0:04

God, please, Ali, cut that, cut that, please,

0:06

please, please, God, cut that, cut that. I

0:11

think we have to do a content warning

0:13

for that sound, I'm pretty sure. We

0:17

can start over, it's fine.

0:19

We literally just started. If

0:22

we could afford transcriptions, that transcription

0:24

would say the sound of a

0:26

Gungan dying. Hang on, I'll pull

0:28

up Otter, I'll see what it

0:31

can do. All

1:07

right, folks, we had a bunch of different

1:09

places to go, a bunch of different meetings

1:11

to have. I think we should start with

1:14

Gable. Gable, you had

1:16

planned to talk to Wendell

1:18

about Wendell's plans and

1:21

perhaps find an information

1:23

desk, if you could. I

1:26

would love if this were sort of a

1:28

meeting of the minds of all of Wendell's

1:30

good, close friends because if

1:33

today goes according to plan, this is

1:35

us showing him off. So,

1:37

I imagine we're all on

1:39

the deck, it's a nice-ish day

1:42

and we're all just sort of circled

1:45

around him in a nice,

1:47

calming circle, letting him come to things

1:49

in his own time. Gable

1:52

is currently on

1:54

his back. You said this is the

1:56

top deck of the ship. On

1:59

his back, I think... I think there is

2:01

like an overhang that

2:04

people use to like keep certain dry goods

2:06

and top deck out of rain. He's

2:09

sort of laying on his back in

2:11

a spot beneath that wooden overhang and

2:14

he is just lazily throwing knives at

2:16

the ceiling of that and some of

2:18

them are like sticking into the ceiling,

2:21

some of them are falling down and

2:23

they're falling down like right next to

2:25

his face, sticking into the

2:27

ground. He's not blinking,

2:29

he's just throwing the next knife.

2:32

I imagine that me and Nodos are

2:35

next to him and any other NPCs

2:37

who would be there. Well it's definitely Pliff

2:40

because Pliff also attended the bachelor party so

2:43

we know Pliff and Wendell are close in some way.

2:46

Hey buddy. How's it

2:48

going champ? Oh

2:50

hey guys. So

2:53

we're at a port and this is

2:55

a big port, it's a nice port.

2:58

So that means we could

3:02

start making a little progress on

3:04

your situation. Is that something you'd

3:06

want? Is that something you'd want?

3:11

My situation. Yeah

3:14

buddy, your situation. We

3:19

fell off the face of the earth for

3:21

a year and you were going to get

3:23

married and you're kind of nervous about checking

3:25

back in because of you know being

3:28

gone. Yeah, kind

3:30

of leaving the loves of

3:32

my life at the altar. And

3:34

that's not your fault. That

3:37

is simply, I'm sure if you

3:39

explained it real good, they

3:42

wouldn't be upset at all. And

3:44

what kind of explanation would that be

3:46

Gable? Would

3:49

I say, oh I

3:51

was waylaid by the

3:53

supernatural embodiment of forests

3:55

for a year. I

4:00

don't know. So in a lot of ways,

4:02

it was like I took a nap

4:05

because I was in

4:07

wrapped in vines and

4:09

various wild animals asleep.

4:13

So I just napped through the whole

4:15

thing. That's, and

4:17

that's not your fault. And also,

4:19

you know, we live in

4:21

the place where we live. That is not magic.

4:25

And while this is

4:27

not impossible in this day and

4:29

age, we, we

4:32

just have to be covetous

4:34

of the time that's given to us. And

4:37

the time that's given to you right now, you

4:40

are spending, I

4:43

would say unhealthfully. What

4:46

do you think about that? I'm

4:55

going to be honest. Every

4:58

time I think about

5:00

the situation, every time I try

5:03

to wrap my little brain

5:05

around it, I just

5:07

want to grab someone with my

5:09

arm. And I want

5:11

to squeeze them until they

5:14

stop moving. Gable

5:16

takes a hand and presses

5:18

against Cliff's chest to move him back.

5:20

Yeah, no, yeah, I don't need it.

5:23

I don't. Yeah. Uh-huh. That's

5:25

a reasonable response. And

5:28

if you could maybe

5:31

just do us a favor and

5:33

try to locate that

5:36

feeling within your body,

5:38

uh, check in

5:40

with yourself. Notice, are you

5:42

feeling any tightness anywhere? Is

5:45

what's the physical sensation of

5:47

that feeling like? Yeah.

5:49

What are your shoulders doing? Now

5:52

that you're mentioned it, my shoulders

5:54

do feel pretty tight. Uh,

5:57

great. Great. I guess I. I

6:02

feel like a

6:04

cannon shot through

6:07

my chest and

6:10

showers of blood have

6:12

just been kind of pouring out of

6:15

this empty hole for

6:17

weeks. Okay. And

6:20

I suppose I should

6:22

have part of that feeling in my

6:24

arm because I want to

6:26

squeeze something until it stops moving. But

6:31

I can't feel my arm because

6:33

of some botched medical treatment

6:35

I had a couple months

6:37

ago. Okay. Okay.

6:40

All right. Hey buddy, you

6:42

stay right there and I'm going to talk

6:44

about something else with my friends over here.

6:47

So you just stay put. Okay. And you're sure you're

6:49

not talking about me? I'm

6:51

not talking about you. I'm talking about

6:54

something else. All right. Gable,

6:57

what could we possibly be talking about this morning?

6:59

Yeah, I have to admit that I'm at a

7:01

frickin' loss. We

7:06

could possibly have pastry pies for dinner again.

7:09

There's not enough pastry. Gable, we

7:11

haven't had pastry pies for dinner and a

7:14

fortnight. Why would we? All

7:17

right. So

7:21

I don't want to

7:23

be prescriptive, but

7:25

I need Wendell to leave

7:27

here immediately.

7:31

I, okay, I

7:33

understand that. Here's

7:36

my thing. His family,

7:39

his places is north. Do

7:42

you think that guy right there

7:44

is going to be able to make

7:47

all that way by himself without

7:50

tipping off the red feathers that he

7:52

is a part of our crew or

7:54

that he is a pirate at all,

7:57

or maybe starting a fight just to

7:59

feel something he wants to squeeze

8:01

someone until they stop moving gable

8:04

that's a great point counterpoint

8:09

I think if he stays

8:11

away any longer he will

8:13

implode like diamond

8:18

under pressure wait no that's not

8:20

what diamonds do what what things

8:22

that implode that are

8:25

free industrial free

8:28

industrial things that would give

8:30

us so it's a lot

8:32

of pressure a souffle a

8:35

souffle he's going to collapse

8:37

upon himself in a

8:39

way that is both violent and

8:42

very very sad for everyone involved

8:44

just like a souffle just like

8:46

a souffle it's going to be a very intense

8:48

energy so I don't know what to do

8:51

but we gotta do anything

8:55

okay truly anything okay what

8:58

if is there a way that

9:00

we could find out what the

9:03

situation with his family even is

9:06

yeah we don't even know if like

9:08

they stuck around waited for him the

9:12

or mar was so far I can hear it I can hear you

9:14

going out

9:22

the further think bounce off the one back and

9:24

forth back but I think we

9:28

should find

9:31

out though I've

9:33

okay I've got an errand

9:35

to run anyway what

9:37

I can do I need

9:40

to go to the reference desk and I also need to send

9:42

some mail what I

9:45

can do I can in my investigation

9:47

to ask about you know

9:49

what the vibe is with

9:52

the at home and

9:55

if everyone's upset

9:57

or if they're upset but also Miss

10:00

him? Okay, um, yes,

10:03

yes, okay, so you will...

10:07

part of what you'll do at the reference desk

10:09

is just figure out

10:11

the barge family situation.

10:13

What's the situation? And

10:17

then, uh, I'll come back and...

10:20

oh, if

10:23

there is a way for us to,

10:25

um, soup

10:28

up his, uh, sort of, uh,

10:31

acting abilities, so he

10:33

can, at the very least, get

10:36

into character and not squeeze someone so hard that

10:38

their head pops off. If

10:40

he does travel, fantastic. We can

10:42

see that, uh, currently Wendell

10:44

has, like, one of those

10:46

small barrels, uh, uh, like,

10:49

just, he's holding it as though it's a

10:51

teddy bear, uh, but we can see, like,

10:53

uh, the rings and the staves

10:56

start to buckle on the barrel as

10:58

he just starts squeezing it harder and

11:00

harder. You're, you're, you're

11:02

doing amazing, my, my good friend.

11:06

Okay, I gotta do this ASAP. Other

11:10

pitch, other pitch, what if we send

11:12

him, when we find out either way

11:14

of what his family's doing, and

11:16

we want to send him, what if we

11:18

send him with another crew

11:21

member? Kind of like a buddy? And

11:23

so, a buddy system. A buddy system,

11:25

and maybe we hire the crew member

11:27

to keep an eye on him, and

11:29

so when they're done, then they come back. Unless

11:32

it turns into a bodyguard situation

11:34

and they also fall in love

11:36

through the dire circumstances. Hmm,

11:38

okay, so now we're... Either way, it's a win.

11:41

But then, but then it's like, we kind of,

11:43

we've stumbled into another solution. Only

11:46

positives, from what I think. Only positives. Fantastic.

11:49

Okay, but who on the crew could possibly

11:51

deserve Wendell? I know

11:53

whom! Hmm. Let's

11:56

think, let's think. I

11:58

just realized that... Thinking

12:01

is something that I do a lot

12:03

better when I've had some

12:05

rope. So maybe...

12:09

Interesting. Maybe...

12:12

Go spark up! Go!

12:16

Go spark with Wendell. We'll figure

12:18

it out. Yeah, we'll, you know, and

12:20

that might chill his vibe out a

12:22

little bit. I'll, I'll, I'm gonna grab

12:24

some rope. I'm gonna get some lame.

12:27

And... No, no,

12:29

you could just say you wanted to take a smoke. Yeah. You

12:33

could have just said that. But it's for Wendell.

12:35

I'm doing this as a kind of a community

12:38

service thing that I'm into.

12:41

Sort of, that's how I'm gonna do it. So,

12:43

we're at a fact-finding stage. We'll

12:46

find some facts. We'll find

12:48

facts. First. All

12:51

right. Gable walks over and bends down

12:53

to Wendell like, Yeah, I'm

12:55

gonna, I'm gonna go away for

12:57

a little bit, but I'll be right back. And

13:01

I'll bring you some tasty candy

13:03

or a nice treat. Is there

13:05

anything you like? Ahhh...

13:09

I like licorice.

13:13

Oh, see? You're already remembering

13:15

the things that gave you joy.

13:18

That's only upside.

13:20

Okay, buddy. Gable

13:22

gives him a little, like, awkward- I'd

13:24

say also, like, licorice. All right. I

13:30

need you to, okay, bye. I need

13:32

you to okay bye. You

13:36

see Nodos sitting there with two lit ropes in

13:38

his hand, just like, looking at you, like, what

13:41

did you do? Why did you do this? He's

13:43

crying again. Love you both. Got

13:46

to be back soon. Bye. Gable's

13:48

rope makes a beeline to wherever.

13:52

I assume we know where the reference desk is. I

13:55

don't think you do. Do I have to find

13:57

it? I think you're gonna have to go

13:59

out there. of your way here because, Liz, this

14:02

is not a full-on town.

14:05

This is a red

14:07

feather-like work colony. So

14:10

there are amenities here. People live here. They

14:12

need to take care of people. But

14:16

it is a real toss-up for

14:18

how you would find a connection

14:20

to the reference desk. It's not

14:22

like Bougineith, where they would just

14:24

have a office

14:27

set up. You would need to

14:29

find somebody who has ties to

14:31

the reference desk or send

14:34

out a message to the reference desk so that

14:36

you could get a representative to show up. All

14:39

right. I'll start with mail because

14:41

I think I'm going to send,

14:43

assuming John had gave it to

14:45

me, John, its letter. And then

14:47

I'm going to start sending

14:49

out some soft correspondence as

14:51

Thomas to sort of whatever

14:55

espionage I did

14:57

in my limited capacity, I want

14:59

to start sending out little

15:02

notes that don't confirm but confirm

15:04

that a certain presence is out in

15:07

the world again. It's a calling card. Yeah,

15:09

to my old connections. So I'm going to

15:11

find the mail first. Yeah. The

15:13

question that I have for you,

15:15

Liz, is you've established that part

15:17

of Thomas's professional calling card was

15:20

if there was somebody he was sending a

15:22

warning to or something, one

15:25

of the people he would kill, he would pop

15:27

out an eye and then he would place that

15:30

eye looking at the person

15:32

that he was like sending a

15:34

message to. Really yucky. So

15:36

I've got to wonder, what's his calling

15:38

card like in the mail? Like when

15:41

he lets people know that he is

15:43

available for business or something like that.

15:45

Because I imagine it's not an eye.

15:47

It doesn't

15:49

shit well. No,

15:51

it doesn't. I think

15:54

it could be something silly

15:57

like a leaf that's like

15:59

overly shit. shaped enough to

16:01

look as if it were an eye. Or

16:05

it could even be like, I

16:09

can't imagine this time

16:11

in Gable's life was at them

16:13

at their cleverest. But

16:16

this is a flashback. We're flashing

16:18

back and the thing that I

16:20

want to know and everybody gets

16:22

to participate in this, I need

16:24

one detail from each of you

16:26

of how Gable dressed at this

16:28

time in their life when they

16:31

were Thomas the Terrifier. Assume this

16:33

is like out of work clothes

16:35

so we don't have the featureless

16:37

copper mask on. But

16:39

like, what is Gable's casual

16:41

fit? Spurs. Oh,

16:44

loud. You can hear them

16:46

coming down the block. I

16:57

think then building on top of that long

17:01

coat, but it's got

17:03

like big, big

17:05

chunky buttons both like down the double

17:07

breast and on the wrist. Okay,

17:10

I thought I thought you were gonna

17:12

say buckles like a Hot Topic type.

17:14

No, no, I think this is kind

17:16

of military. Like what color

17:18

is this? What color is this coat? It

17:23

is a very dark blue. Dark blue

17:26

coat? They went out of black so

17:28

had to go for the closest thing.

17:31

Okay, okay, so this is like

17:33

a real dark navy blue. These

17:36

buttons are, is there anything distinct

17:38

about them? We know they're big.

17:41

Ooh, I think the

17:44

reason why Thomas decided

17:46

on getting this is

17:48

because they look like they

17:50

have like a symbolic depiction of

17:52

an eye on all of the buttons.

17:55

Oh yeah, they're creepy eye buttons

17:58

on this dark blue coat. Cool.

18:00

It's freaky. The

18:06

only reason, like the way to justify

18:08

the Spurs, I think, is that the

18:12

sort of quote unquote theatrical,

18:15

what my cover story was, although

18:18

it was an open secret, was that I was

18:20

like head of a Calvary, like

18:22

a privateer Calvary, a bird

18:25

Calvary. And so I

18:27

just got a big

18:29

hat, a big set. So,

18:33

the thing that's... That's just really

18:35

loud. I am going to add

18:37

to this also, I think Gable

18:40

at this stage had a lot

18:42

of facial piercings. Obviously

18:44

in the intervening many decades

18:46

these have closed up, but

18:49

I'm talking lip piercings, nose

18:51

piercings, like those

18:53

cheek piercings, eyebrows

18:55

everywhere. It's a lot

18:58

of clinky dangly stuff that

19:00

Thomas the Terrifier wears, especially all

19:03

these facial piercings when you wear

19:05

a copper mask. There's a lot

19:07

of clinking involved. So,

19:12

you can tell why it became sort of

19:14

like, oh, I'm not an assassin, I am

19:17

just a murderer. I'm

19:21

just a murderer for money. Yeah,

19:25

that is a vampire hunter and

19:27

that is exactly what it looks

19:29

like. Okay, Vampire Hunter D is the

19:31

picture that got sent over to us.

19:35

That's great. That's just great. Amazing.

19:37

I love it. So

19:39

yeah, we see this Vampire

19:41

Hunter D'd out version of

19:43

Gable who is like, I

19:46

think, sitting over

19:48

a desk with a quill and a blank

19:50

sheet of paper. We can see a

19:52

bunch of crumpled up pieces of paper in

19:54

a wastebasket next to them. Next to

19:56

them they're just trying to figure out what

19:59

they're doing. out, what do

20:01

I, what's my thing? What's

20:04

my thing? Have you ever seen

20:06

the poster for the snowman, the film, the

20:08

snowman? Mr.

20:11

Policeman, I gave you all the clues. Yeah.

20:15

I think they end up on the

20:17

snowman, the drawing

20:19

of the snowman. So this is

20:22

just three little splotches of blood

20:24

stacked on top of each other.

20:26

Like a snowman. Oh, right. I

20:28

see. So Gable

20:31

is like just kind of

20:33

absentmindedly tapping the pen

20:36

and like ink drips from it. It's

20:38

dripped onto the page accidentally. They're about

20:40

to throw out the page and then

20:42

they look at it and go. Actually,

20:45

that's perfect. Oh

20:50

God, it's so cute. I spent

20:52

that entire time thinking about like

20:54

the, with the really graceful

20:57

picture bookie, we're walking through the

20:59

air, the snowman. And it's very

21:01

confusing. That's what Google gave me.

21:04

And I'm like, I understand what you know, I've

21:06

seen the correct poster now, but

21:08

yeah, yeah, yeah. I get you. I

21:12

just love this idea that at this point

21:14

in this Gable's life that they were their

21:16

most braggadocious, but

21:18

also their most cringe,

21:21

just like cringe.

21:23

Yeah. Yeah.

21:25

I mean, you're like, you were like

21:27

for a couple of years or whatever,

21:29

I'm going to be a notorious assassin.

21:32

I feel like that's a cringe decision. That's

21:37

a lifestyle that you're either forced into

21:39

or you choose. And if you choose,

21:42

that's cringe, bud. That's cringe,

21:44

baby. All

21:46

right. So to the mailman. All

21:50

right. So you are looking for

21:53

mail services for

21:55

the Red Feather Syndicate. I think the best place to

21:57

look for that is probably going to be the ports.

22:00

and Gable is intelligent enough, I

22:02

think, to go look at the

22:04

ports first. You

22:06

walk through the town until you

22:09

find the Skyport here. Like

22:12

everything else, this place looks

22:14

fairly new, and it

22:16

looks like it can accommodate quite a

22:18

few ships. There are

22:20

clear lanes from the factories

22:22

to the warehouses, and the

22:24

warehouses are right adjacent to

22:27

the Skyport. This

22:29

looks like it can accommodate around 10 fairly

22:32

large ships. There is

22:34

a small-medium-sized ship docked at this

22:36

port. It does look

22:38

like it is a church-inspired

22:40

ship. This doesn't

22:43

look too far off from the design

22:45

of the Mazinga, the ship

22:47

that you stole from the church in

22:49

Nordia. There is a lot of

22:51

silver in the frame. It

22:54

is really, really over-decorated,

22:57

but other than that, just a

23:00

serviceable sky ship, there

23:02

are a few unsailed skiffs, so

23:04

smaller ships that would require sails

23:06

be rigged up to them. They're

23:09

just empty vessels right now. There

23:11

are no large cargo ships here. You

23:14

can also see that there is something

23:17

of an aviary here. There

23:20

are a few griffins being kept. With

23:22

that, there are a few port workers

23:24

around. There are some Red Feather soldiers,

23:27

mostly people dressed up in

23:29

Red Feather officeware moving

23:32

around the port, looking not

23:34

terribly busy, but clearly working.

23:37

No one looks like a mailman. No.

23:40

You wouldn't say anybody specifically looks like a

23:42

mailman. I will

23:44

go up to the least

23:46

Red Feather-y looking person who

23:49

also looks like someone of authority. Okay.

23:52

You go up to someone who has

23:54

a fair number of...

24:01

Yeah, they've got a

24:03

lot of jewelry on their hands,

24:06

mostly silver rings and whatnot, but

24:08

it's an eclectic collection of silver

24:10

rings. There aren't jewels

24:12

on them or anything, and

24:15

this person is bent

24:18

over a desk. They've got

24:20

a clipboard in front of them there at a

24:23

little station by the Skyport. Good

24:26

afternoon. Howdy. Howdy. I'm

24:29

so sorry to bother you. I am

24:31

the valet for some

24:33

nobles who are doing a

24:35

tour of the facilities here, and they have

24:37

some posts that they would like me to

24:39

get off, so I was wondering

24:43

if I could bother you for directions to the

24:45

mail facilities. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

24:47

yeah. I heard something about some

24:49

folks blowing in from... What

24:52

was it, Aja? Mm-hmm. Yeah,

24:54

yeah, yeah. Well, I got good news

24:57

and bad news for you. Oh,

24:59

I love news. Well, I'll

25:01

start you off with bad news. We'll

25:03

get the rough stuff out of the

25:05

way. We don't have a mail

25:08

service here, per se.

25:11

We do have griffins here, and

25:14

red feather syndicate ain't nothing but

25:16

amenable to folks who want to

25:18

spend money, so if you want

25:21

to commission someone to run

25:23

your stuff up to a city that might have some

25:25

kind of mail service, we can do that for you.

25:27

So the auditions don't attend here? What,

25:30

you're talking about Swift Well mail service?

25:32

A little joke between us and... How

25:38

is Gable dressed right now? Out of curiosity. We would...

25:41

I assume I'm wearing the clothes that... Birds.

25:44

Sorry. They appeared on

25:46

my feet. I'm wearing the

25:48

clothes that the captain got me. You

25:51

might not necessarily have the full outfit yet,

25:53

but you definitely have... I don't know how

25:56

fast the tailor works, but it's definitely going

25:58

to have a mask and gloves. He.

26:01

I got you get definitely have

26:03

like a mask and gloves like

26:05

enough to be socially acceptable in

26:07

these parts. Ah the person like

26:09

who was kind of like sitting

26:11

very casually like leans forward squint

26:14

spike eyes you up and downs

26:16

likes will listen here Sir Mayor.

26:19

Sell a listener fellas.

26:21

The Algerians a that

26:24

they. They. They

26:26

got their routes. they go to popular

26:28

places I've certainly they they serve or

26:30

cities that and too far from here

26:32

by that's for sure. But if you're

26:35

get a message for of you know

26:37

to to. The. Swift will

26:39

service. I mean you'd need to

26:41

somehow get word to an all

26:43

career which sutton that we be

26:45

happy to provide you. but your

26:48

choices are read: feather or nothing

26:50

else. As

26:52

is always, am I right? Or

26:55

some and med Tess is and

26:57

they're successful. I think that's exactly

26:59

what I'm going to need. I

27:01

didn't want to send postcards back

27:03

home south. There's no real rash,

27:06

but I would love to. Start.

27:08

Surfacing that contact right

27:10

right now. No

27:13

problem. No problem. I can a

27:15

so. When. It when asked them

27:17

to clarify do you want me. To.

27:21

Grab someone to run your stuff

27:23

up to a sort and facility.

27:25

Or. Are you asking me to

27:28

have someone go out and send

27:30

word? That and all courier is

27:32

needed and hope they come here

27:34

to you sorting facility that would

27:36

to add as I said there's

27:38

no real fresh search or seizure

27:40

already on. Say well what what

27:43

What you got. Of

27:45

now I ask. This

27:48

is so silly they dictate

27:50

is it it to me?

27:53

So I also need to

27:55

find pen and paper and

27:57

a place to write these

27:59

s it. Oh

28:01

no, that's great. That's great. You

28:04

know, we got a spare desk in here.

28:06

You can plop down next to me and

28:08

hand everything over when you're done. I'll

28:11

take a peek and then we can send it out. Amazing,

28:14

amazing. And just while I've got you, you

28:17

seem like a trustworthy fellow. My employer...

28:20

Well, I'd like to think nice things of myself, but thank

28:22

you very much for the compliment we just met. What

28:25

was your name again? Oh, I'm Andy. Have you met

28:28

my friend Angelo? Angelo? You know Angelo? Yeah, I know Angelo.

28:30

Oh, I love Angelo. It's all the earth, Angelo. I love it. What a nice guy. Anyway,

28:32

I'm about to... Beautiful kid, I

28:34

assume. He described him very favorably. What

28:45

a great age. My

28:47

employer was, it's all right if we can't

28:49

do this here. As he landed, he was

28:52

nervous about some pretty

28:55

sensitive business topics back at

28:57

home. And there's no real way to

29:00

easily get the information that he needs

29:02

via the post. Do you have a

29:04

reference desk around here? It's completely fine

29:07

if there isn't one. Oh, a

29:09

reference desk. Oh, shoot.

29:11

No, typically there

29:14

is a representative of the reference desk who

29:16

does come here during the season that private

29:18

peers usually show up because that's a time

29:21

that most people would need to access a

29:23

reference desk. Folks working here

29:25

such as myself, we

29:27

got other ways that we got to spend

29:29

our money. You understand, of course. But

29:33

again, we're near a larger city.

29:35

We could send a runner out.

29:38

They'd fly out. They'd be able to

29:41

contact a reference desk representative as long

29:43

as you had the coin to have

29:45

them make the trip. I'm sure they'd

29:48

fly back here and do whatever business

29:50

you needed doing. Amazing. How

29:52

long would that take? Well,

29:54

I'd say it's a two-day trip on Griffin

29:56

back. That's amazing

29:59

too. Okay. I

30:01

mean, our birds here aren't the fastest

30:03

birds. I'll be honest. They don't give

30:05

birds a missed colony. They'll give us

30:07

the good ones, you know? They

30:09

never do. James,

30:13

can I tell if he's telling the truth? You

30:17

can definitely make a check

30:19

to see. I

30:22

don't know. I

30:24

keep on asking things for intelligence. Well,

30:27

this could also be a presence

30:29

role. You

30:32

know, think in

30:34

this system there are many different ways

30:36

to accomplish what you want to accomplish.

30:39

It just colors how you want to accomplish them

30:41

and how difficult it will be. Okay.

30:44

I will try presence. Let

30:47

me pull up my dice roller

30:49

because I feel like in

30:51

– like I

30:53

want him to see like – as

30:56

I'm acting like the pressures of my

30:58

employers, I'm feeling stressed and I want

31:00

help. Sure, sure, sure, sure. So

31:03

I've got two D8s

31:06

in presence, which isn't awesome.

31:09

So we'll see. That is a 7 out of 5. 7

31:13

out of 5. Oh,

31:26

that's great. Yeah.

31:45

That is three successes.

31:51

Flat. So you can read this guy

31:54

Fairly well.. I'm

32:00

you've had it very affable

32:02

conversation with them. As far

32:05

as you can tell, he

32:07

is telling the truth. You

32:09

cast a glance over to

32:11

the Griffins and you can

32:13

see that these griffin's are

32:15

like wild turkeys thing and

32:18

it's not the Aca rod

32:20

style, right? Big meat turkey's.

32:22

These are kind of a

32:24

leaner are tall turkey's so

32:26

they can fly. They're definitely

32:28

not fast, but they could

32:31

probably carry a fair bit

32:33

of cargo. So.

32:36

Like looking at those birds are.

32:38

I'll give you this since you

32:40

were so successful. You know that.

32:43

Whatever city they would take to

32:45

get to you could, probably especially

32:47

with someone like Sleaze Li being

32:50

a gray added albatross, one of

32:52

the fastest a vertical flight birds

32:54

in the world could make that

32:56

trip in probably a day. Of.

33:00

Isn't anything? So I'm just gonna

33:03

her back and say okay, I'm

33:05

going to go write. Letters.

33:08

And I'll get back to. Jumped by

33:10

Susan. Finish with i'm just a pass

33:13

him over to mail take a look

33:15

and was an amazing ah ah ah.

33:18

I I guess I sell. I would

33:20

if I want to get answers from

33:22

the reference desk. I would have

33:24

to send a letter to get someone

33:27

to come back here. We are

33:29

essentially what What? What? what

33:31

it is is The reference

33:33

dusk is very specialized surface

33:35

that wouldn't be needed here

33:37

very frequently. To your knowledge you

33:39

know we can make this

33:41

easier for you. And. Decided

33:44

to write my questions.

33:46

And dead Additionally right, all the

33:49

secrets that I'm going to given

33:51

payment. Then. That would. Now.

33:53

Be there to sit. Here

33:56

is what. I'll

33:59

use. you. I'm trying

34:01

to determine. Yeah, I'm just going to pull a luminary

34:03

for this. Pull a luminary. We'll see what's going on

34:05

here. Because I would like this to be

34:08

more expedient too. It's better for storytelling. It's

34:10

one of those situations where you got to hold

34:12

the realism of the world. At

34:14

the same time, you got

34:16

to practically tell a story.

34:19

My good. Yeah.

34:22

Okay. And I draw again

34:24

the Risalka. Risalka is very

34:26

popular, right? My sister. I

34:30

think. You're having

34:32

this conversation when

34:35

they're around you,

34:38

flags are being

34:40

waved and whatnot.

34:43

People are looking to the sky and

34:46

a small ship is headed

34:48

towards the port. I

34:50

think you'll actually probably be at the

34:52

desk writing down things, writing

34:54

out your various notes. Um,

34:58

and this ship comes in

35:00

and it is

35:02

a, do I want, let's

35:04

see, I need to take a look at

35:06

my MPCs here really quick to see who

35:09

might have made the call for this. This

35:11

shift comes in. It is a medium-sized ship

35:14

that has red feather insignias

35:17

all over it. There is

35:19

like a lot of filigree on

35:21

the designs of this ship. You

35:24

can see the sail is

35:26

like a half-weaved sail. So

35:28

it's feather weave, but it's

35:30

like padded out with canvas

35:33

and whatnot. So it's not

35:35

using so much feather weave.

35:37

It's a sleek design. It flies

35:40

nice. It comes into port and

35:42

there is a much

35:44

larger congregation of red feather

35:46

soldiers that shows up to

35:48

greet this ship. Unloading

35:50

from the ship is

35:53

a procession with a

35:56

group of people dressed

35:58

in red feather. colors

36:01

with people in other like

36:03

fine attire with them. I'm

36:06

talking silks, I'm talking velvets,

36:08

like really really fancy

36:10

stuff. Walking down

36:13

is a severe looking woman

36:15

with her hair pulled

36:18

back in a bun. She appears

36:20

to be in her late 40s

36:24

and she walks with like

36:27

real almost furious

36:29

precision and all

36:32

of the wealthy people who are

36:34

disembarking from this ship very

36:36

much appear to be attending to her.

36:39

Like she shouts orders to

36:41

various red feathers that start

36:44

moving in different directions and

36:47

your friend Andy leans over to you and

36:49

goes, well well well you might be in

36:51

luck after all. I'll

36:54

mistrust his return from her

36:56

little trip and it

36:58

does seem like the wind blew

37:00

some company along with her. And who's that?

37:03

See that fellow right there? Yeah. And

37:06

you see a very

37:09

like thin man who is older.

37:11

He appears to be in his

37:14

50s. He

37:16

has a black velvet suit.

37:19

He has some insignia

37:21

that you don't recognize like pinned to

37:23

his lapel. He looks like he doesn't

37:25

get a lot of sun. That

37:28

is a representative of

37:30

the reference desk. Justice,

37:35

I was asking. It's almost as

37:38

if someone decided to make that

37:40

happen. Yeah, yeah. You

37:42

know, I say life is

37:45

like there's a series of

37:47

people overseeing it and

37:49

they just happen to put the most convenient

37:51

things in the most convenient places because otherwise

37:53

we'd spend a lot of time waiting for

37:55

no reason. Absolutely and sometimes

37:58

they're nice and sometimes They're

38:00

just a big old jack. Ah well.

38:02

You know, every blessed a new get

38:04

comes with it's own curses. So does.

38:07

All right, Well, I have. The

38:10

postcards. That I wanted to send

38:12

all. Right? And I'm over. This one's going

38:15

to Aca braun. different one is going

38:17

to. The road? yeah we

38:19

we have a little insulation there.

38:21

Were trying to take over some

38:23

dirt. Local businesses were how long

38:25

you vote been prevalent. Oh

38:27

no. Oh no. Oh

38:31

no I phone. Time, But we've

38:33

been. Sort of Staying away

38:36

from the news is sort of relaxation technique.

38:38

Why do ask? Ah

38:40

well we had shipment server

38:42

Pigments has out pack or

38:44

own way they got return

38:47

to oh. My for

38:49

that's challenging. Sanders

38:52

city up and moved. The.

38:54

Whole City. That's the rumor. And

38:57

we haven't located. It

39:00

again. Well you know

39:02

if someone has a my be i

39:04

keep time lips about it you know

39:06

interesting oh gosh no answer question for

39:08

the reference desk views you may as

39:10

the that information that I'd be interested

39:13

geared for sure. I got lots of our

39:15

i'm Sarah, come back and have those. Guys

39:17

with the here though. Oh, you're put

39:19

in a ah you must keep Griffin's

39:21

That's nice. I do. I've got a

39:23

little baby at home. It's. Just

39:25

a little at the the young

39:28

served. Like said, take right you

39:30

can't beat back around Griffin

39:32

feed. You really can't squat

39:34

nord around to sneaky. ask

39:36

for so many samples. And

39:39

see what it would have the other

39:42

postcard so. The other

39:44

posts cards are like sealed the

39:46

deliberately ah. But yeah, they're very odd.

39:48

Taken out is taken out a knife in his

39:50

opening and. I'll get ah

39:52

they are. The actual tax

39:55

is. very milk toes very boring

39:57

it just sort of like Uh,

40:01

to sir, I hope you are

40:03

well. We are entering where

40:05

we are. We got here on this day

40:07

and we hope to hear from

40:10

you soon signed the, what

40:13

was the captain's name? Oh, Julian

40:15

Lobeles. Julian Lobeles

40:18

and company, but at the bottom is

40:21

the little snowman signature. Ah

40:24

man, don't you hate it when your

40:26

employer just makes you, you write these

40:28

like flavorless correspondence back and forth. It's

40:30

just a lot of busy work. Um,

40:32

he says he's just opening every single

40:35

one of them, uh, and,

40:37

uh, giving them a read right

40:39

in front of you. And

40:41

I think there's only just five and

40:44

they're going to fairly low level administrators.

40:47

So I wouldn't need to know

40:49

a name. It's just like, okay,

40:51

we're notifying everyone. Just we might

40:53

attend this house. We

40:55

might go to this business.

40:59

Um, okay. And so

41:01

this is your, these are

41:03

your coded Thomas activation invitations

41:06

to employer services. Correct. Yeah.

41:10

Yeah. As long, I mean, I will

41:12

ask, uh, Liz, is the information in these accurate,

41:14

like the places that you

41:16

reference or any specifics incriminating? I

41:19

think the only thing they say is the

41:22

facts of when we arrived in sorrow's

41:24

end. And when you've arrived in that

41:27

you're there. Okay. And that

41:29

we are there. It's just like a weird little

41:31

notification. Yeah. He goes through

41:33

the correspondence that, uh, passes his

41:35

sniff test. So he puts them

41:37

in fresh envelopes, uh,

41:40

copies down the addresses and, uh, they're in

41:42

the out pile or we'll, we'll,

41:44

we'll get those things going out as soon as we

41:46

got, uh, our next shipment heading

41:48

out. Amazing. Thank you. And

41:50

Andy, thank you so much. I

41:52

have been extremely helpful. Thank you.

41:54

You know, I don't meet, uh, many

41:57

privateers who are friendly sort like you.

41:59

So I. appreciate it. Makes the work

42:01

go by much quicker. Can I tip

42:03

him with something like a

42:05

bit or? Yeah. Yeah.

42:07

I mean, y'all again have a lot

42:10

of money. Is he paying a debt?

42:15

I could be extremely rude and say like, well, how

42:18

much is your debt? But I still want to be

42:20

like, now that I know just enough of like a

42:23

bronze copper, those are

42:26

two different metals. So there would

42:28

be copper is like the lowest level official red feather

42:35

currency. However, like there

42:37

are pewter bits that people

42:40

make that are kind of

42:42

a colloquial representative currency for

42:44

portions of copper. So

42:47

you could just like pass out a pewter

42:49

and you know, that'll buy a beer.

42:52

I might give him a copper

42:54

bit just to sort of show

42:57

off a little bit and imply the

42:59

wealth of the group.

43:02

Well, I'm mighty

43:04

appreciative of that. Thank you very much. I

43:07

appreciate you. You and Angelo

43:10

and I should

43:12

get a drink sometime, but not right now.

43:14

Well, you know, I would I would

43:16

love that. I get off

43:18

work around sundown. That's when my ship stops.

43:20

So if you happen to be at one

43:22

of the establishments, feel free to come over

43:25

to the table. We'll get friendly. Fantastic.

43:27

Lovely to meet you. Goodbye,

43:29

everyone. Yeah,

43:33

you say that. This is a delightful interaction. As

43:35

you watch this procession of

43:38

mistrust and like the other people that she

43:40

has brought in to the port,

43:43

move along. Let's

43:46

cut over to Yeah, you

43:49

know, time will have passed in the

43:51

day, especially now that Gable has done

43:53

all of this writing and whatnot. We're

43:55

going to cut over time to John

43:57

it is the sky is

44:00

starting to change colors here.

44:02

The temperature is dropping a

44:04

little bit. You, excuse

44:07

me, you are thankful for

44:09

the masks and gloves that you're

44:11

wearing now as it's

44:13

keeping things a bit warmer

44:15

for you as you

44:18

head into the town. You can

44:20

see this town being recently constructed

44:23

is pretty well lit at

44:25

night. There are

44:27

lanterns out and

44:30

although there aren't many people here, you

44:33

can see that things are kind of

44:35

lively. There are a lot more

44:38

people milling about public areas

44:40

in this twilight hour. There

44:43

are people who are dressed

44:46

in half-work

44:48

clothes, like they've taken off outer

44:50

layers, kind of milling

44:53

about public spaces. There are people who

44:55

look like they're in fresh work clothes

44:57

that are headed towards the factories themselves

45:00

and you can see the taverns

45:02

are lit up and full of

45:05

people talking and chatting. Dope,

45:07

dope. Real quick, so I,

45:09

Oramar, we're going to need somebody

45:11

on the inside to let John

45:14

it in. So I'm asking

45:17

Ariel about how

45:19

she got there but then also just being like, hey,

45:22

let me accompany you into

45:24

the factory. Have

45:27

we talked about what Oramar needs? I

45:32

would have, I guess in

45:34

conversation I didn't specify specifically what I'm

45:36

asking somebody to go pick up, but

45:38

I think if there's been a move

45:40

away from the scene, he would have

45:42

informed you. He wants somebody. Well, I'm,

45:45

so go ahead. I was going to

45:47

say like, we can, if there's

45:49

a time that you want to reveal that.

45:52

No, I mean, it's fine. I

45:54

think it's a thing you can just know to

45:56

stop a thing having to be re-explained multiple times.

46:00

touch safe dye in in red feather

46:02

crimson so we can dye our own

46:04

clothes and then well that that

46:07

you're getting through official chance Okay, and then

46:09

we also want a bottle of The

46:12

still toxic in process dye

46:15

still crimson red that

46:17

we could use as poison Cool

46:23

Though I think John it is

46:26

gonna Probably

46:28

be posted up like

46:32

kneeling on like one of the more

46:36

pickety fences out in front of

46:38

like the factory front entrance and

46:40

he's just gonna be kind of

46:43

waiting for Arielle his

46:46

his hair is kind of like tied back in

46:48

a Presentable

46:50

like he's got like a little bit of

46:52

a bun situation going on instead

46:55

of like a big poof But

46:58

yeah, he's a he's a Chillin

47:00

keep him warm. Yeah, I

47:02

think it's not too long

47:04

until someone again still in

47:07

these It's no

47:09

longer work clothes, but like there

47:11

are gloves again. That's these cinched

47:15

But loose fitting otherwise clothing

47:18

and You

47:21

can see that like it's a

47:23

little bit nicer There are more

47:25

things that are dyed with this

47:28

blue dye That

47:30

that's common to the area she's

47:33

got like a blue

47:36

shawl on her hair is

47:38

is tied up in like

47:40

this faded blue ombre a

47:43

handkerchief and her

47:45

mask is I'm

47:47

gonna say embroidered like it's got just a

47:49

little pattern on it That

47:52

moves between blues and Browns there.

47:54

I think even some faint greens

47:56

But like those are reminiscent of

47:58

the greens that you saw in

48:00

Haven that are clearly done

48:02

with grasses. But

48:05

she looks nice. Ariel

48:09

sees you out by the fence and

48:11

goes, well, hello there. Hey,

48:14

right on time. I hope so.

48:16

I actually don't have – I didn't

48:18

have a watch, and so I just

48:21

kind of guessed what time I

48:23

should be here. And honestly, I've been posted

48:25

up for like 15 minutes, so what up?

48:30

You are one of the most

48:32

honest and, I'd say, affable

48:34

privateers I've ever met. Thank you

48:37

very much, and you have a lovely

48:39

mask and kind of like gestures

48:41

to like, you know, the general

48:43

face area. Like, so you make

48:45

that yourself? She

48:49

casually offers you an arm

48:51

to hold as

48:54

she like starts leading you through the thoroughfares

48:56

of the street. I

48:58

did, actually. We don't

49:00

get a lot of free time, but you

49:03

need to have a mask, so you might as

49:05

well have one that looks good. Well,

49:09

you're doing good. You're doing good. Talk

49:12

about free time. Like, this place – I don't know.

49:15

I feel like I see a lot of people kind

49:17

of like – basically,

49:20

church popping off, not church popping off.

49:22

Everybody seems to be like finding ways

49:24

to like fill their free time. Like,

49:26

what's up with the church here? Well,

49:30

the church here is

49:32

pretty prominent. Like,

49:35

her expression definitely changes as she

49:38

starts talking about the church. It

49:42

all comes down to the scarlet. I

49:44

don't know. How much do you know about it? You

49:48

know, I got the

49:51

main bullet points. It comes for

49:53

you. It touches

49:55

you, and it seems

49:57

like that's not good, and it

49:59

stays with you. It's nothing, it's

50:01

not a joke. It's

50:04

definitely somehow related to the work that

50:06

we have to do here, producing the

50:09

dyes, but it's dangerous.

50:12

It makes it so that everything

50:14

that you feel is heightened

50:16

in some way. So

50:19

a lot of people have to wear gloves

50:21

if they have it. And

50:24

if you have it really bad, your

50:26

tongue turns red. Other

50:28

parts of your body start appearing more

50:30

red, and it's definitely something that you

50:32

can die from. But there

50:35

are a lot of treatments for it too.

50:38

And the church offers a treatment?

50:41

Yeah. Well, I mean, the

50:43

Church of the Slain God, they

50:46

are really advanced in

50:48

their practices of healing magics, of

50:50

course. That's one of the main

50:52

reasons they get to spread so

50:55

much across the rediscovered world. And

50:59

here we are blessed with

51:01

the presence of

51:03

Ocio Vista Aravetti, Agostino

51:06

Aravetti. He's

51:08

really gifted, really,

51:11

really gifted. And he developed a

51:13

process that fights it off for a

51:15

long time. So he's

51:18

kind of like a

51:20

metaphysician? Like

51:24

gifted in what ways? He's got

51:26

a stunning smile, signs

51:29

and wonders, miracles. Oh,

51:31

I've – John,

51:34

I think there's a small –

51:37

at that John, it kind of like deflates

51:39

a little bit. It's like, oh no, oh

51:41

no, she's drank some – there's some kind

51:43

of Kool-Aid drink in there. No,

51:45

it keeps on running into zealots and

51:48

non-stop. Okay,

51:52

okay, okay. Yeah, yeah,

51:54

yeah. Like,

51:56

I mean, miracles. in

52:00

the sense that he can treat

52:03

a chronic... You

52:06

know what? John is going to bite his

52:08

tongue. Great. Miracles and wonders. That's amazing. Wow.

52:11

Yeah. Yeah. He sets something

52:13

up. I've seen it

52:15

do incredible things. I mean, bring

52:17

people back from the brink. And

52:21

he spends his time here, which is... Well,

52:24

I think a lot of us are really lucky for

52:26

that because the

52:28

alternatives... Everything carries

52:30

its price. Yeah. But

52:33

we're here. She gestures

52:36

to an unlabeled tavern,

52:38

pushes open the door,

52:41

and immediately you notice the

52:44

vibe in this tavern is

52:47

very, very different. Outside,

52:49

people are covered head to

52:51

toe. There are a lot of masks

52:54

and whatnot. There is not a mask

52:56

in sight here. There are candles

53:01

lighting up the place all over.

53:03

It is fairly bright in here,

53:06

as bright as tavern can

53:08

be. And there are tables

53:11

full of people who are

53:13

all talking very close, also

53:16

huddled very close

53:18

to each other. And looking

53:20

like as you cast your gaze about the room, it is

53:25

striking to you that

53:27

a lot of these tables have people who

53:29

are making out with each other. Like

53:34

full on in public, no one seems

53:36

to be bothered by it. It's quite

53:39

a display. And she

53:41

is casually chatting to you that

53:44

you look for an open table somewhere.

53:47

And everybody appears

53:49

to be having a good time. And some

53:51

people are having a very good time. Yeah.

53:53

So right before they

53:57

go in the door, John is like, oh, I passed

53:59

this place. like on my way over here

54:01

but honestly it looked like somebody's home I didn't realize that

54:03

it was a and

54:06

then he kind of takes in the little

54:08

vignettes of people either talking

54:11

closely or making out. Yeah

54:13

well when we're not expecting to be hosting

54:16

a lot of like clients or whatnot we

54:18

don't put up signs because everybody just knows

54:20

where everything is. Yeah

54:22

yeah yeah you got it

54:24

yeah it speaks for itself hey what's

54:26

up what's up with the what's

54:30

and then John it and then John thinks about it one

54:32

more time is like everyone else is

54:34

uh it's kind of cool with this he's the

54:36

only one who's uninitiated and he's like okay

54:40

uh what so

54:44

the the the

54:46

crimson is that does that

54:48

lead itself to like are

54:50

people just like kind of like

54:52

leaning into the sensitivity uh she

54:56

like she removes her mask and you can

54:58

see it like there's there's a bit of

55:00

a blush that that teases at her cheeks

55:02

as she's like well kinda

55:06

um piyago you you

55:09

know that i have like three years left on

55:11

my contract i mean yeah

55:13

that's what you were saying most of

55:15

us get contracts

55:18

that are two to

55:20

three years but i

55:22

haven't met anyone who has left

55:25

this place working less than

55:27

six so

55:30

is it just like an arbitrary thing does the

55:33

do the red feathers find reasons

55:35

to add to your sentence that's

55:39

a very it's

55:41

not a generous way of putting it but that's

55:44

the beer that we're drinking is

55:47

provided by the red feathers the the lodging

55:49

that we have is provided by the red

55:51

feathers uh the tools

55:53

and materials the safety uh

55:55

uh dressings that we have

55:57

the uniforms it's all provided

56:00

by the red feathers. It all

56:02

costs money. Man,

56:08

they really get you. They really get

56:11

you. You know what? That's fine. Because

56:13

here's the thing. Tonight, drinks on me.

56:15

What are you drinking? Oh,

56:17

that's very sweet of you. I'll take

56:20

a beer. All right. All right. And

56:23

so, John it scoots

56:25

away, plays an order for

56:27

like two beers, and then I think

56:30

like as much as he can, anytime

56:32

he's going to like pay or leave

56:34

something, he's going to like leave an

56:36

extra bit for

56:38

whoever walks by. Sure. Yeah.

56:42

Just littering things around tables. Yeah. Yeah.

56:46

He's at one point in this conversation, he

56:48

was going to have a bit and he's

56:50

going to like be just tossing bits like

56:52

off around it over his shoulder for like

56:55

people to find later. Yeah.

57:00

You do that, you grab the beers

57:03

and come back and she like thanks

57:06

you and takes it and goes, okay, so I

57:08

have to know, you made

57:10

a very different impression when you

57:12

walked in. And I

57:15

want to say slowly became more

57:17

reasonable and very different as our

57:20

conversations went on. Okay.

57:23

Yeah. Well, you know, it's... Is

57:25

that like a show you and your servant put on

57:27

or something? All right. Well,

57:30

all right. The first peek behind the curtain,

57:32

not a servant,

57:35

really good friend. Really good friend. Really?

57:39

Yeah. Yeah. We...

57:41

It's, I guess, can

57:44

you keep... Can you actually

57:46

keep a secret and whatever she says,

57:50

John is going to be doing a perception

57:52

check. We

58:20

once again return to a long

58:22

line of applicants in front of

58:24

the Sky Ship Uhuru. Everyone

58:27

walks off of that line and

58:29

puts down headshots, resumes and a

58:32

little gift bag for everyone

58:34

proctoring the audition and sits down.

58:37

How you doing? Oh,

58:39

well, nice to meet you.

58:43

Thank you for the opening gift.

58:46

We tend to not have a, you know,

58:48

Buy a Teacher's Pet Apple on the Desk

58:51

kind of policy here, but thank you enough

58:53

for the generosity. I just,

58:55

I was getting off work where I work

58:57

now and I thought, Hey, why

58:59

let things go to waste? And so I

59:01

brought, I brought some extra in it. It's

59:03

no trouble really. What do we, what have

59:05

we got here? Do you want to walk

59:08

us through the product bag? Yeah, it's a

59:10

human hand. But,

59:12

oh, yeah, I'm the

59:14

guy who cuts the hands off. People

59:18

got hands. They take them to me.

59:20

I cut them off. And I'm

59:22

the guy that cuts the hands off. Is

59:28

everyone out full hand? Twitching

59:31

hand? This is a fresh

59:33

hand. Yeah. Oh yeah. Sometimes

59:35

they keep twitching. It's

59:38

interesting to have a meet somebody who's

59:40

applying, who's into taking their work with

59:42

them, where they go.

59:46

Are you the kind of person that's like

59:48

thinking about your line of work morning, noon

59:50

and night? Like going to ministry. Well, you

59:52

know, uh, certainly when I

59:54

started, I thought about it a lot. Like

59:57

there's a lot of screaming and.

59:59

The guy will go like, oh

1:00:01

no, you're cutting my hand off. You're

1:00:04

taking my hand and you're cutting it

1:00:06

off. Please stop. Please don't cut

1:00:08

off my hand. And so

1:00:10

kind of everything you do really enforces it. You're

1:00:13

the guy who cuts the hands off. Okay, okay,

1:00:15

okay. It's pretty clear that

1:00:17

you are clear on what your job

1:00:19

is. You know what the service you

1:00:21

provide. You're the guy who cuts the hands off. Yeah,

1:00:23

you're the guy who cuts the hands off. How

1:00:28

do you find your customer base? It

1:00:31

seems it would be a somewhat limited desire

1:00:33

for this product. You dig that? You

1:00:36

dig that? But they're always bringing people

1:00:38

in. They're like, hey, cut this guy's hand

1:00:41

off. Who is they? Yeah,

1:00:44

I mean, you know, they, it's definitely a...

1:00:47

Who are they? You

1:00:49

know, funny thing, I never took time to

1:00:51

get to know them. I'm always so focused

1:00:53

on cutting the hands off. Yeah.

1:00:57

I mean, you know, in the kind of

1:00:59

line of work of being a, as you

1:01:01

put it, cleaner, sometimes

1:01:03

you got to go and find somebody to

1:01:05

remove the ends of

1:01:08

people. And then they know a

1:01:10

guy, I guess. Speaking of knowing

1:01:12

a guy, looking at the kind of... Was there

1:01:14

a resume offered with the bag? Yeah,

1:01:18

there is a resume. It

1:01:20

just says, cutting

1:01:22

the hands off. It's got like one date to

1:01:24

another date. To present, to cut his hands off.

1:01:26

The name is specifically the guy who cuts the

1:01:29

hands off or is there a name? And

1:01:31

there's a bullet point underneath that that

1:01:34

says, I cut the hands off. Yeah.

1:01:37

The script, if you can't say it's not. All

1:01:39

right. Okay. All

1:01:42

right. Hmm. John, it kind

1:01:44

of like strolls to the door

1:01:46

of the captain's quarters, kind

1:01:48

of leans out, takes in the back

1:01:50

line. Hey, hang guy, cut

1:01:53

that guy's hand off. And he points

1:01:55

to the third person back in the

1:01:57

line. Why

1:02:00

me? I'm gonna be a real... I

1:02:02

must say the cup is very clean, but

1:02:04

I can still feel it. I

1:02:07

feel it's clean. Johnette,

1:02:10

Johnette takes the hand. Wow,

1:02:12

it really does continue to twitch. Huh.

1:02:16

It's a real work in action. Very good,

1:02:18

very good. I can still feel it across

1:02:20

the room. Sometimes you can

1:02:22

still feel it. Well,

1:02:25

do you offer any kind of like

1:02:27

hand replacement service? Reattaching,

1:02:29

because I now feel guilty that

1:02:32

I cut off this person's hand

1:02:35

and they're still kind of here and they

1:02:37

probably want to give their family a view.

1:02:39

I always kind of assumed that that would

1:02:41

be part of whatever it is I'm doing,

1:02:43

but that's farther up the

1:02:45

chain. I'm the guy who cuts the

1:02:47

hands off. Okay. I knew I

1:02:49

would be a hook-handed pirate down the line, but I

1:02:51

didn't think it'd be part of my career. You

1:02:54

know that you are no good at the flute.

1:02:57

You don't need that. And we are

1:02:59

better for it. So

1:03:01

you think on that. Do you

1:03:03

at least have the doctor on board who can

1:03:06

tie me the flute? Hmm. Somewhere

1:03:09

in the area. I

1:03:12

only work for Crow. So,

1:03:14

uh, you're the

1:03:17

guy that cuts the hands off, obviously.

1:03:19

The guy that cuts the hands off.

1:03:22

Have you ever attempted to cut

1:03:24

anything else off? Have

1:03:26

I ever attempted it? No. Do

1:03:29

I think I could do it if it was

1:03:31

presented to me? Probably. Perhaps

1:03:34

you could be... What

1:03:36

if we needed a guy who cuts the feet off? Oh,

1:03:39

cut this guy's feet off. Great.

1:03:43

This guy. Yeah. Mid

1:03:46

sprints for the door. Oh!

1:03:51

Crawling now. Now

1:03:54

will no longer be treated to your terrible

1:03:56

tap dancing. You think on that.

1:04:00

Very clean cut, very clean cut. I am

1:04:02

liking what I'm seeing. What do you know?

1:04:04

I guess they could be the guy that

1:04:06

cuts the feet off too. It's

1:04:14

like really expanding horizons. This is good

1:04:17

career development for you. I love somebody

1:04:19

who can diversify their portfolio. Yeah, I

1:04:21

like that. Do

1:04:26

we have any opportunities at the moment

1:04:28

for hand removal of our enemies? Because

1:04:30

I must admit I'm a kind of

1:04:33

hands-on kind of boss. I

1:04:41

tend to want to do the dismemberment

1:04:43

of my enemies myself, but

1:04:46

do we want to outsource under current

1:04:48

circumstances? I'd hate to need it and not

1:04:50

have it, you know? Yeah,

1:04:53

we don't want to have somebody

1:04:56

right where we want them and we're about to end

1:04:59

the red feather syndicate and then we look

1:05:01

up and he's like, oh, captain's off doing

1:05:03

his stuff and we don't have anybody to

1:05:05

chop off a hand. Well,

1:05:07

we got to let this guy go free. No.

1:05:10

He's a wasted resource if we don't. Yeah,

1:05:13

I say get this guy in

1:05:16

here. We give him strict limitations on

1:05:18

who he can

1:05:21

chop the hand off of and then we just like

1:05:24

we keep him moving. All right. Yeah,

1:05:27

we're going to have to set a strict work

1:05:29

policy for you, man who cuts their hands

1:05:31

off. But I do believe

1:05:34

you will have a job with many

1:05:37

hands in your future. Hey,

1:05:39

that's great. That's great. Like my

1:05:41

father always told me, son,

1:05:43

we go out there

1:05:45

into the workforce no matter how the

1:05:47

economy is doing, no matter

1:05:49

what the political situation is, they're

1:05:52

always going to need a guy who cuts their hands off.

1:05:56

That's a wise man, a very wise man. Why don't

1:05:58

you, why don't you put it on your head? put

1:06:00

her there and Gable takes the

1:06:02

hand and wiggles it up to shake it.

1:06:06

And everybody starts shaking hands

1:06:08

with dismembered hands and they

1:06:10

all start laughing together. Hahahaha.

1:06:13

You're going to be serious. Physical attention.

1:06:16

Cut that guy's ear off. Cut that guy's

1:06:18

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1:06:22

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