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You left the channel open for another to take your place.

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And the final horror of all reality that ZEOs has shown you is

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that everything that happened was essentially your own fault.

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Playing games with strangers, you know,

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there's no danger. So come on in.

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We're friends playing games with Stranger.

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That was an info dump <laugh>. So what did we all see?

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You? Just how, well, actually, how did you react to that? I mean, that's you,

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you tell them what they, what they saw because you guys didn't see the child.

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Um, none of us perceived that happening.

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Um, no, you just saw whatever, however,

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whatever reaction he has during the.

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Yeah. I think what they would've seen is, um,

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they would've seen Wilder reach forward gently, uh,

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and then shortly thereafter, just kind of like slowly like sink to his knees and

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kind of end up hunched over, uh, almost like he was in pain.

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That's what they would've seen. And you hear you guys turn around as you see,

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as you hear a soft gish, as, as, uh,

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Wilder's knees hits, hit the gory surface of the, uh,

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tower floor of the remains of those who were eviscerated two

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nights prior. I, I, I think you hit him a little too hard.

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Um, Wilder Wilder. Are you? And does the, like,

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hovering hand thing where she doesn't like actually want to touch you, but like,

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um. You're, you're massaging his aura.

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They're there. <laugh> Wilder. Are you okay?

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This is all my fault. No. No, no. We, we won. Pardon? We won. Yes.

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Um, and you, no, this, you did a great job. It, this is my fault. No,

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poo. Yes. P everything that's happened to us getting to where we are now.

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I set all of this in motion. I opened the door for ZEOs to

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usher in Kerik. I was the original one.

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And I've, for forgotten. I think you're being a little too hard on yourself.

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The original, what. Did you I was the original conduit.

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Did you know, did you know, I guess it's, that's my first question.

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Did you know that that's what you were doing at the start? 'cause uh, um,

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from my experience with ZEOs, he's not exactly forthcoming or honest or the most, you know,

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generous of people. Well, so here's the thing.

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I went to water deep to take out Orba. Right, right.

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Correct. And part of my job is learning the area, uh,

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integrating myself, um,

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becoming people in order to do that and to, in order to accomplish a job.

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And in my,

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my research of water deep, I, I found this old text,

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and I, I was doing it to protect Elle,

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and I wanted to make myself powerful enough that nobody could ever take it

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from me. And in doing so, I gave up, um,

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pretty much my entire self. And then,

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and then the, the ritual was incomplete. And I,

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I left the door open and ZEOs walked in and brought Kerik.

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And it's a long story. And it's all coming back after,

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I don't even remember how many years, but it's all my fault. And.

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No, I don't mean to, you know, not say that there's not responsibility to be had. 'cause I'm, you know,

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whatever you chose to do, you chose to do it right. But you're also not responsible for everything that ZEOs has done or Kerik has

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done. 'cause you didn't make them, you didn't create them.

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And they already came with those desires in place. And like I said,

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even if you were to find a book that told you that this was how to do it,

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I doubt that it said the world would end if you did. 'cause I don't think this,

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everything that's happened, you would've done it if you knew because.

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It would've put ll in danger and that would not have been your

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goal. True. But I opened the door.

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Yeah. Well, I've opened a lot of doors. You know, it's.

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Callum is excellent at opening doors.

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Well, apparently I'm terrible at opening doors. So.

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You did a good job. Uh. Yeah.

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We all need work on closing doors sometimes. But again, you know,

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sometimes you open a door and you don't know what's behind it.

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That doesn't mean that it's your fault. If there was, you know,

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a couple of sticks, dynamite there, you didn't put 'em there to begin with.

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Sometimes things happen, Felix.

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Yeah. Do you remember the first time we met? Mm. That was a,

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that, that was a few years ago. It, it was, it wasn't a dream. Remember I showed you,

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I showed you done where Dale, I showed you Frick cold water. Mm-hmm.

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<affirmative>. I said, you can be better than who you are. Mm-hmm.

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<Affirmative>. I do. I was showing you, I said that because I was showing you aspects of yourself.

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I showed you the aspect of yourself that you saw as your own purity

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in Dunwood. I showed you the aspect of yourself at your most principled.

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With Fenrick, you have reacquired these aspects.

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And in the process, you have become a better, you have become better than.

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And I believe on the path that you have chosen,

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you still can become better than you are to destroy yourself or

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demean yourself. And the progress that you have made would be followed because you have grown

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since then. And you are no longer that person. You're.

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Right. You cannot hold other people's decision.

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You cannot hold yourself accountable for other people's decision.

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You may have left the door open, but you did not invite ZEOs to into the

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room, so to speak. And, you know, if there's one thing I've learned,

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I haven't done all the reading yet, working on it.

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There's a lot of reading to do. Uh, it's mostly just that, you know,

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grace and redemption don't really require you to do anything. So there's hope,

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I guess. And. And, um, what, well, um, I just wanna say, if,

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if right now you are feeling overwhelmed and like, you,

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you can't figure things out and sad. And that's, that's okay.

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This is a, this is a rough moment. Um, this is a lot.

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So we're not here to, um,

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solve everything. Or, or, or, you know, like,

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we're not gonna make you happy or anything. I just, we're,

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we're here as you're going through this and, um,

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whatever you need, um, we're, we're around for you.

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You are our friend Wilder, no matter what you've done. And um,

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yeah, that's, that's what I've got to say. Here's a hug. Appreciate.

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It. Mom also comes in for a hug. <laugh>. Okay, let's, let's do this and then we can work on whatever we're doing.

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Everybody in big hug thing now.

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Someone make us be of this group hug.

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I love this. This is a great hug. Come on, get in here. You, you. Oh, um,

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oh, shoot. Amira, uh, what the, you, you know, Mira. Yeah.

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That I totally knew before today. Come on in Mira.

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She just comes up behind Aileen and like Pats aileen's shoulder.

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She doesn't like put her arms out and just pretend like she's.

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Everyone on the other side of the hug from Mira. Just like patting else's back.

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<laugh> group hugs aren't my thing. <laugh> mine either.

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So, um, uh, Mr. Keeper, you're, you're right.

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I, I do need to mark this moment, um, and move,

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move forward and I'll do that. Uh, thank you. I think you're muted,

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John. Just remember, never forget where you come from,

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but always keep your focus on where you're going. 'cause walking,

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while you're looking behind you, you're gonna run into things.

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That's true. Done it right now. Even. Yeah. Sorry, Mira.

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<Laugh> my foot. Actually, Mayra Mayra is a great example of this.

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What? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. She has come from as he, as he begins to look at you with inquisitive eyes.

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And he, as he morphs back into the form of a, uh,

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ki I can see on you that you come from a very

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unpleasant background. But you have taken the time to nurture an in a certain

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individual who shared a very similar background. Um,

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not only have you chosen be better, but you have chosen to enhance the laugh of another individual.

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You have more in common with this situation than you know. Yes. Po Mr. I I do,

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I do. See your hand up. I was just saying that was very personal for you to be sharing with us. Um.

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That was a lot. I don't know if she, I don't know if she wanted us to know all of that.

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You gotta ask before you do those things. Kinda like the hug, you know.

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In the, in the grand scheme of everything. In the lack of eternity.

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Sometimes I do lose track of that. I do apologize, mayor.

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I am a bit of an oversharer because everything is obvious to me.

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That's another mistake. Well, that's questionable. <laugh>.

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Also, if you want to, if you wanna do me, I mean,

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I'm an is there anything you wanna say about me? If.

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You want to, we can also pretend like we didn't hear it. 'cause I've already forgotten what he said and I usually don't listen to him

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when he is talking. Your dad is very strange. Yeah.

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Runs the family anyway though. So.

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You should meet wildest dad. Wait, I don't know who that is. You should meet my,

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I don't, um, you should.

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M just goes. You shouldn't meet mine. Speaking of dad's, we should probably find Eileen's dad and a mom.

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Yes, please. And you. Oh yeah. We've gotta go to hell. Oh, ra,

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do you wanna go to hell? Why?

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Because that's where my family is. Yeah. Vacation.

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I figure after everything that's happened here, we could take a nice little trip down on their,

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'cause that is where the other big bad is. They.

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Got a town. Actually, he's not there. He's in a different space.

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They got a timeshare down there because that's where,

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that's where timeshares originated from.

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Can call. That's where you originated. He times shared.

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It was, it was, it was a joke. I was, I was making a,

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I was trying to make a funny to bring some levity to the situation,

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but, alright. Isn't that what you put in bread?

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What's the, that's, that's layer then.

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Oh, got it. Oh. I never, never touched the stuff myself.

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Hmm. I mean, I could get you to hell.

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Well, I mean, I could get us there too. And you've already taken away my opportunity to remove a curse, but it's fine.

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It's not like I was really, you know, happy about these things that I.

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Can do. I'm, I'm not looking for another reason for you to be upset at me. So,

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uh, I'm here if you need me. Uh, but I'm a, I'm a,

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I'm gonna take my leave. I got some, uh, catching up to do on business.

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Are you able to like get, get there? Uh,

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I just know like Leona said that there were some trouble with souls getting

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construction to be so. You do have a point. A lot's happened. Just wondering.

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A lot's happened since I went on sabbatical. Um, oh.

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Good time to do that, by the way, in including.

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You did pick a really good time. Including, uh.

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It's almost as <laugh>. Mr.

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Yes ma'am. I might be death now.

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Yes, I do see that. Uh, congratulations.

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All bug. The what aspect of Texas. What am I supposed to do?

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No, he's not. On a normal basis.

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It's a joke. Like, how do I, it was a joke.

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Like, shush all of you. Okay, sorry. Shush. Good. Great.

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Leona made it look so easy. I just don't know what to do.

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Well, Leona made it look easy because Leona was just.

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She was really, she made everything look good. I mean, she.

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Was killing it. Really, really? No, nobody needs y'all fan, fan boy. Need.

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I'm gonna go to that corner. We over there all if you need.

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Me. Should, you should. Uh, she, uh, she just was herself. Here's the thing.

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You aren't death. You are the aspect.

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You pres you preserve the humanity or the,

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the essence. But you are not death of in and of itself.

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The function in and of itself is inherent with living.

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It's the opposite side of the same coin.

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You just merely shepherd it. Does that make sense?

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Yes. So I should return that sickle.

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No, I'm sure that would make for a grand. Uh,

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everything is just. Spazzing out <laugh>.

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So, so listen, I have a question.

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Where is Leona now? She was being.

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I'm pretty sure you were there when, I'm sorry, I'm back from the corner.

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'cause I also had a question. I'm, I'm pretty sure you were there when Alene said that Leona sacrificed herself to

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Charact so that she could live and all the aspects in her. Hey dad. Yeah.

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Now that you're here, is the little time bubble that was keeping mom safe still in place?

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'cause if not I have a place you should go.

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Oh, no, it's still there. Okay, good. All right. I'm going back to my corner now.

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I remember when the bubble came down, so it's gonna be a minute.

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Can I join you gal, like the wall? Yeah. Hi. Come on over. It's nice.

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You can explain some of this to me. Yeah, we'll just, I'll make a cup of tea.

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Time. I can explain time to you. No, no, no, no.

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No, no. So since Kerik is not in hell and

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and ZEOs came here,

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do we need to go to hell first? Anyone?

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Yes. That's my answer. Would you like to elaborate? I.

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Believe that your family is there, correct? Yes. And,

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and I would would very much want to go and save them

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and put them back in bodies and make them alive again. But.

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And it seems like that's a good priority to have.

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I just, if I do that, if we do that and then Charact destroys the world,

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have I then caused my parents more pain? Well.

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I believe if everything gets destroyed, there will be no more pain.

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But I think the conversation that just happened is also pretty good for shedding

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light on the fact that you are allowed to make decisions and not assume that the

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end of the world is your fault. No, no. Just their pain as the world is the.

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Person. The personal pain. Oh yeah. Well, it did seem as though if the world ends, it will be quick. Well,

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that's as I opposed to, I opposed to, um,

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I imagine that being in hell right now is less quick. I've never been.

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Is there, don't even aware. Are you aware? And this, so this is a lot.

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Uh, Rhoda seems to be aware of some things when she was in there,

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and when you put me in there and I talked to her, not like of pain,

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but she seemed to have a great level of emotional turmoil,

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which is pain in and of itself in a very real way. So, yes. Okay.

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Okay. Well then I guess I'm gonna be selfish and say let's go to.

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I can get us there. I, I have a, have.

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You rested up from your spare. Mirror? If you look, if you look in this corner, this.

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<Laugh>. You guys know what's really funny that I forgot about?

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We had a hero's feast the day before. So we already had advantage on wisdom saving throws.

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Daggum. And temporary hit points. Not like we needed it, but.

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<Laugh>. Okay. Um, now gimme a second.

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And he pop and the keeper pops out of your guys' views.

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You got No, you gotta be careful popping when you have an aspect in you.

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'cause it'll go away. <laugh>. <Laugh>. No, I like,

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like he just kind of amps out of your guys' perception for a moment.

17:30

Well, it's nice and all having the keeper back, but, um.

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And then you hear another f. He's a little bit too talkative sometimes. You know what I mean?

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Who's that? Who? Uh.

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Oh, my Uncle. Og.

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My uncle OG. OGs. Your uncle?

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Uh, bob's your uncle. Through marriage. Oh.

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No. Bob's my uncle. Aileen through marriage. Aileen? Yes. Were you,

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you said you wanted to go to hell because of your mom and dad?

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Yes. They they were in that room. I.

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Believe you. Showed it to me. Yeah, they.

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The room. They were in that room. Look under your chair.

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Are they not in? And you get a parent and you get a parent and everybody gets a parent.

18:20

This is like. The, looks upset by this.

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And your dads under your chin. She'd rather.

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She'd rather not. This is like the opposite of a Disney movie.

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I just got like this image of like an maniacs where keepers like popping out

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from under people's chairs looking like everybody's parent.

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I go to parrot <laugh>.

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I gotta a rock. Um.

18:53

Uh, did you say parent or parrot? Okay. Back to the.

18:58

More serious topic. Um. Their souls have been Are they they've been redistributed.

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You can do that. No. I can't. They have so.

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No. I just mean the general you, like you what them does that.

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Mean I didn't realize we recycle?

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Yeah. What she said. Well, I mean,

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your friends try to recycle you into the corpse of another person once.

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That's different. Is it.

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It was more of a, what we were. Recycling. It was temporary recycling corps. Yeah.

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It was temporary measurements. Yeah.

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I. Don't, measurements wasn't the right word, but tell you what I meant. Thank you.

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I knew what. You meant. We figured out you wouldn't fit. So.

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We. I don't K body was too big. I don't know if you, I don't know if you noticed,

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but a lot of the things around TowerFall seemed to like I was,

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I I watched the times when it popped out.

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I was watching the time stream from the time that I dipped into my, the.

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Highlight reel. Yeah. Just, just, you know, 'cause that's the thing I can do. Um,

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oh. You're. Amazing. I know. Um.

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And humble. I'm the most humble person you're gonna ever meet.

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What was your favorite part? Okay. Okay. Let's.

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Back to. The point. Yeah. Well, I don't know if you notice,

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but when things started to break bad for tower fall,

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things started getting messed around a bit. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

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<affirmative>. Um, well, part of that was redistribution,

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so to speak. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um. What, what do you mean by that?

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Well. Like, things get messed around and redistribution.

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Can you explain both of those in smaller words?

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Well, you see existences get redistributed to other

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existences. And so the essences of individuals get messed around in the,

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like, I wasn't here to shepherd the time stream.

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And apparently whoever was my substitute didn't do a very good job of it.

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Conserv. Someone didn't gimme a crash course. So.

20:58

So, but I'm. Talking conservation of matter, right?

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No, it's more thermodynamics. You see a soul,

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A soul is a form of energy. Uh,

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you cannot create or destroy energy.

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It can only be redistributed into different forms. Exactly.

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Excuse me. Um, Mr. Mr. Ke mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Yeah. Um, just.

21:19

Mr. Dog keeper. Um, could you maybe dumb this down like about 400 degrees?

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I'm, I'm getting there. I'm getting there. Just, just try to try. Please.

21:27

Thank you. Try to stick with me. Um.

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Uh, it's been kind of a day, week, month, years. I.

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Get it. I get it. Um, basically what it comes down to is, uh,

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the existences of people, the roles that they feel got swapped around. Um,

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some of it, some of it was soul, some of it was just existence in general.

21:49

Uh, but your mom and dad have new forms now and very,

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very much, very much in the same way that Wilder, uh,

22:00

could not remember. Uh.

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Yeah, but he's still the same form. Yes.

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But the problem was that parts of him were redistributed elsewhere.

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I don't like that. Uh.

22:13

Is this a wild, is this wild up? And so and so for his, for his mind to catch up, he came up,

22:20

he came up with a new existence for his mind to maintain its sanity.

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I believe you've met your parents before. Here. Oh. Oh, do they,

22:30

do they know or are they the ones that we met that, that aren't,

22:34

are they in the bakery? Do they.

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Do they, do they know who.

22:39

They use? Fake vanilla now.

22:42

But do they know who that. Is? Not my parents.

22:46

Yes. Well, it's time to kill your parents now. <Laugh>.

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We've got a new fight. Uh, okay. So how do we, you know,

22:52

so they essentially took how Do. Remind, remind them.

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Yeah. They put a bunch of things in a bowl and shook it up and then handed it out.

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Is that what we're talking about? Yeah. Sort of. That, that, that's, that's a very good way of putting it. See you lord.

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You. Can explain this to Arlan. It ain.

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It ain't. Yes. I know how you can get your parents back.

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Give them real. Exactly.

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<Laugh>, I'm tracking with you honey. Butter cream.

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How do we, how do we remind them who they are? Real.

23:23

Vanilla. What does vanilla have to do with any.

23:25

It's a long story. It's a euphemism.

23:29

What? It's a what? <laugh>. Um.

23:33

I'm sorry dear. He has the, he has the gift of speaking in tongues.

23:37

We just don't have anybody who has the ability to interpret.

23:40

Actually I do. I can understand all languages.

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Todd. I. Didn't get that one. Yes, my son.

23:48

<Laugh>. Well, no, no, no, no, no, no. <laugh>.

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I'm going back to my corner now. Uh, so, okay.

23:59

Now if they were to like, I don't know, um,

24:03

is there a way that if we were to use like magic,

24:06

we could make them briefly understand and or see things as they really are?

24:10

Or will that not work? Fireball?

24:13

Yes. And. I was thinking, well.

24:16

I. Mean, not what I was thinking of, but. I mean, push comes.

24:19

To shove. However you did it with Wilder to make him remember Felix.

24:25

You've it before. What did before? Did we hit you in the head? Did I do it kind?

24:28

I think No. Stumble foot.

24:30

Stumble foot did it. What did stumble foot do? I could probably do it.

24:34

I learned from him a Felix, his stumble foot. Oh, uh, another, he's another guy.

24:39

Yeah. This more of you. Hold on. Statue. More pictures. Come back to the corner.

24:44

<laugh>. To.

24:48

Be fair, I, I know stumble foot did it. I don't know what he did. Um,

24:53

I assume Callum you could do it. Considering can.

24:56

I, I thought it was just something to see if I, if that would sense.

25:01

Hmm. Him saying some of. Is, would that make sense?

25:05

I'm sorry. You, I, I'd need to hear the first part of the question because I had two people talking

25:09

at the. Same who said greater restoration? And I said, would that make sense?

25:13

<laugh> <laugh>? I mean you can certainly try.

25:17

But like would I deduce arc kaly or divinely

25:22

religiously, however. Oh. That, that might work.

25:25

I'm a dmm. I don't give anything away for free. You gotta spend a roll on that.

25:29

Magic detective. I well, yes. I, here's the thing, John.

25:32

My pet peeve is asking to roll. That's why I made it a question.

25:35

So you could say, hey, roll arc <laugh>.

25:37

Well squid needs to roll to determine what to roll as.

25:41

Call Here's, here's the thing, I don't know whi which way you're trying to understand it.

25:45

If you wanna roll arcana, that's one thing. If you wanna roll religion,

25:49

that's a different thing. Sure. So just roll whichever one you wanna roll,

25:54

tell me what your role and I'll approach it from that angle.

25:59

Wow. It's a plus zero to both. Oh. So.

26:02

Then we'll go with our con, we. Can roll for answers. Oh, I was gonna say religion. 'cause he would a trait stumble,

26:07

fit with religion. Okay. There. There. That's fine. You weren't 100% certain, but you,

26:16

it does seem like if someone has a fragmented soul or something

26:20

that would be barring part of their soul,

26:24

it would seem like to restore it would make sense.

26:27

Okay. Alright. Who knows. What he's talking about?

26:30

Yeah. The logic follows is all I'm saying. But you aren't 100% certain about it.

26:35

I'm at 9000%.

26:38

If all fairs, I'll use a higher spell level for something crazy.

26:43

'cause that's how I do magic round Here. I.

26:45

Cast power, power word kill. See how that.

26:47

Works? No, don't be silly. I want them to be alive. <laugh>.

26:51

Gotta pop that soul out of their body. Great. Okay. So we all take a quick nap. <laugh>.

27:01

Why? I'm sorry. On, on the bodies.

27:04

<Laugh>. No, no, no, no. Not on the bodies. Um,

27:08

we don't have to take a nap if you don't want. 'cause I actually didn't use any of those high level spell slots.

27:13

'cause this went very fast and I mostly just used it to, to talk to my dad,

27:17

so mm-hmm. We can just all hug each other and fall asleep.

27:22

Standing up. Oh, I scared him away. He popped.

27:24

Out. He's gone. And stay out <laugh>.

27:28

He's <laugh>. So we go back to that bakery and we find your parents and I cast

27:39

great restoration and they remember who they are and that they're have made many

27:43

errors in their life, mainly in regards to vanilla.

27:46

Am I understanding this correctly? I think so.

27:49

It wouldn't be back at the bakery. Yeah. Well we don't want Well.

27:52

That's true. The bakery's not there anymore. The tentacles.

27:55

Game again. Well, I can, well I saw 'em though. I can find them. Oh, that's true. You and I can can look for.

28:00

Yeah, I have. Freezer. I got.

28:03

This sugar bakers. Well they won't go about sugar.

28:07

There was a lot of bodies. What are they going by?

28:11

Yeah, I've been thinking that for a minute. Um, I don't remember.

28:14

Hold on. I'm looking at notes and let's see how good.

28:17

I was at it. I think they're going by, uh, sugar daddy and Sugar mama.

28:21

Sugar daddy. Sugar Mama. <laugh>. Come here.

28:26

Sugar Daddy. <laugh>. Yeah. Sugar mama.

28:30

Oh hey. Remember that time you went to the f tar place Poo?

28:34

Now you remember that. I wasn't there. Fun times.

28:37

That's when I remembered I could speak any language and understand any language.

28:43

John, while everybody's conversing about parents whatnot. Sugar daddy.

28:51

Um, I, I would like to, um,

28:57

not so much loot whatever's left of ZEOs body, but I would like to Well,

29:02

he's gone. He's. Gone again. My goodness. He's having.

29:05

Issues. Just said everybody's feed was black. Uh.

29:07

Oh. Uh, well we know that Rashaun was your father's name. Okay. And his wife.

29:13

That's what I put down. I didn't have her name. Okay.

29:17

Hanah. Rashonda and Rashan. <laugh>.

29:22

And I have the quote, Tilda is hard to forget,

29:25

but Aileen is a pleasure to remember and I don't know who said it,

29:27

but I have it written down in quotations.

29:30

<Laugh>. I love that. Um.

29:33

That sounds like it should be on a shirt. It does.

29:36

It really does. So. Sweet. I'll have to go back and listen to that episode because that was what a line,

29:40

I figure out what. It was. Does anybody remember what my name was supposed to.

29:44

Be at the time? Alana. Alana. Okay. 'cause Celeste has forgot.

29:49

Cool. I take notes. <Laugh>. Thank God. Okay, what, well, let's, uh,

29:55

head to the, the survivors, I guess.

29:59

Uh, who has, who has, pardon? Let me get Callum out of here for a second.

30:04

<laugh>. Um, do I still have the YouTube or does someone else have the YouTube?

30:07

Because that would also be. You gave it back. You gave it to somebody. I don't remember who it was.

30:11

By the Wait, raise your hand if you have the YouTube. I wouldn't be me. Okay.

30:16

Was it, um, if we still have that stick thing that could help you find them.

30:21

Oh, that's true. That's a good ideas. Have we used it today?

30:26

No. We came straight into to fight this man. I just.

30:28

Did. Whoops. <Laugh>.

30:31

I used it to find Callum. He was across the hole.

30:35

<Laugh>. <laugh>. He was in the corner.

30:40

W Wilder. Can I see the YouTube?

30:43

Oh, absolutely. I will pull it outta my pack. And then.

30:46

Not to, to dissuade from this 'cause I think we should do this. But also,

30:49

have you tried using it to find a, allow, uh.

30:52

Not wilder the back? Um.

30:54

Well, I would just say that I also have the ability to scry without the stick.

30:59

Uh, and I could send a message to her just in general and see if she answers.

31:04

Um, hello. This is Callum. Hi, it's.

31:06

Me, Callum. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you could save a couple extra words,

31:10

that'd be great. But, um, hello. She's poop. I mean,

31:15

we could do this in whatever order. That's, that's fine.

31:19

Honestly, ELL is more aware that she has been placed somewhere.

31:24

So let's contact her. I, her.

31:27

Leona said she put her somewhere safe. Yeah. Yeah.

31:30

Yep. I, I, I do trust Leona and.

31:34

Zale said she ha he has someone going to get her.

31:39

He said he might, that sounded kind of like an empty threat. But I, you know,

31:43

I believe he has power to do things. So. He did. Okay. Bear with me here. Um.

31:49

But bear you here. Yeah. Could you.

31:52

That's offensive. Sorry. <laugh>. Could you find out where ELL is?

32:00

Um, but don't tell me. Um.

32:04

Yes. I'm, I'm a little concerned that if I know and Kerik and I

32:11

have a conversation that could be used against me. Sure. Maybe. Okay.

32:16

Yes. Okay. I, I can't do it until I can cast sending again, but I can do it. Uh,

32:21

it's just that I was not prepared to cast sending during the fight to ZEOs.

32:25

It seemed like a weird spell to release. Stick this.

32:28

Right, right. Yeah. And I'm so you're telling me who that we killed one. We have another.

32:34

And instead we're gonna go find someone's parents and someone's kid.

32:38

Um, weird. That's not really, instead it's just kind of more of a stair steps. Like I said,

32:43

it's the sandwich thing. You gotta build up.

32:45

Eat it somewhere. Yeah, you gotta eat it somewhere. <laugh> <laugh>.

32:50

Well, the, the parents thing is a simple quick trip over to the undecided of

32:57

this, this tunnel. And honestly, if I could, if I can use the YouTube,

33:01

I can go by myself and then come back. Great. I think splitting up is a bad idea. Separate the party.

33:07

Buddy system at all times I think is best.

33:10

Um, um, and I do have plans of going back that way.

33:12

So if you want to be ac company. That, I mean, I don't, I won't fight company, but.

33:18

I would prefer, we don't. It's not necessary for everybody.

33:22

Right? Well maybe. We're thinking safety.

33:26

We're thinking food. That too. Well.

33:29

We just have that to say feast, you know, you shouldn't be too hungry.

33:32

The feast that I forgot about immediately.

33:36

Who's always thinking about. Food's gonna pass poo an apple pie.

33:40

Just a whole pie. Where did you have that <laugh>?

33:44

You don't wanna know. In my bag. It's probably a little stale.

33:49

So, um, emerin, Aileen. If, if that's where you are headed,

33:54

that's, that's fine. Um, Mary, to address your comment, um,

33:59

we, I don't, I, this,

34:01

this situation went a lot easier than it probably should have. Um,

34:07

and the, the next person on our list, the thing,

34:10

not a person thing on our list, um,

34:14

definitely won't be that easy. So we need some time to regroup, punch and, um,

34:21

now that you're here, you can help us make a plan and you can tell us all the things that are right

34:24

with it and wrong with it. Um, so.

34:27

I, you know, I make really good plans though, so there's not gonna be too much wrong with it. Also. Elaine,

34:32

do you want us take one of the sending stones? 'cause last time that me and Myer forgot and took both of them with us together.

34:39

That's a good idea to have one of those on hand.

34:43

Yeah. And I just wanted to add that, Mira,

34:46

you cared a lot about somebody's kid not that long ago.

34:50

But, well, well, here's the question. That's a low blow or bog.

34:55

I don't register what you said that is mean.

35:00

I'm not be saying it mean,

35:02

I'm saying she cared about Emin's sister.

35:06

I think there's someone. Else and one of them. One of them.

35:09

There's quite a few. But here's, here's my thing. Where if we,

35:13

if we are not immediately going to go fight Kerick,

35:17

then Callum can cry down below where there's

35:22

food and there's safety and there's less blood.

35:26

Yeah. I will say though, that Scrying only works on one plane,

35:29

but sending does transcend at the planes.

35:31

So I can just send her a message and if she doesn't reply,

35:34

I'll think of something else. I don't know. I got a lot of spells.

35:37

We'll figure it out. So let's just all go down to where the survivors are. Yep.

35:43

Sure. That we might as well. Okay.

35:46

And make a plan. Wilder. I also, uh, just wanted to let you know and know I'm not just you.

35:52

Calm down. Ailey, um, Wilder. I just wanted to say.

35:58

I find that if you tell someone to calm down, it really helps.

36:01

Uh, there's you sometimes with with females,

36:05

you have to put 'em in their place. Excuse me.

36:08

<Laugh>. I cast claim.

36:11

<Laugh>. No, uh, wilder.

36:14

I just wanted to say that if it was not you that that was

36:20

used, then it probably would've been somebody else.

36:23

And the fact that you dealt with it, it really speaks volumes about you.

36:28

Uh, that's very profound. Bull bog.

36:31

Huh? It happens once a year, so. Well, I consider myself privileged then.

36:36

Same thing after. Can we expect the statement.

36:39

<Laugh>? Does it have to be a year apart or does it just have to happen? Like,

36:43

if we're right at the new year? Once. A calendar year. Yeah.

36:46

Uh, walk and talk. People walk and talk. And talking.

36:51

Should we celebrate when it happens? Like, should we make it a holiday?

36:55

Eileen has a pie. A pie. I still have a peanut butter pie and a lemon cake. A large one.

37:02

As they are walking that way, I'm gonna stay behind.

37:05

I would like to look through whatever remains of ZEOs there is and see if

37:09

there's anything of, is there anything that I would find important left over?

37:17

Well, first of all, roll an investigation check and second of all,

37:20

you're gonna have to tell me what you find important.

37:24

Um, I mean. Cool looking bugs.

37:27

Not a bug person. Um. A monarch butterfly.

37:32

So yeah, I wrote a dirty 20.

37:35

And I am looking for,

37:40

I would assume that there would be some, some,

37:44

a remnant that connects ZEOs to Kerik.

37:49

I guess that's what I'm looking for. Is there like a physical thing that would connect the two of them? Um.

37:56

As you're kind of poking around the,

37:59

the yuck that was the remains of ZEOs.

38:04

All you find are the tattered robes.

38:08

A mask that's made of questionable hide.

38:13

Like, Hmm. Maybe leather face, maybe not. Um,

38:18

and then a crown that looks like it would

38:23

probably hurt you if you were to put it.

38:26

Turn that crown upside down. Okay. Hmm.

38:30

Did Wilder just lut a body? Yes.

38:33

Sometimes they do. Um. It's a new thing he's trying out.

38:37

Yeah. Yeah. Uh, yeah. I'm going to carefully roll that stuff up in my bed.

38:44

Roll and put it in my pack. All of it.

38:48

Uh, I mean, maybe not all of it. Uh,

38:50

let's go some tatters and the mask.

38:55

Okay. Okay. And I'll catch up with the rest of the group.

38:59

Okay. So, uh, you guys are heading, I, I,

39:03

I had cut out the middle of you guys' talk. So where are you guys heading Down to the encampment again? Mm-hmm.

39:08

<affirmative>. Okay. You guys make your way down there. And, you know,

39:13

for up for Apocalypse survivors things are getting kind of cozy down

39:18

there. It seems. It seems like Hessa is, uh,

39:21

really kind of running the place fairly well and, and keeping,

39:27

keeping every, everybody calm and as comfortable as possible

39:32

and utilizing other people's abilities and managing them

39:37

to create a certain coziness that would otherwise

39:42

be missing. Not gonna lie, Orba finds that extremely attractive. Just.

39:47

<Laugh> if they can't, if you can't get the daughter. So whatever you guys wanna do down here.

39:54

Lene is gonna look for the bakery owners.

39:58

Okay? Roll an investigation check.

40:01

I would assume that we would all help her look for them. 'cause most of us,

40:05

except for Marino and Emin, know what they look like.

40:09

Okay. Mr. And Mrs. Advantage, er eight did that.

40:15

Wrong. <laugh>, did you roll it with Advantage? Well, it,

40:18

I did it on roll 20 and it automatically does it twice in case you need

40:23

advantage. So your highest one was eight? Mm-hmm.

40:26

<Affirmative>. Oh. Yeah. You don't. Uh, call MoCo cage creature on the.

40:32

Dragon. On the dragon that we're gonna fight next.

40:37

Can we make it a pet? He'll fight Kerik bones.

40:42

On the dad. We're gonna cast it on. The deck. New plan.

40:46

Orba. Can write it like, but if we happen to find a dragon, like.

40:49

What's the range on locate creature? A thousand feet and it lasts an hour, so.

40:54

Okay. I'll spend an hour wandering amongst survivors.

40:58

As you mill around the camp for the next hour. Are you,

41:00

you basically cover for They're not done. He's not.

41:05

So went on a bit of a walk. Got around.

41:08

I don't think they're in this group at least. Okay. Uh,

41:11

do you want to use the Uto and see if you can see him elsewhere? I mean,

41:16

I know there were people that went to other places like the other castle and

41:18

stuff. So. Do it. Yeah. Let's, let's do that. Um,

41:23

I I need to at least make sure that they made it through and have not, uh,

41:27

died again. So Aileen's going to use the YouTube.

41:32

All right. And the one expenditure of the YouTube for the day.

41:37

As you look through it, you see which one,

41:40

which of the two are you focusing?

41:43

Probably my mom. Alright. You see her Sta sitting no.

41:49

Standing behind a counter of what it looks like.

41:52

What looks like a short order diner. Just kind of like she's winning.

41:57

Lenny's. Did Lenny Sava?

42:00

Yes. Who? You didn't see any of this. So you're kind of doing some metal. Mm-hmm.

42:04

<Affirmative>. No <laugh>. In the corner. Legitimately. I was thinking Lenny's already.

42:10

Uhhuh <affirmative> did. Is is Lenny's up and running?

42:16

No. It. Well, they a 24 hour diner, so probably, well.

42:21

This is not, it's not like a waffle house where it don't shut down in a,

42:26

in great emergencies. Is it? Oh, it, it kind of is like a waffle house. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um,

42:32

they're kind of like cockroaches. They just never, never go away places.

42:36

Been in business. A waffle house forever. Yeah. Yes. That.

42:38

Is very accurate. Yeah. I mean, Lenny shut down the Waffle house that was there, but yeah, that.

42:44

Takes talent. I. Believe there was murder involved.

42:48

As always. Murder. No comment. <laugh> <laugh>.

42:54

How big could a house fall standing now? Would it possibly be.

42:59

Nero was hired by Lenny. Take out the Waffle House.

43:05

Okay, well. Just don't ask what's in the brass breakfast Sausage <laugh>.

43:10

Secret's in sauce. They won't ask What's in the breakfast Sausage.

43:13

<Laugh>. Well, I, it looks like that Lenny's.

43:20

So anybody wanna come with me to get some pancakes?

43:24

Oh, me too. Me Both of me will come.

43:27

Yeah, I'll, I'll both of me will also come.

43:32

And she means it. But I mean, he means it.

43:36

And she of 'em. Means it as well of Yeah. It just sounded like I was the one saying it. But I was, we were both. The.

43:42

One thing together that Emin and Klum agree on is pancake breakfast.

43:48

I mean, who doesn't like. I'm actually more of a waffle person myself, but.

43:51

French toast. Anybody? Hey. I'm a waffle toast in as well.

43:55

Does sound quite nice. Especially if you put some pecans in it. Are we walking and talking? Yes.

44:00

I believe we had a conversation about french toast at some point and that I had

44:04

never had any. I think we did. So I take back what I said.

44:07

You have not That's. True. You haven't.

44:09

That was a deep cut. That was a deep cut. No, no. You haven't had waffles. 'cause you guys kept talking about waffles.

44:14

Yes. Oh, then I am a french toast person.

44:18

<Laugh>. Which one of you? I made French. I made french toast at one point in game. Yes.

44:24

In my house. Yes. Which was impressive because we did not have much in our kitchen.

44:28

Well, we, we fixed that stumble. We're gonna get.

44:31

You some waffles footed the bill. Can I have some waffles? Briefly? We.

44:34

Fix that. Yes. I suppose I'm looking forward to having waffles.

44:38

They're quite pinky. Make little pools of butter,

44:42

which is just nice. Yes. And you can put pizza dough in a waffle iron and you can make waffle

44:49

pizza and you can top it with cheese and sauce.

44:53

Well, that sounds not amazing. What are you in this conversation right now? Because that is not a waffle.

44:59

Actually, but it sounds, that sounds great to me. Actually. If you put some bacon and cheddar in the waffle butter and then cook it up.

45:06

Yep. I like the comms. I like the way that everyone is talking about food right now. And I am starving.

45:13

I wasn't hungry when we started walking, but now I'm ready.

45:15

<Laugh>. Well, that's kind of the point. We we're ready to go eat.

45:20

And here we're. And find your parents. Yes.

45:22

You know, and Yes. Well, you know, everybody.

45:25

Else. I talk about food when I'm stressed.

45:30

You also make really good food when you're stressed. Hates.

45:33

Not a food when you are stressed. Not, you. Must be stressed a lot. You talk about food a lot.

45:38

There. There is a, a low, a low level of anxiety that just runs through me at all times.

45:45

So yes. Like maple syrup. Like more like lemonade.

45:49

Low level of maple syrup in you at all times. <Laugh>.

45:53

Runs right through you. <laugh>. You might wanna see a urologist about <laugh>.

46:02

Don, is this how you saw the episode going this evening?

46:05

No. I thought we'd still be fighting by now. Pru with everything.

46:11

I did. Yeah. And I'm glad I.

46:13

Did. I'm gonna start calling Josiah Eric. Yeah.

46:16

Believe me. There were like 16 other things that could have happened after that stunning

46:21

strike. Yes. Yeah.

46:23

Didn't even have to. We had plans. We had plans. Wait until we get to Kerik.

46:28

High level d and d fights are just not fun for dms. I don't.

46:31

Know what to tell you. <Laugh>. No, no, no, no. It's fine. I learned so.

46:35

Oh no. Remember how, remember how I told you that if you,

46:39

you gotta kill 'em both or one of 'em is gonna be harder.

46:42

There was a reason for that. Yep. Uh,

46:45

so you guys make your way up topside again. Uh,

46:49

and by the time you get back topside, the sun's starting to go down.

46:53

Oh, hey. Remember how there's bad things out here at night? Oh.

46:56

Yeah. Oh geez. But don't worry because I can cast daylight on myself at all times.

47:02

<Laugh>, <laugh>, Callum's just a beacon walking around.

47:08

All day. Callums walking around with kind of.

47:13

That's a beautiful song. We should put an album together.

47:16

I, I do believe that has been discussed.

47:19

Are you guys, are you guys trying to be discreet and stealth or are you trying to be

47:25

fast? It's a bright light before the before goes down. Oh.

47:29

Fast. We're trying to be both.

47:32

Uh, we're. We're too goofy right now to go for discreet, so mm-hmm. <affirmative> fast.

47:39

Uh, we're, we're, we're drinking our own Kool-Aid. Yep.

47:43

We're kind of, we're kind of, we killed ZEOs. And it looks good right now.

47:48

Uh, I mean, if you want I can, I can drop a pass without trace on us.

47:51

Oh yeah. That'd be a great idea. I just, I'm trying to remember what happens at night.

47:57

Uh, the shadow things come out and they try to eat you. Mm.

48:00

And also there's bug bears now. Oh. Did we tell you guys about the bug bears?

48:03

No. Ghosts. Yeah. The spectra, the ghost ones. They're here too. And.

48:08

We still wanna go right now. Yeah.

48:10

I need a waffle. Yeah. I'll cast pass without trace on all of us so we can move quickly.

48:15

But stealthily, it's. Look at it this way. It's a chance to kill things if that comes to it.

48:21

Like a big lady to waffles. So <laugh> for, for the audience, uh, squid,

48:27

go ahead and tell us what pass without trace does.

48:30

It means no one can find us ever. <laugh>?

48:33

No. It's a plus. Tender. Stealth.

48:35

Okay, so this is gonna be interesting because you guys are gonna be moving quickly.

48:39

Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So I need you guys to roll stealth rolls at disadvantage,

48:44

but add 10. We took our shoes off.

48:48

Um, yeah. And then you stepped on a rusty nail.

48:51

<Laugh>. At least it wasn't rocks again.

48:59

You. Said add 10. Yep. 24.

49:02

Uh, 22. 2023.

49:05

One. Per Callum. No, I meant, I meant 24. Oh wait. 25. Wait.

49:11

Actually real, that's 33. Oh, mine's 34.

49:14

23. 34. 23 <laugh>.

49:17

15 For emerin. 22. For real.

49:21

Thank goodness that everyone else is stealth than I am. Yeah.

49:24

We're bikes. We might need to get some WD 40.

49:27

Yeah. It's, you know, big Armor. Mirror.

49:30

32. Okay. Holy cow. Where mirror Go.

49:33

Thank goodness for group still check.

49:36

Alien. Oh, sorry. 2 22.

49:39

Wow. Plus 10. Plus. 10.

49:42

No, that's what rolled. Blue rolled. So it it plused it.

49:45

No it didn't because that's the, I'm sorry. Yeah.

49:48

My brain zoned out for a second. So 32.

49:51

Holy cow. Where'd lingo? Listen, the only reason Callum was so low is 'cause I rolled a three <laugh>.

49:58

Yeah, that's the same. That's. Still got a 22. Yep.

50:02

I rolled a three and I got a 23. 'cause.

50:05

I'm. High level players make DMing.

50:09

I mean, Emin had plus zero, so I meant 15 <laugh>.

50:16

I was gonna make a joke, but, uh, yeah. So with, as, as for a group role,

50:21

um, for. A group role, we all, we all pick up Emory's carrier so she doesn't have to walk. <laugh>.

50:26

You guys carry her around like wheels. Like she won the football game.

50:29

<Laugh>, stealthily at a rapid pace. <laugh>.

50:32

Right? Uh, you guys make your way to, to Lenny's with no problem.

50:38

I'm gonna keep an eye out for if I see any spectral bug bears Ask Callum,

50:41

not Emerin, um. Roll.

50:44

And or their shadow people. Everyone's not just at the top. Go ahead. <laugh>.

50:49

Keeping an eye out. Uh, yes. Perception.

50:52

Let me find my perception style. Uh,

50:57

dirty 20. Yeah, you on occasion you see kind of a faint green blue glow in the

51:03

distance. And as you kind of squint, you can make out a bug bear form.

51:07

Do they, how discernible are bug bears?

51:12

Are you asking me, do all bug bears look the same? <laugh>?

51:16

Yes. <laugh>. Are they zombie walking or.

51:19

More likely? Who. Who should I be offended by that? By that.

51:23

Question? No, I, I'm thinking like, could I, could I <laugh>,

51:25

could I look at bug bears and be like, oh yeah,

51:27

that's a bugbear from the House of Sanders. That's a bugbear from this clan.

51:32

You can't, who has already noticed? Has, has in, in,

51:36

in past known, which a couple of the bug bears that we thought as ghost.

51:42

They're from the distance that you see them,

51:45

you aren't able to discern the particulars.

51:48

Only just the general shape.

51:51

That's a bug bear. <Laugh>. And there's not like a label over their head that says their name or.

51:56

No, this is, they don't have, they're gamer tags are turned off moment <laugh>.

52:01

Um, you guys make your way to Lenny's and, uh, yeah, true to form.

52:06

It is open 24 hours and the building seems to be like, but.

52:10

The o is burnt out on the science, which just says pen.

52:13

<Laugh>. Uh, right. Uh, and funny, funny thing enough is like all the buildings around it are completely leveled,

52:20

but the building for Lenny's in and of itself seems to be untouched.

52:25

Oh yeah. It's possible. Come, come to Papa waffles

52:30

keeper. A waffle keeper. <laugh> waffle keeper.

52:35

So yeah. As, as you come in there and you say that, you see, you see uh,

52:39

Sonia Kwin, uh, behind the counter just posted up on it.

52:42

Like she's waiting for people to come in. Waffle keeper.

52:46

Waffle Winch. Oh. Yes. Um, hello. Uh, welcome to, uh, well, I guess Lenny's,

52:53

I suppose, uh, how can I serve you?

52:57

We need lots of waffles and a couple parents.

53:01

Is this, is this her mom? Is that what you said?

53:04

I I think you're a mistaken. I don't have John.

53:07

No, this is me asking you. Not Callum asking her.

53:11

Oh, okay. That was John responding.

53:14

Hey, are you. Do you have kids? Hey, you got a kid? Hey, did you forget you have a child?

53:21

<laugh>? She might be yours. I, it just sounded like something Callum would say, so.

53:26

Yeah, but it didn't, it didn't have <laugh> that highly tidy Irish X.

53:31

That's how you know the other stupid things. I just say <laugh> <laugh>.

53:36

And then there's. Emran. They just come straight from the dome. Baby <laugh>.

53:42

Uh, so yeah, this is Ana Siia Lin.

53:47

I offer my hand and say Hi, I'm Callum.

53:50

<Laugh>. She just kinda looks at you and she looks over at the person who's running

53:55

the, uh, flat top, which is, uh, Rashan goes Rashan. We got some more Weirdies.

54:01

Why she you don't I? Hello? I,

54:03

it is customary where I'm from to shake hands when I meet someone.

54:07

It's true. Look at this. Hi, I'm Poo.

54:10

No consent. Why? I just hold my hand out waiting. Wish we shake hands. Hello.

54:15

Nice to meet you. Nice. To meet you. Just like that.

54:17

I have a I have a question with Siana not recognize me as

54:22

Alana. Why? Oh, that's right. 'cause you worked at only on Tuesdays for mm-hmm.

54:27

<affirmative>. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> as Alana. Hmm. She kind of squints at you for a second. That was,

54:32

that's actually a deep cut right there. 'cause I had forgotten <laugh>.

54:35

Um, oh yeah. You were not in the call when we were talking about this <laugh>.

54:39

No, I had a Riverside moment. Um, uh,

54:42

she kind of squint and looks at you kind of hard goes, oh, Alana,

54:46

were you coming for your job? You kind of left us high and try for him.

54:51

I'm, I'm so sorry about that. There were world did some things that,

54:56

that were happening that I needed to take care of.

54:59

Two kind of gestures such that it.

55:03

She's looking for her parents. Have you heard of those?

55:07

Hi, I'm Callum. He offers his hand again.

55:11

Just grab 'em. I need a shirt that says Hi. I am Callum. <laugh>.

55:15

<Laugh>. It's me. Callum.

55:19

You can respond to this handshake. <Laugh>. You, you can respond to the handshake.

55:24

<Laugh>. She, she's, she, she goes, I'm sorry dear,

55:29

but you need to understand, um, we try not to make physical contact with her.

55:34

Yes. What's an odd rule?

55:37

It it is. Until you've worked here for more than it.

55:40

That's fair. Lemme see.

55:43

It's, it's from the pans. It's a pandemic.

55:46

Is she just like over the counter? Yeah, he just reaches over and touches her shoulder. Then.

55:51

<Laugh>. Reach out and touched the, it's like I didn't,

55:54

I didn't wanna I didn't wanna be weird about it, but I'll just No.

55:56

Face <laugh>. Just her middle of her forehead on the shoulder.

56:02

Ba hell. He looks apologetic when he does it.

56:05

But I will reach over and cast greater restoration on her.

56:09

That has to be on a willing person, correct?

56:11

Nope. I was. Not willing. When.

56:13

She wants you a creature, you touch. Yeah.

56:16

It's just touch. Which is why I was getting her to shake my hand.

56:20

I didn't wanna be weird about it. People coming over the counter counter or why they don't shake hands anymore.

56:25

<laugh>. I am the problem. I've realized it's me.

56:30

Hi <laugh>. I'm the problem.

56:38

Why kill us?

56:41

We need name tag stickers. See, this.

56:44

Is, I did, I did not expect so much laughing in tonight's episode. Yeah.

56:49

<Laugh>, listen, we came in hot with this one. <laugh>.

56:55

Um, I lukewarm. At. Best. Okay. So as, as you, as you reach over the, uh, counter, um.

57:01

The bear traffic. Is off before you, before you make contact,

57:04

she shouts Chris wind as right before you touch her.

57:08

And Chris wind turns around right as you make contact and as you make contact

57:13

with her and casts this greater restoration, she drops like a person being,

57:18

uh, like a person being, uh. Flames healing up in here. Mm-hmm.

57:22

<Affirmative>. She, she r. Of Christ. <laugh>.

57:25

She, she drops like the fir like the front row at a Benny Hin concert. Can.

57:29

I try to catch her over the counter?

57:31

<laugh> Eileen is gonna like start climbing up on stools

57:36

so she can get to the other We're the problem <laugh>.

57:40

He, so he turns around and goes, no ma'am. And he takes a,

57:44

a bucket of hot bacon grease and throws it in your guys' direction. Oh.

57:49

It's fine. I'll take care of it later. Open wide.

57:51

I was gonna say this. What orba does, <laugh>, I need,

57:55

I need everybody to make a dexterity. Save please.

57:59

14. Did he also just throw this like at his wife.

58:03

<Laugh>? No, because she, she fell. He hit the floor. Oh. Callan would like to try and catch her,

58:08

like go with her face first.

58:10

Who would like try to catch the bacon race?

58:14

Uh, it's fail your, fail your deck. Save and you're gonna catch it. All right.

58:19

Um. I rolled a net 20 for Caleb.

58:23

Okay. So yeah, you kind of, you jump.

58:25

The counter, which is a 28. Right? You jumped,

58:27

you jump the counter and dip under her before she hits the floor.

58:32

You. Just pads the fall. Really? Just.

58:34

Basically <laugh>. Um,

58:38

I need everybody else to roll to make tho that deck saved though.

58:42

I was like Emma, 24. What's that? At this point,

58:45

Emma's looking like she doesn't know these people. <laugh>, she's over there.

58:49

She's like no. 14. But in my defense,

58:53

I was also trying to get over the counter, which is above my head. Mm-hmm.

58:57

<affirmative>. 18 For me. Okay.

59:01

Yeah. Solid 25 from Poo.

59:03

Okay. 22. Alright. Me.

59:07

At 24 i's like going home. I'm ducking. She's like.

59:12

Every, oh, so, okay. So Emerin wasn't even in the splash zone, so to speak, but.

59:17

I would've, as soon as Callum was being weird about shaking hands, er was like,

59:21

I don't know these people. Um, actually, so basically what happened is everybody else,

59:25

other than everybody else other than uh,

59:28

Aileen ducked behind the counter as the grease started to fly,

59:31

Aileen was climbing over the counter and caught the grease in the face. Mm.

59:37

I'll help soon. <laugh>. <Laugh> floor with me.

59:45

I'm trying to, I'm trying to find my dice. <Laugh>.

59:50

Celeste, I trust that you won't fudge the roll. Can you roll me two D eight please?

59:54

Yeah. Can you excuse doesn't let me roll these things.

59:58

Yeah. Oh. No. I said I needed somebody I trust. Yeah.

1:00:01

Exactly. Yeah. Throw those GD advice.

1:00:04

Six total. Alright, you take six points of hot grease damage.

1:00:08

Hey. As you catch bacon grease in the face.

1:00:11

Cool. Scars though. Smells good. Tasty. <laugh> Delicious. Just.

1:00:18

Uh. I'll look that off for you. If you don't. No, good. I'm good. Thank you.

1:00:23

I'll take awkward things you don't say to your friends for a.

1:00:29

Going home is full. I changed my mind. You guys can do what you want.

1:00:37

I come back. She's like, she's like, did we, I'm just, did we,

1:00:41

did we go to hell? Is this hell. I think I'm in hell. This is it.

1:00:45

<Laugh>. No one else has to go. I'm here <laugh>

1:00:51

and takes 10 psychic damage from the secondhand embarrassment.

1:00:54

She's currently feeling. <Laugh>.

1:00:59

But welcome to the Boss Fight episode where we just don't do anything serious.

1:01:03

<laugh>, where we lick each other. Okay. So.

1:01:07

Nope, nope, nope. I'm out.

1:01:11

Mayor left. Alright. So Mayor camera. Best friends now they went, those people left.

1:01:17

So Gwin looks down and sees you. Isn't his name Rashan?

1:01:21

Yeah, sorry. Rashan. Swin. Maybe he goes by his last name. He's one of those people. Um.

1:01:25

Uh, Rashan Rashan looks down and sees you rolling around underneath his wife on the

1:01:30

floor and he jumps down there and says the gesture, uh,

1:01:35

like he's gonna start going. I.

1:01:38

Callum reaches up and grabs his hand and cast greater restoration.

1:01:41

<Laugh> <laugh>. Can you cast it twice? Yeah.

1:01:46

Okay. Oh gosh. I need you <laugh> to make a,

1:01:51

I need you to make a dex roll in order to catch this can as it's flying towards

1:01:55

your face. I don't have to catch it. I just have to touch it. <Laugh>.

1:01:58

Well still. Okay. Because.

1:02:00

Because you are, you are enc and Actually,

1:02:03

I'm gonna give it to you at disadvantage because you are encumbered by this

1:02:06

dead. I. Top listen. Doum says.

1:02:09

I'm a catch, so she's not dead. <laugh> <laugh> was gonna catch.

1:02:18

Eight plus six, 14.

1:02:22

Uh, but my question is, can you,

1:02:24

can you cast greater restoration with your face?

1:02:27

Yes. It's range of touch.

1:02:33

Have you seen Kiss? Have you, what did you say, Jack? I said, have you seen.

1:02:43

Callum kiss? I think Callum and Orach have a history. We don't know about <laugh>.

1:02:50

Listen, they were on that day trip together. <laugh>.

1:02:54

Some. Things happen. <Laugh>.

1:02:58

Like no sea shanties, you know? Oh no.

1:03:02

What happens at sea? Stays at sea. All right, <laugh>.

1:03:07

So. Yeah, if he punches me in the face, I'll cast it then <laugh>.

1:03:10

Alright. Now, uh, go ahead and roll or.

1:03:15

I'll kiss him whichever one I have to do. <Laugh>.

1:03:18

Go ahead and roll a D four. <Laugh>. It's four.

1:03:25

Alright, so you take four points of bludgeoning damage as he makes contact with your

1:03:30

face. My nose is bleeding, but then he. But then he flies backwards into the counter and smacks it on.

1:03:36

I try to catch him <laugh>. Uh, if you want to try to make a dex,

1:03:41

make a dex roll with disadvantage because you still have his wife on top of you.

1:03:46

<Laugh>. What a sentence.

1:03:50

Who, who is cleaning up the grease with this punch?

1:03:53

<Laugh>. I'm not surprised. <Laugh>.

1:03:57

I can't, I'm, are there, is there anybody else in Lenny's right now?

1:04:01

<Laugh>, um. One person in the corner actually hasn't, hasn't budged.

1:04:07

You. You guys didn't ask when you came in, so you didn't notice.

1:04:11

But as you turn around to check, you notice that in the back order you see standing.

1:04:17

<Laugh>. Of course, it's our Tilda there too. She's with him.

1:04:24

Actually. Yes, yes. No.

1:04:29

That was, I think with a,

1:04:31

with a 19 past of perception call could smell her before he gave me this.

1:04:36

<Laugh>. Honestly, honestly though, uh, first of all the,

1:04:42

when you walk in, all you could smell Brian. It kind of mixed us with the smell.

1:04:47

I don't know. Tilda is pretty powerful. <laugh>. She's, she's Putin.

1:04:51

But, uh, she's Putin <laugh>. If you thi if you think about,

1:04:54

if you think about it though, think if you were to think of like, where would,

1:04:58

where would Tilda go in the event of a giant emergency?

1:05:02

The bingo house would not. Would not like a Waffle House. Seemed like a place that she would go to.

1:05:09

Since it's the only thing standing dirty.

1:05:12

Dirty they serve. Yeah. Tilda doesn't seem like a waffle house. Yeah,

1:05:16

but she's too good for the refugee camp. It's true.

1:05:20

<laugh> soda would be like, I'm not leaving my home.

1:05:23

They'll have to come drag me out. And then they did. So she's dead. Oh, no.

1:05:27

<laugh>. So you don't get rid of her that, but yeah, it's.

1:05:32

If they want my house, they have to come and take me from it.

1:05:36

Tilda, Tilda and Arlin are in the back corner and you're watching this go.

1:05:40

Haven't even looked up from their grits. <laugh> <laugh>. We don't,

1:05:45

we don't associate with the Congress. She looks over, she looks over at you. Aliens. Well,

1:05:51

I see that's your parents, uh, did not teach you manners when you were growing up. I would've expected better.

1:05:59

He wrote to 16 on the dase by the waist <laugh>.

1:06:02

Uh, yeah. You were able to, you were able to catch him.

1:06:05

Just toss her off. Catch him <laugh>. As he ricochets off. Or.

1:06:09

He can just fall on us and I will pad that fall.

1:06:12

<Laugh>, I'm a cast feeble mind on Tilda <laugh>.

1:06:15

<Laugh>. Seriously, this is the boss fight. This is the boss fight.

1:06:19

You should have been prepping for. <Laugh>. Okay. What's, what's the save on that?

1:06:24

Oh, 17.

1:06:30

Tilts immune <laugh> <inaudible>. Oh, it's,

1:06:35

it is, so it's, I'm gonna turn into a pumpkin soon. Oh, guys.

1:06:39

Yeah, same. We really, we really need to play this up and,

1:06:44

and tell the li listeners that like a lot of people died in this episode and.

1:06:49

We were dying of. After it's really dark, dark and serious. <laugh>.

1:06:53

If Tilda fails this, I need like, a really, really succinct closing line from Tilda that's just like, Ugh.

1:07:01

<laugh> <laugh>. That's it. Well make my day.

1:07:06

Uh, it's an intelligent no on a failed save. Nevermind.

1:07:11

Uh, yeah, she got. Oh yeah. No.

1:07:14

So she's just like, well, I just can't believe it.

1:07:17

Was that was that tail Die. Heard <laugh>.

1:07:21

All in. Come here. Okay, here.

1:07:25

You're. Free. You're free run. Who's trying to lick me all and help? Um, it's just,

1:07:33

you got a little bit right there. Stop. Please.

1:07:36

It's not. Respect people's boundaries. That's.

1:07:39

Sanitary. Yep. Did Arlene remember it or did Arlene remember us?

1:07:43

Yeah. Who did he forget? He forgot someone. He forgot the Guild. Oh.

1:07:49

That's right. For, for a while he thought he was, uh, he thought he was Garrick.

1:07:54

Hi. That's. Right. Cool.

1:07:56

It happens. And, uh. As, as the, as the two Chris winds begin to, uh,

1:08:02

come to they, oh, they stand up with a look of shock and terror face and they look at

1:08:09

aliens and go, oh God. Hi, I'm Callum <laugh>.

1:08:15

We used fake vanilla. I know, I know. We all make mistakes. It's everybody has those days.

1:08:22

It's gonna be okay though. Yep. Don't let it haunt you for the rest of your life.

1:08:26

Gotta move on Mark this day and move forward like.

1:08:29

You're talking and what's that little piece of encouragement? We're gonna go ahead and end the episode there. Um,

1:08:34

thanks everybody for listening. Uh, this this episode, 100th episode. Episode.

1:08:39

No. 100 was the last, was the previous session. Yeah. Um,

1:08:44

this we're actually ending on 1 0 2. Um, this, this,

1:08:49

none of this went the way I was expecting. <laugh>.

1:08:52

Went, it went about how I expected, except for how much laughter there was.

1:08:57

There was. Wow. Um, so anyway, I hope you enjoyed this episode,

1:09:02

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