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Cindy West Pike, tipsy from drinking,

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8:28

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8:33

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South of a bright

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8:39

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8:41

in his breath. I'd let go over like

8:44

like, push him away, like, going in,

8:46

like, oh, sorry.

8:47

Are you simple enough to do this? Because we

8:49

need go go Yeah.

8:51

We have two extra horses. We should

8:54

be able to get we

8:56

should be able to get them both on horses. I'm

8:58

actually Sorry. Let

9:01

me wash my face real quick. It splashes

9:03

water on his face. That's the

9:05

water where the horse is drunk from.

9:07

That was gross. I regret this already.

9:10

Don't worry about it. I'll just add to the illusion

9:12

that we need to do with that guard and then we need to get

9:15

those people through.

9:16

Yes. Do you have

9:18

any plan for regards to hire? I'm

9:20

more of a stand back and

9:22

make plans and enact the

9:24

non fighty part of the

9:25

plan. Do you have a plan?

9:28

Well, I can

9:32

if we're lucky, basically

9:35

free Theresa's body.

9:37

I I do believe he won't be able to

9:40

talk.

9:41

Yeah. I've got that too.

9:43

And you can see, like, word,

9:46

like, heal in

9:46

there, and that's about it.

9:48

If we catch him with that, we can

9:50

simply gag him. And clocked

9:53

it. There are two guards here. The skittish

9:55

one from earlier and the bromel, who seems

9:57

a bit caught and upset.

9:59

Well, that's my cakes too. Rowena. So

10:02

do you think it's time to bundle joins the department?

10:05

Absolutely. If you can get him out to play,

10:07

that would be great. Mhmm.

10:09

If not, I have a whole person too.

10:12

This is also the sleepless thing we've ever

10:14

done. Are you sure we should be doing this because anything?

10:17

We have our own problems. That girl does

10:19

not deserve what they have in store

10:21

for her. That's monsters.

10:24

She gives him, like, the biggest smile. That's just

10:26

all she needed.

10:27

Rowena recovered for a stress damage. Good.

10:30

Alright. Okay. So

10:34

let us prepare the horses and tie

10:36

them.

10:37

Alright. So we're gonna do the freezing thing.

10:39

I'm going to tell problem.

10:42

Promo. I'm

10:44

going to the hotel

10:45

promo. That is pass. What's

10:47

an inside? For drinking

10:49

related questions. Do you

10:51

want me to do this? I

10:52

think it's very smart with you through this.

10:55

Father West Pike's half closed eyes and Rosie

10:57

Chi revealed. Despite the splashes

10:59

of water that he was a bit more drunk than he gave himself

11:01

credit

11:02

for.

11:02

No. I think maybe you should that you're drunk.

11:05

I am. Just try not to use your name.

11:07

I am drunk, but I would like to warn

11:09

you this.

11:10

Like, you should remember not to use mine

11:12

either. I

11:14

don't remember ever lying. Does

11:17

it Not that I don't. Do you know what? Go. I just

11:20

give them a sharpener, a smaller back. But,

11:22

like, every time she tries to shove them, she

11:24

goes backwards instead. Follow

11:26

us back. Is it one hundred percent on his feet,

11:28

so he stumbles forward away a bit.

11:31

Back. Perfect. Right.

11:34

Brahmael. Her old

11:36

man. The

11:37

Brahmael seemed glad to have a reprieve from

11:39

his dull watch in the cold. I'm

11:41

so sorry. Rafael

11:44

has some drinking related question.

11:47

He said that

11:48

one of the boys was like drinking wrong.

11:50

I don't know. He said, you know something this?

11:53

Roofing

11:54

room. Fatherwest Pike required

11:56

a deception check. Seventeen, a little.

11:59

What was he dry in the drink? The

12:02

strong stuff that they gave me

12:04

and rommel. Oh,

12:07

the rommel. Oh, you

12:09

want me to 5A. Sorry, I got

12:11

your names mixed into a weird conglomerate

12:13

of weird names. Your names are

12:15

weird. You are weird. You're

12:18

way too, more little boy.

12:22

You're way too. In

12:25

his drunk state. The bromwell's large

12:27

hand felt obvious soothing on Century's

12:29

head. It'll be right back. You

12:32

should probably come with me.

12:35

Give me a second. I feel a little bit queasy

12:37

and I start walking towards the corner of the house.

12:41

The

12:41

other guard watched on as the bromwell walked

12:43

toward the inn. His gaze now falling

12:45

on Father West Pike, word of boredom and

12:47

interest.

12:48

Oh, I may be about to lose

12:50

a drinking contest for it. You'll

12:53

be great about

12:54

this. Alright?

12:55

The brombo pass from view around the building.

12:57

As soon as I see him do that, I'm just gonna,

13:00

like, matter quietly on my breasts, like,

13:02

don't move a muscle. They won't be a

13:03

tussle. And I'm gonna cast whole breasts on this

13:05

person because I see how her keys.

13:07

You're all the fifteen to resist the spell.

13:10

My DC is a fourteen. The

13:11

guard was suddenly aware of Rowena's presence. And

13:14

based on his expression, he likely understood that

13:16

magic had been attempted on

13:17

him. Hey, you. What are you trying to cast

13:19

on this? And for the best fact, there's Robert, first

13:21

of all, no, sir, no, sir. Still letting

13:23

me know freely, nor to

13:24

fight, immobilize my enemies. With

13:27

the resisting role of nineteen, chief,

13:29

I'm actually sorry. The guard began to

13:31

screw head onto his spear and combat the

13:33

game. Rowena, still confused why

13:35

her spell did not work, was first to act.

13:38

I

13:38

won't be that honest. Fuck it.

13:40

I will cast whole person on him again.

13:43

Look, it's getting to the end of the day. Won't you

13:45

just stop and stay? The

13:48

guard

13:48

was not as fortunate this time.

13:50

Yes. The freeze is in place.

13:52

As

13:52

the guard was screwing ahead of his spear into place,

13:55

He looked up the grow leaner.

13:56

What did you just say? 5A

13:59

his face froze in a snarl, as the

14:01

harmonies from the loot and her words confounded

14:04

confused and reacted with his muscles in

14:06

a way that they simply seized altogether.

14:08

I've got him. Do it. Do it. Do the thing.

14:10

Give me a second. I wanna see if there's,

14:13

like, some kind of a trapping mechanism or

14:15

something on the cut. Oh,

14:17

twenty on perception. Noise?

14:20

Yes. Noisemaker.

14:23

If I dislodge this pin. Okay.

14:27

We're in the clear.

14:28

Do you have the does he have any keys?

14:31

If if he's not dealing with the guy, I

14:34

will gag him. I will bind his hands at

14:36

his feet, and then what's asked about the

14:38

key, I will basically pat him down for all of his shit.

14:40

Arena spell would only last a minute. Wow. So she

14:42

quickly tied him up with a

14:43

seven. No

14:45

keys.

14:47

From inside the cart, Father West Pike noted the

14:49

caged creatures within eyeing him with suspicion.

14:52

I looked to the the the psycho and

14:54

I go, dance, and then I start moving towards the other

14:56

ones. Hoping

14:59

that quiet set. That's

15:02

nasty thing.

15:05

Are the keys in the cast? What

15:07

do I need to break this?

15:08

The Chimera's brown eyes glinted cautiously

15:11

the voice of her faj left

15:12

it speak? I almost get a case with

15:14

me. Do just

15:16

gag. Step one. Do just tidy up step

15:18

two. I pat the dude down for shit.

15:21

Alright. Tango fifteen copper,

15:23

extra burger, extra heads to your spear,

15:26

turns it to man catching a cliff. What a

15:28

tool? You, sir? You,

15:30

sir. You're not a murti tool. The bros approach

15:33

my gadgety boy. don't touch

15:35

a I'm just gonna pat him down to see if he

15:37

had anything of interest, but I'm taking that guy

15:39

of, oh, shit. That is not an

15:41

necklace Jacky. That's a necklace

15:43

of ears. Fuck this guy. I'm gonna him

15:45

in the face. Just like, you don't

15:48

wear ears as trophies. About who the

15:50

fuck? You are. That is I'm

15:52

gonna do three blushing damage. Plus

15:54

three for your strength modifier.

15:55

Thank you. They're gonna kick the shit out stay

15:58

listed properly. Follow

16:00

us back's gonna like, before like,

16:02

he's riding his like, as he's getting his hammer

16:04

ready, he says, does either of you know how

16:06

to open

16:07

mocks? And if he gets no reply within

16:09

a second, he's smashing the kinko lock

16:11

first. Father West Pike found

16:13

difficulty damaging the lock at all. It was

16:15

perhaps the most expensive thing in the wagon and

16:17

instead bashed around

16:18

it, bending the bars just wider enough

16:20

so the concierge could pick through.

16:23

I want you to help me with the others. He

16:25

helped the creature

16:26

out and looked toward the next cage, but outside

16:28

the cart.

16:29

This dude is restrained.

16:32

Bound, gagged, and restrained with

16:34

rope. Alright. And pig pocketed. haven't

16:37

pig pocketed it. No. I took a staggered. I did. People

16:39

came. That's right. I punched

16:41

her in the face. Alright. I dropped the spell on

16:43

him. I run to the door. I stand.

16:45

Sorry. Standing in front of the door.

16:47

Sorry. Near the door to the pub.

16:49

And I'm going to ready in

16:51

action.

16:52

Rowena quietly began to repair magic in

16:54

the event that the noise being made caught the attention

16:57

of others inside. Alright.

16:59

There's nothing else I can't really give the

17:01

camera to help it out. So I just

17:03

like throw my suit at the feathered

17:05

guy, and then I start basing at the bars of the

17:07

cage for the deep valve. Syndry

17:11

was more tipsy than he'd prefer. Had difficulty

17:13

repeating same pizza spelling as when he

17:15

damaged the first cage. But he was able to

17:17

create enough space for the delven woman to get

17:19

out and if she was. He extended

17:21

a hand to help her

17:22

through. Come with me.

17:24

We have horses.

17:26

Okay. The

17:27

Diebold took Cindy's hand and pointed toward the small

17:30

furry cyclops in the final cage. Please.

17:33

Him also. Nice.

17:36

I'm I'm a swing my hammer.

17:39

I'm so happy. No. And

17:41

I'm basically it going for a corner

17:43

of the cage? The idea is that

17:45

if I hit the corner hard

17:46

enough, it will bend inwards.

17:48

Outside, Rowena saw that the guard was breaking free

17:50

of her knots. Rushed as they were.

17:52

5A. If I've noticed he's coming

17:54

out of his ropes, I'm just gonna go and

17:56

jump on his back. I've gotta grab your flag

17:58

at the back. Like, knock his puppy down me off. I'm gonna

18:01

grab him by the hair on the back of his head and

18:03

just like rotate his head back like really

18:04

hard. Look, I don't want

18:07

to kill you. But people just happen to die

18:09

around me, and that's just So

18:11

just shop, be quiet, and it will be over.

18:13

Well, as soon as we've gone. Alright? Because you're

18:15

gonna have a pretty good black eye in the

18:17

morning, so your boss is gonna believe you. And

18:19

I get a turn on intimidation. Twenty

18:22

one psoriasis, which is better,

18:24

fuck sick. Stiff. Down

18:26

a door move.

18:28

The man beneath her stop struggling. But Rowena

18:30

became acutely aware of a dagger at her

18:32

throat.

18:34

At my throat.

18:35

From behind her, her voice spoke.

18:38

Get off him you banned it?

18:40

Oh,

18:41

lord, we're not banned it. They're

18:44

slavers. Get off him. The

18:46

pressure of the knife on Rowena's neck got tighter.

18:48

Not quite breaking the skin, but the threat

18:50

was very much there. Rowena,

18:52

unsure of what to do. Let go

18:54

of the guards arms slowly. That

18:57

unexpectedly threw her head back to hit the boy behind

18:59

her and was able to get her hands between her throat and

19:01

the blanks, which threw blood from both, but would not

19:03

be fatal. In the same motion, Rowena was able

19:05

to drive her shoulder into the Bolt and flip him over

19:07

her and onto the guard. Setting both opponents

19:09

on their backs, wind fully taken from their

19:11

sails. The boy's knife scattering within

19:14

Rowena's

19:14

grasp. Still ceded atop the

19:16

guard who had unintentionally broken her fall.

19:18

Rowena quickly took up the boy's knife

19:20

Kids, they're slavers. You're in the

19:23

wrong here.

19:24

Can't hear me anyway. Both figures

19:27

before her were down, at least for now.

19:29

But the sounds of metal on metal within the wagon

19:31

apparently caught the attention of others within the

19:33

inn, and the Brahmael was seen in the entrance.

19:35

Two of the previously Jovial men standing

19:37

behind him.

19:38

In the half health. Nobody

19:40

move. What's happening here?

19:43

At that exact moment, Father Westpike's final

19:45

attack was able to pop open the end of the cage.

19:47

She was able to make an extra handle animal check after

19:49

his previous barge. Changed

19:52

its opinion, the century. Alright.

19:55

Alright. Sixteen. Look at that. The

19:57

various cycloptic lemur race past injury

19:59

and hopped onto the leg of the Dalvin woman, climbing

20:01

up and around her body until it found purchase on her

20:03

shoulder as she ran toward the front of car, rifling

20:06

through it and opening a secret compartment. Outside

20:09

the men stared down Rowena, while underneath

20:11

her, the guard with the black eye struggled

20:13

to grab for a glide extension for his spear,

20:15

which he intended to use as a dagger. I

20:18

look up, I smile at the bravo,

20:20

And I say, please don't tell my husband.

20:23

That would require a deception check.

20:27

Twenty three. The

20:30

bramble blushed and turned away and inclined

20:32

to believe that something sexually

20:34

deviant was happening, but one of them

20:36

in with him knew when things of

20:38

that nature being faked for some reason.

20:41

Guys, she's just

20:42

lying. Put

20:44

your hands up and you won't get

20:46

hurt. This is your only

20:48

warning. Can

20:49

I see his injury and the escaped people?

20:52

Rowena was unsure, but knew fully

20:54

well that she intercaused had already prepared the horses

20:57

5A swift escape. I no longer heard the sounds

20:59

of metal on metal. Rowena slowly

21:01

stood up from atop the guard. Casually

21:03

kicking him in the face one last time for good measure

21:06

as the boy slowly came to days.

21:10

I look at the cards have my hand

21:12

slightly raised and go to cast

21:14

message to Father West

21:16

Pike, and I'm gonna say, Might

21:20

be in the spellbother room. I

21:23

am all catch up. I'm deliberately

21:25

not looking in his direction. I sent the

21:27

message back.

21:29

Not leaving you. Be prepared.

21:32

West Pike is now like shoveling the Dublin that

21:34

started the rough rifling through the card, out of the

21:36

card. And he starts sprinting towards the staples.

21:38

And he's whispering under his breath, I've

21:41

got horses for

21:41

us. Leave your junk. The woman

21:44

glared at him making one last grab or something before

21:46

following Father West Pike in the Chimera, who

21:48

was doing best he could on his little bird legs.

21:51

It was only twenty feet to the stable's entrance,

21:53

but winded tipsy in with a bad knee.

21:55

Twenty feet seemed like a much longer distance to sintry

21:57

than he would have hoped just a few hours

21:59

before. Yeah. That's a good point. Okay.

22:03

We are going to come over

22:05

there, and I'm going to restrain

22:08

you.

22:09

That is

22:09

what's going to happen.

22:10

You should do that. And

22:12

I take a step back. The

22:14

guard with the glove head stood behind Rowena,

22:16

quickly affixing it to his multi sphere,

22:18

hoping to block Rowena's means of

22:20

escape. And the others begin to circle around

22:22

her. Okay. So

22:24

I need you to know that some

22:27

of those merchants over there,

22:29

they'll slavors. And we

22:32

liberated the slaves, not gonna lie about that.

22:35

Nice. Work out in prison

22:37

as a war at animals. We

22:39

can clear it up after she's been

22:41

restrained. Watch out. She's a caster.

22:44

Father West Pike reached the stable's unnoticed.

22:47

Thanks to Rowena's distraction. He

22:49

hoisted the chimera toward one of the four horses,

22:51

and the horse seemed briefly afraid of the creature

22:53

until he produced noise that seemed to come to the

22:55

horse. Fatherwest Pike finally

22:58

placed the feathered creature into its saddle and

23:00

gave him the shield.

23:02

There you go. Now take it with you and

23:04

keep it safe. Thank you. And

23:06

I I creep up on my horse, grab the time

23:08

of Rowana's horse. And I'm

23:11

running on the horses straight towards

23:13

Arena. And if somebody's in my way, I'm gonna crush

23:15

them down. And as soon as I within

23:17

shouting distance, I have assumptions. Alright.

23:20

Continue your lie. You have in about another eight seconds

23:22

to stall

23:22

5A. The guards said, this

23:24

is your last chest.

23:26

Hands on your head and get

23:28

down. You see, I'm not gonna

23:30

do that because I really hope that you

23:32

should know and you'll get much better paid for

23:34

it if you let a thought in my father know

23:36

that I'm alive.

23:37

Rowena's mouth froze as her eyes lock

23:39

with a half hour scribes, and she was forced

23:42

to make a wisdom sailing through. Eleven.

23:45

That's so embarrassing, and she was held in

23:47

place.

23:48

Well, if it helps, Father

23:50

West Pike, my arms are in the air. The

23:53

Father West Pike, leading four horses at full

23:55

speed, could see his cousin within the circle of yards

23:57

moving in to detain

23:58

her.

23:59

I freed the chimera. I just want

24:01

my cousin.

24:02

Many things happen in the following moments. As

24:04

father West Pike in the horse has surprised her would

24:06

be captors. The half health's focus was briefly

24:08

broken, allowing the strong will grow in and the break

24:10

free of her spell. She punched and kicked

24:13

and struggled free of the hands of the two men,

24:15

kicking one of them swiftly between his father West

24:17

Pike yelled a magically charged command toward the brombo,

24:19

who began running straight forward, climbing through the

24:21

other victors in his way, creating an opening

24:24

for Century's horses. But since Drew did not care

24:26

anymore about what might follow, and he had already

24:28

begun the charge to rest to his cousin, willing

24:30

to accept any incoming attachment for her freedom.

24:33

He simply did not care as the glide

24:35

carved through the armor of his back legs carrying

24:37

into flesh and muscle. Rowena,

24:39

who was stabbed in the shoulder for eight damage, failed

24:41

the constitution savings plan. And as she was

24:43

punched in the face, she began to feel weak.

24:46

Right as the mom descended upon her, as

24:48

she started to wave her. Her extended hand

24:50

was grabbed and she was pulled up and

24:52

away from the thongs continuing past from the

24:54

safety of Century's horse. One

24:56

of the guards took a swing at the horse's legs

24:59

like a dick, but because the DM really

25:01

likes animals, the steam was fairly lucky

25:03

and the blade did not connect. The

25:05

horses did find work putting distance between

25:07

the men and the escaping party. But

25:09

for Rowena and Sindri, the questions of

25:11

the present, quickly became fears for

25:13

the future and what lay on the path

25:16

ahead of

25:16

them. Dark dice,

25:18

chapter five a, sidebar Skulk,

25:21

featuring Jeff Goldblum as the silent

25:23

one, Etheor Vitharsen, his father's injury

25:25

West Pike, and him Cleveland is Rowena

25:27

Granite Pike. Also featuring the voices of

25:29

Dallas Wheatley, Andreas Somerville, Bahapade,

25:32

Tani Milovic, Florian Seitler, and

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Yes. Prebeliever? I know. I know

26:13

that a second. Not euphemism.

26:16

Jesus Christ. Get a good need

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to turn the heat down in this room, not the way to

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rely on

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At Krausz, captain Fluger sent me

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to help you out. Joe Antanetti. Welcome

26:30

to basement swept box of the detective unit.

26:33

The Kingsbury run murders. AKA,

26:35

the Cleveland Tourists, our very own Jack

26:37

the Ripper. You think he's still out there?

26:39

If he's not dead or locked up, why did he stop

26:42

killing? Or did

26:43

he?

26:43

Who was on the phone earlier?

26:45

The detective, he wants to pick

26:47

my brain about an old case.

26:50

There's another body over here. Oh,

26:53

mother of God. Why do you

26:55

think we ask you to come all the way back to Cleveland

26:57

Pike? It's either Elliott Nest

26:59

you wanna know about or it's the

27:00

butcher. Let's start with the butcher. You were there

27:02

at the beginning.

27:04

September

27:04

fifth nineteen thirty four.

27:06

You remember the exact date.

27:08

I remember every damn detail about

27:11

the butcher case. And we wanna hear

27:13

about Gus Frein. I need your

27:15

help, detective fight. Will

27:17

you tell anybody in the future about

27:19

what's about to happen will need to be a fabricated

27:21

narrative? Brainstormed buried.

27:24

So zelleiness.

27:26

Yeah. But I didn't shoot him.

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