Last time on the Empire Initiative, the Crusaders
got acquainted with the members of the Leap Syndicate
and heard the tragic tale of its founding by
Boulder. Continuously hunted and knowing nothing
of frog folk culture, the young frog seemed overjoyed
by Dart's presence, but Boulder never let his
guard down and always kept his favorite dagger
close at hand. Rain and Zavari practiced the
fox's dance in the moonlight to prepare for the
Sapphire Jubilee, in a totally platonic fashion,
of course. Meanwhile, Dart and Boulder left to
scout the pyramid and witnessed an unusual party
entering it before they arrived, so they prepared
a little surprise for them. In the morning, Zavari
received more letters regarding the upcoming
trials, and Dart, overwhelmed at finally finding
some of his own kind, hugged all of the Frogkin
children before preparing to venture out yet
again. This is episode 16, Packs That Bind Us.
You guys are surrounded by frog folk. Um, Janbette
is starting to gather up like the little ones
and kind of like hush them, you know, like it's
time for your nap. Like, um, and she actually
like, if, you know, you guys wouldn't be able
to see this because you're like, you're on the
floor or on the like forest, the jungle floor,
but she like will hop up into this, into the
canopy and there is like a they have like an
extra big like waxy leaf that they've made like
a hammock out of and they've like filled with
like a small basin of water so it's like a little
tub a little leaf tub and it's like um got like
you know it's got it's double layered with like
another big waxy leaf you know underneath and
like the um it's like sewed up with uh like twine
along the edges And that's like where she's bringing
the children there. The smallest ones like still,
you know, need to basically be somewhat in water
quite often. And the older ones sort of look
after the smaller ones. So she's trying to bring
them all up for a nap time situation. And because
she knows that adult conversations need to happen.
And yeah, so with that, the scene opens. Bubbles,
let me bring up Bubbles' description. She's big.
Bubbles is he's got like a little bit of a little
bit of a bumpy nose. He's dark blue And he's
like he's like taller than like the others for
the most like for the most part. He's one of
the taller ones But yeah, he's like we we really
really need a place to call home You know I could
you know I could try to, you know, build something,
but we never stay in one place for very long.
Comes around, looks at the pyramid. It's like
they're popping up out of nowhere. It's like
they grew from the ground. From my hands. Magical
hands. Wow. Yeah, but what included me? And he's
like, he's like, yeah, but what exactly is that?
And like his tongue lolls out and shh. Licks
his eyeballs and they don't do it. Oh, that's
they all do it in unison. Oh It's like yawning
just one of them Well, there might be something
in it I don't I don't know if there's orcs in
it right now, right? There's a couple. Yeah I
think that being nomadic is probably actually
really smart because if you want to stay in one
place, you have to be able to defend it and This
is not exactly what I would call a defensive
fighting force. The issue is, if I may, my leash.
Just start is fine. Just start. It's difficult
to raise tadpoles in this sort of situation.
That's true. And we have discussed that we are
lacking numbers. The thing is, is that, um, wow.
And then, um, Boulder will, like, sort of, like,
I mean, they're all standing right there, but
he'll kind of sort of, like, walk back up and
reengage in the conversation. He goes, well,
sorry about this. This is kind of weird. You
can get a voice, get some water if you need it.
Right. I don't know if I can do it. Okay, dart.
It's not quite right. We can edit it in later.
So, Boulder will say that he's considered trying
to break out a large amount of frogs in order
to create a force. The thing is, there isn't
a ton of adults. They keep a certain amount.
of adults you know they mostly because they don't
you know they don't they're trying to avoid this
kind of situation um but like you know it's not
about trying to grab like a bunch all at once
or something but then it becomes like they're
going to notice right it's like right now they
have the advantage of there's only like rumors
that some frogs have escaped like most orcs don't
believe it right um even like him you know even
like with dart and what he's doing it is kind
of making them nervous but it's also kind of
like oh there's just like some stupid shit that
people are saying like freak us out or like you
know whatever like if that makes sense so they
currently so like that's kind of bolder thing
he's like you know i i could try to like grab
more mature froglets but it's way more likely
that those will get noticed so trying to grab
like a tadpole here and there has been kind of
my strategy but tadpoles are like really really
hard to take care of like if you don't have it
upon they're supposed to like have a very you
know stable specific environment and it's hard
for it's so it's been hard they haven't had like
they have lost a lot of you know potential syndicate
members well normally i would suggest given our
environments that we hide high in the trees but
as you said that is not a good environment for
tadpoles and so i have another idea because where
we need to stay needs to be well hidden so that
orcs can't find it and even if they could it'd
be hard to get into and so what i propose is
finding a cave that's only accessible through
an underwater entrance. Is there such a thing
in this environment? They kind of ask me to boulder.
They're rare. I'm sure they're rare. Boulder
like, you know, he'll stop and consider it for
a second. And as he's thinking about it, Bubbles
will kind of speak up if I may. Bubbles is my
new favorite. If I may, I have had my eye on
a place and it is a cave. Now, it is in Dr. Warder,
however, I believe that it could be flooded if
needed to change, you know, the topography of
the cave. Not too far from here, actually. There's
a small cave that there are some, like, runaway
orcs living in. And it seems to be very nice
and hidden. R -runaway. Um, I mean, I don't really
know what they're doing exactly, but they seem
like they've gone rogue, like they've abandoned
the city. And I think, you know, they're isolated.
We could probably take them out and just take
their little base. And then, you know, potentially
we could redirect some water from the nearby
river and flood it, creating like a, like you
said, a place where it could only be accessible
via water. Yes, but we ran away. Why did they
run away? And if they have information... about
the city, or are actively trying to take it down,
then we wouldn't necessarily need to create you
a new place. We could just take back the old
one. My immediate concern is that these runaways
are the ones that we let go previously. How long
have they been there, Dina? Well, yes, we have
spotted them. for the first time about four or
five weeks ago. But it seemed like they had already
been somewhat established. There's not many of
them. It's kind of hard to tell because they're
being very secretive. But it seems like no orcs
have found it that they don't intend on friends.
Because I've never seen any sort of conflict.
I think it seems like a good idea. And Baldur
was like, well, I think it's too dangerous. I
think it's far too dangerous. Danger is my mother's
brother's third cousin's removed middle name.
Exactly. Have faith in the king. The fairy tale
book says that the king is the mightiest warrior
in all the land. The mightiest? And then I'll
just like look at you like, yeah. The frog, like,
bubble sack thing. Just literally trying to fill
the opening. Well, I don't think the pyramid
is a good place for them because it has already
drawn curious orcs and I'm sure it will draw
more. Um, so the cave scene was like a reasonable
idea? Maybe we could do a trade scene. They could
have a pyramid. Oh my god. Well, uh... So what
is a pyramid? I don't understand. That's not
just like a big rock? Yes, I'm very curious about
that as well. Uh, Dafa the... very small sprite
leaves dark green uh with brown spots um frog
lady you know speaks up it's just a uh a pyramid's
just a very efficient way of stacking rocks they're
all younger than boulder yeah that's what i was
like maybe it was question raising i said a pyramid
is just a really efficient way of stacking rocks
yeah well what's the purpose we don't know if
a giant walks this way he gets fucked up by how
pointy messed up please oh messed up i'm sorry
wait we're all adults here kind of no what's
adult age and frogs again 10 oh they're they're
babies she's she whispers babies they're like
they're like young teens Like, that's kind of
my thought. Like, notions are happening. You're
talking like 12, 13. Oh my god. And they consider
themselves the adults, if that makes sense. The
babies, the other six that like don't fight,
they keep them separate, they always keep them
hidden, those to them are the children. To Boulder,
the members of the syndicate, the squad leaders
and everything, he considers them to be adults.
Like... i think that's that's where we're at
okay i have a better understanding that's the
extremeness of the situation i think i made this
reference last time after you guys left uh we
basically found jet and his freedom fighters
oh my god and you know what that shit little
kid me have questionable morals when it came
to jet the tongs i need to think about that Any
of me? Yeah. You're right. And Boulder's real
similar to Jett in some ways. Yeah, there's similarities,
I didn't think so. Zavard is respectful of a
straw piece in his mouth at all times. Zavard
is respectful. In a jungle where there is no
wheatgrass of any kind. He found the one. Yeah,
but he's always fiddling with his dagger. That's
his thing. Is he doing it right now? And then
he's like, he like, it's sort of like, it's not
like he, he doesn't like pull it out and like
swing it around or anything, right? It's like,
he just like flips his hand on it when he kind
of like slides it out just like a little bit,
you know what I mean? Just every once in a while.
And then like, you know, just - It makes him
feel in control. He just kind of like, if that
makes sense, like he just kind of, it's like
how he like fidgets a little bit, but he's not
like brandishing it. but yeah so i mean yeah
i mean boulder will say you know that that is
i did think it was too dangerous before we contacted
you i can see that you are much much more powerful
than i and to give you guys like a meta understanding
of the power level here you guys are like a 10
boulder is a 6 Boulder is the strongest one.
Oh, no! Noted. Well, the reason I like the cave
idea is because... By far. It would give me considerable
peace of mind to know that I can leave them somewhere
safe while we go off and do scary stuff. I do
agree that either way, we need to meet somewhere
good and secure. My original thought was to appear
and it was... I am prepared to kill, to be fair.
So, babe... I don't want to stay. It could become
easy to defend. I could, um, put arcane locks
on the door. That way people, like, can't get
in it. Like, these orcs, they probably aren't
all spellcasters, so... You guys have that suit
of armor? That was just something I was... You
have that suit of armor? You guys have that suit
of armor? To act as the guards! Oh, shit! You
guys got it for Castle Ren, but you still have
it on you. You haven't zented anywhere. Wow.
You have, like, all that shit that you got for
that, for gazzled events. That could defend,
like, a cave or a pyramid. Yeah, either way,
that stuff would still be good. Or something
else, if you guys, you know, come up with something
else, like, you know? This isn't your only options,
like, in that sense, like, if you guys, you know,
wanted to try to find something else, you could.
It would take time, but... Like if you wanted
to like explore the world and try to find something
else that could suffice as like a suitable You
know base like you could absolutely do that.
I don't want to just like you know You guys into
into the city get like this the city kit has
an idea you guys have an idea But you could try
to explore other options as well if you want
to you don't have very much time. No Yeah, it
would take time. It would definitely take time
to try to explore and because you know, it's
very dense and I think, what is your name, Bubbles?
Yes. Okay, I got it right. Bubbles, I think that's
a really good idea. Really? Ouch. I'm prepared
to tell you everything I know about this group
of orcs. And he keeps putting his padded finger
on his nose. He doesn't have glasses, but it's
still that same gesture, you know? He's pointing
to the noggin. Yeah, he's pointing to his noggin.
I'm prepared to tell you everything I know. Can
you start writing it down? Can you write? Yes,
I can. Boulder taught us all to read and write.
Oh, good day, Boulder. I see you. Education is
important. I would not be where I am without
it. What language do they speak? So, uh, they
speak common, as... and Boulder speaks Fribish.
which is what I was calling the frog language.
I just have it as frog speak in my notes. Yeah,
they call it frippish, but yeah, it's frog speak.
And then like the everyone else like is kind
of learning it. But like common is like, and
boulder boulder is pretty common is what they
teach the frogs in the farms because the orcs
know common. But they also know Orcish, so if
they want to say something that the frogs can't
understand, they'll talk in Orcish. But if they
want to order us around, they'll talk to us in
Common. It'd be nice if you knew Orcish. I think
I'm gonna - Yes, I agree. I know three languages.
What are they? Frivish, Common, and a third language.
What is it? You've probably never heard of it.
Try it. I know a few languages. And he says something
that, too, I think rain sounds like... And to
Zavari and Dark would sound like I've never spoken
to anyone else like this in Infernal. Oh, my
guess. How do you know this? Back in Perfect
Infernal. And he seems like kind of alarmed and
he goes She's like excited. Like how the fuck
do you know this? But yes, so and he seems kind
of like he's like surprised that you are like
and he looks at you too like Do you know it too?
And he says it in Inferral. You do know Inferral,
right? Yeah, I know it. That's what I thought.
Sorry? Well, just above board right you could
you could still act like to Boulder that you
don't know it but But he's like looking at you
trying to see if you understand him and He will
say I Don't know if I feel comfortable Oh discussing
it Understandable and when he says he kind of
like turns his body to the side like this if
that makes sense I feel, I feel so rain. Is that
the side of the stagger that he's pointing away
from me? Yes. And do it as an insight check?
Sure. Girl, carry on. I hold it too. Yeah, I
mean, you have some, like, you know, you have
some intuition, but you can just like, you know,
she's like, it's not. Does anybody else, you
know, want to make an insight check? You can
if you want. You all have. What 26 26 really
good pause one second last time I said you guys
start the like session with an inspiration point
So don't forget that also dark you should get
inspiration for everything last session. So I
meant to give that to you as well. And then also,
it's radians have already involved inspiration
for the dancing. So everybody should have to
inspiration. That's where it maxes out. If that's
that that makes sense. Sorry. Bringing it back.
What? 2121. Yeah. Okay, so yeah, rain. Definitely
like so you don't understand. Right. so you don't
really like but you understand body language
and you understand like tell the boys and you
can tell that like you can tell that like boulders
revealed something and is now defensive if that
makes sense and kind of like nervous and like
you know you can tell that they Like, he's got
like, he's almost like, it's almost like he's
got, he's like shifting his weight on his back
foot, like he's ready to like - I feel the grab,
the change of gravity. Exactly, like he's ready,
like you can feel the tension in his like, in
his legs, he's ready to just like leap away.
Like, if that makes sense, like that's like,
he's getting like a fight or flight sort of thing.
Um, so that's what you, you know, notice with
your, you know, 26 and you know - not being able
to understand what they're discussing. And you
also notice that it is his dagger side that he's
kind of pulling away from the conversation, if
that makes sense. He's naturally sort of. And
Zavari with year 21. I mean, to you, it's like,
again, it's obvious that he's being defensive.
It's obvious that he's trying. He already was
like... I know he's like, I know I'm revealing
too much and you can feel like he's like regretting
it. And that makes sense. Like he was like, he
took a risk, now he's regretting that risk. And
he's kind of like, please don't ask me about
my dagger. Like, please, you know what I mean?
Like, that's the kind of thing. And he's like,
ready to run away if you do. But like, you know,
like that's kind of like, or wants to at least
like, you know, they run away. But like, I'm
already seeing a lot of herself in this moment.
It's like, hey, it's okay. I know this because
I'm T -Funk. I'm born with this knowledge of
this language. You're born with it. Yeah. Can
I say to him infernal? He like waves the rest
of the syndicate away. He did that like a while
ago. He did that a few sentences ago, yeah. And
they listened to him. If that makes sense, like
he kind of does this thing, he sort of gestures
for them to clear out. It's not like they're
afraid of him, they just respect him, they all
clear out. Like, they give their distance. Does
your dagger speak to you? Isn't that obvious?
You were kind of weird about it. We've kind of
run across this sort of thing before. You have?
Yeah. He's like, now he's starting to sort of
like back up a little. I'm just watching them.
And are you speaking in common now? No, I'm gonna
stay in infernal. Did you guys tell me about
his soul thing? You didn't tell me that? Nope,
we didn't tell you about yours either. Right.
Oh, follow -up question. The dagger I gave you
that we thought might have been the reason why
I was hearing the sound, but then it turns out
it wasn't. It's not cursed. I sure hope not.
Actually, I did do an arcana check when I got
it. Nothing. I learned like it's a plus one dagger.
It doesn't miss its target. Yeah, you can actually
identify that. Oh, yeah. 1d6 lashing, 1d6 necrotic,
never miss dagger, which Zuvari is holding for
me. I would encourage you to read the description
of the identified spell. Oh, it's your turn.
Tell me if things are cursed. I bet it's what
you're telling me. I see that. Boulder's like
really flaky. She's going to go out of her self
in this moment. Do you want me to tell you what
happened? You can tell me if you want to. That
you don't have to. Wait a minute, it does say,
you learn whether any spells are affecting the
item and what they are. If the item was created
by a spell, you learn what spell created it.
Did I learn that shit? Um, I mean, it was created
by, um, like, it'd probably be like an enchantment
spell. Like, it's a dagger that was forged and
then enchanted. I mean, I assume the enchantment
was the reason they - Never misses. Mm -hmm.
Yes. Um, but I believe it should also specify
that it does not reveal curses. It does not say
that. It should. Are you on, like, wiki? Uh,
I'm on level 20. Hm. Oh. Hm. Could be the new...
spell. I hope you're wrong. And there'll be a
D &D beyond the description. As I say, I might
be, um, thinking of an older iteration of the
spell. There's like a Reddit post from three
years ago that says, no, identify doesn't detect
curses. Page 138 in DMG discusses cursed items
where it says that most methods of identifying
items, including the identify spell, fail to
reveal a curse or something to that effect. Ah,
okay. So that's, it's a description of cursed
items. Well, yeah. There you go. I just didn't
want to be, like, I didn't want to be, like,
uh, you know, unfair, like, by, you know, by,
like, letting you conclude, like, it for sure,
for sure isn't cursed. I'm not saying it is cursed,
but I'm not saying it's not cursed. And do you,
so, do I recognize Bolder's dagger at all? Like,
is it similar to the dagger she has, is holding
for him, or? Um... No, it is not similar. Um,
the one that you have, I believe, I mean, it's
similar in the same way that they both, they
do both have black blades, but like the one that
like you have is clearly made of like a black
metal. Um, and it has like, um, like a, like
a reddish sort of glow to it, like, like on the
edges. Does that make sense? It's like kind of,
it's like weirdly, it's like a faint. Sorry,
it's hard to explain, but it's like a faint sort
of reddishness to it. Whereas his dagger looks
like it's made of a solid piece of like obsidian.
Yeah, obsidian blades that speak infernal have
got real asthma daddy devil vibes. Please shouldn't
do me. Please, may I explain? Of course. Oh,
it's under his thing. So, shortly after I escaped,
when I was exploring on my own, I found a mysterious
dagger with a black blade in the bottom of a
lake. It was really, really sharp and I was super
excited. It was an amazing stroke of luck. I
hadn't had a weapon at that point. I desperately
needed one. After maybe a few days or weeks of
having it, I heard the voice of the being that
lives in the blade. My blade is called the Traxia
and it is, from my understanding, a prison for
a devil named Oryphony. history for Kona and
he's making a legend. Does that name even ring
any bells? It's got real Percy vibes to it. Um,
I mean, you could do like a history. I mean,
it's all ass and they don't have good things
on it, but I will give it a shot. Continue. Um,
I did texture the spelling as well. Thank you
so much. Oh, Jesus. Nah, it's a different one.
So, the only reason why I know how to fight,
the only reason why I can defend the others and
teach them things is because of a revenge. Yeah,
I was kind of wondering where you got formal
training in this jungle by yourself. That answers
that. We train every night in my sleep. Oof.
So... Does it hurt you? I mean, I'm... Tired,
I guess. We have an agreement. What agreement?
What did you offer it? I don't think O 'Riveny
would be happy if I told you. Oh boy. But you
do have a pact with this thing. Indeed. That
is how she put it. Yes. You're like me, though.
I'm in a pact with my own. Are you? Yes. With
whom? Asmodeus. Um, and he kind of like, he doesn't
have recognition in his eyes, and he's like,
she knows of Asmodeus. So that doesn't surprise
me, somehow. He's like the Lord of Demons. Yeah.
He's surprised that she didn't know who that
was. She really knows Asmodeus. Really knows.
Um, she feels angry. Mm -hmm. But no, not as
moody as directly. Oh, okay. And he like kind
of stops and like he's basically like he doesn't
have to like touch the blade to hear her. He
is attuned to the blade. He hears her if she
wants to talk, she talks. And so he kind of just
is standing there and kind of just like he looks
spaced out, but he kind of puts his hand up.
You know like like wait, you know, I'm like,
I'm listening. I'm hearing, you know Make a persuasion
check That's a 19 on my first roll 19 is my better
roll. So I have Advantage on persuasion. That's
one of my new things. I just want to let you
know. Yes, absolutely A video is very impressed
by you She says you wield the sword of lies.
Oh. She knows about this thing. A little bit.
She willing to tell me something about it? Perhaps.
That she wants something for it? She wants to
know why you have it. Because I fucking like
it. He just kind of shrugs. He doesn't say anything.
He shrugs. But she has given me permission to
inform you of her story. What's her name again?
Oryphony. Thank you. Oryphony. Thank you so much,
Oryphony. Kind of like a, you know, like a, sort
of like a Greek name. Looking at it, I just want
to say ariphone. Yeah, it's Oryphony. Yeah, it's,
yeah. But yes, so my blade attracts you, like
I said before, as a prison for my patron. Many,
many years ago, countless years ago, Oriphany
was a commander in the army of hell. She was
sealed away in this blade by her superior, an
archdevil named Zario. She said that she disobeyed
a command, and that was her punishment. She was
She's been cursed to claim a hundred thousand
lives for as many years. Or be sealed away in
his lane for eternity. That's a lot of lives.
That's a lot of lives! Her and I have an agreement.
She teaches me how to kill, and I help her reach
her goal. How many of you count? I'm gonna say,
what's your number? What's your body count? That's
why I wasn't dead. Um... Um... She does not disclose
that with me. Okay, understandable. That is personal.
But yes, she agreed to, you know, we spoke. When
she finally contacted me, we spoke and discussed,
you know, everything. And she said, you know,
she would teach me. And that, you know, in exchange,
all I need to do is kill my oppressors, which
is what I wanted to do anyway. Has anyone besides
you touched the blade? Yes, but like besides
the people that you stabbed with it, I guess.
Well, yes, but the blade is mine. She will only
return to me. She will only give her benefits
to me. So she tells you. That's true. Manowise,
though, he has a Pact of the Blade Warlock, a
Hexblade Warlock. I love Warlocks. They're just
so fun. They're all little freaks. But yeah,
she taught him how to read. He knew language,
but he didn't know how to read or write. She
taught him how to read and write. She taught
him survival shit. She taught him how to fight,
and he's been passing on that knowledge. Evil
mommy. Something like that. That technically
means that you need this more than I do. Time
sure cracks. Yeah, exactly. He's the frog with
a knife. Yeah, that's literally Boulder. He's
the frog with a knife. Yes, she has granted me
certain arcane abilities. Well, we will probably
have to deal with that at some point. What do
you mean? Maybe we don't. This is an unusually
beneficial contract. Or if any, I would like
to, you know, say, specifically said. if she
was not taking my soul. So you did bargain your
soul, is what you're saying? No. She just assured
me that it wasn't part of the deal. I'm gonna
tell you, Dark, that's a hell of a deal. Hell
of a deal. Like, literally. I need to claim,
you know, do my part in claiming these lives
are for Asmodeus, and that is my exchange. She
can't do it herself from being in the dagger,
so she wouldn't trust me. Well, I bet you would.
Well, I don't love it. I'm just saying, let's
just see. But it wouldn't be the first time I
have, um... Randall the Warlock? No, I was gonna
say tolerated, but that doesn't seem quite the
right word. It seems a little judgmental. I know
you tolerate me, Darn. Uh, no, that's not how
I'm gonna put it. It's not how I'm gonna put
it. It's okay, I know. Uh, it's more like, um,
it's... It wouldn't be the first time I've been...
wrong. That's not right either. You've never
been wrong. Zavari's just sitting there grinning
at Darth, for him to try to figure out what he
wants to say. I wouldn't necessarily say that
just because someone is connected to Asmodeus,
that doesn't automatically make them like a bad
person. But like... Old Asmodias. We've been
on the dangerous side. You think so? Archdevil.
Well, Archdevil Zario was the one who cursed
him. Yeah. Asmodius isn't an archdevil. He's
dead! He's like the king of archdevil. Yeah,
she serves Asmodius, so that's why the 10 ,000
lives are for Asmodius. Yeah, it really happened.
Also the 100 ,000 lives. No, 100 ,000. Yeah.
Really, he had nothing to do with this. This
is like one of his, like, you know... people
think like oh i'll do this for clout that's really
all they want is clout i've had to deal with
one of these i want clout yeah but like they
recall the bone devil like meta styles i have
a feeling that his whole soul darkening thing
isn't 100 % due to the noise that he hears now
knowing this information about his, uh... Oh
yeah, now that is something like Samaria. His
dagger -y bits. So... But Samaria's like, it's
fine. Uh... Like, from my perspective, as a frog
folk who just found other frog folk, knowing
that one of them is like, intimately and very
likely lifelong tied to Asmodeus... Zareal. Well...
Zareal. in like a, uh, you have to murder for
the rest of your life deal. It's not like, ideally
what I wanted for him. Is this for the rest of
his life? Is this for the rest of your life?
Or just until you want to be gone? We don't know
the number. As far as I understand, it is until
the lives are claimed or she is satisfied with
my work. You can... In the sense of, like...
if that she could release me before the lives
are claimed if she's satisfied with my work if
uh like like if she just wants to move on from
having me be her wielder however other than that
i have to get to the ten hundred thousand lives
in order to like graduate out you could put it
in a box and like leave it not saying that you
would um i mean i'd ask myself like you would
take away my powers how did that um she would
take away everything that she's given me right
understandable the question i'm asking myself
is like how did that dagger end up at the bottom
of the lake you know what i'm saying because
i'd like to talk about her past that much oh
i can't imagine why it sounds terrible i mean
i get it i get it but like i can't do anything
about that right now. And I feel like she doesn't
want to do anything about that right now. Because
he thinks it's a good thing. He owes his entire
life to this weapon. And his entire syndicate,
everything. And he will say that openly. I owe
everything to her. I understand why you would
feel that way. Not our priority right now. And
one day, when we are done with this, I will kill
and then name you the king. Aww. You can always
live in the name of the new - Or middle ground,
you can live in the name of the - I can't, I'm
just saying. Why not folks? Um, yeah. Why don't
we discuss Pax later? I gotta introduce this
kid, Edmund. I mean... Too many kids. I just
gave him a speech about almost this exact concept.
Oh my god. You have to keep - He's called an
heir to themes. You have to keep teaching the
kids the same shit. Same shape, different keys.
Same thing I tell all my other kids, you can't
kill all your problems. Um, Zavari. Daru is alerting
you that there is activity at the pyramid. Oh!
Ham fact it up! We're talking about games today,
folks. Get excited! What is your character's
favorite game? Tell us about it. I am gonna go
first because mine is both incredibly obvious
and very likely to be played this session. Leapfrog.
Oh shit. Oh my god. I did not think about the
frog abilities. Holy shit. It's about to get
insanely froggy. Zavari's favorite game is that
she doesn't have a favorite game. She doesn't
like playing games. She used to like playing
games, but eventually... Zaris and Gram got older
and they were like, hmm, you know what sounds
cool? Betting. You know how people bet they just
play games and put money on it. We need to learn
how to play well enough to gamble. Hey Zavari,
do you want to play? And then they'd use all
their tactics on her. And so she, this was like
when Zaris was like probably 13. So then after
that she was like, I don't want to play games.
I want... To make music, actually, I will be
in the music room or at the shooting range. Number
one favorite game is Access Ball. It was a sport
designed from her school. It's her school's sport.
It's a 6v6 universal relay. where everyone's,
all athletes' strengths are the focus while acknowledging
everyone's limitations and placing them where
they are most likely to succeed amongst the six
arenas that could be whatever. If there's magic
base that changes the levels to be whatever it
is. And you have to basically play through the
levels as a team and be the first one done. It's
as fast as I can do it. Daru's favorite game
is, and often plays this with Flux when Flux
is not working. Daru's favorite game is chase
and hide. Where do you chase and hide? You chase
each other and you hide from each other. Extremely
complicated and it's not like it's like a it
is like a it's the excitement. It's not like
the contact at the end Do you know what I mean?
It's like the excitement of the chasing and the
hiding is like is Is Dara is there apart like
Dari does not you know? Like some animals will
or you know, sometimes I like tackle each other
or whatever and like wrestle Dara's like good
time to chase and hide again Well, that's the
alarm. Oh my god, we gotta go check that. That's
the alarm. We gotta go check the punchy stick
traps. So, do you, you, so Dara basically kind
of like, you feel like Dara like nudging you
or like trying to get your attention. How, what
do you do? Um, I'll be like, that's the alarm
and then look through Dara's eyes to kind of
see what's going on. Okay, so yeah, you look
through Dara's eyes and so the door to the pyramid
is not open. But right in front of like where
the door was like like on the ground You know
because there's like there was like some stairs
that led up into the like that led up to the
door into the pyramid So like right at the base
of the stairs on the ground. There is like a
large flat disc like an oval shape that kind
of looks like it's like it's like being torn
into like the fabric of you know space time essentially
and there's like this purple sort of swirl and
Daru will kind of like fly to get a better angle
and you can see like inside this sort of disk
or this like opening like there is like a starry
void that you know looks you know it looks like
the astral scene like a purpley part of the astro
sea because it's like there's all kinds of different
like weird you know colors and and and lights
and stuff going on um so like it's like a probably
part of the astro sea but you see like very clearly
like so that's exactly what it looks like um
and then you see like reaching through like you
see like a small hand of a drogar and he's like
he reaches out and he and he grabs like on the
ground the stake that his Throws is you know
tied to and he yanks himself out and he sort
of like when he pulls He like it's like he's
very athletic He like he like flings himself
out of the hole and kind of like flips and he
lands and the ground collapses beneath him and
he falls into a pit who As he's doing that, he
like yells, he's kind of like yelling and he's
like exclaiming. The older spellcaster orc, like
the free sis, she like levitates out of this
dimension door. And she's like, her cloak is
like bloody. and she looks kind of, she looks
pretty worse for wear. The dwargar like looks,
looks like maybe he's like, you know, maybe,
maybe he's gotten like, he got rocked a couple
of times, but he doesn't really look like super
injured, but she looks a little bit more injured
and she sort of, she floats out of the dimension
door. And she looks fucking pissed. She looks
very pissed. And she looks down and she sees
like, she sees her companion in the pit and she's
just like, ugh. and she rolls her eyes and um
behind her comes the other like female orc um
she um she's sort of like you know she's like
kind of reaching through she's like hey hey a
little help a little help and the priestess sort
of floats down and reaches like she like sticks
the end of her staff in and like kind of gives
it like a tug and like you know gives her some
momentum to pull herself out and um she's like
reaching behind for someone else because if you
remember there was one other uh orc and you know
she's reaching for him and she starts you know
she starts to pull him through and the priestess
kind of sneers and she goes you shouldn't just
let me sacrifice her and she kind of like floats
towards the the circle and she smacks like now
that she's like pulled you know she's pulled
the one girl through and she's trying to pull
her companion through and she smacks her hand
with like the end of her staff like kind of like
a thwack and she goes ow and then she reaches
in with with the end of her staff and just like
like just just smashes Into some you know something
you can't like because like it's kind of like
in the void even from where I Daru is you can't
like see What's coming out until it's like out
if that makes sense? She's like smashing something
on the other side of this dead dimension door
like back into you know the door is that you
know stay in there, and then she like she you
know She and she's doing that she's like You
know, kind of... She has this, like, look of,
like, pure content in her eyes. And she floats
backwards, and the other one, the other, like,
the other members of the party, first off, the
dogger in the punchy pit is like, help, help!
And, like, the girl is like, whoa, fuck. Like,
she's just, you know, at this point, she's like,
hey, what the fuck are you doing? But she's not
gonna stop her, you know, because she's clearly
got this, like, bloodlust in her eyes. And...
The priestess shoots like a firebolt into the
portal. And it's one, two, three bolts. And it
instantly shoots one, two, three more firebolts.
And she's like... Just rapidly shooting firebolts
into the portal. And it closes up. And there's
like a little bit of smoke that wafts out, and
she's like, better off without him. Well, there
goes the guy with good hair. Yeah, there goes
the guy with good hair. And the lady is like,
look, are you crazy? Excuse me, excuse me. Not
anymore. You saw how he looked at us. Like we
are pieces of meat just because we're women.
I don't know. And the Dwarf is like, hey, help!
And she's like... And she starts to run towards
her Dwarf, our friend, but then falls into the
first pit trap. And then right then, the two
logs slamming at her just smacks the wizard lady.
Oh my god. Where's Vogue? Yeah. He said that
she cast a fire bolt. How many times? Six times.
Well... It shot six bolts. From the staff? Yeah.
Okay. Oh, from the staff? Yeah. Oh. She was like,
what level is this bitch? And I'm like, what
the hell is she in here? Well, so like, I mean,
and you would know, like, similarly to Eldar's
Blast, like, Firebolt has additional bolts when
you're like higher level. I didn't move. I don't
know if it's in Boulder State 3 where it doesn't.
Info. It's not in Boulder State 3? For sure it
does. I know, look at that. Don't f*** with that.
It was like Shadowheart has fire bolts. Because
I have fire bolts. Where does the damage just
go up? Because I was taking my twin spellet to
like... I was like, maybe I'm wrong. Yeah, maybe
the damage... The damage increases by 1d10 when
you reach fifth level. Okay, in which case it
would be two bolts. I apologize. Because I was
thinking like, you know, that it was doing multiple...
like volts. I feel like what it is is that she
shoots one and like it's so powerful chunks of
it like fly off you know so it seems like it's
multiple. Is she hearing? She has like thick
gloves on and she has um like a long like cloak.
Over her like like like cover it covers like
most of her arms You can tell that she's wearing
something because you can see like like the remnants
of like a chain but like it goes under her clothes
and then over her cloak she has like a sort of
like ornamental like twine necklace that has
like little bones and skulls and rock and like
stones on it like gemstones, but like But you
can tell that she's not wearing something under
you know, she's got something that she's got
talked it basically. And sort of the same thing
where like, if she was wearing like rings, they're
covered by gloves. If she was wearing like, bracelet
or something that's covered by like, gloves.
She's she's not wearing like as far as you can
tell like a circlet but she does have like this
like bone headdress that we like had talked about
so um so it's hard to tell like you can tell
like she's like expertly hiding you know anything
that like if she was wearing something like you
know magical or something she she's she's hiding
it as best as she can you know there's a gladiator.
Scorching Ray does more like rays of fire the
higher the more you get it's like Eldritch Blast.
oh okay got you so yeah it could have been a
scorching ray then yeah because yeah we can write
con at them say it was a scorching ray so then
it's not just cute but it's true okay then she
like she does yes she just she does the scorching
ray um it's a second level spell yeah so that
was not what i thought it was okay um unclear
i guess is what it will say um So the two of
them that came out that are not floating, both
fell into the pit traps. Yeah. And the one who
is floating seems bloodied. Yeah, and she's,
you know... Like they had a rough go of it inside.
Being some type of way. And she's got like a...
She's like looking down at her companions in
the pits. We gotta get over there. Yeah. How
far away is Watson? So you guys are... My real
question is, is it within 500 feet? No. Because
you guys were sort of near, but then they took
you to their camp, which was like further away.
You're probably like 20 minutes away if you guys
rushed. If otherwise, unless you have like some
sort of way to teleport or fly over everything
even. I have Dimension Door, which goes up to
500 feet. Well, we could always go and have Dora
tail them. It's like we know they leave. Yeah.
We know it'll take them a while to get their,
uh... Their shit together. Their shit out of
their punchy stick traps. What if you took them
to East Town and we just come to... But then
I'll be so tired for the rest of the day. Oh,
does it do that? Yeah. I don't know, the pills
did that. Okay. What's happening? She wants me
to dope up. No, right. I mean, I can't. I can't.
What are you doing? What do you see? Orcs by
the pyramid. They fell into our traps. They did
fall into your traps. They fell into our traps.
Yes! I can see them right now. They're writhing
around. Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Looks around.
Oh, yeah. Rands of artery are just looking at
each other. Amazing. We did it. That's amazing.
Oh, we should probably get over there. Alright,
let's go. You need to say that right now. What?
It's like, uh, that's a bit much even for me.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Um... Aren't
you happy when a plan succeeds? Yeah. Yeah! But...
I feel like you... Come on everybody, let's go!
My inner Sakura is just like, oh my god! Asmodeus
is also like... This is like, twice for me if
I'm gonna do this. Should I call upon any of
our commanders? Because he would know. Because
they're being killed in the name of Asmodeus.
No. Can I come with you? I mean, I don't know
that there's a crazy wizard lady shooting fireballs.
I just know that somebody fell in the trap. So
as far as I'm concerned, it's fine. So let's
go. He's like ready to go. So I feel like you
guys are like leading the way and then Vari and
I are like staying back and we're like, we're,
we're, we're gossiping. If you guys are rushing
back, it's still going to take a few minutes.
So like, um, yeah, so that's, that's a thing.
But also, um, you know, we're here to help Dart
stop certain people from eating his kind. Um,
but what are we gonna do at the Jubilee? Are
they gonna serve frog legs? Cause it's like your
country's delicacy, right? Here's what I keep
trying to tell both of you. They're not sentient
frogs, Rain. But does that matter to Dart? That
they can't even communicate with him? Here's
the thing, we eat frogs because in the highlands,
they overpopulate. Not enough of them die. So
that fucks up the eco chain. So we have a very
specific time to hunt them, but it's only like
a month out of the year. Okay, well we have about
a month, maybe three weeks to get Dart ready
for the Jubilee. And then I guess... I've been
made aware of I As a hunter I understand population
control To maintain like ecological equilibrium,
but as a frog you be eating my cousins I haven't
had a frog in so long and I probably won't ever
eat frog again Honestly looks at your legs She's
like, I know way too much about frogs now. My,
like, land stride ability lets me travel through,
like, difficult terrain at max speed without
issue. Even, like, I just, like, pass through
non -magical plants like they're not even there.
We'll catch up with you. Yeah, you'll be ahead
then. You'll definitely be ahead. Um, yeah, I
thought it would take like 20 minutes to get
there. You're probably, you're probably like
10 minutes ahead, honestly. Swinging from tree
to tree with my friggin' tongue. I'm moon gliding,
can you get some speed berries? Can I just sit
on her lap? I kind of like that range of motion.
That was worth a try, the ends. Maybe just like
on my shoulders. Imagine if you're on my shoulders
and I'm just like wind gliding through the fucking...
Is that what you guys are doing? No, I feel like
you're... I am using my tongue to swing so I
can easily just carry you like... And then you
can like toss her to Boulder and you can... Tarzan
style. Not sturdy. No, she has a good base. Or
maybe I can get pegs. I'll have, I'll have, not
that much fat. Bicycle! The bicycle! Like, oh
my god. What? And here I was about to sit right
in front of you with my powerful knees. No, I'm
sorry. Flux could turn into kickstands, I don't
know. Yes, that makes sense. Or like a little
platform. No, a foot plate for you. Okay, yes.
I'm so sorry. Oh my god, you remember in the
Emperor's New Groove when Kronk had that contraction
that cared for Yzma? Can Flux do that? I feel
like he's gonna do one thing at a time. Either
that's my chair or he's my, uh, thing. But when
I'm, like, pushing my own chair, I have one.
You need to get, like, one of those. You need
to get the backpack. Except where it's for Ranzasaris.
Well, right now it's Ranzasari. That's true.
But you are... I feel like you have a kickstand
so that you can do fire, fire, fire, fire if
you need to. I'm secure. And I'm just, like,
moonlighting us through. trying to catch up.
And then I eat speed berries. Don't get up anyway.
With Drift. Drift is here. It's the power of
nutrition. Yeah, did Drift go with you guys?
Yeah, I guess he probably would. He is pretty
fast. It's really easy for him to keep up. Plus,
oh, he's a druid. So he could just like turn
into like a, you know, something that can run
through the jungle better. But he's also already
good at that. So it's like a backpack palanquin.
Yeah. Exactly. That is exactly. Um, yeah. What
we doing over here? And Drift is like, so what's
the plan when we get there? Don't know. I forgot
Drift was with us. I didn't forget you, buddy.
Everyone, everyone forgets about me. No, I'm
just kidding. I'm just kidding. It's the new
sitcom. Everybody forgets Drift. Aww. Wow Forget
him again Yeah, what's the plan when we're there?
I thought I forgot you were here Yeah, he goes
just looks at him like dude What the hell? We'll
put poison in the pizza. Why don't we tell their
families that they were thieves? And well, yeah,
so when we get there we kill them. That's the
plan. Then loot their weirdly deep orc butts.
I feel about this dude. I mean, the guy who hates
orcs and the guy who has a contractual obligation
to kill a hundred thousand. Are you still looking
through Daru's eyes? Yeah. So, um, Locara. oh
that's a crazy bitch oh no um so yeah so daru
um daru is watching she is so she's like floating
above you know the pits and she kind of like
um she kind of like turns and puts like a hand
like a hand on her hip and kind of like poses
with her her staff um enter locura the unyielding
priestess This bitch weird. She's the one that
makes the orcs red cap. She does that shit She
definitely takes her sweet time Getting her companions
out of the pit, but she eventually will use She'll
use like she'll basically like cast these like
spectral Like tendrils like sort of like Tentacles,
you know and then I've reached out into the pit
and they like pit pull her companions out and
they are injured, you know from the from the
sticks and the dog is like Like ripping a punchy
like a poop covered stick out of the hole in
his shoulder just slips Yeah, literally. Someone
told her, even that smells bad to me. Shit. Literally.
He goes, this is a lot even for me. But yeah,
he pulls out and he's like, Somebody knew we
were here. Do we have enemies in the area? Little
Kara was like, everyone's our enemy, you idiots.
Everyone who isn't an orc, I'm not an orc. And
she just raises her eyebrows at him like... yeah
and that doesn't you know like you know what
I mean like that's the kind of look she gives
him just like yeah that's right you're not in
work he's like do you still have potions? and
she tosses him like a potion like a big like
it looks like a you know like a potion of greater
healing like it's like that kind of size Does
that make sense? Or is it directly into the levi
-stick wound? Can Daru try to intercept that?
Shouldn't he take it? Yeah. This lady shoots
flaming death. Baldy. Let me go about this game.
I'm going to use my past inspiration. And it
was so worth it. Um, let me look up the zap off
really quick. So she like, tosses it to you.
And as it's in the air, Daria swoops through
Dirty Twine and grabs it out of the air. Um,
as soon as... If there's a peace sign, like as
it's going by. Oh yeah, like your camera slows
down and just like, put the tongue out. Yep.
Hot girl shit. Yes. But with that, have Daria
rule initiative for me. I think it was a ball
of steel. Dexterity modifier. Oh, okay. Ten.
At least if it gets hit, it's got a potion already.
Damn. He does have magic resistance, so that
does help. So yes, she won initiatives and she
is going to... point her staff at Daru and um
and she kind of like puts like a hand sort of
like on her forehead and you can see her like
concentrating for a second um and she's casting
mind silver and she is going to drive a spike
of psychic energy into the mind into Daru's mind
so like Izavara you're kind of like you're somewhat
occupying Daru's mind you would be able to feel
this bit um Intelligent saving throw, and you
would get advantage because of the magic resistance.
12. A 12. Daru takes four psychic damage. Okay.
We're fine. And then she is going to cast Toll
the Dead. That's another save, right? Yes, it
would be a con save. And this time, because...
He failed to mine silver like it kind of like
hits him and kind of disorients him a little
bit He you subtract 1d4 from the safe You still
get advantage you subtract 1d4 for the higher
number 9 9 so Dario takes 11 necrotic damage
Is that it does that kill Dario or he's like
let me double check cuz Or is it very poofing
Daru? That was just poosar. Daru. That the magic
potion does fall out of the hair, falls to the
ground, breaks. And you don't see, I guess you
wouldn't see what happens next. But when Kara's
fucking pissed, she's like, dirty little rat!
And then that's when she fucking throws the mind
silver, followed up with the toll of the dead.
Yeah, just like a, you know, hefty double casting
and it just immediately takes over. And she's
like, and he's like, you have to be fucking kidding
me. That was the last one, wasn't it? I'm sorry
I didn't get there in time to sticky tongue her
face as she tried to cast. It's okay because
I can just cast one thing over there again and
just reappears next to me without using a spell
slot. It doesn't matter. and um at that point
you know you don't see what goes on beyond that
um there was poof on my shoulder i find familiar
takes like timidistic ass i think not with packed
magic oh shit this is where i got my ass got
my ass it doesn't cause any spell slot and i
can just i yeah okay i do think cause a spell
slot yeah yeah you're right you're right yeah
you got it um so yeah poof and You guys all see
that, and Hanfold is like, what happened? He's
so nosy. He doesn't know. Um, I just had a little
fun with them. Made sure that, you know, people
couldn't heal. Excellent. We need art of Daru
catching it and like... Um, by the time you guys
get to the pyramid, they are gone. It takes it
took several minutes, you know regardless of
how fast you were in travel like dart you get
there first, but they're already gone They were
bloodied by the punchy stick traps and their
time in the pyramid. Yeah, can I Make a survival
check to try and track them. Yeah, absolutely.
And since most of them are orcs That's your favorite
enemy it is um climb to the top of the pyramid
i mean i i really just follow their footsteps
slash trail of blood um seems like something
i'd be able to do so i'm gonna use an inspiration
that's not much better that is a 16 um well i
think a 16 i mean so they have roads on them
which is um Very large very heavy animal. So
like they're pretty good tracks just from that
alone That you're able to follow You can you
follow the tracks about You know 300 feet or
so sort of like into like they go into the like
the the the Underbrush and stuff like that. It's
kind of like like there's like there are some
like paths that have been like traveled enough
that there's you have a little bit of clear,
you know, pathing, but there's not as much underbrush.
They go like into the deep part, through the
underbrush. You can see that like, you can see
like broken branches and like crushed plants,
angry bugs that are like, my house, you know.
Remember when you could speak with animals for
a minute? It was like six hours. Yeah. But yeah,
so you see, you know, you see that kind of stuff.
And then like the trail just like ends. Are they
in the trees or do they teleport out? The trail
just ends. I don't know. Oh, I will say, well,
with the 16. We'll make an investigation, Jay.
Now that you're at like where the end of the
turtle is with still with the advantage or the
double proficiency Which I'm going to say it.
Sorry. Terrible memory. Nat 20. Okay, so what's
Nat 20 actually? So I'll give you as much as
I can really you can tell like where the trail
ends they stopped here for a second like you
can see like the like the the hoof tracks from
the road are like sunken in like they stopped
here for a few for like a couple of minutes maybe
two or three minutes before like disappearing
you you kind of like touch the you like touch
the leaves that are sort of around where the
where the end of the trail is and you feel that
some of the leaves are like kind of cold and
it's a very clear like Line where there's just
like a line of like whole plants. They're not
like frozen or anything So I was like they were
in the fridge or something. There's like a residual
coldness from something and You would probably
know you've experienced it off like portals and
stuff like that to know that like You know the
portals that you guys go through typically that
end up going through like the astral sea or whatever
They are like a little bit chilly so You know
I feel like with an app 20 year You know you've
got enough information to kind of like figure
that they likely must have gone like just far
enough that they felt like they were going to
like teleport from there and like that would
effectively get them to go like get them away.
And I mean I don't know how much Zavari had described.
I just kind of assumed that Zavari did her best
to describe what she saw and she had mentioned
like a dimension door, which you know from Zavari
just said it was like 500 feet. It's reasonable
to assume that if she could cast it once, she'd
probably cast it again. So that's like, you know.
But it could have been a more powerful, you know,
portal. So it's possible that they're still somewhat
near. But a few minutes ago they jumped probably
at least 500 feet ahead. The trail's gotten cold.
Well, I've got an idea. They left somebody behind.
They did? Yeah. The fancy -haired orc you saw.
Inside the pyramid. He didn't make it out of
the pyramid. he might still be there and if they
made it out of the pyramid it's likely that at
least some if not most of whatever bullshittery
was inside has been dealt with so we could go
back we can set the living armor outside while
we're inside as like some extra insurance that
nobody comes Remind us. I don't think that's
a wind up. Can we make more traps? We could,
but I don't think it's likely they're going to
return. We can make more traps once we set up
the cave hideout for the Leap Syndicate. We'll
definitely need to be trapped to make sure no
one gets our shoggling. So I guess the question
is, do you guys want to go try to find the orc?
left behind at the pyramid and see if the enemy
of our enemy is our friend, or do we want to
go back and worry about creating a cave hideout
for the Leap Syndicate? And potentially learning
about our enemies as our friend. Oh my gosh,
yeah. Okay. That's true. So what are you... That's
something to discuss, but we're about 10 minutes
still to go. It was most like, next time! Yeah,
that's something that, you know, you guys...
We can chat over the next week. We can chat about
it. We went in so much in such a short amount
of time. We're about the two hour mark. Hey,
you know, I, yeah, it was a short session, like,
but still, like, not, not nothing. And I feel
like I just need to say this. Hungry Stinks totally
works. Absolutely. Boulder, nice job on suggesting
that we build a punchy stick trap in front of
a punchy stick trap. That worked beautifully.
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you so much, Viking. Thank you for listening
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none of naruto would have happened if they oh
we need to unite they send you and the fucking
uchiha clan kiss they would none of this would
have happened good night y 'all yeah bye yeah
we were discussing that like almost all of the
like major beef that's destroying everything
is like because boys wanna kiss boys that won't
that refuse to kiss there's not enough boy kissing
in the naruto world naruto sasuke Yeah, they
were confused about it. Honestly, Takashi and
Obito should have just kissed. Should have just
kissed. They should have just kissed. That's
why I went to Naruto. That's my main take away.
Madara and Hashirama, of course. Should have
just kissed. There's so many people that should
have just kissed. Not even just like boys, just
couples. Yeah, exactly.