Hello. Session 4! Session 4! It's been a whole
week since we recorded Session 3. It's been a
whole week. Um, but, uh, I just wanna remind
everyone. Session 3, you guys, uh, there was
a caravan. And you lit the caravan on fire, and
you exploded everyone. And you, and everyone,
and you exploded. Well, you don't know if it
pro - if it happened yet. It's been a day. Um,
you haven't got any news yet. Uh. And you guys,
you guys awaken in your tent, uh, and today Talon,
Talon, not Talon, Talon is not making breakfast.
He's instead sharpening a sword. All the swords,
all the weapons, all of your guys' weapons, he
is in the middle of sharpening those. Would,
if, since he's not making breakfast, would I
be, would Ivory be able to? Yeah, of course.
Uh, do you know how to? I'd assume so. Yeah.
Um, alright. I'll... I'll say... I'll say...
that... Yeah, I'll say that you can. I'm not
gonna make you roll anything. Oh! Okay. Superrated.
As Genesis wakes up and he sees that Talon is
sharpening weapons, he has a mask on a helmet
so it's impossible to see his expression but
he is so so happy about this uh because it means
things are finally getting done around here um
and he's going to also start helping with getting
things ready sharpening weapons putting together
like i said some armor and stuff like that just
doing whatever what is mal doing can i also help
with cooking Of course. I feel like you'd be
the best at it, you know? Hey. Um, I think, like,
Ivory would ramble and watch over Mal's shoulder.
Um, Mal, the paper that we got yesterday? Or,
the one with the one dude? The... It wrote? Even
though I wasn't writing on it when I had it.
What? The paper. Did you see the guy who pulled
the paper from yesterday? And look at it? Like,
while he was talking to me? Before you guys ambushed
him? I was going to continue cooking and just
stare at you blankly. Mal cracks an egg into
a pan, and there's like 15 eggshells, but he
doesn't notice it. Because he's too busy staring
at Ivory. Trust. While you guys are cooking breakfast,
a dog, the dragon, walks up to you and starts
biting your leg. Oh! A little dragon dog! Holy
shit. He's hungry. I have a quick question. Would
you consider Dog the Dragon a companion? Yes.
Alright, I'm gonna add him to my extras thing.
You guys can do it too. It's not because he's
following me around, it's just because he's with
us. Okay, so I'm gonna add in a familiar, right?
So should I be adding into my familiars an adult
black dragon or a dog? Well, so you can add the
adult black dragon, but Juno does have the actual
character she can. I'm going to add the dog.
Aw. Poodle dragon dog. It'd be a white dragon,
though. Yeah, because he's a white poodle dragon
dog. Can I feed the dog? Like... Yeah, I just
want to feed the dog. You feed the dog. What
are you going to give the dog? Uh, I'd assume
it'd be meat, I guess. Meat? Alright. Raw or
cooked? Raw, I guess. Raw? It doesn't eat it.
This is a picky dog. Okay, so I gotta cook the
meat. Okay. Roll me a survival check. Okay. This
might be the most important roll. I got a 12.
Alright, um, you cook it, but it's, like, really
mediocre cooked. Like, it's not that well cooked,
but it's cooked enough as to not give anyone
diseases. Oh, uh, I feed it. I try to feed it
to the dog. I try to feed it to Poodle Dragon
Dog. It inhales it like a vacuum. Oh, Jesus.
Yep. That's... Wow. And then walks away. Okay.
Um... I guess I go back to cooking. With Val.
Yeah. Oh, what are we making, by the way? Can
we make... Can we make... Bacon? And eggs? I
was assuming eggs. Oh, can we make those things
on the... There's totally a real thing that exists
on TikTok where there's guys and they get a cutting
board and they put meat on it and then they put
kiwis on it and then they put like 15 things
on it. They're like, this is the peak meal. Can
we do that? Like steak and eggs and then they
put like 15 pounds of kiwi on it. Are you asking
me or Mel? I'm asking Mel. Can we eat that? Do
we have kiwi? I would say no. Right. New plan.
No kiwi. Do we have any other tips for you? apple
okay ivory takes the apple shoves it in mouse's
face and points at it with her other hand we
can make this look like a kiwi if we try hard
enough it'll be like those meals i saw and then
she like tears the apple away from his face before
he could say anything and she cuts it up and
tries to make it look like a kiwi Like kiwi slices
when she cuts it up to the best of her abilities.
Are you guys both working together on this abomination?
I want you both to roll me two survival checks.
Both of you roll two. with advantage so that
I don't have to roll it twice. I'm rolling it
twice because I don't... That's a natural 20!
I've got 20 nat 20s. Oh wait, I didn't roll it
with advantage. I'm a Lara. Wow, how dare you.
You have a plus 10 to survival? What are you
talking about? You are insane. Yeah. So, um...
After, uh, I'll say an hour and a half. of you
guys cooking. You guys make the most delicious,
most amazing, perfect meal after an hour and
a half. And it tastes perfect. Hooray! What is
Genesis doing? I practice taking a life. What?
You can go back to them. Okay. Anything else
that you guys are doing? Is there a dinner bell,
maybe? A dinner bell? Sure. Yeah. Ding. You ring
the dinner breakfast bell. I want to teach the
small poodle to attack my enemies with force.
What? The poodle then attacks you. Let me roll
a die. Let me roll animal handling. Oh, yeah,
I guess you can. 15. Yeah, so it then... Either
way... Oh, I rolled to everyone. Okay, it rolled
a 13. I'm going to say... What? Plus three. Because
it would use the only dog stat block in D &D
is a Mastiff, and it would hit my AC. Well, actually,
it's, like, a modified, because it's, like, different.
It's, like, not based D &D. It's, like, actually
a homebrew dog. Do you have a sheet for it? Yeah.
Is it made? Well, yeah. What's it called? Well,
it's not on D &D Beyond. Does an 18 hit your
AC? Yeah. Are you seriously doing this? It bites
you for a total of 4 damage, reminding you that
this dog was a soldier. Did we long rest before
this? Yeah, and leveled up. Did you level up?
Yeah. Okay. Alright, anything else that you guys
would like to do? Ivory glances over to where
Genesis and Dragon Poodle Dog is. And she kind
of, like, lets out a shaky sigh. And, like, somewhat
in, like, disappointment. And in pure, like,
she's purely aghast. And she just turns away.
And focuses back on, like, I guess, getting a
plate of food. Alright. Mal, are you getting
your plate of food? I'm getting a plate of food
sitting down looking at Genesis and going, this
is, I don't get paid enough for this. You're
not getting paid. You don't get paid at all!
Uh, is Genesis gonna get a plate of food? Corp?
Perp. A perp. A perp. Hey, hey, Genesis? He didn't
say BRB, so I have, I don't... Ah, this is great,
um... a magician without any magic? A dud? Ian!
Do you get it? Wait, what did you call it? Wait,
repeat that. Did you say, would you call a magician
without any magic? Yeah. Ian? How do I ban this
guy? Wait, how do you ban? Yeah, let me ban this
guy really quick. I'm banned. Alright, you're
back. Is Perp back? Yeah, your bone's disintegrated.
Is Perp dead? I think he died. Wait, wait, where's
Talon? Talon is with Genesis sharpening weapons
and stuff. Do you want me to bring them a plate
of food? a plate of food and bring it home. Uh,
Talon looks at you. Oh, uh, uh, thanks! Uh, have
you guys, uh, are you guys, have you guys gotten
a mission today? I haven't gotten a mission for
you guys today. Are we supposed to? Like, I don't
know if, like, we're getting anything, you know?
because sometimes we don't but like also like
you know sometimes we just don't get the missions
i'm deleting that what that makes me uncomfortable
uh Us sometimes we don't get missions. So I was
just like I didn't I didn't know if you guys
got any today or not because like we've been
getting missions like daily But I didn't get
nothing like I don't think we've received a mission
today. Hmm All right, so are you guys just gonna
go, uh, you know continue with that, uh What's
it called? The the the the guy whatever happened.
Yes the windmill And mild. Alright. No one ever
told me about yesterday. He doesn't say what
happened. Um... Well, he took down the guards,
saved the prisoner. That's kind of really it.
Don't worry about Genesis and what he did. Okay.
It would be real nice if Genesis was here right
now, if perp 3352 was here right now. Where did
he go? He didn't say BRB. it's not technical
it's it's it's perp disappeared having a little
bit of purple difficulties we just head to the
window without him what Did we just head to the
windmill without him? No. No. I downloaded a
video, by the way. The one that you deleted.
I have it downloaded now. Before you could delete
it. And I have it titled in my files. Uh. dragon
poodle what how do i call him poodle dragon dog
wiggle oh in my file it's great at some point
i'm gonna forget what that means i'm gonna post
it somewhere i'm gonna be really confused as
i watch it guys apparently wilbur said posted
a video and he said something Can we watch it
while we wait for Genesis to come back? Yeah.
Hell yeah. I'm a screen share. This would be
so awkward for the recording. Oh, it'll be. Unless
he's... Why does he look like he's losing a...
unhealthy amount of weight. He looks so nourished.
He kind of looks like Eugene Akuni. Who? Eugene
Akuni. I don't know who that is. Do you know
what it's a birthday about? No. Damn, I kind
of like Love Joy's music, but then it turns out
they're horrible. Like, Wilbur's such a really
bad person, so I haven't been able to listen
to his music. Man hasn't posted in two years.
Holy shit! I remember watching that line test
video. Look at him here. And then look at him
here. Okay, he looks... Oh, he looks so malnourished.
Yikes. What the fuck are you guys doing? Where
were you? We're waiting for you. Why? What the
fuck are you... Why are you giving that guy views?
Well, so... Apparently he made an update video.
Oh no. Yeah, that's what we were saying! I don't
know if that's real, but when he first started
showing images of himself again, people started
saying that he looked exactly like Crack Addicts.
Dude, how? We need to see a video of this I misspelled
addict Oh, wait, let's look at a photo of a crack
addict really quick. I Mean this is a crack addict
right here. This is also crack at this woman.
They're all crack addicts Anyways, Perp, where
would you go? Don't worry about it. Are you back?
Wait, what's happening? Yeah, I'm back. Okay.
Let's continue then. Perp, are you going to go
join them and eat breakfast? Yeah, sure. Alright.
So all of you guys are sitting in the little
dining room eating breakfast. The dog is begging,
or dragon, is at your guys' feet begging for
food. What are you guys going to do? Anything
you want to talk about? I think I would just
stay quiet and avoid looking at Genesis. I would
just feed Dragon Poodle Dog some of her food.
I want to turn to Genesis. So, um, last session,
eh? Um, actually, it would be yesterday. Yesterday,
eh? Genesis doesn't say anything. Hey. Eat my
food again. As you guys are sitting uncomfortably
in silence, there's a knock. at the door no actually
no a doorbell uh because i guess you don't have
a door but a doorbell a bell rings uh that sounds
just like perp's real life doorbell like what
perp's real life doorbell oh i should i yeah
i should go get that and i really like rapidly
get some to avoid situation. It just rushes over
to the door and answers it. Uh, hello? Mara,
uh, Mara, Mara, not Mara, was at the door. And,
uh, you know, she's, she's, she's, uh, she's
here now. Oh! Where's Genesis? Oh, he's... And
Ivory moves out of the way, so... You pronounce
it Mara, right? Mara. Mara. Okay. And Ivory moves
out of the way, so... Mara. Mara. Mara. Okay.
Mara. Boom. Mara. So Mara can see Genesis. Mara
walks right in without asking. Walks over to
the table. Genesis... When I said... Not when
I said, but when we said to leave a message,
this isn't what we intended. But, it worked.
The prison did. Blow up. Um... They're gonna
restart construction. Shortly. Couple weeks.
I... I heard that their identification book was
stolen. Was that you guys? Or... Was that...
Oh, um... I have it. All right. They only have
two. One that they sent on that mission and one
that I don't know where it is. But? I don't know
if they're going to be looking for it. But I
came to talk to you guys about... At the explosion,
there was a body who had a wound in its throat
that had a spear. And it was a guard. Pretty
well -known guard. Well, like, um, was that you
guys? She looks right at Genesis. Genesis stands
up from the dinner table or whatever they were
eating. And he gives Mara his full attention.
And he says, that was the message. The destruction
of the prison was just a hindrance. Our goal
is to be better than them. Not to torture. not
to be like them. Our goal is to be better than
them and end this war. Mara. Genesis. The right
side in a war isn't decided by what they do during
it. It's decided by what they're fighting for.
And we're fighting for the end of a war. For
peace. For... Everyone to go see their family
on the holidays. Everyone to be happy and not
risk dying every day. And us going - But do you
know who won't see their families this holiday?
The medic's sister. Everyone that Madness has
captured. And now, because that prison is destroyed,
because we know that Lieutenant Everett was in
charge of this, We know that they're going to
have to transport more prisoners in when the
prison is built. And we're going to get another
chance to bring people home, to take them to
their families. So Mara, I understand if the
things I did made you uncomfortable. I understand
if you have this moral superiority, a line that
you won't cross. But if that's something you're
worried about, then let me take care of everything
over that line. Because I don't have any line.
What are you fighting for, Genesis? What are
you really fighting for, truly? Why do you do
what you do? There's someone I care about. Someone
who's been affected by this war. And you're going
to take the lives of innocent soldiers just to
feel like you're doing something? Let me be honest
with you, Mara. I don't care about the people
I'm saving. And I look towards Ivory and Mal.
I don't care about the child we escorted. And
I don't care about the medic. I care about very
few people in this world. And someone I care
about is having their life uprooted by this war.
And so if I save people, if I... help the rebellion
in my efforts to stop this war. And I don't care.
I don't care if I do good as a side effect. I'm
honest about my methods, about my goals and plans,
what I want to do. And that's stop the Mathis
Empire. Why I do that doesn't matter as long
as I get results. Well, your little... message
that you sent while it did work did halt the
process now we are at higher risk because of
that they're now seeing us as terrorists rather
than a rebellion so now which means if they find
any of us any of the rebellion They have the
right to kill any of us on sight, not just arrest
us, bring us to prison. They will kill us as
soon as they see us. Let me ask you this, Mara.
What do you think will happen when the Mathis
Empire finds out the location of the people that
blew up their prison? They're not just going
to ascend foot soldiers. They're going to send
important people. You've been too complacent.
The rebellion steals and frees and hides like
rats in a sewer. And people lose their lives
every day. Families crumble. Friends die. Because
neither side of the war is ending it. to be patient
every day that you practice patience more and
more lose their chance to ever see a future where
they don't live in fear this is your belief system
this is what you believe in what you want the
future to be so take it Risk yourselves. Put
yourselves in danger for the sake of the people
who cower in fear. As long as you are in this
rebellion, as long as you live in our sewers,
in our cities, you will follow our rules. You
will listen. You will do what we tell you. Do
not torture. If you kill, go ahead. If you blow
up a prison, don't do that again, as helpful
as it may have been. We don't want to be seen
as terrorists. We don't want to be seen as the
bad guys through the eyes of the people. We want
to make a difference. Taking innocent lives.
from random soldiers that we don't know won't
help. While killing that Everett guy that you
mentioned, maybe that will help. But killing
soldiers who you don't know the names of, that
you don't know the stories of, that's going to
get you nowhere. We're a rebellion. We're not
monsters. Genesis steps closer to Mara. How tall
is she? Um, she's like 5 '3". He's towering over
her. And he says, Mara, this is a war. I didn't
join to keep things the same. You're treating
this like a game. You're treating the rebellion
like some sort of propaganda machine. But this
isn't propaganda. This is fighting in the streets.
And if you are too afraid about a person's past,
too afraid that an opponent on the battlefield
have people who care about them, then nothing
gets done. When you are out there, there is no
person. There is no life, no family, no friend.
The person in front of you isn't a husband or
a wife. They're an enemy. Someone who will kill
you without a second thought. I'll listen to
your rules. Because one day you'll hesitate and
you'll die. And when you do, I pray that the
person that replaces you avenges you. Is resolute
enough to not hold back, not show mercy. Unless
she seems like superintendent saying something
else, Justice is going to storm out. You see
her face. For me, just listening to you, you
seem like you're trying to intimidate her, try
to seem bigger than her. She seems like what?
Like you're trying to intimidate or seem bigger
than her. If I wanted to intimidate, I would
have rolled it. It was more just so to... It
was to visualize it more. Like, he seemed angry,
but it wasn't in an intentional intimidation
way. It seems like in his fucked up, aggressive
way, he's genuinely trying to raise it with her.
Like, it might be intimidating because of the
way he is, but in some weird fucked up way, he's
trying to persuade her and not intimidate her.
Alright. She's gonna... While you're walking
away, she's gonna say... What? Instead of giving
you the mission I was going to give you, I am
going to let you guys go to the window. I'm going
to let you guys go there, learn, figure out what
happened there. And that will be your mission
today. And she walks out. Ever it goes to wherever
his sleeping quarters are, just anywhere that
isn't like around other people. Alright. Oz,
do you know? Um... I mean, what's... Surprise.
If... Ivory looks surprised, shocked. She shuts
the door behind Mana as she watches Genesis head
off before looking over at Mal. I'm back at Genesis.
And then back at Mal again. you want to wait
for Genesis before we go? Um, I don't know if
he's gonna come back out at all after that. Um,
I say we give him some time to cool down and
then maybe go? Um, Alright, I... I guess... This...
Do you... Do you wanna go... Uh... Out, I guess?
Well, probably not, because I know what we look
like. I don't know. Really quick. Uh... In the
sewer... In the sewer system, there is... Uh...
It's like a mini underground city. There are
stalls that you can go to shop at. Oh. That's
cool. That's sick. Anyways, Mal, do you just
want to walk around while we talk about it, I
guess? Okay. Ivory walks out. Uh, can I bring
Dragon Poodle Dog with me? Uh, yes. Did I really
gotta name that dog? Or just stop calling him
Dragon Poodle Dog? His name is Dog. Oh, wait.
One second, my laptop just died. I forgot I had
to plug it in. I can't make rules for a minute.
Um, yeah. Um. I guess Ivory walks out. I guess,
um, with Dragon Poodle Dog and waiting for Mal
to catch up so they can go block it off and wait
for Genesis to cool down, I guess. Alright. What
kind of shop would you like to look for? Um,
do you have anything in mind as well? I kind
of want to go to an armor shop. Okay. Are we
going to do that? Alright. It's going to be...
Okay, so there's going to be a blacksmith. And
you walk there and there is a Skyrim. One of
the bird people. And his name is Danny. uh the
the story is called danny's fire he is a blacksmith
uh you look at his like his cart he has like
arrows yeah it's like uh he has some chain mail
heavy armor uh light like his cast cast cast
off armor i don't is that a thing is that real
or is this lying to me yeah He has cast -off
armor, light, medium, or heavy. You can choose
his heavy chainmail. He has a dagger, greataxe,
heavy crossbow, medium hide armor, a net, a scimitar.
If there's a list, could you copy and paste it
into a channel? Yes. That's everything he has.
Not a very big shop. But you get to the stall
and you hear Danny. How's it going? Good morning.
How are you guys today? What's happening with
you? What are you looking for? Is there anything
specifically? Good morning. It's... Uh, today's
going fine. Um, I guess we're here to browse.
How's your morning? Ah, pretty good. I've made,
like, a thousand gold already today, which is
really good. I don't know why today's so busy,
but it's going good! That's great. Um... Uh,
also... Sorry, he does have some services as
well. I'll send those as well. Is that what?
He has some services, like you can ask him to
make you something. Oh. Okay. Um. Ivory kind
of stands her awkwardly as she watches Mal browse
the store, I guess. Blacksmith. Uh, sir, I see
you have a shield plus one. Yeah, yeah, I do
have that. Yes. How much are you selling it for?
Uh, the plus one shield? Um, I'll say... Hmm.
A hundred gold. Unless you want a bargain. I
put a javelin and a longsword on the table. Ooh.
Like, from your inventory? Yes. Ooh. Okay. Um...
Wait. Let me, let me, let me, let me... I don't
know the conversions. Gross conversion. If you
give me both of those and five gold pieces, I'll
give it to you. You got a deal. He takes. I don't
think so. He takes your stuff, and he hands you
the shield. Great, perfect. That's fun. 19 armor
class, guys. Woo! Awesome, dude. Anything else
that you guys want today? What's your medium
armor looking like? Medium armor? Which one?
Just the plus one. We got hide. We've got cast
off armor. Oh, we do have plus two as well. What
would be your Cheapest option? I kinda don't
have that much money right now on me. Cheapest
option? Probably the cast off armor. Or, um...
I do have, uh... I can give you a little deal
on the plus one medium, uh... If you, um... You
know, if you do something for me, you know? Like
what? I'll give it to you for free. If you, um...
There's another shop who came by earlier and
sold some of my goods. And, you know, it would
be real nice if someone got some back for me,
you know? I look at Ivory and I look at this
man and I go, I kind of want to help this man.
Alright, are we... Do you want us to confront
him or steal it back? Just steal it back, buy
it back. I don't care what you do. But he stole
a blowgun from me. Not a lot of money, but it's
the fact that he's a... He's a... He's a half
-orc, and you know how they are. Disgusting little...
I don't even want to think about it. His name
is Varg. He works at the Fletcher shop, and he
points down the sewer to a shop with a big flag
that has a logo on it. Oh. Okay. Do you want
to do this, Mel? Not... I'm good at sneaking.
Deal. Alright, thank you so much. Just come back
to me with the blowgun and I'll give you the
armor. Alright, gang. So do you go to Varg's
Fletcher? Yeah. Alright. He's gonna see you while
you're walking up. Oi. My name is Varg. What
have you been up to? It's nice to meet you guys.
What can I get for you guys today? Yeah. What
are you selling, actually? You know, we have
a lot of stuff. Get a blowgun. Dart. Crossbow.
A hand crossbow and a heavy crossbow. We have
a javelin. An unbreakable arrow, but we only
have one of those. We have plus two ammo. Actually,
that's not important because guns don't exist
here. That answers my other question. Guns aren't
real. Sadness. And I'm playing an artist. Question.
Yes? How much is that blow dart? The blow dart?
10 gold. Oh. Would we be able to get that for
cheaper at all? How much are you thinking? Would
we do 7? Uh, yeah. Why? Ah, just that I heard
that, um, blowguns aren't that useful at all.
What? Who told you that? Um, I just... Blowguns
are, like, the coolest of weapons. I'm not sure
about that. That's the thing. What? I just heard...
Yeah. you know what take it for free tell me
how you like it i promise you it's the coolest
of the weapons oh okay i'll come back to you
on that thank you it's the coolest weapon no
one could prove me otherwise and you hear him
like while you're walking away back to the other
shop you hear him like angrily screaming that
someone's ever dared say that about a blowgun
ever I guess man might really like his blowguns.
I guess that makes sense why he stole it then.
I guess that adds up. Okay. Do you go back to
Danny's? Yeah. You get to Danny's. Hi guys, did
you get the blowgun? Yeah. and then let me see
it here let me see it every puts it on the car
he grabs it and he hands you uh what did you
ask for i believe i asked because i asked for
it yeah i think it was a heavy armor plus one
they're not heavy i'm sorry medium sorry he hands
you uh a normal non -plus one uh medium armor
uh here's right what you asked for Does that
exist? Oh, it was cast, right? Uh, yeah, cast
off medium. There's right what you asked for.
How do you spell that? C -A -S -T hyphen O -F
-F. Very obviously not what you wanted, but he
hands it to you anyways. Does that exist? Close.
Perp said it did. This isn't what we asked, or
Mal asked for. Yes it was, you said medium armor.
So what's the medium armor? It exists, it's not
even in the armor tab. Just do, um... Like a
medium breastplate, or medium halfplate. Wait,
didn't... Didn't... Oh, didn't you want the plus
one? Yeah, wait. Wait a minute. Am I going crazy?
What are you guys talking about? Wait a minute.
This is... There's only a half plate. Yeah, that's
what you asked for. Medium armor. So I give you
medium armor. Plus one medium armor. No, I said,
oh, I know what I said was, if you got it for
me, I would give you plus one medium armor. Like,
I'll give you one medium armor if you do what
I asked you for, because I gave you the shield
already. Such a misunderstanding. I'm going to
start rolling. What are you rolling? Can I roll
an insight? I feel like he's really lying. 23.
He is absolutely trying to scam you. As you look
around, he doesn't even have a plus one armor.
He has it listed, but he does not have it. Do
you even sell? Well, I can make you one, but
I don't have it. Because why would I... He puts
his arm directly over where it says plus one
armor on the thing. Why would I ever offer something
I don't have, you know? That'd be not okay. Can
I roll? A second insight check to see if he was
lying about the story of this man being a thief.
Yep, roll. Eleven. You don't know. Unless Ivory
wants to help. Uh, I can help, yeah. Alright,
roll again. 17. Thank you, I love you. Yeah,
he's lying about the stealing thing. He didn't
steal. He's just racist. Oh my god. Looking in
his eyes, you can tell that that half -orc did
something to him personally. And he's just trying
to get revenge. You know, You know what? Yeah?
I can tell that you kind of don't sell plus one
medium armor. But you kind of made a deal here,
pal. No. What are you talking about? Is the Bogan
still laying on the counter? The Bogan, yes.
I'd like to grab it. Hey, hey, hey, what are
you doing? What are you doing? No, no, no, you
don't. No, that was mine. What are you talking
about? That was my bowgun. I think you misunderstood
the deal. This isn't what we agreed on. What?
No, no, no. Okay, okay, okay. So I don't have
the armor. I'm sorry. But, but, I... Hear me
out. Hear me out. What if, what if I got you
something better? I don't know if we could trust
you. I'm sorry. No, I have... Okay. I have a
sword. A magical sword that I got. And it talks
to you. Yeah. No. No, we're not doing this again.
I'm sorry. We're out of character. It's impossible
to roll a third insight. Out of character? We're
not doing this again. We can't deal with another
talking fucking weapon. You can roll insight,
Mal. I also vote for not doing talking weapons
anymore. You know for a fact that he certainly
has a sword. Does it talk? I don't know. He puts
a sword on the table. It is beautiful. It is
pristine. It is engraved in golden letterings.
And then it has a little face drawn onto it.
And he holds it up. Oh, I'm Mr. Sword. See, I
told you. I have a talking sword. Oh my god.
Sir, it's a polite offer. Trust me. But I think
I kind of want armor more. I'm not a sword person
that much. So, I'll give you... My firstborn
child. Oh my fucking god. Um, you went, you went,
okay, how about we compromise here? I thought
you were about to say yes. Okay, okay. I generally
was going to say yes. There's a part of me going,
what? A child? No! Um, um, how about we compromise
here? You, what? Okay, we give him the blowgun,
but you give me not plus one armor, but you give
me gold as well. Okay, you give me the blowgun.
Let's say 20. Okay, okay. You give me the blowgun.
I give you 15 gold. By gold, I definitely don't
mean gold. What I mean by gold is that I actually
mean Solaris. I'll give you 15 Solaris. You give
me the blowgun, you know? Right? Sounds like
a fair deal to me. You know what? Wait. 17. Stop
trying to deal with this man! 16. Deal. Okay.
Oh my god. He gives you 16 Solaris. And he takes
the booger. What? Um, so he gives me the half
armor, right? Uh, yes. Okay, so... Well, okay,
so he doesn't give it to you, but he doesn't
take it. He just turns around and puts the money
in a pouch and just leaves the armor there. So
reminder that the orc offered to sell this to
you for 10 gold, 10 Solaris, and this guy bought
it off you for 16. So he paid you 6 gold to rob
a guy for him, and you didn't even rob him. And
I also got free armor for it. I basically just
won here. I bought something for like 10 gold,
and the next thing you know, I've gotten it back
to text. This is the most insane social interaction
I've ever seen with a merchant. I have a question.
The sword is still out. I want to see two things.
Am I able to roll an arcana? I know it's definitely
not a talking sword, but can I see if it has
any magical properties or anything at all? Yeah,
I'll let you roll it. And then, okay, 14. This
is Black Razor. So right, so right. It has properties.
It is a plus one. It's a cold short sword. I
have one more question. Yeah? Is there anything
I can, like, what would I roll to figure out
if this is actually real gold engraved on it?
If what? The sword, it's, you described it as,
I think, being engraved with gold? Or, like,
embellishable gold? What would I roll to see
if it's actually real gold? Um... That's a good
question. Um... Perception? Or investigation?
Investigation. I have the same thing again. I
have 12. Oh, uh, you don't quite know. Okay.
You think so, but you're not sure. Alright. This
is, I think, the worst interaction I've had.
So far in the script ever in my life actually
ever in my life. Yeah, this is the worst interaction
ever I think I stopped I Actually think that
the riddle door from splinter was significantly
worse Oh Yeah, anyways, anything else? Every
time you bring up the riddle door, I have a lobotomy.
Um, I look at Ivory and go, I kind of have some
business that I want to somewhat fix. I look
over at the half -orcs store. Ivory drags a hand
down her face as it feels like she's dealing
with children. I technically actually made more
money than I actually had. I had 71 money. I
have 74 now. Yeah, you were supposed to split
that 40 gold, but you didn't. Anyways. I actually
never spent any of that 40 gold. I had 30 to
start with. Okay. Go deal with your business.
What are we doing? I want to tell him that the
blowgun's an actual good weapon. That way, if
we ever go back to him, that way we get, like,
a deal. It's like, ah, I told you. We don't even
have the blowgun on us. Yeah, he gave it to us
for free, though. He's going to ask about it.
So you walk over him and tell him that? Wait,
no. Wait, no, I don't walk over yet. Didn't he
give us that for free? Yes. He did. Like, sold
it to us. So, I mean, technically, we own it
now. Yes. I'll just, how about I just step in
and say that you have the blood. Yeah, you go
deal with that. I'm not, I'm not following you.
Okay. No, I might not go do that. I'm just gonna
let that crazy meme go. I'm just gonna let the
beef just settle. I guess I'm just gonna go back
to camp. It's not beef! He's racist! He's full
-on racist! Didn't Nova say that there was something
that the orc did him wrong? The thing is, it
doesn't... It could be a misunderstanding. Orc
could also... Just him still being racist! Kit!
You know, I'm just going back to Kit. Thank you.
Oz, what are you doing? I'm going to go off the
back, go back to Kit. Okay, so all of you are
back at the tent now? Yep. Alright, I'm going
to pop Curb's PNG back up. Talon screams, Genesis!
Genesis! We're gonna go. It's time to go. Genesis
sighs and puts away a small booklet that he was
writing in, like a journal. And he tucks it away
somewhere. And he... He puts it in his pants.
What? Oh, God. Okay, he writes... He writes in
some strange booklet as he walks over, as he
puts the booklet. Probably, actually, you know
what? He's going to put the booklet, you see
that baggy sort of cloth around his neck? Yes.
He's going to put the booklet in there. So whenever
women put their phones in their bras, is that
what you're doing? He's going to put the booklet
in his boot. Because fuck you. And he'll go out.
It's like one of those mini journals. Like mini...
Like a little notebook, but it's very tiny. Here,
wait. I have an image that might fit. Here we
go. Check no mic. You're gonna send me a pretty
pink princess diary kind of thing. No! Yeah,
fuck you. It's literally that, but without the
unicorn and without the fluffiness. Just like...
It's got the key, like the lock and everything.
Oh, so it's just a diary that he ripped the little
fuzz off. No. Genesis goes to Claire's and he
buys a... Okay, okay, okay. I imagine it as like
the Baldur's Gate Book of Dead Gods. Like that
kind of style. Yeah, it's a leather book journal.
Like, I don't understand. We're in fantasy world.
There's no fuzzy pink unicorn glitter princess
design on the front, dude. I think Genesis would
find a way. He puts the book away. And he goes
out. So I'm now with everyone else. Before...
Before... Can I... I want to give... 14 gold
to both of you. Oh. Because that was for the
40 yesterday. I said I would divvy it up. Technically,
I am cutting myself. It would be split 14, 13,
13. But since I'm giving 14 to both of you, I'm
splitting it 14, 14, 12. Wow. So generous. Thank
you. And then... And then I'm giving away two
gold to Talon. He just gets two gold. Don't question
that one. So technically I've lost 30 gold. And
yet still, I'm still winning somehow. Don't question
it. This is like math. Girl math. Girl math.
So do you guys want to talk before you guys head
out? Quick out of question character. Does Genesis
have a bag? Um... Mechanically, yeah. Flavor
-wise, I guess no. Genesis holds everything in
his boots, and then whenever he walks, it clangs.
Okay. Okay. I hate you. Have I ever told you
how much I hate you? One day he's walking, and
then his baby blanket falls out of his boot.
Ha ha! You have a purse. So you guys, do you
guys want to head out to the window? Uh, yeah.
Yarr. Alrighty. Um... Ooh, I have to pull up
my nose. Uh, is there anything that you guys
want to talk about on your way there? I have
a question, actually. I have an answer. Would
I have the ability to send a letter? Yes. You
do. Is it about what you DMed me? It's not about
that. Do I have the ability to send a letter
without it being like an actual predetermined
safe way that will not be, like, what's the word?
Intercepted? Intercepted, yeah. Um... I will
do the most elaborate. Genesis will take off
the armor. and, like, put on a hood, and, like,
walk through a crowd of people, and, like, have
a dead drop, and then, like, also encrypt the
message with, like, five different languages,
and it's five different Caesar ciphers. Like,
hell. If you encrypt it safely, or if you, like,
encrypt it and then give it to Talon. Yeah, it'll
be, like, every other word is an ignin, and then
the entire phrase is, the first word is Caesar
ciphered by one, the second word is Caesar ciphered
by two, so it'll take, like, even if you, theoretically
somehow knew what the key to unlock it would
be, you would still need to spend like 30 minutes
decoding it. Yeah, Talon can deliver a letter.
He is a career. He is on your side. Alright.
Just DM me what the letter is and who you're
sending it to, and then... Alright. I can say
it out loud. Okay. Not who I'm sending it to,
but I want to find out more about Everett. DM
me who you're sending it to and then you can
say what you're saying. I want my contact to
give me as much information as possible about
Everett since he's the guy on our sites. Alright.
Expect that within a session or two. I can only
imagine it. One of the words in the thing is
just the word bird, but really it means Everett.
Okay. So you guys head out now? Yes. We're on
you. So I'm gonna, while you're walking, I'm
gonna specify, very important, Ivory. Whilst
walking, I'm going to say you guys see a field
of blue flowers and ivory. I'm going to DM you
really quick. Very important. I have just rolled
a natural 20 to eat the flowers. Did you do a
bite check? Yeah, natural 20 plus 10, 30. This
is going to be like some chemical poison. It's
a graveyard of flowers, civilizing each person
lost in the war. So you actually pass away. Natural
20 is crazy. Nothing bad happens. You just eat.
This is why I don't get good rolls during combat
because this is the shit I waste my luck on.
Yeah, so nothing bad happens. They're just flowers.
They taste disgusting. I'm not actually eating
them. Nope, you already said you ate them. They
taste absolutely horrible. Bite and glare are
bits, man. That's why every time I roll glare
to intimidate, I roll an intimidation check after.
Nope. They're bits. They're bits. So, guys, I
am going to have to go AFK for a bit. Apparently,
my dinner's here. Dinner! But I'm going to finish
this first segment. On the way, I'm going to
say Talon tag for this one. And he's just yapping
to himself. And he says, guys, what if they just...
Or, uh, guys, what if, what if they just ran
away? Like, would we blame them if they did?
Like, if they went missing, like, you know, would
we blame them if they ran? And then, uh, you
guys get to the, uh, the window. It is, like,
it looks three stories tall. It's made of stone
and wood. It looks like it's half collapsed.
The windows seem, like, black and covered in
ash. And you realize that the birds are refusing
to even land on it. There's a lantern on the
door that is still lit, but the oil in it, you
can see, is very, like, it's almost gone. I'm
gonna say... Who would be the most perceptive
right now? Who would be perceiving? Who would
roll this perception check for me? I could roll
it. Alright, roll me a perception. Oh my fucking
god. I got a 10. You... i'm gonna say that it's
a very low dc you smell a thick scent of lavender
which you guys have been able to tell from the
uh the the notes and the the clues and everything
uh this is mara mara's favorite scent to use
for coded letters for like mission briefing like
letters all that stuff It's always the same thick
lavender scent that you're smelling here. Oh.
Are you guys okay with a quick pause, though,
while I go eat dinner? Yes. I will be back in
like 10 -20 minutes. It won't be that long. Alright.
Break time. I do apologize. Break time, break
time. Break time round two. Are you going to
stop the recording? Yeah. Because I already have
to cut like 30 minutes of it. But we spent like
an hour and like 20 minutes. All right. So you
guys, you guys already subscribed, got to the
thing, got to the thing, the birds. Let me set
the background. Uh, the, the birds, the blah
-ba -da -ba, the lavender. Uh, what do you, what
do you guys, uh, what do you guys want to do
at the windmill? You guys want to go in? Um,
did you guys know that when birds fly in circles,
usually the, and if I'm correct, usually that
signifies there's a dead body? Um, yeah, so,
like, not. Actually... Not actually? No. No.
That's, like, sometimes if they're, like, they
find food or, like, if they're looking for, like,
a safe place. It's not bodies. I don't know where
you got that information. Oh, my... My... Never
mind. They could be ready to, like, swoop in
and, like, catch their food. Are you... I might
have heard it wrong. I'm sorry. You're stupid.
Sorry. This is like super embarrassing for Ivory.
I'm going to go real quick and kill someone and
drag them to the building so I can save them
from this embarrassment. Can you give me my laptop
account so I can kick myself from my own Xbox
account? What? Why? Then would you be able to
join? I just have to go back outside to this
room. If you're gonna go back outside, why wouldn't
you just, like, leave yourself? Imagine my computer
account and me leaving right now. Yeah, for the
bit. So, like, imagine that was the other one.
Aw, shucks. I can't believe that the real...
Where did Juno go? I can't believe that Juno
just left. They fucked their god. I fucking hate
that guy. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I hate Juno. Oh, yeah,
I hate Juno. Ugh. Hey, why did they leave? Because
Juno's a horrible person, and that was the most
uncomfortable, awkward situation known to man.
Oh. One second. Wait, what? You're back? No,
you're not supposed to be here. Deadpool isn't
here. I'm not saying that. Oh. Oh, the real Juno
said, I'm quitting the Starlight Tavern. Yeah,
I can't take this anymore, I think. Do you guys
want to go inside of the windmill? Yeah. Alright.
Yeah, yeah. Do you guys want to stick together,
split up? There's the upstairs, the main stairs,
and then the up upstairs. There's the three stories.
I want to go back to the room, right? Do you
guys want to split up? I kind of want to just
also inspect the room that we're in as well.
It's just like a foyer. Oh, the real Juno has
just joined the VC. Wait a second. If Junalicious
is in storytelling, and I'm in storytelling,
Who's watching Foxy? I don't know. I don't know
what Junalicious is the real Junalicious. I think
it's that one. Oh, that one. It's, uh, it's me.
Oh, Junalicious, is that you? Yeah, no, it's
me. Can you... Oh, hi, Junalicious. Are you able
to stick... Are you able to stick both of us?
Can you sync both accounts to this? Yeah, do
you want me to do this? Oh lord, please don't.
I think this is how I'll be for the rest of the
session. I think I will just simply ban the big...
My name is David. I want some ice cream. That
is my name. I want another. Where is my ball?
It's going down the road. There is a car. And
it is going to hit me. This is staying in the
recording. You know that, right? I'm sorry. We
can come back to the session. I'm so sorry. Do
you guys want to split up? Do you guys want to
stick together? How do you guys want to do this?
Main room is just a little foyer. There's a little
chilling area. Nothing much here. I wanna go
look at the foyer. I don't really care for anyone.
Alright. Um, in the foyer, you, uh, you see...
Wait, wait. Wait, give me a second. Why would
you not say that and leave the servant? Why would
you not say that, yeah. Uh, in the foyer, uh,
like, what's left of it, you know? You see a,
uh... staircase. You see that it's everything
in the room is covered in dust, except for no
footprints, except for like one set that goes
inside or not inside, but up the stairs, but
does not come back down. Uh, you see a coat rack
that is really crooked with three cloaks with
rebel insignia that hang from it, uh, all faded
smelling of sweat and ash. So it smells gross.
There's a table by the door with a pair of glasses,
a, a burnt -down candle, and a chess game that
seems unfinished. One side has only the pawns,
and then the other one has its queen. One does
not have any queens or bishops or knights. It
literally only has the pawns, and then the other
has the queen, the king, and everything else.
It's pretty much a full side. Except the other
only has the... Yeah. There is a mirror on the
wall that is cracked straight down the middle.
And it only... If you look inside of it, it shows
all three of you guys. But there is no light
from any torches. It's just the three of you.
The air feels really warm. And it feels as if
the air hasn't moved. I don't know how to describe
that. There's no rats. There's no bugs. There's
no nothing. It smells faintly of lavender and
tea. The only sound that you hear is upstairs,
and it sounds like creaking wood as if someone
is walking around. Everything feels still, and
it feels deliberate. Is that the word I'm looking
for? Purposeful? It feels like it's... Fake,
kind of. Uh, you are getting a sense of, like...
It... It feels like you guys have interrupted
something, but you don't know what. But in for
a split second, you guys feel a feeling of hope
before it disappears. You guys can make rolls
or anything that you guys would like. If you
want, you guys can look around. Whatever. Can
I roll? Can I roll Arcana? Arcana? Yeah, if there's,
like, magic in the air or anything. Sure. I got
a 21. Um, you, with the Arcana, uh, do any, uh,
yeah, so you feel a, like, a faint, like, residue
of, like, a divination magic near the mirror
as if it was used to... as a camera of sorts.
And it feels like it might still be or recently
was used as a camera of sorts, like to peek into
the window. Can I inspect the mirror? Yes. Roll
investigation. Reception? Investigation. Oh.
I'm glad as shit. I mean, I got a 21 again. Alright,
what do you want to do? Like, how are you inspecting
it? Are you taking it off the wall? Are you just
looking at it? What? I'm, like, is there anything
off about it besides the crack in it? Like...
I mean, the fact that it isn't reflecting any
sources of light, except just the three of you
guys in the room as if it were, like, pitch black.
Not pitch black, but, like, dark. Huh. It's like
in games where it doesn't reflect the background,
it only reflects the character. You know what
I mean? Yeah, that's interesting. Anything else
you want to do with this mirror? Can I hold my
dagger up to it? Can the dagger be shown through
the mirror? The dagger, you can see the dagger
in the mirror, yes. Can I cantrip Mage Hand?
Can the mirror see the Mage Hand? The mirror
does not see the Mage Hand, no. Okay. Thank you.
Anything else? Um, does anyone else want to do
anything? Because I keep asking to do stuff.
I'll produce flame in front of the mirror since
it's not reflecting light sources to see if it
reflects the fire it does not all right um so
i do want to check out this mirror however there
is creaking as if someone is upstairs right now
and i feel like that's slightly more pressing
um so if you want to continue checking out this
mirror you can ivory but genesis is gonna start
making his way upstairs but like slowly so uh
the door behind you guys uh slam shut And for
a second, just a second, you feel like someone
is standing right behind you. As if someone is
watching you. Who? It just feels like someone
is. Like, anyone. Hold on. Is there like a...
Oh, you know the codes from earlier? Yeah. I
want to put one over the mirror. Okay. You put
it over the mirror? Yeah. Yeah, because you said
it felt like it was being used as a camera to
look into here And then I want to I want to go
upstairs All right with you guys behind me, hopefully,
but if you don't want to it's fine. You guys
follow? Sure All right. Um, let me Pull up my
notes. All right. I muted um Actually, can I
do one thing? Can I roll Arcana to see if there's
an invisible person? I'm going to say with Juno's
detect magic, there is none. If you guys want
to roll investigation or insight or anything
on the room or any specific item before you guys
go upstairs, you can. I want to roll investigation,
I guess. Roll investigation on what specifically?
Hold on the chess table. You want to investigate
the chess? Yes. Alright. So, roll investigation.
What did you roll? I rolled a... Oh gosh. 17.
No, that's 17 -7. Sorry. Yeah, I saw. Just chess.
This is all you can see. What pieces were there
on top of it again? The white side only has pawns
and their king. The black side has its king,
its queen, the rooks, the knights, bishops. So
you can see one side is very obviously losing.
Or it seems like one -sided enthusiasm. Is that
a metaphor? Um... Alright, I'm gonna follow behind
Genesis then. Alright, let me... Alright. Uh,
you guys, uh, all go upstairs. And you... I accidentally
scrolled past. You are in the kitchen. Upstairs,
yes, there's the kitchen. The door to it at the
top of the stairs is slightly open, and as you
push it open, the hinges creak. And it feels,
looking around the room, it feels like someone
has left in the middle of doing something, and
like they were fully intending on coming back.
It is a small square room with a... What is it
called? What is it called? Like a hearth. Hearth?
Is that how it's pronounced? The fire thing.
In the center of the room. Not in the center.
In the corner of the room. Sorry. And it is covered
in soot, obviously. The fire is out, but the
stones feel... Or see... Like... Going close
to them, you can tell that the stones are faintly
warm. In the center of the room, there is a wooden
table with... It looks like it's long enough
to fit six chairs, but there's only four chairs.
Two of them are missing. On the table, there
are three bowls of soup, congealed. Not rotten
at all, not moldy. And there's a fourth bowl,
which is on the ground, spilled. the spoon bent
like it hit the stone someone stepped on it and
no one picked it up there's a napkin on the table
folded uh very carefully uh and on top of it
a drawing that looks like it was drawn by a child
showing the it's very smudged as if like water
was spilled on it but you could tell that there
are it was a rebellions around a fire there is
a open uh how's it pronounced cupboard with like
dried herbs rations a couple cups there's a there's
a half eaten apple with that's like bruised and
brown that sits on the windowsill there's a notebook
uh it's not a not a not like journal it's like
recipe book and there is actually yeah yeah that's
it smells very homey but it also smells somewhat
distant. You have the smell of a warm broth,
like a soup, and then a hint of basil. And then
slightly you smell something metallic. Occasionally
you hear more creaking above. There is wind passing
through a cracked window. And in the corner,
there is a chair with wheels. Makeshift wheels.
It's like a wheelchair. Would you guys like to...
Does the chair, the wheelchair, look like it
belongs to the table? Uh, kind of, yes. Okay.
Um... If... The room... Doesn't smell rotten.
Because I assumed it would with the food. Doesn't
that mean there was people here at least recently?
If it doesn't smell rotten. That's for you guys
to discuss amongst yourselves. I mean... There's
nothing above us. Did you fall behind? How long
ago did the one male, the people with the one
male disappear? Yeah, that's my question. How
did the guy get captured? Um, I believe, uh,
this is, this is Talon. Uh, I believe that Mara
said, or wrote, something like a week ago? Like,
around the time that you guys got there, uh,
it was like a couple days after. that the guy
I ratted out, we don't know when they went missing,
but it was like a couple days after he ratted
them out and then they didn't go for another
couple days. So we don't really know when, we
don't have like a set course of events that happened,
but it was somewhere within the past week and
a half. Is the room warm or is it cold? uh pretty
warm like it feels it feels it's like a calm
temperature like it feels like i said it feels
homey homey but distant in a way if that makes
sense to you guys yeah so so if there's four
things of soup this ought to be at least somewhat
recent because if the soup probably actually
can i inspect the soup what is what's in it inspect
the soup Oh, I thought you'd never ask. Um...
Do you know a thing or two about food? Uh...
I got a 21 in cooking earlier. Only a... I'll
say another investigation. Um, Mal, this is another
thing that if you want to also investigate the
soup, I would give you advantage. Just so you
know. Because your background. Yeah, I would.
I would want to help out too. Anything about
cooking? Roll with advantage, then. Yeah, you
could roll with advantage. Just say that Mal
is giving an out of action. Oh, boy. I got a
21. I'm good. Yeah, so roll with that. I'll say
you and Malachi are working together. Mal, you
realize that inside of it is a rare herb used
in a lot of alchemical brews. as if someone here
knew their craft it's just like a normal stew
it's just someone knew what they were doing and
they picked that herb for specific reasons rather
that be for it to be a like a regenerative like
healing medicinal kind of soup or it if it's
just for the flavor um but uh it the soups themselves
seem to have something in them that slows down
the time between creation and going old. But
it does, one of the four soups, or three, because
one's on the floor, one of the three soups does
feel quite warm. That was me recently. Yep. So,
if... Perp, did you say something? Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I was gonna ask a question, but Gina stayed
talking, so I was gonna wait a minute to finish.
Ask the question, or write down what I'm thinking.
How heavy were the footsteps? How heavy? Um...
Uh... Decently heavy. Like, they felt like...
As if... I'd say about as heavy as yours would
be. Genesis, do you want to look around? I do,
but I won't let them do it first. Alright. Did
you know you had a question? think this isn't
like a question more of a thought i feel like
with how much food there is either it's the same
person over and over grabbing more servings of
soup and judging how one of them is warm it feels
like they don't have they can't stomach the rest
of the food or and it's probably not as accurate
But they're trying to feed people that aren't
there. Maybe. Could be, like, a guilt complex.
I don't know. I... How, um... How old does the
cold soup look? So two of them are, like, colder.
Uh, it looks like it was made, like... They all...
even though one of them seems warmer they all
look like they were or they like they seem like
they were made within the same like time frame
from a week ago to yesterday somewhere in that
time frame you do not you do not know it's difficult
to uh pinpoint are they cold or are they room
temperature More room temperature than anything,
yeah. Okay. Thank you. So Juno, do you say your
question in or out of character? I could say
it in character. I kind of do believe that. If
it's the same person making the same soup over
and over again, they must have something here.
Yeah, we should probably go look for the person
instead of continuing to investigate the soup,
I think. And then we can come back to it later,
right? I mean, what else is in this room? If
they're... Wait. If they have healing properties
in it, some of the soup is cold, because that
would imply if it's the same person unable to
stomach food, because that would imply... That
the person walking upstairs is ill? And that
they can't stomach the food because of their
illness? Or like out of guilt? Or are they trying
to heal people that are dead? And that they're
trying to... Boom. I think that it's more of
a clip. I don't know if I think it's the same
person making the same soup. Like I didn't get
that impression. Is it the same soup? Are the
soups the same? We were told that a week ago
he betrayed them and then a couple days after
they disappeared. And this soup was made anywhere
from a week to yesterday. So I think this soup
was made the day they were taken. I don't think
someone was making soup. I think it's weird that
one of them is warm, but I don't think someone
has been making soup while everyone's been gone.
Perhaps. I mean, there are a few things I've
picked up here and there. Like the chess table.
Like how the black pieces had no pawns, but had
all the important pieces. And the white side
only had the king saying like, oh, it's the king
and his army who are the pawns. That's what I
picked up. And then the mirror is like broken.
I don't know about that. I'll say, while looking
at the mirror earlier, I'll say that the crack
down the center seems like someone punched it
or threw something at it. It's not just a random
crack going through the center. Can I do my investigation?
Of course. How dusty is this place? uh about
as dusty as the the downstairs one uh yet again
you see footsteps that go to another set of stairs
but nothing but they don't come back down okay
they don't come back down yeah no do you wanna
do you wanna roll investigation then i can i'm
not good at that i mean you can still roll it
you know all right yeah i can i can bardic inspiration
you yeah i don't think that's like oh i can can
i guidance myself I don't want to waste your
verdict inspiration. Yeah, you could. I could
also guidance. Yeah, I'm going to guidance myself.
All right. You also have heroic inspiration.
Not wasting that on this. All right. Investigation.
Natural 20. Okay. Yeah. Plus D4, which is 21.
Yeah. So you are looking around. You see out
of the five chairs, the one that's the wheelchair
in the corner. the four chairs. One of those
chairs is newer and one of those has a, what's
it called? Initials. EM. And you specifically
seeing the EM, it's not on the newer chair, but
it's on like the one that right next to it. EM
feels important to you, but you cannot remember
why. Its initials. All right. Okay, okay. I have
a question about the world. Yep. Elerion has
custom magic rules, right? Yes, correct. What
are the kinds of things you can learn with an
Arcana Trap? So, you can learn the type of spell.
If you know the spell, you can know what the
spell is. And you can learn how strong that spell
is still. of when it was cast or when it was
last activated, if it's something like the mirror
downstairs. Could you learn anything about the
spellcaster? You can learn how strong of a spellcaster
it was. Okay, so there is something that differentiates
spells depending on the spellcaster. Who here
is good with magic? Me. I think a teleportation
spell might have been cast here. I need you to
see if you can find anything. I'm going to roll
Arcana then. 19. You feel a faint magical residue.
specifically in the hearth uh it doesn't feel
like it was a spell but it feels like it was
an echo like someone made a fat wow fat wish
no their final wish while stirring like you know
stirring the fire if you know what i mean like
poking at the fire to get the wood to get lit
huh that's that's an interesting sense I'm going
to say you guys hear whilst walking, you hear
an echo. And it sounds familiar to all of you,
but it's not a voice that any of you have ever
heard. It feels quite distant. It feels like
a 12 -year -old girl is saying, take a seat.
I look over at the other two and I say, I know
what's happening here. Guys, Talon's also here.
Sorry. There's three chairs. And three of us
were kind of meant to come here. The chairs,
the steps. Empty chairs and empty tables. I...
I thought we were dealing with some sort of teleporter.
Maybe a Mathis soldier, but it's so much worse.
We're dealing with a ghost. A child? I'm just
saying shit, man. I mean, it makes sense. There
were footsteps, creaky footsteps upstairs. We
went up and there was nothing. The animals and
birds and all signs of life are staying away
from here, wary. The reflection is acting weird,
which is some sort of supernatural element. We've
found multiple weird phenomenons and not found
magic, but weird energy, like with the hearth
and stuff like that. Supernatural ghosts would
make sense. That's all I'm saying. I would agree
with the ghost accusations. It felt like everyone
was here living a life and then just disappeared.
Wait. Do we know how old his sister was? The
guy? No. His sister died here, right? Yes. You
know that for a fact. Ivory. Takes the seat,
I guess. I'll take the seat. Can I actually...
The photo on the table, sir, looks drawn by a
child. Is the guy earlier that we saved, is he
on the photo? Are you saying that you're going
to investigate this, the drawing? Yes? Do you
want me to roll for that? No, no, no. Looking
at this napkin, you see little scribbled smiles
with a little heart above everyone's head. There's
five figures, one of which has a golden blotch
over their chest, where their heart would be.
One of... Okay, wait. You see one of which has
the word Ivy written over it. And one has Ari.
Ari? Ari. A -U -R -I. There are no... Besides
those, it doesn't say anything on it, but the...
The golden blotch over the center of the one
character does feel like it sticks out more than
anyone else. You hear the same voice in your
head say, You made it out, so make it better.
Or, not better, so make it matter. You made it
out, so make it matter. Do we all hear this one?
Just Juno. But do you guys all sit at the table?
Because I know Oz and Juno said they would. I
think Genesis hesitates. But I think ultimately
he sits down after a moment. I'm going to ask
you guys. There are the four chairs. There is
the chair that has no soup. There is the chair
with the warm soup with the napkin right there.
I'm going to say Ivory sits at the napkin one.
There's the new chair, and then there's the chair
with the initials. Oz and Perp, where do you
guys want to sit? Initials. Initials? Okay. I'll
take the warm soup. All right. Perp, I'm going
to focus on you a little bit. As soon as you
sit into this chair, you get a memory of you
training someone you once knew, teaching them
how to fight. It was when you first joined the
Rebellion. There was a big tree. You taught people
how to fight at the tree. And you remember his
name was Evan Merrill. Give me a second. And,
um, you remember you dismissed him. Uh, and you,
the last words you said to this kid was, you'll
be useful when you learn how to keep your hands
steady. And you remember you've not seen that.
You said, you remember telling the kid, you'll
be useful when you learn how to keep your hands
steady. You said... Bro, you cut out in the exact
same place. Bruh! Both times you went, you'll
be useful when you look. You'll be useful when
you learn how to keep your hands steady. It didn't
happen again. You'll be useful when you learn
how to keep your hands steady. You will be useful
when you learn how to keep your hands steady.
You remember that you dismissed him as too green
to bleed. Yeah. And you remember that you have
not seen this boy since. In this chair that you're
sitting at. See, it was his chair. And the soup
is probably the second warmest soup. So it's
the warm soup, this soup, and then there's a
soup that's too cold. I don't know. I was about
to say Little Red Riding Hood. No, Goldilocks
or whatever. And you hear. In your mind, you
hear a voice that says, Did you teach us to die
better? In the same 12 -year -old girl voice.
And then, Mal. Who was hearing this, sorry? You.
Oh. And then, Mal. I'm sorry, but you don't have
anything at the table. Sorry. There is something
for you in this room. Don't get me wrong, but
you gotta find it. Let me go to those alchemy
supplies next, but not right now. What do you
guys want to do? Oh, wait. Can I go to the alchemy
supplies then? Um... Technically, you could go
there, yeah. I want to go there. All right. You
look and you see another apple. This one not
bruised. There's still a bite taken out of it.
But it feels different. You smell an acidic sugar.
And you smell like the wood from the cupboard.
And you get a memory from a bar that you worked
at when you were younger. And you remember making
a cocktail with an apple garnish. And you invented
it the first time. And the first time someone
tried it, they said that it was genius. That
you were genius. The apple smells the same. as
the one that you used that night making it. Someone
here had the taste of an alchemist. They were
experimenting. They were savoring. They were
waiting for someone. Someone who never came back.
And in your head, you hear, what good is crafting
something beautiful if no one's left to taste
it? And that is yours. You can... I have a question.
Wait. You can sense that this apple was the second
one. They were trying to figure out how to make
it so that the apple wouldn't go bad. So this
one is almost perfect. The other one went horribly
bad. Anyways, yes, perfect. Are all of these
lines delivered at the little girl's voice? Yes,
yes. What would you guys like to do? Um... Ivory...
Pockets... A napkin... With a tremble in her
hands. I don't think she really does anything
else. Um, I'm gonna say... Um... I have to visualize
it in my head again. Do you know? No. No, Ozzy.
Oz. When you're at the table, sitting across
from you, that's the empty chair. And for a moment,
this is before you got up and moved. For a moment,
it felt like someone was sitting across from
you. Someone that you did not hear. Someone that
you did not see. But someone you know has been
there. That they were waiting for you. They were
hungry and afraid. They wanted someone to sit
down and say, and tell them with absolute certainty
that it would be okay. Oh, okay. That's interesting.
And then you move, and that, and then, yeah.
I forgot that I wrote that part. Yeah, Talon
didn't sit at the table, just so you guys know.
Anyway, Perp, you unmuted. I'm sorry. You can
continue what you're saying. No, it's okay. Genesis
is going to stand up and... Glare? Actually,
yeah. He seems entirely unfazed by these visions.
And it's hard to tell whether it's genuine or
not, but there's no, like, very, very minimal
reaction. It's like a weird, like, is he the
heartless fucking piece of shit he was saying
earlier who doesn't care about the actual rebellion?
Or, like, what's going on here? Anyway, he's
going to continue looking for hints as to where
these people went. He's going to ignore all of
the bullshit. There's still the footsteps going
upstairs. Um, do the footsteps still sound above
us, even though we're upstairs? Uh, yes. I want
to see if there's an attic. Uh, there is a staircase.
There is a three -story, remember? Oh, I thought
we were, okay. I thought we were... When I said
I wanted to check out the footsteps, I meant,
like, go directly up. Well, so originally they
sounded directly up, and that's why you're on
this floor. And now they sound... One more, I'll
level up. So you want to go upstairs? Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I'm going to have my weapon drawn. All
right. Do you two follow? Sure. All right. You
get up. I read. Oh. No, continue. Sorry. All
right. I read. Gets up from the chair. And with
hesitancy, she falls behind, keeping her distance
away from the two. As you guys get up the, it's
a narrow staircase, and it curves to the next
room, so like it turns. You walk in, and the
stairs groan beneath your feet. orders or even
a like breath but there's only the soft scratch
of dust underneath your underneath your boots
your feet your shoes whatever um and in the room
there are two small windows one is cracked one
is boarded the breeze uh goes through both uh
pushing the curtains out of the way they were
once that you could tell that they were once
white but now they are yellowed like they're
more yellow they're Like, you know, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. There's a makeshift trunk in front
of each bed. There are five beds. There's a lantern
that is still burning in the corner of the room,
but it is running extremely low. There are, yeah,
I said five beds? Yeah, five beds. Um, looking
around, it looks like something occurred up here.
Oh, and as you got upstairs, you hear the echo
of a man's voice from this room, in this room
somewhere. A whisper of an echo. We should have
left sooner. Yet again, what would you guys like
to do? Guys? I'm... Oh, sorry. You can talk.
Uh, I wanna sniff. What? Oh, you wanna know the
scent of the room? Yeah. Um... How do I describe
it? Uh... You smell, um... I've had... Okay.
You... It smells old. And you can smell the smell
of the burning lantern. It smells dry and cracked.
As if the rafters soaked in the smoke for far
too long. You smell the lavender and the herbs
again. And you smell sweat, leather, oil. The
smell of death. You smell ink, cold metal. You
smell smoke from a fire. I would not say the
smell of death, but the smell of abandonment.
What the fuck do you mean? Sorry. My brain isn't
built for abstract ideas. Pardon? Okay. Nothing.
I'm gonna - Do you want me to describe that better
for you, Genesis? No, no, it's okay. You explained
it good. It's just, you said, not the smell of
death, the smell of abandonment, and I know you're
referring to all the things you were listing
off earlier, but it came at me and I was confused
for a real second. Okay. Alright. Oh, I have
one more description. I think they're dead. Like,
I think they're gone. I have one more description
if you want it. Yeah, if you have more stuff
to describe. It smells like people here tried
to build a home. Not barracks, not a hideout,
not a storage house, but a home. And it feels...
To add on to the smells like abandonment thing,
and it smells like the home was just abandoned.
Not as if... It doesn't smell as if... It would
be somewhere where the war would touch, in a
way. I don't know how to describe how, it's how
the scent makes you feel, less of how it fully
smells. Genesis takes in a moment to process
this before... silently turning around to look
at the other two and after a moment of hesitation,
saying, we're wasting our time and going back
downstairs. Um, like, he's just gone? He waits
outside. There's this moment of weird tension.
There's definitely something that got to him
here. Do you guys want to follow? I'm going to
leave you guys as the smart people to figure
out what's here. basically goes downstairs to
wait for you. Let me hide your PNG. Oh, boy!
Can I investigate the room? Yeah. Let me roll
investigation. Or do you want to investigate,
like, a specific, um... like, part? Um... Thank
God you said that, so I probably re -roll that.
Um... Um, can I investigate, like, is there,
like, drawers? Yeah, each bed has a trunk. There's
five beds, five trunks. I want to investigate
the trunks. Uh, which one? There's five. Let's
start with the first, I guess. Alright, um, I'll
let you re -roll that investigation. Yay. Mainly
because I'm kind. And caring. Wow! Okay. Um,
inside the trunk. You see folded clothes, folded
very meticulously, very precisely. You see a
poetry book. And then you see in the poetry book,
they have a line that reads, they say silence
is safety, but I still dream of the sea. Yeah,
I'm saying, looking through a trunk, I'm not
going to make the AC or DC of, like, investigating
that high, but getting anything out of it will
be higher. Oh, if you want to roll... Never mind,
never mind, never mind. Oh, while looking at
the bed, the blanket is tucked with, like, yet
again, meticulously, very precisely, as if it
was a military or ex -military member. And there
is a wooden pendant, I think it is, carved with
the Rebellion sigil laying on the pillow. I have
Arcana on that. Arcana? Sure. Also, on any of
the beds, uh... I mean, Arcana? Nothing. It's
just... Yeah, it's just a pendant. Uh, but...
Let me check. Yeah, you're not getting any Archon
on this one. Roll Insight for me. Okay. Wow.
24. With that Insight, you can tell that the
rebel, the rebellion member who was in this bed,
never stopped believing that they'd make it home.
Like, make it back to their home. Do you want
to go to the second bed? Or do you want to focus
more on this? All right. The second bed feels
like it's still warm. It... Oh, sorry. It has
an indent as if someone had just left the bed.
There's a mug on a crate beside the table that
you can smell. It smells very herbal, like medicinal.
Very fragrant. There's a scarf on the corner
of the bed that is the same color as Mara's cloak.
And let me fact check. There is the EM that was
the same on the chair on this bed. I want to
take the scarf. um cried i can't ask this i don't
know i don't know about i don't know about genesis
thing okay i have an idea though all right um
i want to investigate the trashy i'm gonna investigate
the trunk There's gonna be a lot of investigation
rolls. Alright, um... Which one are we on? One,
one? Two. What'd you roll? Um... I rolled...
16. Alright. You see a cloak, also the same color
as Mario's old one, with a phrase. We fight to
make it back, not to vanish. Written, like, stitched
on it. You see a leather -bound sketchbook, like
a notebook similar to the one that Genesis has,
filled with drawings of the cities, the rooftops,
the canals, marketplace, just from weird angles,
as if from, like, tip -top windows in the city.
There's one unfinished one that is... view from
the windmill once it's safe and it looks to be
uh like i said unfinished and it looks like it's
supposed to be the windmill but it feels finished
like it feels as if it were completely not destroyed
like it feels uh there is a sketch of mara in
One of the pages standing at a fire with her
shoulders slightly stomped over and it signed
the letter L You see an envelope It has no name
and it just says for when the world war ends
in The wax the seal from the wax is unbroken
There is a pocket watch which when you open the
lid of it It says, save time for me. There's
a hand -carved turtle about the size of, like,
one of your fingers. And it is missing a leg.
And it looks as if it were made for a child.
Uh, Ivory, where art thou at? Like, where in
the room would you be? Um, Ivory, would... Be
in the room, standing uncomfortably at the door,
as if she didn't want to be there. She's fiddling
the napkin in her pocket. Um, I'm going to say,
looking around, you see the turtle, and it looks
similar to that made by a vendor who carved toys
from your hometown. like where you grew up with
your family. And it brings memories of when you
and your family went to, you know, went to the
marketplace, walked the roads, like met people,
you know, with your family. And everything was
happy. Everything was okay before all the war.
And you remember when your parents bought you
a similar toy. It wasn't a turtle. You could
pick whatever animal it was. crafted the same
way and gave it to you, and you and your brother
would play with it every day, daily, for hours
on end, and that was the happiest you've been
in your entire life. And, yeah. I'll say, what
did you roll for the investigation? 16? Yeah.
You smell in the chest, you smell thick, thick
scent of The lavender of pine sap, ink, and bread.
Warm, warm, delicious bread. Someone stored it
here for a reason. And it doesn't seem like these
things were abandoned in a hurry. Yet again,
like I've said, I think twice now, it seems like
someone left it behind because they thought that
they would come back here. They thought that
they'd return and get their stuff again. I...
I want to turn to Ivory. I think I know what's
going on here. doesn't respond yet moves her
gaze from the floor over to the mouth i think
this is i forget her i you just said her name
i just um mara i think this is mara's brother
or some family relative You mean relative? She
had us... Oh, I'm sorry. Relative. Um... Yet
she had us go here instead of her. If that's
right. I... I want to say what I think from what
happened at this place. Was that there was these
people. And they got killed. Yet nobody knew
it. Tooken or killed. And yet I believe one of
them was a little... That this guy cared for.
i don't think they're gone i think they're still
here in spirit as you as those words leave your
mouth you hear um why is it so quiet did i say
that one already i've said no we shouldn't have
left sooner what else did i say or we should
have left sooner Why is it so quiet? There's
another one, no? You said the thing to Genesis
about you trained us to die better or something?
Not that. No, not the ones that were to you guys.
It was in this room. Okay, never mind. But you
hear out loud, like everyone, not Genesis, but
all of you guys in the room here, why is it so
quiet? And it sounds as if it's a child. sobbing
profusely. I don't think they're gone. I think
they're spirits who are trapped here, stuck in
the past, reliving what's happened. Ivory continues
to look at you, but doesn't respond at all, wincing
at the sound of the child crying. What would
you guys like to do? I quickly look at the other
three beds to see if I can see anything quickly.
Each bed has its own purpose. Each bed has its
own story. Its own thoughts. If you want to go
through all of them, you can. You don't have
to. If you wanted to roll an investigation, I
can just sum up what something you see. No, no,
no, no. I do want to go through all of them.
I kind of want to figure out what's happening.
I kind of want to figure out what's happened
here. I want to go through bed number three.
All right. This bed has the blankets twisted.
Not tossed, but twisted. Like someone turned
over and over and over again every night of their
life, reliving the same nightmare night after
night after night. And you see their pillow is
flattened into the shape of a clenched fist.
And you see that the trunk is half open, as if
someone had started packing and then stopped,
and then never came back to finish it. Do a roll
investigation to look through the trunk. All
right. That is a 17. 17, all right. You see a
journal. Not the, like, the leather one, like...
Sorry, I accidentally said a bad word. What was
his name? Not the same one as the other bed.
And not the same one as Genesis. Going through
it, each entry seems scattered. And each page
is a detailed report of a rebel training exercise,
like supplies, coded notes. And halfway through,
the entries become shorter, harder to read, more
uncertain. And then on the final page, it reads,
there's something in the walls it knows when
i'm awake when i think of home it grows quiet
when i speak to no one it listens and then on
the bottom it says don't let it don't let it
in don't let it in don't let it in each time
it's it writes that out it gets increasingly
more uh what's the word oh what's the word increasingly
more Demented? No. Like... What am I looking
for? I don't know English. Increasing... I had
it! For like a split second, I had it. Increasingly
more... Yes. Unhinged. Unhinged. Increasingly
more unhinged every time it gets written. You
see a spyglass with a broken hinge. uh and then
the lens is intact it smells faintly of like
salt salt water uh implying that they might have
been a thalassari dreaming of home dreaming of
the water a note that says she helps it she she
said it helps to look farther than fear uh on
this side of it um can you roll me an insight
Yep. It's certainly something that exists in
your hands. Uh, now can you roll me a history
check? History? To, like, remember. Yeah, history
check, I guess. Okay. 23. 23? What? Wait, why
isn't that popping up for me? give me a second
okay yeah um you remember when you first joined
the rebellion you remember uh mara uh you remember
mara uh saying to new recruits all of you guys
uh you remember her saying a phrase your eye
should be on tomorrow not your heels which in
the same way It feels the same tone as... It
feels like that's what the note on the side of
the spyglass is referring to, but you're extremely
unsure. You know what? Oh, I will go. Sorry,
continue. What better numbers? Is this number
four? No, this is number three. There's still
more in the trunk. I just had a... Oh, okay.
There's a tiny music box with no key. It feels
like an old tavern song that you have heard before.
I have to make sure this isn't the name of an
actual song really quick. but you recognize it
from your days at the bar, whenever you worked
at the tavern in the bars or whatever. And it
feels like there was someone that you always
had that would come in and would play music all
the time. They were a bard. They were the best
bard that you've ever heard. No offense, Ivory.
But it's a song that they told you was called
The Moon Sleeps Alone. It was their song. But
for some reason, it's in this music box. It hums.
And it... As... As if... As you play it, I guess,
a soft breeze moves through the rafters and the
windows over to you. There's a scrap of parchment
paper folded six times specifically. I keep dreaming...
Oh, sorry, it says... I keep dreaming of the
door in the mirror. I never open it. I always
wake up screaming. There's a pair of gloves,
one of which is turned inside out, one is not.
Stitching along it to fix it. There's a message
rolled up in one, written in a child's handwriting
that says, Come back soon. The house is too quiet
without your laugh. And it feels as if... It
makes you feel guilty reading it. You could feel
someone's grief behind it. In the glove, it feels
like someone out there is waiting. Waiting for
whoever this is. And that... Oh, and you smell,
uh, like a alchemical, like, scent. You think
this is the, you can, uh, what is your passive?
Passive insight 15? Yeah. This is the person
who, uh, made the soups downstairs. That was
bed three. to go to bed four now, I guess. Alright,
bed four. There's no blanket, no pillow. The
mattress has a deep dent in the center as if
someone had spent a whole lot of time laying
there, waiting. Not asleep, but waiting. There
are small, like, scratch patterns in the wood,
on the frame. Not words, but it seems like they're
counting days. 62 of them. One of them looks
like it had just been carved a week ago. No,
not even, like less than a week ago. Like three
days. And then can you roll insight for the trunk?
Or not insight, investigation. Investigation,
sorry. 21. That's much better. There's a scarf
that looks to be repaired. The initials are A,
and it looks to be a child's scarf. It is yellow
and green. It's not a rebel's scarf, and you
can tell that because there's no insignia. Ivory,
would you like to help? Would you like to join
in the investigation? With hesitance. All right.
As you walk over, I'm going to say, as you walk
over, you get a glimpse of the scarf that Mal
is holding, and you get a memory of a man who
you knew once who had the same scarf. He was
a boy, not a man. I don't know why I said man.
His name was Raylan Arian. He was your mother's
cousin. He was a kind boy when you knew him.
He once braided your hair somehow in the snow
while you guys were playing outside. There's
a ring in the trunk. It's a copper ring, so it
doesn't look expensive. And it looks like a sort
of like a ring promising. Proposal, kind of.
It says, I'll ask again when it's safe. Etched
in the side. There's a handbook. Doesn't look
like it was ever read. There's no notes. Pages
are still fresh. On the inside, a sentence has
been written out, then crossed out violently.
And it's a rebel handbook. As if it's, like,
something about the rebellion. Like, in the handbook.
And it says, I didn't join for war. I joined
for her. There's a map of the city with only
the lower districts. None of the wealthier areas.
The rebel sigil is marked near the canals in
red ink, then circled again like they were fixated
on something there. There's an arrow drawn towards
a small building labeled the Murrow Press. There's
an envelope addressed to no one. Inside of it,
there's a flower that is dried and pressed flat.
Next to it says, if I never say it out loud,
promise me you'll still know. It smells faintly
of lilac and smells old and metallic. And you
see a coin. No, not a coin, a key. Sorry. Ivory
picks up the key in the ring. What type of flower
was in the envelope? Um... Oh... The same...
The same blue flower that was in the fields outside.
Ivory also picks up the envelope with the flowers
in it. Alright. You guys wanna... It does not
go to that. Everything that you're finding, if
you wanna add it to your inventory, I will fully
let you take all of it. Oh, no, I'm not going
to steal any of this. I think, and Frank, I'm
going to put back that scarf. I would not like
to. Do you guys want to go to bed five? Sure.
All right. At bed five, it looks decorated. Not
with like wealth, not like anything valuable,
but of meanings. There's dried flowers between
the cracks in the wood. There is. a rebel like
sigil etched into the frame like the insignia
thing and surrounded with tiny little hand -drawn
stars uh there is a curtain uh between the rafters
going like as if it's like to provide privacy
like going around the bed you know uh but someone
put it back up so that it's not hanging down
roll investigate Oh, never mind. Roll investigation
for the trunk. All right. There's a mirror, a
hand mirror. It looks very scuffed, but still
kind of clean. It's like the kind, like the handheld
circle oval mirrors. And there's a note wedged
between the mirror and the frame. And it says,
I want to see myself happy again, just once,
just long enough to remember what we're fighting
for. And on the frame, it's like a sun over the
ocean waves. And whilst reading it, looking into
the mirror, Malachi, you see your reflection.
In your reflection, you are smiling. Even if
you aren't smiling, in your reflection, you look
like you're smiling. There's a smile on your
face. You look truly happy. You see another journal
with flowers pressed and sealed between each
one, each page. One is snowflake for strength,
kleptoan for memory. Then there is a petal, a
seaside petal for her. And one of the pages says,
we don't just fight to stop a crown. We fight
so we can plant gardens once more. You find a
spool of thread, mostly used. uh very colorful
uh looking at the curtain there are patches that
you can tell we're using this spool the bed there
are parts that there are patches with the spool
again uh the side of it has the name sorel s
-o -r -e -l -l uh you remember this as a rebel
artist that you guys have all heard of at least
once He was very famous, very popular at the
start of the war until he went missing. He was
a poet, a tailor, and he was a morale keeper
in a way. He vanished before the, yeah, a lot
of stuff that happened that you guys don't know
about. There's a bundle of letters tied around
with a blue ribbon. None were sent, none were
addressed. They all read like diary entries,
as if it was to a lost friend or a lover. Each
ends with, I hope the stars are kind where you
are. And one of the letters reads, They think
I sing just to be heard. I sing because it's
the only way to keep my heart from bursting.
And then yet again, it's signed, I hope the stars
are kind where you are. There's another pendant,
a rebel pendant, like on bed one or two, and
it's forged from like a scrap. The sigil is like
handmade, etched with, like roughly etched as
if someone didn't know what they were really
doing. Painted carefully with red and gold. On
the back it says, to live is to defy, to dream
is to win. It smells like ink and citrus. You
smell lilac, lavender, herbs. But in a way, it
smells like summer. And from the curtains, you
smell the faintest whiff of the air on the side
of the sea. And you see a note. That's in the
trunk that says, under the carpet. And... Yep,
that's that. Was there a carpet in any of these
rooms? In the foyer. That's where the mirror
was, that's where the chessboard was, that's
where all that was at. I want to go back to the...
I want to go back to the foyer. There's two things
I want to do. Alright, you guys go back to the
foyer. I won. What? Oh, Ivory just follows behind
Mal. Trying to be delicate with the items she
holds. So what do you guys do in the foyer? I
first want to go to the mirror. Okay. And see
if it can come off like a secret door. Looking
at it. You see what you did not see before. Actually,
no, roll investigation. Roll investigation. Oh,
God. You can do it with advantage. Oh, never
mind. Jesus. Looking at the mirror, you see a
handprint on one of the sides. Look as if someone
tried opening it like a door. And you can assume...
whatever you want rather it be the guy was having
nightmares he rushed down he whatever or he genuinely
thought there was something behind this whatever
you want to believe you can believe i then want
to go to the carpet all right uh Genesis, you're
standing outside. Do you see the players? Do
you want to go in? I think Genesis is just going
to wait. What? I think Genesis is just going
to wait. All right. You guys see a lock on the
side of the carpet? Wait, do you have the key
for this? Um, Ivory... Ivory did pick up the
key. I want to see if that key is the right lock,
or... Yeah, that's wording. I want to see if
these two match. Uh, it unlocks. I want to move
the carpet and... The carpet pushes up like a...
Or, well, pulls up like a chocolate. Oh. I look
at... I look at... I look at Ivory. I look at...
Does it go down? Is there light down there? Or
is it just like a... No, but you can bring the
lantern that was hanging right outside. I'm not
sure. I'm going to walk outside, look at the
lantern, look at Genesis, and go, there's a secret
underneath the carpet if you want to come. We
found way more. Yeah. And I pick up the lantern.
Do you go down? Um... What? Sure. Um, Genesis
is going to stop you for a second. No. Okay.
As you, um, step out, and you tell him this about
the secret, and you head back to Go to this trapdoor
or whatever. He... After a moment of you turning
around, he says, wait. Yeah? Mara. She said we
needed to... Be above that. Not stoop so low.
Do you agree with that? I... Simple agree. The
people that were here... They cared for her,
didn't they? The lavender flowers, her favorite
scent. The fact that she was insistent we find
out what happened to them. I actually have a
few details of something of why she kind of wanted
us to come here. I have a theory. What is it?
Upstairs, there's a few pieces of her cloak and
other symbols of her drawing. And it's... It's...
Oh my god. It's like she had someone here who
she cared about. As you tell Genesis this, you
see as his fists clinch around his sword even
tighter. As you tell him, this theory seems to
anchor him in some way. These people were her
family. They wanted a normal life outside of
war. We'll pick this conversation up after we're
done here. And he stands up and he's going to
follow you to continue investigating. Yay. And
then I'm going to go down. So you guys, do you
guys all go down? Yes. Mr. Merp? Yeah, of course.
As you guys walk down the steps under the trapdoor,
you guys see Talon, who's been pretty silent
this entire time. Um, guys, I'm... I'm gonna
wait up here. I don't... This is a lot. I don't
know if I can do this. If that's okay with you
guys, I'm gonna wait up here. That's fine. Just...
If anything happens, just shout or something.
Okay. Alright. Yeah. Alright. I'm gonna... I'm
gonna do something really fucked up. Oh god.
No. Do you mean no? I walk over to Talon. You're
part of the Rebellion, are you not? Yeah? One
day, something like this will happen to the sewers.
One day, something like this will happen to everyone
you care about. You need to see this. We went
upstairs. We looked around. We figured out what's
happening here. And you went outside. Take your
own advice. Pardon? Yeah, you cut out. You said,
we figured out. We figured out what's going on
here, or starting to, and all you did was hide
outside while we looked around. So if you're
going to tell me no, take your own advice. You're
part of this rebellion too. Do you not agree
with Maura? What do you mean? Do you not see
what her ideology causes? I agree with her. I
don't think you're understanding. Talon, if you
believe in Mara's way, if you believe in no torturing,
no stepping over that line, then you should look
at where that gets you, where it got them. And
if you want to stay here, that's fully on you.
But that makes you an even bigger coward than
I thought. Someone who doesn't just choose to
get oppressed and pushed down, but someone that
can't even face the consequences. You don't know.
What happened here? You weren't up there with
us. You didn't read what we read. You didn't
see what we saw. I know enough. You don't. Mara's
way got them killed. We don't even know if this
was Mara's. We don't know if she was here. The
war has gone on long enough. It should have ended
long ago, and good people that just... want to
live their lives, want no part in this war are
pulled in because she chooses her own morality,
her own line and opinions over people's lives.
Genesis, you don't understand. You don't know.
She cared about the people here. They cared about
her, which is why they joined her war. But we
don't know what happened here, Genesis. We don't
know. We have clues, we have hints, but we don't
know. Then find out. You can't blame Mara for
something you don't even know if it was your
fault. Then find out. Go into the cellar and
see for yourself. He storms off downstairs. Alright.
You guys follow? Absolutely. Yeah. Wasn't it
so much better when I wasn't here? As you guys
get down the stairs, you are in what looks to
be an archive room. You see old crates labeled
with fake names. You see papers with relocation
routes, aliases. You see papers folded up detailing
food runs. You see the blueprints to this windmill.
how they were going to build it. You see a box
containing a lot of handwritten letters, all
unsent, each with a different name, codename
signed on, each with the same handwriting. You
see a wall, a map of the city with pins and string,
red string, connecting rebel safe houses and
roots and all that. And one pin is labeled Mara
with a question mark and has no strings attached
to it. It seems like they were trying to find
out where everyone was. Where the rebellion was
hidden. Where Mara was. And trying to figure
out Mara's decisions. And maybe even doubt it
in a way. There's a shelf. A candle shelf. It's
a wooden shelf lined with burnt candles. Each
one unique in its own way. Wax dripping on old
coins. There's one embedded with a teacup, a
cracking teacup. There's another one melted to
a rusted sword's hilt with a message that says,
One flame for every name we lose. Light only
if you remember. What would you guys like to
do? I want to go to the handwriting. Is it the
same handwriting that we get on our missions
from Mara? No. I want to... These are a set of
missions and stuff, right? Not necessarily missions,
but they're like... You said like supply runs,
food runs. Yes, but they're not like the same
missions that Mara gives you. I want to find...
I want to see if I can find what... The doctor
was here, right? The medic? He was part of this
community before you got captures and told them
out? Yes. I want to see if I can find what mission
he was on when he got captured. If he was on
a food run, if he was on what he was doing. Looking
through all of them, the only mission that you
see within that time frame was not assigned by
Mara. It was not assigned by anyone that you
even knew. But it was a... what was it called
it was one of the one of the food runs it was
a supply run less not food run but uh reading
it uh you read the name on it uh with the name
what is the name uh it all right uh looking at
it you see the name Gold as the one who assigned
it. And you, reading through it, it was just
a normal supply run. And it was, you know, it
was assigned towards the medic who I totally
remember the name of. And in a way, it doesn't
feel real. It doesn't feel like the rebellion.
And that's the latest one that you found. What
else is in the cellar? What were you guys looking
for, Mel and Ivory? We were just coming down
here just to come down here. To put more... clues
together to see if there's anything down here
really. I don't think Ivory came down here looking
for a thing. Ivory's just uncomfortable and tense
just being there, but just falling behind because
you guys won. i have a question for um erm does
dark vision help us here uh technically it would
but i'm gonna say not as much it's like a magical
Technically, like mechanically speaking, I think
that technically it would. But for the sake of
story, I'm going to say no. I think the only
other thing that we have in here is light a flame
for each name we've lost. There's a total of,
I think, 16 candles, each of which have their
own, like, they're each different. But going
through them, it doesn't, I'm not going to explain
them all, but there's like five that are important.
There's a teacup. There is a coin. There is a
sword, the one that I explained. There is one
that is like a spiral stone. Like a stone spiral?
It's like a rock formed with a spiral pattern
around the sides. There is a cracked vial. And
then, yeah, that's the vial. I want... I want
to go to the coin. The coin? Alright. Is there
anything, like, out of the ordinary? Um... Not
really. There... Uh... The shelf on top, it says,
one flame for every name we lose. Light only
if you remember. And all but those five are lit
up. Like I said, there's 16, I think I said.
Did I say 16 or 15? I don't remember. There's
16 candles. 16 candles. And five of them aren't
lit. And the five that aren't lit have each a
symbol. Well, it's like... That's what they're
made out of. The holder of the coin one is like
a bronze dish filled with old coins. The wax
is like a deep red. The wick is like nearly gone.
I'm going to just say these aren't something
that you need to focus on. This is an optional
thing. But you don't have to do it. Remember
it, but you don't have to do it. Okay. Can I
look at the other candles? I have two things
I want to do here. Can I look at the other candles
to see how tall their wicks are? Like all five
of them? Or all 16? Yeah. All five? Just... The
five don't look like they've ever been lit, except
for their wicks, which do look lit, but they
seem as if they were lit and then immediately
stuffed out. The wax isn't affected. I think
these people are alive. these are the only five
that are non -lit correct yes the icing oh sorry
continue i think these people are not dead i
think they are missing I don't want to light
them either. I don't want to light these because
if I light them, that means they're dead. I'll
probably die. Ah, yes. You die now. Light the
candle. No. Can I look at the map? The map? Yeah,
what about it? And look at the red string and
see what pinpoints there are. It just leads between
the different, like, the possible routes where,
like, all the hideouts supplies are. And then
there's the one with Mera, question mark. I am
overthinking this. Um, perp, can you roll me
an insight? Wow, never mind. Uh, yeah, so with
that nine insight, um, you can tell that this,
um, all you can tell is this feels like a shelter.
The room feels off balance with the far corner
having like collapsed timber. And you guys feel
a breeze coming from that corner. What do you
guys want to do? I guess, can I investigate the
breeze? The breeze? Oh no, that's the wrong campaign.
Oh, sorry. You go over there, and you see a small
hole coming from... between the wall and the
wood. Can I peek through the hole? You see a
tunnel that can only fit one person at a time
going through. Hey, guys? There's a tunnel. A
tunnel? Yeah. There's... A motorcycle is in my
house. Y 'all wanna like, investigate it more?
Um, Ivory shrugs, uh, her shoulders tensed. If,
if you want to. Is there a mechanism that will
open this door? There's not a door. It's just
like a pile of wood fell over. Oh. Then can I
start moving the wood to see if I can access
the tunnel more? Roll me a strength check. Herb,
what are you doing? Oh, gods. I guess I'll lift
the wood. Okay, you can roll. Can I get some
help? You can roll strength. I'm not even that
strong, but I'll do a 12. I'll say that that
works. Who wants to go through first? I totally
should have rolled Athletics. I wouldn't have
been a 12. That would have been a 15. Oh, okay.
Who wants to go first? I'm... You know what?
I'll go first. Alright. As you crawl through.
It seems like a crawlspace. Like, you get in,
and you're able to stand up. And you see... A...
How do I describe this? You see, in the corner,
knees curled up, arms limp, spine hunched over,
as if sitting upright for a long period of time,
even after their strength left them. You see
a body. And it seems dead. If you touch it, it
feels cold, but it seems like it's been preserved
unnaturally well. Time has done its work, obviously.
The lips are tight. The jaw is like hanging.
Skin is like brittle paper, stretched thin over
the bones. The cloak wrapped around them is patched
and worn, stained with faded ink. dried tears
and in one of the corners blood and they're clutching
onto a journal um you see on their uh cloak it
was a rebel cloak but they ripped off the rebel
insignia and they drew on uh the symbol of the
crown and everyone wait a second i have to read
thing In the corner, you see, Mal, you see a
cork. And you can smell from it something that
smells like it was once sweet. And you see a
pack next to it with a label that says potions.
Like a pack? Like a... Yeah, like a satchel.
Can I investigate to see if it's an alchemist
pack? You go over to it. Can you roll investigation?
Nineteen. Looking in it, someone seems like they
were trying to stay sane by putting their...
pain into play uh the same thing that you know
you would know a lot about uh joking over trauma
you know uh letting the darkness of reality in
the background as you you know make drinks at
the bar uh except theirs was more physical like
they were dying and they were mixing their tears
their sweat their blood whatever as much as stuff
as they could into three bottles. There's one
that says, do not drink, liquid courage, and
cure for cowards. There's a paper that says,
I tried mixing mint leaves with chalk again.
Tastes like ash, but it helps me remember the
tavern I wanted to open. And you see another
mirror, and it reminds you of a mirror that you
used to have back at home. And looking in the
mirror, It makes you sad. You look sad. Yes,
you're holding a mirror. Yes, you've had two
mirrors. But this person, in a way, is a mirror.
This satchel is a mirror for you. It feels to
you, in a way, like the person you would be if
you'd stay quiet. If you hadn't fought back or
joined the rebellion. Do you want to say anything
first before I move on? Can I see if the body
is a male or female? It is a man. Anything else?
take the journal that's in their arms. Yes, you
can. I'll circle back to that, though, in a second.
Genesis and Ivory, which one of you wants to
go in next? I think it makes sense for Genesis
to wait because he's, like, bigger. Alright.
So, Ivory, do you want to go in? Ivory, with
great hesitance, goes through... the tunnel,
but not before, like, but as she goes through
the tunnel, she makes sure to, like, not look
at Genesis as if uncomfortable. Alright, you
crawl in, and you see the body. They're not a
child, but they look young. They look fragile.
Their boots look warm. On their toes. Their sleeves
look like they've been cut and stitched to allow
flexibility of sorts. Just like... How is it
pronounced? Wait. Ah, you've told me and I don't
remember. Just like your brother's clothes were
once. And in a pocket, they have... Sticking
out. They have a bit of... What's the word? Let
me look it up. Lace. Lace. It's golden threaded,
embroidered with the letter A. And they have
a note in their pocket. Would you like to grab
the note? Ivory. Gags. She swallows saliva, struggling,
tears almost welling up in her eyes as she grabs
the note. The note says, I miss my brother. He
was softer than me. I told him I'd be strong
for both of us, and I didn't lie. Uh, and you...
see it all. The body, the gnome. The warmth.
The forgotten warmth. And you know the feeling.
You know how it feels. Whispering just a little
farther. Just a little longer. Trying to last.
Trying to succeed. To get safe. Then failing.
This isn't your brother. But it could have been.
And worse. One day. it could have been you. Because
no matter how strong you've always tried to be,
you know strength isn't always enough. It's not
always the only thing you can rely on. It's not
what you need. And if you had not done what you
did that day, this could have been you. It could
have been him. I'd say in a way, as uh as much
as it feels wrong to you as much as it feels
what's the word as as sad as you are right like
you've said holding back tears tears swelling
up in your eyes in a way you feel a weight lifting
off your chest as you realize that even though
it was messed up, you know that you did the right
thing, even if it ended the worst way. Anything
you'd like to say or do before I move on to Genesis?
Ivory sits herself in front of the body. Staring
at what is so familiar to her, what reminds her
so much of what happened, what was home, and
wonders what could have been. Sorry, what did
you say my father walked in? Ah, Chris. Ivory
sits herself down in front of the body that was
so reminiscent of her brother, staring at it
longingly, almost wondering what could have been
if not for the events that occurred. Sniffle,
sniffle, I'm crying right now. Anything else
you'd like to do? Genesis comes in. Wow, wow,
wow. What a little baby. I'll say, yeah, I'm
going to say, do we see, like, do I see? You
see everything. You were the first in. You see
everything going on. I see the future. I am the
prophet. Anyways, as Genesis... climbs in uh
obviously it you struggle a little bit more uh
you look at but whenever you get in you see the
body you see that he looks alone and you see
the writing on the wall the writing on the wall
that i have not yet described to you but i will
now um that says no food water gone Knocking,
knocking, knocking, but only in my head. Don't
forget me. Please, don't forget me. Mara, I forgive
you. Please let me be the last mistake. And you
see this body. And you sense loyalty. But you
sense that he has been forgotten. You don't see
just as a rebel. but as someone who's been in
similar situations. As someone who followed orders.
Someone who died because they trusted the commands.
There's a piece of parchment that you find on
the floor, which looks really clean, unlike the
writing on the wall. And it says, if I die down
here, I die still loyal. I do not betray, and
I do not break. And you remember that as a line
that you had once written. Not exactly that,
but something similar. And you remember that
you recited that to one of your old friends,
one of your old pals. And you recognize it. You
feel a cold grip of memory. The realization that
the very mindset, you have had found yourself
in several times has doomed this person sitting
in front of you. The cost of obedience killed
him. Alright, you guys are gonna get a rare insight
into Genesis's brain. This isn't gonna be weird
stoic Genesis making weird decisions for very
little purpose. You guys are gonna actually...
Yes, he's gonna start skivvity toilet. You guys
are actually gonna see how he thinks of this.
He looks at the body. And for a moment, looking
at this text, looking at the body... his vision
starts to blur with anger with rage as his focus
starts to become sporadic as this this face it
almost starts to morph it starts to look like
someone else it could be someone else the person
he's doing this for could end up like this and
not just that person them and their family because
of this war and genesis in a fucking rage leaves
the cross space and as he leaves the cross space
do you remember when genesis was outside um do
you remember when genesis was outside all alone
while you guys were investigating this place
Nova, do you remember the letter I asked you
about? Yeah. He hasn't sent it, but he seems
resolute to, as he produces from his little wrap
around his neck a small envelope, and he starts
angrily walking off, and you guys don't know
what's going on, but you can tell something bad
is going to happen. As he fucking gets out of
this crawlspace and starts storming out of the
building. So, um... That's the second time he's
done that. Actually, the third. He started off
during the talk with, um... uh mara and then
he started off while you guys were upstairs and
then he started off dude why is he so emotional
he's so emotionally driven such a bad character
design it is genuine rage he is feeling like
like like i don't want to be over exaggerating
but like murderous intent towards mara like fucking
like anger Um, do you even follow? Oz, you still
have that journal that was in the hand. Um, you
see, like, early entries are just like, they
said three days, I'll keep quiet. I'm good at
that. Food rationed, no candle, just breath and
hope. And then throughout, it starts to get more
panicky. Blood seems to appear more on the pages.
One says, voices above. Are they crown or kin?
I can't yell. I can't risk it. That's what they
said. This is what they told me. Then you see
another. Thirst is a noose. I think I dreamed
water. If anyone finds this, tell them I wasn't
angry. I just waited too long. And then the final
page. Please, don't let me die. A secret. And
on the floor, I'm going to say, you guys find
another children's toy. Another turtle. Matching
the exact turtle before. And it has the same
E -M. This person had someone. They were waiting
to go home. They were wanting to get back home.
Yeah. Anything else? No. Um, I'm gonna be so
real. Every single time Genesis has stormed off,
I've expected one of you to follow. I'm not gonna
make excuses anymore. I'm not gonna delay anymore.
While they read this, I'm sending the letter.
all righty like i i didn't want to because like
i know like i i keep giving them chances to like
wait wait wait wait figure out what's going on
with him which letter the letter i told you about
which one the first one i like i keep giving
them chances to follow and they don't so i'm
just gonna i'm gonna send it uh i'll i'll write
to you what the letter says um before you send
that i'm gonna finish up Okay. Yeah, I'm going
to finish up this. What do you guys want to do?
I had to talk to my mom. What happened? That's
fine. I don't know. What was the last thing you
heard? It was, like, it was something to do with
a journal, I think. oh yeah i read the journal
uh it was just a couple entries uh yeah but the
last one the most important please don't let
me die uh don't let me die a secret oh so you
guys can do with that as you will uh you know
uh what's it called incite that however you wish
Ivory leaves, I guess, the passageway, but not
before looking back at the familiar, I guess,
skeleton and goes after Genesis. I guess. All
right. Mal, while you are alone in the crawlspace,
you hear a soft knock. Behind you. Just once.
And you turn around. There's nothing visible.
You hear the knock. The sound that they've been
waiting for. It was too late. And you hear. A
voice in your head. Please. Don't leave me. Don't
let me die a secret. Are you? Silence. I mean,
do you want me to tell your story? Silence. And
then it circles back. Please. Don't leave me.
Don't let me die a secret. Sorry, um... What
happens if I walk towards the exit? The exit?
Yes, of the crawlspace. I mean, you can exit.
Okay. I guess I just, I don't want to, I don't
know. I don't know what to do here. Do you want
to roll an insight check? You want, sure. You
want me to start rolling things? I want to roll
an insight. And also a history check. History
check. That's not a good insight. I'll roll a
history as well. that's a pretty good history
though all right i'll say even with a nine uh
roll perception if you're all good perception
i'll make it i'll make it i'll make it i'll make
it worthwhile i'll say 12 is good enough uh you
see the same spool of thread uh not like the
same spool but you see the same thread that was
on the spool uh make an s on the back of his
cloak uh And you can tell this is the same guy
who was in that mat. And you can only assume
it was Soren. With a 22 history, you know he
was one of the first architects of the Rebellion.
Long before it even had a name. You know, him
and Mara were lovers. They were building the
movement from, you know, scattered whispers to...
A strong, somewhat strong force. And you know
Mara is like fiercer, sharp -tongued. You know
Soren was quiet. He mapped out routes, built
safe houses, and insisted on keeping record of
every life risked. And you know that that is
the candles. And you know that when the rebellion
first took root, Mathis cracked down with brutal
force. One raid. A false tip. Nearly exposed
them all. And Solren hid underneath this windmill.
It wasn't the same exposed false tip as before.
He hid. in order to keep the secret safe, while
Mara drew the soldiers away. She told him, three
days, three more days, and we'll get you. Stay
quiet, and I'll come back for you. But she didn't.
She couldn't. She didn't want to abandon him.
But by the time she returned, The safe house
was destroyed. The safe house was buried. The
entrance to the crawlspace was hidden. And no
one had the heart to dig. He waited and waited
for her knock. But by the time she got there,
it was too late. I... I want to exclaim the name...
Solren? Solren. S -O -L -R -E -N. S -O -L...
Uh... As the word leaves... As the name leaves
your lips, um... You hear a voice of Solren.
Yes! Don't... Leave me. I want out. I don't want
to die a secret. How can I possibly help? Silence.
Do you know? Oh god. Oh no. Can I roll another
check? Do you want to roll insight? My brain's
not braining right now. Roll insight. You got
this. Just don't roll another nine. I'll say
eleven's good enough. You know, Genesis' one
-off idea of, oh, this is supernatural. Oh, it's
a ghost thing. That was real. That was the truth.
There is a ghost. The ghost of Soren. And he
wants out. He wants to be free. He wants to escape
this place. He doesn't want to stay here for
all of eternity. He wants to see. The light.
After being stuck down here for... Probably close
to a year. He wants out. He wants freedom. Even
while dead. I'll... how does one make a ghost
escape how does one how does one do you have
a possession that you possess um you see uh around
his neck you see another rebel uh pendant and
you see it glimmer I look at it and point at
it and go, is this the object that keeps you
trapped here? You hear a knock. Again. I'm going
to take that as a yes. I'm going to pick up this
pendant. All right. I'm going to pick a pendant
and say, do you have a person that you want me
to give this to? And you hear, as you say that,
you hear in Mara's voice, light only if you remember.
What? Light only if you remember? Same message
that was on the cabinet. The candle thing. But
in Mara's voice. Light only if you remember.
Light only if you remember. Yeah, I was thinking
that too. Um... I'm gonna take it, and I'm gonna
possibly give it to Mara. Alright. As I find
her again. You walk out? I'm gonna leave. Yes.
Alright. Uh, we're gonna go back to Genesis.
Uh, Genesis, let's say as you're running out,
uh, Talon starts following you. Genesis! Genesis!
Genesis ignores him. What? Genesis ignores him.
He continues following. Genesis, I want to apologize.
I think I figured it out. and he hands you a
letter that he found. It's addressed to a man
you know by the name Bryn. I found this. He hands
it to you. It's addressed to this guy. And I
don't know. I don't... I assume that it's sent
from someone within the Rebellion. But it was
hidden, and I read it, and I think you should
take a look at it and read it. I read it. I will
DM you what it says. And then we can fast forward
to whenever everyone's out of the windmill. What
do you guys want to do? Once I get sent the letter,
unless it changes something, I'm still sending
my letter. All right. Is it too late to ask Jen
about the letter that he's sending out of character?
Probably. I mean, he's not stopping. Even during
this conversation with Talon, Talon kind of has
to chase after him. He only really stops to take
the letter, read it, and then depending on what
it says, probably just continues moving. Uh,
I can't find the letter right now, but I'm looking
for it. Um... But, uh... So do you guys wanna...
Do you guys wanna talk outside? Do you guys wanna
walk? Um... I really would start heading back,
I guess. From where they came from. i would also
start walking back to the sewer genesis um i
i can't tell you what i'm gonna do if i haven't
seen the letter yet and also i haven't sent my
like i i i guess just focus on them while we
wait because genesis is gonna send the letter
anyway so we would get there later all right
yeah i can't really do anything until i know
what the thing is about all right so as you guys
are walking back to um as you guys are walking
back to the kingdom as you're walking back to
the sewers you guys stop in the middle of this
flower field it's much windier than it was prior
the wind is flowing uh graciously uh calmly Through
the field of flowers, you hear echoes of laughter.
You hear faint memories of the past. In Mal,
you hear, thank you. In Solren's voice. And Ivory,
you hear the laughter of your brother. One of
the last times you heard him laugh. Ivory freezes
in her tracks, her eyes widening, and she looks
over to where she heard her brother laughing.
As if she believed she couldn't hear it, or did
hear it. You don't see him, but you feel, you
get a memory of when you guys were young playing,
you know, at a picnic with your parents, playing,
laughing. Good times, good times. Ivory clenches
her eyes shut, trying to avoid tears dripping
down her face. She faces away, Mel avoiding his
gaze, and she crouches down to the flowers. staring
at them for a second we're picking some of the
flowers with the ones that she holds each of
them that she picks out close to her chest before
standing up casting a longing gaze the flower
field before leaving again making sure to stay
steps ahead from Mal. Mal, what do you want to
do with the pendant? Are you gonna wear it or
are you gonna, like, what? I'm gonna, like, probably,
like, hold it in my hand and just, like, And
just look back at this windmill. As you hold
the pendant, you hear him say thank you. And
you see an astral projection, like spectral image,
of him in the field. crying, praying. And you
see a, you get a vision of when Mara and Soren
were younger. You see them on a little date,
a little picnic, and it feels peaceful. i just
give him a small nod and then continue to walk
all right um herb i'm sending you the letter
uh but uh as you just walk towards the um As
you guys walk towards the kingdom again. From
where, like, from the, yeah. We are going to
end the session here. And we will pick up next
session right at the, when you guys get there.
I hope you guys had fun. I had fun. That was
fun. I liked it. But I'm going to end the session
here. Tee hee.