1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:28,680 Welcome to Agents Dossier, a Delta Green actual play series brought to you by 12 Sided Stories. 2 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:48,280 And now your GM, Wes Otis. 3 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,200 Hey everybody, welcome to Agents Dossier, episode three. 4 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,680 And let me throw it over to Mac. 5 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,640 Hey guys, I'm Mac. 6 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:02,520 And I'm going to be playing Desiree Kimball, who is sort of a cat burglar type and was 7 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,440 really confused at the end of the last episode. 8 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Yes, yes, very much so. 9 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:13,480 So to recap on the last episode, our poor Desiree had gotten arrested and thrown in 10 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:21,240 the clink where she was given a choice of basically selling her fence friend, Lonnie, 11 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,960 down the river or doing the time. 12 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:28,720 She had a lawyer named Eric Reitman helping her out. 13 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,140 He was a public defender and obviously overworked. 14 00:01:32,140 --> 00:01:35,820 She took the plea and didn't sell Lonnie down the river. 15 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:43,640 She was then approached by Tina Way, who was this agent from the FBI who offered her a 16 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:44,640 deal. 17 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:49,960 They needed her skills to get a item that she had already stolen back from a senator's 18 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,200 vault. 19 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,660 She said yes, because getting out and seeing her partner, Sonia, was an important thing 20 00:01:55,660 --> 00:01:56,660 to her. 21 00:01:56,660 --> 00:01:58,600 Sonia and her had this conversation on the phone. 22 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,720 And though Sonia loves her, there's only so many times your partner can get thrown in 23 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,640 jail before you get a little upset about it. 24 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:06,820 So it's understandable. 25 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:12,280 She took the deal and she went out to the house, broke in, she dressed up. 26 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,760 She almost got caught by this security guard, but quickly dressed up as the senator's daughter 27 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,080 and did a great job. 28 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:25,320 Got to the vault where she's supposed to find this item to steal back and standing there 29 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:32,520 in a, I would say agents of shield kind of outfit, a tight leather outfit was Tina Way, 30 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:38,160 who had obviously also snuck in and was just waiting for Desiree to show up. 31 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,040 That's basically where we left it. 32 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,040 Yeah. 33 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,480 With me going, what the fuck? 34 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:44,480 What the fuck? 35 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:50,640 And I assumed it was somebody else trying to get in at the same prize and tried to call 36 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:55,800 them out on it as the senator's daughter, quote unquote. 37 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,760 And yeah, that was, that was a mind fuck. 38 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:00,760 Yeah. 39 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:07,760 So agent Way is standing in the middle of the room and you can just tell from your years 40 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:13,640 of fencing items that there are a lot of items in here that would make your decade if you 41 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,200 were able to actually fence them. 42 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,800 But you know that like fine art can be hard to move. 43 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,860 You have to find a special buyer who's not going to like, Hey, look, I just got this 44 00:03:21,860 --> 00:03:23,560 wonderful Picasso. 45 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,560 Wait a minute. 46 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,440 That was stolen three weeks ago, jackass. 47 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,880 So that's hard to, you know, it's hard to move. 48 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,680 And she goes, ah, yeah, I thought you would get here faster. 49 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,520 And what's with the getup? 50 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,620 First of all, fuck you. 51 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:44,920 First of all, I ran into a security guard and needed a disguise. 52 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,960 So well, you're very good at disguises. 53 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,120 I mean, I can see through it because I was expecting it to be here. 54 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,040 And I know exactly where the daughter is right now, but you look from afar, you look pretty 55 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,040 good. 56 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,080 Gee, thanks. 57 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,760 What are you doing here? 58 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,220 Well, I wanted to see how well you could get in here. 59 00:04:05,220 --> 00:04:06,220 You did well. 60 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:08,140 You could have been a little faster. 61 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:12,360 You see the piece of art over there on the fake Roman pedestal he's got. 62 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:19,240 There's a couple of Roman pillar things that it's about like four feet high and a little 63 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,920 tacky next to some of these paintings that he's got on the wall. 64 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,840 She goes, ah, you see that over there? 65 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:27,040 Can you can you grab that? 66 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,400 Yeah, hold on a second. 67 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,640 And I'm going to go over and look at it and like assess if there's any security risks 68 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,160 in grabbing it. 69 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,220 OK, cool. 70 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:40,320 Give me an alertness roll. 71 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:41,320 All right. 72 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,400 My alertness is very high. 73 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,240 So hopefully you thank God my alertness is high. 74 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,520 I rolled an 81 under my 90. 75 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,080 Oh, yeah. 76 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,080 OK, cool. 77 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,560 So yeah, you're checking it out. 78 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,360 And sure enough, there is on the backside of it. 79 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:07,920 You see this really thin string that's connected to the top of it. 80 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,920 If you didn't look for it the way you did, you wouldn't have noticed it before you grabbed 81 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:13,920 it. 82 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:14,920 So you did good. 83 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,040 Yeah, I did a good you did a good. 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,040 What do you want to do? 85 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,160 I want to disable this weird string thing. 86 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,360 Give me another alertness roll because I want to see if you. 87 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,800 Thirty four. 88 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,920 OK. 89 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,800 So by looking at this, you know that usually you would just snip the wire and you'd be 90 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:34,800 fine. 91 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:35,800 Sure. 92 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:41,720 But it's hooked from the back to the base of this gaudy Roman pillar thing. 93 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,080 And then it goes inside of the Roman pillar down to about midway. 94 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:53,440 You notice that there's a hatch that you can open up and inside of that is this mechanism 95 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,140 that if you cut the tension, it goes off. 96 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:59,640 If you pull the tension, it goes off. 97 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:05,360 You have to basically figure out how to undo the mechanism without setting it off. 98 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,400 And agent way goes, well, what's taking you so long? 99 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,800 Guard's going to be here any minute. 100 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Yeah. 101 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,880 Well, I think they'll be here a lot faster if I set off the security on this. 102 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,680 Well, OK, what you going to do about it? 103 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,220 That's what I'm trying to figure out. 104 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:22,380 Have I seen anything like this before? 105 00:06:22,380 --> 00:06:24,040 And does it have moving parts? 106 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,540 Yes, it does. 107 00:06:25,540 --> 00:06:32,320 The line is taught and you see like different cogs and stuff or pulleys, I guess, that are 108 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:38,560 tight so that, like I said, if you cut it, they spin off and it sets off the alarm. 109 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,080 With those spinning parts, are they gears where they've got? 110 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,080 Yes. 111 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,080 OK. 112 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,100 I was thinking that I can put something in there to keep the gear from spinning once 113 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,240 the tension has changed. 114 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,560 And I happen to pick up those air pods. 115 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,600 True. 116 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,640 But I'm wondering if I can use the back end of one of those because it's thin and wedge 117 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,360 it into one of these gears so that it can't spin. 118 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,360 Absolutely. 119 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,760 I think that's a great idea. 120 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,120 So you do that. 121 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,560 I'm not going to make you roll and you're able to snip the line without letting go of 122 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,680 any pressure or breaking the tension. 123 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,600 And you now have a small statue. 124 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,600 OK. 125 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,200 Add to inventory. 126 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,520 I don't know if you've ever played World of Warcraft, but they always like, just like, 127 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,520 I picked up a head. 128 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Why do I have six heads in my basket now? 129 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,240 Why wouldn't you have six heads in your basket? 130 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:28,800 You're doing it right. 131 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Exactly. 132 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,240 So do you have on gloves? 133 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,520 Probably not, I'm guessing. 134 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,080 I probably would have brought some with me. 135 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:41,200 So you do feel like you would have put gloves on before you touched the statue and the stuff? 136 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,880 Yeah, I've been doing this for a long time. 137 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,040 True, true. 138 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,040 Absolutely. 139 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,040 Yeah. 140 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,240 I didn't know with your disguise if you would have one on, but I would have shoved them 141 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,440 in the pocket or, you know, I'm still wearing them. 142 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,000 I'm still wearing my outfit underneath the disguise stuff. 143 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,280 OK, so yeah, so you grab it. 144 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,640 She's like, all right, let's get going. 145 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,640 And she starts walking out the door. 146 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:09,000 As you guys get to the stairs where you came down, you hear the security guard starting 147 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:15,880 to walk down the stairs and she stops at the threshold to where he's approaching. 148 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,320 And she says, all right, how do you deal with this? 149 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,320 Watch and learn. 150 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:26,560 I'm going to walk out because I'm still disguised and going to go looking like I'm very confused 151 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:31,880 and just completely ignore the security guard being there and look around like I'm looking 152 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,200 on the floor and I'm looking on shelves. 153 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,960 You're just going to stay in the room and let him come in. 154 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:43,920 Yeah, and I am basically looking like I am actively looking for something. 155 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,200 OK, so he comes down. 156 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,760 What was your disguise percentage again? 157 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,720 I think it's 80. 158 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,040 OK, I'm rolling because, you know, tension. 159 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:03,480 So agent away goes behind one of the long like tapestry curtain things I was talking 160 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:04,480 about before. 161 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:05,480 Sure. 162 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Let's see how you do. 163 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:07,880 Why are you down here? 164 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 Your father doesn't want you down in this area. 165 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:15,560 There's too many expensive things for you to break. 166 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:17,440 Yeah, you know what else is expensive? 167 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:18,440 Air pods. 168 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,840 I can't find my other air pod. 169 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,800 I have no idea where it is. 170 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,840 I've looked everywhere. 171 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,080 This is the last place to look. 172 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,880 Well, it's if it's not down here, you should go upstairs. 173 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,800 I think you should go and do your job and your job doesn't include harassing me. 174 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:40,360 I'm sorry I wasn't harassing you, but I do have a job and it is to make sure that this 175 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,920 room is secured and and also to make sure that I'm safe. 176 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,520 And right now I'm not safe because I can't find my other air pod. 177 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,360 OK, your air pods aren't going to are anyway. 178 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:54,360 They're not down here. 179 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,880 Let's let's go upstairs. 180 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:57,880 You go upstairs. 181 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,160 I'm going to finish looking here and then I don't know. 182 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,840 Just leave me alone. 183 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:05,880 Yes ma'am. 184 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,120 And then he does like a cursory look around. 185 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,000 You see. 186 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 OK. 187 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:19,560 He passes right by where Agent Way is standing and then goes up the stairs. 188 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:23,000 Agent Way comes out and goes, wow, you're very convincing. 189 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,240 Yeah, I've been doing this for a while. 190 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,800 Let's get the fuck out of here. 191 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,800 Sure. 192 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,800 Let's go. 193 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,200 Now we can't we can't do that again because every time you interact with him, there's 194 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,500 a possibility that he's going to figure out who you are. 195 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,200 So let's just try stealth at this point and get out of here. 196 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,280 Yeah. 197 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,960 So what I want you to do is give me a stealth role. 198 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,840 OK. 199 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:53,440 Even the skills I'm really good at, I just worry I'm going to roll something real bad. 200 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,960 But I rolled a 17. 201 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,400 That's super good. 202 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,400 Yeah. 203 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,680 Feeling real good about that. 204 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:00,680 Good dice. 205 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:01,680 Good dice. 206 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:05,080 Do they know we're not playing otherworldly London? 207 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,080 Is that it? 208 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:07,080 Clearly. 209 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,840 Although, to be fair, I make some of my roles in otherworld London. 210 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:11,840 You do. 211 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:12,840 You do. 212 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,960 We just like giving you a hard time because you're the worst. 213 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,400 Well, you're good at giving us a hard time. 214 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,600 So especially me. 215 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,520 I'm not saying anything, but I do get a hard time. 216 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,000 It does sound like you're saying something, Wes. 217 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,520 It sounds like you're saying something. 218 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,520 Maybe just a little. 219 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:29,520 Yeah. 220 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:30,520 You guys get out. 221 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,520 No problem. 222 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:37,320 You get out, and there's this black SUV with blacked-out windows waiting for you, as you 223 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,320 could probably imagine. 224 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:48,080 Leaning up against it with a smoking a cigar and in a black suit with a bright pink tie 225 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:54,820 is Rebecca, who you were inmates with just a couple of days ago. 226 00:11:54,820 --> 00:12:00,360 She takes a big drag off of her cigar and goes, what took you guys so long? 227 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,800 That seems to be the question of the night. 228 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:08,640 I think the question you should be asking is, was the job completed? 229 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:14,600 If you're standing here with Agent Way, I think that everything went the way it should. 230 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,640 Agent Way nods. 231 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,880 Alright, get in the car. 232 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,600 We've got things to talk about. 233 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,400 Clearly. 234 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,480 She gets in, and you get in the back. 235 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:33,040 You guys drive off, and you find yourself at a small diner, a little 24-hour greasy spoon, 236 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,200 and Agent Way orders some coffee. 237 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,400 Rebecca goes, what do you drink? 238 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,720 What do you want? 239 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,880 You know, I would kill for a beer right now. 240 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:44,880 Me too. 241 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,320 Two beers, anything but Paps. 242 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,640 Oh, yeah. 243 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,320 We're not complete savages. 244 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:52,320 Yes. 245 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,680 So, I'm sure you have questions. 246 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:58,760 Why don't you ask some, and we'll respond as we can. 247 00:12:58,760 --> 00:12:59,760 How's your knitting going? 248 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:00,760 It's well. 249 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,160 I'm doing a scarf. 250 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,000 You do a lot of scarves and blankets. 251 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,720 Sweaters take a long time. 252 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,840 And also, what the actual fuck? 253 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,840 Well, the item that you stole, it's going to be hard for you to believe right now, and 254 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:20,820 I don't want to tell you too much because it's a lot to take in, and I understand that. 255 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:25,120 But the item that you stole is dangerous. 256 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:31,800 The things that it's made out of are dangerous to humans, and it's best if it was disposed 257 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:37,880 of, but we were supposed to get it before you did, and you beat us to the punch. 258 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,040 Oh, and I've been touching it this whole time, so that's cool. 259 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,720 I mean, is it going to kill me through my gloves? 260 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:45,720 No. 261 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,720 The fact that you have gloves is why it didn't affect you. 262 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:55,040 Hand to the abject is the problem, and from what we can tell, you've never touched it 263 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:59,680 with your skin because if you had, you wouldn't be here right now. 264 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:04,520 And you didn't think this was information I should have prior to breaking in and stealing 265 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,200 it again? 266 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,280 Well, this was obviously a test. 267 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:15,600 You have a lot of skill, and we feel that you could be useful and that you could use 268 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:20,560 gainful employment instead of just being an okay burglar. 269 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,240 I mean, you did get caught twice. 270 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,040 The second time was a fucking setup. 271 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,320 I don't know how many times I have to keep saying that. 272 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,320 That was... 273 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,880 Setup or not, you should have saw it coming. 274 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,480 I mean, you know. 275 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,880 Dirty pool, that's all I'm saying. 276 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Yeah. 277 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,880 Well, you did a good job. 278 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,720 You did get the item the first time. 279 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,660 You got set up by the local PD. 280 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:44,800 We were watching. 281 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,520 Everybody was watching. 282 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,200 And you know, you handled yourself well. 283 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,600 You didn't throw your friend under the bus, which was another point in your favor. 284 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,240 You got to know you can trust someone even if the situation is bad. 285 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,160 And we deal with really bad stuff. 286 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:06,200 And the waitress comes over, puts down two beers and the coffee. 287 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:11,000 She goes, waffles, strawberries, whipped cream, hash browns. 288 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,480 You want anything? 289 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:13,480 Same. 290 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:14,480 Why not? 291 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,560 And agent Wei goes, so many carbs. 292 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:28,200 I'll have eggs and I don't know, just eggs and a vegetable. 293 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,600 And Rebecca goes, why do you eat like that? 294 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,600 That's not... 295 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,440 She's got to fit in her cat suit. 296 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,440 Yeah. 297 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,240 It's very, very flattering, by the way. 298 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,240 Thanks. 299 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:46,280 And Rebecca goes, yeah, yeah, that is a bonus. 300 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,280 I wish I was that young. 301 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,440 And she takes a big old drag off of her cigar. 302 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,120 But at this point, fuck it. 303 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,240 Carbs and cigarettes and booze. 304 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,400 Yeah. 305 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,280 And statues that can kill you. 306 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,280 Yeah. 307 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,600 So I believe I did the job. 308 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:09,320 I believe that I am due a bit of freedom. 309 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,640 Some money was supposed to come my way. 310 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:18,360 And then I am free to do pretty much what I want from there. 311 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Yeah. 312 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,360 True. 313 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:25,360 So here's the point where we offer you a position. 314 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,640 This envelope, she pulls out an envelope, has 10 grand in it. 315 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:31,640 Okay. 316 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,040 And this envelope, she pulls out another envelope. 317 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,140 She goes, this envelope has 50 grand in it. 318 00:16:37,140 --> 00:16:40,680 If you want the 50 grand envelope, you'll come work for us. 319 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,380 This is a signing bonus. 320 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:47,240 That means that you have full government paid insurance. 321 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:52,800 That means if you have trouble with the law, it's a little easier to get out of it. 322 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:59,760 It means you don't have to steal unless it's part of your job, which it will be. 323 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,960 But I have to tell you, let's eat. 324 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,840 And then you should think about it before you say anything. 325 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,040 Because I want to show you one more thing. 326 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,400 Yeah. 327 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:10,560 Before you make your decision. 328 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:11,560 Okay. 329 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:16,120 Because I'm sure there's some catch to this beyond the fact that I still feel like I'm 330 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,400 trapped in a 90s action movie. 331 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,280 We like that aesthetic and we're sticking to it. 332 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,780 That's why she wears the cat suit. 333 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:26,880 That's why I smoke the cigar and eat bad food. 334 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,600 Well you're nailing it. 335 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,840 Lean into it because that's where we're at right now with this. 336 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,480 Anyway, eat your food and we'll go to the last location. 337 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,400 I know that sounds scary, but don't let it be. 338 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,320 Yeah, I'll try. 339 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:52,000 You guys go to this sketchy part of the city and there's this warehouse that you guys pull 340 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 into. 341 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,320 She goes, all right, let's deal with the statue. 342 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,440 You guys get out in the warehouse and there's a table. 343 00:17:58,440 --> 00:17:59,920 Put it on the table. 344 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,680 Okie dokie. 345 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,200 So here's the deal. 346 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:09,460 This job requires you to confront reality as it truly is. 347 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:20,120 The reality that we are really specks of dust compared to other life forms out there and 348 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:25,600 that we have to keep the public from knowing about the life forms. 349 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,240 She says come over here to this grate and there's this grate in the floor like a trap 350 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:38,760 door with bars and she takes out her gun and she shoots it up in the air. 351 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:52,640 Suddenly from the pit below in the darkness you hear and then without warning two huge 352 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,000 hands with claws grab on. 353 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,200 They're like really white, like bone white. 354 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:11,480 They grab onto the cage and you see this deformed disgusting looking face slam up against the 355 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,960 bars trying its best to get to you. 356 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,080 I definitely like take a step back. 357 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,240 I think I trip on my own feet and end up like falling on my butt. 358 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:28,920 Ok, so you trip back and she takes the gun in her hand and shoots the thing in the head 359 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,040 and it falls down to the ground. 360 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,120 What the fuck was that? 361 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,440 That was a ghoul. 362 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,640 You need to make a sand check for me though real quick so it gets your sanity. 363 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,520 Alright, let me find that on my sheet here. 364 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,520 45. 365 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:49,160 So I did not make it. 366 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,640 I rolled a 79. 367 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,400 Ok one second. 368 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,040 Ok so it was just a one. 369 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:56,840 You take just, you're just shocked. 370 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:02,720 You're just like oh fuck, but nothing too bad. 371 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,440 She goes that's reality. 372 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:10,260 There are cursed items that if humans touch them they go insane. 373 00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:13,760 There are books with knowledge in them that nobody should know. 374 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,040 There are monsters that dig up our dead and eat them. 375 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:23,680 There are creatures that cause horrible things to happen. 376 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:32,800 I show you the least of the horrors with the understanding that we are keeping people like 377 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:40,040 your parents, your partner safe by keeping them in the dark. 378 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:46,560 This knowledge we learn can change us and lead us down a dark path, but the work is 379 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,920 really important. 380 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:53,720 That's why we need people like you who are skilled, who are smart, and who can handle 381 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,720 themselves. 382 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,000 You get training of course, but it's dangerous. 383 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,720 Yeah, I'm kind of getting that feeling. 384 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:08,940 I straighten myself up and get off the ground and stuff and I've got I'm sure a limited 385 00:21:08,940 --> 00:21:10,880 amount of time to think about this. 386 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,840 Yeah we actually have a job set up for you in about a week if you take it. 387 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,120 Not big, just a problem. 388 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:20,920 You got a flyer in your pocket don't you? 389 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,800 Yeah, what's that got to do with anything? 390 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,860 It's the job you're going to be on. 391 00:21:26,860 --> 00:21:31,100 We planted it there to see if you'd grab it or not, but it did exactly what I thought 392 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:32,100 it would. 393 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:36,440 Man, I was thinking I'd take my girlfriend to that. 394 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,880 Fuck that then. 395 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,320 Yeah you don't want to do that. 396 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:48,560 This whole time Agent Way is over there setting up this very small amount of C4 onto the statue. 397 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,280 You hear the creature in the pit start to move around. 398 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,160 Wait, that thing's not dead? 399 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,400 No, they're really hard to kill. 400 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,880 I just stunned it. 401 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,760 A direct headshot just stunned it? 402 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:06,960 Yeah, sometimes some of the creatures are hard to put down. 403 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,800 You just want me to steal things though, right? 404 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,400 You might have to do some other things as well. 405 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:18,620 Your first job is going to be hard, but yeah, when you're not working, the money and the 406 00:22:18,620 --> 00:22:26,500 relaxation and the ability to travel anywhere and the fact that you're going to be keeping 407 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:32,560 yourself and your friends and your family safe, touching that statue over there, that's 408 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:40,400 just one artifact, would have driven you insane to the point of not being able to know what 409 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,720 your name is or what you're doing. 410 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,800 You would have had to be institutionalized. 411 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:52,960 That's something that can't be allowed to exist in our world, so we fight against it 412 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,480 as best we can. 413 00:22:54,480 --> 00:23:00,680 Look, if I take this job, if, what about Sonia if something happens to me? 414 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,600 I need to know that she would be taken care of. 415 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:09,920 Part of your contract would be an accidental death insurance policy. 416 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:17,480 So if you die during work or because of something related to work, Sonia would be taken care 417 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,960 of for the rest of her life. 418 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,400 She also would never know. 419 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,000 She can never, ever know what you do. 420 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,120 I don't think I would ever, ever want to tell her either. 421 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:34,200 You have to lie to her about what you're doing because number one, that's too much stress 422 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,400 for her, but also it puts you in danger too, and her. 423 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,520 It's kind of like the superhero thing. 424 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,000 You don't, you know. 425 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,160 Yeah, yeah. 426 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:49,560 I'm getting that back to sort of that whole 90s vibe that we were talking about earlier. 427 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:50,560 Yeah. 428 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,080 You, aesthetic you have. 429 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,080 We try. 430 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,720 Well, fuck it. 431 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,720 Show me the contract. 432 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,000 So she goes, ah, we'll take a look at it in the car. 433 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:08,840 We're going to blow up this building and the thing down there and this statue and be done 434 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:10,000 with this part of it. 435 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Come on. 436 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,880 And so you guys go back out of the car and you drive a good distance away and there's 437 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,400 two explosions. 438 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:35,840 One's in the pit with the creature and then one's with the statue, sets the place on fire. 439 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,300 Like I said, it's a pretty rundown area. 440 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:44,520 You hear agent way, call the cops says, Hey, there's a fire and gives the address then 441 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:50,560 just hangs up about five to 10 minutes later, a couple of fire trucks show up and she hands 442 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,600 you the contract and it's pretty straightforward. 443 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,520 Just says that you make about 150,000 a year. 444 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,160 You have access to petty cash to deal with movement. 445 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,660 You will be given a code name. 446 00:25:04,660 --> 00:25:09,200 You're supposed to use that code name with your other agents. 447 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,840 The agencies called Delta Green. 448 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,480 They don't tell you much beyond that. 449 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,360 I'm going to let you pick what your code name is. 450 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,400 Oh, that's dangerous. 451 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:25,640 So you're in cell K and you just need to come up with an agent name like from reservoir 452 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,840 dogs or it's agent black, agent pink, agent blue, whatever you want to do. 453 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,280 I think it's actually more fun if I let you assign me a code name. 454 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,280 Okay, I will. 455 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,880 I will think about it. 456 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:36,880 Okay. 457 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:41,320 I just for funsies and that way you can get back at me for all of the ribbing that I've 458 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:46,800 done to you because I'm sure you're just itching to get some revenge. 459 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Oh, not at all. 460 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,200 Not at all. 461 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:57,640 The next day, I mean, it's like two in the morning when you get home or back to the hotel. 462 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,080 What do you want to do? 463 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,080 What are your thoughts? 464 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,460 Who would you contact? 465 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:08,200 Would you contact Sonia first and talk to her about anything or would you contact a 466 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,960 friend or? 467 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,800 I think I would walk to the nearby liquor store. 468 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:13,800 Okay. 469 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,360 Go and get myself a bottle of good whiskey and probably it's two in the morning. 470 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:25,080 I probably spend until the sun comes up sipping at whiskey and just thinking about my life. 471 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,120 Right. 472 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,560 Have I made the right choices? 473 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:34,120 And you've got an envelope of 50 grand and you're sitting in this like shit hotel. 474 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:38,620 Yeah, and I'm probably sitting there just sort of staring at it intermittently and staring 475 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:41,120 out the window thinking about it. 476 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:48,840 And so the next morning I get up and go to Lonnie's pawn shop looking for rings. 477 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,600 Lonnie says, it's good to see you. 478 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,880 They dropped the charges mysteriously and I thought maybe you had something to do with 479 00:26:58,880 --> 00:26:59,880 that. 480 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:00,880 Nope. 481 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,920 I mean, what would I have to do with it? 482 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,160 Well, if you did, I appreciate it, kid. 483 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,600 I didn't want to spend any more time in jail than I already have. 484 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,920 Well, I'll take your thanks, but I can't say that I did anything. 485 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,600 So looking for a ring, getting serious? 486 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,600 I hope so. 487 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,360 Yeah, I'm sure she'll say yes. 488 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:24,360 Well, I don't know. 489 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,960 She was pretty pissed off at me. 490 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,440 What kind of ring do you think would be perfect for Sonia? 491 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,340 I actually look to pick out something that's a little more unusual than just like a plain 492 00:27:34,340 --> 00:27:35,340 diamond ring. 493 00:27:35,340 --> 00:27:36,340 Okay. 494 00:27:36,340 --> 00:27:38,760 So I'd be looking for something that's a little more antique. 495 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:44,400 And I would say that maybe I come across a silver ring that's got a beautiful inlaid 496 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:45,400 cameo. 497 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Okay. 498 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:51,200 Can you do me a favor now in, we've done this before, but in Delta green, there's a luck 499 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,000 thing, but the luck is 50-50. 500 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,120 So just roll a luck roll for me. 501 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,120 18. 502 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:00,680 Awesome. 503 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,800 Okay. 504 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,520 So you look and you look and you're not really seeing anything. 505 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,080 And he goes, what are you looking for exactly? 506 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,080 I don't know. 507 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,480 Something classy, something unusual. 508 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:19,280 She's not going to deal with the plain band with diamonds in it. 509 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:20,280 It's not her style. 510 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,280 Give me a second. 511 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:25,360 And he says, you know, I don't have everything out here. 512 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:31,880 He goes in the back and comes back out a few moments later with a box. 513 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,720 It looks like just a regular old wooden box. 514 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,440 He goes, you know, I'm never going to get married. 515 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:45,000 I had a couple of girlfriends for a while, but I'm getting older now. 516 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,640 And you know, I think that this might be what you're looking for. 517 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:56,600 And he opens the box up and there is, sitting on the bottom of it, is a ring. 518 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,720 If you test the metal, it's probably gold and platinum. 519 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,280 It looks like it's from the late 30s. 520 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,880 It's got this really intricate pattern in it. 521 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,840 So it's not like a regular band. 522 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:16,800 It's got this really nice pattern, which if you wanted to, I'll leave this up to you, 523 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:23,360 but if you wanted to draw it out and have it as something that I can show to the Patreon 524 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,920 people, we can do that. 525 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,920 But it's very Art Deco looking. 526 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,560 It has a ruby in it instead of a diamond. 527 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:38,360 Because, you know, I think that you probably had more to do with me getting out than you're 528 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,360 saying. 529 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,000 I just want to say thank you. 530 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,040 So I think you should have this. 531 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,160 I'm happy to pay for it. 532 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,160 I've got the money. 533 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,160 I don't need the money. 534 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,640 I mean, you're going to make me money in the future, I'm sure. 535 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,400 This is just a friendly thing. 536 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,640 This isn't business. 537 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:56,640 It's perfect. 538 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,160 Are you sure? 539 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,760 I wouldn't be offering it if I wasn't. 540 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:01,760 Okay. 541 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:08,440 Well, I guess I'm off to the florist real quick and then I'll let you know how it goes. 542 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:09,440 Good luck. 543 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,000 So you head out, go to the florist. 544 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Anywhere else you want to go before you head back? 545 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:20,280 I think it's probably just the florist and then I'm going to head over to Sonia's. 546 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:21,280 All right. 547 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,280 Where have you been? 548 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,680 I thought I'd see you sooner. 549 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,520 I called a couple of times. 550 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:32,920 I thought so too, but I got a job. 551 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:33,920 Doing what? 552 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,880 Consulting, if you could believe it. 553 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:36,880 Really? 554 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:37,880 Consulting? 555 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:38,880 What about? 556 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,400 Well, they needed someone with my skill set. 557 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,400 Is this legal? 558 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,400 It's legal. 559 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,040 I promise you it's legal. 560 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,040 Okay. 561 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,040 I don't... 562 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,760 Look, I love you a lot. 563 00:30:53,760 --> 00:31:00,120 More than I like to admit because it scares me that you are going to end up in jail for 564 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,120 the rest of your life. 565 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,120 I know. 566 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,120 I... 567 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:07,160 Is it a compulsion that you do these things? 568 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,960 Is it the adrenaline? 569 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:09,960 Look, just... 570 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,200 The flowers are nice. 571 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,040 The flowers are nice. 572 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,800 I've got a good taste in flowers. 573 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:24,480 I've got good tastes in some other things too, like you and like this. 574 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,640 I get down on one knee and open up the box. 575 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:34,640 She has this perplexed look on her face and then she goes, picks up the ring and she's 576 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:40,080 like, yes, of course. 577 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,080 Thank you. 578 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,160 Sorry, I'm just... 579 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,440 I wasn't expecting this, but yes. 580 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,360 What better time than when I can catch you completely off guard? 581 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:52,360 That's my favorite. 582 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,760 You crinkle up your nose that funny little way. 583 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,400 She laughs a little bit. 584 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:05,800 Then you guys have a conversation and whatever, but she's very excited and kind of forgets 585 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,640 about her line of questioning of why do you do this? 586 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,800 That was a good distraction. 587 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,440 You guys have a wonderful dinner, wonderful evening, very romantic. 588 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:22,120 I pull out all the stops without flaunting the money around. 589 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,160 It's definitely a lot of very nice stuff. 590 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,640 I take her shopping and go to dinner. 591 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:33,600 At some point she's going to ask, well, I mean, when will you be moving in or are we 592 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,000 going to get a different place? 593 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,480 This apartment's not the biggest. 594 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,440 I think that we should look for another place. 595 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:40,640 The place that's ours. 596 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,160 I like that idea. 597 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,160 It goes really well. 598 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:49,080 She goes, I'm going to go out tomorrow and I'm going to find you the perfect ring. 599 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,080 This is beautiful. 600 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,160 You know I don't need anything. 601 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,480 You need a ring if we're going to do this the right way. 602 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,480 I mean... 603 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,080 Nothing too flashy, okay? 604 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,580 Of course not. 605 00:33:00,580 --> 00:33:04,400 Just be careful and I'm glad you have a job. 606 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,480 Where is it at? 607 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:14,000 It's working with, I said you're not going to believe this, but actually with law enforcement. 608 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,440 That sounds like a 90s action movie. 609 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:17,680 That's been my life lately. 610 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,680 I don't know. 611 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,640 It's just living the dream. 612 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,960 Criminal gets picked up for something and then all of a sudden they're tapped to work 613 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,800 for a federal agency. 614 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,080 That sounds familiar. 615 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,520 What can I tell you? 616 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:33,520 Stranger than fiction. 617 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,440 Yeah, as long as it keeps you out of harm's way, that's all that matters. 618 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:42,000 Yeah, and it's going to help keep other people out of harm's way too. 619 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,160 So you're not in any danger? 620 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:48,320 Well, I mean, define danger. 621 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:53,000 You won't get shot or disappear or die on me. 622 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,800 You're just consulting. 623 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:55,800 Just consulting. 624 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,640 Should make you make a sand check just for that sentence. 625 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,160 I can't tell her. 626 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,920 I know you can't, and that's why I asked the question. 627 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,360 Because it's good fun. 628 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:12,800 The next morning, you guys have breakfast and she goes, well, I have a lot to do today. 629 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,360 She heads out and you get a text. 630 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:21,080 The text just says, meet me at Rick's Cafe in 30 minutes. 631 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:22,800 Look for the blue tie. 632 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,200 I just love a cryptic text. 633 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:28,880 I head out to Rick's. 634 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,520 Alright, so when you get there, the place is packed. 635 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:38,520 It's one of these like little indie coffee houses with really kind of cool decorations 636 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,600 and whatever. 637 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:47,080 And there's a guy sitting there in a black tank top with Bermuda shorts that are bright 638 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:52,120 orange and a silk blue tie around his neck. 639 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:59,280 He's sipping on coffee and he's got shades on a white baseball hat with like paint smudges 640 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:00,400 on it. 641 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:06,000 And he's a white guy with a lot of bad tan days behind him. 642 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,600 His skin looks like it's been burned quite a few times. 643 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:14,240 And when you walk in, he kind of raises his cup to you. 644 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:18,200 So I walk over and sit down and. 645 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,600 Don't you want something to drink? 646 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,600 It's coffee. 647 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,280 Maybe in a minute, I think I might have to call the fashion police first. 648 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:28,680 Good one. 649 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:29,680 I like you. 650 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:30,680 My name is Connor. 651 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,600 Hey, Connor, how did you get my number? 652 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,800 We work for the same people and they needed me to contact you. 653 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,640 Ergo number. 654 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:45,760 OK, so is there any way that you can prove that we work for the same people? 655 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:46,880 He looks around. 656 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,080 He pulls out a badge. 657 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,880 Now his badge is for the ATF. 658 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,800 He goes, so I work for the government. 659 00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:02,120 I work for the ATF, but I also work for the same agency that you work for as well. 660 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:09,080 See, a lot of us work for several different agencies, but we all work on and he doesn't 661 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,080 say the name. 662 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:14,720 He won't say Delta Green, but he dances around the name. 663 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,920 You've been recruited into the same thing. 664 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,840 So anyway, there's my badge. 665 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:26,380 Yes, I'm dressed in a terrible fashion because I find it comfortable and people tend to stay 666 00:36:26,380 --> 00:36:32,480 away from me because they figure I'm either nuts or I'm one of those really talkative 667 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:37,760 guys who will just bother you in the store like when you're waiting to just buy your 668 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,760 groceries. 669 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,600 So they tend to stay away from me. 670 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,600 Fair enough. 671 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,680 You know, those guys, hey, how's it going? 672 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,240 Oh, I remember that. 673 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,120 It's annoying as hell. 674 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,120 Anyway. 675 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,120 Yeah, it's not my speed. 676 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,120 Do you want coffee? 677 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,480 You got good bagels. 678 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,320 Yeah, I'll take some coffee. 679 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:54,320 All right. 680 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,280 Well, so you get some coffee. 681 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,600 He goes, so here's the deal. 682 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:06,320 I take it you probably got the initiation of there's crazy shit going on and you probably 683 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:11,280 saw some stuff to confirm crazy shit. 684 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,080 Tonight's job's kind of easy. 685 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,240 It's not necessarily easy. 686 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,720 Remember that plant? 687 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:23,120 They gave you a flyer that said a bunch of band names and one of them was the Graves 688 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,120 End. 689 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:25,120 Yeah. 690 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:29,120 Well, the Graves End is a cultist group. 691 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,120 They do a bunch of horrible shit. 692 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,720 Anyway, they're going to be trying something at a nightclub tonight. 693 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:40,720 Actually, we need to deal with it. 694 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,520 You're going to help us break into the back of the club. 695 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,720 We can't go through the front. 696 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:50,920 Once you get the back open, you're going to go through the club with earplugs in because 697 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,800 you don't want to hear this kind of stuff. 698 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,000 You're going to open the front door to let the other set of agents in. 699 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:03,080 You're going to have to be very careful because the people in the club will not be in their 700 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,080 right minds. 701 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,080 Yeah, it's... 702 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:10,520 Are we talking robes, enchanting, and blood sacrifice here? 703 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,360 No, we're talking Norwegian death metal. 704 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:18,040 They're dressed up like Norwegian death metal band, but they're really from New Jersey. 705 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,320 Well, then I definitely want the earplugs. 706 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:26,440 Yeah, they're not nearly as good as some of the bands you hear, but you definitely need 707 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,440 the earplugs. 708 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:32,440 When it's done, you'll get your first taste. 709 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,680 There's going to be gunfire, I'm going to warn you now, and you are going to have to 710 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,680 learn how to use a gun, but not tonight. 711 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,200 Thank you for that at least. 712 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:48,720 I'm not too shabby with a gun already, but not my style. 713 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,120 Well, unfortunately, after the thing that you saw, you know why it's good to maybe have 714 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,960 something with some stunning power. 715 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,200 Yeah. 716 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:58,620 So... 717 00:38:58,620 --> 00:39:00,480 So that should be fun. 718 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,880 It's a club night. 719 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:02,880 That's great. 720 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:03,880 Everything's great. 721 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:04,880 Right. 722 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,840 So anyway, I'll pick you up. 723 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:13,280 Are you staying at that flea bag hotel still or are you somewhere else? 724 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,280 I give him an address that he can pick me up. 725 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,000 That's like the gas station that's down the way from where Sonia lives. 726 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,000 Okay, cool. 727 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,520 Do you have any questions? 728 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:28,880 I'm sure you have questions, but do you have any questions you want to ask me? 729 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,360 I mean, I don't know what to ask. 730 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,720 Nah, I get it. 731 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:35,600 That's actually kind of good. 732 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:42,560 It sounds pretty straightforward except for the whole crazy death cult chanting whatever 733 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:46,200 thing. 734 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,000 What's your favorite horrible music that you don't admit to anyone that you like, but that 735 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,160 you listen to in your car at full blast? 736 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,200 One doesn't ask a lady those questions. 737 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:02,200 Okay, well, if I was a gentleman, then I wouldn't, but I am asking. 738 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:10,160 For me, Dancing Queen by ABBA is the track that I put on full blast when no one's looking. 739 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,160 Is this relevant? 740 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:16,600 I hope it's relevant because otherwise you're straying into that weird guy territory you 741 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:17,600 didn't want to be in. 742 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:23,560 Well, yeah, no, it's relevant. 743 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,960 I kind of enjoy listening to Christmas music year round. 744 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,440 Oh, yeah, you're one of those. 745 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,440 Okay. 746 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,440 That's great though. 747 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:36,640 One of those says the guy in this outfit with the tie. 748 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,280 Come on now. 749 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,280 Don't go music shaming me here. 750 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:41,920 Okay, you're right. 751 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:42,920 I'm wrong. 752 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:52,000 Bring your iPod or whatever you kids are listening to nowadays, your iPhone, and just have the 753 00:40:52,000 --> 00:41:00,120 best Christmas song ever on loop in your ears at full blast and you'll be fine. 754 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,880 Something that brings you happiness when you listen to it. 755 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,480 Okey dokey. 756 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,720 This is going to be a weird fucking night. 757 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:10,840 Yeah. 758 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,960 And actually, this is where we're going to stop. 759 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:14,960 No. 760 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,480 Thanks so much. 761 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:18,480 That was fun. 762 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:19,480 I had a lot of fun. 763 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:20,480 Yeah, this was great. 764 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,160 I'm having fun leaning into the whole action movie thing. 765 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,640 I think that's funny. 766 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,640 You're welcome. 767 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,640 You're welcome. 768 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,680 Where can our lovely listeners find you? 769 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:37,760 Well, if they're not creepily stalking me, please don't because that's just don't do 770 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:38,760 that. 771 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:43,880 You can digitally stalk me at Strange Like That. 772 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,640 That's the Facebook, the Twitters, and the Instagrams. 773 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,280 It's also my website. 774 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:57,160 You can also find me over at Happy Jacks RPG on every Monday playing games at 7 o'clock 775 00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,400 PM PST. 776 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,240 I hope to hear from you lovely listeners soon. 777 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:06,240 Cool. 778 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:07,920 Thank you guys so much for listening. 779 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,200 I'm Wes Otis. 780 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,000 You can find my stuff on Platemail Games. 781 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000 You can find you guys. 782 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:18,640 You're Patreon backers, so you know all of this stuff and where to find the show. 783 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,640 You found us. 784 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:20,840 Thank you so much for your support. 785 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:21,840 We appreciate it. 786 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:26,640 That's why we're doing this show is because you guys are awesome enough to help us out. 787 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,080 So thank you and have a great week. 788 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:57,080 Bye.