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Welcome back. We have

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returned to the city of duskfall.

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Here we are. It's the

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return of haunted city. I

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can't I couldn't be more excited

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to be here. My name is Jared Logan. I'm

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the GM of this game. We play

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Blades in the Dark on this

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show. Blades in Dark the Incredible RPG

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from John Harper and Evil Hat Studios

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And with me returning

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returning to the city of

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ghosts, I have Josephine McAdams,

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Abu Salim, and Ross Bryant,

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Please give them a big round of applause as

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you sit at home everybody or even in

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your car. Take the hands off the wheel

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and give them a round of applause.

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Oh, you just Okay. Worth it.

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Worth it. So worth it.

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Here we are, guys. We've been

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on a long hiatus. What does everybody been up

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to?

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Oh, man. Everything and nothing.

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Gosh. Same thing. Abu

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got married. I'm

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married.

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That's everything. Ditched everything. Honestly,

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got a baby on the way. That's everything.

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Oh. It's just kinda crazy.

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So, yeah, it's all good. Yeah. I

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don't think any of us are gonna top that. Well, okay.

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I won't speak for everyone. I I can't

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stop those achievements in that time.

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No. You know what? You'll know you'll You've never experienced

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true joy until you hand

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the baby to your partner and say, you

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watch him, I have to go pretend to be

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a warrior

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in a steampunk city. Oh, I can't

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wait. I can't wait to fight that

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argument and be like, maybe I'm gonna do this

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today. I'm gonna do this just now. Just

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just give me six hours.

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Okay? No. Yeah.

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It only takes six hours. Oh,

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man.

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What about you, Ross

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Brian? What have you been up to during the

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summer hiatus? Has it

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been a hot Ross summer?

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Yeah. Everybody's talking about

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it. It's sending the Internet on fire. It's

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an HRS trending

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across every platform.

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I've just

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been having lots of fun in the sun

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hanging out in jeans shorts, washing cars,

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surfing, cutting it up on the

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boardwalk in my rollerblades and

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getting

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your hair all wet and then flinging your head

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back and flinging it back in a big cascade that

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catches the sunlight, all

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all the good stuff. And you and

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don't worry, the breakdancing competition we

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held did save the youth center. So

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Yes. Everybody can sleep and

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sleep soundly knowing

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that that happened. I didn't know that was a summer

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activity until now until

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now. What

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about you, Josephine, any break dancing

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competitions? Oh,

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God, I wish. I wish. No.

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What I I did some

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hunting on the glass can and network at

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least. A

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little bit of hunting. I'd like for your eyes lit

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up as if you're ready for me to tell an actual

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hunting story. Now I feel I've just appointed. Yeah.

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We played Hunter, the Hunter,

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the reckoning with Josephine.

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I thought you were about to go I

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got a buck. Yeah. Twelve

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point. Yeah. No. I used a knife.

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I went in with my bare hands. And

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you wrestle the you wrestle the

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deer to the ground? Yes. Yeah.

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That's what all the martial arts training

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has actually been for. so

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that I can hand to hand combat some

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wild animal. Have you met those people that

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think they can do that?

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No. I haven't met them.

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they're Well, they they can wrestle a

4:02

a wild animal. Yeah. Yeah. They they

4:04

they they're like yeah. Because they're like somehow

4:06

trained in some way that they can

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take on a wild animal. And

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I've never even heard of that. I've heard of Alligator

4:13

wrestling.

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Oh, yeah. That's an Americans man.

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What are you doing? Yeah. Come

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on,

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dude. Come on, dude. Come on, dude.

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We're for punch and deer,

4:26

and rasling alligators, and -- No, man.

4:28

-- grabbing drugs.

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You visit America. You

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must visit Florida. Oh,

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wow. That's the most normal

4:37

inviting friendly

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place. Sounds it. I've

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gotten to avoid Florida this whole time.

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So it's I

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I feel that's a win. Whatever

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the time like, I remember watching Atlanta

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and they were like, oh, you met, like, Florida

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man. And I'm like, do you know what

4:53

I mean? And I'm thinking, like, as a Brit watching that,

4:55

you're thinking, wow. What kind of human

4:57

being is like not like has like

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almost like a superhero name, Florida man. That's the

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terrifying. You know, you got like Batman, Spider

5:03

Man, Florida Man. Florida

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man. Yeah. He's more of a villain, really.

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Yeah. You know, Florida when I was a kid used

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to be just where you went to Disney World and

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now it's the headquarters of Q and ON.

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So You

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know? It's had a little bit

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of a sea change. But if you are from Florida

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and you're listening, we get out

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of love. I'm sure you're fine.

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I'm sure you're fine. You're one of

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the good ones.

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Busy Florida, man.

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Pardon on me.

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Well, speaking of places that are

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scary to go to, is everybody

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ready to visit duskfall?

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I've been waiting. Yes.

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So long. We finally

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see returns. Well,

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in that case, a thousand years

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ago, this is a land of beauty

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and magic Then came the cataclysm

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that blotted out the sun and ripped open

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the gates to the land of the dead.

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The city of dusk falls, the metropolis of

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factories and tenements surrounded

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by a wall of crackling lightning

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towers outside the city as a

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wasteland of vengeful spirit Inside

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the city is a teeming hive of

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scum and villainy, intrigue, and

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corruption. Life is cheap and

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a city ruled by death. The

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sun is gone. The only thing that shines

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in dusk are the blades

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in the dark. Amen.

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Yes. amen. So

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here we are. We are

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running a score today. We left on a bit

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of a cliffhanger about to

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start into a new score and

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we have a new character with us. The sister

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of cellular con, crons

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con, tell us a little bit about

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crons, Josephine, as we get

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started here. Wow.

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Oh, do we need to go over,

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like, I don't

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know, her physical description? What did I

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tell you? Oh, gosh. We've had But we know

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that she has glowing. That's okay. We

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know that she has, like, glowing veins. Yes.

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Like, she's a little bit translucent, like,

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seladelpar. black

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bones. You see, like, glowing veins.

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Yeah. I know that she likes to run-in elite

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circles even though she herself is

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not noble. No. Yeah.

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So she's always, like, in finery

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and, like, decadent, always

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perfectly quaffed and like I

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think she moves

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with a little, like, sway you

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know, she walks as well, and it's all

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very enticing and alluring.

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Yes. And she

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brought the score to the group, so

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we will be getting into Crohn's score in a

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moment. I noticed that Crohn's is

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very good at consort Kronz

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is very good at us. Let's

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see. What are her other attributes that

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are her she went she

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went heavy in consort and

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then has got a

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pretty good study and then the rest is just

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one dot and like here and there.

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Right? So she is an intellectual

7:59

and social character,

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and I can't wait to see. You know,

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I I feel like the remnant generally

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has pretty been pretty action oriented

8:09

in some ways. So it should be really

8:11

interesting to see how krons mixes

8:14

with this group. And of course, we

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have Sellia Khan and Valkos

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joining us again. And the thing that's

8:20

interesting, I think, about those two

8:22

characters right now, is that they're

8:24

going in with maybe not a lot of stress,

8:27

but with a bit of harm. Right?

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Yes. Actually, oh my god. I do have

8:33

home. Yes. Yes. I

8:35

currently have the condition bleeding.

8:37

Yes. So

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what we finally deciphered

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about and and not that it

8:44

was hard to decipher, but it takes me, you

8:46

know, I'm slow. What we

8:48

finally figured out if out harm is

8:50

that you do take the

8:53

the penalty, for example, for

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your bleeding arm you will have

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less effect in

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situations where it would matter.

9:02

Okay? So I don't think that we we've

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described your bleeding as like it's just like

9:06

a seeping wound. It's not like your your

9:09

jugular jugular is being cut in your

9:11

hemorrhaging blood. Simply

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simply a seeping.

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have a seat. A simple seat.

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Simple

9:17

seat. And a mini seat. Yeah. Just

9:19

a simple seat. And and

9:21

and Celyac has kind of like say, like, kind

9:23

of a little

9:24

Jauncey Cravat up around

9:27

his neck, but that you can

9:29

slowly see the little rorschach

9:31

test of a blood stain forming

9:34

one. Exactly.

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So if you have even

9:38

one arm on a level one or

9:40

a level two, it all it gives you that

9:42

penalty, but only in

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situations where it would matter. So

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the bleeding, I think, you know, it

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looks like that'll hurt him socially. I think

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that we'd all understand why.

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And that's what you yeah. Another

9:55

situation may come up where it gives him less

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effect. But, you know, Seljak's looking

9:59

pretty good.

9:59

Seljak's looking pretty good

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all told. Let's look at VAALCO's.

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VAALCO's has two components.

10:07

Yeah. And, you know, both

10:10

of those they you coming and going because

10:12

panicked is going to mess with your

10:14

ability to socialize -- Yeah. --

10:16

maybe even plan or

10:18

strategize. And Bruce

10:20

is gonna you know, Falcon's

10:23

is going in with, like,

10:25

how my back But VAALCOZ

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is a juggernaut, so I'm not too

10:33

worried about VAALCOZ. Let's

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talk about the score. This

10:38

is what you were charged with. Okay?

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Right. The score is

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to steal an artwork from

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Quelena children mass. She's a white

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crown noble and replace it

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with a forgery before

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she unveil the artwork to

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a bunch of elites and

10:56

that in that way you will

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embarrass her horribly. fits

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a collector. Your

11:02

contact got in

11:05

touch with Kronscon in

11:07

order to carry this out. So

11:09

Bitt is probably annoyed that

11:12

Kueleina got her hands on this artwork

11:14

instead of him or maybe he's

11:16

annoyed that He wasn't invited to

11:18

the party where it's going to be unveiled.

11:21

But whatever the case

11:23

fits once Koolana's children mask

11:25

to be horribly embarrassed

11:27

that she has a forgery,

11:29

that she unveils a forgery to

11:32

the elites of duskfall The

11:34

work of art is by the great master,

11:37

Ventura Shook. It's

11:39

a Shook original. And

11:42

it seems that it

11:46

seems that you will there's some of

11:48

party happening where she's going to unveil this.

11:50

You know that right now. You

11:53

can certainly do a little information

11:55

gathering if you want before the

11:57

score. Mhmm. And and

11:59

then we're gonna jump right into the score. You

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guys know how it works. We we pick

12:03

out our approach in detail and

12:05

then we are in it. So let

12:07

me know if everybody would like

12:09

to do some sort of Oh,

12:11

you know, one thing I thought of is

12:14

you need the fake artwork.

12:17

Right? Right. That's that's an asset

12:19

that. Right? So because kronscon

12:21

didn't take any downtime activities

12:23

last time, krons,

12:25

I will allow to acquire the

12:27

assets. Should we try that?

12:29

Yes. Okay. Let's do

12:31

it. So Crohn's, you need

12:33

to acquire a

12:35

fake a

12:37

fake version

12:38

of this Ventaro Shook original.

12:41

Actually, maybe we need a little information

12:43

gathering before Crohn's acquires

12:45

a fake because you don't quite know what the artwork

12:47

is yet. Do you? Maybe Fitch could have

12:49

told you. Actually, do Fitch?

12:52

You know who I'm friends with?

12:55

Who?

12:55

Solia, an information

12:56

broker. Very good.

12:59

Yes. Okay. Solia, excellent.

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And so you visit Solia

13:04

at the The Coffee House where Solia does

13:06

business. And Solia is constantly sucking

13:09

down mushroom coffee, and

13:11

that is where Salya meets

13:14

various people that come in

13:16

and pay her for information.

13:18

And so when you sit down with all.

13:20

Yeah. She's like, yes.

13:22

Have we

13:23

met before? I take off my sunglasses.

13:27

I shawl. It

13:30

is me.

13:32

home France.

13:33

Yes. We corresponded via

13:36

mail.

13:37

That is correct. Yes.

13:39

I'm looking for a

13:42

that little

13:43

piece of whispers.

13:46

about certain artwork

13:50

that

13:51

miss Childermas

13:54

is going to be debuting soon?

13:55

Yes. The white

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Civil.

13:59

Oh. Yes, sir.

14:02

White Civil. Yes. It's

14:04

on everybody's lips. It's a very,

14:07

very important piece of art

14:09

created by the great Ventura Shook.

14:11

Why is it

14:12

showing good It's just

14:14

one of his masterpieces. It's,

14:17

of course, it depicts a a

14:19

veiled woman. all in a

14:21

high alabaster or Ivory.

14:23

It's a white stone. Oh,

14:27

beautiful. Yes. It's a

14:29

beautiful sculpture.

14:30

Where did she acquire

14:32

this piece?

14:33

Well, recently,

14:37

the death of another

14:39

elite allowed

14:41

some of his, you

14:44

know, his assets to go up

14:46

at auction, and

14:50

that is where she purchased

14:52

it, but at a great cost.

14:55

And

14:57

is this an opening invite?

14:59

Then she's going to I would love to see

15:01

this. An open

15:04

invite. I should say not.

15:06

No. Only only

15:08

the elites of the art world and dust fall

15:10

will be invited. Of course. But

15:12

there are very few guests. Who

15:15

would

15:15

I speak to in order to

15:18

get invited to such an event?

15:21

I am afraid that

15:24

maybe something I don't know. Perhaps see.

15:28

You need to know you need to know Killeen and

15:31

Childramaster self. As I

15:33

said, it's going to be a small party.

15:36

Understood. I will

15:40

do what I can do. Thank

15:44

you for this information. Yes.

15:46

That will be one coin.

15:50

I don't want I don't know. Pull out a

15:52

coin. Does she have any coin? Does

15:54

she have any coin? She does have it. And you

15:56

don't start with coin, do you? You

15:59

know, I'll tell

15:59

you what.

16:00

If you if you go

16:03

ahead and let's

16:05

see. Nice. She's just

16:07

gotta have some point. I'm

16:09

gonna give her a fine bottle of whiskey

16:11

that's in my items. Oh.

16:15

Yeah. Let's see. Well, coin,

16:17

you know, there's a there's a

16:19

an what a coin equals is sort

16:21

of in the game here. yeah. Yeah.

16:24

And I think that I think that

16:26

a fine bottle of whiskey, one

16:28

coin, I think she'll accept that. She'll

16:30

accept that. Can you mark it off on

16:32

your inventory? Okay. So no matter what

16:34

your load out is, it's one

16:36

less for the score. One less. Yeah. No

16:38

whiskey. It

16:40

Alright. Ricus is

16:45

beautifully aged whiskey

16:47

from the aisles of severos.

16:52

Well,

16:52

I only drink coffee, but it may be good

16:55

for barter. Our debt is

16:57

settled, if you'll excuse me. And there's

16:59

you've noticed that there's someone else waiting

17:01

right behind you. This like

17:03

pirate looking guy who has knives all

17:05

over his leather duster. Go

17:08

or it course.

17:09

Glasses go back on the show. Oh,

17:13

good. And she floats away.

17:15

Good day. So you

17:16

make your way out of the bustling coffee

17:19

shop back into

17:20

the street and

17:22

you've learned some things. You've

17:24

learned that it is sculpture that you must replace, called

17:27

the white symbol.

17:29

And it is up

17:31

to you. It with

17:34

that information knowing that and

17:36

and I'm sure that Salya gave you the date of the

17:38

party. You know that already, or

17:40

Fitz gave you that. Yeah.

17:42

can I can I confer with

17:45

my newly

17:47

new friends and brother?

17:49

I think you should. Yeah.

17:51

So what

17:52

we are trying to replace

17:54

here is a beauty

17:58

sculpture. You wouldn't know

17:59

any sculptors,

18:03

builders of sorts I

18:05

think you should stand instead of the sculpture.

18:08

Oh,

18:09

vertical. If not

18:12

for me, but No. I'm

18:15

serious. And

18:16

if I'm testing. In

18:18

the sculpture and

18:18

having you there, if it's a small

18:21

party, we can handle them. They

18:23

wouldn't they wouldn't just expect it

18:25

or anything. And how

18:28

would

18:28

I live? We'll

18:30

find

18:30

a way. I

18:35

have no doubt it.

18:38

Welcome could provide

18:41

a suitable exit

18:44

from an awkward situation

18:46

such as the one he described. However,

18:49

I'm not so sure that you are script

18:51

to make good your escape,

18:53

being the focal point of such a

18:55

tip below.

18:57

I I fear it might be difficult

19:00

to convince

19:02

the entire

19:05

group of art collector citizen

19:08

in the

19:09

in civil servants of that I

19:11

am

19:11

a scotch.

19:12

Sure. Though I do appreciate

19:15

It sounds like

19:17

the group is planning. So I think that

19:19

we should go into the planning

19:21

phase, and we should deal with some

19:24

of this stuff in flashbacks we know. Okay.

19:26

Okay. Yes. That's what I'm saying. to know.

19:28

I'm sorry. Yes. We we can know.

19:31

Well, listen. If people are like,

19:33

I have to have an information gathering

19:35

role, please stop me.

19:37

And if you think you want that sculpture, I

19:39

would like to acquire an

19:41

asset. But if

19:43

Crohn's is going to stand

19:45

stock still under a tarp,

19:50

Well So I

19:52

was just trying to do winter

19:54

stay to do one role which is

19:56

essentially beat someone up to get

19:58

the keys of the place.

19:59

like, either, like, some form of,

20:01

you know,

20:02

guys is right then, you know, like, be able to

20:05

security or learning a bit more

20:06

about space of the night,

20:08

amazing service. You'd like

20:09

to learn more about the the location

20:11

in the space with an information

20:14

gathering Yeah. Let me know. It sounds like

20:16

you're beating people up to do that.

20:18

Yeah. So you got up.

20:20

A little risky, but if you would go ahead

20:22

and roll your action

20:24

in order to do that. It

20:27

could be skirmish when the skirmish.

20:29

Yeah. Roll your skirmish. Would it be what

20:31

positioned? I think

20:34

that because you're just gathering information. I

20:36

don't think that you're actually beating people

20:38

to a pulp. I think that, you know, kind of, scaring

20:40

them or threatening them. So

20:42

I think that you can roll

20:45

it at controlled

20:47

or standard effect and we'll see

20:49

how much

20:49

information you

20:51

gather. Okay.

20:57

53353

20:59

and three. Okay. So

21:02

you gather with that five, you

21:04

gather some good information. So

21:06

the information you gather is

21:08

that her her mansion

21:10

is not quite like remember

21:12

you visited the Widow songs Manson

21:14

Whitecrown and it was almost like

21:16

a townhouse. Mhmm. Well, I

21:19

I think that Koolana children's

21:22

ass is much more money than even the

21:24

widow's song. Her house

21:26

is more of a villa with an

21:29

enormous indoor kind of

21:31

garden area filled with

21:33

statues. She has like a

21:35

statue garden. And this is

21:37

undoubtedly where the

21:39

Suarez is going to take

21:41

place. She will debut the

21:43

the statue in its new place in

21:45

her stone garden. The rest

21:47

of the house is all one level,

21:49

but it sprawls. You know, it

21:51

is. It's at colonated sort of

21:53

villa like you might find in

21:55

ancient Rome in our

21:57

reality. Mhmm. And

21:59

in terms of security, Let's

22:03

see. With the five, I'll let

22:05

you know that security seems

22:08

minimal or non existent. The people

22:10

that you kind of

22:12

like grab off the street,

22:15

they they're

22:17

just helpers. They're

22:19

servants. They're not like security

22:23

people.

22:23

Okay. I relay this

22:25

to the team.

22:29

And not to belabor it, but I feel like

22:32

celiac might also like to gather

22:35

his own sort of information.

22:38

Okay. Alright.

22:42

Having

22:44

having recently become

22:47

more intimately acquainted

22:51

with

22:51

the relationship that exists between

22:55

the

22:55

maker and their

22:58

material. And

23:01

how

23:01

Each work of art contains

23:04

as it were a spark, the

23:07

soul of

23:08

the creator, the

23:11

wise is

23:12

there anything

23:14

peculiar about this

23:17

artwork even of an

23:19

arcane sword? That's

23:21

a great question. Why don't you

23:23

go ahead and tell me what action you're gonna

23:25

roll to gather information about

23:27

this artwork, the white symbol?

23:30

Yeah. Especially considering the white civil sin. That

23:32

that's a very eclectic

23:37

name. Civils are are

23:39

like like, profituses

23:41

and and witches.

23:43

is So

23:46

I

23:46

guess I'll Yeah.

23:49

Can I attune? Can

23:51

I reach out and and see if

23:53

there is something you can't.

23:56

Yep.

23:57

Great.

24:02

Let's go.

24:02

Let's say

24:04

we go. Oh, no. It's not controlled

24:06

for you.

24:07

Uh-oh. The ghosts -- I I

24:10

did basketball. -- the ghosts of

24:12

duskfall are angry at Seljocan.

24:14

Oh, right. Oh, no.

24:17

Oh, gosh. And a

24:19

tuning in this way I assume

24:21

is speaking to ghosts unless there

24:23

is a different way that

24:25

Seljak would somehow reach out into the ether and

24:27

learn about this statue. No.

24:30

I think that that's that's kinda his way of

24:32

going about it. Mhmm. So it

24:34

is risky for Well,

24:37

limited effect. Oh my god.

24:39

That's all great. I rolled a one and

24:41

A20 no.

24:43

Okay. Yeah. The

24:46

ghost The ghosts this is

24:48

horrifying to you, Celyac, but when you

24:50

kind of do your ritual and take

24:52

your meditative stance, the

24:55

ghosts are shunning you.

24:57

None come to your summons.

25:02

Yeah. And I think

25:03

maybe that he, like, has a piece of

25:05

stone as if in front of him just like

25:07

an uncut piece of stone as if

25:09

kind of like, reach through the material

25:12

component to to seek

25:14

out other,

25:16

like, ghosts that know of of,

25:19

like, the geological core of

25:22

whatever this marble is that was

25:24

cut. And that's a Kranz

25:27

is definitely watching you behind

25:29

your shoulder too the entire time.

25:32

No wonder you

25:34

can't concentrate. It's

25:36

like

25:36

it's hard to do to

25:38

win. It's not don't do it with

25:41

an audience.

25:43

But yeah, like, it's the kind of thing where, like, I

25:45

I if I if the kind of eye

25:47

the inner eye opens and where I'd

25:49

normally expect like a a spirit

25:52

to be kind of coming to me maybe with information. I just see

25:55

their faces turned away from

25:57

me. But the bodies are still facing

25:59

me, but the faces

25:59

are are like a

26:02

hundred and eighty degrees. Right. The

26:04

head lift twist backwards.

26:07

Yeah. And then the ghosts sort

26:09

of fade away from

26:11

you moving through the

26:13

spirit realm to parts

26:15

unknown. and you are left feeling

26:17

very alone even though your sister is

26:19

standing right behind you.

26:23

Same as always.

26:26

spiritual

26:27

forces are are are sometimes

26:30

they're

26:30

reluctant as the artist is to

26:33

develop the secrets of their graft

26:35

it and launch. I'm

26:36

sure that it

26:39

happens all the

26:40

time.

26:41

And now I think we will enter our

26:44

planning stage. And I would like

26:46

you to choose your approach for your

26:48

crew. Okay. Will it

26:50

be assault deception,

26:53

stealth, occult, social,

26:56

or transport.

26:59

Those

27:00

those approaches again

27:02

are assault, deception, stealth,

27:05

a co social or

27:08

transport. So I will

27:10

just throw some things out there as your game master.

27:12

Mhmm. It is a deception

27:14

at some level. that doesn't have to be your

27:16

approach. Sure. But

27:18

learning, tricking, or manipulating, at some

27:20

point, you are switching out an artwork for

27:22

another one. A

27:24

heavier work. In fact, a statue made of stone.

27:26

That should be

27:27

interesting.

27:29

You know, social

27:32

seems like a possibility. And the reason

27:34

why is because it's a

27:37

party. Right? And you need to get

27:39

invited to the party possibly. You

27:41

don't have get invited. You guys

27:43

could sneak in or break in

27:45

and attack. I don't know. But

27:47

social seems like something seems --

27:49

Yeah. -- very probable here. But then there's

27:51

also stealth. There's also a cult which I

27:53

know plays to the remnants strengths. Right.

27:57

I think Either right. Yeah.

27:59

I think social or deception. Right?

28:02

Well, probably Yeah. I think that's like Right.

28:04

Yeah. I think maybe guys

28:06

are stronger probably socially

28:08

than I am at it,

28:10

but I

28:10

can always be like, you know,

28:13

the bodyguard. Mhmm. Yeah.

28:17

Perhaps

28:17

perhaps social then.

28:21

Okay. Is that is everybody agreed to

28:24

that? Interesting. This is gonna be

28:26

really interesting. I have We've never

28:28

done it before. We've never done social.

28:30

This is going to be so chaotic.

28:33

What's so Yeah. What's I guess we'd

28:35

have to okay. Sure. I

28:37

mean, especially since we've just said

28:39

that Seljak is is handicapped

28:42

for social tests,

28:44

buddy. I'm panicked. So I might

28:46

just break someone's neck. Great.

28:48

The pressure is on.

28:50

Yeah. The pressure is on. This could

28:52

be this is, you know,

28:54

This is just going to a party right now,

28:57

but it's already seeming sort of

28:59

dangerous. Yes.

29:02

So we have to come up with the

29:04

detail. and for a social score, the

29:06

detail is the social connection.

29:08

How are you

29:09

connected to these people socially?

29:13

I

29:14

I assume that that I

29:17

know a

29:17

noble. Right? There's gotta

29:19

be someone that I know.

29:22

Yeah. Absolutely. Yes.

29:24

There is someone that you know. It's actually

29:26

the lowest sort of ranking person

29:28

there in terms of status. you

29:30

know an artist, Lofayette Braum,

29:33

who will be attending.

29:39

Okay.

29:39

hey

29:40

Lafayette Brown,

29:43

and he

29:45

is a working

29:47

artist you know, maybe one of

29:49

the people that's coming up in the art world of Dustfall.

29:53

A tortured

29:54

soul. as all

29:56

the great artists are -- Right. --

29:58

living in a living in a Garrett, his

30:01

face splattered with paint and

30:04

plaster Yeah.

30:05

So so

30:07

he's your he's your social connection.

30:11

And is there anything else you'd like to tell

30:13

me about your social

30:15

approach or the detail of your social

30:17

connection. Might I pitch that because,

30:19

like, maybe I don't know

30:21

if there because we're

30:24

a kind of peculiar bunch.

30:26

Yeah. That's strange as one

30:28

of our trademarks. Yeah.

30:31

at at artist gatherings or like

30:33

an art opening, you'll see like the

30:35

patron class there like with the

30:37

white wine in the in the in the

30:39

jacket. But then there'll always be some

30:41

actual, like, art students and artists

30:43

there, like, looking

30:45

like human cartoons like next to

30:48

the the the sort of

30:50

moneyed class of everything if we could maybe

30:52

pose as artists ourselves

30:55

released of celiac. And -- She's

30:57

not -- do deception.

30:58

I feel like we should do deception perhaps.

31:00

because I feel

31:02

like we're coming in here posing as other thing. Like, we're

31:04

not coming in here as ourselves. Are

31:06

we? Yeah. It means With

31:09

social and reception one

31:11

or with a difference. Right? Yeah. Right. I mean, at

31:13

a certain point, all of these sort of blend

31:15

together a little bit. Okay. Even even a

31:17

salt sometimes involves some deception

31:20

or stealth true. So

31:22

let's stick with social for right now. What

31:24

what the hell? Why not? Why not?

31:27

And and so your connection

31:29

is your friend, Lofei Abram, and

31:31

now we're coming to the engagement

31:34

role. Is this operation particularly

31:36

bold or daring? Well, first of all, you get

31:38

one die for free. Right? rip

31:41

my heart I've dropped one. Hold on.

31:43

Give me ten minutes. quick.

31:49

Yeah. Alright. So one

31:51

die for free. Then

31:53

is this operation particularly bold

31:56

or daring? I don't know, is it? Yes.

31:59

Why? Because look at

32:01

us, it put it

32:03

in context. Right? Just look at the bus

32:05

city and look at the plan. We're good. Look at

32:07

the thing that we're doing. We're not good for

32:09

this. I'm gonna give it to you because we

32:11

just talked about how you guys are

32:13

actually social really handicapped as you go

32:15

into this social score. It also

32:17

sounds like We have. Yeah. Here

32:19

we go. Does the plans detail

32:21

suppose vulnerability of the target or hit them

32:24

where they're weakest? No.

32:26

If these people are good at anything,

32:28

it's socializing. That's

32:30

-- Wait. -- what they're strong at.

32:33

Maybe just a weakness because they're so

32:35

confident about it. You probably go with

32:37

before fall, you know? Maybe,

32:39

but no. Okay. Can

32:42

any of your friends or contacts provide

32:44

aid or insight for this operation? Yes.

32:47

So that is true. And here's

32:50

what I you mind you're doing flashbacks

32:53

or just as you're carrying out the

32:55

score, fits a collector.

32:57

Your crew's main contact and

33:00

Laffei Abram, the person that you've mentioned

33:02

as the social connection, and

33:04

even Crohn's, actually,

33:06

to some extent, knows about this world, knows the

33:09

people in it, all of these

33:11

people know what to expect

33:13

here. So I'm giving you a dive

33:15

for that. Are there any

33:17

other elements you want to consider

33:19

math? Alright. Now, what am I gonna take

33:22

away for? I have to take

33:24

away for any weaknesses in

33:26

the engagement.

33:27

And let's see. Is there

33:29

a major advantage to this

33:32

score, yes.

33:33

The major disadvantage

33:35

I think is that it's a

33:37

man sized statue that

33:39

you have to replace. That seems

33:42

extremely difficult, especially

33:45

having just chosen a

33:47

social approach.

33:49

So here we go. Here comes the

33:51

engagement roll. And

33:55

We are looking at

33:58

a

33:58

five

33:59

and a six.

34:02

You're in a controlled position

34:05

when the action starts. So it's a

34:07

controlled position going into the score

34:09

that's really exciting for you

34:11

guys. You're starting off having

34:14

already jumped the first hurdle. So I would

34:16

like to set the scene. I'm shocked. Yes.

34:18

As all of you, honestly. as

34:21

all of you brush past

34:24

the man at the door

34:26

into the

34:28

statuary garden, Lafayette Bahram, we're in.

34:30

You're in. That's that's what a controlled

34:32

position does for you. You don't have to

34:34

talk your way through. You are

34:36

in Lafayette

34:38

rom. Just sent a note

34:40

to Killeen, a Children's Mass saying I'm gonna

34:42

be bringing some fellow artists with me.

34:45

And of course, she couldn't say no to

34:47

a rising star in the art world,

34:50

a talented new sculpture

34:52

like Laffei Abram.

34:54

And so you all enter Lafayette, who is in a

34:56

really kinda shabby what

34:58

I would call is like AAA

35:02

dandy's suit.

35:04

Almost looks like eighteenth century with,

35:06

like, you know, a little rough at the

35:08

front of it, but it's kinda shabby, like,

35:11

He pulled it out of

35:13

the mothballs. Turns to you,

35:16

he he has like a shaved

35:18

head. He's completely like balled on top, but he's young. He's maybe

35:20

only like twenty one or twenty

35:22

two, which is why he was maybe

35:24

so easily manipulated

35:26

by krons. and he looks at

35:28

Crocs and he's like,

35:30

I'm so

35:30

welcome. You are

35:32

You're not gonna embarrass me here. Right?

35:34

I mean, I need the patronage of some

35:36

people. Oh, no. We are gonna

35:37

get you so many patrons,

35:39

my dear. And I

35:41

would like to specified at

35:44

this point. I am

35:46

in a complete alternate

35:48

identity because

35:49

I have a fine

35:52

cover identity

35:53

in my lowdown.

35:56

Special

35:57

spider

35:59

item only. And that

36:01

reminds me of something. My Our

36:03

load outs. Our load outs. The thing

36:05

I always forget, but this is a great way

36:07

to segue into it.

36:10

what's everyone's load out? And I I mean, it's almost a

36:12

forgotten conclusion. It would be weird

36:14

to be carrying even a medium load

36:17

out here. Right? No. What?

36:20

I don't I think in my normal

36:22

way. Right? because I'm a I'm a bodyguard. Oh,

36:24

right. You're going as a bodyguard. So

36:27

Yeah. You you can take the the regular load

36:30

out. Mhmm. Regular. I

36:32

can't take the heavy. You're gonna

36:34

take the heavy load out where

36:36

you're just You're bristling with weapons and people can tell

36:38

you're loaded for bear. No. I'm not a

36:40

good normal. Normal.

36:42

Okay. Right. Okay.

36:44

And what about you, Celyad

36:46

Khan? I think I think

36:48

Celyad has to be a little bit more

36:50

plausibly social.

36:52

So I'll I'll do a light one.

36:54

Very good and crumbs calm. I'm gonna

36:56

do normal

36:57

just because the items in

36:59

my letter are very

37:00

It seems more like fineries and things,

37:02

and I am trying to present

37:05

very luxuriously. I will

37:08

agree to that long as you don't at

37:10

some point say that you pull out a

37:12

ghost blasting rifle or something? No.

37:14

No. So here you

37:16

are a couchered for

37:18

the occasion. and you have just told

37:20

your friend, Laffei, that you will

37:21

not embarrass him. No.

37:24

In fact,

37:25

I wanna posing as

37:27

a

37:27

patron of of his who

37:30

has come to come

37:32

with him to this party. So he's got

37:35

a patron well and I feel like

37:36

it's an identity that Kranz

37:37

has probably used before at these

37:40

parties. So

37:42

some miss

37:42

miss miss marybone.

37:47

Miss Marybone?

37:48

take that fully

37:50

happily. monopoly, Maribone

37:54

is a great name for a a

37:56

basketball elite, I think.

37:59

So

37:59

miss Maribone you and your bodyguard and your

38:02

fellow artists have entered the

38:04

party. There are maybe

38:06

twenty people milling about they

38:09

are being served a drink

38:13

in flutes from

38:15

the waiting hands of

38:17

servants and that drink is sort of blue and

38:19

it crackles just a tiny bit.

38:22

It has some sort of infused

38:24

electroplasm in it.

38:26

And they shipping this and some are laughing and they are

38:28

looking at the sculptures and

38:31

they are enjoying the

38:33

balmy duskfall

38:34

day. So

38:37

what

38:37

do you do?

38:38

Always

38:40

love it when I ask

38:42

that question and there's

38:43

a total stun

38:46

side. Yeah. A great

38:50

question. What are y'all

38:52

doing? So, I mean, I'm hanging with

38:54

you unless

38:56

I do anything else, but

38:58

do we know much information

39:00

about the lady? Do we know who she is?

39:03

Can we spot her in the crowd. How should she be? That's great.

39:05

Yeah. You you spot someone who must be calling

39:07

a children mask. Her hair has

39:10

been quaffed into

39:12

this enormous bonnet of

39:14

hair that stands at least a

39:16

foot taller on her head and

39:18

she is in a, I

39:20

would say, shockingly

39:22

low cut gallon

39:24

made of, like, red

39:26

taffeta that kinda trails

39:28

along behind her so far that

39:31

a to her train. And

39:34

she's laughing. She's

39:38

laughing joyfully. And

39:42

we are in the the the

39:44

courtier that has all the statues. You're

39:46

in the Statue

39:48

Eric Art Yes. Is there a a statue that is, like,

39:50

covered the one to

39:52

be revealed is that with it? right near

39:54

Quailena Children's Mass is

39:56

a covered statue. Mhmm.

39:58

But what

39:58

I wanna tell

39:59

you is that Valcos,

40:03

you notice over near one

40:05

of the columns that sort of flank

40:07

this entire garden that there is a shadowy

40:10

figure kind of,

40:14

you know, know in the in the shadow of the column

40:16

nearby. That doesn't appear to be

40:18

socializing or serving

40:20

drinks. I kind of

40:23

goes to the

40:26

the drinks are free, so I take two drinks

40:28

and then I'm plugging in and

40:30

everyone I'm like, I'll be right back.

40:33

Let's sort of move

40:34

over towards the shadowy figure. The

40:36

shadowy figure does not move,

40:38

but it's very off putting you're

40:41

not quite sure if person is facing

40:43

you. It feels

40:46

like they're back is up

40:48

against the column and they are looking at a

40:50

blank wall and

40:52

they are still all in silhouette.

40:58

hey Hey.

41:01

The

41:03

artist you

41:06

came with. I

41:08

want his

41:12

hands. I

41:14

turn around and I sort of take the

41:16

drinks and I put them back at the

41:18

table and I get sand with everyone.

41:25

Mhmm. Not a mess.

41:28

Okay. I

41:30

would I would like to start moving

41:32

along the groups of

41:34

people looking at the statues that

41:36

are already there and sort of

41:40

chatting a bit. Hello. Hello.

41:44

What an incredible one?

41:46

I don't believe I've had the

41:50

pleasure. This is a very

41:52

short man in extremely thick spectacles

41:54

with kind of like

41:56

hair going off in two direct

41:59

actions from his balled head.

42:02

Very wide, kinda flaring,

42:05

curly, gray hair. He's

42:07

got a crevasse and a fine coat on, and

42:09

he is sipping from one of the

42:12

champagne flutes.

42:16

Miss Marybon.

42:18

marabone.

42:20

Are you from

42:24

outside of basketball? I

42:26

travel in

42:26

every now and I've

42:29

been at a few

42:31

of these. Sworried I'm surprised we

42:33

have not

42:34

met just yet. And you are.

42:36

I am christopher

42:37

tin mouth.

42:40

It's a Christopher.

42:42

great difference

42:46

am So

42:48

what? You're from you're

42:50

from White Hollow or Wintercliff?

42:55

Oh, white holo.

42:58

White holo.

42:59

I've spent a lot of

43:01

time in White holo. Oh,

43:04

good. Have you been to the

43:06

chancery? The chancery. I

43:10

think that he is his

43:12

eyes are narrowing as he talks to

43:15

you. Okay. Okay.

43:18

Okay. Jared it because

43:20

I do not know the what what is

43:22

he saying to me

43:24

right now? Well, maybe

43:26

bronze doesn't know either, and that's the

43:28

problem. Isn't it? I I kind of

43:30

lean in and I go, my lady.

43:33

Yes. For

43:34

being summoned.

43:37

ah

43:39

oh Of course. I'm

43:40

so sorry, Christopher. I'd

43:43

love to speak some

43:46

more soon.

43:47

Well, here's the problem.

43:50

You

43:50

can certainly pull her away, VAALCONS.

43:53

You can certainly say that there's

43:55

been a summons for her.

43:58

But I'm going to make a

44:00

clock and that clock is called

44:02

Quelena discovers your

44:04

scheme. And the more suspicious you make

44:06

people, the more I'm going to fill in

44:08

that clock. So either

44:10

VAALCOS or runs,

44:12

needs to currently make Christopher Tinmouth think

44:14

that this is true, that you

44:17

have been summoned away and

44:20

that's We're gonna make that a

44:22

six segment clock, I think.

44:24

I guess what I'm

44:27

asking

44:27

is he said what

44:29

are the places that he mentioned? because I would

44:31

know that a city or an area exists. Right?

44:33

Even though even if I don't know

44:35

the details within it. Oh, forgive me. Yes. That's what

44:37

I meant. Your character would know that there is a

44:39

city called White Hollow and a city

44:41

called Wintercliff. Which one did you just say

44:43

you were from? I

44:45

think white polo. And are they

44:48

in Acros? They are in

44:50

Acros. That's correct. Okay. Okay. That's what III

44:54

wasn't Yes. They they are cities that are south

44:56

of duskfall. One is on

44:58

the south west coast of the

45:02

island and one is on the

45:04

more southerly east coast of

45:07

Acarose Island. Okay. and White

45:09

Hollow was to the south that is

45:12

on southwest?

45:13

That is that is correct.

45:16

That is correct.

45:17

okay

45:21

Okay.

45:21

him

45:25

I

45:25

would love to speak

45:28

more

45:29

with you of of of Whitehall.

45:31

But to be

45:32

honest, I I try to whenever

45:34

I can because I

45:37

love to appreciate the

45:40

finer things in life, if

45:42

you're under percent?

45:44

I suppose

45:46

I

45:46

understand, but I'm going to need

45:48

some sort of action role

45:51

in order to convince me.

45:54

Okay. I actually don't

45:56

know because I've never

45:59

used this

45:59

action before but what does where can consort come

46:02

into play? Well, I

46:04

think consort could certainly come into play

46:06

now. Couldn't it?

46:08

I mean, Consort is what you use

46:10

to party with people.

46:12

Let

46:12

me read its exact

46:16

description so that

46:16

we know we're using it correctly, but I really think that we are.

46:19

Let's see here. Yes. When you can

46:21

sort, you socialize with

46:24

friends in contacts. You might gain access to resources,

46:26

information people or places. You might

46:28

make a good impression or

46:30

win someone over with your charm

46:32

and style. That sounds like

46:34

exactly what you're doing. So you

46:36

can use consort, of course. But

46:38

remember in blades in the dark, you can

46:40

really use any action? Yes. Yes.

46:42

Yeah. And as as

46:43

I'm speaking to,

46:45

I will say, You

46:48

know,

46:48

I've heard some odd

46:51

whispers about miss Kuehlenan

46:53

where she sources

46:56

her art. You haven't heard

46:57

anything about that, have

47:00

you? And I'm just trying I'm not

47:02

trying to actually get information out

47:04

of him. mean, maybe he's

47:06

got something, but it's mainly just

47:08

planting a little a

47:10

little, like, doubt,

47:12

a little like -- Yeah. -- was versus start,

47:14

like, when spring around. Yeah. I'm

47:16

just trying to get a little rumor going.

47:19

Great. Okay. I will allow that

47:21

of course. And that's sort

47:23

of how you're approaching this this

47:26

consort role.

47:26

Go ahead. You're trying to gossip a

47:28

little bit. So -- Yeah. -- go ahead. And

47:30

here's what I'm gonna tell you though.

47:33

I think that this is going to be

47:35

I think that this is going to

47:37

be risky. Okay. And I think it's

47:39

gonna be for limited effect, and I'm gonna

47:41

tell you why. Okay. Your bodyguard just said you're being summoned away.

47:43

Yeah. And now and now you now you

47:45

have plenty of time

47:48

to gossip. So it seems like some contradictory

47:50

victory information is coming into play

47:52

here. So

47:55

go And when you're ready, you may roll,

47:58

consort for

48:01

risky, limited effects. Now of

48:03

course, you can always push yourself to get more

48:06

effect.

48:07

Oh,

48:10

yeah. Can you

48:11

also change your position? For a fact. A position yet for a

48:13

fact. Yeah. Wasn't that also

48:16

a thing? Right.

48:18

So

48:18

you're trying to trade. You're trying to

48:20

make it desperate and then get

48:22

more effect. Is that right?

48:25

Yeah.

48:25

How do

48:27

you become how does this become desperate? That's that's

48:29

all you have to tell me. Like, what are you

48:31

doing? What is making it desperate? And I'm

48:33

really looking at our first role desperate.

48:36

Mhmm. Where people are like,

48:37

hey, we need to go and I'm like, yes, but

48:39

hold up. Wait. Yeah. One more and

48:41

I'm just like,

48:42

buying for just like one moment. I

48:44

just need to get like like two

48:47

cents in before you pull me away

48:49

from this. I'm like, there's like a back and

48:51

forth that may be adding a little,

48:53

like, questionability. So

48:55

what I'm doing? Okay.

48:58

I understand. Yeah.

49:00

Let's so you you were

49:02

kind of having a fight with your bodyguard. Is

49:05

that okay to say? Sure. And so your

49:07

act the acting that you the acting that

49:09

you need to do is a little

49:11

bit more involved and

49:14

emotional. So Yes. Let

49:16

me hear you let me

49:18

hear you reprimand your bodyguard and

49:21

then you may go ahead and begin gossiping and

49:24

roll that concern.

49:26

I told

49:26

you never to speak to me directly

49:29

or look me in the eyes when I

49:31

am speaking

49:32

to another patron. How

49:34

does some VAALCOS react?

49:38

he's about to he literally,

49:40

he goes to do something and then suddenly he's like I

49:44

like that. doesn't

49:49

do anything. Cuping VELCO's of force. Yeah.

49:51

VELCO's responds

49:55

to force. Okay. Mhmm. So

49:59

Now let us go ahead and let

50:01

us let's do what we came to do.

50:03

Okay. So now it's standard effect. Now

50:06

it is standard effect that's

50:08

right. Alright. Here we

50:10

go. Good.

50:12

0A1A3

50:15

and a three. That is a failure. And

50:17

so Tim Mount.

50:20

Great. Start the

50:22

first so show an encounter in

50:25

our social approach. Yeah.

50:27

Tinmouth is like,

50:30

I'm I I'm afraid I have never

50:32

heard such rumors. If you look

50:34

around, you you can see that

50:38

She already has a very large and authentic collection.

50:42

I'm just telling you what I

50:44

heard. I I'm so sorry.

50:47

and I'm telling you what

50:49

I know. Of course, well, I

50:51

will correct I will

50:54

correct that the one

50:56

who's pretty to me. I will

50:58

tell them. I suppose what

50:59

passes for art in White

51:01

Hollow is quite different for what passes

51:03

for art in

51:06

duskfall. I'm

51:08

But now perhaps

51:11

you want your bodyguard

51:12

to pull you away.

51:14

Yes. Yes.

51:16

I kinda, like, grab, like, where VAALCO is, like,

51:18

sort of, like, sort of tapping. Yeah.

51:21

And my my slowly

51:23

just, like, delicate

51:25

touch your hand at D.

51:27

J. If

51:28

you're an excuse me, other

51:30

math or school. I have just created

51:32

the Quilena discovers

51:34

your skiing clock, and

51:37

I am going

51:40

to tick

51:41

one pie of

51:44

it. It's

51:45

there. So So Love

51:47

how that went. Can

51:50

I have a

51:52

flashback? Here we go. Yes.

51:56

Now you're playing the game. In a Nordstrom, you may have a

51:58

flashback. So is

51:59

it possible that

52:02

there is

52:02

that

52:04

you know, with my

52:07

information gathering, finding

52:08

out like where the location is and

52:10

whatnot,

52:11

that there is like, a

52:13

sort of thin, like, very

52:16

thin, easy lifting, sort of,

52:18

like, column

52:21

in imaging. Work which I've placed

52:23

sort of behind somewhere

52:24

somewhere secretive that I

52:26

would be using to replace

52:29

the statue

52:30

when with. Okay.

52:32

So you're saying you

52:35

wanna flash back to where you

52:37

were kinda hanging out around the

52:39

building and you you placed

52:41

a column that is a fake column?

52:43

It's like it's almost like it's an it's

52:45

an easily manageable thing

52:47

to pick up and replace

52:50

essentially. But it's like a little faster.

52:52

Yeah. But it's yeah. But the idea

52:54

is that the the the shape of it will look

52:56

human. But it does it's not like a mannequin, for

52:58

example, because I could imagine that it's it

53:00

it looks like a like

53:02

it looks like so essentially, what I'm trying to say is,

53:04

is there a place that I could've, you know, flash back and

53:07

place this thing ready for,

53:09

you know, for the for

53:11

move actually switch everything around, do the

53:14

switcheroo. Right. Okay. So

53:16

just to make this sort of realistic, I

53:18

think that perhaps it's back in a maintenance

53:21

closet or shed that kind

53:24

of surrounds

53:26

the the

53:28

seating. And I think that you could have gotten it in here

53:30

with the help of that servant you roughed up

53:32

earlier. Yeah. That's the idea. But

53:34

I wanna know what acts you

53:38

used to force the

53:40

servant to do that. And I also want

53:42

you to roll one die for your tier

53:44

to see what kind of

53:46

an asset you acquired.

53:48

Actually, I want krons to do that because

53:50

it looks like you guys did

53:52

acquire, you know, a fake here

53:54

and I want krons to roll to see.

53:56

I just roll one die for a

53:58

tier one a

53:59

tier

53:59

one crew. to see. Okay. And then there's no really

54:02

position or effect. This is just an

54:04

acquire asset role. So just I'll I'll just

54:06

roll something that has one deck because I don't

54:08

know how and roll

54:10

it. Uh-huh. Yep.

54:12

Okay.

54:13

Let's just do. What

54:17

is room? Why are you doing this to be room twenty? Maybe this is

54:19

okay though because you don't need this to be

54:21

high quality. It's supposed to be

54:24

an obvious fake. Right?

54:26

Oh, that's true. In fact.

54:28

And in fact, what VAALCO's just told me is

54:30

that it doesn't even really

54:32

look like the white symbol at all. It's just sort of

54:34

a shape of a human.

54:36

Right? Okay. VAALCO's

54:39

your flashback. What did you

54:42

use to get

54:43

this

54:44

into the building? Maybe prowl

54:46

prowl That sounds excellent.

54:48

Go ahead and roll your brow

54:50

for me in this flashback. Would it

54:53

be controlled? I think since

54:55

it's a flashback, sure. controlled

54:58

for standard effect.

55:01

Five. Okay. Success

55:05

with a complicated nation. You know what?

55:08

I I think that

55:10

your your flashback only

55:13

costs two stress. Okay?

55:16

And you are currently

55:18

VAALCOS looking at this,

55:20

like, terrible. Remember, when

55:22

they restored that Virgin Mary,

55:25

and they accidentally made it look like

55:27

a a Spider Monkey. Oh,

55:29

yeah. This is like

55:32

the most jacked up like terrible statue

55:34

you've ever seen. It's like

55:36

half finished. It doesn't really

55:38

look like person,

55:40

the eye is in the wrong

55:42

place. It's a mess.

55:46

And you are currently pulling this out

55:48

of out of the

55:50

maintenance closet and you

55:52

realize now that

55:54

you must somehow get it under the white sheet

55:56

and get the white symbol out.

55:58

Yeah. I've had a

55:59

party a harley full

56:02

of people

56:04

how will that happen?

56:06

I honestly don't know, but

56:08

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the haunted city. We're playing

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blades in the dark

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on the glass kinda

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network. and are

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characters, Celyad

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Khan,

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Kronscon, and VAALCOST are in the

1:00:02

midst of a Suarez,

1:00:04

an art unveiling, held by the

1:00:06

beautiful and ravishing quiloted

1:00:09

children mass here in

1:00:11

the vaunted heights

1:00:14

of white crown in her statuary garden. And

1:00:16

we have just seen VAALCO's

1:00:18

unveil unveil

1:00:20

his replacement. a very

1:00:22

shoddy piece of artwork that

1:00:24

he had sort of intimidated and

1:00:26

then prowled into the building to

1:00:29

squirrel away in a maintenance closet nearby. And so

1:00:31

I will now ask,

1:00:34

what's next?

1:00:36

So

1:00:36

I thought

1:00:38

it'd

1:00:38

be great

1:00:39

if I'm gonna just pull out a

1:00:42

pistol,

1:00:42

I fire this somewhere.

1:00:44

everyone took it on

1:00:46

it. On it. On it for a sec. Then

1:00:50

suddenly,

1:00:50

we replaced

1:00:52

the statue you with

1:00:54

this. Well, you guys have worked out

1:00:56

this plan ahead of time anyway. So

1:00:59

is VAALCO's arming a

1:01:01

pistol right now? to create a chaotic

1:01:04

distraction. Well, I kind of like, I show a

1:01:06

pistol. I've got, like, an you know, I've got, like, I've got

1:01:08

pistol legs on

1:01:10

a bodyguard. Right. So

1:01:12

Now, let's see what's happening to sell

1:01:14

your khan, actually. Keep that gear.

1:01:16

It's still locked and loaded out because

1:01:18

I think you've just you've just shown

1:01:20

it to crons, maybe surreptitiously, like

1:01:23

I'm ready to go.

1:01:25

And meanwhile, Seljak, you're milling

1:01:27

about the party. And Yeah.

1:01:29

I think it's those those electroplasmic drinks keep coming over, and it's just, like,

1:01:31

just giving it to, like,

1:01:34

just, like, fending

1:01:36

those off Kelena

1:01:38

Children's Mass and Laffei Abram

1:01:40

suddenly are standing beside you.

1:01:43

And Kelena said, Lafayette,

1:01:46

you must introduce me

1:01:49

to your artist friend.

1:01:51

I don't believe we've

1:01:53

made the acquaintance.

1:01:54

Yeah. This

1:01:57

the is

1:01:58

yeah this is

1:01:59

well, he prefers to

1:02:02

introduce himself.

1:02:07

Yes. I

1:02:10

no longer

1:02:12

I

1:02:14

no longer approve of the conventions

1:02:17

of typical

1:02:18

naming. May

1:02:20

I I consider my

1:02:22

life to be a work

1:02:24

of art. And so for

1:02:26

the moment, I am beyond labels.

1:02:30

How very fascinating.

1:02:34

So I Don't

1:02:35

call you anything.

1:02:38

You are

1:02:39

simply

1:02:41

you just

1:02:44

so.

1:02:45

Well, if I may ask

1:02:48

is your life the

1:02:50

only work

1:02:52

that you create? I

1:02:54

am a restorerer,

1:02:58

and

1:03:01

devotee

1:03:02

of

1:03:04

the old forklift. Tyros.

1:03:10

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with

1:03:12

type of rosy art.

1:03:14

I must admit that I

1:03:17

wasn't aware that they created any. I

1:03:20

thought that their civilization had not

1:03:22

quite advanced to

1:03:24

that level.

1:03:28

No.

1:03:29

Why surely? There

1:03:33

it is. I knew that there were religious feelings

1:03:35

among the Taikah Rosie that you

1:03:38

create idols that you

1:03:40

worshiped to. There

1:03:42

is something in

1:03:44

the chaotic

1:03:48

spirit

1:03:50

that creates. All of us are merely

1:03:51

aspects of this and what it leaves

1:03:54

behind is

1:03:58

art. we are the artwork of the force that animates

1:03:59

us. What we create is

1:04:02

the artwork of our own hands, which

1:04:04

in turn is the work of

1:04:06

those heads in a never ending

1:04:08

chain of creation. Do you

1:04:10

understand?

1:04:11

Does she understand stand. In fact, her

1:04:13

eyes are narrowing just like our friend who was to for

1:04:15

ten mouth. So you always let me

1:04:18

know what action

1:04:20

you're taking because Lafayette Bahram

1:04:22

is looking at you like this. I'm

1:04:24

trying to baffle her

1:04:24

with them. I'm making a very concerned face

1:04:27

for those of you listening on talk.

1:04:30

This is this is this is Ciliac

1:04:32

kind of kind of speaking what he actually

1:04:34

believes, but also like his version of

1:04:37

like international art English. I'm trying

1:04:39

to delocalize the metaphysical nature of

1:04:42

the bridge between observer

1:04:45

and the observer. can we ever

1:04:47

know the thing itself as he rambles? I think that because he's

1:04:50

talking about what he really believes in, that

1:04:52

positions you pretty

1:04:54

well. Mhmm. So,

1:04:58

yeah, would this be I mean, I I guess I'll

1:05:00

go with consort also.

1:05:02

Okay, great. What is your

1:05:04

scoring consort? Just one

1:05:06

dot. Interesting.

1:05:08

No. No. I'm gonna do something. I

1:05:10

mean, I have one dot in everything except

1:05:12

kept a finesse and and a tune. So

1:05:16

I I don't know that I really have that many

1:05:18

social things to begin with.

1:05:21

Sway actually seems to

1:05:24

make more sense to what I'm trying to do, which is

1:05:26

also a one dot rule. It

1:05:28

does. It does. It makes more sense. I I see

1:05:30

why you're saying that. would you

1:05:32

like to push yourself?

1:05:34

Yes. Yes,

1:05:36

I would. k? Would

1:05:38

you like a devil's bark?

1:05:41

lay

1:05:41

it on me. Okay? You

1:05:44

can have one more dive.

1:05:48

but she

1:05:48

will become obsessed with your

1:05:51

art and she's going

1:05:53

to follow you

1:05:55

around the party. if

1:05:57

you're successful. I'll

1:05:59

take it.

1:06:01

Okay. That's

1:06:04

great, though. That's good. That's good. That's good. Okay.

1:06:06

So it's sway. Position

1:06:10

is Risking session

1:06:12

is risky. Effect is

1:06:15

standard. You will have, you know,

1:06:17

prove your bona fides. Yeah.

1:06:20

And then some. Once

1:06:22

the, you know, the

1:06:24

the consequences of failure will

1:06:26

be that she ticks up that clock

1:06:28

Quilena discovers your scheme. Right. Okay. So do I get

1:06:30

a bonus dive for that bargain?

1:06:33

Yes, you do. Okay.

1:06:36

Now, here's where I have to be like a stab myself in

1:06:39

the back. Is this is this

1:06:41

the bleeding? The bleeding is just

1:06:43

effect effect. So look at

1:06:46

how, yes, it does. Thank

1:06:48

you very much for reminding me.

1:06:50

That's playing fairly.

1:06:52

It does affect And I said standard effects,

1:06:54

so this will have limited effect.

1:06:56

Great. Awesome. Thank goodness. Okay.

1:06:58

She's gonna follow you around the party,

1:07:00

but not because she's fascinated by your

1:07:02

art. because she's fascinated by

1:07:05

you and is thinks you're

1:07:07

a very strange person. It's kind of like,

1:07:09

oh, what a charming curiosity.

1:07:12

Yes. Okay. Alright. Here we go.

1:07:14

Okay.

1:07:15

Yay. I got A5I

1:07:17

got a five. success

1:07:20

with a complication. Mhmm. The

1:07:22

complication is that Laffei

1:07:24

Abram is

1:07:26

furious. that one you've taken Killeena children's masks away

1:07:28

from him and two

1:07:30

that you are definitely drawing

1:07:35

attention, embarrassing him, and so he

1:07:37

is now be lining it across

1:07:39

the party to Crohn's

1:07:42

in order to get Crohn's to do get

1:07:45

our

1:07:45

friend Seljak out of

1:07:47

here. He clearly is out

1:07:49

of his depth he's creating

1:07:51

a scene. And Seliac, Koolana pulls you aside

1:07:54

and says, to

1:07:56

Christopher Tinmouth, and

1:07:58

to a couple other

1:07:59

nobles there. She's like, everyone, you simply

1:08:02

must hear my new friend explain

1:08:04

his theories on

1:08:06

the heart. they are

1:08:08

quite amusing. Please

1:08:10

please share with them what you

1:08:12

told me. Simply that in

1:08:14

everything, there is spiritual component

1:08:16

and a material component. And the interaction of these

1:08:19

two forces which are held in delicate

1:08:21

balance is that which

1:08:23

creates all things. how

1:08:26

often we neglect the spiritual to

1:08:28

pecolony to the material. This

1:08:30

is why I consider my life

1:08:32

to be the most potent

1:08:34

artwork. that I can do lies at the present time. You

1:08:36

you understand? Yes. They all

1:08:39

stare at you with their

1:08:41

kind of holding their flutes

1:08:43

in their hand kind of

1:08:46

silently and then one of them says, how very

1:08:48

interesting? Lafayette

1:08:53

pulls you aside Crohn's and it's like mhmm. What's going on

1:08:56

here?

1:08:59

What's the Oh, my dear.

1:09:02

Your friend

1:09:02

is not an artist and he is

1:09:04

Koolana

1:09:08

is is suspects him.

1:09:10

I I could tell him. I'm gonna be ruined. And I kinda put my hand shoulder

1:09:16

and, like, Don't

1:09:18

worry. It's all going to be

1:09:20

fine.

1:09:21

oh No.

1:09:24

I I

1:09:24

have to protect my

1:09:26

reputation. I can't allow you to destroy my entire career. Everything I have, everything No.

1:09:29

No. No. No. No. My

1:09:31

dear. We will not

1:09:34

do that. Come. Let's come. Let's introduce

1:09:37

you

1:09:40

to Charlie

1:09:42

Charlie. I wasn't

1:09:43

here. It sounds like it sounds

1:09:46

like both of you are trying

1:09:48

to calm him

1:09:50

or Valkos is kind of more trying to

1:09:52

scare him. And Valkos

1:09:54

acted first. So -- Yes. --

1:09:57

I can tell you that he clearly is

1:09:59

in a very

1:09:59

panicked state. Vaukos -- Mhmm. -- you are

1:10:02

also in a panicked state too. So, Vaukos, what action would you like to

1:10:04

use to do this?

1:10:07

I am going to I

1:10:09

think I'm gonna use command. Yes. That makes sense. Yep.

1:10:12

Command. And

1:10:16

let's see. He you're gonna take

1:10:18

one die

1:10:18

off because I say But then I've got no die.

1:10:20

Okay. So that's

1:10:23

roll two and you

1:10:26

know, take the lower. Okay. But if

1:10:28

you'd like, you can push yourself. No. I think

1:10:30

I am

1:10:30

gonna do that. I'm gonna take roll

1:10:33

to and take the lower So Great.

1:10:35

I get totally on that job. How

1:10:37

do I do that? So do

1:10:39

I just In row twenty, it's

1:10:41

a little complicated. I not just positive that that's an option,

1:10:44

it probably is because they've thought of everything. But if you don't

1:10:46

know how to do it, just roll two dice and we'll figure

1:10:49

it out. We'll just look at what you roll. Risky.

1:10:51

Definitely risky. I don't think it's desperate

1:10:54

yet. Risky in the mid-'90s. You will

1:10:57

scare him standard

1:10:59

effect. Standard or you'll command him

1:11:01

to stand down. Okay. I'm gonna roll two dice

1:11:03

and take a lesser. Six

1:11:06

and two. Oh. you

1:11:09

fail and he goes unhand me. Soon

1:11:11

as he hits the hand, I literally

1:11:13

I I don't know. Wait.

1:11:16

No. Because No.

1:11:18

Just when you do a act action next, so I'm not gonna anything yet.

1:11:24

Okay. You know, he does slap your hand away. And

1:11:26

in that moment, perhaps you grab his wrist for a second Valkos and

1:11:29

you're looking at

1:11:32

the most Was it Was

1:11:34

it not that you

1:11:36

guys? Oh, my long, strong

1:11:39

fingers beautifully manicured. Yes. Alright.

1:11:42

Crods. I I look look at Vaccos.

1:11:45

Look

1:11:46

at I look

1:11:48

at look at elegant a

1:11:50

Lafayette. I

1:11:52

see the the admiration of

1:11:54

the hands. I was like,

1:11:57

this is an

1:11:58

issue. I don't want anyone looking. I'm going to turn

1:11:59

grab some champagne

1:12:02

flute from one of

1:12:04

the like,

1:12:07

passing trays that come -- Sure.

1:12:10

-- and I'm

1:12:11

going to pour a

1:12:13

vial

1:12:13

of slumber essence in

1:12:15

it. What the what That's excellent. Okay.

1:12:18

So you pour

1:12:19

a vial you pour

1:12:21

a vial of lumber essence in it, but you still need

1:12:24

to convince him to drink

1:12:26

it. Yes.

1:12:26

Yeah. I'm gonna try

1:12:28

and turn

1:12:29

around back. Okay.

1:12:30

Let's gone down. Look, and I grabbed myself

1:12:33

a glass spoon, I hand

1:12:35

him, like, drink. We

1:12:37

are going to celebrate you. tonight.

1:12:39

We're going to celebrate your art as

1:12:41

I bring your name into

1:12:44

the mouth

1:12:45

of all these novels and

1:12:47

patrons come with me. I do not worry. Do not worry of what

1:12:49

they are doing because this will only

1:12:51

make foods of

1:12:54

them.

1:12:54

we are going to make sure you shine in comparison.

1:12:57

What is

1:12:58

your

1:13:00

action? I'm

1:13:04

sure. Okay. Gonna

1:13:05

use consort? Okay. I'll allow you to use consort that

1:13:07

totally makes sense. And I'm

1:13:10

gonna give you a

1:13:12

old position. Oh. And the reason

1:13:14

why is Laffei Abram loves to drink. Alright.

1:13:17

He drinks too

1:13:19

much in fact,

1:13:22

and especially when he's stressed. So

1:13:24

you have used sort of a

1:13:26

weakness against him, and you are

1:13:29

going to have the

1:13:30

standard effect that he walks

1:13:32

with you and imbibes the what

1:13:35

was it again? Essence of It's

1:13:37

a slumber essence. Oh my god.

1:13:40

Okay. Go ahead

1:13:42

and make

1:13:43

that roll. Okay.

1:13:46

Yeah.

1:13:46

air Six. Say me.

1:13:48

You down sit

1:13:49

in one goal, which you're like, oh,

1:13:52

okay. he

1:13:56

begins walking alongside you, waiting for you to

1:13:58

introduce him. Yeah. And I've gotten arm around,

1:14:00

you know, like, because I

1:14:02

kind of know he's gonna fall

1:14:05

over at some point, I guess. I don't know how quickly this works.

1:14:07

Well, because he it very quickly,

1:14:10

it's

1:14:10

gonna work pretty soon.

1:14:14

But I think that we

1:14:16

should just kind of take

1:14:18

stock

1:14:18

of what's happening because that

1:14:22

that that

1:14:22

fake artwork is just sitting there in that maintenance

1:14:25

closet where VAALCO's left in. And

1:14:27

Well, you know what? I don't

1:14:29

wanna rush anybody. you know, take take your time

1:14:31

with you. No. No. No. No. I

1:14:33

would let He's as

1:14:35

soon as

1:14:35

he,

1:14:38

like, starts drifting if

1:14:40

he starts, like, you know Well, I think that you're

1:14:42

approached

1:14:42

by some people. I mean, he's waiting for you to introduce him

1:14:45

to some new contacts.

1:14:47

I think that Someone walks

1:14:50

up and -- Yeah. -- her name

1:14:51

is Eddy Ravenwood.

1:14:53

the ravenwood ah How

1:14:56

loud Hi. Oh, and

1:14:58

whoa. Is that haven't we met? Yes. Of course, miss Raven,

1:15:00

we are so

1:15:03

good to see you

1:15:05

know. I didn't know that

1:15:07

you were an art

1:15:10

aficionado. Oh,

1:15:10

well, you know, I

1:15:13

like

1:15:13

to I like to dip

1:15:15

my toes in every market if I can

1:15:17

and

1:15:18

I will describe this woman as gigantic

1:15:20

hat. Like, she's

1:15:22

all hat. Great. Yeah. A hat is, like, enormous. There are things hanging from it.

1:15:25

It is quite

1:15:28

a hat. You

1:15:31

almost can't see her under it. Wow. I

1:15:33

I just didn't realize

1:15:35

that. Yes. Well, I've

1:15:38

been smitting lately

1:15:39

by the work of none other

1:15:42

than Nasai Abraham Hero

1:15:43

that I have by my

1:15:45

side to grow. buffet it

1:15:47

immediately. It's like, oh, wow. Oh, I don't know. You

1:15:49

I'm so

1:15:51

sorry, miss Brenda. are

1:15:54

you feeling are you alright,

1:15:55

mister Ed? We've had a

1:15:58

lot of beautiful champagne to

1:15:59

nicely. I've been

1:16:02

drugged. Do not

1:16:03

be dramatic. Let's

1:16:06

see. artists.

1:16:10

ordering. Let's see with a fortune roll if he's able

1:16:12

to stay conscious

1:16:15

right now. Okay.

1:16:17

If he gets If he does well,

1:16:19

he can stay conscious. If he rolls

1:16:21

a four or five, he's

1:16:24

like kind of going in and out. And

1:16:26

if he rolls A12 or three,

1:16:28

he's unconscious. He rolled a three.

1:16:30

So right after saying, I've been drugged.

1:16:35

He just collapsed sits. Oh, alright. And

1:16:37

I kind of go to grab him. Yeah. And I'm like Oh my

1:16:40

goodness. I I

1:16:41

think Oh my

1:16:44

god.

1:16:44

Look, has

1:16:46

happened to him? Oh my god,

1:16:49

I should say. We're in football.

1:16:51

Of course. Yes. The artists

1:16:53

and they're drinking. Oh, he's he's

1:16:55

been a little bit nervous, you know. What did he

1:16:57

say right before he passed out?

1:16:59

He is feeling well, and

1:17:01

I go to I sweep him

1:17:03

the message. Yes. Take him away. Please, thank you. We'll we'll get

1:17:05

him home. He said something about being

1:17:08

drugged. Should

1:17:11

we be concerned? No.

1:17:12

Did he say that? I

1:17:14

think he

1:17:14

said he he he wanted to be He he

1:17:17

digs clay

1:17:19

for his work his

1:17:22

sculptures.

1:17:22

He said he wanted to be dug.

1:17:25

dog

1:17:30

Well, after that line, she is

1:17:36

suspicious. Yeah. This

1:17:39

is like a terrible game of

1:17:41

LA Newave, where everyone's

1:17:43

like Can't

1:17:45

you blame them though. Alright.

1:17:48

Eighty Ravenwood. Please convince

1:17:50

sir that please

1:17:53

convince Eighty Ravenwood

1:17:55

that he did not say that he was drugged. Yes.

1:17:58

He was

1:18:00

drugged. He wanted

1:18:02

to be to be drugged.

1:18:04

because Doug Doug is he's

1:18:06

been getting lots of attention for

1:18:11

his work. And you see, you know, you cannot tell anyone actually this

1:18:13

because Doug does not mean someone is

1:18:15

a basketball named Doug.

1:18:19

Yeah. You know. We

1:18:21

got Esterprag Wherry. We got Celyac. We got we got Eddy Ravenwood. And then, of course,

1:18:24

there's Dunkirk.

1:18:28

You see? Look. Look. He he he he

1:18:30

acts like he he's passed his naming

1:18:32

conventions. Like,

1:18:35

he's he's art has

1:18:37

has has a grown path,

1:18:39

and so he does not tell anyone his name, but you would see,

1:18:40

well, wave over to

1:18:42

where Seljek is surrounded by people

1:18:47

Doug is getting so much attention

1:18:49

tonight, and it is

1:18:51

just driven from To

1:18:54

drink. Doggartner. That

1:18:56

is because dog does not

1:18:59

does not openly give

1:19:01

his name. He's probably

1:19:03

spelting the same stuff to all of them, but Oh, are you pointing

1:19:05

at Seljak? Yes. Yes. Now

1:19:07

I understand. You still

1:19:10

need to make an action role. And -- Yeah. -- I

1:19:13

don't wanna belabor constantly meeting guests

1:19:15

and having to convince them

1:19:17

that you're on the level. So we'll just say

1:19:19

that at this point, it's become desperate

1:19:21

because this is the second

1:19:23

time you're having to do

1:19:25

this. Yeah. So this is a desperate

1:19:28

position, meaning and and here's what's gonna happen.

1:19:30

If you fail this time because -- Yeah. --

1:19:32

she just saw a man pass out in

1:19:34

front of her. Yeah. That makes people suspicious. If

1:19:36

you fail this time, I'm gonna fill

1:19:38

up three pies on the on the

1:19:43

really discovers your scheme clock. And

1:19:45

what are you using?

1:19:47

Action wise. I I

1:19:49

still I still wanna

1:19:52

use consort. Okay. I feel like I'm

1:19:54

trying to, like, win her over still. Right? Like Yeah. Desperate.

1:19:56

Desperate. Desperate. And

1:19:59

you will have standard

1:20:02

effect that you will allay her suspicions

1:20:04

for her. Tonight, I have

1:20:07

a devil's bargain just because this

1:20:09

seems important. Mhmm. We're gonna see

1:20:11

that. you have me? Yeah. You can have a devil's bargain.

1:20:13

Let's

1:20:14

see. I think

1:20:16

that if

1:20:16

If

1:20:19

you fail,

1:20:20

security is going to

1:20:22

come

1:20:22

and talk to you. Okay.

1:20:27

Alright. I'll take it. Okay.

1:20:28

i think it

1:20:30

okay

1:20:32

Get

1:20:34

a seat. than this. Six baby. Mhmm.

1:20:36

Right? Oh, I must meet this

1:20:38

dog. Oh, because I'm not sure

1:20:40

he doesn't like for us to use

1:20:43

his

1:20:43

name. You cannot use you

1:20:45

cannot utter the

1:20:46

name, Doug, because it will it

1:20:48

will send him mono. He's he's I

1:20:50

don't blame him. I don't blame him for not

1:20:54

using that name.

1:20:57

Yes. Yes. It's going to

1:20:59

enforce Yes. Yeah. Well, I can introduce

1:21:02

you if you'd like. Very

1:21:04

good. And so

1:21:06

she starts moving with

1:21:08

you towards Seljak.

1:21:10

In Seljak, you have quite a little audience because Koleena is -- With the crowd. -- well,

1:21:13

quite frankly, mocking

1:21:16

you. Right.

1:21:18

Valkos, you still feel that

1:21:20

pistol. Make sure to mark

1:21:22

that off on your mark

1:21:25

that off on your

1:21:27

inventory. you still feel that pistol your coat. And

1:21:29

when you move over

1:21:32

to Kuehlenah

1:21:36

krons, with with our

1:21:38

friend Eddy, Kueleina suddenly goes, everyone everyone

1:21:43

everyone listening? We're going to have the

1:21:45

unveiling in ten minutes.

1:21:47

I cannot wait for

1:21:50

you to see this work.

1:21:53

It is it is

1:21:55

life changing.

1:21:56

And it will

1:21:58

haunt you for all

1:21:59

of your days,

1:22:03

I assure you. In just in

1:22:05

just ten minutes, we are going

1:22:07

to look feast

1:22:10

our eyes. upon a Vintaro shook original.

1:22:15

oh

1:22:18

Yes. I

1:22:22

I've done

1:22:23

too many things. That's

1:22:26

okay. Feel like we need to know guys valsos. plan to off? Mhmm.

1:22:32

Okay. Yeah. So we got

1:22:34

pistol. So You got You

1:22:37

need to get

1:22:39

them out. This in the industry distraction.

1:22:41

Okay. So I'll have a flashback. Okay? We said

1:22:43

at the end of months ago at the end

1:22:46

of our last episode that I had begun

1:22:48

gathering disciple. I

1:22:52

wanna see I want I

1:22:54

want I wanna see how well

1:22:57

I've done had these these electroplasmic flute catheters?

1:22:59

How many of them are my people? Oh, well,

1:23:02

you'd only gathered one

1:23:05

follow it. Okay. Great. So that's that's the

1:23:07

one. I'm the young one. Proveda. Yeah. Is Proveda? Did did she

1:23:09

do what I what I said?

1:23:11

And did she but

1:23:14

she joined the catering team. For two stress,

1:23:16

she joined the catering team. Great. And

1:23:18

if

1:23:19

she's a catering if she's a

1:23:21

catering, that means that she has probably a back

1:23:23

a service entrance to the place that she has access

1:23:25

to probably, like, various dollies and

1:23:28

carts full of glasses

1:23:30

and bottles and kegs and

1:23:32

casks. so that when

1:23:34

this distraction takes place, we've got somebody who can slip a dolly cart underneath

1:23:37

the the

1:23:40

white sizzle and

1:23:42

begin to scoot it away while we

1:23:44

begin to make good to

1:23:46

swap. So

1:23:47

through the crowd,

1:23:49

you see Proveda. Right? just like we fly is

1:23:51

sort of Just like we sort of She's

1:23:53

sort of unassuming. She looks like

1:23:55

the type of young

1:23:58

woman who reads thick nineteenth century

1:24:00

novels and coffee shops.

1:24:02

And she's got her

1:24:04

blonde hair in a

1:24:06

very tight kind of braid and

1:24:08

she's moving a dolly

1:24:10

toward the the large sheep that is over

1:24:16

the artwork right near the house, right

1:24:18

near the steps that lead into the into the home proper. And

1:24:20

she kind of

1:24:23

gives you a if you can

1:24:25

look as she moves through

1:24:28

the crowd,

1:24:28

Celsion. The builder's materials,

1:24:31

continue to

1:24:31

complete his great to

1:24:35

work. Yes. Alright. Yeah.

1:24:35

And great.

1:24:41

Okay. Yes.

1:24:44

Provda is there and she's ready with a

1:24:46

dolly. And so with VAALCO's, would

1:24:48

you like to take some

1:24:50

sort of action. So one

1:24:53

hand is right.

1:24:55

Now, let me

1:24:57

ask When he asked for hands, do

1:25:00

they physically ask for hands or

1:25:02

do they ask for

1:25:03

more people? Just

1:25:06

now? Yes. That's up for Arakos to interpret. I

1:25:08

mean, you have to interpret your God. What

1:25:10

is his what do his messages mean?

1:25:14

So he would so I I assume his his necessarily

1:25:16

okay fine. That's fine.

1:25:18

That's totally fine. What I

1:25:20

will do then? is I will you

1:25:23

know, III feel like I've taken,

1:25:25

you know, the artist to a to a a safe

1:25:27

location inside to lie down.

1:25:30

I sort of get him when I'm he seems very

1:25:33

very sleepy. How

1:25:33

am I aware of how powerful this

1:25:36

slumber essence

1:25:38

is? maybe not as aware as our French

1:25:41

France is, but I will say

1:25:43

that he is out out.

1:25:45

Like, he is he's not, like,

1:25:48

fitfully rolling around. You know?

1:25:50

He's he's, like, he seems

1:25:52

passed out.

1:25:54

And I'm, like, my people.

1:25:56

people

1:25:58

We

1:25:59

prefer the

1:26:02

art of war. and

1:26:05

what

1:26:05

we do in more when I

1:26:07

just take out a

1:26:09

large

1:26:12

butcher's knife. Is we take

1:26:14

something to remind us

1:26:17

of our pains

1:26:20

and trouble Yes.

1:26:21

You will serve a

1:26:23

brilliant distraction and I pick

1:26:25

up his hand and I just

1:26:27

start hacking at it. Okay.

1:26:29

That is a controlled I wanted an

1:26:32

action. It's

1:26:36

controlled And it

1:26:38

is for it's for great effect. This will definitely create

1:26:44

the most horrific destruction. Now you're inside

1:26:46

of the house. It's so fun. Here, I

1:26:49

thought Falcon is gonna go to

1:26:51

the maintenance closet. Right? inside

1:26:54

of the house. It's good.

1:26:57

Yep. Apparently, the

1:26:58

Alcoast is not on

1:27:01

maintenance closet duty. Good luck

1:27:03

-- -- Crods and Celyac, but VAALCO's,

1:27:05

what action are you using

1:27:07

to rip off this

1:27:09

artists hand. I am using Skirmish,

1:27:12

essentially. Well,

1:27:16

very good. and solve for great

1:27:18

effect. And I'm going to as so with

1:27:20

what's I've got, so I'm,

1:27:22

yeah, I'm doing that now. be

1:27:25

simply a great

1:27:27

effect. I am yes.

1:27:29

That's

1:27:32

it. Oh, that's that's a critical Tuesday.

1:27:34

It's a great God. Of course it has.

1:27:39

You try off one of the hands in one move. Like, you're

1:27:41

not hacking. You go, shop and the

1:27:43

hand rolls off and suddenly

1:27:45

he's very awake and

1:27:48

he goes, and

1:27:50

then I'm going

1:27:51

to then brandish my gun and just

1:27:56

just pistle

1:27:57

him. And

1:27:59

then I just

1:28:00

just

1:28:04

head shop. That's our

1:28:06

shoe. Okay.

1:28:06

That blows his brains all over the silk

1:28:09

divan that he

1:28:11

was reclining in. and

1:28:16

outside Seljak and Crohn's,

1:28:18

you hear from within

1:28:22

the building. bang. And

1:28:25

everybody screams and

1:28:28

Koolana,

1:28:31

look around and she says, everybody I'm

1:28:34

I'm sure

1:28:35

everything's fine. What

1:28:38

is going on? stay where you are.

1:28:40

I will have my security

1:28:42

deal with it. And she

1:28:45

pulls out a

1:28:48

amulet from her I'm gonna

1:28:50

say I'm gonna shout that I see a gun so that

1:28:52

we can

1:28:54

all,

1:28:55

like, in here to

1:28:58

try and panic folks out to

1:29:00

not listen to her. Essentially.

1:29:03

Alright. What action are you

1:29:05

using to get them to

1:29:07

listen to you instead of her or make people panic. Oh, shit.

1:29:09

I guess that has to

1:29:11

be command. That sounds like

1:29:13

that would be the the

1:29:16

most honest way to go.

1:29:18

Okay. I would like to push myself to get an extra

1:29:20

die. You certainly can't take

1:29:22

too stress and you

1:29:24

can get

1:29:27

an extra die. I don't have a devil's bargain for you here.

1:29:29

Yeah. That's fine. Would

1:29:30

is this this is risky, I

1:29:34

assume? That's risky. even This is no.

1:29:37

It's just risky right

1:29:39

now. Risky for limited

1:29:41

effect. You're not the

1:29:43

host of the party. the

1:29:45

host of the party is saying everybody stay

1:29:47

here. Yeah. I'm just shouting that I saw a gun though. I'm not, like, necessarily

1:29:48

giving You're trying to

1:29:50

panic them. Yes. Panic them.

1:29:54

I feel still think it's

1:29:56

limited effect. Okay. Would

1:29:58

you like to

1:29:59

take your your

1:30:01

push and make it

1:30:04

for standard effect?

1:30:07

No.

1:30:07

Could I employ

1:30:09

a flashback. Can I assist?

1:30:11

Can I assist? You can. Yes. Because

1:30:12

because with my veteran

1:30:15

trait that I took, I

1:30:18

can do that without taking stress. I

1:30:21

assist without taking stress.

1:30:23

Oh, that's excellent. But

1:30:26

I would love to also

1:30:26

employ a quick flashback to

1:30:27

what who

1:30:31

is it? Prabhmed. What's

1:30:35

her name? Prada.

1:30:37

Prada. Look, there will

1:30:39

be a queue that

1:30:42

we have calculated at the very

1:30:44

utmost perfect time. There will

1:30:46

be a gunshot. There will

1:30:50

be security called to deal with it. In which point, we will need

1:30:53

to make sure we have a backup

1:30:55

plan to get everyone out.

1:30:58

This is where And I would like my concealed palm

1:31:00

pistol to have been handed to

1:31:03

give him to

1:31:03

Provida. Okay. That

1:31:07

easy enough. This is

1:31:09

where when I

1:31:10

shot that oh, there

1:31:13

is a there is a done.

1:31:15

You must brandish this gun. and start

1:31:18

shooting.

1:31:20

k.

1:31:20

He's gonna

1:31:24

Alright? Alright. One stress. Easy enough. Actually, two

1:31:26

stress. You have to convince her to -- Take the

1:31:29

tip. -- basically,

1:31:32

incriminate her scare a lot of people

1:31:34

and like herself. Yeah. Okay. Too scared. This is this is the will of the The

1:31:36

will of the builder. No.

1:31:38

The will of the builder. Okay.

1:31:42

Very good.

1:31:44

So, again, now we come

1:31:46

to your command role again. And

1:31:49

the gunshot, let me let me

1:31:52

We still limited an effect. The

1:31:54

gunshot has happened. Alright? Propped a

1:31:57

pulls a gun. She's she's got

1:31:59

the cart that she's supposed to take the statue away on.

1:32:01

She pulls the gun

1:32:03

and it's like, that

1:32:05

builder is a second. And she's

1:32:08

talking like, you

1:32:10

know, the beginning of

1:32:12

pulp fiction. Any of

1:32:14

you fucking pig's mouth. No. No. Exits, she's full in a full amount of plumber right

1:32:16

now. Wait. Wait. Wait. Where would she say

1:32:18

no. No. We want them to move.

1:32:23

want them to move. That was very cool for that. She never said that

1:32:25

I was just quoting a movie. She's

1:32:27

like, k. No. Move.

1:32:29

I like you

1:32:32

to move. So let's

1:32:34

have this command roll now. And, yeah, it's at great effect. In

1:32:36

fact -- Okay. --

1:32:38

so I guess the assistance

1:32:41

if I'll just hold up on that for now. No. No. No. She still needs to die. She

1:32:43

still needs to die. Yeah. So the and forgive me. The way assistance works, do I

1:32:45

roll it? And then if I succeed, she gets an

1:32:48

exercise out. you

1:32:51

have to do is take stress. But have an ability that takes

1:32:53

that away. Yeah. That's right. So

1:32:56

alright. And I

1:32:57

pushed as well, so

1:32:59

I've got two bonus Here

1:33:02

we go. Okay. Okay. There's a five in there. There's a

1:33:04

five in

1:33:05

there. Okay. Success with

1:33:08

a complication and

1:33:12

there. Here's what happens. All

1:33:14

of the guests go screaming

1:33:16

toward the

1:33:18

gate except

1:33:19

boar, christopher tin

1:33:20

mouth, eaty Ravenswood,

1:33:22

and of course,

1:33:23

queen a children's mass. and

1:33:26

Christopher is like, this is some sort of this is some sort of caper.

1:33:28

I I knew there

1:33:30

was something strange about you.

1:33:35

and and and she's pointing

1:33:37

at Crohn's. He is

1:33:40

rather. And Eddy is

1:33:42

like They're criminals. They plan to rob

1:33:45

the steal the white

1:33:47

civil. So Oh,

1:33:51

no. Yes. I mean, it's gotten always, it's

1:33:54

gotten really chaotic.

1:33:56

It's great. As always. I

1:33:58

feel like we yeah. What

1:34:01

do I mean? Of course,

1:34:03

the distraction people. The same.

1:34:06

Yeah. Yeah. No. That's super distracting.

1:34:08

Yeah. Quelena

1:34:10

quelena whispers something into the amulet around her neck.

1:34:13

And then two

1:34:15

of the statue in

1:34:18

the statue garden. Huge muscular

1:34:22

nude male forms

1:34:24

suddenly turn and

1:34:27

start walking toward Pravda. Oh,

1:34:32

shit. Spirit his

1:34:35

views, ma'am. Did Provid, like, shoot at anyone? I mean,

1:34:37

like, I mean, she didn't do it out in

1:34:39

the air, like,

1:34:42

do it? head nod

1:34:44

at like

1:34:45

any of the people

1:34:48

next to us.

1:34:50

Now keep in

1:34:53

mind,

1:34:54

you were

1:34:57

supposed to humiliated. Yes. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's

1:34:59

true. Twelaine at Children's, you were not

1:35:01

supposed to execute her

1:35:03

as her friends. this

1:35:07

is true. I'm just gonna I don't know

1:35:09

what you were speaking of, and I'm gonna,

1:35:11

like, go to run

1:35:13

outside. Like, I'm getting

1:35:14

out of here. You should, too, there's

1:35:17

a

1:35:17

garden dammit. So I

1:35:20

think, man, ads. You have to

1:35:22

make an action right now? Yeah. Or Kwelena's gonna send

1:35:25

one of her

1:35:27

guards after you. Okay.

1:35:30

I will I will try to sway them to

1:35:33

believe sway. That

1:35:35

sounds right. Yeah. Desperate. I