Hello, everyone. And welcome to Songwoven, Ira
Brenton Break. My name is Tim Dontran. I am the
narrator of this here actual play podcast video
thing. I have gotten no sleep. There is vitriol
in my veins. bags under my eyes, I growl at every
light source, and I am ready for today. I hate
the fucking moon right now. Now, would one of
you other fine people please introduce yourselves?
Hi, my name is Jenny, and I play Valora. That's
so awkward. Well, howdy there. My name's Cole.
No, my name's Albert, but I play Cole, who's
this little farm boy here on the farm here at
Irogrin. And yeah, I'm just a little guy. Done
nothing wrong ever. Never. Never. Anyway, it's
up to you, Emma. Go ahead. Why does this make
me so... I don't know why this makes me so...
Come on, Emma. Oh, God. Turn your microphone
as a delicious, plush strawberry and lean in
close to it. Why would I do that? Let's hurry,
figure me out. Lucia is a radio announcer. Lucia
just screams into the microphone. And I'm Emma
Ramosco. I play Lucia, and this is really fucking
uncomfortable. Welcome to Songwoven. We will
be doing the rest of the stream like this. Psych.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Songwoven. The bits
just keep coming, don't they? Wow. Look at us.
Oh, boy. Oh, man. Last session, huh, guys? Am
I right? Oh, that's right. Did something happen?
I wouldn't remember. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nobody
knows what happened. Which is why we got a recap.
So we're probably going to struggle with the
recap for a little bit, but hey, real quick,
we got a couple of announcements, a .k .a. one
announcement. I said couple. No, we do have a
couple, actually. We have a couple? We do. Because
we're off next week. Oh, yeah, okay, we do have
a couple of announcements. I have just been reminded
by an anonymous source. Very close and trusted
source. Anonymous caller. All right, first of
all, first announcement. Guess what, guys? We're
off next week. I'm tired, and it's my birthday
next week. It's my birthday next week. No one
talk to me. I love you guys. And second announcement,
big second announcement. Are you ready for this?
So while playing, we've played D &D for a great
many amount of years. I started, I had my start
in, I believe, 2017 with Jenny here, where we
played a game called The Werewolves of Worshamville.
It was... Not good. Well, it was peak, actually.
It was actually kind of peak. My bad, you're
right. Actually, it was peak. My trusted source
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as we developed our games even further and eventually
got more people involved into it and got deeper
into this space, we did eventually long for something
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And the thing is, we have that now. Huge advice.
We started playing the stream on Lanaya, Lanaya
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Now, with that to the side, I'm afraid we've
got to get down to the business at hand. Let's
go ahead and see who would like to do a recap.
Emma has the face of someone who's really excited.
Yeah, Emma, what do you remember? Yeah, what
happened last time? What did happen last time?
What does she remember? Well, hold on. What does
Lucia remember? I think she only remembers...
What does she remember? Perfect. And I mean that
because of what's going to happen to her. And
scene. And scene. Well, you know, so the operation
date was a success with Valora and Saga. But
unfortunately for Cole and Lucio, who are going
to have a cute little picnic break, Lucio kind
of went Avatar state. And had a vision come to
her that it was Yari telling this specter that
has been in her, that has been popping here and
there throughout the campaign. And told her,
you know, you need to be free from this curse.
And the only way to do it is you got to kill
this person. And they didn't specify who that
person was. The only thing they specified was
that they're at the front gate. So Lucia came
out of her avatar state and was like, Cole, we've
got to go. You know, we've got to go. And with
the intent to, you know, finally be free of this
curse that has been marked all over her body.
And they get to the front gate and it's her dad.
Gasp. The cleric, actually paladin, Arnalda,
who has kind of been a surrogate father to Lucia.
Valora and Saga come across. A very awkward slash
tense conversation with Arnalda and Lucia. And
Valora, ever the team leader, finds a smart way
to steer Lucia away to kind of touch base, see
what's going on. Cole was in the shadows hiding
and Cole peaced. pieced i by pieced i mean um
wasn't responding to uh lucia and velora when
they were calling out to him laura and lucia
have a like a heart -to -heart uh lucia finally
you know has a little bit of a mental breakdown
which floor is like thank god she has feelings
uh um the whole combat with uh melody is brought
up uh Sorry, the duel. It's revealed. Valora
has found a pamphlet that a duel is to take place.
And there's propaganda already swirling around
the duel. The Melody Bowl. That's right. It's
the Melody Bowl. Oh, yeah. I forgot to say, it
says that the duel is consistent under Melody
rules, and no one knows what that means yet.
It features a mid -break dance battle as well.
So Lucia's fucked. But Valora basically was like,
you know, I can take care of this. We don't have
to do this. You know, you don't have to do this,
Melody, whatever it's fucking called, Melody
Ball. And then it came to a point where, you
know, Valora and Lucia were like, well, maybe
actually it would be a good thing. You know,
maybe it's a good thing to have one of the commoners.
you know, kind of stand up for themselves because
of this weird hierarchy. And, um, they, they
left on, they left on, uh, uh, Valora left on
supportive terms for Lucia as, um, uh, Lucia
was going to go talk to Arnalda and try to keep
it things chill and under wrap because they are
clearly in a web of craziness. Meanwhile, while
that's all happening, uh, Cole, our sweet, sweet
summer breeze child, is casing and stalking Arnaldo.
For what reason, we don't know. He's just keeping
an eye on him. Arnaldo clears out one of the
churches to pray. It's revealed in a very, very
sad way that he's had this armor of... Penance,
right? That's what it was? Yep. Penance that
he's been carrying around him. He's covered in
a silver dust, which we find out is actually
the ashes. The fucking ashes of his dead wife
and child. Fuck. So there's that. Lucia goes
to talk with Arnalda. Her surrogate father, a
lot of confusing feelings just to kind of get
to the bottom of what's going on. Arnalda, in
a very tearful, very, very sad way, reveals that
he knows that she's cursed. He's well aware and
he knows that he has to die for it to be taken
off her. But through a series of fun time roles,
Lucia is able to convince Arnalda to live. That
his life is worth living and that they can figure
it out together. even though technically Arnalda
reveals that her real name is Petal and that
her mom and dad are killed by him. Lots of feelings.
Lots of things happening. Lots of things happening.
Valora is chilling back in her room, has a cute
little gift from, oh my God, Brimstone. Brimstone.
Yes, Brimstone. Crimston has a cute little gift
that she's chilling with watching. Cole is watching
from the rafters, not saying anything yet again,
just chilling there for what we don't know. Um,
and, uh, the conversation ends. Lucia goes off
to go back into, to just head back home. And
Arnalda is feeling good and happy about himself.
Then Cole drops from the rafters and is revealed
to be a vanisher. What is a vanisher? You might
ask. Well, a very deadly assassin from Anera.
And Cole kills Arnalda. His last words being,
now you can see your... Oh, no. His last words
were to Lucia saying, you can't change fate.
Sorry, Lucia. Fate can't be changed. It can't
be changed. Well, that happened. Look at the
camera. Look at the camera, Alfred. Look at the
camera, Alfred. It was all Armand's birthday,
I have to say. Well, this happened as well. Happy
birthday, GT. It was a birthday gift for GT.
It was a birthday gift for GT. GT goes, yeah.
All while he, while... This man is being murdered.
Lucia's only family member. Lucia gets cornered
in the cathedral by Aurier and a group of mages
who paralyze her. And even though Lucia tries
to rewind time to try to stop this, whatever,
it doesn't matter. And her memories get sapped.
And that's where we last left off. It's going
really well. Thanks. That's an awful username.
Don't mind the bot. Don't mind the bot. It got
held back so only moderators could see it. It's
so bad. We don't get them nearly as much as I
thought we would, though, at least. And JT's
very fast when they do. JT is super fast. We
love our mods. Mod appreciation day. i didn't
see the name jt man oh catch the name when i
denied it oh i see yeah you see it right and
that's what happened last time oh right every
time jt kills a bot um i think dalmar should
get a stat increase Experience for bot slaying.
Because that's basically our arc in the city,
you know? That's true. Bot slaying. He's going
to be so strong or so smart the next time you
see him. I think that should be our mod's official
title now, Bot Slayer. Use the constitution.
Increase only your constitution so you can eat
light bulbs. You can eat light bulbs. You guys
know about that guy who ate a whole plane one
time? Okay, we'll get into that one day. No.
He just ate a whole plane for fun. At once or
over... Over a period of time. This is a real
thing. This is a real thing that has happened.
I can't believe that. I can't. He ate a whole
passenger plane. Why? Okay, let me... Guy who
ate a plane. His name is Mikkel Lotito. What
the f... Never mind. Yeah, anyways. Did he get
like a Ripley's world record or something? I
hope so. Guy who never got over eating rocks
as a child? Oh, this is scrumptious. At least...
It seems like something Tamsin would do. Yeah,
of course. But it makes sense for Tamsin. Tamsin
sees a plane and points at it and goes, yum.
Dude can't explain anything on his dating profile.
He's like, oh, you're my hobbies? Well. Hobbies.
I love airplane food. It's an airplane food connoisseur.
Oh, that's a throwback. That's a throwback for
me specifically. My name on Google Plus was airplane
food connoisseur. On Google Plus, guys. You had
your discipline for a while. On Google Plus.
Specifically. Okay, everyone. Are we ready? Ready.
Valora. You have drifted off into slumber at
this point. As you find sleep ready for ready
to take on the events of tomorrow. With a new
pep in your step and wind beneath your wings,
Slumber does eventually find you. There is a
slight disturbance as you kind of blink, as your
body kind of like reacts as it jumps towards
something. Your consciousness comes to light
for just a brief moment. Your body naturally
attempts to fall back asleep. But your ears pick
up the sound that continues to insist inside
of your room. A knock at your door. What time
is it? It's incredibly late. An incredibly suspicious
time for someone to be knocking on your door.
Unless someone needs, like... It has to be, like,
an emergency or something. Yeah. Three hours
of the very early morning. She'll get herself
up and go to the door and be like, Who is it?
No response. Ooh. Can she peek through the crack,
then? Or... You peek through the crack. Go ahead
and give me an investigation check. That takes
being smart. 11. Dump stat, best stat. I peek
through the cracks. You can usually detect a
shadow or anybody standing within the doorway.
Nothing seems to yield any information to you.
Okay. I do... I think she... I think she thinks...
I don't think she has a reason to be crazy, crazy
suspicious outside of what's going on with her
dad and stuff. So I think she just assumes she's
getting pranked or something and opens up the
door to look and see. You open up the door. To
see no one. Nope. Move her hand in front. Anyone
invisible? Nothing. It's just air. Okay. She
shuts the door. You shut the door. Can you go
back to bed? Yeah, I shall. Go to sit down. Probably.
Not falling asleep yet. Because it's hard to
get back when you. Get going. And she feels like.
It feels like it's some weird prank. So she's
half expecting something else to happen. And
with that. We head over. To Koal. Koal. Standing
in the wispy plains of the nebulous sea, you
have done the deed. You feel the core, the magical
implant that was implanted in you a very long
time ago begin to pulsate your time here is running
short as you sheath your dagger you see the door
to the church opens and you see two individuals
and you do so free um you do leave freely No
action needed. No check needed as you're still
within another plane. You see a male and a female
in robes with a sort of like woven design. One
that you can assume to be some mage -like attire
to exit. Their eyes scanning over the courtyard.
And I will say by this point, you can leave if
you want or go back up to the roof. So I wanted
to go up kind of onto that same place where I
was kind of watching from. If I see these people
kind of like come in, look around, I'm going
to try and... I note that Lucia went through
that door not too long ago, right? Yes. I'm going
to kind of pivot around to the front to try and
get a... see if I see her walking away, or if
I can see anything up front. Immediately, you
don't see Lucia nearby, and you've done the deed
quick enough that you would at least assume that
you could see her, at least, because you have
a lot of vision. You can see the ground a far
distance. Lucia's not there. The man that was
guarding the front door seems to be still standing
there at the moment. I'm still in the sea currently.
You're just about to like bamf out, but you are
in a safe place, you feel. Okay. Okay. What's
the layout as far as, like, between the front
door where that guy is standing and the door
I saw Lucia leave from? What's the, like, in
between there? It's the entirety of the church
building. Like a big cathedral kind of area?
Yes, yes. Okay. If she stopped, like... She could
have stopped by to do something, but if she wanted
to leave, if she wanted to completely just leave,
you think it would have been done by now? Or
at least you would have seen her. Is there a
way that I could get a view inside that cathedral
some way without going through those two doors?
From what you know, there's only the front entrance
and the back entrance. But these types of buildings,
they always have like multiple side entrances
for like people of worship or people who work
for the building to come into. Okay. Yeah. I'm
going to try and find like a side entrance down
so I can try and see inside. Okay. So I'll go
ahead. I'm still in costume too. So I'm not like,
no one knows what I am. Yeah. I got the hood
up, the black cloak. Oh, stop. No, it's so cliche.
I can't. That is not the music I want. That is
not the music I want. That is not the music I
want. That is not the music I want. I just started
playing. It's sort of a horror music out of nowhere.
He sang to me. I love it, but I hate it. This
is not the music either. Goodness gracious. You
know what? I'm playing this. There we go. Cool.
Um, as you, as you sort of like stealth, uh,
stealth about, um, you have to go through like,
cause it is a, it is a well, a verily like it
is a well decorated building. Um, and I'll go
ahead and give you. I'll go ahead and give you
this. Because I believe you're... What's your
passive perception again? 20. 20. You do see
a figure eventually walking out. Walking out
in... You see our Harinas in their step. They
are attempting to make themselves less known.
They're constantly looking back towards the church
as they make their ways away. You see Quincy
Garvey. Where he's coming out of a side entrance
or he went out of the front entrance? He's coming
out of a side entrance. And he seems like he's
maneuvering through the main thoroughfare of
the academy. Just checking, Tim. During the time
that I was lying in wait, would I have gotten
a short rest in between the picnic? We'll say
yes. Okay. All right. So I have my detect thoughts
back up. But I had to be within five feet of
him to even do that. Does he pass by me? He's
far from you. You are on the top of a building
at the moment. This is a bird's eye view. Does
he look injured or anything like that? I'm going
to say from this distance, it's going to have
to be like a perception check. Okay. Perception.
And I have a d4. Shouldn't be at advantage. So
14. No visible hurt at all, it seems. But there
is worry. There's hurrying and stuff. That's
it. Okay. I note that I'm going to try and make
my way towards where he came from. And also,
which direction is he heading? He is heading
towards... So the main thoroughfare leads to
the dormitories, to the mess halls, to the academic
buildings. It could go towards any of those.
Got it. Okay. All right. Yeah, I'm just going
to down, try and go where he came from to try
and see what he's running away from. Because
if I didn't see Lucia leave and he looks worried,
I'm going to try and find where Lucia is. As
you peek over the side and you kind of like,
you see that there is a side entrance with a
lantern hanging over it to illuminate it. Before
you head down, one of the two figures, makes
the way around. And you see he has a sort of
like arcing glow over his eyes as he kind of
like looks over the area. They're looking downwards
for the most part, but you can still be hidden.
You can still try to hide if you wish. Yeah.
Go ahead and give me a stealth check. Oh wait,
does this count as casing? Or no? It does not.
Okay. 16, 16. I'm going to spend an inspiration
to reroll that. Let me go ahead and roll first.
So, 22. Yeah, we're going to spend inspiration.
So we'll keep the four and we reroll the 17.
No. Oh, no. Are you in a war band with Lucia?
Wait, I am in a war band with Lucia. You are.
You are technically. I'm going to use that now
then. No. No, another 12. Fate can't be changed,
guys. Fate can't be changed. We did try. We tried.
We tried. We tried. Okay. The man steps up front,
gazing downwards. And he just goes, I believe
I detected the presence over here. Yeah, I'm
going to follow along with it. As the man continues
to move, the woman behind him goes, the woman
goes, like, we need to be discreet. There has
to be. And she pauses. She goes, Wait. Where
am I compared to them right now? You are directly
above them. Above them? Yeah. Can I... Can I
take... Just... Take... one or two ball bearings
and try and chuck them in a different direction
so that they make some noise somewhere away from
where I'm at. And use that as a chance to just
look away. Give me a deception check. In this
case. Deception. That's a d4. Plus a d4. It's
a 17. Okay. Oh, man. I really don't know. 21.
Oh, jeez. I'm going to use my inspiration feature
misdirection. Whenever I would fail a deception
check, I can use my reaction. Spend my inspiration
and undo any consequences of the failed check.
You see one of them looks over, already catches
the attention of one of them. And you bolt, I
would say. As you bolt, the woman goes, did you
hear that? And the man goes, I have to be focused
on this at the moment. I need to go find whoever
listened to us. I'll come with you. We need to
hurry. Yes, come on. And they begin following
the way. You see the woman does kind of like
stands for a moment, being told to ignore the
noise, even though she knows she heard something.
She sort of like gives a cursory glance to the
environment. She looks up at the top. But before
she can give a really thorough look, she looks
back towards the man and rushes to catch up with
him. Seems like you're on your own on top of
the building at the moment. So they're down there
by that entrance. They're gone. They're heading
down. They're following Quincy, it seems. Okay.
I give it another moment, and then I'm going
to try and go back down again once they're kind
of out of sight. Okay. Did you head down? Head
down. Perfect three -point landing. The side
door. You kind of, like, go up to it. And as
you kind of like, you look at it, and as you
kind of like open up the door, and something
about it feels like something in your, like something
triggers your sense of like your certain area
of expertise. You see that you take notice that
the door, because of your passive, that the door
has been tampered with. It's been lockpicked.
And you can assume it's by Quincy. Okay. You
headed? Yeah, I will. The door just a little
bit to peek in first. And if it seems clear,
I will look through. You're heading towards like
a servant area. Like a place where... people
gather things to assist with the rest of the,
uh, uh, with the functions of the church. Um,
as you head in, go ahead and give me a stealth
check with advantage. Okay. This one count as
casing or no? This one, no. Okay. Uh, so that
is going to be... False catchphrase. Does this
count as casing? 28. 28? Mm -hmm. That just succeeds.
I'm kidding. It succeeds. Big time. So, what's
happening in this next scene? You will hear it.
Cool. Alright. As we go over to where Lucia is.
She's in a deep sleep. A wary -eyed woman gently
settles the back of Lucia's head against the
church's cold, variegated marble tiles. Her breathing
is stable. The curse of brambles is continuing
to bloom to full strength. A pale man with sunken
features, the one we saw, spoke to Lucia before
the curse was enacted, steps closer, looking
over Lucia with an appraising glance. We need
to wait for Seliver and Dallin to come back from
their rounds. In the meanwhile, search her possessions.
She was spotted with stationary on her way, on
the way to her meeting. Yes, we already know
the contents of her letter. It's addressed towards
Tart Cadwallader. Tart Cadwallader. The useless,
witless one. Mind your tongue about those who
bear an Aeon mark, Aurier suddenly speaks up.
This letter. What language is it written in?
It's in the common script. To my understanding,
as per Archmage Exariel's instruction, she was
supposed to be naturally discouraged from learning
the common script during the young parts of her
life. Aureus speaks up again. A boy from Aurora
has been teaching her the fundamentals. As she
is at an academy where subjects are taught primarily
in common, It is only natural that she would
seek her way towards it. Yes. Forgive the creasing
plan. After under your watch, Head Executor,
she somehow ended up as the retainer to the heiress
of House Avonlea. The Consortium did not have
proper time to provide her or provide the Academy
with materials with alternative eligible techs.
Then that is your failure. And not mine. And
do not act like the Consortium is infallible
in these measures. Every mistake accounted for
has been presented by your hands. The ink you
used in her room rotted the walls. You are only
lucky that Velora Avanlea saw it as mold. The...
There is a tenseness in the air. Before the pale
man looks towards, addresses the other woman.
And now is the phraseology presented on the letter?
It's simple, but legible. So she had help writing
her letter. This will have to be addressed once
we reconfigure her memories. If it was Lusardi
who helped her, we must draft a new narrative.
The head executor will make for a suitable replacement
in the narrative. There seems to be a sort of
vitriol you see, Koal, held by Aurier. Then I
suppose there will be no objections to my presence
while she undergoes this process, I presume.
Of course, head executor. While she's in deep
sleep. These are not suitable grounds. These
grounds are meant to be publicly accessible after
all. We need to relocate her to more proper accommodations.
What is your intention with her? Ori speaks up,
her demeanor like steel, and her hand abiding
the space next to her weapon. I want it properly
explained before we continue. Head Executor,
an explanation right now is impertinent. We need
to act - It is the height of pertinence. She
is my charge, placed under my guardianship. She
is deemed as precious, and I will not - It would
go against the Consortium's very wish to lobotomize
the King's - pet. The pale man suddenly becomes
the focus point for Aurier's vitriol. He stands
unflinching under her glare and the touch of
her finger against her blade as she reaches for
her weapon. You mind your diction while you stand
in a house of gods. Think better about the weight
of my title, and how your Malibu tongue nears
the granting of divine permission for me to butcher
you on holy ground. Our threat's getting us closer
to our shared goal, holy woman. Remember that
this is both the Consortium and the Ministry's
most anticipated project. I know that you have
your qualms with Archmage Exario, but it does
need reminding that, and then all of a sudden,
the tenth standoff is cut, as dark streaks of
purple begins to emanate from Lucia's body. Qual?
As you, um... As you are watching, you watch
as the writing becomes a light on Lucia's body.
It becomes purple and it begins to lift off of
her form. The woman next to her just goes, no,
the curses. The pale man goes, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no. What is happening? He says, where
is Lusardi? Um, and by this point, Koal, as you
are ingrained into this, um, you, uh, you hear,
you hear, uh, efforts, you hear footsteps coming
from behind. Shit, um, what's the la - is there
someplace I can hide? Um, we are currently at.
Absolutely, there's like some - armoires there's
places there's storage places um yeah whatever
the like the one i don't want to just go in an
armor if there's like a something like up someplace
like maybe above eye level that would be that
i wouldn't be revealed just by opening a door
kind of thing it's going to be it's going to
be difficult um you're gonna have to give me
a stealth check This is not casing, right? It's
not casing. Okay. All right. Here we go. Genasi,
the witch in the wardrobe. Ooh, that's a 13.
Yikes. That's not it. So I'm going to give this
to you real quick. Okay. As you search around
for a proper hiding space, as you try, as the
footsteps are getting closer, you feel like...
You can't find a suitable hiding place at the
moment. You can't find it in time. Okay. So is
there anything you want to do? How much time
do I think I have before they get here? They
are right at the door. And how far away are Aurier
and the dude? They are a very good distance away.
and you seem to be enamored with Lucia at the
moment okay in that case I think what I'm going
to do is I am going to get into position like
by the door kind of thing to whenever when somebody
whoever this is comes through Is it one or two
sets of footsteps? It's two. Do I think I could
time a seafarer to misty step past them just
as they step in? Okay. Kind of behind them? There's
going to be an ability check. Okay. We're going
to use initiative as an ability check. Okay.
It's a roll initiative. It's a roll initiative.
That's a 15. The door opens. As you suddenly
become one. with a nebula see just for a temporary
moment as you whip past them um you are a breeze
as you go right as you go right past them um
you appear directly like a few dozen feet behind
them make yourself check for me It's not casing.
It's not casing. I'm sorry. That's a 14. Oh,
geez. It's not looking good. But if it was casing.
No, I'm kidding. The dice are not on my side.
That's a 14. That one. I rolled a that one. Okay.
Whoa. As you whip past them. You see the woman
turns suddenly. And she kind of like takes a
look around before you hear the man just go,
shut the damn door. There is a newfound frustration
in his voice. And the woman, once again, barely
dodging you because at the behest of her companion,
she shuts the door. Okay. And with that call,
let's get you settled. What else are you going
to do? I think I realize I'm a little drained
for this, so I don't think I can go in there
again. So I think what I'm going to do is just
wait, find a nice hiding spot outside the church
and wait to see if I can figure out where they're
planning on moving her to. and try to follow
like case them uh to follow them uh after like
at a distance just to see where they take her
okay at this point i don't think i can do anything
inside the church it's it's it's not working
out all right so i will whatever they do inside
the church they do but if they're moving her
i'll be uh i'll follow so i'll go ahead and have
you keep an eye out for quincy if he comes back
So now we're going to go to a scene where nobody
is watching. Is it Melody Fidelity? Doing her
hair? Of course. We're going to do a Melody break.
This is getting a bit too tense. I can't wait
to beat the fuck out of that. Girl! New channel
point idea. Ten minute Melody scene. Five points.
can't wait to beat the shit out of this girl
oh dear mumsy and popsy i'm gonna beat the fuck
out of this girl okay what we see as uh as panic
ensues just goes where are they where are silver
and dylan Yes, the only way the curse could have
been broken is if Lusardi. And then the woman
goes, he could have also entered another plane
of existence. It would have broken the connection.
So we also potentially have a fugitive. God's
this curse. And Aurier just goes, what happens?
We need to act now. What happens? And the two
other mages come in. And thrown onto the ground
is the prone form of a paralyzed Quincy Garvey.
No! Freshly abducted. from the front steps, the
front door of Valora. As he lays there, his eyes,
his mouth strain, his eyes looking up towards
Lucia. He strains, Lucia! Lucia! And the man,
who was speaking earlier, who had a bead on Quincy,
his face now a little more disfigured, a bit
more burns on his face, just goes, look who you
found snooping around. Says, this bastard, as
he gives Quincy a kick, a direct kick to the
head. A kick to the head. Just goes, this bastard
threw acid in my face. And Orie goes, do you
think it's the height of importance to bruise
a noble? Says, at the moment. And the pale man
just goes, Quincy Garvey. This half -blooded
bastard child. He goes, It's fine. We can explain
the bruises away. We'll just have to reconfigure
his memory as well. Lucia! Wake up! As his eyes
look up towards Aurier, he just goes, You were
a part of this. How could you let this happen?
And then the mage raises his foot up and stomps
on Quincy's head. Stop! As he stomps his head,
you see Aurier immediately steps up and gives
a sharp push towards the man. As Quincy is now
out cold. A pool of blood building against the
ground. Aurier just goes, what's the matter with
you? Turns and leans down and gives Leon hands
to Quincy. The pale man goes, Well, this should
solve our immediate issues. But right now we
need to discuss the state of Lucia's. Her bindings
have gone away. Um, he goes, reapplying these
curses is no easy feat. It is a process that
takes months. Or he goes, does that mean she
will wake up at any moment? The effects of the
deep sleep should affect her until we wake her
up. But I am afraid we do not have unlimited
time. Nor do we have anyone else to link the
curse to. Nor the proper faculties in order to
enact the curse. Perhaps we need to... She needs
to be here. If she... If she goes missing, no
matter the reason, people will look for her.
Someone. Look for Lusardi. Seliver. Draw a teleportation
circle within the faculty room. Yes. We will
bring her there and see that - And see what we
can reconfigure in the meantime. The woman by
Lucia's side goes... We can form any kind of...
We can form any kind of narrative. We can form
any kind of narrative we want now. But we don't
have... We do not have the luxury of time. We
need to make sure that... We need to make sure
that... To be thorough. Make sure that she's
also back. That she's also back by the morning.
And we need to begin the process of reapplying
those curses. She cannot leave. And Ori goes,
I'm her guardian. I'll be by her side. I know
the process. I've seen Lusardi do it. I'll be
by her side. For a very long time. The curse
is best wrought through me. Very well. I suppose
you will be a much better candidate than that.
Factless, feeble old man. That old man can kill
you in a snap. You respect his name. I didn't
realize the ministry's head executor was so well
deep in respect at such inopportune moments.
Now is not the time to debate respect. We need
to get into action. Teleportation circles. prepare
the rituals prepare the procedures now cool the
side door opens um you watch as the man at the
front kind of like looks around and began uh
the man on the man guarding the front kind of
like looks around and seemingly starts um heard
a few it says has heard of has heard a few of
the commotions you see that his the curiosity
is brimming on his face and you see that he began
even he begins to explore even he's curious as
he begins to walk over to the side entrance so
he's leaving the front he's leaving the front
Do you have anything you wish to do? What's the
connection from the front entrance to where they
were? The front entrance to where he was? He
was standing directly in front of the front entrance,
but now he's moving around the side. He left
the front entrance to where Aurier and Lucia
and stuff are. So basically when you open the
front door, you're going to be right within line
side of them. Hmm. I see him. Is he... Question.
What does he look like? What is his garb? Does
he have a helmet on? Oh, the man at the front?
Um... A fairly, like... Go ahead and give me...
I'm gonna give you the physical description,
but go ahead and give me an insight check, too.
Insight... That plus one should not be there.
16. Okay. A fairly, like, fairly younger face.
There is a part of him you feel like that he
just wants to go to bed at the moment. He is
dressed in, like, yes, in garbs and, like, religious
garbs, but nothing that denotes a high rank or
status. Younger face, you assume that he's not
part of whatever they're doing at the moment?
But he doesn't have like a face covering or anything.
No, nothing. Okay. All right. So I couldn't.
I could knock him out, but I wouldn't be able
to pretend to be him. Oh, yeah. He could be the
phantom cosplaying as him. Yeah, true. I think
if he has left around to the other side, I'm
going to go to the front door to see if I can
get a better view, whatnot. As you make your
way towards the front, you see as he kind of
leans in towards the side entrance to put his
ear up to it, the door opens, and you see the
man named Seliver with the new burned face just
kind of suddenly meet him, and the two of them
kind of suddenly jump. And the man goes, Oh,
I apologize. I was just wondering if... Seliver
raises his hand out immediately, open palm, and
just... Bless him. A concussive... A concussive
blessing sent him flying backwards. Splayed against
the ground. Like, dead, or just... You can probably...
You can probably assume, like... After a while
of looking... His chest is rising up and down,
but he is completely out. The mage, Seliver,
goes up to him. Looks around. Seems to be breathing
in and out. Just an act of anger. And drags him
into the building. Before coming back out. What
are you planning right now? I'm going to the
front door because you said that's a different
angle. Basically, I just want to see where they're
going. If they're all going out the side entrance,
then I'll wait until they all step out. I'll
go in, give them a second, and then revolving
door, wait until they're down, and then I'll
follow after them. You're following Seliver,
right? Because he's the only one hanging out.
Everyone else is staying inside the building.
Everyone is staying inside? Yes. I will wait.
I guess once I get to the front door, would I
be in view of Seliver as he's leaving? I'm going
to say he does not see you, but he's... Yeah,
you are within view. You do see him leaving.
Okay. I will wait because I want to keep an eye
on the others because my main focus is on Lucia.
And figure out where she goes. So, we're going
to get back to you in a moment. Valora. As you're
sitting there, as it's hard to sleep, as it's
hard to find, hard to get back to sleep at the
moment, it starts to find you again before you
hear a scratching at your door. she's like oh
my gosh she gets up she opens the door a small
pomeranian sits before the door spins around
he how did you get all the way up here um suddenly
starts running away from you and then looks back
at you like urging you to follow him She's...
She's like, no, no, no, come... Well, you can't
be in my... Okay, fine, let's bring you outside.
She doesn't want to follow it, because following
the cat thing is... The cat, the cat, the cat!
But she's like, I do need to get it out of the
building. It can't be in my room. So... And she...
Will go try to pick it up. Follow it. As you're
following along, you see the dog. As you kind
of reach towards it, the dog continues to employ
this maneuver. It rolls when you go for it. Trying
to help you. It does like a forward dodge roll
as you keep trying to grab it. As it continues
to move down the stairs, looking back at you,
trying to follow it. She does say she... Oh,
gosh. What the heck was her name? I had it. The
name of the frickin' lady, um... Evanya or something?
Evanya, yeah, that's what it is, isn't it? Evanya.
Evanya. I was thinking Vanya, but yeah, Evanya.
She goes, if it's Evanya, she says, I swear,
this is not how you get people to go where you
want them to go. It doesn't work. You're just
a dog, aren't you? Aren't you just a dog? goes
towards the door, which is closed, the door to
the dormitory, and then looks up at you, like,
waiting for you to open it. She goes to pick
up the Pomeranian again. It's a Pomeranian, right?
It's a Pomeranian, yeah. Okay, she goes to pick
it up again. Dodge. If you want, you make a sleight
of hand check. Yeah. Okay. Fifteen. Thirteen.
Does it look like a dirty, like a stray dog?
Or does it look like well taken care of? It's
immaculate. She's like... there's no pets in
the door but i bet one of the nobles got like
an exemption or something i she but she doesn't
want the dog to like get lost and run off so
she so she keeps hold of hold of the dog you
see the you see the dog almost subtle messaging
the eyes looking towards the door she goes to
open she was she's like let's open the door and
Trying to figure out, like, oh, maybe you can
stay in the stable with fandom tonight. As you
make your way outside, the Pomeranian kind of,
like, adjusts itself on your grip. Almost like
it's getting out. Trying to get out. No, no,
no, no, no. No. And then lifts its leg as if
to pee on you. As a warning. You can wait until
we get to, there's hay in the stable. I can't
let you just run away. You don't know what that
communicates. No. It's just a weird dog. She
goes to start bringing the dog to the... Tries
to bite your hand? No. Bad. No. And then the
dog starts swatting its paws at you to try and
hit you. Jeez. I can't let you run away. Someone's
going to be... Aki gets sued for that, probably.
Rawr. Rawr. Rawr, on the count of three, tries
to bite you again. He really wants to be let
go right now. I know. I know, I know, I know.
I think for now, she just keeps going towards
the stables. Does he keep going towards the stables?
you see the dog continues to look a direction
and then looks at you with wide eyes and then
looks back to see um you see a robed you see
a robed man journeying through the uh through
the grounds heading towards the faculty building
and then the pomeranian looks towards you looks
back towards the man and points it points its
tongue at it its tongue is worms right no it's
it's a tongue Oh. Where are the worms? The whole
thing is worms. Where's Tamsin? Wait, her tongue
was worms last time. What's worms this time?
Maybe it's not Tamsin. Maybe. Okay, so she notices
the robed person. And then this is... I think
she gets it. She's like, fuck, you are a familiar,
aren't you? What? Okay, fine. Puts the dog on
the ground. But I swear. I swear if you bring
me back down there and you try to mess with my
memories again. Don't act like that. You know
what? I know you know what I'm talking about.
She just convinces Avanya or someone related
to Avanya. I don't know. Did she say that? Yeah.
And then the eyes open realization and begins
to run. Begins to run towards the real person.
And then like a hunting dog points, points. Did
I have enough? Well, I don't think I had used
anything except my teleport light yesterday.
So I think I have everything. But she'll follow
the dog even though she hates this and she thinks
it's stupid. The dog walks up to the robed man
and then looks at you. And as you get closer
to it, as you get closer to the robed man, you
see the robed man is like cradling his face.
He goes, The dog looks towards you and then bolts
into a nearby bush. To, like, hide? Yeah, it
just completely goes. And as it rushes off, as
it goes into the bush, the man suddenly looks
towards that direction, looking at you. Dog.
Oh, my. God she looks at it annoyed Goes since
it he looks at me she goes towards the Towards
the bush to chill like she's trying to look for
the dog You've lost a dog It's just like I Don't
know. It was some noble got some sort of exemption
or something and now I woke me up in the middle
of the night She looks really annoyed about it.
This man is sporting burns that seem fresh, and
he seems mad right now. Whoa, are you okay? I'll
be fine. You should report this - Do you need
help getting to the infirmary? You should report
this incident to your nearest knight and go back
to - Doesn't go back to sleep. It's late. I don't
want to get a night worked up over a dog. What?
Did something happen? You look like... I'm reporting
the incident to the proper authorities. Oh. You.
You're Velora Avonlea, right? That's right. You
see the really awkward... He seems frozen. Make
an insight check. Eight. It's hard to tell why.
But it just seems like you just surprised him.
It is very late at night after all. And he's
just robed. He doesn't look like a student or
a faculty. I don't recognize what those robes
look like. Not even like a goatee. Not even religious
garbs. No. I'm going to go get this dealt with.
You should go back. School's tomorrow. I mean,
yeah, I just... Are you sure you're okay? I could
go right up to the infirmary. No. I'm fine. I'll
get this situated. Alright. If you're sure. It
was just a little accident. And he's standing
next to the faculty building. Like, he was about
to enter right before you. She nods like, all
right. I mean, you could probably go get medical
attention before reporting it, but whatever.
And she goes to walk away because she can sense
that he's like really, really fucking weird.
At least really weird guy. Yeah. Trying to come
across as though she doesn't think anything's
wrong though. And walk away. As you walk away,
um, You hear a bark from a bush nearby. That's
suddenly a way for the faculty building. As you
see the cute head of a Pomeranian sticking out
of the bush looking towards you. Panting. And
then she cast Pass Without a Trace on her and
the stupid Pomeranian. Because she was going
to walk away and cast Pass Without a Trace. So
that's what she's going to do. And you see the
Pomeranian is like. like asking you to follow
like again going around the buildings now okay
she was you know you can't just like jack brought
a lot of attention to if you want to be sneaky
you can't just like run up to the creepy weird
robe people who are acting really weird walks
away walks away to the back of the faculty building
She follows. As you get to the back of the building,
the Pomeranian is like... There's a window sill,
but there's a huge bush covering it. It's a window
that goes into one of the office spaces. Pomeranian
looks towards you. He just gestures towards it
with his head. This dog is now basically asking
for you to do a B &E. It also spoke. She's pretty
confident it's a familiar right now, so she's
not crazy surprised by this stuff anymore. She's
like, this is weird, stupid magic. She'll go
to carefully look through the window. Lift the
dog up. As you hold the dog up, dog's looking
in there. And then you see the dog kind of look
towards you. And it's kind of like the eyes,
the leading eyes again. Like, go in. Is the window
unlocked? You try it. It's not. It's not unlocked?
It's locked? It's locked. She'll... She'll teleport
in. With the dog. At the best of the dog, you
teleport in. And the dog doesn't seem to be surprised.
This is a magical thing that's happened. And
this dog is like, all right, now we got that
done. Basically. The dog. As you put the dog
down, the dog sniffs the ground. And then puts
its body against the side of the door. And just
puts up a paw. Like, be quiet. And that will
wait. As Valora has seemingly from an outside
perspective has gone crazy. But it's like she
doesn't have reasonable suspicion for it to be.
This is someone's fucking familiar. This is Avanya
again. Thinking I'm more of a dog person than
a cat person and maybe it'll work. I did get
that feeling from you. We go over to Coel. Koal.
Whatever. Fuck you. Is it coal? It's a coal,
like the rock, right? It's like coal, but with
a little bit of a second syllable in there. So,
coal. Koal. Koal. Koal, you watch... You saw
others transpire. A dog runs up to Seliver, dives
into the bush, leaving Valora in an immediate
awkward situation. Am I tailing the others? They're
not out. They haven't gone out. Okay. How far
is that from the church? Because I was waiting
for the others. The faculty building is in the
same vicinity as the church, basically. Got it.
So I just look over. I see Valora and a Pomeranian.
Yeah, the Pomeranian's gone. I just watch her
break and enter. You watch as she goes towards
the back, following the Pomeranian, and that's
it. You don't see what happens, the breaking
and entering. Or just the entering, I guess,
not the breaking. Okay. Noted. The others that
are in here, they are not moving. They're just
still looking in the front door, kind of at them.
Are they doing anything in there? They are not
doing anything. They seem to be just... They
seem to be just... They are just, like, talking.
From the outside looking in, you can't see, like...
You can't see or hear too much. But from the
little you do see, you see that they're just
talking and seemingly waiting. They haven't done
anything. They haven't moved. They haven't moved
Lucy, it seems. Do I... Is there any information
that tells me that Quincy is in there? Do they
talk about him? Do I see him? Anything like that?
As of this moment, I would say from what you're
seeing, it's difficult. Because I don't know
he was in there. Yeah, you don't. I just knew
he was around. I would say you could just basically
see Lucia's prone form and the woman just seated
next to her and that's it. Damn it, I wish this
wasn't on a three day cool down. I could just
never right now. Okay. Alright, if they seem
like they're not moving. And they're just waiting.
I'm going to assume they're waiting for Sullivan.
Did he go to the office or did he go past it?
He went into the faculty building. All right,
we're going after... I guess we'll follow after
him. Yeah, we're going to follow after him now.
If they are seemingly waiting and aren't going
to move, it's probably until he comes back. Okay.
I'll follow after him. As you follow after him,
he's in the fact that you go in. It is one straight
narrow entrance. Are there any windows around
the side that I can peek in? Definitely. I'm
going to look for a window, preferably not the
one that Valora just went into. this so guess
what this is casing um finally make a uh go ahead
give me a perception check a perception check
okay we'll start with that that's a 16. as you're
making as you're making your way around the building
like from a far side just you know casing the
joint casing the place Wait a second. Red hair?
What? Hey, is that for Laura Avonlea through
one of the windows? Seemingly waiting by a door.
You can't see the Pomeranian giving her splinter
cell instructions. Okay, I note that. I go to
the next window to see if I can get an upbeat
on him from a different window. Seemingly, all
of these are office buildings. All of these are
office spaces. At the moment, you can't get a
direct look into the place. You're going to have
to go in, it seems, if you want to see what he's
up to. I'm assuming none of the windows are unlocked,
so I'm going to try and unlock one if none of
them are already unlocked. So you try it, bust
out your luck pick. Not even going to be a check
because you're just going to take your time with
it, sweet time with it, and you open it up. As
you come in, Valora, the Pomeranian goes, oh.
Uh, Mark! That is not Tamsin! You're not very
good at this. Okay. Allura, be calm. I'm trying
to help you out here. That's what I've been trusting.
Okay, good. You've been really good at following
my dog instructions. Okay, but why? What's going
on? Um... Paw up to... Paw up to my... Paw up
to your lips. Okay. There's some people doing
some really shady stuff right now. And I also...
And also, I feel like another presence opened,
but I can't, like, get a read on their mind.
I'm a mind -reading dog. What? You're not a familiar?
No. You're like a druid? Sure. Yeah. What? Skeptically.
Hey, listen. The point is, you're the only one
I can trust right now. Why? And I can't exactly
reveal my identity to you. It is Tamsin. Because
that would make some kind of cosmic entity kind
of really mad. It is Tamsin. And I need you to
trust me, alright? Is she using a voice mod on
the dog? She can control any part of her body.
She's using a voice mod. I saw some strange people
enter the church. That's where Lucia was. What
was everyone doing at the church? Yeah, yeah.
Ah, cool. No, no, sorry. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
At night, I didn't see her leave. So strange
people like the person in the robe? Yeah. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. And why do you care? Dogs aren't
allowed to care. You're not a dog. You just said
that. You're not a dog. Listen, let's not focus
on that right now. We're just... Okay, fine.
What are we doing then? What are we trying to
do? Okay, we're going to be really sneaky, so
stop being so loud. You're being so loud. I'm
not being that loud. I'm going to cast a spell
to make it - You're yelling. You're whisper yelling.
I'm not yelling. You're yelling. You are doing
it right now. And you're the one who got the
attention of the rope guy anyways. Yeah, because
I was - And you hopped into the bush. Okay, yeah,
because I was - Okay, so there's actually what
I thought a reasonable explanation for that.
I also thought you might have would have - hid
with me but you're also not a dog boy he looked
at me before i could hide i was gonna hide okay
okay okay but the thing is i don't think he's
got a beat on you it's just we're just gonna
wait here for a moment just try to listen to
what he's trying to do all right Are they like
in the next room or? I think he's going to. And
you hear from inside the building like. Hello,
sir. Is there a sudden stop? You hear shifting.
And it's just dead silent. I felt magic. Oops,
I mean, I felt magic. Did he kill her? Is there
anywhere she can kind of peek into that room
without opening the door or something? You basically
have to open the door. Okay, I'm not doing that.
Nope. Don't worry. I'm really good at detecting
dead people. I don't feel a dead person nearby.
Weird skill, but okay. It's weird to detect dead
people, yeah. Not really. It's called using your
nose. Anyways, I think the door can be opened
now. Follow my lead. And thank you for trusting
me. You're the best, Valora. Okay. If this is,
like, another stupid... I am going to just, like,
kick you. No. Don't kick a dog. Only if this
is a trap or something stupid like that. It's
literally a Tamsin catchphrase, though. Would
Valora know that? She hasn't talked to Tamsin
as much as you. I don't know. Maybe. I don't
know. If anything prompts an insight check, I'll
take it. But I. Open the door for me. Come on.
Opens the door. Rolls ahead. Walking down the
corridor. Go ahead and give me a self check.
Okay. I knew it was going to be in that one.
I guess I'll re -roll it with inspiration. I
guess. Oh, wait. I could just... No, no, no,
wait. No, that's acrobatics. Never mind. Bandwagon?
No, I'm kidding. I don't think I have your bandwagon.
No, I'm too far. I was going to say, I have a
thing where I can re -roll dex checks. That's
a dex check, right? I think, but I'm trying to
find it so I know exactly what it is. It is a
dex check, but gotta confirm first. I know, I'm
trying to find it. I just have so much stuff.
That it's from my mark, isn't it? Knife edge
instinct. Yes. Oh, yep. Yep. That's right. No,
that's no, that's not what I want. That's double
your Dex mod. Okay. Okay. We'll just do the inspiration.
Go ahead. 22. Better. 22 or 12? 22 because I
have Pass Without Trace. That's right. 22. Also
a 22. My mod is a 15 right now, technically.
Bam! I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you.
As you kind of, like, make your way... As you
make your way into the faculty building, you
see that the office... You kind of, like, get
into, like, the sort of, like, reception area.
The receptionist is gone. The man with the bright
tie, the bright looking clothes is gone. And
you heard his voice earlier. And you kind of
see Tamsin like going up, going up, looking towards
like, not Tamsin, the dog, the Pomeranian. Tamsin?
Looking towards the back, looking towards like
the back faculty area where, you know, like the
teacher's offices and where the board is and
stuff are. Like, are you here? All right. We're
going to have to go in deep, I think. I sense.
And then you see the Pomeranian kind of like
looks for a moment and then dives under a desk.
She goes to hide. As you hide, the door opens.
As you see your father. Exit the back faculty
area. I'm going to beat him up right now. No.
Hello, everyone. Oh, my goodness. We got Raiders.
Hi, Raiders. Thank you. You guys are great. You
guys gave me that at crazy time. Hello. Oh. That's
what you said last time. It's been crazy times.
It's been crazy times. You keep coming in at
crazy times. I'm following a dog on a stealth
mission. A Pomeranian. You see your father exit
the back office area. And closes the door behind
him. And he pulls out his spellbook. And she
begins flipping through it. Anything you want
to do at the moment? If she can see her dad.
What a nerd. I know he is a nerd. He doesn't
have any hit points because he's a wizard and
I hate him. I could do it. Yeah, you could. You
could kill my dad in one hit also. Also. One
night. One night. Two dads. One night. Two dads.
One night. Two dads. One night. I think her attention
locks on her dad when she sees her dad. And she's
watching to see what he does since he doesn't
seem to have noticed them. He turns his front
towards the door. And you see he lifts up after
casting a spell. He lifts up some arcane incantation
from his spellbook. And he places his hand directly
on the lock of the door. Is it arcane lock? Arcane
lock. I was going to say if I recognize the components
beforehand. You've seen him cast this before.
But no, I don't think there's anything I could
do about it anyways. So... Is he locking... Does
it seem like he's locking someone in the room?
Or... It seems like he... Or he's gonna go back
in? It's like locking him on the way out, it
seems, but... Oh, okay. He takes a deep breath.
And begins to walk out of the faculty building.
And moves right past you. He doesn't seem to
see you. Okay. That's not like his office or
something like that. That's just something in
the faculty building. That's just like to the
general faculty like area. Okay. Then... I don't
have a way to get past Arcane Lock except for
teleporting through, but I can only do that one
more time. She'll try to, once he's gone, she'll
try to see if she hears anything beyond that
door, anyone currently beyond that door right
now. Go ahead and give me a reception check for
you. Okay. Six. Put your ear up close to the
door. And you, Koal, also give me a perception
for you. Okay. Oh, my God. The dice are not on
my side. Okay. You're rolling really bad tonight.
So your passive perceptions are what? First night.
20. My passive is 14. Okay. But I do also ask.
is there anyone in there like dog oh yeah let
me just put my sniffer up to it no way i could
just sense it what yeah yeah there's one and
then uh i'll call you here um you hear a like
a like a shut effect and um you hear that but
valori you um even from even from this distance
it was a little uh it was a little difficult
but you see the pomeranian just kind of like
okay one two three four five six there's multiple
people in there multiple tangos i have no clue
how you know that but useful My dad put an arcane
lock on it. I won't be able to open the door
anyways. Turn away. She does, but then tries
to sneak a look. Give me a wisdom saving throw
if you're going to sneak a look. Okay. Four?
It's like the third Nat 2 I've rolled. Take a
level of strife. No! She has depression now!
As you watch, the Pomeranian suddenly, almost,
and it's silent, it's completely silent, rips
itself in half. as tendrils and worms begin to
crawl out of it. It's something that you can't
quite comprehend, as pure darkness seems to spew
out of it. What the fuck? The Pomeranian looks
towards you with its hanging head, lifeless head,
and just goes, No, don't look! She looks away
this time because it's terrifying, but also,
well, I don't, I actually don't think she can.
She's like, okay, is this thing going to kill
me? Are you still looking at it? Yeah. You watch
as one of the tendrils places is wrapped around
the log and you see multiple, what seems to be
like, like worms begin to caress around it. And
you watch as the magic seemingly from the log
is siphoned. You cannot explain what's going
on. You don't know what's going on. Eating the
magic. As you watch as the worms come back and
the dog multiple squishing sounds, viscera, you
watch as like... Like approximations of innards.
Like this dog has a really long intestine. Ew!
Everything. The beating heart. As it comes back
together. And you see so many worms. That is
not a druid thing. What the fuck? Somehow keeping
not yelling. And Koal, you hear... What the fuck?
The dog looks to you and rolls onto its back
and offers its belly. I just thought it could
make you feel better. You weren't supposed to
see that. Am I? Question. Is it like this is
the room where that was locked. This is where
they are. And I'm like over here. like in a room
adjacent to where velour is or am i in a different
room adjacent to the room that was locked you
are in so you're basically like you're basically
parallel to the room that velour was in before
she snuck out and like i'll say that you have
been keeping you have been keeping you have been
keeping the air out um you can if if you open
the door you basically hit down the same hallway
that velour headed down um but it's close enough
where you can got it but i'm not near the Near
the room that's locked. Yeah, you're not near
the room that's locked. They're directly in front
of it. They have been interacting with it. Okay.
I think I have the door creaked and I'm watching.
Do you get a little strife? Well, I don't know.
It probably wasn't already watching. You're probably
here. What the fuck? I'm kidding. Make a stealth
check for me. Now you guys get the Eldritch Horrors.
Is this casing? It's not. Okay, so it's just
a d4. 20. That beats my passive, I guess. Gas.
Seven. The Pomeranian just goes, Okay, well...
You're... Sorry. You're going to have to deal
with that. You're going to have to deal with
that from now on, okay? But there's more important
things right now. Was that your real voice? You
keep lowering your voice. Do I recognize that
voice? It was very quick. But give me an insight
check. Can I, since I caught it that time? You
too. 16. 21. Let me look at Tamsin's Deception.
High, apparently. It's gonna be high for sure.
Oh, goodness. Yep. Wait, Tamsin's Deception?
You're not saying that Tamsin's a dog? Let me
look at this Pomeranian's Deception. Tamsin's
a dog? Velora. Eldritch Horror? Hold on. Yeah,
this person's been putting on a voice and knows
your name. You caught like a little glimpse of
a voice and it did feel more feminine. Do with
that what you will, but you did catch it. This
dog is a woman. We're proud of her. That's what
I'm getting. Ally. That's what 21 insight gets
you. The dog is a woman. She's a feminine nominon.
She's a feminine nominon. That's what I thought
of. Get it on like pump bomb. We were talking
about it earlier. Okay. Velora? I'm sensing a...
And Cole, you see this. The Pomeranian goes,
I'm sensing some strong magical presences ahead.
Okay. And we're just spying on them? Yeah. Just
gonna spy on them. And then maybe I'm gonna...
I think I'm going to keep myself around because
I think I can help, but you should see this.
I think you should see this too. So are we ready?
She shrugs. Kind of like, I'm here, but... YOLO.
Alright. I need to hunt down what that blocked
presence is, one of these... Like, I just feel
something. It makes me angry. I can open the
door if you want. Okay, but you said there's,
like, a bunch of people in there. Are they gonna
notice us, or are they, like, far away? Oh, they're,
like, yeah, they're going, like, deeper and deeper.
Okay, I guess we'll follow. as you open the door
and head in. Kind of wipe hand after touching
the doorknob that I saw get eaten, get wormed
on. It was like... Ew! Ew! Gross. Gross, gross,
gross, gross, gross. Um... I'm following after.
You're following after? Koala, as you follow
after and you make your way past the door as
you follow along... You hear the door to the
faculty building open. Again. And then you hear
the sound of the door closing. It's the front
door. The actual entrance to the building. And
then locks. And then you hear a lock. Okay. Alright.
Um. Okay. Um. I will... I don't have anything
that would help at all here. I'm going to close
the door behind me. Can I try and reverse lock
it? Like normal lock it? Of course. This one's
going to be a slighter handshake. Um, Emma? Give
me a D100. Not, not Thieves' Tools? Thieves'
Tools. It gave me Thieves' Tools, yes. Okay,
okay. Oh, my insight would have had disadvantage.
16. It's okay. Oh, no. 11. 16. 16. Okay. Dice
are not on my side today. They just really aren't.
So. As you're attempting to do it, you have many
lockpicks. You have many. But this one, in this
case, you just hear the dreaded sound. Snap.
Damn. Footsteps are getting closer. I don't have
time to get that piece out, right? You can try.
Slide a hand check. Emma? From now on, from now
on to this point forward, you have 16 cumulative
points that you can add to these two's skill
checks. So if someone needs a 20 and they roll
a 16, you could spend four of your 16 points
to add four. If only you'd gotten 100. If only
I'd gotten 100. Well, does anyone need some points
there, Albert? It's a sleight of hand to pull
it out or a thief's tool to pull it out? It'll
be thief's tool. Okay, I want to just pull it
out to leave no trace and get the fuck away.
Okay, 22. You pull it out. Okay, I'm just going
ahead. It's unlocked. Whatever. I need to not
be seen when I open the door. Both of you, you
make stealth checks. As we're going to go over
to another perspective. This is not casing. Is
mine casing, though? Sure. 28. 21. 21 and 28.
Thank goodness for Pass Without Trace being on
my mark. rolls I needed. You rolled an 18. Wait.
An 18? He rolled. If Lucio somewhere gains inspiration.
Lucio was in there the whole time. Just because,
what's it called? I was in his war bond. And
on an 18, it's a crit success that he gains inspiration.
Yep, that's right. So he's asleep and he just
has a good dream. She's been there. Guys, Lucio's
been there the whole time. Lucio. I didn't forget
about you. I was kind of hoping you would. You
get to kill someone's dad now. Stop! That's what
happened with me. Don't say anything for the
whole session. Then kill dad. No! It's Eric.
He's coming back. This is your chance. There
is nothing. Warm, primordial blackness. Your
conscience ferments in it. You are nothing more
than a single grain of malt. You've been here
before. How many times? You can't count. You
can't count because you don't know how to count?
Or is it because it's happened so many times?
Has it happened so little? You're not sure. Path
after path. Bifurcation after bifurcation. Split
after split. It all has happened while you float.
what's on your mind at the moment what what prevails
let's say a dark cloud hangs heavy on your thoughts
revealing and the only thing that can the only
thing that you can think about the only thing
are you okay I'm just very wet now. I'm sorry,
man. The only thing you could think about is
what can warp, what can reach the zenith of your
mind, the utmost thing of importance. Can you
tell us that in one word? Wow. Well, what's the
last thing she would remember? Right now? Orie
covering your mouth as you lose consciousness.
So you're asking what's the one word that encapsulates?
What's at the very top of her mind? What is at
the forefront? Fear. Fear. You feel dark, cold,
clammy hands suddenly rip you. It is mysteriously
the same feeling of when you're fearful about
something, of when you're scared. Some presence
tears, pulls, adjusts your heart in wicked, malicious
ways. Give us a memory. Big ask. A lot to ask
of you right now. And I'll give you time. But
give us a memory. Something that's happened in
the game. And hey, it's okay. I know I put pressure
on you. But you can take your time. Memory related
to fear? Related to fear or anything pleasant.
Anything that's happened during the course of
the game. Anyone that's... Anything that's related
to anyone. Anything that's happened ever that
Lucia would remember. She would remember dancing
with Garvey at the ball. A gentle sway. You'll
remember it perfectly. The spinning around the
room as Garvey and his soft but warm hands with
an almost protective embrace of your hands guides
you from gently glides you across the dance room.
There's something you haven't noticed about it
before as you're remembering it now. His thoughtful
look. His... The way... The way his eyes moved.
Garvey... Cared. I mean, he's always... He always
had. He took note of your every step of your
every form. He corrected, if anything. was to
be cutting, but he made sure that the experience
was perfect in the first place. Yeah, I think
that's the last time she felt safe. Lucia! Wake
up! A sudden vision. Quincy paralyzed. Bloodied
on the ground. Gone. The warmth of the dance
floor. Gone. A private moment that you feel someone
is digging your closet into. A private moment
that was just for the two of you now being...
now being looked at by someone else. And then
warm primordial blackness once more. Your head
feels cold. When was the last time you felt happiness?
On her picnic with Cole. After a job well done.
And the reassuring smile from Valora. From their
talk outside. These come to. Job well done. Reassuring
smile. Genuine friendships. Genuine connections
you have made. Get a better look at the heavenly
girl. I want to see what she knows. Ew! Oh no!
Oh no, Jenny! You're remembering your time on
the underground. The time of the curse. Flora
is there. All is there. Ivana. You hear? They
know about it. Do we have time to get them? I'm
not sure. We might have to employ the help of
Avonlea. Am I aware of this? You're seeing it
happen? Am I allowed to... alter? Fake a memory?
Give me a d20. The dc is 50. Did you say 50?
Yeah. So I have to get a nat 20? Yes. No. Well,
no way. Do you still have your, like, re -roll
for your Warbombed? Do I? I believe that was
used when you tried to resist. But then she rewinded
time. Oh, that's right. So, I do have one inspiration.
If you want to try it. 50? Yeah, it's 50. Jesus.
No? I guess there's fucking 12? Fake cannot be
changed! Fake cannot be changed, I guess. Being
the number 12, we just chillin'. That's what
I was rolling before, too. Oh my god. Ah! Session
of 12. Close. But not quite there. As you are
attempting to... Driving. You do feel the machinations
of something. Of something. Of something. Playing
or something. Probing. You're trying to will
something. But it's just not coming to. And you
hear. This. Find the Evan Leia girl. Lucia? Lucia?
Can you hear me? You've been here before. You've
been here before. I hate this so bad. Hello.
Lucia. Think. Try to free up any space of your
mind. Don't worry. I could fulfill your wish.
I know exactly... I know exactly what you want.
Go ahead and acknowledge me if you can hear me.
Is this ERI or is this the voice probing in her
head? It is your eye What do you want? I'm here
to help I'm here to fulfill your wish Your memories
Your memories are going to change. They're going
to toy with you through and through. You believe
this? You believe this is a rare experience?
No. It's happened before. Again and again and
again. And it's tortured your beloved father.
Again and again and again. It's a horrible thing,
isn't it? The shackles you wear? How it tries
to control your life? Your father has always
thought that every time they've changed your
memory, that that current Lucia, the one that
he knew, had died, and that there was a new one.
So to him, to this man with a lot of past, little
present, and no future, he had let you died multiple
times and i'm going to be honest it's a little
inconvenient to you to you if we prevent this
from happening But I can help you with what you
want to do right now. As you can tell, I'm a
very special person. With very special talents.
You want to save your friends. Yeah. Want to
save them. And I can provide that for you. Are
you the hands from beyond? No, nothing like that.
I'm Ihorai. I am a man of no consequence. But
you'll need something. Well, of course. What
is it? For every miracle I give you, I just ask
for little bumps. I just ask to have a hold within
your sort of proximity. You are a violent and
irrepressible miracle. Miracle surrounds you
in every circumstance. I just simply want to
be a part of it. To take parts of it. To... Manifest
the changes that I want. You want to control
time? To share it. It's yours. I just want to
be a part of it. I just want to be a part of
the narrative. And I want you to control yours.
Really good at leaving out certain things. What
are we thinking? You're not a devil. No. I'm
not. You have better contracts. Are you a god?
No. Nothing like that. That's a lot of responsibility.
I am a man seeking his place in the world. In
all of the planes that connect through each little
part of it. That's what everybody wants, right?
A legacy? That's what I want. Yes. Because, if
I'm being completely honest, they're heading
headfirst into danger right now. You will? I
would shake your hand, but this is a little more
complicated than that. But I'll do it later.
Lucia, you have gained an ability. Called Illithid's
Wisdom. From now on, from now on, whenever you
make a check, You can turn it into a natural
20. That's terrifying. From now on. But. As for
the cost of that. I get a natural 20. For free.
I hate that. I store them up. I can use them
anytime. I would rather rewind fucking time.
You really are something really, really great,
Lucia. As I said before, you are a violent and
irrepressible miracle. The vacuum of the cosmos
and the stars burning in it are afraid of you.
Given enough time, you would wipe us all out
and replace us with nothing just by accident.
But your heart's too good for that. They're scared
of you. They're scared of the wonderful thing
that you can be. If you're a love to your own
devices. You have a beautiful face, Lucia. And
that's your problem. You see, this around you,
this is real darkness. It's not death or war.
Real darkness has love for a face. And you have
a very kind face. But you haven't... But I say
you haven't died yet, Lucia. The first death
is in the heart. And boy, do they want it. Now,
shall we get back to what you were doing? New
wind underneath your wings? She doesn't respond,
but there is an acceptance in her presence. Perfect.
In dark times, the stars don't have to go out.
Let me get to work. Roll a d20 again to adjust
your memory. To will it. Will it. Fucking do
something. If it's another 12, I think roll 20
is cursed. God damn it. You rolled a d12. Oh,
shit. Consciously spun. Hashtag cursed. Fuck.
Four. Even worse. Do you want to change it into
a 20? I don't know what that means! What would
that mean? What does that mean? It gets a natural
20 to use at another time. I know, but what do
I gain? How many memories? You know what I mean?
You succeed and we will see what that entails.
Fuck it. Yeah. I'll do it. Okay. Perfect. I said,
I was like, don't do it. And then you just said
at the same time, I said, fuck it, I'll do it.
I'm like, okay. It's fine. It's fine. It's the
more exciting choice. How do you adjust it? Do
you leave them out? Do you leave them out? Yeah.
I leave Valora and Cole out of it. Okay. And
Phantom. And Phantom. It's just her. Just her.
Do you leave out the other woman too? Would she
know to do that? It's completely up to you. We
know they asked us not to talk about it with
anyone. Does Lucia... Oh, well, she called her
petal. Right? Yes. Then yes, she'll leave her
out too. Okay. Nothing over here. Keep moving.
We need to see if anyone has sought out her situation,
if anyone knows at all. You recall the conversation
that you had with Valora at the library, where
you told her about how you can see the future.
Now, this is up to you if you want to change
it. Maybe this is not so bad. It's not about
your curse. It's just about your powers. It's
about what you can do. I'm going to change the
memory so that Valora doesn't understand. Well,
D20, if you're going to make any attempt to change,
it's going to be a D20. Wait, so they don't know
I know about the curse now? And the stuff before
about we need to find her is gone now? Yep, that's
good. Because of ERI? This stuff is very beneficial.
I'm gonna say everything. I'm not gonna genie
wish it. It's gonna be beneficial to you. 18.
So close. But not enough. I'm scared to spend.
I'm going to let that one go. I'm going to let
that one slide. I'm going to let that one slide.
You can see that one. Tim is like, damn it. I
want to use five nat 20s on someone in a row.
He's just trying to bait you out. Is it me? Tim's
like, is it I or is it Yari? I hate Yari. Beat
him up. You recall... You recall... When... You
were talking to Ornalba. And he confessed to
you. He killed your family. Weeping. That...
You learned... That somehow in your mind you
knew that you had to kill him in order to get
rid of the curse. This implicates Sonalda. What
the fuck is that? Wait, wait. So this implicates...
Sonalda confessed to you. Right. he's oh oh you're
oh got it you're saying oh it's revealed that
and they're saying like oh he shouldn't have
said he shouldn't have revealed like that's right
yeah it shouldn't have revealed that they probably
went after him she still thinks he's alive yes
that sucks this is so this is a tragedy right
here because she still thinks he's alive so wait
but does she know her curse is gone does she
feel it's gone You don't know. Don't know. Okay.
Okay. So assuming that she still thinks she still
has her curse, she would use... Let me roll.
Let me try one roll to change this one. Come
on. Nope. Okay. There's another nat 20 for you.
Okay. You changed it. It was just a good day
with you and Rinalda? Picking tea, talking about
the melody bowl. Okay. I get 11 natural 20s.
Did you say 11? 11? I'm kidding. I just did Roman.
Two tallies? Two tallies. I was like, 11. I was
like, what? Like, okay, unfair deal, actually.
Anything else you want to think about while the
scouring? I think suspicious on anything. Anything
else you would like for me? Anything you want
to get ahead on? Can they see her visions or
just her memories? Um. Your memories. Not the
visions that she's seen. They can't see those.
No, they can't. Okay, that's good. She wants
to hide Tamsin. She knew that whatever Tamsin's
dealing with is really dangerous. She wants to
hide that from them. As you think about that,
and the memories come up, you're willing it.
You're trying your best, but then you feel it's
being willed in front of you. It's being shielded.
Hands from beyond got it covered. Thanks? The
hands are doing this to her. You can't see me.
You can't see me. Sorry, guys. I'm thinking I'm
literally backlogging every fucking conversation
I've had with any NPC. Would Archie get in trouble
for teaching her common? For the comment he made?
They already know and it doesn't seem... it doesn't
seem like they think it's a huge issue they have
looked at it but they don't seem to be it doesn't
seem to be anything bad does she oh no she was
passed out right in terms of taking away her
letter or they were saying it was okay they're
reconfiguring it but they're like but they're
basically like letting you keep it like you have
the knowledge of writing it yes right okay When
she wakes up, will she have all of these memories
or will she be back at square one? I'll be talking
about that with you after the game's over. I
don't know. Sorry. I'm going to open this to
the table. Is there anything? Is there anyone
I'm missing, guys, of things that should be?
Did you already get when? Okay, wait. Would they
be able to see ERA talking to you about when
you seized up with Cole and the picnic? They
haven't seemed to have gone to that, and it's
been a long process. They haven't gone to it.
They've gone through the most recent stuff. They
haven't seen it. It's seemingly like anything
in the metaphysical space of your visions or
in your head. It's fine. I think it's more like
conversations with other NPCs. Yeah. Player characters.
Yeah, I just didn't know if you guys had talked
about that afterwards. You should have had Melody
Fidelity with you down in the underground. She
knows. No, Lucio would not condemn Melody. Should.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Get her arrested. Get
Melody arrested. Well, get Melody killed. Well,
the thing is, too, though, if they go to modify
her memory and then don't find the memories,
it's like, yeah. Not a good... Is there any NPC
I'm missing that was like... I don't think so.
Harvey should be fine. You haven't told anyone
else about your visions, right? It was just Tamsin
and... Just Tamsin and Valora. Those are covered.
And they're covered. Well, no. Valora's not.
But she's covered on the other side of that.
We haven't really talked about, I mean, we haven't
really talked about what happened down there
with the mushroom thing outside of that event.
Like, we've been like, but we haven't really
talked about it. What's good is that she compartmentalized
that, which came in clutch. I guess I don't,
I feel like this is too far removed. Cause like,
yeah, if you, if you covered up the, the whole
talking about the curse and the underground thing,
then Dean is automatically probably safe too.
Cause Dean was technically there, but I feel
like he's already safe because of that. I'll
just make it quickly. Yeah. He's safe. Okay.
Uh, then we're, that's probably it then. That's
it. Right. I think so. That's it. The worms.
The hands from beyond. Every worm is safe. No
worm left behind. No worm left behind! As they
begin to shuffle through, he goes, It seems like
it's mostly been isolated incidents. I would
still like - I would still like to monitor...
Garvey... Garvey and Avonlea. Because... That
can be arranged. Alright. Let's begin the process.
Ew, that's not good. You look back towards your
memory with Arnalda, which you guarded. A sudden
ice spike. Like, just spikes right through your
head. The smile of Arnalda, his puffy eyes, is
replaced with the smile of Aurier. Oh, ew. You
feel it. You feel like you're on the hinge of
losing it. On the hinge of losing your circuit
father smile. His last moments are... That sucks.
And... As you're actively losing yourself, you
hear... Here I go. Well, this is about my time
to head out. Hey! I see you again. This was good.
Any last departing words? If she had a hand,
she would reach out to one of the ice spikes.
Can you save that one for me? I just want a smile.
A real smile. Roll... 8d20. I'm gonna get fuckin'
yeeted. Now... 7. It's better this way. Valora.
Well. Um. Random dog. Bahamiranian thing. Bahamiranian.
So let me see. You guys. Let me look at your
guys' stealth. Valora, you're at 21. Well. 28.
And for Aurea, I rolled an 18. You say Aurea?
Yeah. Calling her Aureo now. I gotta make fun
of her. Which is now a nat 20. I make full...
We rolled a 21, right? So you're fine. I have
16 points to give to both of them. Addo succeeds,
yeah. It doesn't matter. Valora. Cool, as you
make your way down... As you make your way down
the hall. The dog goes, alright. I feel the presence
getting a lot closer. It's gonna... And then
coming right around the corner, immediately locking
eyes with you. It's almost scary how much she
carves a figure in this darkness, how much different
she looks. It's Aurier. From in front? In front,
yes. In front of us? Yeah, I was keeping kind
of a distance because I didn't want the Lorian
Pomeranian to see me. Fine. So I'm a little back.
She definitely notices me? Yes, she's looking
right at you. She goes, this stupid dog tries
to... Revan, like... Oh, uh... Executor. I've
been chasing this dog out the... I don't even
know how. Rolls around. She goes to, like, dive
at it. To try to get it. Dodges you. Just a dodge.
This dog... Made its way into the... Faculty
building. I... I don't even... The... She's gotta
think... Gotta think fast. She goes... The door
wasn't completely shut, and I... But it, like...
I've been following it all night. It woke me
up. And now I'm all worried about, like... It's
probably some noble's pet. And now that I'm with
it, I'm going to be responsible for losing it.
She's still trying to catch it. The dog. Make
a deception check with disadvantage. Yeah. I
already had disadvantage from the strife. Tim,
I have not magically gotten inspiration at any
point. Right? Probably not. No. I rolled two
ones. What's his advantage? Even if I gave you
the full 16, it wouldn't do anything, would it?
I have inspiration. I just don't feel like it's
worth spending it. I don't think it's going to
help. That's not a good line. Emma! Do you want
to turn it to a nat 20? No. It's fine. No, I've
already used... How many? Two? Two, but he used
one of them. He used one, so he has one left.
I'm going to say no. This can really help Valora.
No, it won't. She wants me out of here no matter
what. And they're already suspicious of me. So...
I don't... Don't let him tempt you. It's fine.
Okay, okay. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm kidding.
I'm kidding. It is ultimately your choice. No.
No. Okay. That's okay because it's already in
that 20. Her role is in that 20? Yeah. You used
it. Oh. Not a used one? She rolled it naturally?
No, ERI. Oh, he's giving you a nat 20. Laura.
No. Yes. Yes? Yeah. Okay. So... So you going
down here is bad. Or yay. Sighs. Come here, little
one. The dog sits. Oh, okay. Real nice for you.
He's been... He won't listen to things. I got
hold of him and then he got free again and...
Or she. I don't know. I've always had a way with
dogs. What are you doing up anyways? It's like,
what time even is it? You know, I'm simply attending...
I'm simply attending to some administrative work.
As High Executor. Alright. Let me escort the
both of you out of this building. You and your
friend. She's supposed to pick up the dog. Oh,
she thought she was talking about the dog and
she sees her look somewhere else. Question. Yes.
What is the layout right here? It is a massive
interconnected hallway. You can't hide. You can't
stoop out of there, but you do hear her calling
you out, basically. Is someone still approaching
from behind? Yes. Do I have any way to escape?
And who is your friend following you? What? It's
very genuinely confused. She looks the direction
she was looking. And now the next part depends
on cool. I dressed like a Phantom of the Opera.
Theater kid. He's method acting. I dress like
the Phantom of the Opera. She knows I'm here.
Do I know if there is another... Because I don't
know if there's another way around, but like...
Are there other rooms? Definitely. There's offices
and stuff in here, yeah. Peeking into an office,
is there a window? Is there anything? Any other
escape route? There are windows. You could absolutely
try to get your way out of here, yes. The part
is just like, you've been discovered, quote unquote.
It just depends. She sees you. I think I've done
enough for the day. We're going out a window.
We're going out a window. Deuces. Freaking Kermit
flings himself out a window. I won't even open
it. I will just through a window and I will see
Farrah just out the window. Easily. Easily, I
say. Okay, I'm getting out of there. Aurier's
face grows flat for a moment before going. Forgive
me, I must... And then you see Eric, your father,
down the hallway, sees you, and seems kind of
stunned. Valora. Oh. You're doing administrative
business too? I was simply finishing up for the
rest of the night. There was a lot of work I
missed. What are you doing here? This dog ran
off. Don't worry, Master Adams. We have it under
control now. I was just about to assist your...
Daughter outside of the premises. Right. Well,
I wish you a good night, then. What? Is something
happening? Hmm? Is something happening? No, I'm
just catching up on my work. Aurea goes, come
on. You really shouldn't be behind these places
anyways. Follow along. She holds the dog. So
now you're an angel. Bat's eyelashes. And you
follow Aurea as you're escorted out. Yeah, she
has to. You're escorted out of the building.
Orie goes, if it's anything I can deal with,
I can deal with the lost dog. Well, it's important
for you to get your rest tonight. I mean, if
you have... Other work to do, though. I was just
gonna put it in with Phantom's pen for the night
and then go back to bed and figure it out in
the morning. But apparently this guy's pretty
elusive, she says, looking in the face. But Phantom
won't let him, though. Well, I trust your judgment.
Why don't I escort you... Why don't you... Do
what you need. I can escort you back to your...
Your dorm. Really? Is something wrong? Like...
I... No, nothing. I'll be okay making it to my
dorm. Well, it's only if... It's only if you
wish. It is just... It's just dark out here.
Well, that's nice of you. I... But you have no
reason to be... It's already late. You have no
reason to be afraid. I'm not. I just... If you
have stuff you're doing, I'll be fine. Lucia
seemed a little solemn when we were... Oh no,
they had to leave early. What? Why? He wouldn't
have left without talking to her. I would have
thought. I wish I had known. I wish I knew the
true reason, but... I've met with... I've found
her on her lonesome. Within the back confines
of the church, and... She seemed rather solemn,
but I spent time with her. We wrote a letter
together. I've helped her write a letter. Is
she doing alright? Did she go back to bed or
something by now? I believe so. Why would he
come all this way just to leave before we're
actually getting to talk to her? I believe Lusardi
is rather sick. Perhaps he returned home to perhaps
he Perhaps he hit the limit of his stamina and
had to return home in order to seek care. This
is just me theorizing, of course. There's no
way it's that. I mean, he could stay. It'd be
more strange to go all the way back home after
you're already here. It'd make more sense to
rest here and use the infirmary at Ivor Bryn
or something. I'm sure he has connections to,
like, clerics and stuff in town. Hmm. Correct.
Maybe he just doesn't want to face her. It looked
like they'd argued a bit when I walked in on
their conversation. I don't know about what.
It would be characteristic of him. To be unable
to face. His past. What do you mean? Arnalda
has led a... rather difficult life. A warrior
for the ministry. He has done much in the name
that he seems to be quite ashamed of. He was
never one for dealing with moments as they come
to pass. But instead I held those feelings inside
of him, and refused to spoke about them. To many,
he is a man with a lot of past, and little present,
and no future. I shouldn't speak this way about
someone I think about so highly. You don't think
those things about him. Of course, I have a different
view on him. Perhaps a long time ago, I did think
of those things. But... The no future, that is
not true. Every time he is with Lucia, there
is an impossible light in his eyes. How was Lucia
when you left her? Is she okay? Doing alright?
I told her about Arnolda. I feel as if Lucia
has inherited that aspect of him where she finds
it difficult to speak about what's truly on her
mind. Maybe as a way to protect everyone else
around her. So you think she was just pretending
like she was okay with it while you were with
her? Yes. Do you feel that way too? Often? You
manipulative little bitch. Well, I don't know.
Sometimes I don't get Lucia. I haven't known
her that long. Not like you have. Some of the
things she says don't really don't always make
sense, but she seems pretty open to me most of
the time. She smiles at that. That's a good development,
then. Maybe just being around someone her own
age for once. I know that makes a difference
for me, too. I see. Well... We can discuss this
more. If you would like, over the next... Oh,
if you would like, I'm always around. Oh, yeah.
I have a lot of memories about... About Arnalda
and Lucia. I'd feel bad if he just up and left
before she got to talk to him. Yes. I want to
know why as well. As he is not here. I am afraid
we won't know until we see him. Well, he couldn't
have gone far. It's not been that long. Maybe
I'll have to hunt him down. She tries to gauge
her reaction to that. Laura's playing fucking
chess. She smiles at that and kind of like, she
just laughs at it a little bit. Like she's thinking
it's a joke. No, seriously. I can see a phantom
right now. Probably stopped. Probably went to
an inn or something. He wouldn't just die if
he's sick. He wouldn't go all through the night.
And maybe I need to go tell him he can't just
leave Lucia like that. He's a confronter and
actually... I don't know what he's scared of,
but... These are all valid. Talk to her. Ultimately,
I cannot control what you do. I feel like it
would be an extension of me, of my will as well,
if you were to do that. You're not tired. Oh,
I'm so tired. I was just about to say, like...
I mean, I guess fuck it. I mean, sorry, you're,
um... Language? I'm sorry. Goodness. Um... Tired.
But... Um... Maybe I'll do that, then. While
it's dark out. My phantom's got a pretty good
nose on him. Oh, I bet he could get the scent
from that jam jar Lucia gave me. All comes back
to the jam. If you'd like. Yeah, I just... Lucy
has got to be really upset about it. She at least
deserves an explanation why. So I'll go yell
at him. I'll go yell at an old man in the middle
of the night. May I? offer an opinion? It's not
an extension of your will anymore. I do want
this to be said to him. But perhaps pursuing
an older man in the middle of the night to abscond
him. Perhaps that is a task that is more suited
to me. Well, you're welcome to come. I would
not want you to get in trouble. I mean, the only
person... It's not like he gets... I'll be fine.
I've gone to classes on less sleep. And it's
important to me, you know? I'll come with you.
I shouldn't have invited her. Fuck. I was gonna
say, this is literally a game of chicken. I know.
She goes... Alright. Um... So I go get the...
The jam jar, unless I have something else. I
mean, that might just make him think I'm talking
about Lucia, too. Um... Though... If he went
down the mountain, it would have been however
many hours ago. It would be quite long, yes.
I bet he's still in town. I bet he didn't go
leave from Hafan. I bet he's holed up somewhere
in town. That's what I have to figure out. Avonlea,
why don't you rest for tonight? You have your
entire house is reliant on you. And what does
that have to do with it? I hear a mission is
coming your way soon. Is that right? Yes. Well,
kind of all the more reason to take care of this
now. Lucy is supposed to go on a mission while
thinking about this without I will see the situation
done with I'd be fine really I appreciate the
concern, I just... Let this be my concern. This
should be me. So... Where do you think he's staying,
then? I'll send out letters. But I know he often
responds quick. We'll be in communication. Yeah.
Offer us to take the dog from you. That's fine.
I'll let him room with Phantom. No, it's okay.
I can take care of it. Run, Tamsin, run! I feel
responsible now, though. No. Go to bed. I'll
be fine. Seriously. Please. I'm heading straight
there afterwards. I can take care of the dog.
Hamzen, run! She... just goes... Is there really
nothing... nothing wrong tonight? Both you and
my dad? Haven't lay out. And you're trying to
shoo me off to my room? Are my concerns not valid?
I think it's a little excessive. You are a leader.
People are relying on you. Alright, and I have
to make my own decisions. You are someone Lucia
respects, and I think... Your title demands a
lot of respect and everything, but you're not
my parent. And to be frank, my parent here, I
don't really care what he thinks either. Eric
has been standing there this whole time. I don't
think so. He's been walking. He's not there.
Could you imagine? I thought he was just like
awkwardly just standing there, still down in
the building. That would be fucking funny as
shit. I thought we were, like, walking towards
the stable because that's where I said I was
going. Simple advice is all. All right. And if
it's just advice, then I can choose to take it
or not, correct? Yes. Well, I appreciate the
advice. Very well. My apologies. If I've offended
you. Not at all. Shall you be on your way then?
Go get this dog situated. But you have a good
night. You as well. You turn and make your way
back into the faculty building. Who's to start
carrying the dog to the stables? Well, actually,
you can just let me go here. No, I think maybe
we should go all the way just in case. Okay.
I'm gonna be real good. Yeah, I don't think they'd
buy me running after the dog a third time. Especially
since the dog got past an arcane lock. That's
probably what my dad's talking about right now.
And I don't know what to say to that. Except
that, oh, maybe your magic's not very good. Maybe
you're bad. So bad that a dog can beat it. Okay,
it was really easy to just... Oh, okay. I actually
don't want to think about that again. I think
I'm going to have nightmares about that. I should
have just used my necrotic saliva. Oh, I can
turn it off when I lick. If I can lick you, I
can turn it off. It's okay. I don't want you
to lick. Don't lick me. I'm not gonna. I'm not
gonna. But I could. But I'm not gonna. But I
can. Okay. She turns the Pomeranian to look it
in the eyes. She goes, Who are you? Pom -pom.
No. Yeah? You are a woman who knows me. Whoa.
And Lucia. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. I heard your voice. Oh, you didn't. Yeah,
you're changing your voice. No. Because I know
your real voice. You sound crazy. No. You sound
crazy right now. Whoa, whoa, whoa, you don't
do that to dogs. Yeah, well, you're not a dog.
You're not a dog. I am a dog. I am a dog. Okay,
well, you are a dog right now, but you're not
a dog. I'm a druid? No, I don't even believe
that anymore. You were like a weird, like, tentacle
thing. I am really good at being a druid. And
that's not what druids do! Oh yeah, you know
what druids do? I've lived with druids for a
while. What? Oh, you know what druids do? Yeah,
I went camping out with druids for weeks while
I was training Phantom. Not my druids. You're
not a druid! You're like some sort of monster
thing or what? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no. Okay, well, what are you? Who are you?
Put me down, put me down, put me down. No, you're
going to run away. I will feed you to Phantom.
Valora, I need to tell you that there are a quintillion
reasons why that is a really bad idea. Okay,
yeah, I believe that actually, so. And like,
if I can, if I really want to get away from you,
I can like, you saw what I could do. Yeah, I
did. and I don't want to see it again. So I don't
even scare you, like, a little bit. Oh! Okay.
Um... Not a woman. The eyes! Weird tentacle thing
who normally talks in a high -pitched voice that
I would recognize because you lowered your voice
on purpose. Oh, like this? No, it wasn't like
that. Your memory's all crazy. You are kind of
tired. I woke the full way up the second I saw
you do that. No, no, no, no, no. You should go.
You should get some rest. I feel like you've
seen some things today. Oh, you know what? You
know what? Maybe I will go to bed. Once I lock
you up with Phantom. Okay. But, okay, but you
said Lucia was at the church still. Yeah. Aurea
says she went to bed a while ago. Obviously Aurea's
lying. Because they're hiding something there.
Maybe I actually should go looking for Arnalda?
Hmm. They seem... That last conversation I think
was... Was pretty tense. Yeah. I think they got
sights on you right now. Yeah, but she knows
that I might do that. She expects me to potentially
do that. Hmm. I told her I was going to do what
I want. If you weren't holding me like this,
I would rub my chin right now. By the way, hopefully
you are not going to remember this. What are
you... Okay, are you going to wipe my memory
too? No, not me. Who? Don't worry about it. I'm
going to worry about it. Oh gosh, who was that
presence I couldn't detect? Like, I could detect
them, but I couldn't get in their mind. Yeah,
or he said someone was following us too. I want
to hunt it down. I want to... Eat it? What? You
can't just eat people. Oh my gosh, I don't need
to hear this talk again. Again? No, okay, wait,
hold on a moment. Okay, so you're some sort of
serial killer who can turn into a dog. I'm a
friend. A serial killer who can turn into a dog.
I'm a serial killer. Wow, that's crazy. Okay,
so you're just a murderer. No, you're making
way too many assumptions. Cannibal. Well, I don't
even know if you're a cannibal. It's not a cannibal
because you're like a tentacle. You sound so
crazy right now. I think you need to go to sleep.
Yeah, because this is fucking crazy! What if
Phantom sees you? If he hadn't mentioned the
necrotic saliva, I would actually feed you to
him. Hmm. Let me down. No. Oh! Oh! Go! She's
trying to get back. Okay. I don't know what I
just said. Um... Don't make me do it. Don't make
me do it. Don't make you do what? I gotta go
somewhere. Don't make me... Okay, well, I'm just
trying to figure out what we should do next because
obviously something's wrong and Lucia's not okay.
Why don't you talk to her tomorrow? Yeah, I'm
just worried about her. I am too. But there's
an inclination in my mind now that tells me that
maybe this is the way things have got to be.
Okay, but am I really going to forget this? Oh,
no. All of this, no, but me? At the very least,
the worm thing? Hopefully. Why won't you explain
anything? I really don't want to let you go until
you explain things. Just let her go. No! You
did that in front of me! And now you say you
know me and you already know us? Well, Laura...
If I really wanted to, I would be gone right
now. Alright, and you don't, so you can explain
it to me. Okay, I'm giving you a warning! Okay.
Three... Two. One. Zero and a half? What if I
start fucking really loud? Okay, do it. Okay,
you made me do this. Make it wisdom save. No!
She doesn't. She just really... pushing uh five
gain another level of strife oh no as you watch
as you watch as this dog in front of you completely
melts into worms your hands are covered um as
you as it just completely dissolves and slips
through your hand some leeches are left behind
on your hand um You see as the worms kind of
like crawl away from you and the leeches leap
off of you after having clamped down for just
a second. One of the worms stands up straight,
looks like seemingly like its head, whatever
its eyes, little beady eyes look back towards
you. And she goes, see, I told you. Yeah, she's
horrified. But she just tries to get stuff off
her hands and she's not going to keep pushing
it. All right, with all of that now and that
craziness, what's Valora doing? I think she genuinely
does want to look for Arnalda, but I also don't
want to take up our time with that. Out of character.
You won't find him. I know. If you want. You
and I can get this concluded in a unique way.
Off stream. Alright. Okay. I don't think there's
a lot to do there anyways. I mean, we can probably
just say you do. You go to bed when you have
to give up. Probably, right? We'll see what happens.
Okay. There's a few things. Well. You've made
your exit. Whatever this is, it's difficult.
But from what you have heard, Lucia is precious.
And the curse is gone. I think Cole, once he
is sufficiently far from all of that, he will
find someplace private, change out of his phantom
disguise back into Cole. I think he's going to,
just to confirm something, he's going to swing
by He's going to swing by the noble dorms. Okay.
Go to Quincy's room. Not. Nothing. Is there anyone
here? Yeah, he does have neighbors. But they're
in the room. Everyone's holed up for the night.
From outside with lights on? No. I'll knock one
more time. Nothing. Okay. All right. I will say
that confirms something. And I will head back
to the Olive House. The Olive House is sleepy.
One lone candle lighting the main room. Reinwald
and Tula are probably in the rooms at the moment.
Do we have private bathrooms or is it a shared
bathroom? It's a shared bathroom. I'll head to
my room. As you head to your room, you see on
your nightstand a small piece of paper with writing
on it. I would keep my door locked. Oh, sorry
about that. It was slipped under your door. He
goes, everything all right? It is Ryan Ward's
writing. Everything all right? Next time you
go on a late night adventure, invite me. By any
of your friends. That's it. And he says, And
Reinwald on the bottom. Yeah. We stare at it
and silence for a little longer. Kind of place
it on my desk. Get a few things. Go to the bathroom.
Make sure my knife and the sheath and everything
are completely clean. Head back to my room. Close
the door. Lock it. Probably like put back against
the wall and just kind of slide down it. I'm
just sitting in silence for a few. And then I'll
get up and I'll start writing a letter. Okay.
And would you like for us to cut away from that?
Could be. It's probably a long one. We'll cut
away for now. As the long night draws to a close,
we are going to end the session for now. See
you guys next time. We'll see you in the morning.
Alright. I'm gonna go pass out. Goodnight! Thank
you! Oh, oh, hi! Goodnight! Thanks for coming.
Thank you guys so much for coming. Wow. We keep
getting raided at the craziest times. But you
get to see one of the characters talk to just
a dog, and then the dog turned into a bunch of
worms. Come by next time for fun stuff, fun,
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Have a good night now. Bye! I've 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 in the mountains where they
train the elite. I wasn't amongst all this nobility.
You with your end mark a passage in speed, with
riches and power in your family. The winds have
been whispering of what's to come. Foreboding
whispers, whispers to thunder. Your castle walls
crumble in one.