I hellough, my devotees, we are drawing to a close. It seems
what was accomplished. Did our adventurers get what they want? I deposit they
did not. They did get what they deserved. Though. This city is
a city of judgment, not of good, not of evil, but of
lawlessness. Some of them think exceptions who rule mean you break it? I
disagree. Sometimes it is called a necessary evil, other times the greater good.
All I care about is my people. The city of Helios does have
its problems. I am aware. I've ever quite been able to find a
good replacement for my old friends and the betrayer. Perhaps one of these newcomers
could find a place at my side. Perhaps not. I'd like to see
how they make themselves worthy. Everyone has a part to play. Well they
accept their role or try for a new one. Let's wait and see.
So this this, this this beverage with the the bubbles in it. M
it's not a poison, no no. I was able to get this through
a few connections, and it's a well. It's from a small area outside
of will to the west of Kingstonitza a champag We might call this sort of
a sort of a colorless champagne, I think is something. We call it
a small little town. They make this sort of beverage. It's it's it's
not a poison at all. It's it's quite good. Actually, do try
it. There are bubbles for me in it of their own accord. You
realize this, right, Yes, I just, I mean all just don't
taste mm am I going to explode? No, no, of course,
not delightful. I love your treasures from all your travels. I was wondering
if I might ask you a question. Of course, I've not seen you
so often recently. You've been behind the scenes helping us as you always do.
But I well, you are, after all the leader of this banggang
and die or consultant I suppose, or whatever I might be. But I
thought i'd ask you a question, as I don't think we've spoken about this,
and it's been well, much has happened. It's true we haven't had
much downtime to speak of. Much else have we? No, I would
like to ask you, with all that has happened, and there has been
much that has happened, what do you want. It's a very broad question.
I don't believe you nor I have the time of life. For that
I'm more specific. I will be more specific. You have had a a
mission, a goal that the Bangang is here for, which is to set
up this brothel and extend the Madam's influence. Uh who this is? She
is not my employer. I don't Whatever it is that you wish is more
my interest. I suppose with the trouble, with the lunar bites and deals
and all of that, I suppose I would ask, is that still your
goal? To set up this brothel here and extend the Madam's influence. My
goal was never to do anything except my own will. However, means to
an ends than Adam had the cash and the plan we used it to get
here. She doesn't often check in on her franchises, if you will,
Yes, I myself prieve more of something. I've just never had what and
I've had a lot. I would almost say freedom, But freedom isn't quite
the word m because as you can see, I pretty much do what I
want to do. You do within reason, well, sometimes it's a bit
unreasonable in the most delightful ways. It's within reason once you sit and think
about it. Anyways, what I want control h just pure unadulterated control over
myself, and maybe some safety for my sister so I don't have to think
about her as much. Yes, I've been thinking about your sister's safety quite
a lot. She's never been this reckless. Ever, yes, she's it
says if she does not value. Oh, it's difficult. Listen. I
need your advice on something, or at least it's a philosophical question, perhaps
that I would like to ask you, and not any of the rest.
Wait for philosophy. Oh, yes, well, cheers. Oh, I
do so enjoy philosophy. Do you? One thing I've always enjoyed about our
relationship is that you are clear eyed about things. Why? Thank you cause
kind an observe interview. Well, some people get hung up on details,
like where information comes from, or where that speck of blood on a collar
might have come from. They get all sort of concerned. Sometimes I wish
to ask you, how bold, how daring do you think? Now that's
not the right question. Do you feel well? Sh I have been thinking
ever since the thing at the crypt, not thinking aloud. I hope it
doesn't matter if I think aloud or not allowed The voices in my head projected
there ils I think you might be the only one who might understand what I'm
about to say to you without judgment. Well do tell the anticipation we're in
this city? We are, do you know? I don't think anyone.
I don't think they've told you, or maybe they have, but I haven't
told you, and I should. The vision I had the spirit that came
to me lor i fair spirit as he was at his point of death when
he was murdered by his father and his spirit captured in a vile to be
eleven years ago, ten eleven years ago, the one that brought me on
my path to learn how I might save him. That led me closer to
you in many ways. And well that was all a trick. I whom
by this necromancer lych Maury the betrayers. What the Lord of Helios calls him
the betrayer? Is this title? He wanted a servant. I suppose he
wanted someone who might have the aptitude to become a necromancer like him. And
I spent ten years walking down a path I thought was my own, but
was meant to bring me in to his servitude. Why would he want a
servant that could be so easily fooled? Not to be offensive in any way
seems odd. Oh magic in what is quite powerful? And I uh,
something occurred to me as I sat looking at his severed head. Which angle
were you looking at? Just so I can put myself there? Ah,
it was about three quarters. I was looking at his desiccated left side,
my left, not his. Oh good. I have spent much of my
life, unlike you, I think, not caring about control or things.
I mean really, I just I ran from responsibility and power and control because
I was never going to get it anyway. I'm the third, third child,
and no matter, the point is, it's interesting considering go on.
I'm sorry. All I wanted was to bring Lawtha back so that we could
be happy again, which is not quite ambitious. But I didn't really have
ambitions for most of my life. It's quite a hefty one to be your
first, yes, but it's not really an ambition, was it. It's
not about getting it's just about bringing back someone I loved. And then what
would I do? I would probably sit on a cabin on a bank and
visit my friends with him. But I ask you a question, yes,
do you feel that over time it remained your task or your calling to bring
back your deceased lover or was it just about getting the win. No.
I wanted him back more than anything, and I wouldn't changed anything to bring
him back. But I learned that he's at rest, he's not torture,
and all of that was just a trick to community to learn skills that would
be useful for some lych Ah. I see you all entrapped by power before
you came in contact with this inner voice. Did you have any inklings or
anything, any sort of extra sense? No, but this is why I
want to speak to you about this. Oh low Fair is at peace.
He's at and it would not be right to bring him back from the Elazian
fields. I hope he sits and so he's gone. So are you saying
you feel husky, like maybe you have no purpose? No? I feel
like I have a purpose for the first time in my life Ohm, a
purpose that I don't know if the rest would approve of. But I think
you you might understand. Ooh sounds fun. Do tell glosh. Some lych
caused me suffering for ten years and thought I would be his slave. He
thought it would be a good idea to get me motivated to learn, so
that he might use them through me. I think he made a mistake.
I never wanted anything besides a good wine, love and friends, and now
I want how did you how did you phrase it? Control? Just a
little bit more, that Lich took something from me, and he aimed to
take everything from me. I aim to take everything from him. That's quite
the task. They will take time. What I mean to say is,
Lusha, I do not plan on leaving this city anytime soon. And if
you it seems so cliche, but yes, I want vengeance, but more
than just vengeance. I'm want to take everything that is his, and I
want to sit on it. I'm going to take his gang. I'm going
to take everything that he in his arrogance, and I want you to know
that means I'm not going to go away. And I feel as if you
might be one of the few who would not be exceptionally horrified by the idea
of well taking control of a well of things that do not belong to those
who currently have it. Quite the contrary, my friend, that sounds delightful.
I have a feeling this entity whomever, please correct me, if you're
listening, well, he's not. Oh good, this wouldn't interest him.
I have a feeling he has feelers in most things we've had issues with in
this city thus far, M. I have felt a secondingly strong power under
the city MM. And I don't know if it's him or I don't know
if that's what he seeks to control through you. HM. But wouldn't it
be awfully naughty if we got there first? Yes? And there's one last
thing that should at this moment be between us, because I don't quite know
how we else will feel, and I certainly know that says are will not
like it. But it's about the Lord of Helios MM, the one,
the voice in my head HM, the character he is. Yes, but
he did not kill Law there, nor did he order the death of Law
there. Oh, and he was not manipulating me for ten years. I
have to speak with him a bit to see if he is reasonable or not,
or what sort of reason he has. But I'm not at this moment
so convinced that he is necessarily an enemy to our goals. I wholeheartedly agree.
Might I suggest next you speak with him just in my observations of your
relationship. Instead of reasoning or logic or offering plans, maybe offer up little
chaos. Ah My, dear Slosh, you have to understand what I was
doing before was actually an authoring of none of those things, mostly just provoking
him. I was trying to irritate him, mostly to throw him off balance,
so that perhaps you all could horses are could vanquish him when the time
was right. Just trying to gain information. But I do not. I
waste intent to pro somem of my most valuable ingredients from the front shop on
the shake I made you, Losh, He's powerful. We know little about
him. I was aiming to gain information about him. They would help you
and the group help me. Yes, if we can learn how he operates,
we can learn where exceptions are made are not made. We can learn
more. It's difficult to operate in this place when they're we don't know as
much about him behind the mask, behind the public face as we should.
I'm worried that our cooperation with him m and it being solely through you speaking
in your head, the others might not find it as viable of a plan.
No, of course it's not a plan. It's a poke, just
a conversation. But and I don't even know if I want to or not,
so I don't know. Oh you do. You wouldn't never have sat
down to a meal with me if you didn't unless he's unreasonable. But the
accountant works for him and is protected by him. I would like to break
that protection so we can save Kiria. That would be lovely. I feel
as if we may need to restrategize and find a way to perhaps come closer
to him for a while, and says I will not like it, but
I may leave us you realize that it is against his code or what have
you. I think he's committed to staying and remaking the city, and so
I want you and I to commit to also remaking the city in a way
that will well be more realistic and perhaps more effective in the long term.
From the bottom up, hm, from the bottom, the side, the
top, and you wish way, but I want, I think, for
the first time in my life, power and control, as you said,
and I don't want it over you or anyone here. I want it alongside
you. Different directions and angles to the same end. My Galen, You're
a beautiful gift. I might have some excellent uses for you. Yet I
have no wish to be over or have a face publicly fame. What have
you control? Yes, power obviously, but I need a face. Hm.
If he were more flexible, says, there could be that, But
I'm not convinced that tag Zagore, the Lord of Helios, is going anywhere.
And if he's not having him find us useful and helpful friends rather than
foes is more? Is a better idea? Yes, I How how exactly
do you plan on working on that relationship? I don't know, but I
do know that you losh and you did not tell me how this went.
You were part of this ceremony. He does twice a year that I think
is important in some way. How are you saying you didn't come to watch
the ceremony. Oh, I was getting attacked by ghoules in a crypt at
the time. I'm afraid it's pretty much the same. To be honest,
A little more light fire Carrie was there. I would love to know your
perspective because I see you as being I see your eyes as being quite canny,
and you see things sometimes that others don't. Most people only look with
their eyes. We have a few more senses. As you know. The
ceremony was interesting. It's something hard to understand, to be honest, but
I feel you Remember how I mentioned I felt this growing power. Yes,
under the city, I swear I feel it under my feet. There are
certain parts of the city where if I walk, the arch of my foot
aches like it's being torn, and it's almost as if my feet are clinging
to the ground. It's bizarre, and my feelings are that for some reason,
our dear Helios cannot feed off of that, and he might want to,
seeing as how it, whatever it is, if it's a thing,
feels extremely strong, so instead he feeds off of us. Yes, well
this is interesting indeed, because I might you mind what m my dearest,
I have been experimenting a bit recent how many bodies are in the basement and
what is the smell like? Oh, it's not bodies in the basement.
I've just been uh no no, no, I would never no, no,
it's fine. This was not experimenting on bodies or vessels other than mine
own. Oh oh, dear, oh oh, Galen. I hold your
hands. Please please tell me you didn't open yourself up to him? Right?
No, no, no, like I can't be having a heliosps walking
around the house. I don't know what to do with. No, no,
no, no, no, no, none of the thank you that
I've just been experimenting on seeing better and if you notice things under your feet,
I think I will be helpful with that if you and I might go
for a stroll sometime. I'm seeing so much more now. Oh really,
yeah, I mean I definitely can take you to these places I'm speaking of.
There's usually very little shops, you know, dead ends, Allly's trash
cans. Yeah. Obviously I can't show you now because I'm fully dressed,
and I would not want to scandalize you. But I have been altering myself,
a tuning myself, and I feel as if I will be more helpful
in these ways. Is that where you've got all the blood from? Well,
some of it was mine own, but I stitched it up. I
stitched it up. It's fine. But you are a delightful and surprising creature.
I do enjoy our talks. Yes, thank you. You have a
question, this feeling I get in these places in the city. Do you
think you might be able to tap into it a little? Perhaps, especially
now with some of the things I've been doing to myself, I'm parified to
ask. I wouldn't worry too much about it. And also i'd wait till
the scars, the wounds are a little bit healed, the superficial, just
to well, you know which jar is the antiseptic in the front, right.
Yes, I don't need infection rampant in the city thing. No,
No, I just want you to know that I appreciate your support in my
new desire to be less, well, to be less, No, to
be less mundane. Oh you are anything but mundane, my dear, And
now I know it. Watch out for the others a little bit. They
seem to have a watch out. Yes, yes, for the others.
Yes, not in a paranoid way, but more they seem to be very
conflicted about the morality in a way that seems less interesting to me. Now.
Ah, more often than not, I find people feign morality until it
benefits them, and then suddenly things are out the window and it's okay to
Grandma. We just have to spin things so it seems, I mean,
and we are, we are helping everyone, right, It's just who else
has talents worth mentioning? I mean maybe Skyless? I don't know. Oh,
Skyless, He's wonderful, isn't he? Disappointing effect the word for it
but disappointing. Setting goals is only going to set you for disiplin. Yes,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, i'd say, voice, Oh he's here,
da, yes, yes, come this beverage yeap. Would you like
to go for that stroll? It is evening that I find the evening cool
air makes the streets smell a little less like fecal matter, if you know
what I mean. Yes I would. I would love that stroll. While
we are there, I would love to hear from you all the things that
you want and how I might help you. Let me get my journals.
I'll be right back, And I literally run up the stairs excited like a
child. Well well, well, I didn't think you wanted to talk.
Perhaps now you've left. Now your time is done for the moment. Well,
then in a bakery and glass, fine you come back something a little
less lighthearted. Lynn steps back after biting you, Skyless. Something has been
mixed into your blood that wasn't there before, and it burns. Linn is
laughing, waiting up yourself, Pop, look at me? Who are your
Yeah, who are you up? How are you? Mhm? Carlinos skylt
It'll take a moment. The rage is hungry but i'd suggest did not win.
How do you feel, skylts? Hurrying on, hinding on? Let
don't feel right? M you are new? How long went last? What
do you mean? A long? But it is lost? A curse you
now have mm hmm until you die. What did you want? A time?
Right? M y Humans are but a breath. M hmm. We've
got a few more. Y h it's too late to go back now.
It's gyless or No. You're a part of the pack. That's what you
wanted, right m hm. We can use your skill as well. It's
a new wonderful life. You have a family. Now you're not alone anymore.
A longer astray? What does this mean? You asked us? Now
after you've made a choice, I want a human. I'll teach you because
you aren't that anymore. You'll help us. We'll help you or family.
The family doesn't cross each other. They lift each other up. For now,
go and rest ohen, don't believe all the hogwash about full moons.
That's not really how it works. All right. We'll teach you control,
but I might suggest avoiding passions. They make it out of control. I'm
I should Is it safe for me to leave? Am I gonna hurt anyone?
I think that depends on you. Thank god it Stay for a bit,
be hungry, A pop needs to eat. I'm no pope. What
are you? Then? I've no problem? I don't read. All right,
I'll get you something here. Yeah, yes, where did you go
after the Oh? What were you doing? Just next? I had my
meeting with the account and then I came back. Yes, they're alone in
your room. I think I'm actually probably in the kitchen having tea. I
know that they are having dinner elsewhere, long since left. At this point,
I think you may have heard Loosh run up the stairs mentioning a stroll.
You're ready to be a noble? Not really? No? Did you
want that? What? Being a noble? What you got? I guess
If it gives me the ability to live my life the way that I want,
then sure. I know it's foolish and such a short amount of time
in exchange for an eternity, but it's worth it to me, and he
has said that many regret it. I won't. I'm glad to hear that.
What will you do? Now? Eat until you're called or I'm waiting
for someone to come home, and then wait says there, where are you
right now? I am in my room for people come and go, So
you wait in your Why is that for the first time I don't have my
armor on. Oh, I sip, With my armor laid in front of
me, I take a branch from a laurel tree and I place it in
front of me as well m and rest a hand on the purple wash of
the armor, which is close but not quite a perfect copy of Lorthairs.
I sit for a moment and remember him, and then take my other hand
and dip it into a dry paint of yellow and run it across the chest
of the armor, and leave it there for a moment, with both of
my hands on the armor, And I say aloud that at first I followed
Athena, who is our goddess of wisdom, but most notably of war.
And I have learned now that war ends nothing. And I am but a
child. I thought I was to be a warrior. But a warrior is
not what this city needs, because this city is hurt, perhaps diseased,
And those that ever hurt it and disease did are the powerful and the corrupt,
and they swear that power to Hades. I don't think that's right.
Athena, my brother loved you for my training at arms, I loved you
too, I still do. But for now I need ask from you,
nought or I need something more unique for this dark place. The Phobos Apollo,
my radiant and shining archer, god of the Sun and divine healer,
Please shine upon us, shine upon my shield, Allow me to cast a
healing light across this infected city, because really, protection of the young,
support for our elderly equality, and it's been lost. I don't know when,
I don't know who did it, but we need opportunities in earnest,
not warn, not blood, but power. No more food for this corruption,
whether Hades meant to, whether he wanted to or not. Hades has
failed this place. Taxagore has failed this place. I turn, and I
take a bowl of chalk, and I run that whiteness across what remains of
the purple of the old Palladin order and my old armor. And then I
take a candle of wax and muhr, and I like that and place it
next to the laurel, but not too close, and say that I don't
ask that you put your faith in me, but for the good of the
people of this city. Put your faith in them, with your healing and
your guidance and your light. I trust that the people will do the right
thing from now on, under Apollo's sun and under the strength of the moon
and the stars by day and night. And I give myself and our new
paladin order in your name. Do not help me, help them to save
themselves. I beseech you, Apollo, take me into the path of your
light, and let us walk this city away from hades darkness. Together we
shall replace these citizen rewrites with song and dance, poetry you can craft in
your honor. We shall fix this place with joy and sunshine and health.
Well, I've made a mess, and there's a dog outside, Sir,
we'll speak again. My Apollo says, there one final thing for you before
you go. That depends who's asking. I'd like you to roll for me,
but not something you're used to. I'd like you to roll a D
one hundred for your prayer. I have a vested interest in how effective it
was. Very well, but remember I'm not playing your game. I'm not
playing any game. And if you think that rolling your die is what is
going to allow or disallow or affect my prayer, And so did you feel
the warmth with Apollo upon you? Do you feel your armor glow with heat?
The white and the yellow fade in the purple as no longer chalk the
color of the metal. You may gain a plus one to any role today,
as you have been blessed in this moment. You may go now.
Thank you a polor. We'll be back in three to five. Need a
moment to collect myself. We return back in the hideout in a different room,
or Kyria. I's been waiting for a few hours. Are you doing,
Kyria? That's so great? Just a little nervous. I guess it's
been a while. Yeah. Yes, he didn't say where he was going,
and usually he does, and I just don't feel good about it.
I just don't feel good about it. M hm. He's done that before,
though, hasn't he Not quite like this? No, I suppose not
before. I can Usually I don't know assume where he's going, have an
idea, at least this time I don't at all. I think this city
has changed you all. What do you mean? I mean, I think
you've seen a different side of the world that's not going to change our relationship
though, Oh it isn't. No one chases when they travel, No one
changes when they learn more information, No one changes to traumas. Now they
all stay the same. We change, but we've always changed together. And
why is he not here? He must have a reason, just says you
had a reason to make a deal with the accountant and I didn't mind for
us. Ah, you can't scare me. I don't want to, Aria.
And what are you trying to do right now? Thank you? Down?
Yes, you're no longer in your bubble? Good. Nothing is as
it seems, Aria. You all have been making assumptions about the city,
about each other, about me. How many times have you been right?
Who is it right? Oh? God? Where have you been wanted?
Are you okay? What's wrong? I got the writ? You're lying?
You're not okay? What do you mean? Yeah, you're lying to me.
You're not okay. I asked you if you were okay and you said
yes, and you're lying? So what's going on? Come in, sit
down a mini h You got the writ? Hey, Hey, I thought
you'd be happy about that. I am, I am, thank you.
It's been bothering me for ever since we came here. Wasn't I got it
right? Of course, it's my fault. I had it. I was
holding on to it. If we didn't lose it, then it would have
been taken another time. We were doomed the moment we stepped foot in the
city. Hey, what did you have to do to get it? I
make a deal? Okay? What kind of deal here? Yeah? What
would you like to roll? What am I rolling? Well? Are you
looking at him? Yes? Always? Are you studying him? No?
I wanted to tell me the truth, and here he on. He'll either
tell me or he won't area here. You know that I wouldn't last.
It wouldn't be long before I grow old and die, and my age is
starting to catch up with me. I'm be ridiculous. You have plenty of
badland. I wouldn't have lost the raids. I wouldn't have missed those shots.
What if you were twenty years younger? What do you say? When
I was twenty years younger? It went to the lunar Mites that made a
deal. Wasn't much of a deal as much as it was. You've got
that on your neck now, I've got this one mine. You wanna know
why I did it? I know he did it. I don't want you
to think you did it. I did it because of you. I don't
want you to have that blame. I did it cause of me. And
I want to be with you to make me happiest, and I'll be around
for much longer. It's already proven to be worth it. We're fools here
we are, and if you're a fool, I'm going to be a fool
as well. Does this make us enemies? Of course not. I would
never do that. If the lunar bites want anything of me that I can't
provide, then I won't. I'm not afraid of a couple of dogs.
Put down Wace, don't put down more. I didn't do this for them.
I'm not here for them, here for you and us. Were you
mad at me? No? No, I love you. I love you
too, carry I did the same thing, mad. I'm glad we have
more time hey than me too. I need you to know that, even
if we didn't, it's something no one can ever take from us. M
h an eternity is nothing in exchange for the time we have together. What's
wrong? They said passion could be a weakness. I have to be what
it won't stop me. I hug you, I run in and embrace you.
I refuse it easier to roll Skyless. What oh, I would also
like, can this be contested? M h yes, because I was going
to say Skyless, it's going to be a prowler finesse hm. Oh you
want to succeed to stop yourself, Garya, what are you doing? I
am going to use the special ability trust in me. You get a plus
one versus a target with whom you have an intimate relationship. What are you
rolling sway? I would assume. I don't know if anything else you can
assume you always? Can you not fail? Skyless? Do not fail,
Carria, This could get very bad. I warned him. Skyless fails and
he fails, Carrier, you won't he won't. Is it risky? Is
it control? It's not controlled. It's definitely desperate for you, Skyless.
A greater effect for you, though, Kiria, I don't think you see
the danger. Yes, I do. I'll take desperate. I'll take it.
There's a mechanic there right for if I if I willingly take it,
take a desperate role, you may it will increase the effect desperate greater.
Or it's contesting but we both want to win. You don't want to win.
He doesn't want to win. I do want to win, right,
I want to win here? Oh, okay, okay, I will push
myself for this as well. Does that mean two bonus dice? Yes?
Oh, this is hard. I push myself. You know what that means?
Now I do. I'm so sorry. What's my effect greater? Because
you've chosen desperate? I can't push myself. No, that's what I'm here
for. Skylus tries to take a deep breath and inhale, and I actually
cannot look. And I think with his heightened sense, he's able to take
in the beauty of the aroma of the perfumes and oils you've used and actually
appreciated for one, in all of its beauty. Ah, it's gardless.
Ascaria runs up and embraces you. You feel the beast begin to take over
as you smell perfume, the softness of her hair on your neck, maybe
a tear on your face from hersh You begin to lose your fight. H
Okay, here, Lack, I'll never leave. I'm here. M hm
hm. I love you. I love you too. And do you feel
yourself again? M hm hm you didn't lose him today, Scylus begins to
bear ease his head into your hair and starts to weep on your shoulder.
I think we'll probably just sink to the floor together and just weep. At
a time they needed a critical success, that was it, Aileen. Yes,
I think for now we'll say you've already gone on your walk with Loos.
Imagine the city looks different now. But I wait until the moon is
at its height, at its apex, and then I wish to go out.
Where do you go, Galen? Where in my city you go?
There is a crossroads. I noticed it, three roads, crossroads of three,
not of four, out there in this area where we live, dark
and not full of light and shininess. But it doesn't matter, and that's
where I wish to go. You're an alley, some more quiet that one
place, on a nice stroll, and I stand there at that crossroads.
I pull out of my pocket a small six sided cube that I have carved,
and I place it at the center of that cross road, on the
ground, thinking quietly to myself for a moment, and then I take out
the small sketch that I'd always kept hidden in my journal of Lord there was
drawn by one of the artists, Uh in the households. It was him.
Oh, musta been twenty thirty years ago, and he was smiling and
uh. It was a spra quick portrait, but it looked exactly like him,
and it was he would always smile, always so hopeful and fun.
Uh. And it was the uh portrait that I look at every night since
he died. But it is time, I think, because he was not
It was not what I thought it was. And so in this moment,
I look at the sketch one last time, and I kneel down, and
I take the small sketch on parchment, and I say a small prayer to
Well. It's the only only deity that I could the only one that makes
sense, the one who has been walking alongside me all this time. And
I I burn that sketch of Lord there here on the sacred space, the
space sacred to her. And I do not need to watch it burn with
my eyes, because I feel it. And as it burns, I place
a small clove of garlic in the fire as an offering. It's a kindness
oor there. You probably cannot hear me, but perhaps my words will carry
to you They tried to get me to doubt. They would say he Maury
said that a palata could not love me, a necro ancer. But they
didn't know you, like he clear. They didn't know me. Maybe I
didn't know all of the means that I could be. But you were gone.
And he tried to dangle in front of me that I would, that
I could bring you back from the underworld, and that I would. He
didn't understand me, oh how much I loved you, or even what I
was here for. I would do anything to bring you back, except take
you from where you should be resting, because I do not steal things that
should not be stolen. That is the misunderstanding of the art. Something wrong.
They don't understand what I do well. What I will be doing is
not a blasphemy, but it is part of the process that steals nothing from
anyone. It is the brief part of the path that we can walk on
together. But you have finished your journey, and her her traveling with you
has come to an end. And so you, my dearest love, have
gone to rest. And I will not disturbuously, but I will let you
go, keep you in my heart, and I will never forget all the
things you spoke of, your dreams, your hopes to make a better place.
And I know that it takes people who are liminal, who rest in
between spaces. I don't exist in the dark. I exist in the twilight,
somewhere in between, and that is an important place, and that is
a place. I will be in the gateways the doorways, and you will
never be ashamed of me. But if you are, if you aren't,
I have to live an actual life. I have to stop being stuck in
a place. I need to. I need to take my responsibility that I
have been avoiding all this time. And I miss you, and I was
wrong about some things and right about others, and all that I suppose it
doesn't matter anymore. But you know I said something to Cesaire. I said
that they all leave eventually, and that be true. But if you leave,
that's a journey, and that, after all, is the domain of
her. And so I will walk with all of those on that journey,
and heck, it will walk beside me. I think our good Lord of
Helios may understand different possibilities with a different sort of traveler. But Maury,
my friend, whether that lches philacty lies, will be found and destroyed,
and I think you'd like that. Hm. Well, this would be the
last time I'm speaking to lorth there. I think I have a question for
you, Galen. H tag. It's good to hear your voice. I
haven't heard you much since you agreed so respectfully to step aside step out of
the way during a meeting I had. Hm, I hope you are well.
I have a question or if you have an answer, and please ask
away. Do you wish for low fare to hear your words? I don't
know. I think the obsession I had with the grief turned to madness,
and I think that is not a thing that I should concern myself over much.
I must only have faith that he is well, and I must let
go of my obsessions and think only of Maury and the city. I I
like to think that he's well. I hope he is very well. You
know toxic or I apologize? Oh yes, I apologize to you. I
don't know your thoughts, or your feelings, or where you are, what
you the many things I don't know. I don't know if we will ever
have that lunch that I mentioned, if you wish to destroy me or not?
Where your goals are these are not things I know, and in some
ways, at this moment, it doesn't matter, because my apology is for
something. Whether you wish me ill, or if you wish me well,
or if you wish nothing at all, if you think little about me,
I apologize when I've erred, regardless of how you feel about me, and
I want to apologize to you. I was misled by Maury into seeing things
that were not true, believing things that were not true, and in that
madness given to me by Maury, I blamed you for things you had not
done. And I think, I think, Toxigour, you have been harmed,
You've been hurt in your soul by that betrayal that Mary gave you.
I don't know. I cannot say, but if he had, well,
he has done that to me, not as much as you. I know
that you have outlawed necromancy in you forced the undead in crypts hiding. But
there was a story told to me about you by my mother and my father
that what you did, what was part of your greatness, was that you
made a city that was a place for those who were shunned and driven out
in other cities. Oh, glorious elf, that I am welcome everywhere,
but the Orcs and the trolls and Cobalds and all the others teeflings unwelcome in
other places, look down upon. Then you made a home and a haven
for them. And there once was a time when the undead were also a
place could be here that ruined by Maury, and I ask you to consider
that that need not be the case. There is a natural place before a
spirit has laid to rest. I would not bring author back, because he
is in the domand in the domain of Hades and at rest. But there
are those who are in the liminal spaces that are not yet there. Just
as Persephone is guided every season by Hecut from the underworld back up to Olympus
and down, there is a space for those those who have not yet rested.
And I ask you to consider, as Heckit walks and journeys along with
your love Hesephone, as well your Lord's love, that there may be a
space for the undead in Helios, that they deserve also a haven, and
and that if it were done respectfully, as Hades respects Heckit, there may
be a space here for those who journey the twilight. I apologize for being
fooled, but I hope you would take my unwillingness to steal from Hades as
a sign that I am not mory, nor will I have be. I
don't know if we'll meet, but if we do, I hope that it
will be on pleasant terms. I have another question for you, Galen,
Yes, are you trying sway me? I'll allow you to try. Hmm.
It's a question, isn't it? But I ask you? Do you
consider yourself supernatural? What do you consider yourself a regular mortal? I am
a man hm who speaks with my God. Indeed, I think I shall
leave that for when we meet in person. Who knows. It could be
anywhere, any time, but in that meeting, depending on how it goes,
I have much to learn before we meet in person, I think much
to do depending on how it goes. Who knows. Perhaps when I walk
out of that meeting, I too may well we shall see. Perhaps I
will stay here much longer than I ever thought I would. I wish you
well, Toxicor, and I hope when we meet it will be in a
circumstance where I'll have something more useful to bring to you. I already have
Maury's head but perhaps it will be something more interesting for you and look forward
to it. I I want you to know that I do not side with
your betrayer. So if you need anything, you may whisper to me as
you do, and I'll think on it. I hope that you will think
on what I've said today tonight under the bright moon. I think there are
ways to bring more and I would like that. Doug. I imagine you're
in your palace sleep. Well, if you don't mind, I should be
back, I imagine, so say, I will be frantic with worry.
Yeah, if you don't mind a loch. Yes, I believe you're at
the gates of a manor. Is that correct? I am gates if you
would call them. It's more like walls of a personal city. Well,
it's not entirely incorrect, intriguing. Where exactly am I? While you're in
front of the accountant's estate. Good? I assume you enter, though that
is a bit hypocritical of me. I would probably try to be as respectful
as possible, you know, if there's a door or whatnot, perhaps knock
knocking absolutely is respectful, no reason to ignore the niceties of life. No,
I'll probably walk up on the grand I don't know if you would call
it a porch more than like a podium. Up the stairs to the manor
door. And uh, the door is larger than anyone I've ever seen.
It's so tall you would assume it needed to be that big for something large
to be put inside. Sintimidating. Now I can't remember. Perhaps I choose
not to have you met the accountant before I have not. That's right.
You were absent from that particular meeting at the gag and Dragon, I believe
is where you were. Unfortunately, yes, but I gathered information of my
own. You did as you do. Can I ask what the intricate carvings
in the door mean or would I know any of them? Are they completely
foreign? Do you speak infernal? I do not, And they look as
though they are Hellish symbols in gold filigree carved upon the doors. How do
I feel here? Oh? Unsettling. I don't like to say feelings specifically,
but you asked. Looking upon those words discomfort you? All right?
You know what a feeling when you've dropped. Maybe you're going down the stairs
and there's maybe a deeper step than you anticipate, or up the stairs and
you think there's another step, and you step in anticipation, and when nothing
connects your stomach, it's a spot that you didn't think it could. That
is the feeling you get looking upon the words with that, I would probably
within myself start to wonder if the accountant can sense fears and implement them in
some way, because that that feeling is something that Loshas strove to avoid her
entire life, that feeling of not knowing what's coming next, that fliped stomach.
You have no idea what he thinks or how he performs, You've never
met him. No, just an assumption. Is there a door knocker?
Or oh? Absolutely golden? Not ornate? Golden? Is it tarnished at
all? No, beautifully polished, shines in the moonlight. I'm gonna knock
with the knocker three times, as three times and you will receive an answer.
Ask three times and I will receive an answer. The door opens,
small, well tailored, suited IM reach you at the door. You have
been expected? I have you have been acquiring upon my master? Yes?
Yes, and you are expected? Please follow me? Thank you? Should
I get the door as the door just shuts behind me, and I'll just
politely try to keep up with him without walking past. The manner is ornate
and beautiful. A large staircase ahead of you, spiraling up to either side.
That is not the way you go, but you do see a large
portrait of a pitlord, looking rather dashing in his own suit and spectacles,
sitting at a desk. You go off right. Is this oh, probably
a thirty foot portrait, easy majestic, would have taken maybe a year or
two to paint, I asked, because my neck actually cracked looking at the
frame. So yes, sir. Led through a few doors, you hear
noises up on the sides in other rooms that he kitchen noises, servant noises,
portured noises. Hard to say, sir, sir, can I ask
you a question as we walk? Are there? Yes? Miss? Are
there people here? Oh? We have many? Why can't I see any?
We haven't seen one person? No, they stay in their respective areas
and to called upon. Oh I see than you of course, right this
way and the beautiful home hm hm oh, yes, very lovely. The
custom built, really interesting. Is it old? About one hundred years or
so? Not terribly old, rather young. Actually, it's impeccable shape,
my lord, would have no other way. I please follow, No,
sorry, yes, sorry, And he leads you down a hallway which grows
larger. Wonderful rugs line the floor, beautifully decorated paintings along the walls,
abs, tracked portraits, landscapes, or many different areas and maybe maybe different
continents. How about eras perhaps if you'd like to know specific second heavy role,
if you'd like to just inquire. I was as if they were notably
like new or younger. Oh, of many different ages, though all well
preserved. Thank you. And you happened upon a large door of a very
dark, rich wood, thick gold filigree, routed no words of infernal,
beautiful, and looks as new as a babe. The imp stands to the
side of the door for you. It's do I just go in right this
way? The lord he is waiting, and he pushes the door open.
Thank you. Might I inquire why the doors are absurdly large? My Lord
is substantial? Oh okay, please do not make him wait. Oh,
I'm sorr yep. And she'll just walk through the door. Does it look
like it's a lit room or is she just walking into darkness? You're walking
into a beautiful study towering with books upon the bookshelves. It seems to go
up over one hundred feet, bigger than the manner ever was. When you
step into this room, books upon books upon books of that same hellish script,
and you see a large table, large desk in front of you,
with twelve foot demon sitting in a suit spectacles and a large book and a
goblet on the other side. Like I'm assuming the book is proportional to the
twelve foot demon. Absolutely it is. Your shuts behind you softly think thank
you? Any emotions ahead of him, and a chair is now there where
it wasn't useful magic As she lightly takes a scene and crosses her legs.
Would you like a refreshment? Yes? Actually? And he snaps and the
imp rushes in Oh, think, thank you, thank you. Would you
like wine? A cider? It's already filled with a liquid. Do I
just a cider? What would you like? Yes? But a cider would
be delightful, If that's not too much to ask. He bows and leaves.
But what's this? Okay? Thank you for the hospitality your home is.
I'd say lovely, but that would be a lie. It's extravagant.
I have had many years affecting it. Yes, I heard about one hundred.
It is as long as I have been here. Tell me, Loch,
why do you seek the accountant straight to business? Then? Yeah?
You seem to be someone of note here, Uh, one of the few
who don't seem to answer to many. There's so many little squabbles in this
city. I don't know if you get out often. I haven't exactly seen
you, and I want nothing to do with any of them. You've met
my sister, yes, Kiria, we look awfully somewhere. She has ears
and I don't what I know of her? Yes? Do you not own
her? I do not speak of dealings with others excluding the party here.
It is a thing of privacy. I like that about you. Gossip is
overrated. I think you and I could come to an agreement on some things
and perhaps work together. Ah, And what is it you desire? Tho?
Power? More control would be lovely, But assuming that's even possible for
someone like myself to have absolute control over any area of land is foolish.
Wouldn't you agree? But I think I have some gifts that might be useful
to you, and perhaps information if you are so interested in working with one
as myself. I never turned down a desire. You wish for power,
more so, a level of control seceded by not many. If you catch
my drift, I've lived most of my life like a pet on a leash,
parts of you which I often sold. You might know of some of
them on the market, actually, and I don't want that possibility to ever
happen to myself ever ever. Again, you wish for a different collar.
Perhaps I wear many, as you probably can sense I'm assuming. Oh,
yes, it's probably easier to count the callers I don't have, and I
would like to burn them all off. You'd like one master, not many,
a master who's priorities may align more with mine. Yet, yes,
we could strike a deal if there's something you need ah from someone as myself.
You see, I don't need another informant. I have many. I
don't need another sword. I have many. But but I'm always looking for
more souls. You read my mind. I believe you and I may have
similar interests in a god. I do not care about the trifles of a
god, or god's that is, for more prase hm from a different space.
They do not care about I wish to not care about the gods and
give me what is yours, what is mine is on my back? What
is it you require your soul in life and death? I was under the
impression that the various burns and marks on my body claimed that they are but
a sign that they have no control over your end. Really rather naive of
them to only care about life, isn't it. Those brands are for cities,
not gods. Some of these governances in these cities believe themselves to be
the gods, if not better. I'm sure you've seen it, heard it
I have. This city does not believe that, despite what you think,
I haven't thought that here. However, I do sense a power. Oh
absolutely there is one. I'm part of that part of it. There are
a few players in the city from other worlds, such as yourself that I
wouldn't go so far as to say. There are certain areas in the city
where I walk and the hair stands up on the back of my neck and
my feet clench like I'm about to fall on ice. Ice is a very
good word for it. You know, when I was a child, I
loved breaking ice, stomping on puddles. You always like some chaos with me?
No, perhaps some order that is closer to what I wish. That
is why I like Taxigore so much. Order it's much easier to maintain order
and the population is controlled. Wouldn't you agree some of them? Some of
them? I sense your desire is not what you spoke originally. Really tell
me of my desires. You wish to not be a plaything of the gods.
You'd like to be removed from their view. You'd like to be a
shadow, a banshee, if you will. Shadows can't do anything well,
that is where you're wrong. Really, shadow blocks out of light, shadow
masks, shadow hides in plain sight. Shadows can also reveal that which which
wishes to be hidden. That is also correct. I like what you think.
I would agree with you as shadows, one of your shadows. Do
not think you're the first who's done this. Not think you'll be the last.
What does being a shadow entail? Your will is not yours, though
you can or wise choice a perceptive Don't worry. You'll have autonomy, but
my bidding will be yours. I will have you be looking about for things
that myself and my business partner deem destructive to the city. You'll have actors
to places you didn't before. Will I be able to leave the city,
yeah, come back without guards troubling? Oh, yes, they'll never trouble
you, well unless you cross me, which would be very hard. I'm
not in the business of angering anyone, not directly anyways. The cause is
you now and after? Is this acceptable for an arrangement? Loche yes,
out and I do believe I want to be one of your shadows. Good.
The accountant opens his book and there is a space. He takes a
quill that is quite sharp and hands it to you. No ink is offered.
Is it like his size? It's usable by you. Okay, it's
just like a fat man's. Is there an ink? Just scratch it in?
You are the ink? Ooh, it's not any of you, I
think, And she looks at it closer and notices, like the quill point
is just a blade essentially. Mm hmm. Would it be impolite if I
asked if this had been cleaned? It would be impolite? Who assumed?
But she'll like, look at her. She's gonna roll her sleeves up and
look at her arms, and her arms are like bird like. There's like
every city like sigil burns all over just like scar tissue and whatnot, and
she'll kind of like take the edge of the quill thing and like wedge it
under one of the scars, because like scar tissues impossible to cut unless you're
using like something insanely. I mean that might cut it. She might not
know. She'll try to wedge it under a scar and like just kind of
like get the skin open a little bit. But it takes a lot of
effort, so it's a little you thought. She thinks it's going to take
effort, and it probably cuts through like butter right easily, so she probably
cuts more than she wanted to. Huh do I just like dab it if
you need this much handholding, loche, I apologize. I have yet to
sign a book in my own blood show scratch in her name with a dot.
It's rather small and delicate handwriting, a beautiful The moment you finish your
signature, each one of your scars burn, not as though a third degree
burn, but it is hot, and each one fades except the cerberus signal
of hades and helios. Those burned two as they are now collared. I
can deal say thank you? Is struck what a deal that was? You?
May go now shadow, should I keep this between us? I do
not care what you disclose. It affects me, not excellent, And without
one other word, she'll just get up and politely walk to the door,
holding her wrist. Is this the bleeding her to that like no longer braining?
Okay? Just she'll probably like walk towards the door, trying to be
very you know, upright and put together. But once she gets past the
door, just like utter amazement at her skin, because I don't think she's
ever seen clean skin like memory remember in her in her adult memory. Ever,
it's real, it's not real. It's the impout here reestleep. Okay,
she'll like gather herself outside that door once it shuts, and just if
she can she remember can she get out? Can she remember the way out?
Yes? Because the moment you open his door, you're outside. She'll
probably do that exact thing you explained earlier, where she'll take a step like
there was floor there and you know, get dunk into the street road and
just a lovely home. When she turns around, is it behind her?
Oh? Yes it is. She's gonna cross from her hide away the whole
time. So when I pop out of the door, like I literally see
my hide away, like right in front of us. Yes, I'm never
drinking. That is the pink beverage, Ayleen offered me. Ever again,
I need a drink. Oh my god. She hustles inside, just kind
of like running, warming her arms. Is there are you here? Of
course? Ah? What are you doing? Well? I'm and little concerned
about where Galen is. Yes, and gone for a bit. Yes,
we went out for a walk. We were called with lotion. Neither of
them returned for hours. Oh, he has been a little under the weather.
I was hoping to speak to him before I before I left leaving well
somewhat. Ah, right, Well, I suppose I could leave him a
note, Brian, I really like writing very much. I was never very
good at it. I had to pretend that I was better than I was
for law Fair's sake. Of course, was quite embarrassing asking him how to
spell this and what that meant. Still, at least he won't mistake me
for law there if I write him a note, so I shall er.
Yes, let's see uh uh uh Galen, my uh friend. No,
I's not Let's try again. There, I belove it. No, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
dearess Galen. I hope that I could live up to h to my brother's
image. When we set out, I really really only did it with uh
vengeance in mind. And I'm not so sure about all that anymore. And
we still have work to do when it comes to my uh father. Uh.
When I discovered that law there would not be coming back, I was
devastated, but only for a moment. In the sadness I felt I had
never seen him again. The loss of my brother, the one person that
we came here for you to find, and my mentor in the order that
sadness was outweighed quite instantly by the joy I felt that lorth Air was not
trapped and that he had in fact passed over cleanly. Yeah, and while
we were brought here under false pretenses, I am glad that we made the
travel together and that in the end was this why I forget it? Maury,
shut up, it's not putting you around, how too? Song enough?
H Well, I suppose I'll just I suppose I can pop back tomorrow,
all right, Yes, let's get rid of all of this. Maury.
I'm I'm sorry for what happened to you, not what I did to
you, but for what happened to you? Please let Galen sleep? Oh
all right, goodbye? Mm hmmm door of Galen's Oh uh sah oh,
and you can see that Galen has been crying. What do you any trop
in my room? Are you okay? Oh? Oh, you're right?
Oh? Yes, ah. Look do you like the new color? I
went with sort of oranges and whites and yellows, and it's almost with that
there splendent silver in places. It's quite handsome. Did I assume you needed
me for something? I was coming to check on you. Oh, I'm
not bleeding as much at the moment. I'm still quite bandaged. I don't
want to run or anything like that. I would probably break things open again.
Did you want some of my I have some champagne in the room if
you wanted it. What is that? Oh, it's up, it's up.
It's from a small there's a small village that's to the west of Kingston.
It's called champag and they've got halflings there and they make a sort of
a fermented orange and grape beverage. It's it's fermented, means that you leave
it right, yes, yes, sort of fizzits and hasn't it turns into
water or drink? Yes, a drink, Yes, it's a slightly alcoholic.
Would you like some? I'm really rather busy, Actually I have a
meeting. Oh well, I suppose if you have a meeting, I am.
I wouldn't I wouldn't want to keep you. You Are you going to
go and spa with that handsome Harris fellow of yours? Actually? Yes,
yes, yes, yes, you've spent quite a bit of time with him.
It's good that you keep your skills or honed as you as you do.
It allows me to yep, close closer to the palace the guard.
Yes, yes, yes, do be safe. I wouldn't want anything happening
to you. I believe I have bested Harris in every sparring round so far
since entering the city. So well, that's coould be just fine? Uh?
Would you? Uh? I'm sorry, I've lost every time. I'm
sorry, I can't go to you. I've lost every every single sparring match
with him. In fact, Oh well, h standing out here in the
hallway seems so strange. Would would you just would you get to sit for
a bit in my room before you go off sparring? I was in there
for a moment, and that horrible growling coming from the closet with yes,
it's yes, distracting and I don'd rather keep my head straight sort of had
a lot of tactics that I'm going to apply today. Of course, that's
really my thing. I was. I had so many questions to ask you,
but I seem to have forgotten all of them. I am, I
M hmm, I'm. I just came from a bit of a walk.
I I said goodbye to lorth Air. That's good. I thought that knowing
that he's at rest, that his journey has finished, is good. It's
good to know. And I'm glad that he it's not being tortured or something
like this, but that he's crossed the Reverned as well. Do you mind
if I ask you just one thing to put my own anxieties at ease.
Of course you're going to leave him there, right, of course. I
would never take someone from rest. That would be sorry, excuse me,
I'm something in my eyes. Am, excuse me, I'm sorry about that.
I am. I also would never I would never take him from his
rest. I really would never take anyone from the arrest if the journey's finished.
The journey's finished. But I especially would never bring I would never take
him from his rest that he so richly deserves, even though he left us
too soon. And I'm so sorry about the loss of your brother. It's
mhm, he was gone too soon. Yes, I'm just I'm glad he's
not in a jar as am. I. I thought i should tell you
because I think you should know that I'm going to find Would you mind stepping
a bit closer? Certainly, m and Galen steps very close to you so
you can whisper in your ear so that only you can hear what he says.
Next, I'm going to find Maury's philatery. Maury said that he helped
destroy the Palatine Order. He lied to me about your brother. He will
not do this to anyone else, and he will not influence the undead in
this city. When I am done, I just want you to know that
he will not do any of this ever again. And then Gaylan just steps
just like one step back. Oh, it will be quite the journey will
be taking I think all that. Yeah, yes, I hope that that
you approve. That's why I brought him to you. I suspect it as
much and I thank you. It will take no idea. What if I
actory is, oh, oh, well, imagine that someone has taken their
soul and they've placed it in a special sort of container, so that if
you kill their vessel, they just reform somewhere else, in another place.
It's a way to keep you sort of unliving forever, sort of an insurance
policy. It's like a safe sort of thing. And as long as as
long as no one knows where it is, he can't really be dispatched as
it were. Well, I mean he knows, but probably as servants or
something. There's probably research study to be done. Nonetheless, I just want
you to know that I I've been making apologies and going to make an apology
to you, and I really can't tell you why what it's for, but
I'm going to make an apology to you, and it's just that I apologize
for something I never did. I was very sad for a long time,
and that sadness can blind a person just as much as rage can. And
I want to apologize to you for something that you don't know about and nor
will you ever. But I want to thank you, I think, for
in some ways saving me. It's hard to explain really or being vague,
but you are different from your brother in a way that is surprising, and
well, you look a lot like him, but you aren't him. You're
different and you see things differently than he did. And the way you see
things. I so sorry. It's really hard to explain this. I think
what I'll say is, oh, I know you have to go to see
Harris. I suppose you're quite busy. You should probably go. I suppose.
I just I've changed quite a lot in the last ten years since he
died. And everyone tells me that he would never love who I am now,
and I don't believe that, but he has never met who I am
now. But I appreciate that you've always made me feel as if you you
Oh, it's quite stuffy this you think you know who I am now.
You have been with me on this journey. We've walked together here to Helios
all these years, and I just want to say that I appreciate that you
have always that you know the person I am at this moment, and you
also support me, and that you've when the others were so skeptical of the
undead and didn't appreciate that they are just beings in a liminal space, that
you never judged me for it, and you you thought of things I hadn't
thought about, ways to go about things I hadn't thought about, new ways
of thinking about vessels and journeys, and and well, I just I just
want to say, I just want to thank you for not for listening and
not Well, I'm not I'm not very good at this sort of er.
Well, I know you have to so uh well, Yes, I love
that I loved you. Yes, that was all I needed to know at
the time. And whatever you're apologizing for, whatever you did or didn't do,
Whoever we were, whoever we're going to become. People change, Hopefully
places can change. I'm banking on it. Yeah, to me, you've
always been good friend. How could I ask for more from you? And
what it's worth? What if you didn't do I forgive you for it.
I don't know if I deserve that forgiveness yet, but I will earn it.
I know that you have stood beside Athena for all this time. She
is a wonderful goddess. Quite like her. I thought you should know that
sometimes in temples, to Athena, to others, there's a a goddess of
doorways and roads and journeys, who sometimes in some of those great temples,
there's one to Athena, I know, other some others. They have made
a little bit of space in that temple for the goddess of magic and journeys
and doors heckit, And they've made a little bit of a place for her
in those grand temples. And I would hope that perhaps you might also make
a little bit of space for me. It's all. I always have space
view and I rather like the look of the sun at the moment. Well,
you can't have the sun without the moon, and if you have both,
you always have the dusk in the dawn where they both meet. So
oh, may we see many more together. I would like that. I
don't know how this city is going to be in the end, what it
will be, And there's so many different ways to reform a place or change.
A place can be reformed, it can be rebuilt, it could be
changed from the inside from the outside. I hope that we will always,
in the end be able to reason out different paths, and we can work
out which is the best way, even if that way might be somewhat unconventional.
I mean I suppose we'll just find out when we get there, you
and I and the well, I suppose we shall see. Hi, I
do actually have to go? It's of course, yes, yeah. I
would just say, if you're going to go and spa with this fellow,
try to best him in combat. I mean I'm a bit more of a
dueler myself. I don't you know. Well? Uh, I would say
follow your heart, that's always important. Perhaps not don't well your heart in
your sleeve. Getting sabbed in the heart is quite dangerous, so be true
to your heart. But perhaps just keep it inside your vest sometimes. Or
no, maybe you shouldn't keep your heart. You know what, all this
advice is quite bad because now I'm getting metaphors that I really don't you know,
follow your heart and fight well, and don't don't injure yourself. I
know that you will. You know. I just greinted you should go do
that. I'm gonna. I'm going to go and try to Oh I had
something for you. Hold on just one moment, all right. That's strange.
It's so stupid. I should just I just I shouldn't even just it's
so stupid. I don't know why speaking don't. I can't even just close
all right, all right, close your eyes, all right, eyes closed,
hold your hands out in front of your Yeah, that's well, I
suppose you only really need one hand. Yes, you should take it.
But this is your this is the Yes, this is lors Air's head band.
It's the one you always wear. Yes, well, it's a I'm
not allowed to wear it anymore. Why not, so I'll need you to
look after it, all right, I will take it from you. Well,
in that case, I've been carving these, would you would you take
this? It's a small six sided cube, it's that yes, though,
well, it's honors heck it. And she protects people on their journeys and
on their travels and crossroads. So I thought maybe if you had that and
you go to this duel with Harris, perhaps well perhaps on the journey there
really aren't maybe, So we'll hold on to it, all right, And
I will hold on to this, Yes, but I hold on to it.
I'll remember that this was something of law fairs that that you gave me.
So hm, just and I shall keep this close. I'm sure it
will provide me with protection. Well, she is a protector goddess. So
no, no, no, no, you're mine protector me. Yes,
well I do try because you've always protected me and keep an eye on the
door. Oh, of course I will, right, I'm going. I'm
sorry. Yes, well, well, good luck and you know throunce him
as you know I'm gonna. Well, yes, I right, then,
Apollo, I shall hold on to this. Let's go join the Palace guard.
Well, that is interesting, say there, would you like to speak
the palace guard? That depends, Oh, depends on what What do I
need to I'm the greatest sword in the city. Why wouldn't they take me?
I would imagine I can strut up as that fellow brown Brahm. You
wish to strut up to Brahm, the general of the city and ask to
be in the Palace guard. Yes, he's seeing me jewel with Harris,
you may most definitely try. Well, what time are you waiting till tomorrow?
It is still raining regardless. M hmm. I've jeweled enough times to
know roughly when they begin their training drills and practices, so I shall arrive
when they begin. And well, there's no point in speaking to Harris.
I need to go and speak to who I'm hoping to be my new boss
for a little while at least. Let's see Rom does not see just anyone,
Desaiah. I think you're aware of that. You are absolutely met by
guards as you stroll into the grounds of training around the barracks. Yes,
business, you've got training going on. Yes, I was hoping perhaps to
speak with your head guard, Edgard. That'd be Harris. No, no,
no, the head head guard all the way up to the top.
You wish to speak with Rom, Yes, that's his name. Why,
well, because I'm here for my first day of work, I shall be
joining the past. God you give any notes of new recruits, let me
let me check very well, take your time, yea. The guard walks
off with the other standing there, Sarah, I'd like you to make a
role. Mm I think you're trying to convince them that you should be employed
here. You're not even trying to use your contact, just trying to convince
a grunt. How else does want to get a job? I've never had
a before, proper one. That's fair. Okay, Well, are you
trying to command them, sway them, use contacts? What are you trying
to do? None of the above. Really, I'm just here to take
my place. Isn't that what a good song to DOESK? Why are you
asking me questions? Shouldn't you be telling me where to go and what to
do? Hm? That's clever, But I think I'm still gonna have to
have you roll very well. I shall swear you you're you gonna push yourself
or make a bargain of any kind. Mm. One of your last chances
is there. I would like to spend one stress to aid him in the
form of the cube that I gave him. That's true. I do have
this for good luck good luck Trump. I'm also aided by Apollo would of
this rain though the sun is behind clouds, not that er Pollo is the
god of the sun. Really, you're more just admires it. Well,
it's just annoying because my hair is getting rather long. And if nothing else,
joining the Palace God, they'll give me a free haircut that they will
well with that stress for Galen and his gift and Apollo's blessing. And you
have incurred you may do that if you wish. Yeah, I think,
so what are you doing, Kiria. I think we're having a flashback,
But it's to whatever would inspires his air with all of us, perhaps all
the way back to the very first day we were on the road together a
group of us, or even further back in Kingston. Well, if you're
invoking the flashback, take your two stress, because that's a big one.
And to you tell me where you are all of you together, I think
we are. I think we're on the road before all of this city in
the distance, both of them, perhaps the midpoint. I think I'm walking
with Galen and showing him the different marks on my body and what they mean,
and explaining the risks of the city. I am looking at each of
these marks and noting them and sort of seeing which cities I've actually been to
in which I haven't, and making knowing that this is a bit of a
sore spot, making a little bit of a joke, as I want to
do back in these slightly earlier days about oh, I don't know if you
knew, oh Losh, that in that city where that brand is from,
there's a woman who's got this very very large nose but exceptionally weak chin,
and she is the archivist for that town. And she has the strange laugh
Gaalen, nobody cares I care well. She has the strange laugh, but
no, nonetheless, if you give her marzipan, she will tell you whatever
she whatever you want. It's a very expensive sort of sweet treat made out
of what did you get out of her with marzippan. I want to know
all about that story books of course, books well, and and also the
address of a place with very very good. There's a small there's a whine,
and don't worry about it. But nonetheless, look, the point is
that she's ridiculous, and you should laugh at that. That's all good.
Every time I look at the severe burn on my forearm, I'll think of
mars pan and have a nice giggle for you. One of these days,
I mean to find you some mars pan, and then you'll know something tells
me she won't change her mind. Can you'll get her eventually? Nut paste,
yes, well, there's just a little honey the nut. Sometimes flavor
changes. You know that. It's also about enjoying your life sometimes, yeah,
paste of solid foods when I'm elderly, Thank you so s you're being
offully quiet back there, you're right here. What on earth is not paste?
M's like it's almond nor I don't look anything before you know what one
of these days I'll be in a position to invite you all to dinner at
my parents' estate. They'll hate it and I'll love it, and you'll have
all the best food. Why not your fiances? Oh it's not dreaming.
Let's go further. Yes, please, one day we'll be having dinner on
our own, on our own estate. What different dreaming? Let's go further.
I won't be there the table long enough. You'll be there and you'll
be next to me. Well I could probably, yes, but I was
thinking Allen's abode. I wouldn't be there. Well, it's not Aalen's aboat.
It's it's ours. Right, This is a dream. It can be
whatever we want. Kurrie is the name we put on all the deeds.
Anyways, you know that where I had a place, Wait, where would
it be? Where would you place it? Oh? Oh, this is
fun. This is sta dress, mountains, ocean river? Where would it
be? Oh? I think you should be on an island, Yes,
island or cobblestone. I want a cobblestone road. You remember that cottage when
we were kids? Yes, with the tree you fell out, That's what
I was going to say. We can remember the positive parts of the fruit,
the nuts. It was a nut tree, were speaking of nut paste?
I think it was? Was it? Now? This was well,
at this point, if you were young, and says there would have been
young as well. Yes, what was he doing? Then? We were?
I fell out of a tree when I was very very young, landed
on the ground. Everybody thought I was dead, and I stood up and
I said, what was you worried about? And that's when everybody knew that
I was going to be the strongest of my family line of durable if anything.
Yes, well, not just physical strength, that's true. You're strong
in a lot of other ways too, Sissah. Yes, I'm also fast
well, yes, but do you also have a good heart? And yes,
you will wait as long as you need to get it done right.
And what does tenacity mean? It means exactly that you will not give up.
You will wait, you will bide your time, you will you'll endure,
you don't give up. Yep, that's true. I don't give up.
But also, you're much better fighter than Skyless. You know. It's
so embarrassing, really, I know, I'd love to see them just go
hand to hand, wouldn't you time? Unbeaten with sword? I might actually
that. I wish that Skylus would sign up to one of the fairs one
day, even for the archery. You should sign up for one of the
Kingston fates that you could. You could do okay in the archery. I
suppose there's no point the swordsmanships. Yes, well, I don't know how
good you're supposed to be with that thing, but everyone says that you're quite
good with it. I nudge Currie it. I believe you competed as a
child, didn't you, Skylars? Something about you? Tell me what did
you play? It doesn't matter. It's all about who wins and loses.
Brother, Maybe he just enjoyed his time. Sire arrows at Trees had to
sign up for a competition. I mean, do you really need a competition
if you know you're good already? Skylus is doing that thing again where he
sort of growls in his throat. This is very quiet, like a like
would you look like a dog growl or a wolf growl or something something like
this. We all have our telltale warning signs. Let's lay off, Skyless.
Oh loosh, what is your sister's tell? What's mine? If I
told all of you that would remove all the fun. They're safe, we're
family. It's fine. What's mine? You start to instantly clear your throat
and furrow your brow, but you look like you're trying to smile, and
it almost ends up painful to see. Well, that's just her allergies.
I always assume that was allergies. She doesn't have allergies. Every single time
she tries to lie, my dear, I mean she's lying and she does
that. Oh, she might be allergic to soap you use. You have
different launders than us, right, yeah, it's yes. We don't even
have to use the water out back. You know, sometimes to tell is
not when you're lying, but when you're when you're telling the truth. Curia,
you are a great observer of people, and you can say, sometimes
tell when somebody has a good hand at cards, because they've right, But
tell. I would imagine being as observant as you are. You have noticed,
if you're well, if the young man that you have grown up with
all your life, our Cesaiah has any particular tell that telegraphs his next move,
No, he doesn't none at all. What he was designed that way,
that's why you'll be so good at it. Well, I don't lie
about anything. Why would you lie about things? Not? Possibly? I
know you're all tricking me. There's no way that currier would lie to me
about no so much stuff that she wouldn't clear corn its allergies. Right,
Curio would never lie to you, dear. What would be the benefit of
that? Right? Well? What is that up ahead? That's like a
like a dog, the statue of a three headed dog? Yes it is.
That's fabulous. How do they build it so big? It's got the
d What pocket you want it? What is it? Right? My name's
right on it? Right? Yes, yes, yes, I mean if
you if you're sure, take that. I mean, if that's what you
want, if you please hold on to it. Let me show you how
which pocket to put it in. Skylets do not put it to stop it
stay in your hand, come out fine, you at least give some tips
about he tells it the belt loop out sites there, stand back with a
guard in the rain, remembering a time where everyone supported you. Well,
yes, I suppose sir, you may gain one extra die for that flashback.
You may go now some time later. Kay in a nice home an
elysium, lightly furnished, but still very nice. It's on the main road
in front of the home. It's a plaque led residence. Led handed me.
That's uh me that glass over there? Would you? Does anybody want
them? We do? See everyone at a table, well everyone except a
few. So is there? Is there? Locious there? I believe?
Well you're there. No, don't worry. Oh, I was just gonna
ask what the what the drink was? I'm sorry, go for it?
Can I ask? You're there too, don't worry. It's bubbly? Is
it pink? I think so? Yeah, yes, it's pink. He
picked it out, of course he did. I'd love a glass, thank
you. Sure do not drink it? No, I don't. I don't
really drink anything but water milk. You want some apple juice instead? Oh?
You have apple juice? Keep forgetting you? You have so much stuff
so quickly? Yeah, me too. Is there anything you don't have?
Oh? I'm sure, but yeah, there's a lot available to us that
wasn't before. It's wonderful, sir, You're right, I just seemed daisy.
Well, I'm very tired for once. It's a little more difficult than
guarding a door. It's true, it's a different kind of tired. Though,
isn't it. Yes, it's entirely physical and mentally I feel focused right,
like after a long hike, like I know what I'm doing for one
like you know what you're supposed to be doing, and it feels right like
a puzzle piece. Yes, remember those were kids. Oh yeah, the
one with the bridge and the ships. Mm hmmm. I always hated the
one with the bridge and the ships because we didn't get the ships were.
I didn't know what was a mast and what was it trying to explain that
a sail wasn't a cloud like kid like those sort of girls. Oh,
it was so wonderful when you were so straight figure it out, like you
were still pure though not the game silly. Hm, that's true. We
did have some easier pictures. Where's the fun without that challenge? Though?
Right? Half the puzzle was just green, just green. It's kind of
amazing if you think about it, someone went through the time of day to
create app What a puzzle that's half green? Yeah, with so much real
estate, seems a waste, wouldn't you say, could have fit something else
in there? Someone else? Oh, I'll get it. I mean we're
we expecting guests. I don't know, I don't really understand how all this
works. I don't care. I've never felt so warm. Sure you look
fantastic. Yes, hello, and please my fiance Anastasia. It's someplace for
my hat. Oh yeah, I'll take it, thank you, thank you.
Yes, Anastasia. This is Lady Led Lady Eld. My fiance Anastasia.
Very nice to see you again. Please come in. I'll take your
coat. Oh, thank you, thank you. Oh this is quite lovely
this place. Thank you. Either they're in the dining room please, oh
go on ahead of course. I put out my arm for my fiance,
Lady and Anastasia. Beautiful tiefling. Thank you. An escort into the dining
room. Oh my word, anast it's been too long, and you've you
seem to have picked up astray. Perhaps you are absolutely glowing, my dear.
He both looked fantastic. Good Galen, it's good to see you.
I thought it would be lovely to join you all for dinner. I know
I have been so busy on my fiance's arm. I mean, I believe
that she does need a little bit of arm candy, and I'm so happy
to do my duty before I honest, I have that book on infernal I
brought it to give back to you. I have no idea how long I
kept it. I apologize, but I can say half the alphabet. So
seven hundred down we digs a bit. Yes, we brought Marzapan. I
thought that you might like it. The dessert marsa bir cesare Did you come
up the road along we did? It seems like not everyone is here for
dinner yet this is everyone that's always been at these dinners. Yes, who
are you expecting someone new? Yeah? I was hoping, not expecting hoping,
Lady Elidie, I'm sure that whoever's meant to deliver whatever was meant to
be delivered will arrive. Otherwise, well, that'd be quite the scandal.
It's not like it's hard to find. I've got time. Oh, I
hope you won't have to wait too long. If you do, let me
know that Lady Anastasia is quite connected in the city, and I'm sure if
there's some sort of problem with their logistics, well yes we can get it
taken care of. If you need anything, please thank you, though,
of course, shall we dig in? Yes, of course I can feel
in tasteed just by smelling. So how is business. I hope everything's going
well. And the renovations in this place look quite good. The decorations are
good, thank you, thank you. Looks quite homey. Do you need
any more furniture? I'm sure we could get the foundry to commission something if
you'd like. Is there not enough furniture? Well? I noticed your sitting
room isn't a bear? Yes? Oh yes, and if you don't mind
some recommendations, oh afraid that is of course. Yes. Lady Eldy is
well a lovely well. I have to say, she was another the one
who actually did all of the the what do you call it, the decorations
on her parents estate. That was someone else who did it. And well,
my first time being the lady of the house. Oh love this job.
Thank you you are. I mean it might be sparse, but it
feels warm and very homey. And it does take a bit to get the
tapestries and whatnot from back home, so a little bit of time is all
we need. There's a lot of stairs, yes, sir, Usually I
wouldn't be so bothered, but my legs hurt. I'm so sorry, Sesah.
What rate will you promoted recently? What rank are you at? This
point, I'm so sorry for asking. I have not kept up on the
news. Well, Captain Staunch says that I should be assigned a rank soon
enough. Really, I believe so. But wonderful, thankfully, rather difficult
for getting information, a little a lot more difficult than I was expecting to
figure out the ins and outs of how it works. But well, this
armor isn't quite as flashy as my other armor, but it certainly comes with
some prestige when you're about town. And that's that's helping me to open some
doors. Absolutely at any time, talent, Well, I suppose we'll see.
So do you remember that time when Kiria ran straight into a closed door?
Which time? Oh my god, I am so sorry. Lady led
what late lady led run into a closed door? Oh no, there's a
whole thing about Curia was the hand that lady's maid. That's that's what you
that's what you called her? Yes, she always you two are always what
is uh what do you call it? That parents trapping or some such things
sort of swapping between you two. And she ran into the door and she
left a bloodied mark on the door, so funny, Oh my gods,
but that mother said to me to clean it, and I said, well,
I don't really know how, and then Lo said, look, this
is how you do it, and then she threw me into the door.
Mother taught me you wash like with like it actually works. Well, yes,
I taught me a lesson. That's sure. It's that my norse is
unbreakable. Your entire face is unbreakable, and we've always been grateful for that.
Yes, fascinating, really so, Anastasia, what's what's new well,
with with your with with with your circle of friends. I have not been
to your latest tea and all of that. I hope everything is well.
Oh, yes, no, it's it's quite lovely. Miss Maggie joined us
recently before our laster. It's all right, is there? Yes? Yeah.
Somebody told me that it's rude to your in yes, and I was
like, this is rude to you. Oh, I'm spending a lot more
time in these I know you are out of town. I want to note
the impropriety. You apologize. It's it's just so cozy, isn't it that
a temperature? It's the warmth. It makes me so much tirer than I'm
used to. You know what you could add to the bed to the house
just a few day beds ches lounge there is actually in the reading room,
so there. If you want to go rest, you're more than welcome to
stay here. Oh no, no, I'm perfectly fine. I'm wide awake,
absolutely, and I'm very interested in everything that a nostalgia has to say.
Oh, miss Maggie, So you remember when he used to do that
when he was young, and then he'd be asleep within five minutes. You
could time it, pep asleep last Friday. There, it's okay right away.
Half a day he would just mumble in his sleep, lemonade something sometime,
Anastasia, he's doing so much training. I think with the guard he
did he just fall over in the No, no, you make it to
the bed. Oh my god, you have dathen, thank you, Anastasia.
I'm just gonna squeeze him right. Speak of Miss Maggie and the others
later, of course, of course, Lady Alidi Anastasian. I will be
going to a ball in a few few weeks time, is that right?
Yes? Yes, indeed at the palace. Will you be joining us at
miss lady yet? Oh? Do come. I'm sure we can find someone
so handsome rugged and perhaps I know many eligible young gentlemen looking for Ah,
it was new in the circle. Shall we say, with all due respect,
I'm not okay. Oh, I didn't know she was taken. My
apologies. I'm so sorry. I didn't know someone was courting you. I
certainly hope that courtship is going well. Or is this back home? Galen?
I know, sorry, I just I dress. Perhaps we should take
our leave. Yes, the dinner was lovely either way, miss Elidy,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, of course, let me gather our
things, my love, if you, if you wouldn't mind, I have
I left a book here in the other room. If I'll meet you at
the foyer, of course, of course, of course I will meet you
in one moment. Actually, get this small book that was suctually quite interesting.
It's an l then it's carrier. If he breaks your heart, will
break his knees. I'm not actually good at that sort of thing. But
please tell me you're right. You have seen him, haven't you. Please
give me a I go and I give her a hug. I'm so sorry.
Please, one month, an entire month, You've never been apart from
each other that long. You two. I'm so well, we'll have to
go looking for pastries if there's lunar bites or something. I don't know what
he's doing, but well I will find him in give him a talking to.
Are you happy? No, of course not no, I mean not
about this. I just mean in general, how are you doing? I
miss you all. I miss I wish I could be here with you more
often. I make my excuses to come and visit as often as possible,
and but I I miss you, and I sometimes can't feel my fingers.
And how sesah is he? Is He doing well? He is actually just
working very hard. It's good, still trying to get that information. I'm
proud of him, me too, grown Does he understand? Do you think
he believes me? I mean, I about what about Anastasia? That just
what we have to do now that we live here. I just I just
it seems a bit distant. I don't. I think he takes things at
face value a lot of the time. All right, Well, I just
haven't had time to speak with him much. Will you make time? I
try, He's always so busy. You're lying. Well, I'm just a
little bit afraid. I suppose that's fair. I am seemed like a terrible
matchmaker on I No, even if it was only a month, it wasn't
enough. Well, you deserve more, and I expect you to get it.
I give that hounder talking to I. Just you know, I love
you dearly, and I will tell you what I will. I will teach
that man to dance proper good sir Roger, to cover if he doesn't know
it, I will give him at that dance. Well, then then you
should definitely come to the dance the ball. I'll see if I can find
him, Will you I will, I will thank you. I have no
one else to ask for help. You can always ask me for help always
I am ever an, always in your service. After all, we share
the same birthday. Happy birthday. I got you a gift, my first
one. Hold on, all right, you can't open it in front of
me though, all right, I won't, Okay, thank you. I
will say that there is a gift for you. It's in your room.
If Loach did what I asked, so you will find it there as always,
as always, that brand of hers it looks a bit different. Well,
what can I say? We'll always be together Her and I. Well,
you know what that's this means means I've got to go and deal with
two contracts that need to be amended or broken sometime in one hundred years.
We've got time, we do. We have all the time in the world.
I will find your fellow, even though I have to spend so much
time up there doing all those things I always hated. I'm not running away
from my responsibilities this time, and you are also one of my responsibilities as
I am yours. I love you so dearly. You are well my twin
though we were you know, different parents and all that. I love you
too. This city will not break us. Well, I've got to go
back with my fiance. Well, you just I don't know. Just tell
us his air that Hi. I don't even know what you should tell him.
Are you coming? Yes? Yes, I am so sorry. Well
all right, hey, well on the rooftops looking out onto a manner alone,
and that is where we ended the shows. Hello there you can sorry,
Hello there can't do it to me, dude, mm hmm. Listen.
I was as serious as I could be for three hours, close to
four. Actually, yep, I am very aware. It's why I cast
you get around of the polls for everyone that was so good. Everybody.
That was so good. Sine episode of a thing insanely fun uh mini series.
But we call them, I forget what the role was. Well,
Whack likes to call them one shots even if they're twelve great one, what
a great one shot, what a great I had? Thanks Dan? I
loved it. That was awesome, That was that was crazy. I am
very proud fucking last scene. Okay, can I can? I just?
I am I allowed to say that. Dan gave a snowprep for that.
He was basically just like, here you are at two months have passed and
you're at dinner together, and I'm like, as soon as I saw that
your kim was dark myth, I went, oh fuck, he's gonna fuck
me over. And so I was like trying to play that line of like
nervous because Dan didn't tell me if you were going to be here or not.
And then I messaged him and I was like, look, I don't
know how to play Currie if you don't tell me, like is he supposed
to be coming or not? And He's like, you haven't seen him in
a month, and I was just like, what is broken? I did
warn you I was going to pull the rogue out on here. Yeah,
I think we're emotional. Man. It was so I felt like this was
an emotional words. It was wild your a game right in the beginning.
It was amazing. It was Yeah, it was so good. The opening
scene kind of funked us all over. Really, we had to match the
dinner scene. That's what happened. And then you did with the dinner scene,
and I don't even realize. Oh god, I'm glad I have a
handkerchief because I needed it today. I wish I my eyes. It's just
I want to know what exactly we said in the previous flashback when we first
came to the city. When I know that, like I looked up and
saw a dog, and then you were talking about the written stuff. I
literally I want to release like a director's cut, but we edit in the
Yeah, I'll put in, but also can end the beginning. Beginning is
the end? Bullshit right there. Don't hit me with that. I'm too
tired. I don't hit me with these. I'm already destroyed. So if
I just start crying, I apologize. It's just because I'm still in it.
So it's okay. You find him speaking of that, he's still an
end of session to do Oh oh right, okay, ca pain extra stuff.
Well, because that was too open ended to be the end, right
what what wait? What what? What? What what are you saying?
Are you what mystery sip? All right in the end of session first you
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, all right. Let's say easy one. I
did not roll any desperate really, yeah, I'm like super warm. I'm
sorry one of them. No, no, no, no, I'm being
a little kind. I gotta be a little kind after all of this dressed
challenge both violence version I did, but I didn't wrote me into the role.
That's true. Yeah, and we're not going to the wrong No,
Yes, I love it. You express your beliefs, drives, heritage or
background. I mean I literally prayed successfully to a Parlow which killer scene,
killer speech. That was amazing, such a good scene, was so good,
it was easy. It was nothing. That was just the version of
me doesn't want to just burn everything down. And I don't want to burn
everything down, to be fair, I just want the world. I want
to I want a particular portion of the world to burn down so that it
can be rebuilt nicely. And if you tune into Leech next week, you'll
see a version of me that literally just wants to burn the world down.
Spoilers. Cool, cool, cool cool. You're welcome, ladies and gentlemen,
but you've got to you've got to tickle the balls, you know,
get people excited. Because we're literally doing the Indiana Jones thing because we wanted
to think that. I think that may have been a different thing on a
different website. And I don't know we call them bones when you're thinking of
the beginn of bones, I believe you're thinking of a vibro egg. So
I'm not even sure that's what they called. But I think I think that
should contact check goop balls is what happens after our serious focus. I'll just
you gotta let it out somehow. One for expressing my It was one big
scene of doing it. It wasn't evenally one thing. And I don't think
I already did it again. I feel I feel like you did. Yeah
you did discussion and you're writing, Yeah you wrote a letter. I kind
of forgot about that. Ye share it, but you you started one struggle
with issues from your vice. I don't know if I did this time.
It might be the only session I haven't actually, Oh, that makes my
heart happy. Do you know what do you want to say? You do
not have to disclose? No, don't know, that's not do not.
I won't, So I'll just take those. I think I got three XP
there and that's fine. Don't clear my stress because it's been two months.
Yeah, I can say that's fair. Okay, I can say that's that's
that, and I'm going to close my ship. So that call open bracket
Gray, close bracket, and I'm gonna and that's that all right. You
can find him, you can do all the things of watching him and all
that fun, you know. Yeah, and he's also like gemming shows on
shows. He just does see those all the things that it is also a
gem, you know what I mean, just like just a gem, a
gem. Perfect and thank you Brad broken bad trou son of Stelios, son
of Stelio's great noble in Kingstown. So good. Have I addressed a challenge
with knowledge or arcane power? Hmmm? I feel like I addressed. Sorry,
I'm just thinking about all the things that happened and I was like,
oh wow, yeah that happened, and also that happened. Oh wow,
yeah a lot of things happened, and it's not thinking about it or don't
just dive in. I think I did address. I used my knowledge of
history when talking to who may or may not be the Lord of Helio.
That was so good, by the way. Fucking hell, it's like crazy
and unexpected because you started it with an apology, and it blew my mind.
Yeah, well, you have to polish for things you've done wrong,
at least that part right, right, that's not your fault, it's true.
Yeah, but sometimes speaking to him as if he is real. Sorry,
you're right, put me out, pull me out, pull me out.
We'll speak about it after the stream. And I actually also think that
I used knowledge and a tad bit of arcane power letting go of lor fair
mm hmmm, knowledge of sort of the knowledge of the gods. I might
disagree, Oh please, And I might say that's closer to expressing your beliefs,
and yes, I agree, still alive. I interpret that that might
be very wrong. I will say one for knowledge, And then I think
that I definitely expressed uh well, let me put it this way. I
have, on more than one occasion today expressed my belief strives heritage or background,
returning to the fiance that my parents arranged for me would be one of
those things. M hmmm, letting go of lor there is another. There
was a moment when I I didn't actually express a thing that maybe I could
have expressed. I tried, but then I sort of you know, and
then so I'll just take the two and I won't mention the fact that I
did not finish that conversation with cesareh because I know it's awkward. So yeah,
but I did not struggle with any issues for my vices or traumas.
My trauma is there, but it did not get me into trouble just yet.
But I do have a I do have a I don't know did you
did you know this? I am? I have a a head in a
chest and don't my god, we all have one. We all have moury.
I'm so glad you have your maur I have my Moury. We don't
all have one. I don't Why Why don't you have a seared? Have
one? I have? That's important. You have to have a separate head
with you. I mean, who doesn't want that? For fun? I
haven't really really funny thing. Yeah. Nice, that's important. And before
on Amazon right now, we have to get on to the hand of the
head. It's true, I got it. I want to give my love
at this moment to I want to give my love to Loche for being so
tricky, so mysterious. C You're amazing, and I love the ways in
which you always keep us guessing with los She's so mysterious. She plays all
the angles, and I wonder is she trying to play the accountant to or
not? What is that about? So like? I love the way you
keep us all guessing, brilliant. You're such a fun scene partner and court
myth myth. I don't know what else to say other than the pain and
no, you gotta hear it. The the pain, the commitment, the
depth of your feelings, your transformation scene and then not showing up for a
month, my friend, my friend, my friend kicked to the face,
such great commitment, and I know what your drama is And I guess why
you've not been here for a month. Wait, what that was your decision?
Not dance? Oh? Who knows? Who knows? I don't know,
I don't know who knows. It's unclear. Maybe he was kidnapped,
who knows, could have been Dan? Sure, let's say it was dance
fault. I'm not gonna say. I don't know. Was that some doubt
over there? Oh? I'm so sorry if I am cast out. I
just facilitate, Brad. I love you. I want you to know it.
Uh, bred looks so uncomfy every time that's said. I've learned ready,
Thank you very much. I just want to say, when you when
you say yes to dress, yes, when you forgave, when you forgave
Galen for the thing you didn't know what it was. Oh, broke my
heart. Broke my heart as a player. I am very curious as to
what reaction might still be one day, but what it might have been if
you had just been like, here's what it is, laid it out,
because I don't know if it would have been like that, because I think
I was like, I feel like he would just assume that you're just being
like beating yourself up about something that isn't a big deal, and we change
and we move on, and his whole thing is like, Yep, this
city needs to change and stuff that he's kind of in that mind space.
But if you were like, oh, by the way, this was my
actual plan. Yep. Also, Galen and Sasa still have only tacked one
of two things off of that list of things to do. Yeah, that's
right, it's true. We still have we still have things to do.
And it's one of those things where like Gailand's like, I want to tell
you, but if I tell you, I'm afraid that I'll lose any possibility
and I can't have that, Like I just can't. Oh yeah, dude,
I would never tell him. In real life, I was planning on,
you know, killing you and using your body and bring back your brother,
but I thought there was maybe a bad idea, so in mind I
got better. None of us can really be as well he even I guess
not perfect, but he's like the fucking top Ekolon of like honorable and stuff
with the plan. But their real life I would have been like, yeah,
man, I didn't do something, but trust me, you to hate
it, but anyway, worry about it. I'm real sorry, I'm sorry
about what I was gonna do, but I didn't do it anyway. And
you're you're you're A scene with Apollo is amazing and such a pleasure, a
gift. And of course, Peb, my twin, no, no,
no, no, yes, my twin, thank you, thank you for
everything you've done is kuria. And thank you for that one moment where you
said I have nowhere, I have no one else to ask for help and
the stomach kicking in the stomach. Yeah, uh all every single person here
who's a fellow player has been such an amazing person to play with and such
a joy. And you make me a better player just by being around you.
And Dan, do not think you escape, Dan, Dan, Dan,
you are a GM who will pull the rug out from other under us,
but always in a way with love and with support and with safety.
And I've always felt the utmost trust in you because I know that when you
throw us a curveball, it's something that you do to make us better and
to give us moments to grow and shine. And you may be the gem
of doubt for our characters, but as a player, I never have any
doubt that you are always there for us. So thank you, thank you.
That's very sweet. That was such a beautiful way to say that Ye're
done. I want to give just then, just one go follow in Trooper
s JP, please and thank you. Wonderful show on Friday's French Revolution drama
Excitement. Oh god, it's so good, and that is the show that
I wished I was on you. That's the cut. I definitely haven't inflicted
so many traumas upon you solely for this and this alone. Well, fuck
PB, it's yoursion. Cool, I'm just going to lead this on.
Then. Good. Cool? What's my end of session? Well? Did
you roll anything? Desperate today? I am right now, Dan, I
am right now. Okay, yes, desperate, right now? You did?
Yes? I did good a well market experience in that stat got it
done? Great? Now what it was just a challenge with deception or influence?
I don't know, did I? I'm asking you hold on, let
me think. No, yes, influence, I use my influence ability with
Skylass to prevent him from it. Yes, you did? Cool? Cool?
Cool, Cool. I'm just going to mark one then express beliefs,
drives, heritage or background. I absolutely did do that twice, once with
Skylass and then once again at the very end. Cool. Awesome, awesome,
awesome. Did I struggle with issues from my vice or traumas during session
at the very end when I was fucking alone? You monster? Dan?
Well done, gave up everything and got fucked. Okay, Cool, I'm
done, Hey, Brad, Brad, come back, I need you.
I need you. That that's what Carrie is. Whole story off clause,
gave up everything and got fucked. No, no, I'm still here for
you, Carrie. Gayla is still here. He's got a teething fiance,
but he's still here for you. We're twins from another mother. It's true,
all right? Can I can I turn this off now? Yeah?
Yeah? You cany Goring's Pumpkinberry. She's doing a bunch of red dead right
now. And as well, Oh my god, my stabbing scene was in
the fucking thing. Did you see that? The town hall or whatever apparently
the server does like a town hall where they summarize the crazy things that have
happened in the last like month. That's amazing. Yeah, and my character
almost perma deathing is on there. Make me very happy. Yeah, that's
perfect. I love that. Thank you, Thank you absolutely. Loach Hey.
End of session. Let's see diddress challenge with I mean, I think
yes to all of these big time, just in like my conversation with the
accountant, to be honest, Oh yeah, holy that was I kind of
like it was the first time I kind of just like poured my purse out
on the floor so to speak, except for one. Yeah, true that
that was a purposeful, actual person. But like one person had had like
marbles and like lots of beads in it that took a long time to pick
up. The other one had like poison and diaries her emotions, any any
fucks I had left. So I challenge the calculation conspiracy. I don't.
I don't think it was like a conspiracy really like to go relation though it
was definitely all calculated, very much. So yeah, I'd say an experience
for that is fair, Yeah, for that one, and then express your
belief strives heritage background. Yes, yes, triple yes, that's a couple
experience for that for sure, I think. I'm yeah, I definitely talked
to the accountant about it. And then I think with Galen too, Galen,
did you and I talk about Absolutely? You did? Yeah, okay,
for sure? Absolutely? And then struggled with issues from your vice?
Do I have to say what my vice is? If I say no,
but you just tell I know what it is, so I know if you
struggled or not. Yes, your vice is marsa pan, isn't it.
Yeah? I love nut mush Actually a high quality of mars pan. I
just learned recently is actually delicious. It is stuff we have in America's plastic
plato like, not the same good, but yes, if you think you
struggled from that, so you can get one. I think I did in
our in my dealings. I think there was a little inner hmmm. I
don't agree or disagree, so I don't want to say what it is,
but I can message you. No you can't. Yeah, I believe you.
You can mark another experience for that. Okay, one floor I have
and I said, notice it didn't tick up, so I have marked it
for you. Oh, thank you. Can we can we clear our stress
and our wounds? I've got some. Yes, you will both be all
of you. Can clear any stress or wounds you have. Not traumas,
no trauma, trauma, traumas. Thanks for reminding me about trauma. I'm
so welcome. Well after that reminder, thank you. By the way,
Katy, please go follow her classicady you. I just want to say Dan,
like I'm sure you remember the very first campaign that you GMed me in.
Ever, way back in the day, there was a saucy redhead and
a paladin that rolled a perfect twenty one to take a nap in the middle
of battle. And all I want to say is this was exponentially more fun
and holy crap, you have grown so much as a like as a player,
GM mastermind, very scary, potential bad guy. I don't know.
Oh, I'm very impressed by you. And I'm just so proud of you.
I've known you forever. It's crazy. This show's amazing. Like,
seriously, I cried so many individual times in this show. Thank you so
much. You. Well, while they're gotten, let's go to court.
Hi, thank you so much. Good Katie, go follow her. It's
gyless Hi, U end obsession stuff. I rolled a desperate action, so
that's a thing, right, And I put that in the thing that I
didn't mean that correct, which was probab because right, I was being weirder.
Then, okay about the prowess box, that prowess yeah track, yeah,
okay, but not the XP down at the bottom, because I've made
Ben screwing down it this whole time. Correct, Yes, okay, yep,
screw that up the time. Let me just reset that, okay.
Uh. And I also addressed a challenge with tracking or violence. I'd say
at least tracking ones. Yeah, okay, at least at the very end
there watching while you track. Yeah, yea, yeah, well we're getting
there. I've expressed my relief. Sorry yeah, oh wherever you are,
I guess Trucey is mil you asked? Uh you express your beliefs and drives
heritage or background? Yeah yeah, uh huh maybe you know a human?
Uh yeah was were? Yeah? Yeah, I'm only human. You struggled
with issues? Yeah, I struggled with issues from my vice or traumas during
this session. What missed my trauma? Unstable? Okay, I'm going to
go ahead and go yeah, struggled a couple of times, I don't know,
okay, And how many do I take them to the trauma? Absolutely?
Absolutely? Yeah, that's my end of session stuff. This has been
amazing. I really really loved every moment, whether off screen or on screen.
You are all amazing and wonderful role players. And being able to play
with you all again and some of you actually no, I've played. I've
played with all of you before. I've just never played with Trooper here on
table story. And it's wonderful to have more roleplay scenes with you and to
and and to just play and learn and love all of us and each other
and these characters. Thank you everybody. Thank you everybody in the chat for
watching, and if you're not in the chat and you're watching wherever, thank
you so much for all of your support throughout this This has been a hell
of a show and I can't wait for more playing with these people. It's
too bad we just won't get a season two. I mean, don't anyways,
amen, Oh god, thank you. I'm trying. It's fucking awesome.
Yeah. I love to set things to say in a moment. Go
follow mythematic please, don't know. I'm trying something new. Don't. I'm
gonna take take compliments. Thank you, and then I'm also gonna not shout
out myself. Don't follow me on Twitter dot com slash mythematic. Don't go
to twitch dot tv slash mythematic and follow me and so make them and do
it anyway. Don't do that. He would hate. Oh that would suck.
Yeah. Just don't support me in what I do on the internet and
support the entertainment that we all provide. Don't do that. Also watch him
on GM spell Wind, which is amazing. Yes, so good, so
good. Yeah, yeah, thank you so much. Cord, Thank you,
Dan Hebe, you said you have something, Oh I do, or
I wrap this up? I do? I do have one one small thing
and then another small thing that's not so small. Okay, both of those
small things, right. I love you all very much. This has been
an honor. I really felt like I was challenged in a lot of ways
that I haven't been challenged before. I felt like I was constantly vulnerable,
which is not a fun state to be in in front of a fucking audience.
But it was great. You guys made it safe and enjoyable and incredible.
And I will look back on this very fondly. So that's my bullshit.
And then I think we also have the Roast of Faint Dawn. That's
right, magazine, gentlemen, welcome to the Roast of Faint Dawn with me
your host, Brad Wote. Hi. Everyone, that's what the music was
for. Well done forgetting it right. Yep. Okay, So, so
I know Dan asked me to join the show because I have the body of
a Greek god, and he's right, but not because I'm ripped or well
toned. It's because I have a very tiny penis hidden under this leaf.
Dan did a really good job of GMing entirely in character as a villainous bastard
ruler, and you can tell it was fantastic role play because Dan doesn't roll
the city in real life. Trooper spent the whole show obsessed with putting something
in my body. Skylafs was a werewolf all along, and when he struggles
with his emotions he changes into a dog, which is ironic because when Myth
struggles with his emotions, he just turns into an unbearable cunt. TV showed
up every week to play a lying bitch. Oh is actually here for the
shoutouts? I've got nothing except for six more roasts. It was quite easy
to play a naive character with a good heart and a perfect body. But
one thing I did was how much I fucking hate Peebee. One of the
most despicable villains here was an accountant, and there was also one of the
campaign Oh my God. Trooper played a desperate man trying to bring his dead
love back to life, which is ironic because in real life, Trooper is
a desperate man. TV's character could always tell when someone was lying, and
it's great that this was just a blade in the dark skill because we all
just told her. She was great in this campaign. I knew you were
going with that. Sequel's character was a spider. Spiders have eight legs,
and this show had eight episodes, which means in the game she played a
spider, but in real life c k is just an unbearable cunt. The
bubble that's the right to think, don think is so much was challenged by
That was basically a challenge from PB to me during this episode. You did
that all in the hold them in. I was timing it six minutes and
fifty four seconds. That was for the first six roads. Yeah, for
six roast and the next ones I managed to get. I got all of
them except for Trooper and Skyless, and then we had to go into my
scene with Gayla. I was wondering why you weren't responding in chat when you're
so on point I was in here. I was like, a character has
the ability to locate and find just about anything, but I think even he'd
have a hard time finding Cord a fucking personality, a hidden one. Yeah,
okay, yeah, that was amazing. My next Kurt's whole something laughing,
Welcome to getting old. Yeah, god, twenty nine and six months.
Oh I'm on that though. Oh my god, goodness, thank you
for that delight. There. Do we have any news? It was amazing.
Well, I mean I've got the wrap up if we need. Yeah,
you know it's like a breakup, like I'm never gonna well wrap up.
You meant you were doing a No, I'm not doing a wrap up.
Wrap you kidding me. I have rat I have little written. Well,
no, I have rhythm, but I have no poetry. Yeah,
I go ahead, thank you, thank you. Uh yeah, I know
it's the stretch, a booger on my mic. Well this was faint dawn
and yeah, none of you escaped my compliments after emotionally tormenting you for eight
episodes. So yeah, pebe get fucked. Should have done that first and
then ended with the roast. Brad. I gave you the option and you
were like, no, no, I have something for you before you speak
Dan, So you can just blame yourself for this. That's fine blackmail later.
Thank you all for being here. It was an absolute honor to have
this show. C K you get to start. Thank you for being yet
again a player of mine. After the first campaign I ran, which was
fun but a learning experience on how to run a show rather than a time
where friends hang out, which is very different, and I had no idea.
Dan, you know i'd say yes to you now and then thank you
for working with me despite a lot of hardships you got to deal with during
this show. Thanks for being flexible as best you can. Thanks for being
migrain buddies with me, and thank you so much for at times definitely basically
throwing yourself up against a wall just to be here. I know some of
those times were rough, and I know even though there was the roast that
Brad had on you not being able to be here a lot all except a
couple of times even though you couldn't speak, you showed up so you could
be a part of it and I appre ship. That's so very much.
But thank you quite literally sacrifice your time here for the shout outs and I'm
gonna murder Zac but you're here, so don't worry here now. Thank you
very much, Love you too, Trooper. I didn't know you before this.
We talked briefly about bow ties on Twitter. Yes, I feel like
that's that's like once you talk about bow ties, I feel like that's like
a lifelong bond from both absolutely, But you actually didn't know each other.
No, we've interacted once on Twitter and I have each other, I know,
but like you guys, never interacted outside of that one time on Twitter.
Perfect your perfect friend material. So thank you PEB for recommending him,
because I was I was looking for the fifth and sheper, oh, I'm
so sorry you got recommended by somebody. Oh no, I wanted to play
with you. True. Oh nice, sweet, I'm ready for it.
I'll take it. You should us don't know why we were here so ill
to this day. One. Thank you for saying yes when I reached out
to you without without hesitation, and I knew you would be the perfect fit
when you sent me a literal novel about your character, ideas about morality,
about how you like to make and create characters, and you knew almost immediately
who you were going to be and how you wanted to play them. And
yeah, I think we've in a lot of ways. Yes, yes we
When we had our session zero, it was built around your character being able
to get into the city. Thank you so much for being as emotionally raw
as you were, especially with a group. I don't think you've arepeed with
any of us outside of maybe a brief moment if if it happened before,
I'm not sure you are? Yeah, sure for me and we had a
couple of scenes together A yeah, yeah, that's the one shot. Okay,
see it. But but for a mini series, not a one shot
whack for a mini series? Uh yeah, novella. You you gave it
everything and more, and thank you so much for doing that. I'm glad
I could create that safe space for you and you ran with it farther than
I could have imagined. Thank you, Thank you also, bow Tie bro
bro tie hell yes, oh yeah there. Yeah, they got it,
Brad. It took you a little bit, but you got it. Uh,
Brad, all right, Cord No, Brad, I have loved urpeeing
with you since gone. I saw your range with that in a way I
didn't expect. I knew you as the sarcastic asshole who I loved being around
and with the table story community for a long time, but I also knew
you had way more range than you let on, which is why when this
campaign started I was so excited to pull you in and go we're doing something
different. We're not doing a we're not doing the normal thing. And when
I mentioned like, hey, i'd like to do an evil quote unquote campaign.
Your first thought was, yeah, I'd like to be a paladin immediately,
without any thought, Yeah, Palette, and let's go. And you
held to that and you didn't break and I thought that was It's hard to
describe. Honestly, it was so good. And episode one I loved watching
the chat going Sinesarah's best boy, don't you dare hurt him? I Little
dimples. It was incredible, it was It was honestly so wonderful to see
you have your character's moral code, not break it, but bend when you
needed to. You didn't play lawful stupid and I know you wouldn't have done
that, which is why I was so okay with it. But it was
still so wonderful to see that. And then yeah, watching spell Wind and
see just the range you have for RPS is incredible, Brad. You GMing
Mislight proves that as well. You You are incredibly talented, and I was
so glad you said yes, Thank you, Dan, I've always wanted to
be GM by you since forever. Sorry, I'm glad that we go around
to this and that we're gonna maybe do more. Maybe I mean nice,
but I don't know, it would be nice. I mean, if it
ever gets around to it whatever, even wanted to. Yeah, you can
momp me down as yes for anything you run that makes me happy, because
I think we want to do a season two so as well if you want,
yeah, you know whatever, Yeah, stuff like that too. Yeah,
something that's not emotionally damaging. Okay, here's something fun you know and
you know it? Happy? Fuck off? Don't this is a song?
I say, don't because that man is too attractive and I'm married. Uh
so, uh thank you, cord uh one. It's been was so lovely
being able to RP with you and gone that I decided I had to do
it again. I remember the first time we met. It was at a
lobby in a hotel at Packs East years ago, back when we both were
donning bowt ties at all times, and I thought, this, motherfucker,
where's that mustache better than me? And I was we have both bow ties,
our branding is neigh the same. What happened? And then we started
talking and I realized, no, he's he's actually he's pretty damn legit and
where is time gone? I'm I'm glad, but we've known each other for
a little bit, and you wanted to play the quote dark brooding rogue that
as an archetype I normally hate in D and D me too, And that's
why I was okay with you playing it, because I knew you wouldn't do
that, and you did slide into the background, but your amount of physical
acting in this made it so you didn't need to speak all the time.
Now, those listeners, I might recommend you watch this back for that exact
reason, the amount of props that all of everybody used, but specifically myth
because that was one of my favorite things in Gone, was prop passing with
you. Yeah, ah, thank you, so thanks for being you and
thanks for taking an archetype and not sticking with it. I jump in for
just a second, just one tiny second. I'm so sorry. I've never
played a romance like that in a tabletop campaign before, and yeah, it
was very intense and I'm very glad it was you and I felt very safe
and yeah it was lovely, So thank you for that experience. That's well
you do. I wish I could have had a romance as well, but
that just wasn't an opportunity. Yeah, they presented itself at any point for
some reason, because I was playing is there, Yeah, the forty year
old virgin just wandering around like you stand by the door for longer. He's
like, in the door, inside the door. I'll guard the door.
But here's the thing. Heck, it is the goddess of doorways, archways
and transitions. I chose my goddess for you. Bro Wow, and I
will appreciate you. Never tell me what you will see. We'll see in
season two. How how little he expresses any of that. Speaking of prop
passing, I'm so impressed that you had that was well, the cube you
didn't plan. Do you know what the cue will? The cuban, the
handkerchief? No, we didn't plan any of that. Do you know what
the cube was? So when I was right in the note to Thingy the
piece of paper ripping, was that the paper that was writing on for the
for the letter that I was writing for Galen is this, and it's kind
of hard to see that it's green. And as I was tearing the pages
off, eventually at the end I had to screw them up and it is
literally just quick enough. Yeah, it looks like it just happened to me,
like kind I got really lucky with that that I did the scene and
then screwed it up and stuff, because yeah, none of obviously, none
of this is planned. I think a lot of people think that a lot
more of this is planned than it is when we produced things on table story
in general, but especially shows like this, especially with the passing and stuff
is completely I couldn't be It's literally the offer. And then like I was
halfway through the conversation with him, and I thought, oh, maybe it
would be nice if I left him the the thing, because he said he
would said goodbye and it would be a thing that he can hold onto about
law there without it being intrusive to his saying goodbye to their because it's from
me. I was like, oh, I'll go away and I'll do the
thing, and I'll take the head band off and give it to him.
And then he just had it immediately. I was like, oh that was
good. So I love that. How does that work out? I think
we script all this stuff well. But also, no one should look at
what my desk looks like, Yeah, yeah, lucky thing, it shows
like a bomb went off, Like it's just like that always for me.
Got a sixteenth century tankard and he's like a little god. Yeah, a
lot of fidget toys, yes, Angela's yeah, the my enemies. No,
you don't get to escape, Dan, No, No, I'm not
done yet. He b does not get to escape and I she tried,
she really does. But I'm I'm I know you way too well. PB.
Thanks for being on my show. I love you, Thank you.
Jamming you was going to keep going, Oh god, yeah, I jamming
you was an absolute pleasure ever since we played together in Identity Crisis for the
first time and yet again one of those things where it's like, oh,
well we're in a scene together. Cool, let's just play emotionally damaged people
who take care of each other the whole time. You are the reason I
found home and table story for sure on that show, because I if I
hadn't had that experience it, I don't know what would have happened. But
yeah, it was that. Yes, and with Dan and I on that
show, that did it. Yeah, it was wild. That was really
good. And that was when I was like, yeah, I need to
keep doing shows with pbe in some capacity. And when I pitched this,
part of my pitch was you're in the show and yeah, thank you.
So much for being such a wonderful, caring friend who is Yeah, thank
you, thank you, and well done on the production. Peb did all
of the production, Yeah, PbD all the production, the music cues,
today music, the overlays, the videos, and the editings and stuff.
Voice of Maury in the bag. Yeah, also voice and in the Bag,
which annoyed wasn't in the credits. Honestly, it didn't come out.
A pumpkin Berry as Carrie and then pumpkin Berry as Maury as well. Yeah,
it's a lot more work than you think to produce one of these shows
because and also has their own lives and all the things that they do.
And then top of just being here and running the live production, he's been
editing all the stuff, and you have the sauce audio and all that stuff.
Old takes time and it all adds up. And it was really good,
really well done. Thank you, thank you, Thank you, Dan.
Dan, I wasn't I wasn't done. Dan. Thank you so much
for the amazing thought creativity that you've put into this, and also thank you
so much for taking risks with even GM style having you come in as a
Alec one of the playing actors in the story being the being Tackle Tackle Gory
Lord, the Lord of Helios Skylas never listened, so I do it so
the but yeah, thank you so much for bringing like such an awesome style
and I think inspiring all of us to exploring that style because it's really really
cool and you coming in and talking with the characters as your character as and
it was just it was just phenomenal and well done. It was really really
cool then part of it, and it's been fun. Yeah, absolutely,
yeah, it was just thank you. It was really really really awesome and
just thank you for having me a part of this and thanks for asking me.
And yeah, I think I remember when you asked me. I was
like, I've checked my schedule because I was busy at the time, and
I was like, I think I've got a thing going on, and I
was like, oh, nope, yep, I'll do it. Yep I
can because I remember you being like I think and then went never mind,
I'm doing it. Yeah. I was like never mind, yeah, because
I like, I really wanted to, I really want to be a part
of this and I really wanted to be GMed by you. So this was
just really awesome and thank you for having me a part of it, and
thank you for taking a chance on me and having Scots in the story.
It's been it's been pretty awesome. You're awesome. Thank you do dany favorite
favorite moment is when Dan was talking to Pbuh and said something about what was
going on, and pb just said, are you lying? Because your character
fun When you have a GM that is willing to like mess with that he
gives He gives you the option to have a whole other Dime mentioned like I
literally started playing a game yes, and You're like, I'm not going to
roll. Yeah, it was so good. He's in charge of the game
meta, the Game of Thrones type game that the city is playing, and
I was like, man, I'm I'm just going to because I just started
doing it back tell you or anything. It came to me in one of
the episodes. I was like, Oh, I'm just going to start saying
no to this guy. He keeps coming in and like fucking with me while
I'm guarding the door, and Ship says slowly trying to build his own convictions,
and he's seeing this, and I was like, you know, yeah,
it was so good. And then I was like and now I'm just
going to start saying no to the roles and stuff, but obviously still want
to play the game, and it's so reflective of real life to be able
to you're kind of got to play the game a little bit. We still
got to pay taxes, even though I hate the government, you know what
I mean. Like it's that kind of a thing where you can you do,
and it felt like it gave me a lot of new dimensions to play
the game, which is why I love I love this campaign and the way
that you GMed it because it's just so nice when GM's allowed that sort of
freedom, And it was really cool to see you do this kind of style
in fun for everyone. Like honestly it developed because of this show. I'd
never done that before, so it was awesome. I I as a as
like a viewer that was cracked just to watch it, like I didn't want
to so scary watch yes, literally like spare in my mind, like just
blackness ye and just like this voice and it was ominous. Ship. I
loved it, and you didn't know as well, Like at first I didn't
know if this was actually him, if this was maybe maybe this is Hades,
maybe this is just Dan. At first, for a long time,
I was like, Oh, he's he's using this as a kind of way
to almost rp our anxieties. And I was like, is he just taking
some of our internal that kind of interest of thought thing that you get when
you're kind of like warring with yourself, And was he just role playing through
that we and he just gave it a name, And for a while I
was like, is that what he's doing, because that's that's easy, and
like, I still don't know. With Cesaire, I don't know. It
felt like with Galen it was absolutely tax Gore and him having a full on,
like phone call, but with Cesaire, I played it ambiguously and I
still don't know whether it was more like Cesaire's anxieties coming up or whether he
was actually, you know, this is a thing that Taxa Gore can do
and does do, and if he does it like he's doing, he's like
almost omnipresent, which means he really is terrifying. Yeah, it's really scary.
So there's so many layers to that, which I think is very fun
to think about. But then sometimes but then sometimes I just thought about the
moment where he was when I was like, yeah, I'm going to go
meet with Maury and I don't want you here, and text was like okay,
and then he wasn't there and I was like, and then he came
back afterwards, and I was like, and then and then you don't know
this, but hey chat after it all went down. After it all went
down, Kaylan thought, dang it, I should have not told him not
to go. But he didn't know. He thought that like maybe Morey'd be
cool where it was not cool, and he's like, I wish that Tuk
Sugar had been here in my brain this whole time, but I asked him
not to dang it, right, So like this kind of like it was
like this interesting thing where because for me, I did not think of any
of that as breaking the fourth wall, because I thought this was all actually
just happening, right, this is, this is I never felt like it
was. Yeah. Again, one of those fun decisions like for you,
Trooper, that I think you made I enjoyed, was that a lot of
us were at first none of us knew how Damn was in Gymus until we
were like the lights were on and we were going, and so I didn't
know Skylus's voice, right. You just don't Sometimes you just don't know,
and then it starts up and then but I think all of us we had
similar thoughts to what I just said, where we weren't sure how much of
the fourth Wall was being broken, or how much of it was Dan,
how much of it was a character how much do you know? Where is
that? Gayalen was just like, I literally I see dead people and I
have conversations. That's true. And it was such a great character move,
just like because of course he would potentially just be like, oh, this
is happening. He carries on and rolls with the I love it as soon
as you as soon I remember, I don't remember exactly when it was,
but I remember how I felt when I realized what was happening, and he
just kind of took it in his stride. I was like, it's been
great, loved it. I just loved all these characters. God, James
Skylas is dead and not coming back. Yeah no, no, I'm going
to find him. Nobody role. Nobody hurts my best Palkuria, who I
do things with late at night in rooms that nobody knows about. Nobody hurts
her. I will, I will take care of that. I still feel
even after all the months and kill Skylis. I never want to find out
about Scottison Carrier and very like until season eight finale where they get married and
I'm like, wait, these two are a thing, you know, and
then the first play the whole end of the camera like hecho sad PD hand
down the glass. That's a great campaign. Well, I literally rise did
you all into It's great? Thank you. Well, I'll wrap this up
because otherwise we'll keep going. Thanks everybody for watching, Thanks everybody for being
here. I will be hosting a recovery room after this, and uh,
there will be spoilers allowed for this season tonight. Yeah, immediately right after
this. If you have questions about the city, a figures that have been
in the city that you've been introduced to, I may just have answers for
you. But other than that, yes, we will be continuing this when
I'm not sure, we'll figure that out. However, your Sundays are not
incomplete as next week Leech continues season two, which is another show like this
one where it was like we did the short six episodes and then went,
Okay, we gotta we gotta do this again sometimes. So yeah, also,
I dare say it's got the same vibe sot if you enjoyed the answer
the record, it's vampire the Mask that yet this is a season two,
but it's those are kind of like a slightly You don't have to watch season
one to watch six episodes, and you can do that between this Sunday and
next Sunday. Great Josh. I will also say the second season of Faint
Dawn will be maybe some of the same characters if they so choose, but
you would not have to have watched the previous Oh it scares me. See
you next year. Thank you for giving me an excuse to buy more Regency
clothing. You very well paid. I'm happy to feed your problem. Thank
you. I do appreciate it, but I think that's it for all of
us. Thank you for being here. Thank you for enjoying Faint Dawn.
Let's see if the day continues. Oh bye, bitches, have a good
night. See listen