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So last we left off the strange crew of wayward adventures had come together.

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So as you all step out into the night, Hare, the faint misses beginning to slowly rise around the streets and the jungle below, what would you like to do For

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me?

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Yeah.

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Alright. That's good. That was good to me.

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All

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righty. You all eventually head to the familiar interior of the Spire by fire, where the familiar burning hearse on the far end of the now bustling interior and the sounds of laughter and conversation greet you.

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You eventually settled within find yourself a comfortable table that is not taken.

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And the space is yours.

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Well, that was an eventful couple of couple of days, huh?

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Dave, the shareware lots of days all strung together.

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Well, it seems like we're doing this thing.

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What's this, whatever this fucking is this, what is this?

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I got a great idea.

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1, 2, 3, 7.

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I'm going to order seven shots.

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All

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right. Is she, or kind of gives you the nod?

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Was he looking for Seven

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of your whatever's cheapest?

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Alrighty, I'll go ahead and pull it out for ya.

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Actually just bring the bottle. This is going to be a, it's going to be a thing.

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I like that Bottle charge.

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It was a head and grabs a handful of small glass receptacles and a somewhat sloshy looking dark brown liquid that settles within a faintly green clear bottle that looks like it may have a cracked at one point and has been refixed fixed with some sort of a medical rapping, but it functions.

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So to the table, scatters, the glasses out was kind of a wide line, light grin, smiling.

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It looks across the table.

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As long as Ashton's taken care of you, you're all going to have a good night.

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So we're going to play a little game that I learned a few years ago, it's called or at least what we call it is what the fuck is up with that.

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All right.

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Lois role has to answer a question truthfully and not to vaguely highest role gets to ask it.

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Ooh. And then we drink, Are

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there stipulations to the drinking?

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Like, do you drink whether you win or you lose or do you The

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drinks, unless, unless we want to try and slow this down or anything that's yeah, we can just fill you up again.

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That's fine.

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If we're going to be doing the whistle, If

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you like, it can just be who asks and who answers.

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I'm fine with it. I just, I would very much like if we were maybe outside, I wasn't loud and the more I drink, it'll just get harder and harder.

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Oh, if we could just sit outside that area, That

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is, I just You're

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uncomfortable. Is there a floor that's currently open that we can just take, this is six stories.

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Th there you can go ahead and find a private room to Carry

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out. Thank you. Thanks. Six stories of Tavern. There's gotta be an empty, empty room.

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Okay. Yeah. Well the, well, the, the entire establishment is six stories, but there is kind of an elevated floor up top where you can get a little bit of distance and the music quieter.

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You find the space up kind of in the second overlooking space, not unlike the backgrounds behind you.

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You find these, you know, a handful of scattered tables that aren't as lively as the central floor, which feels connected to the energy of the city outside.

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So when you go up here, it's a bit empty, but cold.

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You see a handful of people that are intentionally kind of sticking to the shadows and either in the process of gambling quietly or having clandestine meetings and conversations that just watches you enter the space and then go back to their quiet hushed monotone conversations.

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But there is a, a table, a little bit away from the chaos here where you can feel a little more comfortable Is

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this Butterfield is wonderful.

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All those two Folks

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in the corner so Much. If they get to be, we can scare them up Imaging,

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is it a, is it like a proximity?

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Yeah. Like if I'm around too many people, it just gets a little uncomfortable.

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You know, the farther away I get that, the lesson it's interesting.

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How far back is good.

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I really liked not being in the city at all, but if we're here, this is a good distance.

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This is exactly how the game is played. By the way, don't have to use proper, proper nouns for any place or anybody.

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If you don't want to incriminate anybody who is not yourself, but it's about you.

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You got to talk about it.

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Are we ready? No. Tapping out.

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No tapping out. No tapping out.

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I mean, do we drink before we ask the Questions?

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It depends on how hard the question is.

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Wait, wait, I have one more question. What if you don't drink?

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That's the question?

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Yeah, I'll just fake it.

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I'm just going to take a handful of copper Coins.

20:49

Thank you. Mash done. That's very kind of one per round.

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All right. All right. Would you break down if you did drink?

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I, well, I don't know if I drank a lot maybe, but I think it would just kinda fall, fall down my face.

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Maybe just seep out.

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So I'm going to get dry try.

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All right. I'm going to do a shot and see what happens to the liquid Advantages

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inside.

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You

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Feel

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sloshing. Can I feel it slash as you move Around a little bit?

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Sure. I can hear it. I wonder what's going to happen to it next.

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There's no real out there.

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Any kind of like doing anything noticeable, like sparks or bad habit perception, check.

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That's a perception.

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That's an 1818.

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You give a very rapid, very intense glance.

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Kind of just scanning the exterior fresh cut grass and no immediate signs of any sort of errand leakage.

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I'm no mechanic, but you look all right.

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Do you have like a small wonder flap somewhere?

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I'd love to see your insights.

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You'd love to see my insights.

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I can't be, I can't be opened up for repairs and stuff, but it's a, it's a little bit of a difficult process.

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I mean, tools and stuff that you all go through the period where you thought that Billy Corgan of the smashing pumpkins, Denim to the rule.

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Also, if you have something you absolutely want to ask, you can challenge somebody, but if you roll lower, you have to answer a question from them or, and they can take suggestions.

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Are we rolling on your standard D seven on this?

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Or, or what, what kind of Raleigh?

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This is just straight rollies and we all have guys.

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We all have our roles in your shot glass.

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Are we going? What do we do? We just rolling.

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Rolling. We're just rollies.

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Cool. I think you're going to answer 16, 15, 10, 7, 5, 10.

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You're asking. I guess I'm asking.

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So the highest asks the lowest answers, unless you challenge somebody directly.

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And this is my nightmare and it has to be one person directly.

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Yep. Oh, I

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Ask, start with a musics.

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No,

24:15

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close. Very fancy. That is a statement.

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Yes. Keep them very clean.

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True. Almost as if you come from, well, What

24:40

the fuck is up with that?

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I don't know what you mean. I am, but a humble Bard.

24:49

I've never seen a Bard in that nice of Clothes.

24:52

Yes. Yes. My family has some money.

24:55

Yes. Where'd they get it? What

24:57

does anyone get?

24:58

Money

25:01

generational. Let's call it that inherited wealth.

25:05

Are you a Lord Of

25:10

Lords? Broad term?

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No bull of some sort.

25:19

Oh no, no. I am. I'm certainly not.

25:26

It really are. You. Maybe a prince Is,

25:30

this is a broader than, than Lord.

25:34

Is it printer sub category of law.

25:36

It's less official than that.

25:40

Let's say I'm a second in line to a very prominent family with a lot of money that you have probably never heard of.

25:51

No it's I mean, unless there's an addendum waiting, I worked there as a specific title, but it doesn't actually have proper clarification, but no proper One

26:00

round of what the fuck is up with that last I

26:06

have a slightly different tack here.

26:09

Are you uncomfortable to talk about your family like this?

26:12

It seems like you'd be proud to come from a fabled noble tradition.

26:19

Hmm. I'm proud of my family.

26:21

My family is full of good people, But sometimes it's not enough.

26:31

What do you mean?

26:33

It's going to be good. It's fine to be good.

26:35

It's fun to do all the things that are expected of you, but my life is my life.

26:40

And I would rather be with you drinking this diarrhea, water, looking at booze then to be with my family, even though they are good, nice, healthy people.

26:52

So if I may, expectations were put on you and you're sort of going your own path to, to forge a personal identity apart from them.

27:03

It sounds cliche when you put it that way. No, No,

27:05

no. I'm just, No,

27:08

not exactly more like expectations.

27:13

I put on myself that I would never be able to fulfill within my family.

27:18

So I found it easier to be on my own and have been for a while, until I realized on your own, isn't quite as fun as I thought it would be.

27:29

It's better with Friends. And then an answer was rollies free.

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I feel pretty satisfied with that.

27:46

Wow. I've never known prince before.

27:51

It's right here. Fred story.

27:53

What was that term? What's

27:55

that mean? It means that your rolling was a little janky and so you have to roll it again.

28:00

Cause you can't tell what number it was actually on.

28:02

I used the word cock for that.

28:04

Lovely. I got a 17.

28:07

I got an 18, 13, 13.

28:10

No, no, no, no, no, no, no terror absolved.

28:13

Thank you. Thank you. They can't have double rollies.

28:16

I'm 12 one lower And

28:20

we've got two seventeens and an 18 0 8 0 1.

28:24

Excuse me.

28:26

Okay. So I man asking the questions to you, Very

28:36

shy over here. This one.

28:39

What to ask you, Whatever

28:43

you ask. He, they will say fuck in their, in their answer.

28:47

That's fucking True.

28:50

Okay. This is just a very simple question.

28:53

Have you ever been in love before?

28:56

You have to end it?

28:57

Well, what the Fuck

28:59

is up with that? What the fuck is up with that?

29:02

I'm so good if I ever been in love before, Huh?

29:10

You know, I don't know.

29:15

That's probably a novel. It's very hard to know.

29:18

Sometimes if you don't know when you, I

29:21

thought I was in love before, but I don't know if I ever actually was, When

29:24

she came to the library, Sometimes

29:26

it is very easy to misconstrue friendship for love a lust real love.

29:33

It's very amorphous. I have a bad, I have a hard time defining it to begin with.

29:39

And there's only really a couple of situations where might have even applied.

29:43

That makes a lot of sense. Do you still think about this person or persons?

29:49

Not really on occasion, but not really.

29:51

How long Ago is this?

29:55

Oh, 10 years. Never take, You

29:58

know, I don't think I've ever been in love either.

30:00

I mean, that's not true. I deeply love imaging.

30:05

It's a very broad word. Isn't it?

30:07

Jeez. It's always bothered me.

30:10

Should we think of a new word For

30:12

the need for different lit? It depends on the trip.

30:15

There's a lot. That's that's just, it's like an umbrella where it is An

30:18

umbrella word, romantic life.

30:21

So I think so, but now you've sort of broadened my thoughts on it.

30:26

I've had a group of Friends

30:28

before. That's what I'll say. Did

30:30

you love that In the way one loves a group of friends?

30:34

Sure. What were they called again? Counts.

30:35

Nobody's Nobody's

30:39

Hmm. That's a good name. It was a good crew.

30:40

We need To think of a name for our crew.

30:43

How did they come by it?

30:45

We enroll for that. No, it's okay.

30:47

I'll keep going. We all grew up together.

30:51

We all kind of had a shit time and it was a nickname that stuck and we thought it was kinda fucking funny.

30:59

And what happened to the nobodies?

31:02

They left town Except

31:05

You except me.

31:07

Why? That's another question.

31:19

Oh

31:21

My

31:23

God. Look at that. Oh, that's a good perspective.

31:28

18, 19 2, But

31:32

I already went so it's up to, I

31:37

guess, so I liked This

31:41

game.

31:41

Boy,

31:43

Boy, I don't know much about you Fern.

31:48

I, yeah, I know. But where to start.

31:52

I was assuming you have questions about everything I

31:54

do, but so many, it's hard to narrow it down to one.

32:02

I mean, if we're, if we're, if we're doing this, some people have a great regret in their life.

32:11

What the fuck is up with that?

32:13

What's yours.

32:16

Wow. I don't think I've ever gotten you to say fuck before.

32:17

That's great, Boy.

32:28

That's a good question.

32:34

I do have some regrets and I guess Some of them, I don't know how comfortable I feel I talking about yet.

32:49

Oh,

32:51

Don't you? I

32:53

guess

32:53

I'm

32:53

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32:53

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32:53

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32:53

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32:53

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32:59

this. Well, I can change it up. I don't want him to make you feel uncomfortable.

33:05

No. How about this?

33:06

Oh, what did you have to take another shot?

33:10

But we'll talk about it more.

33:16

I don't mean to pry, but this has also been bugging me.

33:20

What did y'all come to town to do?

33:23

And what the fuck is up with that, with that?

33:28

Well, a lot of that is, is not my story, but we came here to see, to visit this beautiful place and to touch it, to meet up with some friends of origin and to check out how great this town is.

33:53

Boy. Oh boy.

33:55

What the fuck is up with that?

33:59

I guess I'm not very good at answering questions.

34:02

I'll try a third one.

34:03

refused,

34:14

lied.

34:19

spirit. How about this? How does it feel when you steal something that Well,

34:28

you know, it's not, it's not necessarily a thing of, you know, the taking it.

34:33

That's exciting. I just like having things and where I come from in my, in my bedroom, I keep all of my trinkets everywhere that I've, I've taken from all of my travels.

34:48

But is there a reason why you liked being surrounded by so many things where you deprived of things as a, as a younger, Not

34:54

at all. I just, It

34:56

just gives you comfort to be surrounded by stuff.

34:58

Just There's so many wonderful things in the world.

35:00

Wait, you Have a bedroom.

35:03

I always thought you'd just walk around in circles and lay in a patch of grass or something.

35:08

I can sleep anywhere. It's really a great skill.

35:12

Oh, it's just beautiful.

35:15

It's I have a large window that I would look out of every day and just decorated so beautifully.

35:22

And I lived with my grandmother.

35:26

Her name is Mallory she's so Maury and she's lovely.

35:32

Where did you?

35:36

I'm from the Fey wild.

35:37

Oh, that's right. Did you mention that before? I can't remember if they did that.

35:42

Where is that far off?

35:46

It's very far off.

35:51

Okay. Well who's next?

35:55

What fucks up with that? But the classic song, this entire campaign thus far, I just want to point that out for me.

36:06

Every time I turn on the one 11 over here, C 17, Ooh 16.

36:14

Unless this has got higher.

36:18

You already know everything about wait, which one are you?

36:22

Two got the lowest. I got a one.

36:25

There's always another layer of the end.

36:27

We could make another tendon.

36:31

If you didn't want to keep asking questions, you could take the next lowest number.

36:37

But I feel like it might be fun.

36:39

I do have a question and I'm always with me in order to ask me a question.

36:46

I know, but I'm just going to take advantage of it.

36:51

How are you feeling about your father and everything?

37:00

Yes.

37:00

With

37:00

the

37:00

Sean

37:03

tree? Nope. Nope.

37:04

The who saw, who bought crusade?

37:15

Oh,

37:18

genuinely. What the fuck was up with that?

37:21

Talk about this.

37:24

You have to give over your father's name for collateral, but it's going to happen.

37:29

It does make me a little nervous. Fuck. Do I know?

37:31

I don't know.

37:33

Nope. I mean, I got a good feeling off of the people in there.

37:38

Like they didn't strike me as the type that would just go out and, and destroy my life for no reason.

37:45

So unless we do something horrible to them, I don't think we have much to worry about.

37:51

Alright. Sorry to bust in on your phone. Goes up with that. But it's home far off it's.

37:55

I mean, it's a distance. They'd have to travel a bit in order to get there.

37:58

You know, it's up in the, this is why I keep mine.

38:03

My girlfriend, she gets really excited about her.

38:14

Beautiful. Do you feel like you tend to get a good reading of people?

38:16

Are you a poor judge of character?

38:19

Well, okay.

38:21

It's funny when you know, you're actively blocking out their thoughts.

38:28

If you let it down for a second, you can get the pure nature of people pretty fast.

38:35

I try not to do it, you know, too often can get bad.

38:39

But I mean, when I was growing up, when this started, people can be awful.

38:53

They can seem so nice, but they can be awful.

38:59

Yeah.

38:59

So

38:59

I'm

38:59

not

38:59

feeling

38:59

too

38:59

worried

38:59

about

38:59

my

38:59

dad

38:59

plus

38:59

he's,

38:59

you

38:59

know,

38:59

why

38:59

would

38:59

they

38:59

go

38:59

after

39:13

him? You know, do you think he's doing well?

39:17

I know we left in kind of a hurry.

39:25

Yeah. I think he's, you know, it was probably a long time coming.

39:31

He was probably happy that I'm gone and he might be doing a bit better now that I'm not there.

39:37

Let's see what the fuck's up with that. I feel like there's some contexts necessary for this.

39:40

What happened? You have a falling out with your problem.

39:43

That's great. And he tried, you know, when things started happening and I wasn't like that growing up, you know, I didn't have all of this.

39:54

I don't know why it started.

39:58

It was hard for him, you know? Cause I didn't want to be around very many people and he just kinda, he distanced himself cause he knew it made me more comfortable.

40:14

And

40:14

you

40:14

know,

40:14

the

40:14

people

40:14

in

40:14

town

40:14

started

40:14

talking

40:14

and

40:14

I

40:14

think

40:14

he,

40:14

he

40:14

tried

40:14

to

40:14

distance

40:14

himself

40:14

socially

40:14

as

40:14

well

40:14

for

40:14

a

40:14

while

40:14

to

40:14

try

40:14

to,

40:14

you

40:14

know,

40:14

not

40:14

his

40:29

fault. Totally from You or from the people In

40:36

town. A little bit of both, you know, was that very lonely for you?

40:42

It was for awhile.

40:46

Yeah. But if it was really bad there for awhile, you know, Alondra came to town.

40:52

It was the first time I'd really felt any peace for a long time.

40:56

So

40:59

yeah. I don't know why. I didn't think to get out of town faster is actually really great.

41:03

When we lift, How

41:06

long have you guys been traveling together?

41:08

I was two years. Just over two years now.

41:13

Pretty good at being home it's together.

41:16

It's nice drinks.

41:20

I'm satisfied.

41:25

All

41:33

right. Gotta Keep Rolling. Right in the middle 9,

41:36

9, 10, 13.

41:40

Ooh, Here we go. Here we go.

41:42

Who's who's the highest role gets from asking or?

41:48

Oh, should I go? I was the highest 14, 13.

41:51

That was the highest role.

41:54

Oh boy. I feel like I know a lot about you as well.

41:58

If you can't think of a question, I've got one Messages.

42:03

What are you doing in town? What are you trying to get done?

42:05

What the fuck is up there?

42:11

I'm feeling he kind of just left the door Open.

42:13

I'm really sorry.

42:16

I've asked him what his favorite color was. I suppose if you're too uncomfortable to talk about Ask

42:23

you The exact same question.

42:26

Oh, worst. I drink and I get to skip the question.

42:31

We'll answer the question zone a little bit.

42:34

A little bit.

42:37

It's what the fuck am I doing here?

42:40

What the fuck are you trying to get accomplished in town? You don't have to use any proper names if you don't want to and you don't have to incriminate anybody.

42:48

I am on a bit of a fact finding mission.

42:51

I guess they represent my home Shari.

43:06

Right. And somebody's fucked with my home.

43:13

And I'm here because some breadcrumbs, maybe you're leading here to the person responsible for messing with your home.

43:25

Maybe Like in what way did they just destroy the village or did they no village?

43:32

I don't know. Pretty

43:33

big, hard to reach.

43:37

Pretty powerful folk.

43:38

There

43:38

just

43:38

there's

43:38

rumors

43:38

on

43:38

the

43:38

wind

43:38

of

43:38

similar,

43:38

similar

43:38

trouble

43:38

here

43:52

maybe. And I've just been sent to sort of sniff it out.

43:58

So like you're high up in this city or The

44:02

city's high. That's not what you mean.

44:03

Like, like They decided to send you for some reason.

44:07

Are you the chief enforcer?

44:10

Some

44:10

good

44:10

with

44:10

this,

44:10

but

44:10

no,

44:10

I'm

44:10

not

44:10

in

44:10

charge

44:10

or

44:17

anything. I just, I happened to be traveling already for awhile.

44:20

That's how I stumbled into these two.

44:23

We did get to see his hometown and it's quite lovely.

44:31

No, but I, I spent time around the people in charge and because I knew that I was traveling, they just thought that I was a good candidate.

44:44

Follow-up if I may, you know, it seems like you want to go easy on the details, which is fine.

44:51

But I'm just curious if you don't succeed.

44:56

Are you worried most about disappointing someone or disappointing yourself?

45:04

Yeah,

45:04

but

45:04

I'm

45:04

just,

45:04

I'm

45:04

going

45:04

to

45:04

do

45:04

it

45:04

again

45:04

and

45:04

I'll

45:04

do

45:04

it

45:04

while

45:04

I'm

45:04

traveling

45:04

with

45:04

these

45:04

two

45:04

and

45:04

maybe

45:04

with

45:04

you

45:04

guys

45:04

for

45:04

a

45:04

bit,

45:04

if

45:04

that's

45:04

okay,

45:04

we

45:04

can

45:21

help. If we know what to look for.

45:23

In fact, I'm not sure what our next plans are or yeah.

45:28

Maybe we should keep that into consideration.

45:30

Well,

45:30

good

45:30

old

45:30

Eric's

45:30

is

45:30

I

45:30

think

45:30

able

45:30

to

45:30

introduce

45:30

me

45:30

to

45:30

someone

45:30

I'm

45:30

here

45:30

to

45:30

find,

45:30

but

45:30

also

45:30

there's

45:30

a

45:30

lot

45:30

of

45:30

holes

45:30

under

45:30

this

45:44

place. What the fuck is up with that literally and figuratively follow up question.

45:51

Can I stop telling people were on vacation?

45:57

I think we can all tell I'm not the greatest at outlying.

46:00

Sometimes

46:02

I was fooled. Thank you.

46:04

Thank you. Did anybody actually believe y'all were on vacation?

46:08

Probably.

46:11

No. That's a thought that counts.

46:14

Yeah. No many people that go on vacation with so it's really plenty to two more rounds.

46:21

At least we got two more rounds. I should say.

46:25

I've been rolling and I haven't rolling poorly and my attempts to keep my wall up.

46:34

So I would say I'm probably getting open-minded at this point.

46:44

One more drink. And I think he'll go across that threshold.

46:47

Why don't y'all roll because only me and law are left to answer.

46:52

Maybe y'all should just roll to see who asks.

46:54

Should we just roll between the two months to see your answers first?

46:59

Tell the rollies three 16.

47:02

So does that mean you, will you choose?

47:07

I think you Answered. Okay. I answer first 16.

47:11

Oh, I got to 20. I have questions.

47:14

Sounds Legit. Yeah. That's a good 20.

47:17

It is a 20.

47:21

Yeah. I've traveled a decent amount.

47:23

Probably not as much as some, one time I met someone sort of like you really were was that someone visited home, but they were nothing like you and I'm just still kind of blown away.

47:44

I,

47:44

I,

47:44

I

47:44

don't

47:44

know

47:44

what

47:44

I'm

47:50

asking. I don't know how old you are.

47:52

I don't know how you came to be.

47:59

I have you are the people.

48:01

Are that the others that you talked about, oatmeal and pussy, are they the only ones that you ever knew?

48:11

Sorry. I really like oatmeal.

48:15

Are they the only ones like me?

48:17

I ever knew? Or are there more, where do you come from and what the fuck is up with that?

48:24

Well, it up it, up it, up it up.

48:30

Aye.

48:32

Aye. Aye.

48:35

Okay. What's happening?

48:40

This is how he Dodges questions.

48:43

No, not at all. You okay.

48:44

I just don't.

48:49

You have no memory. Do you not have access to that access?

48:54

What do you mean? I didn't understand.

49:00

I don't really know.

49:02

I don't know what I'm saying.

49:03

I

49:03

can

49:03

pick

49:03

this

49:10

up. Dan dancer, dancer, dance dancer created mate.

49:19

I asked that too much.

49:22

Do you know how old you are?

49:26

I was with dancer for almost two years.

49:32

So two.

49:39

Okay. Well, yeah, but you know, I don't age like, like y'all so careful.

49:46

She, she loves me. I can attend them in this, those babies.

49:50

Can I just come in here?

49:55

If it makes you feel good then?

49:57

Yes, of course.

50:02

I can hear the water, the drinking.

50:05

I have a question. Can I ask a question?

50:08

Can you abs Canada?

50:10

Sorry. Can I ask the question? I get another round for my friend here, please.

50:13

You got the bottle. You got the bottle.

50:19

I have to ask you a question first. Does he, does he ever, does he power down ever?

50:24

go

50:24

into

50:24

a

50:24

stasis

50:24

state

50:24

when

50:24

you're

50:24

in

50:24

sleep

50:32

mode. Do you do dream?

50:37

Whoa boy. Oh boy.

50:40

That is a great question.

50:42

Wow. Is it sheep?

50:46

Is it open? You know what? I don't think I've ever dreamed yet, but then again, maybe I haven't, I just don't know what it's like.

50:53

Dreaming is. I've heard y'all soul touched folks.

50:58

Talk about it. It's my memories and stuff that you have at night, right?

51:02

Sometimes or spore imaginations.

51:06

It doesn't make sense.

51:08

Mostly. It doesn't make sense. I don't see any reason why I would have one, but I don't see any reason why I would not.

51:17

I just haven't yet. I don't think, Do

51:20

you ever wake up and sometimes you're just in such a bad, awful mood and you don't know why.

51:28

Hmm.

51:33

No. Sometimes that can be a dream and you're just thrown off all day that maybe No,

51:39

I would. Why would you start the day with a, with a, with a sour plus Maybe, maybe you should intentionally shoot for it.

51:50

Like sometimes you can be like, before you go into stasis, just having an intention and intention, like something to think about, or I'm going to have a dream I'm going to dream about, I don't know something, whatever the fuck you want.

52:03

All right. This is a great goal.

52:05

Yeah. I can do that tonight.

52:07

It's a great idea. If you haven't have a dream, let us know you.

52:16

Okay.

52:16

I'm

52:16

going

52:16

to

52:16

serve

52:16

surreptitiously,

52:16

finished

52:16

Dorian

52:22

strengthened. He's not looking. So he has less Also

52:26

this whole time I've been gathering, scratch chicken bones, and I've been ah, other leftovers and I've been kind of under the table.

52:36

Just spinning some of my twice.

52:40

Terrifying. Great. Alright. Alright. A little Blair witch doll.

52:44

Yeah. Last question. Here are those teeth release rollies thoroughly.

52:49

Final question.

52:51

Dang

52:51

11,

52:51

2

52:51

17

53:08

13. Oh wait. But she knows you already. I rolled in 19.

53:13

Probably got a good one. Yeah.

53:14

Oh, there's really, I don't know much about you Latina at all.

53:19

You dance. You're from a blade called white stone.

53:21

That's kinda all I know.

53:28

Boy. Why don't we ask?

53:30

I need to huddle up with everybody else for us.

53:33

We can get good here.

53:36

It's it's a deep, well, has she always been that way or did some shit happened?

53:43

It was a go. I don't want to probe into her.

53:45

You know, literally we're here. I mean, we just probed into yours.

53:50

I wouldn't have done, you know what I've got going on?

53:54

You can ask, are you dead?

53:57

What the fuck is up with that?

54:12

I'm not entirely sure. I think so.

54:15

You think your dad, Like

54:18

I cross in between life and death?

54:24

Not totally alive, but not totally dead.

54:28

Well, I definitely.

54:32

Okay. Well, okay. So I'm just telling your story.

54:36

And then I woke up, I woke up, but I was surrounded by a lot of other corpses and all of white stone was shut in a complete panic, run, a monk.

54:50

It's just death and disease and nightmare everywhere.

54:54

And I didn't know what happened.

54:56

So I ran, but yeah, I, yeah, I haven't really aged.

55:04

How long ago was that? 30 years.

55:08

So you were this age when you died, when you passed away 20.

55:16

And do you know how happened to know how long you were dead for?

55:22

So I think long, 48 hours. A couple of days.

55:26

So your 50 anything about your previous life?

55:42

Oh yes.

55:45

Like you're not just an, an elf or a human.

55:50

How can you be dead?

55:52

And who brought you back and how you said you've died and then you woke up.

55:57

Whoa, but there was a bit in between there.

56:01

Yes. Yeah. I always had innate magical capabilities when I was a young girl.

56:08

And so I think whatever happened in Whitestone on that night, I think I got hit with some sort of neck romantic magic.

56:21

It was like a blast.

56:22

Just, I don't know, started just kind of hit me and then I was alive, but here look, I'm going to grab, do you, can you feel things?

56:37

Sure. You feel like a heartbeat?

56:39

Every like 20 seconds.

56:42

Oh, you're very athletic.

56:47

So your heart does Beat.

56:49

It does just vary. You Have

56:51

hopes. You have fears you have loves with course.

56:58

Sounds like you're alive. To me died.

57:02

Is everything at home good before everything went bad or were things bad?

57:10

It was complicated. We were simple farmers on the outskirts of town.

57:15

Lived a very humble life.

57:18

Did have a lot of money.

57:19

And as such, my parents were a bit naive.

57:26

They weren't really connected to the going on in the political specter of Whitestone and just kind of walked into a bit of a trap.

57:40

They were wanting to give me a better life and they knew that their daughter magical capabilities could maybe go forth and become something more.

57:55

Unfortunately,

57:55

the

57:55

stewards

57:55

of

57:55

Whitestone

57:55

at

57:55

the

57:55

time

57:55

had

57:55

different

58:04

opinions. Do your parents Know what happened to you? They're dead.

58:07

Any family left? I don't think so.

58:10

Sorry. These people in Whetstone on the stewards, you said yes, they killed you.

58:17

The Prior ones, we should find them in.

58:20

Oh, they're gone. They're long, dead too.

58:24

Oh. One of them kind of bumps in my head though every now and then what's that mean?

58:27

What, Say that again?

58:29

What Voices

58:31

in my head? Oh, kind of like, I

58:36

think

58:36

the

58:36

way

58:36

we

58:36

bonded

58:36

so

58:36

quickly

58:36

and

58:36

I

58:36

think

58:36

just

58:36

whatever

58:36

magical

58:36

bond

58:36

we

58:36

have

58:36

just

58:36

works

58:50

Two years together. What were you doing for the previous 28th?

58:58

Just running from town to town. I would go and I would find the little shacks in the woods that were abandoned and then I would fix them up.

59:05

And then inevitably the town would be like, oh, that was a witch.

59:08

And the wards could come or holy person would come and be like, ah, days on dead wage.

59:20

And that would run then would do that Again and again and again.

59:24

Wow. Like a cool TV show.

59:26

it

59:26

was

59:26

very

59:26

much

59:26

a

59:26

little

59:26

cabin

59:26

fixer-upper

59:26

type

59:26

lifestyle,

59:26

but

59:26

you're

59:39

okay. Now being dead, like your, it doesn't cause any sadness anymore.

59:45

This is wireless conversation. I swear.

59:48

Yeah. No, it's this, this game always ends.

59:50

Well. Wow. I think we've just gotten used to it. You know, I've been surrounded by death for quite some time now, so.

1:00:01

Wow. That's fucking great. I was a great fucking story.

1:00:05

Oh good.

1:00:08

Thank you Ashton, for that amazing idea.

1:00:15

Wow. Fuck. That's the end of that one now what do we do?

1:00:20

I think now we sleep this off and see how we feel in the morning.

1:00:26

Everyone. Okay. After that last one, does anyone feel like they want to get into more trouble?

1:00:30

I don't think I'm getting into more trouble.

1:00:33

Well, what you play a song.

1:00:37

My Lord story.

1:00:40

And please play beautiful song.

1:00:43

I Do

1:00:44

not like that. Nickname. You

1:00:46

know, Jordan fetch my whiskey furniture Shorten

1:00:49

my whiskey. Is that a joke?

1:00:53

He he's Jordan, right?

1:00:56

No. Nevermind. I'm going to, I'm going to tune my loot, but I am not tuning my lyrics.

1:01:03

It's like morning, morning, morning, morning, morning, morning.

1:01:05

It's really attitude. It's very bad.

1:01:08

How about something from your childhood?

1:01:11

Oh yeah. Like one of your, your Royal songs.

1:01:17

I'll pull out the flute. I will try to play a lovely Genasi.

1:01:22

Balin Go ahead and roll a performance check thing is Christ.

1:01:27

It is not lovely.

1:01:30

It's all right. It's a 13.

1:01:33

13. Yeah. I forgot how high my, your modifier washed.

1:01:36

Yes, there is 13. First, last.

1:01:38

It's not bad.

1:01:55

All right. I'll toot my flute for whatever 13 can get me.

1:01:59

I just like to describe the, the mood it carries.

1:02:02

Yeah. Yeah. It's obviously a little loose, but it's light more than anything.

1:02:09

It's slightly dissonant.

1:02:12

You know, if you're listening to it and you're watching the fire, you could almost be fooled to think that the sound and the rhythm is affecting the way the flame moves.

1:02:22

And it's very peaceful. It's not quite a lullaby, but maybe it does put your heart at ease.

1:02:28

When you hear it, If

1:02:34

someone were per chance accidentally reading your thoughts while you were playing this music, would what sort of emotions would you be feeling inside right now?

1:02:47

Well, you've made you are welcome to roll a wisdom, saving throw.

1:02:49

If you wish to resistance. Do

1:02:51

I do I feel what I do?

1:02:53

I that's a good, does one feel this?

1:02:57

It's less about them accurately resisting it and more if they're guarded, trying to Push

1:03:01

into your thoughts right now, it's Private,

1:03:03

but I'll, I'll roll against it since it's private.

1:03:05

Okay. You are Pretty trashed. Okay. So I'll say Not

1:03:09

going to need it. That's a one

1:03:17

whisper. Yeah, go over and whisper.

1:03:18

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All right to bed. And then we decide in the morning where we're going or, or should we tell where we're going now?

1:03:56

So that Matt knows what the fuck to think about?

1:04:00

I'll figure it out.

1:04:03

Was it Matt? Bring me another whiskey.

1:04:04

where's

1:04:04

the

1:04:04

heavy,

1:04:04

familiar

1:04:04

footsteps

1:04:04

of

1:04:04

a

1:04:04

sheer

1:04:04

come

1:04:04

up

1:04:04

to

1:04:04

the,

1:04:04

to

1:04:04

the

1:04:04

second

1:04:04

floor,

1:04:04

that

1:04:04

other

1:04:04

bottle

1:04:04

and

1:04:04

be

1:04:04

like,

1:04:04

Hey,

1:04:04

are

1:04:04

you

1:04:04

going

1:04:04

to

1:04:04

need

1:04:14

another? No, I think, I think we're going to just rooms, rooms, rooms, rooms.

1:04:18

I think we're good. All right. How many rooms we got?

1:04:20

77 rooms.

1:04:24

We'll share. I'll share it on the road.

1:04:30

Yeah. Your ship three big rooms, three big rooms.

1:04:34

You wouldn't mind? They'll put you at a, we'll say a golden half.

1:04:43

I think. I think I said it's fine.

1:04:50

I like this place. Sleep it off.

1:04:51

Well, it's back downstairs.

1:04:54

Breakfast with The

1:04:56

extra bottle please.

1:04:59

No, that'll run. Yeah. We'll say you're about a five gold for the bottle.

1:05:09

Okay, great. I'll give you 10 silver instead.

1:05:32

Yeah, I know. Sorry. It's no worries.

1:05:34

It's I have to, I have to make a profit to keep the business running and paid more than that for the, for the bottle.

1:05:41

And it was supplied to me. I understand That

1:05:43

there's a margin of Five

1:05:48

gold. Right? I got this five go to fucking white.

1:05:53

Fun. You got a good friend here.

1:05:55

Nash. I'm glad you got a friend, Ashton.

1:05:59

Thank

1:06:01

you. Would've charged me less. If I have asked, I'm just saying Keys

1:06:05

are distributed. You have the three of them, I suppose, Before

1:06:10

we depart, I grabbed Dorian.

1:06:14

I know you were feeling just so guilty about Paul patrons and I just I'm here.

1:06:22

I just want you to have this and it's Bertrand doll.

1:06:29

I knew I took the hair that I cut off of Bertrand to make his actual true detective season.

1:06:38

He's kinda a little, maybe y'all remind him a few.

1:06:43

Oh God.

1:06:48

Oh Lord. Now He is love.

1:07:01

You are so talented.

1:07:03

Stop, stop. I will, I will treasure tiny Bertrand for it.

1:07:08

As you look at it, the thing that it fixes, like the head to it, like something Gibbs and the hedges.

1:07:11

Cause like on its own, It

1:07:15

doesn't come with little.

1:07:17

Puppeteered little about that.

1:07:19

I could give you some strings On

1:07:21

I'd rather just look at it. I'd rather just look at Gorgeous.

1:07:29

Thank you.

1:07:30

So try to put these greasy chicken bones.

1:07:34

It's like in my bag or something at the time.

1:07:41

Big. That's

1:07:45

amazing. Well, you know, it's very cool.

1:07:48

It's a very cool place and you know, it's home.

1:07:52

How did you, how did you go from there to here?

1:07:58

Well, I just, I just walked.

1:08:03

Wow. I didn't know. That was something someone could do.

1:08:07

Well, I, I, I guess it is.

1:08:13

I got to show me how to do it. I swear.

1:08:15

I didn't even know the paywall. It was a real place.

1:08:17

You know, people have talked about it, but I thought it was just stories.

1:08:19

Oh really? Oh, it's it's we'll have to go there sometime.

1:08:25

I would love that. Yeah.

1:08:26

I, I, I would love to introduce you to my grandma and all of my friends there.

1:08:34

And I have such a wonderful group of, of people that I just love their so much.

1:08:41

How long have you been on Exandria?

1:08:44

Well, let's see maybe seven months.

1:08:54

Give or take eight months something around.

1:08:57

Not very long.

1:09:05

Wow. Mr.

1:09:08

Grass. I just wanted to apologize. I feel like maybe I went too far.

1:09:13

Not at all. I'm sorry. I couldn't give you a more satisfactory answer.

1:09:16

I just don't have the information.

1:09:18

I think I, I think I might've made you uncomfortable and I didn't, that wasn't my intention to not at all.

1:09:24

I don't play a lot of drinking games.

1:09:27

I mean, either when everyone goes to sleep, I think I'm going to hang upside down and just drain myself because I don't think this is good.

1:09:43

Could you just spend me over?

1:09:45

Yeah. Just maybe hit my head As

1:09:47

you finish hitting bell dribbles out.

1:09:51

Like it turned over gas.

1:09:52

Can We'll hold them for like a minute and let the last of it Anywhere.

1:10:05

Is

1:10:05

there,

1:10:07

I mean, when I eat a pie, something happens, but like I've seen you eat, you know, copper too, does it?

1:10:15

I was not, I was not built with a poop shoot of any, if any sword, what happens To

1:10:19

the little pieces That you eat? The copper or other things?

1:10:24

They, they get absorbed into my body to make repairs.

1:10:28

Wow. And there's nothing leftover.

1:10:30

It's right here. It's all over me.

1:10:33

And I'll look in there so bad.

1:10:36

You keep coming back to them.

1:10:39

I'm not sure. I like the way you're The next time I need a significant repair.

1:10:53

I'll let you come and take your feet. Yes, yes, absolutely.

1:10:56

Thank you so much sleep.

1:10:58

Yes, let's do it.

1:11:00

If you've got shit to be handled in town, you should handle it with a group.

1:11:05

I'm just saying this is a good, good way to handle your shit.

1:11:08

You should handle your shit.

1:11:11

And there are people here who will Help

1:11:13

you handle it.

1:11:16

I think I finally had too much. I'm going to sleep.

1:11:18

All right. The shit handlers, the shit handler just before we all break for bed.

1:11:25

Really?

1:11:25

This

1:11:25

feels

1:11:29

ready. Sit back down. If we're going to have this discussion, let's have it.

1:11:32

Oh, wait, sit back down and you'll hear a tale.

1:11:38

Choose a group name right now.

1:11:41

Keep bringing it up. I just feel like, I

1:11:43

just feel like it's Weird. Well, we just can't make our contract Oh,

1:11:51

you like the cool side of a pillow? You just hear my shoulder dislocate.

1:12:00

Oh, there's just a little bit of bone right in the temple To

1:12:07

sit here much longer. I'm going to be reading all you guys Are

1:12:10

going to go get, oh, we're better in the rise, everybody.

1:12:14

And I'm out. All right.

1:12:17

As we go to bed, I'm just going to write before I shut down, I'm going to just think, okay.

1:12:24

Dream, dream. And you're here.

1:12:26

Let me say, I think you can do it.

1:12:29

I'm dreaming.

1:12:38

You all find your various rooms to rest.

1:12:44

A Lot of knives. You were starting to doze off a bit in that kind of bit of gentle.

1:12:52

Quiet. You do hear familiar.

1:12:54

Whisper. Yeah. It says careful things are meant to be kept secret.

1:13:07

Oh

1:13:09

God. It's been so long since I've heard from you. What have you been up to?

1:13:16

Oh, come on. Do you just tell me?

1:13:22

Just be okay.

1:13:27

I didn't say anything.

1:13:29

That's not like public knowledge.

1:13:32

So back off, that's the end of the night she talking to you?

1:13:46

Yes. She's mad. Cause I got shotty.

1:13:51

Has she ever done anything?

1:13:53

If he get in trouble with him?

1:13:56

If I get like, if I gotten in trouble with her.

1:13:59

Yeah. I mean, I know she's been pissy before, but has it ever come to anything?

1:14:06

I don't know. Has it ever come to anything?

1:14:11

It's come to tense conversations and threats of denying her gifts.

1:14:25

Right? But not yet.

1:14:29

Yeah, sure. That long to put it together, she'll sometimes, you know, fuck.

1:14:36

Be like, oh, I helped made you.

1:14:39

You would be nothing without me more. I can take what I can give, blah, blah, blah.

1:14:44

She does that sometimes, but she's never really done it.

1:14:51

We got to get into that Institute. I know.

1:14:56

I can just keep strengthening my skills without her.

1:15:01

You will meet her. Need her she's listening.

1:15:05

She probably is.

1:15:07

It's an excellent point though. I've never really strayed far from her, from her up until recently.

1:15:15

Right?

1:15:15

Well,

1:15:15

I'll

1:15:15

keep

1:15:15

you

1:15:15

posted

1:15:15

if

1:15:15

she

1:15:15

starts

1:15:15

getting

1:15:21

aggressive. Yeah. One of the reasons I think we need a group name.

1:15:24

The sooner we have it, this winter, we have a contract. The sooner we can get in there.

1:15:27

That's true.

1:15:31

We'll keep thinking on it.

1:15:33

Maybe something will inspire us in the next day or two.

1:15:38

Yeah. How are you doing? It looked a little pale there at the end.

1:15:41

Oh no. It was just, I was trying really hard not to get into everybody's head.

1:15:47

You know what I mean? I sneaked into Dorian's for a second.

1:15:54

What you see? Come on. Tell me just him with his mom.

1:16:00

It was quite nice.

1:16:02

Oh yeah. He's a sweetheart.

1:16:04

He's a sweet boy sleep.

1:16:10

Well, all right. You to wake me up.

1:16:12

If you have any other nightmares, you know, I will.

1:16:21

Okay. Evening comes to you.

1:16:23

Rest necessary, physical respite after a very arduously damaging experience, but through the night and you get your long rest.

1:16:36

So you can go ahead and mark that. Oh yeah.

1:16:42

Uncertain. If dream has found you fresh con grass, but there is a little bit of joy in going to, into your familiar status with a goal in mind, but nothing out of the ordinary.

1:17:02

Okay. Would that eventually the morning comes the warmth of day to creep in through your various chambers.

1:17:14

And the day is yours. As you all begin to one by one, must have yourself, your materials, your equipment, and then wander downstairs.

1:17:23

Begin to gather again in the bottom floor of the Spire, by fire and Gather once a morning, what would you like to do?

1:17:34

Roll, roll, roll.

1:17:35

Rolling

1:17:35

in

1:17:35

the

1:17:35

morning

1:17:39

warning. Never. What are we doing today?

1:17:42

You'd have a few options as I see.

1:17:45

Oh, but Did it happen?

1:17:48

Guess did you dream?

1:17:51

I don't think so. I mean, nothing out of the ordinary happened Just

1:17:55

a couple of times.

1:17:58

Yeah. It's progress in it before. I feel like it heard you through the wall saying like, oh no, no, no.

1:18:05

I have bad dreams.

1:18:08

It's horrible.

1:18:14

You,

1:18:16

I should've, I should've said like, oh my Well

1:18:24

we have, now that we've learned a bit about each other from last night, we know that some of us have specific goals, finding your quarry that you've been kind of align.

1:18:35

I just need to keep checking in.

1:18:38

Wait, we have that, that we could pursue today.

1:18:39

We could go to the Starlight conservatories.

1:18:42

That what it's Called. We can go there, but it's useless until we get that contract.

1:18:46

Okay. Okay. Okay. Then there's also the investigating.

1:18:50

What caused those chairs and tables to come to life?

1:18:53

I don't know how we For a while. And that's been bothering me this whole time.

1:18:56

That was right outside of here.

1:18:59

Yeah. Or, or tracking down the source or intended recipient of that brimstone that we stumbled upon.

1:19:08

Or I think didn't Lord estro say that they would have some more work for us and then possibly did someone else offer us work too?

1:19:18

Am I forgetting that like someone on, We

1:19:21

could let Kubek Coursera course hairs.

1:19:26

We could let the course there's no, that we did away with old Dugger.

1:19:34

She'd probably ask modus Russ first, if that's all right.

1:19:41

No. Yeah. We talked to, when he talked to him and said, is it okay that we didn't use your name when he said only if, only if things are cool.

1:19:47

Yeah. Yeah. So they might like us more than we could say his name.

1:19:51

And then we can create that introduction.

1:19:55

What do y'all think? Do them a favor too.

1:19:57

So we're good. One last thing.

1:19:59

Is that your most pressing matter or, or is there something that, should we investigate, pull the thread of your, your person At

1:20:07

your hearing to find well, that lies with Lord Astros.

1:20:10

Oh yeah.

1:20:15

Okay. I guess we go there. I mean, do you think he's had any developments in the past 24 hours?

1:20:20

You gave him a good, bright I

1:20:22

did. We did. The goop was given.

1:20:24

It was given in the evening last night.

1:20:27

So it's been maybe 12 hours And

1:20:30

we tell the Coursera is what happened.

1:20:32

And then see if it's time to, if that seems to be that way, at least we're cementing a relationship.

1:20:39

So I stress last night. Seems a little, do we remember the good password?

1:20:43

Wasn't a good one. Bad one. It's come to loosen the share.

1:20:46

I

1:20:46

think

1:20:46

what

1:20:46

it

1:20:46

looks

1:20:46

like,

1:20:46

what

1:20:46

I

1:20:55

wrote. Yeah.

1:20:57

Snare. So to the course errors, then let's give it over the bridge and down because we liked to go lanterns.

1:21:07

We loved going back and forth between this.

1:21:10

Yeah, you do. You guys keep jumping back and forth.

1:21:13

Well tread territory. And thankfully though, the two areas that have an actual physical bridge, so you don't have to pay to get across each way.

1:21:19

So that helps too.

1:21:21

Okay guys, and your things finishing a modest breakfast, you head over towards the fait walk, bridge across to the lantern Spire, and then following the familiar path that Ashton leads ahead of you.

1:21:34

Once again, you head to the elder post tunnel system beneath into the early morning era of the Bazaar.

1:21:42

In which case it is much quieter. You can see that a lot of the bustle that you saw when you initially approached is still in a closed downstate.

1:21:50

And a lot of the spaces are empty. A lot of the cart's been pulled away and are just, you have no idea where they've got it.

1:21:54

It seems like it'd be too much for everyone to, to remove and then reset up every single day.

1:22:00

But you've also seen some people quickly disassemble and condense their kind of shopping experience into a very compact and very rapidly escaping mechanism.

1:22:17

But as you head into the space, the low oil lanterns still going about there is still a handful of individuals, you know, a few dozen that are kind of wandering around the outskirts of what is now currently a central open space with a handful of smaller structures that are either still shuttered or in the process of being set up for the day is The

1:22:38

baker around out of curiosity, You

1:22:41

can certainly check around and make a perception or a, either a perception check or Christmas check task around perception check.

1:22:51

Okay. The Christmas thing.

1:22:56

Nope. I got a No

1:22:57

buddy, no looking, looking around.

1:23:03

You do not have any sight on the shadow baker.

1:23:07

And there's probably a good chance that either he has not arrived yet or is not wanting to be found.

1:23:12

No, As

1:23:13

we finish this last bit of the stretch of the journey, Hey, Howard, we'll play with you for a second or walks alongside imaging.

1:23:21

And when he thinks that most of the group are not paying attention, he looks up at her and says imaging.

1:23:26

Yeah. That thing that you do, you know, that thing that you do, are you doing that to us?

1:23:34

Like all the time now? I'm I'm really not.

1:23:37

I swear. Or a little bit.

1:23:38

No, I'm trying not to.

1:23:41

I don't, I don't want to.

1:23:44

Okay. Is there anything that we can do to make that easier on you?

1:23:48

Yeah. Other than 50 feet away, don't think, don't think.

1:23:53

No, I swear. It's, you know, I've worked a long time at, at, at blocking it out.

1:24:01

It just, sometimes it gets a little harder.

1:24:04

It's easier if there's less people, this, this size of a group is something.

1:24:10

But

1:24:10

you

1:24:10

know

1:24:10

what

1:24:10

I've

1:24:10

noticed

1:24:10

since

1:24:10

I've

1:24:10

been

1:24:10

around

1:24:10

y'all,

1:24:10

which

1:24:10

is

1:24:10

really

1:24:17

interesting. Like all the time, it almost sounds like a, like a swarm of bees, you know, We're

1:24:26

a swarm of Everyone.

1:24:28

Everything is just so much, but it's the same sort of feeling that I had with Lon.

1:24:36

And the first time I met her, he was, it was, it was there.

1:24:40

She was there, but she was at almost like a different, a different pitch than everybody else.

1:24:47

It was musical. It wasn't painful, like everybody Else.

1:24:51

And you're getting that with us. It's not quite There,

1:24:54

but I'm getting used to the sound. So it doesn't feel as intrusive.

1:25:00

That's a great sign.

1:25:02

Some I never experienced before.

1:25:05

Okay.

1:25:05

Well,

1:25:05

I

1:25:05

like

1:25:05

you,

1:25:05

not

1:25:05

too

1:25:05

worried

1:25:05

about

1:25:05

it,

1:25:05

but

1:25:05

I

1:25:05

just

1:25:05

want

1:25:05

to

1:25:05

know

1:25:05

if

1:25:05

there

1:25:05

was

1:25:05

anything

1:25:14

To be done. I think if you wear like a, like a metal hat, that'll help A

1:25:20

lot. What the fuck is up with that? I don't know.

1:25:21

It Blocks

1:25:23

out the signal or something like a lead hat.

1:25:26

Let's give it a try. Are you fucking with me?

1:25:28

No, of course. In such a it's.

1:25:35

Okay. It's just a 13.

1:25:37

I'm fucking With

1:25:41

you. No helmets for all.

1:25:43

You know what? It might work.

1:25:53

all right. Thank you for role playing with Glancing

1:26:00

around. Would you care to role play?

1:26:08

That's what I did was say, I knew you were giving her a gift.

1:26:12

I was like, it's burns pouch.

1:26:18

It works.

1:26:20

Let's see about any other business. The root trader is find-able that issue, but is there anything else you wish to do while you're here?

1:26:28

Nothing pressing, heading to the root trader.

1:26:32

It is currently closed. It is not yet open this time of morning, but you do glancing through the somewhat cloudy glass windows.

1:26:40

You do see some movement inside.

1:26:42

Oh,

1:26:42

there's

1:26:42

a

1:26:42

quiet

1:26:51

pause. One of the curtains pulls aside and on the other side, you can see Heron, the feather individual that led you into the interior kind of glancing past this wide variety.

1:26:59

Like

1:26:59

we've

1:26:59

come

1:26:59

to

1:26:59

loosen

1:26:59

the

1:26:59

snare

1:26:59

so

1:26:59

early

1:26:59

it

1:26:59

goes

1:26:59

and

1:26:59

opens

1:26:59

the

1:27:09

door. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Fine. Fine.

1:27:12

Fine. Let's see inside. You don't even see Ovadia there yet.

1:27:15

Aaron, just kind of taking care of the interior.

1:27:19

There it's a cross leads you into the same upward spiral and opens into the same hatch chamber.

1:27:25

This area is nowhere near as crowded as it was last time, you could see maybe six individuals in this room.

1:27:30

And now that you have a kind of a, a better look within and less tension and a Heron kinda holds the Landrum forth, you can see there are some cots in the corner.

1:27:38

This is definitely just kind of like a, like a resting hangout space, almost like a safe house.

1:27:44

And you can see there's like stacks of, of bunk beds and a few cots.

1:27:48

You can see there's some storage crates.

1:27:50

You can see there's a number of chairs.

1:27:53

You can see there's bundles of just general goods and storage and just a quick glance with the light around it.

1:27:59

And you can see his hair and I can kind of loosen this there and tells you all to get up there and then closes the lash behind his.

1:28:10

I've been staying behind this time and just kind of letting you guys in there as it closes.

1:28:15

One of the figures, the familiar hooded figure is kind of sitting in the back arms, cross kinda glances over and looks at all of you.

1:28:24

He goes over and shakes awake. Somebody who's snoring loudly on one of the nearby kind of nicer, larger situations of bedding and quickly pulls up and like with a knife towards the hooded figure, kind of leans back, kind of gives them a nudge and, and not over in your direction.

1:28:41

And you can see it's it's the OSH. Josh is just kind of rubbing his eyes a bit terribly.

1:28:49

Sorry,

1:28:49

don't

1:28:49

do

1:28:49

that

1:28:53

again. I could have gotten a lot worse, but the blade away, give me just a second.

1:29:00

It's a early, it gets up stretches dreams.

1:29:06

That'll that's what I'll do that too.

1:29:07

You start stretching, touching his toes a bit like going through.

1:29:15

Yeah, I see done not a bad idea to do each stretch with me.

1:29:19

You're welcome to, I'm not going to stop you.

1:29:24

It takes a water skin starts going.

1:29:25

pour

1:29:25

some

1:29:25

water

1:29:25

out

1:29:25

of

1:29:25

like

1:29:25

a,

1:29:25

a

1:29:25

water

1:29:25

skin

1:29:25

and

1:29:25

do

1:29:25

a

1:29:32

bowl. And then it flashes its face, a bed goes and pulls out the small glass vial and putting some moisturizer on his face, like morning routine that he's going through.

1:29:44

You mean to your, your actual bedroom?

1:29:46

I'm I'm very sorry. This is not my actual bedroom, but I, I keep my, my supplies with me no matter where I am traveling.

1:29:54

Cause you never know where he might be and nothing is worse than being in unfamiliar in less comfortable situations about how is your skin generally?

1:30:06

Oh, it's glow.

1:30:09

Yeah. Even in this low light it's it's, it's just a beautiful, warm shape.

1:30:14

Smooth you can pores are kept well, like can see him coffee or something.

1:30:23

If you are making coffee by then of course, please.

1:30:25

Is there someone I can ask?

1:30:32

Could you make us some golfing? And the hunter figure kind of like all of us would be great over and starts setting up like a little, little iron stove in the corner with a, a two that looks like it.

1:30:51

It exists or it's built into an exit out of the chamber from above.

1:30:55

You can have such a small fire and Megan's boiling some water.

1:30:59

So yeah, Sharon's grabs a chair, scoots it around and sits on it with a kind of facing the opposite direction and leaning over it.

1:31:08

All right. So are you back so soon?

1:31:11

What's I you're not dead.

1:31:13

So I assume that Docker has not quite done to you or did it to your friend, which is good.

1:31:20

You've done the Duggar really well.

1:31:23

Very well done. That is I'm not going to say that they didn't expect a different outcome, but congratulations, we're shocked as anybody believe me, brimstone on the other hand was not found.

1:31:42

I have no idea what the other was doing with provost.

1:31:47

And personally, it seems like a dangerous thing to have running around the city.

1:31:52

That's all it's dangerous, but it's also worth a lot of money in black markets for people who want to, you know, depending on what its uses are.

1:32:00

Then that is a very controlled elements.

1:32:05

I assume that it's probably looked south to four south after is the common phrase for, by probably archivists and engineers.

1:32:16

You know, it's, It,

1:32:18

there's a lot of uses. I just, I don't often hear people clamoring for it because to, to try and I share it the way from the house far union and in any of the other individuals that can throw sources of it is a very, very dangerous increasing.

1:32:34

He was going back and forth between this and this smaller Spire, The

1:32:38

handful of times that he was traveling beyond this house.

1:32:40

Yes. I Wonder if that's a lead for where to, You

1:32:44

know, where I

1:32:46

have to ask around, I wasn't paying particular attention to him.

1:32:49

We just kind of kept an eye on him, but I can certainly inquire.

1:32:54

The weird thing I keep thinking about is I th I thought at first that just wanted the Runestone for some fucking crazy eyed reason was doing some sort of crazy fucking shit.

1:33:06

Cause he was all fucked up.

1:33:08

But since it wasn't there, what was he doing with all that fucking money By fucking watching had a bunch of money.

1:33:21

I mean, was getting rid of it.

1:33:23

He must've been getting something out of it. It was getting something out of it.

1:33:27

Why? Because clearly he wasn't spending that money.

1:33:30

That place was a shit hole Place

1:33:32

also seem to be covered.

1:33:35

So isn't there a place that isn't a shit hole or is There

1:33:38

like he's living underground, Comfortable

1:33:40

and shitholes? I don't think. Yeah. So once he was working for someone else, do you think?

1:33:45

No. See, we were looking for that. We were thinking if he leaves us and then goes ahead and joins the syndicate and then we have to fucking take him out.

1:33:53

But no things seem that way.

1:33:55

But do you think you're doing this for the syndicate?

1:34:00

No idea. You barely seemed human anymore.

1:34:03

All. Oh my gosh. When he came out, when we saw him, he was a lump of jelly, Honey

1:34:09

falling out of the hole And he was, he was, yeah, he was in a hole and he was kinda like working his way through it.

1:34:16

Yeah. And then he came out and all of a sudden he was, he was him again.

1:34:18

I know, I know what that sounds like a honey dispenser.

1:34:23

It's the true God. It, I think what we're saying is whatever we witnessed, went beyond the normal realm of petty crime and smuggling.

1:34:30

It was something deeper, something Worse

1:34:33

at this.

1:34:34

Certainly

1:34:34

that's

1:34:34

the

1:34:34

stuff

1:34:34

of

1:34:37

nightmares. What you're saying there. I'm going to scrub my brain from that mental image.

1:34:41

And I am sorry. You had to see that Back

1:34:43

to the dancing furniture.

1:34:46

Oh, I'm sorry. I just have to keep mentioning max.

1:34:48

It's still Fucking

1:34:48

when

1:34:48

he

1:34:48

got

1:34:48

attacked

1:34:51

By by dining set, there was a carpet and our table and a chair exploded In

1:34:57

a public square.

1:35:00

All right. Great. Good for you. Just throwing that out there.

1:35:02

I don't know.

1:35:04

It's been a weird week.

1:35:07

Well, we've got a bit of a favor for you, whether you asked for it or not.

1:35:10

I think one thing we're hoping for here is that we're in a little bit better standing.

1:35:16

Yeah, no, we'll start falling. We're good.

1:35:18

You were following us. Of course.

1:35:20

Did you, did you all notice Figured,

1:35:23

but the, do you notice?

1:35:24

Wow, that's cool. And you have, you have been very honest.

1:35:27

You have corroborated upfront exactly where we saw you go, are we easy to follow?

1:35:35

Extremely. You do not cut a low profile at all.

1:35:38

Oh my goodness.

1:35:43

Barely even try. It's true.

1:35:45

And we let's track at a certain point. So when you are, when you put your mind to it, you're you, you can disappear, but you do not put your mind to it often.

1:35:52

That is true.

1:35:54

Yes.

1:35:54

Collateral,

1:35:54

nothing

1:35:54

will

1:35:54

come

1:35:54

of

1:35:54

your

1:35:54

collateral

1:35:54

unless

1:35:54

you

1:35:54

do

1:35:54

something

1:35:54

to

1:35:54

fuck

1:35:54

us

1:36:03

off. All right. That's what I figured out. I have no interest in, in hunting down fathers, unless you fuck us over.

1:36:11

But until then, like, don't worry about it.

1:36:14

If we, if we're friendly, we're friendly. It is perfectly okay.

1:36:18

Rather than be at odds.

1:36:20

Precisely. I think we'd rather work in concert.

1:36:23

To be honest, there's a lot of factions that work in this city that have a lot more power and influence and they're far more dangerous than whatever we do.

1:36:38

So people not affiliated, but then we can stay friendly with that works in our favor.

1:36:46

As much as those years, Do

1:36:50

you have a relationship with Lord Estrus?

1:36:55

No, we have not had the pleasure of speaking with the, the inheritor of the production state, but you know who he is.

1:37:07

It's hard not to know. And then there's plenty of other rumors about that.

1:37:10

Strange old coot.

1:37:14

Great. Actually that's who I was talking about the last time, but it was very not.

1:37:20

I'm hard pressed to that. Know about this.

1:37:22

People kind of we'll leave a bit of a trail type of rumors.

1:37:33

There are some people that say perhaps Some folks at least have a reason to believe that maybe he actually killed his previous employer.

1:37:52

He was thinking too. I feel like she, she had the inclination.

1:37:54

That's right. That's right. That's right. You do my job.

1:37:57

Others believe that the reason nobody ever seasoned is because he hides a dark secret.

1:38:03

He never leaves. He never goes into public eye.

1:38:06

He stays in his house and just sends out to other centrals and mercenaries in IO tenants to do his bidding.

1:38:14

Do his work that that's us. Yeah.

1:38:17

Yeah. Oh, so you, you are one of these contracted individuals.

1:38:21

I worked for a lot of people. We don't have a contract presently, but we know about the gentlemen.

1:38:26

We're trying to come up with a group name.

1:38:29

Yes. Do you have any suggestions to enjoy a little, a little exercise?

1:38:38

What is the first word that pops into your head?

1:38:41

When you look at us trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, cliffs, trouble finding .

1:39:02

I would be embarrassed by association.

1:39:07

Some other people think maybe he's like, like a vampire or some sort of creature.

1:39:12

That's the fibs guns from the notes.

1:39:14

Cause he stays away from it. I wonder if he's a vampire, you know, what would you personally, what's your take?

1:39:21

What the fuck is up with that? I think he's just a creepy old man with a lot of the money, but who knows?

1:39:31

Except for, unless you do, because you work for him, which by the way, what can you say seems to have a better opinion of you than you do event seemed nice.

1:39:41

I don't have a negative. I'm just curious, paranoid.

1:39:46

I know something about them that you probably don't know.

1:39:50

Dude. Tell the strange horn lady, can you give me something for it?

1:39:59

Make a persuasion.

1:40:03

right

1:40:39

there. He is an amazing baker is what I was going to say really is.

1:40:43

Yes, actually can't confirm.

1:40:45

Yeah, they have to sort of some sort of competition with our very own shadow back there afraid there's one day ate That

1:40:53

damn thing. He gave me the purple paid for it.

1:40:57

You think it's stale by now?

1:40:58

It's fine.

1:41:03

That was quick.

1:41:05

It's not like wrapped in plastic.

1:41:07

Let me see it. We see the street.

1:41:10

If we see the shadow bakers, It's

1:41:13

still tasty and it's just a little harder.

1:41:16

That's fine. I'll take that. It's fine. You can have it on God

1:41:20

damn and half the size of my head.

1:41:22

But there's another is a, an unexpected purveyor of baked goods at a, this is interesting information.

1:41:31

Paul, did you Give something valuable away?

1:41:34

I just, I told him that he is an excellent baker, so I gave him some pretty great information.

1:41:45

Anyway, if you'd like us to set up a meeting or something, just let us know.

1:41:49

Is he interested in meeting?

1:41:55

Was it a strange recluse? I can have any business with us for, And

1:42:00

he wouldn't tell us. Thank you.

1:42:02

I get the impression that he wants to do good.

1:42:04

And in this city and he thinks that you also do.

1:42:08

And again, anyone who lives a life of inherited money wants to do good.

1:42:12

Well, I don't know.

1:42:14

Dorian one.

1:42:18

Wow. Short guy, low blows The

1:42:22

hooded figure in the back. Kind of crosses arms leans against the wall, staring right in your direction.

1:42:26

Dorian,

1:42:29

Not everyone with money is bad.

1:42:31

Just so Many

1:42:35

Possibly this one.

1:42:38

Hm. I do believe he does want to do good, but that's just my belief.

1:42:44

That could be, I look at the guy in the back.

1:42:47

Who's eyeing up.

1:42:49

Dorian. Is he being, is he like targeting him? Is he taking note Or

1:42:53

I'm sorry, making this a perception.

1:42:55

Check The clock at 1115.

1:43:01

No don't fuck me. Gil 15, total 15.

1:43:07

There's lots of whispers or friends.

1:43:10

Forensic ghost fire gaming.

1:43:13

Have a new episodic subscription service called fables while I feel like I just turned in the NPR.

1:43:19

Don't forget VPN, no easiest way to hide your IP and physical location.

1:43:27

And also sticky notes.

1:43:32

Look at him. I don't know.

1:43:34

He, I kind of like cross in front of his vision and just my eyes go black.

1:43:41

I just kind of crack my head a little bit and I do on presence to him.

1:43:48

Okay. I'm so in the, the figure you can see like in there, their full body kind of, you know, leather and stuff of other armor, the kind of light gray cloaking hood, You

1:44:01

just go Just

1:44:06

like rushes off to the other corner of the room and just sits down and kind of watches quietly from a distance almost seems to the, the, the somewhat broad intimidating form that they cut within the chamber is diminished into almost a child in timeout.

1:44:27

Well,

1:44:27

I

1:44:27

have

1:44:27

nothing

1:44:27

against

1:44:27

having

1:44:27

a

1:44:27

conversation

1:44:27

with

1:44:27

your

1:44:27

wealthy

1:44:39

patron. We just have to have some assurances understand that's the person you speak of naturally is a little more aligned with those that we consistently work against.

1:44:56

It was the fucking lately and you see them.

1:44:58

They're like the jovial nature of VH begins to kind of become a little more of a cutting intensity money and influence in this city is a commodity that is passed around by a very small number of faceless members of the quarter.

1:45:20

We continuously continuous thing out to find out who they are and expose them.

1:45:31

And if it means taking every coupler, silver gold to their name until they're forced to expose themselves to the public, we'll do it.

1:45:43

So if your friend, this Lord estrus is keeping anything or anyone hidden at this in our sites, we will not hesitate to remove him from the equation.

1:46:00

But

1:46:00

if

1:46:00

you

1:46:00

trust

1:46:00

him

1:46:00

and

1:46:00

he

1:46:00

seems

1:46:00

genuinely

1:46:00

interested

1:46:00

and

1:46:00

is

1:46:00

willing

1:46:00

to

1:46:00

meet

1:46:00

an

1:46:00

Outfitters,

1:46:00

I'll

1:46:00

think

1:46:00

about

1:46:12

it. We do. In fact, trust your terms more than I trust him, but I figured you know how to take care of yourself.

1:46:24

You've got a direct line to him through us.

1:46:26

What insurances do you need?

1:46:30

And if we smell anything, we'll tell you, Let

1:46:33

me talk with my compatriots.

1:46:36

I am not one of many.

1:46:38

And I feel it would be untoward to my trusted associates to make a decision on this without their opinions placed against.

1:46:50

So

1:46:50

you're

1:46:50

always

1:46:50

staying

1:46:50

in

1:46:50

disparate

1:46:50

by

1:46:54

far.

1:46:57

Yes. Yeah. Amongst other places amongst other places, it's a good place to start.

1:47:04

Well, we'll find you.

1:47:07

And we have come to an accord and are ready.

1:47:10

If at all, to have such a conversation with your Lord.

1:47:18

This one become a part of this club.

1:47:22

The club.

1:47:27

No, no, I like it.

1:47:29

I like it. We'll call it the club.

1:47:32

If you wish to join this club, you have to do some illegal things.

1:47:42

You have to go through some trials of trust.

1:47:47

You have to put your neck on the line for our interests and values and show that you are willing to give everything for what we are willing to give everything for.

1:48:00

And you will either wind up arrested and at the mercy of the courtroom with no information to incriminate any of us or show that you have some skill show that you have the means of completing the things you promise and be willing to give what is at your disposal to share amongst the rest of us to share amongst the rest of them.

1:48:25

And he gestures to the greater city around, oh, well, that's where I draw the line.

1:48:30

Well, perhaps this is not meant to be a settlement, but we, we believe in those who are capable work for the greater son to share amongst those that are not.

1:48:48

And those that have far too much and have not earned it with capability, we'll share it for them.

1:49:00

Sounds like a way to run a club.

1:49:07

Come talk to me when you're ready to join the Colombia.

1:49:12

Okay. You'll never be ready for it during the club. If you do, let me know.

1:49:17

Okay. Hi, going to have some coffee points over to the fucking, the corner it's like goes and begins to pour some coffee.

1:49:30

Anyone else you said you wouldn't want to some, I think we'll probably go.

1:49:36

Hmm. Nothing pressing here.

1:49:38

Yeah. Just take a little to go in my cup.

1:49:40

Sure.

1:49:42

Okay. If you want, you can pour it inside my body and I'll just Have

1:49:47

it like a thermos for later.

1:49:51

I think I might be able to Think

1:49:56

of a liquid cooling system type of All

1:49:59

for Sam for took recipe for in-service.

1:50:05

We can try it. It's a single Roundup plutonium.

1:50:09

Let's give it a, try some to Smuggle

1:50:11

shit. Just pour it. Pour some coffee, Nothing.

1:50:16

Okay. He takes this like filtered bit of cloth and puts the grinds on it and kind of pours the water over it.

1:50:22

And I view are nothing.

1:50:25

If not a very interesting way to start my day or is it through and sure enough, you, you heard say that last bit for me.

1:50:41

You are a fascinating piece of machinery.

1:50:44

My friend. I agree.

1:50:47

Okay. Well, how do you feel? A little warmer?

1:50:53

Interesting. But is he okay? I

1:50:54

don't know. Are you okay? I think so.

1:50:57

Perfect. All right. Get the fuck out.

1:50:59

All right.

1:51:04

He's not the leader, but all those other guys just hang back the whole time.

1:51:08

It really feels like a spot To just own it.

1:51:14

Well that wasn't a strikeout, but we don't have any actionable Intel.

1:51:20

We made the connections. So I wonder what note Ashley's writing down.

1:51:25

CG is also a third.

1:51:31

good to know.

1:51:37

I'm not against it. What if we can be troubles?

1:51:43

No trouble.

1:51:46

That sounds I'm trying to find the word.

1:51:48

That sounds like an acapella group.

1:51:51

It's like the trouble collapsed did somewhere.

1:51:56

I just, I think Bertrand got us all together.

1:51:58

We should honor him and ready to We'll

1:52:04

be back out on the street. Not good. We'll say you guys, you, you make your path through the route trader back into the oldest post, which is still in the process of assembling itself for the day's business, but the city is yours.

1:52:18

So do we see a baker before perception check again?

1:52:23

Yep.

1:52:25

Yep. Ooh, 14, 14.

1:52:28

You glance around a bit and he is not present at this hour.

1:52:32

Okay. Well, did we go back to S Ross now?

1:52:34

Or do we, is there anywhere else to check how many?

1:52:37

Well, we got nothing. We got no leads.

1:52:40

The trail's gone cold.

1:52:43

That's true.

1:52:45

Oh, You saw the person you were looking for.

1:52:49

They were wreaking havoc. They stole something.

1:52:52

What are you also trying to track something?

1:52:56

No, I say that. I don't Know. I'm just, I'm trying to Fill

1:52:59

in the gap. So no I'm looking for, there was just someone else who's worked for Lauren Astros.

1:53:07

Oh no. Excuse me. I misspoke.

1:53:11

He knows a lot of, he hires a lot in town and knows a lot of, I don't know what is the right word?

1:53:19

Mercenaries and that's a fine word.

1:53:24

So he from know this person he claims to, oh, Hm.

1:53:30

What was their name?

1:53:33

Pressure

1:53:33

ratio

1:53:33

of

1:53:38

Russia. Rashad, Rashad, Rashad, Russia.

1:53:48

Apparently also known as the anger, anger or the Amber anger, anger, specific names.

1:53:57

Or is, is that anything we would have heard around him?

1:54:01

Throw a history check. If you want to remember it, I

1:54:04

will just packed 18.

1:54:13

Yeah. You, you haven't been here long enough probably to pick up on those.

1:54:16

Who've been in vicinity 18.

1:54:21

Oh, Sean brush hair. Doesn't cut your ear at all.

1:54:23

But the anger, you know of there are certain, certain mercenaries, not unlike where or SRO seems to have claimed his past emanated from that make a name for themselves.

1:54:38

The anger, you know of because whenever a certain bar brawls that get very violent, tend to happen to people is a phrase it's occasionally muttered by those that were around running these establishments 20, 30 years ago, that says, don't be careful.

1:54:55

You arouse the anger.

1:54:57

This is mercy that was known to shut down any sort of bullshit that happened.

1:55:01

Public establishment and anybody that began to break public property would they would be taken outside and beat this fucking story.

1:55:08

Yeah, they were, they were a known mercenary, got to, I

1:55:15

can see it, A

1:55:17

very talented cell sword who was quite traveled around Exandria, but originated out of elements of, of on corral and the surrounding Sans before eventually moving from mercenary to actually becoming a, a personal body guard to one of the Mohan houses here and us, the legend of the anger faded from view because they were no longer the rough and tumble coins seeking cell sword.

1:55:54

And we're now, now they've got a real job.

1:55:57

And that was like 10 years ago.

1:56:00

I relay this much as Matt did, except with More

1:56:06

facts, more and more Fox Fox

1:56:09

motherfucker, mini Fox, given Sorry,

1:56:12

an Orum orams connection to this.

1:56:15

That information would be new. What Ashton knew, but forum's connection to this front and I are already privy to correct.

1:56:22

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if that's helpful, but that's what I got.

1:56:25

Well, I know all of that already Know

1:56:28

where to find him. I

1:56:30

mean, how many houses are there?

1:56:33

Mohan houses? Well, th there are, there are a number that work with on the actual council, but there are dozens of Mohan houses.

1:56:40

Like the Lord families that run the city and the larger deer in wilds surrounding it.

1:56:46

Somebodies got it. Now some are scattered in other cities throughout, but the central ones here, there's a few, a couple of dozen, No

1:56:54

one entirely disappeared. Somebody has got to know there's somebody who owns a bar somewhere or somebody who was a last hire, But

1:57:00

nothing concrete to start on decade.

1:57:03

Astros thinks maybe he can make an introduction Astros then.

1:57:09

Yeah. I mean, it's the next day, but I don't really know what else to do.

1:57:14

You can tell him he made the connection.

1:57:16

Yeah, That's true. Yeah. I mean, he'd want to know, especially if the Corsairs are going to start digging into him because we brought his name.

1:57:28

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welcome back.

2:02:00

So as you all begin to travel amongst the surface streets of Drusano, what is it that you want to do?

2:02:13

You had a, well, which is much more than Just

2:02:16

going to say. I feel like if we're talking mercenaries and we're trying to get more information about the angers and Shake

2:02:23

my trees.

2:02:26

Sure. What's let's head to the cookhouse. See, who's see who's around.

2:02:29

That's really good of you.

2:02:32

Well, what else are we going to do?

2:02:37

Okay.

2:02:38

Thanks.

2:02:41

Okay. Filling Ashton's lead you head back to one of the, what, what is a new path for a lot of you, but it's one of the number of familiar paths into the fund C hollow to the odd interior, kind of social Oubliette of the lightless hollow itself, climbing down the levels and layers and ladders until eventually you find the familiar exterior facade with the cookhouse there at the kind of brightly colored exterior and the door that awaits you.

2:03:12

You enter into the chamber, the smell of burnt metal, like something had been welded recently through arcane arc tool technology, or at least very, very heavy, heavily heated and electrically charged that kind of scent hits the air.

2:03:32

And, but it looked feels like it's dissipated a bit.

2:03:35

And at the first glance you don't see myeloma anywhere.

2:03:39

Instead here comes, you see any auto who's currently in the process of looking through a book and has a mostly eaten sandwich in her left hand.

2:03:50

And then she goes like, You

2:03:54

can read, You

2:03:56

can talk.

2:03:59

Ah, good morning, morning, Annie, is everybody, everybody, Annie?

2:04:06

I think you've already briefly met.

2:04:10

Hey, don't take anything.

2:04:12

Why Were you looking at me When you said that?

2:04:14

So the kind of person that would take something, how do you know that?

2:04:18

It takes one to know You're

2:04:23

adorable. I'm not going to say what I was going to say back.

2:04:26

Welcome to the house. I guess I'm

2:04:31

been running into some trouble.

2:04:35

If you haven't heard any word, I don't know some brimstone running around or, and this is, I know coming kind of, even more out of the middle of nowhere, I

2:04:47

genuinely have no idea what brimstone even is.

2:04:49

So probably Not

2:04:54

expensive. It was the last thing you heard about the anger fuck around like, Like

2:05:05

the anger, The anger, the anger, and where they had ended up.

2:05:10

I mean, they can play you're that old, but Well,

2:05:14

no, like, you know, they get reputations around here, but they're there before my time.

2:05:20

That's like old guard.

2:05:24

Do you know any old people?

2:05:27

Aphid

2:05:27

Donna's

2:05:30

old. Jeez. Oh no.

2:05:32

Like he was, he was, he was hired By

2:05:37

the, the luminous twins.

2:05:41

Ms. Twins, a luminous or luminous as a Mess,

2:05:44

like an L U M S fire. Was that again?

2:05:48

Oh, that'd be the loosened spider.

2:05:49

That's rich fucks live, but I mean, that's, that's getting up into the upper echelon.

2:05:58

Oh man. I have to shoot. We can do about that.

2:06:00

Fuck I and talk to them.

2:06:04

Not personally, but Fucking

2:06:10

luck. We'll see. They can, they can be very persuasive.

2:06:14

Okay. Yeah, no, go for it. Please be my guest. Go ahead and talk to a Han Loomis.

2:06:19

Wish you all the best luck We

2:06:21

talked to the, the well-to-do families here.

2:06:28

Yes. I mean, I don't know how you, where you come from.

2:06:33

If you want to talk to, you know, very, very rich people out of nowhere about things.

2:06:40

Well, we have a rich with us. We do speak a similar language, right?

2:06:46

Sort of. They tend to isolate themselves from everyone.

2:06:50

I think the only people that rich people fear more than poor people.

2:06:54

There's other rich people. This is very, very useful, but maybe you have some riches in common that you could bond with over or something by gladly try.

2:07:04

And if anything, honestly, you can just lead with saying that you are Lord and they'll probably respect you look good.

2:07:12

You look, I don't even know how you maintain that level of cleanliness in here, because this is by its very design, extremely filthy every night habit anyway.

2:07:25

And he was finished on their sandwich, has like licking the fingers and it goes like 100 strokes and rubs it on the outside of the cloak.

2:07:38

Charming. I would be glad I will gladly help in any way that I can.

2:07:42

Would you get that gig by the way?

2:07:45

I haven't gone into full audition yet.

2:07:48

Still about a week off. Yeah.

2:07:50

You know what, Annie, it just occurred to me as you rub your food on, on Dorian over here, you know, you were a little bit nervous or embarrassed to play for us before, But

2:08:04

If you wanted some guidance from an expert in the musical craft, well, we have one with us right now who could possibly give you some criticism or her advice or help on your budding audition?

2:08:18

You're a musician aria. I

2:08:20

am by by trade.

2:08:23

Not just how you For your fancy Clothes.

2:08:25

I have made plenty of money and money.

2:08:28

I, what is the word?

2:08:34

Obviously? Obviously we've all heard of you. Please tell me.

2:08:36

What's your name? Name is Dorian storm.

2:08:41

Surely you've heard I've played the gilded goats for certain.

2:08:47

That was one a few months ago.

2:08:49

Make it deception.

2:08:54

Fuck.

2:08:56

Ooh,

2:08:58

17. You see Annie is like looking at you real hard waiting for you to, to, to fumble through this and coming.

2:09:02

It was like, all right, well what do you like?

2:09:05

W w what do you play?

2:09:09

I play the flutes, the loops.

2:09:12

Anything that rhymes a flute allude. I'm kidding.

2:09:16

I sing a little bit from time to time.

2:09:18

I can't play a boots. If you gave me one, I'd tap away at it.

2:09:27

What are you, what do you want additioning for?

2:09:29

Did you say audition?

2:09:32

Nash. That was the word. Yeah. Yeah, it was. That was kind of the word.

2:09:35

And not just any audition. This is the finest theater in all of the, the city it's called the, the dreamscape.

2:09:42

It's kind of a shit hole, but it is the finest shit hole in the city.

2:09:46

What is your act? I'm interested. Is anyone else interested or is it just, we don't Want

2:09:50

to put, we don't know if maybe you could just have a Private,

2:09:53

you don't want to put them on the spot, but you want to put me on this?

2:09:56

You're a fantastic performer international.

2:10:00

No. Are you, are you one of them like rich boy prepared music types, a lot of rehearsal.

2:10:04

Are you more of like an improviser?

2:10:06

Oh, I can do it all. Jam session jam session is a jam session about to happen.

2:10:14

I've seen it. I got Jim starts making a little sandwich.

2:10:24

See if you can follow pulls out this, this kind of nice fiddle that she had kind of hidden underneath the kind of Guidance

2:10:32

I'm going to. I'm going cast, enhance ability.

2:10:36

This isn't about me. You don't want to, It's

2:10:38

highly a value, honey. I'm sorry.

2:10:41

You all get in. You're looking like that saying that you're a well-traveled musician.

2:10:45

I can't lose an opportunity to take you down several pegs.

2:10:50

Oh, you shit. And I'm going to pick my loot back out.

2:10:53

And is this, this, the devil went down to Georgia scenario.

2:11:01

I am going to go over to, to Dorian and just sorta say, well, no matter what happens, just keep it positive.

2:11:07

And remember you don't just don't rush the beat.

2:11:10

All right. And I'll and I'll cast enhance ability, Eagles splendor.

2:11:16

You. So you have advantage on all performance checks, Right?

2:11:22

How does that look as you cast it upon him?

2:11:24

Oh

2:11:26

boy. Never cast the spell before. I don't know. That's what I have to Do.

2:11:31

Sure. I'm going to my, my I'll just have you look straight into my eyes and my eyes will just sort of glow blue and, and shine a light into yours, sort of a lighting yours up blue for a second.

2:11:45

That feels nice.

2:11:48

And I will start to lay down the rhythm section of a funky little rural.

2:11:58

I used to play. I'm going to prestidigitation and like little lights are gonna sparkle up around his head.

2:12:05

And it was going to look like in lights. This has Dorian Installing.

2:12:10

If you could, if you could audibly hear an eye roll out of Annie as the head goes to Is the company keeps sure as, as she's saying that to you, you can see that her the back of her heel, it's starting to pick up on the beat.

2:12:27

Just kind of instinctually. She starts rolling into a bed.

2:12:32

Wait, wait, come here. There's something in your hair.

2:12:34

And as he bends down a blue flower blooms out of arms hand, and is now tucked into a Dorian sheriffs, Every

2:12:45

Kick, the battle music in, and here we are rushed.

2:12:51

And would that, as soon as you start laying down the beat and he starts hitting the fiddle and it's kind of low string and it pickup pickup kind of matching your beat, but also like kind of taking what you're laying down and beginning to guide it.

2:13:02

And almost trying to overpower it a bit, make it performance, check ,

2:13:14

that'd be natural.

2:13:15

you

2:13:15

can

2:13:15

get

2:13:15

two

2:13:15

of

2:13:20

them.

2:13:20

Plus

2:13:20

27

2:14:02

It's like any leans in with a fairly fierce performance.

2:14:07

How do you respond?

2:14:09

Ah, I

2:14:11

could, I could stop the rhythm section and just bust out a killer shredding solo, but I don't, I

2:14:18

don't not time.

2:14:20

I ease Back

2:14:22

and I set up a solo for her, For

2:14:28

her. Now Annie was feeling confident. As soon as you set up the solo in that moment, do you see the look in her eyes of panic as she wasn't expecting to be gone, she was pushing into you to try and get you off of your game and you immediately reversed it on her.

2:14:41

And in that brief moment, you can see there's a gap in her part.

2:14:45

And for, for a few beats, the bow of her fiddle doesn't move.

2:14:50

And then she kinda shakes and tries to catch up.

2:14:52

And you threw her off tremendously on that bed.

2:14:55

Let's go ahead and do another performance rule.

2:14:57

This is, this is a progressive challenge.

2:15:01

Have advantage.

2:15:04

Ooh, Ooh, advantage advantage The

2:15:08

2 22.

2:15:12

Okay. At this point, as any picks up and is now like kind of finding herself back in the beat caught up and now she pushes forward into the solo.

2:15:20

And would that, even though you're trying to meet her there, she even just physical body language almost begins to stand a bit from that sitting position where she was eating she's now up and is beginning to kind of domineer you just from a stature, even though she's effectively shorter than you from standing height.

2:15:34

Right now, there is a force of intention there.

2:15:37

And while you both are fairly evenly matched, she's beginning to crest beyond she rolled pretty well.

2:15:42

And it's like just starting to push over that in her solo, starting to pick.

2:15:45

And the rest of you were like, damn, this girl's got some skills.

2:15:55

Let's go. This is the final roll.

2:16:00

That would be a 25, No 25.

2:16:08

Okay. It both, as soon as her solo finishes, she immediately responds and throws a solo to you, hoping to catch you off guard or you off guard.

2:16:21

Oh, no, it feels right. There's a great solo on her heart.

2:16:25

So I just answer right back, jump out of the rhythm section and Blast

2:16:29

out a little, a high, pitched a solo on a loop.

2:16:32

Can you do that? I don't even know .

2:16:43

And as, as you begin to carry it forward, you can see any starting to look anxious and nervous.

2:16:49

It looks back at you continues to fiddle faster and faster and is meeting that point before and she goes, fuck shit.

2:17:01

And just like stands up and storms off.

2:17:06

Huh? All right. You're good. Let's go ahead and not better than me Are you okay now?

2:17:19

And he storms out, slams the door behind And he goes like, someone dropped something for you in your room.

2:17:31

Oh, the slams it again.

2:17:34

Hopefully it's Not death threat. I'm going to go into my room.

2:17:48

want you to, you know, grab the breath, the bull by the Dick.

2:17:51

You know, I did, I, I grabbed that.

2:17:54

I did.

2:17:56

They're gonna really, they're gonna really know it if you grab them by the deck.

2:18:01

Right. Is that the same somewhere?

2:18:03

That's what I thought. Well, thank you.

2:18:05

Thank you for the assist.

2:18:07

Yes,

2:18:09

But you did a really good job, regardless of trying to, I want it to super easy to do with.

2:18:15

Wow. It's fun. She, she appreciated it and she's very good.

2:18:18

She's very good. But damn, as you glance into your, into your chamber.

2:18:25

Yeah. It's easy to catch your eye because your room is a colorful disarray.

2:18:30

Yeah. It's just the nature of the cookhouse in general. It is, it is intentional.

2:18:33

Deliberate tattered edges is kind of the, the, the colorful aesthetic of the interior, but a pristine wax sealed Is this ringing a bell?

2:18:49

The, the wax, the wax seal is familiar.

2:18:53

Oh, what is it?

2:18:55

So he's alone. He's alone.

2:19:21

Dammit.

2:19:21

Ah,

2:19:24

Got to that in a second. I'm going to put in my pocket And

2:19:31

come on in and everything.

2:19:34

Okay. Yeah. Maybe we'll see mean shook.

2:19:39

That was quite a performance. It was, it was, is that, is that fair to hear?

2:19:44

We should talk to F tough.

2:19:47

It does that fit around. I've had, I'm

2:19:53

going to yell out like F it, you know, is not too, too much with proximity to the cook house, but with maybe a five minute jaunt out of the space, you can go ahead and find your right to if it's quite yet.

2:20:04

I like to figure this out in relation to whatever it is you got, maybe don't know, find out.

2:20:12

All right. So you make your way over to towards FSBOs.

2:20:15

Yeah. Okay. As you all follow Ashland outside of the cook house and climbing up about three tiers of the near opposite end of this, you know, darkly lit chamber, you see this mess of rope and net that almost resembles a hanging nest, like an upside down hanging nest within this kind of partially collapsed cavern that goes back about 20 or so feet.

2:20:43

But the, the mouth of it and the roof of it is just this mess of heavily nailed in hanging pieces of, of frayed and rotted rope with like exterior nets that have kind of partially been broken apart in places, or have holes in them that have just been layered over to fix where creates this weirdly, almost organic looking interior from a distance, but you get up close and just looks like a bunch of scavenged shit.

2:21:06

That's been nailed and pushed to the walls to create this almost nightmare, jungle gym aesthetic to it.

2:21:14

You know this to be, if it's place You

2:21:27

awake, you there, There's

2:21:30

a brief pause.

2:21:33

When you start seeing from the dark interior of the chamber, there's like one little glowing light in the far end that begins to kind of like a shake and then begin to approach this swinging pattern towards you as an angler fish.

2:21:51

And you begin to see climbing upside down across the ceiling.

2:21:58

A male is for older in his years with like a deep brown feather pattern that drifts into kind of a, a fading, grayish yellow tint at the tips, you see the, the wings that come off of his arms, it looks like the feathers aren't coming out properly and the arms are jointed strangely, but he pulls himself out from underneath and kind of dangling upside down, looking at all of you.

2:22:37

He's bright yellow eyes kind of appearing from the shadowed expanse.

2:22:41

And you see the, the beak dark, almost black at the tip, kind of opened up a bit with this inhale before it goes.

2:22:50

I love Jay calls for me.

2:22:53

I watched him.

2:22:58

Yes, yes.

2:22:59

I

2:22:59

had

2:22:59

a

2:22:59

couple

2:23:02

questions. If you've got a second, I'm working on some stuff to make some money Busy

2:23:06

today, but I'll make it work for you.

2:23:11

All

2:23:15

right. Can scattered a bit close and now is climbing down one side and you can see, it looks like their arms were broken at one point in the past, and didn't quite heal correctly, but it doesn't slow them down.

2:23:26

And they move across this space with a speed and a grace that is impressive.

2:23:32

And they kind of extend themselves out in the neck turns and you can see them kind of as they're paying and still kind of staying focused towards Ashton is very much curious and looking over each of you, I'm

2:23:47

sure Milo mentioned that I'm running with a new crew to try and pay the bills.

2:23:54

I've heard a thing too. And I seen you come through A

2:24:00

couple of things we're trying to track.

2:24:04

Do you know where brimstone might've gone in this city or trying to track a little bit of that around?

2:24:14

I mean, if it comes in and out, but it's so much attached to shit, This

2:24:19

would be a, in the nude, so to speak.

2:24:25

I can say I have this dangerous to move.

2:24:32

Yeah. Why do you ask scrap one?

2:24:39

We had to deal with somebody who was moving some around.

2:24:42

It's been a weird week in them.

2:24:44

Sure. You heard about the fucking murderous table carpet shit that went down and yeah.

2:24:51

And then had to deal with this guy who was moving that shit around.

2:24:56

We're also trying to find the anger packing the day and with all of this going the fuck on one of these shows up in my room.

2:25:06

I don't suppose you saw who dropped this off.

2:25:09

I did see a Korea come through.

2:25:13

Wasn't dressed like the rest of us look like they were for money.

2:25:20

That's what I thought. Can I use it from, Ah,

2:25:26

that costs more than you have?

2:25:33

Wow. You've asked a lot of questions may cost more than you have.

2:25:38

So gets high and begins to clamber back into The

2:25:42

cave. But the head that continues to watch all of you in Turn

2:25:48

Kinda

2:25:50

stops.

2:25:52

Why You remind me so much of a friend of mine?

2:25:54

Dr.

2:25:59

Nesbitt. Who's this Nesbit.

2:26:03

It's a friend of mine.

2:26:08

Oh

2:26:14

shit. Oh, but we have to go.

2:26:21

Yup. I love that.

2:26:23

And I've had the fallen.

2:26:32

Oh, don't, don't let the name full.

2:26:33

You'll fuck you up. It's the whole thing.

2:26:38

I think he wants to know who this doctor is.

2:26:41

If you feel like sharing.

2:26:43

Oh, it's not a real doctor. It's just a bird.

2:26:48

That's a friend of mine and I named him.

2:26:50

Dr.

2:26:55

Nesbit.

2:27:00

Alright, Good day, Ashton. I'll just Throw

2:27:03

a little bag of 50 gold With

2:27:05

immediate speed. Like catches.

2:27:07

It kind of shakes it and just listens.

2:27:10

Not even like breaking the in contact from you.

2:27:14

Very kind Nash.

2:27:17

I like to keep on your good side.

2:27:19

Okay. You're doing well. Is Cellfina proud of you Tucks

2:27:25

it into like this little side, satchel, pouch. That's kind of a fixed around one of the shoulders.

2:27:30

Did, did, did you know anything about where the anger is?

2:27:37

Maine racked for the twins Before everything else turned to shit And

2:27:44

then begins to climb back into the shadows?

2:27:47

What'd you get is what you get The

2:27:51

shit That went to shit.

2:27:54

Well, we have a lead.

2:27:56

Yeah. What, what did you get With

2:27:58

this at the moment is nothing.

2:28:01

It may be something I will let you know, can read it.

2:28:14

Rolling.

2:28:18

Wow. What'd you role 17.

2:28:20

Fuck. I did too.

2:28:27

And it used to play this game. That was the shit happens all the time.

2:28:32

Compromise roses, a mysterious you redacting thing.

2:28:48

All of it.

2:28:52

That's what you get for a tie compromise.

2:28:55

No, one's happy.

2:28:58

I have an eight when you are ready And

2:29:02

eight. Yup. Like the number eight SPO.

2:29:04

So Hi, you really did redact it.

2:29:07

I can't tell what that says.

2:29:09

Nope. What if you hold it up?

2:29:13

Don't

2:29:13

don't

2:29:17

hurt. It's a perfectly reasonable subversion would not fight it.

2:29:24

I'll see if that lbs pans out into anything, but that will require some private time.

2:29:29

So

2:29:29

that's

2:29:29

not

2:29:29

something

2:29:29

I

2:29:29

can

2:29:29

bring

2:29:29

people

2:29:35

to. Usually don't bring people to private time.

2:29:39

God, you made that sound weird. I'm so impressed.

2:29:43

This. Yeah, this is good at this. There's certain things know.

2:29:45

We all got some private shit.

2:29:47

We keep hearing about Loomis twins.

2:29:50

So now we have a question for patron.

2:29:54

Yes. True. Yeah. We've got more information to bring to Florida stroke.

2:29:58

That's a question to ask.

2:30:00

How can we get to meet the lungs?

2:30:05

Twins. Rich people want to meet rich people and then, Or

2:30:09

they, they are afraid of the opposite.

2:30:13

Maybe it's a, it's a, it's a two way thing.

2:30:16

Maybe. I don't know. It would be, but we're a big group.

2:30:19

Big diverse group.

2:30:22

Sure. Lord Astros can make it seem like we're a bunch of rich people too.

2:30:28

Perfect. Cause then I can go do my thing while you do that, because that ain't gonna work over here.

2:30:32

You might already have an, any implant he did, but if he doesn't, we could bounce back to fash our friend VASH.

2:30:40

The definitely not leader of the houbara Corsairs All

2:30:47

right. So head on up. All right, let's go.

2:30:55

Okay. It's not too far. It's still in the chorus buyer.

2:30:57

You had to be familiar with state of Florida, Mr.

2:30:59

Ross, there, Evelyn leads you in and he is currently this early in the day.

2:31:06

I'm still finishing his kind of delayed breakfast.

2:31:09

You get the sense that he eats slowly in the morning.

2:31:11

And as Evelyn leads you into the, I know You guys were in the bed comparatively early, cause you were beat to shit and exhausted.

2:31:22

Even though you drank, by the time you went to bed, it was like 10, 10 30, which is early for you guys Fell

2:31:32

asleep. Those are the best days.

2:31:38

But as you were led into the dining chamber, the familiar place where you had your celebratory dinner, when you finished your first leg of your journey with the Lord, he is there in the process of, he has his spectacles on he's reading through some paper.

2:31:52

And as you begin to enter, it kind of just holds up a finger to all of you.

2:31:54

Hold on a second.

2:31:59

This is, it puts it within a small case and sets it aside.

2:32:03

Okay, good morning.

2:32:09

Framers. My tie provided via for service to you.

2:32:15

Oh boy. A bunch of things, right?

2:32:19

Apparently we're pretty productive.

2:32:22

You are not exaggerating.

2:32:25

Very self-motivated, which is oddly rare for those in your life with work.

2:32:37

Well,

2:32:37

first

2:32:37

we

2:32:37

made

2:32:37

second

2:32:37

contact

2:32:37

with

2:32:37

the

2:32:37

course

2:32:37

Corsairs

2:32:37

And

2:32:37

it

2:32:37

seems

2:32:37

like

2:32:37

there

2:32:37

is

2:32:37

some

2:32:37

tentative

2:32:37

interest

2:32:37

in

2:32:37

making

2:32:37

your

2:32:53

acquaintance. We put in a Good word for you, if that's all right.

2:33:00

Hm. How eager worthy you've asked, They

2:33:06

seemed a little unsure, Less

2:33:08

eager to meet someone of your stature of your station standing.

2:33:18

Yeah. They don't want people with money and you have it.

2:33:22

So really that's There's

2:33:24

a shooting. If they were too eager, that would spell it on attempt, based on the dynamics in play very well.

2:33:41

Do you have a, a place where such an requested?

2:33:54

Yes, Very

2:33:55

well. And you do hear from them please to come to me, but I appreciate you making the contact.

2:34:02

And

2:34:02

I

2:34:02

do

2:34:02

hope

2:34:02

it

2:34:02

comes

2:34:02

to

2:34:02

some

2:34:02

net

2:34:08

positive. He also said that they heard that you killed Madam prudish On

2:34:14

other rumors that they did not know where They

2:34:18

see his face harden. As he looks towards you Struck

2:34:25

a nerve. That one

2:34:29

was an honorable good heart corner.

2:34:34

I spent the majority of my adult life protecting her.

2:34:39

I would never, ever have harmed her.

2:34:46

No one else do I don't need you to really kind of feels, feels genuine.

2:34:53

I rang the top hill one day.

2:34:59

Ooh,

2:35:04

18. Oh, a little mini whisper brought to you by my hand.

2:35:22

Just maybe it's you had one of our drink holders.

2:35:26

It would be nice and soft, like a cozy, soft, critical role.

2:35:37

We do have a story other than vague rumors.

2:35:40

We do have some other things we could use some help with the Loomis twins.

2:35:49

Do you know them? Do you have an opinion?

2:35:53

He goes and grabs the case that he was currently reading from when you arrived.

2:35:58

And

2:35:58

when

2:35:58

I

2:35:58

had

2:35:58

told

2:35:58

your

2:35:58

compatriot

2:35:58

Tiera

2:35:58

ordering

2:35:58

that

2:35:58

I

2:35:58

would

2:35:58

look

2:35:58

into

2:35:58

making

2:35:58

an

2:35:58

arrangement

2:35:58

if

2:35:58

I

2:35:58

could,

2:35:58

with

2:35:58

those

2:35:58

sharp,

2:35:58

unfortunately,

2:35:58

while

2:35:58

I

2:35:58

can

2:35:58

make

2:35:58

the

2:35:58

arrangement

2:35:58

or

2:35:58

shot

2:35:58

is

2:35:58

not

2:35:58

in

2:35:58

a

2:35:58

place

2:35:58

to

2:35:58

meet

2:35:58

at

2:35:58

the

2:35:58

moment,

2:35:58

he

2:35:58

is

2:35:58

still

2:36:26

recovering. We're covering from what, Who

2:36:31

shot had been working as the body guard to the numerous twins for quite some time, but not more than a handful of weeks back.

2:36:45

There was an incursion at the Mohan dullness in which the twins were killed by an assailant or assailants O-Shot was heavily wounded and is currently still recovering.

2:37:10

I had some idea of this, but it's been some time I must've Been

2:37:17

grievous. These ones Pulls

2:37:20

up the paper and looks at it and kind of seems to be grievous, but treatable.

2:37:26

And

2:37:26

the

2:37:26

anger

2:37:26

has

2:37:26

been

2:37:26

asleep

2:37:26

for

2:37:26

a

2:37:26

number

2:37:26

of

2:37:26

this

2:37:26

recovery

2:37:26

period

2:37:26

while

2:37:26

occasionally

2:37:26

conscious

2:37:26

is

2:37:26

not

2:37:26

yet

2:37:26

ready

2:37:26

to,

2:37:26

to

2:37:26

make

2:37:26

conversation

2:37:26

with

2:37:26

those

2:37:26

who

2:37:26

are

2:37:26

immediate

2:37:26

family,

2:37:26

but

2:37:26

I

2:37:26

will

2:37:26

push

2:37:26

back

2:37:26

and

2:37:26

I

2:37:26

assume,

2:37:26

and

2:37:26

gives

2:37:26

you

2:37:26

a

2:37:26

glance

2:37:26

at

2:37:26

this

2:37:26

is

2:37:26

not

2:37:26

entirely

2:37:26

surprising

2:38:02

review. No,

2:38:03

and we don't need to press, let them take all the time they need.

2:38:10

I'm not going anywhere.

2:38:15

I will let them know that that is perhaps related to That

2:38:20

would be deeply appreciated, Perhaps

2:38:24

that would expedite their interest as well as shots.

2:38:29

Next time he is of conscious mind, You

2:38:34

know, who might've wanted to harm the Lumis twin.

2:38:39

There are many individuals from many places that have conflicts with a number of them are hung houses.

2:38:47

I am removed from a lot of those politics specifically With

2:38:53

the limits twins do, people are, I

2:38:56

did not know them personally, but they were known to be at least how I assume they were not involved in anything terribly dire.

2:39:09

They were curious if anything interests in those of the geological in scientific pursuits, if anything, Did

2:39:23

anyone see what happened?

2:39:25

I do not know the specifics you would have to inquire with the house, or at least whoever is responsible for keeping its orders functional while the heads of the house have been slain.

2:39:44

Yes. I think I need more information on the nature of these attacks.

2:39:50

I only have what is been rumored and said back.

2:39:56

What I have been able to eat out to is that there was an attack within the house and they're hired protection guards.

2:40:07

If you will, are, did not see or notice the entry that was all like, It's

2:40:17

one of those damn holes. It could have been a hole again.

2:40:21

Do you have holes in your house, Your

2:40:25

experience leading to Like

2:40:27

the shade creepers, Right?

2:40:30

I greatly do not think so.

2:40:33

I have not noticed any in the Nepal and you informing me of these strange creatures, recent maneuvers throughout the infrastructure of the city.

2:40:43

I have done a thorough inspection and I've found nothing of this whole After

2:40:47

a talk like this with the groundskeepers or curators, check the house for such a thing as well.

2:40:54

I am actually looking for any sort of unseen entry means of sneaking within the premises, beneath the nose.

2:41:05

They're very bought-in cards for someone or someone's to evade the handle, like no sub the anger speaks of skilled in kosher.

2:41:18

That is worrying enough.

2:41:21

It doesn't sound like a three-foot hole in the wall to me.

2:41:29

Well,

2:41:34

shit. I think in the meantime where content to wait on their recovery, we're we're doing well together.

2:41:50

And meantime, if there's anything that we can do to help you in your interests here in the city.

2:41:58

I don't think I'm speaking out of turn. If you happy to help.

2:42:04

I appreciate that.

2:42:13

I thinks to himself for a moment, bartering this conversation with the core centers coming underway, whenever they reach out, at least keep an eye and ear open for their intense to communicate.

2:42:31

Since you are indeed the bridge between myself and them.

2:42:36

Otherwise

2:42:36

There

2:42:36

has

2:42:36

been

2:42:36

A

2:42:36

series

2:42:36

of

2:42:36

mysterious

2:42:36

disappearances

2:42:36

surrounding

2:42:36

the

2:42:36

dreamscape

2:42:59

theater. Ah,

2:43:00

cool

2:43:00

theater,

2:43:10

Patrons, Patrons, no more than four over the past six months have vanished.

2:43:18

At least those that have been reported to wire during shows.

2:43:23

I do not have the specifics.

2:43:26

We need to speak with Steven ETO to lightly find out more about the spot Owner.

2:43:41

The warnings have been supposedly investigating these what a protected period of time, but have no any surprise come up short Theater,

2:43:57

Not until you have the coin.

2:44:01

That is the most immediate thing I can consider belonging.

2:44:12

I'm still keeping a few threads out in about before I could even make use of your skips.

2:44:20

We'll talk at that time, You

2:44:29

seem to have a bit of discomfort.

2:44:32

They just did their UK.

2:44:38

I'm just reading your face wrong.

2:44:42

I have not sat comfortably in my space for a good number of decades.

2:44:49

You need to get a more comfortable chair then Perhaps

2:45:00

that was, I

2:45:03

understand what you're saying, Continued

2:45:10

to work for me. And maybe one day you'll understand what it means to be ever looking over your shoulder.

2:45:22

That doesn't sound very fun at all.

2:45:26

No, but doing the right thing is not always fun.

2:45:33

It's

2:45:36

true.

2:45:40

But Do you think it would be possible to get that letter of recommendation for the starlet conservatory, Right?

2:45:49

Yes. Yes. I can begin to draft that immediately.

2:45:53

I apologies for the delay.

2:45:55

No, we never signed the contract.

2:45:57

So

2:45:59

The concert would make it more efficient, but it is not necessarily I can put the paperwork together, officiate it and perhaps be able to show it off for approval to the conservatory.

2:46:17

Is that something that goes straight to them or something we carry into the conservatory?

2:46:24

Let me deliver it without your specific involvement that may lend and out of Great.

2:46:40

Thank you so much.

2:46:42

Of

2:46:42

course,

2:46:42

I

2:46:42

will

2:46:42

let

2:46:42

you

2:46:42

know

2:46:42

if

2:46:42

I

2:46:42

hear

2:46:48

anything. That's your on time.

2:46:53

Quick question.

2:46:54

There's thought experiment trying to, you know, workshops and things.

2:46:59

When you look at us as a group, first word pops into your mind.

2:47:09

Don't overthink it.

2:47:10

Click and collect.

2:47:12

That's just, that's, that's difficult.

2:47:28

From my late seventies, early eighties, kids were still the electric collecting company to do on the nose.

2:47:39

Collect. Assess. I

2:47:40

apologize if I did not meet your expectations.

2:47:46

Bells

2:47:46

troubling,

2:47:46

Trevor

2:47:53

electric.

2:47:53

let

2:47:53

me

2:47:53

leave

2:47:53

you

2:47:53

to

2:47:53

your

2:47:53

long

2:48:02

breakfast. Thank you as always, Of

2:48:05

course. And if I leave you with one final piece of advice, Nothing too hard to remember or say, Oh

2:48:16

my simple. So some eclectic, eclectic.

2:48:21

No. Okay. We'll work on it. I do not.

2:48:23

I still do in their own direction Before

2:48:29

we go because of this breakfast spread, you know, it looks fantastic.

2:48:36

Can I top you off?

2:48:38

Oh no.

2:48:55

whoa. That's amazing.

2:48:57

Wow. It is something.

2:49:00

Think you fresh Cut

2:49:03

grass. You're welcome.

2:49:05

Enjoy this once you've left to the side of the table.

2:49:16

Yep. We'll be back tomorrow.

2:49:21

The long labored sigh, I

2:49:27

feel like we're bouncing around like a pinball machine or something.

2:49:32

Right? We got options. Now. Now we go to w what are the options?

2:49:36

Loomis twins are dead. No option there.

2:49:39

Oh, Sean is still unconscious.

2:49:41

Should we go to the, what the fuck is up with that?

2:49:49

There was some sort of incursion has to do with you two.

2:49:55

What you went through, was there some sort of incursion and the Lord said that you, you would know you would be familiar with this incursion or sound familiar in some of the Ashari.

2:50:04

Not

2:50:04

right

2:50:13

here. Where can we go? We'll just walk and talk down to the theater.

2:50:16

I think it might answer your questions while we walk and talk.

2:50:19

Oh, it's oh, it's espionage.

2:50:24

And we are easily followed. We're also out of healing or some shit like that to like pick up a couple of things.

2:50:31

Oh, you guys have one? Is there anybody following us?

2:50:34

Make a perception, Check

2:50:40

One. We're glad you guys were fine.

2:50:45

Well, probably nothing catches your eye as to being trailed or oddly keeping pace behind you.

2:50:52

You feel comfortable.

2:50:54

Okay. Good crowd. It just all crammed into HSA dollars.

2:50:58

Really quick. Have a quick convo.

2:51:01

I mean, it's, we're we're close by.

2:51:05

Yeah. Do you guys want to make sure Donna? Oh, she's the best.

2:51:07

She's so sweet. She's so yes I do.

2:51:10

She'll make you some mittens or socks are scarves.

2:51:15

She knits, right?

2:51:18

Let's go.

2:51:21

This. I got to see to shut down.

2:51:25

Right? So you head to the windowed wall and you lead, you lead the rest of your troop towards the familiar abode that you both been calling home for the past number of weeks that you've been staying here in the city.

2:51:42

As you approached you, rest of you see, amongst the you've been here now a handful of times, the, the colorful, you know, growing neighborhood of, of kind of clustered and stack of buildings on different tiers and levels here at the windowed wall.

2:51:57

You come to this beautiful little homestead that's kind of tucked into this cluster of the neighborhood.

2:52:03

You have to climb past a staircase to get to this front porch.

2:52:06

That is, you can see a lot of love is going into that.

2:52:08

The paint is like kind of cracking just from age and son, but it has a beautiful view of the street below.

2:52:14

It's only about three tiers up as opposed to the, the higher one where you had the previous day gone and done battle with a creepy, weird jelly dwarf.

2:52:31

But here you can see there's, there's a window that leads inside.

2:52:34

It's warmly lit from the interior, the doors closed, but it has this kind of sweet, loved and atmosphere to it.

2:52:42

And as you kind of step onto the porch, you can already tell coming through the open window, which is open.

2:52:46

And the kind of gentle breeze is coming through.

2:52:49

As the, the morning mist it's already burned off and the, the day gets steadily warmer.

2:52:54

There's a faint smell of like cooked fruit, like something that has been either fried or slowly heated.

2:53:02

And it just has this kind of gentle sweetness to it.

2:53:07

OSHA,

2:53:07

Donna,

2:53:07

hold

2:53:14

on. You hear People?

2:53:17

I don't know.

2:53:21

I just go in and make sure she's And

2:53:23

you look over and it's like a pot on the ground and there's a few spilled.

2:53:27

What looks like some sort of a roasted in steeped, like a, like a plant Tanner banana type type fruit, as well as some other leaves and such that are kind of spilled onto the ground.

2:53:38

No, no, I'll clean this house.

2:53:41

No, you should go over. Go meet the, tell me the friends we have company.

2:53:45

All right. That's wonderful.

2:53:48

A big group of Bryce yourselves coming in, As

2:53:52

you all walk in, you see this, this delightfully sweet smile on this elderly woman, you know, darker, deep brown tamps, wrinkled skin from just life and sun and, and vibrancy, gray, nearly white hair entirely.

2:54:12

That is right now. Just kind of let pass the shoulders into this steadily spreading kind of a boisterous tangle of hair that goes to better mid back.

2:54:22

You guys are used to seeing her having it like pin back, but now it's just kind of led down and it kind of billows out behind and frames.

2:54:28

The shoulders, her wrists are thin from her.

2:54:33

Her very baggy butt looks to be a crocheted top that she has the shawl over her shoulders and this lungs skirt.

2:54:41

And it's just kind of looking back and smiling with these, these, you know, bright, but beady eyes, this beautiful brown irises, that period, each of you, and kind of looks at you with a kindness as you enter, huh?

2:54:55

It's an honor to have you in my home.

2:55:00

I hear hit or out of bed, but we have room on the floor and I can retrieve No,

2:55:10

you're so sweet, which is popping by for a moment.

2:55:13

Oh, Interesting.

2:55:16

Well, I was making lunch.

2:55:23

I'll help.

2:55:24

Oh, Thank you so much this way.

2:55:30

And she leaves you over and he was kind of begin to gather and you could see as just like helping her pick up stuff, she's starting to pull from the shelves, other fruits that she was kind of probably saving for the next day that she's now kind of adding to this kind of fruits do kind of arrangement by doing to repair things.

2:55:47

Like How did you all become friends with the sweets?

2:55:52

Dear Lord.

2:56:01

Wow. I have a question for you.

2:56:04

Yes, of course. My idea.

2:56:07

When you look at us, what's the first word that pops in your head?

2:56:13

No, just this tweet is, Did you know?

2:56:22

They came to me in the middle of the night and helped get rid of a problem in my late husband, his bedroom.

2:56:34

They did. They told us about that.

2:56:36

That's quite remarkable.

2:56:41

Shoot. Sweet,

2:56:42

sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet pepper.

2:56:54

Talk. The troublesome sweet trouble.

2:56:58

We travel a little bells.

2:57:02

Yeah. We really want to get bell sweet treble bells.

2:57:07

I'll stop by the market and restock some of this shit on.

2:57:12

I'm sorry. We're wiping you out right now.

2:57:14

It's all right. It's but yet, if you went to picture things shipped by dirty, We've

2:57:18

been so negligent.

2:57:21

We've been so busy. We're sorry.

2:57:23

Oh, would all right. I think he seems to keep me busy as a judge.

2:57:28

She's not done yet.

2:57:30

He reached over and pulled up from this little like kind of comfy chair.

2:57:35

She keeps in the corner. It's this like bright red and orange and yellow knitted sweater.

2:57:42

That's like partially done. You could see like it's, it's only, you know, from like the shoulders and sleeves down.

2:57:47

And it's only about there and goes, hi.

2:57:49

I just noted that you needed to pick more color and Oh

2:57:55

goodness. Should don't know this so sweet.

2:57:58

It's a bit of a crop top. It's Not

2:58:00

finished,

2:58:00

but

2:58:00

you

2:58:00

also

2:58:00

don't

2:58:00

require

2:58:00

as

2:58:00

much

2:58:00

yarn

2:58:00

as

2:58:07

others. She stuck a steer. You should eat tomorrow.

2:58:13

Really? She's not wrong.

2:58:15

It tell her hi there.

2:58:26

Did you find these things?

2:58:31

We just sort of bumped into each other.

2:58:36

It should honor a question.

2:58:40

Your husband, right?

2:58:42

He all worked with the, the wild.

2:58:48

Yes. Yes. A long time ago By

2:58:51

him mentioning someone called the anger.

2:58:58

No, particularly, no.

2:59:01

We use a long time ago.

2:59:05

She doesn't know predictable.

2:59:08

She is. That makes sense.

2:59:10

You ever make pottery for any of the Mohan families?

2:59:17

There were a few times that I showed her some of my find new works to a number of, I assumed for part, no houses.

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They paid very well actually build out this home here.

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The time my husband was making consistent wages, but I was able to get us a nice place.

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What was your, what was your mark? If we ever find ourselves in one of those homes would be Able

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to, And she walks over to one of the shelves over to the side of the kitchen, where you can see there's a lot of like bowls and plays that she has there.

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And she takes one down and you can see, it says like beautifully sculpted, kind of green Jade color clay.

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That kind of leads to this somewhat translucent top.

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You, you're not quite sure what material mix she used for it to get this kind of, you know, dense clay to this kind of ombre translucence to the tip.

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And it's beautiful. Just, This

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is one of my prized works that I would not sell.

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And she turns it on the back. And on the bottom of it, you can see kind of pushed into the clay.

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There is the S H I D a N a like her name is just kind of gently carved into it.

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That's beautiful. Thank you.

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I've never seen a Translucent

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piece of pottery before.

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Bacevich involves multiple shortages of material.

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Sheer, the basic clay, the narrow, if you can find the right came in chanter, they can transmute elements of the, the, the, the modern, the clay to take different material attributes.

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It's expensive, but it makes for some fine art pieces.

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How much would something like that have so Far?

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Oh, I would not just have that piece.

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No, but similar ones.

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Yeah. I would consider that one mostly priceless, but for others who have attempted such things, they can run upwards to 200, 250 gold pieces for something like that costs quite a bit for the, the skill set required to complete it.