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Welcome to Vikings and Valkyries, an actual play podcast. We are immersed in When the

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Wolf Comes, an RPG set in a parallel timeline where the Norse rule the sea and stars with

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restless fleets. My name is Ian Stuart Sharpe and I will be your one-eyed god for the campaign

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ahead which we call the Thought and Memory Saga. Joining me to face their inevitable

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doom are Ed, Steve and Bill. Welcome one and all.

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Thank you very much.

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The crowd goes suitably wild. Are you all feeling a little despondent because we lost

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Jay at the end of the last episode and obviously he's not back today to join us. But Bill,

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were there tears?

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Lift, we hardly knew you. It's deeply sad. I'm also quite sad about the fact that we've

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still got his body to deal with. This feels unnecessary. If the polar bear had finished

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eating him, I think we'd be in better shape.

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I think we can just double up on the ritual of throwing people off the cliff.

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Respectfully, yeah. Okay. Maybe even in pieces we could share the work as it were.

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Double the reward maybe too. Who knows?

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It's worth a try.

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Yeah, trying to eke out as much as you can possibly get. Well, as you've mentioned that

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you've kind of half set the scene there for our listeners. So let's dive back in. So in

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the glow of the midnight sun, you see this emaciated polar bear. It's once imposing form

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reduced to a heart rending skeletal silhouette lying supine on the icy expanse. It's shallow

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breaths whisper of a harsh forlorn existence. And you can only wonder how such a majestic

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beast came to be a maligned house pet. The creature is known as Snow White or Snohvitr 

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in Old Norse. And it has beheaded and disemboweled two of your comrades, Bjarne Bjarnardsson,

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the man you were escorting, you were paid to escort on kind of death watch duty. You

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were taking him to the Attastupi, the Troll's Tongue, a place where people perform ritual

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suicide. Perhaps they throw themselves into the icy waters below rather than be a burden

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on the town of Hjálpmakaar, several hours away you have trundled off into the tundra and

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met your fate and its the tooth some fate by this polar bear. You've also been accosted

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by a large gentleman, perhaps seven foot tall with a braid dangling from his, his head.

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He carries a rich, ornate heirloom sword and he swaggered towards you having jumped off

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a skidiver, this universe's version of a skidoo.

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He is joined by two bodyguards armed with what look like submachine guns and he has

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hoved towards you calling out a combination of exclamations and shocked surprise and horror

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at finding what is presumably his bear, since it had a broken harness and was domesticated,

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and he is shocked to find that it has attacked and killed two people.

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And we will begin the session there, you all three were hastily beating retreat in the

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direction of as far away from the bear as possible.

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But now you are called back to your senses by the cries of this Jöfurr, this local noble

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who you recognise as Finnbogi Asbjornsson, and over to you.

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Well I'm wondering if it's his bear and he gets loose and kills people.

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Feels like there ought to be either a debt of honour of some sort or at least a debt

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of coin, I mean for to, you know, there's bereaved families for crying out loud.

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I don't know, what does everyone think?

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There's a lot of pondering going on as people obviously.

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Think about the potential repercussions of a bear.

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I don't think anyone's actually got the Norse code on Norse polar bear devouring and the

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repercussions thereof.

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I think the council we could acquire at the edge of the world is probably not the best,

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so we might want to reach out.

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It seems there's so many ways for us to go wrong right now, and we're going to find several

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of them I expect.

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Yeah Ljomi thinks to himself that this seems like the perfect opportunity for a non-living,

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perhaps wheeled creature to approach the owner of the bear and says, wheeled thing, roll

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over and engage with the human.

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Legsko says, let's go, and begins to slowly approach.

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Ljomi captures to the Dökkálfar to follow the wheeled thing.

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Air waits a while for everyone to go on ahead a little bit, just mostly to prove a point

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and then follows at a discrete distance.

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So you have heard the Jöfurr Finnbogi, and I'd say Jöfurr is an origin in this game that we're

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talking about, is effectively an old style Viking, he's genetically engineered, he has

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illustrious forebears and the blood of the gods in his veins, and a lot of pride and

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pomp of a peacock as well.

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That tends to come with the territory of the Jufa.

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They are rich, they are often magnics, and they are often up their own backside a little.

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You do get a sense of this as the Jöfurr says to you, didst thou use this old cove as bear

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bait?

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Didst thou not think us to use flares?

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The flares, yeah.

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Oh yeah, the flares thing.

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Obviously in this part of the wilderness it is well known that if you want to deter people

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from being rendered limb from limb by polar bears, the isbjörn, then it probably is good

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to keep a flair or two in your satchel.

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Let's go, I wonder if we should have found an experienced trapper or something to help

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us before we set off.

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Like the one we were carrying on your back.

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Leomi thinks this is a good moment to express some curiosity.

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Excuse me, how would flares exactly work with a bear, a creature of this type, a bear thing?

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Who dost thou mock me, sir?

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Thinkest me a poltroon and a dastard?

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I am new to this part of the world.

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I'm wise in many things, of course.

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And alfar new to this world?

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To this part of the world?

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Leomi thinks himself and leans down to the bot and says perhaps you should give him a

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kiss.

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I think that's a great idea.

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Lexko bends down submissively and says, please, sire, your honor, your highness, let me give

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you a kiss.

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Let us be friends.

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What now?

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Away with thee, machine!

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I'll not have your oil and soil sullying my boots.

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Get away!

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Hmm, rude.

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This poor fellow is a morsel of moonin' now.

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Alas, poor Bjarnie, I knew him well.

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Perhaps you could assist us in taking his remains to the troll's tongue.

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That's where we were headed before we were interrupted by your pet.

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Leomi holds his breath while waiting to see if this attempt works.

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Peon, as if I would get my hands dirty doing your foul work.

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And as to Snow White, it appears mine own bear hast taken injury.

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There will be wear guilt to pay.

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Legsko has a question.

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Why don't you want to help us out?

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You just said he was your friend.

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How do you guys know each other?

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That I know the man does not make him my friend.

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I was merely concerned for the fate of a fellow member of Hjapmakaar.

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There are so few of us in the settlement now the swordfall has taken so many of ones we

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loved and changed the weather for the worst.

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But I will not be interrogated by a tin can.

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That exerses me, I guess.

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If anyone else wants to ask questions.

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The jöfurr Finnbogi strides over to his bear who is, as I said, cowering sullen in the

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snow to see such a mighty beast cowered by being berated by the Jofa.

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Does send something of a shiver through your spines or whatever passes for that in Dverg

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mechanical terms but the jöfurr is intensely berating the beast and gives it a good kick

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in its ribs and it lets out a huff as it takes the punishment.

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Yomi steps forward and says, is this any way to treat such a noble creature?

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I was told these beasts were honored and how came it to be that it was running around loose?

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Have you so little control over your household?

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You accuse me of negligence now, sir.

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Will the insults never cease?

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I fear there is only one way to resolve our differences.

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So and now we shall part, safe and sound, and meet again at the Thing and there begin

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our quarrel all over again.

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The law speaker shall rule on how much wear guilt you owe me for the inconvenience and

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the moronacy.

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You killed a friend?

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Moronacy?

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Yes, our companion was destroyed by your...

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One of the joys of the jofurr's archaic speeches, they are prone to just making up words.

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Yes.

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He could have said idiocy but moronacy just seemed more authentically old-morts.

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I didn't even can notice it.

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Shall we meet at the Thing then?

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Well with something of a flourish, his well-heeled shoes and his ermine cape, he mounts his skidverg

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and twists the throttle and roars off across the tundra, his two bodyguards in tow whooping

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and firing off shots into the air from their submachine gun.

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You remember that the sky is a vibrant blue because the sun never sets but it is now the

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landscape is echoing with sounds of shots fired.

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The bare snow white lurches after them, called by them by a kind of invisible string.

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The paratrooper just kind of looks back and forth between the companions and goes, what

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an eccentric performance.

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I assume that if we stood up to him he would just escalate.

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It was really just nothing but hot air.

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Yomi offers, I was worried that by questioning his control I might have ended up in a duel

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right then and there.

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I think honor seems to be very important to a stuffed parka like that.

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Xco ads, you just seem like an asshole.

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It comes with the territory of being one of the richest dudes in town.

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Now I ought to explain perhaps for you and the listeners that a thing is a kind of Norse

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assembly, it's a gathering and fans of etymology out there would like to know that while we

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call something a thing today like my phone is a thing, this glass is a thing, it actually

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originated as a sense of place and it was then the thing at the thing and things evolved

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from there.

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See how many times you can say thing in a sentence to confuse everybody.

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But ultimately what we are talking about is a kind of bulk moot, a gathering where the

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Norse people will hear cases and settle disputes.

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Bear in mind that whilst this is the kind of Norse parallel present because you're

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in effectively the wild, the wild north, the rule of law and order is kind of held together

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by these tribal institutions rather than say a police force.

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Okay so a question, who is the judge in the thing?

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Is it the local ruler or is it a legal official of some kind?

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There will be a law speaker.

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I see.

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So not a king as such.

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I think the current society doesn't really have that.

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Yeah, there is the Empress Trumba.

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But most of the really rich rulers actually are off world on one of the other exoplanets

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conveniently called Asgard.

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You're on Midgard, what we would call Earth, at least a century ago when the various nine

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home worlds were discovered and the ability to stagger between them using the greenways

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or the passage between Yggdrasil and they were able to go off world then the rich people

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went and found the best parts of the best and biggest world and took them off themselves,

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called it Asgard and built whole new halls of glittering gold there.

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Right and so our problems with the local bear owner are unlikely to be on their radar.

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Quite so.

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Yes quite.

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Quite.

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By thing I'm translating to kangaroo report in this case.

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of honor and integrity.

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Upholding the law and then failing to abide by the law is what gets you out world cast

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off into the wilderness.

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So there are repercussions despite the fact there is no real police force.

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They can't lock you up and hope that you see the error of your ways.

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They just chuck you out and then hunt you down.

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I mean in heirs point of view when someone is entitled blowhard like that it's because

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it quite often works.

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Well that was a dark interpretation.

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Well you know it.

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It's entirely up to you how you proceed.

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You do have two fairly eviscerated corpses lying in front of you and you're still at

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brisk height away from the trolls tongue.

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You owe me gestures to the other two.

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Scrape up the remains of our effectless companions and you two carry them towards the trolls

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tongue and I shall consider strategies and tactics to deal with our mounting setup problems.

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You're on brain detail.

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That's correct.

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I've got a bag over here and to see if we can find the squeegee.

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Sounds good Tim.

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So I proposed yeah I agree with the proposal that we clean up what's left of our friends

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and we continue with our original mission so that we can so we can come back and say

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we set out what we set to do and then deal with problem number two and three and four

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after that.

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Right.

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You know me notes how important honor is to people in this society and the reputations

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of themselves and their families.

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So I think to do the right thing we certainly don't want clips cast off degenerates coming

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after us later if I may put it that way kindly.

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And Ed as far as Leyska is concerned are you happy to be the kind of pooper scooper so

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to speak.

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Yeah I'll clean up we'll get you know don't eat the red snow they say.

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Not the first time he's gotten mucky in wager.

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Maybe not today.

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Not even today.

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Not even the hour.

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I do I'm curious the direction that they went off in.

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Do we see where they're going or is it just horizon that they fall into.

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No.

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So if you remember you were headed out of town and you rolled an awareness check that

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also determined that the bear had followed you right from town and now they have roared

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back in that same direction so they have gone right back to help Macar itself which was

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the major town in the area.

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Okay yeah so let's let's carry on.

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Is there any way to fashion a flair out of the bits and pieces of our friends.

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You could probably.

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We'd have to run the cat down.

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Yeah just by squeezing you could probably get a bit more visceral fluid out but nothing

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nothing really like a flair.

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Okay we can carry on.

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But I do I do appreciate I do appreciate because you are not you know a human you are a machine

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you are a diver that you probably just didn't know that and well-meaning probably thought

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that you could squeeze something out.

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Just context clues been hearing a lot about flares.

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Yeah all right well the journey will be long boring and arduous so rather than.

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Lyrical about that I will just allow a shimmer dissolve to the point where you have walked

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across the tundra along the coastal path to the atlas to where you can now stand atop

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the seven foot seven hundred foot drop in this gentle glow of the midnight sun the whole

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land bathing this ethereal light and looking over the top down to the sea below you can

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see icebergs of various sizes float by glinting in the sun the whole place has an eerie quietness

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that is punctuated only by the groaning of the shifting ice and the occasional squall

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of an arctic turn.

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Bill free to pay your respects say any last words have a have a an elegiac moment or just

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you know ruminate about how this reminds you of your own centuries old past in this case

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because I know that at least Bill and Steve your characters are rather on the long in

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the tooth side.

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Tommy steps forward and says I have been reflecting on the deaths of our companions.

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Alas unlikely to return to us in any form and I feel it's more important than ever to

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try and advance knowledge the general knowledge of our peoples to help our brothers regain

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what they've lost and I am I am more certain than ever that I need to find a way to join

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the Institute and help push this gathering of knowledge forward and as well perhaps at

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a deeper level maybe even if personal growth.

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Perhaps death has taught me to be kinder to my companions and protect all life no matter

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how paltry and and I address this next comment to to air in that I I know I have been referring

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to you as an abomination and I feel this is inappropriate and I want you to know that

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I'm no longer going to call you an abomination henceforth I will refer to you only as an

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atrocity.

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I'm impressed that you did get through that speech without someone pushing you over yourself.

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I did consider trying to push air just off the cliff rather than speak about it.

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Well thank you for such a thoughtful and elegant address it was it was almost as if you were

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at Gettysburg.

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We will move on who else wants to say?

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400 score.

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I'd like to follow on with the hopeful and ultimately naive words of my arboreal associate.

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Let's remember the names of our friends who have fallen.

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Let's remember who they are as they head to the afterlife because those things are so

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transitory I mean I had a name once I was a person of sudden renown and none of it means

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anything now.

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I don't even remember my name I don't remember my deeds and no one else does.

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And staying in the afterlife isn't it is transitory as well.

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I've been dragged back here to this admittedly magnificent prison to wander the wastes while

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I wait for it to be for this experiment this atrocity to come to an end and return to the

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afterlife.

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But yes let's remember their names because the world will forget it all too soon.

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It's a special day for them.

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I feel that between the two of you you should just be yelling off the ciftop bleak blank

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blank despair.

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Ah that.

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Moving moving moving and moving on to Ed.

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Now despite the fact that you've got a you've had a little bit of laryngitis or strep throat

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or something horrible in your human form.

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Hopefully you can grind your gears and as your de-burgish self.

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I'd just like to say that you know these worlds and these parts life comes and goes as the

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wind.

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We only have so much time before time is given back to us or taken away.

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And you know I don't know where I'm going with that.

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You're just dumping the bodies at the end of that sentence.

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Lomi steps on the moment a little bit and says is that your battery warning light that's

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coming on at the back there.

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I do think between you I mean obviously with last episode we heard about the happy death

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day cards and we and we had Val Doki the the he was giving you a range of merchandise.

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Perhaps it did inspire you or perhaps you could do your own version now via hallmarked

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cards for people that you're going to chuck off the troll's tongue.

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Lomi steps forward to the challenge.

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Happy death day.

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So sorry you could not bear the bear.

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May the snows and the gods bear you to a better life.

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Roses red violets are blue.

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Everything's bleak.

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You're dead.

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It was a pop up card of a polar bear coming at you.

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Good.

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Very good.

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Well as the scene fades away you can almost hear the violins as the bodies pure wet into

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the icy depths below and disappear beneath the waves.

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They're kind.

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Never to be seen.

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And now it is back to you as to as to how you would like to proceed.

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You expect that you have some kind of legal troubles on the horizon.

314
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Please do tell me what you would like to do.

315
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Are we expected to return back to the dark?

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Not station to report in.

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I think we were if you want to walk.

318
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Yeah.

319
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Yeah.

320
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That's a great big yes.

321
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Yeah.

322
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There's also the general challenge that you were in this icy archipelago of Heimslit literally

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the edge of the world.

324
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There's not too many places to just go hang out.

325
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I think it says you'll need I think we should go back to the mine.

326
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I think that I'm curious as to what else might be going on there.

327
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And as I am the de facto leader of the team.

328
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I think that's pretty much a decision made since we've dealt with the one one called

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them the the awful the no that's not right.

330
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The the remains of our companions.

331
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I also think we should try and find another one of these things.

332
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They have their uses if if only putting them in front of charging bears.

333
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You talk about the no I'm talking about humans.

334
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Yeah.

335
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Sure.

336
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:17,520
Just bear in mind that there were just seven diverger down that mine.

337
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That's seven polar bears we could do with.

338
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Well yeah I mean I don't know they seem to run pretty fast based on our companion.

339
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So I'm not sure you know we want to we may trip them.

340
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:36,760
That's true or or flatten the tire or two anyway or we find some older weaker humans

341
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again and you know just sort of keep because we were out of flares.

342
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We never had any flares and now we're out of humans.

343
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Yes or no flares from them.

344
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No no flares from that.

345
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Good try though.

346
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Yes.

347
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Well any other ideas.

348
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I'm looking at the horizon of the edge of the world.

349
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Do we see anything interesting.

350
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Is the abyss calling back to us in any way.

351
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No you just look out of what is that that called the Hellsund or the Hell Street.

352
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Sounds good.

353
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That is a an expansive water that leads all the way back to if you travel all the way

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through the ice you would end up in merry old England.

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This part of the Hellsund is warmed by the currents to the east of the archipelago.

356
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The whole sea has transformed to sea ice and formed an ice bridge all the way through to

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what would be in our world northern Russia or Finland.

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So other than the odd wheeling seabird or idling walrus a breaching whale perhaps then

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there's there's not much more to see.

360
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There is of course the glowing red cross that still unnervingly dominates the sky above

361
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your heads when we were talking about it in the previous episode Viani referred to it

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as the northern lights and bid you clap wildly.

363
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But yes there that red shimmering field is still up in the bright blue sky like a crimson

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scar.

365
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So what what say you fellows to make us grow closer together.

366
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,560
Quick stop to see the seven Dverg and then back to town.

367
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,080
We need some flares flares.

368
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,080
Yeah.

369
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Those are the things.

370
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The flares.

371
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We can get some flares maybe a couple bows and stuff.

372
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Weapons.

373
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,200
Yeah weapons might also be good.

374
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,320
Somebody has guns though.

375
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:05,600
Who has guns?

376
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:06,600
You people.

377
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,960
You had the leaf had guns.

378
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,800
The leaf the horse Gelder.

379
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:11,800
Oh well let's.

380
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He was the one with the right one.

381
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:20,120
You I'm going to be leaning and suggest that you picked it up when you picked the remains

382
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:26,360
of him up and didn't just leave your only weapon lying in the tundra.

383
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:31,720
Even if we had forgot it it would be quite easy to spot the large red splash on the snow.

384
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,720
I'm saying if you retraced if you retraced your bloody footprints.

385
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,720
Yes exactly.

386
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:43,320
You know we're not complete fools and we went through their pockets for coin as is tradition

387
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,320
as is tradition.

388
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:55,280
Yes and obviously being a good level zero character belief probably just had a few pennies

389
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but you know if you if you feel like looting corpses is the honorable thing to do you go

390
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:00,880
ahead.

391
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,200
It's a survival situation fellows I would say.

392
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:09,280
There's I'm checking his character sheet right now to see how much money he had.

393
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,280
I think it's traditional have some money to pay the ferryman or maybe I'm mixing up my

394
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,880
I think you're mixing up your mythos.

395
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,880
You're talking about the Greek.

396
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:25,880
Carol is it yes is is Greek and then we'll keep it in case there's some sort of cross

397
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cultural very person.

398
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,560
It's safe after all.

399
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,800
Best to be sure of these.

400
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Mine number seven.

401
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,160
He had four pennies by the way.

402
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,160
Four pennies.

403
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:45,680
It was my my my status as a divinatory goddess is intact.

404
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:46,680
All right.

405
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,680
Mine number seven.

406
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Several several miles back down the track it was a mine embedded into the hill shaft

407
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the entrance surrounded by wooden scaffold and you remember there was a pump that was

408
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taking out the excess melt water that would have flowed into the mine.

409
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,280
All of that has now been fixed.

410
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Had clogged and choked to a halt but now it's been fixed and is running like clockwork.

411
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:31,000
Well it provides us with negotiating power if the people down below turn out to be not

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as friendly as we need.

413
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:43,680
So you're thinking flares and they have flares or other things we might and flay failing

414
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:50,120
that flailing that failing that some people to help us with potential bear problems.

415
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,480
Yes yes a bear buffer if you will suitably motivated.

416
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,640
Yes yes old and slow preferably.

417
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:09,120
So the very happy foreman was a diver called wetcret and his his associate rock pulse.

418
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There were a bunch of them but none of them appear to be in the mine shaft now that they

419
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have returned to help the end of their shift or recharging.

420
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There is nothing suitable in terms of flares or weaponry in the mine.

421
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There are some pneumatic drill bits but the verge seeing in the infrared spectrum don't

422
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really need flares and because diverger also kind of not the tastiest morsels for the for

423
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the ispion.

424
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:56,760
In fact they generally speaking they're kind of rumbling insides their electronic beeping

425
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:05,320
tends to unnerve and fend off ispion and it's a marvel that Blegsko wasn't able to conjure

426
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:09,000
up that himself to scare off Snow White.

427
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:16,680
Yeah sorry yeah why only you had exposed yourself Ed.

428
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:23,720
The one time I don't normally that's you know your go-to right.

429
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,000
Yeah it's the only thing I got.

430
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,840
Yeah you could have flashed the bear and things would have ended differently.

431
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,200
And just think we don't know what it is but whatever it is it's enough to stop an ice

432
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,760
bear in its tracks.

433
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,200
That's right.

434
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:41,640
That's why we all look away.

435
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,320
Yeah that's on my Tinder profile.

436
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:50,280
Yeah it's your it's your famous dick move.

437
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:56,200
I've said that three times but it kept getting stomped on so there you go.

438
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:04,760
All right well you you're welcome to shelter in the mine or rest in the mine but I don't

439
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:09,800
think any of you have taken even you know a small bit of damage.

440
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,840
The damage that the doled out was grievous and it came all the way to cold jade.

441
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:20,520
Two others yeah and you know we're you know we successfully used our bear barriers if

442
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,040
you will.

443
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,720
And can yeah I think we should just head back to town is what I'm thinking.

444
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:27,720
Let's do it.

445
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,600
That was sounding more like Naomi.

446
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,560
Yeah there's nothing much to be had here.

447
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,800
I don't know what the idea this was but it was a complete waste of time.

448
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:43,400
So mines like question that everybody have and maybe an internal question mines like

449
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this would these seven miners here do they own it themselves or would they typically

450
00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:50,760
be working for someone.

451
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:59,320
The Deberg class are often thralls a kind of slave mechanical class put into servitude

452
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:04,520
they would undoubtedly be working for other people.

453
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:10,640
Rumor has it and this can be something that we picked up on the kind of gossip mill so

454
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:16,720
to speak but rumor has it that Bin Bogy himself would have owned most of the mines here but

455
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:25,720
he's fallen somewhat on hard times and had to sell off some of the rights.

456
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,440
How terrible for him.

457
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:32,280
I feel like there should be a way to take advantage of that but I can't maybe he'd

458
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,200
be willing to be our bear barrier.

459
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,200
What do you think?

460
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,520
We might get two or three bears with him.

461
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:39,920
Yes that's right.

462
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:45,160
I heard earlier he had four bears so.

463
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,080
Great ancestor gag.

464
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:56,320
Alright so Halt Macar nestled amidst the serrated snow dusted peaks are these hodgepodge of

465
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structures there's candy coloured wooden houses on stilts triangular roofed barns and

466
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then sturdy modern commercial buildings scattered around as the lines of frosted roads and amidst

467
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:15,080
the buzz of Skideberg the quaint town is alive with activities the hubbub of miners returning

468
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:22,400
from their shifts the revelers enjoying the endless sunlight and almost maniacal crazed

469
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:30,840
huskies yipping at whatever moose passed by.

470
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:37,920
Now you do have a map that I have previously given you that is in the When the Wolf Comes

471
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:43,080
rule book and so feel free to peruse that.

472
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:49,760
It's up on the screen in roll 20 if anybody's looking in there I think I showed it.

473
00:39:49,760 --> 00:40:02,080
Alright Yomi says the bear flares as I'm now thinking of them the live flares that we used

474
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,560
they seem to need food.

475
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,080
I mean I remember as a human you would need food.

476
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,360
I'm not so far removed.

477
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:13,880
If you used to enjoy food.

478
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:19,360
Anyway I think we should find a place where they go for that that way we can find perhaps

479
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,880
find someone to come along with us.

480
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,720
I don't know it's an idea suggestion.

481
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:32,320
Oh I see a food consuming bear deterrent.

482
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,520
Bear barrier yeah.

483
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,160
Speed trap yeah okay.

484
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:42,040
Speed bump yeah or a quick rise but I got there.

485
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:49,080
Or perhaps more weaponry since the weaponry we had was ineffective or some of the flares

486
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:55,800
players that everyone is speaking of.

487
00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:01,280
Do we want to actually I'm going to propose we stop him the diagnostician first.

488
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,280
Ah money.

489
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:10,680
Who will give us that yeah all that give us money which we will then waste and or spend.

490
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,120
A surprisingly excellent suggestion.

491
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,120
Well done atrocity.

492
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:26,520
So the sick house the sick house the town hospital which is run by the doctor Val Doki

493
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:34,800
who wheels his way to the main door all of the systems around him are connected to his

494
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:42,080
central console and so the door glides open as he approaches and he calls to you beckoning

495
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:53,320
with his instrumental fingers he says hail oxyle welcome I trust you have been successful

496
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:57,600
in your endeavors.

497
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:05,160
Next response it says absolutely no bumps in the road whatsoever.

498
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,000
No bumps in which road.

499
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:16,680
I am not aware of any roads that have been paved on the way to the attest to are you

500
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:21,080
sure you have proceeded in the correct direction.

501
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:27,720
Oh man we did we did we did it's a proverbial road.

502
00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,280
Yeah it's a metaphorical road.

503
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:37,920
Ah my apologies I am unaccustomed to the vagaries of meatbags.

504
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:44,920
Oh well I'm flattered but I'm one of you.

505
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:52,840
Indeed although it appears that you are a discontinued model.

506
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:57,840
And like I say you have been spending quite a bit of time with others than your own kind

507
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:03,000
which I'm not certain I completely approve of but perhaps it's contaminated your outlook

508
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,000
on the world.

509
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:10,760
My system was designed and manufactured by Sigmon Systems in the years before the doom.

510
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:17,240
As you can see I'm well equipped for the Fimbulvita with wide tire tracks and the latest in Laestelle

511
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:20,560
joints able to handle the ice and snow.

512
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:26,680
May I suggest an upgrade or maybe just dismantle yourself.

513
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,800
Odin's beard he's gone into demo mode.

514
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:35,240
But you know you don't mess with the closet right.

515
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:42,160
We deposited the remains of Bjarni at the aforementioned place plus the remains of our

516
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:49,760
lost companion which of course you will be pleased about since we did not bring any broken

517
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:55,720
down humanity back into the town where the bears might come and feed on them.

518
00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,920
We've avoided any sense of that happening in any way.

519
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:03,680
Agreed you have abided correctly by the death law and my thanks to you for that.

520
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,720
I believe I owe you several crowns.

521
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:15,720
I will of course have to make deductions for the misspent ammunition and anywhere and tear

522
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,720
to my general sanity.

523
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:23,320
Sounds fair.

524
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:29,360
I almost feel like the GM's own voice slipped in there on that last sentence.

525
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,080
He hands over a shiny imperial crown.

526
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:34,080
Nice.

527
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:39,280
That was not ended all at once.

528
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:48,640
Now unless you are in need of medical attention this conversation can serve no further purpose.

529
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:54,040
Let's get away from this guy.

530
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:55,880
Yeah maybe depressed.

531
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,640
He's creeping you out right.

532
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,880
Freaking me out.

533
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,680
I believe fellows there was a talk of a gun store.

534
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,160
I can't remember the name of the man who runs it.

535
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,280
It was something beginning with a G. I don't know.

536
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:11,280
Gun store.

537
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,280
Gunner weather bag.

538
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,800
That's a funny name.

539
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,160
I think we should go there.

540
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:22,640
What say you?

541
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,040
I do have another stop to make but I'll come with you.

542
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,360
What's your other stop?

543
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:34,560
I want to air is curious where a person would go.

544
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:40,560
He wants to know who owns who currently owns that mine number seven.

545
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:47,200
There was speculation that the blowhard might have previously owned it but I want to know

546
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,920
what's its current legal ownership status.

547
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,880
Is that a thing that would be kept track of somewhere?

548
00:45:54,880 --> 00:46:00,240
That would indeed but there's no better person to ask than the law speaker himself who will

549
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:05,200
be running the law thing in due course.

550
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,400
Oh good.

551
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:13,440
When you two have to face the results of your actions.

552
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:25,720
So Gunner's gun store is a run down shack with a crudely painted sign.

553
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:31,440
It's the only identifier thrust on top and it's mainly a sporting goods store.

554
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,040
It does deal in goods for the great outdoors.

555
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:41,600
Things that you might have bought or borrowed prior to leaving but now that you're back

556
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:47,160
you know it's no you can look at all of the flare guns tripwire sets and binoculars and

557
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,720
that kind of thing that he does have himself.

558
00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,480
He also does rent and repair Dverg.

559
00:46:54,480 --> 00:47:02,160
Hello what is it that I can do for you?

560
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:13,760
Alfa Ray, don't Alfa, haven't seen you in many a year.

561
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:22,600
Any hope of tapping into that diamond trade?

562
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:27,640
Above the table what?

563
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:35,080
Do you remember where you hailed from is a town called Comsteam or it's effectively

564
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:43,480
a kingstone the name for a diamond and the diamond mines there were one of the reasons

565
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:53,520
your people emerged from the earth and kicked out all of the conniving humans and the menfolk

566
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:59,400
and forced them to leave what was the former capital.

567
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,200
Oh, sentiment policy my life's a-

568
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:16,240
So was the major town of the area probably a few decades ago you lose track because time

569
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:22,880
doesn't mean quite as much to a tunnel such as yourself.

570
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:32,000
Right so no there's no chance of him getting in on the diamond trade at the moment.

571
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:39,920
Now like that is it not even willing to hear a pitch well you black devils get out of my

572
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:40,920
shop.

573
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:42,720
Friend forget that then.

574
00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,520
Boy we're making friends everywhere.

575
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:46,520
Yeah.

576
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:57,560
Excuse me man before we before we depart where could we acquire a bear?

577
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:05,600
A bear blasphemer bears are not for sale but if you want to take care of one of the ever

578
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:12,840
wandering ones then attend to the temple of the bear that's where Oldinger one of your

579
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,760
alpha sort consorts with the beasts.

580
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,840
All right thank you.

581
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:27,560
But don't dilly dally there's already a summons out for the likes of you.

582
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:29,560
A summons?

583
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:37,920
Yes you are to attend the law thing and answer for your crimes on the ice.

584
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:45,040
We've already been chilly shelling with the Ispion haven't you as the whole town's got

585
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:49,120
their tongues are wagging.

586
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:53,080
Before we depart might we spend some of our money?

587
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:59,120
I tried to do a deal with you for diamonds and you turned your nose up.

588
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,120
Well I.

589
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:01,840
Too good for you aren't I.

590
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:04,840
No no no not for me.

591
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:13,200
For the wield thing it's a whole other it doesn't appreciate a man the way that I do.

592
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,200
Boy that sounded wrong.

593
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:19,120
I'd like to test that theory.

594
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:28,000
I will let you I will let you I will let you roll a will attack roll.

595
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,440
In order to persuade this gentleman.

596
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:39,600
He's well known for being dour and miserable perhaps working with the Dvergar has rubbed

597
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,000
off on him.

598
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,800
It feels like he'd fit right in with our group honestly.

599
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,840
Yeah he would.

600
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:51,000
So a 1d20 Ian is what I'm rolling.

601
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,760
Modified by my.

602
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,760
Your charm and personality.

603
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:02,160
I was screwed for sure.

604
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:06,880
Okay here we go.

605
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:11,120
And even 10 exactly at 10.

606
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:20,400
It is enough to make the greedy man and his sea sense his eyes glisten with the thought

607
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:29,560
of getting his hand on your one pristine coin and so he happily unhappily waves his arms

608
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:34,480
and says the storm is at your disposal.

609
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:36,120
Don't take too long though.

610
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:43,880
I don't want him bogies men busting down my door to get at you.

611
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:45,200
Yes yes very good.

612
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:52,600
Would you is there a weapon you would recommend for someone such as myself older powerful

613
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:54,600
distinguished elegant.

614
00:51:54,600 --> 00:52:01,240
Maybe a matching staff that you can hobble around on.

615
00:52:01,240 --> 00:52:02,240
I was hoping.

616
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:07,240
Or relatives.

617
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:15,680
A firearm of some sort perhaps how expensive.

618
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:16,680
How expensive.

619
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:20,360
Yes yes too expensive for you.

620
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:26,600
One crown.

621
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:33,880
Okay okay we have a we have two firearms now I believe fellows we have a rifle and a pistol

622
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,280
or something.

623
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:39,040
More ammunition perhaps for these.

624
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,280
Oh flares flares that's what we want.

625
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:48,920
Do you know the phrase shutting the barn door after the horses bolted.

626
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:54,960
The version of that is it buying flares after the after the polar bear has eaten you.

627
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,360
What if there's another polar bear.

628
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,960
I feel there may be a hint of death in there guys.

629
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:05,080
The GM is trying to get through to us.

630
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:10,840
I'm merely merely trying to say that the time of obsession for players is probably past.

631
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:14,320
Maybe stock up for the future it's up to you.

632
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:20,120
Your proper sort of presupposes that we're aware of the existence of a barn or a door.

633
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:24,680
That's stumbling through the dark with really no clue between the three of us.

634
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:31,720
Who's getting quarrelsome now.

635
00:53:31,720 --> 00:53:34,000
We are a well matched group.

636
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:35,840
We'll stay on the air play then.

637
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:38,400
Okay so yes some ammunition.

638
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,520
What do we have in terms of ammunition currently.

639
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:41,520
I don't have any.

640
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:43,000
I have a bow and 20 arrows.

641
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,000
I do have that.

642
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,000
What do you what do you guys have.

643
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:51,000
I just have a revolver in six holes.

644
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,680
But what about that we had a rifle did we not.

645
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:54,680
Yes.

646
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:58,240
Hillcliff had a rifle.

647
00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:05,520
Well if I draw your attention to yes chapter six in the when the war comes over you will

648
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:11,160
see that a belt of ammo of 100 rounds is two crowns.

649
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:20,720
So if you wish to spend by yourself 50 rounds then then you may do so.

650
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:24,440
Or 25 rounds for half a crown.

651
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:29,440
A bright and shiny crossbow or to use its North's name.

652
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:36,360
Alas bogey would would be one crown.

653
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:40,520
And if you had 100 crowns you could buy yourself a howling dog a heavy machine gun.

654
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:42,400
But you don't.

655
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:43,800
What was the page number again Ian.

656
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,600
Sorry I was slow to respond to that.

657
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:49,560
Page number 177.

658
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:56,600
That thing is they're going to be a little bit out of your range as that as as merely

659
00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:01,520
having done one errand in favor of all three.

660
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:07,480
Yeah yeah yeah we're not retiring yet is what I'm hearing.

661
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:13,080
Well our previous friend did.

662
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:14,080
Well a fair point.

663
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:15,080
A downsizing.

664
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:16,080
Yeah.

665
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,080
OK.

666
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:20,880
I haven't got all day.

667
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:21,880
I.

668
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:31,640
Sorry 177 his voice pushes everything on my brain.

669
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,160
Very effective page 177.

670
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,160
Thank you.

671
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:36,160
Are you looking at it already Steve.

672
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:37,160
I am.

673
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:40,800
OK so the crossbow is one crown.

674
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:42,720
But we all have a weapon currently.

675
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:43,960
You have a spear.

676
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:49,840
Mexico and you have a pistol Steve and there's a rifle floating around and I've got a bow.

677
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:53,800
So I have a pistol and also the melee weapon.

678
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,040
Yeah I have a I have a CX.

679
00:55:56,040 --> 00:55:57,040
Yeah.

680
00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:58,040
OK.

681
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,960
Well maybe we're well armed.

682
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,080
I mean this is this really speaks to a lack of awareness.

683
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:11,360
We just got to use the word well in front of armed.

684
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:15,480
OK technically just just just armed.

685
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:18,120
I'm getting used to some of the hint language here.

686
00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:20,920
I think that's that perhaps.

687
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:21,920
What about armor.

688
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:22,920
Maybe.

689
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:23,920
Let's see.

690
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:28,600
So are we keeping the rifle of our late colleague.

691
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:29,600
No way.

692
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:32,600
Of the no that was Bjarne's.

693
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:33,640
Was it Bjarne.

694
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:39,360
It was technically loaned to you by Val Tocque for the purposes of providing you with some

695
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:42,400
kind of effective defense against the is beyond.

696
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:43,400
Right.

697
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:48,120
So we have to give it back.

698
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:53,040
Or just add it to the list of legal instructions.

699
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:58,960
I mean you know I Ian shared a thing on Viking law.

700
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:00,120
Did you guys read it at all.

701
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:04,360
I feel like we need to make some friends in town if the thing at the thing is going to

702
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:05,760
go well.

703
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,080
Yeah.

704
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,920
So let's buy something from the other side.

705
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:12,920
But he's not really a friend.

706
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,440
The problem with that though is that we're assholes.

707
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:16,440
Yeah.

708
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:17,440
But he is too.

709
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:19,200
So there's that commonality.

710
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:20,200
We're trying to out hassle.

711
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:21,200
Oh God.

712
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:22,200
This is going to be a thing.

713
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:23,680
We're trying to match him.

714
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:24,680
College.

715
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:25,680
OK.

716
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:30,200
But I don't know what to buy.

717
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:31,880
OK this may be a dead end.

718
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:32,880
I don't know.

719
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:34,760
Add brilliant ideas.

720
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:35,760
Explosives.

721
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:36,760
Explosives.

722
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:40,560
We need 20 crowns for 20 grenades.

723
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:41,560
So that seems unlikely.

724
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:43,240
So one crown for one.

725
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,440
One crown for one grenade.

726
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:48,640
I have an idea for the law thingy.

727
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:49,640
Do you?

728
00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:52,760
Do you speak good fellow?

729
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:53,760
Yes.

730
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:57,120
It sounds impressive already.

731
00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,000
I have an idea for the law thingy.

732
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,000
Yeah.

733
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:03,800
I mean I've heard Matlock say exactly that.

734
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:04,800
Yeah.

735
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:06,600
Episode 12 I remember.

736
00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:07,600
Oh great.

737
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:13,640
I feel like there's a way to get rid of some bad actors.

738
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:21,440
The problem, Legsko, is that if he has a lot of friends in town and being a rich and powerful

739
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:26,240
guy to some degree, we have to find people who don't like him that will stand up for

740
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:27,240
us.

741
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:28,240
I think we should leave the shop.

742
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:29,800
But we should buy something.

743
00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:30,800
Something.

744
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:31,920
Should we buy a grenade?

745
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:37,960
You could buy a fragmentation grenade or a stun grenade or a tear gas grenade.

746
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:44,000
Or an explosive vest if anyone wanted to go out in Blazable.

747
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:54,640
I feel like that last one, that last grenade, then the law thing, eliminate the judge, mistrial.

748
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:55,640
Right.

749
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:59,480
You're sure we wouldn't end up outlaws with that behavior.

750
00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:00,480
Fair enough.

751
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:01,480
OK.

752
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:03,440
I mean there is a logic in there.

753
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:04,440
Right?

754
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,240
If there's no one alive to proclaim us outlaws, then we can't be proclaimed.

755
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:09,800
But I don't think it would work as well as...

756
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:13,120
Very much the opposite of my suggestion of making some friends.

757
00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:14,120
OK, that.

758
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:15,120
Yeah.

759
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:19,080
Killing most of the people in town of any importance.

760
00:59:19,080 --> 00:59:22,520
I'm wondering if the shopkeeper is hearing this conversation.

761
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:23,520
Yeah.

762
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:26,760
I mean it's called the Thought on Memory campaign.

763
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,400
I wouldn't lean too much into the memory part.

764
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:33,720
We should turn it around, right?

765
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:36,920
And spread the money around.

766
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,840
And well, let's be honest.

767
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:39,840
Bye friends.

768
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:43,040
Sorry, I'm just saying...

769
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,800
Yes, you aren't doing yourselves any favors.

770
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:50,920
Can you not make up your mind?

771
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,440
We'll take one fragmentation grenade.

772
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:54,440
Good.

773
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:58,960
Oh, last of the big spenders, eh?

774
00:59:58,960 --> 00:59:59,960
Yes.

775
00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:02,840
Yeah, take it then.

776
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,360
Keep the pin in it.

777
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:06,360
Thanks for the tip.

778
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:07,360
You're ever so kind.

779
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:08,360
All right.

780
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:12,360
We'll find somewhere to put it.

781
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:15,240
Right, well, do come again.

782
01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:17,760
There's always opportunities to haggle.

783
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:21,480
I have errands of my own.

784
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:27,480
I'm a trader, you know, always seeking a little bit of a quick buck.

785
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:33,080
And if you're in town and able to go back up to those diamond mines, well, I'm sure we

786
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:36,240
could come to some kind of accommodation.

787
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,480
We'll certainly discuss that amongst ourselves.

788
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:41,820
That might be well worth everyone's time.

789
01:00:41,820 --> 01:00:43,800
Thank you for a man.

790
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:45,520
You're quite charming.

791
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:52,680
And if you do see Solveig at the cooking kettle, do pass her on my regards.

792
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:53,680
We'll do Solveig.

793
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:54,680
Yes, yes, yes.

794
01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:55,680
Cooking kettle.

795
01:00:55,680 --> 01:01:04,600
The other person, Ian, that you mentioned was Old Dinger.

796
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:06,920
Right, Old Dinger.

797
01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:08,520
The way you said it.

798
01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:12,520
Yeah, I thought we should maybe go see that person as well.

799
01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:19,320
But let's go to the cooking kettle first and see what kind of what we can work out there.

800
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:23,200
You owe me things out loud to the rest of the group.

801
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:28,160
The cooking kettle is the local hostel.

802
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:33,240
And so that is where the townsfolk gather.

803
01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:36,640
All of the locals have been going there for decades.

804
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:41,160
It's like the cheers bar of the town of Halpercar.

805
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:50,720
And as you go in, you actually see that your friends, the miners are all popping up a table,

806
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:55,680
presumably knocking back some whale oil or something.

807
01:01:55,680 --> 01:02:00,080
There is also the proprietor, Solveig Cooking Kettle.

808
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,000
That's where the place gets its name from.

809
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:09,920
And she is a quite an attractive woman who's clearly spending her time fending off the

810
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:14,280
unwanted attentions of her more drunk patrons.

811
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:20,800
And usually for a mess hall, this place also has a dairy in its bowels.

812
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:27,400
You can't really keep the cows outside for want of bears and freezing cold.

813
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:32,040
And so they've established the dairy in the cellar along with the pay office where all

814
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:38,760
the miners and the administrators come to collect their wages.

815
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:47,320
I propose we start with the miners because we already have a connection with them.

816
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:52,920
They may feel some hang of gratitude, you know, a little twinge of something.

817
01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,080
And then we could use that to make friends.

818
01:02:56,080 --> 01:02:58,680
Yes, fine.

819
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:00,640
Maybe treat them to some lovely oil or something.

820
01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:01,640
What do they do?

821
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:02,640
They pour it over themselves.

822
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:07,160
Yeah, I suppose we start by talking to them.

823
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:09,840
Oh, hello.

824
01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:12,520
It is nice to have met you again.

825
01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:13,520
It is.

826
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:18,480
Where have you been coming from?

827
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:22,240
Well from the mine we were hoping to see you when we stopped by.

828
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:24,600
Oh, you came to pay us a visit.

829
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:27,080
This is very kind.

830
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:29,080
Want to make sure your pump is still working.

831
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:31,120
Our pump is very active.

832
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:33,160
Thank you so much.

833
01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:39,920
We will of course be very happy to sing your praises whenever you are to stand in front

834
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:41,760
of the legal tribunal.

835
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:46,440
We have heard that you are up at the shitty creek.

836
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:51,000
Yes, some unfair claims were made.

837
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:58,320
Isn't as for you, brother Dverg, you need to really watch yourself.

838
01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:01,760
They will just turn you off.

839
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:05,920
Oh, that seems to be true.

840
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:08,480
Who's they?

841
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:13,400
The people that are saying the thing, I believe.

842
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:17,480
You must be aware that we are a thrall class.

843
01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:20,400
We live only to serve.

844
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:25,160
If you disobey the man folk, they will dismantle you.

845
01:04:25,160 --> 01:04:29,360
We are getting a lot of that.

846
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:31,160
That's bad news.

847
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:35,040
What if the thrall has an owner?

848
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:39,720
They wouldn't disrespect the owner by shutting off the thrall.

849
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:46,120
No that is correct, but the thralls have a very little value in the eyes of the man

850
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:47,120
folk.

851
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:55,640
The spark of creation at the heart of every Dverg is not seen as a motivating spirit.

852
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:58,800
We are very poorly abused.

853
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:02,840
Yes, yes, yes, says Leomi.

854
01:05:02,840 --> 01:05:05,120
Who in town knows about the law?

855
01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:07,160
Who could advise us about the law?

856
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:14,760
Who could perhaps could we engage to come with us to the thing to help us better represent

857
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:15,760
ourselves?

858
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:20,200
I am barely understanding of the mining law.

859
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:22,440
Ah, okay.

860
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:25,440
All right.

861
01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:30,640
I'm going to go talk to the proprietor.

862
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:33,840
Do not you know about the mining law?

863
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:36,440
I want to talk about the mining law.

864
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:37,440
You talk to the proprietor.

865
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:38,440
I'll talk to the proprietor.

866
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:39,440
All right.

867
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:43,920
All right, Ian, two conversations simultaneously.

868
01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:48,440
Let's do them at the same time.

869
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:50,520
That will be fun.

870
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,440
Which one would you like to address first?

871
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:53,440
Solvig?

872
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:57,440
I'll approach Solvig and I say.

873
01:05:57,440 --> 01:05:59,480
Oh, my darling.

874
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:01,000
Greetings, man.

875
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:05,240
I think you've got me mistaken with someone else, my lover.

876
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:06,960
Gunnar says hello.

877
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:09,200
I believe he's a friend.

878
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,000
Oh, no, he's not a friend of mine.

879
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:13,280
No, nor of mine.

880
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,880
I might call him a stalker.

881
01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:17,760
Ah, well.

882
01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:24,120
Lord of Law, no fool he is, I can't be dealing with that, ever since he was following us

883
01:06:24,120 --> 01:06:25,920
around on tour.

884
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:29,920
I'm, yes, I'm a long way from such things.

885
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:35,920
I believe it was of interest once upon a time, but not for a good long time.

886
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:39,000
I don't know what to serve your sort.

887
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:41,240
What kind of things do you drink?

888
01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:44,560
What is it like?

889
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:46,840
Clean water would be excellent.

890
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:49,000
I'd buy some clean water.

891
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,120
But you'd buy some, eh?

892
01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:52,120
Yes, certainly.

893
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:57,120
I'd normally give it away, but if you're willing to pay for it.

894
01:06:57,120 --> 01:07:02,720
One tries to be fair.

895
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:08,400
Solvig, that's what they call you.

896
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:16,440
We need to learn or have someone help us about this business of the man who set his bear

897
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,400
on us and killed our companion.

898
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:19,400
I've heard.

899
01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:23,680
Been bogeys taking a right shine to you, eh?

900
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:25,680
Yeah, quite.

901
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:32,440
And so how, is there someone in town who could help us understand this better?

902
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,440
Come to the right place, my lover.

903
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:41,680
I tell you, what with all my devices, I know a thing or two about the wiles and werepores

904
01:07:41,680 --> 01:07:44,760
of the law.

905
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:52,760
I look over at the bot at Legsco and say, I think you might have a chance here.

906
01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:56,640
Yes, yes, you know the right sort.

907
01:07:56,640 --> 01:07:57,640
Could I get a name?

908
01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:58,680
Or could you introduce me?

909
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:02,000
Has someone happened to be here this evening, maybe?

910
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,360
Well, tell you what.

911
01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:09,520
Pull up a stool and I'll sit down, pour you a nice glass of water and I'll tell you all

912
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:12,760
about it.

913
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:13,760
Most wonderful.

914
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,600
So I pull up a stool.

915
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:24,200
The only pulls up a stool and sits his bark down on the top of a distant brethren.

916
01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:25,200
Right.

917
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:32,680
I now you see I've had so many, so many mining disputes, so many divorces.

918
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:39,520
I'm happy to dispense what little I know to those drowning their sorrows at my bar.

919
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:48,400
So, Milibor, resolve how to resolve your little, little tete-a-tete with Finnbogie.

920
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:50,520
Let me think now.

921
01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:56,680
Now, always the best approach is negotiation and compromise.

922
01:08:56,680 --> 01:09:03,920
Although violence is permissible and may well be required in an event like this.

923
01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:07,000
Well, ultimately you got three choices.

924
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:13,320
You either settle with the man, play him a thong, it's called the regal to the blood

925
01:09:13,320 --> 01:09:22,080
money, or you submit to judgment by your peers, or you enter into trial by combat.

926
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:27,680
I believe Dolkalf are really good at that, so that might be a good option.

927
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:28,680
All right.

928
01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:29,680
Okay, that's good.

929
01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:30,680
That's good.

930
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:33,860
Anything else you could tell us that might be helpful?

931
01:09:33,860 --> 01:09:35,120
How should we present the case?

932
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:40,600
I mean, his pet, his creature attacked our group and killed two of our members.

933
01:09:40,600 --> 01:09:41,600
Well.

934
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:43,480
No provocation from us.

935
01:09:43,480 --> 01:09:46,760
Well, there might be something in that argument then.

936
01:09:46,760 --> 01:09:52,480
You know, if a man has a tame white bear, perhaps he should be handling it just like

937
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:56,920
a dog and pay for any damage it does.

938
01:09:56,920 --> 01:10:02,560
Otherwise, you just have to present your case in front of the law speaker.

939
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:07,200
You know, Crapty, Crapty Thorfridsen, he's the law speaker in town.

940
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:13,680
He'll have a court of 12 judges drawn from the free and the self men of the town, and

941
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:16,640
you just have to persuade a two-third majority.

942
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:17,640
Yeah.

943
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:18,640
Okay.

944
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:22,920
And Crapty, now that name is familiar.

945
01:10:22,920 --> 01:10:24,680
Where might I have met Crapty?

946
01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:27,040
Was it the post office?

947
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:30,200
Yeah, it was the post office we went into.

948
01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:31,200
Oh.

949
01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:32,960
Yeah, that wasn't Crapty.

950
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:38,960
Crapty is a fairly young and erudite man.

951
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:42,480
The old postmaster had seen better days.

952
01:10:42,480 --> 01:10:43,480
Oh, yes.

953
01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:44,480
Okay.

954
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:54,720
So Solveig also says, of course, if you want to demand a jewel of honor, you could force

955
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:58,560
Finboggy into a horn gang.

956
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:00,960
Could you explain that, please?

957
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:01,960
Ritual combat.

958
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:09,640
You've been around long enough that your character does actually know that ritual combat, the

959
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:17,600
horn gang, is effectively entering into a boxing ring, but with swords.

960
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:20,880
First blood is usually the thing that settles it.

961
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:30,520
Honor is served, and the loser, again, pays blood money or some kind of restitution to

962
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:32,920
the winner.

963
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:39,560
Obviously, having spent your crown on a grenade, you probably just have about four pennies

964
01:11:39,560 --> 01:11:42,560
to your name.

965
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:43,560
Right.

966
01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:49,440
I have a little bit more than that.

967
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:54,200
I have three dollars from my original roll-up.

968
01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:55,520
Three dollars, is it?

969
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:56,520
Three dollars.

970
01:11:56,520 --> 01:12:04,160
You know, were you to have to pay hypothetical compensation, that would pay for half of Roll's

971
01:12:04,160 --> 01:12:05,160
demise.

972
01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:06,160
Okay.

973
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:13,000
So it's a good thing we spent that crown.

974
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:18,200
Are any of the people here tonight likely to be part of the judging group?

975
01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:25,060
I would just like to meet them and pay my respects and tell everyone I can how much

976
01:12:25,060 --> 01:12:28,120
we admire this fine town.

977
01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:32,000
That would be very circumspectifibian.

978
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:33,880
Okay.

979
01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:38,000
You see, you've been from around here.

980
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,000
Right.

981
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:42,120
And Fimboggi goes back generations.

982
01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:49,800
You can't just sidle up an outfire and an abomination from Kongstein.

983
01:12:49,800 --> 01:12:57,520
How many rounds of drinks would three dollars buy for everyone who's here tonight?

984
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:04,360
Well, not enough to drown all of your souls, my friend.

985
01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:06,400
Fine.

986
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:08,560
Thank you very much for your assistance.

987
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:11,400
I understand our predicament so much.

988
01:13:11,400 --> 01:13:12,400
Well, you're welcome.

989
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:16,080
And may the Lord Tyr go with you.

990
01:13:16,080 --> 01:13:20,640
And in Forseti's eyes, I hope you find justice, my darling.

991
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:23,680
Is Crapti here tonight, or does he come here?

992
01:13:23,680 --> 01:13:30,160
Well, he has been known to take the odd tipple, but he don't really find the law speaker

993
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:32,680
getting drunk on the evening before a trial.

994
01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:33,680
Oh, yes.

995
01:13:33,680 --> 01:13:34,680
Right.

996
01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:35,680
Okay.

997
01:13:35,680 --> 01:13:36,680
Yes.

998
01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:37,680
Okay.

999
01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:38,680
All right.

1000
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:39,680
Well, thank you very much.

1001
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:40,680
I'm going to rejoin my companions at this point.

1002
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:41,680
Oh, welcome back.

1003
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:44,680
What did you find out from the lovely Selvig?

1004
01:13:44,680 --> 01:13:49,960
I have all of these interesting facts about maining law.

1005
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:58,520
First of all, you must dig and then possession is nine tenths of the law.

1006
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:02,000
Anything you dig up, you get to keep nine tenths of.

1007
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:04,960
Who gets the other tithe?

1008
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:12,200
That is used as a tithe to the owner of the mine.

1009
01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:17,720
Who owns, if it's not inappropriate to ask, who owns your mine currently?

1010
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:20,640
Ah, that is a very good question.

1011
01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,880
It is owned by the Institute of the Firefox.

1012
01:14:23,880 --> 01:14:25,840
Oh, yes.

1013
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:29,160
And how do they gain ownership of it?

1014
01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:30,640
Do we know this?

1015
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:33,480
Well, I am familiar with that.

1016
01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:37,880
It is above my pay grade, as you would say.

1017
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:45,200
But the Firefox is doing many researches and it is very important for them to understand

1018
01:14:45,200 --> 01:14:51,440
the soil composition after the swordfall and the great winter.

1019
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:54,480
So they're interested in the soil in the mine?

1020
01:14:54,480 --> 01:15:05,400
Yes, and some minerals and all of the riches of the land, all of the Arctic Circle is teaming

1021
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:08,280
with minerals.

1022
01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:11,720
What sorts of things have you found in the mine?

1023
01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:13,160
Are you mining for anything in particular?

1024
01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:16,400
If you're not allowed to stay, of course, I wouldn't.

1025
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:22,900
Yes, it is best that you attend to the Firefox Institute and make the enquiries there.

1026
01:15:22,900 --> 01:15:26,920
We are just happy to go to work and dig, dig, dig.

1027
01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:29,120
I hope.

1028
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,800
I hope.

1029
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:33,520
OK.

1030
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:37,160
What other interesting things can you tell us about mining law?

1031
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:46,320
Well, first of all, you must have a very strong shaft.

1032
01:15:46,320 --> 01:15:53,840
And then proceed to talk for two hours about shafts.

1033
01:15:53,840 --> 01:15:57,200
Dangerous when time is in the essence here.

1034
01:15:57,200 --> 01:16:02,640
Because I do not fatigue, I can sit here and feign wrapped interest for a long time.

1035
01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:10,080
In fact, you don't really have any facial expressions, so you can just stare at it.

1036
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,840
I am perfectly suited for this.

1037
01:16:12,840 --> 01:16:18,760
I lean into air while he's talking with the Dverg and say, how are you at hand-to-hand

1038
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:19,760
contact?

1039
01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:22,480
It seems that might be an option.

1040
01:16:22,480 --> 01:16:29,600
And apparently, they give extra points to Doc Elfar before it starts.

1041
01:16:29,600 --> 01:16:30,600
That's what I've heard.

1042
01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:32,840
A lady and some others told me.

1043
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:38,400
How am I at combat?

1044
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:39,680
I'll give you a hint.

1045
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:41,680
I'm dead.

1046
01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:47,040
No, I mean now, not before.

1047
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:48,040
Not a lot better.

1048
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:55,120
Didn't learn from his mistakes.

1049
01:16:55,120 --> 01:17:02,200
I received exactly one comprehensive lesson, failed the exam immediately, and I'm still

1050
01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:04,440
in remedial.

1051
01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:10,120
But I mean, if I'm our best choice, then I'll do what I can and you should run.

1052
01:17:10,120 --> 01:17:11,120
Yes.

1053
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:12,120
Yes.

1054
01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:13,120
Okay, very good.

1055
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:16,440
I think we should go to the Old Dinger.

1056
01:17:16,440 --> 01:17:17,440
The Old Dinger.

1057
01:17:17,440 --> 01:17:18,440
Old Dinger.

1058
01:17:18,440 --> 01:17:21,600
I don't know if I'm saying that quite right.

1059
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:26,120
It's not two words, the Old Dinger.

1060
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:29,120
Old Dinger.

1061
01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:32,520
But feel free to rename the characters.

1062
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:37,040
Hello, Old Dinger.

1063
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:43,760
I must say the scenario is standing up really well when three anarchists have been introduced

1064
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:46,560
into the mix.

1065
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:53,360
It's been a while since the bot kissed anybody, but still.

1066
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:59,240
Well I think, fellows, we should go to the Old Dinger and talk with the Alfar there.

1067
01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:02,440
And what was, GM, what was the Old Dinger again?

1068
01:18:02,440 --> 01:18:03,440
I've forgotten.

1069
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:04,440
I'm sorry.

1070
01:18:04,440 --> 01:18:08,680
He's the Alfar priest who runs the Temple of the Bear.

1071
01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:12,320
Oh, now see, that's got to be useful.

1072
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:14,480
What do my people think about that?

1073
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:16,840
Is the Temple of the Bear like an Alfar thing?

1074
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:18,640
Fair question.

1075
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:27,920
So it's the Alfar are generally guardians of the wilderness and Old Dinger himself has

1076
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:36,080
come to these lands of the menfolk in order to do his best to protect these spiritual

1077
01:18:36,080 --> 01:18:38,080
beings, these bears.

1078
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:44,840
So he's often viewed across the town as a kindly guardian.

1079
01:18:44,840 --> 01:18:48,880
When you see him, you'll see he resembles a kind of gnarled bristle cone pine made of

1080
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:51,600
a very dense pale wood.

1081
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:59,840
He has a deep love of these beyond and is trying to preserve them and the ecosystem.

1082
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:05,200
The Temple of the Bear itself is used to officiate ceremonies in Haltmaca.

1083
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:14,040
Okay, so I'm thinking just before we head over there, there maybe there's an angle here

1084
01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:16,240
regarding the bear.

1085
01:19:16,240 --> 01:19:21,160
If we could get, if there's some angle in there about, you know, a well cared for bear

1086
01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:23,240
would never do this sort of thing.

1087
01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:24,240
Exactly.

1088
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:27,120
You know, get some expert testimony.

1089
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:29,280
I don't know what the equivalent will be.

1090
01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:35,520
Some expert testimony that Dingleberry, what was his name?

1091
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:36,960
Fing Bogey, that's it.

1092
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:37,960
Dingleberry, right.

1093
01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:38,960
Yeah.

1094
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:40,680
Hence known as Dingleberry.

1095
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:44,600
Was was somehow negligent or not a good bear?

1096
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:46,480
He kicked the bear right at the end.

1097
01:19:46,480 --> 01:19:47,480
That's got to matter.

1098
01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:48,480
Also true.

1099
01:19:48,480 --> 01:19:49,480
We saw him kick the bear.

1100
01:19:49,480 --> 01:19:53,960
So we're wondering if there's some way to drag that in on our side.

1101
01:19:53,960 --> 01:19:54,960
All right.

1102
01:19:54,960 --> 01:20:00,160
Well, the Temple of the Bear sits slightly apart from the town proper, accessed by a

1103
01:20:00,160 --> 01:20:01,840
long gravel track.

1104
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:09,480
It's an expensive wooden building and outside you can see statues of Odin, Thor and Jamali.

1105
01:20:09,480 --> 01:20:16,440
And inside is a wide rectangular hall with a fire burning in its center to provide much

1106
01:20:16,440 --> 01:20:17,920
needed heat.

1107
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:27,040
The temple also doubles as a sanctuary for three orphaned bear cubs who roam freely inside.

1108
01:20:27,040 --> 01:20:36,080
The alpha spots you and says, brother, welcome, welcome, welcome.

1109
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:39,500
What brings you to the Temple of the Bear?

1110
01:20:39,500 --> 01:20:40,500
Thank you.

1111
01:20:40,500 --> 01:20:41,500
Thank you, brother.

1112
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:45,160
I have been trouble traveling with these fellows.

1113
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:55,520
We were on the ice helping one of the men reach their final end and tame bear.

1114
01:20:55,520 --> 01:21:00,740
You mean to say one of your fellows has fallen?

1115
01:21:00,740 --> 01:21:07,600
It was Bjarn Bjarnsson, a local man, and then also another.

1116
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:10,640
Oh, then woe is me.

1117
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:15,880
Bjarny was an esteemed member of the congregation.

1118
01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:20,240
He was a fine, fine gentleman and we enjoyed his company immensely.

1119
01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:28,120
I would not go so far as to call him a fine gentleman, an ornery old bastard, but he had

1120
01:21:28,120 --> 01:21:29,320
his place.

1121
01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:33,240
He fitted with our group is what I'm saying.

1122
01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:34,240
Yes.

1123
01:21:34,240 --> 01:21:37,160
And the dingleberries, no, no.

1124
01:21:37,160 --> 01:21:39,760
What was his actual name, Er?

1125
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:40,760
Njoki.

1126
01:21:40,760 --> 01:21:41,760
Njoki.

1127
01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:43,760
No, that doesn't sound quite right.

1128
01:21:43,760 --> 01:21:45,760
The way to say it.

1129
01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:50,000
We just we just naming Italian dishes.

1130
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:54,960
Are we talking about our fallen friend or no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the owner

1131
01:21:54,960 --> 01:22:02,960
of the bear, the pet bear that was so thin, bogie, thin, bogie, thin bogie.

1132
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:10,320
I would give you counsel, my friends, do not insult a great man such as Finn Bogie.

1133
01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:17,200
Were you to have a slip of the tongue and call him Dingleberry, I fear that he would

1134
01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:22,960
impale you upon his sword and he would be defended by the law.

1135
01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:24,880
Yes, yes, yes.

1136
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:33,560
However, his his his pet bear, his pet ice bjorn, Snow White, attacked our party and

1137
01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:38,160
killed the two men that we were taking to their well, one we were taking to the as it

1138
01:22:38,160 --> 01:22:41,080
turned out, we were taking both of them to their deaths.

1139
01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:43,560
But intentionally, we were only taking Bjarne.

1140
01:22:43,560 --> 01:22:46,240
Such a horror.

1141
01:22:46,240 --> 01:22:49,460
This is this is unheard of.

1142
01:22:49,460 --> 01:22:56,960
It is a matter for evil sorcerers or jealous neighbors, then perhaps they can take control

1143
01:22:56,960 --> 01:23:02,640
of ice bear and send them to kill an enemy.

1144
01:23:02,640 --> 01:23:10,200
If a bear behaves aggressively, it is a sure sign it is controlled by someone.

1145
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:12,600
Naturally peaceful creatures.

1146
01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:13,760
Yes.

1147
01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:24,400
It it it seemed to us that Finn Bogie was perhaps not treating the bear with the respect

1148
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:25,400
it was due.

1149
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,600
Well, such a thing is blasphemy.

1150
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:30,680
The ispion are liminal beings.

1151
01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:34,640
They straddle the divide between men and nature.

1152
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:40,080
They are the very avatars of Odin himself.

1153
01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:47,080
Let me assure you if harm has come to one of your fellows, it is it is because of pernicious

1154
01:23:47,080 --> 01:23:48,080
behavior.

1155
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:55,800
I must find this bear and sing him his birth myth to remind him that he is a good creature

1156
01:23:55,800 --> 01:23:59,080
who does not wish harm to anyone.

1157
01:23:59,080 --> 01:24:01,120
And the bear seemed unwell.

1158
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:03,260
It was thin.

1159
01:24:03,260 --> 01:24:06,720
We watched Finn Bogie kick it.

1160
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:08,840
It just seemed to us.

1161
01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:13,560
Our own problems are of less import than our concern for this poor animal.

1162
01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:15,760
Indeed, indeed.

1163
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:23,040
Well, when it comes to the assembly, I shall I shall attest on your behalf.

1164
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:29,880
If what you say is true and you swear the oath on the ring, then of course I will stand

1165
01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:35,200
by you and do what is right for our bear community.

1166
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:37,800
I swear the oath.

1167
01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:39,100
This is what happened.

1168
01:24:39,100 --> 01:24:40,800
This is what we saw.

1169
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:42,560
And it does not seem right.

1170
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:44,320
It does not.

1171
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,960
It does not, my fellow Alpha.

1172
01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:55,760
Well, call on me should you need me and I will be there to lend you my wisdom.

1173
01:24:55,760 --> 01:24:56,800
Please do come.

1174
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,400
We could use your wisdom.

1175
01:24:58,400 --> 01:24:59,400
OK.

1176
01:24:59,400 --> 01:25:02,680
Well, how would you care to proceed?

1177
01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:08,160
The three bear cubs gamble playfully around your feet.

1178
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:16,120
He is wondering if it would be appropriate to make some sort of a small gift to the temple

1179
01:25:16,120 --> 01:25:20,000
for the upkeep of these three bears or something along those lines.

1180
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:30,360
If you wish to, then the Alpha would happily be delighted to receive your aid and arms.

1181
01:25:30,360 --> 01:25:34,880
A LMS as opposed to a RMS.

1182
01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:37,880
The bears already had some.

1183
01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:41,280
Well, what do you say?

1184
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:42,280
Spruce.

1185
01:25:42,280 --> 01:25:43,280
Bruce.

1186
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:44,280
Spruce.

1187
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:45,280
Spruce.

1188
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:49,760
It's like the tree equivalent of the of the Australian boos.

1189
01:25:49,760 --> 01:25:53,680
Is your name not Spruce?

1190
01:25:53,680 --> 01:26:02,800
I think he's just going to go through all of the various arboreal entities here.

1191
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:04,440
Next week you'll be oak or pine.

1192
01:26:04,440 --> 01:26:08,880
Yeah, I do in fact have a list right here.

1193
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:11,600
What an atrocious thing to do and how fitting.

1194
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:12,600
All right.

1195
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:15,400
Well, I from my own.

1196
01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:20,000
Well, it wouldn't be a pocket so much as perhaps a fork.

1197
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:25,640
I will donate a dollar to the upkeep of the bear cubs says.

1198
01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:33,280
The priest is very happy with that and welcomes you to stay and warm yourselves by his half

1199
01:26:33,280 --> 01:26:34,280
fire.

1200
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:35,280
Not too close.

1201
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:45,560
The Alpha are in their non-spiritual form vulnerable to fire.

1202
01:26:45,560 --> 01:26:48,960
Yeah, actually I take double damage from fire.

1203
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:52,480
Double damage from sitting too close.

1204
01:26:52,480 --> 01:26:56,080
Although I feel nervous mentioning that in front of the doc.

1205
01:26:56,080 --> 01:26:57,080
I'll fire.

1206
01:26:57,080 --> 01:26:59,600
I just feel like he doesn't really like me.

1207
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:01,160
Don't know why.

1208
01:27:01,160 --> 01:27:04,400
OK, well, shall we?

1209
01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:07,640
What time of day are we at now?

1210
01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:13,280
Such things are beneath me, but we're going to need to know what you have spent many hours

1211
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:20,880
wandering around and chin wagging with the locals and is disorientating with the sun

1212
01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:22,880
always in the sky.

1213
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:30,320
No real distinction between dusk and dawn, such as the polar summer.

1214
01:27:30,320 --> 01:27:37,440
You find that it probably is nearing the morning.

1215
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:41,360
I wonder if we have time to go to the Institute.

1216
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:44,040
I think it's right in town.

1217
01:27:44,040 --> 01:27:48,360
I thought I saw it on the map.

1218
01:27:48,360 --> 01:27:56,040
I don't know if there's any influence or anything that can be gained from it, but it can't hurt.

1219
01:27:56,040 --> 01:28:02,680
I'm wondering about discussing the ownership of the mine and the reputability of previous

1220
01:28:02,680 --> 01:28:06,160
owners, that sort of thing.

1221
01:28:06,160 --> 01:28:11,680
Maybe we'll have some opportunity to throw Vin Bogey into disrepute or find out that

1222
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:17,360
he has thrown himself into disrepute through his mine ownership activities, if any of that

1223
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:18,360
is true.

1224
01:28:18,360 --> 01:28:19,360
Oh, I see.

1225
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:22,360
So we can do character assassination, is what you're suggesting.

1226
01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:23,360
Yeah, that.

1227
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:24,360
Yeah, yeah.

1228
01:28:24,360 --> 01:28:30,160
Well, you're welcome to do so and trudge back down the gravel path towards the centre of

1229
01:28:30,160 --> 01:28:31,160
town.

1230
01:28:31,160 --> 01:28:40,080
You hear the clanging of a bell, several handbells, in fact, start ringing out in unison and you

1231
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:47,160
see a crowd beginning to assemble in the Halt Macar town square.

1232
01:28:47,160 --> 01:28:53,440
More and more people thrown together and you see some excited children at the edges of

1233
01:28:53,440 --> 01:29:00,720
the crowd point their fingers at you and gasp and attract some of the adults attention by

1234
01:29:00,720 --> 01:29:06,760
pulling hard on the hems of skirts and coats.

1235
01:29:06,760 --> 01:29:08,560
Balls right of tongue.

1236
01:29:08,560 --> 01:29:12,920
Let's go says, I think that mob is for us.

1237
01:29:12,920 --> 01:29:15,240
Yeah, let's go get singed.

1238
01:29:15,240 --> 01:29:16,760
I believe our mob is here.

1239
01:29:16,760 --> 01:29:18,040
Yes, let's get singed.

1240
01:29:18,040 --> 01:29:20,920
Yeah, I think past tense would be thing.

1241
01:29:20,920 --> 01:29:26,440
Yeah, while and if you get control, it'll be a wild thing.

1242
01:29:26,440 --> 01:29:28,480
That's saying be saying in this.

1243
01:29:28,480 --> 01:29:29,480
Or thong.

1244
01:29:29,480 --> 01:29:30,480
Or thong.

1245
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:31,480
Wonderful.

1246
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:36,760
I would say save it for the judge.

1247
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:41,360
We are wearing him down, folks.

1248
01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:52,840
Just to warn you, there is a mob quickly assembling and in the thick of that mob is a man who

1249
01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:56,880
acts as the town law speaker, Craptie Thorfridsen.

1250
01:29:56,880 --> 01:30:01,160
He is a universally respected young man.

1251
01:30:01,160 --> 01:30:08,480
He has something of a beard going to gray and the long flowing robes of officialdom.

1252
01:30:08,480 --> 01:30:16,520
He has a keen mind and a reputation for a ready wit and a rare appetite for hard work.

1253
01:30:16,520 --> 01:30:23,480
And it is ultimately through the crowd that starts to gather and call out and cry.

1254
01:30:23,480 --> 01:30:32,680
There's an electric excitement in the town square as you walk towards facing your music,

1255
01:30:32,680 --> 01:30:40,400
so to speak, and Craptie stands up, tucks his robes in neatly around him.

1256
01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:49,360
And you see that it's him ringing the bell loudest surrounded by a couple of other officials.

1257
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:53,320
But he's clearly convening the court.

1258
01:30:53,320 --> 01:31:00,840
When he makes eye contact with you, you hear him issue the following statement.

1259
01:31:00,840 --> 01:31:07,380
With law our land shall rise, but it will perish with lawlessness.

1260
01:31:07,380 --> 01:31:13,680
These twelve leading thanes, together with the reeds, shall go out and swear on the blood-reddened

1261
01:31:13,680 --> 01:31:21,840
rings which are given into their hands, that they will not accuse any innocent man, nor

1262
01:31:21,840 --> 01:31:25,400
shield a guilty one.

1263
01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:35,360
With that, the twelve thanes that he mentioned all come and swear an oath on the blood-reddened

1264
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:42,240
ring and take their seats, either side of him, six on each side.

1265
01:31:42,240 --> 01:31:52,840
The crowd quietens down and everyone begins to look quite intently at you, but also someone

1266
01:31:52,840 --> 01:32:01,280
who's just looming over your shoulder, the seven-foot figure of Finn Boguey Asbjornsen.

1267
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:02,800
Finn Boguey marches forward.

1268
01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:10,120
He also swears an oath on the ring, and then he stands before the judges and he says,

1269
01:32:10,120 --> 01:32:19,720
I take witness to this and give notice of an assault laid down by law against my property,

1270
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:22,800
the Isbjornsenor Theater.

1271
01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:32,280
I say in this suit that these fellows ought to be made guilty, outlaws, not to be fed,

1272
01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:38,880
not to be forwarded, not to be helped or harbored in any way.

1273
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:45,880
I call Thoron as my first witness and Thorbjorn as my second.

1274
01:32:45,880 --> 01:32:55,240
I have called them to bear witness before the court, so the judges may hear.

1275
01:32:55,240 --> 01:33:04,680
And with that, he begins to tell his version of the tale about how his poor bear was tempted

1276
01:33:04,680 --> 01:33:16,040
into the tundra by some inexperts and reckless hunters who were dragging a bleeding man,

1277
01:33:16,040 --> 01:33:17,840
almost as bait.

1278
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:22,600
The poor Bjarni Bjarnsen, coughing and spluttering blood.

1279
01:33:22,600 --> 01:33:27,600
What were you thinking?

1280
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:32,000
Why would you drag a bloody mess onto the ice?

1281
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:39,440
If not to lure his poor bear who's been suffering from illness and needed a good hearty meal

1282
01:33:39,440 --> 01:33:47,080
to recover, a wasting disease that often affects the Isbjorn, he was trying to recover it after

1283
01:33:47,080 --> 01:33:54,100
it was hungrily snapped its bones and fled into the tundra, obviously tracking the tasty

1284
01:33:54,100 --> 01:33:56,700
morsel that you dangled before it.

1285
01:33:56,700 --> 01:34:05,920
What else was the poor creature to do but to attack and eat the humans?

1286
01:34:05,920 --> 01:34:17,000
Of course, you unfeeling denizens of death, the Dok'alfar, the wretched product of Yggdrasil's

1287
01:34:17,000 --> 01:34:25,540
Scream, a mechanical device barely fit for anal probing.

1288
01:34:25,540 --> 01:34:33,800
These three miscreants he demands are to be banished from the land.

1289
01:34:33,800 --> 01:34:39,720
Leomi thinks to himself we are screwed.

1290
01:34:39,720 --> 01:34:43,080
Aerith thinks to himself we're screwed but we're not going down.

1291
01:34:43,080 --> 01:34:45,480
We're not going neatly.

1292
01:34:45,480 --> 01:34:47,400
Leomi steps forward.

1293
01:34:47,400 --> 01:34:48,680
Swear the oath?

1294
01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:49,680
Swear the oath, yes.

1295
01:34:49,680 --> 01:34:51,080
Yeah, I should probably start with that.

1296
01:34:51,080 --> 01:34:52,280
Yes, I swear the oath.

1297
01:34:52,280 --> 01:35:01,840
You grasp the blood-raided ring of Ulla, the god of hunting and the god of these ceremonies

1298
01:35:01,840 --> 01:35:09,240
and prepare just like in the days of Yor to have your soul.

1299
01:35:09,240 --> 01:35:17,560
Obviously this man, Vinbogui, cares deeply for the Isbjorn.

1300
01:35:17,560 --> 01:35:22,640
It is for this reason that he allows it to run loose in the wild.

1301
01:35:22,640 --> 01:35:28,680
It's for this reason he beats it and kicks it on finding it again.

1302
01:35:28,680 --> 01:35:35,640
It is for this reason that he keeps it as a downtrodden beast of burden in his own belonging.

1303
01:35:35,640 --> 01:35:39,520
These are the only reasons there could be for such behavior.

1304
01:35:39,520 --> 01:35:46,560
You stand in front of the court and swear on the blood-raided ring that I am maltreating

1305
01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:49,240
these beasts of Odin?

1306
01:35:49,240 --> 01:35:57,720
We saw, we all saw after the poor creature attacked and consumed two of our fellows.

1307
01:35:57,720 --> 01:36:01,720
And then you arrived and mistreated the bear in front of us.

1308
01:36:01,720 --> 01:36:02,720
We all saw this.

1309
01:36:02,720 --> 01:36:10,720
It is a grave mistake to swear before the gods and men that I am a liar.

1310
01:36:10,720 --> 01:36:16,520
Thorbjorn, did you see me kick the great and noble Snow White?

1311
01:36:16,520 --> 01:36:25,840
Thoron, have I ever been known to mistreat the noble son of Odin himself?

1312
01:36:25,840 --> 01:36:35,080
Both his bodyguards shake their heads and look shocked at the very notion.

1313
01:36:35,080 --> 01:36:39,160
Do I see Uldinger in the crowd?

1314
01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:40,960
Uldinger is still back in the temple.

1315
01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:41,960
Oh.

1316
01:36:41,960 --> 01:36:42,960
Oh.

1317
01:36:42,960 --> 01:36:46,600
Well, that's inconvenient.

1318
01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:51,560
Call for him.

1319
01:36:51,560 --> 01:36:56,640
Perhaps perhaps the bear can speak in some fashion.

1320
01:36:56,640 --> 01:37:04,840
Can we call for, can I call him as a witness or a, what was the word that?

1321
01:37:04,840 --> 01:37:06,100
Expert testimony.

1322
01:37:06,100 --> 01:37:07,100
Expert testimony.

1323
01:37:07,100 --> 01:37:13,400
Well, Finn Bolghi introduced two people who were going to be his witnesses.

1324
01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:14,400
Yeah, his bodyguards.

1325
01:37:14,400 --> 01:37:15,400
Yeah, his, yeah.

1326
01:37:15,400 --> 01:37:16,400
Okay.

1327
01:37:16,400 --> 01:37:17,400
Can we call then?

1328
01:37:17,400 --> 01:37:18,400
This is outrageous.

1329
01:37:18,400 --> 01:37:26,520
Crapty Thorfridsen, you mean to allow the alpha to collude?

1330
01:37:26,520 --> 01:37:33,880
There are but three in town, one benighted specimen and two scions of Yggdrasil.

1331
01:37:33,880 --> 01:37:38,880
Can you wish for them to make a mockery of your court?

1332
01:37:38,880 --> 01:37:46,600
I say that this case be tried by men and menfolk alone and not the twisted remnants of our

1333
01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:47,600
ancestors.

1334
01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:57,560
If we wanted the thoughts of spirits, well then we would all get on our knees and pray.

1335
01:37:57,560 --> 01:37:59,200
X'ko chimes up.

1336
01:37:59,200 --> 01:38:05,480
I look at Finn Bolghi and I reveal myself in every fashion possible.

1337
01:38:05,480 --> 01:38:09,380
I'm trying, I want to get this guy angry.

1338
01:38:09,380 --> 01:38:14,360
So when you reveal yourself, do you mean you really want him to see you?

1339
01:38:14,360 --> 01:38:16,160
I want him to see me.

1340
01:38:16,160 --> 01:38:22,560
I want him to look inside of me and know, know that he's lying, know the harm he's causing

1341
01:38:22,560 --> 01:38:24,120
in us.

1342
01:38:24,120 --> 01:38:29,920
So basically exposing your groin tubing.

1343
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:33,080
Yes, all slots open.

1344
01:38:33,080 --> 01:38:36,280
Dripping lube, vibrations to the max.

1345
01:38:36,280 --> 01:38:39,980
The law speaker blushes and covers his eyes.

1346
01:38:39,980 --> 01:38:46,840
There is a kind of gasp that echoes across the town square as mothers gather their children

1347
01:38:46,840 --> 01:38:49,040
and hold them tight.

1348
01:38:49,040 --> 01:38:58,920
And the menfolk either curse or spit, Finn Bolghi himself goes bright beetroot red blazes,

1349
01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:07,840
fury from his eyes and draws his great heirloom sword and points it directly at you.

1350
01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:11,920
There is no need to bandy more words.

1351
01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:17,000
This one has spoken with his innards.

1352
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:23,480
We will meet again in the court of Hormgann.

1353
01:39:23,480 --> 01:39:24,960
That's combat, right?

1354
01:39:24,960 --> 01:39:32,800
When you insult a local dignitary by flashing your nether regions in the middle of a solemn

1355
01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:39,440
legal procedure, you tend to lose the sophisticated debate.

1356
01:39:39,440 --> 01:39:42,200
Other than that, I feel we're handling it really well.

1357
01:39:42,200 --> 01:39:45,360
We're doing great.

1358
01:39:45,360 --> 01:39:49,880
It's the direction I was going to take, but I mean, I can't deny it's got impact.

1359
01:39:49,880 --> 01:39:53,840
The three of us are high-fiving over in the corner.

1360
01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:59,200
We successfully turned the tide of the trial.

1361
01:39:59,200 --> 01:40:04,640
There are people weeping in the mob, which starts to disperse.

1362
01:40:04,640 --> 01:40:12,440
The law speaker, in fact, he scowls at you and walks off with his officials, the judges.

1363
01:40:12,440 --> 01:40:16,320
Some of them smile and clasp hands with Fimbogui.

1364
01:40:16,320 --> 01:40:22,800
Perhaps it was a foregone conclusion, but justice will not prevail through a war of

1365
01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:28,600
words, but now through the point of dispute.

1366
01:40:28,600 --> 01:40:30,080
It was going to end this way anyway.

1367
01:40:30,080 --> 01:40:31,080
No, not at all.

1368
01:40:31,080 --> 01:40:33,880
We never actually had a chance.

1369
01:40:33,880 --> 01:40:39,040
Yeah, I asked the other Alpar to come over and the dwarves were going to come, but they're

1370
01:40:39,040 --> 01:40:41,200
not here and no one would listen to them anyway.

1371
01:40:41,200 --> 01:40:47,560
I think we're hard to be a stranger in this town, I think.

1372
01:40:47,560 --> 01:40:52,680
And I mean, they called us their ancestors and yet they're very disrespectful to their

1373
01:40:52,680 --> 01:40:53,680
ancestors.

1374
01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:59,760
Yeah, it's the same way you treat perhaps your grandpa at Thanksgiving.

1375
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:04,280
There's a slightly racist old man at the end of the table.

1376
01:41:04,280 --> 01:41:07,640
You just feed him and hope he goes away.

1377
01:41:07,640 --> 01:41:13,040
I think that our another Regentbury friend has just sort of jumped us ahead to the end

1378
01:41:13,040 --> 01:41:18,360
of this inevitable process and really has saved everyone a lot of time.

1379
01:41:18,360 --> 01:41:21,280
Sure, sure.

1380
01:41:21,280 --> 01:41:24,040
That's definitely one way to look at it.

1381
01:41:24,040 --> 01:41:29,680
I would like to point out that were you elephant masters of rhetoric and you had brought all

1382
01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:35,560
of the various witnesses that you met to your defense, it's perfectly plausible to sway

1383
01:41:35,560 --> 01:41:39,560
the opinion and the judges and jury in your favor.

1384
01:41:39,560 --> 01:41:43,480
But I forgot to give them the summons.

1385
01:41:43,480 --> 01:41:44,480
Time has now passed.

1386
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:47,880
So the jewel of honor.

1387
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:55,040
I will explain a little bit about how the ritual combat is conducted because it will

1388
01:41:55,040 --> 01:41:57,080
be taking place very shortly.

1389
01:41:57,080 --> 01:42:03,680
Traditionally, it takes place between two jewelers, but Finn Bogey has proposed that

1390
01:42:03,680 --> 01:42:12,520
each of you enter the ring along with an opponent himself and his two bodyguards who have been

1391
01:42:12,520 --> 01:42:14,120
with him all along.

1392
01:42:14,120 --> 01:42:17,440
The jewel is to be fought on a secured cloak.

1393
01:42:17,440 --> 01:42:20,400
It's a little like a boxing or a wrestling ring.

1394
01:42:20,400 --> 01:42:22,400
It's about three meters square.

1395
01:42:22,400 --> 01:42:27,200
There's a boundary of ropes and the hazel post is three meters out.

1396
01:42:27,200 --> 01:42:33,880
Now Finn Bogey is so confident of victory that he is walking around the town square

1397
01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:41,600
with a bull, a sacrifice as an offering to the gods and parading it around and receiving

1398
01:42:41,600 --> 01:42:46,320
cheers and slaps on the back and toasts with ale horns.

1399
01:42:46,320 --> 01:42:51,120
And so all of that is going on while the ring is being set up.

1400
01:42:51,120 --> 01:42:57,840
A seer does perform a mystical right to uncover and banish any spells that might unjust the

1401
01:42:57,840 --> 01:43:00,480
effect the outcome of the jewel.

1402
01:43:00,480 --> 01:43:06,200
You are expected to use a sword or a shield or any other melee weapon.

1403
01:43:06,200 --> 01:43:12,720
You're not allowed to wear armor, guns and grenades might be a bit of a stretch.

1404
01:43:12,720 --> 01:43:14,800
Even if it's in a slot?

1405
01:43:14,800 --> 01:43:15,800
You can try and sneak one in.

1406
01:43:15,800 --> 01:43:18,520
We can make a roll for that in a bit.

1407
01:43:18,520 --> 01:43:23,200
You're going to strike a single blow in turn, the challenge, which is you will deliver the

1408
01:43:23,200 --> 01:43:25,600
first blow in that ring.

1409
01:43:25,600 --> 01:43:31,280
Due to the constraints of the ring, it's limited ability to maneuver and the law stipulates

1410
01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:37,640
that the fight shall end when first blood is drawn and shown upon the cloak beneath

1411
01:43:37,640 --> 01:43:39,080
the fighters feet.

1412
01:43:39,080 --> 01:43:45,080
So once a character or an opponent has been wounded in any way, they are eliminated from

1413
01:43:45,080 --> 01:43:46,080
the fight.

1414
01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:53,920
The last man standing takes the wear gelt or the blood money and gets the compensation

1415
01:43:53,920 --> 01:43:55,920
in this case.

1416
01:43:55,920 --> 01:44:02,880
So you're effectively three on three jewel with swords and shields.

1417
01:44:02,880 --> 01:44:04,480
If you don't have them, they will be provided.

1418
01:44:04,480 --> 01:44:10,900
It's up to you to cunningly maneuver and best your foe before they strike you down.

1419
01:44:10,900 --> 01:44:15,640
Do we have to blood all three of them or is it first blood of any one of them?

1420
01:44:15,640 --> 01:44:16,640
All three.

1421
01:44:16,640 --> 01:44:19,160
So it's an elimination round.

1422
01:44:19,160 --> 01:44:20,160
Okay.

1423
01:44:20,160 --> 01:44:21,160
Um, let's go.

1424
01:44:21,160 --> 01:44:22,160
Huddles up.

1425
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:23,160
Huddles up the team.

1426
01:44:23,160 --> 01:44:25,440
Yeah, I'm starting to not like this guy.

1427
01:44:25,440 --> 01:44:28,440
Yeah, I think he needs a little bit of killing.

1428
01:44:28,440 --> 01:44:29,440
This guy, this guy needs to die.

1429
01:44:29,440 --> 01:44:31,440
I have a plan.

1430
01:44:31,440 --> 01:44:32,440
Oh, please.

1431
01:44:32,440 --> 01:44:39,440
Well, if it goes as well as the rest of our plans, we're golden.

1432
01:44:39,440 --> 01:44:43,800
We go ahead and we put the grenade in slot two, which is my wet tongue slot.

1433
01:44:43,800 --> 01:44:48,480
Oh, you are less likely to really dig around in there.

1434
01:44:48,480 --> 01:44:52,560
We get into the arena, pull the pin.

1435
01:44:52,560 --> 01:44:54,480
I go at the three of them, weaken them.

1436
01:44:54,480 --> 01:44:58,120
You guys finish them off and you put me back together.

1437
01:44:58,120 --> 01:44:59,120
You could.

1438
01:44:59,120 --> 01:45:00,120
Oh, you're right.

1439
01:45:00,120 --> 01:45:03,200
That we could play all three of them in one go.

1440
01:45:03,200 --> 01:45:06,400
If this works, we're just trying to blood them though, right?

1441
01:45:06,400 --> 01:45:07,720
We don't have to kill them.

1442
01:45:07,720 --> 01:45:09,200
Yeah, we just have to blood them.

1443
01:45:09,200 --> 01:45:10,200
Yeah.

1444
01:45:10,200 --> 01:45:13,680
But if things get worse, if we kill, would it be safe to assume that this

1445
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:16,320
would be considered like this is disreputable?

1446
01:45:16,320 --> 01:45:20,400
Going into a sacred ritual environment.

1447
01:45:20,400 --> 01:45:21,400
Should be fine.

1448
01:45:21,400 --> 01:45:27,480
That's only meant that has literally had a seer go in and dispel any sense of wrongdoing

1449
01:45:27,480 --> 01:45:32,440
and malpractice, smuggling in a grenade and blowing everyone up.

1450
01:45:32,440 --> 01:45:34,800
No, I'm sure it'll be fine.

1451
01:45:34,800 --> 01:45:36,680
It's a sacred grenade, is that how?

1452
01:45:36,680 --> 01:45:38,680
Is it a holy grenade?

1453
01:45:38,680 --> 01:45:39,680
Thank you.

1454
01:45:39,680 --> 01:45:40,680
Thank you.

1455
01:45:40,680 --> 01:45:41,680
I'll be here all week.

1456
01:45:41,680 --> 01:45:46,760
Yes, I mean, I'll count to five.

1457
01:45:46,760 --> 01:45:50,880
So Ed, you are more than welcome to do that.

1458
01:45:50,880 --> 01:45:54,040
It's going to make things noticeably worse.

1459
01:45:54,040 --> 01:45:56,840
We can explore other options.

1460
01:45:56,840 --> 01:46:00,360
It's hard to see how much worse it's going to get.

1461
01:46:00,360 --> 01:46:01,360
Okay.

1462
01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:05,920
New part of additional part of plan.

1463
01:46:05,920 --> 01:46:07,960
Suppose you do this.

1464
01:46:07,960 --> 01:46:15,400
We pretend to be horrified or moral outrage or something like that.

1465
01:46:15,400 --> 01:46:17,400
That'll go over.

1466
01:46:17,400 --> 01:46:25,400
You take the moral fall for it and we gather up your pieces in a bag or whatever and we

1467
01:46:25,400 --> 01:46:29,240
take you out, you are banished and we take you outside the city and then put you back

1468
01:46:29,240 --> 01:46:30,800
together or something.

1469
01:46:30,800 --> 01:46:33,240
It's not a great plan.

1470
01:46:33,240 --> 01:46:37,440
You just have to hope that the Norse courts of the Lord don't have a doctrine of collective

1471
01:46:37,440 --> 01:46:38,440
responsibility.

1472
01:46:38,440 --> 01:46:43,400
Kill that man for another one of those hints.

1473
01:46:43,400 --> 01:46:46,880
Could I write a manifesto?

1474
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:49,480
Oh, good.

1475
01:46:49,480 --> 01:46:52,080
And then kind of absolve you guys.

1476
01:46:52,080 --> 01:46:56,680
Is it in the style of the Kama Sutra?

1477
01:46:56,680 --> 01:46:57,680
Yes.

1478
01:46:57,680 --> 01:47:03,720
It's an illustrated manifesto.

1479
01:47:03,720 --> 01:47:07,800
I want to illustrate my positions on this particular problem.

1480
01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:13,120
I mean, this is literally one of those love and not a fighter scenarios.

1481
01:47:13,120 --> 01:47:15,760
It really is.

1482
01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:20,080
It's going to be a strong statement, that's for sure.

1483
01:47:20,080 --> 01:47:27,960
What if he were to blow himself up before the fight had actually formally started?

1484
01:47:27,960 --> 01:47:30,600
I feel like we'd still be made to pay.

1485
01:47:30,600 --> 01:47:37,120
I don't know if Fimbogi has enemies that are going to conveniently blow him up and then

1486
01:47:37,120 --> 01:47:38,720
two people show up to the ring.

1487
01:47:38,720 --> 01:47:42,760
Yeah, we might accidentally kill somebody else.

1488
01:47:42,760 --> 01:47:46,320
Are you talking about as an act of protest?

1489
01:47:46,320 --> 01:47:53,880
I feel like that's a fine line of distinction that may not be fully appreciated by the locals,

1490
01:47:53,880 --> 01:48:01,240
given that he outcast all three of us essentially as non-human and no one was saying, hey, that's

1491
01:48:01,240 --> 01:48:02,240
not very nice.

1492
01:48:02,240 --> 01:48:04,600
Everyone kind of went, yeah.

1493
01:48:04,600 --> 01:48:08,520
And the fact that we only had non-human friends to back us up and none of them showed up,

1494
01:48:08,520 --> 01:48:10,480
it's bad look.

1495
01:48:10,480 --> 01:48:12,640
What if, yeah, that was not good.

1496
01:48:12,640 --> 01:48:13,640
That's true.

1497
01:48:13,640 --> 01:48:18,600
Even if all our friends had shown up, it was still all non-humans and serfs.

1498
01:48:18,600 --> 01:48:23,520
What if we try and get the blood win?

1499
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:25,240
We might get one.

1500
01:48:25,240 --> 01:48:31,360
And if that fails, then we go to explosive sex grenade.

1501
01:48:31,360 --> 01:48:34,360
Okay.

1502
01:48:34,360 --> 01:48:36,400
Not afraid to hear that often.

1503
01:48:36,400 --> 01:48:37,400
No.

1504
01:48:37,400 --> 01:48:42,560
We've got the GM rubbing his temples now.

1505
01:48:42,560 --> 01:48:47,360
I got up this morning, explosive sex grenade was not something I expected to hear.

1506
01:48:47,360 --> 01:48:49,080
Explosive sex grenade in a home gang.

1507
01:48:49,080 --> 01:48:57,920
I mean, there's Norse purists and Viking aficionados everywhere rolling in there, rolling in their

1508
01:48:57,920 --> 01:48:58,920
graves.

1509
01:48:58,920 --> 01:49:02,960
They're having palpitations of some sort.

1510
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:03,960
Yeah.

1511
01:49:03,960 --> 01:49:14,080
The Dverg are naturally kind of earthy and mischievous, just like their dwarven campers.

1512
01:49:14,080 --> 01:49:16,240
It's well within character.

1513
01:49:16,240 --> 01:49:25,080
Just don't necessarily expect anyone to look at the steaming legs that are left and feel

1514
01:49:25,080 --> 01:49:26,080
any contrition.

1515
01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:29,760
Well, they don't like us now.

1516
01:49:29,760 --> 01:49:32,240
How much worse is it going to get?

1517
01:49:32,240 --> 01:49:33,240
Yeah.

1518
01:49:33,240 --> 01:49:36,880
Well, it feels like we're on a steam train to find out.

1519
01:49:36,880 --> 01:49:37,880
Yeah.

1520
01:49:37,880 --> 01:49:38,880
All right.

1521
01:49:38,880 --> 01:49:41,080
So is that the plan?

1522
01:49:41,080 --> 01:49:43,640
We try and go for the first blood?

1523
01:49:43,640 --> 01:49:44,680
Yeah.

1524
01:49:44,680 --> 01:49:49,000
We run on us around above the table question.

1525
01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:53,600
What happens if we get two hits and they get one?

1526
01:49:53,600 --> 01:49:59,040
Since it's three on three, then in BAM, too, there's only one of them and two of you.

1527
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,040
So every gets hit, gets kicked out.

1528
01:50:01,040 --> 01:50:02,040
Oh, rounds.

1529
01:50:02,040 --> 01:50:03,040
Right.

1530
01:50:03,040 --> 01:50:04,040
You did say rounds.

1531
01:50:04,040 --> 01:50:05,040
Okay.

1532
01:50:05,040 --> 01:50:12,240
So we can't let the sex bomb droid get bloodied or else he'd be ejected.

1533
01:50:12,240 --> 01:50:13,240
Right.

1534
01:50:13,240 --> 01:50:16,920
It's kind of a round one kind of move.

1535
01:50:16,920 --> 01:50:22,880
Or we could try to take the hits for him.

1536
01:50:22,880 --> 01:50:24,920
But then we're out.

1537
01:50:24,920 --> 01:50:27,600
But he's still in and he's still got his.

1538
01:50:27,600 --> 01:50:31,800
He may not even get the grenade through the preparatory stuff.

1539
01:50:31,800 --> 01:50:34,640
I think that would be a tie also.

1540
01:50:34,640 --> 01:50:35,640
Yeah.

1541
01:50:35,640 --> 01:50:36,640
Okay.

1542
01:50:36,640 --> 01:50:37,640
Okay.

1543
01:50:37,640 --> 01:50:38,640
We're overthinking.

1544
01:50:38,640 --> 01:50:43,320
We're thinking at all.

1545
01:50:43,320 --> 01:50:49,120
This is the first time this is the most discussion we've had about it.

1546
01:50:49,120 --> 01:50:51,360
And it's because we backed ourselves in a corner.

1547
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:52,880
Go ahead, Ian, you were going to say.

1548
01:50:52,880 --> 01:50:56,360
Yeah, perhaps you just let the norms decide.

1549
01:50:56,360 --> 01:51:00,840
The great fates who control your destiny.

1550
01:51:00,840 --> 01:51:05,800
You think you're in control of this, but ultimately this is all preordained.

1551
01:51:05,800 --> 01:51:07,440
So don't feel bad.

1552
01:51:07,440 --> 01:51:09,520
And the norms that I'm dead.

1553
01:51:09,520 --> 01:51:10,680
We're both dead.

1554
01:51:10,680 --> 01:51:14,120
They've rendered judgment on us centuries ago.

1555
01:51:14,120 --> 01:51:15,120
That's true.

1556
01:51:15,120 --> 01:51:23,120
So really what you're saying is that you're like a twist of fate that should be unnoted.

1557
01:51:23,120 --> 01:51:26,040
And we can always start the whole adventure from the beginning.

1558
01:51:26,040 --> 01:51:29,880
We might do better the next time.

1559
01:51:29,880 --> 01:51:31,880
Also like a Groundhog Day sort of thing.

1560
01:51:31,880 --> 01:51:33,720
Yeah, until we get it right.

1561
01:51:33,720 --> 01:51:35,800
We'll Bill Murray ourselves until we win.

1562
01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:40,200
I'm sure everyone would love to listen to episode 17.

1563
01:51:40,200 --> 01:51:42,840
Exactly the same as episode one.

1564
01:51:42,840 --> 01:51:43,840
Definitely novel entertainment.

1565
01:51:43,840 --> 01:51:45,960
All right, I think we should go for the fight.

1566
01:51:45,960 --> 01:51:46,960
Let's do it.

1567
01:51:46,960 --> 01:51:47,960
Let's go for it.

1568
01:51:47,960 --> 01:51:48,960
With Grenade as backup.

1569
01:51:48,960 --> 01:51:49,960
You know what?

1570
01:51:49,960 --> 01:51:50,960
Grenade at your judgment.

1571
01:51:50,960 --> 01:51:51,960
Okay.

1572
01:51:51,960 --> 01:51:54,960
Now that's what I was going to say too.

1573
01:51:54,960 --> 01:52:00,480
Bimbo again, it's two henchmen stand opposite you in the ring.

1574
01:52:00,480 --> 01:52:08,240
They are stripped down to the waist, their oiled bodies are glistening.

1575
01:52:08,240 --> 01:52:12,120
They clutch their shields like professionals.

1576
01:52:12,120 --> 01:52:20,200
They swing their short swords with the skill of experts, twirling them around their head.

1577
01:52:20,200 --> 01:52:26,440
Bimbo says, are you ready to play with the grownups children?

1578
01:52:26,440 --> 01:52:35,480
He levels again his great heirloom sword, a sword forged from the furnaces of Viking

1579
01:52:35,480 --> 01:52:38,560
craftsmen a millennia ago.

1580
01:52:38,560 --> 01:52:46,720
His braid flutters in the wind as they all set themselves up, poised for battle.

1581
01:52:46,720 --> 01:52:50,720
Using the rules of when the war comes, you may choose a fast turn or a slow turn.

1582
01:52:50,720 --> 01:52:58,560
If you want to take a fast turn, you will be able to charge and strike a blow.

1583
01:52:58,560 --> 01:53:06,160
I'll take a fast turn and I'll eject the sword from my front slot and I can run out

1584
01:53:06,160 --> 01:53:10,440
of them kind of like a spinning like a top because I'm on tracks.

1585
01:53:10,440 --> 01:53:12,200
Are you throwing the sword away Ed?

1586
01:53:12,200 --> 01:53:14,440
No, I don't have arms.

1587
01:53:14,440 --> 01:53:18,960
So I was thinking that whatever weapon I have would just be coming out of a hole.

1588
01:53:18,960 --> 01:53:24,760
I kind of spin like a top at them using my robot speed.

1589
01:53:24,760 --> 01:53:28,720
Of eight, which is considerably slower than most.

1590
01:53:28,720 --> 01:53:31,720
Oh, I got a boost.

1591
01:53:31,720 --> 01:53:38,320
You got a boost, you want someone to push you.

1592
01:53:38,320 --> 01:53:40,760
You can certainly trundle towards them.

1593
01:53:40,760 --> 01:53:45,880
I was expecting myself like a battle bot.

1594
01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:51,320
Again, that might be just in your memory banks.

1595
01:53:51,320 --> 01:53:56,160
Perhaps you've got a corrupted file somewhere because actually you're just badly put together

1596
01:53:56,160 --> 01:53:57,160
sex bot.

1597
01:53:57,160 --> 01:53:58,840
What are you trying to hit them with?

1598
01:53:58,840 --> 01:53:59,840
The sword, right?

1599
01:53:59,840 --> 01:54:01,800
Yeah, they said swords would be provided.

1600
01:54:01,800 --> 01:54:06,440
You said you were ejecting it or you kind of stuck it in?

1601
01:54:06,440 --> 01:54:07,440
Extending, I think.

1602
01:54:07,440 --> 01:54:08,440
Extending, okay.

1603
01:54:08,440 --> 01:54:10,480
I thought you were flinging your sword.

1604
01:54:10,480 --> 01:54:13,440
He's a sex bot, he's all about extending.

1605
01:54:13,440 --> 01:54:22,120
I'm thinking I should use my action to help our sex bot friend with his endeavor.

1606
01:54:22,120 --> 01:54:23,520
You have an ability to...

1607
01:54:23,520 --> 01:54:26,640
No, I was just hoping for some sort of an assistance action.

1608
01:54:26,640 --> 01:54:27,640
I'm just looking through the list.

1609
01:54:27,640 --> 01:54:29,360
Yeah, there is a help action.

1610
01:54:29,360 --> 01:54:31,560
You may give him a wheel if you decide.

1611
01:54:31,560 --> 01:54:38,360
For example, if you move in close, you give him an extra bit of a shove for momentum purposes

1612
01:54:38,360 --> 01:54:41,560
that would count and he would get a wheel on his roll.

1613
01:54:41,560 --> 01:54:47,800
I could also do Guardian Tree and give him protection, which is a plus one woe to the

1614
01:54:47,800 --> 01:54:48,800
attacker, I believe.

1615
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:51,480
Well, they're going to swipe at us anyways.

1616
01:54:51,480 --> 01:54:54,440
I don't give much for my chances anyways.

1617
01:54:54,440 --> 01:54:55,960
All right, what the heck?

1618
01:54:55,960 --> 01:54:56,960
That seems like an interesting thing.

1619
01:54:56,960 --> 01:54:57,960
Yeah, I'm doing it.

1620
01:54:57,960 --> 01:54:58,960
Let's do it.

1621
01:54:58,960 --> 01:54:59,960
I'm helping.

1622
01:54:59,960 --> 01:55:00,960
Okay.

1623
01:55:00,960 --> 01:55:01,960
I'm getting the point.

1624
01:55:01,960 --> 01:55:02,960
Said General Pattern.

1625
01:55:02,960 --> 01:55:03,960
What the heck?

1626
01:55:03,960 --> 01:55:04,960
Yeah.

1627
01:55:04,960 --> 01:55:05,960
We have a five minute conversation.

1628
01:55:05,960 --> 01:55:12,760
That's exactly what they said.

1629
01:55:12,760 --> 01:55:15,080
And then Eisenhower said, ah, what the heck?

1630
01:55:15,080 --> 01:55:16,080
Come on.

1631
01:55:16,080 --> 01:55:17,080
Let's do it.

1632
01:55:17,080 --> 01:55:18,080
All right.

1633
01:55:18,080 --> 01:55:21,080
So, Ed, let's go.

1634
01:55:21,080 --> 01:55:26,160
He's charging as best possible and aiming for whom?

1635
01:55:26,160 --> 01:55:27,880
I'll go for Dickham.

1636
01:55:27,880 --> 01:55:30,600
I'll go for Dickham, going right for his shins.

1637
01:55:30,600 --> 01:55:33,800
I just got to draw blood, right?

1638
01:55:33,800 --> 01:55:39,880
So there is a woe on your charge, but it's balanced out by the wheel that Steve has given

1639
01:55:39,880 --> 01:55:42,080
you with his help action.

1640
01:55:42,080 --> 01:55:49,240
So just roll a straight D20 and you're going to modify it for your might.

1641
01:55:49,240 --> 01:55:51,320
I don't think I have any modifiers on my might.

1642
01:55:51,320 --> 01:55:52,320
I have a might of eight.

1643
01:55:52,320 --> 01:55:53,320
So I think that's...

1644
01:55:53,320 --> 01:55:54,320
Yeah, so that's minus two.

1645
01:55:54,320 --> 01:55:55,320
Minus two.

1646
01:55:55,320 --> 01:55:58,320
Oh, shouldn't have said anything.

1647
01:55:58,320 --> 01:56:02,040
The Norns are always watching, Ed.

1648
01:56:02,040 --> 01:56:04,040
All right, so...

1649
01:56:04,040 --> 01:56:05,040
Yes, you're going to roll a dice 20.

1650
01:56:05,040 --> 01:56:09,760
You're going to take away two, subtract two, and you're going to tell me the result.

1651
01:56:09,760 --> 01:56:10,760
So I roll a D20.

1652
01:56:10,760 --> 01:56:11,760
I got...

1653
01:56:11,760 --> 01:56:12,760
Oh, I got an eight.

1654
01:56:12,760 --> 01:56:15,760
So six.

1655
01:56:15,760 --> 01:56:23,080
Your elaborate spinning maneuver merely positions you immediately in front of Tim Bogie as he

1656
01:56:23,080 --> 01:56:27,920
raises his blood-drinker sword far above his head.

1657
01:56:27,920 --> 01:56:29,200
Oh, nice.

1658
01:56:29,200 --> 01:56:30,720
Ready to strike.

1659
01:56:30,720 --> 01:56:42,320
The sword plunges down from an imperious height and it cleaves four legs go directly into

1660
01:56:42,320 --> 01:56:43,320
two halves.

1661
01:56:43,320 --> 01:56:44,320
Oh no.

1662
01:56:44,320 --> 01:56:51,360
You 12 damage, which I think is significantly higher than your health, right?

1663
01:56:51,360 --> 01:56:52,960
I mean, yes.

1664
01:56:52,960 --> 01:56:59,520
The two respective parts of you slide with a clatter to the ground.

1665
01:56:59,520 --> 01:57:05,400
Your conscious memory, your ROM and your RAM all meld into one and you just see a whole

1666
01:57:05,400 --> 01:57:13,400
line of glitches that eventually coalesce into an error code and you power there.

1667
01:57:13,400 --> 01:57:18,200
Just out of curiosity, where's the grenade at this point?

1668
01:57:18,200 --> 01:57:22,120
In your right hand half.

1669
01:57:22,120 --> 01:57:23,440
Okay.

1670
01:57:23,440 --> 01:57:29,600
Luckily, as yet un-pinned, I know that you did, Bill, try and protect me with your Guardian

1671
01:57:29,600 --> 01:57:30,600
Tree.

1672
01:57:30,600 --> 01:57:37,920
So you really did feel the whoosh of that sword as it evaded your attempt to defend

1673
01:57:37,920 --> 01:57:39,600
your colleague.

1674
01:57:39,600 --> 01:57:45,600
Now the two bodyguards, the two wolf feeders in the employer Tim Bogie, they both strike

1675
01:57:45,600 --> 01:57:49,760
and bizarrely strike wide.

1676
01:57:49,760 --> 01:57:57,160
I think they're so overcome with mirth at the collapse of legs go into his constituent

1677
01:57:57,160 --> 01:58:03,280
parts that they haven't been concentrating on poking you with their pointy things.

1678
01:58:03,280 --> 01:58:04,960
Humor is mightier than the sword.

1679
01:58:04,960 --> 01:58:05,960
It's well known.

1680
01:58:05,960 --> 01:58:08,320
So back to the top of the round.

1681
01:58:08,320 --> 01:58:13,880
Both of you may do something in round two.

1682
01:58:13,880 --> 01:58:14,880
Okay.

1683
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:20,280
We're just going to assume that you're one little armature ticking against something

1684
01:58:20,280 --> 01:58:21,280
slower.

1685
01:58:21,280 --> 01:58:28,160
A little wire blowing in the wind looking like a waving hand.

1686
01:58:28,160 --> 01:58:30,900
One rattling hubcap somewhere.

1687
01:58:30,900 --> 01:58:34,440
So can I do a quick action then and do an attack?

1688
01:58:34,440 --> 01:58:35,840
All right.

1689
01:58:35,840 --> 01:58:37,120
Let's do that.

1690
01:58:37,120 --> 01:58:39,800
Now I get a plus 12.

1691
01:58:39,800 --> 01:58:40,800
I'm pretty sure.

1692
01:58:40,800 --> 01:58:42,600
No, it's my might is nine.

1693
01:58:42,600 --> 01:58:45,880
So it's a minus one from the attack.

1694
01:58:45,880 --> 01:58:48,520
Do we want to discuss this at all?

1695
01:58:48,520 --> 01:58:51,800
Is this are we just going to just trade swings?

1696
01:58:51,800 --> 01:58:54,440
Is that what we're going to do?

1697
01:58:54,440 --> 01:59:00,440
Battle hardened veterans of the Yotun War who returned in order to be elite bodyguards

1698
01:59:00,440 --> 01:59:06,560
versus a tree man and a living statue.

1699
01:59:06,560 --> 01:59:07,760
What could go wrong?

1700
01:59:07,760 --> 01:59:14,080
I don't think any amount of discussion is going to improve the situation.

1701
01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:15,080
All right.

1702
01:59:15,080 --> 01:59:16,080
Let's just go for it.

1703
01:59:16,080 --> 01:59:17,080
We got to get lucky.

1704
01:59:17,080 --> 01:59:18,080
Let's get it over with.

1705
01:59:18,080 --> 01:59:21,040
May the Norn protect you.

1706
01:59:21,040 --> 01:59:22,040
All right.

1707
01:59:22,040 --> 01:59:23,040
Here we go.

1708
01:59:23,040 --> 01:59:24,040
Rolling.

1709
01:59:24,040 --> 01:59:32,160
He doesn't need to be so he can just he just he just leave it in the room with fun.

1710
01:59:32,160 --> 01:59:35,040
Yeah, it's it's one above double.

1711
01:59:35,040 --> 01:59:36,720
Holy fuck.

1712
01:59:36,720 --> 01:59:40,880
So it was it was a two minus one.

1713
01:59:40,880 --> 01:59:45,640
So I believe a palpable miss.

1714
01:59:45,640 --> 01:59:53,840
You swing your sword with all of the imagined grace and fury of yesteryear when you were

1715
01:59:53,840 --> 01:59:55,880
a true Viking warrior.

1716
01:59:55,880 --> 02:00:01,440
Unfortunately, none of that translates into your tree born decrepitude.

1717
02:00:01,440 --> 02:00:03,920
And you swing so wide.

1718
02:00:03,920 --> 02:00:06,080
Again, they just laugh.

1719
02:00:06,080 --> 02:00:09,960
Did one of the parasitic bugs flick into its eye or something like that?

1720
02:00:09,960 --> 02:00:10,960
Maybe something.

1721
02:00:10,960 --> 02:00:11,960
No.

1722
02:00:11,960 --> 02:00:14,960
OK, I'm trying to get into your my eye.

1723
02:00:14,960 --> 02:00:20,440
Yes, with that role, that does seem to be it's down to you to defend the dog.

1724
02:00:20,440 --> 02:00:21,440
Oh, far on it.

1725
02:00:21,440 --> 02:00:22,440
OK, you marble bastard.

1726
02:00:22,440 --> 02:00:27,440
You've got to remember, remember, you do have your ability to resist.

1727
02:00:27,440 --> 02:00:28,440
Right.

1728
02:00:28,440 --> 02:00:33,160
But that's a that's an action that would take the entire day.

1729
02:00:33,160 --> 02:00:34,160
And they're just trying to touch me.

1730
02:00:34,160 --> 02:00:35,160
They're not trying to kill me.

1731
02:00:35,160 --> 02:00:36,160
They're going to kill me.

1732
02:00:36,160 --> 02:00:37,160
But

1733
02:00:37,160 --> 02:00:47,200
So I will just tell them, say out loud, go on, send me back to the afterlife, get it over

1734
02:00:47,200 --> 02:00:50,200
with and I will swing.

1735
02:00:50,200 --> 02:00:57,160
And oh, that's six.

1736
02:00:57,160 --> 02:01:00,080
None of us rolled above eight.

1737
02:01:00,080 --> 02:01:07,400
In reply, there are a flurry of sword blows, your defenses are thoroughly penetrated.

1738
02:01:07,400 --> 02:01:16,280
You suffer one thrust through his shoulder, almost shatters the stone visage.

1739
02:01:16,280 --> 02:01:20,960
Ultimately, you are deemed to have lost.

1740
02:01:20,960 --> 02:01:30,440
Timberlake raises his arms triumphantly, twirls his great blood drinker sword in the air and

1741
02:01:30,440 --> 02:01:37,080
bellows in triumph, whilst kicking the remnants of poor Lexko out of the Horn Ring.

1742
02:01:37,080 --> 02:01:38,080
Always with the kicking.

1743
02:01:38,080 --> 02:01:39,080
Always with the kicking.

1744
02:01:39,080 --> 02:01:40,080
We're out lost.

1745
02:01:40,080 --> 02:01:44,720
That's what's going to happen.

1746
02:01:44,720 --> 02:01:46,080
It was always going to be this way.

1747
02:01:46,080 --> 02:01:53,200
It's a bit predictable given how we've been playing so far.

1748
02:01:53,200 --> 02:01:58,520
The victors are parading around the town, triumphant, yelling and screaming.

1749
02:01:58,520 --> 02:02:00,640
There is there are whoops and applause.

1750
02:02:00,640 --> 02:02:05,120
The name is chanted, Fimbogui, Fimbogui, Fimbogui.

1751
02:02:05,120 --> 02:02:11,480
It echoes through the town square while you look on, presumably dejected.

1752
02:02:11,480 --> 02:02:19,320
The law speaker comes over to you and says, unfortunate, my friends, unfortunate.

1753
02:02:19,320 --> 02:02:26,840
Having been eliminated, I am afraid that you must pay the Hormor ransom of three crowns

1754
02:02:26,840 --> 02:02:28,580
to the victors.

1755
02:02:28,580 --> 02:02:31,080
You must pay up immediately.

1756
02:02:31,080 --> 02:02:35,560
Well, well, well.

1757
02:02:35,560 --> 02:02:41,760
Let me have the means to pay my friends.

1758
02:02:41,760 --> 02:02:43,480
I don't know yet.

1759
02:02:43,480 --> 02:02:44,480
We're working on it.

1760
02:02:44,480 --> 02:02:45,480
Give us a moment.

1761
02:02:45,480 --> 02:02:55,360
You know, the calculation of coin in the tradition of the barn is empty of the horse already.

1762
02:02:55,360 --> 02:02:57,560
Perhaps we should have negotiated with him upfront.

1763
02:02:57,560 --> 02:03:00,080
He might have taken less.

1764
02:03:00,080 --> 02:03:01,080
Far too late for that.

1765
02:03:01,080 --> 02:03:02,080
Yeah.

1766
02:03:02,080 --> 02:03:06,680
The list price of my revolver is three crowns.

1767
02:03:06,680 --> 02:03:09,680
How much would it be worth in this instance?

1768
02:03:09,680 --> 02:03:10,680
Okay.

1769
02:03:10,680 --> 02:03:17,800
Fimbogui strides over to you and puts his arms around you and says, my friends, my friends,

1770
02:03:17,800 --> 02:03:23,120
I will not take everything of your worldly possessions.

1771
02:03:23,120 --> 02:03:24,980
Let me do this.

1772
02:03:24,980 --> 02:03:26,520
Give me your pistol.

1773
02:03:26,520 --> 02:03:30,200
Give me your firecracker.

1774
02:03:30,200 --> 02:03:36,760
And I will take the remnants of your shattered friend and hang him on my wall.

1775
02:03:36,760 --> 02:03:45,100
Then you two may go about whatever infernal business you alfar get up to.

1776
02:03:45,100 --> 02:03:53,560
But I suggest you do it far from my town, lest the stench of the wolf dropping passed

1777
02:03:53,560 --> 02:03:59,480
about you and you be declared outlawed.

1778
02:03:59,480 --> 02:04:01,920
Well, I don't see we have much choice.

1779
02:04:01,920 --> 02:04:02,920
What do you think?

1780
02:04:02,920 --> 02:04:04,920
I mean, the droids cut in half.

1781
02:04:04,920 --> 02:04:05,920
What's he going to do?

1782
02:04:05,920 --> 02:04:07,280
Blow up on us now?

1783
02:04:07,280 --> 02:04:09,280
I don't think so.

1784
02:04:09,280 --> 02:04:13,120
And in some ways, this is our most successful mission yet.

1785
02:04:13,120 --> 02:04:16,120
Neither of us died.

1786
02:04:16,120 --> 02:04:19,520
Actually, half as many casualties as last time.

1787
02:04:19,520 --> 02:04:25,720
And so the title of this adventure, the first in the thought and memory saga is nobody dies

1788
02:04:25,720 --> 02:04:34,200
in the help of a car and very successfully proved it wrong by losing one character, losing

1789
02:04:34,200 --> 02:04:38,840
one character every time we turn up to record.

1790
02:04:38,840 --> 02:04:44,800
So on that grim note, we will say farewell to Ed.

1791
02:04:44,800 --> 02:04:51,200
Rest assured that instead of shining brightly, carried by the Valkyries to Valhalla, you

1792
02:04:51,200 --> 02:04:53,960
are now adorned someone's mantelpiece.

1793
02:04:53,960 --> 02:04:58,800
Who knows where on the wall I'm hanging, you know, or what I'm being used for.

1794
02:04:58,800 --> 02:05:01,000
Maybe the wall in the sex dungeon.

1795
02:05:01,000 --> 02:05:27,040
Hung waist Time.