Songwoman presents Ira Brynn Dawnbreak, a Level
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Episode 29, On Fire. You can catch us live every
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Oh, Zenny says, audio, question mark? Oh, no.
Uh -oh. It's okay. Don't cry. Just turn the stream
off and we'll turn it back on after the audio.
I hear us. I hear. Oh. It's picking up everyone's
butt, Tim. That means we can gaslight everyone.
Oh, Zenny says good now. I see my bar now. Wait,
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Oh, is it actually a bit... Okay, we're going
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And welcome back to Ivor Brynn Dawnbreak. The
dog's barking. We got to reset it. We got to
reset it. One second. Hello, everyone, and welcome
back to Sogwoven, Ira Brynn Dawnbreak. I am your
narrator, Tim Dontran, and I am joined by three
other people, Emma Ramosco. Hi, I'm Emma. I'm
playing Lucia, who's entering her BBG era. And
hi, Percy. I can hear you, and I love you. More
like baby EG. Am I right, guys? BB. I thought
about you specifically. Wait, are you above?
Where are you? I'm above. Pass it. You can do
it. Speaking of Albert, my right -hand man. Albert!
That's me. I'm your right -hand man. Actually,
I'm below you right now, but whatever. I play
Cole. I play Cole. And speaking of right -hand
man... Cole is Robin's right -hand man. That's
my brother. I'm just a little guy from over in
Isrun. Anyway, that's me. I don't have anything
of note about me besides that. You're going to
survive the upcoming incident because you're
my brother. The upcoming incident? And then,
of course, the show would be nothing without
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.com. Did your mic change, Jenny? Did it? I think
she just turned on her fan. My fan's on, but
the dog knocked it, so it moved to a different
spot. That'll do it. That'll do it. I love that
Phantom slash Percy had a little fuck in the
mic. He was like, fuck you! Yeah. He was all
excited in here for a second to come into here,
and then he was like, wait. Why are you not letting
me out? And so I had to lock him out again. And
now he's quiet because I think he realizes the
gravity of the situation now. That he could have
been with me and down here, stuck down here.
Or he could be alone and stuck down here. And
now he knows his choice. He learned a hard lesson
today. And he's quiet. I just hear him crying
a bit, but that's it now. I think we can sell
the transcript to our ad read and that can be
used to soothe babies. What? Soothe babies? Soothe
babies. Soothe. I thought you said soothe both
times. No, but soothe. Put them to sleep. Let's
soothe the children as well. I've always come
up with merch ideas for our quirky little show.
I think a transcript. of the ad read that people
can wear and walk around with would be amazing.
Okay, but Emma, suing babies, you might be onto
something there because they can't afford good
lawyers. You're going to win. You are going to
win. We take all their assets. We take all their
assets, their formula, their dyke, all of it.
Almost expensive. Full villain. Take their iPads.
Kids are expensive. Oh, formulas. Formula is
also expensive. All of it is expensive. But easy
to sue. Me budgeting for a dog, I'm like, oh
my god. It's like taking candy from a baby. Quite
literally. And the judge is like, that's stupid.
Yeah. The judge is like, denied. Foolish, really.
Yeah, oh my god, just get a dog. A cat cheaper
than baby. That is the... That's the way we live
our lives. Let us transition into our legally
required polls. Uh, gotcha polls. Legally required
polls. These are the things that have to happen
nowadays. Um, we already pre -rolled what happened
earlier. I already added the, uh, I already added
the characters to the Brindons. Yeah, I'm a Brindon.
Yeah, I'm a Brindon. Albert. Yes. You have gotten
Jerry. I love Jerry. I'll take Jerry. I just
unlocked the soundboard. Yes. Jenny, you have
gotten Roland. Roland. Fuck yeah. Roland. Wait,
what star is he? Three. Three star. Love Roland.
And Emma, you have gotten a new four star character.
Damn. Clarence. Clarence. That's the perfect
pull for me. JT rolled a 35. Sorry, 65. Okay.
65. I might be dyslexic. Oh, gosh. I got to do
fast math. Oh, that means you got a three -star
character. JT, you got three -star. Because you
got to roll a d20, man. And while you're doing
that, I'm going to name the new drops to add
to the Brin Bins, which I will... This is a really
long list already. He rolled a 15. Rolled a 15?
Your new three -star character. Oh, Tamsin Von
Rue! You get Tamsin! Wait, is it pronounced Rue?
Yeah. I've been saying Tamsin Von Reyes this
whole time. Where did Reyes go? Reyes. R -E -U
-S. It absolutely makes sense. We got worms.
Can we add a dice spot? Yeah, we can. We just
haven't done it. Okay. The new characters. Only
no new one or two star characters this time around.
One new three -star character. Whiskey Breeze.
Whiskey Breeze. Three stars for Whiskey Breeze.
I like Whiskey Breeze. Whiskey Breeze. I think
that fits. I mean, he's kind of a side character,
but okay. He's three stars. He's a side character
we like. He's memorable. One of the more memorable
side characters. One new four -star character.
Clarence. I love that I pulled Clarence. And
then three new five -star characters. Wow. Ballora.
Okay. Lucia. I thought I was base edition. Kier.
Kier? Kier? No. I vote Kier up to six stars.
No. Six -star Kier. Six -star Kier. Bring her
down. Are you with me, majority girl? Bring her
down. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, hold
on. Hold on. Tim, wait. Valora, Lucia, Kier.
We gotta vote her to six stars to mess with Albert.
Come on. And then the fourth character, Cole.
Six star Kier. Kier must go up. Kier, no. She
has to go down. Two out of three, Timmy. Here.
No. We have a ceiling. We have a ceiling. We
can't bring him up to six stars. You said we
could do six, I thought. No. For the romanceable.
No. The six star is a base because I want to
rob people of their money. Oh. I thought we could
go up one more star. Or it's a special five star
and it makes them a dateable, like Jenny was
saying. Exactly. No, no. Okay. What I said last
week was that we have the new version of a character.
but they're dateable and they're only behind
six level rarity. And that has to be their base
because it's a completely new character. So I
get to rehash a character. You have to use the
premium currency. And then you have to use premium
currency and I can take all your money. Yeah.
Susanne, if you want a six star character, you
have to start donating more bits. I think we
can make a lot of money. off of certain characters.
True. Samara. Oh, I was going to say Melody.
Or Melody. Honestly, yeah. So how many bits?
No, guys, no. I'm glad people are really into
this. Oh, my wife asking how many bits for a
six star? Bring Keir down. Down with Kier. No,
Kier five stars. Kier four stars. She locked
in. She locked in. That's why she gets to be
a four star and not a three star. No, she's five.
She's five. She's five. No. She could be a dateable,
though. Think about that. You're telling me Kier's
more important than Melody, who's only a four?
Melody should be lower. You're telling me Kier
is of the same quality as, who else is our five
stars? Marcellus? Was he a five star? No, I don't
think so. He's a four star. You're telling me
she's better? Kier's the best. She is not. She
is not. I love Kier. This is my plan because
you guys don't understand the depths of my greed.
So let's say, okay, Reinwald is a four star character,
right? So I get to release a new edition of Reinwald,
like Reinwald parentheses prime or something.
And that is now a six -star character that is
dateable, and you have to pull a 1 .75 % chance
in order to get him. You should just call all
the six -star ones, you should call them boyfriend
or girlfriend. Yeah, you know what? We'll date
you. It's what's it called? It's Rhinewald, but
at the ball. At the ball at the end of the year
or whatever. The masquerade. But no kissing allowed.
No kissing allowed. Per my father. Okay. So while
we're here, I'll send you guys a list sometime.
If Keir is five star, when Eric shows up, I vote
he goes up to five star. No. Actually, Tim, put
Eric Avonlea in six star. I'm going to kiss your
dad just to get back at you. You can do it. I
don't even like him. I just judge him. I'm going
to kiss your dad. I love you, Albert. You get
the sound bite of, I'm going to kiss your dad
threateningly. Yeah. I already did that in, like,
I've already killed your dad today. I've already
kissed your dad. I killed your dad. And then
today, I kissed another player's uncle in my
morning game. All right, Albert, you clearly
have a type. Listen. When we set the date, when
we planned this date, we didn't know that he
was his uncle. What am I going to say? Well,
I guess we're not doing the date now. No. You're
a freak. Listen, I'm trying to work my way through
the family line. Kills old guys, dates your dad.
All right. So let's have a fun game, guys. So
happy game day. You had a fun game ahead of us,
folks. Sue's babies. Sue's babies. Sue babies.
Sue dumb little stupid babies. Kiss dads. Kill
old people. Sounds like song woven to me. Yeah?
Recap. Recap time. Uh, we continued the Acorn
League. Round two, Valora and Reinwald lost to
Vesper and Skan. Which was wild. And it was very,
very, very close, but they lost. And Lucia was
like, Valora can lose? I had a crisis. Um...
Then they, Lucia and Cole, fought their second
round, which were also blue wolf monks. And,
um, Killaren and Kailani. And, um, Lucia got,
like, totally messed up by Kailani in, like,
a round. Um, but Lucia came back and surprised
her. And then, like, like, just totally punched
her nat 20, did so good, and turned the fight
around, and they won. Then... Also, Killaren
did something that Lucia saw, like, looked familiar
with time stuff, right? Oh, yeah, he... He messed
with time a little bit. Messed with a little
bit of time. Just a little bit. But just a baby.
He could see the future a little bit. But then,
you guys, we had our break. We talked about the
dating sim, basically. Robin is going to go ask
out Throod. And who we talked into and Robin
also let loose that Marcellus said that he liked
Valora and then told them to forget about it.
That's right. That was, oh my God. But Valora
didn't get much time to process that because
this guy comes in and he's old, which puts him
on Albert's hit list, you know? So he's an invoker
who Flora realizes is pretending to be like an
incompetent old man because I stole the check
from Albert with my inspiration because he failed
his check so I got to learn. Because destinies
are really cool in A5, you guys. Destinies are
really cool. But yeah, so he comes and he says,
tells Lucia that he's looking for Arnalda, and
that he taught Arnalda. So he's searching for
Arnalda, and when we both simultaneously realize
that Lucia's gone, we're like, oh shoot, we can't
leave her alone, especially not with, like, so
we go after her, and while you guys go to get
ready for your match, Valora's like, I'll walk
him to his seat, and I get to talk to him a little
bit. Meanwhile, Cole's telling Lucia, like, Don't
trust that guy. Like, because he couldn't read
his mind. He had some sort of protection, but
he doesn't say that's why, because we don't know
he can do that. He had a bunch of invisible rings.
Invisible rings. It's called bling. It's not
bling if you can't see it. But, so, Lucia's kind
of having a crisis over, like, I can't, like,
trust anyone. And, like, from the ministry that
I grew up in, and it's fucked up. And meanwhile,
Valora's having a conversation with him. And
she kind of lets go that she thinks that Aurier
was acting kind of weird about Arnaldo leaving.
She thought it was weird. But then he reveals,
oh, well, you shouldn't talk about her in front
of her. And that Aurier was there. Ended up going
to look for Lucia. And he's like, oh, but I need
to go catch up with Aurier. And she's helpless.
Because Invoker is a higher title than even High
Executor. Even though he's a former Invoker,
he is too important. So he whisks her away and
doesn't let her go in to see Lucia in the final
round or anything like that. And Valora goes
to go watch where Lucia is kind of having a bit
of a breakdown. Especially when Vesper said something
like, don't worry, we'll take care of you or
something because you seemed nervous. I don't
remember exactly what Vesper said. Yes, it's
exactly that. Don't worry, we'll take care of
you. We'll take care of you. And she's like,
but like, I need to take care of you because
you're going to die. But then fate doesn't let
her say that. And it goes back in time a bit.
But so she's kind of having a little panic attack.
And Valora tries to calm her down a bit and asks
if she wants to drop out. And she's like, no,
I'm going to do it, but I have to be stronger.
We have to get stronger way faster because everything
sucks. It's so bad. And they fight. And she switches
to her inflict wound strategy of running in and
attacking them. She does really good. She rolls
really, really high. And when Cole finishes off
Vesper stabbing them. In the back, Lucia sees
flashes of Aurier killing Vesper again and starts
screaming to make it stop while attacking Skaan
with an Inflict Wounds that crits. And she's
not exactly thinking about holding back in this
time and Skaan does not seem like he is going
to survive. So... She hears the voice in her
head again from Iore, who is like, I can make
this go away for some favors. And after trying
to rewind time, but it being too late, she gives
in and gives the GM three free natural 20s to
save Skan's life while we usher her away. And
no one winned. Nobody won. Even though they totally
won. But I guess you can't kill students. Gotta
read the rules. Gotta read the rules. Can't strike
above the neckline, guys. Come on. Melody is
immune to those rules. Rules are not applied
to Melody's fidelity. That's what she'd say.
Yeah, that's what happened. Everyone, stop smiling.
But I'm nervous. I said stop smiling and my immediate
thing was to smile. Oh yeah, your frown looks
so smiley. Alright, everyone ready? Yes. Lucia,
everything falls around you. A rare moment in
time, though not unfamiliar, where you feel everything
starts to collapse around you. As you are making
your way out, of the arena with Valora guiding
you. Valora, you come as you open up the tent
flap to head towards the back to head out towards
the greater area. Immediately, a crowd of individuals
seemingly waiting for the result of the tournament
is... And is in front of you. A mixed bag of
different individuals. Though, no time to analyze
right now. You need to get Lucia to safety. Yeah,
I would just push through. I'm trying to go back
to the dorms, to my room. Questions scatter from
left and right. People not exactly reading the
room. The room at the moment. Lucia, you're battered
by these people around you, these, to you, packets
of information unasked for. You seeing who they
might be, who they can become, potential unrealized
that you are cursed with knowing. It becomes
too much. Valora, you manage to break through.
The sounds of inquisitiveness have now turned
to questions of concern, confusion about what's
going on. You continue to move with Phantom at
your back. And then you get to a point as you
pass Bragg's bench, the sort of seating area.
You see Wallace, Thornsnapper, speaking with
Aurier. Aurier immediately just very instinctively
catches sight, a whiff of you and Lucia. I try
to go faster, try to get Phantom in between so
she's not able to look too much. I don't want
Aurier following and questioning right now. Aurier
immediately gets up. trying to break free from
the conversation with Wallace and attempts to
move towards you. Phantom immediately always
following your command as if on instinct moves
between you and looks to you as if like, okay,
are we ready to fly? But also looks to Lucy,
yeah. Just get Lucy up. I think Lucy is kind
of like a puppet right now in Valora's arms.
Like, wherever Valora wants her, she'll go. But
she's completely... The two of you quickly mount
Phantom amidst a sea of people coming at you
from all angles. Valora and Lucia, both of you...
A constant... A constant scene. Have eyes on
you. The both of you. Phantom lifts you up. As
Orie goes, Wait! And you fly off. Cole. What
are you doing? Um... I would have been sticking
to Lucia when we got... But when we hit the crowd,
I think Cole was trying to distract the crowd
or whatever. People were asking questions. Cole
tries to just kind of, you know, focus on me.
I was there. I'll handle it kind of thing. So
that way Valora can just take Lucia off. Although
he would like to just kind of go with... He has
to play the role of... concerned friend and uh
will kind of keep the crowd busy just to kind
of give them some room you can talk to them later
you find success in redirecting um a good portion
of the the crowd's attention some of them even
begin to ask you what happened in there uh you
know um Jerry plays some real good background
music. You ever notice that? What are you talking
about? Anyway, there was a little bit of an accident.
It's being handled. They're handling. It was
just a little bit of an accident, but everyone's
fine. Everyone's going to be fine. By this point,
you see Eustace. Sticks his head out and sees
the crowd of people. And before anyone can ask
him a question, he just looks to you. And you
see that his look was bewildered for a moment.
It was searching. But when he sees everyone,
it's really impressive how he just immediately
shifts face. He stands up straight and just goes,
Koa, can I speak with you for a moment? Yeah,
yeah. Yeah, come in here. Everyone, please. The
man outside. They're offering free popcorn over
at the stand over there. Doesn't it always make
sense? I love how no one knows it's free. Maybe
it's true, maybe it's not. I don't know. I tell
them there's free food over at the one stand.
And then you just close it. Free turkey legs.
Go get them. As he closes it, you see the scene
behind you of the two medics lifting Skaun up
onto a stretcher. A sort of black... Sort of
like an ever -encompassing black... Sort of like
black scar of some kind. Seems to... It seems
to not only be placed onto his face, but almost
as if some kind of creature latched on. The sheer
size of it. Does it look similar to the Maronite
at all? This one. Is it a similar kind of weird
black? Icar creature, or is it kind of noticeably
different? It is noticeably different. It was
just me being descriptive. Got it, got it, got
it. So, you see as they're lifting him up away,
Vesper on their knees, staring downward. Samara
placing a hand out. Vesper stands up and immediately
traverses by Askan's side. Kailani and Killaren,
who were present, who saw all of this. Everybody
I'm talking to, everyone talking about me now,
saw this. Samara saw this. Begin to walk off
alongside their blue wolves comrades, leaving.
Samara on her lonesome. Eustace walks up and
just goes, everyone please can have your attention.
What happened here? People are going to ask about
what happened. And I can't be... The rules dictate
that I cannot declare that there's a winner for
this round. Just please be sure to maintain some
integrity and don't talk about what happened
here. Keep this contained within. Does anyone
know where Valora and Lucia went? I think they're
getting a little bit of space. I can pass along
any messages you have to them. Thank you. this
goes um all right this league is dispersed at
this at this moment everything is concluded um
please keep what i said in mind as um the medics
have already been hauling off they they didn't
stop uh vesper hasn't stopped either so just
uh just you lot As Samara kind of, like, just
stomps away, just, like, very quietly, just walks
off. She steps into the crowd of people, ignores
everything, carves her own way through, just
walks. So the people who are here are Reinwald,
And then Killian and Kailani and the band. Yeah.
Is that who's still here? Is it the two Black
Boars and the two Blue Wolves from the first
round also stay? They didn't stay. They weren't
here for that. Got it. Kailani and Killian both
go off to follow both go off to go follow Skaan.
And you managed to hear Kailani go. She was there.
She gave us flowers. How could she do this? As
they are walking off. Reinwald, eventually, at
your side, Paul, just goes, Are you alright?
Yeah, I'm fine. Lucia was kind of in it. state,
though, so. Yes. I guess I have no idea where
Valora would be taking her. Probably back to
her room, maybe. That would be my best guess.
Um, we could go check on her, like, maybe at
Valora's room or something. Yes. We should hurry.
It is rather getting late at the moment. Yeah.
Yeah. And judging by what the organizer and the
severity of what they were given the situation,
I wouldn't be surprised if authorities were going
to hear about this soon, too. Jesus. Oh, boy.
Yeah. Let's, let's, let's get walking. Yeah,
let me steal you off this way. Away from the
amount of prying eyes. And you walk. Valora.
Um, flying with Phantom to the window, or are
you going into the... Let's just go to the window.
It's faster. As you head towards the window,
you see that your window is slightly ajar. Uh
-oh. Uh -oh. As Phantom perches on it, you give
a slight tug at your window, and it opens. leave
it like this. I try to peek in and see if I notice
anything off. Immediately. Don't even need to
roll. Someone has ransacked your room. Your closet
door is open. Drawers are open. Things are thrown
about. But the thing that stands out to most
to you on this current moment is that the model
of your city, Voronatum, is completely destroyed.
Someone has smashed it to bits. Pieces of it
are strewn about. Okay. I'm like, Phantom, watch
Lucia. And I'll go do a more thorough look in
my room to make sure nobody's still in there.
There's anything dangerous before I bring Lucia
in. Some sharp pieces of the model. I don't know
if you sweep them up. Give me an investigation
check. With disadvantage. Let's see. Carl, you
need to sleep. I do. I rolled an 11. We just
going to go EP. We go EP right now. So I'll go
ahead and say that you don't notice anything
like stolen. Things are just ransacked as if
destruction was the idea. Okay. But other than
that, nothing here. Alright, so... Usher Lucia
in and... Try to get... Carve out a comfortable
spot for her to sit on the bed at least. With
no glass pieces or anything. And make sure she
locks her door. It's locked. You lock it, but
it was unlocked before. And you carve out a space
for Lucia. I care. Sit down. She sits down. As
opposed to before, last time she was in your
room, where she was crying, right? Openly weeping.
very clear with her emotions on her face it's
almost the complete opposite almost like a blank
slate is looking back at you it i mean they have
the best precautions here with healers and everything
i mean everyone who goes to school here is so
important if anything bad were going to happen
this is the place for it to happen. She nods.
Anne. I think everyone knows you didn't mean
to. I just wanted it to be quiet. I shouldn't
have let... I knew you weren't doing well. I
shouldn't have let you fight there. No. It's
my choice. I wasn't strong enough. And now...
Now maybe I am. Wow. Are you okay? She just blinks
at you. No. Yeah, that's to be expected. Are
you okay? I'll be fine. So no. We can check on
them later, and let's just rest. What happened
to your room? Who knows? Gods, I... She starts
picking some stuff up. Do you want help? Only
if you want to. It'll be fine. It's just stuff.
She slowly starts to go over to the diorama and
start to put pieces in a little pile, keeping
her hands busy. Laura? She's not looking at you
as she starts to build up a small little pile
of the broken debris from the little buildings.
They're all gonna die. We don't have to let that
happen. I'm not going to. I know. And she looks
up. That's why I had to do what I did. But you
didn't mean to do that. No. No. No. I fixed it,
though. But... In the future... I'm gonna have
to do that again. I can't keep standing on the
sidelines. I can't keep hiding behind you. You're
not hiding behind me. What do you... What do
you mean? It's gonna be really bad for Laura.
But what - what did you fix? What did you - I'm
gonna keep you safe. But what time is it? Really,
Valora, what time is it? Well, like, as far as
I know, it's now. Now. Not then. As this is happening...
Maybe you should... One moment. As this is happening,
I'm gonna color what's going on in the background.
Cole, as you walk with Reinwald, as you walk
with Reinwald heading out, you hear whispers
begin to gather. People walking off. You hear
people going, did they do something to her? Did
they do something to Lucia? You, of all people,
can tell when a fire is about to start. Making
your way towards the academy, heading upwards,
you see a small collection of knights run past
you. Swords on their hilt. This is too early.
If something is happening, it's too early. News
couldn't have gone out that fast. You... You
hear sounds in the... You hear sounds in the
distance. Come on, drag him! Come on! Students.
And immediately the clash of knights putting
their bodies in, dividing up a crowd, and the
angry jeer of a small group of silver lions.
You see that they were dragging an unconscious
Archibald. bruised and battered on the ground.
As the knights break them up, preventing anyone
from getting closer, you see one of the silver
lions, a third year, kind of like backs up. It
just goes, it just goes, come on, boys, let's
find another one. Come on. And runs off. The
night calls out to another night. Get everybody
to the halls. Get everybody out here now. Ryan
Walker. I said it was going to be self -fulfilling,
didn't I? What was that? It's nothing. This is
not good. I have to stop them. Hey! And Reinwald
just like immediately leaps into action. Rushing
after those individuals. You surmise that this...
Didn't have... Maybe this was already premeditated
before even what was going on. Oh, fuckers. They
were just looking for an excuse. Cole, what are
you doing? This was always gonna happen. I think...
Does Reinwald... Like, is he watching me to see
if I follow him? Or does he just take off? He
is face forward, action great, wanting to stop
these people. I think Cole hesitates longer than
he'd like to before just continuing off towards
where Valora's room. He'll just tell Reinwald
they got separated if he asks. The situation
evolves around you at a rapid pace. Misinformation
of all kinds being spread around everything being
left up to the imagination of these people them
misconstruing it into their worst possible feels
or something to brace their anger anything you
make your way upwards and you hear a voice in
a distance going The leaders at the medical hall.
As you make your way to the noble dormitory,
as you're ready to enter it, a warm feeling spreads
across the chest. Okay. I make my way kind of
like... around like kind of behind or whatever
so i can take a look out of sight it's a letter
that says you are expected who's handwriting
not anyone you're familiar with It just says
you are expected. Yes. I swear here. All right.
Well, I'm already here. Let me check on Lucia
and then I will go. Okay. Just to make sure they
at least got here so I know where my charge is
currently located. Can I ask, have you drawn
the curtains? Are they closed? Just privacy?
Phantom's still out there, so I think I have
it open for now. Okay. This is ripped so high
anyways. Okay. So she's not too worried about
people peering in. She's just trying to get Lucia
to be like, okay, maybe you should go lay down
and try to sleep or something again. Just rest.
Laura's like, please stop. Put her on reset mode.
And I'll clue you in when you're at the door.
So you two go ahead. If Laura told her to go
lie down, she's lying down. That's it. She just
keeps cleaning up. And by this point, Cole...
She doesn't want to try to press and ask anything
right now. Cole, you're at the door. Knock, knock,
knock. Who is it? It's me. Okay, she'll go unlock
the door, let you in. Kind of peek in. Do I immediately
notice that the place has been trashed? I don't
think we would have cleaned it up that much,
yeah. Yeah, someone got into my room, it looks
like. The window was open, door open. Did you
lock them? I know I locked the door, but I might
have missed the window. Give me a second. Can
I take a moment to reinforce the locks for him?
Yes. I also would like to make keys for both
the window and door lock for myself as well in
the process. Apparently it's $12 now. Freaking
one minute. So let's see. Locksmith. The replica
key stalls. $12. Dexterity. These tools check.
So this is for the door. This is for the door.
This is for the window. So the door's gonna need
more work. So that is a 19, right? That is a...
I can use saving face. So... I don't know if
this would help. Would mending fix a door? Oh
no, this isn't fixing the door. This is... I
am quickly... I am making a... Oh, reinstalling
the locks. Yeah, I'm upping the DC on the locks
by 10. Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.
And also making a copy of the keys for me, for
myself. Valora's like, what are you doing? Uh...
I'm trying to make it a little harder to break
in. Is it gonna still open fine? Yeah, it should
work just fine. Here, let me see your key. See?
Lock's just fine. It's just gonna make it a little
harder to pick, that's all. You really know a
lot about that stuff. Yeah, you know, my siblings
used to try and break into my room sometimes,
so I had to kind of learn how to do it, you know
what I mean? Grew up with six siblings, it's
a little... house gets kind of crazy. Well...
Lucia, hold on. What? It is weird. Laura's just
not worried about it right now. That's the only
reason I'm not insight checking. Yeah, Lucia's
lying on the bed, her eyes just staring at the
ceiling. He says, I thought Cole had seven siblings.
No, he is one of seven siblings. One of seven.
Okay, never mind. Sorry, sorry, sorry. He has
one of seven, so he has six. Got it, got it,
got it. Never mind. Then her head would turn
to look at Cole and then just look back up at
the ceiling as he fixes the lock. There you go.
So the DCs for both of those locks is now increased
by ten. Cool. And also I just slipped two little
keys in my pocket. So that's a 19, but you save
face. You say a saving face, so that way it's
a 20. It would add 2 to that, so it'd bring it
to 21. Okay, then that's good. Then it's good.
DC, 30. It seems like the DC was 20. Yeah. Should
be harder to break in now. Um... How... How's
she doing? She just kind of looks at her and
kind of looks back and just shakes her head a
little bit. Oh, boy. Did you find out anything
about Skaan? I mean, it wasn't probably long
enough. He came straight here, it seems like.
They are taking him to the medical place. The
other wolves went with him. I think he's going
to be okay. He just is not in the best shape.
Okay. Did you hear that, Lissia? Huh? She turns
her head to look at you guys. Cole says he thinks
Scott's gonna be okay, so... When? I don't know.
Let's check. Maybe tomorrow. We can go check.
Before? Tomorrow? When's tomorrow? She'll give
a date if it helps. Jenny doesn't know the date,
but Valora probably does. Yeah. You guys get
the, just for the players' knowledge, you get
the sense that she's completely you know. Yeah.
Valora. I just kind of Give you a little nod
and kind of just step out the door real quick
so I can work on the outside of the lock. But
really, I just want to talk to you. She'll head
out for a second. Okay, I'll kind of shut the
door for a moment. Some of the silver lions are
getting kind of crazy down there. Like what?
Like they were using, they were looking for any
excuse to go after the blue wolves. Ronwald's
kind of dealing with it. I got separated from
him in the crowd and I figured it'd be best to
let you know. You're the only one that can kind
of wrangle them. They're not really listening
to the gnats, so. Can you stay with Lucia then?
Warm feeling at the chest. Not right at the second.
I can't, no. I have some stuff I gotta get done
real quick. But is that Marcellus? Or who else?
Is Quincy around here? Quincy might be in his
storm. I know Ori is going to be here any second,
I'm sure. Yeah, we should move her. Do you want
to move her to the Olive House? Tulam might be
back. I don't think there's a way around talking
to Aurier right now. I just have to be with Lucia.
I'm not going to leave her alone. I don't think
she should be near Aurier at the second. I don't
think so either. Not in her state. No. I just
don't know if there's a way around it. I mean,
if you want to drop her off over at the Olive
House or something. Or leave her with Quincy.
That way, Aurea just doesn't know where to find
her. Can you go grab Quincy? Yeah, I'll do that
real quick. If he's in his room. Yeah. Never
mind. Or I guess I could... See if he's in his
room first. Before I bother moving her. I'll
run down to go check. And while I'm running,
I will... What does it say? Now. Fuck. Alright.
Yeah. Passed by Quincy's room. Quincy, you in
there? No answer. Shit. Who else's room is nearby?
I'm assuming I've mapped out... Marcellus isn't
a noble? Marcellus isn't a noble? No. He's from
a knight family. Throod. Throod's room. You give
that a check. Not there. Okay. Any of the leaders?
Yeah, Saga or... Yeah, just any of the leaders
or... It's an immensely frustrating thing when
you knock on a person's door. You're being efficient
with your time. Like, one person should answer.
No one's answering. You know what? Fuck it. Can
I just quickly pick the lock on Quincy's door?
Okay. Give it a roll. I low -key love watching
this, though. I know it's stressful for Albert,
but it's Cole trying to balance his two dualities.
29. 29 total. It opens. The door creaks open.
You open a door and immediately... I'm going
to go ahead and say this just for the sake of
brevity. There's a bear trap armed on the ground
in front of the door. You don't step on it, of
course. No. Throwback. I will just, like, knife,
like, flip it so it, like, flips and, you know.
Get rid of it real quick. Perfect. Quincy's not
in there at the moment. Perfect. I leave it unlocked
real quick. I shut the door. I run back. Put
her in Quincy's room. He's not there, but just
put her in there. I gotta go, and I run off.
I'm not gonna leave her alone. Red's off. I take
Lucia with me. Down to Quincy's room. Or you
could leave her with Phantom. That's probably
the better option. I'm not going to leave you.
I'm not going to leave you, but it's a good point
that we can, or you won't find us in Quincy's
room. Valora, you maneuver down. You maneuver
down to Quincy's room that has blackout curtains,
everything built for privacy's sake. And what
you don't see... There's a fucking bear trap
that flipped over the building. There's a bear
trap that flipped over. But this is Quincy. What
you don't see, as you quickly exit the building,
you turn around to see a rising plume of smoke.
A massive fire has started. Encompassing... Two
buildings. The blue walls and the Silver Lion's
classrooms. Class buildings. Jeez. Okay. Things
have multiplied since you have came, since you
have walked in. As you're walking down, you see
glimpses of people of the doors you knocked.
Every single one of them attempting to calm down
a situation. You see leaders of all kinds. Saga
is currently making a perimeter with herself.
You see Throod and Robin. Throod is currently
grabbing people and throwing them to the side.
And Robin has a stool. It's like, dude, I'm going
to hit you if you come closer. I'm going to do
it. And then hitting somebody. He does that.
People are trying to get a situation under control.
And it does bring some comfort that you see there's
a great many amount of people trying to calm
everything down more than the people who are
trying to aggravate and assault. I don't know
if it brings comfort, but yeah. You make your
way down. Pure chaos enshrouding you, making
sure no one's paying attention to you. As you
make your way past the gate and towards Hafan.
Valora. Lucia. A new quiet. They're in Garvey's
room now? Yes. She turns to Valar and goes, His
lies are gonna die with him. Isn't that kinda
sad? His what? His lies are gonna die with him.
Whose? You should go out and help. I can stay
here. I'm not going to leave you alone right
now, Lucia. But you're the leader. Yeah, but
I can't leave you alone. I'm not alone. I have
him in my head. He's always here. Just rest,
Lucia. I... It'll be fine. I'm sure the knights
can handle it. Remember, let's be a little careful
about what they know. Oh, sorry. You don't have
to apologize. She just blinks at you. I'll lie
down. Okay. You look tired. You should lie down
too. Maybe later. Just go back to her resting,
lying on her back, hands on her stomach, staring
yet again blankly at the ceiling. Just kind of
taps her fingers on against her legs. Just kind
of restless. And then, Valora, it's like icicles
crawl up and suddenly jut through your ribs,
the right section of your body. It's cold. Like
a sudden burst of just ice runs through you.
No damage, but it's concerning. Do I hear her
react? I think she lets out a cry. It's just
a sudden... Even though she's, you know, very
slow, she's up and immediately... What's wrong?
What happened? I... She pulls out the black shard.
What's that? I didn't get to tell you about it
yet. I was going to tell you tonight. But she
just gets it away from her for now. She, like,
I don't know, like, tosses it towards Quincy's
closet. You toss it. Because that's where it
came from, I assume, right? Same spot as her
pocket? Yes. Okay. It hurt you. I think I'm fine,
it's just... Is that why you're tired? Honestly,
probably a little, yeah. What is it? It's something
bad, I think. But I don't know what to do with
it yet. May I hold it? No. Not right now. Not
until we know more about it. Just rest. It's
okay. I can tell what it is, though. I can use
a spell. I don't think it's a good idea right
now, Lucia. I have one first level spell slot
remaining. So she's going to reach out and try
to gently cast Sanctuary on Valora. I'm not sure
if it works, though. It fizzles. But you will
it through. There you go. Thanks, Lucia. You're
welcome. Where did you get it? She looks back
to the closet. I... It was some monster that
attacked Cole last night. I didn't have time
to tell you this morning. That's what I was going
to tell you later. It left that behind. What
did it want with Cole? Looks like she's keeping
secrets from you, too. Isn't that interesting?
It's okay. Everyone does. Everyone... She's nice
to me, though. Everyone... Everyone... What,
Lucy? Why don't you just lay back down? I promise
I'll tell you later. Okay. The whole story. She'll
lay back down. What I know. I feel so bad for
Valora, guys. It's bad. It's bad. It's bad. She's
had it too easy, all right? She wants to be out
handling things right now, but she can't because
she is not going to let Lucia get cursed. I think
she's... And then, oh, the shard. The fuck do
I do with this right now? Why is it acting up?
It did nothing, like, all day. I'm dramatically
relevant. Let's go. I will say, Valor, as you
threw the shard, as you threw the shard off,
it lands soundlessly. Kind of blends in with
the dark now, but you know it's there because
you still hear it. I would say your hand also
comes into contact with the ring that Wallace
had given you. And you quickly shuffle that out
of your hand because it was in the same pocket
and you threw the shard. I'll just let you know
it's there. Yeah. I don't think she's going to
broach that with Lucia right now either. Do we
smell or see light from the fires? Blackout curtains
are on, and sadly, these noble dorms are just
built different. They're just better. Okay. Better
ventilation. Damn. No mold for them. Okay. Yeah,
I think, like, Lucia's not going to do much other
than just, you know, if Velora tells her to lie
down, she'll lie down. If Velora looks like she's
done talking, she's done talking. Velora's not
really taking her eyes off the shard now that
that's put her on guard. That it's doing something.
That something happened. As that's going on,
on top of many other things, as you're... uh
as you're just kind of like keeping an eye on
that you hear a slight rush outside a small what
has to be a group of people footsteps clamoring
up the steps um that's it there uh yeah She's
determined not to leave Lucia, but also not to
give Lucia away if Aurea gets here. So. And Lucia.
Everything's been so loud. I'm not just talking
about today. I'm talking about your whole life.
You hear the wind. louder than others for your
whole life, and now you understood why. The wind
has always stood out to you. You've always spoken
to it, and you feel like it's always listened
to you. Now you know why. Why did it have to
be you? Why did any of this have to happen to
you? A slight pain burns at the back. You know
what it is. You're being tracked. Laura, I have
to run. Goodbye. What? What are you... They're
gonna find me. Goodbye. Lucia. Go. I'm not going
to leave you, Lucia. We're fine. They won't know
we're here. If they find me, it's just me. There's
going to be less for them to worry about. If
they find you, they're going to ask questions.
I don't think anyone would be surprised that
I'm with you. I'm not going to leave you alone.
You're here with me right now, Lucia. And I'm
staying with you, okay? But they're coming. I
don't know. They're coming. And she taps her
back. They know. They're coming. Footsteps. They're
coming, Valora. They're coming. Valora, go. They're
coming. They're coming. Audible. Footsteps come
up. Valora, go. Lucia? There's a whole ass dragon
in that room. Upstairs. I think he's still on
the perch. Oh, you didn't bring him. I didn't
bring him downstairs. She puts a finger out and
gently puts it to her lips. And then the finger
slowly turns into a hand to cover Valora's mouth.
And she says, I'm coming. Just wait one second.
She gets up. Because she's not going to leave
Lucia's side, but now they know she's in here,
so... Lucia. Petal. Let me see you. I'm coming.
I hold Lucia's hand. And if she's going to the
door, I go to open the door with her. You open
the door to see Aurier. She's on her lonesome.
He's rushed here. No pretense, no nothing. She
just goes, What's happening outside? Please come
with me. Okay. We're fine here. Okay. She comes
in and she takes Lucia's other hand. No. We're
fine here. She needs rest. I said she's coming
with me. She needs rest, Aurier. Aurier? The
last thing she needs is to be shuffled around
and go out with whatever's going on out there.
She's choosing to come with me. No, she's not.
And I would appreciate it if you respected her
decision. Lucia, you just want to rest and wait
for Quincy, right? That's what... What does the
wind say? I don't think she's listening anymore.
I think she left me. I think she hates me. No.
No. She left me. Live in her bounty every day.
No. You can stay with us in here, Oriette, but
I don't... You see, I don't think we should...
She is going to come with me. I don't think we
should be rushing her all around right now. No.
We can go back to my room, but it's kind of a
mess. You don't get to make a choice here. Yes,
I do. She's your responsibility, but she's my
responsibility, too. And I saw what happened.
I saw what happened, Aurier. And I don't think
she should go anywhere. She should just be left
to rest. What's all this ruckus going on in here?
Oh, Lord. Look at you, by the way. As you see
an old man with his cane. walks up what are we
all fighting for over here goodness gracious
yeah what are we fighting for invoker i am using
my just i'm using the powers bestowed upon me
to in order to relocate lucia here so now she's
i think she's fine are you fine are you hey looks
at you lucia what do you want what do i want
what time is it it's time for you to make a choice
now or then I'd say now. Now is always a good
time. Before or after? That's a pretty good one.
You gotta be stubbed there. Later or soon? I'd
say pretty soon, yeah. Pretty soon? The beautiful
kind, pretty. The prettiest of soons. Prettiest
of soons? Invoker, please. Just let her lay back
down. Aurea gives a sharp tug, and Lucia, you
feel pain at the arm. Like she's tearing your
arm off. Come here! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! I... Alright,
that's enough. Try to shove Aurea. I'm not stronger
than her, but I try. Make a athletic check. When
she hurts Lucy, uh... Okay. 19! Oh, I'm scared!
11 plus 9 to 20? Damn it! Natural 20. Do you
have any war bond? Do you have, like, a war bond
with me right now? Intrepid? You're human, right?
Intrepid? Intrepid, but that's just a reroll,
isn't it? No, it's a D4. Oh, it'll add my expertise,
so it's like two, right? Yeah, it'll be two.
Okay, so I use Intrepid. 21. Eight by V, motherfuckers.
Boom! Your body directly collides with her. She
stumbles away, and then fingers. uh fingers don't
her fingers directly come towards you and the
next thing you know she has she has her hand
almost like instincts for her wrapped around
your throat she she looks at you with the most
murderous ice cold glare but before anything
else happens a second into the hold all this
goes that's enough Please. No, we're fighting.
There's already a lot of that happening. Invoker.
Now you hurt me. Don't make me repeat myself.
She pulls her hand away. Come on, come sit back
down, Lucia. What did you mean when you said
you knew? Is she asking? Who's she asking? You,
Flora. What do you mean? You said, I know. The
hard part is Jenny doesn't remember what she's
referring to. I think it was you talking about
you saw the fight. I know what happened. Yeah.
She goes, in the acorn league. You could sit
down civilly and I could tell you while Lucia
rests if you want. Whoa. What is that? That's
lightning outside of my house. The winds have
been whispering? That is like some cyborg level
thunder. I don't like that. That shook my house.
I don't like that. You hear the sound of rain
beginning to pick up outside. I don't like this.
Get rid of the fire. Okay, hold on. Now I have
to put up rain sound effects. I don't like this.
I don't like this, guys. I don't like this. Oh,
my God. I don't like this. Oh, gosh. Where's
my rain? You got to get Reva's rain. I do. I
do. I need to get the same exact one. Okay. Okay.
Okay. The winds have been whispering of what's
to come. Give me one second, guys. Have you ever
had a vision that involved a storm before? Uh
-oh. Oh, my God. Wow. Is that thunder again?
Or is that on your camera? It's been constant.
Jesus Christ. Well. Let's keep going, guys. It's
intentional. Demon cast control weather. So I
had just said, well, I could tell you if you
were to come in and sit down civilly while Lucia
rests. Like I was going to. What do you think
I have to lie about? And Wallace goes, enough!
I'm scared the old man's going to get great.
You got me yelling now. Aurea, you make sure
everyone's nice and pretty outside. I'll take
care of this. But Invoker, are you sad now, young
lady? Get her ass. Why am I rooting for the old
man? He's definitely worse, but still. He's on
our side. He's on our side. Aurea looks towards
you as if she wants to get another say. And then
she walks away. She storms away. As the rain
picks up. That was scary. Do you want me to go
back and fix it? No. Okay. Lucia, just rest.
Okay. He walks up with his cane. He just goes,
Now, what's all this hubbubaloo? I mean, you
could... I don't know what it is with Aurier.
Oh. But... She's a fiery one, that one. She barely
listened when I was teaching her the ropes and
everything, too. Well, I don't know what her
deal is, but... The Acorn League didn't go well,
so... Well... Listen, my knees are starting to
creak. You mind if I come inside and take a nice
seat in two? She can't exactly say no, so she
just steps aside. Even though she also doesn't
want him here, but... she can't say no oh i'm
old all right god damn okay um he takes a seat
as he just goes i knew you were a passionate
lot and goodness gracious look at the outside
of everything going on But don't you all worry
now. There are good people here who want to protect
you. And who want to make sure everything's all
fine. She nods. Lucia's just staring blankly.
But listening. Is that a bear trap? This is Quincy's
room. He's kind of weird. Oh, is that that Garvey
kid? Mm -hmm. That doesn't explain shit to me.
Okay. I don't know anything about that kid. He's
very sad. Oh, is he? Mm -hmm. Oh, I see. You
were able to tell that with just a look, or...?
In the past, he was very, very sad. I don't know
how long ago he was sad, though. But he was very
sad. Or maybe I was dreaming he was sad. But
I thought I saw him crying in my sleep. His face
was in the floor. Do you write that often? How
does it make you feel? What time is it? It's
now. Do you want to go later? She says to Valora.
Go where later? Do you want to go? Sure. I can
sit with him. Oh, well, I'll go later. Not now.
I have to say for Laura, you grew up to be quite
a fine person. I think your mother would be very
proud of you. I think she is. You're right. I
think she is right now. And Lucia. Now, I've
had a few insights into bits of you growing up.
Little glimpses of different parts of your life.
And now the... He's proud of you. You don't need
to know that, though. You don't need V to tell
you that. He is proud. He was proud. He will
be proud. Which one? Is. He is proud. Always
will be. He always talks about the person you'll
be. Vim and vigor. There was a time where the
light left him. But then he had something else
in his life and then all of a sudden everything
made sense. There were two petals. There were
two petals. Now there's one. Flowers die so quickly.
That's why they're beautiful. Was there something
you needed in Volker? Just wanted to see the
sketches. Get a good glimpse at everybody. Do
a good old visit and... Maybe get a glimpse at
the children again. Aurier. Ronaldo. My goodness,
the head Dorothy they have here is just a child,
if I'm being honest. But I wish, I'll admit,
I wish I came at better times. Can't say I'm
not too surprised though. Everything going on
outside. There's always the young people fighting.
Well, I understand the situation here is quite
heavy. I wish I had some tea here to break up
the tension a little bit. But I see the two of
you, and let me ask you the question. Do you
think the universe fights for souls to be together?
I don't know. I mean, some things are too strange
and strong to be coincidences. I guess that's
a kind of theological way to look at it. Theological.
You know better to use those big words against
an old man. Oh, wait, I know what that means.
Yeah, theological. Lucia? Or do you prefer Petal?
Lucia is fine. Lucia, then. Great. Good thing
you told me. Stands up. It just goes. In regards
to Aria, you don't got to worry about a damn
thing on your head. She's wider than you. I'll
make sure she behaves. Nothing's more important
than reconnecting with your old man. I'll make
sure she knows that. Well, as long as Lucia is
able to get some rest. If it's her choice. I
can rest. Lucia, remember, it's always your choice.
That's a nice thought. Nice thought, you say?
Mm -hmm. All right, well. I'll be around at the
Divide House if anybody needs me. I'm gonna be
staying in the nice suite. I've heard they got
mints. Right. And remember, what's meant to be
will always find a way. Fate can't be changed.
Fate? Can't be changed? That's what someone said.
What a silly little statement. Fate can't be
changed. If you're not strong enough, fate can't
be changed. But if you're strong enough, then
you can change. Oh, good gracious. Fate's a silly,
weak little thing. That's why if you're strong
enough, you can bend it to your will. I reckon
anybody can do that. Listen, fate is like a strange,
unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters
who bring you things you never asked for and
don't always like. Now, now, now... Michael,
of course! Now, let me say, I hate... Fate's
a boring thing. I don't want to know the ending
to a book. And fate applied to life. Seeing all
these people, like... Like, uh... Whatever she's
gonna do. Saying that there's a preordained ending
to all of that? All the choices she's making
don't matter? Well, that's a boring thing. And
it's stupid to apply it to... to people, to the
freest people that you've ever seen, the people
who constantly and very thoroughly make their
own choices. Pick up a pen. Wear what you want.
People prefer you think that you can't change
anything. I see it over and over again where
people think everything's inevitable and that...
But the people who think like that don't do anything.
The people who know that you can change things,
they do that. They change things. They control
things. And they only get away with it because
other people think there's no point in trying
to do anything. So... Shut up, Albert. But I
don't want my book getting spoiled. Fate. What's
meant to be will always find a way. As long as
you will it. And as long as you had the ability
to change. And as long as people around you have
the ability to change. Anything could happen.
That's exciting. Ugh. Stands up. Ow, my fucking
back. Okay. I'm good. Lay on hands. Alright.
Wait. Harold confirmed. Ow, I'm Wallace! Harold
Wallace, okay. Well, I'll leave that be for now.
Did someone get the door for me? She goes over,
grabs the door, even though she knows he's perfectly
capable. As he opens the door, he looks to you,
Lucia. My favorite line of the evening. As Valor
opens the door, he looks to you, Lucia, and just
goes, see, that benefits of an alpha. And then
walks through the door. Gross. Gross. Opinion
lowered. Nope. It's a wolves thing. I read it
online. I thought that was an ax - It was just
mis - mis - proven. No, I'm kidding. I don't
fucking know! Um... It's okay grandpa, go back
to bed. Um... The fluoride in our water is actually
bad for our teeth! Oh my gosh, my dad literally
the other day... Uh, it just goes... Oh, uh...
Hammer thing. My, uh... Hey guys, I know who
left me something to give to you. I can't find
it right now. Oh, the ring? How'd you know it
was a ring? I'll make sure she gets it. Get out
of my mind! Yeah, get out, get out, get out.
Too many voices in your head. Get out, get out,
get out. I like that song. So many sometimes.
So loud. Please stop. Alright, well I can take
a hit in these. So it's walking away. And then...
You're by yourself. Walks along. Shuts the door.
like, oh boy. A little on edge to see if, like,
Ori is gonna come running out, but she thinks
he's not gonna let her, so. This bitch ain't
gonna do shit with me around. I'm out. I'm out.
Clarence! Albert says, I'm old at the end of
the narrative. I'm like, I'm going to make a
character based off of that. I'm old. And I love
him. So, sitting with that, any of the two of
you want to do before? I think Lucia will just
give a gentle pat to Valora's head. You think
you'll be able to sleep? She'll rest her chin
on top of your head. If you... Can you lie with
me so I know we're in now? Okay. Because sometimes
we're in then. I know. And then, and then, and
then. And she's just lying down, like, kind of
like... Like, she's blabbering, but she's comfortable.
That sounds hard. She nods. And she'll die. They
don't know if Valora will lie down with her.
She lies down with her. But she's not gonna sleep
right now. And... I will say... If it does come...
Who... Sleeps first? It's not Valora. Is it going
to be Lucia? She probably, I mean, if she's just
blank staring at the wall and nothing is stimulating
her, she probably would eventually drift off
to sleep. Okay. Valora. What are you thinking?
It's a loaded question. What are you thinking
about, Valora? She's just trying to get Lucia
to go to sleep and trying to make sure, be prepared
to jump up if anything else crazy is gonna happen.
She's just keeping basically a watch. Yeah. Inside
the closet. Ew, no, I hate it. I hate that. I
hate that. I hate that. If she thinks Lucia's
gone to sleep, she'll gently try to get up without
stirring her. I hate this. But then she's also
like, oh, I should not touch this right now.
Didn't you just hear how everyone's talking about
how voices in your head are bad? I think she
just tries to watch the shard for a bit without
touching it. Where are we? Mom? Another voice
calls out. Dad, I'm sorry. Where am I? Discordant.
And then, as you're sitting there, as the voices
grow, people calling out, you see it in the brief
glimpses of light, the shard rolling across the
ground. Ew! Oh, this is a horror fucking finale.
I hate this. It's going towards the door. I don't
like this! She swipes it up again. No! As you
swipe it up and you touch it, it's cold. So cold.
I don't like this. And you hear, help us! Help
us! How? I don't know! Break us free! I'll try,
okay? I'll find a way. Thank you, thank you,
thank you, voices surrounding. Just, I can't
right, right now, I... Later. Please, now! I
can't. Please! It's so cold in here, I don't
know what's going on. There's so many others
in here. I will help. Make a wisdom save. Oh
no, oh no, oh no, oh no. It's not at disadvantage.
Now it's Valora's turn. Oh no, oh no, oh no.
18. It becomes cold, like aggressively cold as
the thing agitates in your hand. It is the feeling
of, you're not sure how many, but just like hundreds
or thousands, whatever, just a plentiful amount
of people that want to be free. And you not giving
it to them now causes that direct and instant
agitation. Shouting from all sides, different
voices. Well, I don't just want to break it or
something. What if that hurts all of you? the
your voice cutting your voice cutting through
um but it doesn't do anything to like die down
the agitation you hear people you hear some of
the voices working together like like this way
break free this way and it starts moving left
and and ride and She goes... She doesn't think
it's gonna work, because she doesn't understand
this at all, and she feels crazy, but she's like...
If you want to get out, you have to remain calm.
Give me a persuasion check with disadvantage.
Oh god. One. Not one, baby. Oh, no. The voices
increase. And then you hear, wait. It's his daughter.
She wants to keep us here. No, I don't. It's
doing nothing. Like, nothing you're saying. Yeah.
Oh, Eric. And Lucy, if you want, you can have
your passive perception pick this up. If you
want. So do I hear the voice? I just hear Valora
talking out loud. You just hear Valora, yeah.
Her turn now. She's trying to be quiet, but she's
not very good at being quiet when she's trying
to kind of whisper yell through the shard. So
it's not working very good. Softly. Yeah, go
for it. She's like, she's like, I'm going to
help. I just don't know how. Break us free! She
doesn't know what to do with it. She just tries
to ignore it. She's just stressed out. When it
gets too loud, come lay down. Yeah, yeah, I can.
You should go back to sleep. Too loud. Too loud.
She taps her head. Too loud. Too, too loud in
your head. You should go back to sleep. I didn't
mean to wake you up. You should go back to sleep.
I will. You won't. Are you lying? Five. Fuck!
Level of strife. No. Do I see that? I'm disadvantaged
forever, guys. Forever? Forever. No, no, no,
no. It's that after this next long rest, I would
finally get rid of my disadvantage on mental
ability checks. But now that I have a second
level and I can't concentrate, it's going to
take two more days. Oh, fuck. So do I see a change
in her with the level of strength? You see that
she's forced to her knees. Valora, the voices
have somewhat traveled into the mind as you kind
of like... clutch your head as a splitting headache
of people calling for help and all of a sudden
now scared of you now see you as an enemy has
all sort of like come together lucia this is
a visible event that happened she's like fine
if you don't want my help and she throws it across
the room you pick it up and as you throw it hits
against the wall, leaves no visible mark behind,
lands on the ground. Valora, it's quiet. Lucia
will crawl over from the bed, get down and crawl
over to Valora and just wrap her arms around
her. It's okay. When they turn to whispers, it's
easier to think. It's okay. Help. Lucia, you
hear it now. It's okay. There they are. Tempest.
There they are. Please save us. I'll go get rid
of it. It's okay, Valora. Can I hold on to it?
I'll keep it. I already have so many voices in
my head. Lucia, you can't hang on to it. Why
not? I'll go get rid of it. Because it's dangerous.
Yes. Exactly. That's why you shouldn't hang on
to it. I'll get rid of it. Neither of us will.
And then I don't care about what happens to it
because we just shouldn't have it. I am the best
petal to hold on to it. I've lived my whole life
with things in my head you have not. Let me hold
it. I know how the winds sound all the time.
It's not winds, Lucia. It's different. It's different
and I'm not letting you have it. It's sad. It's
sad. And I'm used to seeing sad and hearing sad.
I will hold the sad and not do anything with
it. No. We cannot. We can't. We can't let you
get hurt like this. I'm not going to get hurt.
I'm going to get rid of it. We don't have time.
Lucia, just trust me. Trust me? I do trust you.
But I know more about that thing than you do.
You might know more about... Voices or... Whatever.
But I know more about that thing and I'm not
letting you have it. And I'm gonna get rid of
it. And it'll be fine, okay? She reaches out
and just pats your head again. It's your choice.
Okay. Um... She was... But now she's also like,
okay, but how do I get rid of it? What floor
is Quincy on? Quincy's room on? Uh, the third
floor. Third floor. She's having trouble concentrating
on, like, even coming up with an idea. Part of
her wants to try to destroy it, but she's not
gonna do that around Lucia because she thinks
that might be dangerous. The doorknob turns.
And part of her wants to throw it out the window.
It... The doorknob turns and opens. Quincy, halfway
through, staring at the two of you. Hey, Quincy.
You like the bear trap? Opens the door. All the
way. Just goes, I shouldn't joke. Steps in. You
see that they're a little banged up. Are you
okay? Just closes the door and heads to the closet
and gets some medigraps to wrap himself up with.
Well. Besides me thinking about what the two
of you are doing in my room, I was just dealing
with some of the stuff outside. How is it? You
know about it? I mean, I only heard a little
bit. Give us a brief look over to Lucia. There's
a pause. Lucia, you always know that Quincy has
very appraising looks, glance. He always has
that look that he glances a lot of information
at once. And it happens at you. Looks back, just
goes. It ain't good. They just put out the fires.
Fires? Yeah, we don't have a classroom anymore.
Apparently someone in Blue Wolves set the building
on fire. And then a bunch of our classmates took
revenge. I went to your room to check up on you,
Lucia, but there was a... There was a dive bomb
there. Someone rigged it at your door. Oh. Too
soon. What is? Too soon. She's been like this
all night. Well, this actually works out. Quincy,
can you stay with Lucia? And I'll go out and
check on things. And I didn't want to leave her
alone, not with Aurier and everything from this
morning. Thank you. Yeah. quickly goes and picks
up the shard that she just threw. Maybe even
tries to keep, she doesn't think it'll make a
difference, but maybe kind of picks it up in
her shirt to try to keep a distance from her
hand. It's quiet. You see it's just shaking her
head as she sees it, but doesn't say anything.
I'll be back, okay? And you had Avalor? Yeah.
Go retrieve Phantom. Quincy closes the door behind
her. Quincy walks up to you, Lucia, hand down.
Does any interest you in setting someone more
comfortable? No. Too soon. And she'll reach up
and grab his hand. I'm sorry. I should have came
sooner. No. No, you came... You came too early.
Yeah. Or... And then she sees that he's hurt.
Oh. Is this the before time? Before what? Before
time. You're hurt again. And she's gonna, like...
It's almost like it's, um... Instinctual. She
starts readjusting and rewrapping his band -aids.
He lets, he lets you do it. He just goes. Thanks.
Not too often I have someone else do this. She's
focused on the fixing of the bandages. He reaches
over to something. He just goes, Is it cool if
I put a blanket I bought for you over your shoulders?
I'll rephrase that. Is it okay if I put a blanket
over your shoulders? It's your choice. I'm asking
you. Those aren't for me. Choices? Hmm. Shh.
It will get loud. Put your hand down. Yes or
no. Yes. I do do it. Or no, I don't. Yes. Okay.
He goes towards the closet. And he plucks a thing
from the top. It seems to be wrapped up. Something
bought. And he just kind of like... He undoes
it. Unfroze it out. A nice looking, like, wool
blanket with flower embroidery on it. Aww. I
was just gonna wait until your birthday and then...
I don't know what it is. Now's a good time. Wow.
There's so many petals. Yeah. There is. Puts
it around your shoulder. It's warm. I'm not going
to ask about what happened. I figure that's going
to come in time later. Oh, it was just too loud.
Well, I make my room really quiet. It was too
loud, and I wanted it to stop. But I wasn't strong
enough, so I made it stop. But too soon. Too
soon. Hmm. What was too loud? Points to her head.
Yeah. You're loud for me too. You too? Yeah.
Really? Yeah. It's so annoying. I don't know
if you know this about me, or if you figured
it out from just who I am as a person, but I
tend to let things into my life. I tend to only
let the things that serve me into my life. So,
I've gotten pretty good at tuning out the doubts,
the voices. I hope that for you too. I know you
can do it. Hmm. The Veloras left a bunch of shit
in my room. Sorry. Language. Her room is broken.
Before it was broken. Before? Hmm. Before it
was broken. With this ring on the ground. Oh.
Hmm. I'll give it to her. You pick it up? Mm
-hmm. You pick it up? Yes. Quiet. It's so utterly
Nothing. You alright? Who? You alright? I know
yours. You're Quincy. She's calling. Quincy sounds
so clear right now. You've never experienced
this level of quietude before. You've always
heard the winds. There's always some ambient
sounds reminding you that it's there. And instead,
it's just you, Quincy. And when you allow it,
the light rain pattering against his window.
That's me. It's quiet. Good. It's quiet! Is it
always like this? Is it supposed to be like this?
If you let it into your life. Yeah. No wind.
No voice. No prayer. It's just me. For once,
it's... just me. I like that you're thinking
that way. I like that you're thinking that way.
I think you'll find that just you is enough.
Just me sounds really good. I think so too. sounds
really good. What? And she's gonna lean in slowly
to him. Looks in his eyes and says, now or later.
Your choice. Your choice? Yes? Or no? I'd make
my choice. When? Before. Before? Before when?
Before. And she's gonna lean in and kiss him?
As you... As you... As you... As you... I can't
even pick up on that you like Quincy. It's so
funny. Oh, no! Not that much. Not that much.
The door's kicked out. Who's making all that
racket? That's Emma. That's not Lucia. That's
Emma making that noise. That's not Lucia. So,
on the bingo card... What was on the bingo card?
Dating sim. Or did I say that now it has to include
coal, too? It has to include coal, too, you said.
Damn. Yeah. I know. We were close, fam. Always
throwing a wrench. We were close, fam. We were
close. Don't worry, soon. Soon, not later. Nah.
He was gonna walk in. Ryanwald. Boyfriend. He's
been boyfriend from day one. We all know Ryanwald
was boyfriend. We got the girl, girl. Brian Wald's
got to clean my house. Yes, that's true. We have
fully accomplished. We have done the bisexual
agenda. We are single -handedly propping up the
bisexual agenda. We are single -handedly propping
up the bisexual agenda. That happened in Blackguards,
too. We had one of each in Blackguards, also.
That's true. I'm proud of us. I'm proud of us.
Good job, team. Good job, team. Lucia. Do you
think the universe fights for souls to be together?
Wait, does Garvey say that? No. Or are you saying
that in general? I'm narrating because I'm cool
like that. Oh, you're narrating. Do I say anything
or do I shut up? I'm going to shut up. Do you
think the universe fights for souls to be together?
Nothing spelled this out for you. No wind. No
nothing. Nothing told you how to feel about Garvey.
Nothing about his fate. Nothing about any of
that matter. But maybe not knowing makes this
more exciting. Or maybe exciting is not the right
word for it. But what matters is that maybe you're
not thinking about this at the moment, but I'm
going to speak as an objective narrator. So maybe
someone picks this up. This wasn't fate. You
chose this. You willed this into existence. The
universe did not conspire. As you take a moment
of time in a new silence. In a new silence of
feeling warmth in a dark room. Cold. Kowal, you
are at the hotel. You make your way to the door,
take every precaution. As you open the door,
you see Kir. standing there in the center of
the room, keeping guard. He looks to you. You
look guilty. What happened? Someone's here for
you. Is this the room above the secret room that
we're in? Yes. So Bell's not there. He's in the
secret room. And it is... Kane. Thanek, Kane
is here to see you. And immediately... call that
name strikes you the long hand of the empire
the most successful vanisher the deadliest has
earned a name that the empire bestows on who
they believe to be their most horrifying the
name of stranger come knocking the vanisher responsible
for vanishing and replacing the king of otakus
and for tearing into the legendary Blackguards
gallery. And what has caused their biggest damage
to date. This takes place before Blackguards
as we know it. So this is the previous Blackguards?
Yes. That they were named after? Okay. Yes. Did
he say if you're needed here? He wants to talk
to you specifically. All right. Keep nearby.
I'm going to pull out a list of things. I'm going
to need you to get these things at some point.
Not important right now. Just during the week.
It's just like a list of stuff for the fucking
Melody Bowl and just other bits and bobs I just
will need over the week. Takes it. You come and
you walk in? Yeah. You open up the trap door.
to see the flickering of lantern light. There's
already a silhouette there. No secret. No making
themselves a secret. You make your way down to
see dried blood. No, not dry. A... Fresh puddle
of blood growing on the ground. Bell. Throat
slashed open in a violent manner. Laid on the
ground, tied. Tied into the chair. A boot stepping
harshly into his temple. As you see, a man...
Fully dead. Yeah. The man sits... The man...
The man sits in a chair. Um... Almost featureless.
Glass like porcelain. It's uncanny how perfect
he seems at this moment. Blue, uh... blue eyes,
sort of tied back brown hair tied in a ponytail.
His eyes meet yours. Yeah, he has a, you see
that he has a pocket watch in his hand. There
you are. I do, um, whatever the salute is for
him. Nods. Good, you know who I am. Was performing
operations nearby. Told to come by and check
up on you. Looks down at the pocket watch. Time's
about up. Just goes, um, puts the pocket watch
down. Uh, puts, grabs a handful of something
from a pouch. You see he pulls, he pulls back.
Uh, he pulls back. He pulls back the head of
Belle. And he just places the diamonds over the
wound. You see life begins to spring back into
Bell's body. As he just, as he harshly grasps
his mouth and keeps it closed, keeps it clamped
shut. As Belle struggles back to life. How many
times are we going to do this, kid? Come on.
Wait your turn. Then he looks to you. This is
my headache. Now tell me, what have you done
so far today? Is he speaking to me? Yes. I've
been keeping an eye on my target. There was a,
um... There was a, uh... mock battle sort of
thing. Tournament style. She had entered it.
I was her partner. Keeping an eye on her throughout.
I read the reports. You've gotten close to her,
haven't you? Normally wouldn't be advised if
it was a if it was a capture they put in to kill
her No not I was informed to bring her back alive
He pulls out Cloth And he just shoves it in.
One harsh motion shoves it into Bell's mouth
and puts his boot back over him. There's a moment
of what seems to be sadism. As you see, Bell
starts to struggle. Fannick kind of looks at
him with a tilted head look like, are you going
to struggle? Placing more weight. Onto Bell's
head. Before... There are fires on the campus.
I think Colt sees that and that prompts him to
just like, let's get the report and maybe he'll...
Let me keep reporting and maybe he'll turn his
attention off Bell for a moment. I don't think
that's a subconscious thing. I told you to give
me a moment. I didn't tell you to speak. Okay,
speak. There are fires on campus that are breaking
out. There are fires on campus that are breaking
out. There's some trouble between the Blue Wolves
and the Silver Lions. During the match, my charge
shared a bit of an episode. It struck one of
the Blue Wolves and it seemed to ignite. Some
underlying tensions. Where is she now? The Avonlea
girl is watching her. They're in the noble dorm.
In Quincy Garvey's room. And that's where you
last saw them? I had them moved there. They were
in Valora's room. But I moved them to Quincy's
room in hopes that it would throw off the ministry
a little bit. How do you feel about the charge?
It's not really my job to have feelings, sir.
He stands up. What are your thoughts and opinions
on your charge? She is naive. She is naive. I
am hoping that it stays that way, so that way
we can... catch her easier. She is aware that
the Ministry is trying to mess with her head.
She is stressed and worried about that. So I've
been able to use that to endear myself to her
a little bit more. New details have been added
by the brass. They surmise that they are the
charge is a weapon that the royalty wishes to
use. Much like a girl from a long time ago. They
failed to accomplish that task, however. Your
name's Reva Sarava. At the same talents as your
charge. But through miraculous endeavors. The
use... Of some false monster. Many have forgotten
about her. This is their second chance at it.
They're harsher. They're going to use her against
us. If capturing fails or seems... Difficult.
Make sure she's not here. Everyone loses her.
Yes, sir. Louder. Yes, sir. Points at the ground.
Throw a teleportation circle there. Points at
Bell. As it goes. Have they spoken any drivel
to you? Not yet, sir. I haven't had a moment
to interrogate him. I was going to do it today.
I draw the circle. You do your interrogation.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Okay, so he's just going
to be in the background while I'm doing this?
I will... Is Belle still tied to a chair or anything?
Tied to a chair in heavy armor. Sitting in a
puddle of his own blood that was cut... He was
cut open three times. Died three times. Okay.
Alright, I will grab the back of the armor and
I'm just going to upright him again. Come around
to the front. You should kind of pull the gag
out of his mouth. Let's start talking if I were
you. Remains quiet. You look down to see his
hands. The nails have already been dug out. Stab
wounds all around. What do you know about the
Maronite? That creature that was down there.
Silence. I pull out like a water bottle. I'm
already on the way here. Mixed in truth serum.
I'm just going to reach out, kind of grab his
jaw and pour it down his mouth. He tries to snatch
his face away from you. I like hold. Grab it.
That's, I think, a DC 14 con save. It's not great,
but... Maybe with disadvantage for dying three
times today. That's true. That's true. It's a
con save. I think kind of true, actually. Yeah,
I'm thinking true. Eight. Eight. Okay, cool,
cool. All right, so that's a failure. He is affected
as if under the zone of truth spell for the next
hour. He's also poisoned. There he goes. Don't
have to do this. What do you know about that
thing? You're better. What do you know about
the thing? Weak to sound. What did he say? Weak
to sound. Weak to sound. I rang the bell to help.
How did you know? Intercepted your letters. Had
it open. Wanted to make sure no other Vanisher
hurt the people here. How'd you intercept our
letters? You use the same... parts of the weave.
That hasn't changed. Looks too... authentic.
They're getting sloppy here. We're not the one
tied to a chair right now. Cool, stab him. Can
I use my sneak attack thing? Make him forget.
I'd like him to forget what he's going through
right now. Okay. That's also so he forgets my
face. Okay. But maybe he'll at least forget some
of the torture. He fades because he was at one
hit point. Then... This goes panic panic just
goes No way out Look at him Pulls out pulls out
a healing potion hands it over to you Go on do
your duty Is this something I can, like, do I
have to give him the whole potion or can I, like,
microdose him? Yeah, you can microdose him. I'll
do microdose. Okay. One HP out of ten. Cool.
Yep, I'll wake him back up. Kind of smack him
on the shoulder. Or the, kind of wake him up.
Well, you know what they've done to you. Your
name. It's not Bell. Nikos, right? Yes. No. It's
not. I don't go by that anymore. Which wasn't
something new for myself. That's not important
right now. You can do it too. What was Evan Leia
doing down there? Eric Evan Leia, not Valar.
I don't know. That would be true. Eric. Evan
Leia. Was in his office. What do you mean he
was in his office? He was in his office. When
all of that was happening. No he wasn't. Yes
he was. I saw him down there myself. Are you
sure it wasn't an illusion? No. He knows how
to cast spells? No, I know how to see through
illusions. That's the one thing I'm good at.
So why did you... You said you rang that bell
to help us. Why were you trying to help us? She's
worth saving. Don't let them do this to her.
We break the cycle of pain. You can break it.
If no one else believes in you, I believe in
you. Why were you hiding here? You killed those
students, right? What happened then? Back then.
Give me the story. I was... And then it goes.
Cool, I'll kill him. That's how they keep you.
You kill him? I do it. He spills. Blood splashes
over you as he collapses to the ground. I take
a step back. Then it goes repeated exposures
to the ethereal plane shifting between The body.
The ethereal. Spirit shunting back and forth.
It does a lot to the mind. I'm out of focus.
Give me a second. You're drifting into the ethereal
right now. Right now. Literally right now. That's
how good I am. I'm back. Hopefully the fourth
time's the charm. They make them resilient. Bell
was one of the ones I broke. Killed. Killed his
brother. Looks down at the pocket watch. Just
goes. Didn't time it. Don't want a minute to
pass. Goes out. Small little handful of diamonds.
He just goes. Alright. You ready? Yes. The whole
Revivify thing again. Then it pushes him up.
And he just goes, I hope you've learned something.
To you, Cole. Before you finish up the circle.
Are there any other traitors here on campus?
Other Vanishers? I... No, no. I don't know how
this works. I think former Vanishers. On campus.
In Hafan. No. Do you know anything about a Flesher
here on campus? Just send me back already. Send
me back already? Then it goes. Don't worry, we'll
get you reintegrated soon enough. Just goes,
you, Bill, you became something you don't want
to be in the eyes of the Empire. You became a
mistake. But thankfully, the Empress is merciful.
And she rectifies her mistakes. And she rewards
those who are loyal to her. Pulls out the pocket
watch and clicks on it. You have a minute left,
Cole. I'm going to send them back. There's a
girl named Tamsin here on campus. Do you know
anything about her? No. What do you know about
Lucia Lassardi? Judging from how everyone talks
about her, How you and you talk about her. I
can't let you do what you want to do. And we'll
be back. Sure you will. No vulnerable. Oh, cool.
And your minute's going to be... It's going to
end right about... What's a limiter? Now. He
immediately cuts in. You see the timer has not
reached a minute as he just slams it shut. I'm
going to circle. Yes, sir. gonna pick him up
again can i oh god he's like a one health right
yeah can i try to Is there a way that I could
sneakily kill him while I'm putting him on the
circle? It's going to have to be a hell of a
sleight of hand. What's my sleight of hand look
like? 2 plus 12. Got anything to help for that?
You're gonna die, dude. You're gonna die. I think
Cole would just rather him be dead than have
to go through that again. First of all, actually,
this is masking emotions. Make a deception check.
Okay. This is deception, so this is going to
be a total of plus four plus... So it's plus
ten total. Bruh, you better use all your buffs,
whatever you have. That's twenty. If it's a failure,
I can use my inspiration to negate the fail.
Okay. I'm not going to go into my first ever
D &D game to pull up this guy's page, so I'm
pretty sure. Go to Thieves of Kandor. I'm pretty
sure it's this. 18. That would fail. Before the
mods or after the mods? You roll a natural 3.
And then I roll a d8 on top of that. A d8? 19.
Oh my god. 19 to 20. Alright, keep my cool. You
keep your cool. You keep your cool, but do you
kill him? I want just to illustrate this to everyone
watching and not seeing the rolls. Albert rolled
a rational 20 on deception with a plus 15 and
an additional D8. I have rolled a 19. This is
fucking terrifying. Okay. I have a question for
you, Tim. I... If I kill him, they can still
just bring him back. Right? Yeah. So it really
doesn't do anything. Are you already alive in
the future? I can't use my nebulous tether. I
don't think there's anything I can do for this
guy. At least I erased some of the torture from
his mind. That's all I could really do. I move
him into the circle. You do. And you see Thanak
goes over and begins performing the incantations.
How intricate is the circle drawn? Thanak has
done it well, but it is a very intricate circle.
Is this something that if I was putting the chair
down, it could scuff it? it would send it would
essentially send him somewhere else you know
the exact part of the circle that sends him to
the point in an era and it's so small like like
a small infraction on that would send him somewhere
else completely okay i think that's all i can
really do for bell and just hope he can get away
on his own um When I am putting him in there,
into the circle, I'd like to try to just ever
so slightly nick it to send them off course.
This one is going to require a slight of hand
check. Okay. It's terrifying. Also, if he notices
afterwards... He's going to fucking... Yeah.
I mean, maybe he did it wrong. Maybe it wasn't
me. Who knows? Yeah, he'll totally buy that.
He'll be like, yeah, I just slipped up, you know?
Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those
days. He probably has a really good perception.
Yeah, bruh. Question, Tim. Also, he's DM'd that
20th. I know he does. Question, Tim. The coin.
My lucky coin. Yep. Is that something if I use
my inspiration I could re -roll it? Okay. Oh
my god. I think I'm going to while I'm doing
it kind of slip and just drop the coin. on the
ground as part of like the flipping it while
i'm putting bell down and hope it like flips
kind of kicks the the bit that's right there
and then rolls kind of elsewhere into the room
all right um iris coin so i guess even is what
i want right yes you want a two okay slash r
D2. One. I'm gonna use my inspiration. Oh god.
Okay. So it's a natural 20. Okay. For a total
of 32. Jesus Christ. I put him down. I don't
know what comes over Cole, but he just reaches
into his pocket, flips the coin at that part
so it hits and just barely catches some of it.
Rolls elsewhere into the room so he can pick
up later. And puts Bell down and takes a step
back. He goes over and stands where the coin
is and steps on it. I don't think Cole even knows
what... It landed on. The light throws a room.
Belle has gone somewhere. Thanek stands for a
moment. Oh, Thanek wasn't going with him. Oh,
okay. I thought he was going with Thanek. I thought
they were going together. That's way better.
Okay. I'm going to remain here for a moment.
You report directly to me. The director thinks
it's better that you don't have to compromise
yourself by writing reports inside of the confines
of Irobrin. Understood, sir. From now on, the
reports no longer have to be daily. But you must
compile them and you must bring them to me. I
will then pass it to the director. Come here.
Okay. Do I get the feeling Can I get a read on
this guy? Do I get the feeling this is because
they don't trust me? Something's up on that front?
Make an insight. Do I think he's working like
he's AWOL? Okay, so insane. That's a 20 total.
Thanak is the most loyal person to the Empire.
From what he's done, there's no doubt to it.
He is so ironclad and firm. He's telling you
to come here because he intends to hurt you.
You're not sure. It comes from... Then it's cruel.
Like, kill her? Or just he wants to, like, I
don't know. Put me in my place a little bit.
Probably put you in your place a little bit.
Okay. I'm gonna die anyway, so, yeah. Jesus Christ.
He suddenly seizes you by the throat. Oxygen
stopping from in your lungs as he squeezes tight.
Your head goes alight as the back of your head
hits against the stone wall. He just goes, well,
not if you can hear me. All right. All those
thoughts, you know, spreading back there, you
saw what happened to him, right? That's what
happens. That's what happens. Now you... I got
some good ideas on you. Heard a bit about you.
Lots of good things. Lots of good things. But
this mission, this right here, this is big to
the Empire. You know that, right? Name, Ronit,
mean anything to you? Yes, sir. I didn't tell
you to fucking speak. He chokes you. Nod, nod,
nod. He nods. Nod, keep nodding. Stop. Oh, fuck!
How do you know about the limiter? Why did you
ask that question? Permission to speak, sir.
Loosens the hold? No. Bell mentioned it. Briefly.
I don't know much anything else besides that,
sir. He just pushes back a little bit. Staring
directly into your eyes. Kill Keir. Damn. Now,
sir. The eyes flare at that. That gives you the
answer already What is immediately Cole's expression
I think he is I think throughout this, Cole has
been kind of numb. Even when he's getting smacked
up against the wall, I think Cole has been kind
of numb, poker -faced, just dead eyes as much
as he could. I think that is a shock to him,
that order. Would you not be useful for my mission,
sir? No. Oh, God. I want you to drain her on
the ground in front of me. What did he say to
him? Sorry. I want you to drain her on the ground
in front of me. Yes, sir. I'll turn. As you turn
and you walk, he grabs your shoulder. Delay that
order. Here's your tool, user. Understood, sir.
Let's see go. Give up the warp. I'll be here
until further notice. Alright. I will walk out.
Is she still waiting here? Did she go? As you
come out, make an insight check for me. Jesus
Christ. She heard that. She heard it. Yeah, she
did. That's a 21. You catch her quick look at
you, and you catch the slightest tremor in her
hand. She's attempting to remain poised, but
she heard that. She's trying to show to you that
she didn't hear it, but she's scared. I think
Cole steps out. shuts the door behind him. I
think he, like, locks eyes with her. I don't
think Cole is gonna hide that he knows that she
heard that. His eyes will briefly look to the
door to the room. And he will stand in silence
for just a few seconds to give her a chance.
I live my life for this. Did they tell you to
belay the order? You don't have to. Belay the?
Sorry, I'm dumb. What does that mean? Like, tell
her? Don't do it. You don't have to kill her.
Don't do it. Oh, don't do it? Oh, okay. I'm reading
the tension. I'm like, oh, I see what's happening.
If Cole just didn't know that word and did it
anyways, he'd be like, oh, shit. Darn it. It
was a test. They don't teach vocabulary in the
Vanisher school. We need to inject a thesaurus
into the lions. I thought he said relay the order.
No, belay. All right. Okay. Okay. Good. You passed.
what does she mean by that what does she mean
by that i mean you did question the greatest
banisher of all time though terrifying it was
pretty bad pretty bad well she said i passed
so what is what test is she talking about that's
up to you to interpret you gotta ask her what
she means i haven't had a short rest since the
the match right Since the match specifically
no, okay, so I can't read her mind right now
We have a lot of things to be done today Tomorrow
the rest of the week. I need you to get everything
on that list for me Understood She will she begins
to start she starts walking off She opens the
door for you to see the rain outside. You forgot
that that sound was there. As soon as the door
opens up and the sound of rain comes in, the
chilling silence brought by Thanak has been replaced.
And you see that she's also affected by it too.
She takes a breath at that. And she walks off
to do her duty. Okay. Just in case others can
intercept our messages, we need to come up with
a different way. We'll try a new strand. There's
a lot going on today. A lot going on right now.
Now Cole finishes. He wants to say be careful.
He doesn't finish the sentence. A lot of people
bought flowers yesterday. There's going to be
a lot of flowers on graves soon. Understood.
He walks off. Call leave, Tim. Valora. Walking
out, you see the smolders of a fire. People,
students are helping other students get heading
towards the infirmary. Clerics have stepped out
of houses to apply their aid. Students being
disciplined. Jareth pulling rank and command.
I'm just going. Everybody responsible. Step forward
now. It says, do not make this harder on yourselves.
You see making her way up, holding a rag to her
head. saga is keeping an eye out seemingly in
this area right now that doesn't seem to be chaos
but you see that it's it's the it's currently
the rebuilding the reorganization has phantom
and she has the shard and she's less worried
now about breaking it and hurting lucia because
lucia is not here so i think she's going to try
to go unnoticed by the crowd maybe using the
storm Phantom has lots of experience flying in
storm. Storm's crazier than this. And she's going
to try... She's going to try to go somewhere...
Really... Out of the way. Out of the way. Out
of the way, but clear. Because the only idea
she has for how to maybe destroy this thing is
she wants to drop it, but she also wants to see
if it worked, since she's scared of losing it.
It's easy enough to find a place out of the way.
Lots of rocky cliff sides and everything that
no one tends to go by. She knows it's still a
risk that she won't be able to find it again.
But she tries to find a spot where she thinks
she'll be able to find it if it doesn't get destroyed
and fly as high as she can. And drop it. You
fly high. A place far away from everyone else.
It's too dangerous to come here, especially if
it's raining. No way someone else could be here.
A rocky, jagged cliffside. You take aim. And
toss it. Noiselessly falls down. You are focused
on a pixel of black. It's not too hard to lose
track of it. As it falls down, you're so far
up, you don't even hear the shatter. but what
you do what you do here and see a explosion of
What seems to be faint silhouette psychic energy
Fills the room it blows away shrubbery it smashes
against the rain and sends rain flying to each
side as a pure burst of unseen psychic energy
fills the space below. And you realize that maybe
you are actually a bit too close. But it passes.
The screams fill your ear for a moment. But they
don't do much else. It's uncomfortable. But just
like that, in five seconds, It's done. The silhouette
of you can make out people hands spread far.
It's too much to count. How much was condensed
in that little shard? With the thank you, she's
relieved. But at the very least, even if it hadn't
worked out in their favor, she was like, at least
it's not my problem. Restore a level of strife.
Jesus. Thank you. Let me delete the black shirt
off my sheet. It's gone. It's gone. Fuck the
black shirt. And she waits till she doesn't see
or hear anything anymore. And then I think she'll
fly back to the school and try to try to act
for one thing normal and try to make up for her
missed time. As you fly back, keeping eyes on
the ground, Perhaps you are the one that's going
to be comforted by the fact that it seems like
order outranks chaos. A mixture of people about
that you know seem to have gotten into scraps.
You see Reinwald battered and bruised, still
standing tall, having put himself between an
angry force. There is a deferring sight as your
eyes naturally trail over to the to the Proving
Grounds. The medical tents. There. That's probably
where they took Skaun. You have... If you have
any business to attend to at the moment, now's
the time. She's not... sure they'll want her
there. But she wants to help in some way, and
if she thinks Skaan's there, she'd like to try
to, for also her own sanity, try to go and at
least peek in. You go over to the um, Proving
Grounds, sorry. Yeah. You head over to the Proving
Grounds. soaring overhead. The crowd that was
there before has gone. But there is one place
where you see a mass of individuals formed. You
see splayed across the ground multiple students,
unconscious, scattered about in the field before
the tent. And I will say you do see two knights
standing at perimeter, not seeing, facing away
from the action. maintaining some kind of perimeter.
And they are awake. At the entrance of the tent,
you see kneeling on their knees. A crossbow bolt
stuck out on their front. Bleeding. Alongside
another person in the tent, you see Fidelia inside,
tending the scone. Vesper stands cut, beaten,
kneeling in the entrance before the unconscious,
still -breathing students. I think Valora will
land at a distance, too, so as not to, like,
swoop in suddenly. And just try to quietly approach.
I'll go ahead and say it's about six or so students
that are displayed out. You recognize... You
recognize one of the... You recognize the uniform.
You recognize who one of them is. a silver lion
named Virgo Adoptus. He's the one most conscious.
Trying to stray away from Vesper before he Starts
trying to get back up. Vesper... This is what
you're coming in on. Vesper sees him start to
get up. And Vesper goes, Don't. As you see Virgo...
Renewed anger in his eye get to his feet. He
pulls out... A dagger. And you're here. Okay,
she's feeding now that she knows. Now that she
sees that this isn't just medical attention here.
There's something more going on. Is he a noble?
Yes. Not A .N. Marked. Not A .N. Marked. Those
are the knights of House Cadwallader. Okay. She
goes... And she comes up faster. She goes, Adactus...
Your hurts stand down. Persuasion check. Still
at disadvantage. Unless he's lower CR than me.
Not. Then it'd be normal. I didn't think so.
18! I rolled a 19 and an 18. He just goes...
Are you gonna take care of them then? Yeah, I'm
going to take care of everyone. They... Hurt
us. Points to Vesper. They look pretty hurt themselves.
We're just finishing what your retainer started.
You don't know what you're talking about. You
weren't there. Points to Skaan. What's that,
then? An accident. She didn't mean to. She didn't
mean to. Of course she didn't mean to. These
are our classmates. Wipes the blood from his
face. How can you not see? What's going to happen?
What are they going to do to us? They set our
classroom on fire. And I'm sure it was totally
unprovoked. Sit down. You're hurt. You'll make
it worse. I don't need to sit down. Yes, you
do. I don't feel safe backing away, pointing
with his dagger at Fidelia, at Skaan, at Vesper.
With them around. I'll keep you safe. Looks to
Vesper. This isn't over. And Vesper goes, It
is. The others that were half -conscious during...
A doc just goes, Come on. Everything's gonna
change tomorrow. No, you all be better than this.
We? We have to be better? Yeah, you do have to
be better than them. We're from the capital.
We're the Silver Lions. Why are you... We need
to defend our home! If you claim that they started
this, why are you stooping to their level? And
I don't even believe that. Don't be an embarrassment
to the crown. An embarrassment to the crown?
Look at you. Me? Yeah. Look at you. Laying in
a field, picking a fight you can't win. Against
people you don't need to fight. Or is it you?
You, Valora Avonlea. You see, he kind of, like,
winces for a moment. This goes. You who constantly,
blindly choose their side every single time.
Choosing their words over the words of your own
comrades. Of your own people. I'm not blind.
They're incompatible. You know it. They're not.
I know this kingdom far better than you do. I've
spent more time in every region of this kingdom
more than probably any of you have. I know this.
I have the king's favor. My family is trusted.
Trust my judgment. And if you cause any problems
for them tomorrow, anything but self -defense,
you will answer to me. persuasion or intimidation
and make this roll normally. Okay. I'm going
to go intimidation. Valora said, do you know
who I am? It's a ten. I'm going to use inspiration.
Nine. I have one inspiration left. Fine, I'm
going to use my last inspiration. I haven't been
out of inspiration in a long time. Watch it be
all so bad. 16. I rolled so low. All below 10
on the die. That's better. Do you have any other...
Did you get a short rest since you intrepided
or whatever? I doubt it. I... But I... Yeah,
it would normally be with advantage. No, I wouldn't.
I get advantage on intimidation with my flamboyant
armor, but I don't get it because I have disadvantage.
You catch it. The five others looking towards
him. Him and not you. Him. His eyes communicate.
And you see that a lot of them begin to walk
back. But he remains there, looking at you. I
hope you know what you're doing. I'm not as much
of a pushover as people like to act like I am.
Just because I do good things, and I see good
in people. Don't test me. You'll find out what
it is like to answer to an Avonlea. Take a bite
of inspiration. She got one back! It's back!
He turns to Vesper again. His mouth doesn't move
to say anything, though. It just freezes the
scowl. And he walks off. As he walks off, you
hear the sound of... You hear the sound of someone
collapsing behind you. She turns. Vesper falls
to the ground onto their knees. You see the extent
of them just lacerations, just battered. She
goes to support them. Don't. Please don't look
at me. She has one healing potion. They stand
up and they lag over. To a solid wall. Vesper
suddenly rams their shoulder. One violent, sudden
motion rams their shoulder into the wall. And
you hear it clicks back into place. We have to
go. Here, on Phantom. I'll take you wherever
you need to go. Just gets gone. The fastest.
Okay. Gets gone to... Just... Any... Place that
can heal him. Away from here. Okay. I got Vesper.
This is horrible, but Valora doesn't know. I
think her first thought, there's that apothecary
in town. It's away from all this. Luca. And she
can get there fast because she has a wyvern.
You look as you help Fidelia with Skaan, this
large man. this large dragonborn you see the
extent of damage that lucy has done his right
eye um glazed over and scarred as he just as
you help um don goes who's this it's me for laura
i've got you oh hip squeaks back whisper one
we're gonna get you somewhere safe one thing
pops out it's just this little smirk to you he
just goes does it at least look good i think
it'll look Kinda cool when it heals. Oh, Skaun,
not now. Come on. She's gonna help Simba up.
Just cause. Can't see out of it, though. Asper,
you still there? I'm still here, yes. Do you
want to come? Who do you say that to, sorry?
Loveno. They look to you like that. As you say
that. As they go. Stay with him. I can't hide.
There are people. They still need me. They've
mostly calmed it down. I can't trust the calm.
But thank you, Dawnheart. You'll need help, too.
Please? Make a persuasion check. Normal. Disadvantage.
Oh, normal. She was hoping framing it for Skaun
originally would convince them, but... 25. It's
the DC. I'm already on it. I look for Archibald.
Vesper situates themselves onto the wyvern. And
you head off. Okay. Stupid vampire. How is...
How's Lucia? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let
her fight. I knew she wasn't doing well. I shouldn't
have. I didn't want her to, but I didn't push.
It was different. Yeah. I hope she will be better.
She didn't mean to. I promise. Not that that
makes it any better. She was there with us. In
front of that fire. He shared flowers with us.
He prayed for us. That much I can believe in.
But... I fear that a portion of this is my fault.
It's not your fault. Of course not. If she knew
who I was, she would not have said those things
to us. She would have supported you no matter
what. It's not... What happened isn't anything
you did. It's pressure she's under and... I can't
talk about it. And... It's like I said, if anyone's
to blame, it's me for letting her... No. Continue
on like this. Valora. I am. They sigh. You see
that they're just trying to find the words, but
it's hard. You hear. A sniff. And then they go.
Please. Because of everything that's happened.
Even the faculty against us. Those two nights
turned a blind eye to what was happening. I saw.
I do not know the next time you will talk. I
must be with my people. I am the last of my name.
I am... The ghost of my people. I carry everyone's
legacies with me. I must see them through. And
perhaps you see it. Lucia believes she sees it.
Some kind of fate. But what will happen to me
and my people? Terrible things that have been
said about us that are being done to us. That
is not, tell her that is not what I am destined
for. Because I said so. Because I am willing
it. I will not have a death of my people on me
as long as I will it. Destiny is what you create
for yourself. And fate is what happens when you
fail to create your own destiny. And I hope through
that, She learns about me. And perhaps if it's
spoken through you, someone who is so strong,
someone who is visible, unlike me. then perhaps
the message will come through better. Vesper,
you're... You're already perfect. And I've already
told her. I mean, not exactly what you said.
But I've already told her. At least my intentions,
that none of this is going to happen. None of
what she sees. I'll tell her the same thing.
But I promise it's no better from my mouth than
yours. And... I won't tell you what to do except
for one thing. The only thing I want you to do
is let me help you. The one thing I want you
to do is to rely on me. Not entirely, but...
But let me help. You feel a weight slowly press
against your back as you land and Vesper falls
unconscious against your back as they lean on
you completely. She holds them and do i see a
dragon flying into havana am i still down there
yes okay i'm bringing to the what the apothecary
i sneak up because i'm like why is she not with
lucia what happened now you see you see velora
helping uh boats gone and a now unconscious Vesper,
who you see, Cole, is in a much worse state than
they were before, into the apothecary. As you,
as you, as you, as the little, ding, the little
door, the little bell rings of like the little,
the little rooster that is on top of a bell,
you see Luca go, oh, a new customer. Okay, put
it right there. Put them right there. Thank you.
Okay, you brought them to the right people. This
happened nearby. She's putting together potions
already. At the school. It's pretty bad over
there right now. I don't trust them over there,
so I thought I'd come into town. I'm not going
to ask anymore. Now it's just my time to just
heal. I'm just going to make sure that everyone's
all right here. Goodness gracious, what happened
to this one? Pointing at Vesper. And then she's
gone. Okay, you help me bring this one into the
room in the back. Okay. This one's going to be
a little bit more work. Come on. As you help
her, and you see that she... Her side has less...
You struggle to carry Skaan. You don't know what
this woman's on, but she's like... Struggles
a little bit. I get one short rest since the
duels. I'll say yes when you're with Lucia. Then
I'll get... I will... teleport them both where
they need to go. And she just goes, Oh, thank
you. Alright. What are their names? Skambarakis
Frespervanga. I know one of those names. Okay.
That means I don't screw this up. I'm just relieved
it doesn't bother you. Okay. Obviously, I'll
pay. No. Anything. No, no, no, no, no, no. I
mean, I wouldn't mind, actually. Afterwards,
afterwards. Whatever you want. I've just never
had a chance to heal a ghost before. Sorry. How
can I help? Sorry, dark humor. I'm just trying
to... No, you can leave this to me. It's okay.
They look like they're in a good place right
now. I just need to work on them. Here, you can
leave them to me and pay me later, okay? Thank
you. Of course. Here, just, um... Yeah, you can
leave... You can leave this be for a moment.
Your Maybe get you and your wyvern somewhere
dry Well, we won't be far If you come back in
a few hours With 50 golden payment if the gold
okay She just She has so much platinum on her
still. It's five platinum is 50, right? She just
leaves it on the counter. And you make your way
out. She's still... If she shoes me out, if she's
not going to work, if I'm still standing in her
lobby, then yeah. But I think she stands at least,
tries to give her space to work, but watches
for a bit from the lobby if she can. Cool. Is
there anything that you want to do? I mean, I'm
watching to see what happens. Valora comes out
with neither of them. I guess it depends on if
Valora leaves or not. I don't think Cole's trying
to get spotted by Valora, but... He just waits
and watches for a little while. After a little
bit. She'll step out with Phantom. Phantom looks
at you, concerned about you. She pets him. Not
too long afterwards. And you've seen a little
bit of this already happening up front, but now
you understand what the operation is. Silver
armored guards taken to the streets. As they're
walking, one of them sees you. Young Lady Avonlea.
Can I help you? We just want to ensure that you
are safe. I am. Your father wished to know about
your whereabouts. Well, I'm safe. Very well.
Look to the other one. And the report back to
the captain. This goes. If I may ask, what are
you doing out here? She points at the apothecary
sign. Okay, go ahead. Write that down. He says
to the other one again. The other one has a notepad.
He's writing this down. She goes, were you caught
up in the mix? Did you get hurt? No. Write that
one down. No. She's so exhausted with this already.
She goes, you should keep a better eye on your
colleagues. Has something happened? I'm here
right now because two nights We stood by and
watched while my classmates tried to harm people
who were already hurt. I'm sorry. I'll make sure
to hold the ones who did it responsible. Can
you give us a description? And... You can. She
does. Writes it down. She would have gone over
and yelled at them, too, had she not needed to
get them to a doctor, but... Two knights. I'm
sure this is not knightly behavior. Obviously.
Undefining of the crown. Obviously. And I doubt
they're the only ones. Thank you for the report.
You're welcome. If you need us to... Escort you
anywhere. I don't. May I insist? No. You don't
have to write that one down. Period. If my dad
wants to talk to me so bad, he can come here.
Very well. In your way. You await their seeing
to the condition of of Vesper and Skaun. Yeah,
I think she just sits under an awning, frustrated,
but waiting. Once the knights leave, if it just
looks like Valora is just going to sit here and
wait, I think Cole is interested in getting a
better look at Skaun after what Lucia did. So
I'd like to... Kind of make my way around. Cast
detect magic through my mark. And can I, is there
like any back windows of the shop or anything
like that? No. Okay. And that's suspicious. It
is. It is suspicious. Does my detect magic get
through the wall of the shop? Your detect magic?
You know what it can't penetrate through? It's
made of that same material. The lead. She is
sus. Valora doesn't know that. Very strange.
I'm so mad at Valora. Is there roof access? Is
it two floors? It's one floor. It is... You are
finding it... You... I'm going to say this. You're
just like, hmm, this is a very, like, this is
a very hard place to look into. Why wouldn't
Apothecary? Okay. I mean, I can't go into the
front because Valora's sitting there. So I can't
really get a look at Skaun. I'm just letting
you know I'm going to bring it closer to the
ending. Okay. Yeah, I don't think there's anything
that I can do, and if it looks like Valora's
gonna just sit there the whole time, then I'm
gonna just give up and make my way back. You
could come talk to me and tell me about your
day. As you... As you... Now to sum up everything.
Uh... Lucy, are you there? Valora, and now we
go the end of the day. Valora, you continue to
await. Still mind racing at Every potentiality
that came through. Everything that could have
gone wrong. Every single thing that happened
in these last few hours. These long, long hours.
You find that so many things race through and
how your mind works and how fast everything is.
It's just... So much. So much people to take
note of. So much violence that has gone around.
As the rain patters around you, you see that
phantom is like buds up to your side in an attempt
to be warm. And their stinger wraps around a
little umbrella that's been in like one of those
like bins and holds it over you. And they look
to you for like, did I do good? She goes, are
you cold, buddy? They kind of like bring their
head against your chest. Like, as if their eyes
are saying, are you? I could pay the lady extra
and we could go wait inside. She pats him. The
hours pass. Luca comes out and says, I think
I did a pretty dang good job. Can I see them?
Yes, come in. She comes inside. Completely healed.
Got a job. Stunned. Takes in a breath. And as
he sits up, he blinks with both eyes. One the
same color as before. But the other one has changed.
A new eye. Cool. You walk back towards Irobin
in the rain. Yeah. You are alone. At this moment.
There's a new. There are new details. To carry.
Is it hard. To get Lucia out of here. Because
if it is. Kill her. I mean, Cole happens to look
up, kind of feels the rain kind of pouring on
him. As he kind of mulls that over, like the
thought of killing her. I think that naturally
connects to the brief flash he got out of Lucia's
mind of this storm. I'm dying in a storm. Guess
it's not today. He shrugs. And you continue.
On your never -ending march. Lucia. This new
silence is comforting. It's so quiet. It's so
warm where you are. Quincy holds. you naturally
find sleep. But of course, with silence, you
hear another voice. Your own. Your own thoughts.
Naturally. About what's happening outside. People
fighting. What's happened to Vesper? What's happened
to Vesper? It's gone. The last time you saw them,
that image. What is Lucia? What's the most pressing
thing on her mind? most pressing thing is that
she knows she's a tool she just was figuring
out how she can wield it for herself instead
of for others like she has all this power that
she never thought before as power and now she
needs to do something with it so how is she going
to use it how is she going to She can't be a
pacifist. It's not going to allow her to. So
how does she use it? But Lucia knows at the very
least that she has a pen now. Voices in the distance
aren't as clear as before. They're muffles now.
But they should be. The winds don't carry them
for you. They don't translate things. You hear...
Making out in the distance. A voice that... It's
faintly familiar. You rock your head back and
forth. Oh, it's Mabel. Mabel Havengather from
the Black Boars. You hear it panicked. Saga's
voice answers. And you hear the name Archibald.
And then you hear, clearly, his heart stopped.
And that's where we're going to end this game.
Whoa. Whoa, guys. That was crazy. His heart stopped,
but I found him just in time and revivified him.
Yeah, Mabel has revivified. We're good. Don't
worry, his heart stopped, but... I've got this.
Why do Lucia's visions cut off at the worst time?
Yeah. Oh, gosh. Because they don't ever want
her to sleep. You know, Lucia, this is all your
fault, really. Not supporting you here. I mean,
I was supporting you before, but I gotta say
how it is sometimes. Oh, yeah. Lucia was like,
okay, I got this vision of them dying. Maybe
I can prevent it. I just gotta be stronger. And
then she kills them. What's that called? No,
it's called self -fulfilling prophecy. Self -fulfilling.
That's what Cole kept trying to say. Maybe you're
just going to make it worse. She's like, I can
change fate by killing them first so Ori doesn't
do it. No! I can't change fate. I didn't get
to say it earlier because I was so focused. But
if you're still here, Kimja, thank you for following.
And also, thanks for chatting, DotaQEnjoyer.
And I hope that when you get to play, you have
a lot of fun. We played 5e for years. We're playing
Level Up A 5e now, which is similar, but it has
more bells and whistles. I highly recommend...
You don't have to have a full understanding before
you play. It's a good way to... No matter how
much you research it beforehand, you are going
to make mistakes the first time you play, probably.
And then you'll be like, wait, I was doing that
wrong the whole time? The best way to learn is
by doing it. And so I highly recommend, and I
hope you have a lot of fun because we've been
obsessed with it for years now. The most important
thing is you have a good group. Just have a good
group with friends that you can stumble through
the rules together with. Oh, yeah. Yep. And just
have fun. It's going to be a lot of stumbling,
but that's the fun part. Thanks for joining us.
Thanks for joining us, everyone. We'll be back.
A long time from now because we're going on break.
We're going on break for exciting things. A little
bit of a break. A little bitty break. Do we have
any idea how long the break is? At the very least,
the 31st is when I'm going to move. So it's going
to be sometime after that. But I want to get
back to this as soon as possible because I'm
obsessed and I love You guys and this game. I
love you guys. I love you guys more. You guys
are so good to me. What the heck? You just, like,
on the spot go, okay, there's no way you could
have known that that was going to happen, but,
like, now it's all tied. It's tied. Things are
tied. The DJing was incredible today. I didn't
do shit. I played Rain and Scary Sounds. What
do you mean you didn't do shit? What do you mean?
I didn't do anything in this game. You did so
much shit. I did nothing. You did so much shit.
I sat here. I wore the doofus hat. I sat in the
corner. I'm going to get it out of the way now
rather than last week. Last week, I did a promo
ad after we had already cut. He didn't realize
we weren't streaming anymore. I did a whole ad.
For the love of the game. We cut the stream while
he talks. No, no, no. So if you... No, no, no,
no. So if you want to change fate, I'm going
to do the same bit that I did last time. If you
want to be able to change fate, I mean, that's
not going to happen in our game. We're not going
to have a happy ending in this game. It's impossible.
We're all going to die. But if you want to take
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the first time. They just finished their Kickstarter
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Is it available to buy? I think you can... I
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If it's not available to buy, keep an eye out.
Pre -order or whatever. It's really good. It's
really good. You can have a unicorn. A unicorn?
I'm going to play the last unicorn now in a campaign.
I'm the last unicorn! Hey guys, we have to redo
that one. What? What do you mean? I didn't press
record or stream. We have to redo the whole thing.
Oh, nice prank. Nice prank. That's not funny,
Tim, because I watched a lot the whole time.
There's literally the chat there the whole time.
They've been playing along. They've been gaslighting
everyone. Yeah, they've been playing along. We
can speedrun it. Go back to bad. I can't do it.
I gotta go to bed. I'm just like, I'm tired,
guys. Yippee. Tim, is my coin still in that room?
I probably didn't have a chance to pick it up,
did I? You didn't pick it up. No, it's probably
like in a corner somewhere out of the way under
a table or something. You better hope he doesn't
come back to look at the room. I was going to
be nice and say you could have picked it up if
you want, but if you want it to be a way more
interesting thing that I will definitely weaponize
and use, then... I don't think I could have.
I don't want him to have it. I don't want the
guy to have it. I don't think I could have gotten
it. You've got to go back and get it. Because
you have to follow your order. I flipped it away
from me and I said I went over and I could have
shoved it underneath a table or whatever that's
down there. It's not immediately noticeable.
Oh, if he realizes what you did. That's what
I'm saying. Cole's got to go back and get it
first. Because it's not going to be long before
they know that Belle's not there. I don't think
Cole knows why the fuck he just did that. It
was an impulse and he's walking back like, what
the fuck did I just do? Why did I do that? He's
like, it's okay. It's okay. I'm going to die.
I'm going to die anyway. So one way or the other.
YOLO. YOLO unless you're Belle. Fate changes
when people change. Cole, you gotta go back,
man. You gotta do the thing you were doing before.
Go get your fucking coin, bruh. We gotta make
sure this fate stuff happens, man. I've been
hyping this stuff up. You gotta not have a heart.
Well, so it was fate, because we know Belle's
alive in the future, so his fate was he survived,
so I had to do it. His fate was sealed. His fate
was sealed the whole time. I had to do it. Smiles
mirthfully like the guy from Grinch. Like the
Grinch from Grinch. Like the guy from Grinch.
I have to go back and re -listen because I started
asking him questions and I forgot that I... I
forgot a few minutes earlier I poisoned him with
true serum. So I was just like, uh -huh, uh -huh,
uh -huh. I wasn't really paying attention to
his wording or what he was saying all that much
because I was too busy like, what the fuck else
do I ask? This man is intimidating. Yeah. Was
that Irie's Vanisher? No. Okay, I didn't think
so. This guy is the oldest character in my notes
that I've used. Jesus Christ. Thieves of Kandor.
That's like 2017. I guess the only thing I can
do is hope that I can get down there when he's
not there at some point. He'll find that coin.
Or just pick it up casually, you know, just like,
oh, found a cool piece. It didn't work, so let's
move on. Okay, everyone. Hey, thanks a ton, and
we'll see you next time. Bye! Bye! The winds
have been whispering of what's to come, but every
time the word's about to leave my tongue, some
obstacle arises, some unstoppable force. My deepest
fear awakens, fades, unstoppable course, but
there's so much I still don't see. I never thought
a second in command would be in the mountains
where they train me elite. You with your end
mark of passage and speed With riches and power
in your family tree But injustice strains all
your loyalty Desire and duty's the balance between
The winds have been whispering of what's to come
Foreboding whispers, whispers to thunder Your
castle walls crumbling one by one Against the
blood -red sky you ride on I fight for what's
right. Some may call me naive, but nothing can
put out the flame in me. The goddess of spring,
life and death she bring. Taken from war, raised
an idol. My shelter is freedom at last