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Episode 27, Acorn League Part 1. You can catch
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everybody and welcome to song woven ira brin
dawn break there will be no bits in this entire
opening i am tim don tran your narrator and i
am joined by my three fellow amazing co -hosts
joining the choir today are me i'll be on bass
i guess hi i'm albert i'm here Guys, that was
so good. We just did a barbershop quartet. Well,
technically, I should be Alto. Jenny should be...
And I will be the Omega. Oh, okay. I said Alto,
not Alpha. Emma's such an Alpha when she sings.
I'm such an Alpha. Emma does give me Alpha energy,
I'm not gonna lie. I will take that. I shall
be alpha of all. I still don't know what the
fuck alpha means. Also, didn't they also just
prove that with wolves? They're like, alpha's
not a fucking thing. A long time ago, the dude
who originally was like, I regret it. I regret
it because, like, yeah, they don't. That's the
wolves. They don't have that hierarchy. The wolves
are like, the fuck, dude? Bro, you are the problem.
Yep. The wolves. It's us, not the wolves. It's
us, not the wolves. Yes, I do have the munchies.
Hi, I'm Albert. I play Cole. That is me. To you.
Wait. Someone. I'm Jenny. And I play Valora Avanlea.
Boom. Wait, pass it to me. Pass it to me, Jenny.
Wait, wait, wait. Which direction do I have to
go, though? My stream froze. No, it doesn't work
on the stream. That way? No, no, no. The other
way. The other. Jenny, you go the other way.
I was right the first time? Yes, you were the
first time. Here you go, Emma. Thanks, Albert!
Hello! My name's Emma Ramosco. I'm playing Lucia.
And yes, I am having my dinner tonight. I'm having
little snacks because eating is key. And now
I'm going to take this and I'm going to pass
it. Up and this way to Tim. There you go. Snatches
it from you. Tim, by the way, the thing that
we were passing around, it's a brick. For those
of you who are not in the know, I was the victim
of a violent brick attack. By a child. Many,
many aeons ago. Tim V. Brick. Yeah, how many
years ago was that? Was that two years ago? That
was not two years ago. That was like in the process
of last year, I think. I still remember it. The
Brick has left an impression on my back. And
also, it hurt. I need to speak with this kid
one day. I need to know his story. The thing
is, he's probably like grown up. He's probably
like, he looks different now. He's a small kid.
He probably doesn't even remember your name.
He probably never knew his name. He strikes me
as the kind of person. He's Zachariah and you're
Brando. No, no, no, no. The kid strikes me as
the kind of person who remembers every single
name on the list. On his list. Like VP. Like
VP, yes. His hit list? Yes. Jesus Christ. He
remembers every transgression. He lives with
everything that he's done. He carries it with
him because someone has to pay tribute to the
dead. Through brick throwing? Yeah. See, they're
bricks taken from gravestones. Why were there
bricks in gravestones? That's not how gravestones
work. No one does it. In New Orleans. That's
how he got them because they're not well made.
In New Orleans, or as we call it, Nolans, because
I used to live around there, they would build
using bricks on gravestones. They're the ones
that have like... You were in Pennsylvania! They're
like the bricks that have the name and date already
written on them? Yes. You know what I mean? Yes.
You know how people, like, carve the names of,
like, their intended victim on, like, bullets
and stuff? I'm glad you're agreeing. I made that
up. That's an anime thing, though. People will,
like, write the names of people, right, on the
bullet shells. Didn't that happen with the...
It happened in Songwoven. Yeah! Oh, yeah! That's
right! Yeah! It also happened... What's it called?
The, um... The CEO shooter? Wasn't that like
what they said he did? Oh, that's right! Denied
to pose as a friend, yeah. Good shit. Art reflects
life, I guess. Sometimes that art is brick being
thrown. That kid tried. He certainly tried. So
are you saying you're the healthcare CEO? No,
that is absolutely not. He's CEO of Strong Woven
Show. I have something to confess. No. You know
last week when our bit was that we were unethical?
I must admit, it felt very natural to me. You've
been unethical the whole time. It felt a part
of you. Yeah. There's no going back. Like Jim
Carrey in the mask. It was me and being a healthcare
CEO. Yes, because when I think of Tim Don Tran,
healthcare CEO is the first thing I think of.
I just think unethical. Yeah. Okay. Speaking
of unethical. Unethical. I need you all to roll
a d100. Oh, okay. Mine's going to be so good.
Look at this. That makes me nervous. This is
not part of the game, so I'm going to roll it
here just for fun. 63. Wow. Completely opposite
spectrum. And this die. 17. Oh, 16, 17. 16, 17.
Okay. So, Emma, we're going to start with you
first. What was your roll? 16. You rolled a 60?
Yes. Okay. In that case, give me a d20. Okay.
We broke into a million pieces. 15. You have
pulled Reinwald Aston. Congratulations. Yay!
Reinwald's a good pull. What star is he? I need
to know. What is my boy? Four stars. Okay. Nice.
I did a great pull for Reinwald. I do think it
makes sense to have all the boys except for Robin
at four stars. They're all very good. Albert,
what did you get? 17. 17? Okay, roll a d20. Yes,
Zenny. It's our gotcha pulls for the day. 17
again. Okay. Wow. You have also gotten Reinwald.
That's my boy. An excellent pull. Valora. Jenny.
Whatever. Go ahead. I got 83. Do you want me
to roll a d20? Yeah, an 83. Please roll a d20.
16. You have gotten Robin Atlee. Summer. Robin
with a summer edition though. What star is he?
That's like two at least. He doesn't even get
upgraded for summer? Oh no! One and a half stars?
Robin and Robin Summer are both one star. Damn,
Robin. Four star. My king. Okay. I will now announce
the current gotcha list, which will continue
to expand every week. One star category. Terrifying.
One star category. Robin Atlee. Graham Alizon.
Robin Atlee Summer. Tim Dontran. Two stars. No!
No! No! I don't accept that. Two stars. Me with
my back? Hell no. Two stars. No, you are not
a one star. Two stars. No, up higher. Two star
category. Do Re Mi. Oh. Robert. Two stars? Who
is Robert? Robert from the theater club. Oh my
god! There was a Robert! There was a Robert,
a Rod, and a Robertius. Three stars category.
Oh damn, that was all in the two? Okay. Tula
Evangale. Three for Tula? Okay. Tamsin Von Rue.
Normal. Four star category. Damn. Reinwald Aston.
Yeah. Marcellus Edovain. Yeah, that seems right.
Our mod in the chat rolled a four, which means
that our mod gets a five -star character. Do
you? Yeah. Because I put the five... JT's excited.
I put the five -star character at a five percent.
I know exactly what she's getting. I know exactly
what he's doing. Real quick, JT, please roll
a d20, and that will decide what your five -star
character is on my list. There's like 20 versions
of Melody Fidelity in the five -star list. No!
My girl. Oh, no, JT! JT? Seven. Now naming the
five -star category. Only two characters for
now, but don't worry, this list will expand.
Melody and Melody Summer. Five stars. vpa oh
no okay and the which jt got you got vpa yay
you got vp everything's coming up and the final
announcement for the final five -star character
for this week robin hot springs So we need to
get him into the baths. And it will probably
be explained during the session. Robin has a
five star in Hot Springs. Is he going to get
naked? He's going to take off his shirt and he's
going to, well, yeah, probably. He's going to
be ripped. He's going to be fucking ripped. I
love how Zenni in the trick goes, ooh. Zenni
loves Robin. Damn, Hot Spring Robin. Yes, JT,
your constant rerolls have paid off. You've done
it. By God, you've done it. That makes it for
today's song -woven gacha poll announcement.
We're not getting ethical again. We're just going
to keep descending into unethical. I think we
need to. I think we need to. I was like, yeah,
this may be a weekly bit. We're just going to
add more characters to the list. Also, I'm so
sorry. New packs coming out. I have to pee so
bad. Could you start with Valora and or Cole?
Piss now. We can have a recap anyways. That's
fine. Oh, that's right. The recap. Please do
the recap. Have fun. Thank you. Now that she's
gone. Now that she's gone, we can talk all kinds
of shites about her. Emma is so cool. Emma is
amazing. Don't tell her I said that. But if I
do have to criticize her, I think she's awesome.
Super awesome. Alright. Not a lot happened last
time. Yeah, not that much. Okay, recap time.
Valora investigated the Black Shard, and it tried
to take her over, but it didn't. But she saw
the life of a woman named Grace, who was killed
by the Mare Knight, and was a guard for the Underground,
it looked like. In the morning, everybody met
up. Quincy had stolen my key, so that's cool.
And we figured out what happened with Lucia,
and we talked about it, and we kind of caught
up Reinwald and Quincy about everything. And
also, Cole asked Lucia, after proving that she
can see the future and go back in time a bit,
he asked her if she'd ever seen anything about
him. she was like or something she didn't like
answer properly exactly um but he read her mind
and found out that she saw him dying in her arms
and so then he's like well shit i'm gonna die
and so he was a little existential the rest of
the day maybe that's not the right word but um
but then we went to class and tamsin showed up
and she was normal which was weird Because we
think Tamsin might have been replaced. Hey, how
are you? Hey, Squidward. Four -star Tamsin got
replaced by three -star Tamsin. Is four -star
Tamsin just the Pomeranian? Yes! Hold on. I have
something for the announcement next week. And
then we did our physical training, which Lucia
went up to tier 3 with us. And the training basically
consisted of pushing each other into a ditch.
And Cole was very good at it. Threwed Cadwallader
was also obviously very good at it. Lucia pushed
Valora into a ditch. Valora was the worst at
this for some reason. And yeah, they did that.
And Cole also ran into a noblewoman named Riven
Criner who was experimenting with a glove to
make things more dexterous and asked him to test
it for her. And he did a phenomenal job, except
he sabotaged it a little bit without her noticing.
And as payment, she gave him a magical coin that
can bend luck either extremely in your favor
or extremely bad. Hell yeah. How does it feel,
Cole? Fate can't be changed. Now, twist it against
you. What do you mean? What do you mean, what
do I mean? What do you mean? Well, you know,
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good. And also, Emma's not back yet, so I'm still
talking. I guess some additional announcements
while we're here. So we are in a little bit of
a fluxy flux at the moment because our situation
is bounding to and fro. Next week, we are off.
And then we're going to play for two more weeks.
And then after the game on August 17th, we are
going to go on a little break because somebody
is doing a little move. Somebody here is doing
a little move. He's dancing. I'm moving in with
Timmy. Yeah. And then we're moving. And then
you're moving in with me. And then I'm leaving
him because I'm moving in with Jenny. And then
we're all moving in with Emma. And Albert, who's
staying in my place, will move in with us as
well. That's the goal. And then we're going to
do Songwoven live at a table. Yeah! We're going
to do it at an auditorium, so it looks like we're
on PAX. We're playing on a stage. True, true,
true. Jenny has an in at a theater. That's right.
Oh, Emma. Emma, you're muted. Sorry. I was wondering
what Tamsin's dog form star was. Four stars.
I literally was like, what is it though? And
I'm glad that's been answered. Thank you. Emma,
just to keep you caught up. We let everyone know
that I'm moving with Tim and then Tim is leading
me to move in with Jenny. And then all three
of us are going to move in with you. And then
we're going to be holding song woven live in
an auditorium every Sunday. Where? What auditorium?
Jenny has an in. Yeah. I thought, didn't you
read? Didn't you read the chat when we put all
the venue together? Didn't you read the personal
song of a newsletter? Clearly I've not been up
today and I'm sorry guys that I'm not as committed
as I should have been. Emma, I post a newsletter
every day. I know, I know, I know. And I really
have been letting the team down. We've already
pre -sold tickets. Wow, wow. Well, you know,
there's only... Give them back. Send them all
back. Okay, but just to clear up confusion. Yes,
Albert is moving in with me. I'm just kidding.
I'm going to be moving in with Jenny. Yay! Yahoo!
So that's going to be so cool. And that's going
to take a little bit. So we will announce in
the Discord server when we'll be back. And if
you're a VOD head or a pod head and listening
to us or watching us. I'm a pot head. You will
know when we're back when we've uploaded something
else. You know what? I just... Okay, this is
not relevant, but I was like, wait, if we ever
did do a live show, are you able to do it, Emma?
Were you equity? Does that apply to that? Fuck
equity! They don't gotta know shit about what
I do. Wait, what if it's not paid? Are you able
to do something if it's not paid? No, but that's
why we don't tell the union. It's such a weird
gray area because I'm like, okay, it's on stage,
but it's not like traditional. We just, we lie.
And you're hiring yourself. I'm hiring myself.
We're all on stage. Emma has to play on a little
table that's directly off the stage. She's an
audience member. We cannot get you in trouble.
We can't get you in trouble. We don't advertise
that you're coming. You're not in the program.
We're going to see a mysterious guest who rhymes
with Fema Tomato. we're usually audience for
Tabasco she's a play in the audience and we just
call her up on the stage oh yeah you want to
come up Yeah, I'll be like, wow, guys, I'm your
biggest fan. Can you volunteer? Can a tall guy
from Emma sit down? Yes, you. Melody Fidelity
live. I would cry. I would cry. Let's do the
Melody Bowl at Madison Square Garden. Right there.
Kimmy dresses up with a pink wig and throws herself
down the stairs. Yes. Yes. That's actually a
dangerous idea. I still have pink. killers i
can do it it's all right we we can we can do
like a stunt double kind of thing like we have
like a manic like there's I have a lot of friends
who are stunt doubles. It's like, it's like,
right. Okay. So you like have the stage be a
little bit higher up and then you have like at
the bottom of the stairs, there's like a pit,
but the audience can't see it. And we throw like
a mannequin down the stairs and then it falls
in the pit. And then Timmy rises up out of the
pit. I like to imagine that we throw it as hard
as we can. It's a blur. It explodes when it explodes,
when it hits the ground. The head rolls off.
It comes up briefly. And then you rise, like,
with a dramatic song. You're like, it was me,
Melody, this whole time. Melody, the alpha and
the omega. You know what? We don't even need
to have, like, the pit can be there, but we don't
even need to have, like, the stages need to be
high. We can just have, like, fog machines that
cover the pit. Oh, yeah. Like Phantom of the
Opera style. Yeah, so you can't even see that
they're the pit. I need to position you guys
like sort of fire jets. Just for, like, a reason.
What? Nah. Makes sense. I'm scared. What do we
call it? The Melody's armpit. Never mind. One
lucky audience member will find a brick under
their chair that they're allowed to throw. And
you can't Abraham Lincoln me. I allow you to
do it. Can we not advertise that? With the brick
specifically. People are going to be like, they're
non -union, they hate the unions, they kill each
other. Emma getting reported to the union for
this is so funny, though. Do it! No, I'm kidding,
please don't do it. And before we start, I have
to really real quick report something. Because
my dad was watching Mission Impossible 3. And
I came down. And I have no fucking idea what
happened. This is just the funniest thing to
me. So Tom Cruise was doing his usual shenanigans.
He was getting up to his usual stuff. He climbed
a wall with like a grapple hook or whatever.
And then he rolled when he got to the top of
the wall. And then he looked at the camera. He's
so close that he can lick the camera. And then
he just goes, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. And
then... He did not. Are you serious? I'm dead
serious. Look up Mission Impossible 3 Humpty
Dumpty. It is the most... I'm like, why the fuck
did he say that? I quit. I will never watch this
for that reason. The reason why I tell this is
because I legitimately... That's been like a
week ago. I have been nonstop thinking about
it. Like, did a producer lose a bet? What the
fuck happened? I was going to say, it's not supposed
to be camp, right? It's an action movie. It's
an action movie. No, it's serious. So... moment
where he just looks directly at the camera but
you know non you know non -digetti is not it's
nowhere around he's like Humpty Dumpty sat on
a wall are you saying Humpty Dumpty isn't serious
to you that was a serious they took all the king's
horses and men there's been a lot of accusations
thrown at me today they couldn't even put Humpty
back together together again serious it's too
soon And I think we should respect the family
before making jokes at Humpty's expense. Hold
on, I need to grab my ukulele for my YouTube
apology video. I mean, I guess we are unethical
now. I'm just saying people should make YouTube
videos but instead of a ukulele it should be
like the knife song with like the five finger
fillet. I have all my fingers. Do it to your
apology so you don't apologize. I'll do that
if I ever do anything worth apologizing for.
Just don't do anything worth apologizing for.
YouTuber apology but with I'm not sorry motherfuckers.
What about YouTube apology but you do like the
cup song while you're doing it? yeah with the
red uh the red solar i would like to apologize
for selling gambling to children my actions were
wrong and i really regret that we're through
this song so you're gonna miss me when i'm gone
Okay, we gotta do something with the apologizing.
Alright, alright, alright. Lock in, lock in.
Lock in, guys. Lock in. Alright, let's do something.
Someone say a slur real quick. A slur? We need
to apologize. Okay, no nosies. Please. This is
too... This is too dominantly a white stream
to say. No! Someone say a slur real quick. It's
okay. I'm Vietnamese. Someone say it to me. I
can't do it. Okay. It doesn't matter. We're all
we're all we're all some shade of queer so like
a couple of those we can work with Ooh. Pretty.
I like this song. There were no bits at all.
So, 27 minutes of no bits. No one donated a bit.
That's what Timmy meant. Yeah. I don't see anything
from you guys. Well, he predicted right. One
star chat. One star chat. No, they're five stars
because they did what you said. Fuck. I'll never
forget when Final Fantasy Brave XPS added Ariana
Grande to the game. The fact that Ariana Grande
is a canon Final Fantasy character will live
forever in my mind. And the fact that the Brave
XPS version of Touch It is also really fucking
good. And you know what's the best part? She
was a four star character. She was so good. There
were two versions of her. Yes, yes. Okay. Anyways.
Oh, God. It's so crazy trying to disengage from
being giddy. Moments after today's physical training.
The lot of you had tend to whatever parts of
your day you had to tend to in the meantime,
rested up, get yourself ready. And at varying
points in time, the three of you have brought
yourselves to the proving grounds. Getting ready
to attend to today's Acorn League tourney. Which
is the starting point for anyone who wishes to
prove themselves and rise among the ranks within
the rankings of Ira Brin and the Chase for Glory.
A lot of you are seated. at Bragg's bench. This
sort of like relaxation area with light meals
and free accommodation where fighters, before
they go into one of the many amphitheater -style
arenas, you know, you guys don't get to go to
the big coliseum yet, that's reserved for the
big stuff, rest before they are allowed. Before
the designated combat pits are open. Around you,
you see the different postings. You see the different
tournament lists of what's being set where. On
Amphitheater 6 is where a lot of your names are
located. And I've gone ahead. I posted the tournament
listing like months ago. Don't worry about it.
Are we short -rested? Yes. Okay. You see a young
halfling man named... Who introduces himself
as Eustace. And he is your... He is your tournament
organizer. And basically your referee. A friendly,
affable Crimson Griffin third year. And you are
all familiar with the rules of the tourney. No
striking above the neckline. Lethal tent, your
weapons are coated with a special concoction
made from Addison's blood. It's a mushroom with
healing properties to ensure that even if your
equipment cuts too deep, that it stabilizes the
other individual. You are required to use tournament
equipment. So no magical equipment. Which is
not a problem for most of you. I did not prepare
for that. Even though I knew that and I'm just
realizing that. Just add a glaive. Add a normal
version of your weapon. But it's not right. I
have to edit it. We'll just say I have one less
crit range. Fights go on until someone yields
or are out of commission. And you start off with
two. That's right, two condom lesser healing
potions. And short rest. One short rest is allowed
between rounds. One total or just one between
all rounds? Between rounds. Yeah, if you won
the first round, you get a short rest. If you
win the second round, you get a short rest. Got
it, got it, got it, got it. You all learn that
even if you lose in the very first round, you
go beyond the Acorn League. You advance past
the Acorn League. Hmm. So, for some of you, the
word acorn starts to look like baby. It's the
baby leagues. So, eventually you guys are allowed
in. You're allowed to get your equipment to optimize
your cell, to be familiar with the area. You
go into sort of like a backstage area before
you go into the arena. And other combatants can
sit around the small pit and watch and observe.
We return to Bragg's bench currently in your
equipment, waiting for Eustace to call everyone
up. You're all seated with your partners in groups,
whatever you want to be. Now with the maybe dealing
with nerves or excited about the upcoming spars
that you're going to be in. The first round up.
Laura and Reinwald versus Robin in a currently
absent Dresden VPA. He's absent? He's absent
right now. You see Robin's pacing back and forth.
Just going, what the fuck is he? What the fuck
is he? Come on! VP! You guys didn't meet up earlier
or anything? He said he was going to be here.
I told him the exact time. Maybe he's just going
to make an entrance or something. No, that's
not what I want. He needs to be here right now
because we're in the first round. A round's going
to come up. Well, maybe they can always skip
us and come back and wait for him. I just don't
want him to get... I don't know if that's going
to be a thing that's going to happen. Okay. You
have to do the honorable thing. One of you has
to yield. And then it's a one -on -one fight.
No. I don't even know if that's allowed. And
plus, I don't think any of us are in the business
of yielding. Come on, please. I mean, I shouldn't
say. But like, it's the honorable thing to do.
You have time still. You have time. She says
kind of eyeing whoever's in charge. But think
about it, Robin. If you managed to beat both
of them at the same time by yourself, think how
cool that would be. I'd be the coolest guy on
campus, maybe. You would be kind of cool. I think
you could do it. I saw you take down that warbler
thing. Yeah, I did do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And these guys are kind of like not warblers.
I can take them. You're right. They are not like
warblers. That's very true. Warble, by the way.
Or bull, you know, all the same. Okay, but let's
just... Everyone just calm down. Everyone just
calm down. Lucia, just calm down. What? She says
and she's just like... Lucia's like knitting.
She's like polishing off her potions and going
through her healing spells. Phantom, you heard
the man. Nodding. I mean, if you think about
it, having Phantom there kind of makes it a 3v1.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say.
He's my mount. He's my mount. Could Phantom be
on Robin's team? I don't think that's exactly
fair. Why not? I'm going to give him a big steak
right now. Is it like bones? I can eat the steak
and he can have the bone. Yeah, he loves bones,
but he loves steak too. But, like, it's not fair
because he's not really a combatant. I mean,
I've seen him take people down. I mean, not typically,
though. Come on, Valora, give me Phantom. Give
it to me. I can't just give you Phantom. You
don't even know how. Get over the ownership right
now. I've ridden horses before. He is not a horse.
He's not, but it's the same kind of concept.
Do you know Draconic? Yeah. You do? Yeah. That's
really impressive, actually. I don't know why
you lied about that. No, I don't. Oh, well, do
you know Celestial? Why would I ever want to
know Celestial? Hey! It's a beautiful language
that has rich history. You know it? Yeah, we
both do. Quaint. Quaint? Can you speak Oran?
Like Primordial? What makes you think... What
makes you think I can do that? I can speak common.
I don't know. I thought we were asking these
questions. I can speak common. I can speak infernal.
I can speak dwarvish. Oh. And I can speak elvish,
but I understand it better than I can speak it.
Begin Spanish. Well, it sounds like you know
a lot of languages. So, I mean, it's only fair.
I mean, but what I'm saying is that you won't
be able to tell Phantom. You won't be able to.
even, like, fake. But he gets common. He understands
common. He does, but he's... It's not gonna work.
Steak! Steak! Steak! He says to Phantom. Phantom
just looks at you like, what the fuck is this
weirdo doing? Is he okay? I hope something didn't
happen. Yeah, that's the question, isn't it?
Phantom. Should we tell... One of the organizers
or something? The organizer comes in and just
goes, those for Amphitheater 6, for the dual
tournament for the Acorn League, please make
your way to the Amphitheater now. Oh my god,
Mimi! Where are you? Can we change the order?
His partner's not here. Yet. Um... Can I have
a rule that if it's a no -show, then it's considered
a forfeiture? Well, what if we wait till the
other groups go, and then if he's still a no
-show, then? I understand what you're saying,
but typically we run tightly here, you know?
We have to do things the way we do things. The
school rules. How much time does he still have
to get here? Until I say start. Well, then just
don't say it, right? Yeah. Guys, I really have
to do this. It wouldn't be fair if I skipped
my first round. You know, we want to... I mean,
technically, the combatant that's left over can
choose to choose to compete against the both
of you. Okay, question. What if while they're
doing that, his partner shows up? Can he jump
in the ring? No. That's not allowed. Think how
cool it would be if at the final hour, things
are looking dire, and suddenly it comes running
in from the stands, does a cool flip into the
middle of the arena. That's very cool, and it's
a romantic thought, but... Unfortunately, here
at Irobrin, we have to be really uniform and
strict about our rules, and we expect the students
to... Yes? Hey, I have an idea. There's people
in the audience by now, right? Like a pre -show?
As you're walking to the amphitheater, because
he's been walking and talking. People aren't
in the crowds yet. Now it's just opened up. Then
she'll look to the line of people waiting or
whatever then. And be like, Hey, Golden Moose
people! Raise your hands. In this tournament?
I gotta take a look at the list. It doesn't matter
who. It's just the audience. I'm just saying
it to the audience. I'm saying it to the audience
broadly. Oh, okay. It is a very small audience.
You actually just see everybody. It's not a huge
line. These are really just private little events.
You see Samara. Oh, Samara, do you know where
VP is? Shakes her head. Do any of you know where
BPA is? People just kind of like look around.
Can someone from the Golden Moose step in for
him? Robin goes, yes, I will take Samara. She's
not a corn league. This is a tournament for the
first years. While they're yapping. Is there,
like, a... What's the layout of the place? Is
there, like, a higher place that I could get
to to try and, like, look around from? I'm going
to take you all to the map. Map, map, map. And
for the people watching on stream, hush, hush.
And also for the people on stream, I don't think
I configured the correct thing. Ooh! Oh, it's
bad. Oh, it's bad. It's just Robin. Oh, no. Well,
we'll deal with that later. But you guys envision
that look cool, right? Small map. As the organizer
just kind of like gestures you, Valora, like,
position, please. While they're yapping and talking
and trying to get into position. Can I, like,
try and climb up onto one of these buildings
and see if I can, like, look around and spot
him, like, in the distance or, like, playing
with a flower or something? Absolutely. So I'm
going to say you kind of very easily, like, kind
of, like, break off from everyone. As Robba just
goes, just, like, five minutes, please, to the
organizing organization. He goes, like, I'm really
sorry. The clock's about to tick. Koel, you see.
A small procession of individuals with instruments
making their way into it. To the place. Is this
the drama club people? Among them is Jerry. Alright.
And I was kind of like, people with instruments,
you look over yonder. Like, you're high enough
where you can see beyond Bragg's bench. And you
just see, you see VPA at Bragg's bench. Like,
he's getting candy. He's distracted. I look over.
I kind of like... I guess I'm kind of up here.
I kind of wave down at Valora hoping she spots
me. And I'll kind of like point in the direction
and give her a thumbs up and then I'm just going
to like, I don't know, jump off the building
and try and run over to go get BP. At the candy
store? So I like motion like... Oh, um... And
then I run. So, what are the rules again, by
the way? Go through the entire handbook. I totally
missed it because I was looking for VP8, trying
to buy time. Okay, Acornly, da -da -da -da. Okay,
he starts going through the coal. You are sprinting
off. As you see VP goes, Ooh, can I have that
one? And that one? Here, he just throws out a
bunch of gold coins. What does this get me? And
the guy says, you don't need to pay, sir. As
you're coming up. I just scoop arm, just take
like a handful of the candy, and I'm just taking
VP away. Thanks. Hey, Beef! Beef! He's just running
after you. No, I'm just running with VP to the
thing. He's stolen me! Beef! That guy right there
as he's running after you. But then you see he
gets distracted midway chasing you. He just goes,
Oh, no, no. I was linking arms with VP. Oh, I
thought you took the candy. I'm linking arms
with VP. Sorry. Grabbing a handful of candy.
I thought you took the candy. Holding it in front
of his face and just running off with him. He
just goes, What? Where are we going? Where are
we going? This way. We're going to the lab. Yep,
yep. Gonna be real fun. Come on. He stops dead
track. He stops dead. And you literally call
to a stop. And he just goes, wait. Wait, I need
to be at the tournament right now. Yeah, that's
where we're heading. Let's go. Oh, my God. Where
is it? This way. Oh, my Odin. Just follow the
candy. Oh, my Odin. I hold it in front of us
as we run. Just follow the candy. Wait, can I
have that? Yes, here. Just dump it into his arms.
He honestly really scares me as an NPC. Because
you know he's going to be fucking terrifying.
And he just goes, as he's running, he just goes,
oh my God, this is going to be so badass. I gave
money to a bunch of people so they could play
music for me. I asked them if they could make
music for me. It's going to be so badass and
cool. I believe it's going to be real cool. Thank
you. Thank you. You're welcome. And Valora and
Lucia, you see this people with instruments and
Jerry, like, getting propped up. And Eustace,
the organizer, just goes, okay. So, was I supposed
to have Phantom coat his claws and the stuff,
or do I just, like, agree not to have him use
his claws and stuff? Yes, you shouldn't. Or the
stinger, obviously. We're allowing them out,
but we generally don't want the mount to commit
to any offense themselves. Oh, yeah. That makes
so much sense. VP time! As suddenly music swells.
Not the music change. No! He does not have Avengers
music. VP the Avengers here! I run and I pick
him up and just... Push him into the arena. I
get Robin a thumbs up, and then I'm running back
to my seat. Oh, my God. You're an angel. Are
you a devil? You're an angel. Don't worry, evildoers.
You are doomed forever as he pulls out a weapon.
Oh, God. And he starts rushing after you, Valora.
He's about to leap. Hey, we're not starting yet.
We're not starting yet. We're not starting yet.
What? What? Yeah, you have to wait for him. He's
in charge. The music keeps playing as he's doing
this. It just goes, okay, when are we going to
start? He's pacing back and forth very impatiently.
Like, he cannot stay still. And he just goes,
I'm sorry, Robin. I was just trying to get a
bunch of candies. Like, VPA, I really... Okay,
I'm really relying on you here, okay? We're partners,
right? Yeah. And after that, after this round,
I'm going to buy you a ton of candy. Wow. I don't
need that. Fuck. What? I have my seat next to
Lucia and I... Here you go, Lucia. And I just
dump half the candy that I didn't leave in the
bag. Candy! Yours. And she starts munching on
it. Points at you, Lucia. Thief! Thief! And Eustace
just goes, all right, let's get this all. Eustace
is like, please. Organize this, please. As the
music continues to blare. Is it louder? I'm going
to say the violinist is going ham. Jerry is going.
Just goes, don't worry, Robin. Everything always
comes up deep. I hate that. I hate that. And
Eustace goes, all right. Everyone's going to
have a moment to prepare themselves on the field
before we continue. Choose your starting positions.
Do not pass the line. Let's see. I have the good
VP from the void. Do you want us to fill while
you fix the overlay? Yes, please. Okay. All right.
Lucia, what's the plan? How are we taking him
down? She's chewing on the candy. What do you
mean? Well, I mean... So I guess it doesn't really
matter if we win or not, but I guess I would
think it'd be kind of fun to, to fat Valor and
Brian Waltz. Is that who we're facing first?
No, not at all. Uh, we have to get there. Who
are you facing first? I believe where I kind
of like lean forward and kind of look to our
left. It's, are we fighting Antonello and Leilani
first? Yeah. Those two over there. She peeks
around. For you, Lucia, you see the girl who
spoke to you about the flower traditions and
was delighted that you brought flowers. She was
really nice. And Antonello, the more grumpier
human individual at the wake, both seated over
to the side. Oh, yeah, they were really, really
nice. Well, we got them. Beat him up. Oh, uh,
oh, right. Okay. Um, so, uh, uh, you go high,
I go low. Yeah. So, uh, so when I get in there,
you're not, you're not really a kind of frontline
kind of person, right? You don't really. No,
no, no. I like to stand back. All right. Perfect.
All right. What I need you to do is do you got,
you got a, you got that crossbow, right? Yeah.
All right. When I get next to them, you shoot
them with the crossbow. Are we not allowed to
use magic? No, I mean, I guess you could. Oh,
okay. Anything. I'm really good at kind of like
when you, when you like throw something at someone
or like shoot something at someone, I'm real
good at kind of like, Kind of following up on
that. Can it be like a spell or does it have
to be like an arrow? It doesn't have to be a
spell. It just needs to be something you kind
of like throw. You know what I mean? Like not
something that just like appears there. It needs
to be something that like kind of shoots out.
Okay. Yeah, yeah. I have a couple of spells that
I can lay that like they come out as like streams
of things kind of thing. Yeah. Something you'd
classify as an attack roll. You know what I mean?
I have a few of those. Okay, perfect. All right.
Anything like that. But we're going to be going
up against... Before we get there, we're going
to fight them, and then we're fighting... Who
are we fighting in the second round? It's...
Well, do we think we're even going to get past
the first... Are they... What do they even do?
Are they also casters? I don't know. I guess
we won't know until we get there. I've been so
busy dealing with kind of trying to get information
on the Melody Bowl, I kind of put the Acorn League
to the side. I honestly haven't even read the
rules. Okay. All right. Well, don't kill anyone.
Wow. That's awful. I mean, just don't intentionally
do it. Don't hit above the... Did you not hear
that? Didn't they go over the rules like four
times? Valora kept asking him to repeat it, right?
Oh, but I was working on my cute little sweater.
I was knitting it for Pomeranian Tamsin because
I wonder if she gets cold in the winter. Pomeranian
Tamsin? Five star Tamsin Pomeranian winter version.
In a little sweater that Lucia had knit for her.
What do you mean? What do you mean by Pomeranian
Tamsin? Detect thoughts. Detect thoughts. Detect
thoughts. She has wild shape. Detect thoughts.
Whismism save right now. The stalling roleplay
went too far. Now Cole got info. Now he's got
it. This will forever change the course of the
game. That's the surface thoughts. Fuck, fuck,
fuck, fuck, fuck. It's that and it's also her
going, well, it's one of her bodies that she
uses because she's one of the hands. But out
loud she goes, it's one of her wild shape forms.
She's a caster. Oh, she does like druid stuff.
Uh, yeah. Okay, I didn't know they had those
here. Alright, that's pretty cool. I mean, isn't,
um, aren't there a couple of druids here? I don't
think so. Does she like Pomeranians? I guess
so. I'm reading the thoughts the entire time.
Does she like Pomeranians? I honestly don't know
why Tamsin chose a Pomeranian. I hope she didn't
actually have to kill the Pomeranian to take
its corpse, because that would make me really
sad if she had to kill a dog, because she technically
has to use the bodies, and it's the full, like,
inside thoughts. By the way, Samara is seated
on the other side completely, just arms crossed,
just watching stoically, and then you see Saga
sitting by herself. When I spot her, I give a
little wave. She does wave back. And then you
see Valora sitting on one of the chairs as you
kind of look around again. You see Graham Alizon.
Oh, God. By himself. And he just goes, Let's
go, Valora! Because he's cheering for me, she'll
give him a little wave too, even though she was
only gonna do it if he acknowledged her first.
Fucking Graham. I'm sorry, that one got me really
bad. They say he's not good at cheering. He doesn't
know how to cheer. He can't offbeat. Let's go
Valora. Let's do it. The musicians are going
into cardiac arrest. Can I get reverse inspiration
for that? Yes. Yeah, you get a subtraction. I
lose inspiration. Eustace, after explaining the
rules, just basically fight until either one
of you yields or until one of you is unconscious.
Do not strike a completely downed opponent. Moving
outside of these bounds resulted in disqualification.
You must act within these lines. Am I understood?
Yes, sir. Good. You see VP just goes, I want
to smite people. I want to smite people. I want
to smite people. God, he's a paladin? Jesus Christ.
He's absolutely quaking. He's been just really
rocking back and forth. He's really impatient.
Can I cast a spell right now? You can cast preliminary
spells as long as they do not affect the other
team. You're allowed one cast. VP goes, yay!
Wind up! He's going to cast wind up on himself.
That's a sword. Yeah, go ahead. Question. With
this new information about Tamzin and this information
about Tamzin killing people and things and using
their bodies as skin suits. Oh, she doesn't kill
them. Hold on. She doesn't kill them. She finds
them dead. Well, no, but you said like, you know,
in your thoughts. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I hope he
doesn't kill them. Yeah, correct. So I remember
distinctly you giving me a whole bunch of information
on... One second. Where is this specific doc?
It's at the very beginning of a doc that you
sent me. Uh -oh. Getting revelations. Does this
remind me at all of a specific old ghost story
that is told to children? What? It does bring
shades of it to you, yeah. What? What? Okay.
Alright. Okay. Reinwald casts Wind Up. Okay.
Looks to you, Velora, and just goes, I'll be
relying on you, partner. And I know I can rely
on you. I'll do my best to live up to your expectations,
then. And I know we definitely, at lunch, talked
about our plan that I want to beat Robin real
bad. So we're going after him first. My four
-star king. Okay, Reinwald. I was like, Robin?
Oh. No, no, Reinwald. I'm just saying Reinwald,
how he's built, how he is mechanically in -game,
should be a fucking six -star, five -star, whatever
character. But I'm going by story. Then he gets
an extra crit range with me. If we go by story,
then Robin shouldn't be one -star, but that's
okay. All right. Everybody ready? And then Dresden
goes, wait, can I use the bathroom? Yusuf goes,
no. Wait. Wait. Wait. Points at your glaive,
Flora. Can I have that? No. Oh. I point at his
weapon. I say, can I have that, though? No, it's
mine. Oh, now look who's... But you know what
they say? You always need to ask first and you
either get yes or no. That's what they say. Oh,
yeah. That's true. I agree. And begin. Roll initiative.
Okie dokie. As they move into another song. The
second movement. Nine initiative. I don't think
the initiative tracker is out. What was that?
I don't think the initiative tracker is out.
God damn it. Oh, there we go. There we go. VP.
VP, VP, VP. It sounds like VP. It sounds like
they're saying VP. Oh my god, Robin. Robin has
to win now. Robin 26. VP 8. Is VP adding the
5 from Robin? Oh, that's right. So it's a 13.
Oh. Damn. Darn it. Did I get to start in the
air or do I have to start on the ground? You
have to be grounded. Okay. VP looks at Robert
and goes, I'm low -key kind of badass, if you
know what I mean. Robert goes, fight started,
let's go! VP's like, but hear me out. Wait! The
song really picks up. Lucia and Nicole, you're
getting a front row seat to this absolute orchestra
level. Are they, like, next to us so we can't
hear anything that's happening over there? This
is incredible! I can barely hear my thoughts!
Lailani and Altanella are moving to another seat.
You can what? I can barely hear you. Oh! Lailani
goes, excuse me, we have to go over here. Do
you want to move, Lucia? over here. And they
are saying VP. It's like, yeah, I have boss music.
Valora's just like, I think that's why she actually
starts a little slower. She's not expecting them
to actually switch the music to be so personal
to him. And I think it actually kind of distracts
her. And that's why she got the Jenny curse of
always rolling below 10 on initiative when you
have high initiative characters. Damn. Because
that's what has happened to me since the beginning.
That's a very specific curse. Forever. Since
the beginning. My monk with, like, plus eight.
I roll two every time. Emily? No, a different
one. Different monk. And then, so, Robin just
points at Valora and just goes, Okay, I think
she's the less sturdy one. Get her. Okay. And
VP goes, I'm going to destroy you. You can try.
I'm scared. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. As
Robin pulls out a longbow, he's going to shoot
you. Oh, you're going all the way back there.
Yeah, for range. He rolled a nat 1. He rolled
a nat 1. What you said. Robin. What you said
was enough for him to miss. Robin. She dodges.
I mean, it was already way off, though. Robin,
you missed. Yeah, I. No. Well, she was distracting
me. Well, maybe you should come up here. And
then Robin's going to park his ass right there.
I just goes. Okay, I'm up. Oh, God. Not the call
-outs. It's my turn. It's my turn now. Is he
going to totally go against the plan and go straight
for Reinwald or something? I'm going to roll
a d20. He makes me nervous, guys. Me too. Timmy
has 20 actions on a list and he rolls the d20
to see what VP feels like doing at that moment.
VP fails to pay attention to Robin and he starts
going to Valora and just goes, oh, just goes,
wait, you're, looks at Reinwald, you're an enemy
too. And it goes after Reinwald. That sounds
about right. And Robin goes, no, get her, get
her. And Ryan just runs up to Reinwald. I'm going
to do this flavor first. You see they both clash
with swords. And as soon as they clash swords,
VP, when it hits together, VP goes, tink, tink,
tink, tink. I'm terrified of this character.
I don't want him near me. I don't want him near
me. And then Reinwald just goes, do you think
that we're playing? And he just goes, yeah, it's
kind of badass, huh? With advantage attacks.
25? Ultimate good justice. It's a standard issue
saber. Obviously, it's meant for great things.
And VP just goes, Mother's Wrath! And then attacks
Ryan. Mother's Wrath? Is your mom? Nothing scarier
than a mom's wrath. And then is going to Divine
Smite. I don't like him. 13 damage. He rolled
max damage, by the way. Let me check the smite
damage. I think by this level, it's still 1d6
in a5e. It's Herald. Herald. It's 1d8. And VP...
Yeah, 5th level is when it goes 2d8. VP, I think,
is going to set him on fire. What? Again and
again, this concept of this character frightens
me deeply. Mother's wrath! And then it smashes
Reinwald with fire ablaze. As Reinwald takes
it, he just winces. He goes, and looks down to
see that his clothes is caught on fire. It's
kind of bewildered at this, more than anything.
It's an additional... Uh, D6. Reinwald has to
make a con save. Let me go ahead and whip that
up. Reinwald rolled a 6, so he's on fire. Jesus!
This is not a good start. VP! VP! VP! He goes,
wait, was that cool? Was that badass? Looks at
Yuvalor for approval. Oh! She's focused. I mean,
confused and then focused. Rival's turn just
goes... It just grabs his sword with two hands.
He's going to go in. He looks... He goes to swing,
just goes... Even though he's on fire, he just
goes, wait, the plan. Do what you need to do.
Right? And he's going to go in on VP. He just
goes, give me your best shot. I might have to
reprioritize. I think you should take out VP
first. Yeah. For the 17 to hit? I don't know.
Robin's kind of scary. That doesn't hit. VP just
goes TINK and then deflects his blow even though
Reinwald swung with full force. Reinwald's just
kind of like more flustered than anything, but
you see he's taking this seriously. At the very
least he's taking VP very seriously now more
than ever. Reinwald, that's the best move. Smart
move. The start of each of its turn. Oh, he has
to make another con save at the start of his
turn. Give me one second here. Oh, that's supposed
to be 16. The fire is out. Good. Reinwald goes...
I'm typically not in the habit of underestimating
our opponents, but... Okay, screw the plan. I'm
helping you. Phoebe goes, oh, you're helping
me? And then it is going to be your turn. Okay.
I'm going to fly. Can I have that as you're about
to come in? No. I hope that gives you disadvantage
on the attack. If he keeps asking. I would like
to fly 10 feet. And then I will do a mounted
charge. Which counts as two points. It only cost
me one because it's mastered. But it counts for
two points towards my tenacity charging. But
one exertion point is what it counts for me.
And so I can move up to my movement. In a straight
line. So I'm going to do it to there. And...
But already ten feet above. Um... So that I can...
Attack from above him. Okay. Or maybe it's five
feet in the air. Whatever gets me within the
ten foot Pythagorean theorem range, you know.
Pythagorean range. I think, Lucia, I think we're
going to have to find a way to get her off Phantom.
Valaria? And my mounted charge means I get...
Sorry, I should have put it in the chat. Just
scroll all the way down. You take... You... Sorry.
Then my first attack is with advantage. Okay.
So I'll get advantage on this plus two for being
attacking from above. Okay. So I rolled an 18.
Plus two, right? No, that's with the plus two.
That's with the plus two? That misses. VP's going
to use a reaction, two exertion points, make
a dexterity saving throw. All right. And is it
okay with the 10 -foot range? Yes. Okay. Dex
save. 15. 15? Yeah. Okay, that's one below. Is
maneuver DC 16? That's what I'm saying. That's
what I'm saying. I'll leave it. Is he a fighter
pilot? He makes me nervous. He used take weapon.
As you come in with the glaive, he grabs it and
he just goes, mine! And then knocks it out of
your hand and catches it. Yes! I love this maneuver.
Wait. It activates his personal skill. Can I
have that? Whenever this unit asks for something
they want and then receives it, this unit gives
advantage on all rolls until the end of their
next turn. Jeez. Don't mess with the veeps. Can
I have that? He just goes, I'm dual wielding
now! Okay, I'll fly... I'll fly up. And that
would provoke... Oh, no, his reaction's dead.
Never mind. Nope. Yeah, I already used his reaction,
so I fly up. Oh, wait. If he wants to spend two
extra exertion, he can make a weapon attack with
that glaive. He's just really happy that he got
it in the first place. And then Robin goes, Nice!
He's a herald fighter multi -class. Okay. The
moment he was like, quirky and funny, I was like,
he's gonna be a fucking terror to fight. He goes,
Because Robin, look! I'm so badass right now!
As Robin's aiming at Valora. Robin's gonna shoot.
I don't think I have anything. Robin! Oh my gosh.
For his natural 20. So, I kind of want... I'm
more scared of Robin and VP than I am of Valoran.
I mean, like, honestly. Because it's ranged.
Because one's up front, one's ranged, right?
It would have been better if we could have gotten
on top of them if we'd had better initiative
to just get on top of Robin from the beginning.
That's Robin's benefit. You take 20 points of
damage, Valoran. Jeez, I'm going to die. I have
36 hit points in total, I think. I have 31 hit
points. I see 32 on your sheet. I lied. 32. That's
half. Yikes. And he just goes, yes, ping pong.
He rolled max damage, too. Oh, my gosh. Robin
always was not once at first and then locks in
way later. And that is why he's a one star and
a five star. Exactly. Exactly. VP and Robin untouched.
VP looks at you, Valora, just goes, do you want
it back? Yeah. Say please. Please. Okay. He puts
it on the ground and Robin just goes, don't.
Don't do that! Don't give it to him! She said,
please! And then goes to attack Reinwald. Don't
do that! It's gonna attack Reinwald? Distraction!
Oh! Nat 20? Nat 20! Here we go. He rolled a 19
and a 20. Nineteen damage. What the fuck is this
team? It's scary is what it is. Nineteen points
of damage again. Uh -huh. Oh, I couldn't do my
bonus action last turn. He had my weapon. Lucia,
whatever you do, don't give VP anything he wants.
I'm coming to see that. And she shoves more of
the candy in her mouth. Ryanwald goes, Flora,
we might have to... We might have to regroup.
If you're hurt, I can heal you. Yeah, I think
focus on keeping yourself first. Bonus action.
Uncorks the potion. Drinks 10 health points.
Okay, that's one hit. One potion down. This goes...
Alright then, VP! Have at you! And then it's
going to attack... VP. Oh my god. Roll a nine.
Alright, he's gonna use Undaunted to get advantage
on the roll. Twenty -one. Twenty -one. And it's
going to strike. And it's going to save the smite
for now for a crit. Got 12 damage. I think he
still just automatically does the base smite,
right? In A5E? I don't think it's at this level.
Let me check. I think it's like once a turn or
something with... Oh, it's a number times equal
to your proficiency bonus. You get the base smites.
It's a resource. And then the other one is based
on your spell slots. Okay. Empowered one. Okay.
As VP gets slashed, VP goes, wait, wait, am I
doomed? Am I doomed forever? Oh, he just got
hit. Doomed forever? Am I doomed? Am I doomed
forever? Well, is he, Lucia? What? No, no. Okay.
Valora, it's your turn. She's kind of worried
that him putting it on the ground might be a
trap. Because, like, with her, if someone flies
into their range, she can attack them and stuff,
you know. But she'll fly down, pick up the weapon.
As you fly down, BB goes, ambush! And then...
And we'll attack real quick. Okay. So he does
have something like that? Yeah. That's his personal
skill. 11. I have a question. If he wanted her
to come down, does that mean he got what he wanted?
He didn't ask him to have that. Okay. Is that
his reaction? That's his reaction. Yeah. Okay,
that means I can fly back to above him then without
taking an opportunity attack. She picks it up,
goes back to her spot above him, except to be
flanking. It doesn't count as flanking with Reinwald
if I'm not directly behind him. If I'm up layered,
I don't also get the flanking bonus. It's still
flanking because he's still... Okay. You're attacking
an enemy that has... He's directly, like, next
to him. Okay, because in A5E specifically, it
says across from. Yes. Each other? Yes. So I
didn't know if it counted. It's a melee attack.
Okay. As long as it's a melee attack. So that
means I'll get an additional plus two on this
and roll a nat one. Oh my god. So I told you
I'm never going to get to crypt because I did
a crypt build. Uh -oh. Do you want to use your
inspiration or something? No, not in the Acorn
League. Can I have that? I do not. I don't know.
Does he have another reaction? No. Oh, that's
right. That's right. My bad. Sorry, I'm in VP's
mind. I'm going to switch to... You know, I would
like to try to use Magical Passage. Even though
I probably should be defending myself and...
I would like to try to make VPA and Robin trade
places. Oh, no. Okay. Christmas Eve? Yes. Okay.
It's going to be hard because this is really
risky because they probably both... Okay, that's
a fail. 11 fails. That was VP. But they both
have to fail, don't they? Robin. So you can move
VP still. Robin's the one I really want to move
though. I'm trying to see if there's anything
I can do to make him reroll. I don't think I
do. Okay. I'll move VPA since I can move him.
I'll move him. I'll move him because I can move
him up to 60 feet. I'll move him 30 feet towards
Robin and then 30 feet above him. Robin! Robin
looks up and he's going to fall right directly
on top of him. VPA, I'm going to go ahead and
give him a save for that as he falls real quick.
Okay. Seven. So it's 30 feet. They both take
11 points for watching the game. At least I've
done something. It's halved because Robin softened
the landing, but he does take half. Okay. BPA
takes half of it. Robin takes the full. Since
it's 11, Robin will take the better half. Get
off me, you gluttonous beast! Damn. And I think
the wise thing to do would be to follow them.
Even though I'm super low health, I'm going to
follow them. Stay above Robin here, but within
range of my glaive to give him threatening. Thank
you, Zenny, for the five -month subscription
with the message. Knock him dead, VP. Get him,
veeps. He is the chosen one. Okay. Robin. What
we don't know is that Zenny is messaging Tim
commands for what to do for DP. Robin gets up
from under DPA. How close are you again, Jenny?
I want to be in threatening range of him, but
not within five feet. So just above. And he just
goes. Huh. Saying directly out of swinging range.
Mm -hmm. Why don't you come closer? Oh, why didn't
I invite you? Why did I have to come right up
to you? Why don't you come right now? Why don't
you come right here, right freaking now, in this
freaking anchor link? I'm right here. I'm close
enough. This is all happening right next to Saga,
who's laughing. I'm close enough. What if you
come over here? And Robba just goes, ah, okay,
all right, runs away from you. Alright, if he
wants to run away from me, I'm gonna attack him.
Okay, go ahead. Please. Just hit. That's funny.
Hey, yo. So, let's do the first damage. 24. Damage.
And I have... And he can't move further than
this. Reinwald's seeing that strike. Just goes...
good again um is he close enough to do it yeah
yes it's uh it's whoever's whoever's around it's
uh that's the hold on let me post it oh okay
i'm looking at the other okay i was looking in
the on the paper which says within 20 feet so
you feel better you feel ryanwood's voice shake
you as as his momentum carries, and you see another
opportunity to act. Okay. So then also with that,
though, first let me finish my... First... Oh,
you get to take a whole turn now, right? I do
get to take a whole turn. But first let me finish
my... Where the heck is it? Bloodsport flourishes.
I think hearing Saga laugh at it, I do want to
show off a bit while I'm not letting him run
away. And he has to make a charisma saving throw.
Actually, him and VP both have to make a charisma
saving throw. This one's VP. 11. And this one
is Robin. I'm sorry, it's just a 19. They both
fail. They're both charmed by me. They can't
attack me. For a round. He goes, whoa. That's
badass. That's so cool. And now that Robin's
stuck here and I get to take a turn instead of
just a reaction, I'm going to hit Robin again.
Now we've got our combo going. Okay. Don't start
hitting me when I'm... I'm looking cool and showing
off. Well, you're running away. This is a war
crime, technically. You're supposed to let me
retreat. A war crime? We're not in war. Yes,
we are. Well, if you're forfeiting, I could definitely
let you retreat. No. Yeah, that's what I thought.
Okay. Let me make another attack. It's a... Wait,
okay. Let me look at my normal crit range. Because
it's technically one less. Okay, so that wouldn't
crit with the normal weapon. I rolled a 24. It
wouldn't crit with the normal weapon, so I'm
going to use a maneuver to... I'm going to use
the maneuver twist the blade, which lets me turn
that into a critical hit anyways. Oh, yeah. And
that gives me two charges of tenacity, which
means I gain a tenacity point now. And my tenacity
charge resets. Sorry, complicated. And then let
me mark off my exertion. Okay. So I'm down to
two exertion points. And then so this crits.
And I get it's 25 damage. I guess I didn't decrit
it. He was super low. Robin falls. It looks cooler.
And he just goes, wait. Robin, are you doomed?
Are you doomed forever? Why does he keep saying
that? Wait, Robin, are you dead? I'll avenge
you. It's weird. Avenge him, VP. I will, as the
second phase plays. And I get to take the rest
of my turn now. Yes. Laura said, fuck around
and fight out. I would hit VP. Maybe I should
just do it. I'm just gonna do it. I'm just gonna
do it I'm gonna he already used his reaction.
So I'm gonna hit him with my I'm gonna fly one
square up say within 10 feet of VPA and I'm gonna
hit him with the back of My slave as a bonus
action Nat 1, just kidding. And then I'm gonna
run away. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35. I'm 10 feet
in the air and 35 more feet away. Okay. That's
where I go. Oh wait, I can go up to 70 actually,
sorry. I'm gonna go all the way then. I'm gonna
run. I am fragile right now and I have not healed
myself. I am fragile. Robin is stabilized. And
Robin just goes, VB, I know you can. You got
some potions, man. And you got healing. You can
heal me. And VB just goes, I'll avenge you. It
steps over Robin. Oh, my God. He's supposed to
kick my ass, though. Wait, Robin, is that true?
Are you a liar? Are you lying? Fuck. Well, I'm
going to help me up so I can kick your ass. Oh,
wait. I didn't have to run away because VB is
charmed by me. I don't actually want to run away.
He's charmed by me. Okay. Here, I'm going to
put it back where he was then first before you
do that. Sorry. Everything's coming up, VP. Everything
is coming up, VP. And Velar just looks up back
at you when you said he has to kick my ass. He
just goes, are you lying? Are you telling the
truth? I hate this. Well, that's what he wanted.
Okay, Robin. I'm gonna help you up, reaches down,
and say the cast lay on hands and pump all. I'm
gonna help you up. I shouldn't have told him
that. No. Well, Robin's still charmed by me,
though. Ugh. Alright. Hey, isn't it kind of weird
that the sunlight kind of gleams off of, like,
phantom scales, like, really nicely? It's really
beautiful, isn't it? Yeah. Phoebe goes, can I
have that? Phantom? Yeah. No, he's not a bat
you can have. He's not a bat! Okay. I'm going
to put together a little army, and then he'll
be my leader, and he'll be like, Rao! Reinwald,
go! This is the weirdest fight he's been in.
This goes up. To Robin, who is still on the ground.
Just goes, my apologies. Poor fucking Robin.
20 to hit. 11 damage. He just goes, ah! And Ryan
went over to cork his last potion and drink it.
Laura. Okay. I would like... Oh, wait. I also
got another tenacity point because Robin went
down. So I have two tenacity points now. Okay.
So then... Was he a notable foe? Yeah. Robin
goes, yeah, yeah, you know what? Come on. Give
me your best shot. Be safe right there. I got
a plan. I... Back up just... Or actually, not
that way. I'll back up to be flanking. And...
Are they still charmed? It's until the end. Well,
it doesn't matter. After this, it won't matter
anyways. After this, nothing will matter. Actually,
it does matter if I attack. It does matter if
I attack. Sorry, I have so much stuff on my sheet.
Witness me. Witness me? Jesus Christ. Glorious
Flourish. Until the end of my next turn, so they
still can't attack me this turn. No, you took
your turn immediately. You took a second turn
immediately. That's right. That's actually a
good point. I didn't even think about it. So
they're not charmed anymore. Wait, she sucks.
Robin goes. The fuck, dude? No, you don't suck,
but, like, we're fighting. Bruh, she sucks. I
know I'm pretty cool, though. You don't suck.
You don't suck. You don't suck. I didn't mean
that. Okay. I forgive you. You suck a little
bit right now. You're hitting me really hard.
I want to hit. I'm going to hit VP with my main
attack. Okay. And it's a 22, but I'm going to
use a tenacity point to turn it into a crit.
Oh. So 24 damage. Okay. 24. 24 only. And does
Reinwald think I maybe should do some more also?
Does Reinwald think so? Does Reinwald think I'm
really cool? Reinwald has always been a little
reserved, but there is approval. Oh, I'm going
to do another Flourish, of course. I'm showing
off. Spin the Glaive, really cool. She was very
calculated, and she knew she could hit that.
and I will try to charm them again. They actually
both succeed this time. They're not buying it
by 19. Wait, is she kind of badass though? And
Robin goes, no, she's just attacked you. She
goes, yeah, you're right. But I'm so, okay. And
then VP goes, wait, Robin went to his potions.
Can I have one? And Robin just goes, no, you
gluttonous beast. And VP just goes, your greed
sickens me, bro. No, Robin, give him a potion,
Robin. Okay, question. Can I get both my bonus
action and then take the next, the extra turn,
extra round? Or do I have to just forfeit my
bonus action and take the next? I think it just
interrupts. It interrupts. You do it right away.
Okay. And then I get to take my bonus action
again at the end if I feel like it, though? Yes.
Okay. Okay. So I'm going to attack VP again.
Let's see. 19. VP's going to parry. Okay. Here
we go. And it does not take a reaction. So it
knocks your 19 down to 17. Take the weapon. And
then we'll use a reaction to attempt to take
your weapon. Yes. Okay. So make a deck save.
Okay. You have to beat a 16 or over. I'll use
Intrepid to get advantage. Okay. Is Intrepid
just a D4? Or an expertise die? I thought it's
a reroll. Let me check. I think it's just an
expertise die, because I'm pretty sure I had
that on the roll. Oh, it is expertise die. But
either way. So if I don't use Intrepid, then
I'll use my... I just use my knife edge instinct.
Okay, it's a deck save. Okay. Add a million decks.
He attempts to grab your weapon, but you pull
it away. Just goes, aww. Allure, your greed sickens
me. Your greed sickens me, bro. Your greed sickens
me, bro. It just hit me. That red just did really
bad. And then I'm going to swing around with
the back of my weapon. Polearm savant. And hit
Robin. Oh, Robin. Yeah, with advantage. It's
a crit. No, Robin, no. There he goes. There he
goes. Okay, VP, here, I'm going to go ahead and
give it. He takes five damage. Oh, hey. He's
still going. He's still kicking. Jerk ass. He's
still standing. Well, get up. Get up already!
I'm gonna! I gave you time! I'm gonna! I'm gonna!
I'm gonna! I'm gonna! And because he's making
me mad enough, I hit him again. With my other
bonus action. With your previous bonus action,
yeah. 24. God damn it. Another crit. God fucking
damn it. Doesn't it not crit? 17 doesn't crit.
Oh, in that case, Rama's gonna do something real
cool. He's going to use his not reaction to parry
you. Okay. Robin. So it brings it down to 22.
And then he just goes, finally. You sprang my
trap. And he's going to use his special maneuver
that is special for him. that only he knows in
this academy right now. As he reaches for a small
strain of rope that's tied around his waist,
he is going to use a binding parry. Wait, VP
knows this? No, Robin. Robin knows this. And
he does... He does have to roll... He does have
to roll the max fucking number for it to work.
But what if I use a tenacity point to make it
a crit after he makes it a miss? Uh -oh. So he
does this. He's going to use Binding Parry. He
pulls out a piece of rope, and he's going to
try to wrap it around your weapon. Okay. So it
becomes a 17. So it hits himself. And I'm just
gonna... This was his thing. This was his thing!
Oh, wait. When I crit again the previous time,
can I also try to charm them again? Oh, okay.
Please. I forgot to do that. That's right, that's
right, that's right. 24. DC. Versus 14 and 18.
Oh, that was Ragnwald. Oh, that might as well
be VP. They have the same charisma save. Oh,
okay. Which does bother me. I have a question,
because that crit was on the second attack that
interrupted the first thing, right? Yeah. If
it lasts until the end of Allura's next turn...
We're going to return to the original. Just blanket,
like, I know we're getting technical, but just
blanket right now, just within the realms of
the verse. Her next turn in the, like, initiative.
Normal initiative order. Like, normal initiative
order. Okay. From now on. Okay. So now I don't
have to worry. Okay, I'm not going to turn my
hit into a crit then. I'm just going to roll.
And do two damage to Robin. Two damage. You hit
him with the back of the glaive. I just smacked
him. And let's hit me with a sharp end, you asshole.
And throw off my momentum. She let me hit him.
Shut up. Well, stand up already. I'm gonna. I'm
gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna. Well, get the fuck
up already. Are you sure you want to hit me,
though? Yeah. Gets up. But he can't, because
he's charmed. Actually, this guy... I'll get
back to you. He's gonna uncork a potion, drink.
Turns around. Then Raimund just goes, Yeah, finally,
now it's you and me. Raimund goes, I've heard
a lot about you. Really, what did you hear? A
lot. Get in my head, man. Robin pulls out a sword.
He's going to attack. I'm so dumb sometimes.
When he attacks Reinwald, I would like to take
an attack of opportunity against him. Go ahead.
From my feet. So I get an additional plus two
to this because it's a 20 to hit. So he turns
around, and I just hit him. It is Robin's turn,
and he could parry. That's right, yeah. He could,
oh. So he turns around, but he also, oh, he can
parry, but he can't attack me. He just goes,
he just goes, he just goes, I knew it was going
to happen. You turned your back on me. Robin.
He parries, and then he's going to pull out the
rope and wrap it around your weapon. Does that
work or does it count as an attack? It's not
an attack. It's not a direct attack. It is maneuvering
you around, but not a direct cause of harm. Okay.
As he pulls out the rope, wraps around your weapon
as you swing it, as he dodges, this is the smoothest
he's ever been. He just goes, huh. Humpty Dumpty
sat on the wall and then pulls you in. Is this
a hostile action? Is it hostile to want to be
closer to your friends? Or is that just comfort?
Because charm says it can't take any hostile
action against the charmer. Is it a hostile action
to defend yourself when you're being attacked?
Well, the parry I get, it's the pulling me that
I don't. He's thinking about hugging you. Because
he's not going to attack you. Let him have his
one moment. His one moment is for him. You look
like you're in danger. He's pulling you away
from VP. Oh, right, right, right. I will say
that it is constituted as a hostile action. Because
he is trying to pull you out of range so VP can
get an attack of opportunity as well. But she
can't anyways because he's charmed too. That's
right. So he wraps it around your weapon, and
he just goes, yeah, mercenary technique. It taught
me this. It taught me this in the troop. Now
what are you going to do? Also getting unhooked
the whole time. Oh, yeah. I need to. Robin, you
were mid swing on. I'm Reinwald there. Oh, that's
right. Swingsie hits Reinwald. Reinwald takes
12 slashing damage. I don't know if we have any
hope, guys. Robin's so good. I love this man.
Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Beep, beep.
Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Here it comes!
Goes over to Reinwald. Oh, VP, look! Yeah? Genuinely
looks. I'm just kidding. Oh! That's his turn.
It's Reinwald's turn. Oh my god. Reinwald will
attack. I'm serious. I'm serious. God damn it.
Reinwald goes, Come on, VP! Come on! As Reinwald
will not attack VP right now, actually, because
he feels kind of bad for taking advantage of
that opening. Hit Robin. Robin already used his
reaction. Takes out Robin. Oh, gosh. There goes
Robin. As Robin goes down, VP gasps. He looks
at you and just goes, how did you know that was
going to happen? He told me to look, and I looked,
and I didn't know, but then he did that. Little
known secret. I can see the future. Oh, my God.
Stop. And you're next. Wait, what did VB do on
his turn? Am I doomed? VB got distracted. Oh,
he just got distracted. Say that. Which means
he has to win because we're leading into the
bit. Alright, I fly up, and I will attack VP
after saying, you're next, and I'm hoping it
rattles him, but she will attack. I roll a...
Oh wait, 22 to hit. You rolled a 4 to make it
an 18? So it just misses. And then I'm going
to hit him with the backside of my weapon. Natural.
Well, 19 to 26. Yep, that hits. And since I was
trying to frighten him, instead of doing my normal
charming flourish, I'm going to try to scare
him this time. which means scroll, scroll, scroll,
scroll. Which means? It means he has to make
a wisdom saving throw against a DC equal to my
intimidation check. 18. Let's see if I can out
intimidate him. 13. Oh, my God. I just got chills.
Why? You gave me chills. And he takes seven bludgeoning
damage. But if I feel spurred to go again. Brian
Will goes, finish this Valora. Okay. I'm going
to stay in the roll of one. Watch. And then I
hit him again. It's a nat two. Tink. That sucks.
Bonus action. 20. Let's see. It might do one
damage. Two damage. So close. VP. My boy, VP.
My boy. I need to fly out of range of him. I
would love to stay and help Reinwald, but I got
to fly out of range of him because he could kill
me. So I fly away. VP's always on top. You don't
want to be over there. Valora just left. She
left the arena. She left the arena. It took a
bit to update. Robin stabilized and just goes,
okay, VP, you gotta put me up again. Everything's
coming up, VP. VP uncorks a potion. Patooey!
And then drinks it. And then, because of his
warband... A gluttonous beast. He gets an additional
five temporary hit points. Wait, he really is
a gluttonous beast. They were training together.
They know it. Oh, my God. Robin knows it all.
Robin has been known. And just goes and looks
to maybe just goes. It just looks to Ryan. We'll
just goes. I have to avenge my best friend. Oh,
no. Oh my gosh. That's a lot of damage. And by
the call of Odin, I'm going to repel you! And
so I repel thee. The Rhinewald's gonna make a
strength save. VP slams against Reinwald, and
all of you feel it. The battlefield reverberates
as a gigantic burst of force threatens to push
Reinwald back. Reinwald stands his ground and
remains grounded as it threatens to push him
back. Reinwald looks over to Evil Lord to make
sure you're okay, and then goes in. This is right
mom gonna use a needle I know he has yes he arrived
once This time we stopped the fight Vesper after
this He want to parry that he does Be be it has
to be one two And Rao goes, I'm legitimately
flummoxed. He's so hard to hit. I'm kind of like
an eel. Um, Valora? Okay. Your turn. Okay. I...
I'm gonna zwoosh back up here to use... Oh, he
didn't use a reaction. So I could still be screwed.
But we're going to hope for the best. And I'm
going to attack. It gets another plus two. Okay.
I got an eight. I got a crit. Yes. 25. And. This
is an obscene amount of crits, Jenny. 20 damage.
She's going to murder him. Oh. VP's last stand.
It's over. It's over? You're done? Dude, you're
tough. What the fuck? Wow. Just kidding. He stands
up. No, I think that... He dropped a one instead
or something? No, roleplay. You see, Eustace
calls it. Eustace calls it. And throws a flag
between you all just to say it's over. Fifi just
gets up. Just kidding. Did I convince you? Did
you think I was going to die? I thought maybe
the weapon had hit just the wrong spot and I
was so scared that you were going to be dead
forever. But you're too strong for that. Fifi's
going to live forever. Forever and ever and ever.
Okay, what's round two? Bouncing up and down.
And Rob gets up and just goes, VP, we lost. Didn't
kick my ass today. I was gonna. I was almost
there. But dude, that shot, I could see exactly
what Cole was talking about. Like, I was focused
on VP, but that one you got me got me good. Yeah,
that was just a normal. You know, that's... I
do that all the time, but... Until we got...
It was just a... I mean, I think if I hadn't
managed to get you guys in the same spot so I
could get on top of you, I think it would have
been a lot harder for us. Yeah, Robin. Because
we were pretty good when you were up there. You
were so badass, cool, big delicious. You know,
I didn't understand that, but that did make me
feel better. And Dresden hugs him. VP hugs him.
Just goes, I'm glad you were my partner. Oh my
god. Yeah, you guys are a good team. Where everyone
goes, well fought. I'll have to admit, you did
bring me down to quite a state. And VP just goes,
and you two are really good at fighting, too.
Thanks. You should join my organization. What's
your organization? Oh, God. Oh, um... Sure, I'll
join. Yay! I'll go to the king right away. Oh,
God. Good. VB runs off. She doesn't buy it. VB
runs off. I'm glad to have you in my house, Robin.
You're not bad yourself. Thanks. Alright, hand
up. Hand. She gives him a high five instead of
a kiss. Oh, wait. High -fives him on the ground,
leaves him there. You know what I was asking
for. You did that on purpose. I'm just kidding.
I'm just kidding here. I'm not a bad sport. I
swear. I swear. And Saga just goes... B and I
are close like that, okay? B. B? Saga goes...
Yeah, Robbie. Yeah, most people call me Robbie.
And what does he call me? I call her V. Like
that. Yeah. I hate it. And what's up with you?
Gives a nod to Saga. What's up with me? Robbie
just goes, yeah, like what you saw, you want
to do something after this? Do what? And Saga
just kind of laughs a little bit. Just kind of
more entertained than anything. And Robin just
goes, I actually didn't ask if you were single.
Do you know who she is? Just curious. What's
up? What's up with that? No, I just didn't know
if you knew her name. Anything. Or anything,
really. Though I agree. I mean, yeah, she looks
great. She's awesome. Thanks to get that a lot.
Robin kind of leans into you further and just
goes, am I missing something? What's going on?
She's a noble. I don't care. I don't care about
the whole noble stuff. Yeah, yeah. Saga Dondarius.
She knows he's probably not going to get it still,
so she's just like, whatever, and she just goes
off to go sit. Robin just goes, Alright, I feel
like I'm in the mistakes of some kind, but we'll
talk about it. Nah, you're good. She goes to
go sit with Saga. Robin heads off. You came to
watch? Right, we'll just post it over here. I
would wave over at Reinwald when he comes off.
Ava looks you below and just goes, Bafad, let's
wrestle for the next one. Yes, good job, good
job. That was, you know who we got next. She
points over. Yes. Well, or, or them. She points
to whoever the other person might be. Them or
them. Because she doesn't want to be like, oh,
it's definitely going to be them. You know? She
goes, Rekist, wrestle well. And holds out a fist
for a fist bump. Fist bumps. And then goes over
to Cole. Wow. That was a fight. Good job! I have
to admit, um... Out of all the fights of... All
the bouts I've ever had, that one... That one
really pushed me to a certain limit. But... Yeah,
VP was scarier than, you know, you'd think he
would be. Something I should come to expect from
the kingdom's very best and brightest. The first
and best and brightest. It just... just goes...
Right, well, I'm gonna post up here and watch
the rest of the fights with you and I'll be cheering
the both of you on. We're going to be up against
each other in the finals, right? Just you wait.
With confidence, I'm sure. Don't underestimate
your opponents now. But I'm looking forward to
seeing you. Oh, go ahead. What is Robin doing?
Robin's heading out to the back, and he's just...
He's getting looked over by... It's required.
You have to be looked over by medical personnel.
VP's gone, and someone's chasing after him. Perfect.
I'll be right back. Can I run and intercept Robin
before he goes over to the medical personnel?
Okay. Hi, Robin. Good cut. Good job. It was really
good. Gave them what for, and we taught them
a lesson. Yeah. I mean, they got a lucky strike
on you. I know you could have taken them out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. VBA kind of messed that up
for you. You know. You know, it was just we put
in different amounts of work. So what's up with
you? We were just watching. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah. You're heading off to get looked at, right?
Yeah, yeah. Do you want me to return your other
potion for you? Oh, yeah. That'd be nice. He
hands it off to you. I'll put that in for you.
Hey, bro. Yeah? Brol. Yeah, what? Brol? That's
kind of cool. Yeah, isn't it? I hate that. Alright,
brol. Mm -hmm. Yeah, bro movement. That's not
right. So, like... Okay, cool. Mm -hmm. So, Valora
and Reinwald, they ain't your typical, you know,
two. These two are kind of serious. They work
together pretty well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that
Reinwald, that guy's like, you know, he's not
skanking around, okay? He hurts. He hurts. Stinking?
Like the dance move. Like the dance move. I've
never heard of that dance. Is that an Anor thing?
Is he calling him a whore? No, I'm not. I'm not
from... Whoring around? I'm not really from these...
I'm not really from these... I'm not really from
Anor. Okay, I don't really care. You're from
Anor. Alright. Okay, listen. I'll give you a
tip, okay? Mm -hmm. So, Laura, she likes to stay
up there and be out of your range. You know?
You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah, you just gotta
hit her until she's, like, unconscious. You gotta,
like, really get in on her. Some really good
advice, you know? I agree. No, I'm saying, like,
she's the first one. She's the first one that
needs to go. No, no, I agree. I think she's maybe
the weak link of that, too. I mean, I wouldn't
exactly call her that. I'm not going to say they're
weak. I'm just saying, like, you know, I think
she's the most vulnerable. I think we could take
her out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think she's like
a glass war beast or something, right? Is that
what they call it? You got it. The glass cow
or something? No, no, you had it right the first
time. Okay, got it. The war beast. Alright. You
got it, man. Alright, well, you go get looked
at. I kind of give him a pat on the shoulder.
I think Cole aims for somewhere that would hurt,
but plays it off. Ah, yeah, that was good. Okay.
Alright, you should go get looked at. And you
got to be careful with Avalorica. She likes to
hit you in the back. Yeah. Don't worry. I'm fine.
In the back. But you got to be quick. You got
to be quick as he walks away. All right. Perfect.
She got another potion. I make my way back. I
could go find VP. I could probably get one from
him, too. But I'm going to. Yeah, I'll make my
way back to Lucia and Renwald. Saga, this goes
pretty good out there. Thanks. That was tougher
than I expected, but I mean, I guess I didn't
know what to expect. Yeah, we had a tough fight.
I don't know what's up with that kid, but...
He laid in some serious ass kissing. Ass kicking.
They almost forfeited because he wasn't here.
It was a whole thing. Well, I don't know if you
saw that part. Yeah. And what was that band about?
Are they singing for the rest of them? Yeah,
they're just watching now, it looks like. Huh.
Yeah, I just thought I'd just drop by for a little
bit to see what's going on, but I gotta go see
Lucio. In a little bit, too. Oh, yeah. That'll
be good. Well, good luck to him. And, well, I'm
hoping I get to fight Vesper. Ooh, that'll be
good. I was going to be so mad if I lost the
first round, just because it's the first round,
but also because I really want to fight Vesper.
So now they have to win. Eustace goes, Alright,
second block. Please proceed down to the arena.
And Saga goes, Alright. Unfortunately, I don't
think it's safe for this one. I think Lucio's
block is going to start, but... You and I, we
gotta... I know you've been really busy with
being a leader and stuff, but you and I, we gotta
talk about getting together again sometime. Yeah,
I still gotta take you out on Phantom. You know,
what about this weekend? Sounds good. Cool. Don't
tell yourself. Sorry. Did you get the gift? Was
that you? Yeah. I put a little note on it, I
thought, but maybe it... oh maybe it fell off
before no no no no i i knew it but like i was
like how did you get in my room but i remember
like oh you had that i did get it Yeah, okay,
so it was already too late, and I didn't want
to knock on your door, but I also didn't want
to forget, and so I thought I could maybe teleport
it about where I thought your desk was, but I'm
not sure. I was also worried it would knock something
off or break something, but I didn't hear a crash,
so. If that candle was a light, then my room
would have been on fire. Well, if the candle
was a light, you'd be awake, hopefully. But I
appreciate it. You know exactly what I like.
Aww. oh good i'm glad you like it roughly gives
us uh grabs you by the chin gives it leans in
for a kiss immediately uh and then stands up
and she just goes now you have to win i feel
emboldened but cheer cheer extra for lucio for
me I'm rooting for him too over here. I don't
know. She walks away. See you around, Trouble.
And... Give a little wave bye. She walks off.
And then Graham walks up. No! Please, no! She
was just about to get up to go join Cole and
Lucia and... Like, oh, are you busy? Oh. Um.
No, no. I'm just going to go meet up with Reinwald
again. Oh, yeah. Of course. Yeah. You go ahead.
Well, I wanted to talk to Reinwald about fighting
Vesper and stuff. Oh, yeah. Strategy. Yeah. But
what? Did you need something? Oh, I was just.
It was very good. Thank you. All right. Better
get seated before this gets all settled. She
runs over to stand near them. Over here. The
second round, you come over there if you guys
want to have a conversation first before I start
describing the other round. On the Baltic Lucy
call, you see Valora coming over. Good job, Valora!
Thank you. Oh, Reinhold, so good. Like, okay,
the way, like, I'd be about done, and then he'd
just be like, no, no, no, you can push it further,
and he's right every time. He's a real supportive
kind of guy. You just, you have to make the openings
yourself. I was just only just telling you. You
performed that. I want you to know that was all
you. Well, it wasn't all me, all me. Because
I'm usually pretty good at pressing for other
openings, but every time you're like, whoa, yeah,
it's like, no, you're right, I can. Super good.
You did a lot. You definitely did a great amount
in pulling us through. Well, you did too. You
see these two just compliment killing, suffocating
each other. She's knitting a scarf for Phantom
and just nodding along. And Ryan just goes, and
Phantom, of course. You are absolutely glorious
out there as well. Pat, pat. Can I pat? Looks
to Phantom and holds his hand and goes, may I?
And then Phantom offers his hand and he just
gives him a good pat. Oh, actually, real quick.
Phantom, can you come here a second? I need to
make sure if this fits. It's a little short.
Okay. Is it for Phantom? Yes. That's so nice
of you. Because it might get cold, but it's really,
really... It's like this. If his neck is like
this, it's like this scratch. Nowhere close.
Okay. And goes back to knitting. Paul, are we
up next? Ridewell just goes, oh. Almost. So close!
I think we were in the fourth match. Okay. I'm
good. I honestly just like watching the fights.
You guys did so good. And VPA, oh my goodness.
Yeah, oh. He hit you really, really hard. And
then he took my glaive. I saw that. Why did you
give it to him? I didn't give it to him. He grabbed
it. I wasn't expecting him to pull that hard.
He asked and I told him no and then he did it
anyways. VPA is very martially gifted. We actually
might have lost if he hadn't given it back. Wasn't
everyone on that field kind of martially gifted?
Yeah, Robin's shot was dead on too. That's what
I've been saying. I've been saying that. That's
why I got right on top of him so he couldn't
do it anymore. Alright, two teams, please get
into your positions. Oh, here we go. Next match.
This is what Vesper and... You see two black
boars. Simone, this half -elven, brown -skinned,
freckles on the front. She's wielding a stave
as she spins it. And you see Badger, this halfling
individual. You see Karnley getting ready to
just go. I'm going to show them my... Simone,
just wait until I show them my badger form. Oh,
God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Woo, Vesper, Skawn. Vesper.
You got this. Vesper gives a gentle wave to the
both of you. I wave back with my knitting. And
then Vesper and Skawn turn towards each other.
And you see they share a whisper as they put
their foreheads against each other as they're,
you know, brethren. So I suppose it goes ahead
and you see he pulls out For so do you haven't
seen them do this before you haven't seen them
do this before fight this way yet You actually
haven't seen the fight beyond that one time or
they fought with what they fought with like a
curved sword They pull out two daggers and you
see they take a sort of wide stance Hmm and You
sis goes Again, and what you see before you is
an absolutely one -sided battle. Badger turns
into, Badger just goes, psych, I'm turning into
a bear! And then turns into a bear. As he does,
you see Scott immediately rushes into the bear.
picks him up and just slam him into the ground.
Just like this large dragonborn just runs him
down. Oh, goddess. And what you see before Vesper,
where before they had a sort of like clandestine
from the shadows fighting style, you see a completely
new side. Martial arts. Extremely fast movements
and attacks using their feet and knives in unison.
And you see that Vesper's offense overwhelms
Simone very fast. Simone attempts to take up
a potion. Vesper kicks it out of her arm. And
just sweeps the back of her leg and pins her
down. Extremely aggressive. And then puts the
dagger up to her throat. Badger is getting out
of the bear form. And just goes, Oh, okay. Hold
on, big guy. Hold on. Let's just calm down. Let's
just calm down. And attempts to hit Skaan. It
smashes Skaan across the face. It breaks his
staff. Skaan just headbutts the guy. And he's
down. Do Vesper and Skaan use a single potion?
No. It's terrifying. Woo! Good job! I think Lucia's
kind of, like, frozen in horror. And I nudge
Ryan Maldon on, like, so, well, we know our next
fight. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Oh
yeah, they're super good. You can't even see
them sometimes. JT with the WWE reference, that
makes me happy. That makes me so smugly. You
see Vesper, both Vesper and Skaun, they honorably
lift the other two up to their feet. And Vesper
goes forward and dusts Simone off. And then bows
to her. And Simone goes, I don't know, did I?
You're just kind of like a blur. And then they
bow to each other, show respect and leave off.
I bet they feel relieved that Saga left before
they went. Poor guys. Terrifying. Vesper looks
at you, Vlora, and just gives you a thumbs up.
And then she gives a thumbs up, and then she,
like, points at both of them and gives, like,
a scowl of, like, and does, like, this to cut
off the head motion. You know that's a joke,
right? I'm beating you. Oh, they know that's
a joke, right? Yeah, they get it, I think. Okay,
okay, okay. I point at Vesper, and then I point
to the ground, and then I go like boom, boom,
boom with my fist. Vesper just kind of like nods
along. They're just kind of like in trance at
your bubble show now. It's a joke, Vesper. It's
a joke. Oh, yes, this is banter. Yes, yes. Just
want to make sure. She sits back down and goes
back to her knitting. Scar nudges Vesper, kind
of like smiling. And just goes, looks evil or
just goes, we'll see you in, says we'll see you
in the next round. Yeah. Dawn Hart. And the two
of them walk off. Um. The third fight is had.
You see two other blue wolves take shape. You
see there's a lot of blue wolves represented
in this. But you see Kiloran and Kailani, which
is a twin sister to Lailani. uh well paired up
with each other and they are fighting two other
uh black boars um at the moment but as the two
as the two of them are enough by lani kind of
like nudges you uh nudges person next to her
call and just goes hey we're next good luck out
there well good luck to you too this goes let's
see it's good to see you again good to see you
It will be good to see you on the battlefield.
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. And your name. And
she peeks around and goes, I'll see you out there.
It started with an A. Arthur? No. Anthony. Antonello,
I think. Right. I'll see you out there. Kind
of really, really aloofly, like, turns away.
And Leilani just goes. He's secretly very nice.
He is. Oh, you get him. I do. He has this, like,
really cold front, but, like. Yeah, but maybe
he's just shy. Yeah, he is. What are you saying
over there? Doesn't mean we're going to go easy.
I say I'm going to kick your butt. Good luck.
I won't need it. Yeah, she doesn't need luck.
I don't need luck. All skill. Right. You're still
going? I have to know what goes. Should we go
down there, Cole? Should we get set up? Should
I warm up? I'm getting nervous now. You could
stretch. Yeah, we can do our stretches. Okay,
I'm gonna do my stretch. Valora, can you hold
this? And she hands off her knitting to Valora.
She takes it. She goes, you're so talented, by
the way. Wow. It looks like shit. It's still
talented to her because she can't do anything
like this. You're so talented. The stitches are
all fucked up. There's like holes. It just looks
so homey and nice to her too. Reinwald looks
at it and just goes, um, actually, is it alright
if I, um, if I could continue? I think I see
what you're trying to do. Oh, please. Absolutely.
Alright. I won't try to deter from your vision,
I promise. Thank you so much. An artist respects
an artist. What did you say? Sorry. I was like,
shit, he needs to fix it. Question, Tim. This
third fight, who wins and who still has potions?
You see that the Blue Wolves win, Killaren and
Kailani. Okay. And they both use one potion during
the bout. It was hard fought. Got it. Okay. Oh,
I hand Reinwald my spare potion too. Thank you.
Yeah, I figured it was a good idea. I can't stress
enough how much VBA laid into me. Oh, I saw!
Yeah. That's why I kept trying to distract him
or charm him so he couldn't. He wouldn't target
me, though I'm sorry that kind of made you the
victim of that. No, it was really... It's really
quite alright, but, um... He's... He struck true,
is what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I could tell.
But I'll be ready for next time. Oh, yeah. And
Lucia and Cole, you're heading off to stretch?
Yep. Okay. I'm completely calm. I know exactly
what I'm doing. We're going to be so good. We
can't lose. We cannot afford to lose Cole as
she starts to stretch. Wow. I didn't take you
for as competitive. No, I'm not competitive.
It's really important that we win because I have
to get ready for the melody bowl and also this
will look bad on the silver lion. And Lucia,
you do notice. On top of that, Samara is watching.
All right, listen, Lucia, what we're going to
do is we're going to jump Leilani immediately.
Why not? Why her? She's the weak link. We take
her out first. How do you know she's the weak
link? I just, I got a feeling. You just, you
just know? Looking at them. Is Leilani, because
I can see their health, is Leilani a caster and
Antonello is some sort of martial fighter? They
both seem martial. Leilani does seem more lightly
equipped. Okay, yeah, Leilani. Yeah, we attack
Leilani. We try to get her out first. Okay, you
got it. I think she's the one. It's a numbers
game, right? We take one out first. We got to
focus our attacks. And then the other just has
to deal with both of us. Okay. Okay. Yeah. That's
what we do. No, we're not going to lose. We can't
afford to lose. It was meant to be. No, it's
not meant to be. I refuse to lose. As you're
getting ready, Lucia and Koala, as you're both
getting hyped up, Lucia, I'll go ahead and state,
as you're kind of like near the entrance to where
the arena is, this is the place where it gets
secluded enough. Um, maybe. Huh. As a sign, there
is a gold piece on the ground. I said I didn't
need luck, but I didn't say I didn't need money.
And she goes down and she grows the gold. As
you go down to get it, suddenly a dress shoe
steps on the coin before you reach out to it.
And just goes, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
As you see, as you look up to see a, an older
looking gentleman wearing a golden moose get
up. He has, he has like orange, like orange amberish
hair that sweat back. And he's wearing like a
trilby hat. And he just has his foot stuck out.
He moved fast. Oh, I'm sorry. I... Totally yours.
Yeah, you're right. Um, he just goes, I mean,
I don't mean to brag or anything, but, uh, he
reaches down and grabs the coin. He just goes,
it literally has my name on it. And holds up,
holds up the coin. Um, and Kowal, uh, uh... Lucia,
you see that it's a normal coin, but you're reading
a little bit. So each nation has different...
They print, they mint their currency differently.
And you see that there is a symbol, as in all
gold pieces, there is a symbol of a hawk taking
flight. And underneath it, a very small text.
curved with the coin is the name Sadako. And
I will type that out for you. I don't know where
my blue pen went that I've used for the entire
game. Sadako. So I guess that's your family house.
Yeah, you got it. Nice. Do I have any idea what
this family is? You know, Cole, they are... head
honchos in Kanaka. From what your research is,
it's like these guys are bad news. Front -facing,
they're one of the richest families in Kanaka.
They mint. They are in charge of minting the
money. They're one of the houses that are in
charge of minting the money in Anor and getting
it in circulation. And from what you know, I'll
type this out to you, actually. They're part
of the mafia. Damn. I don't really know that.
I'm just saying that. Damn. I genuinely think
it's true, though. I mean, with this music and
he's wearing a trilby, there's no hope. He's
a ginger with a trilby. He's a ginger with a
trilby. All the gingers are rich in this game.
Me, Graham, Sadako. I forget you're also a ginger.
And he just goes, well, unless you want it, then
I can gladly give it to you. Um, no, it's okay.
You got it first. I mean, this is a lot of money
to you, ain't it? Uh, sure, but I... don't need
yes hi to kind of like size size you up thumb
in his pants now this guy sucks uh he just goes
did we get a short rest before um like while
we were watching that couple matches yes for
our match and uh he just goes just thought i'd
stop by and give a Give a once over to the other
person in the Melody Bowl. Are you one of Melody's
friends? I wouldn't say that. Like a sponsor
or something? Like a close business partner in
regards to her house, yeah. Uh -huh. And I just
wanted to see the stray that Avonlea picked up
off the street. I wish I was there. Well, this
is a conversation that's holding no merit to
me. We have to go fight. Oh, no merit to you?
Yeah, if you'll excuse us. Oh, look at her. She's
got manners. Well, let me tell you something.
I know you've been speaking to Valora, but believe
it or not, this conversation is the one that
has the most merits to you, considering who I
am. Who are you? Now, who aren't you, actually?
I mean, I knew that you weren't that bright,
but the both of you? I'm not from this country.
Oh, well, then you're excused. And then you hear
Eustace. And you haven't said your name, so.
You hear Eustace go, all right, those within
the fourth block, please take your positions.
And then the man just goes. I'm just going to
reach and kind of take Lucia's hand. We got to
get going. It was nice to meet you, Mr. Whoever
you are. Hick? Hick. Hick Sadako. Spell it out
in chat. I know you know it. Hick. All right.
Hick Sadako. You tough? Okay. Okay. All right.
That's not okay. Lucy, we gotta get going. Don't
talk to him that way. I don't know what is wrong
with you kids here and why you think you can
talk to people this way. He's a grown man, Lucy.
He acts like a child. Valora, you hear a little
bit of that in the distance. She starts to head
that way and immediately hearing Lucia start
saying... I think everyone can hear. She's not
quiet. Don't I make you so mad? Don't you just
want to hit me? Come on. No, what's wrong with
you? Have you been mistreated? Have you already
known Cain? Velora, can you deal with this man
for us? We got a thing. Sadako. Good. It's your
turn, guys. And I really want to watch them,
so. Good to see you again, Velora. Yeah, you
too. As Lucia, Cole, you're heading out. Yeah,
I think he was just trying to goad you. I don't
care. You don't say that about people. No, he's
trying to get under your skin to mess with you.
That's the point. Well, it worked. Now I'm mad.
Well, let's take our energy out on Leon. And
then she turns to you as you're going to stop
taking your energy out on her. She goes, and
you need to start speaking up for yourself more.
I'm fine. Don't let people talk to you that way.
It's not okay. All right. Got it. Okay. Doesn't
matter where you're from. No one gets to talk
to you that way. Delora wants to catch up so
that she can watch, but she does want to know
what happened, but she doesn't trust him to tell
her either. So she goes, so you met my retainer?
Oh, yeah. She's a peach. Yeah, she's fantastic.
I really like her. She's great. So, glad you
got that impression of her, too. Yeah, absolutely.
You know, Valora, I was just bopping around here,
just taking a look at the new prospects. I heard
Alizon. I heard He was in the... He just got
to school. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh... Just wanted
to see him again and, uh... Hey. Good job. Thanks.
Just goes, I bet choosing someone like that gets
you a lot of points with, uh... the lessors.
The... I don't know what you mean. Come on, don't
act like that. No, who do you mean by lessers?
Lord, I got to wax to you. The people in the
dirt. I haven't seen anyone like that since arriving
here. I mean, yeah, I guess you wouldn't. You,
uh... Why wouldn't I? Because you're the kind
of person that kind of like get in the dirt with
them get the dead underneath the nails, right?
You don't gotta act like that, you know Okay,
so I get what you mean you mean hard -working
people who keep the kingdom running In people
who get in the dirt who do the dirty was less
sirs. That's what you mean So you're calling
me lesser, too, by extent, since I get in there
with them? I'm saying... Just clarifying. I'm
just saying I get it. I get what you're trying
to do. I don't think you do, actually, so...
Because you ditched Graham. You picked her. And
that was a great move. You got all the people
chatting and... commoners, those folks who are
really getting hard to, ah, they're assentments
to us. I mean, I don't know why, I don't know
what we did to earn it because we're more successful
than them. Maybe because you earned them lessers.
But no, yeah, it was a great move because she's
really talented and very, she makes a good leader.
And she has a lot that she can, she had a lot
of potential to learn. Wait, did you say she
makes a good leader? You're not bullshitting
me, right? No, I mean, she doesn't have a lot
of experience yet. So I think... I just lightly
jostled her and she just started screaming at
me. Are you interrupting me still while I'm trying
to explain to you what I'm talking about? Go
ahead. Okay, then go ahead and explain. Go ahead.
So she has a lot of potential, I feel. Because
she leads with people forward. standing up for
what she believes is right and because she has
a good center and core she's very strong with
her convictions and i think that's the hardest
thing to learn in leadership so i think she has
a lot of potential either you got a good act
going on oh you're Dumber broad than I thought.
Broad, please. Is he, like, 50? How old is he?
Oh, this guy's a third year. Oh, third year.
You said older. I thought he was, like, an older
man. No, he's a student. If he was an older man,
that would make sense. I'm like, this old asshole.
I thought he was, like, some 30 -year -old ginger
man who's just, like, picking on the students
or something. Well, I'm not surprised you don't
get it. I mean, how much leadership have you
done? You can't lead people you look down on.
So. Holds out a coin. It looks like he rehearsed
this as he just pulls out a coin and snaps between
his two fingers. uh it looks so cool but in your
mind just flips a coin and it's like oh yeah
this dude sucks uh he just goes this is all the
leading i've done all the money going around
people move based on the coin no yeah how much
of that have you done versus your parents though
i just want to know Listen, he got a small loan
of $1 million. I've earned my share. Have you?
Oh, yeah. I've been managing my business since
I was 13. Likely story, yeah. Why does he doubt
everything they say? Because anything that makes
me look bad is bad. He goes. Anyway, I just wanted
to come by. We don't have to do this dance again.
We've done this. We've done this before. Yeah,
we don't. I think. Yeah. But. I think you're
right. Just coming to check by on a thing you
picked up off the street. Yeah. Keep looking
at her. You might learn something. Anyways, I
want to watch. So. See ya. And, hey, real quick.
You getting close to this whole Melody Bowl thing.
Yeah, he's a Melody Bowl character. You getting
close to this Melody Bowl thing. Oh, God. You
understand what makes things go around, right?
What do you mean? What I'm saying is... No matter
what you do, you can't break gold chains. Melody
and her family, they make things go around. She
gets what she wants. I'm just warning you, you're
heading into a losing affair. Okay. Don't really
get what that has to do with the drama club and
all that. I just... You're not into melody, right?
Ew! I got standards. Okay, you kind of talk like
you're into melody, though. Oh, hell no. I wish
Laura had an iPhone and she could have recorded
that. Girl's the dumbest broad I know. She's
a useful idiot. But I think you know a thing
or two about useful idiots. I know plenty of
things about unuseful idiots. Don't act like
that. They're obsessed with talking to me and
keeping me from doing the things I'd rather do.
Laura, I'm always around to talk. What do you
get? My point exactly. And she walks away. Queen.
That's my queen! She started off trying to be
nice, but she just so quickly with him just is
like, no. Nope. I do want to say I apologize
preemptively to Jenny before the session because
this guy sucks. I was like, is this going to
be friends with Graham Alizon? And he got quiet.
Oh no! Lucia and Cole, you both come out and
this is while Valora's having the conversation
while Valor is suffering. Go ahead and put yourselves
on the field. Okay, okay. They said we get to
cast one spell, right? Before combat starts?
We could do a little bit in advance, yeah. Keep
in mind, we have two more fans after this. Okay,
okay, okay. So maybe I shouldn't cast this then.
It's up to you. What are you thinking? I don't
know. I just feel like... Wait, who are we fighting
after this? Breathe. Okay, a little... Try it
again, but a little gently. Into the nose. The
nose. No, no. Lailani just goes, Lucia, Lucia,
you're gonna pass out. Come on. Breathe in. Do
the nose. Do the nose. A little hard. No, no,
no. It hurts my brain. Okay. Okay. Don't do it.
Don't do it then. Don't lift your shoulders up
when you inhale. She goes, I've got it. I got
it. Okay. Wait, who? Okay. If we survive, who
do we fight after this? After this, we're going
to have to take on Killaren and Kalani. And then
after that, hopefully Ranwald and Valora. Okay.
Ranwald and Valora, I think. They used a lot
in that last fight, so we'll see how it goes.
Okay. Okay, no spells. No spells yet. Okay. Use
some, but try to conserve where you can. Right,
right. Wait, I look over at Leilani. You said
she looks dexterous. Yes, lighter equipped. Do
I think it'd be really bad if Lucia shot her
with a crossbow? You might have an idea of a
skilled set of dexterous people. So, yeah. But
that's all I can say. Yeah. I don't know if she
can or not. Because I think that's an optional
thing for adepts in A5E. I don't know. Go up
next to each other. Forehead against forehead
and you see the whisper for Aurora. Can I pull
out a piece of candy and just like toss it over
at Leilani and see if she just catches it? Just
like an underhand toss over towards her, but
I don't say anything before I do. Just like a
piece of candy. As they kind of like separate
from each other, she looks over very sharp and
she just goes, oh, catches it really fast. Throws
it back. And I'll toss one over to Antonello,
too. Just a little before a game, you know, little
treat. I'll toss one to Lucia, too. Catches it.
I'll eat mine. Leilani just goes, it's a peace
treat. Come on, Antonello. Eat it. Antonello
just puts it away. And Leilani just goes, no,
no, you like sweets. Don't lie. I don't care
about sweets. He likes them. They're below me.
Okay. Don't shoot Leilani with your bow. Okay.
So just magic then? Just magic on her, yeah.
Okay, okay. Just magic on her or go up and hit
her, but don't hit her with your crossbow. I
think she knows how to catch things. Lalani and
Antonello are also whispering to themselves.
Can I read their lips? Oh, yeah. He goes, Antonello
just goes, the pink -haired one, you go after
her. She's off balance. Lalani goes, no, give
her a chance. I'm relaying this to Cole. Just
don't go after her first, Antonello. Let's just
go after the other one and, you know, And Dino
just goes, we can't afford to be merciful right
now. He goes, yes, we can. That's our heart.
That's who we are. Come on. Follow my lead. We're
after the other one, and maybe Lucia will, maybe
she will yield. Or, you know, whatever. Just
let whatever happen. Okay. Promise me. I said
okay. That's not a promise. Antonov just kind
of backs up. And Lailani just goes, okay. You
promised. After relaying that to Cole, you see
that she looks kind of upset, actually. Y 'all
ready? Yeah. This is a friendly match. This is
a friendly match, alright? Don't get all worried
about it. Hey, Lucia? He's right. Yeah. Good
luck, guys. In terms of useless ghosts, can we
shake hands? Is that okay? Yeah, of course. And
he walks over to the both of you. Hand out. Do
I sense anything? Secret? Do I get the feeling
she's trying to pull anything? Unfortunately,
as of recently, seeing people be genuine and
good has been a theme. Cole is like, but what
is this? And Eustace goes, Alright, everyone,
prepare yourselves. Get into position wherever
you wish to be. You should go back there. Yeah.
We should back up. I guess I'm off balance. And
she'll go to the back end. The far back. I think
Volora comes back in at this point to go sit
with Reinhold kind of ruffled, but trying to
be like... She's just annoyed. But she's gonna
channel it back into cheering for them. We'll
both start a little further back, I think. Yep.
Let me put her... You see, Ryan wants to make
good progress on the net. And he shows it off
to you, and there's genuine pride in him. He
goes, look. Oh, you're really good, too. Yes,
I thought I would also put Phantom's name on
it. Oh, God! He knows! How to stitch names? Oh
my god. What a babe. He just goes, I have a younger
sibling. Born with infernal blood, so I know
a thing or two when it comes to fixing up some
teared up clothing. Well, aren't you the big
brother? Are you alright? Yeah. We got a chair
for Lucia now. Of course, yes. Woo! Lucia! Lucia!
Lucia! Lucia! Cole! I don't know how to yell
his name and still get, like, the inflection.
I think I've already been doing it wrong, to
be honest. But he's never corrected me. Come
on, Cole. Let's score some Coles. Cole. Score
some Coles. Score some Coles. Oh, like, yeah!
He goes, Witness Fowler! Okay, one second. They're
gonna adjust real quick. Um, he goes, Everyone
ready? Nods. Begin! I roll initiative. Here we
go. And the band starts playing again. And the
band begins. They come back. I toss a coin to
the band or something. How is 18 .2 a thing?
It just means that I have the tiebreaker on.
Oh, got it. 18 called. 10 Lucia. 16 and 9 for
the blue wolves. So you're not last. I'm not
last, second to last, but not last. I was last,
so. Flora's like, I once was last. I was last
and it sucked. I'm up first. Let's go and start.
All right. Well, I want to go after Leilani.
I really do. Okay. uh i'm gonna run forward i'm
gonna use my bonus action to dash and i will
just dash through uh antonello uh and as i run
over here can i do like a cool like um because
i can pass through his square which which without
any any problems because my personal skill can
i like as i run just like do like a jump and
like kick off his shoulder and do like a like
a like a air attack down at Leilani. He braces
himself against your attack and you just... It
makes him sturdy enough for you to jump off of
him. Perfect. Alright. And then we're gonna go
ahead and do a dangerous strikes on this. Get
to add an expertise die on this first attack.
As the crit... That's a 30 to hit. Terrified.
Okay, it's not sneak attack because no one's
next to him and I didn't have advantage. So that
is going to be 10 damage to her. Okay. And then
I'm going to use, as I land, I'm going to use
a charge of velocity to make another attack.
Okay. Another crit. Oh, goodness. How did you
roll two crits? Oh, my goodness. That's another
10 damage. I mean, it's minimal damage on the
crit. This shit's crazy. Don't you double it,
though? Don't you double it, though? No, it's
plus the four. It's the maximum. Oh, it's the
maximum. It's the maximum of the weapon die.
That one's a crit because I used dangerous strikes,
so I could have done a 19 with it. So you come
in, Velora, let me describe this scene for you.
Koal jumps in, leaps up with just pure alacrity,
vaults off of Antonello, and just... slices downwards,
causing, like, legit, like, blood to splatter
out. Leilani takes a huge hit, and then as he
lands, right when you think he's about, like,
finished and Leilani's about to respond, just
comes in with another sudden strike. She just,
like, hits Reinwald, like, that was so good!
Reinwald hits you back, like, you just feel like,
yeah! Go, Cole! Let's go! Uh... Let's see. I
don't want to get flanked by Antonello. I have
more movement speed. So I'm going to back up
to here. So if he wants to get to Lucia, he's
going to have to get through me. Antonello just
goes, Alani. Alani goes, go ahead. Flash of concern
by Antonello. Focuses on you, Koala. Draws one
sword and has a dagger in the other. And... The
fuck is he? A fighter? He is going to go ahead
and move... Fucking 47 hit points? Move over
here. Which activates his personal skill. Yeah,
yeah Yeah, all right Leilani has minus two to
rec by the way Got it bonus to damage if no allies
are within ten feet of it He's a lone wolf he's
gonna attack Lucy you might be able to take out
Leilani. I know I just something to regain spell
spells between duels to be a little more fair
i was gonna say do we get to regain no probably
not no we don't 23 is a hit you take 12 points
it's a plus three so 12 points of uh slashing
damage okay and then he's gonna spend one exertion
point or bonus action to do flurry of blows okay
they're both like a monk mix okay Two kicks come
in suddenly. He rolled a nat one on one of them.
Damn. You leap over his sweep, and the two of
you just... It's like this martial arts movie
where the two of you just kind of stare at each
other in the mid -pause. The curved sword...
Oh, that's a light weapon. Okay, never mind.
All right. Okay. That's the end of his turn.
Lucia? After seeing Cole just gun for Leilani
and just seeing the blood hitting... Do we bleed
in this game or no? There's no blood in this
one. There is blood, but it heals up. The wound
heals up really fast. Right, okay. This is non
-lethal stuff. Non -lethal attacks. Okay, cool.
I think after seeing that, she is going to launch
herself to the side. so that she can get, let
me see, hold on. Wait, if she was here, five,
10, 15, 20, 25. All right, because basically
she wants to be able to hit Leilani from here,
which I think she can. Let me look at my ruler.
Yeah, cool. And she's going to, yeah, yeah, yeah,
she's fine. She's going to Guiding Bolt Leilani
at first level. Okay, go ahead. Does a 24 hit?
Woo! Give me one second here. Four hits is a
spell attack, not a weapon. One second, one second.
She reaches her hands up. Okay, roll damage first.
I don't know if I want to. Good hit, Lucia! Seven
points of radiance. That was so low. Whoa, that
was three ones. Whoa. I'm sorry. She reduces
the damage by five. She can catch spells. What
the fuck? That's such a low roll for 4d6. Oh,
Jesus. Yeah. That was such a good hit. That's
fine. She's still going. But he gets a damage
on her, though, at least. So he'll get sneak
attack. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She no longer has the
minus two to her AC. So that takes two points
of damage. My bad. One second. You see she catches.
She, like, throws her hands out. And you see
the guiding bolt strikes against her open palm.
She just kind of, like, and she releases both
of her hands. And she just kind of, like, aims
it off in another direction. You see parts of
the guiding bolt. kind of like trickle around
you see um tattoos light up around her arms and
she redirects when you're guiding boat to head
off to the side i rose technique oh i was gonna
say it's like lightning okay okay okay okay we're
still in this we're still in this that's good
thanks good good on you for catching it I've
never seen anyone do that. She ends her turn.
She closes her eyes. And as a bonus action on
her turn, she just exudes a breath. And you begin
to see this ghastly fog lift up off of her arms.
And when she moves her arms, you see a small
ghostly afterimage follow along with her. She
spends three exertion points to do that. And
then she's going to go up to you, Cole. And then
she is going to go ahead and use her action.
Actually, she's gonna... She goes down two spaces.
She flanks. Hold on one second. She's gonna flank,
and then she's gonna use an action to pop a potion.
Okay. All right. Kowal, it's your turn. All right.
She is glowing. I will whirl around on her. We're
going in for... I will, before I do that, just
because I don't know what the fuck Antonella
does, we're just going to do like a... I kind
of, as Antonella hits me, I'm going to use the
momentum to like parry and do like a backwards
tumble kind of under her legs. And then I'm going
to do... Leaps over you. Yeah, I'm going to go
ahead and swing at her. Let's do... This is going
to be another dangerous strikes. Ooh, does an
18 hit? Is that an advantage? That is an advantage.
One second. Do I have to know a saving phase?
One second here. Yeah, I would get to know with
this. Okay, does an 18 hit? Okay. So, this is
crazy. An edge case here. Her personal skill
gives her a plus two AC from against any enemy
who has attacked her before. So the 18 does not
hit. Okay. I will use saving face then. Oh, wait.
Shit. Wait. Reinwald and Valora are within 30
feet of me. They're cheering me on. I would consider
them allies, correct? Currently on the battlefield
in the encounter. It just says ally. It's saving
face. It's not showing weakness in front of other
people. All right. Sure. Cool. That lets me add
equal to the number of allies that are within
30 feet of me. So plus two. Plus two. Three.
All right. In that case, it hits. Yay. Cheering
worked. Woo. You got it. Okay, there's gonna
be sneak attacks, so that is gonna be a total
of 24 damage. Get her. Okay. She goes down. Perfect.
I was about to say, then she negates all the
damage she took. Yeah, and then she gets the
reactions. Perfect. Then we are going to... I
guess we're going to rush back to Antonello.
I run over. Let's get over to here. If he wants
to get to her, he's going to have to leave my
reach. We're going to do, with a velocity, we're
going to do a second attack. All right. This
is dangerous strikes. 24. Oh, this shouldn't
be. This is not a. A 15. Yeah, it's a 15. It's
not an advantage. So 15? 15, yes. Make a dex
save. Dex save. What does that mean? 22. Okay.
As you come in deftly, he attempts to snatch
the weapon out of your hand with take weapon.
People with their take weapon. Nope. It's not
your weapon. It's mine. Can I have that? No.
No. Shares with VP. And then as a bonus action,
what's my... I'm going to down a potion. One
down. Yep. I'm doing what you do. Antonello looks
over to Leilani and Vesper stands up and just
goes, Antonello! Remember what you said to me
yesterday. Prove it. Velour's getting competitive
and wants to yell, don't listen to him. But then
she stops herself because she's like, that's
rude. Antonello looks mad at first. Oh, is he
a barbarian? But then steals himself and stares
you down cool. Okay. And prepares his... I'll
see you, fucking berserker. Oh, Jesus. Can you
hear me? He's like a berserker adept. I was gonna
say, is he gonna be a fucking berserker buck?
That's terrifying, berserker adept. Bonus action,
he grinds his two blades together and you see
they become enveloped with lightning. Okay, love
that. And then he's gonna slash at you. Okay.
23, that's a hit. Seven. You take additional
six points of lightning damage. Okay. Wow. Can
I have the seven? Have it? I have a reaction
where I can have anything that is, give me a
second. Let me read the exact ability. I can
interject to prevent harm to my allies. When
an ally within 30 feet of me is hit with an attack
that deals non -magical bludgeoning, piercing,
or slashing, you can use my reaction to halve
that damage. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Nice. So it
becomes... Yeah, it rounds down. It becomes a
three. Call it out! All right. I give more money
to the band to amp up the music. There you go.
Jerry just kind of nods. Jerry on the fiddle.
Oh my god, Jerry. Antonello is going to get an
additional action from his warband because a
friend went down. He gets an additional action
every time. Every time a companion of his goes
down. Like he gets multiple each round or just
he gets one extra action now? Okay. So he's going
to go ahead and give you an attack again. And
then floor you. He already used a bonus action,
right? That's right. That's right. Okay. All
right. This guy is sharp. You see. Terrifying.
Uncool. You see a bit of the people you've trained
with in other places. But sadly, this guy wouldn't
make it because he does have a heart. All right.
Lucia. Return. Oh, God. Get him. I think she...
Do I want to... She'll go, Cole, I'm gonna give
you some help, okay? And she's gonna cast Spiritual
Weapon. Juicy. Because this man is terrifying.
And she's going to position the giant apple tree
right next to Cole. So... What could I use as
an icon? I don't know if I could use something.
An icon to put on the map. Oh, you need an apple
tree? Oh, yeah. An apple. I can use this wagon
that's on fire. Excellent. Perfect. Same thing.
Same thing. Same difference. If you can move
it next to coal, that would be great. Okay. Because
I can move it, I believe, when I first cast it.
Apple tree! Start over here. Yes. And then I
also get to attack when I cast it, right? Yes.
As an action? As an action? Okay, cool. Bonus
action. Bonus action. Part of the bonus action.
Oh, it's part of the bonus action. Damn. Love
that for me. The job is cracked. It is cracked.
It's cracked in Baldur's Gate. Does an 18 hit?
Does an 18? Let me check. Yes. Okay, so that's
going to be one. Can you parry a spiritual weapon?
because it doesn't have that weapon type it's
not a weapon attack yeah it's a magical attack
okay so it's a tree so yeah so yeah it is a melee
attack if that's the distinction i think it has
to be a weapon i mean i can check real quick
can you carry a melee spell attack when you're
wielding this weapon and not using a shield once
before your next turn you can get an expertise
data you see against a single melee attack against
you by a creature you can see So it is just melee
attack. So it would work on spiritual weapon.
Okay. Well, he's going to parry. Okay. So does
it negate it then when he parries? Fucking hell.
And blue wolves. So textures. Depends what his
AC is. Yeah. So it does parry. Okay. Because
she attacked him. I get to attack him with teamwork.
Makes the dream work. And because I attacked
and missed on my last attack, I have advantage
on my attack against this guy. And this is also
a dangerous strike because that was the last
attack I used against him. So that is a crit.
That hits. Absolutely. And it's sneak attack
because it was advantage. Do I also still have
an attack because I used my bonus action for
spiritual weapon? Yep. You still have your action.
That is going to be 11, 25. That is going to
be 49 damage. Let's see. Oh, geez, Louise. Jesus.
I used the opening that she made. Perry's a spiritual
weapon. There's enough of an opening for you.
Damn. I come in, like, I slash, like, as he,
like, goes to kind of parry and turns his back
for a moment, I slash across his back, and as
he, like, ah, I just do, like, a kick to his,
like, his chest to, like, knock him back and
down. Flat on his back. Woo! Then I flip my knives
and... Um, you see Reinwald stands up just like,
um, oh, that guy from Legend of Korra. He goes,
woo! I hug Reinwald. Excitedly. Hugs you back.
He's really excited. Our team won the Super Bowl.
Yeah. We're going to the Super Bowl. Nice job,
Lucia. Lucia calls it. Good job, Cole. You see
Antonello just... You can see it on his face.
He's really pissed off. Um... Looks up at you.
And grabs your hand. It's pulled up. I go help
up Leilani. Leilani kind of, like, smiles at
you as you come over. She was sitting down. She
just goes, Are they good? Yeah, really. Glad
I have Cole on my team. And she'll help her up.
He goes, look at that. You had it all along.
Had what? You were really brave back there. You
did. No, no, no. Listen, you won. Good game.
She'll say. And in response, the leaves of the
tree start to droop and fall and the tree crumbles
into the ground. She grasps your hand, and then
she places her forehead against it, like deep
respect. Oh, oh. And then she just stands back
up. What was that? Hmm? What was that, she says.
Oh, um, it was a gesture of deep respect. That
means it was a fight that was hard fought and
satisfying. And that I respect you. Well, I respect
you too. Hold on. Oh, she was going to go, oh,
one second. And then she runs over to Antonello
and goes, don't. With her head. Against his head?
You see he was holding out a hand to you, ready
to shake your head, and then you just headbutt
him. I deeply respect you! And then you get disqualified.
And you just go, hey! Blows a whistle, throws
down a yellow flag. No, no, no, no, no! Unsportsmanlike
conduct! No, no, no, no, no! Antonello rubs his
head. And you hear Leilani laughing. She's showing
respect to you, Antonello. Why did she have to
do it with the... Ugh, I can't even finish my
sentence. Because the power of my conviction
is how much I respect you in this battle. Whatever.
Here you go. And she gently takes a little bit
of the health potion and taps it on his forehead
gently. Don't. It's okay. Here you go. It's all
right. Here you go. We're all classmates anyway.
Steaming. You can have the rest of the candy
if you want. Are you offering? Yeah. Ended over
them. There you go. He likes candy. He just goes,
just laughing at Antonello. He just kind of puts
an arm over her. They're walking to the back.
He just goes, she kind of reminds you of Gator,
doesn't she? Antonello just kind of like... You
see Stifles goes to great lengths to not show
that he smiled. He just looks back to you, Cole,
and just goes, You. Yeah? We'll meet again. Yeah,
I mean, we go to the same school, so yeah, we
will. No, you, me, a sparring field. Alright,
sounds good. Damn. I think I just made, like,
a brother for life or something like that. I
was going to say, Cole, good work. No, good work
on you. Light Lonnie just goes, that's just Antonello
talk for that he's embarrassed and he wanted
to make things right and that he respects you
more. Getting the invitation to fight in Aurora
is a really good sign. Good for you. Antonella
goes, Antonella goes, stop talking about, stop,
stop, stop explaining people to me. Stop explaining
me to people. Milonda goes, good luck, you two.
And walks off. Lucia, the spiritual weapon was
so smart. Yeah, it was good. You opened it up
just right, and then... And then Cole capitalized
on that perfectly while he was busy dealing with
you. And that guiding bolt was spot on. No, he
couldn't have done that. I mean, he did a really
good job. I wouldn't have been able to take out
Leilani with that strike if you didn't have her
glowing and stuff. Well, we did good then. Yeah,
it was a good team. You were like... you were
like the ronwald in that fight you know what
i mean like just real good like much better yeah
didn't you see like how much how much the light
from your guiding belt even though she she's
absorbed some of it like it was distracting her
so much no no i didn't even see that no well
you're in the moment she's very like now she's
fully like oh i did something Radwold goes, let
me return this to you. Hands the project back
to you. It's a lot bigger and it seems a lot
more patched together and fixed up. A lot better.
Oh my goodness. Look, he put Venom's name on
it. Radwold, do you like to sew and knit? Yes,
of course. Would you like to do a knitting club
sometime together? Well, I'll explore my options,
but I wouldn't mind taking on any project for
you. Or a friend. No, no, no. For fun. For fun.
For you. As I said before, that's something we're
going to have to explore. Okay, but you have
a really nice talent. She kind of pulls it to
observe it. I haven't gotten quite finished,
however, because the two of you were awfully
quick. So, you see, it's just fanto. Then I will
finish out the end with your hard work. Hands
you the needles. I believe in you. And I you.
Well, are we, do we take a break? What do we
do? Yep, we get a little bit of a break, and
then we're going to be going, well, first they're
going to have their fight, and then we're up
against Killarian and Kalani. Usis goes, all
right, everyone, 30 -minute recess. And then
we will continue on with the very next block.
Valora and Reinwald versus Vesper and Skaan.
Oh, boy. It's gone again from across the way.
Skahn sees that, just goes, you, just points
at you. No, you. And then smacks Vesper with
the back of his hand. Vesper actually genuinely
is moved by it. And then Vesper, Skahn just goes,
look at that, look at her, look. And then Vesper
looks over to see you doing that. And then...
She pretends to whisper about them to Reinwald
and then keeps eyeing them. And then Vesper does
this to you. Oh, oh, oh, he put your head on
a stick. I don't know about that, guys. She says
no and she points to them. Just know you. Oh,
and then she gets random. She has Phantom open
his mouth, and then she puts her head in, and
then pretends to go crazy, and then points to
Vesper. What is wrong with you guys? This is
fun for them. You see Vesper asks Skaun to turn
around, and then starts writing a letter on Skaun's
back, and then tapes it to an arrow, and then
shoots it towards you, onto your feet. Can you
guys just go fight? go. Go. Go now. You don't
have like a 30 minute break. You could just go
over and talk to each other instead of pointing
at each other. Hello, Valora. It's Vesper. Good
luck in the next round. Turn the page around.
She turns it around. Fooled you. Rhino wolf!
She chose a rhino wolf! Ooh, ooh, he got tricked.
He was running away. And Skarn's like, What?
Oh, I thought you were being a good sport. Wow.
Lucia will lean over to Cole and say, I'm glad
to see the blue wolves are having fun again.
Yeah. They've had a hard time. Yeah. Well, I
mean... Yeah. I think they're doing pretty good.
Honestly, I think, uh, depending on how this
next... Well, I mean, it's Rhino Valor versus
Vesper, and it's gone. I don't know. I feel like
that's gonna be a tough match. I know. Yeah,
I think so, too. But we got it. Well, obviously
they have a leg ahead of us. I mean, they just
employed some effective trickery. That's true.
But it's not gonna get in our heads. Y 'all are
gonna have to watch out. They didn't use a single
potion in that last fight, so... Yeah, that's
true. And you guys are only down one. We used,
like, two. Mm -hmm. I still have my... my healing
available to me. That's true. I was like, I didn't
know if I needed to get you to heal me or something,
but I was like, I was like, oh, I don't want
to first round, but also I don't want to lose
the first round. But Vesper, Vesper, I mean,
you've seen them fight one time now, but like,
Vesper is seriously, seriously good. I'll have
to admit I've been conserving my deeper resources,
but I feel as if I'm going to have to unleash
a few in the next. But we have to save enough
for these two over here. Yes, that's right. Or
you don't. I think you guys just, you know, use
them all up in the next fight. Oh, I'm not underestimating
you two. To be fair, I mean, if you lose to them,
you don't even get a chance at us. We're not
going to lose to them. We're not even going to
have to use everything. We're going to endeavor.
And then when we meet you, You can rely on us
to not fall as fast. Oh yeah, we'll have so much
to use for you still. To take you down. Down.
Just wait. Down. By the river. Down. Question.
Are the singles block happening here afterward,
or are they in a different... tournament zone.
I believe they're hopping in another zone concurrently.
You want to go see if we can go catch any of
them? Well, who's going? Tula's in the third
fight. Marcellus and Thrude are competing too.
They probably already finished that, is my guess.
Well, no, not that. Marcellus would be in the
second one if he won against Fidelia. Ooh. So
we might be able to catch some of it. Let's see
if they're not bright. So, heading off, you see...
Heading off to your rest, you make your way by
the Acorn League, the singles block, and you
see that the tournament brackets are moving.
They're updating them as they go on. Thrude won
her round, her first round. Fidelia bested Marcellus.
Tula bested Ajax, Elyon. And she went up against
Grayson Delahal. Wait, that's not Sir Elyon's
daughter. No, that's... It's in the family, but
not direct, you know. Okay. I know he has a daughter,
but that's like 10 years from now. Yeah, he's
got more family. He's got a brother. Okay. But
you see that it's in the finals. Fidelia bested
Throod. How? And made it to the final. Fidelia.
How? Fidelia is strong. Fidelia. Frida? Huh?
Frida? No, Fidelia, Blue Wolves, Fidelia. Fidelia,
Calamvire. It just, it's just, oh, oh, sorry.
I was looking at Frida. Okay, got it, got it.
Okay. I was, I was mixing names up on the sheet.
Okay. Wow. Good job, Fidelia. Fidelia is going
head to head with Grayson Delahal in the finals.
Oh no, Tula lost. That's sad. I'm going to try
to find Marcellus and Throod real quick. You
see that there's a time. There's a time for each
of them, and how the defeat was had. Fidelia's
fights were to the end, until one of them were
unable to fight. So Fidelia beat Marcellus and
Throod handily. And it says Tula, in the fight
against Grayson Delahal, was disqualified. What
did she do? It just says disqualified. And it
says the match lasted six seconds. I hope Tula's
okay. Ranwal, we should go check on her. Right.
We'll all regroup here soon? Yeah. Sounds good.
Tula got Disqualified for what? Do you think
she, like, kicked him in the head or something?
Oh, that could perhaps be. She was showing me
off. She was showing off her roundhouse kicks
to me earlier. Kicked him in the head. And you
come over, you see Tula at Bragg's bench enjoying,
like, a water. You see she has, like... uh some
some people i don't know who's like speaking
speaking to her but she she notices you two she
knows you two immediately she goes oh shoohoo
shoohoo tula says oh for you coming why are you
coming to come watch me i'm i'm i'm so sorry
yeah we just finished our powers i did not know
that that chokehold was illegal oh yeah i mean
i guess that's kind of above the shoulders He
goes, if they had let me latch onto it for more
than 10 seconds, it would have been over. But
I've learned. Well, at least we know in a real
fight, you would have won. So there's that. And
how are the both of you? Well, we both won our
matches. I should come watch. Yeah, sure. I feel
as if I also have a respect for the people in
my blog, and I should watch the final. Well,
what's it called? We have a nice 30 -minute break,
and then after that, it's going to be Raul and
Valora against Vesper and Skaan, and then after
that, it's going to be me and Lucia. you know
assume we both win ours then then you'll be able
to see us for the final at least i will come
watch it then but you too i'm afraid i must confess
something i'm afraid i have fallen in love there
was a great beauty in motion poetry in motion
at the tournament all right a beauty so deadly
and devastating Her name was Fidelia. She was
really quite amazing. Oh. Oh. Well, congratulations.
Does she know? Does she know what? That you're...
I don't know. That I admire her? That too? Yes,
of course. I told her. Alright. Oh my god. What'd
she say in response? Oh, she said thank you.
Like that. Sounds like you're in. Stop! Yes!
And then, everyone goes... Well, not... It's
not... By saying you fell in love with her, it's
just like how a fish falls in love with a...
Sunlight speckles that gleam on the ocean surface.
Is that what they do? What is happening? A bird's
wings love wind. Alright. So you meant that...
I understand. You meant it was a beautiful little
poetic sense. And you feel love in a poetic sense.
I mean, yes, I suppose. Is this like a romantic?
Like you want to take her back and add her to
your... Posse? Or is this like a... The harem.
Or is this like a, you know, you respect her
greatly and that's it kind of thing? Oh, I don't
want to make her my concubine, no. Oh, okay.
It is like how you fall in love with art. That
is what I mean. Oh, both of you, you're so silly.
You're so silly. Alright, well. Well, congrats.
Of course. Some advice. Yeah? No chokeholds.
Especially... Especially menopause ones. What?
And Cole, you know that like... That's like a
killing move. Oh. What does that mean? Oh, it's
a style of martial arts. They teach us to us
in the sort of where I to the higher echelons
of where I'm from so we could defend ourselves.
Uh -huh. And best would be attackers very easily.
Hmm. Well, you'll have to show us to that sometimes.
It sounds pretty effective. Oh, of course. But
maybe not. I mean... Now? You know what, Ronwald?
I think Randwall, I'll just kind of push him
forward and take a step back. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. And Tula just goes,
Tula just goes, all right, it's okay. You can
resist. It makes it easier for me to apply the
hold, actually. And Randwall goes, no, no, no,
no. I'm afraid not. I'm afraid not. I'm afraid
not. I'm afraid not. Let's not do this in front
of everyone. Everyone on break. Oh, I see. Because
if I do that, I will get in trouble. And perhaps
I will go to jail. I won't do it then. Later.
You know, you could probably... Robin will probably
let you do it to him. Oh. Next time you see him.
It seems like it would be very easy to do that
to him, yes. Probably, yeah. She smiles and goes,
Oh, would you like to eat? The food is free.
Sure. Never say no to free food. Oh, what a luxury.
She's eating. Rhyma walks off with you. Just
goes, I'm still absolutely fascinated by the
different perspectives that are on the world.
Tula is an interesting girl. You know, if she,
she probably could have won that competition.
Possibly, yes. I get that feeling. But from what
I understand, simply participating in the 8 -Core
League is enough to get you an advancement. Yeah,
that's true. Now, somebody who learns from their
mistakes, that's who we should fear. Wait, what?
Someone who learns from their mistakes. Oh, I
thought you said snakes. I got confused. Oh,
no. Yeah, she probably won't do that next time.
Let's not go against her. Ever. I'm afraid it's
going to have to come to it one day. I mean,
steel's iron sharpens iron, doesn't it? Yeah,
it very well may. How is, um... I have to ask,
friend. How is... How do you think Lucia's holding
up? Uh, well, she's... She stressed herself out,
you know? She got kind of down on herself during
that match, but she... I can't imagine... Worked
together well. The weight... The amount of weight
on that poor... That poor girl's shoulders. Yeah,
I know, with the melody bowl and everything coming
up. Well, among that and... Oh, well, yeah, that
too. The other things. But... Yeah. I mean, after
that, you know, when I compared her to you, she
kind of really brightened up, so that's good.
Well, that makes me flattered more than anything.
If we do go up against each other... she's real
perceptive she'll probably notice if you're taking
it easy on her so don't do that but i don't know
don't take it easy on her but like still like
you know give her a chance at least of course
me and velora do play more divide and conquer
We haven't proven that in the last one, but we
have more opportunities to. Based on Vesper and
Skaan, who do I think is the easier one to take
down? Based on how I was looking at the two of
them. Both of them are sturdy. Vesper is less
sturdy looking. Skaan is big and monstrous looking,
so probably has more constitution to him. But
Vesper's no slouch. But we can't see Vesper.
But Vesper vanishes. I'd rather get rid of Vesper
first, but I don't know if we can. Vesper looks
fast, real nimble, kind of like me a little bit.
Skahn looks closer to Antonello, ready to run
up and punch you in the face kind of thing. But
a little bit slower, so probably easier to hit.
I think Vesper's probably more dangerous, though.
So... Yes. The flurry of offense. I had heard
that they were more stealthy in their approach,
but what I saw was pure aggression. I must admit,
I was a little disappointed about that. I wish
we had more to study. Stealth's kind of hard
when you're, you know, surrounded by a bunch
of people watching in a pit, you know what I
mean? I like to hide behind. Hmm. Correct. Well.
I wanted to ask you something. Yeah? Perhaps
I'll go through you first, because from my understanding,
you have a... deeper understanding of Lucia I
apologize I know that our mind was on the battle
but I was thinking of saying offering words of
encouragement to her but I want to get your idea
on it first and if I should say it or not alright
her her I remember when she was speaking about
Fate and all of that other things that were concerning
her. And I've always had a keen view on fate.
It was shared to me, but it stuck with me ever
since. I guess I'll pose the question to you
first, Cole. Do you think that fate exists? Yeah.
Our first disagreement. I look at people like
Tula, like Valora, like you, and Lucia, and think
there is no possible way that something could
have dictated this before us. Something that
spins us all along the line. tells us it's impossible
to change what's ahead of us. Fate doesn't exist,
but predictable people do. Perhaps that's why
things spin along as they look, and it just seems
like fate is coming along, but in reality, I
just think people just don't change. I see that
a lot in my own kingdom. Selfish individuals
and war, it's easy to protect. Yeah, yeah. I
can only imagine that level of intuitiveness,
but only on a cosmic scale. And behold, something
that seems like fate. I mean, I think it... If
something fades to happen, it's gonna happen.
But, you know, it's moldable. You know, you can
kind of change it a little bit. Exactly. We have
the will to do as we wish. We are creatures of
pure will. We can make any changes we wish. I
don't want to tell Lucia to completely disregard
everything she saw, but... She should have the
confidence that it can. change if she wants it
to, and it will. I just, you know... The stuff
that she was talking about, I don't know. I guess
we don't know what she's seen. If there's been
anything real bad or anything like that. I mean,
I think there's some things that are just out
of her control. I think she's just going to be
disappointed if she thinks she can change everything,
that's all. I relent for now, Ben. But... I understand
it's a tender situation. Yeah. But I want to
see this through. They asked her what other things
she's seen. I tried asking her, but she just
wouldn't tell me. She deserves better. That we
can agree on. Yeah, she does. And we are going
to fight for that better. Not just for her, but
for everyone. I apologize if the conversation
turned heavy. It's alright. It's all right. Anyway,
when it comes to see you. Yep. Anyway. Do you
want a hot dog or not? Oh, yes, of course. Please.
Yes. Ketchup's over there. Okay. Here you go.
Thanks. A hot dog. A quaint. Here you go. He
looks at it. He puts a hand on your shoulder.
I think there's another, like, brief, like, tightening
before, like, letting it relax. And if you have
any anxiety at all either, please feel confident
that you could lean into me. Thanks very much.
Of course. I gotcha. No, you didn't. But I'm
fine. How do you eat a hot dog? I mean, I think
you use your mouth. Yes, I know that, but like...
Is it a hand ordeal, or is it a fork and knife?
It's like a bun there you gotta hold it with.
It's like a sandwich, but just kind of sideways.
Sealed on one side. Sideway sandwich? I never
thought about that before. You never thought
about a sandwich sideways? No, I mean, of course,
but to make it in such a way, and to prepare
it... What kind of rich lifestyle did you grow
up with? I've just... I mean, the concept of
sideways sandwiches, of course, exists to me,
but I just never... He's walking towards the
table. I'm gonna get a knife and fork. You don't
need to. Excuse me, sir. As he walks back. Hello,
Koala. She bumps you with her shoulder. Tula
does. As you sit. Oh, Shahu? Deep in thought
about strategy? A little bit. A little bit. Reinwald's
trying to get a knife and fork for hot dog. Oh,
yes. I did the same thing. Points. You don't
need to do that. You can hold it with your hand.
Really? Yeah, it's like a sideways sandwich.
A sideways sandwich. That is so. It's like sealed
on the one side. Impressive. Wow. I mean, I think
they're pretty common, too. I don't think it's
that impressive. Oh, yes. I've had a sideways
sandwich before. Just hold it a different way.
What does that mean? But she brushes past that.
She goes, cool. Detect thoughts? What does that
mean? Go ahead, detect thoughts. What does the
sideware sandwich mean? Are you going to use
detect thoughts? Yeah, I will. I'm going to get
it back after a short rest. Okay. Is wisdom safe?
Yeah, wisdom safe. And just to give an update
to the other folks, we're almost... we're almost
we're almost reaching the point of no return
oh oh yeah jesus 23 okay all right i get nothing
he goes i've always wanted to acquire deeper
into your mind about things. I'm curious about
what you think about things, Cor. You haven't
had a surprising discussion like that before.
Alright. What do you want to know? Well, um...
I feel like you are... You have many thoughts
running through you. Sure. I mean, I think most
people do. And I will admit, I tried to read
your thoughts before, but... You did? I've attempted.
But... Oh, okay. But every time I've done that,
I simply cannot reach it. You are a cloud to
me. And I'm so curious about you. Is that an
Air Genasi joke? No, but it can be. Yes, now.
It is now a Genasi joke. Okay, alright. You are
like a cloud to me. That's funny. That's a good
one. Alright. What do you want to know? Also,
you don't need to read my thoughts. You can just
ask me questions. I know. It's just how I am
accustomed to the way of things. Gotcha. it just
it's a little rude to just read people's thoughts
without their their knowledge is all oh huh you
got it cool ain't that fascinating i know i know
it is a product i have been um my life has been
very very lonely i have i am the way i was brought
up i'm forced to distrust the people around me
i must know what they are thinking at all times
well isn't that interesting cole but it is so
nice to it is a freeing feeling to have trust
in other people i still don't know what to do
with it i must admit i like having that trust
I suppose that is why I have perhaps overstepped
my boundaries and spoke about concubines. It's
all right. You know, you can talk about concubines
all you want. You know, I think I think I think
Rumble world blushes a little bit. But, you know,
I think it's kind of fun to mess with them a
little bit. You know what? Since we're being
a little truthful here, I'll be completely honest.
I knew what a concubine was. I was just messing
with them. Well, you trickster. You are a trickster.
A little bit sometimes. She pushes you lightly.
So what do you want to know? But now I must be
careful around you. Because now I know there
is a facade. I mean... You are so innocent, but
on the inside, she pokes you multiple times in
the arms. You are a trickster. Sometimes, yeah.
You know, my siblings and I used to play pranks
sometimes. That's right. My siblings and I, we
would fight for power multiple times. Oh, gotcha.
Something like that, but lighter, I suppose.
Yeah, it was lighter. And then you see Reinwald
coming back with a knife and fork. And he just
goes, Perhaps we will speak privately, you and
I, sometime. As I wish to speak privately with
Reinwald sometime as well. He just goes, It looked
quite flummoxed when I asked for a knife and
fork. Yeah, because you're not supposed to eat
those with a knife and fork. You're not. No,
I told you not to. You did, but it's a reasonable
accommodation. Not really. Do you eat bread with
a knife and fork? I mean, no, but it's a new
food, and I wish to inch my understanding of
it closer in safe ways. You know what? Wait,
stop right there. You want to inch your understanding
of a hot dog closer? Is that what we're talking
about? Oh, goodness. I am strange of Tula speaking
about it that way. What do you mean by that,
Tula? Oh, nothing. Okay. I'll eat it with my
hand, then. So you're going to eat that hot dog
with your hand? Well, now you make it sound like
it's wrong. Should I? No, go ahead. No, go ahead.
All right. Fine. We're going to be a little intrepid
today. You hold it by the bun, not the... Yeah.
There you go. Cheers to you. Yeah. Oh, divine.
Wow. Um, and Tula just goes, oh, I should be
going now. Seems like they're calling for me
back. You didn't even finish eating. Oh! Here
you go, Renwald. Oh, um, he goes, I will be back
around. I must watch a thrilling finale. Alright,
have fun, Tula. Shoo -hoo. I mean, shoo -toodles.
Sha -toodles. Is that also from the film? I made
that up. Oh, you made it. All right. I like it.
Sha -toodles is when you say goodbye. All right.
Languages my playground and walks off. She's
an interesting girl. Well. Do you think we should
head back about now? Yeah, we should meet back
up with them, see what's going on. Right. Velora,
Lucia, two of you seeing anybody? Velora wanted
to probably drag Lucia along, although she's
opposed to go search for Marcellus and or Throod,
but mostly Marcellus. She would tag along. You
see Marcellus at Bragg's bench. Currently taking
off armor. He's by himself. Pelora rushes up
to him and shakes him by the shoulder. She goes,
Marcellus, what happened? Well, first of all,
hello. Hi. I lost. She must be really strong,
then. Jeez. She's very good. Um... I must admit...
I'm... I'm quite graceful with losses, but this
one felt different. Yeah? I didn't even get a
little bit of offense in. Well, she beat through,
too. Like, I wish I could have seen what happened.
She's a very adept combatant. I mean, perhaps
if I acted differently or had a different mindset,
I could have at least done something. Well, you
lasted longer than I could have ever. Give yourself
some credit, Lucia. Yeah, she says that, but
she won her fight, so... I do really well, and
she sits down on Marcellus' side. Well, I did,
but I feel like I do better with a group of people,
you know? If I were by myself, I really wouldn't
know what to do. It's no shame of that. So you
had the harder fight to begin with. Yeah, I was
surprised you entered the singles, too, and not
the duos, because you also have a very collaborative...
Yeah! I do. But... There was a part of me that,
um... Now, there's a part of me that wants to
take a true shot at independence, I suppose.
Yeah, that's good. Well, a first shot at that's
never a bad shot. And, uh... I assume you've...
You've found some good success as well? Barely.
And I'm not kidding. Like, it was so fucking
hard. Robin and... VPA? Yeah, okay, first of
all, Robin got me. And even though the weapons
are coded, I swear I have a bad mark. He got
me back here. Like, with the arrow, because we
were gonna focus on him, but then I got surprised,
and they, like, they beat us to the punch. And
then VP is on top of Reinwald, and, like, really
going into him. And, like, so I can abandon him,
but then that left me open to Robin shooting
at me. But we pulled through. Reinwald's pretty
good. Yep. Oh, dear. It's gone. He puts away
his green disgust. Well, that's something I can't
miss. Yeah, you gotta come watch. We're gonna
need your help cheering them on. Well, I'll be
the loudest one there. Good. Well, I mean, good
luck competing with Lucia on that. Yeah, I'll
be the loudest one there. Actually... Well, I
haven't talked to them in my full... Trust me,
I know how loud you are, but I don't think you've
truly gotten into how I could. I don't think
you can. I don't think you know how loud she
can be. Like, yeah, she's loud. I don't think
you know how loud I can be. No, Marcellus, like,
I don't think you understand. No, I think I am
competently understanding it perfectly. Marcellus,
I think you've grown up being told to use your
indoor voice, and I'm happy that you're going
past that, but I think... I don't think Lucia's
ever had that outside of church. But believe
it or not, there is a beast inside that can be
unleashed. Okay, well, I want to see it. I have
a beast inside of me. You know what? When I'm
going to cheer for you, I will go beast mode.
Well, now you sound like Beepy. Oh, do you really?
Yeah. What I mean by that is that I'm going to
be passionate about it. Whoever gets to be the
loudest gets candy. Oh. Now you have a reward.
I think I know which direction they're in. They're
echoing across the battlefield. They always carve
a space in the crowd. I can tell. So you're gonna
watch us. And then... Okay, so when it comes
down to the finals, and it's leader and retainer
head -to -head, what are you going to do? You're
going to be so torn. Hmm. You're going to have
to, like, cheer for both of us? I will make up
for the lost other loud voice, and I'll just
have to amplify for the both of us. Lucia. She
salutes. I look forward to your support. You
can always count on it. Because we are definitely
going to be in the finals. Yes, we are. Witness
Valor first hand, everybody. Oh, boy. I instinctually
was going to be like, no, you aren't, because
I'm going to be, but then I realized I'm not
in the competition, so I can't do that. You should
have done the doubles! Yeah, I would have asked
you if, I mean, like, I guess, I think it would
have been my first thought to ask if, except
for that, you know, Lucia and Cole had already
gotten together, and then I just kind of rushed
and grabbed Ryan, which has been great. He's
awesome. We didn't know, I didn't know anything
about how he fought, but we worked together really
well. That's good. That's good. Well, I'll be
looking forward to it. All right. Oh, you know
where three's at? Lucia looks confused because
he didn't push back on that. What was that? No,
I was going to say Lucia's confused because he
didn't push back on it. Normally he'd be like,
well, I'd be actually a better, and then they'd
just keep beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,
beep. And what did you say, Valora? You know
where Third's at? Oh, um... Well, they had a
show of respect, and then she left. I think she's
left already. I'll catch her some other time,
then. Wanna go get our seats? I've chatted with
her about it very shortly afterwards. Yeah, did
she do good? Well, she was happy. Oh, good. Probably
happy to be defeated. Yeah, like when Cole pushed
her in the ditch earlier today. Yeah, she's really
happy about that. And then there was an individual
who Throod reached out to go get a coin and somebody
stepped on it. And then Throod immediately...
grab them and set some expletives and then threw
them in the garbage can. Oh yeah, he always does
that. He like, he like leaves coins around like...
He did that to me earlier. I saw him... He did?
Of course he did. Of course he fucking did. I
saw him put down that coin earlier. I thought
he was, he just dropped something, but then he
did that. He set that up. He planted? Yeah. That
guy has way too much time on his hands. He's
so... Yeah, um... Yeah, fucking asshole. I always
hate... Ugh. I mean, I'm glad I know what to
think about him now, but I didn't get a chance
to think about him because Throod immediately
cursed at him because she... Well, he stepped
on her fingers and then said... He said, oops.
And then Throod said, get out of my way, you
idiot. Watch where you're stepping. And then
threw him in the garbage. He thinks he's better
than everyone. And that goes for Throod, even
though she's a Cadwallader. Not that I'm saying
she's better because she's a Cadwallader, but
most people at least have in their brain, oh,
I should probably respect this person. And it
goes for me. He'll talk all nice to me, but then
backhanded. And it's such a Conachan thing. Not
of the nobles, specifically. I'm surprised you've
never met him. You know, I mean... Make sure
you don't. Or maybe you've met his family. What's
the name again? Sadako. Right. I know who that
is. Yeah. I know the family. I don't know him.
As I said before, there was no chance to be introduced.
He was slam dunked into trash. His name's Hit.
Oh, dear. Yeah. Isn't that dumb? Might be why
he's like this. No, that's not true. He's like
this because his parents, but... And the money.
So many people at this school weren't loved.
Yeah. He's quiet at that. Oh, I don't think she
can... Would Lucia catch that? Make an insight?
I think I have... Not advantage, but I think
because this pertains to, well, it's a dirty
20. But I think I also have a, whatchamacallit?
Expertise. Expertise, yeah. Let me check, because
I think Marcellus has closed hell. Oh, 21, so.
No, he has heroic flair, because of course he
does. So. You do catch that slight... Gave him
thought. He goes quiet at that, maybe tunes out,
but then he's tuned back in. It's quick. He postures
back, his poise is back on, but you do catch
that split second. Right, well... And she sees
that, and she goes... Yeah, but you wouldn't
know what that's like, right, buddy? And she
loops her arm in his. Come on, let's go find
a seat together. I take her lead and loop his
other arm. He goes, now it seems like I have
no choice. Let's go. Let's do this. You don't
have a choice. You don't. Yay! Garvey was right.
He goes. What did he say? What did he say? He
also did warn me I shouldn't say anything. I
shouldn't say that statement out loud. Let's
go. What did he say? What did he say? It's too
late now. Mush, my friends. What did he say?
Mush. Mush, my friends. Cole and Reinwald on
the side. We're watching. Oh, hey, guys. Garby's
saying mean things about us again. Yeah. That's
not new. Reinwald goes, that's... doesn't seem
surprising i was the interactions i've seen so
far yeah i didn't say i was surprised why were
you guys screaming so much because i'm gonna
win yeah she will good good good yeah anyway
we found out uh tula uh put what's his face in
a headlock that's why she got she like had him
on the ground I think she would have killed him.
She said it was lethal if she kept it on. Okay.
Damn, Tula. So, you know, if you see Robin, by
the way, send him her way. Why? She said she
wanted to try something on him. We shouldn't.
No, no, no. We shouldn't bring harm on poor Robin.
Robin's been through a lot. Yeah, he went down
twice in our fight. He did pretty good, though.
You know, he did do alright, you know. If there's
one good thing I can say about Robin is that
when he goes down, he gets back up, you know?
That's true. He goes down a lot, but he does
know how to get back up. And sometimes that's
the hardest thing to do. People tend to find
that determination is king. If I hadn't gotten
on top of him, like, if they hadn't let me get
the opportunity to, like, I don't think it would
have gone that way. Oh, no, yeah, you guys almost
lost. It was real close. Yeah. So... Right, well,
Marcellus goes, my arms are getting numb due
to these two and their constrictive holds. Shall
we go find a seat? I thought you were tougher
than that. Come on. I'm so small. Lucia says
as she flutters her eyelashes. Yet again, last
episode, she was hanging off his arm, gnawing
on it. That's where Marcellus has to go, actually,
no, I'm smaller. And Marcellus goes, I mean,
I apologize. My arm's more going numb on this
side. Just jiggles the arm that's being held
by Lucia. The other arm is completely fine. Oh,
so you don't think I can make your arm go numb.
That's what you're saying. I'm so innocent. She
says that she starts to slowly constrict his
arm. She squeezes and starts dragging him to
the benches. I'm saying that you definitely can.
Oh, as Lucy is squeezing. How strong can I squeeze
to me? What do I have to roll? Make it athletics
check. 17. Not the plus two. He's gonna make
a con save to try and just keep a straight face.
18. Damn. Do you have a plus 2? No, it's just
a 17. You rolled one over again. He just kind
of smirks. He smiles a little bit. Are you trying
to do something? Come on, we're going this way.
Alright, alright, alright. Those two just need
to kiss it out or something. I'll just say to
Reinwald. Reinwald goes, Right, I don't know
if that's the optimal solution, but... I don't
know. I feel like there's... I feel like Valora
has a weird relationship with a lot of people
here at the school. It's true. Valora is confident
and magnetic. Yeah. I don't see the strange at
all. There's just a weird tension with a lot
of people at this school. Well, we should trade
observations sometimes because I want to know
what all of that means. She wants to gossip about
me, wow. Look at the goss over here. When I see
Valora, I can't help but have hope for the future
of this place. Mm -hmm. I thought he was gonna
say, when I see Valora, I also have feelings.
And I was like, not another one! I was very charming
in that fight back there. This goes. Right, well.
I'm off to Clash Blades with Vanga and Barakas.
Alright, we'll be cheering you on in the stands.
Thank you, my friend. Go to Reinwald after dropping
Marcellus. Use the term loosely. Because she's
not carrying him. Oh, did Aer just... Shut up.
I don't buy it. And I go to... I turn on Reinwald.
Except she realized she's still pointing because
she was pointing at Marcellus. Then she's like,
oh wait. And she puts her finger away. And she
goes, so... I think... Because I fought Vesper
and... Well, I fought Vesper before. I technically
didn't fight Skaun, but I saw him fight. I think
we should go for Vesper first, if we can. But
the thing is, Vesper might just vanish. Like,
I don't know how he does it. He can, like, do
it, like, right in front of people. I've seen
it happen. They can, like, make their heartbeat
disappear. It's crazy. So I think we gotta go
for Vesper first. But if it's not an option,
then we'll have to go for Skaun, even though
he's, like, mmm, like, it's gonna be hard. Have
I heard of this fighting style to me? Which fighting
style? About making yourself vanish by stopping
your heart or whatever. This one, no. That's
deeply interesting. Right. I have just dealt
with the VP and now I must deal with someone
who can stop their heart at will? I'm sorry.
The way that... I'm paired up with you and makes
it so that you end up taking on a lot for me.
And when things go right, I kind of make it so
that they get kind of stunned by the idea of
attacking back to me. That's quite fine. Real
quick. But that just means you take the brunt
of things, and I don't know. I'm going to try
to really keep it. I wish I had more to help
keep them off of you. A noble must be a shield
for its people. So I'm your people? Hmm? So I'm
your people now? Of course. You're my friend.
Yeah. Good. There's a moment to prepare. Looks
around, and he just kind of, like, kicks his
feet into the dirt, and he just... As he does,
he just goes, All right. We'll tap into the conservatory
now. Just to ease any qualms about me taking
hits. And you see stone begin to crawl up his
body and form little plates around his skin.
It begins to encompass parts of his skin. And
you see his outside appearance begins to take
on a stone exterior. It's almost like a set of
armor, it looks like, the way he fashioned it.
That's... How do you do that? Well, this might
sound rather tired, but it is my devotion to
my oath. What is your oath? And then Eustace
goes, May those... In the next block, please
proceed to your starting points. We'll talk about
some other time. Okay. Oh, one more thing. And
she'll pat him. And her mark surges. And she'll
cast Longstrider on him. As he feels a swell
of energy through him as he goes. Shall we then?
We shall. Spur forth, Felora. Yes. I feel spurred.
The future is ours to make as he walks forward.
Yeah. As the two of you walk out into the arena,
As the camera lifts up and takes the sun, and
the sun just blasts as the camera lands and fills
the shot. The credits roll. Tournament arc. Next
episode. That's where we're going to stop this
show for now, folks, as we get on to Acorn League
Part 2 next time around. Acorn League Part 2!
Two matches and the finale. In two weeks. In
the finale of the Acorn League. Humpty Dumpty
sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty did sit on a wall.
I'm just letting you know, man. Vesper is gone.
Terrifying. I'm scared. I'm scared, yeah. I'm
scared of Cole, too. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I did realize
that my hit points for the first battle were
wrong. Because I was just going off of what was
on my token. And I looked at my character sheet
and I was like, I have higher max HP than that.
Oh, that's okay. Because you took one hit during
that fight. Yeah, but now I know is the big thing.
Because I need all those hit points. I need them.
I don't have a lot. Okay. And for our viewers,
you can look forward to Acron League Part 2 next
time around, and also additions to our gotcha
list. It'll be ever -growing. Not the gotcha
rules. And then we're gonna have these three
roll another character to add to their team.
Our gotcha rules. And right now, our mod JT's
ahead because he's got a VPA. The winner. You
know, I ended up being right. VPA was both didn't
show up and was really scary. I was right with
my predictions. He was making his way there and
he was like, ooh, candy. All right. All right,
everyone. We'll catch you next time. Two weeks.
See you around. The winds have been whispering
of what's to come, but every time the word's
about to leave my tongue, some obstacle arises,
some unstoppable force. My deepest fear awakens,
fate's unstoppable course, but there's so much
I still don't see. I never thought a second in
command would hate me. In the mountains where
they train the elite. I'm amongst all this nobility.
Outro Music what's right some may call me naive
but nothing can put out the flame in me the goddess
of spring life and death she bring taken from
war raised in