
no lies. There's no deception. There's no tattoo
that's going to make her explode. Like, none
of it. Right? It's just bad. And I think she'll...
...clear her throat to let him know that she's
there. He turns towards you. His lips attempt
to rise in a smile. But they don't. They falter.
The strength isn't there. He looks at you with
sadder eyes than usual. Hello, Lucia. Hey, uh...
I'm sorry about earlier. Um... I have a lot going
on, and she'll slide into the seat, um... across
from him. Um... I'm... I'm... I'm sorry. There's
just a lot happening, and... It's hard to tell
what's real and what's not, you know? Can you
please make some tea, dear? I... I prefer the
way you make it. I prefer to view to it. Yeah,
of course. And she'll start, you know, gently
pulling out, you know, tea sachets, the little
cups, you know, that are probably chipped but
well -loved. And as she's, you know, pulling
maybe a little cube of sugar, she's posting it
into a cup. As she's pulling it out and getting
the tea ready, she goes, Um... Are you okay?
I mean... I was told you reserved the church.
I wanted to, uh... It's just, uh... He looks
around. This is a very... A very special place
to me. It is, huh? I've been here many times
before. I suppose it is selfish of me to reserve
something to myself that many other people would
love to partake in. No, no, that's not why I
brought it up. It's just a lot going on. Yes.
Why is it special? As she starts to... I think
she has... Let me see my spell list real quick.
Don't I have a heat -based spell? I thought I
did. I thought I did. The matches were in the
basket. She'll take out the little tinderbox
and start lighting a little wick underneath it.
start boiling the water of the kettle. You sound
really tired. Yes. The climb is one I've become
a little less familiar with as time went on.
I didn't realize you've been here before. Yes.
Do you go to school here? I was, uh, in a position
much similar to Vorluane, a head executor. Um,
I did not graduate his academy, but I had prowled
its grounds before. Um, and this place is special.
Yeah. I've... I had tea here before. With people
who were very special to me. Like who? Her name
was Begonia. Isn't that a flower? It is, yes.
She had a light. Their eyes and a daring smile,
curiosity that dared to skim anything and anyone
it came across. Who was she to you? She was good.
She was kind. She was everything good in the
world. She was my daughter. I think this, like,
her hands freeze on the teapot. Oh. Lucia. This.
new this new this new freedom you're experiencing
now the people you've met and the things you
have done how is it do you like it he resumes
pouring the tea I do like it a lot, but it's
also really scary. I feel like every moment that
I just finally understand things or I've got
under control, something else happens. Do you
want one cube of sugar or two? Thank you. You
seem really upset. And I feel like it's my fault.
No. Nothing's ever your fault, dear. You were
born into a broken world. You were given unfair
circumstances. The moment you were brought into
this world... Everyone had written out your stories
for you. How can anything be your fault? What's
wrong? We can fix it. I know you didn't mean
to. Whatever you're sad about, I know you didn't
mean to. Thank you, Lucia. How beautiful to have
loved someone so deeply that your world falls
apart without them. Oh, no! Oh, God. Oh, God.
She's going to go up and she's going to hug him.
She's going to hug him. He hugs you, too. Tim,
you're killing me. As he hugs you. I'm watching
for that knife. As he hugs you, he goes, I'm
so sorry. It's okay. I'll never forget. You didn't
know it. But there was a last time that you were
picked up as a child in your mother's arms. It
was there. It was there. Her name was Paloma.
She was a beautiful woman. She did not deserve
what happened to her. What they made me do. And
she's gonna pull away and pull out a handkerchief
on her jacket and wipe away his tears. It's okay.
What did you... You don't have... If it's too
much for you, you don't have to talk about it
right now. Can talk about it another time? No.
You know already. And despite my best efforts,
and despite everything that everyone has done,
it turns out you can be hurt by things you don't
know. Lucia, I killed your mother. I killed your
father. I ripped you from your home. I tore you
from your mother's arms. And when she begged
for me to return you to her, I killed her. Because
I am a weak, evil man. I was weak throughout
my entire life. It has led me to do things that
weak men do forced to serve under those who would
have sway over me who would use my grief, my
weakness So... Did you love me out of guilt?
I was not supposed to love you at all. But you
had light in your eyes. You were beautiful. You
had a strange and musical laugh. You were good.
You were kind. You were everything good with
the world. And I was keeping your light down.
No. No, you weren't. Look. Look at me. Look.
I'm still... I'm still bubbly. You know? And...
And you wanna know something? We're gonna figure
it out, okay? The past is... In the past... Lucia.
Your name was Petal. What do you mean? That was
your name your mother gave you. What do you mean?
Like, that wasn't my real name? That was your
real name, yes. And I have grieved you again
and again. Grieving the loss of a person who
is still alive is one of the hardest things to
do because they've tried and tried to replace
your memory. So you didn't remember. I can fix
this. No. I want you. I'm a cleric. I can fix
this. I can heal it. But I do best. Lucia. I
am a man who has taken everything from you. If
you want freedom. Then... You cannot see me anymore.
But you're my dad! No... No, I'm not. You're
Pagonia's dad. And she's buried. Burned to ash.
Why was she burned? What happened? It was a reminder.
Pulls up his sleeve to show the ash and soot
on his body. Punishment punishment for what?
There is there is a Deep punishment for what
happens if you go if you go against the crown
So you stood up to them then? My wife and my
daughter were forever attached to me in the form
of ash. And when I was trapped, they found a
way to hurt me. There's only one way to hurt
a man who has lost everything. You give him back
something broken. Me? I'm not... I'm not... I'm
not broken! You didn't want to kill them, right?
Right? You didn't want to. You had to. Right?
Lucy, I don't make it this harder. No! No! No,
I'm sick of people telling me what to do, I'm
sick of voices in my head telling me what to
do, and I'm sick of you telling me what I think
you're trying to tell me what to do, which I'm
not gonna do, so... You didn't mean to, right?
You didn't want to, you were ordered to. You
had no choice. You are never going to be free.
You are never going to be free with me alive.
Well then, you're just gonna have to die naturally!
mean you do anything funny, he points at him.
Everything will happen for a reason. And me taking
your life is not the reason. It's not. It's not.
It's just not. we're gonna work on whatever this
is she points between the two of them so that
when it does come for your time to shuffle off
this mortal flesh whatever you don't feel this
bad about yourself and I don't feel this bad
about you going and then I'll go explore the
world Make a persuasion check. Do it. Oh, my
God. Oh, my God. Come on. Fucking plot dice.
Do I have anything? Do I have anything I can
add to this? Oh, my God. Do you have a special
thing for influencing people of the same faith
as you? I do. I also have guidance. Let's put
our thumb up for guidance. I have guidance and
then I also get something where I'm empathetic
as fuck. No, that's only for insight. When using
a social skill and making a charisma check against
another creature you score critical success on
a 19. That doesn't give a shit. It could. Roll
a 19. Okay, so we have what do we have again?
Guidance. Oh, hold on. Hold on. Siblings in faith.
Siblings in faith. You have advantage on checks
made to socially interact with members of your
current or former faith, such as when requesting
services or gathering information. Requesting
the service not to make me kill him. I'm afraid
not. Fuck! Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold
on. I'm not done yet. Come on, A5E. Throw Emma
a bone. Observant? Nope. Okay. I promise I'm
going to roll. You know what I can do? You know
what? I'm just going to fucking roll. Because
you know what I can do? I can turn back time.
For the viewers at home. Yes, you can. Lucia
controls time. Fun fact. And I haven't used it
at all this game. And this might be the time.
And you have inspiration, right? And I have one
inspiration, too. And you get the reroll from
your bandwagon ability, too. It's true. It pulls
right there. So your bandwagon's active, technically.
Are you right there? Albert, is Cole right there?
I'm up high, watching. Okay, so... You don't
know I'm there, but... That's a five. That's
a five? Okay, so you said bandwagon, which means
I get a reroll, right? Yes. Yep. Nine. Nine.
But if you try a different tactic, too, with
your time... Oh, and guidance, but I don't think
that's helpful with those. I don't even know
what the DC I have to make is. Those don't succeed.
I'm going to say that up front. Even if I roll
guidance, it wouldn't? Even if you roll guidance.
Okay, never mind. Okay, okay, okay. If you rewind
time, you do get your bandwagon ability back
because it's as if you never used it. Dragmire
has redeemed his one. Once. Once. Audience inspiration.
What is that? Is that audience inspiration? I
gave Dragmire a long time ago. Yep. Thank you,
Dragmire. Okay. Okay. If you do rewind time,
it is as if you haven't used Dragmire's reroll.
Okay. Okay. If I do reroll time, it's as if I
haven't used it. Okay. So I'm going to reroll
time then. No, wait. Go ahead. No, no, no. Use
it first. Use it first. Then we roll time. Okay.
I'm going to puke. Come on. Come on. Should I
roll regular dice? Should I roll regular dice
for this Dragmire? If you want to. Instead of
roll 20. My heart is racing, too. I feel like
I should roll. I don't know. I'm going to roll
a real dice. Yeah. No problem. I trust you. Okay.
Okay. Yeah. Okay. Come on, Dragmire. What is
it? Okay, okay, hold on. I feel like you guys
won't believe me. I feel like you won't believe
me. I feel like you won't believe me. So I'm
going to take a picture. My hands are here in
the air, right? Emma's hands are in the air.
Grabbing my phone. Grabbing my phone. Grabbing
my phone. It's a natural 20. And I'm not touching
it. I'm not touching it. I'm not fucking touching
it. I'm not touching it. I'm not touching it.
I'm not touching it so that you know I'm not
lying. Dragmores had this for months. For months
now. You can see that I didn't touch my desk.
I rolled it and then I went like this, remember?
I'm gonna send it also to the... Send it also
to the public Discord in, like, latest episode
discussion. Oh my god. It is a literal fucking
natural 20 - Dragmire? Dragmire, I - Osea owes
you. There is photoproof, everyone. There is
photoproof. I'm sending it in the Discord. I'm
gonna send it in the Discord. Oh, Miles asking
for the Discord. Okay, it's under socials on
our link tree. There it is. Holy fuck. Thank
you, Dragmire. Oh my god. Did I still roll? What
the fuck is it called? I'm still panicked. Add
your guidance. Why not? Guidance! Whatever the
fuck. It's a d4, right? Who fucking knows? We
want him at 20s, but... I'm doing it anyway.
Come on. Add a 3. I don't know. Hmm. The DC was
20. I can't believe drag wires. Ragnar, you saved.
Congratulations. You may have saved this character
from going total BBEG. Maybe I should give the
inspiration to the ants a bit more often. That
was kind of sick. That was kind of the sickest
thing ever. It was with JT's dice that he gifted
me for Christmas, just so people know. Happy
birthday, JT. Happy birthday, GT. Happy birthday,
GT. He looks at you. His face, a dark cloud.
There's been a dark, darkness hanging over him.
And stormy clouds never part fast, but they eventually
do. As you search his expression hard, as your
speech fills him, you find that now no longer
with this armor wearing his wife and his daughter
on his body, on his chest. So fucked up, by the
way. Your words pierce through. The clouds. heart
and he sobs a crumbled broken man in front of
you a man who has fallen so hopelessly so hopelessly
in love with the very idea of you, who has loved
you for everything you were, everything you are,
and everything you are going to be. It all comes
to him at once. And it overwhelms him. And for
one of the first times ever, You will hear his
wail. She'll get down on her knees. Probably
what he has done to her many times as a little
girl, held her when she's crying. Now she does
the same. And she holds him as he cries. As he
sobs, she says, No. Rubbing his back. Shouldn't
have loved me so hard. Why I'm here. I know.
She squeezes him back. That's why you're gonna
stay here. And she's gonna gently push him back
so that she can look into his eyes. Whoever did
this, whoever forced you to do this, there will
be consequences. I did this to you too. Yeah,
and you're gonna make up for it. Gives a little
smile. i'll find a way to break this curse then
you and i we can enjoy the fruits of other places
together maybe have wonderful picnics maybe ride
a boat down a river yeah dad and show Reach out
and fluff his hair. I'm gonna take our boat out
because they're not meant to... Do you know that
boats are not meant to stay in harbors? What
the... I kept messing up your quote. Boats were
built... Okay. Boats sit in a harbor, but that's
not what they were made for? Close? No, you got
it. I did? fist pumps in the air. By the way,
I really need help writing this letter in comment
because I didn't have a time to tell you, but
I got challenged to a duel. So, and she's gently
putting him back onto a chair, back with the
tea set, trying to establish a sense of normalcy
again, right? A sense of like, calm, right? Like
they're back to the back in their little house.
He slaps the paper on the counter. I'm, I have
to go to a duel. So I basically have to call
in reinforcements. So, Um, okay. I learned a
few letters. Some of my friends have been helping
me and I'm getting much better at common. My
celestial impeccable chef's kiss. Thank you for
that. Um, my common needs some work though. So
here's what I was thinking of writing. And she's
just going into her whole little diatribe. Uh,
yet again, trying to create a sense of normalcy.
He listens to you the whole time. He's patient.
He loves this. He loves this. It's her dad! He
loves this so much. And now he doesn't want it
to end ever. He can stay here. He can stay on
campus. All right, let's write, shall we? Okay,
she cracks her knuckles. You know how to write
in common now? A little bit, a little bit. My
friend has been helping me, Archie. I'm sorry
I was never a good teacher. That's okay. My Celestial
is off the charts. He spends the time with you,
sitting next to you. Does Lucia have ugly handwriting?
Oh, it's horrendous. And she goes, the first
thing she writes, she writes D or wrong. Fells
Todd with one D. Oh, nope. That's not it either.
And then the first line she writes is, Come here.
Help. That's a strong open. No, not really. No?
I don't know. I think it's urgent, but it's professional.
Now, one moment. Is that supposed to be an S
or a Z? What do you mean? That's a K. Oh. You
have a lot of work ahead of you, dear. And she
rips the paper, tries again. You get through
writing the letter. Just in the interest of time.
But like, we can figure out what it says later.
I'll write it out. He's with you the whole time.
I'm also emotionally distraught. So in a good
way. So I can't even focus on writing a letter.
I'm going to be around for another day. Maybe
you and me can... Can you stay for my, um...
Do you want to stay for my duel? It would seem
suspicious of me if I stayed longer. But I was
hoping tomorrow you and I can go see Begonia.
I would love that. Her headstone's... Her headstone's
over... In the graveyard. She's buried in the
school's graveyard? Everything but her heart.
It's with me. Is she a student here too? No.
She was, uh... She was sick. And she was young.
I'd love to meet her tomorrow. She would love
you. You flower girls. It's getting really late.
I need to go to bed. Do you have somewhere you're
staying? I do. Do you need to stay in my room?
Okay. I have a place. Don't worry. Before you
go, do you know the people under the ground?
People under the ground? People under the ground
with the giant mushrooms? No. There's a lady
down there. She called me Petal. And I thought
she knew you. Maybe she knew... Well... They're
me. You know if they're from the Empire. Hey,
do I know that? Yes. Do? An era. Well, that's
right, they are from an era. Right, she nods.
They're trying to take you away. Be careful.
So that I blow up? Then... If they don't know
about your curse, then... I should stay away
from them. Sounds like a plan. I can deal with
it. Don't, why don't you, don't worry about,
I, Valora is a pretty kick -ass girl. You focus
on finding a way to break this curse. Holy. When
did you get a mouth on you? Oh. Okay, well, you
can't blame me at war school with the stuff that
I've seen. You should have seen what happened
to my friend Cole. Lucy, we're right next to
a church. I know. Okay, all right. That's a good
point. And she's going to get down on her knees
and just, like, you know, put her head to the
stone. I apologize for my foul mouth and my language.
Louder? Louder, yes. There's no one here. Louder.
The gods can hear you. They're in this. And she's
going to lean back and go, I'm sorry for my foul
mouth. She's just shouting to the heavens. Not
that loud. I still want my hearing. And then
she just bursts into laughter. She's just laughing
her ass off. And he watches. And he takes it
in. And this, too, he wants more of. You should
get ready for school. Yeah. I'll send this off
in the morning. See you tomorrow though, right?
I'll see you tomorrow. Alright. And then she'll
fling herself into his arms. Just like they did
before. And he hugs you back fully. His heart
beats. A lot faster now. I think it's actually
the first time you ever hear his heart beating.
Did his heart not beat before? He was wearing
that chain the whole time. Oh, shit. She didn't
really. I guess. Would she have put two and two
together? Probably not. It's a tough one. I would
have probably gone over her head. Yeah. I'll
see you tomorrow. Petal. Night, Dad. For the
record, she says over her shoulder as she's getting
ready to leave. Zia's not a bad name. I'll see
you tomorrow. Night. The door closes. As you...
Fragmire. As you open the door to the church
and you close the door behind you and you make
your way halfway across the church with Arnolda
still in the courtyard the door to the front
the front door to the church opens and you see
walking in Orie. If she tries to kill my dad,
it's on sight. Hello, Lucia. She's with... Okay.
Hey, Orie. What are you doing here so late? I
had heard that some... Permissions were used,
and I had to come see who was it that enacted
a reservation of a distinct, holy body. Dad and
I were just sharing a cup of tea. A little special
ceremony. Come here. Let me get a look at you.
It's so late out. You should be sleeping now.
Can I get an insight check? What's your passive
perception again, too, while we're here? My passive
perception? As Jenny goes... I took, I took a,
didn't I take a feed? It's really high. Yeah.
I was going to say, it is high. My passive perception
is 22. And he said, do you want insight? Yeah,
go ahead and make an insight. And then I think
I get to add my expertise because this is emotional.
17. What's our extra? D6 is two, plus two. Yeah,
so 19. So 19? Yeah, 19 insight and then 22 passive
perception. Okay. It is not the two of you in
here. Not the two of us in here? It is not just
the two of you in here. There are people waiting.
The doors are open. The doors to different halls
are open. You see shadows of people. As if their
forms are planted against the side of the wall.
You're not alone here. It's not just the two
of you here. Aurier, with the insight check.
He wants you close. Arie, what's going on? I
just want to make sure that you're healthy. Very
healthy. Is there a reason why there are people
surrounding the building? One person steps around.
To the doorway a man you've never seen before
Elvin in nature bald pale like pallid like almost
sickly sickly white He wears decorated robes
As he just walks in These robes are not typical
of a goatee there's something else completely
Uh, the weaving... The consortium. The weaving
through it. Is that Jenny? What is the consortium?
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad if I'm right. Uh,
and just goes... Hello, Lucia. Hi. He steps...
He steps around. Um... And... He just goes...
I've never quite introduced myself before. My
name is... Make a con saving throw. Oh, this
motherfucker! I knew it. My name is... Fuck you,
bitch. Cole, please tell me you're still there.
I am, but you're, I think, in a different part
of the... church now right oh no are you not
there i'm i'm in the room with oh no i'm outside
in the courtyard area with him well that's good
though because then you can see him and make
sure if they do anything weird yeah so i'm with
him not with you seven seven calls but you can
rewind time i could rewind time i guess you don't
know yet though you don't know the outcome yet
Could be inspiration, but I'm not sure if I should.
Your body convulses as you're erected. As your
body is forced down into a kneeling state. You
are paralyzed. As the writing seared onto your
body, suddenly comes a light. And you see the
elf goes, everyone, now. And you see Ori go,
don't hurt her. As people begin to, as a few
roped individuals, about three others fill the
room. You see... I can't speak, right? If I'm
paralyzed? Can I speak? You can speak. She screams
so Arnalda can hear. We cut to outside. All.
You see Arnalda cooling down after the speech.
walks over to the cliffside. No! Oh my god, come
on! And, hold on, walks over to the cliffside,
takes a deep breath, he unbuckles the dagger
around his hip, the dagger of the sheath, and
he just kind of like leans against the fence
on the outside. It's clear that he has a resolve
to live now. But then something happens where
you see that he turns towards the door. He turns
towards the church. And he begins... Make his
way there and he's going to make a Christmas
saving throw? Okay. Our seventh? Okay, our seventh
session, guys. Now's my time to take a picture.
Now's my time to take a picture. Did you? Wait,
did you? Wait, what is this? What is happening?
Please don't tell me you rolled. Did you? Okay,
what is happening? What is he rolling against?
mean what did you okay hold on albert we don't
even know what he did albert what did you do
did you kill him albert he takes a step forward
hearing lucia's cry what happens is that as he
steps as he steps forward all of a sudden what
we see in the material plane is that arnolda
is gone we we look into where arnolda is you
see we see arnolda in a in a almost different
realm a realm cloaked and choked in mist And
fog. And almost like a dreary overlay of the
material plane. Are you the Vanisher? And as
he looks around... Bonus action, I'm going to
use my Seafarer to Misty Step to him. Is he a
Vanisher? To attack? Attack with advantage. I'm
over him, so I get an expertise die. Oh no! He
has no armor. No! No! And that is a... No! It
shouldn't be to GM. That's a 24 to hit. No! That
is going to be a sneak attack. No! He's also
going to have to make a constitution saving throw.
No! Against the poison that a vanisher would
have, yeah. That is a 12 total. Alright. There's
going to be a failure on that, so he's going
to take all that damage. A total of 41 damage
of a mixture of poison, psychic, and piercing.
Describe your killing blow. No! I... In front
of him. I'm still cloaked mask. I think it's
just a single straight into the chest. There's
like a sigh. Go see your family. And I just kind
of push him off the cliff. He's gone. I kind
of look over my shoulder, kind of back towards
where I saw Lucia. I'm sorry, Lucia. Fate can't
be changed. Did I hear it at the screen, by the
way? Or no? Was it where we already gone before
then? It's already gone now. Okay. I'm going
to get out of there. Lucia, you let out a cry.
And as you continue to struggle, nobody comes.
Aurier leans down to you. It'll be alright, dear.
No, my dad! Dad! Dad, help! I don't know what
you would do, though. She wouldn't know how!
She wouldn't know, too! Covers your mouth. Orie
covers your mouth. She goes, shh. It's okay.
Words come alight on your body. Go ahead. With
her covering her mouth, could she rewind? She
really wants it, doesn't she? I think, like,
there's something about the act of silencing
her that's, like, danger, right? Like... Your
body, you manifest it. And... You... You are
paralyzed. Ori is walking towards you. It's okay.
She screams. This time she hurries to cover your
mouth. And then the elf goes, Someone handle
the old man. Leave him alone! I'll kill you!
Um... And this time, make a wisdom saving throw
with disadvantage. Whoever this man is, I'm gonna
kill him. Albert, I'm not looking at you right
now. We're opening up a gift right now. In her
room, just a nice gift. It's a nice gift. A sponge.
Saga comes in and... Oh my fuck. Get fucked,
you old elven bitch. Disadvantage, the DC's 25.
Fuck! I rolled a 23 and a 25, guys. Oh. Um. Oh,
but you don't have your, do you have inspiration?
I do have inspiration, but would it work? Would
it let her take that roll? Or would it take the
roll again? It'd have the roll again. I'd have
to roll... Okay, I'll do it. I'll use my inspiration.
Let's fucking go. Why not? Why not? What do I
have to lose? I have nothing to lose. Unless
your special inspiration happens to add, like,
two to your wisdom saves or something. Which
is all you would need! No. Nope. 16 and a 9.
Okay. Your mind. rewind suddenly it's like going
under under anesthesia as an almost sleepy dreariness
comes over you the writing on you the writing
on your skin feels like pulses of pressure that
are pushing in on you you recall the memory of
the meeting with the meeting with arnolda him
telling you about begonia his will to live reignited
through your words and through your passion the
moment of love of happiness of light of clarity
for once in this cruel Is stolen away from you.
Oh my god. And the last thing. You hear. Is gone.
As everything fades to black. And that is where
we're going to end today's session. Of A5E. It
wasn't... It wasn't enough time to save him.
Albert? Was it? Albert? Albert? What did I say,
guys? When Albert joined the game? What did I
say? That he would be a villain? Didn't I say
that? I don't know what you're talking about.
Didn't I say that? Look, he killed your parents,
all right? What am I supposed to do? Force my
hand. I was going to say, I don't, I don't see
it as a, Emma doesn't see it as it was speaking
out to hurt Lucia as it was like either a mission
or like, I don't know. I don't know why. I don't
know why Cole did it. I don't know why. Well.
It's a little brainwashed Vanisher. We're going
to play a bunch more games. Oh, my. Why? Oh,
my. Why? I mean, honestly. What is a Vanisher?
Great question. Jack Meyer. You missed that part
because the Vanisher showed up in Blackguards,
but they've also shown up in other games before
that. They showed up in my first episode when
I was first introduced. Yes, that's true too.
A Vanisher was there, which we thought was going
against you, but is actually probably your ally.
Or you're escaping. Or he's a rogue Vanisher.
Or my first thought was that he actually killed
Koal and then they swapped. But I don't know
why we would see what we saw then. So it doesn't
make sense. A Vanisher is an Aenarian spy, would
you say? They're highly trained assassins. Very
dangerous. They work for the Aenarian government
and politics, usually, which is the eastern neighbor
to the kingdom we're in, who we are at war with.
But they're called Vanishers because they can
basically bring their target to another... playing
essentially itself. What was that? The Nebula
Sea. It's like all foggy and stuff and they usually
assassinate them very quickly. They have poison.
They are highly trained. They can get away really
fast. Most people do not survive. That wyvern
poison sure pulled a punch right there. Anera
is the country that Lucia is originally from.
who they said she was rescued from as a refugee
in the war, and then she's found out otherwise,
and then forgotten otherwise. Lucy is not a vanisher,
and I'm pretty sure Oren is not a vanisher. You
know, the plus side is we did have our conversation
about them changing your memories and then trying
to look into a way to fix your memories. So we
might still be able to figure that out, and you
might remember this. Look at it this way. All
that writing on your body? Guess what? Curse
is broken. So really, you owe me. Is she going
to know the curse is broken and that her dad's
dead? Well, you might not even know there's a
curse. Wait, how much have they erased? They're
going to have to come for me, too, if they know
that I know. They're gonna have to come for me.
They're not... Let's hope they don't... Let's
hope they don't suspect! It has to be the consortium
in there who works for Lord Moonglave in the
south, which is... They're like an arcane consortium.
They're like the most elite arcane casters working
directly for Moonglave. Did you feel bad, Albert?
Did you feel bad? I was going through... All
of the stages of grief for the past, like, two
hours. I was watching Albert. I see him like
this. I just saw him. Because we were typing
to each other. We were messaging each other.
I was like, Dragmore just used that rerun for
that Nat 20. Would it feel bad if I still did
this? And Timmy's like, no, go for it. I did
say, like, would it feel bad if I still killed?
And I typed back immediately. It would be cool
as f***. Fuck. I was hoping that your time rewind
was enough to get you before you were paralyzed
and you could run out. Though they have so much
magic, it would have been so hard. Don't feel
bad, Dragmire. That was an excellent, excellent
fucking use. It was extremely excellent. I'm
really sorry. It made it more ironic. I'm really
sorry. I'm really sorry because it did make the
moment way more hurtful because he did feel the
want to do everything right, reignite. He was
like, okay, I'm going to do it right. I will
see you tomorrow. I'm going to swear it on Begonia
that I will make sure that you are good. And
then that all happened. I'm glad you like it
here, Mile. We are all suffering. And he's like,
yeah! Or they are like, yeah! In a fun way. You
know, but... Jenny, by the way, at least a moment
of good things. You guessed the subclass correct.
I did? The one you said in the Discord. What
was it? It was the one that Jenny was talking
to me when she was going through subclasses.
And you said, this is the one you said specifically,
if Albert is this, I'm going to be mad. Wait,
can you say it for the crew now? Can you say
it for all of us? Yes. So my subclass is... It's
the creepy one. The Occult Blade. Yep. Occult
Blade. I have been... I can cast attack thoughts.
once per short rest without any components at
all. And I can hide the fact that I'm doing it
if I probe deeper. So I have been listening in
on everything this whole campaign. In more ways
than one. Is that why? Is that why Cole isn't
like Tamsin? Tamsin can like... I tried to read
her mind and she like mind blasted me when I
first like shook hands with her. It was like
she tried to read her mind and... We both did
it at the same time. Yeah. Her mind is like fucked
up. It's like, okay. It's like, whoa, I don't
want any of that. Like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa. All right, Tamsin. Tamsin! I didn't
think... Okay, I was not thinking Cole was a
villain anymore, but I did say when Albert joined,
it was like, he's going to play a villain. That's
what I said. I said I'm a villain. I mean, you
might not be, but you killed Arnalda, so right
now you are. And he killed her parents, so apparently
people who kill people aren't necessarily villains.
I don't think he's a villain. I don't think Cole
is a villain. I think he's a rogue vanisher.
This is the most toxic intervention. Like, you
killed her dad. Well, he killed her parents.
And who did they kill? Who did they kill? He
killed her parents and then has been calling
her by her dad's pet name for, like, the entire
life. Albert, Albert, Jenny has a talking pillow.
Refund. I would demand a refund for Drag Fire.
It was good. It was a good roll. It was really
good. Lucia, you do get an inspiration. For what?
She won't remember why. She won't remember why.
Inspiration for what? Hey, Timmy, question. Would
you say that I learned hidden or forbidden information
or I manipulated someone today or I learned a
hidden truth? Did I keep something hidden against
harsh scrutiny for my betterment? You definitely
did some of those things. Well, guys, I was still
going to be around for a really good bit. So
we're going to see. We're going to see what goes
on. No one remembers anything. Don't worry. I
remember so far. If Lucia ever gets back her
memories, congratulations, everyone. You will
get the BBEG you asked for. But we don't all
want that. He's dead! Look, he's with his family.
Never mind. He killed a bunch of people. He's
not with his family. Let's be honest. Also, that
was such a... I knew Cole was a bad bitch from
the whole, like, listen, Melody, get your shit
together. But now you can see your family. Lethal.
My question is to Cole. It can't be changed.
It can't be changed. I think Cole is a product
of circumstance, I think. Oh, slagent Cole. Slay
-gent Cole. Slay -gent. Slay -gent. I stole that
from you. Slay -gent Cole. Of everything, I stole
that from WWE. I stole that from wrestling. Slay
-gent. Slay. Literally traumatized. It's that
meme of slay. Literally traumatized. OYY says,
so this is all the story of Lucia's story arc
before her pre -BBEG days. That would be so sad
because then Valora would definitely try to stop
her. Alicia is going to be fine. We're all going
to be fine. I'm going to help. Right now, I still
remember. They haven't got me yet. I remember
right now. I still remember. I got it all. We're
going to cut to next episode. They haven't got
me yet. I'm going to get attacked in my dorm,
aren't I? That's what's going to happen next
session, isn't it? Well, they're going to try
not to attack me. It'll be really fun. God, thank
goodness I have freaking freedom of movement.
But hey, we're going to see you next time on
Irobrin Dawnbreak. Thanks for coming, everybody.
Thanks! I'm glad this was the episode everyone
showed up to, because geez. Bye, guys! I said
two sentences this whole session as cold. Cole
didn't say a word until the end. Literally waiting
for his moment. Waiting to strike. I was like,
oh, Cole didn't get to do much this session.
I hope Albert's not disappointed. Never fucking
mind! Never mind! Yeah, you're doing the cinema
pose. Cinema. Alright, everyone. We'll see you
next time. See you around. Bye! The winds have
been whispering of what's to come, but every
time the word's about to leave my tongue, some
obstacle arises, some unstoppable force. My deepest
fear awakens, fades, unstoppable course, but
there's so much I still don't see. I never thought
a second in command would be for me. Hey, in
the mountains where they train the elite. I've
seen it amongst all this snow. You with your
aim, mark of passage and speed, with riches and
power in your family tree. But injustice strains
all your loyalty, desire and duty's the balance
between. The winds have been whispering of what's
to come, foreboding whispers, whispers to thunder.
Your castle walls crumble in 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
Life and death she bring Taken from war Raised
an idol