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Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Released Wednesday, 15th May 2024
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Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Strange Aeons Episode 89 – I Wanna Dream Again

Wednesday, 15th May 2024
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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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time. In an effort to make the recap shorter

19:28

and shorter as the years go on, here's

19:31

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

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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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on some in I'm investigative journalist

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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

2:33:06

mystery that has led me from

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