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Hello there, and thanks for tuning in to listen

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to Friends of Morty, a new D &D actual play podcast.

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My name is Tony Ruperto, your DM here to guide

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you on this new adventure. We are releasing two

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episodes to start off. This is our session zero,

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lots of world and character building. We've also

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got session one up that dives right into the

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action. If you're starting here with this episode

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to listen to our players explore their world

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a bit, we are glad you're here and welcome. to

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the world of Harith, a world filled with magic,

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fantasy, talking horses, and a lot of really

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hot androgynous elves. Following the events of

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our previous campaign, our players found out

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that they were trapped in a world created for

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them by the big bad evil guy, Gano. The players

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then returned to their home world with one massive

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change. Fifty years have passed since they were

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imprisoned. Whatever life they had or thought

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that they had is long gone. Moments after learning

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this, our players were urged into hiding by none

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other than Gano's estranged father, King of the

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city of Karim, King Frode. His advisor, Tenzin,

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helped secure passage for the newly formed party

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by ship, but not before informing them of the

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Maccabean rebellion. An uprising growing forces

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against Gano, the same rebellion that party member

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Esther was part of long - ago at its nascent

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sea, but for a very different reason. Other horrors

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have taken place during the last 50 years, like

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our own Volandros' home of a carrion being covered

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in the desert sands, his noble family scattered

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to the winds, but you'll learn all about that

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and more. Now they've arrived in a new city.

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Chitegatse, on the small continent of Anima,

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the old home of our own Galleous, as they rediscover

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their world, wondering what else has changed

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in the past 50 years that they've been absent,

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why they were imprisoned by Gano in the first

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place, and why they were the first ever to be

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sealed away. Let's introduce our adventurers,

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shall we? My name is Hagar, and I play Esther

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Cohen, aka Esty. Esti is a war cleric from Puremount.

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She comes from a long line of Aasimar priests

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and has never really left the Temple of Velsir

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until she was taken by Gano. So she is sheltered,

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her best friend is an owl, she is constantly

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overwhelmed by the secular world, but give her

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an axe and her inner rage will take over. Esti

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has very fuzzy memories of who she was under

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Gano's mind prison. A lovable bard who was really

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into fame and women and weed. seemingly the polar

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opposite of who Estie knows herself to be in

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this world, which is pretty disorienting. She

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is determined to join the Maccabees and defeat

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Gano, but also finally live her life on her terms.

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Estie wants to figure out who she is outside

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of the temple she was raised in, or some shitty

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dude's mind prison. I'm Katie, and I play Volandris

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Kediri, a noble warlock who has lost his nobility.

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Born Asimar in a human family, Volandros' parents

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believed him chosen by the gods and skipped him

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over his three brothers to be next in line for

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the lordship. As young Volandros was inducted

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to the world of politics, war, and protecting

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the good Kediri name at all costs, he found himself

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wishing for another life. Eventually, he snuck

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away to travel, discovering a life of anonymity.

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However, his thirst for power and burgeoning

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interest in the occult led him down a dark path.

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He attempted to take on an archfey patron to

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grant him power, but it went horribly wrong when

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the archfey revealed herself as a demon who tricked

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him into trading his soul. Horrified and humiliated,

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Volandros was searching for a way to free himself

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when he was thrown into Ganol's prison. Inside

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that strange world, he remembers being, embarrassingly,

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a low -born tiefling thief. And now that he's

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back, he's determined to achieve his original

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goal of making the demon, and Gano, pay. My name

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is Brian, and I play Galleous Estris, a School

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of Illusion wizard. In his early childhood, Galleous

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was revealed to be a changeling to his human

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parents, who disowned him for fear that he was

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not their own child. Living first in an orphanage,

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then out onto the streets, Galleous first fell

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in with a thieves' guild, where his powers as

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a changeling were prized, eventually working

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undercover to gather information and a brothel

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under the assumed identity of the courtesan Primrose.

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Long fascinated by how appearances shape reality,

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he developed a fascination with illusion magic

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and decided to save his pay to enroll in a magical

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education. Cynical, rude, and possessing a bit

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of a superiority complex, controlling others'

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perceptions felt like Galleous' calling. Once

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he saved up enough gold, He stepped into a new

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identity as a School of Illusion wizard. When

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he finally set out for his own journey, he was

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kidnapped and thrust into Gano's prison, living

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as a naive and innocent half -elf paladin. Newly

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escaped from his prison with his new peers, Galleus

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wants revenge. Shall we get started? Let's go!

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So, thanks for listening to our intro, and let's

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get right into the play. Say, hi gays! Hi gays!

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So, the three of you are on this ship, the Dreams

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Vale, approaching the city of Chitagatse. After

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three long days of travel at sea, you finally

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see the city come into view in the distance.

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You get closer to the mainland. Some time passes,

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an hour or two, as you slowly and slowly approach

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a very small, straight, a straight enema. Like

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boo. A straight. Can I get an enema please? I

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have to get an enema. Might as well. Coffee enema

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even? Okay, Rue. Where the captain talks to someone

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who is operating some of the levies and stuff

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that that make up this straight and things that

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I totally as a DM know how a straight works.

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I wrote the book on how straights work. Yeah.

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And you know, you make your way into the city.

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of Chitagatse. A city focused more on building

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out than up. To preserve the views and the natural

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beauty of the land, it sprawls along the southern

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edge of Varanestra Lake. Galleous, you lived

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here for a long time. You know that this city

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is sectioned into a handful of different areas,

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and it's a powerhouse when it comes to trade

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and defense. It benefits from being on a massive

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body of water that is enclosed on all sides,

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with very small straits that allow for ship entry

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and exits from its waters. While other cities

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are open to the world and such, sitting on the

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seas or ocean fronts, Chigatse is protected and

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yet still has the means to trade and travel.

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Plus its unique architecture attracts folks from

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all over to visit and spend time and money in

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its confines. As the ship courses around the

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southern edge of the lake, you take in the sights

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of the city. Its widespread low rambling buildings

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with varying shades, mainly reds and some blues

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and greens dotting the land. The occasional building

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poking above, greeting you as you pass by. A

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large castle -like church looking building far

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off into the distance. After some time, you enter

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into a large harbor. Bells dinging all around

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you, workers yelling and securing boats to docks.

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A tall Goliath man yells and gestures. for your

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boat to enter one of the docks along the coastline.

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Throws a rope to one of the deckhands on the

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ship who begins tying it to a port, the rope

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immediately begins to glow with arcane energy

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as the ship smoothly slips into place as a large

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ramp begins to descend to the dock. Welcome to

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Jigatse. How, at a glance, different does it

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look since last I was here? Relatively similar.

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50 years to a city. really isn't all that long

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unless something catastrophic has happened, like

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being covered in sand. But it doesn't look like

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anything crazy significant has taken place. So

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what would you like to do? Are we at the dock?

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You are standing on the boat ramp in front of

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you, waiting to, you know, you can go down if

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you want. Did we get our payment from... We were

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not promised any payment. We had been paid in

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advance. We were to tell him, which we didn't

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actually tell him that, but we were. Because

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we were just in this for passing. He didn't question

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us. Yes. I'd rather not talk to this guy ever

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again. I will turn in a brief effort to be polite.

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Connection open. Thank you for the trip. Good

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day. All right, good day. And I leave. Volandros

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offers his hand to Shake. All right, and he grabs

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it. It's very limp. All right. Well, Volandros

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gives him a fairly firm handshake in return and

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says, uh, safe voyages. Thanks. Uh, thank you

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very much. All right. Bye, Esther. I'm going

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to send Bigby to shake his claw. Oh, this is

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interesting. Yeah, where I come from in the temple,

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that's a, you know, how to show a measure of

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respect to someone when you send your celestial

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owl to. Shake claws with you. All right. As you

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start to make your way, you hear a... Wait! Wait!

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Melandris! Tina. Hi. Hi. Um, thanks so much for

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helping me learn how to read and write. Here,

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I want you to have this. These are my binoculars.

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Well, I mean, the last time you tried to give

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this to me, I said... Truly, you don't have to.

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And then I ran away, I know. It's completely

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alright if you wish to do the same again. No,

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I can just buy another. You're five. And? Oh.

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What did you say your last name was again? I'm

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not telling you. My mommy told me not to tell

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people my name. Smart girl. Well, I mean, if

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you insist. You could try to steal me. I... You

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know, I don't think your father would appreciate

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that and he is very much looking forward to seeing

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you next Oh, right because he's gonna be here.

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I can't wait to see him. Yes. Oh Whenever that

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is it will be wonderful. Well, I'm sure it's

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gonna be soon. You read the letter, right? Thank

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you so much for these binoculars I will treasure

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them always I hope you do I will think of you

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every time I hold them to my face You grab them

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and they are so sticky Ugh. Disgusting. I mean,

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thank you. Truly. All right. Well, have a nice

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life. Um, you too. Thanks. I will. Take care.

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All right, Tina. See ya. Goodbye. I don't know

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what your name is. You don't need to know. That's

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right. You shouldn't tell people your name like

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my mom said. That's why I'm Tina. I know, Tina.

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We have a history. Take care. All right. This

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is already down. Like, just waiting at the bottom

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for them, not turning around to look at this

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child. So what would you all like to do? You're

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standing in the harbor. Let me pull out a map

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for you. Gellis, you know your way around, right?

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What's around here? Yes, well, you know, 50 years,

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but we should probably find a nice inn or hotel,

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at least, to stay for the evening. Um... And

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I want to lead them. I want to look for like

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in a tavern or something, and I want to lead

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them generally in the direction pretty close

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to as close as I can get while still being in

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a reputable neighborhood in the direction of

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the velvet pillow. Sure, sure, like just I want

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to get nearby it, but as close nearby I can get

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that we're still in a reputable, not surrounded

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by brothels neighborhood. Sure, sure. So you

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know that the velvet pillow is in Jan van Zand,

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which is also where most of the restaurants and

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taverns and such are also at. So you'd be able

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to kind of get in that direction if that's what

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you like. I would like. In order to get there,

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you're gonna have to walk through Handover Harbor,

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which is the large harbor area that you'll have

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walked in. You'll have to walk through Pennypunch

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Steps, which has most of your general shops and

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such. And then you can take a small bridge over

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to Jan Fen's Hand, which is... a rambling of

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different taverns, restaurants. There's some

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places for people to buy their groceries and

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such with some market stalls set up. And what

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would you like to do? Are you trying to, you

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know, just happen to stumble upon it? No, I want

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us to get lodging nearby so I can like kind of

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sneak over there later on my own. So I'm just

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looking for a nice inn and tavern of decent repute

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for us to crash for the night. We looking for

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the... Cheapest, most expensive, some more in

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the middle. Absolutely not. At minimum middle

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of the road. Okay. So you know that there is

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a tavern that you've previously stayed at many

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times called Home of Hoorayth and... Home of

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Hoorayth? Home of Hoorayth. Sorry. Home, home

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of Hoorayth. And you make your way there and

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50 years later it is still in operation. Perfect.

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You open the door. It is a cozy tavern built

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with wood and stone, and there's a dog in there

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who greets you as soon as you walk in, of which

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the owner says, ah, Appa, get back here, and

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greets you and says, oh, good, good, good afternoon

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to all of you. How can I help you? We were just

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looking for three rooms to secure for the evening

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while we make our way about the city. That'll

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be about 50 silver each. All right. You all each

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grab a key to a certain room that you have for

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the evening if you would so like. Anything in

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particular you'd like to get up to the city or

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just want to wander around and see what you find?

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I would like a few minutes, maybe an hour to

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myself to go see if I can find any contacts if

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you two wouldn't mind a little privacy. Sure,

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by all means. Maybe I really enjoy the wine.

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Before maybe we can have a glass of wine or something.

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I put one gold on the table and say drinks on

00:14:29.809 --> 00:14:33.830
me Well, thank you galleys much appreciated.

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I have to go see to some things and I go over

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to the bartender and I discreetly asked Tell

00:14:45.590 --> 00:14:48.350
me I've been out of the city for some time, but

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I am looking for Madame Throne Another visitor

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at the velvet pillow, I see. You could say that.

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Well, that's where you'll find her. Same place

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.299
it has been for a very long time. I let down

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just like a deep sigh of relief and I slip upstairs

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to my bedroom. Mm -hmm. And I'm gonna change

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my clothes and I have, I'm gonna shape shift

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into Primrose, my other... persona. So whereas

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Galleus is currently masquerading as in Asimar,

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but he's currently what? Generally a thin, you

00:15:28.750 --> 00:15:32.429
know, young man. Primrose is a very voluptuous,

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as if like target design, like design for the

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male gaze, like ridiculously. Beautiful, long

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brown hair. Big busty titties. Big busty titties.

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Wearing a very skimpy, almost like dancer's outfit.

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Little like just barely on the edge of what you

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could call classy and acceptable but like way

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more revealing like not high society like and

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Primrose saunters down the stairs And just checks

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out the table of our friends and just gives each

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of them like an assessing look on the way out

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and walks outside All right. Yeah, you both see

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a busty young woman what? human Yeah, walk past

00:16:17.769 --> 00:16:19.809
you, give you a little wink as she walks out

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from upstairs. I blush. What? Did she just wink

00:16:27.289 --> 00:16:31.450
at us? Volandros also blushes, but very, very

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slightly. And he turns to Esti. Kind of like

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.460
a little bit taken aback and says, oh, I suppose

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:44.320
this tavern wasn't quite as reputable as Galleous

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led me to think. Why does she also like cheat

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:52.100
in dice games? Is that? I wouldn't be surprised.

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Oh, yeah, that's not cool. I did. I mean, she

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seemed nice with the wink, but. Well. I never

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trust a winker. Never trust a winker. I write

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that in my journal. Never trust a winker. I'm

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learning. I'm learning. Not any other language.

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Frimrose is going to pause at the door on the

00:17:17.670 --> 00:17:20.990
way out and then turn around and walk directly

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to their table. Sit down and grab Volandrius'

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wine glass and just like take a sip and say,

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charmed, I'm sure you must both be. I am speechless.

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I was like, uh, Esti, uh, temple, um, latkes

00:17:42.390 --> 00:17:47.930
sometimes, um, dreidel in bag, um, hi. A godly

00:17:47.930 --> 00:17:51.549
woman. Yes, that, that is I, that is me. And

00:17:51.549 --> 00:17:56.690
you? This is Bigby, my friend. Um, well, I just,

00:17:56.789 --> 00:17:59.470
just a traveler. Just a traveler. What's your

00:17:59.470 --> 00:18:05.890
name? Uh, my name is Val. Val. Val Cloaker. Val

00:18:05.890 --> 00:18:11.150
Cloaker. Yes. Val. Esty. Yeah? You must be friends

00:18:11.150 --> 00:18:15.210
of Galleous. You know Galleous? I do. He just

00:18:15.210 --> 00:18:18.329
left! You just missed him! We caught each other

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in the stairs. Oh! Um, it isn't... It's a matter

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of some delicacy, but... We are former associates.

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And he asked... me to check in on a couple of

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things for him. All right. And then friend Moses

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is going to like, laugh to herself for a second

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:44.240
and say, you can come if you would like. We're

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going to go gather some information on some friends.

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Where is Galeus? He said he was going out. Oh,

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.779
yes. He went upstairs and then I don't know,

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.539
he might have found another exit or something.

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Oh, hmm. Come with you where exactly? Oh, just

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:09.559
a little establishment Let me consult Bigby for

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.319
a second Why don't you two take a minute? I'll

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.880
go get myself a drink. Oh, okay. Great. Oh Is

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:17.759
that a is that a yes or a no? I don't know. You're

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:22.279
pretty good at reading people Bigby. Oh You like

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:28.039
her? Oh, okay. Thank you saying who who? The

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:34.240
busty lady there. Oh, Bigby! Get down, Bigby!

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:38.440
Calm down. Val, what do you think? I think this

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:40.500
is very strange. It is very strange. It's not

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the first time I've been approached by a beautiful

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:46.079
woman and invited to go somewhere. First time

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for me. Should we go? Well, how long do you think

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:53.640
we'll be gone for? Because Galleus has said an

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.140
hour or two and I would hate to miss him. Always

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:59.549
thinking. Hour of two would be plenty of time.

00:20:00.589 --> 00:20:04.049
Well, I mean, we don't have any plans. We were

00:20:04.049 --> 00:20:08.390
just going to sit and drink and I haven't seen

00:20:08.390 --> 00:20:10.670
Chagatse for such a long time. I would love to

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see the city. Yes, why don't I show you around

00:20:14.450 --> 00:20:17.849
a little bit on the way? Well, a friend of Galleus

00:20:17.849 --> 00:20:22.009
is a friend of mine. Delightful. And me and Bigby

00:20:22.009 --> 00:20:25.369
also. Yeah. You're very... Trusting you too.

00:20:25.569 --> 00:20:28.130
Yeah, make a um perception check for both of

00:20:28.130 --> 00:20:35.750
for for me both of you 11 Dirty 20. Okay. Well

00:20:35.750 --> 00:20:42.450
here dirty 20 this female beautiful female Has

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seemingly come out of nowhere as soon as you've

00:20:46.950 --> 00:20:48.890
entered into a city that you none of you have

00:20:48.890 --> 00:20:54.640
been in for 50 years and she is easily Way younger

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:58.339
than 50 years old and human which age at normal

00:20:58.339 --> 00:21:03.339
paces and show certain minds So that's probably

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:05.799
the only thing the wine that I trucked must be

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:09.700
the wine Anyway, um before we go. Maybe you can

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:12.359
tell me though. How did you and Galleous meet?

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:21.720
How long ago And then like a like crosses Galleous

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:24.509
promotes his mind of like Did not think about

00:21:24.509 --> 00:21:29.569
that, uh, and... Why do you ask? Well, I just

00:21:29.569 --> 00:21:32.650
would expect. You know, the galleys that I know

00:21:32.650 --> 00:21:38.089
tends to hang out with older people. Much older,

00:21:38.150 --> 00:21:44.289
maybe 50 years? Hmm, well, how do I put this?

00:21:45.069 --> 00:21:48.450
Delicately. Don't trust all that you see. That's

00:21:48.450 --> 00:21:51.440
all you need to know. Yes. And that is advice

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.660
that I will take to heart, and I'm afraid that

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:57.000
just knowing someone's name doesn't really make

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you an acquaintance necessarily, does it? I would

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:06.599
much rather be introduced formally by our friend,

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:09.980
our mutual friend, Galleous. So if you care to

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:12.900
sit with us, by all means you are welcome. But

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:16.940
until then, Essie and I will remain right here

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:20.819
and wait for our friend. You said that Galleus

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:24.660
was upstairs. I... Perhaps you could go and get

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:28.319
him. As you're talking, I'm sending Galleus a

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:34.200
message. Can you message him? Magic initiate,

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:41.200
buddy. I'm like, Galleus, who is this lady who

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:44.220
winked at me and is kind of, I don't know, coming

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:49.029
onto us and wants us to go with her? You get

00:22:49.029 --> 00:22:54.369
that message. I get that message. For a message,

00:22:54.569 --> 00:22:56.750
you have to point your finger towards a creature

00:22:56.750 --> 00:23:02.309
within range and whisper the message. It does

00:23:02.309 --> 00:23:04.549
go through solid objects, if you're familiar

00:23:04.549 --> 00:23:09.869
with it, and it can go through stuff. It doesn't

00:23:09.869 --> 00:23:12.670
follow a straight line, however... To cast message,

00:23:12.769 --> 00:23:14.390
you have to point it in a certain direction.

00:23:15.369 --> 00:23:20.210
So, and Primrose is not in that direction. I'm

00:23:20.210 --> 00:23:22.150
gonna say that that message kind of goes out

00:23:22.150 --> 00:23:25.690
into the ether. And you're not able to connect

00:23:25.690 --> 00:23:27.990
with, like, you get the sense that you sent out

00:23:27.990 --> 00:23:30.009
that message you can't find, Galleous. I'm sending

00:23:30.009 --> 00:23:34.450
a message to you. I just tried to send a message

00:23:34.450 --> 00:23:38.769
upstairs. I did this, I pointed upwards, and

00:23:38.769 --> 00:23:44.890
no one got the message. So Volandros replies,

00:23:45.410 --> 00:23:50.430
and he says, suddenly I am worried for the well

00:23:50.430 --> 00:23:52.210
-being of our friend and we should go and check

00:23:52.210 --> 00:23:56.589
on him. I agree. You two look like you're having

00:23:56.589 --> 00:23:59.549
a little conversation privately. You don't want

00:23:59.549 --> 00:24:03.910
to drink with me? How about I stay here, you

00:24:03.910 --> 00:24:08.950
go upstairs and check on the book that I wanted

00:24:08.950 --> 00:24:12.220
you to get for me. If you really want to check

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.759
on Galleous, why don't all three of us go upstairs?

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.940
No, I have a Hanukkah book upstairs. I just love

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:19.099
reading Hanukkah tales. Why don't all three of

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:22.019
us go upstairs and Galleous can introduce us

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:24.500
all? You want all three of us to go up to a bedroom

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:28.519
with you? Well, sure. What could possibly happen?

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.859
The two of you clearly outnumber little old me.

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:33.660
I'm not carrying any weapons. Well, you can see

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.500
everything that I'm wearing. It's not large.

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:40.180
So we can see. You don't want to have a drink

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:43.490
with me? She stands up drinking hand. You said

00:24:43.490 --> 00:24:48.289
you wanted that introduction, didn't you? Lead

00:24:48.289 --> 00:24:52.509
the way. And it's like so the landers is getting

00:24:52.509 --> 00:24:54.849
up He's not going to do anything super dramatic

00:24:54.849 --> 00:24:57.390
like conjure his glaive But he is like part of

00:24:57.390 --> 00:25:00.630
him is worried that this mysterious sexy lady

00:25:00.630 --> 00:25:04.430
has murdered his friend And it's now about to

00:25:04.430 --> 00:25:06.309
like, you know, like murder that he about it.

00:25:06.450 --> 00:25:08.650
There could be we're supposed to be laying low

00:25:08.650 --> 00:25:10.690
There could be assassins out after us like Gano

00:25:10.690 --> 00:25:12.849
could have sent anyone after us. So so the landers

00:25:12.849 --> 00:25:16.329
is kind of putting his hand on the hill of his

00:25:16.329 --> 00:25:18.750
dagger, which is at his side just in case, but

00:25:18.750 --> 00:25:22.009
in a very subtle way. And as he stands up and

00:25:22.009 --> 00:25:27.009
says, lead the way. Primrose walks in the direction

00:25:27.009 --> 00:25:30.509
of the stairs, a very sultry sort of walk, like

00:25:30.509 --> 00:25:32.710
it's just always on with her. She's extra as

00:25:32.710 --> 00:25:36.349
hell. And we get up to Gallius's room and she

00:25:36.349 --> 00:25:41.029
takes out his key and opens up the door and steps

00:25:41.029 --> 00:25:44.039
inside and then turns around and like... strikes

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:48.799
a cute little pose and says, come on in. I come

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:54.279
on in. I peek through the door. I'm not seeing

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:57.720
anyone else in there into laughter, like just

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.440
actually just like part like belly laugh laughing.

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:05.859
This is. And then I have something to confess

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:10.119
to the two of you. Where's Galeus? He's fine.

00:26:10.410 --> 00:26:12.990
Well, I don't see him. But I'm not an associate

00:26:12.990 --> 00:26:18.829
of Galleous. Galleous has not been entirely honest

00:26:18.829 --> 00:26:21.769
with you about something. It's the die, right?

00:26:21.769 --> 00:26:27.430
He did cheat. I saw it. Essie is taking that

00:26:27.430 --> 00:26:32.170
to the grave. Yeah. And then she does like a

00:26:32.170 --> 00:26:36.529
little like and just transforms back into Galleous.

00:26:37.369 --> 00:26:42.160
What? Hello, friends. Well, Andris is just mouth

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:45.619
open, like jaw dropped. Estie, can you come in?

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.079
We can shut the door. What in the name of Elsir

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:54.160
is this? He gestures again and then turns into

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:57.079
the human version of him, the half -elf version

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:59.400
of himself, not celestial version of himself.

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:05.920
This is how I typically present. What? You're

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:11.089
a change thing. You're fast. You're fascinating.

00:27:13.730 --> 00:27:20.210
You, hi. The results you expected. This is incredible.

00:27:20.450 --> 00:27:23.490
I'm a changeling. You're not, you're not a brother.

00:27:27.089 --> 00:27:30.009
That's a matter of some flexibility, shall we

00:27:30.009 --> 00:27:33.150
say. And then snaps a finger and turns back into

00:27:33.150 --> 00:27:38.309
Primrose. I'm still me. It's just, I've got options.

00:27:38.989 --> 00:27:41.490
So you've lied to us. That's one thing. Also,

00:27:41.490 --> 00:27:43.730
that means that... I was having a little fun

00:27:43.730 --> 00:27:45.789
downstairs. I was going to tell you. Yeah, but

00:27:45.789 --> 00:27:48.630
now we really don't know why we were chosen by

00:27:48.630 --> 00:27:49.730
Gano, because we're not all... Because we are

00:27:49.730 --> 00:27:53.089
not all Aasimar. Which is why I knew I would

00:27:53.089 --> 00:27:55.289
have to tell you. I didn't want to do it on the

00:27:55.289 --> 00:27:59.029
boat, because sailors and nowhere to go. I couldn't

00:27:59.029 --> 00:28:02.930
bring out any of my other personas, but it seemed

00:28:02.930 --> 00:28:06.230
prudent that the two of you should know. It is

00:28:06.230 --> 00:28:10.849
not something I'm very public about. Uh, Volandros

00:28:10.849 --> 00:28:13.930
is just taking this in, like, he's doing, like,

00:28:13.950 --> 00:28:15.690
you know, the, um, you know, the gif of, like,

00:28:15.829 --> 00:28:18.650
Julia Roberts. With the man? He's just, like,

00:28:18.789 --> 00:28:20.470
putting things together, making connections.

00:28:20.930 --> 00:28:23.250
It's, like, thoughts are zipping. He's processing.

00:28:24.109 --> 00:28:27.369
But yes, I'm not Celestial. I'm Faye. You're

00:28:27.369 --> 00:28:32.910
Faye? Well, I mean, I knew you were Faye. But

00:28:32.910 --> 00:28:34.829
I'm Faye Faye. But you're Faye Faye. This is

00:28:34.829 --> 00:28:36.829
Limprist Faye. Limprist Faye. Again, when you

00:28:36.829 --> 00:28:40.150
can... Choose your gender of the day. It kind

00:28:40.150 --> 00:28:43.109
of becomes irrelevant. That's pretty cool, I

00:28:43.109 --> 00:28:47.349
guess. Thanks. Can you promise not to lie anymore?

00:28:47.650 --> 00:28:49.470
I really don't care that you're Faye. You don't

00:28:49.470 --> 00:28:53.470
have to be an Asimar to... Yes, it was... You

00:28:53.470 --> 00:28:56.650
two came out of the prison first and you were

00:28:56.650 --> 00:28:58.589
in front of me and I saw that everyone else was

00:28:58.589 --> 00:29:01.170
an Asimar and it just seemed a safe thing to

00:29:01.170 --> 00:29:04.109
do. Once I had committed to the lie and been

00:29:04.109 --> 00:29:06.130
introduced to a king and packed off on a ship,

00:29:06.170 --> 00:29:10.980
there weren't... opportunities to disabuse you

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:14.339
of that illusion. So I waited until we got here.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:17.440
Of course, you were just trying to protect yourself.

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:20.259
And once we once I decided I was going to tell

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:24.359
you, I had to have a little bit of fun with it.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.759
Oh, my God. You should have seen the look on

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.839
your faces when I sat down at that table. Oh,

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:32.779
you winked at us. Yeah, that was you. Oh, yes.

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:37.150
That was you. So those associates that I wanted

00:29:37.150 --> 00:29:40.769
to check in with, I lived as Primrose for a couple

00:29:40.769 --> 00:29:46.230
of years in the city, and I did some work that,

00:29:47.309 --> 00:29:51.990
well. Like accounting or? There was, there were

00:29:51.990 --> 00:29:54.230
coins exchanged. I don't think it was that kind

00:29:54.230 --> 00:29:55.970
of work, Esti. It's not a work. Let's just say

00:29:55.970 --> 00:29:58.250
Primrose is very experienced at giving people

00:29:58.250 --> 00:30:04.170
what they want. So, okay. So she's a little...

00:30:04.810 --> 00:30:15.470
Lose? When it's called for. Okay. I mean, no

00:30:15.470 --> 00:30:17.309
judgment. Just save up the money to get into

00:30:17.309 --> 00:30:21.390
the Wizarding Academy somehow. Incredible. I

00:30:21.390 --> 00:30:24.789
am very glad to have you as an ally, Primrose.

00:30:26.710 --> 00:30:30.839
You're welcome. All right, some time. passes

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.500
as you discuss, unless there's anything in specific

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.180
you each want to delve into a little bit more.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:38.319
I'm good. I'm just having fun. We're just drinking

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.859
wine. We're just three buds. Three buddies drinking

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:44.539
wine, but Landers isn't ready yet. S .E. is enjoying

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:48.039
all these new experiences and new friends. Getting

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.579
close. Loose friends. Loose friends. Loose friends

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.960
in high places. Is that her party name? Yeah.

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.900
Loose friends in high places. That's the name

00:30:56.900 --> 00:31:02.089
of the podcast. so you passed and that's the

00:31:02.089 --> 00:31:08.210
name of the episode loose friend you um pass

00:31:08.210 --> 00:31:11.910
am I accidentally naming all of our shit uh -huh

00:31:11.910 --> 00:31:15.369
uh -huh in the tavern that you are in it has

00:31:15.369 --> 00:31:17.930
become busier as the day has progressed as the

00:31:17.930 --> 00:31:21.730
three of you have sat and talked it is now dusk

00:31:21.730 --> 00:31:25.789
the moon is in the sky the city is alive with

00:31:26.529 --> 00:31:29.369
people moving back and forth outside. You're

00:31:29.369 --> 00:31:31.769
currently in the district of Janfen's Hand, which

00:31:31.769 --> 00:31:35.230
is where all of the taverns, brothels, shops,

00:31:35.430 --> 00:31:37.130
and things. Not all the shops, but a decent amount

00:31:37.130 --> 00:31:41.309
are. So it is a busy, bustling area. And in the

00:31:41.309 --> 00:31:43.250
tavern, there's also a calling board that has

00:31:43.250 --> 00:31:46.970
some different things posted on it, but the night

00:31:46.970 --> 00:31:51.269
is yours. What would you like to do? Why don't

00:31:51.269 --> 00:31:53.190
we look at the board? We need some gigs, you

00:31:53.190 --> 00:31:57.609
guys. We definitely need some gigs. I think experience

00:31:57.609 --> 00:32:01.369
would help us, but I do have some old friends

00:32:01.369 --> 00:32:04.529
in the city that I would like to check in with,

00:32:04.529 --> 00:32:08.029
you know, while we're here. And they're presumed

00:32:08.029 --> 00:32:13.630
to be alive. Even after 50 years? Yes. They'll

00:32:13.630 --> 00:32:17.309
be older. Yes. But not so old that they should

00:32:17.309 --> 00:32:20.410
die. I asked after one particular person at the

00:32:20.410 --> 00:32:22.430
bar and they informed me that she is where she

00:32:22.430 --> 00:32:25.920
always has been. which was a great relief. Do

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:28.619
you want us to go with you? If you would enjoy

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:34.480
it, there are a lot of women such as myself there.

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:41.039
Changelings? No! Accountants? Accountants, yes.

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:47.400
It's a house of all accountants that generates

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:50.980
quite a bit of wealth into the city. I do like

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:57.730
wealth. Prior to studying magic, I made a living

00:32:57.730 --> 00:33:02.170
there for some time, accounting. The powers of

00:33:02.170 --> 00:33:05.470
a changeling are in very high demand in such

00:33:05.470 --> 00:33:10.609
a business. Okay, I mean, I don't have any interest

00:33:10.609 --> 00:33:14.150
in accounting, obviously, but I'm, you know,

00:33:14.150 --> 00:33:15.930
I want to be a supportive friend, so... Estie,

00:33:15.950 --> 00:33:18.690
are you sure that this is the kind of establishment

00:33:18.690 --> 00:33:22.230
that you would be comfortable in? It's not literally

00:33:22.230 --> 00:33:26.109
accounting. I know, I know. We're speaking the

00:33:26.109 --> 00:33:28.210
same language. I'm not comfortable anywhere,

00:33:28.329 --> 00:33:33.349
Val, so might as well face it. A lot of anxiety.

00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:35.829
So, you know, I might as well get used to it,

00:33:35.829 --> 00:33:40.609
right? I left home and I'm gonna get used to

00:33:40.609 --> 00:33:43.730
it. Well, several of the ladies and several of

00:33:43.730 --> 00:33:46.250
the lads too can be very accommodating to one

00:33:46.250 --> 00:33:51.500
who is uncomfortable in that environment. I say

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:59.680
nothing. I turn into gaseous form even though

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.960
even though I don't have that spell and I disappear

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:04.519
into nothingness. It's still pretty early in

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:06.579
the night. Okay, so the we probably have a couple

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:09.480
hours to kill because the the the the I mean

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.260
it is open. You know, you know, it is it is late

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:14.000
enough where it's open. Is it late enough where

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.820
it's it's heightened period where they're getting

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.820
most of their customers? No, but it is open.

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.989
Okay, so then sooner is probably better. I think

00:34:20.989 --> 00:34:25.289
I would assume we can, you know, talk to Madame

00:34:25.289 --> 00:34:29.449
Throne is her name. Madame Throne. Throne. Yes,

00:34:29.449 --> 00:34:32.349
I would like to see how things are. And I don't

00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:34.429
know, we're just from there and find some jobs.

00:34:34.909 --> 00:34:38.809
All right, so. The three of you collect yourselves,

00:34:39.010 --> 00:34:41.110
pay your tab at the bar, which you already did

00:34:41.110 --> 00:34:44.269
last session, and make your way out into the

00:34:44.269 --> 00:34:47.889
streets of Chitegatse, specifically into the

00:34:47.889 --> 00:34:50.670
streets of Yonfin's hand. I have a question.

00:34:50.690 --> 00:34:52.550
Absolutely. As we are on the streets, this is

00:34:52.550 --> 00:34:53.909
something that I think I'd be very attentive

00:34:53.909 --> 00:34:57.610
to. How are people dressed? What are people wearing?

00:34:57.969 --> 00:34:59.909
Because Primrose is a little concerned about

00:34:59.909 --> 00:35:02.789
being 50 years out of date as far as fashion.

00:35:03.030 --> 00:35:06.119
Good point. So I just want to like... Like, how

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.739
out of place is what we are wearing, if at all?

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:14.039
Okay, make a perception check. Oh, that's a four.

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:17.380
18 plus what? 19. I thought you were like, that's

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:22.079
a four. For guidance. I love your number. You

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:25.980
can tell that your fashion is a little bit out

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:28.260
of place and that someone who is looking might

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:33.760
think that you are poor. or that you're just

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.460
really obsessed with fashion from a different

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:39.420
time. You know, even today in our real world,

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.519
people like sometimes dress like they're in the

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:44.300
80s or, you know, in the 90s and stuff like that.

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.820
And it sticks out when we see it, but it doesn't

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:49.000
necessarily say, oh, that person's been out of

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.800
this world, you know, for 50 years. Your fashion

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:53.780
is definitely out of touch, but not to the point

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:56.199
where people are like, you know, you're not...

00:35:56.170 --> 00:35:57.750
You know, it's not like you're the equivalent

00:35:57.750 --> 00:35:59.869
of walking around in a suit of armor in today's

00:35:59.869 --> 00:36:02.090
world Yeah, we're just a little dated. Yeah,

00:36:02.369 --> 00:36:05.230
but the the fashion has progressed and specifically

00:36:05.230 --> 00:36:07.050
in the streets what you notice is that there

00:36:07.050 --> 00:36:10.730
is a mix of of Every different type of race of

00:36:10.730 --> 00:36:13.550
people in the streets here that look like also

00:36:13.550 --> 00:36:16.050
a mix of different wealths and statuses. There's

00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:19.250
also a decent presence of the city guard, because

00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:21.170
Yonfen Sand is right next to the military district.

00:36:21.630 --> 00:36:24.269
So there are guards walking around in the streets

00:36:24.269 --> 00:36:28.809
as well, and the buildings are low. Most of them

00:36:28.809 --> 00:36:32.070
have these red roofed tiles around them, on top

00:36:32.070 --> 00:36:35.409
of them, and they're kind of built very close

00:36:35.409 --> 00:36:40.989
together, making these very windy, twisty streets

00:36:40.989 --> 00:36:44.409
with cobblestone on them for you to walk through.

00:36:44.789 --> 00:36:48.050
You know your way. to the Velvet Pillow, like

00:36:48.050 --> 00:36:50.150
the back of your hand, is that where you would

00:36:50.150 --> 00:36:52.170
like to lead them? Directly, yes. All right.

00:36:52.250 --> 00:36:53.550
You make your way, twisting and turning through

00:36:53.550 --> 00:36:56.090
the streets of Janvin's hand, and eventually,

00:36:56.329 --> 00:36:59.550
after a few minutes of walking, you see a similar

00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:02.269
sign that has been since changed out, but still

00:37:02.269 --> 00:37:04.449
using the same symbols and lettering for the

00:37:04.449 --> 00:37:07.389
Velvet Pillow. It looks like the sign got an

00:37:07.389 --> 00:37:09.789
upgrade. You remember it being a little bit...

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:12.599
Ragged and it has changed from a wooden sign

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.739
to an iron sign now and has been enchanted with

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.960
a bit of a glow And there's a little pillow icon

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:21.039
at the end at the bottom of it And there is a

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:25.199
large glass and iron door Are you both ready?

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:30.420
I'm sweating in my armor profusely But I say

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:34.019
yep, I'm ready. This was home for a time and

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:37.389
then promos, you know Pushes the door open and

00:37:37.389 --> 00:37:40.090
strides directly inside. You push the door open

00:37:40.090 --> 00:37:44.230
and immediately the the sounds the smells the

00:37:44.230 --> 00:37:46.969
tastes of the air around you just immediately

00:37:46.969 --> 00:37:50.670
change from the bright open outside air the smells

00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:55.670
of smokes and perfumes the sounds of drumbeats

00:37:55.670 --> 00:38:00.050
and the sounds of like very soothing brass instruments

00:38:00.050 --> 00:38:05.150
fill your ears and noses and your eyes are just

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:08.599
immediately assaulted with tons of fabrics of

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:12.380
reds and purples and yellows. You walk into the

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:15.300
entryway, which is modest compared to what the

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:17.619
rest of the building would be. There are very

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:20.400
comfortable pillows set around the entirety of

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:23.340
this entry foyer, and there is a desk at the

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:27.099
end of which behind it stands a tabaxi who purrs

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:31.860
slightly as you walk in and say, Welcome to the

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:34.519
velvet pillow. Are you here to rest your head?

00:38:35.769 --> 00:38:38.630
On business, actually. I'm looking for Madame

00:38:38.630 --> 00:38:46.289
Throne. Ah. May I ask who's calling? A former

00:38:46.289 --> 00:38:49.389
employee. You can give her my name, Primrose.

00:38:49.809 --> 00:38:53.269
Are you waiting for a payment? No, I'm looking

00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:57.719
more for a... What's the word? Like a reunite.

00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:00.940
Real me is actually - Like a social calling.

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:03.719
Like a reuniting with someone. Like there's a

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:07.360
word for that. Reunion? Like a reunion. Like

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:10.260
when you reunite with someone. How do you call

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:14.519
it though? More of a reunion. All right. Well,

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.940
any employee past or present of Madame Throne

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:20.920
knows that she does not like to be disturbed.

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:26.579
Is she with a client? No. I think she - Persuasion

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:31.960
check. I might make an exception. Guidance. Nineteen.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:37.579
Nineteen. He sighs, says, alright, but it won't

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:41.519
be my tail on the line. Turns and walks out briefly.

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.619
A minute or so passes. You are all standing in

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:48.139
an entryway. You see a head perp from a curtain

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.659
behind of a tiefling woman who looks at the three

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:54.940
of you and says, I hope I have the three of you

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:59.739
tonight. Oh my god. And then she pokes her head

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:02.699
back in the curtain. This is just like, idly,

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.880
like, nervously, like, checking and like, fiddling

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:06.440
with her fingernails. Just like, a little nervous.

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.280
Yeah, Volandros just looked away. I'm just punching

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:12.519
your arm, being like, did you? What? I'm not

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:14.079
nervous about that. I'm nervous about seeing

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:17.920
Throne again. Yeah. Yeah. I don't even take the

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.800
moment to make fun of my friend for being nervous

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:23.530
like I normally would. After another minute or

00:40:23.530 --> 00:40:26.889
so time passes and the man the tobacco seat walks

00:40:26.889 --> 00:40:37.989
back in says Go ahead Thank you, God I Just sway

00:40:37.989 --> 00:40:40.730
on past and like swirl a little finger like come

00:40:40.730 --> 00:40:43.610
come to my allies to follow I suppose that's

00:40:43.610 --> 00:40:47.230
our cue. Yeah, that was a cat you guys I've never

00:40:47.230 --> 00:40:52.889
Esti Come on. Sorry. Okay, let's go. Do they

00:40:52.889 --> 00:40:56.989
not have those? No, I've never seen that. You've

00:40:56.989 --> 00:41:01.530
never seen a cat? No, I've never seen a cat man.

00:41:01.789 --> 00:41:04.869
First of all, they're not called cats. They're

00:41:04.869 --> 00:41:08.250
called tabaxis. The velvet pillow caters to all

00:41:08.250 --> 00:41:10.690
ranges of tastes if they have a coin. Wonderful.

00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:15.500
So you make your way through. Through the velvet

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:21.539
pillow of which SD goes through So many interior

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:25.099
emotions as you are seeing tits out dicks out

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:28.380
walking around You are seeing people having like

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:32.000
full -on sex in the corner in the back of the

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:36.539
room. You said kind of campaign. I swear It just

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:39.599
happens to start with a brothel. You are seeing

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:42.780
people lead others into private rooms and such.

00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:47.500
Things that you are like, whoa. I cover the dicks,

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:50.219
but I open my hand just ever so slightly for

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:52.340
the tits. Lovely. Just so I see a little bit

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:55.460
of tits, but I cover the dicks. Just a respectable

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:59.480
amount. Yep, yep. Yeah. You walk through, definitely

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:03.099
getting winks as each of you walk through. Maybe

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.940
the occasional hand might like land on the landress's

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:09.039
shoulder as he walks by from someone. And then

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:11.539
you make your way to where you know Madame Therony's

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:15.119
office to be, of which you knock on the door.

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:23.309
Come in. I, uh... Yeah, as Primrose, I'm gonna

00:42:23.309 --> 00:42:25.289
just open the door. I'm gonna drop the whole

00:42:25.289 --> 00:42:28.210
sultry, like, way of walking facade, uh, and

00:42:28.210 --> 00:42:30.650
she actually, if you guys are, like, really perceptive,

00:42:30.929 --> 00:42:33.809
uh, her proportions get a little less cartoonishly

00:42:33.809 --> 00:42:36.650
over -exaggerated as, like, a slightly more vulnerable,

00:42:36.650 --> 00:42:39.269
realistic -looking person. Her tits shrink. Uh,

00:42:39.590 --> 00:42:43.849
what? Her tits shrink. Her tits shrink. Tits

00:42:43.849 --> 00:42:46.570
of shrinking. A little bit. The potion, like,

00:42:47.369 --> 00:42:51.789
consumed. subtly just a subtle shrink you've

00:42:51.789 --> 00:42:55.550
changed and you know with like hope and nervousness

00:42:55.550 --> 00:42:59.630
fluttering together in her heart she tosses open

00:42:59.630 --> 00:43:02.670
the door um all right yeah you toss open the

00:43:02.670 --> 00:43:05.530
door not like violently but like a like step

00:43:05.530 --> 00:43:07.150
directly into the room she makes an entrance

00:43:07.150 --> 00:43:09.670
she makes an entrance you toss open the door

00:43:09.670 --> 00:43:13.789
into a just beautifully decorated room filled

00:43:13.789 --> 00:43:17.170
with floating lights, massive pillows, stacks

00:43:17.170 --> 00:43:20.130
of papers and books all over, a large desk that

00:43:20.130 --> 00:43:23.469
is cluttered with a massive amount of paperwork,

00:43:23.869 --> 00:43:26.309
little sacks of coins here and there, and you

00:43:26.309 --> 00:43:30.550
see behind the desk Madame Throne, a very short,

00:43:31.170 --> 00:43:37.230
very old human. woman. She has aged 50 years

00:43:37.230 --> 00:43:39.809
since you have last seen her. She was probably

00:43:39.809 --> 00:43:42.829
middle -aged when you were working there, and

00:43:42.829 --> 00:43:47.250
now insanely elderly. Like, should not still

00:43:47.250 --> 00:43:50.469
be working there, but definitely still is running

00:43:50.469 --> 00:43:53.050
the place. She's writing, looking down at her

00:43:53.050 --> 00:43:56.849
desk, not even looking up, and saying, what do

00:43:56.849 --> 00:44:02.820
you want? Primus just puts a hand to her chest

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:09.000
in shock of just taking it in. She knew logically

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:11.059
that 50 years had been passed, but it was not

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:14.139
an emotional reality yet until setting eyes on

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:18.340
Throne and seeing all that she has missed. And

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:24.659
she just quietly says first, it's true. Madam

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:30.599
Mother, I've come home. She looks up and then

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:37.820
gasps and says, Yonfen, be gone. Do my eyes deceive

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:43.739
me? Primrose? I've got a lot of explaining to

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:48.420
do, but I am back and... No, it can't be true.

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:53.010
No, come here. As she steps forward, she actually

00:44:53.010 --> 00:44:56.789
like shrinks and Galleus has another persona

00:44:56.789 --> 00:44:58.829
that he has not revealed to the friends. That

00:44:58.829 --> 00:45:01.469
is him when he was much younger, when he first

00:45:01.469 --> 00:45:03.510
arrived at the brothel and was like still male

00:45:03.510 --> 00:45:06.429
presenting that goes by Galleus Rondel or just

00:45:06.429 --> 00:45:09.650
Rondel for short. So he slips into like essentially

00:45:09.650 --> 00:45:13.329
like a 17 year old version of himself and shrinks

00:45:13.329 --> 00:45:15.570
down and becomes like more masculine again, but

00:45:15.570 --> 00:45:18.550
very slight, a little more effeminate and says,

00:45:19.309 --> 00:45:23.230
It has been no time at all for me, and I have

00:45:23.230 --> 00:45:25.409
only just learned how long it has been that I've

00:45:25.409 --> 00:45:27.929
been gone. As you step in, the three of you walk

00:45:27.929 --> 00:45:30.469
into the room. Gally is changing forms again.

00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:35.289
She breathes in deeply with this massive internal

00:45:35.289 --> 00:45:40.190
sigh. walks up to you very slowly. She's short.

00:45:40.349 --> 00:45:43.090
She's very short. The size of a gnome or a halfling,

00:45:43.130 --> 00:45:46.469
even though she's human. And she's very old.

00:45:46.710 --> 00:45:49.750
She's walking slowly, looking up at you. And

00:45:49.750 --> 00:45:53.829
as she sees you change forms, sighs, stares at

00:45:53.829 --> 00:45:56.650
you for a little bit with this like antagonizing

00:45:56.650 --> 00:46:00.550
gaze, turns back to the desk, grabs something

00:46:00.550 --> 00:46:03.599
off of it. Then turns back to you and holds up

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:05.900
a newspaper as she starts whacking you and she

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:12.219
says What are you doing? What what is your problem?

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.820
You know, I thought you were dead. I accepted

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:15.480
your death along with my husband for so long

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.699
What is your problem? Where have you been? You

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:19.639
told me you were coming back You go and you go

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:21.559
off and you become a wizard at the academy You

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.900
think you're better than all of us and you leave

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:25.719
us for 50 years? I have thought you've been dead

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:28.659
for so much time I accepted your death and now

00:46:28.659 --> 00:46:32.400
you come back. What is your problem girl? she,

00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:34.840
like, puts her hands up in front of her and becomes

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:36.900
right back to Primrose again. It was like, I

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:41.440
can explain. I can explain. Please, please don't

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:44.260
be upset. I'm just so happy to see you again.

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:47.380
I was so afraid that I wouldn't have the chance.

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.340
I was kidnapped. These two were as well. We were

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:56.599
sealed away. You can... I haven't... She takes

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:58.619
a deep breath and she's like, not sure where

00:46:58.619 --> 00:47:02.619
to start. I... had only been gone at the Academy

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:05.940
for two years. I was planning on coming back

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:08.260
maybe three or four years, but that's beside

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:12.599
the point. It was not 50. And I don't know what

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:16.199
happened. I was kidnapped. My next memory is

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:20.920
coming out of some kind of tank, some tube, some

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:24.300
illusion and being told that we had been imprisoned

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:30.429
for 50 years, myself and these two. I swear,

00:47:30.750 --> 00:47:34.289
I haven't aged a day. I don't know what happened

00:47:34.289 --> 00:47:39.230
either. Make a persuasion check. She's so pissed.

00:47:39.309 --> 00:47:42.070
Guidance, guidance. She's so mad. You need all

00:47:42.070 --> 00:47:47.469
the guidance. 14 plus was my persuasion for.

00:47:47.530 --> 00:47:51.889
18. Please, please. She holds up her finger.

00:47:53.170 --> 00:47:59.130
Immediate silence. She just stares at you. really

00:47:59.130 --> 00:48:01.789
uncomfortable amount of time. You go to speak

00:48:01.789 --> 00:48:03.909
and she still holds up her finger again. No,

00:48:03.909 --> 00:48:08.250
I just wanna, as she stares at me, I change again

00:48:08.250 --> 00:48:12.230
and molt to something that I never let anyone

00:48:12.230 --> 00:48:15.369
see, but I'm trying to like prove myself to Primrose

00:48:15.369 --> 00:48:18.789
and maintain my actual changeling appearance

00:48:18.789 --> 00:48:22.590
with like white hair, gray skin, fully like faded

00:48:22.590 --> 00:48:27.610
out. She sees that and she says, let up girl.

00:48:27.610 --> 00:48:32.690
These two? Hmm. Madam? Well, they're quite attractive,

00:48:32.949 --> 00:48:37.349
your friends. You've been gone for 50 years.

00:48:38.329 --> 00:48:42.110
I thought you dead. I mourned you for a long

00:48:42.110 --> 00:48:45.869
time. And you say that you've been trapped away

00:48:45.869 --> 00:48:49.150
for all this time. And I need to just believe

00:48:49.150 --> 00:48:53.650
you. I... You are the first person that I have

00:48:53.650 --> 00:48:59.909
come to see. We woke up in some dungeon in...

00:48:59.909 --> 00:49:03.070
Mondalore. In Karim, the city. In the city of

00:49:03.070 --> 00:49:09.489
Karim. In... Karim. We woke up in a dungeon in

00:49:09.489 --> 00:49:15.130
Mondalore. We apparently, in whatever this prison

00:49:15.130 --> 00:49:21.309
is, have lived entire lives as other people on

00:49:21.309 --> 00:49:28.030
another world. And then we awoke. and are struggling

00:49:28.030 --> 00:49:30.510
to come to terms with all the world has changed.

00:49:31.349 --> 00:49:33.929
You're the first person that any of us have been

00:49:33.929 --> 00:49:39.130
to see. She scrutinizes you for a moment and

00:49:39.130 --> 00:49:43.230
then throws her arms out and throws the newspaper

00:49:43.230 --> 00:49:45.849
to the side and she's like, strange things have

00:49:45.849 --> 00:49:50.300
happened. So you come back, what, now to work?

00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:52.559
You want money again? What, these whores over

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:57.199
here want to work too? Whoa! No, oh, uh, no,

00:49:57.320 --> 00:50:03.880
I, um... You, you are our finest employee. I

00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:05.739
mean, look, you know my policy. I don't want

00:50:05.739 --> 00:50:07.619
customers or employees sticking around the velvet

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:09.400
pillow for too long, but it's been 50 years,

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:11.119
and so if you want your job back, I will happily

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:15.280
hire you. I will forever be indebted to your

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:17.789
work, but I just... I came to see that you were

00:50:17.789 --> 00:50:20.550
okay. When they told me 50 years had passed,

00:50:20.929 --> 00:50:24.869
I... I feared I might never see. Oh, honey, not

00:50:24.869 --> 00:50:30.210
even time can kill me. I'm just here... to express

00:50:30.210 --> 00:50:36.329
my gratitude. Well... This has been a very strange

00:50:36.329 --> 00:50:40.550
day for me, but it is good to see you, Primrose,

00:50:40.590 --> 00:50:43.750
and get back into Primrose. I don't like this

00:50:43.750 --> 00:50:48.139
form. Changes. Much has changed in 50 years.

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:51.179
This is a very strange thing for me, too. So

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:55.659
you truly do not remember a single thing of the

00:50:55.659 --> 00:51:01.519
last 50 years of... Not a thing. I mean, we remember

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:04.079
some things. Not from this world. Oh, not from

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:07.039
this world. From Gano's world, yeah. I mean,

00:51:07.139 --> 00:51:10.019
you went off to be a wizard at the Academy at

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:14.619
Atlas -Dem. I... Did you do some weird magic

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:17.380
thing and get yourself put in the cage? And your

00:51:17.380 --> 00:51:21.880
friends? We have not met until after coming out

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:27.019
of the cage. Odd. Strange. We haven't found what

00:51:27.019 --> 00:51:29.300
unites us, what is common between us, that all

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:31.559
three of us were kidnapped. We are told only

00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:34.619
that we are the first to escape from Gano, was

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:40.269
it? Okay. So you're familiar with Gano? I mean,

00:51:40.389 --> 00:51:43.530
who isn't familiar with Kanno? But, uh, he's

00:51:43.530 --> 00:51:45.150
above my pay grade. Can you tell us what you

00:51:45.150 --> 00:51:49.590
know of him? I know that, um, he's done some

00:51:49.590 --> 00:51:52.309
bad things. I don't concern myself too much with

00:51:52.309 --> 00:51:53.670
the other parts of the world. I have the business

00:51:53.670 --> 00:51:56.650
to run, and I have people to take care of here.

00:51:57.289 --> 00:52:00.190
I know the name. I know that he does bad things,

00:52:00.690 --> 00:52:04.030
but what is it with me? There's always something

00:52:04.030 --> 00:52:06.760
bad happening in the world. I flash her just

00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:09.519
a smile at, I have business to run, and just

00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:12.320
say, like, and it appears to be doing very well.

00:52:12.820 --> 00:52:16.440
Well, yes. But why wouldn't it? It's you. Exactly.

00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:20.940
And that backseat at the front wants to take

00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:23.139
over one day, but not while I am still alive.

00:52:24.139 --> 00:52:27.280
Well, do you need help with anything? You want

00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:30.039
to work here? No, no, no. We're adventuring.

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:32.980
You know, she just might. You guys. What is under

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:38.880
that press plate? I die a little. We're looking

00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:42.360
to get some experience, some combat experience,

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:44.440
so is there anyone giving you a hard time that

00:52:44.440 --> 00:52:47.099
we can, you know, you know, take care of in that

00:52:47.099 --> 00:52:50.800
way? That is a very nice suggestion of yours,

00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:53.760
but we do a different type of sword fighting

00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:58.460
here. So if you're looking for a bit of experience

00:52:58.460 --> 00:53:01.239
in that realm, sure there are many things I could...

00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:02.380
I haven't asked, I don't know much about sword

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:06.099
fighting, but... If either of you do want to

00:53:06.099 --> 00:53:09.119
indulge, I can, you know, pay the costs as gratitude.

00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:13.099
What? Pray, Rose. The friends and family discount

00:53:13.099 --> 00:53:16.960
extends to you still. She just, like, tosses

00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:19.420
her hair back. I'm just happy to see - Who better

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:23.050
to experience than - With someone who could meet

00:53:23.050 --> 00:53:25.309
any desire that you want. I mean, that is what

00:53:25.309 --> 00:53:30.150
our Primrose was so skilled at. And do not volunteer

00:53:30.150 --> 00:53:33.329
myself in this matter, not to my traveling companions.

00:53:34.630 --> 00:53:37.010
No, we're not like that. Don't mix friends and

00:53:37.010 --> 00:53:39.110
business. I understand, I don't either. Well.

00:53:39.389 --> 00:53:44.130
Anxiously. Not on Tuesdays. Polish my ex. Well,

00:53:44.250 --> 00:53:46.329
no. Your question, I don't need help with anything.

00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:51.070
I have lived my entire life. doing things by

00:53:51.070 --> 00:53:54.289
myself, working by myself, building a business

00:53:54.289 --> 00:53:58.250
by myself, and I have been successful. And I

00:53:58.250 --> 00:54:00.869
will continue being successful. But I appreciate

00:54:00.869 --> 00:54:03.590
the author. Honestly, I wouldn't mess with you.

00:54:03.949 --> 00:54:06.289
So that... Smart girl. Yeah, that adds up to

00:54:06.289 --> 00:54:11.530
me. The madam is a cape woman. So, now what?

00:54:12.409 --> 00:54:16.010
I hadn't left this far. Truly, I... Common for

00:54:16.010 --> 00:54:19.230
Primrose. It was just... I needed to get home

00:54:19.230 --> 00:54:22.599
to you. I needed to... I needed to know that

00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:24.440
you were alright. Do you need a place to sleep?

00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:29.559
We had a room at... We are currently accommodated

00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:33.579
by... at the Homo Herath. Homo Herath, yes. Homo

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:36.719
Herath. Not the Homo Herath. Homo... I believe

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:42.219
it's called Homo. Yes. Well... If you have lodging

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:44.400
there, that is fine. But should you ever find

00:54:44.400 --> 00:54:47.260
yourself unable to pay for lodging, you can always

00:54:47.260 --> 00:54:50.349
rest your head on the pillow. Very kind. Yes.

00:54:50.369 --> 00:54:53.369
Thank you. And, um, you're not gonna go back

00:54:53.369 --> 00:54:56.250
to your thieving days, right? She just kind of

00:54:56.250 --> 00:55:00.650
like, didn't tell them about that. She just makes

00:55:00.650 --> 00:55:02.269
a face. I thought you said that they were your

00:55:02.269 --> 00:55:07.849
friends, these... We are... new princesses. No,

00:55:08.010 --> 00:55:12.349
I am a journeyman wizard, looking to work as

00:55:12.349 --> 00:55:17.750
a wizard. Okay. And so what now? Well, I suppose

00:55:17.750 --> 00:55:23.760
we are. Off to find work? Yes. Alright. Please,

00:55:24.480 --> 00:55:27.840
madam, if there's ever anything that you need

00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:31.059
help with, know that you can call upon us, and

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:34.380
I will be back in a heartbeat. I never wish to

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:37.139
do what happened again. I don't want to disappear

00:55:37.139 --> 00:55:39.639
like that. You know that if you do any wrong

00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:42.800
to Madame Throne, the least of your problems

00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:46.179
is time. And I would never. Right. Learn that

00:55:46.179 --> 00:55:52.599
lesson long ago. Good girl. Now, out of my office,

00:55:53.159 --> 00:55:56.500
if you need something, can you come back and

00:55:56.500 --> 00:55:58.440
tell Tigger at the front if you need something,

00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:01.480
that they must let you through. Primoz gives

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:06.699
a mix of like a curtsy with like a deep bow and

00:56:06.699 --> 00:56:10.519
says, thank you so much for making the time to

00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:12.059
see me. 50 years have not been kind to your posture.

00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:17.019
Yeah. And she immediately straightens her back

00:56:17.019 --> 00:56:20.780
and is like, oh. It seems I still have things

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:24.500
to learn in practice. Always. Should you want

00:56:24.500 --> 00:56:27.019
to improve them, you know where to find me. And

00:56:27.019 --> 00:56:30.139
should you need help accumulating yourself into

00:56:30.139 --> 00:56:33.880
the city, let me know. And then, really quickly,

00:56:34.139 --> 00:56:37.000
Primrose, without a word, just like hurriedly

00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:39.300
grabs her in a little hug and just like gives

00:56:39.300 --> 00:56:41.800
a squeeze. She lets you and then after a second

00:56:41.800 --> 00:56:43.980
starts fidgeting. And then I let you know. I

00:56:43.980 --> 00:56:48.960
love that. Now, off. Good night. I have a business

00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:51.739
run. Good night. It was a pleasure. Nice meeting

00:56:51.739 --> 00:56:54.780
you. It will be. Oh. And we, at her direction,

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.699
you know, step back out into the hallway. All

00:56:58.699 --> 00:57:02.440
right. Now, what would you like to do? Volandros

00:57:02.440 --> 00:57:04.500
is going to kind of like, we're going to huddle

00:57:04.500 --> 00:57:09.260
maybe, because he wants to ask Primrose, are

00:57:09.260 --> 00:57:12.579
you all right? How are you feeling? Relieved.

00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.659
Relieved. Great. There are people that I am concerned

00:57:16.659 --> 00:57:19.800
about that we apparently have not seen for 50

00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:24.980
years. It's upsetting. It is horrifying on one

00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:29.960
hand to see the madam aged so much, but heartening

00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:34.619
that she hasn't changed the slightest. She can

00:57:34.619 --> 00:57:38.280
definitely hold her own, that one. 50 years have

00:57:38.280 --> 00:57:41.079
not sapped her figure. She is quite the character.

00:57:42.019 --> 00:57:43.780
Uh, and I assume we're just like still in the

00:57:43.780 --> 00:57:45.239
hallway. Like people are just walking around

00:57:45.239 --> 00:57:47.579
like a hundred percent. You are in a hallway.

00:57:47.820 --> 00:57:49.599
There's lots of tapestries hung up around the

00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:52.099
entire room. There is, you're just kind of in

00:57:52.099 --> 00:57:55.260
one large style room, but there are other ones

00:57:55.260 --> 00:57:57.659
and hallways that lead off. But eventually someone

00:57:57.659 --> 00:58:02.320
does walk up to you. A, a tiefling man that has

00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:05.440
a lower half of clothes on, but the upper half,

00:58:05.659 --> 00:58:11.239
none, and walks up to you and says, Are the three

00:58:11.239 --> 00:58:16.019
of you patrons tonight? We just came from a meeting,

00:58:16.420 --> 00:58:18.940
Madame Throne. I'm not, I can't speak for the

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:21.599
two of you. You have way too many clothes on.

00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:24.699
Volandros is just pointedly looking away from

00:58:24.699 --> 00:58:28.300
this person. Are you afraid too? We're quite

00:58:28.300 --> 00:58:32.639
alright, thank you. Fine, everyone has their

00:58:32.639 --> 00:58:36.019
tastes. Why don't you... I need one more moment

00:58:36.019 --> 00:58:38.340
with Madame Thorena. I forgot to ask something.

00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:40.219
Why don't you two maybe have a drink? Wait outside?

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:43.199
Yep, yep. Wait outside. Yeah, I bet we can maybe

00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:46.679
find some ways to kill time together. Oh my god.

00:58:46.780 --> 00:58:51.699
I know a few games. I see. Let's go. Yeah, you're

00:58:51.699 --> 00:58:56.139
very attractive, but also like I'm into something

00:58:56.139 --> 00:59:01.360
else. Well, fair enough. Enjoy your night. Thank

00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:04.900
you. Primrose knocks on Madame's door again.

00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:08.059
No response. You know, pops her head in. Madame.

00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:11.260
Yes? I'm sorry to have left an interrupt, but

00:59:11.260 --> 00:59:14.099
I was so swept up in the moment I have a question

00:59:14.099 --> 00:59:18.460
that I forgot to ask. I know it has been a long

00:59:18.460 --> 00:59:21.260
time. Have you heard word of Guildmaster Seragil?

00:59:22.139 --> 00:59:24.860
You can remove the first part from his name.

00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:30.179
No longer a Guildmaster. And the Gilded Veil

00:59:30.179 --> 00:59:33.639
no longer in operation. They merged many, many

00:59:33.639 --> 00:59:35.820
years ago with a different, with a different

00:59:35.820 --> 00:59:38.579
guild and currently operate under the name of

00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:43.820
the Silver Node. Seragil, you know, I, listen,

00:59:44.019 --> 00:59:46.719
Seragil and myself, we don't, we got along enough

00:59:46.719 --> 00:59:48.519
as we had to. Many members of the Gidlet Vale,

00:59:48.699 --> 00:59:51.420
when they were in operation, came to rest their

00:59:51.420 --> 00:59:54.960
head at the pillow, but Seragil and I often disagreed

00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:56.780
with each other's means of running a business.

00:59:57.139 --> 01:00:00.059
I do know that Seragil retired. with his money

01:00:00.059 --> 01:00:03.920
and left to travel the world. Retired? That seems

01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:06.800
unlike him. 50 years can do a lot to a person.

01:00:07.539 --> 01:00:11.420
Not me. But not everyone can be as perfect as

01:00:11.420 --> 01:00:15.559
I am. Last I heard, and this was a long time

01:00:15.559 --> 01:00:19.440
ago, he went to Nishama to explore the Tiers

01:00:19.440 --> 01:00:22.239
with particular interest in a pet sanctuary there.

01:00:25.300 --> 01:00:30.300
Thank you. Of course. I am... Be careful. Yes,

01:00:30.420 --> 01:00:34.219
and I promise you I will not be rejoining or

01:00:34.219 --> 01:00:37.539
working in any capacity, but as you were a mother

01:00:37.539 --> 01:00:40.960
to me, so Serigil was a father, and I wish to...

01:00:40.960 --> 01:00:44.139
The node is better than the veil was. Interesting.

01:00:45.699 --> 01:00:49.059
Do they live well? The people in the silver node?

01:00:50.079 --> 01:00:53.320
Yeah. Well enough, yes. They make quite a handsome

01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:55.719
fortune. It seems I have some investigating to

01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:58.690
do. Thank you. I'll be on my way. Be careful

01:00:58.690 --> 01:01:02.170
and watch your step. He nods and goes out to

01:01:02.170 --> 01:01:04.409
rejoin the friends. Alright, and y 'all have

01:01:04.409 --> 01:01:06.130
went outside or something? I believe we went

01:01:06.130 --> 01:01:09.349
outside, yes. Yeah, I'm hyperventilating outside.

01:01:09.829 --> 01:01:11.389
Okay, so Vlandris is just kind of like patting

01:01:11.389 --> 01:01:14.369
you on the back. Like, breathe a seat, so it's

01:01:14.369 --> 01:01:17.349
alright. This was a lot. Yes, well, I was a little

01:01:17.349 --> 01:01:20.090
skeptical of bringing you in there, but you've

01:01:20.090 --> 01:01:21.610
now seen it, and I have to tell you, I think

01:01:21.610 --> 01:01:24.920
I've been there before. Wait, what? Yes. You've

01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:27.099
been here? Yes, I've been to Chigatse before.

01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:29.599
Oh, I thought you said this. No, I think I've

01:01:29.599 --> 01:01:33.099
been in that establishment before. What do you

01:01:33.099 --> 01:01:35.500
mean? I'm just saying. I mean, you know. Like

01:01:35.500 --> 01:01:38.940
as a customer? Well, I was meeting someone, but,

01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:43.480
I mean, you know, when in Chigatse? I want to

01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:47.619
arrive at that. When one has a meeting at the

01:01:47.619 --> 01:01:49.860
Velvet Pillar, one might as well avail oneself

01:01:49.860 --> 01:01:52.920
of the accommodations. That's what I'm saying.

01:01:53.519 --> 01:01:57.300
I'm not saying anything. You did well, Esty.

01:01:57.320 --> 01:02:01.059
Oh, thank you. A little overstimulating. Yeah,

01:02:01.059 --> 01:02:05.559
just a tad. Love the word choice, Gallius. I

01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:07.599
just take a bag of chips out of nowhere, like

01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:11.199
you've never seen how I procured it and I'm just

01:02:11.199 --> 01:02:16.300
stress eating chips, crunching away. Perhaps

01:02:16.300 --> 01:02:18.980
if neither of you will avail yourself of their

01:02:18.980 --> 01:02:23.139
services, we call it a night and look for a job.

01:02:23.289 --> 01:02:27.929
postings hunts you know requests something for

01:02:27.929 --> 01:02:30.230
adventurers in the morning yes it's been a long

01:02:30.230 --> 01:02:33.510
day and i imagine you have a lot to think about

01:02:33.510 --> 01:02:38.849
yes okay as you talk outside the bar a few patrons

01:02:38.849 --> 01:02:41.289
of the velvet pillow begin to make their way

01:02:41.289 --> 01:02:43.829
into into the establishment giving you a slight

01:02:43.829 --> 01:02:46.090
nod as they walk in some walking in with drinks

01:02:46.090 --> 01:02:49.719
some already very Likert already you make your

01:02:49.719 --> 01:02:53.380
way through the streets back to home of her eighth

01:02:53.380 --> 01:02:58.820
I say very pronouncibly Home of Harry Also one

01:02:58.820 --> 01:03:01.860
that I just said out loud from my brain that

01:03:01.860 --> 01:03:05.400
they did not plan and that is my fault or having

01:03:05.400 --> 01:03:09.199
a brain that said that This is the whole more

01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:12.679
her race in animal. Sorry the enema home of hurry

01:03:12.679 --> 01:03:19.860
listen Listen I wanted to title something. Listen,

01:03:20.059 --> 01:03:22.219
we all make mistakes. We all get out of us. I

01:03:22.219 --> 01:03:24.539
hope you never learn, because that's one of my

01:03:24.539 --> 01:03:27.800
favorite parts about your campaign. Like, Pee

01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.880
Cold. You're actually gifted at naming things,

01:03:30.880 --> 01:03:35.199
truly. I'm gifted in being verbally verbose.

01:03:35.780 --> 01:03:37.599
So you make your way back to home of Harith.

01:03:38.519 --> 01:03:41.079
Do you do anything in the tavern? Just head straight

01:03:41.079 --> 01:03:46.519
up and go to bed. What are you planning, buddy?

01:03:47.059 --> 01:03:49.679
Nothing. Oh my god. Nothing. What are you gonna

01:03:49.679 --> 01:03:54.559
do to us? I'm gonna go last. Okay. Alright, the

01:03:54.559 --> 01:03:57.400
two of you? Uh, yes, so Volandros is going to

01:03:57.400 --> 01:04:00.059
cause a surprise, just like, losing his shit.

01:04:00.780 --> 01:04:03.559
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Velandris is going

01:04:03.559 --> 01:04:05.960
to go to bed. He's, you know, he's gonna do his

01:04:05.960 --> 01:04:08.559
usual nighttime routine, which is just like writing

01:04:08.559 --> 01:04:12.539
prolific volumes into his journal of every little

01:04:12.539 --> 01:04:16.619
detail that happened to him that day. And otherwise,

01:04:16.619 --> 01:04:21.739
you know, kind of wash up and hit the sack. Hit

01:04:21.739 --> 01:04:24.699
the sack. Hit the sack. As they say. All right.

01:04:25.059 --> 01:04:28.940
Sorry, Estie? Don't use that name here, Tony.

01:04:30.590 --> 01:04:32.989
I'm going, you know, you know, my routine, my

01:04:32.989 --> 01:04:35.530
luxurious lotion, my, you know, your pimple berry

01:04:35.530 --> 01:04:38.750
lotion. What? Yes. I'm going to talk to Bigby

01:04:38.750 --> 01:04:42.530
a little bit about the day. Yeah, Bigby also

01:04:42.530 --> 01:04:49.210
saw lots of dicks. Oh, first time you got some

01:04:49.210 --> 01:04:51.650
aerial dicks that he saw. And we just were catching

01:04:51.650 --> 01:04:54.510
up like friends and I'm kind of unwinding. Yeah,

01:04:55.230 --> 01:04:59.389
that's it. Nice. Prime Rose gets back to her

01:04:59.389 --> 01:05:03.869
room and shapeshifts again and shapeshifts into

01:05:03.869 --> 01:05:10.909
Tina. Oh my god. And marches out into the hallway

01:05:10.909 --> 01:05:15.610
and very aggressively knocks on Volandris' door.

01:05:17.030 --> 01:05:20.500
What the hell is that? Volandris is... I guess

01:05:20.500 --> 01:05:22.619
maybe not quite in bed yet, because that was

01:05:22.619 --> 01:05:23.920
a little rough. Yeah, it was like the first thing

01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:28.219
I did. So he comes in, opens the door and sees

01:05:28.219 --> 01:05:32.300
Tina and is just like, it's like, you know, like

01:05:32.300 --> 01:05:37.519
the... Yeah, he is like, it's like, you know,

01:05:37.840 --> 01:05:41.159
major plot twist, rug pulled out from under you.

01:05:42.420 --> 01:05:47.199
Tina, what are you doing here? As Tina, I like

01:05:47.199 --> 01:05:49.730
put on my... Peltius face, cross my arms like,

01:05:50.130 --> 01:05:55.550
I'm very cross with you. How did you get here?

01:05:55.949 --> 01:05:57.809
You still have to help me write a letter back

01:05:57.809 --> 01:06:01.070
to my father. Oh my God. No, no, no. Volantris

01:06:01.070 --> 01:06:02.829
slams the door into his face and like starts

01:06:02.829 --> 01:06:05.510
pacing around being like, leave me alone, demon!

01:06:05.900 --> 01:06:09.480
Like, he thinks it is his patron demon, like,

01:06:09.599 --> 01:06:12.300
haunting him and fucking with him. So he is,

01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:14.440
like, rubbing his face, being like, get out of

01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:16.820
my head! Cali changes back to normal, and while

01:06:16.820 --> 01:06:18.340
the door is closed, just goes back into his room.

01:06:19.300 --> 01:06:22.239
So after, like, three seconds later, Volandros

01:06:22.239 --> 01:06:25.739
camps down, and he says, control yourself, control

01:06:25.739 --> 01:06:29.039
yourself, and you control the world. And he walks

01:06:29.039 --> 01:06:31.920
over to the door, like, flings it open, sees

01:06:31.920 --> 01:06:37.539
that Tina is gone, and he is, like... You can't

01:06:37.539 --> 01:06:41.159
control me, demon. Just the door. Did I hear

01:06:41.159 --> 01:06:45.019
you scream? Almost, definitely. And with the

01:06:45.019 --> 01:06:46.679
loudness of Tina, you almost definitely also

01:06:46.679 --> 01:06:48.400
heard Tina. Yeah, I'm going to open the door

01:06:48.400 --> 01:06:51.039
like with my axe, like I'm like ready to fight

01:06:51.039 --> 01:06:53.239
someone. I'm like - You both open the door at

01:06:53.239 --> 01:06:55.019
the same time. You opening the door the second

01:06:55.019 --> 01:06:57.960
time to like face Tina. And then you across the

01:06:57.960 --> 01:06:59.840
hall open your door, axe in hand, looking at

01:06:59.840 --> 01:07:03.940
each other. What the hell? Gallius opens his

01:07:03.940 --> 01:07:06.119
door as Primrose, and it's like, what's going

01:07:06.119 --> 01:07:12.199
on out here? Sorry, I had a bad dream. Are you

01:07:12.199 --> 01:07:15.420
sure? What was the dream about? It sounded like

01:07:15.420 --> 01:07:20.420
you were going through it. Well, I dreamt of

01:07:20.420 --> 01:07:25.280
a diminutive friend from the ship visiting me.

01:07:26.219 --> 01:07:29.559
God, I thought I heard a voice. What do you mean

01:07:29.559 --> 01:07:31.679
you thought you had a voice? Well, I heard someone

01:07:31.679 --> 01:07:33.940
shouting in the hall that they were very cross.

01:07:34.039 --> 01:07:35.820
Make a deception check and I want both of you

01:07:35.820 --> 01:07:39.519
to make an insight check. Because if it was a

01:07:39.519 --> 01:07:44.000
dream, you wouldn't have heard anything. I got

01:07:44.000 --> 01:07:47.019
a three. What's my deception for? I got a seven.

01:07:47.159 --> 01:07:50.579
Oh, yeah. I like crushed this. I got a 27. I

01:07:50.579 --> 01:07:53.760
got a 16. Yeah. You're... Listen, with everything

01:07:53.760 --> 01:07:55.880
learning tonight about Galleus being able to

01:07:55.880 --> 01:07:59.719
shape change, he... accidentally as he was speaking

01:07:59.719 --> 01:08:03.400
to you. Turns into Tina. No, no, no, no. I'm

01:08:03.400 --> 01:08:05.559
gonna after whatever you say. He talked like

01:08:05.559 --> 01:08:07.619
this. Yes, he accidentally at the start when

01:08:07.619 --> 01:08:10.019
he opened the door, started talking like Tina

01:08:10.019 --> 01:08:13.300
and then corrected himself immediately. And you

01:08:13.300 --> 01:08:16.479
both are like, ooh, the fuck was that? I turn

01:08:16.479 --> 01:08:18.859
right back into Tina in front of him and he says,

01:08:19.380 --> 01:08:23.159
sorry, I couldn't resist. Oh my god. I swear

01:08:23.159 --> 01:08:25.319
to God, next time you do that, I will take my

01:08:25.319 --> 01:08:28.119
glaive to your head. Let it be a lesson in not

01:08:28.119 --> 01:08:33.239
befriending awful children. So that none of us

01:08:33.239 --> 01:08:36.979
have to be afflicted with this witch again. Beautiful.

01:08:37.199 --> 01:08:39.760
Good night, both of you. Volandros slams his

01:08:39.760 --> 01:08:44.239
door. He is pissed. I put my axe back very slowly

01:08:44.239 --> 01:08:46.260
and like I could have I could have axed someone

01:08:46.260 --> 01:08:48.539
on accident because of this bullshit. And it

01:08:48.539 --> 01:08:50.159
wouldn't have even been the real Tina, which

01:08:50.159 --> 01:08:51.859
would have been a tragedy. It would have actually

01:08:51.859 --> 01:08:56.210
been hilarious. Good night. Good night, Gallius.

01:08:56.989 --> 01:08:59.489
You each should close your door and take a rest

01:08:59.489 --> 01:09:02.170
for the night and regain hit points, spell slots,

01:09:02.229 --> 01:09:03.689
and such, and we'll take a break there because

01:09:03.689 --> 01:09:09.409
the food is here. All right. So the night passes

01:09:09.409 --> 01:09:16.289
and the Lantris, you have a dream that is unlike

01:09:16.289 --> 01:09:18.810
the other dreams that stand out. You dream of

01:09:18.810 --> 01:09:23.569
a sandy pit in the city. with stadium seats around

01:09:23.569 --> 01:09:27.050
it, people filling that stadium, and in the center

01:09:27.050 --> 01:09:31.430
of the stadium, horses running around in a circle

01:09:31.430 --> 01:09:35.130
over and over and over again. And then the bottom

01:09:35.130 --> 01:09:39.390
of the stadium becomes a clock, and the horses

01:09:39.390 --> 01:09:43.189
meld into the clock, becoming their hands as

01:09:43.189 --> 01:09:46.310
the clock hands spin around wildly. And then

01:09:46.310 --> 01:09:49.170
the dream fades. We're back to dreams and visions.

01:09:49.510 --> 01:09:55.119
You all wake up. in your rooms, Tina -less. And

01:09:55.119 --> 01:10:02.460
the day is yours. Good day. We're going to get

01:10:02.460 --> 01:10:04.659
some breakfast as always. We always like to see

01:10:04.659 --> 01:10:10.600
what breakfast are there. You love making me

01:10:10.600 --> 01:10:13.439
describe food and listen, I don't mind. I've

01:10:13.439 --> 01:10:18.319
got my brain and I've got resources. Do you have

01:10:18.319 --> 01:10:22.869
vinegar? I don't know. We'll see. Maybe. Roll

01:10:22.869 --> 01:10:25.250
for vinegar. A vinegar, vinegar check. Roll for

01:10:25.250 --> 01:10:31.630
vinegar. Investigate. I hate that. So you head

01:10:31.630 --> 01:10:35.989
downstairs. You grab breakfast. Well, you sit

01:10:35.989 --> 01:10:39.010
down at a table and the half -elven bartender

01:10:39.010 --> 01:10:41.789
slash innkeeper slash person that runs Tavern

01:10:41.789 --> 01:10:46.810
walks over to you and says, good morning. What

01:10:46.810 --> 01:10:53.100
can I get to you? What do you have? Well, lots

01:10:53.100 --> 01:10:59.100
of seafood here. Clams, mussels, oysters. We

01:10:59.100 --> 01:11:03.340
have some fish and cabbage skewers. We've got

01:11:03.340 --> 01:11:09.739
some... For breakfast? Deviled goose eggs. Eggs,

01:11:10.000 --> 01:11:14.060
you say? Uh -huh. They have a real fixation on

01:11:14.060 --> 01:11:17.390
the eggs, don't you? Are they a delicacy where

01:11:17.390 --> 01:11:19.329
you're from? No, absolutely not. I don't know

01:11:19.329 --> 01:11:22.750
what it's about. I just... Every time I hear

01:11:22.750 --> 01:11:25.649
it, I just want to have them with vinegar. That's

01:11:25.649 --> 01:11:30.029
disgusting. I know! We can't give you that. You

01:11:30.029 --> 01:11:33.409
can't? I mean... You don't have vinegar? No.

01:11:33.770 --> 01:11:37.270
You don't? No! Strange. Alright. What do you

01:11:37.270 --> 01:11:40.260
clean your floors with? Lye. Oh, you do clean,

01:11:40.399 --> 01:11:44.520
though. What's the name of that? They have a

01:11:44.520 --> 01:11:46.460
nice little plastic bottle of it under the counter.

01:11:48.460 --> 01:11:53.279
We have some fermented garlic crisps. I'll take

01:11:53.279 --> 01:11:55.800
those. Does sound good, actually. We do smell

01:11:55.800 --> 01:11:59.840
amazing after. Stuffed grasshoppers. Stuffed.

01:11:59.859 --> 01:12:04.579
Yep. With what? Fish. Geez. Anything like more

01:12:04.579 --> 01:12:06.619
breakfast -y like classic breakfast? Do you have

01:12:06.619 --> 01:12:08.760
any croissants? What do you consider as - I just

01:12:08.760 --> 01:12:10.479
have like a bread roll or something. Oh, you

01:12:10.479 --> 01:12:13.420
just want bread. All right. Well, I'll take some

01:12:13.420 --> 01:12:16.739
of the other things. The - Chagatian breakfast.

01:12:16.739 --> 01:12:19.180
Yes. I'll take the grasshoppers and the garlic

01:12:19.180 --> 01:12:21.960
and the eggs. And if you happen to find any vinegar,

01:12:22.239 --> 01:12:24.560
please bring that too. I'll talk to the chef.

01:12:25.300 --> 01:12:27.699
You'll have some lye. I could have some lye.

01:12:28.420 --> 01:12:30.579
I feel like that's a really shouldn't thing.

01:12:30.600 --> 01:12:33.579
It's definitely, definitely poisonous. For you?

01:12:34.359 --> 01:12:37.279
Scrambled eggs and some, uh, some bread and maybe

01:12:37.279 --> 01:12:38.939
some vegetables if you have some. Yeah, we can,

01:12:39.100 --> 01:12:41.920
um, yeah, we'll see if we have some vegetables.

01:12:42.520 --> 01:12:45.220
Do you have coffee? Please bring a lot of coffee.

01:12:46.539 --> 01:12:48.939
How much is a lot? Did you not sleep well, little

01:12:48.939 --> 01:12:53.199
Andress? Well, first of all, just, you know,

01:12:53.300 --> 01:12:58.539
like a, like a lot. A carafe of coffee. Why not?

01:12:59.460 --> 01:13:02.199
Why not? It's one of those days. All right. Already?

01:13:03.199 --> 01:13:06.460
Well, I'll be back. He scurries on off. Innkeeper

01:13:06.460 --> 01:13:09.899
comes back, places your food on the table in

01:13:09.899 --> 01:13:12.220
front of y 'all. The two of you getting eggs

01:13:12.220 --> 01:13:15.659
and bread and you getting fermented garlic crisps

01:13:15.659 --> 01:13:19.579
and stuffed grasshoppers. And he says, could

01:13:19.579 --> 01:13:22.680
I get anything else? Did he also bring the coffee?

01:13:22.960 --> 01:13:26.529
The cool piece of coffee. Oh, yes. I didn't forget

01:13:26.529 --> 01:13:29.970
that. I'll be right back. Goes back, returns,

01:13:30.109 --> 01:13:32.930
comes with a giant carafe of coffee. Some cups

01:13:32.930 --> 01:13:37.329
for you. And, uh, says... So, can I get anything

01:13:37.329 --> 01:13:40.689
else? Also, like, what brings you to Home of

01:13:40.689 --> 01:13:44.649
Harath? Oh, Home of Harath? Yeah. Um... We're

01:13:44.649 --> 01:13:46.909
just you know, we're an adventuring party and

01:13:46.909 --> 01:13:49.550
we're just looking to help people and and get

01:13:49.550 --> 01:13:52.210
some some work exciting Well, if you need anything

01:13:52.210 --> 01:13:54.850
to call board people post all kinds of postings

01:13:54.850 --> 01:13:58.010
there right on the wall So feel free to check

01:13:58.010 --> 01:14:01.189
it out in case you need to inspiration for any

01:14:01.189 --> 01:14:03.949
Doings. Thank you. We'll be sure to take a look.

01:14:05.449 --> 01:14:08.470
Yeah Volandria starts crunching up those grasshoppers.

01:14:08.550 --> 01:14:14.840
Mm -hmm tasty crunchy earthy and fishy The grasshoppers

01:14:14.840 --> 01:14:17.020
are fishy because they're stuffed with fish.

01:14:17.020 --> 01:14:19.779
Oh god, that's they're stuffed So it's not fish

01:14:19.779 --> 01:14:22.399
stuffed with grasshoppers. No, no, it's grasshoppers

01:14:22.399 --> 01:14:24.960
stuffed with and the grasshoppers are small morsels

01:14:24.960 --> 01:14:27.560
of fish No, no, no, they are big grasshoppers.

01:14:27.659 --> 01:14:29.119
Oh, I thought they were little ones as well.

01:14:29.119 --> 01:14:31.779
I don't like that big They're like the size of

01:14:31.779 --> 01:14:34.079
your hand I know that I grew up in the area and

01:14:34.079 --> 01:14:35.619
I would thus be familiar with the local cuisine,

01:14:35.640 --> 01:14:39.119
but out of character I don't like that Yeah,

01:14:39.319 --> 01:14:41.079
some would say that the grasshoppers stuffed

01:14:41.079 --> 01:14:44.220
with fish is an anima specialty. Can you do like,

01:14:44.279 --> 01:14:48.119
prestidigiation on their breath afterwards? Yeah,

01:14:48.659 --> 01:14:50.619
for all of our sake. For all of our sake, yeah.

01:14:53.039 --> 01:14:57.640
Well, you get a bill. It totals up to about 75

01:14:57.640 --> 01:15:00.520
cop silver pieces. I'll take that one. We'll

01:15:00.520 --> 01:15:03.100
cover it. Alright. And I'll leave the rest as

01:15:03.100 --> 01:15:05.979
teep. As teep. Teep. I live teep. Thanks you

01:15:05.979 --> 01:15:08.960
very much, and wishes you the best on your journey.

01:15:09.220 --> 01:15:10.920
Asks if you want to stay again for another night?

01:15:11.960 --> 01:15:16.079
I think so. Yes, we don't. All right. Well, another

01:15:16.079 --> 01:15:22.060
50 silver each. All right. Well, enjoy. She's

01:15:22.060 --> 01:15:24.300
a goddess, eh? And should you have any questions

01:15:24.300 --> 01:15:25.680
about the city, feel free to ask. I'm happy to

01:15:25.680 --> 01:15:28.560
help. Thank you. Thank you. All right, why don't

01:15:28.560 --> 01:15:31.149
we take a look at the board on our way out? See

01:15:31.149 --> 01:15:33.789
what kind of stuff they have. And then shopping

01:15:33.789 --> 01:15:36.449
in between. Pick up a job, shop, go -do, job,

01:15:36.569 --> 01:15:40.529
I'm thinking. Yes. Okay. So, you approached a

01:15:40.529 --> 01:15:44.329
calling board, large cork board with dozens of

01:15:44.329 --> 01:15:47.750
different things posted to it. The ones of note

01:15:47.750 --> 01:15:50.529
you see. Flooding happening in a nearby town

01:15:50.529 --> 01:15:52.890
of West Tower because of manticore swarms attacking

01:15:52.890 --> 01:15:55.350
the local beaver ducks. 30 gold reward from the

01:15:55.350 --> 01:15:59.149
local town government. Another one. Roving bandits

01:15:59.149 --> 01:16:01.350
making the road difficult to travel between Campana

01:16:01.350 --> 01:16:04.350
and River's Edge. Reward 10 gold for each bandit's

01:16:04.350 --> 01:16:07.489
head. A lost dog sign with a reward of 10 gold

01:16:07.489 --> 01:16:10.149
for anyone who returns it. A picture of a large

01:16:10.149 --> 01:16:12.850
dog, black with white spots all over. His name

01:16:12.850 --> 01:16:17.470
is Meatball and he loves dried fruits. Hands

01:16:17.470 --> 01:16:20.170
needed for apple picking and deworming. 5 silver

01:16:20.170 --> 01:16:24.300
per day. A house hit by hex. Need help. Bolting

01:16:24.300 --> 01:16:26.739
down furniture that won't stop floating. 20 gold

01:16:26.739 --> 01:16:28.960
reward. Personal chef needed for small party

01:16:28.960 --> 01:16:33.199
ASAP. 50 gold higher. Rats in the basement. Experienced

01:16:33.199 --> 01:16:35.560
exterminator needed. 10 gold reward. You see

01:16:35.560 --> 01:16:38.560
an advertisement for a pubs and rubs tavern.

01:16:38.720 --> 01:16:40.720
There's a special discount if you order a beer

01:16:40.720 --> 01:16:46.899
and a massage. That's on purpose. That one was

01:16:46.899 --> 01:16:50.300
on purpose. Looking for bandmates to start a

01:16:50.300 --> 01:16:52.880
cool band called the Sending Stones, auditions

01:16:52.880 --> 01:16:56.340
tomorrow night at the Gay Wilds. Gay Wilds? Gay

01:16:56.340 --> 01:16:58.720
Wilds are back! They're back! The Gay Wilds are

01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:01.859
back. Alchemist looking for rare flowers, 10

01:17:01.859 --> 01:17:05.020
gold per reward per flower, report to Dagon in

01:17:05.020 --> 01:17:07.500
the crafter stage's northern flank. Confirmation,

01:17:07.539 --> 01:17:10.859
if the Gay Wilds are back and Gay Wilds were

01:17:10.859 --> 01:17:14.000
in Runehold and Fintos, absolutely confirmed

01:17:14.000 --> 01:17:16.869
Gano's gay. Why else does he know the name of

01:17:16.869 --> 01:17:19.729
obscure gay bars in single cities to name in

01:17:19.729 --> 01:17:22.130
his new world? Also, who's not gay in our campaigns?

01:17:22.670 --> 01:17:25.489
Truly. Everyone's gay. Fish stealing Faye, a

01:17:25.489 --> 01:17:27.810
few towns over in Umbertide, five gold reward

01:17:27.810 --> 01:17:30.729
for quelling the problem. So many options. Unknown

01:17:30.729 --> 01:17:33.069
potion testers needed, one gold per potion drank.

01:17:33.949 --> 01:17:35.670
Inexperienced barber looking to test haircuts

01:17:35.670 --> 01:17:38.390
on willing participants paying 50 silver. Need

01:17:38.390 --> 01:17:40.609
signatures to start a guild, paying 50 silver

01:17:40.609 --> 01:17:43.909
per signature. And then the last one. one I could

01:17:43.909 --> 01:17:46.970
just grab. Geostar della Quintana signups. 50

01:17:46.970 --> 01:17:50.090
gold entry courtship dinner with Emiliana Montefeltro

01:17:50.090 --> 01:17:52.050
for the winner. There's a picture on the poster

01:17:52.050 --> 01:17:57.930
with a photo of Emiliana Montefeltro, a beautiful

01:17:57.930 --> 01:18:01.750
human female with long brown hair, rounded features,

01:18:01.930 --> 01:18:06.029
and a kind smile and eyes. You uh... I know the

01:18:06.029 --> 01:18:09.890
Montefeltros. Recognize the name as being one

01:18:09.890 --> 01:18:13.079
of the part of high society. Yes. have it in

01:18:13.079 --> 01:18:16.939
my in my journal um oh well that last one looks

01:18:16.939 --> 01:18:19.560
interesting but i have to say that finding a

01:18:19.560 --> 01:18:23.479
dog seems quite easy so well what would you like

01:18:23.479 --> 01:18:28.560
to do i think we need to enter this contest and

01:18:28.560 --> 01:18:31.180
this is a paid to enter contest paid to enter

01:18:31.180 --> 01:18:34.159
but there is a reward um and you know because

01:18:34.159 --> 01:18:36.460
you are you've spent a lot of time in chitagaze

01:18:36.460 --> 01:18:41.640
that um that there are rewards throughout that

01:18:41.640 --> 01:18:43.819
they're typically done in rounds. And those who

01:18:43.819 --> 01:18:47.340
make it further win rewards with like an ultimate

01:18:47.340 --> 01:18:49.880
reward usually at the end. Am I familiar with

01:18:49.880 --> 01:18:54.380
the types of contests they usually run? There's

01:18:54.380 --> 01:18:56.260
usually a joust. There's usually some kind of

01:18:56.260 --> 01:19:00.880
combat that is that is kind of, you know, the

01:19:00.880 --> 01:19:02.939
vibe. So we don't have to pay to enter. We just

01:19:02.939 --> 01:19:05.060
like if we win, we earn money. You pay to enter.

01:19:05.079 --> 01:19:07.279
But you but you there are rewards throughout.

01:19:07.880 --> 01:19:11.090
OK. Well, I would. much rather find another way

01:19:11.090 --> 01:19:14.310
to meet with Montefeltros. Are you familiar with

01:19:14.310 --> 01:19:17.289
Montefeltros? Absolutely. What do you know about

01:19:17.289 --> 01:19:22.010
them? Well, I know that they are one of the major

01:19:22.010 --> 01:19:26.109
noble families in Chigatse. Have you had dealings

01:19:26.109 --> 01:19:31.829
with them? I have met with some of them, but

01:19:31.829 --> 01:19:35.609
that was, as you know, more than 50 years ago.

01:19:36.590 --> 01:19:40.449
Well... I hope you will permit me to speak frankly,

01:19:41.350 --> 01:19:48.390
your lordship. But, if I have any sense of intuition,

01:19:48.609 --> 01:19:53.510
and I do, I am sure that, like me, you are looking

01:19:53.510 --> 01:19:56.430
to learn what became of your family and what

01:19:56.430 --> 01:19:59.369
befell them. Am I correct? Yes, of course. The

01:19:59.369 --> 01:20:03.439
Montefeltros present a pathway to that. I understand

01:20:03.439 --> 01:20:06.619
that a contest would be beneath your dignity

01:20:06.619 --> 01:20:09.340
as a man of your house, but have you any other

01:20:09.340 --> 01:20:16.260
leads? I will also say, make a history check

01:20:16.260 --> 01:20:23.500
for me, Galleous. With guidance. And you've been

01:20:23.500 --> 01:20:24.979
to Chitegatse, so I would say you could also

01:20:24.979 --> 01:20:31.279
- 18. 12. Okay, with your 18, you know that -

01:20:31.579 --> 01:20:34.880
that actually the people who tend to participate

01:20:34.880 --> 01:20:39.539
in these tournaments tend to be noble families.

01:20:39.960 --> 01:20:44.060
That this is a display of strength. This is a

01:20:44.060 --> 01:20:47.720
display of power and influence that the families

01:20:47.720 --> 01:20:51.520
use every year to try and influence the people

01:20:51.520 --> 01:20:54.840
and show their prosperity. Think of it less as

01:20:54.840 --> 01:20:57.319
a gaudy contest and more as tournament fair.

01:20:57.739 --> 01:21:00.390
I mean... Certainly the peasantry aren't participating

01:21:00.390 --> 01:21:05.430
with a 50 gold fee. Well, I suppose that is technically

01:21:05.430 --> 01:21:13.489
true. I just would have preferred to just find

01:21:13.489 --> 01:21:15.750
another way, but... And we all would have preferred

01:21:15.750 --> 01:21:17.649
to have the last 50 years of our lives returned

01:21:17.649 --> 01:21:21.289
to us. We don't have what we've preferred, but

01:21:21.289 --> 01:21:25.310
it presents an opportunity. Do I have any historical

01:21:25.310 --> 01:21:28.130
context about... Like, the nature of the contest,

01:21:28.149 --> 01:21:30.010
does it take place over several days? Is it all

01:21:30.010 --> 01:21:33.449
on one day affair? Yes. Several day affair. Do

01:21:33.449 --> 01:21:36.510
we know when the start date is? You saw on the

01:21:36.510 --> 01:21:40.430
poster that the start date was in two days. They

01:21:40.430 --> 01:21:44.850
were collecting signups with a deadline of the

01:21:44.850 --> 01:21:48.569
day before. It's a deadline of tomorrow. Yeah,

01:21:48.569 --> 01:21:51.369
why don't we sign up? I would love to swing my

01:21:51.369 --> 01:21:55.369
axe around. Well, Volundris, you could consider

01:21:55.369 --> 01:21:59.180
it like... A debutante's debut at a ball. Be

01:21:59.180 --> 01:22:02.119
your grand re -entrance into high society. Well,

01:22:02.119 --> 01:22:04.619
I thought I was supposed to be laying low. Right.

01:22:04.800 --> 01:22:08.800
So which is it? So, maybe. Oh, I know just the

01:22:08.800 --> 01:22:11.779
thing. Do you ever read those romance books where

01:22:11.779 --> 01:22:14.979
there's like a masked competitor that is competing

01:22:14.979 --> 01:22:17.479
against the nobility? You could be like the Masked

01:22:17.479 --> 01:22:21.159
Knight. Hmm, hot. Oh, it would be such fun. You

01:22:21.159 --> 01:22:24.680
think so? Oh. Yeah, I don't know like, you know

01:22:24.680 --> 01:22:27.079
dark and mysterious, you know, yeah, if you're

01:22:27.079 --> 01:22:30.600
the you know, we could go buy a literal method

01:22:30.600 --> 01:22:33.020
Oh, really? I could just change my appearance

01:22:33.020 --> 01:22:35.279
like a wrestler here knows you so none of us

01:22:35.279 --> 01:22:39.140
will stick out Well, I mean that could be so

01:22:39.140 --> 01:22:43.779
cool. You think it would be cool. Yeah your glaive

01:22:43.779 --> 01:22:47.319
Hmm and that hair you tell me I noticed that

01:22:47.319 --> 01:22:51.399
you summon your glaive Yes How exactly does that

01:22:51.399 --> 01:22:55.020
work? I'm not aware of a lot of weapon summoning

01:22:55.020 --> 01:22:57.840
spells. It's magic, Gallius, of course. Yes,

01:22:57.840 --> 01:23:02.039
but how do you come by your magic? I notice you

01:23:02.039 --> 01:23:05.699
don't carry a spell book. Well, that's because

01:23:05.699 --> 01:23:09.840
I'm not a wizard. And the question still stands.

01:23:09.880 --> 01:23:15.720
How do you come by your magic? I would prefer

01:23:15.720 --> 01:23:18.399
to talk about this another time. Because for

01:23:18.399 --> 01:23:21.300
now, I'd like to focus on this tournament. So

01:23:21.300 --> 01:23:23.319
you are interested in the tournament? Well, I

01:23:23.319 --> 01:23:26.180
mean, now that we're talking about masks and

01:23:26.180 --> 01:23:29.180
big reveals. The mask got you. A little flair

01:23:29.180 --> 01:23:33.260
for the dramatics. Mask for mask. Mask for mask.

01:23:33.260 --> 01:23:35.939
Well, I know you have a real interest in magical

01:23:35.939 --> 01:23:37.380
scholarship, so if you'd ever want to compare

01:23:37.380 --> 01:23:39.680
notes on magical theory and practice, then yes,

01:23:39.779 --> 01:23:42.539
we can, you know, discuss. He is tempted by that

01:23:42.539 --> 01:23:46.140
offer very much. Well, I have no idea what the

01:23:46.140 --> 01:23:48.619
Kadiri name's current standing is in this state

01:23:48.619 --> 01:23:52.439
of things in the world. We should research. Yes.

01:23:52.619 --> 01:23:55.859
We're both researchers. Correct. Well, Galleous

01:23:55.859 --> 01:23:57.659
is a researcher, but you know, I'm Galleous.

01:23:58.140 --> 01:24:00.500
Why not? If you both think it's a good idea.

01:24:00.939 --> 01:24:03.960
Yeah. Perhaps I could bring some glory to my

01:24:03.960 --> 01:24:07.199
name. People will also hire us more, probably,

01:24:07.479 --> 01:24:10.930
if we win, you know. Make a name for ourselves.

01:24:11.510 --> 01:24:13.670
We can get some higher -paying mercenary work.

01:24:13.890 --> 01:24:16.350
I don't know, a Kadiri in an adventuring party?

01:24:16.470 --> 01:24:18.090
That's a little funny, don't you think? Honey,

01:24:18.170 --> 01:24:19.529
you're already in one. Yeah, that's what we're

01:24:19.529 --> 01:24:22.729
doing. Yes, but I'm not - I'm not Volandris Kadiri

01:24:22.729 --> 01:24:25.369
right now. Well, I think this is time for a frank

01:24:25.369 --> 01:24:28.890
discussion, Volandris, Mr. Kadiri. What's your

01:24:28.890 --> 01:24:31.710
endgame here? What are our goals? We are adventuring

01:24:31.710 --> 01:24:34.750
together, based on a shared familiarity and shared

01:24:34.750 --> 01:24:38.489
trauma of this prison. But where do we go from

01:24:38.489 --> 01:24:40.210
here? Yes, we want to get stronger. We want to

01:24:40.210 --> 01:24:43.909
fight things. Do we have a goal as a group or

01:24:43.909 --> 01:24:46.569
is this a temporary thing before we part ways?

01:24:46.930 --> 01:24:48.729
Gano, what are you talking about? We need to

01:24:48.729 --> 01:24:52.770
take him down. Are you in for revenge against

01:24:52.770 --> 01:24:57.449
Gano? Yes. Then I regret to inform you, you're

01:24:57.449 --> 01:25:00.729
in an adventuring party. You're even on an adventure.

01:25:07.840 --> 01:25:11.899
Val holds his face. And I'm afraid you've been

01:25:11.899 --> 01:25:14.340
doing it for quite some time. Yes, I'm quite

01:25:14.340 --> 01:25:15.500
aware of it. I don't know what this accent I

01:25:15.500 --> 01:25:17.159
slipped into for Primrose did not start that

01:25:17.159 --> 01:25:18.579
way. I don't know what's happening with my voice.

01:25:18.600 --> 01:25:21.220
I think you're rising off each other. It's contagious.

01:25:21.420 --> 01:25:23.279
It's contagious. Yeah, it's weird. I was like

01:25:23.279 --> 01:25:25.439
not trying to do it. I will start talking like

01:25:25.439 --> 01:25:31.119
this really soon. Oh no. We all start talking

01:25:31.119 --> 01:25:34.239
like Tina. I have to practice Primrose's voice

01:25:34.239 --> 01:25:36.159
because it's very effective, but I do not have

01:25:36.159 --> 01:25:39.159
a single... I am not a stable accent person.

01:25:39.380 --> 01:25:41.340
We don't care. As long as you're having fun.

01:25:41.680 --> 01:25:45.199
Same. None of us are stable in any way. Yeah,

01:25:45.619 --> 01:25:49.859
exactly. We're quite loose. We are loose. Very

01:25:49.859 --> 01:25:52.220
loose. And we are loose friends in little places.

01:25:52.640 --> 01:25:55.439
So what would you like to do? I think we at least

01:25:55.439 --> 01:25:57.239
go look into the sign up and that gives us two

01:25:57.239 --> 01:26:00.819
days to prepare. Yeah. The signups were in the

01:26:00.819 --> 01:26:04.300
Mystic Square area of the city, so. Alright,

01:26:04.479 --> 01:26:05.979
well if that's going to... You should discreetly

01:26:05.979 --> 01:26:10.640
ask about the Kadirri name. Yes, well I would

01:26:10.640 --> 01:26:13.880
very much like to be in front of a Montefeltro

01:26:13.880 --> 01:26:17.899
to ask. Perhaps participating is in the cards

01:26:17.899 --> 01:26:21.819
for us, because I had a dream last night. It

01:26:21.819 --> 01:26:25.340
was, seemed to be actually some kind of tournament,

01:26:25.800 --> 01:26:30.520
funnily enough, where there was a big sandy pit,

01:26:30.800 --> 01:26:33.270
there were horses, they were running... around

01:26:33.270 --> 01:26:35.710
and around and then the whole thing morphed into

01:26:35.710 --> 01:26:39.810
a clock and it gets a bit weird after that the

01:26:39.810 --> 01:26:42.010
horses became the minute hands and were running

01:26:42.010 --> 01:26:44.869
around and i think maybe they disappeared but

01:26:44.869 --> 01:26:49.149
i don't know this seems a little usually tournamenty

01:26:49.149 --> 01:26:51.529
yes feels like it might be related to this maybe

01:26:51.529 --> 01:26:55.329
event it didn't feel bad or scary or i don't

01:26:55.329 --> 01:26:57.430
think it did anyway but maybe it means it's our

01:26:57.430 --> 01:27:02.140
destiny it's Absolutely, one way or the other.

01:27:02.180 --> 01:27:07.079
Maybe it means we should stay away. Well, no

01:27:07.079 --> 01:27:10.899
one usually doesn't get a prophetic dreams saying

01:27:10.899 --> 01:27:14.239
to disengage of the contents of that dream. That's

01:27:14.239 --> 01:27:19.619
a good point. So maybe that's it's a sign that

01:27:19.619 --> 01:27:24.779
we should do it. So I think we're going to go

01:27:24.779 --> 01:27:28.180
and look into signing up. in the mystic plaza

01:27:28.180 --> 01:27:32.039
mystic square sorry mystic pizza why do i think

01:27:32.039 --> 01:27:34.520
it's mystic plaza the movie with julia roberts

01:27:34.520 --> 01:27:38.159
i'm sorry no mystic pizza did it take place in

01:27:38.159 --> 01:27:41.680
mystic connecticut yes yes dude that's the whole

01:27:41.680 --> 01:27:47.319
point of course okay so you make your way across

01:27:47.319 --> 01:27:50.140
the city across the crafter stages through jan

01:27:50.140 --> 01:27:52.720
fin's hand past the counselor's cultures and

01:27:52.720 --> 01:27:56.359
past the terraced springs into the mystic square

01:27:56.560 --> 01:28:00.260
where there are temples, churches, holy buildings,

01:28:00.619 --> 01:28:05.479
museums, a few parks, mage quarters, and a library

01:28:05.479 --> 01:28:08.840
as well. You see a group of people huddled around

01:28:08.840 --> 01:28:12.439
a tall man standing on a pedestal that has been

01:28:12.439 --> 01:28:15.579
constructed in the square, and I would like all

01:28:15.579 --> 01:28:26.930
of you to make a perception check for me. Nat

01:28:26.930 --> 01:28:31.430
1. Okay, so with a 16 and a Nat 20, you are able

01:28:31.430 --> 01:28:33.529
to tell that the person standing on this pedestal

01:28:33.529 --> 01:28:35.489
in the center of a square is definitely the person,

01:28:35.550 --> 01:28:38.250
the contact person for the Giustra De La Quintana.

01:28:38.409 --> 01:28:43.010
With your dirty 20, you are keeping an eye out

01:28:43.010 --> 01:28:45.770
as you walk through Mystic Square, and Mystic

01:28:45.770 --> 01:28:49.029
Square is filled with an array of different temples

01:28:49.029 --> 01:28:53.949
and churches, and as you pass by a humble stone

01:28:53.949 --> 01:28:58.079
building. and see in dark red paint, painted

01:28:58.079 --> 01:29:02.159
on a door, the following symbol. And you recognize

01:29:02.159 --> 01:29:05.500
that it's a symbol that Tenzin showed to you

01:29:05.500 --> 01:29:10.300
as the mark of the rebellion. You guys, I know

01:29:10.300 --> 01:29:15.039
the symbol. What? The Mukkabees use this. This

01:29:15.039 --> 01:29:18.859
is probably a safe house or something. Oh, yes.

01:29:19.140 --> 01:29:23.420
Yes, you're right. Is the symbol a secret? I

01:29:23.420 --> 01:29:25.479
mean, I'm the only one who knows it, right? So

01:29:25.479 --> 01:29:27.579
it's probably not really a symbol that other

01:29:27.579 --> 01:29:31.039
people would know. You know it as a symbol, like

01:29:31.039 --> 01:29:35.119
a part of the alphabet that exists for... Shin.

01:29:35.439 --> 01:29:38.880
Yeah. The letter Shin. As a part of the alphabet,

01:29:39.039 --> 01:29:43.279
and that it is known to you as certain because

01:29:43.279 --> 01:29:46.359
you're part of this movement, that you know that

01:29:46.359 --> 01:29:48.539
it means something more than what it is. But

01:29:48.539 --> 01:29:50.739
to those who might not know what it is, it's

01:29:50.739 --> 01:29:55.210
just another symbol. Interesting. It's a letter.

01:29:55.510 --> 01:29:57.989
Yeah. I want to check it out. I want to see if

01:29:57.989 --> 01:30:00.550
we can talk to anyone. Well, if you recall, Tenzin

01:30:00.550 --> 01:30:03.109
told us to avoid those places for some time.

01:30:04.449 --> 01:30:07.289
Didn't want to draw attention. I mean, why are

01:30:07.289 --> 01:30:10.770
we worried about them seeing me? It's not that.

01:30:10.770 --> 01:30:14.930
It's about us being seen near or around. I mean,

01:30:15.329 --> 01:30:18.529
if Gano's forces are looking for us, then...

01:30:18.720 --> 01:30:21.020
think that's what Tenzin was alluding to was

01:30:21.020 --> 01:30:23.300
that it was dangerous for us to be seen close

01:30:23.300 --> 01:30:26.460
to these places. I'm not concerned about going

01:30:26.460 --> 01:30:29.020
in or being seen by whoever's in there, it's

01:30:29.020 --> 01:30:47.600
more who might see us go in. Do you want to send

01:30:47.600 --> 01:30:49.399
Bigby up or do you want to send Bigby into the

01:30:49.399 --> 01:30:52.680
building? Oh. Okay. Um, yeah, make a perception

01:30:52.680 --> 01:30:56.100
check for Bigby at advantage. Okay, 13. Uh, yeah,

01:30:56.159 --> 01:30:57.720
Bigby doesn't really notice too much anything

01:30:57.720 --> 01:31:00.640
in particular. Seems like this is an area of

01:31:00.640 --> 01:31:02.600
the city that is dedicated to multiple different

01:31:02.600 --> 01:31:06.119
types of religions and gods and such. So this

01:31:06.119 --> 01:31:09.140
is just this one that is dedicated to the religion

01:31:09.140 --> 01:31:13.779
of Aelsir. Yeah. Um, I'm gonna change into Rondel,

01:31:13.819 --> 01:31:17.720
my, like, 16, 17 -year... Old self persona. Okay.

01:31:17.979 --> 01:31:20.560
It's like Street Maddie kid. Okay. Are you going

01:31:20.560 --> 01:31:24.279
in? Yep. Let's do it. All three of you? One of

01:31:24.279 --> 01:31:26.760
us should wait outside. I'm happy to wait outside.

01:31:27.359 --> 01:31:32.079
Okay. All right, Rondel. Rhonda. You picked up

01:31:32.079 --> 01:31:37.640
quick. Let's do it. Let's go. Okay. So, um, it's

01:31:37.640 --> 01:31:41.239
a small temple dedicated to Elsir. You walk in.

01:31:41.340 --> 01:31:45.840
and it is just a simple large stone room that

01:31:45.840 --> 01:31:48.560
has tall slits of windows that are letting in

01:31:48.560 --> 01:31:54.699
sunlight, and a human man who is sitting on a

01:31:54.699 --> 01:31:56.979
bench towards the end of it. There are a few

01:31:56.979 --> 01:31:58.939
different benches throughout. There's a small

01:31:58.939 --> 01:32:02.880
temple in the center of the room, and there is

01:32:02.880 --> 01:32:06.319
a... sorry, I did not know what you were doing...

01:32:06.319 --> 01:32:09.920
and there's just a man sitting reading from a

01:32:09.920 --> 01:32:14.659
large book. who looks up as you enter. He raises

01:32:14.659 --> 01:32:17.420
his head and locks eyes with the both of you

01:32:17.420 --> 01:32:21.039
and says, welcome my little flowers to the temple

01:32:21.039 --> 01:32:25.520
of Elsir. Hello, brother. Hello. Just visiting.

01:32:25.600 --> 01:32:28.859
I'm Zak and Raviv. What is your name? Zak and

01:32:28.859 --> 01:32:31.579
Raviv. Nice to meet you, my name is Esti. Hi,

01:32:31.699 --> 01:32:37.020
Esti, and you are? Rondel, I'm your squire, Esti

01:32:37.020 --> 01:32:41.750
Squire. Actually, I work for Esti. Okay. Make

01:32:41.750 --> 01:32:44.909
a deception check. Oh, God. It was a lot of explaining.

01:32:45.989 --> 01:32:47.729
Oh, all right. I actually did really well, though.

01:32:48.130 --> 01:32:53.810
Uh, 17. Okay. Um, welcome, Esti and Rondelle.

01:32:54.850 --> 01:32:56.449
Is there anything in particular I can help with,

01:32:56.449 --> 01:32:58.369
or have you just come to pray? Well, I noticed

01:32:58.369 --> 01:33:01.630
this symbol outside. Yes, the shin. The shin.

01:33:01.930 --> 01:33:07.069
Yes. Just was, you know, I share the same cause.

01:33:08.069 --> 01:33:10.909
I can tell by your breastplate. I just wanted

01:33:10.909 --> 01:33:13.989
to kind of see how you guys were doing here,

01:33:14.430 --> 01:33:16.229
to see if there's anything I can do to help.

01:33:17.069 --> 01:33:22.010
We're travelers. You feel a little bit awkward

01:33:22.010 --> 01:33:24.930
in an Elsir temple? You feel a little out of

01:33:24.930 --> 01:33:28.350
place? I did not answer that question out loud,

01:33:28.609 --> 01:33:31.689
but yes. I give you a little dreidel you can

01:33:31.689 --> 01:33:33.920
fidget to feel a bit more comfortable. There

01:33:33.920 --> 01:33:37.220
is a large menorah that is in this temple as

01:33:37.220 --> 01:33:40.199
well, behind the altar, and he stands and walks

01:33:40.199 --> 01:33:44.319
over to you and motions for you to sit on a bench

01:33:44.319 --> 01:33:47.960
next to him. He says, tell me, Esti, are you

01:33:47.960 --> 01:33:52.020
an active member of the Rebellion? I've been

01:33:52.020 --> 01:33:55.859
trying to join. I mean, they saved our temple

01:33:55.859 --> 01:33:58.239
in Puremount, and that inspired me to want to

01:33:58.239 --> 01:34:02.560
join them. Which temple? Temple of Elsir. Ah.

01:34:02.750 --> 01:34:06.250
I'm a Kohen. Ah, you're a Kohen. I want to just

01:34:06.250 --> 01:34:09.689
give Este a look that just says, 50 years ago.

01:34:10.770 --> 01:34:15.489
We age very slowly. He says, I'm of the Kisara

01:34:15.489 --> 01:34:19.409
tribe and the temple that was attacked a very

01:34:19.409 --> 01:34:23.250
long time ago. We've had, I feel like this is

01:34:23.250 --> 01:34:27.649
someone I can talk to. Your call. Please be honest,

01:34:27.649 --> 01:34:31.409
be open. We were taken. I was taken from the

01:34:31.409 --> 01:34:40.319
temple. Bye And now I'm back 50 years later trying

01:34:40.319 --> 01:34:43.340
to piece some things together One thing I do

01:34:43.340 --> 01:34:48.819
know I want to end his life Well, yes, I just

01:34:48.819 --> 01:34:50.579
want to like point in the direction of outside

01:34:50.579 --> 01:34:53.640
and cast message And send a message to the laundry.

01:34:53.640 --> 01:34:56.119
Yes. Yeah, it's just gone off the wrong rails.

01:34:56.460 --> 01:35:01.970
She's telling the complete truth Um, do I receive?

01:35:02.090 --> 01:35:03.670
You can, you can, you receive it and you can

01:35:03.670 --> 01:35:07.489
respond to it. Should I come in? I don't know

01:35:07.489 --> 01:35:09.890
what's happening. I'll keep you posted. All right.

01:35:10.029 --> 01:35:15.430
Zac and Raviv sighs slightly and says, so, um,

01:35:15.569 --> 01:35:17.630
you were one of the few that was imprisoned,

01:35:18.010 --> 01:35:24.189
um, and you're back. Interesting. I hadn't heard

01:35:24.189 --> 01:35:26.989
that that had happened yet. However, I, I will

01:35:26.989 --> 01:35:30.390
be honest. I, um, I have not been to Puremount.

01:35:30.590 --> 01:35:35.949
in a long time. Since about 25 years ago, the

01:35:35.949 --> 01:35:38.529
rebellion has sent out small missionary groups

01:35:38.529 --> 01:35:41.569
to travel to Mondalore from Puremount to put

01:35:41.569 --> 01:35:43.789
an end to the travesties happening by Gano and

01:35:43.789 --> 01:35:45.729
by the cities of Mondalore that scar the land.

01:35:46.909 --> 01:35:49.789
I haven't been there in decades. My family has

01:35:49.789 --> 01:35:52.430
always run the temple here, and while I consider

01:35:52.430 --> 01:35:56.170
myself part of the rebellion, we are not the

01:35:56.170 --> 01:36:00.699
most active chapter of it. We stand in solidarity,

01:36:01.380 --> 01:36:04.840
and I have cousins and family in Tarsh, who send

01:36:04.840 --> 01:36:07.680
me information every now and then. But we are

01:36:07.680 --> 01:36:10.520
of the Kisara tribe. We study the holy scripts,

01:36:11.340 --> 01:36:13.859
we study mathematics, we study science, and how

01:36:13.859 --> 01:36:16.420
they interact with the holy scripts themselves.

01:36:17.020 --> 01:36:19.800
So I hear things every now and then, but I'm

01:36:19.800 --> 01:36:22.520
not very well connected. That's what I know.

01:36:22.920 --> 01:36:26.960
Where should I go if I want more information?

01:36:28.729 --> 01:36:32.189
The movement has mainly been growing and gaining

01:36:32.189 --> 01:36:35.789
pace in Puremount, with notable presence in the

01:36:35.789 --> 01:36:40.069
northern area of Shilomir, Mizpah, and Reisha's

01:36:40.069 --> 01:36:43.430
Rest. Those tend to be where the significant

01:36:43.430 --> 01:36:46.710
gatherings of the Makopian Rebellion take place.

01:36:47.689 --> 01:36:50.130
And while small battles have happened here and

01:36:50.130 --> 01:36:53.489
there, there has been no official declaration

01:36:53.489 --> 01:36:56.050
of war, but tensions have been growing between

01:36:56.050 --> 01:36:59.600
Puremount and Mandalore. over the last few decades.

01:37:00.199 --> 01:37:03.399
Puremount has become growingly upset at the cities

01:37:03.399 --> 01:37:05.619
of Mondalore for destroying the lands of Herath,

01:37:06.199 --> 01:37:08.079
and they tend to see them as centers of greed

01:37:08.079 --> 01:37:10.260
that will eventually turn their eyes on Puremount

01:37:10.260 --> 01:37:13.699
when they have nothing left. Mondalore sees the

01:37:13.699 --> 01:37:15.979
cities of Puremount as lazy in that they stifle

01:37:15.979 --> 01:37:18.380
growth, and what their nose is upturned at anyone

01:37:18.380 --> 01:37:21.119
who they see is different from them. Many of

01:37:21.119 --> 01:37:24.479
the cities, though, I will tell you, have disavowed

01:37:24.479 --> 01:37:27.720
Genno. and banned him from their walls, even

01:37:27.720 --> 01:37:29.899
though they continue the work that he has started

01:37:29.899 --> 01:37:35.000
to their own benefit instead of his. So, my little

01:37:35.000 --> 01:37:39.739
flower, I beg you to be careful. You have chosen

01:37:39.739 --> 01:37:43.479
to trust the right person, but it is dangerous

01:37:43.479 --> 01:37:46.560
out there. Anima is a good safe haven for the

01:37:46.560 --> 01:37:50.279
moment, caught kind of in the crossfire at times,

01:37:50.560 --> 01:37:54.159
but fully neutral when it comes to the dealings.

01:37:54.300 --> 01:37:57.199
between Puremount and Mandalore. You are safe

01:37:57.199 --> 01:38:01.100
here, but be careful. Would it be safe for me

01:38:01.100 --> 01:38:05.300
in any Makabean safe house? Or are some of them

01:38:05.300 --> 01:38:09.260
kind of infiltrated by... It's impossible to

01:38:09.260 --> 01:38:12.819
know. I haven't had any problems here. But that

01:38:12.819 --> 01:38:16.039
doesn't mean that information can't leak. Yeah,

01:38:16.060 --> 01:38:19.279
I guess we should keep a low profile until we're

01:38:19.279 --> 01:38:22.279
strong enough to put our money where our mouths

01:38:22.279 --> 01:38:26.810
are. We should. Listen, I haven't seen a brother

01:38:26.810 --> 01:38:30.550
in a while. And I miss my family. A little trusting.

01:38:31.850 --> 01:38:35.069
I get it. Is everyone okay in Purim? Do you know

01:38:35.069 --> 01:38:39.310
about, do you know my family? Avigail? No. You

01:38:39.310 --> 01:38:42.010
don't know anywhere from that temple? No, no.

01:38:42.609 --> 01:38:44.729
Our tribe tend to keep to itself a little bit

01:38:44.729 --> 01:38:48.090
more than the others. So no, I don't. Sorry.

01:38:48.470 --> 01:38:50.770
That's okay. Well, I appreciate the information

01:38:50.770 --> 01:38:54.430
that you've given me. Yeah. And if anyone gives

01:38:54.430 --> 01:38:59.069
you a hard time here. I'll find Esther. Yep.

01:38:59.470 --> 01:39:02.369
Just look for this breastplate. Okay. And I'll

01:39:02.369 --> 01:39:05.670
kick some ass for Elsir, and for you. I'm sure

01:39:05.670 --> 01:39:10.329
you will. Although, the Kohans... those healers,

01:39:10.430 --> 01:39:14.229
no? Yeah, I do a little bit of that, but I was

01:39:14.229 --> 01:39:17.829
inspired by... by the muckabees and what they

01:39:17.829 --> 01:39:20.649
did in my town, in my temple, and... Took up

01:39:20.649 --> 01:39:23.659
arms. Yes. My dad actually made this axe, isn't

01:39:23.659 --> 01:39:27.960
it cool? Wow, that is, um, beautiful, yes. He

01:39:27.960 --> 01:39:30.640
knows what he's doing. Well, I'm sure he does.

01:39:31.699 --> 01:39:33.800
Well, if there's anything else you need, any

01:39:33.800 --> 01:39:36.279
more questions, it's a strange time in the world.

01:39:36.579 --> 01:39:38.640
Well, maybe we can pray together. I would love

01:39:38.640 --> 01:39:42.979
that. Alright. How do you pray? I'm gonna step

01:39:42.979 --> 01:39:46.699
outside. You feel awkward? Are you not a member

01:39:46.699 --> 01:39:49.500
of a religion? Are you part of one of the tribes?

01:39:50.079 --> 01:39:53.920
You can stay here, though. I have to check on

01:39:53.920 --> 01:39:57.840
something outside. All right. Bye Rhonda. Rhonda.

01:39:58.119 --> 01:40:02.060
Yeah. Rhondel. I'm going to go outside and update

01:40:02.060 --> 01:40:06.420
Velandris on all of this. How do you pray? We

01:40:06.420 --> 01:40:11.159
take our books and we sing. All right. How much

01:40:11.159 --> 01:40:14.659
time do you spend there? Ten minutes. Okay. You

01:40:14.659 --> 01:40:17.060
spend a few minutes reading, humming, singing

01:40:17.060 --> 01:40:22.130
along. And I will say you can, for The rest of

01:40:22.130 --> 01:40:25.949
the day, get a plus one to any wisdom checks

01:40:25.949 --> 01:40:29.670
made. You pass some times, and then Zachan Reviv

01:40:29.670 --> 01:40:35.050
says, thank you for visiting. We don't get many

01:40:35.050 --> 01:40:37.970
visitors here to this temple, and so it can be

01:40:37.970 --> 01:40:40.829
a little bit lonely sometimes. But I appreciate

01:40:40.829 --> 01:40:43.369
your visit, and I will be here if you need anything

01:40:43.369 --> 01:40:46.449
else. Thank you so much. May our fear be with

01:40:46.449 --> 01:40:51.300
you always. And with your spirit. Come on, Tony,

01:40:51.420 --> 01:40:57.539
get serious. So you make your way outside? I

01:40:57.539 --> 01:41:01.140
just blessed you. The spirit of Elsir just bestowed

01:41:01.140 --> 01:41:04.140
blessings upon you. And I said, and with your

01:41:04.140 --> 01:41:06.539
spirit, as they do in the Catholic Church. No,

01:41:06.560 --> 01:41:09.920
we're not. We don't have any spirits. Yeah. All

01:41:09.920 --> 01:41:13.619
right. What would y 'all like to do? Esther walks

01:41:13.619 --> 01:41:15.300
back outside and the two of you are standing

01:41:15.300 --> 01:41:18.359
there. I'm going to revert to normal base gallagos

01:41:18.359 --> 01:41:23.850
of just human wizard. appearance. Okay? Alright.

01:41:24.430 --> 01:41:26.470
You were in there for some time? Yeah, we prayed,

01:41:26.670 --> 01:41:31.210
we talked. Who waited you talk? Listen, that's...

01:41:31.210 --> 01:41:33.810
I haven't had anyone I could really trust other

01:41:33.810 --> 01:41:36.989
than you two for... Since I came out of Gano's

01:41:36.989 --> 01:41:39.090
prison, I kinda needed to talk to someone for

01:41:39.090 --> 01:41:43.189
my... for my direct try, but at least. This person

01:41:43.189 --> 01:41:48.109
seemed trustworthy? Yes. Did they give any indication

01:41:48.109 --> 01:41:51.430
as to whether it was safe for us to... A little

01:41:51.430 --> 01:41:54.409
safer here, but I mean, it's really going down

01:41:54.409 --> 01:41:56.609
in Puremount. By the time we get there, we need

01:41:56.609 --> 01:42:00.189
to be ready. Really? Well, that's not good. Yeah,

01:42:00.189 --> 01:42:04.109
we're gonna have to kind of lay low, as you said.

01:42:05.010 --> 01:42:08.350
Tenzin said! I know, but I think this conversation

01:42:08.350 --> 01:42:10.989
needed to be had. Alright. And are you alright

01:42:10.989 --> 01:42:13.890
hearing about the goings -on in Puremount? I

01:42:13.890 --> 01:42:17.270
mean, it seems like... The temple is still standing.

01:42:17.689 --> 01:42:19.449
He didn't know much about my family, like the

01:42:19.449 --> 01:42:21.989
specifics of my family, but I'm hoping everyone

01:42:21.989 --> 01:42:24.710
is okay. Maybe there's a way to send a letter

01:42:24.710 --> 01:42:27.890
or some kind of communication. That's a very

01:42:27.890 --> 01:42:30.489
good idea. Safe communications, because that

01:42:30.489 --> 01:42:33.850
may be monitor. Right. There must be a way. Yeah,

01:42:33.890 --> 01:42:35.909
I guess we can think about that. But why don't

01:42:35.909 --> 01:42:39.569
we register? Why don't we follow our original

01:42:39.569 --> 01:42:44.920
plan? Tournament time. Tournament time. TT. tt

01:42:44.920 --> 01:42:48.380
okay so you continue on through the mystic square

01:42:48.380 --> 01:42:51.359
and in one of the larger areas you find again

01:42:51.359 --> 01:42:56.420
that man on top of the large wooden pedestal

01:42:56.420 --> 01:43:00.399
that was um built where people are crowding around

01:43:00.399 --> 01:43:04.539
him lots of chatter and he's holding a wooden

01:43:04.539 --> 01:43:07.260
clipboard writing names down as a person next

01:43:07.260 --> 01:43:11.220
to him collects entry fees. He is shouting from

01:43:11.220 --> 01:43:14.359
the top of the pedestal, come one, come all,

01:43:14.560 --> 01:43:18.439
please sign up for the Giostra della Quintana.

01:43:19.460 --> 01:43:21.199
Bellandus, we're going to need a secret name

01:43:21.199 --> 01:43:24.779
for you. For us too, I think, to be quite honest.

01:43:26.000 --> 01:43:31.560
That is true. Well, I have one. So I was planning

01:43:31.560 --> 01:43:35.359
on using that on this. Great. All right. Alright,

01:43:35.500 --> 01:43:37.380
you approach, you wait a little bit of time as

01:43:37.380 --> 01:43:40.779
the line forms and people are giving money, and

01:43:40.779 --> 01:43:44.779
you notice that as you're waiting, there is a

01:43:44.779 --> 01:43:48.760
group of guards that approach and clear the line

01:43:48.760 --> 01:43:53.460
for someone else. And you see a tall half -elven

01:43:53.460 --> 01:43:56.699
woman with very pointed features, a smirk that

01:43:56.699 --> 01:44:00.479
she's wearing like a badge, and she says, put

01:44:00.479 --> 01:44:04.560
my name in, and throws a sack of gold towards

01:44:04.560 --> 01:44:07.079
the person collecting, and the man on the pedestal

01:44:07.079 --> 01:44:11.420
says, yes, Lucia Borgia, for you. And writes

01:44:11.420 --> 01:44:13.899
down a name on the clipboard, to which she then,

01:44:13.899 --> 01:44:16.439
without even glancing at anyone there, turns

01:44:16.439 --> 01:44:18.399
around and walks, accompanied by her guards.

01:44:18.600 --> 01:44:20.920
That's one of the Borgias. They're another noble

01:44:20.920 --> 01:44:23.159
family from here. Do you think I should try and

01:44:23.159 --> 01:44:27.159
catch up with her? She seemed quite... You can

01:44:27.159 --> 01:44:30.930
try. She seemed rather dismissive of others.

01:44:32.329 --> 01:44:34.449
I don't know when I'll get another chance. For

01:44:34.449 --> 01:44:39.989
sure, we can wait. All right. Philandros steps

01:44:39.989 --> 01:44:43.050
out of the crowd and kind of starts like speedwalking,

01:44:43.090 --> 01:44:45.989
as it were, after Lucia. It's not gonna go well.

01:44:47.550 --> 01:44:51.369
And calls out Lady Borgia. Make a persuasion

01:44:51.369 --> 01:44:54.229
check. I'm surprised it's not a dissident. I

01:44:54.229 --> 01:44:56.199
was just gonna say, I like this. I feel like

01:44:56.199 --> 01:44:58.539
I want to give myself disadvantage. I just feel

01:44:58.539 --> 01:45:00.600
like she's so off -putting already. Like, she

01:45:00.600 --> 01:45:06.039
is a mean rich woman. 24. Okay. She hears you,

01:45:06.319 --> 01:45:09.619
turns as she's walking with the guards around

01:45:09.619 --> 01:45:14.199
her, and then does a... And turns back and keeps

01:45:14.199 --> 01:45:18.340
walking. As she does that, Volandros like feels

01:45:18.340 --> 01:45:20.939
that like an arrow through his little heart.

01:45:21.119 --> 01:45:24.560
because in the past, that never would have happened

01:45:24.560 --> 01:45:28.880
to him. Never in 50 years, except that it just

01:45:28.880 --> 01:45:32.479
did. And he's realizing that nobody knows who

01:45:32.479 --> 01:45:34.460
he is, which is something that he is really,

01:45:34.460 --> 01:45:38.939
really not used to. And from that, he realizes

01:45:38.939 --> 01:45:42.239
that it is futile to try and talk to this person

01:45:42.239 --> 01:45:44.420
right now, because it's going to make him look

01:45:44.420 --> 01:45:49.859
bad. So he, for some reason, I guess more intelligently

01:45:49.859 --> 01:45:52.500
than usual, thinks, you know what, this is a

01:45:52.500 --> 01:46:00.100
bad idea. And he returns to his friends. Sorry.

01:46:01.180 --> 01:46:05.619
Well, I think you saw that she has no idea, no

01:46:05.619 --> 01:46:09.239
interest in speaking with someone she doesn't

01:46:09.239 --> 01:46:12.239
know. Well, she'll take note of you when we win.

01:46:13.800 --> 01:46:18.100
I'm sorry you had to experience that. I don't

01:46:18.100 --> 01:46:22.189
mean this to sound... Harsh, but the nobility

01:46:22.189 --> 01:46:27.289
have a way about these things. Right. Well, I

01:46:27.289 --> 01:46:30.229
just... I don't think I ever acted like that.

01:46:30.729 --> 01:46:34.770
I'm not saying you did, just that... Well, the

01:46:34.770 --> 01:46:38.609
rest of us don't quite exist. Right. Well, you're

01:46:38.609 --> 01:46:40.689
right. In that case, I will have to make her

01:46:40.689 --> 01:46:43.869
pay attention. To the commenters? Yes, let's

01:46:43.869 --> 01:46:47.470
sign up. Yeah, and as you get closer and closer,

01:46:47.649 --> 01:46:50.449
you hear the man on top of the pedestal again

01:46:50.449 --> 01:46:53.750
saying, come, come, apply. 50 gold for passing

01:46:53.750 --> 01:46:56.470
the first round. 100 gold for making it past

01:46:56.470 --> 01:46:59.510
the second round. And third place wins 1000 gold.

01:46:59.949 --> 01:47:03.069
Second place wins 1500 gold. And first place

01:47:03.069 --> 01:47:07.109
wins a courtship with Emiliana Montefeltro. And

01:47:07.109 --> 01:47:09.609
money? I was, I had this exact same question.

01:47:09.710 --> 01:47:11.170
I was like, money too? You say out loud? Yes.

01:47:11.500 --> 01:47:13.720
I do. We want the answers to that question. We

01:47:13.720 --> 01:47:15.500
want to know. I'll actually bomb for second place

01:47:15.500 --> 01:47:18.039
on purpose. To which he says. For second, third.

01:47:18.380 --> 01:47:20.960
For second, third. Yeah. Yeah. To which he says,

01:47:21.260 --> 01:47:27.420
as if the hand of the courtship of Lady Emiliane

01:47:27.420 --> 01:47:30.579
Montefeltro is worth more than any gold prize.

01:47:30.819 --> 01:47:35.300
No, it is enough. Is it not? You're right. Escusi.

01:47:40.450 --> 01:47:43.770
And he says, do we have entrance in front of

01:47:43.770 --> 01:47:46.710
me here? Yes. Three right here. Three right here.

01:47:46.909 --> 01:47:52.649
Your names? Val Cloaker. Val Cloaker. Alright.

01:47:53.630 --> 01:47:55.409
I've been listening to how everyone's talking,

01:47:55.489 --> 01:47:57.430
so I came up with a name that I think would fit

01:47:57.430 --> 01:48:01.069
in here. And I say, I am a Giovanna Mozzarell.

01:48:02.329 --> 01:48:06.229
Giovanna Mozzarell. No spaghetti. No spaghetti,

01:48:06.510 --> 01:48:09.029
okay. Let me write this down because I need to.

01:48:09.420 --> 01:48:12.340
I'm trying to come up with a fake name. I have

01:48:12.340 --> 01:48:14.899
a list of names in my doc for this. We've got

01:48:14.899 --> 01:48:25.260
Val Kluger. And he points to Hugh Gallius. Lorenzo

01:48:25.260 --> 01:48:34.859
Ravioli. Lorenzo Ravioli. Gio. And Gio. Last

01:48:34.859 --> 01:48:39.140
name? Sorry? Swartzanti. Sportzandi. All right,

01:48:39.279 --> 01:48:43.939
Geo and Giovanna. Perfect. Oh, you're Giovanna.

01:48:44.220 --> 01:48:48.600
Giovanna wasn't listening. I was panicking. It's

01:48:48.600 --> 01:48:50.859
too late. You said it. That's what happens when

01:48:50.859 --> 01:48:52.239
you're panicking. You gotta come up with a name.

01:48:52.260 --> 01:48:55.800
That is what happens. It's too late. Your brain

01:48:55.800 --> 01:48:58.180
shut down. All I heard was mozzarella, and I

01:48:58.180 --> 01:49:02.140
just went from there. So I was like. He said,

01:49:02.159 --> 01:49:06.680
that'll be 50 gold each. You got it. Please mark

01:49:06.680 --> 01:49:10.560
50 gold each off of your papers. It's all right.

01:49:10.619 --> 01:49:14.079
This will be worth it. He says, all right. Well,

01:49:14.439 --> 01:49:16.680
the stages are outside the city. Be there first

01:49:16.680 --> 01:49:18.399
thing in the morning, day after tomorrow. You

01:49:18.399 --> 01:49:22.479
got it. Grazie. Prego. What would you all like

01:49:22.479 --> 01:49:24.840
to do as you pass some time for the torment to

01:49:24.840 --> 01:49:26.840
begin? You want to go to some shops and things?

01:49:27.039 --> 01:49:29.760
Yeah, we don't have a lot of money collectively.

01:49:29.979 --> 01:49:32.439
I don't even know. Yeah, I want to buy just some

01:49:32.439 --> 01:49:35.260
updated sets of clothes. Okay, you know that

01:49:35.260 --> 01:49:39.239
there is a clothing store in Janfin's Hand, unless

01:49:39.239 --> 01:49:41.840
you want to go to one of the stalls that's in

01:49:41.840 --> 01:49:44.560
the Penny Pound Steps, but those are more kind

01:49:44.560 --> 01:49:48.020
of just set up stalls for the day that have certain

01:49:48.020 --> 01:49:50.699
vendors coming from out of the area, whereas

01:49:50.699 --> 01:49:52.939
the ones in Janfin's Hand are established stores.

01:49:53.359 --> 01:49:55.060
I'll probably be interested in Janfin's Hand.

01:49:55.479 --> 01:49:59.039
Okay, so you make your way to Janfin's Hand,

01:49:59.119 --> 01:50:00.779
looking around for some clothing stores, and

01:50:00.779 --> 01:50:04.020
you see the treasures of Holg. You see Shava's

01:50:04.020 --> 01:50:08.260
peculiarities, Melek's oddities, the flame treasures

01:50:08.260 --> 01:50:13.319
that has lots of reds and yellows and blues in

01:50:13.319 --> 01:50:15.260
the window that have different, you know, fashionable

01:50:15.260 --> 01:50:18.460
items. Does it look like it sells masks? How

01:50:18.460 --> 01:50:21.199
about this place? Let's go. Seems like they sell

01:50:21.199 --> 01:50:29.310
a lot of costume -y pieces. All right. So Volantris

01:50:29.310 --> 01:50:31.270
is going to go in and look for something that

01:50:31.270 --> 01:50:35.409
makes him look cool and mysterious Yeah, there

01:50:35.409 --> 01:50:38.390
is an owl in this is a taller building and it

01:50:38.390 --> 01:50:41.109
goes to a few stories up and you see an owl in

01:50:41.109 --> 01:50:44.430
that is perched on one of the railings on a higher

01:50:44.430 --> 01:50:49.050
floor sees you come in head turns 180 from his

01:50:49.050 --> 01:50:52.369
body sees you come in turns and flies down and

01:50:52.369 --> 01:50:56.970
says Hello Welcome to the flame's treasures.

01:50:57.550 --> 01:51:01.670
How can I help you? Hello. Hi. Hello. Hi. Hello.

01:51:01.850 --> 01:51:06.090
Hello. Hello. What are you looking for? A mask.

01:51:06.550 --> 01:51:09.609
A mask? Oh, we have those. Yes, up on the second

01:51:09.609 --> 01:51:13.590
floor. Would you like a ride? Sure. Hop on. All

01:51:13.590 --> 01:51:16.810
right. He extends his wings and flies up to the

01:51:16.810 --> 01:51:18.930
second floor to drop you off. And as he's flying,

01:51:18.930 --> 01:51:20.869
he says, Oh, did your friends need something

01:51:20.869 --> 01:51:23.710
too? Um. Well, they're just looking around. Ah,

01:51:23.949 --> 01:51:26.310
all right. Non -purchasers. But you are different.

01:51:27.050 --> 01:51:29.310
What kind of mask are you looking for? I'm looking

01:51:29.310 --> 01:51:32.569
for something I can wear. I'm participating in

01:51:32.569 --> 01:51:38.329
the tournament. The Ciostra della Quintana? Yes.

01:51:38.649 --> 01:51:41.729
Oh, my goodness. And I would like to wear something

01:51:41.729 --> 01:51:44.890
that, you know, gives me a bit of mystery. Flare?

01:51:45.199 --> 01:51:49.420
Yes, Flair. I have just the thing. Alright. And

01:51:49.420 --> 01:51:53.340
he runs down one of the aisles, grabs something

01:51:53.340 --> 01:51:58.020
off of a rack, whips it, hides it under his wing,

01:51:58.619 --> 01:52:00.979
and then pulls it out in front of you, and it

01:52:00.979 --> 01:52:06.560
is this massively bedazzled flame mask that hides

01:52:06.560 --> 01:52:09.260
from everything from your cheekbones and above

01:52:09.260 --> 01:52:13.140
with eyes cut, and it glitters. in the light

01:52:13.140 --> 01:52:15.720
with starting with blue at the bottom and then

01:52:15.720 --> 01:52:19.439
orange and then yellow. This beautiful like carving

01:52:19.439 --> 01:52:22.100
of flame all throughout. Velandris's eyes are

01:52:22.100 --> 01:52:25.560
like glittering like as he looks at... may I

01:52:25.560 --> 01:52:30.579
try it on? Yes and he puts it over your your

01:52:30.579 --> 01:52:32.640
face and pulls out a mirror from his pocket.

01:52:32.640 --> 01:52:34.380
If you're the Masked Singer get ready for the

01:52:34.380 --> 01:52:40.380
Masked Fighter. Like an or like Orval Peck. Volandros

01:52:40.380 --> 01:52:42.500
takes a look in the mirror. He doesn't dislike

01:52:42.500 --> 01:52:45.460
what he sees, but he does. Is he on like a platform?

01:52:46.180 --> 01:52:47.779
No, he's holding him. He's holding him. No, no,

01:52:48.000 --> 01:52:49.699
but is Volandros, like he's on a platform and

01:52:49.699 --> 01:52:51.720
he can, if he looks over the edge. Yeah, he can

01:52:51.720 --> 01:52:53.880
see them down. Alright, so he kind of walks to

01:52:53.880 --> 01:52:56.239
the edge and like looks down at the two of you

01:52:56.239 --> 01:52:59.739
and says, what do you think? Oh, this is snazzy.

01:53:00.279 --> 01:53:02.180
It will definitely make an impact. Is it too

01:53:02.180 --> 01:53:06.359
much? Oh, darling, it is not too much. Please.

01:53:07.119 --> 01:53:09.729
There's no such thing. Do people, uh, how do

01:53:09.729 --> 01:53:11.909
people typically dress at this tourney? However

01:53:11.909 --> 01:53:13.390
they want. Don't think about what people think

01:53:13.390 --> 01:53:15.170
of you. Do what you want. It's not that. I just

01:53:15.170 --> 01:53:17.170
want to make sure that I stand out appropriately

01:53:17.170 --> 01:53:19.270
and if everyone else is wearing a mask then...

01:53:19.270 --> 01:53:21.729
Oh, darling. You will? Well, I don't think everyone

01:53:21.729 --> 01:53:23.489
will wear a mask. That's kind of going to be

01:53:23.489 --> 01:53:25.989
your whole thing. Yes, but it doesn't mean that

01:53:25.989 --> 01:53:29.149
it's not what people do with this. This is one

01:53:29.149 --> 01:53:31.109
of my finest. It's a little pricey, but you seem

01:53:31.109 --> 01:53:32.630
like the kind of person that can afford it, right?

01:53:32.869 --> 01:53:35.930
Well, it depends. How much is it? Five gold.

01:53:36.329 --> 01:53:41.010
Five gold. Those are diamonds, encrusted. The

01:53:41.010 --> 01:53:43.390
flames are pretty sick. It is a lovely mask.

01:53:43.829 --> 01:53:47.109
Small diamonds, but still. How about this? Do

01:53:47.109 --> 01:53:50.750
me a deal, and I will promote your store at the

01:53:50.750 --> 01:53:56.789
tournament. Now that of good deal is interesting.

01:53:57.250 --> 01:54:02.029
Give me a persuasion check at advantage. At 20.

01:54:03.189 --> 01:54:12.970
Absolutely. You look strong. Strong. What's your

01:54:12.970 --> 01:54:18.489
fighting style? Close. Close combat? Close combat.

01:54:18.789 --> 01:54:22.449
Very close. Make sure that you stand in as many

01:54:22.449 --> 01:54:24.890
sun rays as you can to catch the light. It would

01:54:24.890 --> 01:54:29.810
be my honor. Perfect. I'm Oskar. Oskar. And this

01:54:29.810 --> 01:54:33.909
is the Flame Treasures. Flame Treasures. Alright,

01:54:34.090 --> 01:54:37.019
Oskar. You're wearing a signature piece. While

01:54:37.019 --> 01:54:38.760
we're... Oh, hold on, I think I hear something

01:54:38.760 --> 01:54:42.119
from downstairs. Oskar? Oskar? He leans over

01:54:42.119 --> 01:54:45.220
the railing. Yes? We might be interested in something,

01:54:45.399 --> 01:54:48.699
not quite as flashy. Purchasers? I thought not.

01:54:49.359 --> 01:54:52.319
We were browsing. What are you looking for? Are

01:54:52.319 --> 01:54:55.739
you also participating? Oh yeah. Three participants

01:54:55.739 --> 01:54:57.819
in the Geostadella Guantana? Oh my goodness,

01:54:57.920 --> 01:55:01.319
what a day. Please. For some restrained elegance.

01:55:01.979 --> 01:55:05.180
Restraint. You've come to the wrong place. My

01:55:05.180 --> 01:55:08.359
elegance is unrestrained. You want restrained

01:55:08.359 --> 01:55:11.039
elegance? Go somewhere else. You got flashy.

01:55:11.260 --> 01:55:16.659
You got drama. Yes. I kind of like it. Yes. Oskar.

01:55:16.880 --> 01:55:19.359
Yeah. I'm just wondering if I wanted to pair

01:55:19.359 --> 01:55:22.760
some kind of outfit with the mask. Do you have

01:55:22.760 --> 01:55:26.939
something that could go with it? Something that

01:55:26.939 --> 01:55:31.859
you can fight in? Of course. Yes. Yes, I do.

01:55:32.590 --> 01:55:41.090
Do you like... Fringe? I could be tempted to

01:55:41.090 --> 01:55:44.899
fringe. Let me get something for you! And he

01:55:44.899 --> 01:55:48.560
runs down the aisle, grabs something off the

01:55:48.560 --> 01:55:50.260
rack, and comes running back. And you can see

01:55:50.260 --> 01:55:54.039
as he's running, little fringes of reds and yellows

01:55:54.039 --> 01:55:56.520
popping out the sides as he runs. And he holds

01:55:56.520 --> 01:55:59.140
in front of you what looks like a ballroom dancer's

01:55:59.140 --> 01:56:03.439
outfit that has yellows and reds and blues at

01:56:03.439 --> 01:56:06.300
the bottom with hundreds and hundreds of fringe

01:56:06.300 --> 01:56:09.239
that as the dress turns, all of these fringes

01:56:09.239 --> 01:56:13.239
just fly off in different directions. This one

01:56:13.239 --> 01:56:16.640
will go perfectly. I do like that. I did design

01:56:16.640 --> 01:56:20.939
the outfit to be worn together. I can tell. I

01:56:20.939 --> 01:56:25.760
do have a question. I'm wearing my armor. I would

01:56:25.760 --> 01:56:29.619
like to keep the armor. Do you think this would...

01:56:29.619 --> 01:56:31.939
What kind of armor are you wearing? It's, you

01:56:31.939 --> 01:56:35.779
know, fairly simple leather, really. Is it leather?

01:56:35.979 --> 01:56:38.199
Do warlocks wear leather? Um, he is wearing,

01:56:38.600 --> 01:56:40.600
he is wearing, like, he can wear light armor.

01:56:40.840 --> 01:56:42.239
Right. So he's wearing, like, it's very, like,

01:56:42.439 --> 01:56:47.220
ornate and, like, beautifully decorated armor,

01:56:47.260 --> 01:56:49.659
but it is, at the end of the day, leather armor.

01:56:49.819 --> 01:56:52.199
Yeah. Because he wants to be sty - See, now he's

01:56:52.199 --> 01:56:53.979
getting swept up in this, so he really wants

01:56:53.979 --> 01:56:56.859
to look amazing. He says, well, the benefits

01:56:56.859 --> 01:56:59.020
that this outfit will give you are about the

01:56:59.020 --> 01:57:01.420
same as that of the other armor, anyway. So,

01:57:01.880 --> 01:57:03.659
the benefits that you see from your current one?

01:57:03.800 --> 01:57:05.699
would not be diminished by wearing this because

01:57:05.699 --> 01:57:09.899
they are both light armor underneath you and

01:57:09.899 --> 01:57:12.979
he holds it out for you to feel and you can feel

01:57:12.979 --> 01:57:15.619
inside of it like a thicker texture that is underneath

01:57:15.619 --> 01:57:19.920
ah i see this is beautifully made yes uh he like

01:57:19.920 --> 01:57:21.979
holds it up in front of himself and kind of like

01:57:21.979 --> 01:57:25.239
looks down to see like now for for volandros

01:57:25.239 --> 01:57:27.939
who usually wears quite like muted clothing this

01:57:27.939 --> 01:57:31.420
is very feminine and this is very extravagant

01:57:32.430 --> 01:57:34.569
And he walks over to the edge again, like holding

01:57:34.569 --> 01:57:38.350
up and he's like, what do you think? Very dramatic.

01:57:39.029 --> 01:57:41.909
It's a little Primrose, honestly. Is this in

01:57:41.909 --> 01:57:46.090
a good way? I mean, how do you feel? I feel amazing.

01:57:46.430 --> 01:57:50.130
Then go for it. I just, well, I mean, it's not

01:57:50.130 --> 01:57:53.829
a bit much though, is it? Darling, the terminology

01:57:53.829 --> 01:57:56.829
doesn't exist here. And at the tourney, it won't

01:57:56.829 --> 01:58:00.670
look strange. You would stand out. Isn't the

01:58:00.670 --> 01:58:02.210
whole point of the tournament to catch the eye

01:58:02.210 --> 01:58:05.090
of the beloved? All right. Well, in that case,

01:58:05.189 --> 01:58:09.170
let's discuss our deal again. Our deal is that

01:58:09.170 --> 01:58:13.729
you promote my shop as much as you can. And I

01:58:13.729 --> 01:58:15.789
won't even charge you a dime for this. Oscar,

01:58:15.930 --> 01:58:19.149
you have a deal. Looking for more models? The

01:58:19.149 --> 01:58:23.189
three of you? You together? Yeah. We are. Indeed.

01:58:23.550 --> 01:58:27.810
I'm downstairs. Indeed! I think that I could.

01:58:28.029 --> 01:58:30.890
arrange something however the three of you i

01:58:30.890 --> 01:58:33.710
will have a stipulation if none of you make it

01:58:33.710 --> 01:58:36.170
past the first round you will pay me in entirety

01:58:36.170 --> 01:58:39.149
for what you owe that's fair and if we get through

01:58:39.149 --> 01:58:40.850
the first round we're good you make it through

01:58:40.850 --> 01:58:44.149
the first round i will charge half if you make

01:58:44.149 --> 01:58:46.750
it through the second round i'll charge nothing

01:58:46.750 --> 01:58:49.930
all right well we fully intend to make it through

01:58:49.930 --> 01:58:53.850
all rounds i'm sure you will that's the spirit

01:58:53.850 --> 01:58:58.630
now the two of you what would you like I mean,

01:58:59.010 --> 01:59:01.250
I know that my breastplate is pretty catching

01:59:01.250 --> 01:59:04.390
with these 12 gemstones. Well, you've got gemstones.

01:59:04.409 --> 01:59:06.550
I could find an outfit that could go underneath

01:59:06.550 --> 01:59:09.670
it that would accentuate the gemstones. I could

01:59:09.670 --> 01:59:11.630
see lots of fringe sticking out from your breastplate.

01:59:11.630 --> 01:59:14.430
No. The different colors. Absolutely not. Fringe

01:59:14.430 --> 01:59:18.550
and gemstones? Crazy. No, no, no, no. Something

01:59:18.550 --> 01:59:21.329
that catches the colors. Yes, but not with fringe.

01:59:21.390 --> 01:59:26.079
Are you crazy? Right. God, Galleous. Yes, that's

01:59:26.079 --> 01:59:29.159
right. My god, Galleous. I want - I want to feel

01:59:29.159 --> 01:59:31.239
badass, you know? I want to feel like a warrior.

01:59:31.340 --> 01:59:34.819
We need something blocky. What is your fighting

01:59:34.819 --> 01:59:38.920
style? Um, kind of mixed, so... Spellcaster,

01:59:38.979 --> 01:59:42.239
but I also swing the sick axe. Mm, okay. Give

01:59:42.239 --> 01:59:44.199
me a moment. He flies up to the third floor.

01:59:44.539 --> 01:59:47.380
Uh, you hear his, uh, his little, uh, talons.

01:59:47.720 --> 01:59:49.680
Clip -clop -clip -clop -clip -clop through, uh,

01:59:49.739 --> 01:59:52.079
through the store. He grabs something, flies

01:59:52.079 --> 01:59:54.239
out, and you hear him yell, Do you want a mask,

01:59:54.279 --> 01:59:58.170
too? Oh, that would be awesome. Yeah, why don't,

01:59:58.210 --> 02:00:00.750
yeah. I'm the one with the mask. That's my whole

02:00:00.750 --> 02:00:03.710
thing. Oh, sorry, okay, no mask. All right, and

02:00:03.710 --> 02:00:07.489
then he jumps off the side of the ledge and then

02:00:07.489 --> 02:00:09.170
like a couple feet before the ground, sprouts

02:00:09.170 --> 02:00:11.470
his wings and lands right in front of you. And

02:00:11.470 --> 02:00:15.770
he's holding this jumpsuit very tight, but all

02:00:15.770 --> 02:00:18.689
around it are these bulging gemstones that come

02:00:18.689 --> 02:00:21.949
out of it. And he says, I think that this will

02:00:21.949 --> 02:00:24.810
work perfectly. underneath that breastplate beautiful

02:00:24.810 --> 02:00:29.470
i love it all right and you uh so as far as fighting

02:00:29.470 --> 02:00:33.810
style i'm a wizard so wizard swishy robes further

02:00:33.810 --> 02:00:35.989
away from things and what are you wearing right

02:00:35.989 --> 02:00:40.090
now um uh i'm wearing something i actually pulled

02:00:40.090 --> 02:00:42.289
up the picture from the handbook the picture

02:00:42.289 --> 02:00:45.229
for changelings in the race i actually love that

02:00:45.229 --> 02:00:47.689
outfit yeah and i want something in that direction

02:00:48.519 --> 02:00:51.720
But in actual terms, what armor are you currently

02:00:51.720 --> 02:00:54.000
wearing? Oh, none. I can't wear any armor. Okay.

02:00:54.520 --> 02:00:56.020
Literally just clothes, just robes and stuff.

02:00:56.060 --> 02:00:58.000
All right, so you don't need anything special

02:00:58.000 --> 02:01:00.439
in particular. No, I actually can't actually

02:01:00.439 --> 02:01:02.939
wear armor. We can go as clear as possible. Tell

02:01:02.939 --> 02:01:07.140
me about you and what you like. Well, I'm a wizard,

02:01:07.279 --> 02:01:12.619
and I merely cast illusions. Illusions, Michael.

02:01:13.439 --> 02:01:17.340
Michael, illusions! I would like something...

02:01:17.310 --> 02:01:21.210
I know it's not the style of the shop, but that

02:01:21.210 --> 02:01:24.829
implies that subtlety. I have just the thing

02:01:24.829 --> 02:01:28.729
that is not. And he flies up to the third floor,

02:01:28.949 --> 02:01:31.130
opposite direction where he got Estie's stuff,

02:01:31.310 --> 02:01:35.449
grabs something. Do you want a mask? No, thank

02:01:35.449 --> 02:01:37.970
you. All right. He flies down and he's holding

02:01:37.970 --> 02:01:43.670
this sleek pant and shirt combo that are completely

02:01:43.670 --> 02:01:47.840
black. And he says, these. will change color

02:01:47.840 --> 02:01:53.579
depending on your mood. I call them... mood clothes.

02:01:54.479 --> 02:01:58.939
Oh, I'm gonna hate that. Oscar's mood clothes.

02:01:59.220 --> 02:02:02.739
They're illusions. They change, Michael. Based

02:02:02.739 --> 02:02:05.699
on what you're feeling. It's a touch revealing

02:02:05.699 --> 02:02:07.439
to let everyone know what I'm feeling, isn't

02:02:07.439 --> 02:02:08.899
it? Well, then I guess you'll have to be a master

02:02:08.899 --> 02:02:20.039
of your own emotions, won't you? Very well, we're

02:02:20.039 --> 02:02:21.760
gonna get really far and get it for free anyway.

02:02:22.539 --> 02:02:25.000
Well, that's the spirit. And if you don't, yours

02:02:25.000 --> 02:02:29.739
costs 20 gold, yours costs 20 gold, and together's

02:02:29.739 --> 02:02:33.359
yours cost 25 gold. So make it past the first

02:02:33.359 --> 02:02:36.539
round, cost is half for each of you. Well, those

02:02:36.539 --> 02:02:38.460
of you that make it past the first round, which

02:02:38.460 --> 02:02:42.920
I'm sure all of you will, can half the cost if

02:02:42.920 --> 02:02:45.729
you make it past the second round. It's free.

02:02:45.970 --> 02:02:47.810
If you don't make it at all, then you've got

02:02:47.810 --> 02:02:50.409
to pay me directly the entirety of the amount.

02:02:50.829 --> 02:02:52.810
And that is also subjective that at the end of

02:02:52.810 --> 02:02:54.789
each round when you are victorious, you announce

02:02:54.789 --> 02:02:57.850
the name of my shop, which is... Flame Treasures.

02:02:58.029 --> 02:03:04.930
And my name is... Oscar. Oscar. Oscar. Oscar's

02:03:04.930 --> 02:03:07.869
Flame Treasures. The Flame Treasures of Oscar.

02:03:10.949 --> 02:03:14.340
Oscar. Scribble Scribble. Anything else I can

02:03:14.340 --> 02:03:17.600
help you with? I don't think so. You've helped

02:03:17.600 --> 02:03:21.220
so much. This has been delightful. This has been

02:03:21.220 --> 02:03:23.880
a lovely turn of events for today. I've been

02:03:23.880 --> 02:03:25.460
struggling a little bit with my business and

02:03:25.460 --> 02:03:27.300
you are going to be what helps turn me around.

02:03:27.819 --> 02:03:30.220
People say that I have a little too much flair.

02:03:30.899 --> 02:03:34.340
My fashion is a little too gaudy for the streets.

02:03:35.159 --> 02:03:38.720
I'll show them all. No, you'll show them all.

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That's right. That's right. Well, good luck!

02:03:43.159 --> 02:03:48.239
And don't fuck it up. We're going to tournament

02:03:48.239 --> 02:03:53.960
for our lives. As we step outside, Gally's just

02:03:53.960 --> 02:03:58.279
like, I've got some reservations. What do you

02:03:58.279 --> 02:04:01.720
mean? I don't know, mood clothes? As an illusionist?

02:04:02.199 --> 02:04:04.180
That seems like it could actually do good harm

02:04:04.180 --> 02:04:07.000
to my battle. But how would people even know

02:04:07.000 --> 02:04:09.100
what color signifies which emotion? That's a

02:04:09.100 --> 02:04:11.399
great point. And also, Gally, is if you control

02:04:11.399 --> 02:04:15.140
your emotions, then... Battles are kind of heightened

02:04:15.140 --> 02:04:19.340
emotional states. You just have to practice breathing,

02:04:19.579 --> 02:04:24.899
won't you? Why don't you put the clothes on now

02:04:24.899 --> 02:04:27.520
so we can see what color they turn? Oh, yeah.

02:04:32.279 --> 02:04:34.060
So would you like to do anything in particular

02:04:34.060 --> 02:04:35.880
as you pass the next day or would you like to

02:04:35.880 --> 02:04:37.819
just, you know, spend some day walking around

02:04:37.819 --> 02:04:39.880
the city doing some things until the following

02:04:39.880 --> 02:04:43.039
day that we arrive at the tournament? Yeah, I

02:04:43.039 --> 02:04:45.359
don't think we have a lot of money to spend anyway.

02:04:45.500 --> 02:04:48.199
Yeah, I think it's more like working out montage

02:04:48.199 --> 02:04:52.100
Rocky style, you know draining clips. I have

02:04:52.100 --> 02:05:01.539
the tiger Okay, so long rest Spell slots back.

02:05:01.539 --> 02:05:04.079
I couldn't take pole arm master now because this

02:05:04.079 --> 02:05:06.199
would have been that would have been really helpful

02:05:06.199 --> 02:05:10.600
master of the pole master of the pole master

02:05:11.790 --> 02:05:18.010
Master of the Pole. So it's now the next day?

02:05:19.289 --> 02:05:22.529
Are we morning of tourney? We'll say that it

02:05:22.529 --> 02:05:24.489
is morning of tourney. We skip, you know, a day

02:05:24.489 --> 02:05:26.970
where you just kind of lounge around and, you

02:05:26.970 --> 02:05:31.130
know, I will say if there's... Mark, however

02:05:31.130 --> 02:05:33.529
much time, if you at some point want to start

02:05:33.529 --> 02:05:37.199
building towards a feat in D &D... you can work

02:05:37.199 --> 02:05:39.159
towards something like if there's a feat that

02:05:39.159 --> 02:05:40.460
you know that you want to take and you want to

02:05:40.460 --> 02:05:42.800
start working towards putting skills in that

02:05:42.800 --> 02:05:45.039
area you can mark however much time during that

02:05:45.039 --> 02:05:48.239
day you want to dedicate towards that okay so

02:05:48.239 --> 02:05:50.819
like eight hours or however long you know you

02:05:50.819 --> 02:05:52.020
don't have to know right now which ones you want

02:05:52.020 --> 02:05:54.460
to take but in general with times of rest if

02:05:54.460 --> 02:05:57.119
you want to fully rest great if you want to try

02:05:57.119 --> 02:05:58.420
and build towards something that's also totally

02:05:58.420 --> 02:06:02.560
fine with me okay i'll put down eight hours some

02:06:02.560 --> 02:06:07.390
feats in mind so At the next day passes, you,

02:06:07.489 --> 02:06:09.069
you know, maybe you work on some feats or something

02:06:09.069 --> 02:06:11.750
like that, maybe work some skills. And then the

02:06:11.750 --> 02:06:15.289
following day passes as well. You wake up in

02:06:15.289 --> 02:06:17.590
the morning, fully rejuvenated, fully rested,

02:06:17.770 --> 02:06:21.680
ready to enter the Giostra della Quintana. You

02:06:21.680 --> 02:06:23.760
make your ways to the outskirts of the walls.

02:06:24.340 --> 02:06:28.039
People flooding through the streets besides you,

02:06:28.239 --> 02:06:31.840
making their way outside the city of Chitagatse,

02:06:32.119 --> 02:06:34.840
where you can see large fighting pits have been

02:06:34.840 --> 02:06:37.149
constructed. around the outside of the city,

02:06:37.770 --> 02:06:41.930
and tall stands have been carved into the mountainside

02:06:41.930 --> 02:06:45.350
that runs along the outside of the city. You

02:06:45.350 --> 02:06:47.869
can see further up, there are housing where people

02:06:47.869 --> 02:06:50.210
normally live there, but as you scale down the

02:06:50.210 --> 02:06:52.710
mountain, it seems that they have carved seating

02:06:52.710 --> 02:06:55.890
for the general public to sit and to watch. You

02:06:55.890 --> 02:06:58.369
also see members of the city, some children and

02:06:58.369 --> 02:07:00.770
some people just standing and sitting on the

02:07:00.770 --> 02:07:03.170
edges on the tops of the city walls watching.

02:07:03.689 --> 02:07:07.869
You all walk together towards these grounds and

02:07:07.869 --> 02:07:09.829
you can see people beginning to separate into

02:07:09.829 --> 02:07:13.270
the general public and competitors the air amongst

02:07:13.270 --> 02:07:19.369
the competitors is excited is Jubilant jubilant

02:07:19.369 --> 02:07:25.310
jubilant is jubilant. What'd you call me? Is

02:07:25.310 --> 02:07:29.210
excited there is hubbub there is chatter everyone

02:07:29.210 --> 02:07:31.949
seems to be ready Make a perception check for

02:07:31.949 --> 02:07:39.060
me Oh yeah, 20, 30, 20. 17. 6. Okay, you are

02:07:39.060 --> 02:07:41.619
kind of, you're a little, like, a little nervous.

02:07:41.699 --> 02:07:43.560
This is a lot of people be around, and this is

02:07:43.560 --> 02:07:45.439
a really big step for you in what you're trying

02:07:45.439 --> 02:07:47.939
to just accomplish as a person. The other two

02:07:47.939 --> 02:07:50.899
of you are looking around, equally as excited

02:07:50.899 --> 02:07:54.199
but nervous, and you see that there is a varying

02:07:54.199 --> 02:07:56.880
level of who's competing. You see some people

02:07:56.880 --> 02:08:00.939
that are clad in beautiful armor that is representative

02:08:00.939 --> 02:08:04.600
of their family, some nobility, and then you

02:08:04.600 --> 02:08:07.140
also see some people that are in the raggediest

02:08:07.140 --> 02:08:10.739
leather armor cloth armor as possible that they

02:08:10.739 --> 02:08:12.579
likely have tried to scrounge up as much money

02:08:12.579 --> 02:08:14.920
as they could to try and get in this and you

02:08:14.920 --> 02:08:18.640
see wildly different folks those are the ones

02:08:18.640 --> 02:08:21.600
to watch they've nothing to lose they'll be scrappy

02:08:21.600 --> 02:08:26.779
and then a booming voice comes from the center

02:08:26.779 --> 02:08:29.680
of the stage after a good 15 or so minutes as

02:08:29.680 --> 02:08:33.899
things progress. You hear the echoing voice of

02:08:33.899 --> 02:08:37.340
a man thrum through the entire fighting pits

02:08:37.340 --> 02:08:42.140
along the outside of the mountainside and through

02:08:42.140 --> 02:08:44.239
the gates of which you can see the fighting pits

02:08:44.239 --> 02:08:48.520
inside. You have been told to line up in a certain

02:08:48.520 --> 02:08:52.500
order as you will expect to be introduced into

02:08:52.500 --> 02:08:55.960
the stadium as a competitor. This voice booms

02:08:55.960 --> 02:08:59.880
from beyond and you hear, ladies and gentlemen,

02:09:00.420 --> 02:09:05.720
and everyone in between, people of Anima, welcome

02:09:05.720 --> 02:09:10.100
to the glorious Dioestra della Quintana. I am

02:09:10.100 --> 02:09:13.359
your master of ceremonies, Signore Franco Sforza,

02:09:13.659 --> 02:09:18.029
and let me tell you what a privilege. What a

02:09:18.029 --> 02:09:21.010
thrill it is to stand before you all on this

02:09:21.010 --> 02:09:24.609
magnificent day and to be this year's host of

02:09:24.609 --> 02:09:27.609
Digiostra. And what a beautiful one it will be

02:09:27.609 --> 02:09:30.170
where you will witness a spectacle that shall

02:09:30.170 --> 02:09:34.010
be sung about for generations. First, let us

02:09:34.010 --> 02:09:36.689
raise our voices and our hearts in gratitude

02:09:36.689 --> 02:09:40.489
to this year's esteemed sponsors, the noble house

02:09:40.489 --> 02:09:45.750
of Montefeltro. And the stadium erupts in cheers.

02:09:46.729 --> 02:09:50.569
Dies down a little bit, and let us give a thunderous

02:09:50.569 --> 02:09:54.689
applause to the dazzling Lady Emiliana Montefeltro

02:09:54.689 --> 02:09:58.109
herself, the jewel of the Montefeltro lineage,

02:09:58.470 --> 02:10:03.010
whose hand is this year's prize. What a treasure

02:10:03.010 --> 02:10:06.869
it shall be for one of our lucky champions. Crowd

02:10:06.869 --> 02:10:11.850
again, going crazy, starting to chant Emiliana's

02:10:11.850 --> 02:10:15.989
name. As it quiets down, you hear again. You

02:10:15.989 --> 02:10:19.189
all know what's at stake. This, my friends, is

02:10:19.189 --> 02:10:22.689
not merely a tournament. This is a test of spirit

02:10:22.689 --> 02:10:25.970
and will of flesh and blood that Giostro della

02:10:25.970 --> 02:10:29.350
Quintana unfolds in three storied stages, highlighting

02:10:29.350 --> 02:10:33.050
the relationship between man and beast. First,

02:10:33.789 --> 02:10:36.779
the ferocious horse race. Five grueling rounds

02:10:36.779 --> 02:10:39.859
where riders must show mastery over beasts. Only

02:10:39.859 --> 02:10:43.840
the top ten of each most skilled equestrian opportunists

02:10:43.840 --> 02:10:48.720
shall advance. Second, the joust, where iron

02:10:48.720 --> 02:10:51.539
and wood will clash and the bonds between rider

02:10:51.539 --> 02:10:54.000
and mount shall be put to their ultimate test.

02:10:54.100 --> 02:10:57.000
Dancing in perilous harmony, cutting the number

02:10:57.000 --> 02:11:01.859
of opponents in half in preparation of the final

02:11:01.859 --> 02:11:06.789
stage. Man against man. or woman against woman,

02:11:07.069 --> 02:11:11.729
person against person, in glorious single combat

02:11:11.729 --> 02:11:16.550
until one stands victorious. But who you ask

02:11:16.550 --> 02:11:19.250
shall stand before you and dare the gauntlet.

02:11:19.630 --> 02:11:23.810
I present to you our gallant champion." And he

02:11:23.810 --> 02:11:26.390
begins listing the names that he has collected,

02:11:26.649 --> 02:11:29.350
many names you've never heard before, and the

02:11:29.350 --> 02:11:33.189
occasional name that does strike true. He says,

02:11:33.270 --> 02:11:37.609
I present to you From the house of Borja, Lucia

02:11:37.609 --> 02:11:41.909
Borja. And the woman that threw her sack of money

02:11:41.909 --> 02:11:44.270
and wrote and had her name written down trots

02:11:44.270 --> 02:11:48.289
in on a beautiful white horse. None of the other

02:11:48.289 --> 02:11:50.890
contestants have a horse. She just walked in

02:11:50.890 --> 02:11:53.050
on a horse. I'm worried about our horse status

02:11:53.050 --> 02:11:57.149
with jousting and horse riding. Component skills.

02:11:57.449 --> 02:11:59.270
You hear a few more announcements and then from

02:11:59.270 --> 02:12:03.770
the house of Gonzaga, Luca Gonzaga. and the crowd

02:12:03.770 --> 02:12:06.409
goes wild. These are two houses that are from

02:12:06.409 --> 02:12:08.789
Chitagatse specifically, and so they have lots

02:12:08.789 --> 02:12:12.869
of support. And you see Luca, so Lucia you recognized

02:12:12.869 --> 02:12:15.130
before, half -elven woman, pointed features,

02:12:15.649 --> 02:12:18.149
smirk that she wears like a badge, short black

02:12:18.149 --> 02:12:20.289
hair that is layered that doesn't go past her

02:12:20.289 --> 02:12:23.510
chin. She has a sigil of a cow on her plate armor

02:12:23.510 --> 02:12:29.529
and her shield. Luca, a cow, Luca Gonzaga walks

02:12:29.529 --> 02:12:34.350
in. He is stunning. perfect male figure. He's

02:12:34.350 --> 02:12:37.550
got a square jaw, long blonde hair put up in

02:12:37.550 --> 02:12:40.609
a ponytail, with the sigil of four flying birds

02:12:40.609 --> 02:12:44.069
on his shield and plate armor. A few more names

02:12:44.069 --> 02:12:47.869
are announced. And then you hear all the way

02:12:47.869 --> 02:12:51.289
from the shores of Wuhan, Giuseppino di Moncuri,

02:12:51.750 --> 02:12:56.250
and you see a tall fire genasi man that walks

02:12:56.250 --> 02:13:01.050
in his hair flame above his head. He has the

02:13:01.050 --> 02:13:03.670
sigil of a line of mountains on his leather armor.

02:13:03.770 --> 02:13:06.229
A few more names, and then you hear also from

02:13:06.229 --> 02:13:11.050
Ohane, the fiery -laid herself, Fionnala Monachie.

02:13:11.670 --> 02:13:15.970
And a water genasi walks in, average height,

02:13:16.329 --> 02:13:19.310
very stunning sharp figures, very young, and

02:13:19.310 --> 02:13:21.930
has a sigil of a water drop on her leather armor.

02:13:22.470 --> 02:13:27.130
A few more names, and then we hear Val Cloaker!

02:13:27.940 --> 02:13:32.420
What? You walk in. There's some, you know, there's

02:13:32.420 --> 02:13:35.180
the general cheer as names are announced. You

02:13:35.180 --> 02:13:37.720
walk in through the stadium, take your place.

02:13:38.340 --> 02:13:41.939
Giving a very like noble wave for this. Kind

02:13:41.939 --> 02:13:44.039
of a little unexpected for a name like that,

02:13:44.140 --> 02:13:46.539
but he's like, you know, he knows, he knows how

02:13:46.539 --> 02:13:49.880
to do this. Yeah. Yeah. Give me a performance

02:13:49.880 --> 02:13:54.270
check. Alright, yeah, um, 24. Beautiful. You

02:13:54.270 --> 02:13:58.189
walk in, posture straight, waving gallantly to

02:13:58.189 --> 02:14:01.170
the crowd. A few more names as a few more people

02:14:01.170 --> 02:14:04.949
walk in. Some are fucking names. And we hear

02:14:04.949 --> 02:14:08.829
from the sacred city of Nishamah, Adonai Nahari.

02:14:09.079 --> 02:14:13.380
And a warm human man, simple face, simple features,

02:14:13.659 --> 02:14:16.300
curly brown hair, with common clothes compared

02:14:16.300 --> 02:14:18.939
to the rest, with the sigil of a river on his

02:14:18.939 --> 02:14:21.859
scale male armor walks in, just quaintly waving

02:14:21.859 --> 02:14:25.060
to the crowd. A few more names, and then we hear,

02:14:25.939 --> 02:14:31.560
uh, hmm, Gianna Mozzarell! Giovanna? Giovanna

02:14:31.560 --> 02:14:34.939
Mozzarell! I go up there, and I think I'm going

02:14:34.939 --> 02:14:37.539
to be really shy and uncomfortable, and then...

02:14:37.710 --> 02:14:41.050
There's a little bit of Isabelle that just...

02:14:41.050 --> 02:14:44.109
I was like, I kinda like this attention and I

02:14:44.109 --> 02:14:46.949
just raise my arms. Give me a performance check.

02:14:47.149 --> 02:14:50.109
You're loosening up, some would say. I am loosening

02:14:50.109 --> 02:14:53.409
up. I'm gonna give myself guidance. I don't want

02:14:53.409 --> 02:14:58.729
shitty performance. Alright, 21. Yeah, you raise

02:14:58.729 --> 02:15:01.329
your hands up. You are timid at first and then

02:15:01.329 --> 02:15:04.609
something deep inside you is like, I could like

02:15:04.609 --> 02:15:07.670
this. and you raise your hands up and you just

02:15:07.670 --> 02:15:09.989
bask in the glory of the center of the stadium.

02:15:10.289 --> 02:15:12.829
As you're standing in the center of the stadium,

02:15:13.449 --> 02:15:16.510
like you get this weird wave of nostalgia that

02:15:16.510 --> 02:15:19.029
you feel like you've been in something like this

02:15:19.029 --> 02:15:23.770
before. My trials. I've done this before. I was

02:15:23.770 --> 02:15:30.829
at the Dwarne Blade. The Dwarne Blade! A few

02:15:30.829 --> 02:15:34.949
more names, and then we hear Giot Sforzandi!

02:15:35.890 --> 02:15:38.829
So as much as Galleous, like, wants to play it

02:15:38.829 --> 02:15:41.409
cool of, like, I'm an illusionist and I want

02:15:41.409 --> 02:15:44.470
to be kind of low -key, he's seen the trials

02:15:44.470 --> 02:15:47.069
before and he's kind of, like, geeking out about

02:15:47.069 --> 02:15:48.550
it, like, a little bit. He's kind of, like...

02:15:49.259 --> 02:15:53.680
cool. So he's gonna like as he steps out, like

02:15:53.680 --> 02:15:56.619
toss his cape out behind him. And as he tosses

02:15:56.619 --> 02:15:59.699
his hands up, he's gonna cast dancing lights

02:15:59.699 --> 02:16:03.140
and summon a bunch of different colored globes

02:16:03.140 --> 02:16:06.640
of light that like the orbits of like an atom

02:16:06.640 --> 02:16:09.659
or like a galaxy like spin around him rapidly.

02:16:09.739 --> 02:16:12.220
Beautiful. And then he's gonna like twist and

02:16:12.220 --> 02:16:14.699
toss them up into the air and they like explode

02:16:14.699 --> 02:16:17.380
like little fireworks. Give me a performance

02:16:17.380 --> 02:16:20.670
check at advantage. Those are almost exactly

02:16:20.670 --> 02:16:23.510
the same, 11. So it didn't go that well with

02:16:23.510 --> 02:16:25.590
the crowd, I guess. I loved it. I loved it. Listen,

02:16:25.630 --> 02:16:28.369
it was great. You make these great things, but

02:16:28.369 --> 02:16:30.529
unfortunately it's daylight. And so these illusions

02:16:30.529 --> 02:16:32.309
are being hit with the sun. You're trying to

02:16:32.309 --> 02:16:33.829
create these things. If it were nighttime, it

02:16:33.829 --> 02:16:36.149
would have definitely gone off better, but you've

02:16:36.149 --> 02:16:38.610
made a grand entrance for yourself. A few more

02:16:38.610 --> 02:16:42.250
names are listed. And then he says, and last.

02:16:42.590 --> 02:16:47.889
Sun and heir to the Queen Roki of Nishama. Matthias

02:16:47.889 --> 02:16:53.770
Roki of Nishama. And you see a pure -blood ASMR.

02:16:54.170 --> 02:16:57.870
Charming with a beautiful smile that could slit

02:16:57.870 --> 02:17:01.709
throats. Oh my. What the hell is a smile? Walk

02:17:01.709 --> 02:17:07.209
into the stadium. The crowd goes insane. I mean,

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there are not many... Nishama is the only...

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a city in Anima that is in that is a monarchy

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that is run by royalty and he is the son of a

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queen next to be the king of an entire city well

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known very well known crowd goes absolutely insane

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and he is charismatic as hell just smiling waving

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to the crowd what a prick massive grin on his

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face fucking nobles and then as the crowd Quiet's

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down. The man steps, not, not, uh, the announcer

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steps forward and says, denizens of anima, I

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ask you, god damn it! God damn enough. I'm gonna

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have to change the name of this goddamn country.

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No, it's perfect. It just hit right away. I was

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trying to specifically pronounce. You went so

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far out of your way to say it that it wrapped

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back around again. I know. It did a loop -de

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-loop. Denizens of Anima, I ask you now, are

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you prepared? The crowd goes wild. Are you hungry

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for blood, for glory, for the roar of victory?

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The crowd goes wild. Then I say unto you, let

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the first stage commence, and may the gods bear

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witness. And we'll call it there. Yay! Oh, yes!

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We'll pick up next time. Ah, what an ending.

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With the tournament beginning. Ah, that's so

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exciting. I got riled up. Go riled up. With all

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the enema. Listen, enema means soul in Italian,

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and I wanted it to be a fun little thing. No,

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it is super great. I mean, it is great. It's

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just funny. I think it's, yeah, and it's just

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because every time you say it now, I hear you

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say that ah, like really far. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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yeah. It just reminds me of why you're saying

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it. And it's not, that's why I'm laughing. It's

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not anything else. Yeah, it's more how far out

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of your way you are going than how much it actually

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sounds. Thanks for listening.