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Welcome to Vikings and Valkyries, an actual play

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podcast. We are playing When the Wolf Comes,

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an RPG set in the twilight of gods and men. Joining

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me at the end of all things are Steve, Bill, CJ, and

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Taylor. Welcome to you, hounds of the norms.

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Thank you very much. I'm in danger. And loving

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it. So here we all are. And there are no guests

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beyond Taylor to introduce this week. And Taylor's

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part of the family now. He's been around for

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a few episodes. There are no guests, mainly because

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you've killed them all. Yep. I told you guys

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it would work. Any remorse? Extraneous circumstances

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killed them all. We just happen to be there every

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time. they're in valhalla no they're in a better

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place they'd they'd want it that way they might

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have gone straight to hell well save us a seat

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okay so today we are playing the first part of

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mother's night we're going to dive into the quiz

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and again remember these are kind of thematically

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linked you can draw a little thread between what

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I conjure here, and what's going to go on in

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the adventure. So the question I have for you

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today is, to earn your inspiration point, can

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you name all of the norms? No. No, me neither.

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A rooster. What? That was the answer to a question

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a couple of quizzes ago that I didn't get. oh

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okay so i memorized it i have a big note on my

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monitor here so just in case it comes up again

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i have heard the names but i i have not committed

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them to memory they're kind of a group package

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so like why wow i bet they love being lumped

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together all right i'll take a crack one is thumbelina

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okay yeah um does she don't so does she sing

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That's Terpsichore you're thinking of. Buttercup.

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Buttercup is the second one. That's correct.

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And Tinkerbell. That's the three right there.

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Thumbelina, Buttercup, and Tinkerbell. Thank

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you for the point. And I'm having trouble with

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figuring out what the theme is. There's a great

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work of art called... None outlive the night

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the Norns have spoken. You should look it up.

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It's a fun piece. The Norns were the creatures

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that would determine the period of men's and

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women's lives and allot their fates. The three

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primary Norns, as described in Guilford Gidding,

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were Bertha, Verdandi and Skuld. And these giant

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maids were the ones that came to appoint men's

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lines. But there were also many other Norns.

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Some were Aesir kin, some were Elfkind, and some

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were Davelin's daughters. Good Norns and those

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of honourable races delivered good life. And

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those men that suffered evil fortunes were governed

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by evil Norns. Since they were borrowed from

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a common Indo -European belief system, can I

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get a half -inspiration point for telling you

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the name of the Greek fates? Clotho, Lachetis,

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and Atropos? Does that work? Why do I know Greek

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mythology better than Norse mythology? Larry,

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Curly, and Moe are the three you're thinking

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of. You're right in the sense that they were

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the governesses of fate and they would twine

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and twirl or carve people's Fates in the runes

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at the bottom of the world's tree. Yggdrasil,

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but no inspiration for you this week. You're

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going to have to just rely on your wits. You

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know why I remember the Greek ones? Because Disney

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made a movie with them. Millennials! Okay, let's

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jump straight into the adventure to set the scene.

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The ship, the falcon. is badly damaged. Not only

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did it suffer a whole breach in the battle that

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brought you here, but your pilot and your crew

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are either dead or have abandoned their posts.

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The orbital ring, Mimis Brune, is under siege

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by Dread Orcneus, and worse, Bangsy of Valderson,

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or at least the past version of Bangsy, is piloting

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a shuttle named Gungnir towards the system's

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sun. and you know full well what happens when

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he reaches it. The star goes supernova, and everything

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in your immediate environs is utterly obliterated.

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The only saving grace is that Mim has restored

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power, allowing you to gear up the thought and

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memory drive. However, when we left the last

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episode, it had turned out that the shapeshifter...

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had been impersonating Raggedy, had lured you

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aboard, and now the vicious beast is glowering

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in the pilot's seat, sitting next to the befuddled

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form of Cole, who is aghast that his pilot and

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long -term comrade has been replaced by this

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shapeshifting trickster. Are we all in the raven's

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nest? You are. All right. Gigi's going to look

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at Lomi and say, could I borrow that bird head

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that you have around your neck? Of course. Of

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course. Here. He's going to use it to turn back

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the clock ten minutes to just before they get

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on the ship. So we're all going to show back

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up just before getting on the ship with the full

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knowledge that the shapeshifter's on there. My

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mistake, everyone, and I shall fix it. So he's

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going to march back onto the ship just before

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we all supposedly got onto the ship. Walk toward

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the armory. I hope you're all following. He's

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going to walk toward the armory. Grab some flamethrowers.

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Hand them over to everybody. You get the flamethrower!

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You get the flamethrower! He's the Oprah flamethrowers.

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You get the flamethrower! He is being kind of

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loud, so hopefully this works. And then they're

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going to walk up to the raven's nest and they're

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going to see, tell this character, Ragni. And

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he's going to have the flamethrower out. And

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I presume she's going to look at him as he walks

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into the room. And she'll say her line as she

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did from last time and welcome you to the ship

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in the nick of time. Ah, yes. And in fact, I

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have a problem that you might be able to... to

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help me with. Allow me to approach a little bit.

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There's just something stuck with this. And then

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he's going to pull the trigger of the flamethrower

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and just douse her with flame. And then, by the

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way, he's going to say, a little help. We're

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going to need at least two of these to kill it.

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Happily. You'll remember that Ragni, or the sheep

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shifter that impersonates her, has the iron side's

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ability. And so she... roars, tossing back her

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head with laughter as the flames course down

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her body, not impacting her in the slightest.

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Not the controls! We need those! We have it,

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Conrad! Now, Ironsides is a triggered ability,

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so were you to apply Overwhelming Force and everyone

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unleash their flame cast of fuel in her direction,

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then it would beat down those mythic defenses

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and enable her to take damage. Whatever you do,

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don't cross the stream! Leomi opens up with the

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flamethrower going, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.

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It's been a while, Bill, since you have been

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singed and burned. You've overcome your fear

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of flame and fire. I don't really like it still.

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It's not my favorite. Taylor, it's difficult

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for you to have to burn at least the form of

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a friend. I imagine I'm far more outraged having

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the experience of seeing her mocked in such a

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way of being shapeshifted and pretended to be.

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And the desecration of my crew fills me with

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a righteous fury that I pour into every ounce

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of fuel that is coming from my flamethrower.

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And Steve, you're lighting one up as well? Absolutely.

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Air is lighting one up. He giggles a little bit

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and is like, if only I'd had one of these against

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the Tartars. If only. I should take this back

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with me somehow. In the interests of allowing

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yourselves to feel vindicated against this long

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feared and finally vanquished foe, you may roll

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some dice sixes. So two dice six each and double

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it because the creature is one of the breed of

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Orcneus, the sons of Nifl that are. joined to

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the frozen side of the planet and so suffered

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double damage with clients. 18 from me. 12. Oh,

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I got 18 as well. I just want to say I rolled

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double sixes on one of my rolls. I was like super

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stoked about it. I went, ah! I rolled something

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well for once. Oh my goodness. The shapeshifter

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collapses in a roiling sea of flame and withers

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into dust and ashes that drift across the raven's

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nest. Oh, and then Gigi has a final line where

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he says, I have had enough of you! And he just

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keeps firing, even though it's like overkill

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at this point. Someone needs to tell them the

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horse is dead. Don't burn my ship. I was waiting

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for the sprinklers to go off. You know, the Raven's

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Nest doesn't have a sprinkler system, but it

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is made of resilient ironwood, so other than

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some light charring to the pilot's seat, I think

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you'll get away with it. In the kind of bigger

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sense, the flame caster is the least of your

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concerns because... The whole sun is about to

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go supernova. And that might be a little bit

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more scorching. Cause a little bit more sunburn.

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So 3D6. 3D6. The power is on. Who is going to

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pilot the ship? I will. I'll need somebody for

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the thought and memory drive though. Do we need

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you? Yeah. So do I need the skull for piloting

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the thing or no? I don't. The skull will give

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you the necessary wheels along with your rudimentary

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piloting ability. You have Sack in the pilot's

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chair and learned from Ragni. So between you,

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Cole, and Leomi, the two alpha, the two wise

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old souls, could... pull their collective wisdom

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of all of those ages and attempt to spool up

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the thought and memory drive. Leomi turns to

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Gigi and says, give me the bird skull, please,

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big men. He hands it over. Thank you. Sad. We

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know the drill in order to... pilot the thought

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memory drive you have to turn on the oblivion

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link you have to wear your flight visors and

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beneath those visors you think of your destination

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you visualize the destination that either pilot

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has previously visited or seen and then after

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linking your minds through that link through

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that device you will be able to concentrate for

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a minute and use a triggered action to teleport

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your ship to the place that you visualized as

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that destination so an oblivion link and if you're

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an oblivious person then that i assume that helps

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i think no wonder i'm good at checks out exactly

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how it works that was what was in the schematic

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that you read anyway i am going to though ask

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you two pilots to make a will roll for me The

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sense of doom and trepidation that creeps over

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you knowing that at any moment the star could

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go supernova delivers a crawling fear at the

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back of your mind. So let's have a will roll

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to avoid being frightened. I rolled an 11. 11

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Z. I also rolled an 11. 11 Zs. Natural 11 Zs.

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That's got to be a bonus. How far power. The

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ship hums with expectant energy and aided by

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the skull of the raven Munin, you can feel yourself

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visit all kinds of vistas from your long and

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memorable lives. The ship sparks into life and

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you begin to drift out of the hangar. taking

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your path along the Raven Roads. In that split

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second, Surt reaches out its sword. The light

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is excruciating, catastrophically bright. And

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even at this distance, the Falkir groans. The

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sword swings further still, cleaving the heavens

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with two brilliant beams of destruction. The

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planet below you... planet of ice and fire shatters,

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the crust and the hot iron innards spilling into

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the cool gap, a stream of rocks and particles

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sucked into the coruscating clouds of light at

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the edge of an emerging ominous black disk. Mimis

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Brunier, the orbital station, boils away into

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a witch's room. Now. That's not something you

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see every day. Witnessing the end of a planet

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and the end of all of those lives, you can hear

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the echoing screams as they are snuffed out of

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existence. Can you all make me a will roll with

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three woes? Twelve. Eleven. Nine. Thirteen. Turns

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out it's only CJ who has any kind of conscience.

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Who wants to turn up for the books? So CJ, you

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don't get fear from this, but you are deeply

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perturbed. Please add three trauma to your total.

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Oh dear. Miguel and I had our visors down. We

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couldn't see anything. Yeah. I forgot, yeah,

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so as the sun's exploding and everyone's dying

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and they're screaming, Gigi is deeply disturbed,

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but also... Very disturbing little laugh. I love

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it. Any thoughts, any plans? You're all in the

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Raven's Nest. You've all survived this. Cataclysm.

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The sword fall is Ragnarok delivered to your

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doorstep. Well, crap. Hot. Hot. Looks very hot.

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It does look very hot. You're right, Bill. It

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is searing, scorching. The people who remain

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will be burnt into the shadows of existence.

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Looking out of the hollows of the ship. what

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passes for windows in this bio ship made of ironwood

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you're thundering along the hell roads and outside

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you notice that the light rays are moving in

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spirals they're not just direct beams of light

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you watch transfixed as the past the present

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and future versions of the falcon like circular

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echoes flicker in and out of reality. It's like

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you are part of a swarm of phasing Falkir bees.

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And Leomi, that's when you spot it. Something

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moving near the solar sails. It looks like a

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flaming inferno, a human torch scuttling slowly

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across the hull. Man -sized, it stands upright,

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:32.240
appearing unaffected by the vacuum or the cold,

00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:37.000
and then it stares back at you. There's something

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.940
on the sail. And it's watching you curiously

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:44.720
in the same way as that you might watch an animal

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.460
at the zoo. There's a thing on the sail. Do you

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:51.920
see it? Do we see it? If anyone else goes to

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:57.480
the window. to the hollow to peer into this bright

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white void. Again, the light rays moving in spirals

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:08.039
around your ship. You, Steve, don't see a flaming

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:17.740
torch. You see instead a huge fat cat that is

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:23.319
rending But Sola sails with its feral claws.

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:27.279
There's a flaming thing on the wing and the sail

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:32.380
is staring at me. It's clearly a giant cat. Don't

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:35.859
panic. She's going to run for a window and go,

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:41.700
is it a dog, Neas? Gigi being immune to the frightened

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:45.359
condition as a giant's bane, you see absolutely

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:51.650
nothing on. the solar sails, and you wonder what

00:19:51.650 --> 00:19:55.849
all the fuss is about. Taylor, I don't know if

00:19:55.849 --> 00:19:58.950
you or Cole have anything that you're particularly

00:19:58.950 --> 00:20:04.430
phobic about. I don't believe I do. Perhaps you

00:20:04.430 --> 00:20:06.869
see a giant Gigi out there. Perhaps you just

00:20:06.869 --> 00:20:12.549
see CJ outside ripping the sails. Destroying

00:20:12.549 --> 00:20:17.769
my manuscripts and my lore. Good air. past ancestral

00:20:17.769 --> 00:20:20.849
wisdom once he's already afraid in order to get

00:20:20.849 --> 00:20:23.569
rid of the frighten condition and make himself

00:20:23.569 --> 00:20:28.589
immune to it i will say that yes the ancestral

00:20:28.589 --> 00:20:32.990
spirits will gird your lines and bolster your

00:20:32.990 --> 00:20:38.170
mental offenses and enable you to shrug off the

00:20:38.170 --> 00:20:42.690
fear that had been gnawing at your core and enable

00:20:42.690 --> 00:20:49.660
you to proceed with Valor. Oh, I still see the

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:55.519
cat. You still see a huge butterball of a cat.

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:59.779
Oh, it's just a kitty. What's it doing out there?

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:03.480
It's a flaming thing. It's looking at me. It's

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:05.640
hot. I can feel the heat. I can feel the heat.

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:11.829
In any instance, whether it is... using its feline

00:21:11.829 --> 00:21:15.049
claws to rip apart the solar sails, or whether

00:21:15.049 --> 00:21:19.769
it is using its fiery fists to pummel them, or

00:21:19.769 --> 00:21:25.450
whether it is using a strange version of the

00:21:25.450 --> 00:21:29.710
heirloom sword, Bearpaw, to shred the sails.

00:21:29.710 --> 00:21:32.730
Something is happening out there that is causing

00:21:32.730 --> 00:21:38.170
damage to the ship out in the vacuum of the void.

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:41.900
It'll kill us all. Jump on it, Gigi. I'm stuck

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:45.599
inside. I don't see anything. It's empty. It's

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:50.180
fine. It'll kill us all. It's tearing it apart.

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:54.000
It's tearing the ship apart. Cole, your ship

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.559
that has suffered so much at the hands of Orpheus,

00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:01.119
that has been involved in imperial blockades,

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:04.920
that took part in the scorching of Jotunheim,

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:11.720
now it is being rent asunder. by a strange creature

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:18.220
out on the wing. It is tugging at your very core.

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:23.980
And it's definitely doing damage. It's not the

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:26.640
illusion of damage. I can tell that the ship

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:31.640
is slowing or degrading or suffering real damage.

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:36.400
If you had marrow, you would feel it in your

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:43.150
bones. Perhaps you can... It's sap. You can feel

00:22:43.150 --> 00:22:48.029
it. You can feel it deep in your insert tree

00:22:48.029 --> 00:22:51.130
part here. We need to get this thing off my ship.

00:22:51.269 --> 00:22:54.410
I've had it with these insert curse words here.

00:22:54.869 --> 00:22:58.509
Orcneus and their tricks. We must cleanse our

00:22:58.509 --> 00:23:01.869
ship. Do we have any spacesuits? You do have

00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:06.849
more gapsuits. in the extravehicular paw that

00:23:06.849 --> 00:23:11.809
you could put on. Before you do so, echoing through

00:23:11.809 --> 00:23:16.690
the hull, echoing into your minds, emanating

00:23:16.690 --> 00:23:22.650
like thought waves, you hear a shrill female

00:23:22.650 --> 00:23:30.210
voice say, This weft is woven with entrails of

00:23:30.210 --> 00:23:33.579
men. Am I the only one who heard that, or does

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:38.980
everyone hear it? Everyone heard that resonating

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:47.339
through their brain. So everyone heard that,

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:52.660
right? Probably not good. No. How long until

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:56.619
we arrive wherever we're going? Is this going

00:23:56.619 --> 00:24:00.059
to prevent us from getting there? That remains

00:24:02.609 --> 00:24:06.069
Undetermined, certainly your two pilots would

00:24:06.069 --> 00:24:12.029
have to leave the Oblivion Link and unplug themselves,

00:24:12.130 --> 00:24:16.809
were they to try and deal with this threat. This

00:24:16.809 --> 00:24:19.109
wept is woven with the entrails of men, is that

00:24:19.109 --> 00:24:22.009
what it was? That's correct. There is a second

00:24:22.009 --> 00:24:24.849
line that floats through your consciousness.

00:24:25.109 --> 00:24:28.170
Again, it's almost as if the creature is reaching

00:24:28.170 --> 00:24:34.369
out. telepathically, and it says, This warp is

00:24:34.369 --> 00:24:38.849
hard -weighted with the heads of the slain. So

00:24:38.849 --> 00:24:45.769
weft and warp refer to weaving. As we're all

00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:47.910
sitting here silently, we could be said to be

00:24:47.910 --> 00:24:52.730
gathering wool. That fits. Wool or woe. Wool,

00:24:53.450 --> 00:24:58.200
I said, but woe might be truer. You could say

00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:01.920
our minds are spinning. Nice. No, you could.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:06.180
Would air need a gap suit to go? We would, wouldn't

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:11.259
you? No, you don't breathe. So, yeah. Yeah, you

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:14.259
go deal with it. That's a good idea. Take the

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:19.440
big one. Sure. Air has a flamethrower and doesn't

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:23.400
need a suit. He's feeling unnecessarily confident.

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.519
Would a flamethrower work in space? Probably

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:33.140
not. Probably not. Does he know that? Probably

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:36.559
not. Oh, you know, so the flamethrower is the

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:39.819
greatest thing ever invented. And he wants to

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:43.660
use it on everything at the moment. So... But

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:47.609
fire only works in the presence of oxygen. Why

00:25:47.609 --> 00:25:50.910
are we helping the Game Master? I don't understand.

00:25:51.450 --> 00:25:53.650
I mean, he probably would have picked up on that

00:25:53.650 --> 00:25:57.029
one. I'll give that to you. But still. We literally

00:25:57.029 --> 00:25:59.650
went through it last episode as the space elevator

00:25:59.650 --> 00:26:01.970
hurtled into the atmosphere and everyone said,

00:26:02.049 --> 00:26:04.289
no, you can't use it there because there's no

00:26:04.289 --> 00:26:08.430
oxygen. One of the things, Steve, just to remind

00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:14.990
you, as you have perfected your mastery of Gandcraft,

00:26:15.630 --> 00:26:20.670
You have other things beyond a glorified lighter

00:26:20.670 --> 00:26:25.089
to your name. Oh, yes. Yeah, at the moment, it's

00:26:25.089 --> 00:26:27.170
more of an emotional support flamethrower than

00:26:27.170 --> 00:26:29.150
anything that's actually going to be effective.

00:26:29.690 --> 00:26:33.170
So, just a minute. He's a master of Gandcraft,

00:26:33.329 --> 00:26:40.730
and he's a dark alphar. So he's a Gandalf. Well,

00:26:40.890 --> 00:26:47.299
that only took 18 episodes. Yes. Gand is an Old

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:54.460
Norse word for wand. The weaver, but that is

00:26:54.460 --> 00:27:02.980
what it is, phases between the bulkhead and the

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:07.359
raven's nest and confronts you head on. It has

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:12.980
simply drifted between the exterior vacuum through

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:15.990
the ironwood hull. and now stands immediately

00:27:15.990 --> 00:27:20.609
in front of you. Again, Steve air sees the huge

00:27:20.609 --> 00:27:25.410
meowing cat. CJ, you have actually started to

00:27:25.410 --> 00:27:30.710
see something. It hasn't appeared to you in the

00:27:30.710 --> 00:27:35.349
form of your greatest fear. These creatures,

00:27:35.450 --> 00:27:37.990
their true form is unknowable. They often adopt

00:27:37.990 --> 00:27:40.990
a shape that is best suited to their victim.

00:27:41.089 --> 00:27:46.880
In your case, you see... a tangled web of entrails

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:51.299
on a bloody loom. It doesn't horrify you, but

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:53.200
you do appreciate that there is some kind of

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:56.940
distortion of reality there. Leoma, you continue

00:27:56.940 --> 00:28:03.299
to see a flaming human torch and Cole, if the

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:09.279
figure once seemed to you like a caricature of

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:14.670
Gigi, it now appears. Much more like an impossible

00:28:14.670 --> 00:28:20.549
object that defies Euclidean geometry. Is it

00:28:20.549 --> 00:28:24.650
here in the Raven's Nest with us? It has entered

00:28:24.650 --> 00:28:29.049
your command center. This being born of paradox,

00:28:29.410 --> 00:28:34.470
Cole, as the oldest amongst your crewmates. You

00:28:34.470 --> 00:28:37.930
can see that it is constantly adding new intricacies

00:28:37.930 --> 00:28:42.519
to the pattern of existence. Refining its clarity

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.619
and its shape and its complexity, essentially.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:49.859
And also, cutting the threads between your timeline

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:53.579
and any other timelines, you see the structure

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:56.160
that it passed through, the ironwood hull of

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:59.400
the Raven's Nest, begin to fade from existence.

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:03.220
And then there is a snap as reality shatters

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:09.000
like a broken mirror and the void begins to encroach

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:13.210
into... your shit con. Fast turn or slow turn?

00:29:15.369 --> 00:29:22.369
I want to use the Gandreed ability in. You may

00:29:22.369 --> 00:29:28.109
yourself phase in and out of reality using your

00:29:28.109 --> 00:29:33.390
latest addition to your... talents as a thread

00:29:33.390 --> 00:29:36.690
rider. Similar to this creature, you can drift

00:29:36.690 --> 00:29:40.549
in and out of reality and can take both a fast

00:29:40.549 --> 00:29:44.269
turn and a slow turn. Can I do those both right

00:29:44.269 --> 00:29:48.690
now? Can you do fast and slow turn? I'm going

00:29:48.690 --> 00:29:53.319
to take a fast turn and a slow turn. and possibly

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.200
a slower turn, and after that, come back to me

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.960
and I'll tell you what I'm doing. Yeah, I'm just

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.799
firing up the spreadsheet. It won't be but a

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:03.180
moment. I think Cole's had it. I'm going to fast

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:06.819
turn it and just start shooting this thing. I'm

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:09.220
so pissed off at it touching my ship. What are

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.779
you shooting at it with, Taylor? I'm going to

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:14.779
use my host fetter, and I'm going to make three

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:18.180
attacks, because... Because you can. Because

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:21.000
I can. Because you demand it. Because I'm pissed.

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:30.180
First one. That is a 19 for the first one. Second

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:34.819
one is a 5 and third one is an 8. So I'm guessing

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:39.539
that's just one hit. So the first shot full of

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:44.759
rage and venom strikes true. Roll for your damage

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:49.220
as you let a burst of bullets fly. That's not

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:54.990
great. 4. Strangely, the bullets appear to slow

00:30:54.990 --> 00:30:58.230
as they reach the creature, and whilst they pass

00:30:58.230 --> 00:31:01.789
through its translucent body and clearly do some

00:31:01.789 --> 00:31:06.009
kind of damage, their force is spent, and the

00:31:06.009 --> 00:31:09.230
creature appears barely harmed. I could throw

00:31:09.230 --> 00:31:12.109
in a baseball at it. I'm going to, for my 5 -string,

00:31:12.390 --> 00:31:16.519
I would like to cast Against a Dwarf. for the

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:20.380
benefit of people at home and for steve who appears

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:23.220
very confused we did just discuss this as we

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:26.220
were in the green room waiting yes yes you get

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:29.400
a dwarf and you hold something against it and

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:33.920
then that casts a spell no it's an ancient charm

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:37.019
i make a will attack roll against the target's

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:39.940
will on a success it's impaired for one hour

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:44.529
as one d6 penalty to its power And an affected

00:31:44.529 --> 00:31:47.509
target can try and break out of the spell. Super.

00:31:47.730 --> 00:31:52.710
So, the Norse regarded Dverg dwarves as evil

00:31:52.710 --> 00:31:55.569
spirits, and so they created charms against them,

00:31:55.609 --> 00:31:59.990
which Leomi has now cast. Do you want to make

00:31:59.990 --> 00:32:05.809
your roll then, Bill? Is it a wits roll? Mm -hmm.

00:32:05.849 --> 00:32:09.769
With confidence. Turned out to be right. Well,

00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:13.940
I got a third, no, a three. Three. That was your

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.599
fast turn or was that your slow turn? Do you

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:19.500
want to take the extra action? Do you want to

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:23.140
beat a hasty retreat now that you have failed

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:30.220
abysmally? Yes, well, you know, I was thinking,

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:33.599
I have some good stuff here, just I've got it.

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:41.519
If it's any consolation, it's immune to the impaired.

00:32:42.349 --> 00:32:46.730
condition and so even had you succeeded it would

00:32:46.730 --> 00:32:49.029
have been as if you had lightly sneezed on it

00:32:49.029 --> 00:32:53.230
how about uh i'd like to do a reversed everlasting

00:32:53.230 --> 00:32:57.690
runes which instead of healing all damage will

00:32:57.690 --> 00:33:02.210
cause all damage if i'm interpreting the reversal

00:33:02.210 --> 00:33:06.029
correct all damage in not some damage all that

00:33:06.029 --> 00:33:11.339
that's correct so you have the valkyrie ability

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:16.160
to invert your life spells and so whereas everlasting

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:23.160
runes would heal someone in totality your choosers

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:28.000
of the slain ability enables you to flick that

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.940
and cause it to lose all of its health in one

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:38.619
go so make a will attack roll against the creatures

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:43.339
Might. What's its might? You're looking at the

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:49.279
book, CJ. What? What's its might, Ian? Its might

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:53.319
is... Oh, for the creature. Yeah, yeah. Sorry.

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:56.559
You were busy reading. I didn't mean to interrupt.

00:33:56.920 --> 00:34:01.119
It's bad. It's really bad. Essentially infinite.

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:07.740
It's 17. Oh, I rolled a 17. I genuinely rolled

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:12.010
a 17. See, that's it's like CJ is reading it

00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:16.210
wrong. It doesn't actually have a might score.

00:34:16.590 --> 00:34:19.929
Oh, sorry. Yeah, I missed that. And so it cannot

00:34:19.929 --> 00:34:25.289
be affected in this manner. Unfortunately, it

00:34:25.289 --> 00:34:28.869
is immune to this kind of physical damage. And

00:34:28.869 --> 00:34:31.610
so you have chosen the wrong person to be slain.

00:34:31.750 --> 00:34:36.650
And OK, I see. So I've used two spells, both

00:34:36.650 --> 00:34:40.579
for the first time. And zero effect. I just want

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:43.599
to summarize the action. I'm really proud of

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:48.400
you. Thank you, Taylor. That means a lot. I feel

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:56.019
you ought to say ta -da afterwards. Ta -da! With

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:59.780
hand gestures for those at home. So, Taylor has

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:05.159
blasted ineffectually. Bill has attempted a range,

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:10.679
a panalopy. of abilities to no avail. Zero effect.

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:14.340
Steve and CJ, what do you have up your sleeves?

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:17.679
How would you like to fail? I've got something.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:24.159
So we're going to use the wise counsel to do

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:29.880
two things. The first one would be to cast a

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:34.360
where to go to cast a gandfly using that games

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:38.320
to make it potent. by taking stress, so he doesn't

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:40.420
have to roll to hit, because I have a feeling

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:43.179
that's not going to work anyways, and the damage

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:49.739
would be 3d6. So that adds up to 9 points of

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:53.679
damage. I was going to say it would, well, any

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.340
other creature would also make a might roll,

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:58.519
but I think we can safely skip that part. And

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:01.639
then the second thing is, because he's gathered

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:04.980
strain, He will then use Sorcerer's Storm to

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:08.019
immediately release that strain as a blast against

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:15.420
the Weaver. It's worth a try. So he's going to

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:24.039
make a wits roll against its slight. Give me

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:31.559
the roll. Good, it will do. The total is 15 wits.

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:37.400
Who needs a flamethrower when you can level cities

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:42.320
with your sorcerer's storms? In this case, unfortunately,

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:46.219
you missed. But you made... Well, he does take

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:50.619
half damage. Yeah, you made a fair fist of things,

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:56.400
literally using the power of the Aether against

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:59.659
this creature. So it does take... Some damage,

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:03.880
but it's negligible. As far as you can see, little

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:08.260
kitty has slightly singed fur. Yeah, that's what

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:13.940
I expected. I have two questions. If I take a

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:16.900
slow turn, does that mean that I can cast a spell

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:22.280
and shoot? Nope. Okay. You can move and use an

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:26.139
action. And an action would be to shoot or to

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:32.389
cast a spell. And if I take a fast turn, then

00:37:32.389 --> 00:37:37.929
I can cast a spell and shoot? You almost said

00:37:37.929 --> 00:37:40.750
it right that time, CJ. Just don't go up into

00:37:40.750 --> 00:37:43.190
a question at the end. You noticed when I said

00:37:43.190 --> 00:37:45.670
I'm going to reverse my spell and do all the

00:37:45.670 --> 00:37:48.070
damage? I didn't ask it as a question. It made

00:37:48.070 --> 00:37:51.289
no difference in the end, but, you know. I was

00:37:51.289 --> 00:37:53.869
just trying to get some clarification here. Okay,

00:37:53.969 --> 00:37:56.210
so I'm going to take the laughter as a no. The

00:37:56.210 --> 00:37:59.329
only reason that Steve can perform, or Steve

00:37:59.329 --> 00:38:04.989
or Bill can perform both, is that they are special.

00:38:05.210 --> 00:38:07.690
They've both got abilities that enable them,

00:38:07.849 --> 00:38:11.710
in a limited set of circumstances, to take two

00:38:11.710 --> 00:38:15.710
actions. You don't have something similar. No,

00:38:15.710 --> 00:38:17.989
but I do have an ability that gives me extra

00:38:17.989 --> 00:38:22.530
damage. So this is the next question, because

00:38:22.530 --> 00:38:24.110
those were part of the first question. The next

00:38:24.110 --> 00:38:29.809
question is, is anyone standing behind the horrifying

00:38:29.809 --> 00:38:33.489
fracture? So no, you're standing in front of

00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:38.250
it. So it has phased through the hull and has

00:38:38.250 --> 00:38:40.849
entered the raven's nest. However, I am going

00:38:40.849 --> 00:38:44.269
to remind you that you do actually have the Shapestruck

00:38:44.269 --> 00:38:47.269
gift, where you can push yourself beyond your

00:38:47.269 --> 00:38:49.860
normal. limits when you take a turn you can use

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:51.619
that gift to increase your number of actions

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:55.619
that round by one you have to make a might challenge

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:58.000
roll at the end of that round and possibly become

00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:01.880
fatigued but such is your genetically enhanced

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:06.119
engineering that you can push yourself beyond

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:13.460
the limits of normal men yeah cj so yeah so can

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:17.599
i use that n or log and shoot twice Correct.

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:24.920
Ooh! And what you could do is now apply your

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:29.519
Bloody Runes, your latest addition to your arsenal.

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:32.619
We can do that later. The Orlog, if I do it at

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:35.840
level four, gets me more damage than that. It

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:39.400
does, but only in one go, whereas all of the

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:42.119
attacks for a minute would get three die six,

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:45.389
as opposed to one attack for four die six. I'm

00:39:45.389 --> 00:39:47.110
sorry. How do these guys now know how to play

00:39:47.110 --> 00:39:48.690
their characters? What happened over the last

00:39:48.690 --> 00:39:52.489
week? This is really weird. No, I'm asking questions.

00:39:52.489 --> 00:39:55.429
I'm still learning. Yeah, let's do that. So I'm

00:39:55.429 --> 00:39:59.750
going to use the shape strong. Get my two actions.

00:40:00.590 --> 00:40:06.710
Cast cast blood runes, which will get me the

00:40:06.710 --> 00:40:12.250
extra damage. And you know, pull out the storm

00:40:12.250 --> 00:40:16.000
shooter and Just say, I don't know what you are,

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:19.420
but I shall now descend you by your backside.

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:24.460
And then start shooting. I'm also going to assume

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:27.860
that that is a cutting insult. And so anyone

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:32.139
else is using a triggered action there. And so

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:35.739
anyone else will benefit from your tongue lashing.

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:38.860
So give me your roll for damage. So is it burst

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:43.260
fire or are you just trying to hit it? That's

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:47.159
a great question. What does more damage? Burst

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:51.059
fire, probably. Burst fire means that you're

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:53.880
guaranteed, even if it makes its light roll,

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:56.940
to just for it to take half damage. You might

00:40:56.940 --> 00:41:01.719
miss with just a regular shot. Do a burst. Okay.

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:04.239
I don't know. I think I'm going to do a regular

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:06.679
shot and I'm going to play the fate here. Okay.

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:10.039
I'm going to shoot right at it. You ready? I

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:14.969
can't watch. Drum roll. I can't see, but I can't

00:41:14.969 --> 00:41:17.650
watch. Oh, that's it. He's gone under the table.

00:41:17.889 --> 00:41:24.849
Can you drop him from the call, Ian? Oh, my goodness.

00:41:24.849 --> 00:41:28.289
I told you to jump on it. That was the bitches.

00:41:30.130 --> 00:41:34.250
I rolled a one. So would you like to recount

00:41:34.250 --> 00:41:38.820
to us what happens when Gigi attempts to... Do

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:42.019
all of this thing as his shape -strong new god,

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:45.539
casting spells, etching runes, and firing all

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:48.420
in one go. Yeah, it's going to look really sexy,

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.559
and he's going to do his cutting insults, and

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:55.539
then the gun is going to jam. And then he's going

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:57.059
to shake. He's going to look down the barrel.

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.960
It's still going to be jammed. I'm stuck, everyone!

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:03.860
That's good. It shows the extent to which he

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:06.000
has learned the rules, because there are misfire

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:09.320
rules for... guns and he has now just uh applied

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:11.960
those so the challenge now with your storm shooter

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:16.300
is you will have to unclog it and fix it before

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:19.079
you can fire it again so you might want to make

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:21.679
a quick bolt for the armory to get something

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:26.079
new or to unholster your flame custer all right

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:30.619
i'm going to roll for the creature it is going

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:35.949
to come straight for captain cole So, Taylor,

00:42:36.150 --> 00:42:38.949
all of our expertise turned out to just be kind

00:42:38.949 --> 00:42:43.250
of window dressing or a new hat. I'm just still

00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:46.190
amazed and proud that you got there. You advertised

00:42:46.190 --> 00:42:50.929
well. We've gone from incompetent to ineffective.

00:42:52.150 --> 00:42:54.389
And that is a step up on the ladder. That's true.

00:42:54.530 --> 00:42:57.690
That is a step up the ladder. It's true. Gigi,

00:42:57.690 --> 00:43:00.650
you've shown us this is how you win second place

00:43:00.650 --> 00:43:02.969
in the all -Asgard honky -tonk or whatever it

00:43:02.969 --> 00:43:09.630
was. In the honky -tonk of Armand. The weaver

00:43:09.630 --> 00:43:17.610
rushes towards Captain Cole and lays a discordant

00:43:17.610 --> 00:43:23.989
hand on your shoulder. You are going to take...

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:30.280
14 damage, but then I also need you to make a

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:34.400
might challenge roll, please. Okay, one second.

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:39.280
14 points of damage. Ouch. And you said a might?

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:42.920
A might challenge roll, please. Since I'm in

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:48.119
microgravity, I can use free fall, right? You

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:52.789
can. And you also have tough as nails. I do have

00:43:52.789 --> 00:43:54.949
tough snails as well, but I was already damaged

00:43:54.949 --> 00:44:01.670
from last episode. Ah, okay. That would be a

00:44:01.670 --> 00:44:11.449
21. Nice. You shrug off the sense that fate has

00:44:11.449 --> 00:44:14.550
a bullet with your name on it. That fate has

00:44:14.550 --> 00:44:19.869
decreed that you are about to expire. You shrug

00:44:19.869 --> 00:44:24.980
off that. feeling, and you take no trauma. However,

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:28.559
this is a horrifying creature that has jumped

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.980
in front of all of you. So with the exception

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:35.860
of Steve, who is immune to trauma, can all of

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:40.420
you give me a will roll with one woe? You'll

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:43.860
be fine. Just walk it off. I'd rather not, but

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:49.139
all right. With one woe, you say? Please. Three

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:56.429
minus two. I think I need some different dice.

00:44:56.510 --> 00:45:01.329
Ten minus three. I got a seven. Three minus four.

00:45:02.869 --> 00:45:06.750
Best counsel doesn't help, huh? Racking up the

00:45:06.750 --> 00:45:10.989
trauma today. Yeah. So, Bill, you get two trauma,

00:45:11.050 --> 00:45:17.929
and you are frightened. Dayla, you get one trauma,

00:45:18.070 --> 00:45:22.429
and you are frightened. CJ, you get one trauma,

00:45:22.570 --> 00:45:25.550
but are immune to the frightened condition, so

00:45:25.550 --> 00:45:30.769
you're just going a little more loopy. Pharaoh,

00:45:30.829 --> 00:45:33.190
do you want to use steadfast to try and shrug

00:45:33.190 --> 00:45:35.090
that off as a triggered action? Yeah, I would.

00:45:35.590 --> 00:45:40.510
So that's a will roll. Ooh, that makes that a

00:45:40.510 --> 00:45:47.599
22. Spend it. So you, being steadfast... Instantly

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:50.760
shrug off again that doubt and fear that had

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:54.920
begun to creep into your mind. It's only Leomi

00:45:54.920 --> 00:46:00.300
who stands there mouthing and doing whatever

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:06.519
Bill's doing on camera. Hot, hot, hot, hot. Exactly.

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:12.900
You're facing your human torch and you have been

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:16.420
singed again. It really is like that meme. as

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:20.599
the dog burns yes yes that's the one the weaver

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:24.780
takes a slow turn it had used his attack and

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:28.699
it now drifts through the bulkhead passing through

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:37.539
the wall out of the raven's nest into the captain's

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:43.119
ready room and beyond as it goes again it cuts

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:49.730
the thread between and you can see the ship around

00:46:49.730 --> 00:46:55.130
you becoming translucent. A swirling starry void

00:46:55.130 --> 00:47:01.010
lurks outside. Again, this spiral of stars indicating

00:47:01.010 --> 00:47:06.050
that you are travelling faster than light itself.

00:47:06.710 --> 00:47:13.250
Someone should follow it. The creature. again

00:47:13.250 --> 00:47:17.769
enters your mind with an all -pervasive, dominating

00:47:17.769 --> 00:47:23.730
thought as it says, Spears, blood besprinkled,

00:47:23.730 --> 00:47:28.670
for spindles we use. How big is the ready room?

00:47:29.409 --> 00:47:35.469
The ready room is not large. This is not a voluminous

00:47:35.469 --> 00:47:40.809
ship. It is perhaps five yards by five yards.

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:46.340
Gigi is going to go up to the door to the ready

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:50.219
room, crack it open, and toss in a whole belt

00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:54.500
of grenades again. But hopefully, this time,

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:59.500
it works. Okay, so we will enable you to do that

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:02.840
as a slow turn, because you will have to follow

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:06.860
the creature through the ironwood tunnels of

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:08.820
the ship in order to get to the door to toss

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:11.500
the grenades. Anyone want to take a fast turn

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:15.619
before that, or you want to follow up as Vjotgarth

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:19.980
enters the rest of the ship? Air will follow,

00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:23.380
just to see what happens. Yomi will follow. Sorry,

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:25.980
Steve. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just following for

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:29.059
now. You're not going to miss this. I'll follow,

00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:31.880
but can I also do a triggered action to do energy

00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:37.320
burst? You can. I will. Energy bursts is the

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:39.480
ability of the oaths worn to heal themselves

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:44.880
on the fly. And just in case the word heal triggered

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:49.280
any residual memory in your fellow alpha, I'll

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:53.940
mention it again. Who knows? Listening to the

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:56.599
last episode, I must have missed it because there's

00:48:56.599 --> 00:49:00.199
a lot going on. But he did at one stage say that

00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:02.780
he was going to cast Healing Herbs. He then just

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:06.630
didn't give anyone the Healing Herbs. He summoned

00:49:06.630 --> 00:49:09.349
them and just held them back. He just held them.

00:49:09.510 --> 00:49:14.789
And perhaps he sniffed them. It was aromatherapy.

00:49:17.130 --> 00:49:21.849
I had them near the rocks. They're lovely. It's

00:49:21.849 --> 00:49:25.449
like in the Civil War, where they've dug up from

00:49:25.449 --> 00:49:27.570
the battles and they found muskets that still

00:49:27.570 --> 00:49:33.039
had the... had the uh you know yeah it's you

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:35.340
know well it's just it's loud it's chaotic you

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:39.760
don't know that's us we're like going through

00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:44.440
the motions we look good all right toss your

00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:47.239
grenades then and if anyone else wanted to do

00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:52.380
anything from behind yeah uh error would like

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:56.960
to cast insight and ask the um this year in the

00:49:56.960 --> 00:50:08.289
ear Can we defeat this weaver? No. That simplifies

00:50:08.289 --> 00:50:19.289
that a bit. Do I tell anyone? The spirit of your

00:50:19.289 --> 00:50:23.239
esteemed... former colleague Fionn the Scald,

00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:27.400
also goes so far as to tell you that a weaver

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:32.739
is sent by the Norns to repair the timelines,

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:38.659
which you have very thoroughly broken. So it

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:43.659
is in the process of removing the falchion from

00:50:43.659 --> 00:50:47.019
existence. There are multiple falchions around,

00:50:47.159 --> 00:50:50.880
as you know. Not all of them can exist. at the

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:54.239
same time. And so this creature is a fracture

00:50:54.239 --> 00:51:01.159
that is determined to eliminate the vessel that

00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:06.340
you command. The problem with that is that you

00:51:06.340 --> 00:51:12.199
will then be cast into the void and that's not

00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:17.039
a good place to be on a Monday afternoon. However,

00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:25.449
your bandolier of grenades explode like the fourth

00:51:25.449 --> 00:51:33.510
of july parade and any mementos personal knickknacks

00:51:33.510 --> 00:51:37.090
ships logs that the captain might have had are

00:51:37.090 --> 00:51:43.230
instantly evaporated cleansed by blame and fury

00:51:43.230 --> 00:51:52.130
the creature itself continues to I set the ship

00:51:52.130 --> 00:51:59.230
and says, How loom, iron bound, and arrows how

00:51:59.230 --> 00:52:03.550
reels. With swords for our shuttles, this war

00:52:03.550 --> 00:52:09.929
weft we work. I'm sure that's fine. Did it take

00:52:09.929 --> 00:52:13.150
any damage? By all means, roll me some damage.

00:52:14.750 --> 00:52:20.010
It's an act of faith at this point, CJ. I don't

00:52:20.010 --> 00:52:22.010
remember. With the belt of grenades, how much

00:52:22.010 --> 00:52:26.969
damage am I doing? 14d6. There we go. Challenge

00:52:26.969 --> 00:52:31.510
accepted. No, am I really doing 14d6? It's 20d6.

00:52:32.110 --> 00:52:37.650
It's 20d6? Give me a spin. I'll just go on mute.

00:52:37.750 --> 00:52:44.849
I'll be back. I'll be back. Dole, have you any

00:52:44.849 --> 00:52:48.480
thoughts? Considering you, you do have that repel

00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:55.280
borders trait. You also have the sense that this

00:52:55.280 --> 00:53:01.760
creature is about to rip your ship into its constituent

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:07.179
parts and mean that the noble falcon had never

00:53:07.179 --> 00:53:14.349
existed. I mean, repel borders sounds... helpful,

00:53:14.429 --> 00:53:17.269
but it seems to not take any damage, so I don't

00:53:17.269 --> 00:53:23.329
know if it'll actually do anything. It feels

00:53:23.329 --> 00:53:30.230
like we're fighting fate itself, so I don't really

00:53:30.230 --> 00:53:35.369
know if violence can beat it, but I also think

00:53:35.369 --> 00:53:38.050
Cole is just so outraged at his ship going down

00:53:38.050 --> 00:53:41.309
that I don't know how clearly he would be thinking

00:53:41.309 --> 00:53:52.840
in this moment. 57. Nice. Good roll. The explosion.

00:53:53.460 --> 00:53:59.519
The room is sending detritus everywhere. The

00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:06.599
creature is somewhat hurt. It clearly can sustain

00:54:06.599 --> 00:54:09.760
the damage. It doesn't take all of that. But...

00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:14.639
There is also the challenge that lobbing explosives

00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:20.460
around inside an interstellar vessel tends to

00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:23.519
have a little bit of impact on its structural

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:29.199
integrity. And you can hear a low, slow hiss

00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:34.219
as air begins to be sucked out into the vacuum

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:42.079
of the Gondonga Gap. Not me. The other air. So

00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:45.579
now the question is, is the creature big enough

00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:50.960
for me to climb on top of it? Asking the important

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:53.400
question. That's what I've been saying the whole

00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:58.500
episode. Jump on it. Jump on it. We will be able

00:54:58.500 --> 00:55:03.059
to see as you have attracted its attention and

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:09.920
it rushes towards you. warping reality as it

00:55:09.920 --> 00:55:14.280
slithers towards you again. You're seeing this

00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:19.760
kind of tangled web of entrails. Please make

00:55:19.760 --> 00:55:27.300
a slight challenge roll. 17 plus 2. Actually,

00:55:27.340 --> 00:55:30.599
no, it's 3 now because we're level 9. No, it's

00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:37.380
2. It's 2. 19. You narrowly avoid being trapped

00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:42.559
in a temporal loop as the creature rushes past

00:55:42.559 --> 00:55:47.360
you and again drifts into a different part of

00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:51.239
the ship. What are we going to do? We need a

00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:54.519
better plan. We've hit it with the hardest things

00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:57.460
we have and it's doing nothing. It did something.

00:55:57.860 --> 00:56:01.820
Not enough. Well... Okay, Air's having a bit

00:56:01.820 --> 00:56:04.119
of a... He's staring into space. Well, I mean,

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:06.380
as he does anyways. Having a bit of a question

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:09.039
about this is that if this Weaver has come to

00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:13.500
repair time by removing us from time to fix that,

00:56:13.659 --> 00:56:17.099
why wouldn't they undo the Doom? Why wouldn't

00:56:17.099 --> 00:56:19.679
they undo the Supernova? Why wouldn't they undo

00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:23.039
the creation of the Alphar and the Dark Alphar

00:56:23.039 --> 00:56:25.820
and let Air go back to Valhalla, where he really

00:56:25.820 --> 00:56:28.179
wants to be? Like, I mean, why one thing and

00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:31.440
not the other? Why do we need to be undone on

00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:33.860
the ship specifically? Let's go back to first

00:56:33.860 --> 00:56:36.400
principles. So what you're telling me is your

00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:39.079
action is you want to brew a nice cup of tea

00:56:39.079 --> 00:56:41.119
and have a philosophical debate. Never think.

00:56:41.539 --> 00:56:45.139
I expect the kettle is long since gone, isn't

00:56:45.139 --> 00:56:51.239
it? He's not an airhead. I blew it up. The captain's

00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:57.599
kettle has either been reduced to it. constituent

00:56:57.599 --> 00:57:00.659
parts or sucked out into the vacuum of the gap.

00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:04.760
One of the two, but yeah. Paul Cole isn't making

00:57:04.760 --> 00:57:08.820
any chamomile tea anytime soon. That's gotta

00:57:08.820 --> 00:57:11.380
be worth trauma right there, doesn't it? Much

00:57:11.380 --> 00:57:16.739
trauma. Could we use the thought and memory drive

00:57:16.739 --> 00:57:21.480
to get back into our timeline? Would that basically

00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:24.260
get us out of here? However we got in, get back

00:57:24.260 --> 00:57:26.760
to it? because we're being literally ripped apart

00:57:26.760 --> 00:57:33.039
from this timeline. You are effectively in a

00:57:33.039 --> 00:57:39.000
time slipstream. You have not completed your

00:57:39.000 --> 00:57:41.960
thought and memory jump, but the whole process

00:57:41.960 --> 00:57:46.239
has been arrested mid -flight by the norms who

00:57:46.239 --> 00:57:52.079
are re -threading, re -twining time. What Taylor

00:57:52.079 --> 00:57:55.519
is asking, though, is can we do the time? We

00:57:55.519 --> 00:57:58.760
pick up the action. Oh, yeah, thanks. With a

00:57:58.760 --> 00:58:02.239
jump to the left? That's the one, and just a

00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:05.360
step to the right. Let's do it again. There is

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:09.739
a dismal, distant thudding as one of the dragon

00:58:09.739 --> 00:58:14.500
gums detonates at the far side of the ship. It's

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:16.980
at this point in the combat I start looking forward

00:58:16.980 --> 00:58:19.719
to the next recording session so I can find out

00:58:19.719 --> 00:58:24.260
what we should have done. Because I sure don't

00:58:24.260 --> 00:58:28.840
know right now. Oh, my God. We can't defeat it.

00:58:29.039 --> 00:58:32.519
The voices in my head have told me this. Maybe

00:58:32.519 --> 00:58:36.280
it's best to just let it happen. Oh, what else

00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:38.559
is on the ship? What other things are on the

00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:42.280
ship? All of the crew were either slain by the

00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:46.199
shapeshifter or else, like Gidda, had decided

00:58:46.199 --> 00:58:50.739
to discreetly abandon ship and take her life

00:58:50.739 --> 00:58:54.199
into her own hands. Did we have the bear cubs

00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:56.619
with us? At one point, we were protecting them.

00:58:56.880 --> 00:59:01.260
Ah, so you're right. The bowels of the ship,

00:59:01.280 --> 00:59:03.780
so to speak, were turned into a makeshift kennel

00:59:03.780 --> 00:59:08.300
and bear den. Down below, stored near where the

00:59:08.300 --> 00:59:12.239
solar sails would be furled, are the two bear

00:59:12.239 --> 00:59:18.090
cubs that you rescued and a group of... huskies

00:59:18.090 --> 00:59:21.750
of sled dogs that you had brought on board and

00:59:21.750 --> 00:59:25.030
that were serving as a kind of shapeshifter detection

00:59:25.030 --> 00:59:29.030
device, although you failed to heed their warning.

00:59:29.630 --> 00:59:32.869
Hence the barking. They were barking so much

00:59:32.869 --> 00:59:36.710
we had to put them away. I am going to go check

00:59:36.710 --> 00:59:39.849
on the bear cubs, Naomi says. And the wolves.

00:59:40.440 --> 00:59:43.760
And while the rest of you are waxing philosophical,

00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:46.780
I am going to go to the armory, pick up a bigger

00:59:46.780 --> 00:59:49.539
gun, and keep trying to kill this thing, because

00:59:49.539 --> 00:59:52.440
I am convinced it can be killed. Oh, it can be

00:59:52.440 --> 00:59:58.420
killed. It's just whether... Whether we can kill

00:59:58.420 --> 01:00:02.679
it. And will it matter? Steve, you do have some

01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:05.880
impressive things in your arsenal now, as I said,

01:00:05.900 --> 01:00:09.320
the Master of Gandacarp. Do you want to... unveil

01:00:09.320 --> 01:00:12.679
to everyone with the sense of style and panache

01:00:12.679 --> 01:00:17.460
your level five spell that you can wield yes

01:00:17.460 --> 01:00:23.320
i mean unveil unveil it just seems like it'll

01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:28.179
okay no fine i didn't use it i just said unveil

01:00:28.179 --> 01:00:32.780
it no i'm thinking of using it is um Air can

01:00:32.780 --> 01:00:37.239
create a black hole. I mean, it's not a big one.

01:00:37.340 --> 01:00:40.800
It's just a little tiny one. And everything in

01:00:40.800 --> 01:00:44.880
a 10 -yard radius gets sucked into it. And all

01:00:44.880 --> 01:00:48.360
unsecured objects and creatures get sucked towards

01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:51.420
it. If they reach the middle, they take 10d6

01:00:51.420 --> 01:00:53.820
and detonate the black hole. You know, everything

01:00:53.820 --> 01:00:56.320
gets a little weird after that. But what I'm

01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:58.340
not sure exactly how that would help, although

01:00:58.340 --> 01:01:01.719
it's super tempting, and sinking air might be

01:01:01.719 --> 01:01:06.300
making his way calmly yet directly down to the

01:01:06.300 --> 01:01:11.360
escape pods. So you're right in that, as demonstrated

01:01:11.360 --> 01:01:15.800
by the law speaker when he was ejected back to

01:01:15.800 --> 01:01:20.559
Mother York, your ship does have whirlers, which

01:01:20.559 --> 01:01:24.400
are... a good way to deliver people to planetary

01:01:24.400 --> 01:01:27.980
surfaces. They act as paragliders and can enter

01:01:27.980 --> 01:01:31.920
the atmosphere at just the right angle to minimize

01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:35.000
the fiery stage of reentry and keep acceleration

01:01:35.000 --> 01:01:40.420
to a minimum. And so you would tumble to Earth,

01:01:40.460 --> 01:01:43.539
so to speak, were you to jump into one of those

01:01:43.539 --> 01:01:47.960
escape pods. They are limited in how many people

01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:51.869
can get aboard them. We've already ascertained

01:01:51.869 --> 01:01:56.750
that Gigi would take up one because of his girth.

01:01:57.150 --> 01:02:03.750
The second one, because one was lost and ejected

01:02:03.750 --> 01:02:06.309
into space with the law speaker Crapty Thorfridson

01:02:06.309 --> 01:02:10.449
on board. The second one would contain perhaps

01:02:10.449 --> 01:02:13.530
two people and the bear cubs or three people.

01:02:13.650 --> 01:02:17.829
It's entirely up to you how you wish to proceed.

01:02:17.909 --> 01:02:22.579
The dogs. are probably going to become gap favors.

01:02:23.139 --> 01:02:26.400
Moral dilemmas. Well, I mean, you are talking

01:02:26.400 --> 01:02:28.960
to the crew who keeps putting men in front of

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:33.500
us as bear bait and zombie bait and porcinius

01:02:33.500 --> 01:02:36.400
bait. We are the trolley problem. I figured the

01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:39.420
entrails that were being woven in front of us

01:02:39.420 --> 01:02:42.460
were probably from all of our former companions.

01:02:43.099 --> 01:02:46.500
I have a question for Air before I go and do

01:02:46.500 --> 01:02:52.230
something rash. Could you ask the seer in your

01:02:52.230 --> 01:02:57.610
ear if it's the ship itself that is the problem

01:02:57.610 --> 01:03:02.250
that is being corrected by the Norns or us? In

01:03:02.250 --> 01:03:04.670
a yes or no question, that's up to you. Yeah.

01:03:05.570 --> 01:03:09.250
Oh, that's good. That way, if we know, perhaps

01:03:09.250 --> 01:03:13.869
it's a navigational error. We left out of phase,

01:03:13.929 --> 01:03:19.320
out of time. Cole took us down. a slightly wrong

01:03:19.320 --> 01:03:21.559
path. All we have to do is jump over to the right

01:03:21.559 --> 01:03:24.039
path, and this thing will go bye -bye. Okay.

01:03:24.780 --> 01:03:29.019
Yes or no question. Er will ask the seer in his

01:03:29.019 --> 01:03:32.019
ear. I wish there was something that rhymed with

01:03:32.019 --> 01:03:34.579
scald, because it would be more thematically

01:03:34.579 --> 01:03:40.059
correct. Can the occupants of the ship leave

01:03:40.059 --> 01:03:44.360
the influence of the weavers, or leave the effect

01:03:44.360 --> 01:03:48.099
of the weavers? Rami, you're... A good friend

01:03:48.099 --> 01:03:51.599
who doesn't bear a grudge at all against Yoggoth

01:03:51.599 --> 01:03:56.579
says, Yes. And at that same time, you hear the

01:03:56.579 --> 01:04:01.860
weaver echoing through the ship as it says, So

01:04:01.860 --> 01:04:08.340
weave, we weird sisters, our web of war. An under

01:04:08.340 --> 01:04:12.739
-sustained assault. The Falkir slides out of

01:04:12.739 --> 01:04:15.760
the Hellroads and you see through the hollows

01:04:15.760 --> 01:04:18.500
of the ship that you have appeared high above

01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:23.860
Mother Yorth. There is a violent shudder as this

01:04:23.860 --> 01:04:26.820
ship that was already suffering from hull stress

01:04:26.820 --> 01:04:32.420
groans and rits in two. The structural integrity

01:04:32.420 --> 01:04:36.559
has begun to crumble, especially because of the

01:04:36.559 --> 01:04:40.099
interior damage done by the grenades. You're

01:04:40.099 --> 01:04:44.500
welcome, says Gigi. Air will announce in a loud,

01:04:44.500 --> 01:04:48.659
clear voice, Abandon Falkir. It just wants the

01:04:48.659 --> 01:04:51.460
ship. Eliomi's running for the bear cubs and

01:04:51.460 --> 01:04:54.159
then to an escape pod. Not my escape pod. Now,

01:04:54.179 --> 01:04:58.039
there are gap suits. Can Gigi fit in one? None

01:04:58.039 --> 01:05:03.780
of them are XXXXL size. Can he just take the

01:05:03.780 --> 01:05:07.940
breathing apparatus and a parachute so that there's

01:05:07.940 --> 01:05:11.139
enough? enough uh whirlers for everyone else

01:05:11.139 --> 01:05:13.960
to get off and then he's just gonna go red bull

01:05:13.960 --> 01:05:18.500
style into the thermosphere red bulls and and

01:05:18.500 --> 01:05:21.139
ride the heavens behind the whirlers i'm not

01:05:21.139 --> 01:05:23.719
sure that anyone has to gear for example just

01:05:23.719 --> 01:05:25.760
last week didn't they pick up some people from

01:05:25.760 --> 01:05:28.380
the international space station by sending a

01:05:28.380 --> 01:05:30.760
vehicle if they could have just jumped out of

01:05:30.760 --> 01:05:35.980
it yes but this is gg He's not one of those wimpy

01:05:35.980 --> 01:05:38.360
astronauts up on the space suit. Those astronauts

01:05:38.360 --> 01:05:40.840
didn't finish second in the all Asgard games.

01:05:40.880 --> 01:05:45.539
And with the proper breathing apparatus, I think

01:05:45.539 --> 01:05:47.940
he could pull it up. It's not breathing apparatus

01:05:47.940 --> 01:05:51.599
is the problem. It's the intense thermal heat

01:05:51.599 --> 01:05:54.460
that comes as you spiral through the atmosphere

01:05:54.460 --> 01:05:59.119
that reduces rock to nothing. Oh, that rules

01:05:59.119 --> 01:06:04.409
me out. See? Now, CJ. This is how you interact

01:06:04.409 --> 01:06:12.250
with the GM. It's a barrage of bullshit. It's

01:06:12.250 --> 01:06:16.269
a whirler or bust. Can anything else fit in the

01:06:16.269 --> 01:06:18.269
whirler with Gigi? Can he take some of the cubs

01:06:18.269 --> 01:06:21.050
at least? Bill has got them under his arms a

01:06:21.050 --> 01:06:25.309
bit like pigs. Pigs to market. Chubby little

01:06:25.309 --> 01:06:28.110
cubs. I think at this point you would feel a

01:06:28.110 --> 01:06:30.730
hand on your shoulder, Gigi, as Cole comes up

01:06:30.730 --> 01:06:33.820
beside you and says, Get to the whorler. Get

01:06:33.820 --> 01:06:36.400
off the ship. Captain's going to get off the

01:06:36.400 --> 01:06:44.539
ship. Boo. But fine. Well, air could just jump

01:06:44.539 --> 01:06:47.340
out. He's diamond encrusted. I mean, that's harder

01:06:47.340 --> 01:06:49.800
than space shuttle piles. Not that those always

01:06:49.800 --> 01:06:52.679
work. Not harder than meteorites. He said reduced

01:06:52.679 --> 01:06:56.239
rock to slag. Yeah, I feel like that was a pointed

01:06:56.239 --> 01:06:58.639
statement, actually. Now that I think back on

01:06:58.639 --> 01:07:01.269
it. There's one of the whirlers reading the instruction

01:07:01.269 --> 01:07:04.429
manual. Thank you for purchasing the Mark I Whirler.

01:07:04.590 --> 01:07:07.289
We hope it'll bring you many years of worry -free

01:07:07.289 --> 01:07:13.130
escaping. That's canon now. Bill, are you rushing

01:07:13.130 --> 01:07:17.530
to jump in with... Steve, you haven't called

01:07:17.530 --> 01:07:19.789
in an abomination for a while, and now you're

01:07:19.789 --> 01:07:23.429
going to be in close quarters. Nope. There's

01:07:23.429 --> 01:07:25.650
not much room. Nope. There's not much room, Steve.

01:07:25.730 --> 01:07:27.289
You're going to have to kind of... I'm basically

01:07:27.289 --> 01:07:30.070
climbing in on top of you, shoving bear cubs

01:07:30.070 --> 01:07:33.010
in your face. What are you going to do about

01:07:33.010 --> 01:07:36.909
it? I might maybe get out and ride on... Wait

01:07:36.909 --> 01:07:39.750
a minute. Can a person ride out on a Whirler?

01:07:40.050 --> 01:07:43.050
Because you'd be behind the thermal shock thing.

01:07:43.750 --> 01:07:46.849
Science, science, science. Like Dr. Strangelove?

01:07:47.170 --> 01:07:50.090
Just riding the missile in? I mean, that's kind

01:07:50.090 --> 01:07:52.510
of Gigi's thing, but why not let air have a turn?

01:07:54.619 --> 01:08:04.000
Give it a whirl. Oh. Nice. Let's... I'll get

01:08:04.000 --> 01:08:07.659
my coat. I think staying inside the whirl is

01:08:07.659 --> 01:08:14.219
the critical part. So the two of you have a little

01:08:14.219 --> 01:08:19.899
bicker as Leomi tries to muscle in and give you

01:08:19.899 --> 01:08:28.050
a bear hug, literally. Cole, you are facing a

01:08:28.050 --> 01:08:32.149
dilemma, as Bill said. Is this the moment where

01:08:32.149 --> 01:08:34.770
Captain Cole goes down with the ship? Do you

01:08:34.770 --> 01:08:39.109
want to try and take this weaver with you and

01:08:39.109 --> 01:08:43.029
undo the threads of fate? Do you want to see

01:08:43.029 --> 01:08:47.670
if you can destroy the creature with the aid

01:08:47.670 --> 01:08:52.420
of air and his ability to summon? minuscule black

01:08:52.420 --> 01:08:57.460
holes, or do you want to entreat Gigi to help

01:08:57.460 --> 01:09:03.520
you with one last bandolier of grenades? Good

01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:10.640
question. I want to keep the ship as structural

01:09:10.640 --> 01:09:13.279
as possible until the last possible minute so

01:09:13.279 --> 01:09:19.600
that I can ensure that these three get off. My

01:09:20.170 --> 01:09:23.069
Gut says, I'll take the bandolier of grenades,

01:09:23.270 --> 01:09:27.909
head up to the raven's nest, and just do whatever

01:09:27.909 --> 01:09:31.350
I can to keep the ship limping along until I

01:09:31.350 --> 01:09:35.930
see that the weavers are safely away, and then

01:09:35.930 --> 01:09:41.229
let's detonate. Gigi, you pirouetting through

01:09:41.229 --> 01:09:46.050
the low gravity towards your whirler, or are

01:09:46.050 --> 01:09:48.380
you going to... Stopping by the armory on the

01:09:48.380 --> 01:09:50.819
way to grab some supplies because guaranteed

01:09:50.819 --> 01:09:52.819
wherever we land, we're going to need to shoot

01:09:52.819 --> 01:09:55.659
some things. How many worlders are there? Two.

01:09:56.500 --> 01:10:01.600
Oh, okay. That's the problem. It's a scarcity

01:10:01.600 --> 01:10:04.000
problem. If there were enough supply and demand,

01:10:04.239 --> 01:10:07.479
then everyone would be jumping on board. CJ,

01:10:07.579 --> 01:10:12.380
what are you packing, so to speak? Because it's

01:10:12.380 --> 01:10:14.739
not like you've got one of those magnificent

01:10:14.739 --> 01:10:18.939
knapsacks that you can pluck any ammunition and

01:10:18.939 --> 01:10:21.739
gun from. Now I'm going to have to make you have

01:10:21.739 --> 01:10:26.520
a choice. I'm going to take a shaker, a Skogul

01:10:26.520 --> 01:10:29.500
machine gun, and I'll leave behind the flamethrower

01:10:29.500 --> 01:10:33.000
because it's out of fuel anyway. You swap munitions

01:10:33.000 --> 01:10:39.460
and head towards the Whirler with no choice but

01:10:39.460 --> 01:10:44.310
to evacuate using these escape pods. You press

01:10:44.310 --> 01:10:50.170
the eject button and glide into the atmosphere.

01:10:50.550 --> 01:10:53.949
Both whirlers are protected by the reinforced

01:10:53.949 --> 01:10:57.350
cabin. You tumble and spiral like a sycamore

01:10:57.350 --> 01:11:01.109
seed in the breeze, twirling through the upper

01:11:01.109 --> 01:11:04.489
atmosphere. Captain Cole, holding tight onto

01:11:04.489 --> 01:11:08.529
the controls, trying to steer the ship away from

01:11:08.529 --> 01:11:11.409
the planet's atmosphere, but the heat becomes

01:11:11.409 --> 01:11:17.090
intense. as you cascade towards Mother Iorth.

01:11:18.630 --> 01:11:23.350
As it's clear that the ship is going down, do

01:11:23.350 --> 01:11:27.130
I have comms with the weavers at all? You do.

01:11:27.210 --> 01:11:30.590
There's certainly a moment here where you can

01:11:30.590 --> 01:11:34.409
convey the wisdom of the ages to your departing

01:11:34.409 --> 01:11:38.449
friends. Exactly. And such wisdom as I can come

01:11:38.449 --> 01:11:41.609
up with. You hear Cole come over the radio and

01:11:41.609 --> 01:11:46.159
say, You three bear witness to the reality of

01:11:46.159 --> 01:11:48.779
the Doom and are the key to stopping the next

01:11:48.779 --> 01:11:55.600
one. Do not let humanity, Alphar, and all others

01:11:55.600 --> 01:12:00.960
down with your task. Go and be well. And then

01:12:00.960 --> 01:12:03.600
I'm going to drop the comms, run down to wherever

01:12:03.600 --> 01:12:06.939
the Weaver is with the grenades, and just let's

01:12:06.939 --> 01:12:13.579
detonate it. The rest of you splash down near

01:12:13.579 --> 01:12:17.300
a high and imposing headland and you are able

01:12:17.300 --> 01:12:21.779
to wade from your whirlers across a sandy beach

01:12:21.779 --> 01:12:25.779
to safety. The evening twilight is grey and sullen

01:12:25.779 --> 01:12:29.460
and there is frost on the ground. Above you,

01:12:29.579 --> 01:12:34.039
the Falkir plummets through the heavens, bursting

01:12:34.039 --> 01:12:38.479
into bright... flame the wreck hurtles through

01:12:38.479 --> 01:12:43.380
the night sky accompanied by furious winds thunder

01:12:43.380 --> 01:12:48.319
and lightning and then disappears over the horizon

01:12:48.319 --> 01:12:58.880
are you having a moment a minute silence for

01:12:58.880 --> 01:13:03.840
the for the fallen yes yeah i am impressed that

01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:06.300
you are actually shocked and forlorn because

01:13:06.300 --> 01:13:09.420
normally the guests die and you just know bye

01:13:09.420 --> 01:13:13.779
taylor you obviously got a special place in their

01:13:13.779 --> 01:13:19.020
heart oh yes there's none so rare as can compare

01:13:19.020 --> 01:13:31.039
with cole and his idiots three You could play

01:13:31.039 --> 01:13:33.539
in here near my god to thee or something. That

01:13:33.539 --> 01:13:36.060
would probably work. There we go. Yeah, exactly.

01:13:37.319 --> 01:13:39.880
Or highway to hell. That might be good as well.

01:13:40.859 --> 01:13:46.859
Boy. Well done, Mr. Taylor. Thank you. I'm wondering

01:13:46.859 --> 01:13:48.920
if... How many episodes was that? If Gigi is

01:13:48.920 --> 01:13:51.779
upset because he didn't actually actively accidentally

01:13:51.779 --> 01:13:55.140
kill this one. He gave me the grenades. I mean...

01:13:56.469 --> 01:13:59.510
It was a handing of the grenades, you know. This

01:13:59.510 --> 01:14:08.789
record stands. You shiver in the cold. He doesn't

01:14:08.789 --> 01:14:10.989
feel a thing. Because he's an unfeeling bastard.

01:14:12.510 --> 01:14:17.010
Not far from your landing site. Not far from

01:14:17.010 --> 01:14:21.630
your landing site. You spy along with wooden

01:14:21.630 --> 01:14:27.090
walls and a turf roof. lit by fire pits at the

01:14:27.090 --> 01:14:33.729
west end. There is no other signs of life. There's

01:14:33.729 --> 01:14:39.550
no imperial ships in the sky. There's no... No

01:14:39.550 --> 01:14:43.649
Statue of Liberty? Exactly. No Statue of Liberty.

01:14:43.770 --> 01:14:49.409
Just a traditional wooden longhouse. I got a

01:14:49.409 --> 01:14:53.369
bad feeling about this. Where the fuck are we?

01:14:53.979 --> 01:14:58.380
When the fuck are we? Who the fuck are we?