Songwoven presents Ira Brin Dawnbreak, a level
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Episode 22, Fidelity. You can catch it live every
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YouTube. Thanks for listening! Hello, everyone,
and welcome to Songwoven Ira Brynn Dawnbreak.
I am, of course, your ever -present Tim Don Tran,
and I am, and these, and I, and these, and I,
and these, and them, and them, and them, with
them, in them, amen. Praise the Dune. Praise
the Dune. I keep forgetting your fucking name.
I keep forgetting. It's the fucking Norse mythology.
Yeah, that them there cast. I'm joined by, of
course, that them there. Who will introduce tharselves
right now. Right now. Right now. Right now. Hi,
I'm Emma Romasco. Wait, wait. Hi, I'm also Emma
Romasco. I have a confession, everyone. Wait,
wait, wait. Who am I? And I play Lucia. I play
Lucia, too. Yeah, we have a lot in common. I
have another confession. Was this pre -planned?
This is what happens when JT doesn't come. This
is what happens when our mod's not here. I get
replaced by not one, but three talented actors.
You're saying this is preplanned. Like, Emma,
for some reason, for some odd reason, you are
the thunder rod of us. It's like, who should
we come after right now? Who should we just pile
up on top of? Ah, of course. Zap away. I conduce
electricity. I'm also Emma Ramosco. And I will
also be playing Lucia with my wonderful doppelgangers
here beside me today. Emma, show me your best
Lucia. Is this American Idol? Are we just doing
our best toad impressions? Let's go. So boats
are meant to be on the ocean. Boats go to sea.
Because that's where the boats are meant to go.
In the water. In the ocean. Why do I sound like
I smoke a seven pack? In the water. In the ocean.
It's just so true. I'm Lucia. I'm 19 and I never
learned how to read. Scene. I genuinely would
cast Jenny, though. She naturally has a higher
register than I would. You're cast. Congratulations.
I think we should swap characters in the TV show.
You should play Valora and I play Lucia. Oh,
that would be so fun. I'll be Melody. Well, what
if Valora's... Oh my god, I don't... I'll be
wrong. You do sound closer to where I picture
Velour's register than where I talk, though.
So we just need to swap each other. We just need
to play each other's swap. This is funny, because
we were talking about casting the characters
the other day, and me and Jenny were just like,
okay, let's pick the fucking worst. Let's try
to pick the worst for each one. Oh, for us to
play the hardest role? No, we were like, okay,
we're making a live action series. Oh, the worst.
Disney bought us. They opened up their wallets
for us. No. Jack Black as Jean -Claude. No, please.
Please, no. You, Emma, you brought in David Harbour
with his dad energy as Jean -Claude. Unfortunately,
that was good. We were looking for bad. So I'm
saying, ready? Ira Brynn, Dawn Break. As told
by Melody Fidelity, a one -woman show starring
Jennifer Coolidge. Jennifer Coolidge. Wow. Plays
all the parts. If we really want an extra role,
I could see her playing opposite Danny DeVito.
Yes. Wait, wait, but no, because Jennifer Coolidge's
melody is actually a good casting though, because
Jennifer Coolidge's comedic timing is incredible.
You need someone that has like questionable comedic
timing. I need, I need, I need, so she's Melody
Fidelity. And then I also need her as Rod Roddale.
I need Jennifer Coolidge in like a, like a leather
jacket. And a mohawk. It's when Cher did West
Side Story, is what you're saying. Zenny in the
chat goes, Jennifer is the only human and the
rest are Muppets. Yes. Excellent. Excellent.
Excellent. I would love nothing. It's a three
-hour cut. The director's cut is six hours of
Jennifer Goulitch just talking to Muppets. You
know, you guys know how, like, Ian McKellen once
broke down on The Lord of the Rings? uh like
sad because he was talking to a bunch of like
green screens and stuff yeah uh i i i want the
director's cut to just be six hours of her just
talking to just muppets and she is she is thriving
she is she is i'm gonna say she would i think
she'd fucking kill it i think she'd like have
a wonderful like wonderful time playing melody
fidelity in a world of muppets the question is
what muppet would play which character I want
to see Jennifer Coolidge cartwheeling down the
stairs. You're very generous with cartwheeling
down the stairs. She's not that talented. Insane
that that happened. Oh yeah, by the way, last
time, that's what happened. That's it. That's
all you need to know. She proceeded down the
stairs. That's what happened. She performed down
the stairs. She tumbled. Previously. Previously
on Ironman Dawnbreak. Oh, by the way, happy pride!
Happy pride! Here's Melody. It's Melody. Melody
said Melody writes. Correct. Melody has plenty
of pride. Oh, they made an entire month about
me. Get out of my way, lesbians. Allies, that
stands for allies of Melody, you know. Allies
of all, of all, in parentheses, of Melody's.
That's honestly terrifying to think that Melody
pulls up to a Pride festival and she's like,
all for me? You shouldn't have. It's like the
picture of that dog that walks out of the parade
thinking it's all by him. Correct. Belly just
fucking rushes down and just starts waving at
everyone. It's so fucking funny. She's like,
you do love me, don't you? I know. I love me
too. Let's see, what is it? Lovely, great, beautiful,
theatrical. Trying to think. The LGBTQ. Queen.
Queen. Just to do the play -by -play for everybody.
Albert, while we were conversing, Albert turned
away, pen in hand. And it's working on Melody's
acronym for the LGBTQ. I'm still voting the Melody,
the Melody, the Melody, and to Melody. The I
would be... A Melody. A Melody. Irresistible.
Incredible. Irresistible. And then the A. After
Melody dies, the shower I will take will be amazing.
She dies? You're killing her off? I will clean
myself. You said after right when we got to A.
I thought you were talking about that. I woke
up today and I had like a breakfast pastry. I
was feeling awesome. And then I remember, oh,
today we have to start off with fidelity chicanery.
And then a smile died on my lips. She loves pastries.
Yeah, she does. When you ate the pastry, did
you say yum, yum, yum in my tum tum tummy? As
she is known to do. I fucking hate. That's a
thing. A smile has died on my lips. And in your
heart. And in my heart. It's gone. Anyways. So
last time, last time, Lucia got tutored by Archibald.
And then she saw somebody, a noble, throw a mug
at Archie's head. And so she reminded time and
called him out before they could do it. Because,
you know, the rising tensions with the Esquivarian.
Not good. It's bad. But Cole, Lucia, and Valora
met at the graveyard where Cole kind of probed
to discover that Lucia does not remember her
conversation. with arnolda about his daughter
who died and is buried there because he pointed
out the grave and was like oh lucardi isn't that
that sounds familiar and they're like and she's
like oh wow don't know and so they cleaned up
the grave and stuff um then we cut away to something
we don't know where solanasi picked up archibald
and then brought him into a room with orie who
made all the guards leave and not record it and
she was like where's your father and he's like
i don't know and then she's like i'm gonna beat
you up and choke you and it sucks um so we don't
know that though oh yeah she stabbed him yeah
she literally we thought it was dead at first
but then um so Cole and Lucia had the idea. They
were going to break into Melody's room to try
to get an edge up in the Melody Bowl. So they
asked Valora to distract Melody. And that was
fine. I forgot about that. And now Melody has
a new best friend. Valora Avonlea. I am her new
best friend. After Lucia demanded Valora fly
her higher on Phantom after... taking off the
straps that secure her to the saddle, and started
to breakdance on top of Phantom. And she also
showed me her bomb. She showed me her bomb and
waved around her loaded gun, which I successfully
unloaded while distracting her. And Cole broke
into the room. Her room sees that there's a pit.
In the room. That goes down a floor. She was
a fireman. Like a fireman dance pole. I really
thought it was a stripper pole. At first. Only
for Rod. So she. So he goes in there. And discovers
Robin. Tied up at the bottom of the hole. And.
Also discovers. Melody's. Brother. Right? Charlie
Fidelity. Charlie Wilson. He tries to knock out,
but he's kind of strong. And yeah. The end. A
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looking for certain names on graves to see what
the professor, Professor Grantham, was about.
And they went towards one of the graves and they
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bit that's been going on is that I'm not actually
too familiar with my music because we use epidemic
sounds and I don't listen to these songs on repeat.
So I'm constantly playing. I'm constantly playing
music. Okay. This sounds good. It's giving like
the anime slice of life. They're in, like, the
club room. Yeah. I guess I just didn't realize
that. I've loved you this whole time. I wanted
to peg you since I met you. No! Wait, Albert's
face! I'm sorry, I meant I had you pegged for...
Albert's face! I'm speaking. I don't think I've
ever seen him look more shocked. I wasn't expecting
those words. I hear those words daily from Zenny,
but. Oh, dear. Happy pride. Happy pride. Starting
it off right. Happy pride. Do or die. Hoorah.
The first song woven pride. We have some clips
from the first song, Woman Pride. Oh, my God.
Oh, that's true. Girls, get it done. Hoorah.
Timmy said some things. Yeah. Timmy says some
things. She mouthed you. Yeah. I'm going to,
like, sweep you. And I don't even know how to
do that, so it's going to be messy. Okay, everyone.
So, speaking of pegging. We zero in on a calm
cafe. A young woman of sunny disposition, hair
tied back in a flower bandana. She's wearing,
like, glasses. of some sort. She's kind of looking
at me strange, too. Speaking of pegging, cut
to Emma. What? At a place, at a serene place
called the Hiveworks. It's not you. Come on.
What the fuck? Speaking of pegging, cut to Melody
Fidelity's room. See, that I thought made sense.
Her and Rod. They're doing something. Everyone,
please. You brought it up. I'm in the middle
of something. This young woman manning the front
has been trading silver and pieces of copper,
exchanging exchanging her multitude of warm caffeinated
drinks to any customers who would come by. Many
regard her place as the go -to place. A comfortable
atmosphere coupled with fine affordable prices.
And the face at the front is very welcoming.
As she hands off a beverage to a customer and
sends him off with a genuine smile, she goes,
have a nice day. Then the doors kick down. It
crashes open as a pink -haired beast suddenly
tramples into the room. I'm here! The young woman,
a smile dies on her face. And she goes, Fuck.
Just goes, And my new best friend is with me!
As Melody suddenly looks around with with wide
open eyes, big pearly whites, dress a bit torn
up from her earlier actions. She greets with
a flourish to someone who is gonna come through
the door to Valora. I have a question. Can I
go back to playing Lucia? Best friend. Best friend.
Come hither. Hither. You know doors open when
you turn the knobs, right? Yes, but what better...
Have you ever tried that? Yes, but what better
than a dynamic entrance? Right. Oh, I see the
poster's still there. She points at the poster
to see. And you see a poster saying, It says,
come to the interview for the Melody Bowl champion.
And it shows a actually pretty nice art of what
seems to be a minimalist depiction of Melody
surrounded by adoring fans. Minimalist? Wow.
Who did the art? She's growing. Oh, Cherry. Cherry's
a fantastic little addition to every little thing.
How I wish I could just... You know what I mean?
Like, squeeze his head? Yeah, something like
that. So make him smaller so he can fit in, like,
a little bag or something. So I can just take
him around and... You know what I mean? What
can't Jerry do? Jesus. Yeah. I do. But as you
can see, not... Can't you... He says... Can't
you see? Don't you feel it? Lucia was supposed
to show up. Yeah, except that she didn't know.
It was on the poster, too. If you pick up the
poster and turn it around, you would see the
Lucia time slot. She goes to turn the poster
around? Give me a strength check. No. Should
she, like, gorilla glue? Yeah, gorilla glue it
to the wall. It's like wallpaper, like, she painted
over it in a gloss. I rolled a 12. It is, something
is, like, holding on to this. It's, like, it's,
like, on there strong. I'm worried I'm gonna
tear it, almost. I'm just like, Lucia's gonna
tear it. I'm like, I'm gonna tear it up. Go ahead
and... Go ahead, just... Flora, give it a little
oomph. Come on. Oh, well, maybe we should order
now. Let me look at the menu. Hello. The woman
at the front goes... All joy is lost on her face.
Hello again. Melody? Oh my goodness, Renna. The
days that I have been going through. I have been
just going through oodles and oodles of suffering.
And they say suffering builds character, but
goodness gracious, at what cost? This is my best
friend, Laura Avonlea. Nice to meet you. Order?
This is an assortment of beverages. I'll just
get something without coffee in it. I could maybe
use the coffee right now. It's usually just not
a great match. I mean, it is a bit light. What
a fantastic joke, Renna. Isn't that so funny?
Christ. He's not here. Yeah. And I would like
the usual. And you see that she kind of makes
a face at that. Renna just goes, write something
down. Just goes, ah. Okay, Rena, go ahead at
once. We will wait here for the drinks to return.
Thank you. Oh, here, let me pay you real quick.
And she gives her a lot. Thank you for remembering.
Oh, her face lights up at that. She goes, oh,
um, no, don't really. You don't have to. Kind
of looks at Melody real quick and goes, I think
I do. Go ahead, accept her generosity. If I had
a city, if I would name a city, it would be called
General City. General. General. You see, she
gets the goal. She just goes, actually, it's
around here locally. It's kind of bad for him
to accept more than. Nobody has to know. Thousand
little factories. She just packs it up and heads
to the back. She goes, I got you drinks. Melody,
can you please not stand in front of the table
and stop customers from coming? You can wait
somewhere else. Yeah, let's go sit. No, I can't.
I'll wait right here. Oh, but we could give...
Can I get a little cup of whipped cream for my
wyvern? He's outside. A pop cup! Your wife is
outside! Yeah, we flew him here, so. Oh my goodness,
I remember that. Yeah. I'll get you that right
away. Thanks, and then we could go give it to
him, Melody. Wouldn't that be fun? That would
be so hilarious. Yeah, let's do it. She walks
away. And Melody just goes, For Laura, can I
be honest with you? Of course. I'm so tired.
Of what? I suffer a thousand little defeats every
day. It weighs heavy on my heart. Cracks form
at the precipice. I feel as if I'm going to break
and the mask will fall away. What kind of defeats?
I feel like the weight of what I've brought upon
myself, the legacy and everything I've brought
up, the situations that I have placed upon my
own shoulders, this facade I've assumed. It's
a facade? This isn't who you actually are? You
know the monologue, too. Wow. Wait, monologue?
Yes. It says, aren't I amazing? Give me a rating
from 1 to 100. No, 1 to Melody. Well, I think
that's cutting it too short, isn't it? She comes
back with the with the with the Wyvern Cup. Oh,
thank you. Okay, here, let's see. Go give it
to Phantom. Just trying to get her away from
the counter. Of course. There are people walking
by that don't know that you are my best friend.
Walks out. Hello, Hafan. Say hello once again
to my best friend, Valora Avanlea. And as you
walk out, you see that some people are like,
they're walking by. They kind of give a look
like, all right, just a weird noble student.
But then as you make your way towards Vanna,
you see there is a face that you probably didn't
want to see. Quincy. No! Staring at you. Oh,
no. And make a perception check. Oh, no. Six.
Okay. You see that he was just, like, next to
Phantom, knelt over, and he looks to you, and
you see that he just covers his mouth before
standing up. Oh, hey, Quincy. Oh, hey. What you
doing? I was just going around town. Seems like
you're busy. I wouldn't want to get in between
what's going on here. No, no, no. Why don't you
join us? I'll buy you some coffee. Quincy, you're
like a quiver. Not really. Quincy just goes.
Oh, the way he refutes me. He can join a little
entourage. I guess it might be awkward giving
your history, she says to Quincy. Oh my god,
that's right, he said it was her ex! Wait, what
history? And Quincy looks at you like, you're
gonna regret this if you keep this up. Wait a
second. tannish sort of tannish coconut skin
like small writing on the arm a sort of like
structured and stir structured stern disposition
are you the same quincy that i'm thinking about
no probably not wait a minute I think I know
who you are. No, I don't think you do. Okay,
I don't know. I met a lot of people. Quincy Garvey!
Oh my god. Oh my goodness. Another noble joins
my fold. Another for the collection. Quincy looks
at you, Valora just goes, can I talk to you for
a second? Oh. Of course. Okay, I will be here
with Phantom. Oh, here, you can give him this.
Oh, at once. Um, Quincy pulls you away. And as
he pulls you away towards a suitable location,
he just goes, hey. I promise I don't hate you.
First of all, are you okay? I agreed to distract
her. So now we are best friends. I'm still laughing
at that. She gave me this. Pulls out the bomb.
He is really pissed off on the inside that that's
better than the bombs he makes. He just goes,
okay, first off, put that away. Puts it back.
Make sure it's in a safe place. Oh yeah, I have
it strapped in my backpack here. Number two.
You're distracting her. What is Lucia doing?
Well... I mean, I can't give away the heist.
But you know... I look away for two seconds.
If you were Lucia... I look away for two seconds.
I mean, yeah, Lucia's always doing stuff like...
I mean, not like this, but she's always getting
into trouble. But... Yeah. Yeah, she is. But
Cole's with her. If that helps. Not really. Yeah,
that's true. Okay. Number three. I want to get
into your mind. What made you think it was a
good idea to pull me into this vortex? Because
I really don't want to be alone. Please stay.
Please. Okay. I'm less upset. Thank you. Five
favors. Ooh. Yeah, that's fair. Handshake. All
right. She takes his hand. And Quincy walks back.
As you see, Melody is just kind of like, huh?
do you want it oh and like pulling it away at
the last second good boy phantom get it she snaps
towards it and melody goes oh beast see he has
a lot of control different wyvern would have
gotten your hand But good thing he didn't. And
plus, if he had my hand, that situation would
be remedied in an instant, if you know what I
mean. What do you mean? Quincy Garvey, where
have I heard that name before? You don't have
to look hard. I believe your name was in a repository
of nobles, but I believe I heard your name in
some relation to... My family? Do you know somebody
from my family? I do. Oh! And who is it? I know
your stepbrother. Uh... Cool, I'll roll initiative.
Okay. Here we go. Oh, oh, sweet Jesus. All right.
Just a reminder, I have seen visibility up. I
detect magic up and he has minus two to his AC
right now. The Nat 20. Oh, boy. Yep, he did.
OK, let's see here. And also a nat 1. Robin rolled
a nat 1 with a 9 initiative. Robin, come on,
Robin. That's our boy. Oh, wait, wait. I get
to add, from Robin, I get to add 5. Yes, you
do. Which I don't think brings me past him initiative,
right? That would bring me to 23. 23 initiative?
Yeah. Goddamn. So, real quick, while we're here,
I should have had you roll this last session.
Give me an investigation check. This is just
a preliminary, like, I should have had you roll
this last time. Okay. Investigation check. Okay.
That is... And then investigation, I get to add
a D. So, I roll a minimum of... 10, so it should
be a 14 plus the 1, so 15. Okay, so while within
this pit area, there is a... You see that there...
It's like if Batman had a medieval... armor cave
like a like a like an armory cave there's like
pink a pink set of like plate armor um there's
multiple like scrolls where you see this arcane
like writing these are spell scrolls that are
around there is a tinkering set with like a large
like like a pink a hand mirror and like everything
with like a black powder that is currently uh
like placed around the table there is there is
a uh and one thing that really catches your eye
was that there is a sort of like map on the wall
where it has your name on it. It has a blueprint
of the academy. It has the name, your name, and
it's circled. It has arrow pointing towards your
cabin. And there are other names. It has plans
to do something to you. Interesting. The guy
readjusts his tie and he cracks his neck and
he goes, shall we dance then? I guess we shall.
And Robin goes, who the fuck are you? Who's anybody
here? Poor Robin. And the guy and Charlie, Charlie
Fidelity is going to attack you first. Okay.
With an unarmed strike, 17 to hit? 17. One of
my daggers, I will parry with it. My AC is 17,
so it misses for that attack. You cut his hand
with his approaching fist. Though it doesn't
make a cut, you're beginning to surmise, oh,
some kind of martial artist. He brings his hand
back, rubs his hand, and he goes, oh, spicy.
Ew. And he comes in again with another strike.
13. This time he comes in with a sweeping kick.
You leap over it. And he comes back to a neutral
point before he can take advantage. He moves
with actual feel and grace. Your turn. Okay.
We have to save exertion points just to be safe.
So what do I got? I have three. Okay. We're going
to start. We're going to do a perplexing flurry
on him. So he's going to have disadvantage on
any attacks against me. We're going to go ahead
and swing first. Swing. It should be this one.
Ooh, I don't think a 14 hits. Oh, wait. His AC
is minus two. Minus two. It still does not hit.
Okay. All right. And then I will take a second
swing with a charge of velocity to do a second
one. 16. Okay. That one hits. Yes. Okay. All
right. And because he's next to Robin, I get
to add sneak attack. So that is going to be 18,
19, 20, 23 points of damage. Damn. He makes that
sound. He just goes, as you hit him. And he goes,
oh, my stomach. Okay. And then bonus action,
I will do my offhand swing on him as well. Just
for a... It should not be at advantage. It should
just be 24 to hit. Okay. Ignore the plus four.
It's just one more damage. Okay. Put it down.
As you strike him with the offhand, he's holding
the cut you made on him as he kind of backs away.
And he just goes... You're going to pay for this,
masked vigilante. I told you. It's the Phantom
of the Drama Club. Phantom of the Drama Club.
Well. I'm afraid I'm going to turn you into it.
Just as we're talking, I'm moving kind of around
him. I should have said this before, but I'm
getting in position to flank with Robin. Sorry,
Robin's behind him. He's keeping an eye on you.
I will say, go ahead and give me a... Just for,
like... Give me a, like... Just give me a general,
like, dexterity check for me. Dexterity check.
24. As you maneuver around him, as you're fleet
-footed enough to move around quickly, he's keeping
his eye on you. He just goes, Phantom, huh? Well,
I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn you into
a ghost. Which, he doesn't get inspiration for
that because that was not cool. No, it wasn't.
But that gives Robin the advantage. Yes! My boy!
Robin comes in. Just like charging up this haymaker.
Just to the back of his head. Let's see. It's
a plus six because we do maximum dice. So 14
points of bludgeoning damage. Oh, this is going
to be a lot quicker than I thought. And you see
Charlie just goes, oh, my heavens. As he hugs
the back of his head. It just goes, why did you
do that? You kidnapped me, asshole! And that
is all Robin can do. Let me go ahead and check
real quick. Getting a bunch of sheets. Let's
see. That was just a really charged up punch.
Robin's really angry. At the end of that round,
Lucia, where are you outside? You're by the door?
You're wearing the getup? Also, check the chat.
Check the chat. It's all good. Yeah, I think
she's on watch duty, but yeah, I think she's
also masked. I am masked. Yeah, she's masked.
So where would she be, though? Just do it outside.
What'd you say? You can just describe what her
general location is. We're not going to do anything.
Okay. I think she would have been within shouting
distance, right? Because she had to give one
to Cole, right? She had to be given a big old
shout. um and also i'm sure she's keeping she's
keeping the ear open for anything crazy that
happens but i assume she can't hear anything
uh pretty yeah pretty pretty mute pretty quiet
pretty clever got it okay uh so lucy's just like
like just waiting outside like oh yeah this is
are we cole's getting an eye out right cole's
like really getting all that info he's getting
all the intel got it yep i went in there i was
just gonna look around and then get out In and
out. We're gonna move directly into the next
round, where he just goes, I would hate to take
one of these from Melody's stock, but understandable,
because I am her brother, as he picks up a Supreme
Healing Potion and drinks it as a bonus action.
Jesus. Which takes one Supreme Healing Potion
from her and the Melody Bowl. Ooh, good. Takes
one away from her at the Melody Bowl? Mm -hmm,
mm -hmm. That's what we like to hear, fam. That's
what we like to hear. And Robert just goes, you're
not even her fucking brother! She goes, and he
just goes, how dare you? The reason why you were
in that situation is because you made such claims
in the first place! Um... Oh my god. And Charlie
is going to, let's see, one second, real quick.
A5E is amazing in that it has maneuvers for martial
fighters, giving them so many more options to
take on combat. It makes them, it gives you the
framework to do much more interesting things
and does it in a very, does things within system.
It makes it just really cool and fun. He is going
to use an action. You see as he takes on a stance.
There's some legit artistry to his movement.
If only he didn't suck, this would be like, you
would think, a competent martial fighter. So
the fact that he's this kind of person and also
doing this is just kind of like a really pretty
bad mix -up. And that's his action. And then
he's going to use two... Let's see, two... As
a bonus action, he's going to use two exertion
points. He used a bonus action to heal himself.
Yes, he did. My bad. My bad. You're right. So
he's just going to assume a stance as an action.
And he gestures for you. Come on, man. All right.
I don't know who you are, Mass Vigilante, but
we got to take this guy down. He's a freak. I
told you. I am the Phantom of the... Phantom.
Okay. Phantom. Yep. All right. Well... You're
a hero. He took on a stance. I'm going to spend
one exertion point. I'm going to do another Perplexing
Flurry. This time, because I am flanking with
Robin. Again, expertise die on the attack. Ooh,
I don't think that's a hit, though. You know
what? I'm going to use Lucia's reroll because
I don't want that. Yay. Okay. So that would be
17 then. Okay, you hit last. You hit last time,
right? So he has minus two to the AC, yeah. Yes,
okay. So that hits. Okay, perfect. He is going
to go ahead and take 17 points of damage. He
assumed a cool pose. As you came in, he smirked.
Falling right into my chest. Oh, bitch. We go
in for another velocity. This is going to be
19 to hit. That hits. Okay, not the sneak attack,
so just eight points of piercing damage. As you
hit him again, he just goes, okay, this is a
lot cooler in my head. And then offhand swing,
it should also have the expertise die, so 15
to hit. Does not hit. He's finally, finally going
to take his attack, use his flowing form to make
an attack on you because you missed. Okay. And
I fired and I missed. I fired and I missed. I
missed both times. He has disadvantage on the
hit, on the attack. Okay, got it. 15, just off
the front. This does not hit? Okay. Oh yeah,
I think Lucic has blessed on you, right? Right?
I don't think so. It only lasts for a minute.
I wouldn't have blessed that long anyway. Yeah,
you're working well with that anyways. And he's
also, on top of that, going to use his reaction
to make a second counterattack on your same missed
attack. Okay. Is this with disadvantage? Does
a second attack also mean a disadvantage? Yep,
it's all his attacks are going to be a disadvantage.
17. Perry, so it's a miss. You see he swings
downwards, but as you dodge, he kind of grapples
your midsection, and then his foot comes up to
do a scorpion kick. What is that? And you kind
of bring your arms over it. He kicks you hard.
That would hurt if it hit. All right. But now
that he's wise to Robin... Robin's going to attack,
but this time, no advantage. That's a natural
one. From Robin again? Yeah. What the fuck is
going on with Robin's rolls? Nat 1, Nat 20, Nat
1. Yeah, bizarre. Robin's so fucking funny. But
thankfully, Robin, you see Charlie does a Pele
kick, like a backflip kick, to try to address
the incoming Robin. Robin just backs away, kind
of like, he didn't dodge it, he was just really
bewildered. Like, what the fuck, what is that,
what is that, what is that? And Charlie just
goes, it's time for me to get serious. This wasn't
serious already? You see Charlie kind of like
brings his hands together and just goes, Phantom,
now you will fall by my many hands! As you see
as a sort of like spiritual aura starts to emit
from him as multiple arms begin to erupt from
him. Multiple spectral arms. All right. That's
a diva thing? That's his bonus. No, that's his
astral arms. This is bonus action. His action,
he is going to, despite him doing that, he's
going to kick you. Okay. He has disadvantage.
If this hits, he's going to spend three exertion
points. If this hits, so 26. That is a crit.
Disadvantage. Okay, good, good, good. 20? I have
one more. I have two parries per round, so 19.
So that'll still hit. Okay. You see the astral
arms sort of like strike out towards you as he
goes in for the kick. They don't reach you. He
just kind of kicks you. Okay. Make a strength
saving throw for me. Strength saving throw. Okay.
Natural 20 for a 21. Okay. You are not knocked
back 20 feet. 20 feet. You take... Give me one
second here. How big is this room? You would
have smashed right into the wall. Yeah. Plus
you take an additional... So you take 11 points
of damage total. What kind? Uh, this is our bludgeoning
damage. Okay, got it. Oof, alright. Uh... I keep
Detect Magic up. And just, Robert just goes,
No! Phantom! Uh, as he gets struck. Boy. Um...
And he's going to make, as a part of the same
action, make the same strike against you with
his other foot. Okay. Still disadvantage. 17.
That'll hit. Strength saving throw for me, please.
Strength saving throw. Another natural 20. What
the? What is this fight? What is this fight?
What is literally happening? But this time you
take 17 points of bloodthirsty damage. 17? Yeah.
Well, that's how much health I have. But because
I am a plain touched airborne, whatever, I use
my immortal blessing to only drop to one. Cinematic.
But I do lose detect magic, though. Oddly enough,
despite... despite your, like, sort of, like,
haggard interior, as the tech manager drops,
your, like, senses are, like, much more cleared
up. And Robin just goes, whatever you do, don't
sleep here. You don't want to wake up here. Not
my plan. So cool, Phantom. As Charlie just goes,
nuh -uh. And it's your turn. All right. I have
a question. Quick look around. You said there
were scrolls and shit. I know he picked up a
potion. Do I see another potion that looks like
that? Yes. So there are multiple unlabeled potions
on the same table with the scroll, the arcane
scrolls and stuff. You do see something similar
that he's taken. Yeah, those are, like, in their
own distinct place. Okay. Can I grab one and
down that? You are going to have to get away
from him. I do not provoke opportunity attacks.
Okay, you can do that, then. It's my personal
skill. All right. So, yeah, I, like, jump and
kind of kick off of him. Actually, you know,
is this going to be a bonus action or an action
to do this? It's going to be to drink it? Yeah.
It's a bonus action. Just all in total. Just
one motion. Okay. I'll do my attacks first then
while I'm here next to him. So this is going
to be an expertise die. I am not good. This is
just going to be doing basic attacks. I'm not
using a maneuver for this. So 21 to hit. That
hits. Oh, wait. This should be at advantage.
So let me roll again just in case I crit. I crit.
You crit. There it is. Did you actually crit?
Yeah. Yes. Because I missed my last attack, which
means I advantage on this next one. The way we
do crits here is that we do max damage, and then
you roll to add to it. Okay. So that is a total
of... A lot. A lot. 11 plus 14 is 25. 35. 18.
43. Oh. One hit. Is that 43 damage? Sneak attack.
Yeah, sneak attack. So describe how you finished
this. Okay, perfect. Oh, my God. All right. So
he kicks into me. I, like, stagger back for a
second. Like, the room kind of, like, for a second
as I'm trying to, like, stay conscious as he
hit me real hard. And then he goes to, like,
probably monologue or something. and I I just
while he's monologuing I just he just put down
his guard so I just go okay I flip the dagger
over and I just like slash across like his chest
non -lethally but as I do that sneak attack is
gonna be psychic damage so there's just like
a wave that just threw him as the tip barely
slices along his chest. He just goes, Phantom,
you're beginning to look much like a specter.
I am going to take immense joy. You struck my
chest. My weak point. He flies backwards, just
hits the ground immediately, just harsh. Unconscious.
Well, I wasn't expecting that here. I flip my
daggers, kind of put them away. Robin gets up
and just goes, all right, I'm gonna... Listen,
I don't know what brought you here to me, but
thank you. Thank you so much. Did you come to
my help? Yeah, actually. Oh my god. Make a deception
check. Would this be concealing emotions? Yeah.
Okay, cool. So add a d6. That is a 15. Wait one
second. Okay. This is going to be... 18. Do I
care if he can tell that this is not? No, that's
whatever. He doesn't really matter. He kind of
gives you a narrow glance before he just goes,
Alright, whatever. I just have to secure him.
Listen, he grabs the rope and starts tying him
up. While he is doing that, I've already turned.
I'm downing that potion. Yeah. Real quick. Basically,
it brings you to the floor. Perfect. I drop the
vial down by him. Like, the broken vial. And
I'm just going to start looking through everything.
I'm doing what I'm here to do now. As he does
that, he just goes, he gets up, he wipes himself
off, and he just goes, you wouldn't believe the
things I learned while I was in here. Please
tell me. I came here to come help out my friends
and go find out what this, you hear about the
Melody Bowl? Aww. Oh, my God. He's just trying
to help. Aww. I've seen posters around. Yeah,
so I came here to, like, kind of confront, like,
the woman on it because I heard, like, because,
like, it doesn't seem fair. The rules seem, like,
nobody's been reading the rules. There's, like,
12, like, different contests. Like, there's,
like, game show stuff going on. But anyways,
like, I knocked on the door and I started, like.
talking to her and i guess it said something
i just i just said something i she said something
like oh don't that look great and i just go not
really and then she and then i got pulled into
the i got pulled into the room and they started
interrogating me and then they tied me up i had
no idea what they were gonna do to me there was
bombs over there they're probably gonna kill
you no no no no they wouldn't Not here. That's
not how I would die. They take you to a secondary
location? I'm just ignoring him while I'm working.
He becomes a blurb in the background as you just
continue. I'm paying attention enough if anything
interesting pops up to note it, but mostly going
through things here. Okay. You find a great array
of just different objects. You probably get a
view into what Melody's armory is going to be.
Okay. Okay. She has a... I'll go ahead and write
it down. She has a plus three war hammer. Okay.
Money buys you everything. Her plate mail seems
to have an enchantment. Actually, go ahead and
give me an arcana check. I'm sorry. You have
detect magic before, right? I did have detect
magic, yes. Okay. And I have see invisibility
as well. You detect magic. That dropped. The
see invisibility did not. Now it's under closer
scrutiny. I can also pop detect magic again.
I have a second. Okay. I'll just cast it again.
Let me see if this music fits. Incorrection.
So, for you, you get to see a sort of abjuration
magic. You get to detect what kind of magic it
is. Some kind of magic that protects. But she's
coming in with enchanted armor. uh a augmented
warhammer uh there's multiple bombs uh they said
about she's currently working on things and she's
putting like pink glitter in some of them too
um okay and holy that lucia girl has a lot of
and you see you turn around some of the potions
Potion of cloud giant strength on one of them.
You drink the second one. She has one more potion
of supreme healing. Okay. I'm just taking it.
Yeah. Nav it up. She's making multiple small
pellets, which you recognize are bullets for
a gun, and she's, like, loading them with black,
like, explosive powder. Can I, her plate mail,
can I try and, like, the straps on it, can I
try and, like, work on just loosening the straps
with, like, a knife, like, the leather on the
straps to, so that way when she goes to put it
on, Like, it might fall off if she, like, stretches
the wrong way or whatever. Oh, my goodness. Like,
not immediately, but it might fall off, like,
mid -fight or something. Yes. No checkers. You're
probably going to take your time with it. So
you're not under any, like, time constraint.
And Robin goes, and believe it or fucking not,
that's not even her brother. Really? Who is it?
Yeah. And then you see Charlie just goes, but
I love her. What happened? So Melody told him
that there's like, oh, yeah, because he tried
to get married to her. So she told him, you're
like a brother to me. And then he thought, oh,
yeah, I'll just be her brother then. Oh, my.
All right. Interesting. You find multiple potions
of different kinds of augmentations and different
things. Are there any negative potions? They're
unmarked. You're probably going to have to get
them appraised. They don't have any assigned
labels or anything. Well, at this point, does
it matter if I just take all of them? What are
the juiciest looking ones? There are ones that
are literally in bottles. She custom made these.
She had these custom made because they're inside
of skulls, like glass skulls. Okay. Okay. I have
a number of vials and vials and flasks in my
bag that are empty. I'd like to... What I'd like
to do is take the potions, empty them into my
vials, and then refill them with water, and I'm
going to use that food coloring I bought to try
and make it look like they're the same thing.
Okay, this is going to require... Are you proficient
with forgery? I mean, I'm leaving her the original
bottle. Yes. Okay. I am proficient in Thieves
Tools, Poisoners Kit, Disguise Kit, and Gaming
Set. I don't know why I picked Gaming Set, but
I did. What was the first one again? Poisoners,
Disguise Kit, and Thieves Tools. Because this
is the same. We'll just say... Do I have... I
am proficient in Engineering as well. We'll just
say poisonous kit as a stand -in. Okay. Give
it to me because of the way you're doing it.
You have vials and you came prepared. Give me
with advantage. Okay. And I have an expertise
die on poisoner's tools kits. What stat is this
using? This will be using your wisdom. Wisdom,
okay. Oh, no, intelligence. For you, specifically
intelligence. Sorry. Intelligence, same thing.
So that's a 15. 15? Thank goodness you had advantage.
Instead of the natural one, he rolled. And you
rolled just DC. As you kind of like make sort
of like close to like what you believe what they
look like. And then in your mind, you're kind
of confident that they would pass off because
you're thinking like it's melody is the thing.
It's melody, yeah. Like, I, like, start with
some of the juicy ones just to see, like, how,
like, how it's looking, like, to start. Before
I do all of them, I'll just kind of, the juicier
looking ones, and then if it looks, if I feel
confident, I'll do more. Otherwise, I'll be like,
let's start with that. As you're dealing with
that, Robin walks over to, like, where there
were, like, sort of, like, canvases, like, something
covering something. He pulls it down. And you
see that there are multiple mannequins that she
has been using as test dummies. One of them made
to look exactly like Lucia. And another one like
you. And two other ones that look like Lucia.
Wow. Three Lucia mannequins. Love that. Her hatred
knows no end. Okay. All right. The other thing
I would like to do, Tim, is I have the skill
trick sense for secrets. If I spend a minute
observing an area, it basically lets me know
if there are any tricks, traps, secret doors
or other unusual features in the area. So it
doesn't tell me exactly where they are. It just
tells me like, yes, there is something. that
you should like you get a weird feeling that
there is like something some secret title or
something that maybe needs to be picked up but
not exactly what i will say that you don't get
you don't get the sense of that um okay other
than that like there's a cloth there's a closet
to check uh and inside inside of there is just
like dresses uh Okay. Just for funsies, I will
go in and I just want to rip a stitch here and
there. So eventually it'll start to seam and
rip, but not immediately obvious. Okay. Whichever
one I think looks the nicest that she might wear
at the Melody Bowl in conjunction with her armor.
Roll a d10. A d10. Six. Okay. She's going to
start off damaged. I'm just going to give...
You're going to find out why. And Robba just
goes, what the hell are you doing? Well, you're
here to help with, uh, help Lucia win, yes? You're
also, like... About that? Wait a second, who
are you? I told you I'm the Phantom of the Drama
Club. I'm a defender of justice here on campus.
I could, like, knock the guy out. I did. Listen.
My name's Robin. I'm friends with, like, I'm
friends with Lucia. I'm friends with Valora Icarvi.
What's like... I'm... So, like, I'm a friend.
You know what I mean? Are you sure you're here
to help? Yes. Can I find a little sewing needle
or something somewhere in this room? Oh, a thousand
percent. Here. He grabs it. Grab the nicest shoe
you can find. Okay, he goes, he just picks up
a shoe. There's like a million. No, not that
one. I don't know. He's the same to me. I take
it from him, and I take the shoe. I'm going to...
You know how there's the fabric on the inside
of the shoe? I want to take the needle and slide
it so it goes... Here's the fabric, right? And
the needle goes like this. So when she puts her
foot in, she won't necessarily notice, but as
she's doing stuff, it'll start to poke at the
bottom of her foot. he just goes damn he he's
like recording it in his mind like that's actually
a cool trick um i'm gonna climb up top to like
her room room can i find where she has her perfumes
yeah um I'd like to unscrew all of them, and
I want to put just a single drop of blue food
coloring in all of them. Oh, my God. Devastating.
It's not obvious, but as she starts to spray
herself, she'll get a little bit stained. Levels
of strife. Give me another poisonous kit. This
will... This will dictate how much strife she's
going to get. Another poisonous kit. Straight
roll? Yes. Okay. Is this also with intelligence?
Yes. Okay. It's only... No, I'm going to use
an inspiration. I want this to be more... Instead
of 12. Poisonous kit. Let's roll again. There
we go. 18. Okay, much better. So as you're getting
it settled, Robin goes up to Charlie as Charlie
is snoring. Robin just goes, whatever you have,
it's clinical, man. And starts coming, starts
climbing up. It just kind of sees you, just goes,
whatever, whatever, man. It's like, thanks. I
got to get out of here. I gotta tell people what
happened here. If you could do me a favor, could
you not mention me? It's a little hard to be
a defender of justice on campus when people know
that you're around. Yeah, this place does suck
that way. Hey. I respect it. You did a good job,
Robin. Yeah, I'll give him a handshake. Thank
you, Phantom. Give him a firm... He walks out
of the room and he closes the door behind him
and then it all sinks in on him at once and he
just goes, what the fuck just happened? I nod.
I smile knowing that down below, Charles is not
going to remember that I was ever here. So it's
all going to get pinned on Robin. Anything I
do here. I'm so sorry. I forgot a detail about
the hammer. Pink handles kind of like rosy sort
of like decorations around it. um inscribed on
the actual like hammerhead itself uh you see
in very nice like a very nice description that
says zen does she knock herself out with this
or something um okay um i'm gonna take one caltrop
and i want to put it in the middle of underneath
her mattress yes It's underneath the mattress,
so she'll feel it. Oh, that's wonderful. It's
because he jumps on the mattress. Yep. What else
am I going to do while I'm in here? Because it's
all going to get blamed on Robin. You know, he's
a useful pawn, but sometimes you've got to sacrifice
a pawn. I will... Can I go downstairs? What are
these scrolls? What are these scrolls? Scroll
of Fire Shield. Scroll of Fireball. These are
very fire -based. Scroll of Firewall. Summon
Fire Elemental. Do I think that... Do I think
there's any way I could damage the scroll? So
that's not immediately obvious, but they might
not work. Since, like, writing, like, arcane
writing is so, like, it's so, like, precise,
you can, and it's so easy. Okay. Yeah. I'm just
going to go in, and I'm just going to, like,
you know, put a little, you know, where, like,
there's an eye, I'm going to put a little heart
instead of the dot on the eye. Oh. And that will
fuck them up. And she wouldn't even notice, because
she'd be like, of course I dot my eyes. Of course
I did that. Oh, my God. Yep. And then do that.
You denied her 12 spell scrolls. 12. Okay. So
we've got her armor. I don't know if there's
anything I can do to her hammer. The bombs. The
bombs. What can I do to them? um so they blow
up on her yeah i think i'm just gonna like cut
the fuses on all of them so they're just like
they'll blow up immediately if she tries to light
them up okay absolutely um what else this encounter
has changed I'm going to rearrange just things
with her tinkering set. Just move all the like.
Like move the wrenches and, you know, move. I'm
going to take the Phillips head. So she only
has the flathead screwdriver. Just making things
slightly inconvenient for her now. Absolutely.
And I guess I'm also in here. The original thing
of what I came in here for is. Is there any...
I guess I'm looking for like blackmail or dirt
on her. Are there any papers, a diary, anything
like that? Now that I booby -trapped her. So
just letting you know, everything that you do,
I am doing my best to ensure that that has some
effect on her in the game. The diary, there is
absolutely... uh a diary in her uh you you know
like explore through she has a wardrobe as you
open it um there are multiple books lined of
course all right um i guess i go to like the
most recent and start flipping through that so
you start going through things and it's like
it's like it's like like day to day 27 i've had
says i says i'm starting to remember jobbert
my first dynamite lay that i've ever had in my
life and then she starts like it's um you see
she has uh you kind of followed through that
she has like written down like she has her own
sort of like code and glossary um she's she's
written down on like Her like romance her like
romantic you find out that she's like had multiple
lovers at the same time and has let people on
And she's like She's like absolutely cheated
and she and there was one breakup where she made
two of them get into the same get into the same
alleyway to To see who can profess their love
for them. And then she was absolutely furious
when she learned that those two guys actually
got together. Classic, classic. All right. Yeah,
I try to do like a quick kind of skim through
the different diaries to see if there's anything
that I think might be like either blackmail for
her or things she overheard that might be just
good information that I might be interested in.
um you do you do get to like a recent diary where
it's set where you're like you're like lona seemed
like there's not a lot about rod and you get
to one where it talks about rod this rodeus is
a simple -minded pawn and i am so glad to says
that he is so easily manipulatable he's like
a dog he thinks we're in love God, what an idiot.
What a bambling buffoon. Okay, I'm going to very
carefully... Yeah, yeah. I'm going to very carefully
use a knife to... I want to cut that page out
so it's not as close to the seam as possible,
so it's not an obvious tear. Yes. That'll be...
Save that for later. And it does continue to
say, like, the writing is horrible. It's the
worst. He just keeps saying, I'm Rod Roddale.
Like, it's some kind of catchphrase. It's awful.
That's just stating your name. You know, at least
she and I both agree on that. I feel bad for
Rod now. Yeah. But, okay, good. Is there any
other dirt on her posse? I guess with Rod, is
there stuff on fucking La -di -da and Robert?
Don't worry me, which is what I named her, because
she seemed like she was begging for any bit of
identity. Useful pawns surround me. I've never
felt this secure in my life. Yeah, I'm just gonna,
like, take... Take these pages. Anything that's
about any of her, like, active posse who will
be joining her probably to help her during the
thing. Okay. I'll take these. Robert's a loud
idiot. Stupid. Stupid buffoon. Stupid. Very stupid.
You gotta put Regina George Burnbook and publish
it to the school. Yeah, I know. Lucia is a fugly
bitch. Do not interact. We all know that one.
She says that one openly. I want to find her
shampoo and also put just a drop of food coloring
in there as well. That's so fucked up. Yeah.
What else does this woman have in her home? Is
there anything else in here that I think might
be useful? I think that's all of the things that
you've mentioned. That's pretty much it. I would
say there's nothing else of interest to you.
You've effectively done a ton of work. Perfect.
The last thing I'm going to do is I want to set
it up. I have one more paint pot. I want to set
it up above her door so when she opens the door,
it falls. When she gets back. Absolutely. Okay.
That's the last thing I'm going to do. I'm going
to sneak out, shut it, you know, reclose it.
Sneak back to Lucia. As you walk away from a
job well done, we're gonna go on break. Break,
break. Alright, we'll see you in a bit. Hello,
everyone, and welcome back. You see, the problem
with split... Splitting your soul up into three
other individuals and floating yourself. It gets
you pretty knackered. Our Emma Ramosco is still
here with us. She just needs to take a little
rest. Emma Prime. Just her voice. We can't exactly...
You know, as her doppelgangers, we can't exactly
give ourselves up to her yet while the show's
still going, you know? So after this session,
we'll give up our material forums and finally
give her her piece of the souls back. I think
we should all split up. Like, I play Lucia, and
then Albert plays Emma. And, you know, we just,
like, delegate the duties. That Emma's normally
responsible for. Which is just being, which is
just me showing up. And playing Lucia, yeah.
Can we please get a thank you Emma homunculi?
No, no, thank you, no. Absolutely not. Thank
you, Zeddy. Alright. With that said. Yeah, I
know your brother Charlie. Oh my goodness. My
stepbrother Charlie. What a dime. He came to
visit me recently. There was an intruder in my
room earlier today, but he took care of him post
-haste. An intruder? Yes. What happened? There
was some horned individual who started coming
in and yelled obscenities and threatened to set
everything on fire, basically. And cursed my
name. He said bad things about you, Valora. And
said bad things about everyone you love, basically.
Who do you love? Wait, why would they talk about
me in your room? Well, talk about everyone that
I love. And they were just spattering all kinds
of nonsense and non sequiturs and blah, blah,
blah. But he was handled. Looks at Quincy for
a moment and then goes, how so? We got him. Got
him where? Man, we handled him very well. Is
he alive? If he's lucky. Looks at Quincy and
just is like... Quincy goes, this is your war.
But you're helping me. Only because you sounded
so pathetic. Is this person still with us? Oh,
with us? No. Is this person still within... Is
this person still alive? I answered that question
already? No. You wouldn't kill someone, right,
Melody? No, gods, no. I've never killed a single
soul in my life, even to people who deserve it.
Good. And you wouldn't tell anyone to kill someone.
No! Good, it's not even my most devout followers.
I'm glad we're on the same page, then. Laura,
you seem concerned. No, no, I just, you know,
when you said he's alive if he's lucky, it sounds
like he might be dead. And like, it might be
your fault. I don't know. Laura. She quickly...
What would typically be a tender motion if done
slowly? She quickly just swats some hair out
of your face and pushes it behind your ear. Calm
your heart. You have such a fantastic heart that
beats gloriously faster than others for some
reason. Actually, that's true, yeah. Yeah, your
heart just keeps like, boom, boom, boom, boom,
boom, you know? How can you tell? Have you been
taking my pulse? Oh, yes. Yes, secretly. And
also, I have a tendency to hear the melody and
things. Right. Well, I'm glad we've gotten to
know each other so well. It's a boon from a dune.
Ew. Ew. Ew. You know, Vesper actually has kind
of like a related talent. Who? Vesper Vanga,
leader of the Blue Wolves. No, I don't know that.
Well, they can like change the speed of their
heart. Make a persuasion check. Is she going
to want to be friends with Vesper? I have disadvantage
because I have disadvantage on all mental checks.
Still... Natural one. I don't think that's possible.
Oh, well, you'll have to see it. It's pretty
impressive. But it is quite funny. I don't know.
This Vesper is... It's quite... This person's
existence is of dubious providence on its own.
Well, they're very elusive. They slow down their
heart to hide. They're very stealthy. They're
like a rogue. Would this person be a friend of
Lucia? Oh my god. Well, they're definitely my
friend. Oh, that must mean they're okay. At the
very least, of the okay tier. Good. I'm glad
you trust my judgment that way. I'm going to
admit, Valora. These past... These past week,
I've had extremely violent thoughts. Is this
another monologue? No. I've had extremely violent
thoughts. Things that I wish I could do to Lucia.
The way that she denied me. The way that she
embarrassed me in front of others. I think about
my thousand little defeats that I have every
day. Pain folds on itself. builds exponentially
as one thing mounts after another. But isn't
that what we're supposed to do? We're supposed
to wield pain. Use it upon the next person that
incurs something horrible upon us. Indignity.
After indignity, Lucia will learn her place.
She will be buried there. I just... I just don't
understand why you let her get to you like that.
You know? You're so good. Like, why does it matter
what she thinks or what she says in front of
people? Why'd you give her so much attention?
Because she's stealing my spotlight. Another
person under... No, no, no. She came in here
with her pink hair and just servitude towards
a dune. And she steps foot into the theater club.
I... No, no, I could tell. She did not intend
to come steal, to come towards me, to come take
my place. But no, the winds brought her here.
They intended for something. They made us look
very similar. They made us have very similar
allegiances. I could tell she has allegiances
to you. She loves you. But I also have allegiance
to you. You're my best friend. True. Unless you're
not. Unless you're here to help her. Why would
I do that? Because she's your retainer. She is.
But how would me taking you out to coffee help
her? One thing that I learned from my father,
despite his many neglects, despite his many,
everything he's said to me, there were some wisdoms,
there were some harsh truths in what he said.
But everything happens for a reason. Did you
really? And look me in the eye when I tell you
this. Did you really come to my room? Did you
bring me out here because you wanted to spend
time with me? Because you wanted to befriend
me? She starts to look serious. almost sad, looking
off. And she goes, No. I have to admit, I did
come. Thinking maybe I could change your mind
or something, but now that I've met you, I realize
I understand now what is so great about you.
And I can't believe I ever thought Lucia was
my friend. Whoa. She's playing it up dramatically
because she thinks she'll eat it up. Jesus. Deception
check with advantage. Jenny Sherard, everyone.
Oh my god. That's a talent right there. With
advantage, you said? Yes. Or disadvantage? Advantage.
Advantage. Okay. So it's normal. Okay. 24. She
smiles. She exhales. You see that there are actual
tears coming down her face. And she just kind
of like rubs her hair back. She's so relieved.
A huge weight lifted off her shoulders. She's
fucking nuts. I have someone. I actually have
someone. Actually, don't you have plenty of friends?
They're partitions. Things to separate me from
others. Wheat chaff. But you, you're true. You're
genuine. She's already regretting this, but nodding
along and looking at Quincy occasionally. Quincy's
having fun a little bit. Oh, no. Quincy just
goes. That's one of Valora's greatest qualities.
Oh, my God. What? She's very truthful. She's
genuine at the heart. You can believe in everything
she says. I can see it. In fact, I know it. She
is your best friend. And she loves you. It's
hard to put into words sometimes, but... Thank
you, Quincy. I think you're a piece of shit,
though. Melody looks at him. He's such a jokester.
He's always saying crazy stuff. Yeah. Yeah, I
was joking. I think Quincy's gonna make a deception
check. Yeah, Quincy's pissed off too. Deception
check, Quincy. I don't know whether to feel bad
for Melody or scared of her. It's a combo. Yeah,
I'm like, I feel bad now. I feel like she doesn't
really have anyone. 22 deception, which is Melody's
11. We can feel bad, but she's... She's dealing
with it in a really bad way. That is absorbing
other people into it. That's true. Tim, there's
a good point. We can empathize, but the actions
do not justify the means. Okay, but what has
she done wrong? What has Melody done wrong? Well,
you know what? Now that you mention it, nothing.
In case you're wondering why the run time is
seven hours long, it's because Albert asked this
question. She goes... Funny joke. So is our coffee
done maybe by now? Let's go check. She kind of
reaches a hand out towards Quincy. Like a shaky
hand. And places a hand on his cheek. Quincy's
just remaining in a stone face. Melody just goes.
A fun joke. Speak like that again, though. And
I will hurt you until you die. And Quincy goes.
I love you too. Coffee! The drinks. Coffee! Coffee,
coffee, coffee! Yummy, yummy, yummy! When she
gets focused on that, she looks at Quincy, like,
terrified. It's just like, what the fuck? Mouths.
Quincy goes, I should've never came to this school.
It was really just quiet with you. Uh... As you...
Well, I showed you what happens when you are.
What does that mean? What did you say before?
Oh, what did I say before? Yeah. Um, I said...
Oh, something about, uh, if it weren't for the
situation, I'd be honest, too. No, okay. Then
I did get what you said. I just showed you what
happens if you are. Oh. There you go. I knew
you'd come around eventually. You look tired.
I mean, are you surprised? I mean, she matches
your energy, so yeah. I'm a little surprised.
I mean, yeah. We're so in sync, she says. She
said, so walk back up to Melody. You're exactly
like her. But we have a lot of differences, too.
We complement each other well. And Melody just
goes, yes, we compliment each other so much.
I love your moxie. Oh, I love your talent. It
has a lot to love there. Oh, my God. Melody walks
into the cafe and she goes, one, says, one usual,
please. You already ordered. As Rana just goes,
all right, I have this for you. Thank you. You
forgot my friend, Quincy Garvey. Well, he just
showed up. So there's that. Yes, but didn't you
hear his audacity outside? He made his presence
known. That's okay. Quincy and I are going to
share. Alright, here you go. And thank you, Melody.
Oh, was that louder? Thank you, Melody. I'm not
going to show tune out of you yet. Alright, let's
walk around town. We got our drinks. It's great.
Let's go. Melody looks to you. As she walks out,
she just goes, she used to have a little jar
where if you put money in there, she would sing.
But she removed it after I bested her at a competition.
I put money in it and I bested her multiple times
over and over and over. She's removed the jar
since. Well, it's like, is it a singing competition
jar or is it just like a performance? Well, when
you perform... I mean, you shouldn't be surprised
you're upstaging her. No wonder she's a little
upset. course of course uh quincy goes so how
are your grades how's school jesus goes oh yeah
i'm struggling in the math department um but
reading company this is the his sort of the history
says i'm sort of a real i'm sort of a real god
about history oh yeah who was the first king
Oh, Frith Lunin, which is an awful name. Wow.
She looks at Quincy. Even though that's like
the easiest question ever. Quincy goes, that's
true, bestie. Ew. Well, that's my bestie. Actually.
Yeah. Fuck off, Quincy. Bye, Treadmire. Bye.
Sorry, that really got me bad. What are the both
of you on right now? Hmm? What are the both of
you on in class right now? Oh, we just started,
so, you know, had all that physical training
and stuff. I did the extreme one, you know, with...
With, um... The crazy running up the mountain
stuff and nearly dying. It was fun. Doesn't sound
fun. It was kind of crazy, though. It was very
theatric. Oh, you use the good word. All right,
I'm into your story now. What level do you do
on the physical training? Oh, I'm above all of
that. I am failing it, however. That's why. I
see. People don't agree. Despite that, my father
did say I have to put on more muscles. Well,
you know, it never hurts. I could use some more,
too. Quincy goes, but my speed compensates. Alright,
and maybe, Quincy, maybe you need to, too. Yeah,
I can acknowledge that I can always use room
for improvement. How noble of you. Thanks, you
too. And Quincy just goes, we're studying the
Accords in class, so we're learning all about
rules and engagement and war crimes. And the
lady goes, oh my goodness. When we were learning
about war crimes in the first year, I did a dramatic
reading of the entire Accords. Oh, like all the
contractual stuff at the beginning, too? Yes,
all of the titles. All of the titles, I assigned
different characters, and I played each and every
single one. There were 64 total characters I
played. Wow. Everyone must have enjoyed that.
You did a dramatic reading of war crimes and
stuff? Yes. What was the character for harming
unarmed medics? Oh my god. Oh, of course I know
that. Hello! Governor? I quit. I quit. I'm going
to die. I'm going to die. Right now. I quit.
I quit. I quit. You're walking a little unarmed
there. I quit. I actually quit. Reminder, she
shares your resume, Emma. I know. This is why
I quit. Can never live up to Melody and her reading.
I love Melody and Genshin Impact. I've just come
back from the coal mines, I did. Oh, yeah. Melody
Genshin Impact. I'm gonna cry. Velora covers
her mouth when she does this, though. When she
just looks away. Like, entirely. Do you want
to see the character I made that was supposed
to act out memory compulsion? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Go for it, girl. Life is, uh... Motherfucker.
What? I don't remember anything that's ever happened
to me, uh. Oh, because of the memory. Exactly,
you understand the vision. You have so much range,
wow. That's because I use a gun. Oh, yeah, I
guess I'm gonna do it. Did you also do characters
when you were reading the records? You know,
none of us in our class thought to do that. I'll
suggest it next time. Oh, that's sweet. Oh, look
at the time. I must go back. Goodbye. She walks
away. She looks at Quincy. Don't follow her.
I think I gave them enough time. I really don't
want to lure her back. So who are you doing this
for again? Lucia. I'll make sure she builds a
shrine for you. Oh, I gotta warn them she's coming
back, though, just in case they're still in there.
Let's get on Phantom. Okay. She goes to fly ahead
of Melody. He takes your drink, drinks the rest
of it, throws it in the garbage can, and then
gets on Phantom. Alright. Oh, let me strap you
in. And then we'll speed ahead of Melody to beat
her back to the dorms. Really impressed by your
new friend. Yeah. Yeah. Woman of many talents.
You think when we get back, Lucy's gonna be like,
oh my god flora thank you so much for your help
you really did a good job do you think she's
gonna do that no i think she'll if if cole's
not out of her the room yet then i bet she'll
be like we have to warn call he's still in there
i heard some oh no i don't know anything about
that nevermind um he's still in there and if
he's back I think we'll just flip away. Probably
she's... And if it gets too intense, she'll probably
be like... This is the first time you ever seen
Quincy, like, really act out like this. She does
make her laugh, though. You ever gonna show Lucia
your impression? Do you know why I'm doing this
right now while we're flying high in the sky
where no one else can hear us? Because nobody
can hear you. Because nobody's gonna believe
you. I don't know about that, Quincy. I think
you underestimate people's opinion of you. Impossible.
You're one of the crazies. You're with us. And
you're also one of Melody Fidelity's friends
now. So. What does that say about you? Shut up.
Alright, what's... Okay, do me now. How do you
do... What's your impression of me? Oh my god,
Melody. You're like so freaking cool. Okay, so
you did such a good job with Lucia, but then
you just tried to piss me off. Got it. I freaking
love you. I'm going to poke your eyes out. I
keep your eyes forward. I freaking love you.
I don't even have to. Phantom knows where he's
going. Like, no, I would prefer you keep your
eyes forward. Unbuckle. Lucia, let's get... Unbuckle.
I'm pushing you up. No, you don't. You endure
me. Yeah, I'm enduring so much today. I'm enduring,
like, so much. Okay, okay, okay. Flies faster.
I'm flying so much faster because you're infuriating
me, and I want to make this ride a lot shorter,
and I'm going to lash out and do all kinds of
little reactions and fun little things because
I'm a little kooky crazy. What is wrong with
you? I don't know. You tell me. Okay. Well, you
know, I'll make a list. Can't wait to read it.
Yeah. I forgot something in the room. Shit. What
did you forget? I just forgot to mess with the
map. I forgot about the map. Whatever. Oh, yeah.
There are plans to kidnap you. Yeah. Not really.
There are plans to do something to you. Question.
Did the blueprint on the wall, did it look...
Was it particularly detailed? Was there that
information that I would have wanted to know?
Or is it stuff that I probably could find pretty
easily? It was just a layout of the housing estate,
which is where you're staying, a little domestic
place. And it was just my name? It was just your
name and the list of operatives, which was Doremi,
Robert, and Rod. Okay, cool, cool, cool. It had
them pointing towards you, and it had, like,
no other information. Like, it wouldn't be helpful
if they were planning something. Alright, I just
note that. At the end of this, as you get closer,
he just goes, Hey. Yeah? On a serious side note,
my memory of last night's a little hazy. I don't
know if I hit my head hard. Which is strange
to me. Yeah. I haven't fell out of a tree in
a while. You remember what you were doing in
the woods? I was hiking out. I remember I was
thinking a lot about home. But I wouldn't have
been out that long. That late. I don't know.
If I'd fall, I'd fall foot first. There's a stinging
pain in my head. I don't know. Well, this has
to be between you and me. But some weird stuff
happened last night. I don't know what was going
on. Exactly. But... There's something weird with...
I need to talk to Lucia about it. Something weird
with Arnalda, I think. Her... Her dad. You visited
yesterday, right? Yeah, and he was supposed to
meet her. At the cathedral. And... She went up
there, and then I ran into Aurier last night,
and she told me that she spent the time with
Lucia instead because Arnalda had to suddenly
leave, but didn't know where he went. But then,
when I had phantom track ascent, it ended outside
at the cathedral. It just disappears. Not even
down the cliffside. Nothing. And he wouldn't
be able to get very far. So. It looks like he
just vanished out of thin air. And Aurier lied
about it. And Lucia just thinks that he left.
After promising to see her. And I think that's
fucked up. Language. Shut up. No, no, you're
right. That is fucked up. I don't know why. I
didn't feel this before. I don't know what's
been on my mind today. I don't. I already don't
have a respect for the executors. I know about
the things... I know about some of their history.
What my family has done alongside them. But I
haven't felt so negatively towards Vorluane.
But today... I can't shake it. I feel like...
I feel like Lucia needs to get away from her.
And I don't know why. I don't have a reason.
There is instinct. I think there's a lot we don't
know. Sorry. I think there's a lot we don't know.
I still have to figure out why my head's hurting
so bad. It's not because of Melody. It's not
because I've been within your presence for the
last few minutes. I said it's not because. Yeah.
Mm -hmm. Yeah. Mm -hmm. I'm kidding. But... If
there's anything I need to do and you need help,
you let me know. Okay? I will. I guess I'm just
mostly worried about... people's memories being...
intact. That even if I find something out...
I know this sounds like out of nowhere, but I
have a reason to think that there are people
here who modify memories when it gets convenient.
And I'm worried that I might know more than I
do when I just don't know. Or anyone, Lucia.
So be careful who you tell, because... i don't
want to forget what did i do know that's okay
i don't talk much anyway never comes a point
you see he reaches forward uh and you see he
holds out a something shiny in front of you A
round coin embedded with multiple stones of different
kinds as the insignia of House Garvey on it.
A large shield and hammer embedded over one another.
And a winged helm. A house coin. How'd you manage
to bring this to school? I stole it. They never
give it to a bastard like me. They won't even
know it's gone, don't worry. Figured we could
get some use out of it. I should go say hi to
her. I should go say hi to her again. Not for
you, Lane, right? No. I like to be around people.
Never mind. People who give you headaches? Nah,
you don't deserve what I was going to say. I
was just really open with you about something.
And that was your problem. I'm a little stressed
out about it. You're right. And I hurt you. And
I'm with you. She makes Phantom do a little spin.
And then go down to go get to Lucia. And he just
goes... As he... As he gets off. The most imperceptible
jump from him at the suddenness of it. As he
just goes, I'm serious, by the way. And thank
you for telling me. Well, let me know if you
figure anything out. About. Yeah. I'll try. Especially
since you're the expert on it. You don't have
to think of a comeback. I already saw that you
were thinking. I was just decided I was going
to pretend that wasn't an insult and that you
were talking about how smart I am and how much
I know about brain chemistry. Anyways, let's
go. That's what I meant. As he walks with you.
Go to find Lucia. And with that, we are closing.
Good game, everybody. We are closing. And in
today's game, a little bit of a short one today.
We're a little crazy. Melody opens her door.
Melody opens her door, gets... Now I'm worried
she's going to think I'm smart enough that I
did betray her. I want to reveal it during the
Melody Bowl. I'm going to feel kind of bad. no
it's gonna be awesome yeah yeah feel bad but
it's gonna be cool i feel bad but i don't because
i'm like i'm like i i don't i'm confused by this
woman she makes me nervous confused by this woman
like i said you can absolutely feel bad but uh
people do make choices and how they deal with
things and how they encompass other people into
it. Melody is a bitch. It was daddy. It was daddy
issues, not mommy issues. We went the wrong way.
Have we considered? She did nothing wrong. Ever?
You know, yeah. I feel like there's a constant
source of something trying to manifest. I'm just
saying we could be the baddies. And there's a
lot of possibility that that's the case. Well,
the thing that made me kind of weirded out was
that she's here to replace me. I'm like, by what?
By the gods? Does she think Lucia's a challenge?
It's a little neurotic. And that's where I get
nervous. Look, you walked up with pink hair.
And you're a dune. And therefore, replacement.
It's like, what? And she's alone. And she's did
all this stuff to carve out a space for herself.
And then it's threatened. Yeah. Which is wild
because Lucia doesn't want the fucking, she just
wants her to stop being a bitch. You know, I
think I'll never stop being a bitch. I think.
We're the baddies, you know? I think, like, Lucia
trying to take her gig. Valora over here gaslighting
her. Gaslight. I don't think Cole ever really
did anything wrong. No, never, never. No, no,
no. Cole's just a sweet little angel who never
does anything. But Robin, on the other hand,
ugh. Oh my god, do you see what Robin did to
her room? The only person in there besides Charles
Wilson was Robin. Charles betrayed her. A little
much. Robin did a little much. He did. Poor Robin.
The plot twist is it was Charlie. It was Charlie
all along. Who could know? Charles Wilson, but
that's not actually his name. He loved her so
much he became her brother. Oh, Zenni, that's
a good point. That's a sad thing. But Zenni wrote
in the chat that her religious role is some of
the few real things she has. Yikes. She should
be thrilled that she has another Dune follower,
but instead she gotta be unique. A lot of things
are really mingling with each other. It is just
a bad cocktail. it's this i'm like this girl
i want to put her she needs therapy but first
lucia has to beat her to a pulp at the melody
where she wants to kill her she wants to bury
her um just just for the folks uh Just for the
folks out there, I post documents and stuff in
the chat all the time. I posted rules for the
Melody Bowl. And there was a thing at the end
where the loser has to get buried in a ceremonial
burying. And there had to be addendums put into
place because Melody kept... kept gloating and
jumping on top of the caskets and pushing it
down and making sure the person couldn't get
out so they had to put addendums that the victor
cannot jump on top of the casket like that's
what the fuck like oh oh melody you know we i
have money too she's buying her way to victory
let's buy your way to victory too let's go let's
go magic shopping Let's get Lucia loaded up.
Give me a gun. I'll get you a gun. Maybe we can
get Saga to agree to let you borrow hers. Gun
v. gun. You can have a duel. Saga would be like,
I feel like I want to train Lucia first. I want
to see her hold a gun correctly before anything.
Fair, fair. Well, tomorrow in -universe. Lucia's
going through the level three training course
first. Right? Yeah. Yes, yes, yes. That's going
to be... I believe in her. I believe in Lucia.
No, I don't. You shouldn't. Okay. Well, thank
you for popping along, everyone. Happy Pride!
Happy Pride! And a big shout out. To someone
who used our code. Someone used our code? Someone
used our code. Yay! I don't know if... I don't
know if I want to... I don't know if you want
to be revealed. But thank you so much. Probably
not. But thank you. Thank you so much for doing
so. All the support goes a long way. All right,
everyone. Thank you, Dragmire. Dragmire said
it was me. Oh, Dragmire. Dragmire. Thank you.
Thank you. I hope you enjoy. Enjoy your stuff.
Okay, he said it wasn't him. Well. Oh, darn.
You've been deceived. Lies. We've been lied to.
You're the lying liar. The Dragmire situation
is crazy. Shout out, rescinded. But still, thank
you for subscribing on our Ko -fi that we've
never done anything on every month. I do appreciate
that. I'm going to post some lore at some point
this week. You know what? I'm going to post some
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have the profile picture. I remember I typed
a blurb for like, okay, here's the coffee, and
then I didn't do anything. But thank you all
so much. Thanks, guys. Thank you. All right.
Y 'all be good. We'll see you around. Ta -ta.
Bye. Bye. Bye. The winds have been... whispering
of what's to come but every time the words are
about to leave my tongue some obstacle arises
some unstoppable force my deepest fear awakens
fates unstoppable course but there's so much
i still don't see i never thought a second in
command would be me in the mountains where they
train the elite amongst all this nobility and
mark of passage and speed, with riches and power
in your family tree. But injustice strains all
your loyalty, desire and duty's the balance between.
The winds have been whispering of what's to come,
foreboding whispers, whispers to thunder. Your
castle walls crumble in one by one, against the
blood -red sky you ride on fandom. I fly Thank
you.