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Rusty Quill presents.

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Hey everyone, Alexey Talanda here and welcome

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to a brand new episode of the Ostium Sagas.

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Did you know you can get access to a bunch more unreleased

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I'd just like to thank some of our new patrons for supporting

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the Ostium Network. Thank you to Rob,

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Bobby, Maggie,

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and Lillo Berry for supporting us. We

3:45

really appreciate it. Okay,

3:47

let's get this Ostium Sagas episode started, shall

3:49

we? JHAVAK

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Ve Han

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Relaxing Cafe Information

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The Ovallea Palace ALEX

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Pepper robotics 66 million

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yearsMark seminal online

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online online

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online online

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online online

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online

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question number three is the

5:16

Austium saga is now available in a digital

5:18

form I believe if

5:21

you've listened to everything I've told you so far then

5:23

you very likely already know the answer to this

5:25

question the conclave

5:28

takes its unique position and privilege

5:30

very seriously and refuses to present

5:32

any opportunity that might allow those outside

5:35

the conclave learning of and knowing

5:37

what they should not having the Austium

5:40

sagas digitized while

5:42

perhaps advantageous in being more

5:44

easily available to the members of the conclave in this

5:47

format uh well let us say

5:49

the cons outnumber the pros in this instance

5:51

the conclave has not reached the position

5:54

it has achieved through negligence or boosting

5:56

efficiency for the sake of security yes

5:59

the method is slower, but everything is much

6:01

more certain to the Conclave. That

6:04

is barring parallel timelines,

6:06

which still remains beyond the Conclave's ability

6:09

to manipulate. As

6:11

for the Ostium network's ability in this matter,

6:14

I should be curious to find out. But

6:16

it is not my turn yet.

6:22

Moving on to question four. What

6:24

else is the Conclave involved in?

6:27

Well, to be perfectly honest, the

6:29

complete answer to this question goes well beyond the

6:31

purview of my position here within the Conclave.

6:33

And I should expect I can feel a

6:35

number of volumes equal in length to

6:38

the Ostium Sagas if I were

6:40

to be thorough in explaining all that we have going on

6:42

in the Conclave. But I know as obfuscating

6:45

as I can be, this is still not a sufficient

6:47

answer to your question. So I shall endeavor

6:49

to give you more of a list of topics

6:52

as to what the Conclave is involved in. And

6:54

this is in no particular order. The

6:57

search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the

7:00

study of distant stars and planets, understanding

7:03

the true effects of the Big Bang, piercing

7:05

the veil to find out what happened

7:07

and existed before the Big Bang,

7:10

achieving a true sustainable power

7:12

supply,

7:13

harnessing the immense power of the sun without causing

7:15

it to harm us, interdimensional

7:18

travel, a sustainable food

7:20

crop that requires no input or nutrition

7:22

to grow, new ways for humans

7:25

to breathe underwater, analyzing

7:27

the anomaly that was recently discovered in the

7:29

center of the Earth,

7:31

the development of fast growing trees and vegetation,

7:34

studies in artificial intelligence in preparation

7:37

for the singularity.

7:39

And that is where I will end it for this

7:41

question. But I trust it gives you some idea

7:43

of what the Conclave dedicates its time

7:45

to, in addition to all things related

7:47

to Ostium, the Ostium network, and of course,

7:50

the Ostium size. And

7:56

now for your final question. You

7:58

wish to know of the main characters in

8:01

a television show

8:02

called Star Trek. For such

8:04

an unusual question, I

8:05

surmise it must have something to do with our parallel

8:08

timelines and how things are different in

8:10

your world compared to mine. And

8:12

while I am somewhat hesitant to give away details

8:15

like this that show differences

8:17

in our respective timelines since

8:19

we have been open and providing so far, it

8:21

feels petty to quibble over this. After

8:24

a full day of media research, as I'm not familiar

8:26

with any television show called Star Trek, all

8:29

I could find was a pilot episode called

8:32

The Man at Trip. It

8:34

was made in 1966. The

8:36

part of the captain was played by an actor named James

8:39

Earl Jones. It was written and directed

8:41

by someone named George Lucas. And

8:43

that is all. The pilot was shown to a

8:45

number of studios, but no one was interested

8:48

in picking up the show. Apparently the actor

8:50

and the writer-director never worked in the TV or movie

8:52

industry again. I hope that satisfies

8:54

your curiosity. And

9:02

I believe that completes my answers

9:04

to your five questions. And now

9:06

it is my turn to present five questions of my

9:08

own.

9:10

When did the Ostium

9:12

Network begin?

9:14

Two. Where is the town

9:16

of Ostium located? Three.

9:20

To the best of your ability, where

9:22

would you say the Ostium Network is located

9:24

physically? Four.

9:28

How many people are there at the Ostium Network?

9:32

And five. What is the goal of

9:34

the Ostium Network? I

9:37

eagerly await your answers. Sincerely,

9:40

Larry Harcourt.

9:50

Oh my God. I can't believe

9:52

it. I wouldn't believe it, except

9:55

I heard it in his very own words. And

9:57

at this point I trust what Harcourt tells me.

10:00

It still scares me cold and helpless. Knowing

10:02

these details now, like...

10:04

Well, I suppose it's quite a bit like

10:06

Marty McFly must have felt in Back to the Future,

10:09

when his mum and dad wouldn't seal the deal and kiss,

10:11

and he felt himself starting to literally disappear,

10:14

and lifts up his hand and for just a moment he

10:16

can see right through it. Okay,

10:19

yes, I know that's a bit too dramatic, but

10:21

when I think about what it must be like to live in a world

10:23

where there's no Star Trek, it's

10:25

an actual nightmare for me. Something

10:27

I really don't want to think about if I can avoid it.

10:31

I suppose Harcourt is okay about it, other

10:33

than a bit confused, because he has no

10:35

clue what Star Trek is, and probably never will.

10:38

Or for how weird is it that the actors are switched, and

10:40

bloody George Lucas is the creator of Star Trek

10:43

in this universe. I think I

10:45

can safely say Harcourt's timeline is the bizarre

10:47

world to this one. Okay,

10:51

let's try and answer these questions, shall we? It's

10:55

a bit of a a bit

10:57

of a a a

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Hi

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everyone, Steve here from the sunny rock

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of Gibraltar aka the Ostium Network.

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13:45

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13:52

it, Woebegone. But the game turns

13:55

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13:58

and things just go from bad to worse for Mike. each

14:00

stage, yet he keeps on going.

14:03

Tough thing is, what he does in the game has

14:05

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14:07

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14:09

things go beyond playing the game to find out how

14:11

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14:15

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14:18

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14:20

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