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We've been asleep this whole time. Yes.

3:02

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3:05

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3:07

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3:09

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3:12

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3:23

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3:25

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3:27

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3:29

as it's eating. I haven't

3:31

heard about kobolds in years. Why

3:34

now? I'll go knock on

3:36

the little smuggler's hole that Hector's sleeping

3:38

in. Hector, you wake up. I

3:41

made omelettes. Oh, thank you so much.

3:44

I don't think they're going to taste very good, but

3:46

I mean, it's something. It's

3:48

what that counts. I

3:51

looked down. It's Iona and I

3:53

guess Iris and Esme? Yes.

3:55

Oh, yeah, Iris would be down there with you. Yeah.

3:58

And Esme as well? Esme. you can

4:00

see when you look over

4:02

to her even in the dim light

4:05

down here there's enough light that you

4:07

can see Esmerelda is lying on her

4:09

back staring straight up doesn't look like

4:11

she slept. Everybody

4:17

it's time to figure out the next

4:19

move. Oh yeah, wake them up and

4:21

help pick up Iris to get

4:24

out of the... As per

4:26

usual anytime you... this

4:28

is unavoidable, anytime you touch her arm or legs

4:32

he makes like a shudded side. I try

4:34

and make as much of like a nonchalant

4:36

like it is nothing like I try to

4:38

avoid the fact that it

4:40

is what it is. Try and make it as

4:42

normal as possible. Yeah that noise is kind of

4:44

assuming you're doing that. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

4:46

yeah yeah yeah yeah I just want to make

4:48

extra careful to make sure that

4:50

it's like I'm not trying to treat you differently. Sure sure

4:53

sure sure. I'll uh yeah...

4:55

Gather everyone. Gather everyone and serve

4:57

some omelets. All right. Bitter. Yeah

5:00

that's the cheese. No salt. Yes

5:03

I understood the sugar

5:05

thing. Salt though. I just I guess I

5:07

took everything for granted.

5:10

How did the you went to see the...

5:13

Kevin... Yeah I don't know. I mean

5:15

maybe but... It is

5:17

okay sometimes a broken man

5:21

stays broken. Yeah. I think you might be right.

5:24

Right well without um Tarpoth

5:26

or our Wizard Supreme or

5:28

First Barbarian we seem a

5:30

bit um it's light on people.

5:32

Yeah. So this is everyone gathered at the

5:34

table? Well

5:37

yes everyone's in this

5:39

room. Matilda has found

5:41

something else for her to do so she's not really

5:44

privy properly to this conversation which I'm assuming

5:46

is fine for you. Yeah. You look around

5:48

the table so all right

5:51

just very quickly like so

5:54

technically your answer is the answer to

5:56

your question is yes everyone is physically...

6:00

Emotionally, Piran has a thousand-yard stare

6:02

and you can see Esmerelda, anytime

6:05

someone talks to her, they need to

6:07

repeat everything twice and she goes, hmm?

6:09

And you can see she's positioned herself

6:11

so that she has a view through

6:13

a window up to the town, up

6:15

to the top, sorry, of Mount Gackis.

6:17

She seems very focused on that task

6:19

right now. She hasn't been doing the

6:21

rock and ball the ball thing, but

6:23

she's- She's getting antsy. It's almost- no,

6:25

it's almost the- it's almost more worrying.

6:27

She's very still. Ooh. You've never seen

6:30

her this still? Like a spring that's been

6:32

pushed all the way down? Yeah. Okay. Okay.

6:35

Oh boy. Okay. Um, right.

6:37

So, Esmere. Esmere. Esmere.

6:39

Hm? Yes? Your

6:42

mentor? Van Richten? Rudolf

6:44

Van Richten. He knows a fair way to

6:46

perhaps reverse the hags. Yes.

6:49

It is- the process

6:51

is called the- The

6:54

sang- Gwenne? Yes.

6:56

It's called the d-sang- Wow. For

6:59

you it would be- Well, yes, yes, yes.

7:02

It has many names. She says with a gesture

7:04

of her arm. Yes. Um, right. So he's a

7:07

much-learned man. She hasn't stopped

7:09

looking through the window, but she is responding now.

7:12

She's listening. Yeah, hey, that- that's something.

7:14

Yeah. So initially I was hoping to

7:16

leave perhaps Iris with the

7:18

towards- Iona.

7:22

Um. I will look after her.

7:24

Thank you. I would appreciate

7:27

it. Considered, um, my quest

7:29

for you is to look after her.

7:31

The Burger Master that we are- is nothing.

7:33

Yes. What

7:36

have they done? What is- what is- what is- what do they

7:38

do? Are you asking Iona? I'm

7:40

asking the table, I guess. Well,

7:43

Piran would probably know a little bit,

7:45

but he's not responding just yet. Or

7:47

you can see he's slowly dragging himself

7:49

into the conversation. Iona responds first. The

7:53

Burger Master is, uh, I'm

7:56

sure this has been explained to you already,

7:58

but there are, uh, three power- that play

8:00

within the city, the princess, the

8:03

bergamaster and the sheriff. The

8:05

sheriff and the princess are in cahoots

8:08

you should say, they are not... Ludmilla

8:11

and what would we see

8:13

if we get their names if we had to... Sheriff

8:16

Victor Stroika. Right,

8:18

yes. I think I... I think, Piren,

8:20

you mentioned Stroika. Yes, yes. Victor

8:23

Stroika. He's a

8:26

bit of a... kind of like the

8:28

princesses, whatever her name... Her

8:31

right hand man, if you will. When

8:34

she needs... so she prefers to

8:36

stay to the abattoir,

8:39

doesn't leave whenever... if she can help

8:41

it. And the

8:43

sheriff goes out into town and does her

8:46

dirty business. I think Hector is looking for

8:48

the ends in order to justify the means.

8:51

Sure, sure, sure. Well, if you want to...

8:53

here, no, no, no, it's fine. I'm great

8:55

at convincing good people to do bad things. It's

8:59

not really good when you say that

9:01

first. Yeah, of course. He is...

9:04

He is trying to manipulate

9:06

me, you usually say that in your head. He's playing

9:08

on hard mode. No, no,

9:10

no, it's okay, very easy. So, you've

9:13

been staying here in Pavel's house

9:15

for a while now. Correct, yes.

9:18

And you've been enjoying the fruits

9:20

of Pavel's hard work? Yes, in

9:22

a way. And you're

9:24

sad, sorry for Matilda. Piren

9:27

gestures to her like she's not in the room. You're

9:29

sorry for Matilda and their children. I've just

9:31

like got to give him just like the

9:34

look of like, where is this going? You

9:36

come back here. Piren, would you like me

9:38

to tell you what the Burger Master did

9:40

to Pavel when he found out he was

9:42

head of... I don't

9:44

need a specific experience, I just need to know what

9:46

they have done in broad strokes. In

9:52

broad strokes? Well, go

9:54

to any part of town, maybe

9:56

Vagabond accepted, but any part of town, you'll be

9:58

fine. You'll see

10:00

people avert their gaze. They're

10:03

averting their gaze because they're

10:05

under instructions that should people

10:07

make eye contact, they'll be

10:10

volunteered to work

10:12

at the abattoir. People who

10:15

volunteer to work at the abattoir

10:17

don't come back. There

10:19

are corpses, living corpses, roaming around

10:21

the abattoir, plus that little, that

10:23

new little experiment that she has

10:25

going on, which presumably

10:28

requires human corpses, plus that

10:31

witch or whatever, the hag,

10:33

got her women and

10:35

little girls somewhere. Yes,

10:37

right. So the sheriff, so

10:40

the Burjum master is the one that is providing

10:42

the corpse citizens. Oh yes,

10:44

so, yes, citizens. Citizens,

10:48

citizens. People. Yes. To

10:51

Ludmilla and the sheriff. That'll

10:54

do it. That'll do it. That'll

10:56

do it. Can we take out

10:58

the Burjum master? We get arrested. While we're

11:00

doing that, you've gathered our arms and our

11:02

equipment. You've met us on the path, give us

11:04

that. You take us, we

11:06

go up there, trying to

11:09

find Jester to Esme and

11:11

Rick, and we come back. Well,

11:13

we're up there. You're going

11:15

to try to take out the sheriff, yes? Mm-hmm. Well,

11:18

I won't try. I know how I'm going to do

11:20

it. What happens when the sheriff and the

11:23

Burjum master are gone? We create

11:25

a vacuum, right? Yes. What

11:27

happens in the vacuum? Well, someone will

11:29

attempt to seize power, but as we

11:32

established previously, if you're back within, I

11:34

reckon, about two days, if you can

11:36

keep your little sojourn to that length

11:38

of time, I think there'll still be

11:40

enough chaos going on that no one

11:42

will have assumed power and will only

11:44

need to take out the princess to

11:47

decapitate the leadership element in Koochree

11:49

and then we can install whoever

11:51

we want or let the people.

11:54

Perrin's eyes glance from you, Hector,

11:57

to you, Pip. Pip, you may

11:59

be giving... And they're like, come on,

12:01

the entire time. Or we

12:03

can install, or we can have the people

12:05

through someone. I hear Bigfoot Paul

12:07

is there. And

12:10

you make a big chop in my neck.

12:12

And to be honest, my plan will involve

12:14

Bigfoot Paul lopping the sheriff's head

12:17

off anyway, so. That is something. He has a

12:19

bone to pick with the sheriff. You know how

12:21

he gets when he has a bone to pick

12:23

with someone. I do, I do. In

12:25

two days, with that, how long

12:27

has that been? That's not a hard thing. Could

12:29

be more, could be less. Right.

12:31

How long has Van Richten been missing

12:33

for? As

12:35

Morelda, once again, drags herself from the

12:38

window. Van Richten's name, you know, she

12:40

doesn't need any further prodding. She's just,

12:42

once again, has drifted away. But she

12:44

comes, snaps back to the table, looks

12:47

at you. When I got to

12:49

the letter, it was at least a month and a

12:51

half ago. So at least he has

12:53

been gone for a month and a half.

12:55

OK. And how many people have, that we know

12:57

of, I guess, Iona, that you

13:00

know of, who have been sent to the

13:02

Amber Temple and have come back? It is

13:04

a death sentence. No one has come back.

13:06

So the odds of us coming back here in

13:08

two days, it seems slim. Peer

13:11

in shrugs and says, I can buy you as much

13:13

time as I can. If

13:15

we are gone longer than we need, is it

13:17

possible to setting up Bigfoot

13:19

poll? Or, I mean, Iona, the people

13:21

seem to like you? Iona nods slowly.

13:23

I could, but I am

13:26

not designed for leadership.

13:28

I am more of a, I would

13:31

describe myself as more advisor. I

13:33

would be confident enough to say,

13:36

at least, my skills do not

13:38

lie in leadership. But Bigfoot poll

13:40

is somewhat popular around town. And

13:44

I have seen him, I have seen that

13:46

he has a good heart and maybe

13:49

bad taste in men. But

13:52

somewhat of a good judge of character, I guess.

13:54

OK. That's fair enough.

13:57

I'll cop it. I'll cop it. Major

13:59

omelets. Oh, that's

14:01

good. That's enough. Is

14:04

that your apology? He's

14:12

giving back to the community I

14:15

think baby step is a sure I'll cop it

14:17

is like a movement in the right direction But

14:19

I think baby step is a bit far. Okay,

14:21

fair enough. It's like a baby wiggle maybe like

14:23

a cough a Baby's

14:26

cough up on someone's back. Yeah Yeah,

14:30

once they did to be taken care of

14:32

what happens what will you milla do? Was

14:35

she care or will she kind of keep

14:37

her everything into the the

14:39

aperture? Well, that's why taking out the

14:41

birder master is the best plan. So

14:43

taking out the birder master She

14:47

won't give a shit about that. The

14:49

birder master is normally technically an

14:51

ally, but they actually hate each other. So

14:54

In the birder master means that ludmilla

14:56

and the sheriff will feel somewhat safe

14:59

Maybe even in their position and they

15:01

nothing will change with them. I'm pretty

15:03

confident as

15:05

confident confident enough Here,

15:08

let me give you this confident enough not just

15:10

to risk your lives. I know you know, I

15:12

know you know, I don't care But

15:15

my life is also on the line. So

15:18

there you go Okay,

15:20

all right, we can do that, right Okay. Okay

15:23

and in the interim if you

15:25

could find any information up about that Little

15:28

tinker be very useful. I'll

15:30

try well once the sheriff's dead. Maybe

15:32

I can rifle through his shit Yeah,

15:35

I'll get big Paul to Bigfoot Paul.

15:37

Yes, any anything really that

15:39

you can do arms or information Anything

15:42

at this point would be useful. Sure. It

15:44

will resulting the birder master was

15:47

the best move and win So

15:49

your options are kind

15:51

of Today would be

15:54

really good But I

15:56

know that's pretty last minute. Oh, by the way, everyone gets

15:58

the benefit of a long rest Oh

16:01

my god! Guess who's no longer

16:03

exhausted? That's amazing dude. Long

16:05

rest feels so fucking good. I

16:08

suddenly no longer feel as exhausted as I

16:10

was. Almost keeping you. Yeah,

16:13

it is. I

16:15

guess physically I'm feeling a little better. That is nice.

16:18

Yes, today would be a good day to

16:20

do it. But in

16:23

another two days, every three or

16:25

so days, the Bojomaster

16:27

collects kickbacks from

16:31

local big

16:34

shots or whatever. That's the

16:36

best chance to get on the

16:38

wheel. Yeah. They'll be

16:41

pretty exposed in Vagabond, provided

16:43

you can keep a handle

16:45

on any adventurers. I

16:47

kind of assumed since the two of you are

16:50

nominally in a way adventurers, they're

16:52

your people. I'm insulted

16:54

by that, but I don't say anything. It's not

16:56

the time. I consider myself

16:58

a step above. I said,

17:00

don't throw a weapon. A adventurer kills a monster

17:02

that's messy. You know? They

17:04

stick around, I'm in, I'm out. You're

17:07

a professional. I'm a professional. You don't pay

17:10

the mercenary to kill the monster.

17:12

You pay the mercenary to lead.

17:14

Exactly. Exactly.

17:16

I'm like, I'm not an adventurer. I'm

17:18

on a holy journey. The

17:21

divine quest, if you

17:23

will. Whatever. Every adventurer

17:25

has their thing. Yes,

17:29

anyway, they're your people in a way.

17:31

So what would you like? Yes, the

17:33

Vagabond. Well, anyway, the

17:36

Bojomaster will be in Vagabond, and

17:38

adventurers are a chaotic

17:40

bunch. But I feel like, I

17:43

feel confident enough that the two

17:45

of you will have enough cachet, so

17:47

we will. Or at least Iona can

17:50

keep people from interfering. There will

17:52

certainly be the thinnest amount of security

17:54

there. Vagabond is typically

17:57

just the smallest policed place. Okay. When

18:01

was I meant to have another chat with Alainio? That

18:04

would be this morning. What

18:06

time is it? Have I missed that chat?

18:08

Am I doing it now? Am I doing it

18:10

in 5 minutes? You have maybe 10-15 minutes to

18:13

go have a chat. You have the plans for

18:15

the... if we were to do any sort today,

18:17

I'm assuming you have got everything figured out? Oh,

18:20

yes, yes. So outside

18:22

the fine end, just inside Vagabond, the tavern there,

18:24

the innkeeper, he... you're

18:30

one of the people who gives the kickbacks or whatever.

18:33

The Burjah master will enter the tavern

18:35

and then after coming out... Sorry, not to

18:38

interrupt, look, Pip, you're the tactician. You've

18:40

led an army. Who

18:43

would've explained to him... I've done assassinations. Yes,

18:46

you've done assassinations, but you're not going to be there.

18:48

Alright. Okay. So can

18:50

you explain it to Pip? Sure, sure, sure. I need to have

18:53

a... a tree call. Go

18:56

have your tree call then. Will

18:58

you have a lane yield my best? Will do.

19:00

Umm, I own anything to say? Hohohoh!

19:03

Fucking... I

19:05

own a... Pass on a message. Yes,

19:07

I suppose. Could you

19:09

ask if... Could

19:12

you ask her if... Could

19:17

you ask her if the

19:19

needle is still mine? Needle

19:21

is still yours, right? Yeah. Pip,

19:24

would you like to... for keening? If you can

19:26

find out. You're

19:29

a bitch. Yeah. It's a catty... Everyone

19:32

give a recess. Yeah. If

19:35

you can just find out how he is, that's all I want to

19:37

know. I'm just going to do it anyway. No

19:40

catty. That's good. Or maybe just

19:42

put a hand on Pip's shoulder? Of course.

19:46

This is so rude. That

19:48

is genuine. That is not being rude. No

19:50

catty-ness to Pip. No catty-ness to Pip. No

19:52

catty-ness to Pip. That is to Iona catty-ness

19:55

to Pip what might appear in catty-ness that

19:57

was a heck of being genuine. Yeah. I

20:00

don't think Cattiness to

20:02

Iron Lord cattiness to me Yeah,

20:06

thanks. Of course. I'll let

20:08

them go have a treacle Alright, you have

20:11

a tree called Piran explains the basic

20:13

principles to you. Well as

20:15

a ranged combatant, right? We'll catch it

20:17

So the guards would be probably the

20:20

first people you'd want to take out

20:22

if you can take them out quietly

20:24

There'll be there'll be two Guards

20:27

nothing's better. I don't anticipate

20:29

much problems there Sure, the Burger master

20:31

after the guards if you could take them

20:34

out quietly after the Burger

20:36

master steps back out. Obviously, they'll

20:38

immediately notice the corpses, right? And

20:41

that's when you'll want to make your move

20:43

I suppose is there a benefit to doing

20:46

it within the tavern a way

20:48

Oh, no, no eyes Oh, what do

20:50

you mean killing the Burger master? Oh, well,

20:52

he was he's in the tavern Well in

20:54

the tavern would be more public than outside.

20:56

Okay, there'll be more people in than out

20:58

understood understood But I mean you want a

21:01

little bit of publicity anyway. Okay. Yeah, well

21:03

we want to get caught. Yes. Yes, you're

21:05

right Sorry, so there'll be two guards immediately

21:07

there if you can kill them very quickly

21:10

I can send you a message as the

21:12

Burger masters coming out right if you're if

21:14

you think you could be that quick once

21:17

again is a Their

21:20

schmucks They wouldn't

21:22

they would put up much of a fight sure Yeah,

21:24

you probably I guess don't even need to kill them

21:27

But once they're down make the

21:29

Burger master's death loud enough that

21:31

the guards of the market can

21:33

come get to you Arrest you

21:35

I suppose put if you make it

21:37

a bit of an act put up as good a fight as

21:39

you can of course But yeah,

21:41

that's all right. I think it's all

21:43

right I don't think I specifically mentioned

21:45

this but I can you can get

21:47

on top of the tavern very easily

21:50

I would start there. Yes. I was going to

21:52

say being on the rooftops was probably the move

21:54

Okay, well, I'll be on top of the the tavern

21:56

and I suppose I hacked up and

21:59

as may Stay in the shadows

22:01

or somewhere nearby amongst you know the people

22:03

of vagabond and then when she hits the

22:05

fan We put up a fight

22:07

and then we well when it when the

22:09

time comes we stop the birder master

22:11

and her guards will be they

22:15

will be on Won't

22:17

be on guard. They're not expecting trouble

22:19

because as far as they're aware there

22:21

are no They're

22:23

not there's not been a sudden

22:26

influx of new adventurers to Kuchary

22:28

Which I have been very carefully

22:30

cultivating. They're aware obviously of You

22:34

lost yes, but they're not aware that there

22:36

are a bunch of other new adventures that

22:38

have slowly been trickling in I've been hiding

22:40

their presence because the more when

22:42

there are a surplus of new adventurers

22:45

people get a little bit I've

22:49

been hiding that so that they're kind of

22:51

assuming that everyone here has been browbeaten into

22:53

submission. Okay, so they won't be expecting it Yeah,

22:55

you're saying yes, they should be lax All

22:58

right. Well, I think they should be I mean,

23:00

it's dangerous to say this but pretty

23:02

cut and dry. Oh, yes I look

23:04

I'm superstitious and even I'm saying kind

23:07

of in the back Okay Hector

23:10

yeah, you put your hand up against the tree

23:12

Yeah You feel as always

23:15

you feel like a hand on the other side

23:17

of the bark and you are in communion with

23:19

Elanil Any of you there? Yes,

23:22

we have made it to valakai Yeah,

23:25

what is the situation is it is

23:27

does we think it is very dire?

23:29

Keening has a plan but

23:32

it won't be easy. He doing okay.

23:35

He's There's something I must

23:37

tell you Yenda

23:41

she's dead I Suspected

23:44

as much I'm very sorry

23:46

to hear that is any

23:49

of her possessions The

23:51

scheming should have them is that a

23:54

we recovered everything on her body save

23:56

for one thing her chest We

24:00

believe a Gogash killed her

24:02

himself. He

24:04

probably has to just explain many

24:06

things. Okay. Fuck.

24:11

Fuck. I'm

24:14

sorry. I understand that this

24:17

is pretty devastating for your

24:20

faith. She says, you

24:22

can tell, she's trying to be as

24:24

delicate as possible because Yenda's dead and she

24:27

had nothing against Yenda. She's a little sad

24:29

that Yenda's dead. But she's like, oh, you're

24:31

a cute little religion. The

24:34

God you believe in. But

24:37

you can tell she's genuinely trying to be respectful. There

24:41

was a very powerful artifact in that chest.

24:43

Did you recover a key? To

24:46

the chest? No, there was no key on

24:48

her body. So they can open

24:51

up, that is good. Yeah,

24:53

it might solve a lot of our problems. Okay. What

24:56

is his plan? What is his plan? Keening

24:59

believes that he can... Hang on

25:01

a second. Can I listen out

25:03

to see if someone is listening in? That

25:06

would be paying less attention to this conversation. Is

25:09

that okay? I was

25:11

going to say, hang on. Can you just hang on a minute to her so she doesn't... You

25:16

can give it a red hot go. Yeah,

25:19

who's this alabaster motherfucker? Let's catch him while it's happening. Yeah.

25:23

All right. Elaniel, you sense

25:25

annoyance on her end. She

25:28

doesn't really understand what you're doing. But

25:32

you nonetheless withdraw from her a little

25:34

bit and reach out for something else,

25:36

if you will, on the vine. And

25:42

you detect it. You detect another presence

25:44

that was wiretapping, listening into your

25:46

conversation. You get

25:48

a brief glimpse of... Not a glimpse, sorry.

25:50

You get the brief impression of a strong,

25:53

powerful, muscular body.

25:57

What the fuck? There's a hunk on the other

25:59

line. beautiful, flowing

26:01

golden hair and deep

26:05

blue eyes, like regular sort of eyes,

26:07

but like with a deep blue color

26:09

to them. You

26:11

are for a second lost in the

26:14

eyes for a brief second, which maybe

26:16

feels like a second, but

26:19

maybe it was actually a minute. You're staring

26:21

into those eyes and the

26:23

breath leaves you. You

26:26

are captivated by this thing. It's

26:28

beauty. And then it withdraws.

26:30

What the fuck? Huh. So

26:32

it was a hunk, golden hair, deep

26:35

blue eyes, alabaster skin. Is

26:37

that ringing any bells to Hector? No,

26:39

me neither. I got no idea. Well,

26:43

like I said, it's difficult

26:45

to explain this to you because you're not actually seeing

26:47

a figure. Yeah, you're getting...

26:50

Yeah, it feels like you've

26:52

seen the creature and

26:54

then it's gone and you're recalling,

26:56

you're making a list of attributes.

26:59

That's what's happened to you. Do I

27:01

get like humanoid? I could figure, or

27:03

is it like human? You don't think it's

27:05

human. You don't know if

27:08

humanoid, but you don't think it's human. So

27:11

the best you've wracked in your brain

27:13

for this description. I

27:15

mean, obviously angels, deva, azemar,

27:18

those are all options. Whatever

27:21

it is, it's something, it feels celestial.

27:24

It feels a powerful, good entity.

27:27

Oh, so it feels good. Yeah. Oh,

27:30

that's weird. I've always been assuming... I assumed

27:32

as well. Very evil. Like maybe

27:34

something bad here. I think literally this occasion when

27:36

you were staring into its eyes captivated by its

27:38

beauty, you got a feeling of literally

27:41

celestial, the plain, the good aligned plain.

27:43

Okay, cause I didn't... Yeah. So it's

27:45

not fake, so it's like maybe it's

27:47

just a fae thing, maybe it's something

27:49

to do with like, you know, tarpaults

27:51

and that. You wouldn't necessarily count out

27:53

fae and some fae are from Celestia.

27:55

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have now. They...

29:02

when you looked at them,

29:04

once again, you

29:06

probably got a long time to look at each other like

29:08

maybe a full minute and then it withdrew but for you

29:10

it went like a second. Yep. Okay.

29:13

Cool. Sorry. Elanio

29:16

also seems a bit stunned. Right. So did

29:18

you see that? Yes. You did see that? Yes.

29:23

I'm getting that every time we've been there. Yes. You

29:25

mentioned that someone was listening. Do you know what that is? No. Okay.

29:29

Whatever it is, I think it might be an angel, she says.

29:31

So biting my tongue. Because I'm like, oh now you've

29:33

already got an angel. Oh now

29:35

it's an angel. I thought of her as an angel. I thought of her

29:37

as an angel. But... Yes.

29:39

I thought it might... But

29:43

yes, and some sort of angel

29:45

would match that. You said Keening

29:47

had a plan. Yes.

29:52

So she shakes like a fog out of her

29:54

head. He is planning to

29:57

break the spell, the Burjumastir

29:59

Valakkari. There is

30:01

a spell keeping father. She's about

30:03

to say it and then she stops

30:06

herself. Once

30:08

again you get the impression she's stopping herself because

30:10

she knows you're going to stop her. Not because

30:12

she believes that anything bad is going to happen.

30:17

The Burger Master has some spell

30:19

keeping it here. Keening

30:21

thinks he might have a way of burning

30:23

the spell away. But

30:25

if he burns the spell away then it doesn't

30:27

keep it there. He believes

30:30

that it might fall

30:32

or it might loosen it enough

30:34

that he can then also reseal

30:36

it. But he's still working on

30:38

that part of the plan. There's

30:41

not a lot of library

30:44

research we can do here, so

30:46

we're limited. Yes, maybe I'll

30:48

ask people Esme

30:50

about something they might know. I think Esme knows a

30:52

little bit more. If nothing else,

30:54

Keening did say that if you're able to

30:57

figure something out at the Amber Temple, you

31:00

should notify us immediately. That

31:02

is where it broke out of. She

31:04

sounds like she's repeating something someone else

31:06

said. Do you know when? I

31:10

think it was literally when the Burger

31:12

Master cast his spell. Did that coincide

31:14

with anything when we were in Kuchiri

31:16

or when we were near the Amber

31:18

Temple, if anything happened weirdly? No,

31:21

you didn't notice anything happen. Well,

31:23

also no one knows exactly when it

31:25

happened. You don't have watches to be

31:27

able to check. You could

31:29

be like, oh, it happened roughly this night, but there's

31:31

no big event. When that old man died, he was

31:33

the vessel. He was keeping it all

31:36

together. That

31:39

time the Piran winked at you and said,

31:41

I'm f***ing lucky. I knew it was him.

31:43

That makes sense. That makes sense now. All

31:46

the puzzles are all coming to pieces.

31:51

Yes, OK. All right. I

31:53

don't know what we will do our best. We're hoping to get

31:56

to the Amber Temple. Tomorrow I might

31:58

be able to have... I'll just like to communicate

32:01

with you then tomorrow morning, but perhaps the

32:03

morning after depending on how

32:05

things go. One last

32:07

thing, I have a message from Iona.

32:10

She would like to know if

32:12

the needle is still hers. A

32:15

massive explosion of emotions. Alainiel

32:18

feels in rapid order,

32:20

she feels terror, she

32:23

feels joy, she feels

32:25

a deep burning love, and

32:29

then it flashes between terror and

32:31

love a bunch of times until she's

32:33

able to control herself. Tell

32:37

her the needle is

32:39

still hers if she doesn't

32:42

mind its sting. Of

32:46

course. Poor Hector. Fucking go between

32:48

everybody's drama. I know, I know. Last

32:50

time, last time, fair enough. That was on them. This time you

32:52

brought it on yourself. That's true, I did ask. But now I'm

32:54

in between this and I'm like, what? I can't ever just be

32:56

just. No one can be direct, dude. Of course, I will pass

32:58

that on. Keening has something he wishes

33:00

to pass on to Pip. Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:03

oh. Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:06

oh. Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:09

oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:11

oh. Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:14

oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:16

oh. Uh oh. Uh oh.

33:19

Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh

33:21

oh. Um, well just a question, I suppose. You

33:23

might be able to answer it. Keening's

33:26

just asking if Pip okay. Yes.

33:29

He's okay. All right. I

33:31

think that's enough. I don't know. He's

33:33

not here right now.

33:36

Cribbit wants to know what the weather

33:38

mood has been like. He

33:41

wants the vibe check. Um,

33:43

the mood, uh, the

33:46

weather I guess has been matching the mood in

33:48

that it has been very

33:50

dreary and miserable and that I

33:52

believe the horizon is

33:54

a deep reflection of what

33:56

is happening within the people

33:59

of Kuchiritha. and

34:01

that the lightning that is striking is

34:04

splintering the sky. Like

34:07

how there is splintering between

34:09

the party. Do you suppose?

34:13

I'll give him the spark now. I

34:16

think he'd probably like the – hang on. You

34:21

feel her retract and then

34:23

a wet little – Feel

34:25

the wet. Good, good, good. I

34:27

always love you. Hello. Well,

34:31

I – You repeat it again for him.

34:33

Same thing. You get the impression

34:35

that Cribbit has his book pressed up against

34:37

his chest and he's using his arm

34:40

to pin it there and writing down with one hand

34:42

while he's at the other hand up against the tree.

34:45

This is good. Now

34:47

please tell this one what

34:50

that one would say

34:53

Bigfoot pulls eyes

34:56

are like. Bigfoot

34:58

pulls eyes. Do

35:00

they burn with the love

35:02

of a spurned man?

35:04

They are – they're – Bigfoot eyes are

35:07

kind eyes but have been scarred

35:09

by – Kind eyes. But have

35:12

been scarred by the hurt of

35:14

a former lover. And

35:16

is there any description for

35:19

Pip and Bigfoot pulls

35:21

relationship? Any word that

35:23

rhymes with marred? As

35:29

you are aware, their relationship is

35:31

extremely complicated. Rhymes with

35:33

marred. Let us see here. Marred. Hard.

35:37

Hard. Hard. Hard.

35:40

Hard. Hard. Hard.

35:43

Hard. Hard. Hard. Hard.

35:47

Hard. Hard. Hard. Hard.

35:51

Hard. Hard. Hard. Hard.

35:55

Hard. asks

36:00

questions until the spell ends. Just cut

36:02

out. Anything where

36:04

there's like, and then the

36:06

action between, the

36:09

fight between, I'm like, oh it was tense,

36:11

you would not believe, the whole idea is basically

36:14

liquid by... He doesn't ask much about the

36:16

fights actually. He asks more

36:18

about the interpersonal relationship. And he grabs the

36:20

fight as this kind of dramatic thing and

36:22

then like smash it up to big football

36:25

drowning me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah,

36:29

yeah. And so just really

36:31

embellish the... Joe? I'm clearly

36:33

giving what Cribbitt wants. Alright. A performance, yeah. Do

36:35

you know what? I'll make that a performance check.

36:37

Sure. Cribbitt keeps

36:39

asking you the same question again and again and again. Not

36:42

literally one question until the spell ends, but you

36:45

feel like... He's driving at something? He's not getting

36:47

what I want. Yeah, he's not getting what he

36:49

wants. Okay, okay, okay. Eventually the spell

36:51

ends and Cribbitt will have to make do with

36:53

what he's got. I'll reflect on my answers and

36:55

have a think about what it is that maybe

36:58

Cribbitt wants. Anything. Hec

37:00

is out there for a while. Anything to distract

37:02

myself. I do addition. Look out the window, see Hec

37:04

to put his hand on a tree just like... I'm

37:08

out of gesturing a lot. He's like,

37:11

is he miming Bigfoot Paul? I see. Bum,

37:14

bum, bum, bum. Like a big... Yeah. What

37:18

the fuck? You definitely see at one

37:20

point he's miming you having

37:22

your head dunked in the river. I'm embarrassed. He's

37:25

like, bla, bla, bla, bla. Please, he's in here

37:27

and he yells the skies, please Bigfoot Paul. I

37:30

love you and every other... I don't think I said

37:32

that. If you have a good place, forgive me. I'm

37:34

trying to be a better man. I don't think I

37:36

said that either. And Bigfoot Paul forgave him and they

37:38

made it. No, he did. While

37:41

that's happening, Iona gathers

37:43

Iris up, picks her up, she

37:45

wimpers softly, but as Iona picks

37:48

her up, she begins singing a

37:51

calming tune and Iris,

37:54

she still seems a bit upset, but she's now

37:56

listening to the song rather than thinking about what's

37:58

really happening. Two of them

38:00

and Piran make their way into town. Piran

38:02

before he leaves says, so

38:05

it's about just past

38:07

midday, pointing up where the sun

38:09

is, just past midday if you

38:11

could make your way. Do you want, we're doing

38:13

it today? I think that's the

38:15

plan. All right, so just past midday, meet

38:18

me at a fine end. Okay, before I

38:20

leave, I'd like to tell Iona that the

38:22

needle is hers. If

38:25

you do not mind this thing. Well,

38:27

first off, you would need to take your hand off the

38:29

tree as you're taking your hand off the tree. You hear

38:31

a crevice, no, no, no, no, no. And

38:34

then the connection's gone. Sorry, Crib.

38:37

You go over to Iona and you tell her that. She

38:42

said the needle is still yours. If you

38:44

do not mind this thing, sure

38:46

this means something. Iona nods

38:48

slowly. She has a

38:50

bit of a smile. She seems pretty satisfied with

38:52

that answer. Okay. Is Esme with

38:54

them as well? Esmeralda, no, she's still

38:57

inside. All right, I see you're taking Iris.

38:59

Look, hopefully

39:01

we will be back. Do you, have you

39:03

heard of this P.

39:05

Sanguineation before? From

39:07

the lack

39:10

of a description, I think I

39:12

know this, there is a song,

39:15

a tale, an old fable about

39:17

this process. If we are

39:19

gone longer than, I don't

39:22

know. Two days, she says.

39:24

I was going to say a week. Longer than a week?

39:27

Perhaps we definitely need, maybe

39:31

it's best to grab Esme here for a second. Hang

39:33

on. You go get Esmeralda. You

39:35

maybe just call inside the doors open. Esme,

39:37

you mind? They were born in a bond.

39:39

Yeah. Esme, do you mind

39:42

having us here for one minute? Esmeralda steps

39:44

out. She's in the, once again,

39:47

I don't know if you remember, but her leg

39:49

is still on the avocla, so she's got crutches

39:51

that she's using. If we aren't

39:54

back in the week, say, and they

39:56

need to do anything with the ritual,

39:59

can they do it without? I

40:01

would say that it would

40:03

be possible, but you They

40:06

they at the very least we would

40:08

we should take some blood from you

40:10

now Okay, why don't

40:12

so when is it all some blood? I'm

40:14

in the doorway Some

40:19

blood is not is not the

40:21

amount you want, but some blood

40:23

at least might be better than

40:25

none Okay, would you be

40:27

comfortable taking enough blood that you

40:29

would become dizzy? Yes. Yes, of

40:31

course it is She puts

40:33

up a hand Many people do

40:36

not know or did not understand how Blood

40:40

science works. So I will explain to

40:42

you as a dizziness will be temporary

40:45

but it You will be

40:47

dizzy for some time at least a day like

40:49

this I Maybe

40:55

there's a like a child like a Like

40:59

confused like a lighter version of

41:01

confusion something like this Skipping

41:08

off that brain of his Marilda. Well, no,

41:10

it's more oldest describing something Basically

41:13

akin to our type of modern

41:15

medicine. Yeah. Yeah That would

41:17

be like you damn it trying to

41:19

understand how the spell magic Uh-huh,

41:24

like you get a smooth

41:27

barrel or you core it around and you put

41:29

it like a bullet in there Yeah,

41:32

as my oldest nodding Yeah,

41:36

you don't know exactly how this

41:38

process works But you know enough

41:40

to know that as Marilda is

41:42

just nodding along because Hector's Hector's

41:44

as close as he's gonna get

41:47

I'm very much like okay. And so the spell

41:49

that you cast and I'm Getting

41:51

a needle and I want this spell your vein and

41:53

veins You

41:56

know the blue lives on your arm with a

41:58

magic I

42:00

don't have that Hands

42:08

and feet like a balloon Okay,

42:13

cool, um, okay and what time is

42:15

it now? It's morning

42:17

roughly. Yeah, so we need to do the Midday,

42:21

yes, mid day. That's when he's gonna

42:23

be there. Do you need to explain

42:25

it to Iona at all explain? What's

42:27

right? We're not here what the process

42:29

is Esmeralda turns to Iona and says

42:31

I could Write

42:33

it out for you and she shakes her

42:36

head and says no, I I

42:38

am aware of the I know it's a

42:40

song Esmeralda

42:43

and Iona have a moment Esmeralda's

42:47

like it's not a song and I who knows like

42:49

but I know it in a song And

42:51

then Esmeralda's like say it to

42:53

me and Iona sings the song

42:55

and Esmeralda Purgagingly is forced to

42:57

admit that the song does tell

43:00

you how to do the procedure.

43:02

Oh Okay,

43:04

right has Iris as

43:06

like they still bit catatonic. They're

43:08

sort of coming back into speaking

43:10

No, cuz the song has ended

43:12

Oh, oh, I hear you Jen.

43:14

Yeah, she is just quietly listening

43:17

you You can see that what is

43:19

your insight? Why

43:24

didn't you put points into that? She

43:28

she's just quietly listening, right What

43:32

I think it is of purview of like to be

43:34

like to comfort them to be like, all right We're

43:36

gonna go away and we're gonna try and help you

43:38

out and we're gonna try and do this But in

43:40

case it doesn't happen where you know having this thing

43:42

here and then like basically In

43:45

case an emergency break glass and this is the glass to break Is

43:47

that worth explaining to this person to be like like

43:50

look everything we're trying to do here You're in good

43:52

hands Like have they formed a connection or

43:54

an attachment to any of us or are they formed

43:56

like it's a very catatonic or they just Kind of

43:58

like is it worth being like hey It's

44:00

gonna be okay or hey, it's gonna be okay because we're doing

44:02

this. She seems very calm around

44:04

Iona So it might be enough

44:06

just that I own is there you

44:09

also know that like I said, she's been

44:11

listening to this conversation So she's kind of

44:13

aware of the plan. All right, so it

44:15

might be I mean, but no one has

44:18

spoken directly to her So

44:20

she might appreciate that. Okay, well if

44:22

that's the case, they're not would like,

44:24

you know kneel down. Oh, no, she's

44:26

pretty tall, huh? Yeah, I don't think

44:28

she's as tall as you Hector, but

44:30

you know what that's crazy. You're like you're like You're

44:33

way taller than I thought you were she

44:36

she's a bit shorter than you but she's

44:38

like an average almost an average human Hi,

44:40

yeah, okay. Well, yeah, it would be kind

44:42

of trying to get down to her level

44:45

But if that's like awkwardly squatting, yeah, yeah,

44:47

it's like I'm Iris I

44:49

know if you are aware or not here So

44:51

what we're planning on doing is hitting

44:54

where me and as me and people

44:56

where we're heading up to the a

45:00

temple of sorts to to find As

45:03

mez friend and he hopefully I don't

45:06

say hopefully and he will know how

45:09

to reverse What

45:11

has been what has been done to you and we

45:13

would hopefully return very soon if

45:15

we have not returned within a week

45:19

We're going to do something now that a little a vial

45:22

of apparently they need my blood and

45:24

they're going to Esmerelda says this mostly under

45:26

her breath, but she says we will

45:29

need more than a vial Yes,

45:31

a vial of my blood. Um, she's not really into

45:33

yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just kind of saying almost

45:36

to her So I just once again

45:41

Yeah, and So

45:43

if we were if we're going longer than a week

45:46

I want to hear you and she will

45:48

she will hope she will Perform

45:52

perform this spell To

45:56

help cure you I hope to see you

45:58

very shortly, but In case I don't,

46:01

good luck. Iona will look

46:03

after you. Iris gives a little,

46:07

like kind of sniffling through some

46:09

tears and then with the very

46:12

gingerly with the back of her long kind

46:15

of gross arms, she rubs a

46:17

tear from her eye. Would

46:19

it be too forward to wipe the tear way off

46:22

like her own, like me doing

46:24

that? Or like is she going to be

46:26

going for it when you might think to

46:28

do it? Yes,

46:32

if I go to put a hand on her shoulder, like a comforting hand on her

46:34

shoulder, she's not going to recoil

46:36

or whatever like that. Her

46:39

shoulders are normal. That's

46:41

good to hear. Good

46:45

luck. And Iona,

46:48

she's going to be looking after

46:50

you. As you put

46:52

your hand on Iris's shoulder, the

46:54

sleeve of her shirt pinches up

46:57

a little bit underneath your hand

46:59

and you see, you can make

47:01

out clearly, the effect, the strange

47:03

effect that is on her arms.

47:06

You can see that it has progressed a

47:08

little bit further up her arm. That's unfortunate.

47:11

I don't make a change in my face.

47:14

Or I try to. Yes. Good

47:17

luck and see you soon. She nods

47:20

slowly. Iona, you're taking her

47:22

to, you're on your way to?

47:24

I was just going to take

47:26

her to, there are places

47:29

around the town where one can

47:31

be somewhat private but they are pleasant.

47:36

I think a garden with a little pond

47:38

and some ducks would be nice. I think

47:40

that would be great. Is

47:43

Iris in your shot? She's in Iona's

47:45

arm. Yeah, fair enough. Right. Will

47:48

we be seeing you before we leave? That's

47:51

true, Iona. Yes. I

47:53

had no plans after you, As

47:55

you were planning to attack the Burj Amastya. I had

47:58

no plans to see you but I could arrange. Did

48:00

you wanted the I'm sure

48:02

if I need anything I'm

48:04

parents can get a must

48:06

see. looks over appearance Piran

48:08

has been kind of standing

48:10

here just patiently waiting not

48:12

really engaged in the conversation

48:14

and pure and looks I

48:16

have heard her say exchange

48:18

a glance and everyone could

48:20

see that say still don't

48:22

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48:24

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