and welcome everyone welcome back to beginner's
luck uh this is a dnd podcast a let's play podcast
using the 2024 rule set i am larry and i am the
gm of these games and i am joined by my lovely
players uh up first we have hi i'm bella i play
annie annie bones uh goliath artificer uh she
doesn't like the color pink I see. Yeah, okay.
Doesn't like pink and... I guess. Up next we
have... My name's Robert and I play Gordar Sevrok,
the draconic sorcerer. And lastly, but not least,
we have... I'm Avia. I play Raynor, the elf bard.
He tried the Indiana hat trick joke, like where
he slides under something but injured his hand.
Ew, nasty. all right and okay so before we actually
start i do have a question to pose for each and
uh each one of you yes you can give me three
levels yes uh no statement and not a question
so a question that i have would be if there would
be a song that uh that your character would have
listened to on repeat Okay, so like on a single
day, they just had this one song on repeat and
they either really gelled with it or like really
just loved the vibe of it. So for me as the GM,
that would be Pokemon by Weird Al Yankovic. That
would be mine. All right, so let's go. What about
Annie? Okay. Oh, that is a tough question. Hmm.
All right. I... Hmm. Because I don't think she
would have listened to anything where someone
was singing. I feel like she's just an instrumental
girly. So, like, she... Because, like, me, her
player, lyrics tend to distract her whenever
they're working. So I feel like she would be
listening to maybe some like fingerstyle type
guitar like Eddie Vandermeer or... Eddie Vandermeer?
Oh man, I'm forgetting so many names right now.
Okay, all right. Let's just go with Eddie Vandermeer.
What about you, Godard? Godard. Hmm, that's a
difficult one. I think anything like classical
would most definitely be a big thing. but i think
just because i can't the moment you asked it
popped into my head probably like um kiss by
a rose you mean my karaoke song for you wrong
yeah i don't know why that popped into my head
kiss my rose that's great that would be like
the guilty pleasure kind of thing like that kind
of vibe of songs that would be the one that he
would like play by himself um and then when they're
with the family probably a bit more classical
stuff i see we should end this episode with a
kiss i would not like to be dmc Not this time.
And lastly, Raynor, what would his choice of
music be? That one song. Raynor would pick Type
Shit by Future in Metro, where he's just kind
of trying to get hyped. And he's like, yeah,
I'm that. Oh, interesting. Oh, my God. I would
not have thought of that. Yeah. Wow. All right.
Well, hopefully that question has put you in
the mind of your characters. So let's just go
ahead and do our little recap. With our four
prisoners succeeding the first trial of the tournament,
they take a moment of respite to prepare for
the next. Their wounds and signs of hurt are
healed and all there was left to do was to win.
In the moment of short relaxation, the bloodletter
shared a memory with Annie. The weapons that
he wielded, the same tools that had taken many
lives, were of Annie's men. Something that she
sold to him a long time ago when the bloodletter
was but a weapon. Annie, with some sense of pride
knowing her creation, had gone far. Question
now begs within her mind. With the many deaths
caused by her own creation, does this mean that
the blood is also in her hands? Annie would not
be given the time to reflect upon this as the
next and final trial was to begin. The four of
them are called back to the arena for their next
challenge. A newly appointed prisoner who's dominating
today's black market for tools of destruction,
Copernickel. An arrogant Aarakocra who seems
all too excited to be His reputation preceded
him, cries and cheers of support surrounded the
arena, and the four friends enter a battle to
defeat the bird brain and his barrels. The beautiful
Godard, after a long and arduous battle, strikes
the final blow. A wave of relief releases a triumphant
coterie, with the exception of the bloodletter
who whines and cries about his own woes. DJ Slipslorp
calls them all in, a celebration at hand along
with the presence of Mademoiselle Delacroix.
As per the rules of the tournament, they were
offered a single favor that could be granted.
A more comfortable cell, perhaps extra currency
of the realm, or even assistance for others on
the outside. However, our prisoners were offered
a different kind of reward, one that has never
been seen in the prison before, to be let out.
A proposition was made by Mademoiselle Delacroix
that they would be free, and the word free was
used very loosely. They were to work for her
in indentured servitude, be a prisoner within
the walls of Blackhold Prison, or be prisoners
outside its walls. It was no real choice as they
agreed to Mademoiselle Delacroix's terms, but
not without a harsh reminder that they are all
still prisoners, as shown with the bloodletters'
brain meats splattered across the walls. And
now that you're all left alone in this room where
DJ Slipslorp and Glimmer has left, the guards
are now beginning to, some of the guards are
now beginning to direct you all to your new cells,
which are now going to be provided to you on
the upper levels of the prison, closer to the,
you know, with the less... intimidating and less
uh scary prisoners so you're all brought up one
by one up these long stairway and all the cells
that you're provided uh are more like they're
less cells and more like rooms so as each of
you enter your each individual cells you'll find
that you're cell room is quite comfortable like
there's a nice bed you know sink uh little toilet
and writing desk and you're expected to be prepared
by the uh by morning you're all been given uh
all your old gear with clothes and weaponry and
everything There is a writing desk. You know,
there's even provided like a quill and ink and
sheets of papers. And any little basic amenities
that anyone would require is provided for you
in these upper cells. And why don't you just
tell me how you guys prepare for bed? Gordaro
is going to... So all of our gear is like in
the room, right? Yeah, all your previous gear
that was taken from you during the arrest is
now here with you. Going to grab the fine silken
clothing and the metallic braces and that kind
of stuff and put them all on and kind of just
very slowly and sadly sit up on the bed and just
lay down. Is this more comfortable than the previous
beds? Oh, most definitely. It's good to finally
have a good place to rest. And he's just going
to slowly go into the fetal position facing away
from the door as the snakes upon his head just
start to comfort him. As he just slowly starts
to fall asleep. Oh, the baby. Just a baby. Annie.
What is Annie doing? Oh, man. i feel like and
no annie would most definitely be stepping into
the room i feel like the first thing she would
do is just take a deep breath just like trying
to really get a sense of the fact that she now
finally has like a more private space and it
looks a lot more similar to home so she her first
uh thing would be to take off the wooden arm
And just place it onto the desk, grab, you know,
the one that she has been familiar with or used
to be familiar with. She would just try it on,
see how it feels on her shoulder. I feel like
it would be a lot more heavier than what she
remembers. Yeah. Considering that she lost a
lot of her strength. Yeah. Yeah. So she'd be
like trying to fit it, trying to fiddle around
with it, see how the fingers feel, see if it
needs to make any adjustments or tightening,
anything like that. When you put this on, it
feels stiff. It hasn't been maintained in that
last 30 years. It has just been in storage. So
it does still feel a bit stiff. And you find
that sometimes when you want to bend your elbow,
it almost creaks or resists a little bit there.
You're all just like me. Man. And now she's just
going to look at her clothes that have also been
in storage. She's going to look at them. She's
going to think to herself if the clothes still
fit her or not. Like if they've grown loose or
grown thinner. Maybe has a bit more wear in it.
Colors lost. Yeah, so the colors would have been
slightly faded. Not so much. They were nicely
kept. in storage. And though when you do change
into your clothes, you do find that they are
loosely fitted. You have grown slightly emanciated?
Is that the correct word? Emanciated? I think
so. We'll go with that. It's fine. Yeah, okay.
Yeah, that's okay. Comments go wild. So obviously
the years of being in this prison, you have lost
quite a bit of weight and your form. You aren't
at your peak. And so the clothes that you do
put on are loosely fitted on you. This is...
Fuck. And Nanny's just going to go to the bed
and lie on her back. Does her body hurt? laying
down on like the cushiony bed after laying down
on like pretty much gravel i don't think it would
i think it would have a sense of comfort because
it's now not as hard or jagged on wherever she
found herself sleeping previously as she's lying
down on the bed she's gonna raise her prosthetic
arm once more play with the fingers a little
bit move them around and just think to herself
about how how differently this all turned out
Compared to what was in her mind originally.
Yeah, thinking on how she was just going to be
here for the rest of her life, and now she can
be out. Oh, definitely. Even on some sort of
leash, but it beats what you previously had.
Yep, for sure. Rainer, you're now in your little
room. It is... a definite upgrade to what you
previously had and it is quite nice what does
what do you do so Rainer at first is kind of
walking into this room kind of just look around
he's playing with his like collar of his jumpsuit
right now because he's not used to this collar
being around his neck so he's kind of like playing
with it trying to give it some space he opens
up his suitcase and kind of sees his stuff and
he's just like It kind of reminds him that like,
oh, even though he's got his stuff back, it's
not enough. It's just, it fits in a briefcase.
Yes. Like, it kind of makes him a little bit
annoyed as he kind of just punches the briefcase
a little and he's like, don't worry. This is
just a, this is just a, this is just an adjustment.
And then we will. One day I will own multiple
of these none of my stuff will fit in this room.
I'll have multiple rooms multiple rooms This
is just an adjustment Let's just think on this.
So How can I leverage this situation? Gordar
seems to have daddy issues. We can probably think
of that He's a merchant and he knows who that
person was the scary looking one let's i reckon
he's soft i i think i can do something there
and annie she's someone who seems a bit prideful
i saw how she looked at that copper nickel guy
i can do something there and he's just going
to be sitting in his bed just kind of playing
with his fingers just kind of like he grabs his
hat and he's like I'm going to get rid of this
collar and I'm going to be on top. Interesting.
Okay. You all fall into a deep slumber awaiting
what will face you the next day and what the
future may hold for each and every one of you.
Annie. You open your eyes and your vision is
bleary, but you feel heat. You see fire and you're
on your belly and you reach out and you look
around you as best as you can. And you recognize
where you are. You recognize this fire. You've
been here before. This is your old workshop.
It is in flames. And then you can feel... You
can feel a boot on your back. And then you feel
your arms being twisted and you can feel handcuffs
being placed upon you. You can now hear voices
screaming and yelling to put out the fire. There's...
explosions happening here and there from the
crates of bombs and whatever that you've created
are now going off you this dream you're having
is a memory and it flashes your mind is now elsewhere
you are in conversation with people making deals
selling weapons ensuring that you are on top
You, your mind shifts again and you are being
dragged into a ship and you are on this ship
for at least an hour or so, which then you are
being brought to the prison. And as you're being
dragged to the lower levels, you are thrown down
into a pit and you wake up. Godard, you find
yourself in a space that seems empty. Everything
is covered in inky blackness. You hear footsteps,
and you look down and you realize they're your
own. Moving forward, you find a ring of, like
a spotlight that is on you. You see on your hands,
you have a whip. You continue to step forward.
And there, as you move, another spotlight turns
on. Turns on? You know that sound? And then you
see an individual there, all... not strapped,
tied in a way, back exposed. And you find yourself...
bringing the whip up and cracking the whip on
this individual's back one after the other and
that individual begins to scream and there's
a recognition to the voice and to the scream
and you realize that it is your own voice and
then as you continue to crack that whip over
and over the voice changes and the figure changes
and you recognize it from the back. The individual
that you are now cracking the whip to is your
very own father. You crack that whip again and
again. And as you crack that whip, your vision
changes and it pulls away from your own body
and you see yourself just whipping your father
again and again. And again. And you wake up.
Hands over the face. The snakes have awoken and
are licking his face, trying to calm him down.
It was just a dream. Okay. No, no, no. It must
be something. Father. No, no, no. There must
be a reason. There must be a reason. Raynor,
as you fall into slumber, you flitter your eyes
open and you are sitting upon a throne surrounded
by glittering gold and jewels and everything
that you could possibly dream of. Pillars in
this room, this chamber of just a mass amount
of wealth. And there's a sense of satisfaction
that you have everything. And with all these
jewels, everything that you've ever wanted is
here. You know, with the gold, you have women
ready to serve, all bowed down to you. And then
you just hear a voice. As you grin. And looking
upon your wealth. You hear a voice. All this.
And be yours. Just free me. Free me. And as the
voice says free me. Everything begins to now.
Imagine like. A drain. Where all the wealth,
all the gold, all the jewels, all the trinkets
are now being spun. And you are now being pulled
into this. And you are trying to clamber your
way away from this whirlpool of wealth. And as
it sucks you in, you wake up. What the? What
the hell was that? As you're all awake, at the
same time, you all hear a knock on your doors.
And each of you hear a guard. Are you decent?
The voice comes again. Are you decent? Yes. Yes.
Pretty decent. Those who have responded, the
door opens and you can see now a guard standing
at the door. directing you to step outside. As
Kadar and Renner, as you step outside, you can
still see the guard at Annie's door. Are you
decent? Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Annie will
get up from the bed and just force the door open
and she just walks out by herself. You can't
force the door open as it is locked. You are
still in prison. Oh, yeah. Man. She takes a step
back from the door and she just yells, Yes! The
door opens and the guard, gather your things
and step out. I think Annie's gonna turn back
to the desk. The only thing left there is just
the wooden arm that she got, right? She's just
gonna look at it and leave it there. Okay. As
the three of you gather at this pathway here
with the rows of cells, these much more comfortable
cells, you're all being led to the... I guess
you could say the point of entry where you all
arrived a long time ago. Well, some of you a
short time ago. Annie, it was a very long time
for you. You can definitely see changes that
have been made here, you know, repairs and updates
on the area. It had been 30 years for you. It
is a massive, massive hall with the ceiling spanning
up to about 50 feet, rows of pillars, and you
can see several guards stationed here. And as
you all arrive into this prison foyer, you can
see DJ Schlipschlarp awaiting and also the young
lady, Mademoiselle Delacroix. DJ Schlipschlarp
sort of waves the three of you forward. Gordar
moves forwards. Very sullen, sunken shoulders.
Raynor is gonna confidently kind of adjust himself,
and then he's just gonna kind of walk forward.
Put a hand on, like, Gordar's kind of back, and
be like, it's alright, mate. I think Annie's
just gonna look up towards the ceiling and just
straighten herself up a lot, puff out her chest
a little bit, and just walk confidently. over
to the warden and the mademoiselle. She never
thought this day would come, and she is pretty
damn happy. Does it show on her face? A little
bit. You can see just, like, smile lines really
start to come through as she smirks, as she walks.
As the three of you approach face -to -face with
DJ Schlipschlorp and Mademoiselle Delacroix.
You see DJ Slipswarp with still his mic stand
still at hand. Well, well, well, it looks like
that this is going to be the first time in history
that somebody's actually leaving the prison and
it is you three. How do you all feel to being
back out there? You don't look too happy there,
snake boy. Not particularly, no. Well, this is
what you wanted. You wanted out and you are getting
out. Thank you, I guess. Are we going to be recorded
in any history books? I just want to know. Because,
you know, for us to leave. No, that ain't up
to me. Maybe, I don't know. And then you can
see sort of, what's her name? Madame Delacroix.
She looks at you. This is a secret project and
perhaps history might not know you, but maybe.
We will see. Depending on how well you perform
your tasks, perhaps. Perhaps. Right, right. Long
relational. Gotcha. This way. And you see her
begin to move forward. And DJ Slipswarp gives
you three a bow. Almost a sarcastic bow. And
goes, farewell! And make sure that I do not find
you all three here again. And you can see Delacroix.
Mademoiselle Delacroix begin to move forward
to the exit of the prison. As she approaches
the door, you can see the massive, almost as
tall as the ceiling, double door opens up and
this just daylight streams into this foyer as
she steps outside. That is bright. It is good
to see the sound again. It's warmer than I remember.
You're telling me. Let's take a deep breath in.
What is, like, the smell? You smell, uh, it's
very salty. It's the sea air that is, uh, that,
uh, wafts in through the, uh, through the big
double doors. Well, shall we continue? This salt
air is not good for my silks. Make your way outside,
unless you wanna stay! Goddard's, like, the moment
he said that, he's starting to walk forwards.
Yep, Rainer will follow. Yep, Annie will stride
forward. Three of you walk forward competently.
And as you step outside, you can see that there
is... There's not much to see outside in terms
of this prison. The only way in this prison is
by ship or boat. And you can just see the pier.
right here and you can see uh madame delacroix
already awaiting you with a ship and she is standing
by the gangplank i think it's called you step
on yeah she's waiting for you uh for the three
of you good are we walking forwards and thank
you and then just goes to walk across the board
as the three of you now um aboard the ship madame
de la croix follows and the you can see men sailors
uh beginning to pull the gangplank back up and
the ship takes away takes the travel and the
ship it was it's less daunting than you remember
when you first were brought here it was you were
filled with dread and um you know uncertainty
now you still have that same uncertainty but
it's that almost that sense of relief that you
are no longer imprisoned you're no longer uh
trapped in this one place and while it is a bit
uh intense that you still have your collar on
this new collar it's nice to feel the sun on
your skin it is nice to feel uh you know to breathe
fresh air for once and not long an hour of uh
an hour on the sea you arrive at south shore
Got us vomiting off the side of the boat. Okay.
Yeah, Rainer is going to do the exact same. He
gets seasick. I rolled a constitution saving
throw and I rolled an eight. So none of you have
your sea legs. Does Annie have sea legs? Ooh,
let's see. Constitution saving throw. I love
everyone's jumping on board. So what did we get?
Okay, Annie... annie does not feel seasick at
all she's mostly fine she rolled a 15 uh for
her saving throw i feel like she would just be
sort of lounging on the floor and then just like
trying to embrace the sunlight and the fresh
air just taking a moment to herself how's reynar
feeling during this trip i don't uh uh who made
boats such an awful contraption they shouldn't
exist why i don't understand how any one does
this you see a lot of the crew laughing at you
guys vomiting and everything landlubbers this
whole time you have not seen madame de la croix
and as you as the ship makes port is that right
yes as the ship makes port yeah as the ship docks
yes uh c words i know them uh as the ship docks
uh you see madame de la croix step out from the
captain's cabin and the captain also steps out
she is you can see that she is a bit ruffled
and her clothing is not as neatly as they should
be the gang plank has now been placed and you
can see her step out awaiting the three of you
and as the three of you uh you know uh what's
the word what's the what's the opposite of disembark
thank you yes As the three of you disembark the
ship... Hey, I have a reason, okay? English is
my second language, even though I've been speaking
English for the past 20 years. It's still my
second language. So, as the three of you disembark
the ship, you can now see a carriage awaiting
the three of you. While... Rainer Godard, you
have been here, the South Shore, you know, quite
recently. And Annie, you haven't been here in
30 years. The two of you, though, you've noticed
that the place is, it looks like it was just
hit by a cyclone or a tidal wave. And you can
see folks that are, you know, still trying to,
there's been repairs that are going on with the
buildings and such. And, um, people are, uh,
sort of, um, you can still see like, uh, at this
point now that the business, uh, business, uh,
like, uh, are opening up and people mingling
and then just going about their day. But this,
uh, this borough of the city seems to have been
hit by some disaster recently. Oh goodness. What
happened here? Yes, well, it would seem that
there was some sort of incident recently that
happened. Some sort of explosion out on the ocean.
Explosion? On the ocean? Yes, quite a big one.
In the ocean. How kind of idiots would do that.
Yes, that's a very good question. And those idiots,
rest assured, have learned their lesson. I'd
love to speak with these idiots. Do not worry
about them. However, before we do leave, Zhao
is... And she looks the three of you over. Even
though you are all wearing your clothes from
when you first arrived at the prison, you all
look still rather filthy. So come along. We will
bring you somewhere that we can clean you all
up. She directs you all into the stagecoach carriage.
How small is this coach? It's sizable. It's a
sizable carriage. In fact, it's so sizable that
it has a division where she can sit on her own
away from the three of you. Is this seven -foot
Goliath going to be able to fit inside? I would
say yes. Easily? Okay. Well... When you sit,
the top of the carriage is just sort of like
touching your head. Yeah, okay. In that case,
Annie's just going to like... They've cut out
a sunroof for her. Yeah. No, that's mocking her.
No, she's going to slouch. She's going to slouch
in her chair and just look outside the window.
Yeah, so the travel doesn't take long and you're
going through South Shore and you can see that,
yeah, almost this entire borough has been hit
by... buy something water damage here and there
and the continuous repairs that people are doing
some of them you can see a band of dwarves who
are with their fluoro masks just working on some
of the buildings some of them seems to be like
just regular guys who are making repairs and
buildings you come to a stop you can hear mademoiselle
de la croix take a step out And she knocks on
the door from where you are. Come out. Right.
I'm just going to get out. I suppose we shouldn't
keep her waiting. Open the door. And as the three
of you step out, you come face to face with one
business that doesn't seem to be affected by
the onslaught of the disaster that had befell
this borough not so long ago. And it says at
the top of the signage, it says, Hmm, what would
it say? Flows, beautifications, saloon. Saloon,
that's a different thing. Yeah, that's a different
thing. Most definitely a different thing. Oh,
thank goodness. I have been needing a pedicure.
Pedicure? Hey, what? What? We're here to be cleaned
up and made proper, correct? What's a pedicure?
Isn't... Come along now. Aren't pedicures for...
Never mind. Anyone can get a pedicure. But what
is it? I don't want anyone touching my feet.
It's feet? Oh, no, it's not exactly feet, as
we're, like, walking along. Well, it's where,
you know, sometimes you need your cubicles pushed
back and trimmed and everything to make it look
nice and proper. Nice and proper for who? Oh,
this is going to be a long day. We need professionals.
Come now. Do not touch me. I would never. As
the three of you step in, you are immediately
greeted with these soft, calming tunes that are
playing within this establishment. There is a
reception desk not too far from you. There's
waiting chairs, and the place is... It seems
so clean and pristine. And all the counters are
white, like marble white. The walls are very
much all white. And it's also, just as you enter,
you can see a bouquet of flowers that sort of
greet you as you come in. And you can see a lady,
dragonborn lady. there at the front counter and
you can see uh mademoiselle de la croix just
approach i will have this three cleaned up please
they are absolutely filthy have their clothes
cleaned up and have their faces and whatever
they need to be clean you can see the the dragonborn
lady look at the three of you and she looks at
mademoiselle de la croix uh i we do not serve
there and immediately she dumps down like a large
sack of gold coins on the table oh right and
then she the dragonborn claps her hand and you
can see three slender dragonborns come out to
which now each of them take you by the hand and
guide you Yes, I need deep tissue massage on
the thighs and the lower back, but don't go to
the higher back. The higher back is a light massage.
It needs to be, otherwise the girls upstairs
do not like it. It affects them too much. I need
a pedicure on all of my hands and my feet. Again,
stay away from the girls. They do bite. A deep
emerald coloration would be perfect for the nails.
yes uh in some kind of mask uh what do you have
masks yes like do you have a mud mask like what
what kind of mud oh that sort of mask is your
that you're referring to like you mean our facials
yes of course yes we have several different sets
of facials and then she Shows you the one that's
leading you is like explaining all the sort of
facials that you have. And this is our most premium
facial that we have. Blah, blah, blah. And cucumber
that has been grown. Well, of course, only then.
Only that one then. I don't need anything else.
So with your request, you find that this young,
slender, dragonborn girl is now serving. to your
specifications and everything that you've asked
for has been fulfilled. Raynor, what is your
expectations of this place as you're being guided?
Yeah, Raynor is just going to be like, look,
I'm going to be real with you because obviously
you would be real with me, right? You probably
don't think I'm that appealing, whatever, right?
Here's what we're going to do. You're going to
give me the works. Whatever you think I need,
I will take, right? Make me look fancy, make
me look like I'm presentable. See this collar
here? Don't touch it. Don't even go near it.
You come near it, we're going to have a problem.
You and me, right? See that tall lady back there?
She's going to say, ugh, I don't know. Right?
Just kind of ignore her and just give her the
works too. Cool? She looks at you and there's
almost a sneer on her face, but she's doing her
best to not kind of show it, right? She looks
at you up and down and after you telling her,
like, give you the works, basically, she picks
you up by the scruff of your collar. And then
she brings you into this room to which then she
begins to perform. She begins with a, you can
see that there's this sort of. bathtub to which
she then tells you to remove your clothes and
then she throws you in this bath and then she
washes you thoroughly and quite roughly good
for muscle good for muscle she says oh you're
not getting a tip you're not getting a tip And
she does the works on you. She cleans you completely
behind the ears, in the ears, every crack and
crevice. It's just been looked after. And you
go through the massage and she goes through the
works with you. Why can't you be nice? Ow, ow.
That's not a massage. That's not a spot. Don't
touch that. Ow. Annie, you are being led by one
of the, who seems to be the youngest of the three.
And is there any requests that you have? Very
good. She leads you into the room and you can
see a bath. If you would kindly remove your clothes
and we can give you first a deep bath. And he's
going to look down to her right shoulder and
just see the very uncomfortably long uh length
of hair that she has just kind of draping down
almost to her mid -thigh and she's just gonna
like pick it up and sort of brush it not brush
it but like swing it around i guess she's gonna
look at the beautician and just say cut my hair
very good and she leads you into this room i
can bathe myself much like with reyna you can
see that there is a bath there And she asks,
could you please kindly remove your clothes as
we will bathe you first? It is part of the package.
Okay, could you... Can I get some privacy? I
would ask that we perform the bathing for you
as it is part of the package and it has been
paid for. And she's going to take off her articles
of clothing and she's going to... Now I'm trying
to figure out the word for taking off her arm.
Detach? Yeah, that's it. She's going to detach
her arm and she's going to place it neatly amongst
her pieces of clothing and just sort of lay her
shirt on top as well so as to not get any water
on it. And then she's going to stand next to,
like, the rim of the bath. She's going to look
over to the beautician and just say, Now what?
Uh, she's... It would be the same situation with
all of you where as you're standing by the bath,
they would have asked you to step in the bath
itself. And each of the beautician would have
taken the clothes or whatever that it is that
you've had and they would have taken it away.
So you've gotten your bath and whatever else
that all of you had requested had been performed
all in this one room that you're all each in.
Get your haircut. And what does this new haircut
look like? Don't know. I don't know. Because,
like, usually for Annie, she would have just
had, like, a short pixie. You know, maybe an
undercut here and there where it was just completely
shaven. But just so long as it's out of her face,
she doesn't really care. I think this time Annie
would have wanted to keep some of the length.
Especially the one that's close to her face.
She likes... she kind of likes the feeling of
it enough to be pushed back i think she would
have had like half of her head um completely
shaven or at least had a fade and then just on
top just be pretty long i would say like collarbone
length uh just just enough so that she could
tie it up oh i see i see okay cool so as you've
gotten your haircut as you all get your mani
pedi and massages Each of your beautician has
returned with your clothing, your articles of
clothing, and you find them all nice and clean
and pristine, mended in places that need to be
mended if needed to be mended. And you also find
them all with the scent of roses, as if it was
almost kissed by a rose. What is this smell?
I was just picturing the camera as well, like,
going past the rooms. You see, like, the little
window, you see, like, just the haircut, nice
little haircut, goes into, like, Gordar just,
like, laying, like, just, like, each hand being
painted, just, like, in a robe, like, a deep
massage happening, like, and then it goes into
MMA wrestling. Getting all twisted and contorted.
Being completely manhandled by a big Russian
dragon horn. Big Russian dragon horn. But yes,
you now have all your clothes again with almost
his fire rose. And you can see each of your beautician
is now waiting for you to dress with their back
turned so they can lead you out. gets dressed
in the silks, puts on the metallic, like, um,
oh, shit, now I'm running out of words. Bracer,
I think it was. Brace, yeah, the braces, and,
like, the two metallic bands that just go over,
because the, um, the robes itself is pretty armless.
Yep. And then it's just, like, metallic, um,
little bands that go across, like, each bicep,
and then the, the braces. And then, um, cinches
it all together with, like, a big, like, um,
metallic kind of, like, waistband belt kind of
thing as you're all led out you can see Mademoiselle
Delacroix waiting for you ah that is a lot better
you all look clean now and smell a lot clean
now and it's hard to read her even with her um
It's hard to read considering the mask that she's
wearing, you know, that sort of like half -plagued
doctor's mask, and you can only really see her
mouth, you know, her... What's the word he...
Not perky. Well, we're all just losing our words
today, aren't we? Yeah, no. No, what? But she...
With her lips, you know, nice and... Puffered.
Puckered. There you go. She's got that black
lipstick on. And now, before we set way to the
encampment, we can make a few stops if you require
it. This will be the first time that you are
back in the city, so surely there are places
that you want to make one quick stop to? My workshop.
If we can. Where is it? I thought your workshop
was destroyed. It's on High Street. I'd like
to see it for myself. Interesting. Why is that
interesting? I understand that your workshop
was burned to cinders and nothing was left. Everything
was either confiscated or destroyed. And you're
telling me that your workshop is in High Street?
I thought your workshop was all the way at Edge
Waters. Is there something you are not telling
me? She's going to turn back to Godard and Raynor
and just sort of lean forward to Madame Delacroix.
Or like, rather, not lean forward, but like lean
down. Yeah. To talk to her. Just like, this is
another separate place. It was my own personal
workshop. You can... almost hear a tinge of excitement
in her um in her voice oh quite fascinating interesting
and you nobleman is there anywhere you'd like
to go kind of hesitates for a second for um yes
i i i think i would like to see my sister um
and where would that be she's uh Got a bakery.
Called the Missile Door. In McKinley Park. McKinley
Park. I'm sure we will be able to find that place.
And you, little one. She steps real close to
you. Where is exactly would you like to go? She's
like pressing, almost pressing herself on you.
I want to go to Intili proper. Alright. Anywhere
else specific? Or you already know the place?
You can direct us along the way? I know the place.
Don't worry about it. Alright. Can I just quickly
say something to the people that help us? Just
before we leave. You can see that the... main
dragonborn lady is there at the reception you
no longer see the three beauticians that have
assisted you is there any feedback you'd like
to leave in the kindest way ever tell that fucking
dragonborn lady to lay off he just kind of flips
her off as he just kind of steps out of the room
the dragonborn sighs noted almost with a sarcastic
tone even though you're all cleaned up and everything
okay so you now make all your way to the uh the
coach and you can see madame delacroix talking
to the driver we will be stopping at here at
mckinley park at a place called the missile dough
a bakery And next, we will go to this address
at High Street. And lastly, I believe that we
will be heading to Antilly proper before we leave.
And the little one will guide you. Perhaps you'd
like to sit on front. She turns to you right
now. No, no, I think it's better I stay with
these people, you know, team building and all.
Very well. And she, you see, she climbs into
the coach within her own partition. As we're,
like, setting off and we're in the carriage,
Gorda kind of, like, just catches a whiff. Ew.
Roses? They used roses. Roses are the flower
for the poor. Excuse me? I knew I should have
said something. I knew. I knew I should have
said something. Lily of the Valley is so much
better. I don't understand why everyone keeps
going to roses. I think it was that big marketing
scheme a few years ago that roses are for all
the romance. All flowers are beautiful. It's
oversaturation. I want to break into some right
now. You cannot. I know. And he's going to look
to Gordar and just say to him, You do realize
that roses are less known to be poisonous and
are more accessible than Lily of the Valley,
right? I know. That's what makes Lily of the
Valley so much better. Not everyone can have
it. That does make it more rare. It is. It makes
it rarer. It makes it more special. This, anyone
can have a rose. They just mark it up by so much.
You make a good point. We did pay for a premium
package and we deserved a premium product. Right.
And look what they did to Annie's hair. Like,
jeez. Oh, yes. What happened to your hair? Oh,
please. I asked for this. You asked for it? You
asked for that. Before I got into prison, I didn't
like hair in my face. After 30 years of not having
a haircut, I grew accustomed to long hair, so
I decided to keep half of it. That is all. Wait,
do you have to cut your hair? Sorry. That's a
thing you have to do. Yes. As like the snakes
upon his head just kind of like... I see. That's
such an inconvenience. It can be. Yes. Is it
not an inconvenience to have literal heads on
your own head? No. The girls are the best thing
to ever happen to me. So you can't control them?
What? No. Interesting. I'm learning so much.
As am I. But if you want to look like a hillbilly
rockstar, go for it. Easy peasy. Excuse me? I
mean... Isn't... Okay. Don't you look like a
hillbilly? Please. I mean... I can't say anything
without saying something about you. What... What
happened to you in there? I was in such a zen
and your screams came through the walls. That
was you? Yeah. Like, I said, give me the works,
and then she worked and broke me. Have you never
had a deep tissue massage before? Was that a
deep tissue? She literally grabbed my leg and
tried to bend it so it would touch my back. Like,
my upper back, my shoulder. Oh, it helps with
flexibility. Helps with blood flow and flexibility.
It is good for you. I have to agree. I do feel
a lot more loose. I must have been carrying so
much stress. Great. You guys got the premium
experience and I got some fucking cheaper. I
don't know if I would call this... Ugh. Sniff's
arm again. Premium. Listen, Rainer, you got what
you asked for. Live with it. Yeah, I'm not going
back there, but okay. Yep, yep. And as your conversation
continues, you find that your carriage has come
to a stop. You look out the window. Now the scenery
has changed from the destruction and water damaged
South Shore to something a bit more dry. And
less damaged and cobblestone roads and buildings
and buildings that resemble the Renaissance period
of Italy, small village vibe. And you look outside
the window and you see that you have come to
a stop to a place called the Missile Dough, a
bakery. Out the front, you have a few tables
where people are enjoying their pastries and
coffees. Just nice, simple windows with those
awnings. And it seems to be people are just having
a nice, quiet time. Oh, this is my stop. Feel
free to stay here. I won't be long. Cora's going
to... exit and walk into the shop you can see
that the store in itself this bakery or patisserie
is is a buzz with customers uh there's quite
um it's quite busy at this time of the day it's
around um it's almost lunchtime it's not uh much
as of yet but um already people are uh getting
ahead of the rush which then causes this to become
a rush and uh You see servers tending to some
of the customers bringing out lattes and coffees
and such, or like pies and both savory and sweet.
And not too far behind the counter, you see your
sister. She is working the counter. So you see
a feminine figure, long black hair. going down
her back um tie up into like a long like ponytail
like and braid it down um to keep out of uh like
the brown apron with just basic clothing underneath
um the figure looks more humanoid a little bit
like godard but without the snake hair um and
more human in proportions but with like the snake
features uh of like scales and all that kind
of stuff but Rather than having the more elongated
hands and slightly shifted and more shaped face
like Gordar has, hers is more rounded and very
much more human. Gordar is just like, Hey sis!
Hi! As she looks at you, it's almost as if she
is shocked? Surprised? Oh my god! Oh! Stacey,
can you take the counter for a minute, please?
And she approaches you and then almost at a rush,
she dusts herself off of all the flour and crumbs
and whatnot. And she immediately comes in for
a hug and she squeezes you tight. How did you
get out? Gordar's instantly going to reciprocate
and just like hold her like as close as he can.
Just like. for a deep hug before um oh yes uh
well um well you know um my father has been a
bit too busy to get me out at this point so um
i was able to uh pull some strings and got out
on my own i think come uh take a seat and she
leads you to a table uh with two seats in it
sit sit i'll bring you something Oh, yeah, of
course. And... He sits down, kind of, like, looking
around, like, very beaming and, like, happy in
this. And, uh, what was your choice of drink
at a cafe again? Do you recall? I believe it
was chai. Okay. So, um, she goes back behind,
um, you know, the counter once more, and you
see her preparing a drink for you. And she comes
out with a chai of your choice. She's made your
favorite drink. And she's also brought out a
piece of pastry for you to enjoy. Have something
to eat. I do love your pastries. Thank you. Now,
I know you said that father was supposed to get
you out. Yes. I, uh... Well, you know, I haven't
been home for a long while, but I do hear things.
And... Father's left. I... Someone told me this
as well. I... I don't believe it. Do you really
think our father would just leave like that?
Brother, he's gone. He can't be. We have spent
so much in building... Our family here and getting
well established with all of the other nobles.
There is no way that he is gone. And if he has,
it's just on a business trip. No, he took the
rest. If you go back to the house, you'll find
that it is empty. All the businesses have been
shut down. It doesn't make sense. Do you think
he would be so hard on us if he was just going
to up and leave? Brother, why do you think I
left? I know why you left. It's always been a
soft spot for us. I still believe in him. Brother,
he used you as a scapegoat. No, he was coming
back for me. He was never going to come back,
brother. You have to understand. He's up and
left and had you. If I could have done something
to stop that and kept you out of there, I would
have, but they're all gone. I'm the only one
left in the city. Kind of, like, shock kind of,
like, hits and kind of abruptly stares after,
like, about to take a sip of chai. Our siblings
are gone, too. All have gone with father, I presume.
They wouldn't leave us. I... I went back. I said
I would never go back, but after I had everything
and after everything that I heard, I returned
home. Empty. No one was there. And it was almost
as if they left in a rush. I'm sorry, brother.
But I'm glad you're out now, and that's all that
matters. Do you have a place to stay? I... Part
of me getting out is I had to make a deal of
sorts. I have to help them out out here, so...
Ooh. Delacroix. You see her face? Almost sink.
Brother, you know that family's reputation. I
do. But there was no other way out. You've made
a deal with the devil. Well, I'm sure we can
renegotiate at a later time. Once I've helped
him out enough and father is back and... And
we get this all sorted. Brother, I... I don't
think he's coming back. Now how can we get you
out of this predicament? For now, I just need
to do what I can. I... He kind of, like, pulls
down the silk a little bit to show, like, the
necklace. This... The... Cheng. I... I can't
go AWOL or do what I want as much yet. But I'm
sure that if I do good work with them, our fathers
trained me well, I will be able to make them
enough money where I can buy my freedom. You're
still a prisoner. Better than being a prisoner
in there. The bell rings from the door. And you
see... Mademoiselle Delacroix step in. Oh my
god, so that's her, isn't it? Yes. You see your
sister stride over to... Oh, please don't, Sarah.
And... How tall is Sarah? She'd probably be like
5 '5". Okay, so even at 5 '5", she still kind
of towers over Mademoiselle Delacroix. Mademoiselle
Delacroix stands at like 5 feet, right? And she
almost towers over her, and you hear your sister,
I demand to buy my brother. You hear Mademoiselle
Delacroix, oh! A former noble thinks she has
money. And then, I have enough money to buy off
my brother. I do not think you have that kind
of money. But you can certainly try. And I will
let you know right now that the price that you
offer will be nothing. You will not be able to
afford him. The city needs him. what do you mean
the city needs him and you see her rush behind
the counter and then you just see her pull out
this huge uh chest and she opens it up and she's
like pulling out all these receipts and then
she's bringing these receipts that she goes here
i can present you with the this amount of money
within the bank blah blah blah and she's like
trying to buy you off and almost like a sneer
she's like darling that is certainly not enough
to buy your brother off perhaps if he's a good
boy i will perhaps allow him to visit but goddell
it is time to leave as my sister is like placing
like the receipts and like showing like the statements
and all that kind of stuff goddell has like come
up behind and like put her hand on like her shoulder
it's okay we can organize this later You can't
do this! Sister, please. We can get this to work,
okay? We just need some time, and we can wrangle
up some assets. We can do this. It's just going
to take time. And in that moment, in a very rare
display, you've never seen, very rarely would
you ever see your sister angry or distraught
in this sort of way. And she just yells out,
shop's closed! Everyone out! And she just sort
of hugs you briefly and rushes off to the back.
Give her just like that, yep. High pressure hug.
The snakes as well also come in and like kiss
and like hug her that little bit. And as she
runs away and Gordar starts to walk out of the
shop, the snakes are all like looking towards
her like quite limply and sadly just like wanting
to go back to her. Yes, well, it is now time
for us to leave. I hope you had a very pleasant
reunion. Well, it was. It was. And Gordos is
going to follow out, enter the carriage. And
you step back into the carriage with the two.
While this was all happening, what was happening
between the two of you in there? It was just
Adi and Raynor in the carriage. Did you guys
just sit in silence? What was happening? Annie
and Raina are sitting in a carriage. No, I'm
joking. Ew. I'm kidding. Okay. Would we have
talked? I think Raina would have talked, but
I don't know if Annie would reply. Would try,
yeah. Probably not. Probably not. Annie would
probably just be staring outside of the window,
possibly have rolled it down as well, and just
trying to, like... listen to the city just trying
to yeah just listening hearing like listening
and hearing that's the same thing yeah no no
not necessarily hearing and listening are two
different things but go on just trying to get
like a lay of the land see if there's like really
any stark differences maybe trying to go through
her memories if she's actually visited this same
cafe before Likely not. No, this cafe would not
have been here when you were out and about. Most
definitely not. Okay. It is a strange sensation
to, once again, hear the noise of a city full
of life and joy, where it's something most definitely
so different to what you're used to with the
angry screams and, you know, the fear of, oh,
if I sleep now, am I dead? sort of thing so it's
it's almost relaxing yeah definitely what would
reina be trying to tell uh try to talk to annie
about i think he would just be like do you think
they're gonna bring us back something nice because
like it is a bakery you think god i would actually
bring us anything back or is he gonna be like
crying all the time like hey well i didn't mean
that in that way annie i can see that face no
it didn't mean that like that I just mean that
it's a bakery and they could bring back something
nice. Probably, right? What do you want? Do you
want something like a croissant? Are you a croissant
person? A bagel? No. Cupcake? No. Muffin? No.
Pastry? Absolutely not. What, are you just like
a dry bread kind of person? First slice? No?
There's nothing wrong with dry bread. Yeah, dry
bread's great. but would you prefer the first
slice or like the rest of them you know I would
prefer silence silence isn't a bread is it like
a brand do you know what kind of brand it is
oh my god that's so annoying is it like wheat
oh wheat is wheat obviously it's wheat all bread
is wheat but is it like multigrain is it grain
as far as I'm concerned As far as I'm concerned,
there is only one type of bread. What kind? Bread.
I mean, yeah, there's multiple types of bread.
Like, did you hear that they have multi -grain
bread? It's supposed to be healthier for you.
But, like, I've never tried it. You think Gordar
would have seen it inside this kind of noble
bakery? And he's just gonna, like, roll her eyes
and lean away from the window and fully face
Raynor now. This is fucking amazing. You're chit
-chatting and trying to prompt her about bread.
The door opens and you find Gordar entering with
no pastries in hand. Hey, Gordar. You know there's
multiple types of bread, right? What? Yes. Annie
thinks there's only one kind of bread. Yes. Only
one. I mean... Usually comes in a loaf. Just
eat it like the loaf. I mean, that is a type
of bread, yes. But there are literally thousands.
There's thousands? I thought it was like three.
There are so many different types. What? I can't
have this. I don't. Are you okay? Long story
short, no. And I also don't feel like talking
about it right now. Good. Stares out the window.
The other window. As you see people exiting the
missile, though, the carriage now slowly begins
to continue its journey. And as you're having
this discussion of the multitude amount of different
types of bread, the scenery begins to change
from that sort of picturesque, small type village
of like sandstone building, which now cobblestone
pavements have now changed to almost concrete.
And you're beginning to see more modern style
buildings. And you can see several different
streets that are like filled with high fashion
clothing and upmarket sort of paraphernalias
and everything of the sort. You see that the
carriage takes a turn in a residential area and
takes a brief stop. You can hear the voice from
the carriage. We are at High Street. Where exactly
are we going? Just stop here. So coincidentally,
the stop that we've made is also where your old
workshop used to be. Well, your hidden workshop.
It is a residential building and you find that
it is still currently well maintained. In fact,
when you find the place, it has now has this
added sort of picket fence out the front. And
you can see that there's like a kid's tricycle
just there and like with a few flamingos and
the window. Nice. The windowsills have like these.
These potted flowers and everything. And this
used to be your old place. What have they done?
Oh my god. Pink birds. Jeez Louise. She's gonna
like... She's gonna try and grab for her keys
in her pocket until she realizes the keys are
not there. And that her pants pockets are absolutely
fucking empty. Sorry. sorry i said that her pockets
are absolutely empty um she's just going to take
a few smaller softer steps forward she doesn't
i don't think she would recognize this place
at all like no it's completely changed like um
from once it once was yes it was a residential
area before Right. But it was a very quiet residential
area. And now it seems to be very family orientated
sort of neighborhood. You can see, you know,
people like just, hey, how's it going, Fred?
Fine weather we're having today. And he's like,
yeah, very good weather. And then you see a grandma
not too far. And it's just that picturesque sort
of suburbia that you're getting here. Okay, and
he's just going to avoid eye contact with any
of those friendly looking people. And she's just
going to continue forward into the building and
try and find her little apartment, I guess, her
front door. Okay, so what you do, you know that
you have, your workshop is well hidden within
this residential building. But you have to gain
access inside the building first before you can
get access to your old hideout. Well, your secret
hideout. She's gonna, like, jiggle the front
door once, twice, and thrice. Locked. She's gonna
turn back, go back into the carriage, and look
at Reino, and just say, like, Hey, do you know
how to lockpick? I guess so, yeah. Come unlock
the door for me, please. Okay. So he just kind
of follows. He's not making a lot of noise because
he realizes that this is something he doesn't
really want to talk about. mailman comes around
puts in the mail in the mailbox flips the little
uh thing to signify that there's mail whistling
along the way what a lovely day god this place
is so happy now so you approach the door and
you're going you want to pick the lock is it
yep all right go ahead and give me a um sleight
of hand check Do you have proficiency with thieves'
tools? Great question. No. Would you have thieves'
tools amongst your personage? No, I don't have
thieves' tools on me, no. Well, when you were
arrested, would you have had some? Yeah, I would
have had it, yeah. Would they confiscate that,
though? It feels like they would, and they wouldn't
return it. Yeah, no, okay, so you don't. Okay,
so. You're now faced with that, yes, I can pick
locks. Yeah, so he's just going to be like, he's
going to kind of look at the mailman. He's like,
hey, mate, would you happen to know if the supervisor's
in this building or not? That is a risk. This
is Mr. and Mrs. Waffle's place. Mr. and Mrs.
Waffle's place? Oh, see, because they wanted
me to come in and feed their cat, but I kind
of forgot. Don't tell them, though. Right. Do
you know where I could get a spare key or something?
Can you give me a deception check? God's damn.
22. Very good. That's strange, because they shouldn't
have been gone. They should be home. They haven't
left, as far as I know. Have you tried knocking
on the door? I could try. I mean, I just don't...
You know, it makes me look stupid because obviously
I came in, right? And he kind of knocks on the
door as he's speaking. He's like... As you're
knocking, he just looks at you and whistles and
begins to start walking off. I've got mail to
deliver, sir. And then you see him do the next
property. As you're knocking on the door, there's...
It slowly creaks... Well, it doesn't slowly creak
open. It just... The door swings open and you
see a portly fellow, a, um, a college star. Uh,
yes, can I help you? Yep. So, I'm a building
inspector, right? And this over here, she's the
person who kind of, like, measures how tall the
building is. Because have you ever felt like
your ceiling kind of high? It feels like it's
not enough, does it? Well... It could be against
regulation. Yeah, that. Never really thought
about it there. Building inspector, so who sent
you? The council. Like, see, because this is
an old building, right? It's been here for a
long time. The buildings around us, they've been
renovated because lots of families, lots of people
around, right? So, obviously, they want to make
sure that this place is up to code. and you just
as you're as you're yapping you see just like
these two kids just run out and they're like
laughing and giggling and then they just one
of them sort of tugs on you annie and it's like
haha you're very big and then just runs off and
then gets on his like little trike they're like
about three oh no sorry not three around four
or five years old these two kids and they're
just running and playing in the yard and then
they start picking up all these like little things
and then like they're starting to throw rocks
at you guys see you've got kids you don't want
them to be injured or anything how about this
you me and the kids we'll just take a step back
we'll let her do her thing she won't break anything
i promise you we'll reimburse you for anything
any damages not that there will be and then you
know honey We have a ceiling inspector that's
going to check out the place. And he... Maybe
give me another deception check. Hell. Does that
call for any as well? No, he's not really dealing
with you. He's talking to things. So you don't
need to deceive, I don't think. Unless you're
doing something that may... put his game off
but so far he isn't paying attention to you no
she's just she's just standing there arms crossed
behind her back and just standing a bit too proudly
yeah so he's kind of so he keeps talking and
he's like i got a dirty 24 perfect okay so um
why don't you just go ahead inside and just make
your ceiling expand inspection i'll just i'll
be right here watching the kids And then you
can feel some rocks being pelted at your back,
Annie. You're so big. Giant lady. I do not like
kids. She's going to step inside the complex.
Does it look that familiar at all? Or is it like
completely different? Well, okay. So from what
you know for your hidden warehouse ride, sorry,
workshop. It's just straight ahead from where
you're standing. So from where you're standing,
there's a staircase going up, and then there's
a little sort of passage which ends at a wall.
And you'll see that it still has the old gas
lamp, which hasn't worked in years, and it's
still there. And you know that that is your entry.
So all you need to do is twist the thing. Great.
Annie's just going to quickly peek behind her
shoulder. Are they looking at her? Mr. and Mrs.
Waffle? Well, you have not seen Mrs. Waffle,
but Mr. Waffle is watching the kids. Okay, great.
Annie's just going to play the part and just
look at the ceiling, touch the ceiling, move
a few steps forward, touch the ceiling again,
look at the corner of the ceiling with the wall.
touches it walks a few more steps forward touches
the ceiling again and then finally when she reaches
the gas lamp she just pretends to look uh like
confused at it like rotates the gas lamp as i
hope the door opens yeah so as you turn this
gas lamp the wall uh slightly pushes back and
then you see that um it now begins to sort of
ascend And as it ascends, it now gives you access
to your old workshop. And he's going to turn
behind her, make sure no one's watching her.
And she's going to go in. And Mrs. Waffle is
just right there. Well, I have never known that
there was a room right here. What do we have?
Oh, there is so much more room here for activities.
Oh, shit. Hello. Hello. She steps into your old
workshop. Ma, ma, now look at all these things.
Oh, this is certainly... And she pulls out a
feather duster. It is quite dusty in here. And
she's like dusting away. Yes, ma 'am. That is
very important stuff, I think. I'm not sure.
Now, you said you was the inspector? Yes, that
is correct. Now, how did you find this room?
I ain't never seen this room in my life. I've
been in the business for some time and with old
buildings they usually have secret rooms and
and such we just need to make sure that it's
all up to code and see Oh, how exciting. How
exciting. You think the children would love it
in here to make it a little playroom? No, absolutely
not. All things like this are known for criminal
activity. And you can see her like dusting, picking
up. Now we can certainly throw these things out.
We certainly don't need these. And then she's
like picked up like one of the huge wrenches.
Now this is certainly, this could definitely
go. Please don't touch that. That is quite expensive.
Oh, Harold, did you see this secret room that
we had over here in the house? It is quite lovely.
We can turn it into a nice little playroom for
the children. Ma 'am, I am telling you right
now, this sort of space is not safe for children.
Oh, yes, sure. No, certainly right now it isn't,
but we can certainly convert this whole room
into something quite nice. Please allow me to
inspect it first and make sure there's not anything
dangerous in here. Oh, forgive me for keeping
you in your way. I will certainly step outside
for a brief moment, but now I'm going to have
to speak to Harrow about this nice little secret
room and see what we can do about this little
place. I will be sure it is all spic and spam.
Span. For you. You see her sort of like waddle
out. my my my secret room how lucky are we as
she steps outside speaking to harold right now
you now hear this like this lady who's like talking
to you and oh you must be the other inspector
ah it seems to me that the the young the fine
lady over there has seen harold she had found
ourselves a little secret room a little playroom
that we can convert into for the children and
she's just like waffling on yeah he's just gonna
be listening he's gonna be nodding he's just
gonna be like yeah let's just get everyone away
from that room just in case yeah you and me we'll
keep talking so tell me have you tried bread
oh honey i've been making my own bread for a
very long time and this conversation rolls on
about yeah i'll just let annie do her thing You
are now in your old workshop, this room. You
can see some of your old things that you have
kept hidden from the rest of the world. And this
room has not seen a person. No one has stepped
in here for the last 30 years. The first thing
Andy's going to do is try and find the old switch
or the old knob to shut the door. You know exactly
where it is. Perfect. It is now closed. And the
first thing that she's going to do is she's going
to, here it is. So I'm just reading through it.
There's a little thing for artifice is called
replicate magic item. Of which when you gain
this feature, choose four plans to learn from
the magic item plans. The first plan that she's
going to look for in her little workshop is the
blueprints for a bag of holding. okay so you
know where exactly where everything has been
touched for the last 30 years uh minus when mrs
waffle came in here and uh did her thing but
you know exactly where all that plants have been
kept and it's in this sort of bureau just one
uh just one in the corner and as you've opened
up the bureau you can find all these several
blueprints that you have created 30 years ago
and we can say that you can take this like stack
of blueprints and then you can um so you can
take all of them so you have um But in terms
of your class, you can make four of them, right?
But you now have the plans for whatever's listed
there. So you go on ahead and you've picked up
your blueprints. You find an old satchel bag
that you used to carry, which is there as well.
I am so excited. And opening the satchel, she's
going to shove a lot of the blueprints into the
bag. She's going to grab a few. open your satchel
there is sort of like um what do you call it
not like a plaque but like almost like a another
piece of leather that has been um stitched onto
this with a like a like an engraving right and
it just says with love skinny p so this was a
gift that was given to you by skinny p This is
a little, like, leather tag that's in the back,
right? Yeah, so when you open the leather satchel,
right, you see it there just at the top, and
it has been, like, a piece of leather with the
same make, or maybe even a lighter shade that
had been stitched on, as in, like, professionally,
right? So it's part of the thing, and it's got,
like, a... It had been burnt through into the
leather with the message, With Love, Skinny P.
Annie is going to sort of cover that tag with
her thumb as she continues putting things inside
the bag, trying to ignore it. Okay. All right.
After that, she's going to try and look around
her workshop a bit more, see if there's any little
bits of metal or jars of oils as well that she
could possibly put in there. Any weapons? Yes,
so you... Okay, so in terms of things that you
need, definitely you would have found because
this is one of your hidden workshops. So flasks
of oil, whatever. So just so long as you list
that on your sheet, you will have those things.
And the one thing that you did come for from
that particular weapon, you remember that it
is also here. And it is also in a hidden panel
within the walls here. And you... You glide your
fingers along the wall and it is exactly as you
remember it. As you press this hidden switch,
a panel on the wall comes out and lifts up. And
there you can see one of your rifles of your
design. Beautiful thing. And Adni's going to
take it out. and she's just going to like hold
it in both of her arms she's going to just like
look at it carefully do a little blow some air
onto like the little tiny spaces clean it up
a little bit and then she's going to inspect
it is it still okay it is yes it is as if you
just made this it is still pristine as it was
and you can see there on the wall up against
the wall on where you've picked up the rifle
you can see several casings oh that's already
nice several casings several boxes of ammunition
as well. Annie's going to hold the rifle in her
heavy arm. The weight of her body kind of shifts
over to her left side as all of the weight is
just now centered there. And she's going to take
all of the boxes of ammunition and shove it into
the bag as well. Okay, so 30 ammunition is already
made and prepared and the rest of the boxes are
just empty shells which are now ready for you
to create ammunition for. Yep. Perfect. Okay.
She's going to shove that in there. Okay. So
let's just say, sorry. So just list that you
have 30 ammo and let's just say 60 empty shells
ready to be made. Empty shells. 60. Perfect.
Okay. Now the next thing she's going to look
for is her toolbox. Oh, it is still there. Exactly
where you left it. dust covered of course yep
perfect she's going to pick it up by the handle
with her right arm she's going to again huff
some air onto it to clear off some of the dust
carry it with her and after that hmm she's just
going to take a look around um the workshop just
one more time just kind of reminisce about how
many hours she's actually spent in here unbeknownst
to anyone else she has personal projects here
she's spent multiple nights uh straight in here
little to no sleep there's like a little tiny
bed in the corner that she used to nap on if
necessary but this was basically her second home
yeah and now it's it's still here yeah and what
the council decides to do with it pointing pointing
out the uh the bed and the bedside table you
notice as well that there's a photograph that
sits there and you pick up said photo the frame
photograph and you can see that there is there
is you a younger you 30 years ago maybe even
32 years ago and next to you standing uh arm
and arm with big grins with you is uh skinny
pete And he's going to take the photograph out
of the frame, leave the frame at the desk, and
she's going to put the photograph in her pocket,
her right side pocket. As you put that photograph
into your pocket, you lean over to the wall and
you press a switch once more for the door to
open up to your exit. And Ma, I have certainly
spent several weeks on this particular type of
bread. And she, Mrs. Waffle, is now going on
a bread still with you. And then she's now bringing
you bread samples of every sort that she has
made. This one's good, yeah. I can definitely
see it. No more raisins, though. And as Annie,
as you take your leave, are you going to have
the door closed once more or are you just going
to leave it open? I feel like Annie's going to
leave the door open. Okay. Yeah, she's just going
to walk out of there. So anything that could
be traced back to you or who you are, you would
have removed it, correct? Hopefully, yes. Yes,
okay. All right, okay. So in that case, just
give me an investigation check just to see on
how thorough it is. It may not be that thorough.
That's a five. I see. So to the best of your
knowledge, you have done what you can to remove
all evidence of Annie in this little room. And
as you step outside, you can see now Godard standing
there talking to Mrs. Waffle as Mr. Waffle is
tending to the kids. And sorry, did I say Raynor
or Godard? No, sorry. Rainer. Rainer is talking
to Mrs. Waffle and he's now standing there with
a huge brown paper bag of just full of different
type of breads that Mrs. Waffle has given him.
And you see she's right. Oh, now, is there anything
wrong with the ceiling in that tight little,
that new little room that you had discovered,
madam? I do suggest that you contact. contractors
to wreck the room basically and start over the
foundations are quite old they are very much
outdated it would not be safe for your children
and I also recommend for you to contact a noble
woman by the name of Madame Delacroix to clean
out any other dangerous items In that room. It
may have been used for some kind of criminal
activity, such as this. And she's going to hold
up the rifle. Oh, don't you worry. She doesn't
even pay attention to the rifle, right? She goes,
oh, don't you worry. My herald will most definitely
have something done for that little room and
for our little ones to be playing with in that
little playroom. Now, I've left your friend over
there with some nice bread. Make sure that you
go and take it away and have a nice and lovely
day. You too, ma 'am. Thank you. She's gonna,
like, she's gonna, like, kind of jerk as she
turns away, like, kind of looking back to Mrs.
Waffle, back to the room, Mrs. Waffle, and then
to the bag of bread that Rainer is now holding.
What is that? Bread. That is so many different
types of bread. See? I didn't know that was different
types. love thanks again miss waffle i thought
there was three and now i know there is more
than three that's crazy y 'all have a lovely
day now thanks again thank you as you're all
walking um walking down the uh sort of um the
front lawn of this place the kids are laughing
and then they're starting to throw stones at
you again uh and you're so big Giant, giant,
giant. You're dead, you giant. Just before we
get to the carriage, Rainer is going to look
at Annie and say, So, that was your old place,
obviously. I get that you don't want to talk
about it. I'm not going to impress you on it.
But I am going to question one thing, right?
No one here knows who you are. The name Annie
Flintfingers Bones, I think that's your last
name. Doesn't really mean much, does it, right
now in this new year? I don't believe anyone
knows who I am around here anymore. Doesn't that
kind of suck? Like, I guess the only way you
would be able to get your name back is by doing
something that they would kind of put you back
on top, right? Oh, that has been the plan from
the very beginning. Or then you would probably
have an understanding of the... Or you might
be trying to get an understanding of these colors
that they have put on us. I thought you said
you weren't going to press me about anything.
I wasn't going to press. I was just asking. Want
some bread? Sure. She's going to put her hand
into the bag of bread and take one out. That
would... This is very dry. I think it's supposed
to be dry. As you step into the carriage discussing
this bread. See, Gordar, we got bread. You want
some? That's nice. I'm okay. Here's some raisin
bread. And he's going to take a bite of the sourdough
bread and... have a really hard time trying to
chew it because of how thick and uncomfortable
and how dense it is also as well as as difficult
as it is you are actually enjoying it because
you haven't had a decent well decent food in
a very long time you had to scrape and scrap
and fight for whatever food you could get down
there so while it is difficult it is still a
pleasant sensation of having as you Three of
you enjoy the bread. You hear the carriage begins
to move once more. And you just hear a voice
from atop. Antilly proper next, next, next, next.
Address. Look for the most annoyingly purple
house. and the carriage just continues no response
from the driver and it takes a bit and you've
been on this carriage for maybe about an hour
and a half at this point now till it comes to
a stop and here in Antilly proper the the the
vibe again changes from that like sort of high
street business hoity -poity and now it is a
mixture of um old and new buildings and with
an assortment of sort of uh with assortment of
life of not being pinned down to sort of any
um social class but then when you take this stop
when you all look out the window you can see
like uh this manor that is absolutely gaudy in
its presentations with topiaries out the front
and it is this offensive eyesore of purple. Nice
colour. Oh, that is gaudy as all hells. I think
it looks cool. You would. Whoa, okay. Oh, sorry.
Inner voice, inner voice. Inner voice, yes. Alright,
so this is my sort. Come with if you want. Don't
if you don't. I don't really care. And Raider's
just going to kind of grab his hat and he's just
going to put it on, kind of adjust it. And then
he's going to get off the carriage and head to
the front door. Is anybody else coming or are
you both going to stay? And he's going to stay
in the car. Gordar is going to stay. Okay. You
approach the... the the manor itself and you
see the familiar door knocker and the familiar
doorbell there and you adjust your hat once more
and what do you do so um it kind of like he uses
a door knocker and he just kind of like does
a familiar um tap so he goes one two three one
two three and then three and like that okay yeah
And you now begin to hear voices. You now hear
voices and you hear a woman's voice yell out,
Oh, George, would you perhaps maybe take the
children out the back? And then a few moments
later, the door opens and you see a woman in
a tiefling woman in her mid thirties. Almost
still in her silken outfit and she sort of in
silken robe and she pulls her robe a bit closer
to herself. Oh, hello. Hello, gorgeous. I thought
that you were gone. I was gone, but see. The
memory of you just made me want to return all
that much more. You haven't seen me for months
now, and I thought you'd forgotten about me.
Why should I let you in? Forgotten about you?
You're the only reason I'm here. He kind of,
like, does, like, he pulls his collar a little
bit and shows her the collar, and he's like,
see? Oh, kinky. All the stress I had to get to
get here. As you're talking, she grabs the collar
and yanks you in. The husband away? You know
he is. As she sort of, what do you call it? Sort
of playfully skips up the stairs of this great
manor. And she just looks at you, come get me.
And then she rushes to the familiar bedroom.
And it's black. We fade to black. This was not
what I was expecting. No, me either. Why did
you want us to come? He's like, come if you want,
I don't care. Oh, God. This is not where I thought
this was going to go at all. Now, there's a chair
over there in that corner and a chair in that
corner. I was like, yeah, just bring a chair.
I'll go hang out with the kids. I don't give
a... So, while in the carriage... Annie Goddard,
is there anything happening with the both of
you? What's got you so down? Family issues. You
seem to be geared up. More or less. You were
close with your family? Some of them, yes. Some
of them, not so much. You were... We are quite
different. You were crying about your daddy the
whole time in the prison. Did you get to see
your little daddy? He was not crying about my
father, no. And no, I did not see him. Well,
where is he? I don't know. Okay. Who was that?
God, I just goes back to looking out the window.
As you both sit in sullen silence, 30, 40 minutes
later. The door opens and Raynor comes back in.
Ray's got stamina. And his clothes is almost
disheveled. He's got like lipstick marks on his
neck, chest, and all over his face unbeknownst
to him. His hat is almost on a tilt with his
hair a bit frizzled. And he just steps back in.
Wow. I would like a Constitution Savings Roll
to see it. I'm joking, I'm joking, I'm joking.
No, keep it in the game. Oh, that is an interesting
look you have there. Very unbecoming of you.
I guess so, I guess so, I guess so. You guys
look depressed. Oh, and as he steps in as well,
as he steps in, the... waft of um this very strong
scent of um ladies perfume accompany accompanies
him with the um with with a mixture of the smell
of sex ah you had snoo snoo uh yeah guess so
i mean if it's gonna be a final day in this place
may as well live out a little Don't tell me you
guys are just gonna sit - you were sitting here
just kind of whining and crying, right? Do you
have more bread? There's still a lot of bread
there. It's like a bag of bread. Yeah, if you
grab something from there, it's like, this one's
a raisin one, and you just kind of chuck to the
corner. And he's gonna reach for the raisin one.
Why do you think that I would want this? Yeah,
you can have that. It looks high class. Just
because it has fruit in it doesn't mean it's
high class. Doesn't that mean high class? Oh
goodness, I have so much to teach. Where now?
I mean, it would be really nice to return here,
but, you know, I've got a job to do. As you are
having this conversation, the carriage continues
on moving and it's not long. And as you're looking
out the window, you find yourself at one of the
main gates of the city. The carriage comes to
a stop and you hear Mademoiselle Delacroix door
open and steps out. She knocks on your door.
Well, I suppose this is another stop. Gorda opens
up the door. The three of you step outside. This
will be my stop. I will be leaving you on here
and you will be taking the travel to an encampment
not too far from Methuselah. And she points along
just far ahead and you can see another carriage.
Waiting for you. She points to that one. And
she says. You will be taking that ride. It will
take you probably a week. To get you to the encampment.
Once you arrive. You will speak to an individual.
By the name of Samson. He will be your antelope.
Cool. And they had only left. A day or two before
you. And once you arrive. And she reaches into
her dress and she pulls out this just tiny box.
And it's rectangular in shape. And it has the
engraving of the just it has an engraving on
it. It says Delacroix on it. And she holds it
up between the three of you. You will need to
give this to Samson. and he will know exactly
what to do with it. And he takes the box, puts
it in a bucket. Once there, your handler will
know exactly what to do with you, and he will
be giving you your tasks. Oh, another thing.
I believe that you will be heading to a place
called Briar Rose. which is a small village that
was once a property of the city. It was where
our main embassy was. And we have a house there.
Once you arrive at Briar Rose, be so kind as
to, and she pulls out a key, to open the door.
And you may... Temporarily use that place. She's
holding the key up. You will recognize the house.
It is one of the biggest houses there in that
small village. That sounds up my alley and grab
the key. Adieu. I will be expecting to hear good
things from the three of you as she climbs back
into the carriage. And you can see the driver
at this point, a man who is sort of hunched over
and has his, one of his arm is like this huge
metallic arm that rivals your own, Annie. And
his other arm is just like this skinny metallic
arm. He's all covered in shawls and a cloth over
his, not a cloth, sorry, a gas mask on his face
and goggles. And then you just see him, Whips
the reins of the horse and you can see them leave.
And you can now see another individual, a porter,
if you will, that is awaiting for you to enter
the next carriage. And he's going to walk over
to the next carriage. Goddard as well. All three
of you make your way. You enter the carriage.
The man sort of greets you with a bow and you
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we are now returning with the party entering
the new carriage traveling to the encampment.
I'm going to say that the travel has been uneventful.
Taking breaks here and there. It has taken you
about a week to arrive at the encampment. And
you can see already that people have, as you
arrive here at around midday. you can see that
people have already set up like large tents and
you can see there's there is an array of people
there's like about 50 odd people here and you
can see supplies you can see massive carriages
with beasts of burden with crates and barrels
presumably with supplies and everything And you
can just see that you just see people running
from here and there, moving things, getting things
ready for everything. And you step out of the
carriage. Finally. Oh, oh, just like stretching
and like trying to like stretch the back a little
bit. That's just how does anyone travel like
this? Oh. It is very difficult, and it does not
get better with time. Oh, that is wonderful to
know. Oh, I've got mud all over my shoes already.
That will be the least of your concerns, believe
me. As you exited the carriage and you're having
this discussion, the carriage begins to move
and circle back, heading back towards the city.
And as it's done its circling, he did pick up
a bit of speed, which then blew dirt and dust
on all three of you. As the mud's coming, shield.
Yeah. It splatters onto your shield. Good timing.
But yes, here you are in the encampment. Well,
who... What was the name of the man we need to
find again? Samson. Samson, yes. Does anyone
know where a Samson is? You don't... Anyone?
Nobody seems to be paying attention to any of
you. Some of... The people, like, sort of, like,
stop for a moment to look at the three of you,
but then continue on with their work and whatever
it is that they're doing. We just need to go
find the biggest, tallest, meanest -looking person
and ask them who Samson is, and he's probably
that person. It's quite insightful of you, actually.
And Annie's going to just stride forward. Goddard
does the same, but, like, picks up the bottom
of the silk so it doesn't drag in the mud. Yeah.
So as you take a few steps forward, it's no longer
muddy. It's more like dirt. The trail of water
seems to be, the moisture seems to be coming
from some of the barrels off to the larger carriages
that seem to be carrying supplies. And you approach
this large individual who Rainer pointed out.
And it's a Goliath woman standing almost as tall
as you, Annie. And you can see her like wearing
these leather straps. And she has like this leather
apron on. And she has, what do you call it, a
bandana over her head. And she just sits there.
And then she watches the three of you approaching
with her hands on her legs. And then just watches
the three of you. And she pulls out a cigarette
and then she's just smoking. Pardon me? Yes?
Would you happen to know a Samson? Who's asking?
We work for Madame Delacroix. No. You're the
three. Whatever that means. Blackburn, I'm the
one who's in charge of the porters, repairs,
carpentry, and all the like. Before anything,
you do need to see Samson, and she points at
one of these smaller tents. You'll find him in
there. You said you do repairs? Yes, and she
drops the cigarette butt and crushes it with
her foot. I'm also the blacksmith. I'm wondering
if you have any lubricant or tools to fix my
arm. She looks you over for a minute. Porcelain?
Some parts, yes. The inner workings, what's it
made of? Let's see, we have some iron, we have
gold, we have aluminum, and a little bit of Damascus
just underneath the porcelain. She whistles.
Go see Samson first and then come back to me
and I'll see what I can do for you. Perfect.
She eyeballs you, Raynor. You notice like at
the corner of your eye, she's like almost staring
daggers at you. Do you want something there?
I'm going to make your way. All right. All right.
He just kind of moves to that tent. So when you
all enter this tent, you find that there is a...
There's just a desk. There's just a desk with
a sitting chair behind it and you find that there
is papers, what do you call it, ink and quill.
You also see a map on this table and also a,
what do you call it, a fishbowl with a fish in
it. Is anyone in the room? No one's in the room
that you can see. Is there any chairs that are
opposite the desk? No, it's just the one chair.
He's just going to sit in that one chair and
he's going to keep his legs on the desk and he's
going to wait. The moment you sit down and plop
your feet onto the table. I would ask that you
didn't sit on my chair. That's not what I was
expecting. Okay. Right. And he just kind of gets
off the chair and the table and just kind of
stands up. Fish sort of faces the three of you.
Oh, hello. And who do we have here? Annie is
going to remove the box with the little trinket
from her pocket, open it and place it right in
front of the fish. Okay. So the fish is talk.
Yes, well, I certainly do. Hello, I'm Samson.
Oh, you must be the three that were sent by Madame
Delacroix. You see the fish now staring at the
box that you placed down, Annie, and it almost
looks like... Do you mind opening it for me?
Annie opens it further. And as you open it, there
is a tiny, tiny little pill inside. Would you
be so kind as to drop that pill inside? What
is this pill? It is for me. Right. And she's
just going to hover the hand above the entrance
of the fishbowl and just plop it in. As the pill
drops down in the water, you see the... I don't
want to say goldfish. What is Samson? He is.
Samson is a koi. A smaller koi fish. And you
see Samson grab the pill with his mouth and swallows
it. Thank you. Yes. Well, now that that's out
of the way, as you know, I am your handler and
I will be in charge. Now, before you get any
ideas of doing anything quite silly. You all
immediately. Feel this. Electrifying pain. All
around your neck. From the collar itself. And
it is so intense. That. You're feeling like.
Heat radiating from the collar. And it's almost
burning. And. It ceases. Yes well. With that.
Now you know who's in charge, and that's me,
Samson. Was that necessary? Well, just a little
show of power. But I think that we can all be
very good friends, don't you think? So, let us
keep it light, let us keep it fancy, and we will
get along quite swimmingly, would you say? And
his bowl, you see... At the side of the rim,
it looks like this sort of wooden rim. And the
wooden rim itself, you see it begin to open up.
Cover the top, right? It covers the top. And
then you see a side panel comes down. And then
it sort of encircles the bottom of the bowl.
And from the bottom of the bowl, you can see
these legs come out. from the uh from the where
the bowl is now sitting kind of like these spider
legs and you see as he's talking yes well it
is great that you've all arrived we've only just
arrived a few days ago and you can see he's now
down on the ground and then sorry How long are
these legs? They're like spider legs. Oh, okay.
So it's quite low to the ground. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. So you see the bowl sort of like with the
spider legs. It has climbed down. Like it's made
purchase on the side of the desk. And then it's
now crawling against the ground. And as he's
yammering on, you can see just at the corner,
this is actually kind of a, you now see like
a body. of a big buff person but no head and
then you can see you can now see samson beginning
to crawl up onto this body and sits itself the
bowl positioned to uh where that where a head
would be and you see that the um the legs sort
of and in the the legs sort of like uh splinters
into the where the neck is. And now, yes, I am
Samson, as I said, and now the body is now moving
as he's speaking. And he's just sort of like,
yes, Samson, as he flexes his mechanical muscles.
And I will be your handler. So. Have you ever
heard of the old, called, there was no one of
Megamind? Have you ever heard of this story before?
I swear, I swear there is something just like
you inside of that tale. Interesting. Maybe there
is something in that that is of real life. Never
seen that movie, I'll be honest with you. Nice.
But I know what you're referring to. Oh my god,
that's so funny. Never seen the movie. That's
exactly what I was thinking about as well. I'm
like, holy shit. We just need, like, a big -headed
alien fuck. Sorry, that was my F. That was my
second F, actually. That was my second F. That's
your second one. Yeah. So, never seen the movie,
but I know what you're referring to, and now
made the connection. But his upper body is very
gorilla -like, and shorter legs, gigantic arms,
and He turns to you. Yes, well, the three of
you will be making your way into Matusha. In
short, that is somewhat habitable. As you can
see, we have several men ready to go. The first
stop, I believe, and he walks over to the desk
and he looks at the map. This is quite an old
map, but it should still be accurate. And he's
looking at it. Now, we do have an old, an old...
embassy down here and is pointing at the map
which isn't too far from the border Briar Rose
you'll be making a stop there once there ensure
that the place is aptly prepared for our arrival
ensure that it is safe to be lived in then return
and then we shall all make our way together So,
you will be heading out. It should only be a
few days by foot. But once there, ensure that
the place is secure and there are no strange
effects amongst you. And, well, return here and
let us know that it is safe. And then we will
all travel together back to Briar Rose. We will
set up a base of operations, if you will. And
from there, you'll be given further orders. Oh,
another thing. And he seemed to stick his head
out the tent. Gimbal! Gimbal! He yells. And yes,
make your way here. They've already arrived.
And yes, along your journey, you will have to
take a field researcher with you. He will be
taking notes of everything that has been changed
throughout the years in this. This old dragon
lands. And you are to ensure that his safety
is your main priority. Making sure that the other
place is safe is your second. But Gimbal's safety
is your priority. So you are to protect him.
Is this understood? Yes. And you see the tent
little flaps. open and you see this little guy
maybe standing at like um three three eight three
seven mouse and he's like wearing robes and he's
got like this huge backpack on him and he's got
like sheaves of books and he's got like glasses
and he's like this like class your classical
white like lab rat mouse sort of thing And he's
got those red eyes and he comes in. Oh, hi. Hello.
I'm Gimble. Gimble Wanshu. And he's like bringing
out his hand to shake. This might be a bit difficult.
All the snakes just looking at him. Oh, shit.
I don't realize that. Flicking their tongue.
Just like, oh, girls. Girls, this one speaks.
It's not food. Wow, that is. Fascinating. Yes,
it's quite fascinating. Well, you must be careful,
Gimbal, because these are former criminals, so
perhaps they still are. They're from the prison.
Yes, what was your crime? I'm innocent, actually.
Of course you are. Of course you are. You, the
one with the hat, what was your crime? Illegal
poaching. I was cutting up a bunch of fish and
frying it for people. Crazy, I know, right? Oh
my, how dreadful. You must tell that to my brother,
ma 'am. My brother is here somewhere. You mustn't
tell that to him. I'll be glad. I'm aghast that
you would say such a thing. And you, big one,
what was your crime? Does the name Flintfingers
mean anything to you? Oh, what happens? Never
heard it before. Has it really been that long?
I created, dealt, and altered weapons. Oh, an
arms dealer. Oh, did you hear that, Gimbal? She
was an arms dealer. I mean, we all know the one
Copernickel, but I've never heard of this Annie
individual. I never said my name. I did hear
that he got arrested. Yes, quite right. And then
he pulls out sheets of paper. Yes. Gorda, the
one who is innocent. Annie. And then you see
he pulls out glasses and puts it on over the
bowl. Annie, limp finger bones and rain. Yes.
So poaching fishes? Interesting. And you, arms
dealer, and you, you're innocent. Do you hear
that, Gimbal? This one's innocent, so perhaps
you'd like to stay close to that one. But, but,
Samson, he's got, he's got, he's got a lot of
snakes. A lot of snakes on him. Yeah, they do
bite as well. Be mindful. Don't worry, mate.
I got you. I'm not too sure about this now, Samson.
No, don't be silly. You'll be quite all right.
Because if anything were to happen to you...
There's that shot of pain once again that you
experience. Their heads will blow up. Quite exciting.
So... I would suggest that you get yourselves
familiar with the camp. We do have a blacksmith
on hand. If there is anything else that you need,
go ahead and see Blackburn. Name Sasha Blackburn.
Go and see her. Now, if you wish to have supplies
for your travel, food and whatnot, I would suggest
that you would go see our cook. His name is Chad
Salad. Quite a wonderful chap. Chad Salad, just
go ahead and see him and he will be more than
happy to supply you with what foods you need.
Now, you can see all porters around and we can
have all the supplies. We'll be ready to travel
once you return. Now, it is entirely up to you
if you want to leave today or if you wish to
leave on the morrow. But I suggest you familiarize
yourselves with the grounds. Now, is there anything
else I could help you with? May I ask for one
thing? Can you write all this down just for yourself?
Because I don't know about regular. I don't know
about you specifically, but I know regular fish
don't really have quite a memory, right? So I
don't want to come back here. Oh, rest assured,
I have a very good memory as he adjusts the glasses
that is sitting just outside his bowl. And yes,
I do have notes myself. And he's like shuffling
the reefs of paper that is on the table. You'll
see he, not long, and he's pointing out on the
map, we are going to expand. We're starting here
at Briar Rose. We need to ensure that we have
this place first. And after that, we will be
expanding to all other regions to see what we
can and cannot get. But that will be a discussion
for another day. And as you look at the map itself,
it is quite an expansive land. If not... probably
even bigger than Antili itself. You can see dots
of places on the map signifying major settlements
and the major capital city of this Dragonlands
Patuxia years before. But for now, let us take
it nice and slow, and so just make your way to
Briar Rose. Once there, ensure it's all safe,
and then return, and then we shall all make our
way together. Wait, you said ensure it's safe.
Yes. What are we keeping it safe from? Well,
I don't know. I've never been. I see. God only
knows what has happened in there. Have you not
heard the story? You may have to fill me in.
I haven't been in touch. A mass amount of magical
sickness? Strange creatures that have been mutated
and changed? With the possibility that the dragons
may still be alive. Right. I see. Okay. So you
are essentially going to be the canary in the
mines. You'll be sent in first and see if you
do survive. And if you do survive, then that
is well for us. For us to also go in. Make sense?
That makes perfect sense. I have one question.
Yes. Do you defecate where you eat? Yes. How
often is that changed? Quite. No, I do. And you
see a little poop string come out. Oh, treat.
Oh. Yes, I do defecate when I eat. Well, that's
enough questions from you. I'm sure that we will
be working together very swimmingly. No pun intended.
I think I'm going to be safe. Yes, of course.
Gimbal, run along now and make friends with these
new three. Because if anything shall go wrong,
then it is their heads that is going to blow.
Yeah, you don't need to shock us again. We get
the idea. Cool. Quite right. Now, remember, do
not run into my brother. Son Sam. Cool. Carry
on. Raynor just kind of talks to Gimbal as he's
kind of like walking away. He's like, don't worry,
mate. I actually wasn't done in for like illegal
poaching or fishing or anything. I just said
that to mess with him because he shocked me twice.
That's funny. You can see that like amongst these
things with this giant backpack of supplies and
the number of volumes of books that he's carrying.
You can also see a single shoe that hangs off
his belt. Yes, I think Samson said that you were
to meet the others. So if you'd like, I can introduce
you. Sure, I guess. This place is so dirty. He
takes a step back from you, Gordar, just ensuring
that there's like at least a five feet distance
between the two of you. And will we be leaving
today or tomorrow? I say tomorrow. Annie here
has an opponent with this blacksmith and Gordar
over here doesn't like mud and it's probably
going to be more mud coming up. I apologize,
but the sleeping arrangement will not be any
better. I'll have... Porter! He calls out one
of the people and he comes running over. Can
we please have three sleeping... sleeping encampments
for these for these three thank you and you see
the young man nod and he runs off right um let
us um i suppose i should go and um introduce
you to our cook um the one in charge of food
and such and you see him leading the three of
you to this one tent and you can see that it's
like almost like a mess hall where there is tables
and chairs. You can see a few people having some
food. And out far back, you can see a rather
rotund crocodile -looking man with a huge sort
of neck gullet thing. And he's standing there
with his... with an apron and you can just see
a tiny little chef hat on his head and you just
see him there he's like preparing like um preparing
some of the food and he's like you can see him
uh like grabbing some meat and he's like uh salting
them and he's putting them to be he's putting
them away to be cured uh chad chad and you see
the big fellow turn licks its lips as it looks
at gimbal um yes and these are the three the
um what samson's called the canaries and you
see this big fella like he this whole time you
thought he was standing no he was sitting and
he gets back up and he towers like It towers
even over you, Ernie. This big, rotund crocodile
man. And he brings out this massive, meaty paw
and reaches down to each of you to shake his
hand. Name's Chad. Ernie shakes his hand. Chad
salad. It reaches to you, Gordar. Name's Gordar
and, um, that's okay. You. Rainer. And he kind
of shakes his hand. You feel this like strong
grip, like this, not in a sort of like aggressive
way, but like sort of in a friendly, manly manner,
you know, he shakes your hand. It's good to meet
you. It's good to meet the three of you. I'm
in charge of the food here. You need the supplies,
the rations for you to go. Just come see me and
I'll make sure that the three of you get what
you need. Oh, and, uh, yeah, if there's any problem,
you come see me. I'll see if I can sort it out
for you. You've seen, uh, you met Sasha yet?
Briefly. Ah. I suggest you go see her if you
need any supplies or anything that you need.
Uh, will you be leaving today or tomorrow? Um,
I'm pretty sure we are leaving tomorrow. Good.
Then by dinner time, I will ring the bell. You
three of you make your way here and, uh... You'll
have a share of the food here. Sounds good. He
turns around and it's just that girthy big turn.
And then you see him, he sits back down and he's
just continuing what he was doing earlier. And
Gimbal now sort of still keeping five feet away
from you, Godar. Yes, um, uh, Miss, Miss, um.
Miss Blackburn, her workshop's this way, her
temporary workshop. And you see him rush off
as you all follow. And you can now see Sasha
Blackburn. And she is now, like, you can see
her just, like, inspecting a lot of the goods.
And she's, like, yelling at some of the porters.
She's like, yeah, put this away, this and that,
blah, blah, blah. And then as you approach, right,
never got any of your names. And she stands up,
sort of like to match your height, Annie. What
was your name? Annie. Sasha. And she puts out
her hand. Annie shakes the hand. Shake. And it's
very firm. And you can feel the callous on her
hands, hardworking hands. You know this immediately,
that someone who has been... What do you call
it? Working with a lot of metal and a lot of
stone and wood. And he turns to the rest of you
to shake your hands. And he turns to you, Goddard.
And you? I'm Goddard. Pleasure. Keeps hands to
himself. Pleasure. And you? She brings her hand
towards you, Raynor. You are? I'm Raynor. He
kind of just shakes her hand. You can feel a
firm grip, almost a sense of distrust. Like trying
to almost like give you like a warning. Yeah.
Like, yeah, pleasure. It is. Now, if you ever
need any sort of supplies. Anything that needs
to be made or fixed, you come to me. Annie, you
said that you needed some sort of lubricant.
Just give me one second. I did find something
that might be used. And she pulls out. Not only
is it oil, I've mixed this with this particular
oil from a certain fish that should actually
help not only keep it lubricated, but stay lubricated
for a long time. Go on, give it a try. Ah, very
nice. Thank you. Much appreciated. A certain
fish, huh? Okay. Not Samson, if that's what you're
thinking. And I suggest that you keep away from
his brother, Sun Sam. Why is that? Yes, well,
he's not as pleasant as Samson. And they're both
your handlers. Keep clear of him. Well, I know
what to do when I'm told. So I won't. Right.
So if you need anything again, just let me know.
And she continues working, starts yelling at
Portis. Hey, bring that over there. That is the
wrong place. You know, that's not where you're
supposed to keep that. Blah, blah, blah. And
you see a young guy come around. The tent is
ready. And oh, thank you, says Gimble. And Gimble.
follows the guy and begins to gesture the three
of you. Come this way. And you arrive at this
tempering makeshift tent, pretty tall, about
10 feet tall. And you enter and you find three
beds at the ready. So as I said, not that luxurious,
but do you have any idea on what time we should
leave on the morrow? As early as possible. At
the crack of dawn it is. Okay, I'll come back
at the crack of dawn. And you see him rush out
with his big jangly bag. Thank you. And that's
where we're going to end it. Thank you everyone
for listening and thank you my players for playing.
It was very, very fun. Kisses for all. Goodbye
to everyone. Everybody say goodbye. Bye. Good
night, Mrs. Zuckmonick, wherever you are. Again,
who is that? And let us quickly go into Table
Talk. One of each. Can I please have a highlight
starting with my very dear friend, Bella? my
highlight i want to say just being able to go
to each of our respective places once we got
out of the prison because i feel like it really
just showed all of us like what our characters
are about so it was yeah i found that very refreshing
that was really nice and i don't know if it's
just because the previous two sessions were pretty
much all combat but i loved how this session
was just role play and how it was just like talking
i found that Very nice as well. Yes, I quite
enjoy that myself very much. I loved all the
little characters that you'll never ever see
again. They were, like, fun little things. Rob,
what would your highlight be? Pretty much the
same. I liked seeing, like, how different each
of our characters are, like, in the lives, like,
little glimpses of the life they had. So, like...
you know, Gordar with his family relations and,
you know, the strain that's there and all that
kind of stuff. Um, Annie with like going back
and having like that secret, like John Wick,
like gear up moment. And like, also like diving
back and like seeing like, uh, Annie and like
Rainer and like going through like the whole,
like, look over here, look over here while I
grab everything I need. And then like bouncing
off each other was really cool to see. And then
when we got to Reyna's, it was just... Fade to
black. They shagging. Like three very different
types of characters. And also... Oh my god, yeah.
Oh, Samson. Also, when you said Samson, and then
you said the brother, son Sam, I'm like, uh -huh,
yeah, uh -huh, yeah. So good. and then what would
be a highlight for you for me i had a couple
highlights but one was um gordar in the getting
his manicure and he just knew exactly what he
wanted he's like what kind of moss do you have
cucumber why would i pick anything else and like
when the whole must be like poor people use roses
yeah and then i was like that is great and then
um i think it was just a him a rainer annoying
annie in the the carriage and being like talking
about bread i thought that was yes because i
was like she's not someone who would continue
conversations so he was just gonna keep talking
and annoying keep talking yeah um i i loved it
i love all the little interactions that you guys
had with one another when it's just sometimes
like just two of you or like three of you and
just like having these conversation and it fits
so perfectly because none of you know each other
and the way the way you guys talk is exactly
on how it would be within that situation which
is so i i think you guys did it so well and also
as well with like the um with the npcs that you
guys reacted with the um the beautician dragonborns
and mr and mrs waffle and samson and gimbal uh
i did like uh i did I did went over the top with
Samson. No, it's so good. It's so good. Uh -huh.
The moment you spoke like that, I was like, I
did not know you had a range. Fuck. I love this.
Originally in my mind, the way I wanted to do
it was kind of like Choose Goose. And then Choose
Goose from Adventure Time. Oh, okay. But thinking
about on how Choose Goose speaks, he speaks in
rhyme. And I'm like, I'm not going to play it.
Unless you had like pre -written lines.