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is happening, KC? Whoa!
2:00
They are fired up! I
2:02
don't know about you, but I'm full of
2:04
Joe's Barbecue and Boulevard IPAs, and I'm
2:07
ready to play the shit! Let's
2:10
go, Pathfinder! The
2:14
fact that there is an audience here tonight is
2:16
secondary to the fact that I just want to
2:18
play this game tonight. You're
2:20
welcome to watch, but this isn't
2:22
about you. Before
2:26
we had a podcast empire, Joe and
2:28
Skid and I would get together at
2:30
my apartment on a Thursday night, just
2:32
like tonight, and play Pathfinder, make
2:34
jokes that would get us in trouble in the
2:37
year 2024, drink
2:40
some beer. So that's what we're going
2:43
to do tonight. It's going to be just like the old days. We're
2:45
going to drink some beer, we're going
2:47
to play some Pathfinder with our
2:50
friends, have some laughs, and then
2:52
we're going to go home and
2:54
pleasure ourselves to Step Mom Porn.
2:56
Just like the old
2:58
days. I was with
3:00
you right up into a certain
3:03
point. Like the old days. Hey,
3:06
your stepdad's working late tonight. Need
3:09
some help with that peanut?
3:12
Help? I'm stuck in the
3:14
laundry machine. You've
3:21
all seen that one clearly. How
3:23
about old Kansas City, huh? I
3:25
dig it. I like it. I
3:32
like it. It's a little bit country and a little
3:34
bit rock and roll. And
3:37
a little bit Dixieland jazz too, which is
3:39
weird. I've
3:42
said it before, and I mean it,
3:44
I really love the Midwest because people
3:46
are so genuinely nice here. It's
3:49
much different from all of the assholes
3:51
back home. The present
3:53
company included. And
3:56
now I think I've figured out finally why
3:58
everyone is so nice out here. because
4:01
no one has any hopes and dreams. Listen.
4:09
I think this is the key to living a stress-free
4:11
life. Just give up. When
4:14
you're not working towards achieving anything great or
4:17
constantly trying to better yourself,
4:19
you can just relax and
4:21
be nice to everybody. That's
4:23
it. There's no rat race
4:25
here. It's a cow race. That's it.
4:29
Just be nice. You've got nothing to worry about. I've
4:33
taken several lifts around the city. I
4:35
have not seen one gym. Google it. There's
4:39
not a single gym in Kansas City. You
4:43
don't need a gym. We ain't got no dreams. I
4:47
went to the gym in our hotel this morning. I went down
4:49
there, and there was a guy sitting on a box playing
4:51
a banjo. I
4:54
said, I'm sorry, sir. I thought this was the gym,
4:56
and he said, we ain't got no gym
4:58
around here. But
5:00
I got some burnt-end sizzling
5:02
on that righty-yotta over there.
5:05
Fixing to have some. So
5:08
I ate some burnt-ends with a nice
5:10
one-toothed banjo. That's
5:13
how I started my day. That's
5:15
my kind of gym. Nah,
5:18
I'm just kidding. You hillbillies are cool. You
5:22
guys are all right in my book. Sydney,
5:27
you big mess. I'm shocked he even made it to
5:29
the right Kansas City. You
5:32
have had a whirlwind of... You
5:36
know, I don't believe in luck. I
5:38
think you make your own luck, and you're proof of
5:40
that. Where
5:42
do we start? With all of
5:44
your hijacks. I don't know. I want to
5:47
preface this by saying it's not my fault.
5:50
No. It's just coincidence
5:52
that this keeps happening to you. That's
5:55
all it is. I was going to say, it's not my
5:57
fault. I am the way I am. My
6:00
for the airport some New York
6:02
and I was headed there and
6:05
don't ever my mental checklist sounds
6:07
like.my wallet with my Id in
6:09
it which expired. And.
6:12
I didn't get a new one yet
6:14
so. Sir could you please turn the car
6:16
around. My apartment
6:18
and I got. I suggest that I
6:20
said normally do the checklist before you
6:22
get in the car. For
6:25
for us is a great idea. Implemented slightly
6:27
early to the I need to the airport.
6:30
That was great Family went to the boys
6:32
came when we got here. Is
6:38
so much money? He didn't realize you
6:40
guys have a clear bad policy. So
6:43
I went with a bad light up
6:45
more. Often by you guys, you mean Every
6:47
stadium in the world. Every.
6:50
Modern Physics professor divorce girl.
6:53
And I snapped You and I
6:55
walked in there like that second
6:57
as I would suggest went over.
6:59
They continued on and when they
7:01
turned around. Them in every way. With words,
7:03
Murfreesboro to do that, We turn around and
7:05
Sydney was being escorted away from the park by
7:08
uniform for Sir. Roy
7:11
aware of worthy. Of
7:14
course. I
7:17
say things so nice while they didn't.
7:19
They were super nice. Out.
7:21
Of the baseball stadium. they were really polite about
7:23
it. Ah so it's it's fine I got my
7:25
plastic bag with my wallet in it which is
7:28
like all I had. It was very comical and
7:30
I went into the park me at a great
7:32
time. And. Then to say. Cave.
7:35
Was like can we did go to the
7:37
so that we plan for laying down in
7:39
the bad new map and I'm just talk
7:41
to her as i did my my. My
7:46
guys trade a success a smile when it's
7:48
it's a my dad better at I for
7:50
the better. I went. To
7:53
high. school
7:57
said sort of advertisement and
8:04
again it was great everyone
8:06
there was so nice and I've gone there if
8:08
I went for you and I bought nude I
8:10
bought nude ice and I had a great time
8:13
so Troy I think
8:15
I'm doing really well yeah my dad
8:17
my dad was you sexy me earlier
8:19
today and it was a little love
8:21
in the shows everything it should be
8:23
really as ditzy as she seemed and
8:27
I said no dad no of course not
8:29
but now I don't I'm not sure I'm
8:31
going to lie to my father you're
8:35
doing the best you can my parents are proud
8:40
thank you there you go I mean we all love her it's
8:43
that's not the question intelligence
8:46
it's that I'm
8:49
stupid well in her to
8:51
feel of our pets we wouldn't put them in charge
8:53
of like stuff on stage thank
9:02
you kid in her defense she's not the only
9:04
one that forgot diet for our
9:06
Tuesday weekend away
9:09
who else forgot I also forgot my
9:12
dice and I realized I forgot my
9:14
dice when I heard
9:16
Sydney's story he
9:23
had the same reaction I was like I forgot
9:25
my dice I'm saying Joe goes I forgot
9:27
all my dice and
9:29
I laughed at him I was like so ridiculous
9:31
that's exactly what she does I don't remember ever
9:33
doing that before so yeah I had to go
9:35
to the game store myself it's rubbing off on
9:37
him racing in in the rain because you're on
9:39
the way here yeah then you when I was
9:42
just like oh and he was like well we
9:44
have several handmade varieties of gemstones sourced locally in
9:46
the mind and I was like I
9:48
don't need anything and I need the simplest cheapest plastic
9:50
setters I see you have and he's like perhaps you'd
9:52
like one of these I did is great this is
9:54
great cuz I gotta go and as he's checking out
9:56
I just looked at him I see glass
9:59
cannon live poster. The thing,
10:01
and I'm like, hope
10:04
I'm not on a security feed. I'm like looking around.
10:09
Any of you forget dice, or did you all
10:11
bring yours? Be honest. That's the responsible table. Yeah.
10:15
Not only did I not forget my
10:17
dice, I actually found my
10:19
old, Galabrous, gold-plated Roman replica. Oh!
10:21
Those also. Wow.
10:24
Last from the past. I
10:31
got some new dice tonight from some folks
10:33
that were at the VIP meet and greet.
10:35
Gonna roll those
10:38
rocks tonight. Kate, I didn't
10:40
see you until today. You didn't come to
10:42
the game. You were too cool. No. You
10:44
went to the mall. I
10:46
went to the mall. Listen, listen. Okay? I
10:48
told the story twice before I realized it made it
10:51
sound like I shit
10:54
my pants or I didn't get pants from you
10:56
now. I said it to the person driving
10:58
me to the mall. He was like, what
11:00
are you doing at the mall? Because people
11:02
chat here. I really need
11:06
a pair of pants. And he was like, oh. And
11:10
then I realized I just told the story
11:12
to your family before I left in
11:14
this car. And I realized how it sounded. I was
11:16
like, no, no. I didn't ruin any pants.
11:18
I just needed my pants that fit me. My pants don't fit
11:20
me in.
11:23
And then I went to the pants store. I
11:25
went to American Eagle. I was
11:28
checking out. You
11:31
went to American Eagle? What? Yeah. Shut
11:33
up. I'm a millennial. I went to American
11:35
Eagle. And
11:40
there was a lovely young Gen Z lady
11:42
checking me out. And you have to give everyone all Your
11:44
fucking data when you check out. Now It's like,
11:46
what's your phone number? What's your email? She's like,
11:49
can you type in your email yourself? She Turns
11:51
around the keyboard to me. I type it in.
11:53
She doesn't turn around and monitor. I got this.
11:55
So I type it in. And she looks at
11:57
it. She goes, wow. That's a really nice looking
11:59
email. Mm. What I typed it
12:01
good. Hi I'm.
12:03
Annoyed sleep all day?
12:06
Assess Assess. So
12:08
he was like no I mean much a
12:11
looks really knows that it's to flood of
12:13
word my emails, my nickname from. Legs
12:15
High School and college. I'm in
12:17
one point. Zero.
12:21
Where. Academy. My email the I
12:23
try to just sort of was
12:25
pacific. Know she said one word has
12:27
like no spaces or whatever numbers and
12:29
I was like I made this email
12:32
Monday. Email. With intensive. Thirty
12:34
and then I would turn into dust and I
12:37
blew away. Then
12:39
you should your. Oddly
12:43
enough, it was then that I should. my. Massive
12:46
Have you been in common at all since the
12:49
surface. Mess.
12:52
You or your regular. Of
12:54
it so regular on the surface of the
12:56
all the beer readers and. How
12:59
the fiber from the brisket? exactly?
13:02
Are you sure? How are you are? You don't understand
13:04
me? Is it about me? Talking.
13:07
About you. To. Beard could
13:09
be warm today in the rain. The
13:13
Way: Census. A
13:16
regular census I know your your sour.
13:19
Note: As you are you I saw you the game
13:21
last night. We were sitting to seats were from each
13:24
other. It was room for enough. I
13:27
did notice I didn't notice that we use Citizenry's
13:29
Davis' These men were by tissue idea where from
13:31
a by some of the aisle and then scared
13:34
and then you and I went cities or away
13:36
from is possible just that I wouldn't have hit
13:38
the face by with a foul ball and. Sauce
13:42
of all. That
13:46
a lot. Of
13:51
let me ask you this. You come to a barbecue
13:53
town. Were leaving tomorrow to go know the barbecue town?
13:55
Are you try and like a. Like
13:58
an eggplant with sauce on. are you doing?
14:00
What are you doing in a town like
14:02
this I've I've been great we went will
14:04
be everyone's you So we saw last night
14:06
at a a garden bar. Through
14:09
their of the Garden Bar the
14:11
famous Garden Boss the electricity electric
14:13
Gartenberg. Besides.
14:17
The same as the a
14:19
vegetable crowd. Stadium It
14:21
felt like he was in the middle
14:23
of nowhere and a was on the
14:25
trains. At it seemed odd
14:27
to recall the with ago the games were really
14:29
and or with was coming on the other side
14:31
from the other side the train tracks in a
14:33
freight train just parts. Really
14:37
wants to jump for track to get to
14:39
the car? They wouldn't let me. See
14:43
this. Ah drama guys. see like put
14:45
risk of your mouth, swish it around,
14:48
spin on the floor, Know
14:51
cities are famous for food they also
14:53
others that foods. That
14:56
are they do not. Know
14:59
that a lot of chemical lift the
15:01
brisket? I
15:05
have about. Honestly, if I'm looking at I
15:07
can honestly say I have no ambitions. A
15:09
letter to her I've seen as he doesn't
15:11
punish. If you don't follow, The night is
15:13
young. My
15:23
mother in law just heard that. Success,
15:28
but he had a real kick out of the month
15:30
of. Really love
15:32
that photos and listen, I'm.
15:36
Sitting how looking what's going on over there
15:38
was. A
15:40
city. On a. timer
15:46
as a prophecy and i say it's i
15:48
hate that i believe it but i do
15:50
with a great time or less i would
15:52
compensate him and it was it was really
15:54
cool to those of us are said to
15:56
my dad today i'm a dad was there
15:58
soon as on the story in May 1973 and
16:02
he saw Nolan Ryan pitch his
16:04
first no-hitter there with the Angels
16:06
and so to finally, for
16:08
me to finally show that story like my
16:10
whole life and to finally be there was like
16:13
great. And I was kind of a Royals fan
16:15
growing up because in Denver, you know, we didn't
16:17
have a baseball team in the time zone and
16:19
one day a week or a couple days a
16:21
week the local Channel 2
16:23
would show the Royals game.
16:26
And so I got to see a lot of Bo Jackson and everything and Brett
16:29
Sabrehague and all that. So yeah, that was great.
16:31
And then today, we've got to go to the
16:33
Negro Leans Museum and at the time of my
16:35
life, it's so great.
16:38
It's so great. If you have the
16:41
chance to go with Skid as your tour guide, I
16:43
highly recommend it. It was awesome.
16:45
It was amazing. It was really fun.
16:48
And I got the finest shirt
16:50
I now own. The set. It's
16:52
sweet. Satchel Paige of monarch
16:54
Jersey bought this today at the gift shop. Did
17:03
this just step ahead of your Star
17:05
Trek uniform for the best quality clothing
17:08
item you own? It's even
17:10
better than my Starfleet uniform. There
17:12
was a moment like we were out of no seven eighths of our way
17:14
through the museum when
17:20
all of the school trips showed up. And
17:23
suddenly the average age was about our
17:25
age. And then it was the average
17:27
age was about 12. Yeah. And
17:29
they were like, they're like, Sally,
17:31
Sally, please make way for the adults.
17:34
First time in call the adult in
17:36
a while. But also I
17:38
wanted to take over because it's like, let me
17:40
teach the children. You
17:43
clearly don't always talk about like, let me fucking step in.
17:48
Well, suffice it to say we've had a lot of
17:50
fun here. Last year we did
17:52
St. Louis. Everybody at the St. Louis show begged us to
17:54
come here. We came here on a Thursday. I
18:02
think we'll come back. Let's see how you behave tonight. This
18:08
crowd is fired up. They sound awesome.
18:11
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18:17
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time. In an effort to make the recap shorter
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and shorter as the years go on, here's
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all you need to know whether this is
19:33
your first time watching this show or you've
19:36
been following this adventure since day
19:38
one. Okay? I guarantee you, the
19:41
quickest recap in the history of recaps. I can see
19:44
the whole thing on one screen. Wow.
19:47
I'm making it longer by doing this. Once
19:51
upon a time, that's how recaps start, a
19:54
random group of people were
19:56
brought into the employ of
19:59
a rich... an eccentric
20:01
count. This count had them
20:03
do a lot of dirty deeds. And then
20:05
he drugged them, and this
20:07
is where things get weird. He
20:09
used a ritual to transport their
20:12
unconscious minds into the dimension of
20:14
dreams, where he drowned them in
20:16
a dream lake, which
20:18
left their conscious minds in a
20:21
fugue state. He then locked them
20:23
away in the asylum. Since
20:26
then, this count has been
20:28
delving deeper and deeper into
20:30
some dark and dangerous knowledge,
20:33
and in so doing became
20:35
infected by a great old
20:38
one, an
20:40
unknowable alien god
20:43
known as Xamangor, who
20:46
has perhaps instructed Laos further
20:48
in his mission, instructed Laos
20:50
to find a hidden city
20:53
which contains magical monuments that
20:55
can open up a portal
20:57
for this deity to come
20:59
to our world and destroy
21:01
it. The count
21:03
has traveled far from his home
21:06
to the country of Kadira in
21:08
search of a book called the
21:10
Necronomicon, a copy of which is
21:12
held in a Kadiran library called
21:15
the Mysterium. During
21:18
his adventure, the court, the count,
21:21
has enlisted the help of this
21:23
genius alchemist named Myaknian Munn, who
21:26
has accompanied the count in his
21:28
journey. In fact, it was Munn
21:30
who supplied the drugs that knocked
21:33
out our heroes long ago. Well,
21:37
our heroes have escaped the
21:39
asylum, Got
21:41
most of their memories back, and
21:43
have been following in the Count's
21:45
footsteps. Recently, While en route to
21:48
this library that Laos is heading
21:50
to, they ended up in the
21:52
city of Casimir, where this Myaknian
21:54
Munn lives. So They broke into
21:56
his house and learned all about
21:58
Lao's latest movement. The feeding
22:00
a host of terrible creatures
22:02
that mama left behind to
22:05
guard his secrets including state
22:07
dark young of shop in
22:09
the garage basically a baby
22:11
of an alien god who
22:13
was residing in the attic
22:15
of the building and who
22:17
the heroes narrowly defeated just
22:19
a few nights ago. Live
22:21
on Twitch. The
22:28
zebra. With all this year of.
22:32
Now. They were that
22:35
says there was a day my friend
22:37
and after defeating the said. They
22:42
found a treasure chest with
22:44
a set of goals and.
22:52
Now it seems like his next
22:54
stop. suggest said
22:56
this library but. Level.
23:06
Levels since you. See one.
23:12
Who wants to go first? So I'm gonna
23:14
put you on the spot because I know
23:16
you're excited about this level. The submitted on
23:19
the for a wizard although I'm thinking took
23:21
a little robot. Will
23:24
Road. Generally cod
23:27
no no stuff with the
23:29
wizard levels as as a
23:31
kid is growing and. He
23:35
uses i was in of our
23:38
hotel room sporting Terrain. I typically
23:40
wake up in the morning of
23:42
a show, slightly hung over in
23:45
bed next to each other, has
23:47
a bad marriage other in bed
23:49
next to each other, both in
23:52
our underwear, clacking away on our
23:54
laptops, and I just kept tackling
23:56
madly. I'd be like. So.
23:59
Fucked up. Because
24:02
Atticus now has system level spell.
24:09
Another one hundred percent sure if my
24:12
mother in law street and excitement as
24:14
as or didn't understand this Real big
24:16
deal. No big deal for what we
24:19
do. I should say my father
24:21
in law money the same as mine is also in the
24:23
audience tonight. Carried
24:28
me through. So many episodes money I love you
24:30
the best Ah so I are very said
24:32
it and I can't talk about it because
24:34
I have the see these come out in
24:36
the narrative. I'm not going to tell you
24:38
what they are and let let you get
24:40
all prepared for them. civil general but he
24:42
has you know. We also presented as I
24:44
got a general feet so I took incredible
24:47
initiative so he can go faster. ah which
24:49
is nice and yes that's pretty much as
24:51
to the big thing is to spell for.
24:53
Worth the wait to see what they are
24:55
of software. Just saw things went South american.
24:57
The microphone you'll see never. Are definitely no
24:59
longer have any viable from. Saw
25:05
as a standard effective or to
25:07
do something Google and. What
25:10
happened? Wanna throw? That's why he became a
25:13
villain. He was mad. Someone
25:20
in. Sydney,
25:22
Come back to you Pay. Me
25:27
about level eleven. You take a
25:30
look at a case of exotic
25:32
places. Now now
25:34
and you take a multi class are
25:36
fine No no no no no no
25:38
Now she's. Just. So it ceases to
25:40
websites on gonna be so the latest you
25:43
can be as anyone. Has
25:47
a photo. Of
25:50
with. This. Was.
25:56
Have maybe? I'm
25:58
naive are seeing our. They've
26:00
seen some letter and where I
26:03
see yes it was called a
26:05
joke yes signal in Finland. What
26:10
says you tell us anything about what you and
26:12
I got cooking over there on some. I also
26:14
have six level spell. Have
26:23
to. Know. Why
26:27
I'm. Sorry to
26:30
tell my. Seat
26:32
the that such so it's a good general
26:34
see and it's the internet's. like take him
26:36
on T or Tt atom in whatever I
26:38
did he get smart. I want to have
26:40
fun. Okay, This
26:44
isn't as I've. Already been done with
26:46
apple. I don't need it. Loses
26:49
to. So I
26:51
saw some. I took a break her
26:53
so they can really I was army
26:55
would you like It makes sense for
26:57
Eris A busy like simulator. With that
27:00
as had this is so yeah I
27:02
thought about I thought of be helpful
27:04
I also. Policy. Things.
27:06
Oh. Shop
27:09
more than just an era. When
27:11
I saw things with eggs.
27:14
Moon when I don't know maybe
27:16
we'll find out to okay, hurry
27:18
or a mass you to do
27:20
that. Even cool isn't a livable
27:23
fighter. You do get something for
27:25
that are cool as you get.
27:27
Armor Cities Oh proficiency with your
27:29
armor because of the expert which
27:31
allows us access to the are
27:33
dismissed movies and books. Why of
27:36
resistance was no. Food
27:38
I. Nobody
27:40
likes to brag on. I also
27:43
become an expert or my classes
27:45
he goes up expert nice and
27:47
I got I went shopping and
27:50
will find out about those things
27:52
with so. Few.
27:56
I saw a couple of
27:58
of more formulas. One
28:01
of them is the Quicksilver
28:03
Mutagen Grader. So
28:07
that will make me more vulnerable in
28:09
melee, but gives me a greater
28:11
bonus to Dexterity check for the
28:13
ranged attacks, which I mostly use.
28:16
And then I also took, I figured
28:18
the bomb that I throw the most
28:21
is the bottled lightning. So
28:23
I had the moderate bottled lightning. Now
28:25
I have the greater bottled lightning. So
28:30
it hit a little more consistently and does a
28:32
little more damage. And then
28:34
I took, for my general feat, I took
28:36
linguistics. I took
28:38
a couple more languages. Oh, which
28:40
I'll be, players to be
28:42
named later. You're so smart. Yeah,
28:44
so smart. All right. And as you guys,
28:47
some of you mentioned you did some shopping. We'll let
28:49
that come out in the role play. Oh,
28:54
true story. I
29:00
really did forget it. Wasn't
29:04
a bit. I,
29:06
yes. What'd
29:08
you, what'd you do? Something
29:13
friggin awesome. I
29:15
think I also get
29:17
six level spells. We'll see what they are. I'm pumped.
29:22
I got a new feet that I
29:24
would like to hopefully, the seats
29:26
get so specific later, like they're
29:28
so situational. We'll see. It's a
29:30
little something called consult the spirits.
29:33
I think we would have a lot of fun
29:35
role playing, Troy, if I were to do this
29:38
feat ever. Hate it already. Yep. Knew
29:41
you'd like that. And
29:43
I bought Pepsi shoes. Sorry.
29:49
Clarification question. Yep. You
29:52
saw a snake. But these
29:54
little shoes, you
29:56
bought your snake shoes. What was that? that
30:00
work? No I didn't. I bought Pepsi
30:02
armor. Same
30:05
question. How
30:07
did that work? Would you wrap
30:09
him in aluminum foil? Kate
30:12
was like, is it like a
30:14
sock or is it like multiple
30:16
rings? And I was like yes.
30:19
It's just a condom. I
30:22
imagine the role play, if we were to have played out the
30:24
shopping experience, would have taken two hours to
30:26
try to explain to a blocksmith
30:29
how to make snake armor. Yeah, I thought
30:31
about role playing it. Now I really am
30:33
glad I didn't. Alright, so
30:35
Pepsi's got some armor. Yes.
30:37
It's all within the rules.
30:39
Relax. Doubt it. If your
30:42
snakes were in shoes, we're gonna talk. Okay,
30:46
great. Well, you have defeated
30:48
this monstrosity. I mean Roland
30:50
rocks. You were you
30:52
were rolled so many 20s in that fight. That
30:55
was the difference maker. That
30:57
is a classic character killing
30:59
encounter. You come out of that. I just
31:02
think we're flash forwarding through these things. We're seeing
31:04
you guys. We really
31:06
leave Mun's house at dawn. It's
31:08
like you've cleared after like a
31:11
really tough B and E. I
31:16
did not expect that many defenses
31:18
in that. You
31:22
go back to wherever you're staying
31:24
in town, kind
31:26
of collect yourself. You wake
31:28
up the next day.
31:30
You hit up the
31:32
shops. They
31:35
have going out of business sale. I'm coming in
31:37
here. What the fuck? Take one of everything. Thank
31:39
you. At
31:52
a certain point you meet up with
31:54
each other. Maybe you had a designated
31:56
time for a dinner.
32:00
discuss your next move. You
32:03
don't think there's anything really left to do here
32:05
in Casimir, so it's next
32:07
stop, Kadira. If
32:10
you can teleport there, you can
32:12
get there pretty quickly, although teleportation
32:14
has its dangers. Otherwise
32:17
you can try and find a bone that
32:20
will take months to
32:23
get to Kadira. I'm sorry,
32:25
are you familiar with the map of the
32:28
world? To
32:31
take you from Casimir. I
32:33
don't believe you. It's
32:37
what it says in the book. Well,
32:40
perhaps I have a solution. Oh,
32:44
I do not have teleportation. I have come in
32:46
possession of a certain
32:48
spell that may be of interest. Could you
32:50
pass the potatoes? Oh
32:53
yes, I'm so sorry. Thank you. Are they very
32:55
spiced? The potatoes are spicy?
32:57
Yes. I just like salt. I
32:59
think they're... Oh, it's salty, this
33:02
spice, technically. Don't start with me,
33:04
Aldo. I'm not doing this again.
33:06
The waiter comes
33:09
over. I'm sorry, we've asked you a couple times
33:11
to stop yet. Sorry.
33:14
I try to tell him.
33:16
I cast fifth level force
33:19
barrage on him. The
33:21
manager comes over. Anyone else have any
33:24
interest in our conversation? That's the third
33:26
server you've killed, please. Please
33:28
finish your meal and leave. I'm
33:31
staying. It's finishing
33:33
my coffee. Go on, Atticus.
33:36
You were talking about a spell or something. Yes,
33:38
but it is quite tricky to learn. I'm going
33:40
to go back tonight and try to put
33:43
it into my book. So
33:46
Atticus, as part of his shopping spree,
33:49
is going to buy several spells. I've
33:51
not done this before. I bought one
33:53
or two spells before, but I have
33:55
not. We got a lot
33:57
of cash. Yeah, we did. I've
33:59
got a way list of
34:01
seven spells that
34:03
I'd like to buy but I have to roll
34:05
to see if I succeed on getting
34:08
them awesome. I'm gonna
34:10
go book that boat.
34:12
I wanted to buy
34:15
spells too. Yours
34:19
is different though. You can feed eggs. Right
34:21
but he's saying as if like roll to
34:23
see if you can find them. No,
34:26
roll to learn them.
34:28
You can feed them to eggs. That sounds like it sucks. To
34:31
properly... No, I mean
34:33
you do have it easier and I went online and
34:35
I was like, this is ridiculous! But
34:38
it is a little bit tougher
34:41
for me so I have to
34:43
properly transcribe it into my esoteric
34:45
tome of knowledge and it
34:47
has to be a successful transcription of the
34:49
spell. The slightest
34:51
error and the spell will
34:54
not work and I cannot attempt to
34:56
learn it again until we level up again.
34:58
Oh my god. So it's a pretty big
35:00
penalty but the role is like only
35:02
a natural one or natural two fails for
35:05
the part. He
35:13
was like, should we just roll this? It's not like we have a
35:16
song about it happening or anything. He
35:18
said should we just roll this now like and I
35:20
was like no we have to do this on stage.
35:22
Can we aid you? Is there
35:25
anything? No, silence. It
35:28
must be completely quiet in here.
35:30
I cannot concentrate with your battling.
35:33
This is gonna go so well. This is really... I wasn't
35:37
originally gonna do this. This was the very last
35:39
spell I was going to try to learn. It
35:41
is a rank 5 spell and
35:43
I'm gonna try to learn it now and
35:45
see if we have this option. What is
35:48
it? It is called Umbral Journey.
35:51
Oh it is a remastered
35:53
version of like a shadow
35:55
step. Yeah. Essentially in
35:57
a... I think it's like in a map.
36:00
of eight hours like in one day we can
36:02
do 20 days worth of travel. Whoa!
36:05
By passing through a shortcut
36:07
in a mystical shadow plane.
36:09
Yeah. Yeah. Seeing sort of
36:12
landmarks along the way but they're
36:14
misty almost like they're kind of not real as
36:17
we pass through these areas. So
36:20
we could have that option. And I'm
36:22
navigating the warp. Navigating the
36:24
warp. Exactly. Wow. So eight hours a day
36:26
you travel 20 days worth of travel. But
36:28
you get a hotel. Yeah. Get
36:31
a red roof in. You get a little
36:33
ump-roll red roof in. Right. And then do
36:35
it again the next day. So yeah you
36:37
could probably do it in three castings of
36:39
this stuff. Yeah. That's the idea. Okay. And
36:41
all you have to do is not roll a one or a two. All
36:43
I have to do is not roll a one or a two. Otherwise you'll
36:45
have to wait till... The way we play
36:48
this game. You
36:50
see? I'll wait a year. Yep. I will
36:52
wait a year. I mean... You're
36:54
gonna do it. You're gonna fail. No. No
36:57
way. No chance. All
36:59
right. I got it. I did not get this die at
37:02
the die store. I got this die from Brian.
37:04
Or as he calls himself,
37:06
Brian. Which is ridiculous. His
37:09
name is B-R-Y-O-N. So
37:11
stop lying to yourself. Your name is Brian.
37:13
It's Brian. It's Brian. You are a cyborg.
37:15
Stop lying to yourself. That's what he says
37:17
in the morning. He's like, Brian. Oh. Brian.
37:24
Bring exploding die. Brian's die. All I have to
37:26
do is not roll a one or a two.
37:29
Let's see if we can use... Umbral
37:32
Journey. Brian, let's go! Come
37:34
on, buddy! Natural
37:37
ten. Done! Oh! You're gonna
37:39
swing a button. Wait for you to get
37:42
it. Oh. Where are you, Brian?
37:44
Where are you? But there he is. There he is.
37:46
You're about to be Brian off. Thank
37:49
you. Thank you. Three, two, one. Yeah!
37:52
Three, two, one. Three, two, one. I
37:55
forgot! Three, two, one. Thank
37:57
you, Brian. Oh, man. Dude, we rather...
38:00
off a few more of these. This is fun.
38:02
This is fun. Yeah, just do it quick. How
38:06
many more spells do you have? I'm gonna name them
38:08
too because then you know I can't learn them. Six
38:10
more. Here we go. Let's do it. Name roll, name
38:12
roll, name roll. Really fast. It's ready. Expeditious,
38:15
Expeditious Excavation. Bam! Got
38:17
it. Natty18. Yeah. Let's
38:21
go. Give it to you. You can
38:23
do that every time. This energy
38:25
is gonna be huge at
38:28
6th level. Got it. Natural 11.
38:30
That's 3 for 3 baby.
38:33
This is the biggest one. This is the
38:35
biggest one. I probably shouldn't have said that.
38:37
Oh. Glad you did. Slow.
38:40
Oh shit.
38:44
Slow allows you to target a creature. If they
38:46
succeed on the save they lose an action for
38:48
a round. They're slowed one for a round. If
38:50
they fail they're slowed one for a minute. It's
38:52
great. Third level spell. It can
38:54
be heightened to 6th level and
38:57
it targets all up
38:59
to 10 creatures. Oh
39:01
shit. That's beautiful. This
39:03
is humongous. Let's go.
39:05
No natural ones. Come
39:07
on baby. Natural
39:10
14. Got it. 4 for 3
39:12
baby. Two more? Three more. Here
39:19
we go. Haste. Got it.
39:21
Natural 15. What is happening?
39:27
Matthew you're gonna love this one. This one's for
39:29
you good buddy. It used to be called Stone
39:31
Skin. Now it's called Mountain Resilience. It's
39:34
called Hair Skin. It's called
39:36
Hair Skin. One for Matthew.
39:38
And one more. Only one more. Who
39:40
are you?
39:46
This is perhaps something has changed
39:48
Matthew. Yeah did you transfer your
39:50
luck to Kate? Yeah. You're
39:54
the new Joe. I've even started rolling natural ones
39:56
and going, God Damn it. My
40:03
bad luck into those are incapable because
40:05
it was really quite so. One
40:08
last bow. This one is so grace.
40:12
It is a rank five spend. It
40:14
is very expensive. Is. So.
40:19
You'll see what has what it does
40:21
in a fight. Natural Nine seem not
40:23
it. Tasted
40:42
over there. Are
40:49
so all of these so they don't think several days
40:51
for they do take several hours each so would be
40:53
over a span of these these happened but they're all
40:55
in the book baby. You.
40:58
Have dinner. You know this You
41:00
learn these smaller number of turning.
41:03
It up with the takes on some
41:06
risk of course pylon again unknown please
41:08
do you use the blood of an
41:10
umbilical cords? A few years pass his
41:12
way through some sort of an ulcer
41:15
to mess. With
41:22
your mind. As
41:24
an idea how why don't you sit to
41:26
is hitting things with your hammer. You
41:29
know, I'm an At Will employee and I can
41:31
walk. You know it's
41:34
interesting you bring that us. Blooded.
41:36
What to talk about in front of everyone? But.
41:39
I feel is this you've done well.
41:43
I. Also feel as if. This. Particular
41:45
split. Evenly
41:47
across the board on
41:49
everything is are getting
41:51
rather instances. And. If you
41:54
would like to move on. I.
41:56
Would certainly understand. Do
42:01
you steal your services As an end with
42:03
us. Am I being fired?
42:06
Or no, not necessarily, it is all your
42:08
choice. Would we are about to embark on
42:10
a rather dangerous journey to the other side
42:12
of the New York Jets? fire? Dude. I'm
42:16
not, I'm simply asking if you really
42:18
witnesses. They all feel. A
42:21
thing on Amazon has, I'm warning you that
42:23
this is a very dangerous part of a
42:26
journey coming up. And. So is
42:28
give you the option to leave voluntarily.
42:30
Look, I'll be completely transparent with. Your
42:33
services have been impossible. I would be foolish
42:36
and as you go to stick with the
42:38
truth of the matter is still fifty expensive
42:40
and if you wish to join us, you're
42:42
more than welcome. I mean I have the
42:44
same amount. Were. Like
42:46
as hell is yeah, but don't you
42:49
are bound to this? the alimony to
42:51
component that we're not taking into account
42:53
with him his essay one guessing sounds.
42:57
As soon. As
43:02
it was, you didn't hear that right?
43:04
Oh almost. Recently
43:07
started a sort of
43:10
business. I'm quite entrepreneurial.
43:13
Ah, years ago. Human
43:17
Resources. And it's
43:19
a liaison between business
43:21
owners and employees. And
43:23
it's the same space.
43:26
So neither humans. For.
43:29
Only humans sorry he should pull it.
43:33
Is very racist. Of
43:36
these resources to zoom and. We're
43:38
says I'm in l. A
43:40
Y was you are use
43:43
that same. Resources
43:47
V. Resources. Mom.
43:51
Isn't putting. You're.
43:53
Being resources. So
43:56
you are associates or what
43:58
on earth? right?
44:00
My first, some of these resources
44:03
know he needs some for his
44:05
ex wife. Says
44:07
he has to be so. I
44:10
have a house or can buy. You
44:13
guys want to see dessert menu or just attack.
44:17
Was coming. To
44:20
the moment I think with as a case is
44:22
trying to say and so. Is.
44:24
As we all can about you. You.
44:27
Let them as he's gone down
44:29
the most. I've kept us because
44:31
I hear you the most. Advanced
44:35
as he is all of you the most. At.
44:42
Least. As little bit of money, She
44:49
really drop offs and. Roster
44:52
Asking Price? Really? Have
44:56
such a Sufi let us to find a
44:58
little bit of money. Any
45:01
amount. Oh. Oh,
45:03
as an. Honorary
45:06
S is slipping away to
45:09
provide an honorarium. There are
45:11
one honorary was you're getting
45:13
an honorarium. My more than.
45:16
I think we all need to recognize the dangers of
45:18
whom. Heading into I would his
45:21
army. So worry about it
45:23
is not important. Pretty
45:25
soon. Seen.
45:29
As to see rise, it's dangerous.
45:32
There is very dangerous road ahead and.
45:35
I'll. Do an eye and eris to
45:38
a certain degree I believe. Are.
45:40
Committed to discovering what has happened. You.
45:45
Have from the beginning. Been.
45:47
Here for the money. And.
45:50
Something. Taste. Know
45:53
I have alimony to pay. A.
45:57
Sounds. Very. Good
45:59
season, Yeah.
46:02
Ah should listen when he sneak
46:04
and. Show
46:11
my nice to finally listened. If
46:13
you are cheaper labor no no
46:16
no no. With that said with
46:18
totally satisfied with the services he
46:20
receives from your you. Ah,
46:23
Think we are on. I'm confused now.
46:25
so why would talking about this. I
46:28
guess what a rash On enough though. He's
46:32
a saying of some schools the money remains
46:34
l has I did make more money to
46:36
was beyond that would be growing well I
46:39
think the best way every day since we
46:41
will agree with you more money is against
46:43
syllable people that are in our way and
46:46
take the money from them. The
46:48
ethical to sites that has
46:50
been on most profitable approach.
46:52
Science says assassin what did
46:54
he would I. Pay. For
46:57
hims me What I saw one
46:59
full. Routine. I'm
47:02
going to. Go to for
47:04
place. To
47:07
see Africa to blame or cool and you know
47:09
maybe he my company. Media.
47:17
He was john to know
47:19
how obsessed companionship was. Good.
47:22
Yeah. For. Access to some
47:24
Disney to bring your son. He
47:26
has anything. To. Get
47:30
paid. I'm
47:34
sorry did I says u. S
47:38
Non. The
47:41
fact is we are about to
47:43
set out on adjusts to consider.
47:45
Is everyone clear on this? Yes,
47:49
I am. It's an unknown land,
47:51
the gateway to the east. a
47:53
places coaches very different than any of us
47:56
have experienced before i don't know if you've
47:58
been to the to the euro But
48:01
it will require a great deal of sacrifice,
48:03
I feel. And so,
48:06
I just want to make sure,
48:08
Ethel, you wish to carry on. I
48:11
wish to carry on. Excellent.
48:15
Then the deal is done.
48:20
I guess I do too. I know you were
48:22
wondering. And I shall get two ghost pieces. Fine.
48:29
Well done. Well done. One
48:36
for me, one for Pepsi. She
48:41
split everything evenly with Pepsi. Of
48:44
course. Why
48:48
wouldn't... Oh no. Oh
48:50
no. She's
48:52
doing my thing. And
48:59
so, you finish your dinner. Seems
49:03
like you guys needed that talk. A
49:07
lot of fighting has made the
49:09
relationship tense. And
49:12
this jewel of the East is
49:15
in the horizon for you all. You
49:18
awake the next day, I imagine. Atticus,
49:22
you have a plan on how best to
49:24
tackle this. You be walking down
49:26
to the dock, to the town square, going out
49:28
into the woods. It
49:31
truly doesn't matter. We could leave right from the hotel
49:34
room. But where do we end up?
49:36
I don't quite understand. Neither do I. Well,
49:40
see, sir, I think it works
49:42
like this. So the baby is
49:44
connected in the womb to this thing
49:46
called the umbilical cord. No, no, no,
49:48
no, no. Don't... lay
49:51
people should not have any input here. I
49:53
told Atticus to do this. But Atticus,
49:56
I would like to hear some
49:58
sort of assurance. You know
50:00
you doing. out
50:03
there. I've never done this before and
50:05
so they will be certain degree of
50:08
risk. We. Will be answering
50:10
a place. Known. As the
50:12
nether worth it is parallel to
50:14
our own home. You will see
50:16
landmarks sites that appear as if
50:19
we are. Getting on
50:21
a boat or walking past and is
50:23
that they will be sad doing is
50:25
in cook for you. Missed.
50:29
This is what dispenses to me as
50:31
I read this. but until you experience
50:34
to cannot really not. I do know
50:36
that you have move at a speed
50:38
that is unfathomable on the material. Play
50:40
every hour we will traverse travel as
50:43
far as Reboot. If our we will
50:45
travel as far as we would, I
50:47
feel. Less.
50:56
Simple meals. Fascists,
51:02
What's your name? And
51:05
that go into the wiser. Now let
51:07
me focus. Every hour. we will move
51:09
as fast as we would. In.
51:12
Three days on the material plane
51:14
that is Twenty four days of
51:16
traveled with an eight hour period
51:18
if I'm doing the metrics. So.
51:21
We. Will couple of a cover a great deal
51:23
of last a great deal of time but
51:26
I do not know exactly where we will
51:28
end up. Ah, so by the foot you
51:30
will end up one mile from your intended
51:32
destination. The issue is that we're going to
51:34
be going to places we don't really know.
51:36
Along the way we got a candlelight. talk
51:38
to people, look at a map, get a
51:41
sense of where a town his ass you
51:43
for that amount of a crossing the ocean.
51:46
Well, you don't necessarily, father. Was
51:53
concerned about gives you can you can get
51:55
there without going in the oceans and year.
51:57
For guys like circumvent this a C. Go
52:00
along the lines of France. We
52:02
can see. Your best service to
52:04
probably. Since you could say you're
52:07
planning on doing this, un got a map
52:09
of the area, trying to find like a
52:11
little cities just like your plan a road
52:13
trip. Yeah it's like places where you'll stop
52:16
around away at a hotel. cetera and I
52:18
were seven Nashville and than tomorrow night death
52:20
or whatever. And so you start to look
52:22
at the map and you think okay this
52:25
is gonna take three days if all goes
52:27
well. We. Could maybe
52:29
make it as far as a
52:32
city called Old Sincere on day
52:34
one. and then this is all
52:36
just like staying in land. and
52:38
then after that ah, make it
52:41
to a town called and Insane
52:43
right along the coast. And
52:46
then on day three, Hopefully end
52:48
up a mile outside. Twelve.
52:51
Old see here. He
53:05
begins a casting. A brief ritual
53:07
takes only one minute. He has
53:09
everyone stands around and get ready
53:11
to leave as if you were
53:14
going on a journey apple your
53:16
things, you'll need everything And he
53:18
begins. A cast. As
53:20
he does, this purplish sort
53:22
of Doc Blackish sees spreads
53:24
out from him and begins
53:26
to engulf everything around you.
53:29
All of us to each
53:31
other appear a completely normal,
53:33
but the room around us
53:35
begins to become a transmitter
53:37
translucent. Almost
53:40
vanishes and as we go to
53:42
and he finishes the casting looked
53:44
in the direction women to go
53:46
and as he takes the first
53:48
step to you he seems to
53:50
nearly packs. And is
53:52
gone and a puff of smoke. Steam.
53:55
Almost. And if you start to walk
53:57
behind him, you start to move. It
53:59
is incredible. It looks like. Yeah
54:02
like have like sleep and sleep something
54:04
which you see everything passing by you
54:07
we're just watches and you'll see like
54:09
people and briefly see like a fixed
54:11
in a market spared of and it
54:13
goes passes you're just moving in this
54:16
basically like an upside down of the
54:18
actual world. cool. At a high
54:20
high high speed. He
54:22
feels like you're running. Had an incredible
54:25
rate Ss and some have figured avoid
54:27
X men much cerebral like a maximum
54:29
Yes Yes! And
54:31
this is happening over it takes eight hours. You
54:33
can go many hours as you'd like, right? as
54:35
we have to go. In A really long journey
54:38
would be eight hours until he's utterly exhausted in
54:40
the spell is spent and see your dislikes. It
54:44
was. Just watching like a normal a power
54:46
mario but everything around us is moving
54:48
like on as precise as it does
54:50
have like a movie walk with this
54:53
city is so we see every. Are
54:58
easier. This. Through
55:01
the Netherlands. And
55:04
down loss to say that he's hiking
55:06
with psychics. Rumors.
55:10
Das. Not gonna go
55:12
into detail on and now. Don't
55:16
worry about. And
55:20
he began fighting through the Netherworld.
55:24
Various. Points. Happiness
55:40
and her own fo.
55:48
Fo steals a glance over
55:51
at Eris. Apple's
55:56
mine. And
56:01
we just focusing on this theory
56:03
world. World.
56:09
Our last. Year
56:12
sounds of water. And.
56:17
Then we find ourselves ah,
56:19
in a dark room. Attacks.
56:30
By the light a candle,
56:32
a hulking muscular figure is
56:34
hunched over with only one
56:36
looks like a small marvel
56:38
of the very ship he's.
56:42
This. Is of course. I phone her. And.
57:10
The shadows again and the
57:12
least hatches what looks like
57:14
smith. All. Jews.
57:19
Are both hands to himself
57:21
as he works When he
57:23
suddenly feel something. On.
57:26
His. Oh.
57:29
Man, he looks down at
57:31
long black. Male. Giving.
57:40
His eyes trace of from the
57:42
nails to a scale he gnarled
57:44
hand to the sleeve A month.
57:46
Black due. To
57:50
another. My
57:54
technique. All in the roof. Or
57:59
yeah, Didn't
58:02
hear you come in. Sorry. What are
58:04
you doing? Should
58:07
I stop? Oh
58:09
man. I
58:14
need a beer for this. They
58:20
should at least be sitting on opposite tables.
58:23
This is what you want and you know it. I'm
58:29
as excited as anyone, I'm just saying. I've
58:33
got a wife. An ex-wife. I
58:38
just don't want you to get the wrong
58:40
idea. Listen, calm down.
58:42
This is just a dream. Your
58:45
dream. Well
58:51
in that case... Wait,
58:56
really? You're
58:58
honestly going to tell me I've never appeared in your
59:00
dreams before? Ooh, I've a ghost
59:03
in it. Eris
59:05
is a pilot. Well,
59:08
I just think we should be clear that my heart has
59:11
been shattered into a million feet.
59:14
And I've come to terms with
59:16
the fact that it's never probably going
59:18
to recover. Maybe Eris's hand gets a
59:20
little further up the thigh. Are
59:25
you doing this? Your
59:29
hand just moves a little further up my
59:31
thigh. Yeah,
59:35
it did. Ethel and
59:37
Eris's eyes. Fuck. The
59:39
thing about dreams is you
59:41
can dream whatever you want. And
59:44
you can do whatever you want. Well,
59:47
what are you going to do? And
59:53
it's on. Suddenly
59:57
their hands are all over each
59:59
other. Ethel dives his
1:00:02
head down into the welcoming smile
1:00:04
of Eris' neck mouth. Eris'
1:00:08
chicken hands rake through Ethel's
1:00:10
hair. Eris'
1:00:12
chicken hands rake
1:00:15
through Ethel's hair.
1:00:19
It's getting hot, things are getting
1:00:22
slipped into things. Telekinetic hands,
1:00:24
white gloves, neck mouths, and
1:00:26
maybe some tears.
1:00:31
Ethel's tears. Let's
1:00:34
just say we tastefully pan
1:00:36
away. After
1:00:39
watching several, several
1:00:41
minutes of penetration. A
1:00:44
hard, torn leg, several minutes. It's
1:00:47
never too late to be tasteful. Then
1:00:50
we cut to the drape. I'm
1:00:53
like, you show it for seven minutes.
1:01:05
Hard, torn leg, and
1:01:07
then classily fade to the
1:01:10
curtain. White
1:01:15
curtain.
1:01:21
We black out and we come
1:01:23
up on Ethel
1:01:26
waking up. Alone.
1:01:31
One way. Now
1:01:34
it's the next day. Maybe
1:01:37
Ethel is making
1:01:39
his way across the deck and he
1:01:42
sees Eris. He blushes
1:01:44
like a schoolboy. He
1:01:47
rushes below deck. He
1:01:49
turns a corner and just as
1:01:51
he's passing Captain Skywind Freelings' quarters,
1:01:55
he runs into Eris. Why are you
1:01:57
avoiding me? I
1:02:02
had fun last night. Wait, what?
1:02:07
I had fun. I thought
1:02:10
I was gonna have to like get you going,
1:02:13
but you didn't really need that much to
1:02:15
land on it. Wait,
1:02:18
wait, wait, what? I
1:02:24
mean, I had a dream, but nice. Yeah,
1:02:38
that was me. I can go
1:02:40
into dreams, remember? I
1:02:43
thought this was not it. The
1:02:51
eyes go wide. There are
1:02:53
smiles, turns, and waltzes. Waltz.
1:02:58
Waltz. Waltz. Waver.
1:03:02
You and I were actually... Is there something
1:03:04
wrong? No, I just... Did
1:03:11
you enjoy yourself? It
1:03:13
was a dream. It was a dream. Okay.
1:03:16
Good. Good? No,
1:03:19
I was just... I
1:03:24
was just wondering if... Yeah?
1:03:30
If I'd, you know,
1:03:34
have that dream again. Imagine
1:03:45
us standing very close to each other.
1:03:49
Very, very close. You'd
1:03:52
like that? I'd...
1:03:57
You'd like it in the dream? Yeah.
1:04:00
I can't hear you. I
1:04:04
like it in the dream. I
1:04:06
like it in the dream. I
1:04:12
like it in the dream. I
1:04:14
like it in the whatever. You
1:04:17
want it in the dream? I... I
1:04:20
can't hear you. I want to
1:04:22
dream again. I'm
1:04:25
more than just a dream, you know.
1:04:27
Ooh, and then she leaves. We're so...
1:04:33
What do you... what do you
1:04:35
want then? I imagine
1:04:37
her eyes go wide. Now
1:04:40
she looks at him a little too
1:04:42
deeply. Almost like all
1:04:44
of his insides are splayed out in
1:04:47
front of her. She's
1:04:49
just deciding what she wants to play
1:04:52
with first. I
1:04:56
want to be the nightmare that you
1:04:58
can't shake off. I
1:05:02
want to be the whisper in your ear when you're all
1:05:04
alone. The
1:05:07
lingering chill that
1:05:09
haunts her waking hours. Her
1:05:12
hair turns alive. Starts
1:05:15
to snake towards him, gently
1:05:18
brushing his ear and his neck.
1:05:23
They booked the perfect narrator
1:05:25
for this scene. Troy's
1:05:31
going to do the audiobook, don't worry. Twisted
1:05:36
biased overly sexual narrative.
1:05:42
I want to stalk the hidden
1:05:44
corners of your sad and angry
1:05:46
mind, lurking in
1:05:48
the shadows of your thoughts. I
1:05:50
want to crawl under your skin. I
1:05:53
want to play with all your fears like they're
1:05:55
puppets on a string. Yo,
1:05:58
tell me about a puppet. She
1:06:03
moves him close. Apple
1:06:05
stiffens. Freeze,
1:06:22
love. She
1:06:32
gets in real close and she's like, I
1:06:38
want to bathe in the darkness you
1:06:40
hide from yourself. The thoughts
1:06:42
that make you mutter and squirm in your
1:06:44
sleep. And
1:06:47
then they're just on each other again. They tackle
1:06:49
each other. They go through the door to the
1:06:51
Captain's ship. They're on
1:06:53
the back. Over the guddle, into the
1:06:55
water, gone for a minute. And then we
1:06:57
see like a train going into a tunnel.
1:07:01
A flower opening. And
1:07:05
then Apple's clock. He's
1:07:17
a lemon bloke. Oh, God.
1:07:21
The best stock footage festival ever. And
1:07:26
now it's after. Maybe there's
1:07:29
a haze of cigarette smoke in the
1:07:31
air. And we
1:07:33
see Essel in Eris. Laying
1:07:37
side by side in the Captain's bed. Fully
1:07:42
exposed with no top sheet.
1:07:45
That's so disrespectful. Both
1:07:49
of them are just staring up at the
1:07:51
ceiling. Maybe
1:07:53
they're avoiding each other's gaze. It's
1:07:55
a little awkward. Sorry.
1:08:00
No. I'm sorry. No, I'm
1:08:02
sorry. I
1:08:07
don't know what to say. That doesn't usually...
1:08:09
I didn't really expect you to... Yeah, okay,
1:08:12
I'm sorry. I usually... I saved that,
1:08:14
but you said... Well,
1:08:17
no, yeah, I meant... Well, you
1:08:19
didn't say that. I know, I just...
1:08:21
the eyes all over my body... I admit,
1:08:24
it was a tactical error. You
1:08:26
were just... you
1:08:28
were different... Different?
1:08:32
Than the dream. Oh.
1:08:36
Oh. Well,
1:08:41
that was really disappointing. She
1:08:47
starts dressing. Well, oh well,
1:08:49
um, maybe, you know, maybe
1:08:51
we can... Try again
1:08:53
tonight. In the dream. There's
1:08:58
just... looks
1:09:00
at him. Music. I'm
1:09:05
not some dream wench. You
1:09:11
think I'm here to make your dreams better. Door
1:09:15
flies open. Captain
1:09:18
Freeling comes in. Oh!
1:09:20
Oh, God, God, God! Put that
1:09:22
thing away and you'll pull somebody's eye out.
1:09:27
It's not what you think. I
1:09:29
truly hope not. That's my bed. I'm gonna go.
1:09:31
I'll meet you. Quickly,
1:09:34
Eris and Ethel gather. They're closed and
1:09:36
rush out. The captain looks around at
1:09:38
her quarters. The mess. Everything's wet.
1:09:41
Hahaha! Puddle.
1:09:47
The tears. Puddle? It
1:09:50
looks like... it looks like
1:09:52
a search warrant's been served by a family
1:09:54
of meerkats. And
1:10:04
that scene is why we are the
1:10:06
best to do this. What
1:10:09
other pod-pods gives you smut?
1:10:12
That was X-rated. I love it. No
1:10:17
one is doing X-rated live
1:10:20
path-finding. That's how we're
1:10:22
going to make it. I
1:10:24
was really, really uncomfortable and I
1:10:26
really did not want it to
1:10:28
happen. And then I really liked
1:10:31
it. I kind of want more
1:10:33
of it. That's
1:10:35
how I saw it. I read my first smut
1:10:38
as well. If anyone needs to go to the
1:10:40
bathroom for a second, go ahead. Understandable.
1:10:44
That was hot. You
1:10:50
realize it did end in like terribly
1:10:52
awkward, misfired, bad sex, right? Yes.
1:10:55
Yes, but it also... Free of lipstick.
1:10:57
Still hot. Yes,
1:10:59
but I was left with the image
1:11:01
of the search warrant room. And
1:11:03
everything is soaking wet with tears. It's so funny. Watch
1:11:08
with all the puddles. I'm just
1:11:10
shocked that we never noticed
1:11:12
on the boat that Aldo, Addy, and
1:11:14
Suki never noticed on the boat. No,
1:11:16
we did. Did
1:11:18
we? Yes. This was like teased. Right?
1:11:21
You guys were down there together and there was like
1:11:24
some indication that something had happened. Yeah. I
1:11:27
mean, this was teased. It could cut the tension with the butter
1:11:29
knife. Yeah. A dull one at
1:11:31
that. Yeah. Yeah,
1:11:33
right. I just... I
1:11:36
didn't know at the time that it was... I don't know.
1:11:39
I don't know. She needed how sharp the knife needs to
1:11:41
be. I don't know. Don't
1:11:44
think about that. Geez. That deep
1:11:46
wave. Nothing. Uh, Matthew?
1:11:49
I'm okay. I really got him, Matthew. Now
1:11:54
that I'm turned on, let's continue to play. This
1:11:57
is how I like to play. All
1:12:02
right, you guys
1:12:05
literally been months in the making. I
1:12:07
know. Hey, bottle cap. Yeah.
1:12:10
Bottle cap. All right. Two
1:12:12
bottle cap. Yes. And one
1:12:14
for me. So you have to use tonight. All right.
1:12:17
So you come up with a bottle cap. Yes. All
1:12:19
right. So you come up with a bottle cap. Yes. And
1:12:22
you have to use it. Yes. And
1:12:24
you have to use it. Yes. All right.
1:12:28
All right. So you come out of that ethel
1:12:30
and you're just like staring
1:12:34
at her. Maybe she is staring at
1:12:36
you. Like, why are
1:12:38
you looking at me? What?
1:12:41
Nothing. How are you? Good.
1:12:44
How are you? This is so painful. I'm
1:12:46
sorry. I'm sorry. I'm
1:12:49
sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm
1:12:52
sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1:12:54
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm
1:12:57
sorry. It's been there
1:13:00
man. How
1:13:02
did you sleep last night? Honestly,
1:13:05
pretty terribly. I was just thinking about this time
1:13:07
my ex wife and I were going to this
1:13:09
place on the beach and Oh, there you go.
1:13:12
Oh, there's a key to her heart, bring up
1:13:14
your ex wife. I've got
1:13:16
a, I've got a thing. I've
1:13:20
got a thing with your arms. No, it's
1:13:22
the time forgot. Okay. Sorry,
1:13:28
were you going to finish your story? No, no, it's fine.
1:13:30
I really got to go. Just trying to open up a
1:13:32
little bit, be vulnerable. So
1:13:36
my ex wife said I never did. Be
1:13:40
vulnerable. You're
1:13:44
blowing it, dude. You're blowing it.
1:13:46
I'm blowing it. I just,
1:13:49
I've heard so much. We've all heard so much
1:13:51
about your ex wife. I can't imagine there's anything new
1:13:53
to here. And
1:13:57
I'm honestly really tired of hearing about it. I
1:14:02
got it said
1:14:04
you want to talk about anything else that's
1:14:08
not your ex-wife egg
1:14:18
egg looks great by the way you
1:14:20
think I gave egg a crown yeah
1:14:23
no it matches she's got a
1:14:25
new beaded circlet like black
1:14:27
beads deep black like
1:14:30
gems with like a swirling
1:14:33
like inverse opal almost
1:14:36
in the middle she's like
1:14:38
doesn't it look like me
1:14:40
it doesn't yes
1:14:43
it does right
1:14:46
yeah okay I
1:14:53
was wondering if maybe I don't know where we're
1:14:55
stopping when we get out of this umbilical cord
1:14:57
world your
1:14:59
description of that was awesome thanks
1:15:01
for defending me there they can
1:15:03
get kind of you know
1:15:05
snooty Atticus is such an
1:15:08
awful when he's trying to learn
1:15:10
a new spell I know it's
1:15:12
like the only thing that matters and it's
1:15:14
like we're having lunch dude you
1:15:18
do this any other time well
1:15:26
I was thinking and maybe you know
1:15:28
we could maybe get a meal food so
1:15:33
with everyone got to eat right with everyone
1:15:36
oh you
1:15:38
want everyone are we all going somewhere
1:15:40
you want everyone to go oh
1:15:43
you mean just me and you make you go eggs
1:15:46
gotta come eggs and bite yeah oh
1:15:49
okay yeah okay
1:15:52
yeah sure okay cut
1:15:54
to a hayfield there's
1:15:58
an old man with a
1:16:00
pitchfork. And
1:16:03
there's a giant bale of hay.
1:16:07
The most beautiful bale of hay you've ever seen.
1:16:10
You can tell that this man isn't just a
1:16:12
mere farmer, he's a craftsman. Like
1:16:16
Christian Bale. Like Christian Bale.
1:16:25
Is that Christian Bale over there? Oh
1:16:27
wait, no. Hey. He's
1:16:31
probably been working at this bale for
1:16:33
years. It's his life's work. And
1:16:37
there's one last scoop of
1:16:39
hay that he takes with his
1:16:42
pitchfork. And he comes over
1:16:44
and eyes the bale just perfectly.
1:16:47
Knows exactly where to put it.
1:16:50
Places it on. And
1:16:53
then he stands back to
1:16:55
gaze at his life's work. His greatest
1:16:57
creation never had any children. And
1:17:02
this smines. And suddenly
1:17:04
the bale explodes. And
1:17:07
the five of you appear out of thin air. Put
1:17:13
down the pitchfork. Ethel
1:17:16
Berry's attached to his chest. Here
1:17:20
he has any money. Here's
1:17:25
something else in his garden. And
1:17:29
the man bleeds out into the garden. Oh,
1:17:33
most certainly. Why is there
1:17:35
hay everywhere? I thought
1:17:37
you knew what you were doing. I
1:17:40
said I didn't know where we would land. We
1:17:43
clearly landed accidentally in front of a known
1:17:45
murderer. I'm glad we took care of it.
1:17:49
I'm sure, look, look. You
1:17:51
see that rising smoke in the distance.
1:17:53
About a mile away. In
1:17:57
that town, they'll be glad. We
1:17:59
fought the death of this murderer. I'm going to give
1:18:01
you a big point.
1:18:07
Check his body. Check
1:18:11
his body. And then I
1:18:13
cast Expeditious Excubation.
1:18:16
And take a five foot hold of his body. And
1:18:20
then it's covered with dirt. A
1:18:28
couple feet away you see a sign that
1:18:30
says Old Seheer one mile at an arrow
1:18:32
pointing. It's
1:18:35
just my little village. Let's
1:18:38
go find an inn. I'm
1:18:40
exhausted. So you sleep at
1:18:42
the inn in Old Seheer. And
1:18:45
the next day you cast... We
1:18:50
don't role play the whole thing. Nope.
1:18:55
Is anybody else banging? You
1:18:58
having your date tonight in Old Seheer?
1:19:00
Do you guys get your own
1:19:02
room? We have to negotiate a
1:19:04
better rate. All right, Pons. Welcome
1:19:06
to the hotel. We'll
1:19:12
save it for our future flashback. All
1:19:14
right, here's your room. Goodbye. What's your name?
1:19:17
Don't worry about it. I
1:19:21
am young Seheer. My
1:19:24
father built his town. Is your
1:19:26
father? It's
1:19:29
a long story I want for you. You'll
1:19:32
never guess his name. Good night. And
1:19:38
then the next day you
1:19:40
cast the spell again. You
1:19:43
walk through the netherworld cut
1:19:46
to another open field.
1:19:50
Why is it always an open field?
1:19:52
The man has got a
1:19:54
shovel. And
1:19:57
he's piled together the most
1:19:59
magnificent. pile of manure you've
1:20:01
ever seen. Beautiful.
1:20:05
It's enough manure. Lots
1:20:08
of luster. I mean he's piled
1:20:10
it perfectly. Obviously this guy takes
1:20:12
his craft seriously. It's not haphazardly
1:20:15
piled. It's gorgeous. He's probably been
1:20:17
working at this for at least
1:20:19
a year and
1:20:21
he scoops one last thing of shit.
1:20:25
He places it on, drops
1:20:28
his shovel. I know he's still holding
1:20:30
a shovel. He stands back and he
1:20:33
admires it and all of
1:20:35
a sudden he explodes. Blood
1:20:41
and visceral all over his cover
1:20:44
and blood into the giant pile
1:20:46
of manure. But
1:20:49
his hand is holding the shovel.
1:20:51
It's just a hand holding a
1:20:53
shovel. Oh
1:20:55
my God! Clearly we just killed
1:20:57
a man with a
1:21:00
falcon-bursed someone with shovels!
1:21:03
I will say this humble journey has
1:21:06
some unknown perks. It
1:21:09
somehow seeks out or
1:21:13
is drawn to sociopath.
1:21:16
This pile of manure. It's what sort
1:21:18
of well. I bet if we search
1:21:20
this there will be body parts all
1:21:22
over the world. But I mean let's
1:21:25
not get in there as soon as
1:21:27
it is. Of course it's filled with
1:21:29
human remains. It's lucky we arrived when
1:21:31
we did. No, no. But
1:21:34
you're truly remarkable just to find
1:21:36
murderers in every task. Thank
1:21:39
you. You're Batman! You're
1:21:42
Batman except that you kill people.
1:21:46
Yes, better Batman. You
1:21:49
see a sign that says Pozan one
1:21:51
mile this way. And you
1:21:53
can smell the coast. Oh,
1:21:56
you smell the coast? Smell the salt hair.
1:21:58
Let's go. about,
1:22:01
I don't know, you're south of
1:22:03
Opara, the capital of Tal'Dore? Oh
1:22:05
yes. You come into Khozzan?
1:22:09
Hello? Hello? Are
1:22:13
you looking for a room? We
1:22:15
have two rooms left in our
1:22:18
Khozzan hotel. Yes, we'll take them both. Thank
1:22:20
you so much. All
1:22:22
right. Do you have coin? Of
1:22:24
course. Yes, of course. Do we look
1:22:27
like people who just have coin covered
1:22:29
in blood? Who else? Clearly
1:22:31
we can afford to armor a snake. We're
1:22:34
not poor. Now,
1:22:37
I have to ask, are
1:22:39
you all married? Well,
1:22:43
let me tell you about that. Oh my God. No,
1:22:46
what is the purpose of the question? Well,
1:22:48
there is a custom in Khozzan. You cannot
1:22:51
share a room with someone you are not
1:22:53
married to. So I
1:22:55
assume one of you has multiple wives and the
1:22:57
other is just a couple? Yes,
1:23:00
I have multiple wives. Or
1:23:03
multiple husbands, perhaps? Husbands? And
1:23:06
do you care about snakes?
1:23:08
Depends. What is it? It's
1:23:10
my son. What is it wearing? Armor.
1:23:13
I suppose that would be fine. Okay. These
1:23:15
are my husband. Ah yes, and who do you point to?
1:23:17
I first point to Ethel and then I see Erisco,
1:23:20
and I go, ahh, to kiss and out.
1:23:22
And I make strong eye contact with Aldo. Yes,
1:23:25
you are very handsome husbands. I'm
1:23:27
not a man. I'm
1:23:31
a man. And
1:23:34
I go, ahh,
1:23:37
to kiss and out.
1:23:40
And I make strong eye contact with Aldo. Yes,
1:23:42
you are very handsome husbands. Oh,
1:23:45
thank you so much. Yes.
1:23:48
Very well. Well, check it out. And you
1:23:50
are legally married as well. Yes.
1:23:58
Yes, alright. Good.
1:24:02
Here is the Wi-Fi code.
1:24:05
And breakfast is
1:24:07
served from 7 to 9
1:24:09
right there. Goodbye.
1:24:17
We're going to have some sweet dreams. First,
1:24:19
may I ask, we are looking for
1:24:21
a friend of ours that perhaps finished
1:24:24
this way. A couple of friends. And
1:24:26
then he'll go into a description of Lyle and
1:24:28
Munn and see if he remembers anybody of
1:24:30
that description passing through here at any point.
1:24:33
No, no, no, I do not know such things.
1:24:35
Were they married? Were the two men married? I
1:24:38
don't believe so. I believe one is in the employer's room. Well, then they
1:24:40
couldn't have stayed here. They
1:24:43
can't even stay in the hotel.
1:24:45
No, it's separate rooms. There's a
1:24:47
right rule in Cozart. Cannot
1:24:49
stay in a room together if you're not married.
1:24:52
But you just get a room. Consequently,
1:24:54
I can officiate weddings.
1:24:57
For people who really need a room,
1:24:59
isn't that convenient? They
1:25:02
can't stay alone? I got
1:25:04
ordained online. On
1:25:06
what? Online. By the authority of
1:25:08
God. That line right there. I
1:25:11
was standing on it when God spoke to me. Suki
1:25:18
and Atticus and Aldo all lay
1:25:20
in one large bed. Yes, may
1:25:22
your lovemaking be passionate. And
1:25:26
they lay, it's like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory style.
1:25:29
So Suki lays with her feet. The
1:25:32
bed's one big heart. Oh no!
1:25:35
It's a honeymoon suite. Every
1:25:38
suite is a honeymoon suite. Here
1:25:40
at the Cozart Hotel. It's a deep
1:25:42
hotel. I'm confused. Oh,
1:25:45
you want the cave bedroom. Many
1:25:48
married couples travel to Cozart to
1:25:50
reignite the passion in their lives.
1:25:53
Here is some Brian Adams CD.
1:25:59
Sad. And may
1:26:01
your lovemaking also be passionate.
1:26:07
I will be watching. I'm
1:26:13
sorry, what? And you get in the room
1:26:16
and it's just a... And
1:26:18
so you spend the
1:26:20
night in Cozon.
1:26:29
What goes on in
1:26:31
the... this suite over here?
1:26:35
Don't worry about it. Okay. Let
1:26:37
your imagination run wild. Perhaps
1:26:40
something goes on that will be a future flashback
1:26:42
in another show. But
1:26:45
instead we just cut
1:26:47
to the next day, traveling through
1:26:50
the netherworld, thinking
1:26:52
about all
1:26:54
that you've seen so far. This
1:26:57
group's been together for a while now. Why
1:27:02
is it that we
1:27:05
travel for eight
1:27:08
hours every
1:27:10
day and
1:27:14
only Ethel and Eris
1:27:16
speak? I
1:27:21
thought... I thought that
1:27:23
you didn't want to talk. You know, I
1:27:26
am technically still married. Did
1:27:28
you know that? Wait,
1:27:31
to the cult leader.
1:27:35
Have you not paid attention to my backstory at all?
1:27:37
I should listen when you speak. One
1:27:42
of the many deep loves of my long
1:27:44
life was a larynx who
1:27:46
died. We found out on the
1:27:49
prison on the moon, if you
1:27:51
remember. Oh, yes, yes, was that
1:27:53
Indianapolis? Yes, it was an Indianapolis.
1:27:57
The prison on the moon, it was cold. The
1:28:00
Annapolis. Such an
1:28:02
odd name. I forgot you guys were on the
1:28:04
moon. The weird
1:28:07
game we played. We rode a giant dinosaur
1:28:09
to the moon. That's
1:28:12
right. What the fuck was
1:28:15
that? That was
1:28:17
a writer at Paizo eating acid and
1:28:19
then doing their job. It was fucked
1:28:21
up. So,
1:28:25
this husband of yours, you're thinking of him of late?
1:28:29
All I have left is this locket that we found
1:28:32
in his locker. It has
1:28:34
me in front. Which seems
1:28:36
weird to wear a locket if you're interested. Perhaps.
1:28:41
It's just time to move on. Perhaps
1:28:43
it's time to let go of the past. Are
1:28:47
you married? No. Sorry.
1:28:50
That came out in
1:28:52
a way that seemed like I was being
1:28:55
presumptuous or trying to ask a point at
1:28:57
which I was. Good question. I
1:29:00
more so meant, have you ever been married?
1:29:03
No. I have not.
1:29:06
My career was first for me, you understand. Left
1:29:09
no room for frivolity. The
1:29:15
idea of romance. My
1:29:17
father always said, women
1:29:19
weaken magicians. Dad
1:29:28
had a lot of really specific views to
1:29:31
that. He was
1:29:33
a hate-filled man. Was
1:29:36
he a magician? No.
1:29:43
When he got married, he couldn't be. He
1:29:47
would just always say that, I don't know. No,
1:29:54
he was like a drill sergeant. He
1:29:57
wouldn't let me do anything but practice my memory.
1:30:01
So that I could entertain and make the
1:30:03
money we needed to survive in a
1:30:05
human settlement so far to the west.
1:30:08
Did you know that his mother
1:30:12
was raised in Kadira? How would I know that?
1:30:17
We, advocates, to be
1:30:19
frank, we never talk. I
1:30:22
think this is the first time we've said more than two
1:30:24
words to each other and usually we're yelling. Well
1:30:27
I would like to think that we spoke
1:30:30
off air. Occasionally.
1:30:32
You're probably right. There is a lot of
1:30:34
hand waving that goes on. Absolutely. That's
1:30:37
Ethel Eris, Ethel Eris, hand wave the
1:30:39
rest. Let's move to the next point
1:30:41
in the story. Give
1:30:44
the people what they
1:30:46
want. Now what is this show
1:30:48
going to be remembered for? Joe's
1:30:51
roles or our theme? So
1:30:56
you've been before then? No. I
1:30:59
never have. I heard of it though. The
1:31:02
Warrens of Kadira are loaded with rat folk. There
1:31:05
are many there but it is a
1:31:07
hard life. A heart
1:31:10
suffocating. It is... My
1:31:14
father always said it was better in the west.
1:31:17
Though the societies did not accept
1:31:19
us as easily and so
1:31:21
one had to work so hard to
1:31:23
even maintain any semblance of equality
1:31:27
that it... I
1:31:29
don't know. I'm interested to
1:31:31
see the homeland of my ancestors. Perhaps
1:31:34
you'll have friends there. Perhaps.
1:31:38
Maybe there will be rat folk in the markets of
1:31:40
Kadira. We have
1:31:42
not seen any rat folk in BC's weeks.
1:31:45
No we have. Jenny Tutet. Jenny
1:31:48
Tutet. I had nearly forgotten. I
1:31:50
don't think I know who that
1:31:52
is. Oh it was before your
1:31:54
time. We lost. Tiny
1:31:56
murder coin. We taught her to read.
1:32:00
Well, oh no, we were going to teach her to read,
1:32:03
and then we just moved on with
1:32:05
our lives. Hahaha. Something
1:32:09
of that nature. Sometimes
1:32:12
I forget I've lived
1:32:14
such a long time, 190 years. What?
1:32:20
190 years. I
1:32:26
know, I look young for my age. You do. I
1:32:30
was going to say I forget that you and Aldo,
1:32:34
as I look over at Aldo, what's Aldo doing
1:32:36
is- Hello. Oh, you- No. Can
1:32:38
you hear? I'm just looking through the
1:32:40
pamphlets that they keep at the hotels and
1:32:43
the, by the reception,
1:32:45
just looking at local caves. Oh.
1:32:51
Browsing caves. That is- Anything
1:32:54
good? Carry on. That
1:32:57
is a startling stalactite. Yeah.
1:33:00
I forget that you and Aldo have such a storied
1:33:02
past. So much has gone on that I'm
1:33:04
unaware of. Oh yes, without him I
1:33:07
would be lost. He found me, he pulled me
1:33:09
from the ashes, literally.
1:33:12
And we learned together that
1:33:14
we had served Lao's in some
1:33:16
dark purpose. I don't
1:33:18
even know what I'm going to do when I find him. Aldo.
1:33:24
Stop looking at the pamphlets, just come in. Oh, sorry.
1:33:27
Let us say, of course, it is
1:33:29
so unlikely, but let us say we
1:33:31
enter the city of Khedira, we come
1:33:33
face to face with Lao's himself. What
1:33:38
are you going to say? To Lao's?
1:33:44
Oh, that's a tough one. I
1:33:47
think I'll be very angry. I
1:33:50
think I would say, Hey, you.
1:33:55
What did you mess with
1:33:57
that, you know, friend in
1:33:59
the... myself and
1:34:02
put us through a lot of unpleasant,
1:34:06
you know. Yes, I understand the
1:34:08
idea. That'll
1:34:11
show him. No, I think so. Do
1:34:15
you think he is someone that needs to
1:34:18
be, you know,
1:34:21
that we are going to kill? Whoa,
1:34:25
I mean, I hate
1:34:27
those, uh, many, many
1:34:29
that live, deserve death.
1:34:33
Careful. Many that die
1:34:35
deserve life. Can
1:34:38
you give it to them, Atticus? Literally,
1:34:40
yes. Well, yes, then... Yeah,
1:34:43
I say we kill him. We've done it.
1:34:46
I say we kill him. Yeah. Yes.
1:34:48
We've killed a lot of people. Yes, I think.
1:34:51
But he seeks this ritual to bring this body of
1:34:53
God to our world. To our world,
1:34:56
destroy everything. It is complete nonsense, of
1:34:58
course, but there is a nugget
1:35:00
of value there. A power
1:35:03
that, if wielded
1:35:05
properly, could help
1:35:07
to shape the
1:35:10
world into a place we wanted
1:35:13
to be. Yes, we should. We
1:35:16
should focus all our attention on the
1:35:18
nuggets. It's
1:35:20
not what I'm doing right now. But
1:35:25
yes, absolutely, I agree completely. I
1:35:29
agree, too, Atticus. I mean, with
1:35:31
power, you
1:35:33
could help so many people, you
1:35:35
could save them, you could
1:35:37
protect them, you could... You
1:35:42
could try. You could
1:35:45
imagine a better world for them. Yes.
1:35:49
I've tried. I
1:35:53
mean, not yet. Girl, what? Only
1:35:56
seven and a half more hours. Oh. Algo,
1:36:00
could you pass me one of those pants, please?
1:36:05
We've made a lot of progress tonight in
1:36:07
the plot so far. Yeah. We'll
1:36:10
finish this adventure in no time. So
1:36:18
you keep walking through
1:36:21
this netherworld, sharing pamphlets and life
1:36:23
stories. And
1:36:27
after about eight hours, you
1:36:33
appear in
1:36:36
an open space. One
1:36:39
might call it a field. But
1:36:44
there are no piles of hay nor manure,
1:36:48
nor pitchfork-wielding farmers, or
1:36:52
severed hand-folding shovels. There's
1:36:55
the smell of spice in the air. And
1:37:00
you look... She's
1:37:03
alive. You
1:37:05
look ahead of you, and you
1:37:07
see in the distance one
1:37:11
of the greatest cities in
1:37:13
the known world, move
1:37:16
a sprawling mass
1:37:19
of glittered buildings, side
1:37:23
by side with ancient creations
1:37:25
that struggle to remain standing.
1:37:27
By comparison, Casimir, where you
1:37:29
just came from, is
1:37:32
a mere village compared to
1:37:35
the mighty capital of the nation of
1:37:37
Kadira. Kadir!
1:37:41
Thousands of vessels ply the
1:37:43
Parshman River, dining in and
1:37:45
out of Kadir's port as
1:37:47
the city towers behind it.
1:37:50
Outless laborers, sailors,
1:37:52
and merchants in the west of the port.
1:37:55
And in places you can see the river is same
1:37:58
thick with boats. Just
1:38:00
cross the river, jumping from boat to boat
1:38:02
without ever giving to your feet wet. This
1:38:04
is so cool. This is so... ...alsamous.
1:38:08
Great. It's like Constantinople
1:38:10
or Istanbul. Yeah,
1:38:12
Aleppo or... Another
1:38:15
city. Or another city. You
1:38:18
know those cities had something in common, right? Yeah.
1:38:21
Beautiful. Detroit. Or Shreveport
1:38:23
or anywhere. Or Kansas
1:38:26
City. Yeah! As
1:38:33
a seat of education and trade, Kathir
1:38:36
has a long and illustrious
1:38:38
history and stands as the
1:38:40
furthest western reach. The
1:38:42
Kalish Empire. You
1:38:44
know that the city's markets can
1:38:46
provide nearly anything you may want
1:38:49
or need, and you should have no
1:38:51
trouble finding wonderful places to eat. Or,
1:38:55
uh... Maybe let's sweep
1:38:58
the lodging. You
1:39:02
walk into the city. Maybe
1:39:04
you walk. It seems like you're being
1:39:06
pulled towards these ports along the Parshaman
1:39:09
River. And just as you
1:39:11
arrive in, there's like all these
1:39:13
traitors, guys, and shady-looking, roguous creatures
1:39:15
just immediately swarm you and start
1:39:18
harassing you. Does anybody speak
1:39:20
Kalish? Yes. You do speak
1:39:22
Kalish? I do. Well, you would understand
1:39:24
that these people pawing at you are asking, do
1:39:26
you need a ride? Do you need a place
1:39:28
to stay? Recommendations of places
1:39:30
you could eat or maybe a companion for
1:39:33
your bed this evening. And
1:39:35
you understand all this. Yeah. Um...
1:39:39
And they're just like... Yeah, sure.
1:39:41
Yeah. Okay, that's all. Thank
1:39:43
you. Thank
1:39:45
you. Do you want
1:39:48
a place to eat or maybe find
1:39:50
a woman? Uh, yes.
1:39:52
My comrades,
1:39:55
myself, and looking...place,
1:39:58
bed. Your
1:40:01
kellish is very strong. Ah,
1:40:04
many many pleases.
1:40:07
To me. Alright,
1:40:11
you follow me, I will take
1:40:14
you to the best hotel in
1:40:16
all of Kathir. Hooray. This
1:40:19
way. Jump on
1:40:21
my rickshaw. Rickshaw?
1:40:25
All of you. A five
1:40:28
person rickshaw. With
1:40:30
a snake hanging out the side. With
1:40:33
a snake compartment. Like
1:40:35
a dog with a tent under
1:40:37
the window. Heavy, but I'm very
1:40:39
strong. Alright, here is
1:40:42
your hotel. What brings you
1:40:44
to Kathir? Many
1:40:47
troubles and troubles
1:40:51
for anticipations.
1:40:55
Hmm, I understand. Troubles,
1:40:57
yes. Well, Kathir will
1:41:00
be a solution to all your
1:41:02
troubles. If you need
1:41:04
solutions, perhaps you give me some
1:41:06
coin and I can help you
1:41:08
with the answers that you seek.
1:41:11
Coin doubled. Having
1:41:13
on us will do. Does
1:41:15
anyone else speak kellish? Yes.
1:41:19
Kaldor, what did he say?
1:41:22
He's talking about the right. He's trying to get
1:41:24
us to pay for information. He's
1:41:27
talking about the right of the hotel. Oh, well, let's
1:41:29
just pay him then and I give him... Suki.
1:41:33
What? Mysterium.
1:41:39
Mysterium library. It
1:41:42
is in the University District.
1:41:45
Rindiautaka. Donde
1:41:49
estar el
1:41:52
discotheque. I
1:41:55
realize it must be really hard for British people to speak
1:41:57
Spanish. Donde estar. Is
1:42:00
that the infinitive or why? That
1:42:05
is, it is in the university
1:42:07
district. It lies on the edge of the
1:42:09
campus of the Vennikan College
1:42:12
of Medicaments and Charanojari.
1:42:15
Is it the campus itself? Is it
1:42:19
easily visited? Or do you
1:42:22
need credentials to set foot on the campus? I
1:42:25
think you can walk on the campus.
1:42:27
The mysterious, I do not know. That
1:42:29
building has been around a long time.
1:42:33
That is not my business. What
1:42:36
is your business? I
1:42:38
set up a where. I
1:42:42
have parties at my house.
1:42:45
Housewives come. And
1:42:47
I show them ways to store
1:42:49
leftovers. I
1:42:51
have made my fortune. This
1:42:53
is selling Tupperware. Truly
1:42:57
strange culture. It may sound strange to
1:43:00
you, but perhaps you would like
1:43:02
to sell Tupperware on your own. If
1:43:05
so, here
1:43:08
is my god. You
1:43:17
try it out for six months and then you
1:43:19
see who is trying it. Thank
1:43:22
you. You have been most helpful. What is
1:43:24
he saying? He
1:43:26
is saying the wisterium is on the university
1:43:28
campus, the edge of town. And
1:43:31
it should be easy enough for us
1:43:33
to walk on to the campus. Thank
1:43:35
you. I give him ten silver. What
1:43:38
is this strange currency? I
1:43:42
do not recognize this. Do they
1:43:44
not use silver and pryssier? No,
1:43:46
only... Go to your markets.
1:43:48
You will find an exchange. It
1:43:51
was a pleasure meeting all of you. I
1:43:54
hope that we see each other again. For I
1:43:57
like this voice. See? Perhaps
1:44:02
we could ask you
1:44:04
to eat us again, should we need transport?
1:44:06
Join you for dinner? We just
1:44:09
met. However,
1:44:12
should you choose not to eat
1:44:14
your entire dinner, I have a
1:44:16
solution. At the
1:44:19
ready. You
1:44:27
have my card. And
1:44:29
he looks down at the card, what does it say on
1:44:31
it? It says, Keanu
1:44:34
Windchime. Keanu
1:44:37
Windchime? I have to type it,
1:44:40
I'm just going to type it.
1:44:43
Keanu Windchime, and then it just says Tupperware.
1:44:48
This is a lovely stock and
1:44:51
lovely picture. Thank you, thank
1:44:53
you. And your
1:44:55
journey here is successful. See
1:44:58
you at eight. I
1:45:03
believe we've just made dinner plans with the
1:45:05
crowd. What?
1:45:07
Yes. I was
1:45:09
rusty of the translation, but... Aldo,
1:45:12
did he invite himself to dinner?
1:45:14
No, no, it's fine. Many grotesque
1:45:16
happiness to you, kind of madam.
1:45:25
We have been talking about a third. A
1:45:31
third? What? You
1:45:33
know, like we were...
1:45:38
No, say what it is. What?
1:45:41
Go ahead. Welcome to the hotel.
1:45:46
Look at all of you. How
1:45:48
long will you be staying? We
1:45:51
don't know. Perhaps we could put
1:45:53
down cash for seven nights. Ah,
1:45:57
we have cash. Indeed. However,
1:46:00
our currency is Western. Is that
1:46:02
something that you can change? Yes,
1:46:04
absolutely. All right, how
1:46:06
many rooms? Two
1:46:09
if you like. No, no. I
1:46:12
would like my own bed. Yeah, I think we should all...
1:46:14
It's quite cramped. Separate. Five
1:46:17
rooms? Five
1:46:19
rooms. Yes, five rooms. Yes, you have it.
1:46:21
No, six. The small ones. No, no,
1:46:23
no. That's something we can stay with. Wouldn't
1:46:26
you like one night of peace? From
1:46:28
all the hissing and slithering, I mean. No,
1:46:31
I would. I'm just going to need one
1:46:33
credit card. No
1:46:36
problem. Ethel? What?
1:46:42
I don't speak the language. You
1:46:48
got me there. We're just following you guys. Atticus?
1:46:52
Atticus will provide his goddamn credit
1:46:54
card. Thank
1:46:57
you. He looked at Ethel. He
1:46:59
looks at Eris. No incident.
1:47:04
Do you have a Cathier Hotel rewards membership?
1:47:10
No, but we wouldn't need it. Would you perhaps
1:47:12
be interested in signing up? No, we'll only be
1:47:14
in town briefly. It was so heavily informed by
1:47:16
you. I needed the email address. All
1:47:19
you needed was? It will only take 45 minutes. And
1:47:24
it's mostly free. Please.
1:47:28
All right, with everything checked out here,
1:47:31
here is your room key and yours.
1:47:33
One for you, and one for you, and
1:47:35
one for you. We do not serve breakfast.
1:47:41
We can't name you Emily. Oh.
1:47:47
It's so different here. It truly
1:47:49
is. We do not serve breakfast. We're back. If
1:47:57
I were you, I would have taken that opportunity to go to the
1:47:59
bathroom. I know. The
1:48:01
place is so lavish
1:48:04
and the service so terrible.
1:48:06
It's very confusing.
1:48:08
Anyway, let us get some rest
1:48:10
and reconvene in the morning and
1:48:13
head to the library. Yes. Excellent.
1:48:17
And I'll go off on rest. After
1:48:19
multiple days rest at this point, you have,
1:48:21
I would say you have all your hit
1:48:23
points back, all your spells, all your powers,
1:48:25
you've had to put five days off. But
1:48:28
still you reached Kothir much faster than
1:48:30
you would have via boat. You
1:48:35
know the location of the
1:48:37
Mysterium now, the University District. It wouldn't take
1:48:39
long for you to ask around to find
1:48:42
out where that is.
1:48:45
But would you like to take some time the
1:48:47
next morning to use
1:48:49
diplomacy to gather more information?
1:48:52
Yeah. Yeah. I want to
1:48:54
use my new feet to
1:48:57
hold the spirits. Oh.
1:48:59
You know there's plenty of
1:49:02
alive people to have. Hey.
1:49:06
Hey. Is that Jackie Stallone over
1:49:08
there? I
1:49:10
spent 10 minutes and I attempt
1:49:13
to recall knowledge and basically
1:49:15
the spirits come to
1:49:17
me and they tell me
1:49:19
things about the land or like
1:49:21
the culture or whatever. So
1:49:24
the DC is determined by
1:49:26
the GM. Oh, in parentheses
1:49:28
it says usually a very
1:49:30
high DC for the level
1:49:32
of the highest evil creature
1:49:34
you might encounter in the area.
1:49:38
Always got to read that last little
1:49:40
thing. Well. Troy.
1:49:46
Okay. I will come up with the
1:49:48
DC. I actually already have
1:49:50
it. You know the way
1:49:52
I think of it is like you roll and
1:49:55
depending on what you roll you
1:49:57
may learn more or less information.
1:50:00
than you need. So what
1:50:02
does this ritual entail? It's ten minutes
1:50:04
and the spirits speak to you? Yeah,
1:50:07
ten minutes and you question
1:50:09
resident spirits about matters related,
1:50:12
like whatever. I like this.
1:50:14
Okay. It's critical success, failure
1:50:16
and critical failure. Failure
1:50:19
is you're unable to contact the
1:50:21
spirits. Critical failure you contact one
1:50:24
or more malevolent spirits. They are
1:50:26
hostile toward you, though they
1:50:28
may not immediately appear so. The
1:50:31
answer up to three questions would give you information
1:50:33
that is harmful to you in some way, as
1:50:36
determined by the GM. You sure you want to do
1:50:38
this? I can do nature, occultism or religion. I'm
1:50:42
going to choose my nature. I'm a druid and I get a plus
1:50:44
23. So I'm feeling pretty confident
1:50:47
that I would do okay. Okay.
1:50:49
This is a little different than gathering
1:50:51
information, but I still like it. You're
1:50:53
like contacting the spirits of nature to
1:50:55
see if there's been any disturbance in
1:50:58
the area that may glean some knowledge.
1:51:00
Okay. The air is
1:51:02
choking with copal incense.
1:51:05
There's Tibetan singing bowls everywhere.
1:51:07
Crystals all over. I've made a
1:51:10
huge altar and an absolute mess
1:51:12
in my room. Savicries, hay from
1:51:14
the wall. Where did I get
1:51:16
them? I don't know. And I've
1:51:18
been sitting cross legged for ten minutes. Pepsi's
1:51:21
on my head and
1:51:23
I'm going to roll my recall
1:51:25
knowledge now.
1:51:31
Okay.
1:51:33
Net
1:51:36
20.
1:51:38
With my new cool liquid
1:51:41
core to high.
1:51:43
Wow. 43. Wow. Is that a critical? Yeah.
1:51:46
Oh shit. All right. So you're sitting in
1:51:53
your hotel room, communing
1:51:55
with the spirits of nature. As
1:52:01
is traditional when you're consuming it,
1:52:03
it's in nature. Maybe
1:52:06
you go to a local park or
1:52:08
something. I'm in nature. You're
1:52:10
in nature. You snip on a flower. The
1:52:16
way I see it is like your
1:52:19
consciousness is sort of transported. You're
1:52:22
in this meditative state where
1:52:25
the rest of the world around you
1:52:27
disappears momentarily. You can see a
1:52:30
direct route from where you are
1:52:33
to a building. A
1:52:38
building with a pyramid
1:52:42
on top of it. It's
1:52:44
like glowing. You see the direction
1:52:47
on how to get there. These
1:52:49
voices say you see.
1:52:53
A Agar minar. Much
1:52:59
danger lies
1:53:01
within. The
1:53:04
wars have
1:53:07
changed. Many
1:53:11
have perished. The
1:53:15
place is unsafe.
1:53:20
Do not go. What
1:53:23
else you will
1:53:26
join us. Suki
1:53:31
has eyes rolled back in her head
1:53:33
as she's communing with them. She
1:53:36
says, What
1:53:38
lies in the Mysterium? Danger
1:53:48
Knowledge that should
1:53:50
not be sought. Okay.
1:54:00
She says, that's a bit vague but okay. Um,
1:54:06
fuck. Well, shit. Let
1:54:11
me think. Uh,
1:54:14
she says, housekeeping. Not
1:54:17
now. Uh, how do we enter the
1:54:19
Mysterium? Fuck.
1:54:30
I rolled a last one. You
1:54:36
bitch. I told you a
1:54:38
lot, but you're not paying attention.
1:54:42
I think that bribery was the best. I didn't know if there
1:54:44
was something. I have to go. No,
1:54:46
I have one more question. Someone else is trying
1:54:48
to commute. No, I have another question. I
1:54:54
am looking for a book located
1:54:58
in the soul. What's
1:55:02
in the book? What?
1:55:06
Fuck. You
1:55:12
really don't know. The
1:55:14
Nefcranomacorn is a dozen nefcranomacorn.
1:55:16
We already got that, didn't
1:55:18
we? We
1:55:22
already got the Nefcranomacorn, right? No, we didn't. That is what
1:55:24
we're looking for. That's what Miles is looking
1:55:27
for. So that's what we're looking
1:55:29
for. Let me just
1:55:31
change my note. Looking for a book. The
1:55:33
Nefcranomacorn. It's
1:55:37
called the Nefcranomacorn, obviously. Duh.
1:55:44
That life within
1:55:47
the soul and
1:55:50
the keeper awaits
1:55:52
the day when
1:55:54
they are given the word to
1:55:56
destroy it. others
1:56:02
seek that fork. You're
1:56:09
gonna leave now aren't you? Peace.
1:56:12
Peace. Peace. Peace
1:56:14
out. God's
1:56:23
spirit's cool as shit. That
1:56:25
spirit was chill as hell. Wish
1:56:28
we had more time. Ain't
1:56:30
that just the way? I think... Go get
1:56:32
cigarettes. Ethel
1:56:34
would like to gather information to see if
1:56:37
anyone has seen Mun or Lao's. Mmm,
1:56:39
yeah. Okay. Yeah, uh, yeah.
1:56:41
These are gonna be diplomacy checks and
1:56:43
anyone can make them. I
1:56:46
would suggest all of you do as you're going about town. Yeah,
1:56:49
I feel like Atticus is moving through
1:56:51
like the markets of Kefir, like trying
1:56:53
to find Ratzok. Yeah. Get
1:56:56
out of here. Did you? Did you shut your
1:56:58
face? Did you? Oh shit. He
1:57:01
does. Natural 20. Oh! What's
1:57:05
the tone? Uh,
1:57:07
33. Oh!
1:57:12
What's the rat's name? The
1:57:14
rat, roll anything? Well,
1:57:16
um, it's
1:57:19
not exactly diplomacy. That
1:57:22
I would like to do, um, yeah, this
1:57:25
is gonna suck. I'm
1:57:27
not gonna diplomacy, so like, is that the only way
1:57:29
you can gather information? Just roll an Atticus. Can you
1:57:31
use deception? Can I use, can I use, I did it
1:57:33
and Matthew did it, so just roll a nat 20. Can
1:57:35
I use intimidation? Bam. Natural
1:57:37
five. Okay. Can
1:57:40
I, I was still looking for it. We do
1:57:42
not have any scraps of food for you rat.
1:57:45
Go away! Stop
1:57:49
begging! You
1:57:51
will be dead. And
1:57:53
then he looks at this market owner and tells
1:57:55
him that and says, so sorry
1:57:58
to offend. He
1:58:00
begins walking away. Look
1:58:03
at this stupid little lad. He thinks
1:58:05
he's a gentleman. Stupid rat.
1:58:12
And then that market owner sees
1:58:16
the most horrifying thing they could
1:58:18
imagine coming to kill them.
1:58:21
I cast Phantosmocaine. I'm
1:58:30
not even kidding. So
1:58:33
you walk away and it's like a Michael Bay movie.
1:58:35
You just hear him go, AHHH!
1:58:38
AHHH! AHHH! AHHH! And
1:58:40
then like oranges spill everywhere. Watermelon.
1:58:44
He dies. Meanwhile,
1:58:49
Ethel, working the market, you
1:58:51
find out direct directions
1:58:54
to get there. I'm
1:58:56
specifically trying to find out if anyone has seen
1:58:59
Mun or Lao. Anything about Mun
1:59:01
or Lao. So I'm going to give you
1:59:03
a lot of information where you rolled that
1:59:05
30, including what you may learn about Mun
1:59:07
and Lao. So you learn that the building
1:59:09
used to be called Hakkar Minar. And
1:59:14
now it is the Mysterium.
1:59:16
It is a stout sandstone
1:59:18
building topped with a pyramid
1:59:20
and decorated statues of angelic creatures
1:59:22
on its four corners. One
1:59:25
of the oldest arcane libraries in
1:59:27
Kadira. You learn that
1:59:29
it's closed right now and everyone is
1:59:31
very tight lipped when you ask too
1:59:33
many questions through that gun.
1:59:36
That's closest. The Stuart's guards
1:59:38
are stationed outside the doors. No one can
1:59:40
go in. No one can go in. You
1:59:44
learn that the Mysterium was built
1:59:46
in the early decades of Kadir's
1:59:48
founding by Kalish scholars. The
1:59:51
library has since come under control
1:59:53
of the second netness worshipper's name,
1:59:55
the Stewards of the Vault. You learn
1:59:57
this already and they turn
1:59:59
the Mysterium. into a temple of
2:00:02
sorts more than just a library.
2:00:04
And while worship does take place
2:00:06
within there now, it's still primarily
2:00:09
a place of study and instruction,
2:00:12
but they've fallen on hard times as
2:00:14
of late. You
2:00:17
ask about Lyle's and Mon, and you don't
2:00:19
really get any direct answers about them. No
2:00:21
one knows their names, but they do know
2:00:24
that a group of thieves recently
2:00:26
entered the place and
2:00:28
you'll record something terrible within.
2:00:32
So they think that these guards that
2:00:34
are standing outside aren't trying to
2:00:37
keep people from going in, they're trying
2:00:39
to keep something from coming out. And
2:00:44
here's your role, and your critical
2:00:46
one last piece of information you
2:00:49
learn is whatever happened in
2:00:51
there with this thief
2:00:54
situation, the
2:00:56
attack may
2:00:59
or may not have cost the
2:01:01
lives of several members of the
2:01:03
stewards of the vault, including their
2:01:06
leader, someone by the name of
2:01:08
Elder Leif Dean, who went into
2:01:10
the building with the
2:01:12
stewards, and is presumed to
2:01:15
be dead. Nothing
2:01:19
about Wiles, nothing about Mon, are they
2:01:21
the thieves? Or
2:01:24
that they, or that they, or that they, or that they hired
2:01:26
the thieves. There
2:01:29
was the, yes, I wonder if
2:01:31
we could appeal to the stewards
2:01:33
as, to gain
2:01:35
entry by volunteering to go rescue
2:01:37
their boss.
2:01:41
Well we did hear and know
2:01:43
that the bride, the guards can
2:01:45
be bribed. Yes, but I feel
2:01:47
you could always fall back on the bride. Micah,
2:01:50
would you could start with
2:01:52
something of value to perhaps
2:01:55
their commander, assuming
2:01:57
They go fight whatever's been unleashed. I
2:02:02
knew all this already. I
2:02:05
actually knew all of this already missed.
2:02:07
I knew this is. A spoke to.
2:02:11
To. Those. Guys
2:02:15
you know it's as if as it. Is. In my room
2:02:17
have any chance to do speak of
2:02:20
strange boy's soul. Time for the. Your
2:02:27
ios go great with
2:02:30
not. The
2:02:33
as I was my second process
2:02:35
I prefer to read the needlessly
2:02:37
used to sit sit on the
2:02:39
south side road prepare some sort.
2:02:42
Of why not take it a sample to the. Ground
2:02:46
is not going anywhere. His allies will
2:02:48
be alive tomorrow. Likely.
2:02:53
Result school also offers sewage to
2:02:55
see to believe he might be
2:02:57
allies. Got
2:03:02
all your there without a single stuff but not
2:03:04
prepare for itself. And
2:03:06
also you are the most do I've ever met.
2:03:10
To gathering information takes like
2:03:12
all this. That's what I
2:03:15
meant to represent one conversations
2:03:17
her arguments I see rest.
2:03:20
Of the next day you
2:03:22
follow the directions ethel gone.
2:03:27
Since I saw these
2:03:29
years of. Do
2:03:33
you find yourself. Series.
2:03:37
Of. Diseases
2:03:39
squat sandstone pyramids sitting
2:03:41
atop a blocked he's
2:03:43
building. Jelic Sassy since
2:03:45
to settle Heard about
2:03:47
standing each of the
2:03:49
buildings corners. The walls
2:03:51
of the buildings are
2:03:53
also carved with smiling
2:03:55
angels is a very
2:03:57
definite angel both teeth.
2:04:00
and some of them are armed with spears, some
2:04:03
are armed with shields, some
2:04:05
are bearing frowns, and
2:04:08
their concerned faces all sort
2:04:10
of meld together at the front
2:04:12
of the building to grip a
2:04:16
curious round ochre-rusted
2:04:18
iron doorway set
2:04:20
into the sandstone walls. A
2:04:24
braided copper bell
2:04:26
pull hangs nearby and
2:04:29
you see that three sets of iron
2:04:31
bars have been installed in front of
2:04:34
this circular door leading into
2:04:36
the building and those iron bars
2:04:38
have been lashed to the pyramid,
2:04:40
excuse me, to the, yeah to
2:04:42
the pyramid up top with chains
2:04:45
and as you approach four armed
2:04:47
guards stand outside the
2:04:49
doors. You folks are
2:04:51
in for a special treat because
2:04:54
as of tonight I have
2:04:56
moved this adventure and found three
2:04:58
VTTs. Wow! Let's
2:05:04
go to the video tent! Wait,
2:05:07
wait. Hold on. Wait.
2:05:10
Nice. Oh that works. That's looking good.
2:05:13
Looking good. Smooth as butter.
2:05:18
We're downloading world data.
2:05:20
Great. Great. Oh. One
2:05:23
more. Got
2:05:25
a lot of live show. Wait. Here
2:05:28
it comes. Yeah! Foundry
2:05:32
virtual tabletop, tabletop,
2:05:35
tabletop. Let's
2:05:38
go to the map. Oh
2:05:40
shit. I
2:05:43
didn't see you really get to the
2:05:45
map. I thought we'd sufficiently delayed with
2:05:47
ridiculous role play. Back
2:05:51
in the making, I can't see the map.
2:05:54
Here we go. Oh the Mysterium!
2:05:58
Oh! Oh,
2:06:00
nice. Oh, cool. Oh, that's great.
2:06:03
There are four guards standing
2:06:07
outside that circular door with all
2:06:09
those angel faces, iron bars that
2:06:12
are chained up to the building all the way to the
2:06:15
top. We're
2:06:21
just like dancing in front of them like
2:06:23
electric slide. One
2:06:27
of the guards sees you approaching a
2:06:41
Dramatic moment you start to approach and one of
2:06:44
the guards steps up and says I'm sorry. Hey
2:06:47
No, no, the Mysterium is
2:06:49
closed Yes,
2:06:52
we were made aware that the Mysterium
2:06:54
was closed wait, is he speaking common
2:06:58
Yes We've been made
2:07:00
aware that the Mysterium is closed and that
2:07:02
your commander has not
2:07:05
returned from a an
2:07:07
attempt to find
2:07:09
out what it is that Is
2:07:12
harming people inside We've
2:07:15
come to bring him out Hold
2:07:20
on Something
2:07:32
something rhubarb rhubarb rat way
2:07:40
Who's that? That
2:07:42
is not of your concern. It is
2:07:44
our concern. It is our charge to
2:07:47
guard the Mysterium what you say intrigues
2:07:50
me But I need to
2:07:52
know more Do you know
2:07:54
of the danger of which has been
2:07:56
stirred up inside you
2:07:59
could not possibly We possibly understand the danger with
2:08:01
which your commander is playing right now.
2:08:04
We are well aware. We
2:08:07
have been fighting it for some time. It has led
2:08:09
us here. I could try to explain
2:08:11
it to you, but you would not understand. If
2:08:14
I even began, it
2:08:16
could break your mind. What
2:08:20
you say sounds
2:08:23
believable. However,
2:08:28
you do not know what
2:08:30
is happening here. If
2:08:33
you want to gain entry, the
2:08:36
power is beyond any of us. You
2:08:39
must speak without a fear. She
2:08:41
is the acting leader now.
2:08:45
Across the way, in the
2:08:47
university, there is a
2:08:49
series of apartment buildings won. Wait,
2:08:53
Ethel. Wait for the moment.
2:08:57
Come back. Come back! What
2:09:00
is your friend doing? He pulls out a
2:09:02
gun. Why
2:09:05
would you run if you are not guilty? There
2:09:10
are a series of apartments just
2:09:12
over at the corner of the
2:09:14
university. One of them has
2:09:17
a red door. Elder
2:09:19
Thea is within. If
2:09:23
you obtain written permission from
2:09:25
her, we will gladly
2:09:29
let you in. Right. Our
2:09:33
orders are explicit. As a
2:09:35
way to be ready, he is
2:09:38
still listening. He is talking. Talking.
2:09:41
So rude. Your
2:09:43
friend is making me nervous. I
2:09:46
get nervous, I get shooty. We
2:09:53
will return directly. And we
2:09:55
will head to this apartment with the red door. Alright.
2:10:01
MARY MAMMOLITI.
2:10:07
MARY MAMMOLITI. MARY MAMMOLITI. The
2:10:09
doorbells don't have to be electric. MARY MAMMOLITI. Well, he didn't
2:10:11
say there was one. You press the button and
2:10:13
the doorbell goes off. MARY MAMMOLITI. Damn
2:10:15
it. You just did that
2:10:17
to make me look stupid. Atticus is
2:10:19
knocking. The
2:10:27
door opens and an
2:10:29
older woman wearing a
2:10:33
handkerchief on her head peeks
2:10:36
out. Hello. How
2:10:40
may I help you? MARY MAMMOLITI. You must
2:10:42
be Elder Sia. MARY MAMMOLITI. I
2:10:44
am. MARY MAMMOLITI. Oh, Atticus, would you like
2:10:47
to take us away? MARY MAMMOLITI. She's speaking common.
2:10:49
MARY MAMMOLITI. What? MARY
2:10:51
MAMMOLITI. I'm getting confused and you're making me nervous.
2:10:53
MARY MAMMOLITI. No. I'm sorry. We
2:10:56
were... MARY MAMMOLITI. In, let us grow. MARY
2:10:59
MAMMOLITI. Ah. How... Who
2:11:02
are you? MARY MAMMOLITI. You heard
2:11:04
him. In, let us grow. MARY MAMMOLITI.
2:11:06
In, let us grow. No,
2:11:08
it's grow. It's the arse. MARY MAMMOLITI.
2:11:10
What do you want, how may I? MARY
2:11:12
MAMMOLITI. MARY
2:11:14
MAMMOLITI. Yes,
2:11:16
yes, yes, we know. However, an
2:11:19
associate of ours has already entered the Mysterium. We
2:11:21
are certain of this. An associate of yours? Yes.
2:11:24
What is their name? I wouldn't
2:11:26
call them an associate, Angus. I
2:11:28
wouldn't call them, we don't like them. We're
2:11:31
sort of hunting. Plenty of associates I
2:11:33
don't like. Don't interrupt. Speak
2:11:36
plainly. Count
2:11:38
Haassers and Lows, do you know this name?
2:11:41
She... ...stands
2:11:43
up, she was sort of hunched over in old
2:11:45
lady mode. Old lady mode? Yeah,
2:11:48
you get it. And
2:11:52
when you say Lows, she
2:11:54
like...stands up. What
2:11:57
Is your association with this man? He
2:12:01
is. I
2:12:04
want to do a perception check. To
2:12:07
see if she seems the
2:12:09
haunted angry not liking this
2:12:11
man versus light. Switch
2:12:19
sides, And or she might
2:12:21
be on that is a
2:12:24
to win eight persists Junius
2:12:26
twice. Ah, she seems. Ah,
2:12:30
Worried when you bring up and. Sees.
2:12:37
Will. We used to work for him
2:12:39
albeit not of of our own
2:12:41
decisions in like that the up
2:12:43
the he. Insists.
2:12:49
He's up to some bad says that we
2:12:51
are trying to stop. We
2:12:53
believe he added the mysterious with. His.
2:12:58
And we wished his plans.
2:13:00
Before they'll and acted. Six.
2:13:05
Saying. If anyone else around. Healthy
2:13:20
healthy food is was. Passing
2:13:27
also have lived know I'd like a
2:13:29
pepsi instead of say. You
2:13:33
have a taxi? I wouldn't either. Four cups of
2:13:35
tea and your fighter months or so, say? We
2:13:43
have to make everything consensus. Every
2:13:46
know I like for aren't necessarily
2:13:48
cannot fight over who gets says
2:13:50
Chris is satisfied whoever of during
2:13:53
suffers as like the best see
2:13:55
if ever. I'm
2:13:59
not sure. Where.
2:14:01
To begin. A
2:14:04
do not know how much
2:14:06
you know about us and
2:14:08
our situation. The.
2:14:11
Stewards. Recent
2:14:17
years. Ah. Coffers
2:14:19
have run dry. And
2:14:22
is a. Self we Packard
2:14:24
and argued for long time
2:14:27
perhaps we would sell some
2:14:29
of the mysterious, more valuable
2:14:31
works in have. The
2:14:41
real progress. To
2:14:43
staunch the wound we stand x.
2:14:47
Harrys commerce turn
2:14:50
this study. Very
2:14:54
careful. To scream those who
2:14:56
approached us to is no to
2:14:58
risks losing. The senses combs,
2:15:01
Stored. Or
2:15:05
or or or allow unseemly.
2:15:07
Spotless house. Seat.
2:15:39
Of. Lava Go. Out
2:15:42
Loud. Back.
2:16:04
Line. Two they're offering. Once.
2:16:07
We allowed them access. They
2:16:09
went into an unauthorized ears.
2:16:13
Steer him since the end
2:16:15
of. Something
2:16:19
went wrong. In
2:16:23
the entry level of them Syria. Since.
2:16:28
Last summer. Soon
2:16:31
as seal. Defend
2:16:35
The library. Oh shit
2:16:37
indeed. Scissors.
2:16:40
This is like creatures from
2:16:43
the. Like a planes
2:16:45
of alignment right? Yeah, a lazier
2:16:47
creatures of like pure law right
2:16:49
with no thought of like Judge
2:16:51
Dread. Still like no thought of
2:16:53
morality right at just there is
2:16:55
the law, the written law and
2:16:57
they follow it to the T
2:16:59
including killing anyone that crosses the.
2:17:02
It. Breaks the last rites. This
2:17:04
you know, These
2:17:13
men did last. Time.
2:17:16
Or wants and in lieu
2:17:18
of. To
2:17:24
Miss. Out.
2:17:44
Lock the doors not to keep
2:17:46
outsiders from going in, but to
2:17:49
keep from whatever is happening in
2:17:51
they're coming out. How not alone?
2:18:01
Other strange be. Never.
2:18:37
Smiles. And his cronies
2:18:39
who didn't know what? fiscal.
2:18:41
Cost. To
2:18:51
it. Costs.
2:19:07
Us: What have you. Costs
2:19:19
a lot. Of
2:19:30
these like funerary clothes. Just say
2:19:32
a prayer. Grab them to protect
2:19:35
them from whatever is happening in
2:19:37
there. Should you make
2:19:39
the play safe, what's more I will allow you
2:19:41
want? Set of access to apply
2:19:43
for a week as well as
2:19:46
excisable reward. To
2:19:48
the way to theaters data where
2:19:50
she says. He
2:19:53
smiles a knows. Whatever
2:19:57
straits this. says.
2:20:02
There is one way of
2:20:04
recessing all. Of the was in
2:20:07
order to make the mysterious. Says
2:20:17
it's first at the very of
2:20:19
the library. Six.
2:20:31
If you feel. That
2:20:38
they totally bell was. Switch.
2:20:49
Once. You
2:20:54
will we be. I
2:21:05
know not. Everyone's
2:21:14
for different.
2:21:16
jealous. In
2:21:21
order to play whatever the. Hell
2:21:24
for writing this down. In
2:21:28
order to travel from water level to
2:21:30
the next. You need to. Turn
2:21:33
the his support for starters.
2:21:35
To face the walls that they
2:21:37
still. A
2:21:50
Let's play so
2:21:52
much Post Office.
2:21:54
I love puzzles so much as
2:21:56
I just told you. the answer.
2:21:58
To the beach ca. Not
2:22:01
merely a puzzle most I got an
2:22:03
activity know, I know, it's a Goes
2:22:05
has a security measure. What?
2:22:09
What is this? is the password
2:22:11
on her phone. You'd be surprised
2:22:13
people visit library. Still normally twists
2:22:16
as statues within. The
2:22:19
to do just be weird is
2:22:21
your email password possibly angel one,
2:22:23
two three sources. You.
2:22:29
Are you have. Guess.
2:23:04
We. Believe that. So.
2:23:24
Many. Press.
2:23:34
Mirror. Up at times
2:23:37
and bizarre takes.
2:23:42
The one of. Those
2:23:44
venture to the lower levels
2:23:47
frequently mood and lookouts. Why
2:24:01
tell you this is a warning? While
2:24:04
many of the manifestation have
2:24:06
that post, there are still
2:24:09
numerous hans that the clergy
2:24:11
have not been able to
2:24:13
figure out. How to permanently
2:24:15
get rid of. My fear
2:24:17
is known by. The
2:24:21
way in which these axial
2:24:23
might have been case. On.
2:24:32
Cue. Sorry to interrupt.
2:24:35
Me have like a feast a
2:24:38
higher like an ordained. Minister.
2:24:41
A high as. He possibly
2:24:43
could. Just so you know, They.
2:24:46
Would be risking their lives of forces are
2:24:48
we. We
2:24:52
knew a man. You
2:24:55
say of Mississippi success? We knew
2:24:57
a great man once. I don't
2:24:59
think you'd be here. Perhaps you
2:25:02
know him. City. Never.
2:25:15
Know state level for such.
2:25:19
As a. Set of them
2:25:21
had no we won't have been on
2:25:23
shrines and there is a. A
2:25:26
young priest who is very
2:25:28
headstrong. He. Does not have been
2:25:31
in power is a handsome. he had
2:25:33
strong o sea happens to be handsome
2:25:35
as well. I know I'm back in.
2:25:37
He would have been weird five. By
2:25:41
immediately describe the priest as handsome maternal
2:25:43
I thought I. Was
2:25:46
he was a major rebels. Pupils.
2:25:54
Dilate pounds a sudden you understand me?
2:26:01
And will be unhelpful. Battle
2:26:03
Bunny. Or
2:26:06
more he could perhaps. guys, you should
2:26:08
you need it. I can't say that
2:26:10
he would even Roman this is if,
2:26:12
but he will certainly live and thing.
2:26:15
For some name. Is.
2:26:21
Going. To Love. Star
2:26:25
the bubbles. Father
2:26:28
Father, Please don't laugh.
2:26:33
At sister don't bother Richard
2:26:35
Bubbles Richard Father so people
2:26:38
know him. This. probably
2:26:40
fall. I don't
2:26:43
know why your life. Is
2:26:45
Powerless. Freeze is going to
2:26:47
come along. And
2:26:49
do Nothing is what I've his. If you
2:26:51
will have to be a new. Adventure out
2:26:54
of com Um. Yes,
2:26:56
but only it couldn't hurt.
2:26:59
On father does. Assault.
2:27:04
To school. With
2:27:09
his. Bottle.
2:27:18
Of supposed. To.
2:27:25
Wrap it up with go. Or
2:27:28
as much as I want a role player in
2:27:30
Florida now. Asus
2:27:32
Deluxe. You're welcome Austin.
2:27:37
You have any other questions about
2:27:39
anything to do with the mysterious
2:27:41
I will request. Father bubbles
2:27:44
to meet you when you are
2:27:46
ready to enter. Here is a
2:27:48
risky assets and these to the
2:27:50
gods but know that they will
2:27:52
not let you out until the
2:27:55
bell tolls. I've
2:28:01
a feeling he's going to be
2:28:03
interesting to see this. Ah, Due
2:28:06
to have anything else you want to know.
2:28:13
I guess. Who told
2:28:15
you it? Was.
2:28:18
Written in the notes of Laos and
2:28:20
says their plans to get past the
2:28:22
keeper. Since
2:28:26
known loss. And
2:28:39
past Elder Box.
2:28:43
Skewers. I.
2:28:49
Saw the bug fixes the success.
2:28:52
Of. The
2:28:54
past elder market to force.
2:29:02
An accident or are. They
2:29:10
knew the mysterious would someday
2:29:12
need to scour away some
2:29:15
of the most dangerous knowledge.
2:29:17
Stewards had collected. The
2:29:20
Keep awaits within the So, not only
2:29:22
guarding. To. Try
2:29:24
Nice but awaiting. The
2:29:27
fetus. Of order to
2:29:29
destroy the knowledge with
2:29:32
his Sookie. If
2:29:38
allows was seeking this. And
2:29:51
is it didn't. Say
2:29:56
God it bothers. Discounts, Are
2:30:10
you leave the confines of
2:30:12
build his tiny bug ridden
2:30:15
apartments? And
2:30:18
sounds leave marks up
2:30:20
to the mysterious We
2:30:22
see it in the
2:30:24
distance as you slowly
2:30:27
approach sandstone pyramid on
2:30:29
top. And
2:30:31
the guards. Elders.
2:30:34
Here. And they
2:30:36
draw you closer to the chase.
2:30:39
And then they look. Valiantly
2:30:47
walks towards says old
2:30:49
I. Know.
2:30:53
The names father, bubbles,
2:30:58
Tic. O
2:31:02
sea and off the. Curb
2:31:45
with a group overslept. Today
2:31:49
had joined the day
2:31:51
stalker that Rosa in a
2:31:53
high that safe.com will
2:31:55
get our focus upon
2:31:57
my home wall. Target
2:32:00
about enjoying the day to day. I
2:32:02
joined the Nose stops. Welcome
2:32:09
to a journey into the heart of the
2:32:11
Texas Renaissance Festival! The. Nation's largest
2:32:13
and rowdy. his celebration of medieval
2:32:15
fantasy than what lurks beneath the
2:32:17
facade of tights and turkey legs?
2:32:19
Well, we delve deep into the
2:32:21
Empire to uncover a history marred
2:32:24
by mystery and misconduct, murders, assaults,
2:32:26
and other crimes that tarnish his
2:32:28
legacy. This isn't just a fairytale,
2:32:30
it's a cautionary tale of power,
2:32:32
fantasy and the consequences of follow
2:32:34
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a summer night Douglas Rob Junior
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Delia Dean Ambrose and my investigation
2:32:55
into exactly how does Died took
2:32:57
me into the depths of a
2:32:59
bizarre. Mystery. It was really
2:33:01
hard to understand what was
2:33:04
says and what was. A
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mystery that has led me from
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