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their ability to aid becoming

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dangers in the

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Ruby Vanguard's plots upon Ruitus. With

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Deleth seems to be

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entwined in a place called the Ruins

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of Aeor to the

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far, far northeast in a land called Islecross.

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You were granted from an ally

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to the Exandrian court

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here, an

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individual who has some experience here. A

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at some point during an interrogation in

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the city of Zadash to be a

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figure really called

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Essek Thales of the Kryn Dynasty. Discovering

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a little bit of information about where

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Ludinus might be within these ruins after

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interrogating a member of the Cerberus Assembly

15:22

here in the city of Zadash and Wildmount,

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you began to do your preparation for a

15:26

journey to a very chilly place to the

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far north. After doing

15:30

a little bit of shopping, picking up some new

15:33

acquisitions and making some orders for

15:35

some wardrobe

15:37

that'll help you in many

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a cold area, you went to the

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15:51

to rest for a night before you went on this

15:53

odd and dangerous leg of your journey into the unknown.

15:57

In the middle of the night, everyone was asleep. Laudner,

16:01

seeing the very blade that had speared

16:03

her and many friends on the back

16:06

of Orym, attempted to take it

16:09

while he rested. However, he

16:11

awoke and a scuffle began to

16:13

ensue, fighting over control this blade and

16:16

arguing amongst what should be done with it. When

16:19

the rest of the team had awoken, an argument

16:22

had not resolved. Imogen

16:24

Laudner escaped out the window to

16:27

the rooftop where it seems there

16:31

is still quite a bit of tension

16:34

about what has transpired and

16:37

what is going on between this group

16:39

of friends. Here is

16:42

Laudner and Imogen

16:44

hold each other,

16:47

trying to understand what is to

16:50

come. He

16:53

returned to the two of you. LAURA

16:58

and MARY holding her, just

17:00

staring off into the distance. What

17:10

are you going to do about Orym? What

17:15

am I supposed to do? I

17:21

don't know. Was

17:27

it you who took the sword or was

17:30

it her? I

17:42

don't know how much good it is going

17:44

to be going for trying to distinguish between

17:46

the two of us. Really? I

17:57

don't know. I

18:02

don't know. So

18:07

who's you? I

18:17

knew what I was doing. Okay.

18:23

Did you take it? Because

18:27

he thought it was wrong that he was carrying it, or did

18:30

you take it because he wanted to have

18:33

that power? She told

18:35

me it was bad. It was a bad

18:37

sort of thing. It

18:40

made me uncomfortable walking, walking

18:44

over and seeing it on his back. And

18:47

he came in with it, and then it just... I

18:51

thought I was doing the right thing. You

18:55

know it's a lot of lies. Right.

19:10

You know she's not out for your best

19:12

interest, right? How

19:15

am I supposed to remove the voice in my head? I

19:21

don't know. I thought

19:24

she was gone. And

19:29

now she's stronger than she ever was. I

19:37

think if you want to get rid of her, you have to stop feeding her. But

19:42

that's a choice, Laudna. If

19:45

that's not what you choose... I

20:02

thought we were all fincarement. That

20:07

we were going to do whatever it takes to

20:09

defeat luneness. We

20:11

said that. Yeah. We

20:14

said that. Image

20:25

in a porridge is owed you. I'm

20:33

a dead end. This

20:42

call that we have to go to

20:46

stop him, stop this business

20:48

with rudeness. That

20:54

is my purpose. That is our purpose. That's

21:01

what I've done. I

21:07

just get up and feel like I have

21:09

to throw everything I have, including myself, into

21:12

this. Even

21:20

if it means the end

21:22

to me. Which honestly, maybe

21:24

it should. Maybe

21:27

it should. I'm

21:33

trying to look at Delilah as a tool to use.

21:43

And then discard when it's done. I'm

21:47

afraid she looks at you the same way. And

21:58

perhaps that means we're aligned. I

22:04

didn't

22:11

mean to hurt anyone. I know. I

22:13

didn't. I know. I believe

22:15

you. You

22:18

keep saying that I lie, that you think I'm

22:20

lying, but I'm not lying. I'm

22:29

speaking my truth, even if it's possibly. Well,

22:35

I think she's lying. But I'm

22:37

not. I

22:41

don't know if you know the difference right

22:43

now. But

22:47

I do know that we won't be able to fight anyone

22:49

if we're

22:53

not right with each other. All of

22:55

us. I'm not lying.

23:07

You don't believe me, do you?

23:12

I believe you. I'm wrong.

23:19

Do you want to go back down there or stay

23:21

out for the night? Either

23:25

way, we need to make peace. No,

23:28

no. I

23:37

don't like people being mad at me. I

23:39

know. I

23:45

hate upsetting

23:47

you. And

23:50

I'm terrified it's going to keep happening. I

24:03

don't know where Tamara's going to take us, or

24:06

the next day. I don't know where

24:11

this will all lead, Lause. I

24:17

don't believe you're a dead end, but I believe

24:24

that's up to you. You're

24:33

powerful without her. Sometimes

24:38

I think you might be stronger without her. She

24:47

certainly would never let you think that, though. There's

24:50

a reason she chose you. You

24:53

know that, right? I

25:03

don't think I do. You're

25:13

special. You

25:15

always say that to everyone else. You're

25:20

so much more than her. I

25:39

can't make a promise, this image, and... That

25:44

I'm going to be able to resist her or put away

25:46

from her, and not... I feel like

25:49

I've done that before. I've tried to do that. I'll

26:00

tell you that I can. And

26:03

maybe that sweat comes across as a lie. Might

26:15

as well just call it upfront. We're

26:24

so far down this path. Just

26:32

as all wishes to wield that sword, I wish

26:34

to wield the Lila. I

26:40

understand. You're

26:48

upset with me. No,

26:51

I'm not. You

27:03

once told me that you hate the

27:06

idea of her watching you, watching

27:08

us. Mm-hmm. I'm

27:13

guessing that hasn't changed. No,

27:19

it hasn't. I'm

27:22

gonna miss our little cottage, though. Should

27:39

we head back down? Mm-hmm.

27:46

I'm sorry. Should we head back down? Here

27:58

you go, fucks. I'll

28:02

be there in a moment. What?

28:13

Is there a hand?

28:20

Well, those conversations happening. The

28:23

rest of you just watch the two of them emerge out the

28:25

window. Should

28:31

one of us go after them? Are

28:33

they okay to be by themselves or... I

28:36

think they're okay. If they're not okay, you'll

28:38

just get in the way. Best to let

28:40

them sort it. You'll

28:43

sort out. All right. For him? For

28:46

him? Yeah. A

28:52

little muddled. Are

28:57

you hurt? A

28:59

little, I think I might have hurt her. Worse

29:03

than she hurt me, but more

29:06

shook than anything. I

29:11

feel like that's the first time in a

29:13

while we've seen her not be

29:16

in control. It's

29:18

the first time in a while you've seen her not

29:21

in control. Fair. Things

29:26

have been hard since the Syllura. Hard

29:30

on her. Hard

29:35

on all of us, but for

29:37

sure hard on her. Oh,

29:45

I just did. No! No!

29:55

I've never seen her

29:59

out of control. What was that? Oh!

30:04

How do we... Just a book

30:07

jacket. You know

30:10

that weird little voice in your head

30:12

that sometimes tells you to fuck your entire life up,

30:14

hurt everybody you know, and just toss everything out of

30:16

the window? Just every now and then

30:18

you get that weird little voice. Sure.

30:20

Hers is actually a person. She

30:23

is haunted.

30:26

Oh. By something

30:28

that wants to hurt her

30:30

and hurt us and is very convincing.

30:33

But are we sure that Imogen is alright with

30:35

her? I mean,

30:37

I think so. They love each other. I

30:40

don't think anyone's looking out for Imogen more

30:42

than anyone in the world, but... Sorry, I

30:44

didn't mean to interrupt you, Jay. They what?

30:48

They've always been a while. Oh!

30:51

They love each other? Oh! Shit!

30:53

We should do a whole level set. No, no,

30:55

they love each other. What will you explain there?

30:58

What was going on with the war and all

31:00

of that, but Imogen and Laura? Yes.

31:04

I know I shouldn't be happy right now, but that just seems

31:06

like a good thing. Now I understand why they went together to

31:08

talk it out. I thought we should

31:10

all be out there helping Rain her in,

31:12

but it's out to lovers. I

31:14

get it. I get it. There's a progression there

31:16

in love. Fern and I had a threesome. She's

31:19

a snowball monster, so we can get a good

31:21

one. Wait, Fern and I had a threesome. The

31:23

math of the data. Fern and I had a

31:25

threesome. The third one was an X of mine

31:27

from 200 years ago. Awesome.

31:30

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31:32

I feel like I

31:35

feel a little left

31:38

out, but that's all right. That's all right.

31:40

I get it. I get it. No, no, no. Still time. That's a

31:42

great... There's still a lot of me left on

31:44

this phone. Don't worry. Oh, that's not what I meant. Um...

31:48

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I think

31:50

they're okay. I just... It

31:53

seems to flare up every once in

31:55

a while. There seems to be a

31:58

desire for power from this entity. side

32:00

of Laudanine. I thought she had

32:02

it under control but the

32:04

silver was different and it's been a

32:07

minute since we've seen that

32:09

lapse. When we were split up and

32:13

we traveled for a while with someone that we

32:16

only realized the last second was part of the

32:19

Ruby fan car. And

32:22

this guy tried to kill us. And

32:26

we all got a little little bit

32:29

of a shock. Well, we would

32:32

have tried to. We

32:35

tried to kill us twice. And I

32:37

believe he would have tried a third time. So

32:40

Laudanine did what all three

32:42

of us were prepared to do. And

32:48

once it started,

32:51

you could see her sliding. A

32:57

friend is different than a monster

32:59

or rogue on the road. I

33:02

understand. And

33:04

he knew how to cut. He

33:07

knew what to say. He

33:10

had seen us and

33:12

he cut deep. Joyce

33:15

was right, but the consequences

33:18

were steep. I think

33:21

Laudanine doesn't

33:23

understand, is it? She's powerful

33:27

without her. I

33:31

think she thinks she needs her. Is

33:36

that her? I don't know. What do you think? That

33:41

was almost... somebody

33:44

entirely different. I

33:48

wouldn't know if she has a choice, does she? I

33:53

think. And I say this.

34:02

With some love, I think

34:04

what you don't understand is

34:06

what it is to know that you're

34:09

the villain and

34:11

that every moment is just a choice not to be.

34:15

And I think she knows she's the villain. And

34:24

I have come to terms that perhaps it is

34:26

a noble

34:34

endeavor to try not to be the villain. If

34:36

you know that that's your base instinct, then you're

34:38

going to slip. But that

34:40

there is strength in it, and I don't think she

34:43

knows that yet. And we've

34:49

got to bring her back from that edge, and we have to

34:51

make sure that she

34:56

still trusts us, even if we don't. Thorian

35:04

seems to be going to address the group,

35:07

but as he does, he just locks eyes

35:09

with Orym. And

35:12

she's trusted. Of

35:27

course she can. But

35:31

I thought this moment that you realize that the edge of

35:33

the window, the pigeons and

35:37

the hovering just at

35:40

the opening, might have been there

35:42

for a moment, isn't it?

35:48

Hey, hey, girl.

35:51

You okay? No. Is

35:54

she okay? No. Okay. No,

35:58

it's no bigs in here, Orym. I was just

36:00

working on a new song. Can she

36:02

be trusted? Can she be

36:05

trusted? What's up? We're gonna

36:07

do a four part harmony. Yeah. I

36:11

liked your first path better. She

36:15

okay? Uh...

36:21

I mean, fuck. I

36:26

saw the lilac come out of her, y'all. But

36:30

I was... I

36:32

was something. It was

36:34

like I wasn't even looking at Lana for a second.

36:38

Oh, cool, boy. What

36:41

are we talking about? A

36:44

library? She

36:47

took the dagger. She

36:53

absorbed it into

36:56

herself. And Lana

37:00

disappeared for a minute. Delilah

37:04

emerged. And

37:06

I think... I

37:09

think Lana's

37:11

intentionally making Delilah stronger. Because

37:14

she thinks, you know, we

37:16

need all the help we can get. Oh.

37:19

That kind of help? I

37:27

don't know what Delilah's ultimate end goal is,

37:29

but I... don't think

37:31

it involves Lana having free will. Delilah

37:40

person's capable. Oh

37:43

no, I thought we killed her. What?

37:47

Indeed. She survived as a spark, I

37:49

guess. Oh,

37:53

fuck. And now the flames grow. Again.

38:00

to friends and enemies alike

38:02

in a joint effort, but free

38:04

will. That's

38:07

a hard bridge to uncross.

38:10

It's my fault. I

38:12

mean, Laudena talked about

38:14

it. We talked about it. We

38:20

would embrace the power that we needed to

38:22

in order to make... ...in

38:28

order to make things happen. And

38:31

she just did it, you know? And

38:34

I didn't... I didn't give in to Perd

38:36

off those, and I could have, and I... Maybe

38:39

I should have, and then she wouldn't be alone right now. No.

38:43

No. Yeah, but how would that

38:45

help her? I don't

38:47

know. You just

38:49

wouldn't make me so judgy. I

38:52

think the dopples will lead you away from her and all

38:54

of us. It makes me think she's

38:56

alone. She's

38:58

not alone. It's

39:02

about resistance. It's not about giving in. She

39:06

has to fight it. You had to fight it. We

39:08

have to fight this. That's

39:11

the plight. I'm

39:15

gonna go peek my head out the window. I

39:19

just wanted to want to fight it. Roger?

39:48

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we come to you alone on the

40:32

roof for a minute, what have you been doing,

40:34

Radha? Nothing.

40:43

Crying. Processing.

40:51

Trying to pull myself together and think of what to

40:53

say for the rest. In

40:57

that moment, I have to apologize. In

41:02

that distant stare, just

41:05

kind of locked in place,

41:07

you can see the faint movement

41:09

of a torchlight around

41:12

the city streets below. No

41:20

one can really understand what we've

41:22

been through. And

41:31

that's when you hear Fern call your name. Are

41:39

you still up there? Yes, I'm coming. How

41:48

loud was she? Not

41:52

enough that you heard her from about 20 feet away.

41:54

Oh. I'm

42:00

going to give you an apology. I'm going

42:02

to give you an apology. No, no, no.

42:06

Allow me to enforce that bill. You

42:08

hurt, you hurt. I'd

42:10

like a whisper in your ear. No,

42:28

you don't have to do it like

42:30

that. You can fucking use your hands. A

42:33

normal-ass person. Fern reaches her

42:35

hand out towards you. Can

42:38

you come back inside, please? Are

42:43

you all right? I didn't hurt you too terribly, did I? Um,

42:47

look, I can see a few ribs. Oh.

42:51

Oh well, Miss. Oh well, it's a

42:53

sprain. It's a bath. And a woman.

43:00

Seem worse? Yes. We

43:08

should... We should

43:10

talk this out. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We

43:12

don't have to say anything.

43:14

You don't... I didn't mean it.

43:17

I really didn't mean it. I'm sorry. The

43:21

woman walks up. It

43:24

stands right in front of you. It's

43:27

three feet, three inches. And

43:29

I'm walking straight across and he's looking up. Normally

43:32

I have hurt my gaze by looking down, but he's

43:35

under me. I'm awake. No,

43:42

more awake. And

43:45

I've been thinking about it. And

43:51

Dorian is right. It

43:56

is just a thing. When

44:00

I... Please

44:02

let me just say my peace and

44:04

you can say anything you want in return.

44:06

You don't have to owe me anything. I'll

44:10

say my peace. And

44:12

then I need everybody's help. When

44:17

I look at that sword... Does

44:21

it kill me? Yes.

44:25

If in one we

44:27

find ourselves in front of

44:30

lewdness, would it be useful? Yes.

44:33

A lot of the truth is more important than this sword being at

44:35

my side. Yes.

44:46

A lot of the truth is more

44:51

important than this sword being at

44:53

my side. You.

45:02

You. You

45:05

shall want me by his side. I

45:09

thought you'd... understand.

45:14

You've carried... something

45:16

so dark for so long. I

45:20

thought you'd understand me taking it up, but... No,

45:24

I do. I do. I do. But

45:27

it doesn't matter what I thought. It

45:31

only matters what I believe. Even

45:35

though all of us have

45:38

doubted ourselves. We've

45:41

even doubted each other a little bit. Doubt

45:45

at the gods. But

45:52

I believe in you. And

45:57

if anything... I

46:09

don't want a second guess if you're

46:13

okay next to me when we're out there. I

46:16

want you to trust me and

46:19

I'll make it a lot farther with you than with

46:21

this sword so I don't want to. No,

46:23

no, no, no. I'm

46:25

not taking it and no one in this room

46:28

will change my mind. It's

46:30

not what I wanted. And

46:33

when I said I wanted you guys to help me, if I

46:35

want to do something with this, I would

46:38

rip it off my back and

46:41

turn away from you and rest it on

46:43

the floor in the middle of

46:46

everybody. I won't pick it

46:48

up again. I'm

46:56

betting on you. You.

47:04

I'm right

47:07

with you. You

47:15

all have to be comfortable, though, with

47:21

knowing whether I like it or

47:23

not, and for 30

47:25

plus years I have not, she's

47:29

along for the ride. You

47:39

survived a long time. You deserve your place in history.

47:41

There's much more. I

47:46

don't know what that woman has done for

47:49

it, Sandra, but I know what you have. What

48:22

about the rest of you? I

48:24

understand if you don't feel comfortable. I

48:30

don't want to

48:32

be around. I

48:35

told him a joke. I

48:41

don't want it to seem like I'm lying. I don't want

48:43

to lie. So

48:47

the only way that I know to not do that is

48:54

to just make sure that you all are aware that

49:03

sometimes I don't know what's real or not. That's

49:10

the truth. I

49:15

like to think my intentions are pure. But

49:23

I feel often those with

49:26

the purest of attention, of intentions

49:30

are often misguided

49:34

and weaponized the most. So

49:38

those who wish it will. So

49:47

that's the truth. Okay.

49:52

I mean look, I'm not going to be a hypocrite. I

49:55

try to do a giant fucking wolf every once in

49:57

a while. Sometimes,

50:01

a little out of control. When

50:06

it was my turn to attempt

50:08

to absorb a piece of shit, ill-advised

50:11

and everyone wanted to fucking kill me because

50:13

I betrayed their trust, and

50:17

the closest thing to a real family I

50:19

had ever spent, I

50:22

would say significant more time giving

50:24

me shit. You

50:30

forgave me. Asked.

50:33

You did something no one had ever done to

50:35

me. You gave me love,

50:38

I think. You're

50:45

not the first person I've ever had

50:47

in my life who had problems. And...

50:57

that doll made

51:00

me feel like maybe, I don't know, you were... sometimes

51:04

I think of you as like, Big Sister.

51:08

And I will never not stand in front

51:10

of you to

51:12

keep things away. I

51:15

will always step in front of you.

51:23

You know what's real? Her.

51:29

That guy. We're

51:33

real. I

51:38

do have one concern. I'm

51:47

just conservatorian. Me?

51:51

Why me? You sweet lad.

51:55

I just hope he can trust

51:58

in the same way that we do, right? Oh,

52:01

sure, Chad. You

52:03

know, I used to think that

52:07

it was all about good and evil. And

52:10

now I'm not so certain there's either. All

52:15

I know is that we have to

52:17

make do with the best that we have, and this

52:20

is the best that I have. You

52:24

deserve to be well, and we'll take

52:26

care of you. I

52:29

think... I'm

52:33

not so good at this. And I have my

52:35

mandolin in my hand, and I just kind of, with

52:37

one hand, sort of hit our harmonic

52:39

chord, put my hand on her shoulder, and I'm

52:41

gonna cast Cure Wounds. Not

52:46

that it matters. Nineteen.

52:59

I think he was bleeding all over the floor. Oops,

53:01

I just did nineteen damage. You're

53:05

real. Roll

53:07

call, roll call. Oh,

53:10

dear. I think there's

53:12

one rule, though. Same applies

53:14

to me. If

53:16

you start getting weird again, we might fuck you up a

53:18

little bit. Knock you back into,

53:20

you know, you. Hopefully

53:24

it won't happen too often, and maybe we just keep a closer

53:26

eye when items have

53:28

increased arcane or, you know,

53:30

powerful magnitude in nearby. I'm

53:33

genuinely looking forward to having to knock you out one

53:35

day. Listen, I got it under

53:37

control. I haven't been off the wagon in

53:39

weeks. Come on, clock's

53:41

ticking. Are you taking

53:43

time, Bondorian? Oh, I've got so

53:46

many issues. Look,

53:53

we're playing to win. Right?

53:57

Dangerous game. Yeah. You

54:04

gave me that nod of approval. Before

54:10

I snuffed out Bordeaux's life. You

54:16

had to be done. Well

54:20

that still holds if it's against any

54:24

other baddie. What

54:26

do you mean? Using

54:32

the tools at my disposal. It's

54:40

never meant to be directed at anyone here.

54:42

I'm sorry. She

54:47

chose you because you have power,

54:49

Lana. Can

54:57

I keep it here? I did the same thing to her.

55:00

I wasn't listening to you open. What? 33. Matt

55:08

Bordeaux. I

55:11

can't remember seven seconds ago. My hands are

55:13

numb right now. Who are you keeping? Lana,

55:17

do me a favor. Hold

55:19

out your hands and close your eyes. Don't

55:22

trust him. We're

55:25

just talking about trust. I

55:27

trust him. We

55:30

need to hold trust games. Don't put your

55:32

dick in my hand. I just

55:34

break for the middle of the room, grab the

55:36

sword, and put it in the bag of holding.

55:41

I walk over. Did

55:44

that fucking hurt your finger? See?

55:48

All better. If

55:55

you want to feel a little better, too, this

55:59

is just an offer. And, oh

56:01

man, I'm curious. Not

56:03

every night, but some nights, and I pull out the pipe.

56:06

And I put this pipe

56:08

in the center of the room. Sometimes

56:11

when I don't want to feel like shit, I

56:15

have a smoke, and it materializes

56:20

the best thing I ever did. The

56:23

most heroic act, the kindest act

56:25

I ever performed. That's

56:28

what it does. Where did

56:30

you get that pipe? Oh, from the tree. I found it for

56:32

a while. Did it from the tree? No,

56:34

I let the tree smoke it. What the fuck

56:37

haven't we been hitting it? Wait, what? We're

56:42

terrible at this. I

56:45

know mine, and it has not

56:47

changed yet. But,

56:52

if you want to see yourself in some good light,

56:55

if you want to be seen just for a moment in

56:57

a good light that

57:02

has no real judgment, it's there. Even

57:08

if mine is still decking its

57:11

home, I find comfort in it.

57:15

And if you don't want to, you don't want to have to. I'm

57:26

afraid of what I might see. Yeah, I

57:28

was too. I

57:42

was afraid I wouldn't see anything. Keep

57:51

it, if you want. Alright.

57:58

Maybe, maybe later. I

58:00

may ask for a back if I'm feeling like shit. You

58:05

know, my

58:07

brother and I, when we were younger, used

58:10

to have these knockdown drag-out brawls.

58:13

No weapons, just an

58:15

older brother and a younger brother, peeling

58:18

the shit out of each other in the field. And

58:21

we would come home to my

58:24

parents, bloodied and bruised and sweating

58:26

and crying, hurt feelings. Every

58:31

day after, we

58:34

would play harder than we'd ever played before. The

58:37

best games, the biggest

58:39

imaginary adventures. And

58:43

I cannot help but

58:46

feel those same feelings right now. These

58:51

are the moments that bring us together. Thank

58:55

you for letting me be a part of that. We

59:00

certainly seen each other at our worsts

59:04

and our bests. What

59:15

would you like us to do, Hardener? How

59:17

can we best be

59:21

there for you? This

59:25

is already so much. You

59:28

already are, all of you. Not

59:34

a million years that I think anyone would

59:37

go and rescue me from whatever

59:39

void Delilah had trapped me in after

59:41

Oda Hard kills me. You've

59:45

already done so much. You're

59:47

the same for us. You have.

59:51

Same for me. What

1:00:00

do you want us to do about her? Cause

1:00:08

we'll kill her a thousand times if we have to. But

1:00:12

if you... She

1:00:22

will know Delilah was in the Cerberus Assembly.

1:00:27

You mentioned it. She

1:00:30

has a debt to pay. Just

1:00:34

as Luna's done. Was

1:00:39

she anti-Luna's or...? Seems

1:00:44

like everyone in the Cerberus Assembly hates each other. Definitely

1:00:48

got that vibe from... ...the

1:00:51

way that she's been. I'm

1:00:55

not sure.

1:00:57

Definitely got that vibe from... ...the

1:01:01

women we met today. I'll

1:01:03

do that to you. What

1:01:07

the fuck are we supposed to sleep tonight? It

1:01:10

sure is gonna be her. Imagine,

1:01:17

get the mirror. Hold on. Make sure

1:01:19

that's actually... I can hear him now.

1:01:23

I got more to drink. That

1:01:26

sounds nice. She placed in the bottle. She

1:01:30

placed in the bottle. I

1:01:32

don't know, like you put a bottle

1:01:34

down and then wherever it points you just kiss

1:01:36

somebody. I don't know. It

1:01:38

seems a little like flipping away. You kiss like just because

1:01:40

everything's right. Well, no, I'm okay. I just need to be

1:01:42

clarified on them. Jenny just fucking wakes up. What? What?

1:01:47

Like something like delight in the mood. You're

1:01:49

talking about kissing bottles. Nothing like serious. You're

1:01:51

kissing bottles? Yeah. Okay.

1:02:00

as none of us ever feel bad about who we are. I'm

1:02:03

tired of it. That's a

1:02:05

hard thing to do. I know. I'm suck

1:02:07

at it. It really fucking matters. I'm

1:02:10

suck at it. I'm suck

1:02:12

at it. Hahaha. So it

1:02:15

began. Mm-hmm. Hahaha.

1:02:17

It began. Oh. Oh.

1:02:21

Long night rich. Ah.

1:02:25

Hm. If you are not.

1:02:27

I can agree. I feel comfortable. I

1:02:34

do want to bring the light into this fight. How

1:02:39

does that work? She owes me. Her

1:02:46

life. Just

1:02:49

as she took mine. And

1:02:55

then after this is done. Well

1:03:01

I guess we'll just take it from there. Cross

1:03:05

that sundry

1:03:08

bench. What we get to it. Hm.

1:03:14

You gotta try to. Shh.

1:03:19

I'm not gonna say not lies. That's not what it is. We

1:03:21

gotta just try to tell the truth

1:03:23

when we ask. Which is not the

1:03:25

same thing. Don't pretend you're okay when you're

1:03:27

not. Don't

1:03:30

feel like it's nothing when it is. If

1:03:33

something's itching, we're not gonna turn on you.

1:03:35

We just need to know. We

1:03:40

need to know when she's poisoning your

1:03:42

head. We're trying to. Try

1:03:49

to remember. Try

1:03:54

to remember that we're

1:03:56

not lying to you. If

1:03:58

we tell you. She's leading you

1:04:01

astray. Try

1:04:04

to trust us. Find

1:04:10

it. To

1:04:13

get information from her. We

1:04:19

can use what she gives us or we can't. That

1:04:21

would be up to us, but I promise. I

1:04:28

will talk to you all about it. That's

1:04:40

good enough for me. So

1:04:46

what do you guys do now? Do you like put

1:04:49

your hands in the centre? We

1:04:52

should. Even

1:04:54

all the time you come up with something like... No

1:04:57

secret handshakes. I mean

1:04:59

that was like a stroke. What if you

1:05:01

want? I don't

1:05:03

know if that's the thing with like... We could

1:05:05

do it for the first thing. I think you have

1:05:08

to choose what we say. Don't take count of... Ding

1:05:11

dong, here we come. It's

1:05:13

bell cells. I'm just spit balling. It

1:05:16

can be a ding dong. I understand. Ding

1:05:19

dong is really not... Welcome

1:05:22

to hell. Not bad.

1:05:24

Not bad. Do you

1:05:27

think we all shoot finger guns at each other? I

1:05:29

have a thing that I... But

1:05:31

then if you're carrying stuff that just looks weird.

1:05:34

We all... Yeah. Do I put down the hammer if

1:05:37

we do that? Is that how we're gonna do that?

1:05:39

That's weird. I feel like it's just complicated. Are

1:05:42

you because of a hammer on a gun? Oh,

1:05:44

we could say like hammer time or something like that.

1:05:46

I feel like I've seen someone do that before. Well,

1:05:50

we'll workshop it. We'll workshop

1:05:52

it. I'll go first.

1:05:56

Put your hands in. Here

1:05:58

we go. Come on. needs

1:06:00

sleep on three. One, two, three. ALLY

1:06:03

and JONAH All

1:06:08

right. MATT and JONAH bring

1:06:10

it. MATT

1:06:16

and JONAH as uncomfortable in

1:06:19

tonight's rest as it might have been in the wake

1:06:21

of that

1:06:24

experience. I believe sleeping in through

1:06:26

a good part of the morning is part of it. But

1:06:29

the morning goes

1:06:34

screech. As

1:06:36

you all are. ASHLEY and JONAH

1:06:40

shifted my little

1:06:43

sheet to

1:06:46

give images of space

1:06:48

in the night. TALIESIN

1:06:50

and JONAH quietly trawled over

1:06:52

to your little

1:06:55

chunk of the room. TALIESIN

1:06:57

and JONAH mind if we picked up where

1:07:00

we were last time? ASHLEY and

1:07:02

JONAH history. TALIESIN and JONAH Oh, yeah.

1:07:04

I've been up since five, and we've

1:07:06

found some prunes. ASHLEY and JONAH laugh

1:07:10

MATT and JONAH laugh TALIESIN and JONAH laugh

1:07:12

MATT and JONAH laugh TALIESIN and JONAH laugh

1:07:14

MATT and JONAH laugh TALIESIN and JONAH laugh

1:08:00

We're fine. We're

1:08:02

clear. You're good. I,

1:08:05

when we wake up, I'm holding Latina's hand.

1:08:09

She didn't hear it, but it happened. I said,

1:08:11

you're holding my hand. I got

1:08:13

distracted because I saw Chetney seize

1:08:15

a little and I wanted to make sure. I

1:08:17

think it was just the apnea. What do you

1:08:20

roll? He's fine. But

1:08:22

I got to try. You're done. What a

1:08:24

night. Doreen's

1:08:27

always liked to see the sunrise, so he's out front of

1:08:29

wherever we're staying in a chair, kind of lean back up

1:08:31

against the wall. And he's been

1:08:33

fiddling with his jeweler stuff. And he's

1:08:37

been on a quip the last couple of

1:08:39

days. And he finally is

1:08:41

finishing up what he was doing. And his

1:08:43

flute that he's always had, no

1:08:46

longer has an axe handle on it, but

1:08:48

you can tell there's something special about it. And

1:08:51

he's been taking time putting a little

1:08:53

blue lapis button right in

1:08:55

the flute, but

1:08:58

we don't know what it is. And he hinges it to his side. And

1:09:00

then he

1:09:03

has Bertram's blade with

1:09:05

him that he's had for a long time. And

1:09:09

it had been formerly decorated for

1:09:11

the ball. That's good. And

1:09:19

same thing, but this time it's got three pieces

1:09:21

of lapis in

1:09:23

the hill and he's kind of

1:09:26

holding it thinking to himself. About

1:09:29

Orem last night and kind of how serious

1:09:32

he was, how dedicated he was to the cause

1:09:34

of wanting this sword that was clearly a threat.

1:09:37

And he has a quiet moment where he thinks about his

1:09:39

brother and he thinks about what he's gotten himself into

1:09:41

after, you know, witnessing what went

1:09:43

down last night. And

1:09:46

he just clicks one of the pieces

1:09:48

of the three blue lapis. And

1:09:51

he uses the gambler's blade to

1:09:54

take an extra risk. So

1:09:57

that means he gets one plus one to his attack. And then

1:09:59

if he has a death. save,

1:10:01

he takes one off. It's

1:10:03

his first time taking a real risk. I guess you

1:10:05

shouldn't have. Is that what

1:10:07

a gambler's blade does? Yeah, and I can

1:10:09

reset it every morning. You can boost the

1:10:12

sword, but you're increasing your chances of it.

1:10:16

Are we getting serious

1:10:18

or what, motherfucker? Do

1:10:20

I stop at one? You can't be wrong with

1:10:22

mark, Matt! Just

1:10:24

let her out! It's so difficult!

1:10:27

That's so good! Oh yeah.

1:10:30

Let's have somewhere to go. All

1:10:34

righty. You're welcome.

1:10:39

As you both

1:10:42

return from your trek, in

1:10:45

the late morning stages of the rest of the year, you wake

1:10:47

up after a night of rough

1:10:50

rest, you see Seth in

1:10:53

his full illusory self. Essek

1:10:58

and Seth, Asad, meet

1:11:01

you both as you're coming in, steps in. Good

1:11:04

morning. I guess some of you

1:11:06

are taking a prolonged

1:11:08

rest. What?

1:11:15

Sorry, it's the Chetney and the Vy'lek.

1:11:18

Sorry, sorry. This

1:11:20

is down in the lodge. And

1:11:22

go! The

1:11:26

mostly empty lodge, baseline entrance

1:11:28

where the tavern and step-up

1:11:30

goes from there. It's

1:11:34

been a rough run of days. I

1:11:38

needed a little extra. Hope that's

1:11:40

okay. Of course. I

1:11:43

am at your disposal, until you decide it is

1:11:46

time to go. But time

1:11:48

is of the essence. That's what time at least is. I'll

1:11:52

wait here. Come find me when

1:11:55

you are already. We can

1:11:57

gather the rest. One question. Are we going?

1:12:00

Are we jumping? Are we

1:12:02

telepor- whatever it is that you do

1:12:04

into a populated area? Is it like

1:12:06

a wilderness where there'd be eyes, no

1:12:09

eyes? What do you think we can

1:12:11

expect? Where

1:12:14

we are intending to go is

1:12:16

a frozen wasteland to

1:12:19

the far north. There are

1:12:22

very few in the location

1:12:25

that I would consider

1:12:27

a population, though

1:12:29

there are denizens throughout the ruins.

1:12:34

The locale I wish to take

1:12:37

us to would be on the

1:12:39

outskirts of a dynasty

1:12:42

outpost that, once

1:12:45

upon a time, I was responsible for,

1:12:49

but would not wish to enter

1:12:51

directly for two active

1:12:53

reasons. It should be. I've

1:12:57

not been there in many years. One

1:13:02

thing I should also let you know, as

1:13:04

I will let the rest of them understand this,

1:13:08

magic is a bit strange to the north,

1:13:12

and I cannot guarantee my first attempt

1:13:14

at getting us to

1:13:16

our destination will be smooth. Yeah,

1:13:20

I'm a stickler for little details. I

1:13:22

noticed the word choice, intending, right? It's

1:13:24

like pulp in my orange juice. Just

1:13:26

get it the fuck out. Remain intending.

1:13:28

Have you ever missed before? I

1:13:31

wish not to repeat myself. Perhaps the

1:13:33

best I tell you all when you've gathered.

1:13:36

Fine. Chili

1:13:40

up there and chili here. Let's go get the

1:13:42

others. I like pulp. You're

1:13:45

not here! Take a

1:13:48

seat! You are not

1:13:50

the person that's sashing! That's

1:13:54

when you hear as you walk in the

1:13:56

door, I like pulp. was

1:14:00

still asleep and we're going, was

1:14:02

it her or Delilah? I was

1:14:04

like Delilah. MATT and LAURA and

1:14:07

MATT and all of a sudden

1:14:09

everyone's talking about Warnshoes. Warnshoes, please?

1:14:12

MATT and LAURA and MATT and all of a

1:14:14

sudden you do all gather yourselves and

1:14:16

collect your things. For the

1:14:20

ease of narrative, pieces

1:14:24

already paid for, you gather your things,

1:14:26

the materials that were put on order

1:14:29

through the night and they worked through the

1:14:31

night. The team looks bloodshot in the eyes,

1:14:34

exhausted, proud in their, you honestly

1:14:36

headed over. Part of the team

1:14:38

already crashed on the ground with

1:14:40

the completion of what you requested.

1:14:43

But nevertheless, you have what you need to prepare

1:14:45

yourself for the next leg of your journey. Returning

1:14:48

to the lodge. MARISHA and LAURA and MATT and MATT and TALIESIN and

1:14:50

MATT and LAURA and MATT and TALIESIN and MATT and MATT and TALIESIN

1:14:52

grab your things. LIAM

1:14:55

and TALIESINchott, I need a quick haircut. You chisel

1:14:57

that? Right there. You okay? Why

1:15:01

you making that weird noise every time you just hit it

1:15:03

with the fucking hammer? MARISHA

1:15:06

and TALIESIN and MATT

1:15:08

and LIAMMY. MATT and TALIESIN and MATT and MATT and SAM. MATT

1:15:10

and Texas need to squish off four LEDs which, technically, they can

1:15:12

spread in the air as much as you can, IMeed it them

1:15:14

why, considering the way that the space in the wound may have

1:15:16

been speculating if they were facing without the urgency to them

1:15:18

or purchase near the giant still. You can see that the

1:15:21

room is already ahead, that you could only start that

1:15:23

morning. With you rushing into the chambers of the

1:15:25

lodge, you all

1:15:28

are able

1:15:30

to get ready, dressed, or if not

1:15:32

already. TALIESIN and SAM and TALIESIN and

1:15:34

MATT and TALIESIN and SAM.

1:15:39

MATT and TALIESIN and MATT and SAM.

1:15:41

TALIESIN and MATT and SAM. MATT and

1:15:43

TALIESIN and SAM. You

1:15:46

see, I got a leather suit, fur

1:15:48

line, but you couldn't tell. I've turned

1:15:50

the harness with all my tools into

1:15:53

a bandolier, and I got a leather

1:15:56

strap as well for this new harp of valor.

1:16:00

Which is fucking dope. I

1:16:02

got fingerless blood for increased, you know,

1:16:04

grip. Because we're going where it's gonna

1:16:07

be icy and wet. My

1:16:10

upper sleeves, I got some chain mail on. I

1:16:12

got FCG's little piece on

1:16:14

my right arm off of Orm's idea.

1:16:17

I got a blue bandana tied tight. Hot

1:16:20

shots part two. And like

1:16:22

some really good wrapped up feet

1:16:25

for good mobility. And of

1:16:27

course, fucking RTA right above

1:16:30

the righty. Yeah baby, y'all.

1:16:33

Ready to fucking deliver justice.

1:16:37

Fantastic. And

1:16:39

my card piece area looks super

1:16:41

sweet. It's awesome. Right

1:16:44

below my belly. My

1:16:46

dear. My

1:16:49

friends, my dear. Time's your deal. Who

1:16:52

would like to go next? Mine's

1:16:55

not that elaborate, so I'll go. It's gonna

1:16:57

all flourish. I'm

1:17:00

actually using a lot of my old shit. So

1:17:03

the same boots, because if I'm not

1:17:06

flea jumping, it's not me. The same

1:17:09

sword, the same shield. I

1:17:13

have now antique Zephyrin armor with the

1:17:15

left right in the middle. I still

1:17:17

have my old sash wrapped

1:17:19

around. There are still, well here's a

1:17:21

question. We're back from

1:17:23

the moon. Do I

1:17:25

still have a touch

1:17:27

of fae about me? Can I feel it? Oh.

1:17:32

Oh, after an animory? Yeah. Touch

1:17:34

of fae. I don't

1:17:36

remember discussing like timeline,

1:17:38

duration, eternal, temporary.

1:17:42

It's still there. As

1:17:44

far as you can tell, there hasn't been

1:17:47

an inclination to cancel the contract

1:17:49

that I feel. So

1:17:53

it's a mix of my old

1:17:55

shoulder guard with FCGs

1:17:59

as a pauldron on the back. the

1:18:01

shoulder and then now this new like

1:18:03

it's really just like the chest cod

1:18:05

piece down the thighs

1:18:07

that's the antique armor with

1:18:10

with the older from the nutrient mix together

1:18:12

gotcha my hair is also bushy or these

1:18:14

days I can take care

1:18:16

of that at any time but it's gonna be cold

1:18:19

where we're going yeah but the course is trying to

1:18:21

let it grow out is it wavy or curly feels

1:18:23

long wavy baby

1:18:25

yeah let it go

1:18:27

messy baby oh and I

1:18:30

asked that question because all around the armor

1:18:32

or a little like spider little

1:18:34

tiny spider vines still clean here on the arms and

1:18:36

on the chest cool I dig

1:18:38

it is

1:18:41

it nice um

1:18:44

sure I use

1:18:48

my old dress I just altered it a

1:18:50

little bit so it's like open down front

1:18:52

and I got some pants like I talked

1:18:54

about so my little

1:18:57

legs are covered but I got

1:18:59

long black boots now and I got

1:19:02

a black harness all buckled up and

1:19:04

I have that new robe that I

1:19:06

stitched up and changed a little bit

1:19:08

so it's like off the shoulder and

1:19:10

like strips on the bottom so it's

1:19:13

all like shear and flow in she

1:19:15

cool yeah

1:19:18

fantastic Dorian's got a new

1:19:20

fit to is way more like

1:19:28

live than he used to be not nearly as

1:19:30

bulky so as his wing boots he's

1:19:32

got like a swashbucklers pants on and

1:19:34

instead of the big silver wing across

1:19:37

the chest it's smaller now across like

1:19:39

sort of a cummerbund type leather best

1:19:42

he has a deck across the deck of the

1:19:44

board yeah first looking at it it's just

1:19:55

like a fully open poofy

1:19:57

pirate arm sleeve like sheer

1:19:59

shirt But if you were to

1:20:01

get really close, you would notice

1:20:04

this was his- Hi, me nip nip

1:20:06

nip nip- Hi! Hi. Hahahahaha! Medium. Medium.

1:20:08

Hahahaha! It's so

1:20:10

easy. Cautional. I'm checking

1:20:12

the arch. You would notice that this was

1:20:15

the gift that Keyleth had gotten for him

1:20:17

and made, which I

1:20:19

feel is really close to threads or like really

1:20:21

fine methral so he just gets a little bit

1:20:24

of- Oh, the little mirror armor! I

1:20:26

didn't know that was an option. I love sheer

1:20:29

shit. I guess you hadn't noticed. I just got a- You

1:20:31

both keep going around. It's okay. I

1:20:34

mean- We can fly. My robe

1:20:36

is also kind of sheer. Everything's

1:20:38

kind of sheer, but my nips

1:20:40

are covered. Good. Hahahaha! Alright. Hahahaha!

1:20:42

Hahahaha! Hahahaha! The nips are enormous.

1:20:45

Hahahaha! Hahahaha! He's big as men!

1:20:49

He has a case, but it's like a half-tube. Why is he coming out

1:20:51

from home? Everyone's got

1:20:53

nipples. Everyone's got nipples. Everyone's

1:20:55

got nipples. Everyone's got nipples. Everyone's got nipples. Everyone's got nipples. Everyone's

1:20:57

got nipples. It just... ...streads

1:21:00

a little further. Oh my god. Hahahaha! It's a little bit- I'm

1:21:02

sorry I asked that. No,

1:21:04

it's okay. Hahahaha!

1:21:08

Hahahaha! You

1:21:10

said it, not me. It's all

1:21:12

beautiful. I bet it's a very slutty

1:21:14

shirt you got on. Oh, thank you!

1:21:16

In the best way. I appreciate it.

1:21:19

And the half cape, same

1:21:21

ombre, and then instead

1:21:24

of that kind of armor up top, he's got

1:21:26

one shoulder pauldron. And the most

1:21:28

noticeable thing is that the second son

1:21:31

always wore silver. And now all

1:21:33

of his metal accent armor pieces are

1:21:35

all gold now. Damn. Oh!

1:21:39

Damn. That hurt. It is crafty mandolin that used

1:21:41

to be red that he got from Dariaks. It's

1:21:43

now blue and sunburst and on the back,

1:21:46

next to his setlist, is just a little

1:21:48

etching of FCG's little- Oh!

1:21:50

Oh! Yeah. You're

1:21:55

gonna freeze your lips off in the

1:21:57

tundra. Hahahaha! as

1:22:00

time became before that. Oh we've

1:22:02

all gone, we got clothes. We

1:22:04

got clothes, we got clothes. There's

1:22:06

clothes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I

1:22:09

don't want to ruin my sheer vibe. We're

1:22:11

wearing winter onesies over everything. No,

1:22:13

slowly. I've never worn

1:22:16

a she

1:22:22

was kind of out of it and as you

1:22:24

look, she sees she's kind of examining it almost like

1:22:26

it's the first time she's seen it, even though it

1:22:28

hasn't. She's kind of like, hmm,

1:22:31

just kind of questioning where her inspiration came

1:22:33

from. And you see big

1:22:35

billowy blouse. She also kind of took a lot of

1:22:37

what she had and repurposed it. Nice

1:22:41

tight little gloves. And then she

1:22:44

has kind of a thin breastplate

1:22:46

with chains dangling off of

1:22:49

it that go around that kind of

1:22:51

resemble a ribcage. Also

1:22:53

the black corset. And

1:22:56

then has her long

1:22:58

skirt, which kind of has a black

1:23:00

to purple to a little bit of blue

1:23:02

ombre. And then over top of

1:23:04

that, she has like a cage, cage skirt,

1:23:07

all in gold going over it. And

1:23:09

you see her hair is tied up in a bun with

1:23:12

a high collar. And she has

1:23:14

a little green choker chin.

1:23:16

That's his dad. And

1:23:20

you know, she just thought I'd mix

1:23:22

it up. A little bit more like

1:23:24

lady, you know. What

1:23:27

kind of gem is that? I

1:23:29

don't know. I

1:23:32

must have gotten it out of the bag. There

1:23:35

were some interesting things in the bag. Yes,

1:23:37

I just kind

1:23:39

of got what we had, you know. Just kind of worked

1:23:41

with it. Is it residuum? Who knows? Is

1:23:44

it an emerald? Who knows? All

1:23:47

right, have I or do you need? Oh, well

1:23:49

go ahead. Rollie, rollie. Oh, we'll do, we'll do

1:23:51

a, or a partial part of this

1:23:53

here. Okay. Okay,

1:23:57

I go. All right, so. Everything

1:24:00

that Fern is wearing has

1:24:03

been repurposed. Up

1:24:05

cycles. Yes, up cycles. There's

1:24:09

sort of an element of Fern that

1:24:12

you can see that she's been very,

1:24:16

I guess, affected by everyone around her. She

1:24:18

almost looks a little more human in a

1:24:22

way, like more freckles,

1:24:24

more sunburned. Her

1:24:27

jacket was FCG's

1:24:29

jacket, and you

1:24:33

still see sort of some of the burn marks because

1:24:36

she didn't want to

1:24:40

take that away so we never forget that part.

1:24:43

And all the little rips and tears were

1:24:45

put together with a yellow thread, and

1:24:49

there's little bits of everyone. So on her belt,

1:24:51

she has her wolf from Chet. She

1:24:54

has a red thread and violets

1:24:57

that are wrapped around in a bracelet. She

1:25:01

has little ankle

1:25:03

gators around her

1:25:06

hooves for battle and

1:25:08

protection, and

1:25:11

a little jade stone from Orem. Her

1:25:14

hair is just messy and plopped on the top

1:25:16

of her head, and

1:25:20

very not flashy

1:25:23

for Fern, just more

1:25:26

battle-ready and grounded and

1:25:29

utility-fern. Yeah.

1:25:34

I am the knight. I

1:25:36

love you. Also

1:25:40

mostly repurposed, although there were a couple new

1:25:43

things. I had them

1:25:45

go through, clean up

1:25:47

the boots a little bit, put

1:25:49

some new gold hardware on them. Took

1:25:51

some chunks of what I had. I had gold hardware

1:25:54

going up the right leg. It's split-punk

1:25:57

pants, one side just that blue ombre

1:25:59

from Orem. on the FCG's jacket,

1:26:01

and the other side is a yellow-blue

1:26:03

plaid, split down

1:26:06

the middle for the pants. There's a black

1:26:08

skirt piece that

1:26:10

immediately started to put a couple

1:26:12

rips in it because it just didn't quite feel right without

1:26:15

a back. Leather belt.

1:26:18

You know, shirt's a bullshit, so I

1:26:20

had a shirt and I just tore

1:26:22

it off. It's now sitting at the

1:26:24

ribcage. We're going to go full, you

1:26:26

know. Full crop top. I also torn

1:26:28

up a little bit because it wasn't

1:26:30

quite working. Black leather vest, which

1:26:35

is new leather. It's got gold spikes

1:26:37

that go down the shoulders, and

1:26:40

then little

1:26:43

gold pieces going down

1:26:45

either side of the vest as well. Oh god,

1:26:48

grommets going all the way down. Blue

1:26:51

liner in it. Slightly

1:26:54

new haircuts. Cleaned

1:26:56

it up into almost a mohawk now. Actually

1:26:59

got some proper leather gloves with

1:27:01

spikes on. Well, one of them on the right has

1:27:03

spikes, and the other one is because we did a

1:27:07

fabric trade because you

1:27:09

wanted some of my fucking spikes. ASHLEY and LAURA

1:27:11

I did, yes. There are some little bits

1:27:13

in the jacket with the spikes, and

1:27:15

I also have a little spiky little harness situation.

1:27:17

Told some of the lace that you were using

1:27:19

on your shit, and I've got that on the

1:27:22

left arm now. I meant that part

1:27:24

of my skirt is my best. Unless you have someone for

1:27:26

your stonework, it's going to be safe that I helped. You've

1:27:28

been doing it every fucking week.

1:27:31

That's how I've like, yeah, this has been a

1:27:33

thing. Oh, you did the haircut? Yeah. Oh, that

1:27:35

chisel's fucked. Slowly

1:27:37

grow in over time. You get like the sugar

1:27:40

when you put the thing in the shirt. Yeah.

1:27:44

Pretty cool. And then on the back, once we got it

1:27:46

back, I started painting it up. There's

1:27:48

a bunch of little symbols,

1:27:51

and we'll go into them, but there's clearly, not

1:27:53

now, there's clearly six

1:27:59

bells. And then two

1:28:02

that have faded off to the corner in the very back, and

1:28:04

it doesn't say just don't anymore, it

1:28:06

says smiley day in

1:28:08

the most threatening way fucking possible. I love that

1:28:10

so much. What

1:28:14

is a fucking day? Smiley day. Oh,

1:28:16

I love it. Looks

1:28:21

warm. We're going to

1:28:23

freeze our tits off, guys. Literally, I have a glowing

1:28:25

right arm now. I'm feeling pretty good. We got the

1:28:27

cloak, Jack. We got the cloak. I

1:28:31

have an extra brawl if you want Dorian.

1:28:34

That is hurtful. Not

1:28:36

as much as a Mifro shirt in

1:28:38

the winter. I

1:28:42

didn't know about our travel plan. That was true.

1:28:48

Will, you guys pass Ishta down the

1:28:50

chat bag. Oh, and. Thank

1:28:53

you. Wait,

1:28:55

before we go, should we use that harness? Should

1:28:59

we use the harness to absorb something?

1:29:01

We all have extra shit now, don't we?

1:29:04

Powerful items? You

1:29:06

have some weird shit in the hole still. For

1:29:09

those of you that do prepare spells, I

1:29:13

think that's just you now, Fearne. Right?

1:29:17

I did. What did you say again? I'm just going to say,

1:29:19

make sure you choose your spell list for

1:29:21

the journey ahead. Wow, that

1:29:24

was close to a camp

1:29:26

saying prepare for special whatever. Put the

1:29:28

journey ahead. Close

1:29:30

the journey ahead. Do

1:29:32

we need to use the harness? Do

1:29:35

we want to use the harness? Do we want to

1:29:37

absorb anything? Now or should

1:29:39

we do it? We should have done

1:29:41

it last night, but thanks. Good

1:29:44

now. What do we

1:29:48

got? Well, Ishta. We

1:29:50

have this pearl of power. And

1:29:57

I'll be. Right. A

1:30:00

little cotton. We

1:30:02

could spin the bottle and see who gets Istha. Oh,

1:30:05

look, I'm awake, but we have a fucking orb we're never

1:30:07

gonna have to need to use again. Oh

1:30:09

yeah? Special tries. I don't know, what

1:30:11

if we do? We've got the ring. We've

1:30:14

got the orb, I can plop it in somebody else

1:30:16

if we need it. Cushion, that's actually a really good

1:30:18

idea. Take it back. Maybe I can

1:30:20

plant it on. I

1:30:22

can't wear that ring of protection anymore. What's

1:30:25

his name? Ludinus, that's you provided.

1:30:28

Luda. I'm sorry. I

1:30:31

mean, he can not be named. Yeah,

1:30:33

I'm full up on a buff

1:30:35

table. I'm full up on a tunement now with my

1:30:37

new armor. So I've taken off a ring of protection.

1:30:39

We can either absorb it or someone could wear it.

1:30:41

Is it a plus one or a plus two? Do

1:30:43

you know? A plus seven, it's plus one.

1:30:45

Oh. Requires a tunement.

1:30:48

I have a plus one ring of protection as

1:30:50

well. I'm, I'm a, have I already got a

1:30:52

ring? I think I already have a ring. So I think

1:30:54

two rings is not the thing you can do. You can wear

1:30:56

two rings. You can wear two rings. You can tune to both

1:30:58

of them, right? They have to. Yeah, it's an entombment. I think

1:31:00

the butcher's bib is also on the. I have

1:31:02

an empty slot for a tune then. That thing is

1:31:05

such a mess anyway. It just drips everywhere. I

1:31:08

just leave a trail in the snow. Oh

1:31:11

man, that's true. I

1:31:14

also have a Feywild shard. What

1:31:17

does that do? That's, I'm surprised

1:31:19

you haven't given that to the

1:31:21

lab. I know, I know. She

1:31:23

wanted that one a long time ago. She

1:31:25

did. Who else has an entombment

1:31:27

slot open? That's not the same rock.

1:31:30

It's a different one. You got it from the. Yeah. Travis,

1:31:33

you full up on the entombment? Feywild, yeah. From

1:31:36

the bunny. You're full up on the entombment. I'm full up.

1:31:39

Full up on the entombment? I'm full up on

1:31:41

the entombment. Is anybody not full up on the entombment? Oh,

1:31:44

I'm full on the entombment. I have one slot open.

1:31:46

So if there's anything we're trying to move from the

1:31:48

map. Oh, you have a slot open. Well, I have

1:31:50

a ring of, I have

1:31:52

a Pearl of Power, which you

1:31:54

probably can't use. It doesn't do anything for me. Your

1:31:56

Protection. Whatever I Do or. It's a plus one. So

1:31:58

We've got two plus one. I think

1:32:00

about it about you, stay with you on it. At

1:32:04

Work renowned for the night intertwining. New

1:32:08

neural you don't have. Any

1:32:13

specific about the weapons, Weapon attacks deals lasting damage

1:32:15

size around you. As my I was no month

1:32:17

it was returned when he wrote on his for

1:32:19

melee attack and within the country rather weapon damage

1:32:22

dice. If you do so you must use the

1:32:24

second remote. Action sounds awesome. Town.

1:32:27

of literally dusty slashing damage than

1:32:29

what is now that attitude the

1:32:31

said wow can I use the

1:32:33

Volvo Foreigners to.org the ring or

1:32:35

whatnot leading this remain in Glen

1:32:38

I Ring of Elections next night

1:32:40

and of remember that she would

1:32:42

since Nov common five tipper hit

1:32:44

points uncommon item ten center every

1:32:46

hit points rare have one back

1:32:48

from goes by to very rare

1:32:50

maximum from an increased by five

1:32:52

of coat plus a couple bus

1:32:54

when suffering of for rare. Maximum

1:32:57

Hippo increases by to all attack rolls

1:32:59

and village checks have advantage until they

1:33:01

complete a long rest. My side common

1:33:04

and uncommon the the were against and

1:33:06

temper hit points as but outsourced to

1:33:08

for a or as permanent on his

1:33:10

eyes. Were

1:33:12

very rare. Fun and legendary. One of

1:33:14

the where's ability scores firmly increased by

1:33:16

two depends on the item as this

1:33:18

or max. Some

1:33:22

power of items might the style. Additional

1:33:24

benefits. Like

1:33:28

to give gifts. When

1:33:36

is that as sword

1:33:38

is it Very rare

1:33:40

or three swords probably

1:33:43

from his legendary all.

1:33:45

but it also. Kick

1:33:47

ass by for hims six sword

1:33:49

In said it requires that him

1:33:51

and his. Shoes,

1:33:54

That sword. And

1:33:56

system as our way. I

1:34:00

know this is probably my message. It

1:34:02

is. I'm

1:34:05

sure we will. We'll get to it.

1:34:09

We'll get to it. I'm saying we

1:34:11

used the sword. We'll get there. Yeah,

1:34:14

yeah, yeah, yeah. Butcher's

1:34:17

go, bring a power. I may

1:34:19

hold and wait and see. Maybe

1:34:21

we'll find some cool stuff in the snow.

1:34:23

Okay, okay, okay. I'll

1:34:26

definitely do the ring though. I'll take those two hit points. I'll

1:34:28

do the ring protection. You

1:34:31

want to do it? Okay, let's do it. Mark

1:34:34

me up on the harness. You take

1:34:36

a moment and leave that ring protection behind the glass funnel. It

1:34:39

comes out of the back of the shoulders. The

1:34:41

ring spins rapidly for a second. Within a short

1:34:43

time, you watch as the ring dissolves and burns

1:34:45

away. Each of those glowing

1:34:47

pieces of enchanted matter are pulled in towards

1:34:49

the harness. You feel that weird, static-y

1:34:52

warmth in the face of your neck. With

1:34:54

the ring gone, you get plus two-pornet increase to your

1:34:56

maximum hit points. Am I taller? Maybe

1:35:02

you are, but we are too. All

1:35:05

your attack rolls and ability checks have advantage until your next long run.

1:35:08

Okay, well, ability checks will be straight because

1:35:10

I've got one point of exhaustion. Attack rolls

1:35:12

will be at advantage, right? Mm-hmm. Throw

1:35:16

a dragon out. That's

1:35:19

it, unless we want to risk breaking it for the day.

1:35:21

Is it one a day? That's

1:35:24

20% chance increase of breaking. Oh,

1:35:26

hell no. Coward.

1:35:30

A couple

1:35:32

scared. Let's

1:35:36

go, we got business. Plus, you

1:35:39

know, Seth is downstairs being a little bit of

1:35:41

a bitch about the timetable, so we should go.

1:35:44

Whatever you do, don't ask him to repeat himself. What?

1:35:49

It's a long story. As

1:35:51

you open the door, on the other side of the door,

1:35:53

you see Seth. Seth also

1:35:55

has keen ears and... can

1:36:01

overhear nearby conversation. MATT,

1:36:27

MATT and LAtschazzax we hope

1:36:29

to be second b MATT,

1:36:31

in front of everyone. MATT,

1:36:35

as he is, and he is, and he is, and

1:36:37

he is, and he is, and he is, and he is, and he is, and

1:36:41

he is. So we are about to head to

1:36:43

the realm of Isocross, the far north above here.

1:36:45

This is where the crash site

1:36:48

and the ruins of

1:36:50

Eor reside. Eor being one of the

1:36:53

most powerful majorocracies during the

1:36:55

age of above

1:36:57

the landscape. One

1:36:59

of many, but one

1:37:02

of the apexes of the time before

1:37:04

it dared bring its strength

1:37:07

against the gods during the

1:37:09

warring times of the Calamity, in

1:37:12

which the gods struck it from the sky, and

1:37:15

this magical city crashed into

1:37:17

this icy realm and was

1:37:20

forgotten until recently.

1:37:24

Now, I've been there

1:37:26

a handful of times before the Empire

1:37:30

and Kryn interests begin

1:37:32

to push into the depths, and

1:37:34

to be fair, I've

1:37:37

defaced elements of it slightly. But

1:37:43

where we go, this

1:37:45

ruin contains within strange

1:37:52

alterations to

1:37:55

spellcraft and magic. The

1:37:59

very landscape around it, it tends

1:38:01

to make things not work

1:38:04

as intended on occasion. Isocross

1:38:09

is challenged with some transportation

1:38:12

magics. I would not

1:38:14

dare bring us into the ruin itself, but

1:38:18

even getting nearby should prove a

1:38:20

bit. Well, it

1:38:23

might take a few tries. Once

1:38:27

within, even

1:38:29

mildly powerful magics have a chance

1:38:31

of acting. Strangely.

1:38:35

So for those of you who utilize

1:38:38

spellcraft, do not be too surprised

1:38:41

with odd

1:38:45

encounters. You see him laughing like he's

1:38:48

recalling in memory. But

1:38:53

it'll be dark, it'll be dangerous. Between

1:38:56

the current denizens of

1:38:58

the ruin, the wandering

1:39:02

ancient denizens of the ruin, and

1:39:06

what elements of the vanguard and lewdness now

1:39:08

call it home as well. You

1:39:12

will move in shadow. You

1:39:15

will be careful. And

1:39:18

you will trust in my word. Do

1:39:22

any of you hold any magics that are

1:39:25

useful for finding things? Finding

1:39:27

people? I got

1:39:31

a bit your nose. That

1:39:34

can be

1:39:36

helpful. Which

1:39:39

is more important, people or objects? Well,

1:39:43

if I'm looking for individuals, people is

1:39:45

helpful. I have

1:39:47

prepared one myself just in case, but

1:39:51

it is best to have many things at our

1:39:53

disposal. Nevertheless.

1:40:00

Cross your fingers, step

1:40:03

into the center of this chamber, and

1:40:06

hope that if the gods are not with us at the very least,

1:40:10

the Daisana adjusts

1:40:14

his cloak with a big furry

1:40:17

edge around the mantle,

1:40:21

begins to repeat

1:40:23

the incantation that drew you to Zadash

1:40:25

with him when you first met. And

1:40:30

then in a brief moment, the

1:40:33

magic begins to pull you in once more, the breath slowly

1:40:35

pulls from your lungs as you feel the gravity drawing you

1:40:37

into the center. As it releases, I need one of you

1:40:39

to roll a d100 for me, please. less

1:40:42

this out of the way. There

1:40:48

we go. You.

1:40:54

Find that one's twin. And

1:40:56

then a d10 with that observe. Take

1:40:59

that same shape. That's even scarier. One

1:41:03

of them is the 10s, one of them is

1:41:05

the resource. I'm

1:41:08

gonna do it right in the middle, so I'd

1:41:10

like to see. 10

1:41:12

and four? 14

1:41:15

and four? Why are you

1:41:17

doing it? He's doing it. Load over, look at

1:41:19

him. Lowest number wins.

1:41:21

It's like golf. Look at Matt's face. Same

1:41:23

thing, right? As you all get

1:41:26

pulled in, you see the arcane tunnel

1:41:29

begin to pull and then suddenly, just

1:41:32

like clouded static fires from the middle

1:41:35

of your mind. The arcane core of

1:41:37

what was pulling you in detonates

1:41:41

and you all go scattered

1:41:43

across the room, slamming into the wooden walls. The

1:41:46

woodpails flinter a bit and you all kind of

1:41:48

land dates for a minute. How

1:41:54

did we do? Oh, that was fun. How did

1:41:56

we do? It's not your job. All

1:41:58

of you take a look. ch F

1:42:36

you're all pulled forward. I need someone to roll a d100

1:42:38

again. 45 that's

1:42:42

better than 4 Jay you're

1:42:46

all brought and poly accepted

1:42:48

land. The

1:42:51

landscape is cold.Ind

1:42:53

a good cold rude.There

1:42:55

is a wind that

1:42:59

begins to kick in and you immediately

1:43:01

pull yourself into a warmer space. Gentle

1:43:04

fall. Snow begins to wrap

1:43:07

right around you. You see these

1:43:09

rolling white fields of snow in

1:43:11

the surrounding mountain range. About

1:43:14

100 feet to your right you

1:43:16

see an encampment and

1:43:18

disarray. It looks like an

1:43:20

abandoned encampment. Some tents that have fallen

1:43:22

bits of old wooden furniture itself. Snow

1:43:25

and ice is coated. As

1:43:27

you all take in the surroundings

1:43:29

here you realize

1:43:32

you've arrived. As

1:43:35

Essek looks around well

1:43:39

we fucked up. There's

1:43:42

a lot of different snow in the world. He

1:43:45

points off in the distance and you see

1:43:47

amongst the mountain range it's cresting. There is one

1:43:49

mountain that actually a pair of twin mountains

1:43:51

side by side where you can see the

1:43:54

clouds above there is hints

1:43:57

of looks

1:44:00

like a cityscape built into

1:44:02

these twin snowy mountains. That's

1:44:06

Lidren gone, so we are far north

1:44:08

of Tal'Dorei. All

1:44:12

right. MATT,

1:44:14

LAURA, and MARISHA, and everyone else are

1:44:17

here. MATT Sobriani

1:44:19

like rolling. ORION ... hear the

1:44:21

thing! MARISHA and LAURIE rolling? Mollys,

1:44:23

can you not do it again? MATT

1:44:26

backpack and TALIESIN riding again like the

1:44:54

ascension. No siege. TALIESIN

1:44:57

and LAURIE twitch each other opportunities

1:45:00

to sneak behind the wheel. MATT

1:45:06

a great plṛ cleve ofandal activities, as

1:45:14

the snow here is a bit high, and

1:45:16

around it you can see more

1:45:18

jagged, more dangerous-looking

1:45:22

mountains, closer surrounding

1:45:25

you, the heavy peaks

1:45:27

of it looking like needles

1:45:29

or claws and others that

1:45:32

fall into broken elements. As

1:45:35

you all stand there, taking it in, not

1:45:37

too far off, you

1:45:39

can see this beautiful castle,

1:45:42

a fortress of some kind.

1:45:46

You can see it maybe

1:45:48

about half

1:45:51

a mile away from where you stand. The

1:45:55

more you look at it, parts of it look like it's

1:45:57

old, it's aged. Maybe

1:45:59

it's some damage

1:46:01

through history. I

1:46:07

sit and go, well, at least

1:46:09

we're an Eiselcross. We're not

1:46:13

at our intended destination. ASHLEY.

1:46:16

How far away from our destination are we? MATT.

1:46:18

I'm not certain. I have not been to this

1:46:20

part of the continent. TALIESIN.

1:46:23

So you don't recognize that castle

1:46:25

in the distance? MATT

1:46:27

and MARISHA, I do

1:46:31

not. As he looks over towards the castle,

1:46:33

you also see there are things

1:46:38

moving along this fortress.

1:46:41

TALIESIN and MARISHA, Oh no. TALIESIN, I think they

1:46:43

want to be friends. MATT, You also see a

1:46:45

handful of other darkened figures walking

1:46:47

through the snow, and maybe only

1:46:49

a few hundred feet away, these

1:46:52

two lumbering figures cresting

1:46:57

through. You see these 20-ish

1:47:01

tall humanoid

1:47:03

creatures, based on

1:47:06

the heavy furred and bone-based

1:47:08

armor across. They

1:47:10

look to be giant-like, one

1:47:14

of them with a pale grayish-blue

1:47:16

skin amongst its tattered

1:47:18

furred, arched armor carrying

1:47:22

behind it, dragging some sort of a large

1:47:24

axe that just carves through the snow like

1:47:26

a plow pushing through

1:47:28

a field of white. The other one,

1:47:30

as it lumbers, you can see bluish-gray

1:47:35

skin for parts of it. The parts

1:47:37

where exposed bone isn't shown. LIAM,

1:47:41

That's a hundred feet off. MATT,

1:47:43

About a hundred and twenty feet off.

1:47:46

LAURA, You are undead giant, easily

1:47:48

nice giant? MATT, No.

1:47:51

MATT, Not these kind. These

1:47:54

are unliving. These

1:47:58

are unliving frost giants. We should. We

1:48:02

should hide as one of them like, we

1:48:04

just sit in the snow. Oh, Jesus.

1:48:08

We're going to go to break. No!

1:48:12

Wait, wait, wait. Do not

1:48:14

see me. There's

1:48:17

a reason you took a boat

1:48:20

to the high-sow crossing. I'm so

1:48:22

excited. It's

1:48:24

okay, guys. We're safe now. We're

1:48:27

here to cross the We

1:48:35

all have a good time, and it's all fun and game. Indeed.

1:48:39

I rolled an 86. Well,

1:48:41

now you did. All you

1:48:43

have to do is find a place to crash for the day and

1:48:46

wait for him to... Well, why

1:48:48

did he send us to the fucking South Pole tomorrow? What if

1:48:50

we did? Then

1:48:52

we'd be undead penguins. If

1:48:55

not higher. There's a reason people don't

1:48:57

teleport to the high-sow crossing. It's really

1:48:59

hard to get. The stats

1:49:01

are harder, right? Yeah. This

1:49:04

is the last time we were here. So

1:49:06

we could part ourselves in a totally wrong place again

1:49:09

tomorrow after three tries. That's totally

1:49:11

possible. Yeah, but if we get further,

1:49:13

maybe we fly. Yeah, we'll deal

1:49:15

with it then. Oh my God, it's the first

1:49:17

time we're here. We'll be back here in

1:49:19

a few minutes. Why,

1:49:21

hello there. This

1:49:23

is Critical Role's resident art dad, also known as

1:49:25

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done. So, where we left

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off... Lost

1:50:00

in the snow, an icy,

1:50:02

mountain-surrounded landscape of an unfamiliar

1:50:04

place among the continent of

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Eiselcross. You and your now apparently

1:50:09

a bit

1:50:11

nervous guide, Essek Thales,

1:50:13

look up at the massive fortress,

1:50:16

not too far off, and the

1:50:19

numerous undead frost giants

1:50:22

that lumber around its exterior, one

1:50:25

of which seems to have taken notice of you upon the top

1:50:27

of the snowy hill and has turned into a

1:50:29

direction. How

1:50:32

far away is he? You were to say anything. I

1:50:34

was gonna say wait, wait. Should I

1:50:36

just cast Fly on us and then try to get away, or

1:50:39

should we fight it? This is just Fly on us. Do

1:50:42

I sound like that? What do I say? I

1:50:45

don't listen. No, you're Laura

1:50:47

Bailey. You're

1:50:51

the queen of voiceover. You

1:50:53

sound like a bell, like an angel. Proceed.

1:50:57

Good cover, Laura. Essek, how far

1:50:59

away from our destination? Good cover,

1:51:01

Laura, good cover. I do

1:51:04

not know precisely where we are. I just,

1:51:07

as soon as we're in a

1:51:09

similar looking landscape. We're

1:51:12

gonna need shelter. We're

1:51:15

gonna need it soon, and we're gonna need to deal with this

1:51:17

one way or another, whether it be flying. You can see now

1:51:19

both of them are like, are they

1:51:21

coming in our direction? They're running in your direction.

1:51:24

One, two, three, four, five, six,

1:51:26

seven, I can't. Eight, I can't.

1:51:29

What do you wanna do? I can't fly that many people. I

1:51:31

can fly some people. You can fly some people? That's natural for

1:51:33

me. I got one fly, I

1:51:35

got one fly, and I can fly with my wing boot.

1:51:38

What do we do, just roll around in the snow and

1:51:40

cover ourselves and just act as real people? They're literally coming

1:51:42

this way. They're running towards us. They are running towards us

1:51:44

right now? Are they running or wondering? Like, they

1:51:48

seem to have noticed at least one of you,

1:51:50

and one of them is heading in the

1:51:52

direction of the other one has taken notice. It's like, oh,

1:51:55

I'm gonna go and follow after it. Cool,

1:51:59

cool, cool. get two

1:52:01

people. You can turn into

1:52:03

a big spell. How

1:52:05

far away are they? Right

1:52:08

now I'm about a little over 100 feet

1:52:10

and closing quickly. Okay, I'm going

1:52:12

to cast, with a distant

1:52:15

spell, I'm going to cast Command

1:52:17

on the first one and just say, Okay.

1:52:27

Now, you say this

1:52:30

commands, which affects humanoids, correct? Maybe.

1:52:35

You're a preacher. Sorry.

1:52:40

Reacher. I can see within range. Okay,

1:52:42

gotcha. I'll make sure. That depends on some of these. Correct.

1:52:46

Yeah, it has the other understanding. Oh, wait. Never

1:52:50

mind. This spell has no effect. The target

1:52:52

is undead. Yep. That's how it's

1:52:54

all done. So you

1:52:56

say that. He's not tapping.

1:52:58

It reaches over and grabs a chunk of

1:53:01

broken ice cold rock. No, it's a point.

1:53:03

You do it. Fuck! I was

1:53:05

going to throw it in. In your direction. Oh no. That's

1:53:09

going to be 21 to hit. Will

1:53:11

you allow my bait and switch out that I

1:53:13

just called out? Sure. Yeah, you did. You did.

1:53:15

Okay. So you get an extra, I

1:53:19

see the rock coming. You get an extra four

1:53:21

to your AC. Okay. Oh, that

1:53:23

makes it 21. Because

1:53:25

I took my ring off. Oh! Oh

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no! Major.

1:53:32

She's got a spirit. Sorry. I don't have that

1:53:34

spell. Mirror image. She

1:53:36

had a spirit. I

1:53:39

have the staff. Okay.

1:53:43

She's full up. She's full up. Okay. Now all the

1:53:45

entombment she can eat. That

1:53:50

is 26 points of bludgeoning damage. Yeah. As

1:53:52

this massive icicle just... You

1:53:55

watch as it impacts right before it hits the midget and

1:53:57

hits the ground and then rolls over her rapid speed and

1:53:59

she's... vanishes below, and as it

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goes over, you see her crushed down in the snow. MATT

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and LAURA, as she's walking, and she's like, my bait and rich switch

1:54:06

rolls are always such shit. No,

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it was great. You're talking

1:54:10

about yourself like that. So we

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need a plan. I am getting, I am now

1:54:15

ready for where the fuck's coming. You can see a number

1:54:17

of the other dead giants are

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starting to turn. How many? Right

1:54:22

now, there's the two coming towards you.

1:54:24

There's about three other ones that have noticed, and

1:54:26

amongst between here and the stronghold, probably close to

1:54:28

20 to 30 that are immediately invisible

1:54:32

range. The stronghold was a mile

1:54:35

away, right? Correct. But the

1:54:37

ones that are closest to you are scattered out and start

1:54:39

to notice, almost like a chain. Okay. All

1:54:41

right, I can cast Fly

1:54:43

on four people. You can

1:54:46

throw rocks. Four? I can cast Fly on four

1:54:48

people. That? Do you

1:54:50

have an idea? Okay. You can

1:54:52

call me Essek and... I

1:54:59

am just prepared to try and knock whatever the

1:55:01

fuck comes flying at us as hard as humanly

1:55:03

possible until someone... I can try to teleport

1:55:05

us. Sure. You

1:55:08

don't even know where we're going. No, I don't. You

1:55:10

will have no chance of getting there. I can carry

1:55:12

you. I can carry you. I can carry you. All

1:55:14

right. What? What? Can you fly?

1:55:17

Can you not fly? And

1:55:21

attempt to cast Teleport one last time. Oh! He's

1:55:25

doing it at three! You're doing it at a higher

1:55:27

level? He lied! He's

1:55:30

trying to save his ninth-level stealth. Oh shit. Oh!

1:55:32

That works out the way you want it to. He's

1:55:35

a friend! I

1:55:38

would like one more person to roll a B-100,

1:55:40

please. I got this.

1:55:42

Bailey? My wife's got

1:55:44

this. Oh no,

1:55:46

no, the pressure mount! No! Yes! You

1:55:49

know where it... Yes! We know she's going to roll

1:55:51

high because she told us she can. Yes! You're

1:55:54

going to do it right now. Leave it in your stealth! Oh

1:55:56

my God. What was that? It's a 48. Thank

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you. It gives it an

1:56:02

advantage though because it's a

1:56:04

ninth level spell. Oh

1:56:06

god! How

1:56:09

could they do that as an intro? But

1:56:12

you know what, at least it's going to get us away

1:56:14

from here. Yeah, we're going to end up in like four

1:56:16

terms. We're going to teleport

1:56:18

us right closer to them. Yeah,

1:56:21

yeah. You're doing

1:56:23

it my dear. You're doing it my

1:56:25

dear. Right in the mouth. As

1:56:30

the spell takes effect, as you're starting to scatter, you

1:56:32

can see the two undead giants. The one getting closer,

1:56:35

you can see the lower jaw of the spell

1:56:37

is missing flesh. And then you

1:56:39

pull out and you land in another

1:56:41

patch of snow elsewhere.

1:56:45

The landscape unfamiliar, not as

1:56:47

close to the ones near you. We just

1:56:50

dropped prone. Oh

1:56:52

yeah. As

1:56:55

they kind of look a bit, stop

1:56:57

floating and lay down, epic! Well,

1:57:02

the good news is we've gotten away. Bad

1:57:05

news is I have no idea where

1:57:07

we are. Cool. That's

1:57:09

fine. I'm sorry, I'm just stressed and I'm

1:57:11

getting thick as if. You

1:57:15

said you have the ability to do this as

1:57:17

well. I have the staff of it. Yeah.

1:57:23

Should we just look around to see where we are? Oh,

1:57:28

I never do. I don't have any illusions

1:57:30

prepared to even try and convey the location.

1:57:32

I can locate an object.

1:57:36

If that's helpful at all in this moment.

1:57:40

Is it just... Good

1:57:42

for you. Just so we don't get surprised, can

1:57:44

I use my nose on the wind to just make sure something's

1:57:47

on? Yeah, go ahead and roll perception check. Looking

1:57:49

at 360. Yeah,

1:57:51

always. Okay.

1:57:58

Looking around here, first thing you notice is... It's

1:58:00

actually pretty cold

1:58:02

here as well, but the air is

1:58:04

thinner, which means

1:58:06

you are at an elevation. Glancing

1:58:09

around, you can see those mountain ranges.

1:58:12

There's a smaller mountain range around you, just

1:58:15

a few peaks in different directions,

1:58:18

but you do not see the horizon, which

1:58:21

leads you to believe quickly that you are probably on

1:58:24

the higher end, if not the peak, of

1:58:26

some mountain or mountain range. Have the other

1:58:28

shorter breath. Why can't I get

1:58:30

a bowl of breath in? What's

1:58:33

happening? No,

1:58:39

it's just really cold. You don't see

1:58:41

or sense anything immediately that

1:58:44

causes you to feel worried or in danger, but

1:58:46

you are still keeping a close

1:58:48

watch. This definitely feels like

1:58:51

a desolate mountain

1:58:53

top, like a

1:58:56

somewhat jagged-rung plateau of some

1:58:58

kind. What's our footing like? Are we on a low

1:59:00

precipice? Do we have a lot of room up high?

1:59:02

Where you are right now, you're on an area that's

1:59:04

mostly rock. You can feel a hard stone beneath your

1:59:06

feet, but there's about a foot and a half, two

1:59:09

feet of snow over that right now, and

1:59:11

then you can see the rest of the valley around you,

1:59:13

just like a shallow

1:59:15

valley around the nearby

1:59:17

mountains that is just all white.

1:59:21

Oh, okay. Oh, we'll define the

1:59:23

cave. Any sense

1:59:25

on the wind or just cold? Just cold.

1:59:28

I'm on Fern's shoulder because it's up

1:59:31

to my nose. Essek, you

1:59:33

can see, is now creating

1:59:35

a very small illusion, looking

1:59:38

towards you, Imogen. There

1:59:42

is a, you can see, there's a,

1:59:46

it just looks like land masses,

1:59:48

with a cliff and rocks

1:59:51

and ruins, and he's

1:59:53

like, this isn't going

1:59:55

to help. Lest

1:59:57

you had a clear image of it, you'd have little,

1:59:59

There's no chance of even getting there. What if we

2:00:01

had something from the place? Oh.

2:00:06

Perhaps. Oh. Oh,

2:00:09

oh! Yeah, I take the bag

2:00:11

of holding. Would that have

2:00:13

been helpful for you to... Oh. Oh. Possibly.

2:00:19

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Break out the piece

2:00:21

of machinery. I've

2:00:27

seen if it's like, it

2:00:29

should probably be at the same chance,

2:00:32

but you could... I really

2:00:34

like the beacon to

2:00:36

his head. All

2:00:39

imagery? Oh, really? I

2:00:41

could try that. If

2:00:45

it around, I don't know. Oh, oh.

2:00:48

I made a bold voice, I was thinking. No, no, no,

2:00:50

no, no, no. We might eat it. Good

2:00:53

idea. Carry the bag. Perhaps

2:00:56

the two together might be of aid. Yeah.

2:00:59

I'll let you in a brief peek. Just

2:01:01

don't go poking around, please. I

2:01:04

remember during thoughts. Letting

2:01:08

you into his consciousness. For a brief

2:01:10

instant, you see shadows

2:01:12

around, almost like there

2:01:15

are other memories, lengthy

2:01:18

memories with curtains thrown over them to ensure

2:01:20

that you do not peek beyond where you're

2:01:22

supposed to. But

2:01:25

in that shadow, you see an image begin to

2:01:27

apparate. You see now the familiar snow

2:01:29

and frosty-like landscape that you've been to,

2:01:31

but this one's uniquely

2:01:34

different. You see the crown

2:01:36

of mountains around this

2:01:38

majestic valley, the black jagged peaks of

2:01:40

them pushing through the ice and snow,

2:01:42

and in this valley, you see long

2:01:44

expanses of ice with broken

2:01:47

towers poking out, breaking

2:01:49

through the ice sheets. You

2:01:51

can see little facets

2:01:53

and glimpses of ancient ruin mostly

2:01:57

locked somewhere beneath this glaze.

2:02:00

ice, and you shift through the

2:02:02

bird's eye view of his memory, and

2:02:04

you see this entryway.

2:02:08

You see a path

2:02:10

that leads into this glacial shelf. You

2:02:13

then get glimpses of subterranean

2:02:18

ruins, flashes of faint blue glow in spaces,

2:02:20

and you see him shake his head, and

2:02:22

he said, I have to keep you focused,

2:02:25

and we cannot go directly there. Did

2:02:28

you see that cliff?

2:02:31

The image

2:02:33

in his head shifts back to that point, and

2:02:35

you can see the ice shelf ends in a

2:02:37

cliff and leads down to this slight decline. There's

2:02:40

other jutting parts of ruin, but you see a

2:02:43

crack in this glacial shelf

2:02:45

and a dark point entrance. Finally,

2:02:51

you can certainly try. Okay,

2:03:18

okay, okay, okay. Guidance, can

2:03:21

they help, Guidance? TALIESIN

2:03:23

and LAADA's mom. LAURA

2:03:32

and TALIESIN that are far, far Fugger Daily and GoodFORE days of

2:03:34

the Walking Dead classy and

2:03:36

I'm just rolling. I'm just going to roll. MATT, as

2:03:39

you pull the staff out, Essek looks at the staff

2:03:41

with an odd glance, and as you begin to concentrate

2:03:45

and the runes begin

2:03:47

to glow, he goes

2:03:49

and holds his breath and squints his eyes.

2:03:51

TALIESIN and LAURA I don't trust anything that's about to

2:03:53

happen. MARISHA and LAURA that Essek recognize the staff? MATT

2:03:56

and TALIESIN No, he just knows his bad. giving

2:04:00

himself over. That's

2:04:02

a c- oh! Well, that-

2:04:07

Oh, that's cocked. C'mon! C'mon!

2:04:12

I thought this was going to be the

2:04:14

90s. Oh my god, when the 90s was. It's

2:04:16

a good- it's a good- it's a good- It

2:04:18

was a cocked. It

2:04:20

was good, though. It was good. It

2:04:24

was 99. It was

2:04:26

good. Ahh!

2:04:30

Okay. Back to

2:04:32

the ice! Damn

2:04:36

it! Oh

2:04:38

man. You

2:04:41

all vanish from the top of this mountainscape

2:04:43

and instead land in a- a

2:04:47

glade of some kind. A frozen snowy glade,

2:04:51

between a number of tall,

2:04:53

reaching, snow-covered pine trees. Y'all,

2:04:56

this is beautiful. This is gorgeous.

2:04:59

This is better. This

2:05:01

is much better. Trouble?

2:05:03

Danger? We'll

2:05:10

go with Orbs. He won. He

2:05:13

won. I've

2:05:17

got to run you guys. Cool. Too

2:05:21

much for him. Immediately

2:05:25

around you, you see no creatures

2:05:28

beyond a couple of snow rabbits that

2:05:30

dark away as you all arrive and

2:05:32

make yourselves known. This

2:05:36

is really what I thought. Nothing

2:05:46

there but you see it ethically. All

2:05:48

right. Still have no

2:05:50

idea where we are. Perhaps

2:05:55

we just call this a wash

2:05:57

for the moment and stick like

2:05:59

this. Okay, now that there's nothing here,

2:06:01

yeah, this is way better. This

2:06:05

is good. Mountains anywhere, or

2:06:07

are we no-covered palm trees? No,

2:06:09

pine trees. I think you said palm

2:06:12

trees. We

2:06:15

run from the universe. Or naked

2:06:17

lions. No one on the 101. He

2:06:20

steps into a nearby alcohol about 40 feet off and just

2:06:23

says, I

2:06:27

can keep this safe for the time being. But

2:06:29

get close. He goes

2:06:33

ahead and looks into a

2:06:36

small side tome that he has pocketed in,

2:06:38

glances through, reminds himself something. The mother's

2:06:42

hand can't take you past. As

2:06:45

he puts his hands down, this amber-colored

2:06:47

dome surrounds all of you. Immediately,

2:06:52

the cold becomes a comfortable,

2:06:55

centralized, climate-controlled

2:06:58

temperature. Consistency.

2:07:03

All right. It's

2:07:05

a good thing I woke up relatively early

2:07:07

in the day, because I'm going to have to take

2:07:09

an early nap. Sorry

2:07:16

about this. I'm sorry

2:07:18

as well. It hasn't

2:07:20

been that long, right? It's been

2:07:22

a handful of minutes. Dash?

2:07:26

It's been an exciting ten minutes. Yeah, like

2:07:28

ten minutes, right? You're

2:07:30

screaming the whole time. Ah!

2:07:36

All right. How does this

2:07:38

work? Do we all have

2:07:40

to stay inside it? Yes, I

2:07:42

mean, you can leave if you need to, but

2:07:44

while inside it is comfortable, most

2:07:47

nothing could penetrate the

2:07:50

boundary itself, so. It's on. You

2:07:53

put your hand towards it and it passes through, certainly. I

2:07:56

want to go look around. But you notice

2:07:58

that the snowfall that's here? is stopping

2:08:01

and gathering a bit on the top. LAURA

2:08:04

and MARISHA and LAURA, too. MATT

2:08:06

and MARISHA, as they're holding onto

2:08:08

the floor, he pulls open the book and sits and

2:08:11

leans against the side and starts reading through his book.

2:08:13

You can see that frustrated

2:08:15

knot in the middle of his forehead. LIAM,

2:08:19

MATT, and SAM, as they're sneaking outside. How

2:08:24

dense is this forest of curiosity? MATT,

2:08:27

as a fairly dense. Beyond this one

2:08:29

little pocket, you can see the tree

2:08:31

line immediately falls back

2:08:33

to back to back. They're

2:08:38

right. Cool. Now what?

2:08:41

Nice. Anyone wish to message?

2:08:45

Probably be a neighbor by now. These delays are

2:08:47

a bitch. Certainly

2:08:49

beats trying to take Skyship or

2:08:51

boat, I guarantee you. Chit-chat,

2:08:55

little nap, try again tomorrow? I

2:08:58

think that is the bad. As he takes a

2:09:00

nap. Lunchtime. You

2:09:03

need a full eight hours. Good

2:09:06

rate. I made an extensive bit of sleep, yes.

2:09:08

Oh. He

2:09:10

reaches into a pouch and pulls out a

2:09:13

face mask. LAUGHTER

2:09:16

Love you, Nott. He

2:09:19

curls up the far back part of

2:09:21

the dome against the little hillskates that

2:09:23

sing. When

2:09:26

he starts to fall asleep, I'm gonna lift up his

2:09:29

robe and look at his feet. Once

2:09:33

he passes out, you want one? Once he passes out.

2:09:35

Yeah, okay. I guess that's a hand trick. Like his

2:09:37

shoes or boots? Yeah, but he's floating.

2:09:39

Oh, I just wanted to see his feet. Nothing. I

2:09:43

think I'm a foot finder. I rolled

2:09:46

a two. She's a roll of count on what

2:09:48

he beat. A nine. A nine.

2:09:53

She has to barely beat. As

2:09:55

you beat, you can't have like... She

2:09:58

shoots up a little bit and pulls out the face mask. a

2:10:00

little bit over one eye and goes like, is

2:10:03

that an issue? Did you want a foot rep

2:10:05

to help you? I'm

2:10:08

just going to help you. I can, I'm

2:10:10

going to, I walk out of the globe.

2:10:13

As you start to get, I'm going to,

2:10:15

I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going

2:10:17

to, I'm going to go back to rest.

2:10:20

It is a, an

2:10:22

arduously boring eight hours

2:10:24

of waiting for Essek to recover

2:10:27

his spellcraft for all the intensity

2:10:29

and drive and energy going into

2:10:31

this venture towards your supposed destination

2:10:33

of mystery and deadly traps. And

2:10:36

now you're just sitting in a mountain waiting for Essek. Does

2:10:39

he even have that ability to get the four hours? There

2:10:42

are limited, no

2:10:44

actually, yeah. As an LP, we only have four hours.

2:10:46

Yeah. That's right. That's good. So you have a meditation

2:10:49

thing? Three takes and this is

2:10:51

reverie. Take a short rest. Take

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a short rest if you like. Yep. Oh,

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that's why I need it. Try to look around and see if, I'm

2:11:00

going to climb a tree at the moment. Yeah.

2:11:03

If there was any game in the forest

2:11:05

nearby, I might try and use the harp.

2:11:08

See how it is. Go

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ahead and roll a D20 and add your attack

2:11:14

modifier, dexterity and the plus two bonus. Dirty

2:11:22

20 plus one, did you say? It's,

2:11:25

well, it's two. So 22. Okay. You

2:11:28

hear this like, and

2:11:31

the streak and you see this small shape go running past and

2:11:34

you fire and it comes to rest.

2:11:36

And you see kind of an

2:11:38

adolescent boar that

2:11:42

is now at your disposal. Yes.

2:11:46

Oh, fucking sweet meat. Now,

2:11:50

should I take it back to you? Hard

2:11:52

to tell. Ah,

2:11:55

kick it again. Pick it up. Now

2:11:57

start dragging it back. What's

2:12:00

the time of your tree? What's everything in the climate tree? No,

2:12:02

roll a athletics check for me. All right. Disaster

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keeps you at a maximum. Oh, that's terrible. That's

2:12:12

a natural one for 12. Well,

2:12:15

it's a natural one. Yeah, I know. So you see

2:12:18

this tree, good view. You get two

2:12:21

branches up, and it breaks, and you fall on your ass.

2:12:24

Shit. You go to the next one. This

2:12:26

one's pretty sturdy. You get three branches, fall

2:12:29

on your ass and take five

2:12:31

points of bludgeoning. All right. Apparently,

2:12:37

if you made a rock climbing a tree, a little

2:12:39

difficult. I'll do it. Athletics

2:12:42

check for me. Fern? You

2:12:45

got hooked. I know. I love it. You

2:12:48

have my who. I'm

2:12:52

a horologist. Time

2:12:55

isn't working. Athletics check, you said?

2:12:58

Mm-hmm. Oh, shit.

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14 is enough, though. It takes you a

2:13:06

bit, and a hilarious display of showing up

2:13:09

the athletic prowess of Ashen here

2:13:11

in the snow, you leap and

2:13:13

grab, and leap and grab until you get to the

2:13:15

top. Those are slippery. To

2:13:18

the higher part of this tree, and eventually you

2:13:21

crest beyond the panicky top, or the canopy's top,

2:13:23

and as you glance from this point, you're on

2:13:25

the side of a hillside slant, and

2:13:27

it's a massive snow-covered forest. As

2:13:29

you look past, you see it does continue on.

2:13:32

There are pockets where it dissipates,

2:13:35

and you can almost see the edge of a frozen lake

2:13:37

somewhere. As it continues on in

2:13:39

the middle of this valley, there is a mountain

2:13:41

range on one side that continues into one massive

2:13:44

mountain, and this is miles

2:13:46

and miles off, but you swear you can

2:13:48

see at the edge of the foot of

2:13:50

this mountain, a city, a

2:13:52

very large city built, tall,

2:13:56

tall, battlement

2:13:58

walls that surround it. multiple layers and

2:14:01

you can see it built into

2:14:03

this large mountain, like this

2:14:05

cliffside peak. You

2:14:09

can see a handful of other bits of like trails of

2:14:11

smoke drifting up at different parts of this forest where you

2:14:13

either fire in the middle of

2:14:15

the snowstorm or other smaller signs

2:14:18

of civilization might exist throughout this valley. You

2:14:22

fucking with me? No.

2:14:25

Wow. Okay. I

2:14:27

mean, I have no idea where we are. I

2:14:30

have no idea where we are. Are?

2:14:33

Are. No, I could have heard you. It was

2:14:35

okay. I...

2:14:41

Nothing in any... Well, yeah. We are...

2:14:44

How much of a walk would it have been

2:14:46

to get to that city at this point?

2:14:49

Through this forest, a number of

2:14:51