M well, well, well, I feel like my voice is really low
right now, so I'm not Earle. I'm Shirl today. Welcome Shwirl.
Why don't you sit down, shut up, and welcome to from a Far
Podcast. Previously I'm from a Far podcast. You don't feel the same way
that you used to. ER's like, he's like, I don't want to
hear anything about you by all the Yeah, i'd just be worried about what
it's taken from each time we go in. And now you see a pretty
large city because this was in my this was in my telescope vision. Yeah,
no, way, yeah, I've done lots of dangerous things in my
life and I'm okay, look at the question mark, except the only difference
is in the middle of her forehead is this is a very large moonstone.
You feel a sense of relief that you three have a ride. I mean
we're on the same page. We're fighting back, right, Yes, yes,
of course you've seen this person before, as she smiles you, yeah,
you you remember her from the telescope? What do what are you excited
about? Andy? For whoever is editing my wave form? The the fog
horn that I just SpongeBob sound effects. Yeah, scored that tramp was just
like, yeah, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not putting that through.
I'm gonna keep that. And the next time we have like a scene
where David describes like somebody like crying out in pain, that's just gonna like
echo in the back. That's probably how it started star starting the episode.
It's just discord once again, sing us the rectangle on. So with that,
are you all ready to go? Yeah, ready to do it?
Ready to part the veils of reality and jump into the baby we glarten?
Those glales hit us with that description, Dave, what do we got?
So this is how we're starting this one? Wow, David? Really,
you're starting this ship in a jail? Come on and try what? Wow
Come? I was even a full sentence when I wrote, right now,
wolcome, you're wolcomes. Okay, you sit stand or whatever? In the
third jail cell of this campaign or is it the fourth? I don't remember
long if that's included in those options. Let me check her. You sit
stand? I did say, whatever, So yeah you can, you can?
Yea almost didn't have you on that one. Arias, are you sitting
or standing or whatever? Arius is um heaving, heaving, nil, what
are you doing? Are you singing? Thank you for making that simple?
Anyways, Arius, you are confused, not because you are old, but
because this is really confusing. There's probably some of that, but because you
have seen Eletasia before. You have seen her in your mind that time you
start into the telescope, before prison was set free? Are you dreaming again?
Has this whole thing been taking place in that single moment when you look
through the telescope? Are you Andy going to wake up with a jolt in
bed at the ending of some shitty student film. No, I'm playing myself.
Anyway. Do you see this small woman standing in front of you,
covered in colorful piecemail armor. It looks like it came from at least eight
different sets. Eleteja speaks up, says, so welcome to jail. This
is where we all live now. But okay, wait, I have I
have a request. I just want to request that the ending of Fat,
however brilliant, however amazing, we tie up this bow for this story just
in the last like fifteen seconds. We just have it be like this audio
like thing of like, oh man, how's a weird dream that honestly,
I would love it got you. It was it was a shitty student film.
Um. But yeah, so you all are in this this jail,
after being after meeting with Rapture, after getting the Sunday You're looking at this
halfling woman, this female halfling. Oh, Eletasia is a halfling. She
is um, I think. Arias goes over to her, extends a hand.
He's like, hello, and you could you can do? It's kind
of awkward. It's like, what was your name? A good? Oh
it's Elatasia. I'm I'm the best driver there is. But also I'm in
jail, so I can't drive a bunch. So did they put you in
jail because you were so good? Uh? Kind of It's it's kind of
a long story in all honesty, Um, did you murder someone? No,
okay, I'm about to she's looking at you. Oh no, oh
no, that's just that's just him. That means really getting to know him.
That that's that's good. But I'm I'm Ariasnos. This is Kippo willow
Wind and Nil Hello. Hello, just uh my name my name is Elotasia.
Um, I live here and I'm trying to by this. I'm gonna
I'm gonna put a lot of lower and a lot of backstory into this right
now, Okay, wait, let me let me get comfortable. Okay,
all right, Well I do see your lounging, and i'd like if you
shook my hand, that'd be nice. So I can. I'm trying to
I'm trying to shift around, but it is. They don't make it easy
to laugh, yeadn't Didn't you have a condition though? Some sort when you
when you're left hanging as an area starts to vibrate, and this whole body's
vibr and she actually she kind of laughs because this is I mean, she's
been alone for a little while in this jail cell, and all of a
sudden there's three very flamboyant people in this He grabs his hand. You hear
the sound of like a balloon releasing. He like it comes back to normal.
Oh they got You're You're welcome. You're welcome. Um uh, you're
in Sunday. You probably know that. Um. We've recently had sort of
a management managerial shift. Rapture, Yeah, rapture. He's a piece of
shit. Yeah, yeah, we're familiar. Did you listen to his monologue?
I don't want honest, no good that probably really put a burr in
his beard, a sand in his saddle, sand in his sack sack.
You know, he's a piece of shit. He came over here and he
kind of took over. We're not entirely sure how he got so much power.
I think Marai might know what's going on. But anyway, I'm trying
to save my brother honorable. Yes, he's challenged. He made a challenge,
have to win a race, but he keeps cheating, keeps I mean,
how's your stamina? Is it we're talking like four hundred meter or is
this more of an endurance thing? Y'all are new here, aren't you are?
Don't? I don't know? You are clicking run faster going backwards than
forwards. Interesting, it's true. I don't think she believed that until Nil
said it's true. I think Alatasia was like, what the fuck? And
then Nil was like it's true, and she's like, oh wait, if
that, if that one is agreeing confirming, I think it must be true.
A better way to fight those chasing you they're running backwards. Yeah,
so I'm brother's cheating. How does he cheat? Not my brother? No,
that rapture has my brother? Oh so this the ethereal plane here where
where we are here, it exists, I mean most like almost everything,
it exists unbalanced. There's sort of light side, a dark side of ying
Yang, and here we have like the dream escape the dream world, and
there's like the nightmares and the nightmare and balances itself out. It seems like
Rapture has he's taken some of the power and some of the energies of the
nightmare realms of Hushmar, and he's unleashing them, he's letting them grow.
He's he's throwing things out of balance, and he's he's gaining power. So
he's he's taken some of our of our people's taking a lot of our people,
and he's he's put them into Ushmar and he's feeding off of them.
He's gaining power but putting them in a sort of a perpetual state of nightmare.
And basically, my brother's down there, Raptures that you'd give him back
if I was able to beat him in this race, but he Rapture keeps
cheating. I can't beat him, not gonna lie. I'm I'm feeling pretty
pretty lost, pretty low. Don't know what what we're gonna do. Here,
if it's any amount of comfort. I have some friends down there in
Kushmar, very capable, very strong, and they're kind of as far as
I understand, if they're still doing all right, they're taking the fight to
him on that side as well. So something happens as you as you say
that, Christian, the world sort of looks like like a bunch of haze
comes over it, or you know how like like a mirage, like when
there's like heat and haze and you sort of things pople are out for a
second. You that happens, and you're looking like from like a bird's eye
view down at Franklin and the Don Walkers as they are fighting against this horrific
beast that you passed, this nightmare beasts imagine similar to like the Beast of
Princess with Princess Mononoke, like just like dripping teeth, weird spindly arms like
reaching out and trying to attack the Don Walkers. Um, you see that,
and it looks like they're doing okay. I mean they're they are holding
it at bay, but it doesn't look like it's an easy fight. And
nil and Arius um Kippa's eyes go full yellow didn't we say that they were
just full yellow. They they were, but then they shifted back. But
now they've you. As you're talking about and thinking about your friends in this
other other place and this other plane, you see them and you can't obviously
you can't see your own eyes, Kippa, but nil and Arius, you
see Kippa's eyes shift. Kippa kind of cuts off his sentence like just mid
midword areas, like puts a hand out on her shoulder. He jumps a
little bit. Who I just yeah, I think So does that have anything
to do with where you were? Was that you you've you've been in kushmar
Ah? Yeah for a bit. Did you did you see anything? Did
you see anyone or whether they're not anybody that I mean nobody that I didn't
see your brother. Uh, It's it's not an easy place to be.
So I can empathize that you want to do everything you can to get him
out of there. Well, yeah, I mean I I want to help
the city. I want to save the city, but mostly I want to
free my brother. He's been taken. The's what I hear. He's forced
to sort of live through this, these nightmares and these sufferings and and Rapture
is gaining power off of that. Yeah, my brother not No, Rapture
is not my brother. Oh my brother's name is Dennis Shan because he doesn't
buy either Dennis or Sean. But I think if, if if we can
beat Rapture, maybe that also saves your your brother. Maybe by saving sentenceda,
we can save these people. I think they're linked. You see her
like she kind of like perks up and like looks at you'd be you'd be
willing to also Sebastian and Sapphire there too. I forgot about Wait didn't isn't
he aren't we didn't we We're taking him to Sunday, right, Yeah he's
here. Did he already where he needed to go? Or is that?
Like? Yeah? Again? Kind of with with the last Willem Quest,
this one got a little too complicated and certain things might just sort of disappear.
Just to simplify this story a little bit, but we'll see. Uh,
Sebastian was trying to instantly got executed, I think is what happened.
Yeah, he showed up with him, and Raptor was like, I'm gonna
make an example. Yeah, that's what it was. And then and he
was he was trying to get back to his sister who was in Luskin,
but he found out his sister had been killed, and now he was he's
trying to go find her in the ethereal plane. And we have not found
her yet because we haven't looked for her, maybe because I forgot about her.
Maybe hey, maybe maybe it's all gonna come together. Maybe it's all
gonna takes off her mask and uh, my good as you sort of were
just like, yeah, maybe if we help this, maybe if we beat
rapture, would save the city and Bile to save her brother. She she
looks to you and she has like tears in her eyes and she says,
I don't even I don't even know you are. Why how why would she
be willing to help help us? Do you want the sentimental answer or do
you want to I want whatever answer? Do you want to give me honestly
because that I'm I'm moved this is that's very kind of you. Oh well,
yeah, we'll just leave it at that. Then he's like he's like,
yeah, no, I mean that's true. Also, but we've been
helped by by many people in our journey. Also, I think we have
a common goal that's what I would. Yes, that's why I was huh,
and I think air it's also kind of leading leads into Kip. But
he's like, I saw her in the telescope. Also, I think she's
important, right right, Wait a minute, what areas like? Ken looks
back at Altai. He's like, I'll tell you later. He's like,
outa, how do we get involved in these races? There like a weekly
daily happened? Well, here's here's here's been. Just like staring at Altasia
now, just like wide, I just like examining her with renewed interests like
you hadn't had before. You see her kind of like wipe her eyes a
little bit and she says, oh, sorry, I have dry eyes.
I'm not I'm not crying. Um no, she she wipes her eyes a
little bit and she turns and says, yeah, no, they happen fairly
often. We well, okay, we're gonna need to get out of here.
We're gonna need to find my car and we're gonna need to you sorry,
we need to find my ship. Um, I don't know. It's
called the cards my car, dudeears my car. It stands for the Crunchy
Afterlife machine. No, then be a camp. Yeah that's crunch Crunchy afterlife
racer. Oh okay, yeah, it's an acronym I made. It stands
for car it's a ship. It's a cool metal ship. Stands for car
um she she said, yeah, well okay, let me back this up.
We're need to get out of here. We need to find my ship,
right and we're gonna need to either challenge Rapture or he's here's the thing,
if we if we really want to make a difference, Rapture is gonna
need to be in the race too. Well, how would we get in
the race if we're supposed to be in jail. Wouldn't they just just qualify
us or kick us out? Or yeah, wouldn't they be like, hey,
wait a minute, can wear masks? We just run? Oh we
can wear masks. We can wear masks if you want it to interest I
kind of like that. Or or we could we could find a way to
maybe a challenge Rapture and get him so angry that he is like, here's
the here's the thing. You can race, don't We don't really have much
thing. We don't got a lot to leverage, you know, where we
kind of already are in jail. We've kind of lost at this point.
You know, it's a very good point. I mean, we could just
Also, did he not challenge us already? Remind mister, I think he
might have. He I believe he did, and that's why he threw us
in jail. Wonderful holding us great. So he was like, all right,
I challenge you to a race, and also your jail holding us until
the race. Holding yet or do we want to escape? I mean,
could just wait? That sounds kind of I don't know, I think it
sounds very fun. Steps coming down the way I think. I think I
think your old age is getting to you. Ariss, damn you. You
hear footsteps, and you hear the door open, and you see you see
two dream dream guards to dream walkers or whatever I call them, dream dancers,
veil dancers, veil dancers. You see two veil dancers bringing in like
a just like a really cute like a bare person but like it just looks
like and they're they're just like, is he wearing a red red T shirt?
And he's like wearing a red T shirt coloring no pants. Yeah,
it's got kind of a kind of like a golden yellow color and no pants
and like we've we've had it with you in your murdering spree, el Sam,
and he's like, oh, bother and they just like throw him into
this jail style and like locking the door and they put these manacles on his
wrists and he's like, oh no, I just wanted ma honey. And
then in Daily they're like, well, we're not following, we're not falling
for your tricks, Murderous Sam and murder and he like you hear this aries
is like instincts, Like it's like it's like in One punch Man when like
he starts to punch someone. They're just like death, Like, oh guys,
does anybody else feel this this powerful presence of the evil that just entered
the room. It's almost suffocating. I thought that was ariss beans getting trust
me, it is thank you enough. And while while Murderous Sam is kind
of there looking at you all you're feeling this evil aura just being over him.
Really hope he never comes back in the story he probably won't. Um
Murderous Sam just sort of looking at you. The eyes are just there,
and you hear the door open one more time, and you look up and
you see Marai standing there, and she's like she poofed inn here, or
she opened the she open the door, she walked in. Oh oh I
see. Oh, so she's she's not a prisoner. No. Uh and
she she says, all right, I'm not a prisoner. She just says
that first of all. Uh. No, she says she can read her
minds, right right right? Yeah, Well, I I sorry, sorry
about just talking directly into your minds before. It's very rude for someone with
this power to do that, but it seems it seemed prudent at the time.
Anyway, my name is Mirai. I feel like you all are here
for me. What makes you say that? So presumptuous with you? And
she she kind of smiles and says, no, no, it's all right.
Um. I could sense you all on that ship with my with my
brothers. I was the one who sent the message earlier, if you remember
correctly, right, the turquoise door. Yes, oh that was you.
It was me. Yes, things have changed since that. I'm not I'm
no longer in charge here in sensing rapture. Yeah, a rapture has taken
over. And he's he's a lot stronger than I thought. He was,
and he's a lot stronger and a lot more dangerous than he appears to be,
so we must be very careful. He isn't he is an absolute buffoon.
But well, and just hold on here because I'm a little confused and
he's just so he comes in, he takes over your whole operation. Then
he just lets you hang out. It's complicated. We were, we worked,
We've worked together for a very long time. He would help souls find
their way here, souls that were lost, souls that had nowhere else to
go. He would he originally add sort of a pathway in a way to
get here, and he would bring those souls. And he betrayed me.
Yeah, what what changed? So we have this race here? He it's
it's more important than it should be. It's just a it's just a race,
but rapture. Yeah, I don't really see things like race. That's
very good. Um, everyone's just walking together. He would bring people over
and he would he would kidnap some of the souls and he would put them
into Kushmar. He's been growing his power in Kushmar. And I didn't.
I wasn't able to and off the top, skimming off the top though was
that too. An Area's like gestures back at her, and you see her.
She she looks a little now that Marai here is here in the room.
She looks a little a little nervous. But you're I guess you could
roll for inside if you want to. You can actually roll because we're playing
the indie. I don't know why areas. I don't think he's looking at
I think he just is like I think I think Neil would normally. Oh,
never mind, she had got a seven. She doesn't. She's ship,
Yeah, you're not, You're not. You're a little bit confused by
her reaction. It isn't like fear like she isn't like afraid of Mirai.
But she is a little more nervous, a little more reserved around her um.
And just because we probably don't think I've done this yet. You see
standing before you, uh, Mirai. She looks like an older woman,
probably in her like late fifties. She has like long, dark black hair
with like streaks of gray going through it. She looks a lot older than
Column did, a lot younger than Minus, but a lot older than Column.
And she's she's standing there in like regal, more royal like garments like
a like a green dress and embroidered with like gold and stuff. And you
see in her head she has a moonstone, a moonstone gem in her in
her forehead. I think I might have said emerald last time, but it
is it is a moonstone. Oh that s looks cool, bro. Yeah,
it's like it looks a lot like a prison that was only a Pokemon
item. They're they're like, they're they're cool again. She looks very calm,
she looks very in control, and she's talking about how how Rapture betrayed
her and has been like secretly ferrying these lost souls into the Nightmare realm and
like having it grow in power. And she says he has he has a
beast there and it's it's harvesting and keeping the souls locked in these pod things.
And I do have I do have a question though. All right,
I'm a road but this beast is he even sure that he can control it
if it gets too large? Up to this point he has if if if
what I've heard is correct, he's that's a good point. If it if
it turned on him, he would be he would be lost too, So
that that could be an option. If if this race thing doesn't work out,
but it is my dean, and I think I mentioned this a little
bit earlier when you all first came to the Great Hall. I'm willing to
go with you one I sense my brother is gathering the family together and I
don't. I don't want to be left out of that. But I also
have a responsibility to this, to this city. And if you, if
we can find a way to remove rapture and get someone else in charge of
this city, someone who's kind and willing to keep track of the last souls,
I'd be happy to go with you. Could we just kill them?
Don't You can try? If I think it would be difficult, If if
you just walk in there and said, hey, I want to kill you,
we absolutely could try. My plan this is not what we have to
do. But my plan is we we we honor his challenge, We do
his race, because if we can get him out of the city, which
very conveniently, the last, the last turn in the race track takes you
right out of the city. And I guilt yes, so if we can,
it'll be difficult to defeat him while he's inside the walls of the city.
But if we can use this opportunity to get close to him and get
him out of the city and then kill him. I think we I think
that would be the very best thing to do. Okay, So there's just
one thing that's kind of bothering me. You know, Rapture has this whole
big master plan. You know, he's a mass and power taken over the
ethereal plane and all that. Why is he so you know, sort of
obsessed with this concept of a race. It just, honestly, it was
a thing we decided a long time ago. It just sounded kind of cool
to do. People have swords of metal, Why do we have shoes?
When you're stuck in a lost city with lost souls, there's not a lot
to do. Trust me, it sounds a lot cooler than it is.
We were trying speedwalking for a while and it was just not quite the adrenaline
much we were looking for. There was there was a moment we were all
into knitting. No, it didn't work. The death race is much more
exciting competitive. She like, she like scoots in closer to the to the
bars. Are you a knitter? Yes, of course, Well this is
just wonderful now. I definitely want to to be rescued from this place.
And and I want to go journey with you on your ship because that would
be wonderful to knit with another friend. It's been so long. Yes,
can I roll an insight on her? Absolutely? Because I'm like, this
is like like aries at this point, it's like hmm, okay, okay,
all right the nine Um. She seems pretty genuine. Um, it
is Coolio. It is strange right this with the with the history of the
jem Fogo we've had before. Yeah, so so so far you've had you
found this will be your third one. You've had Minus, You've found Column
and you found Marai. Minus, if you remember quickly, was also just
like yeah fuck this, like let's go, like I need my family back.
Column to this point is the only one has been like no, fuck
that they fucked me over. I don't want to I don't want to help
these idiots right right. Um, and Marai seems to be much more in
line with what Minus was was doing, what he was going for. Who
coo coo, And she says, yeah, no, I would. I
would love to knit with you. Also, what are all your names?
I know them, but it just seems polite to actually to officially meet you
all. I'm Rai, the second oldest, oh second, okay, yeah,
my name's Kip will Win. Hey, nice to meet you. Marysnos
of Bronze Blade. Legion doesn't salute. Is that a crane on your sword?
Oh? That did you say? Is that a crane on my blade?
And he's he like he like starts bringing it out. It's a very
long sword to keep it just keeps going to interrupt me. Yeah, it
seems very quiet. It's all right, fall asleep. Ye wait, who
meet? It's not important. She was just asking what your name was.
Oh sorry, my name is Nil Neil. You seem all all three of
you seem like you have great power, um, not so much great responsibility.
Great, well, if if if I need to assume responsibility, I
suppose my responsibility would be to keep these two on track. And then you
get a message directly in your mind now, and she says, I can
very much see that you seem like the responsible one out of this, like
if she if she can feel emotions, she just like feels suddenly like like
a sigh running through Nil's mind. You seem very a very warm, like
almost matronly or motherly smile come across Mary's face, and she says, this
is a very fortuitous hay to put this all on you, But it seems
like we all need you. It seems like myself and this city needs your
help, and we would be grateful and would be we'd be grateful if you
were able to to help us out. And like I said, if if
we if this is successful, I will happily go with you back to your
ship. So how many people on one of these land ships? She says,
four to six? Gibbles his head over to Alatasia. Well, seusually
might have found our driver. Absolutely honestly, Alotasia wasn't. She's very good,
and she needs a crew. Her last crew seems to be missing,
missing all kills they were they were taken, they were taken into Kushmar.
There, their batteries, their nightmare batteries for for rapture. How intriguing that
he takes the crew but not the driver. I think it's sort of an
evil like you keep losing, and now you keep sending more people to their
death, Like fee feel bad for your brother, unfortunate. He's he's really
mean, he's really an asshole. I mean, I knew this already but
this is just really hey, sorry, quick quick side thing. Do you
think you could we could just you know, maybe not be in jail.
Do you have any sway over that? We actually, yes, here,
here's the thing. Wait here for a second, um, and I'll be
right back. And as she leaves, you just here, oh bother uh
and uh, We'll just kind of fast forward this because I'm trying to give
him on the crew murderous, saying Sam, maybe if you wanted to honestly,
that'd be fun. Um. So Marai goes to Rapture and she sort
of proposes this this deal. She's like, hey, well this this you
challenge them, they'll take you up in this race. You have a driver
down in the in the in this jail cells, that's this one to drive
for them. I think we have a good thing. So basically yes,
uh. She comes back down. She's like, the Rapture has accepted your
deal and h and she unlocks the door and she says, just don't don't
go anywhere because they races tomorrow morning. So if there's we're just free from
the selves for now. I'm going to keep an eye on you. But
does Rapture know that you're working with us, I would assume, not care,
I would hope, I would hope not I so far he hasn't,
he hasn't questioned it best, So if we see you, we should act
like we don't know you. It seems like a good idea. Okay,
all right, okay, I do that. Who are you hello there,
stranger? Um? So basically, uh yeah, just because I'm tired of
you guys doing jail breaks. I'm tired of you guys just sitting. You
are now free within the city. I don't think I've got a jailbreak have
I like the jailbreak for for Arius, but I don't think that counts because
he broke himself. That is true. That is true. I will next,
don't worry next, next, next quest, I'll get you just in
a jail cell by yourself. No, you can have your own jail break
moment. Yes. Um yeah. So basically we'll just move this forward.
You all the race will happen. Rapture said, like the rules are ye,
either the last person standing or the first win across wins across the finish
line wins. Um. If you all lose this, this is the way
I have it in my mind. Feel free. Maybe we might need to
role play this out the conditions where if you if you lose, he's going
to send you all into Kushmar to be to be nightmare batteries, although Kip
has already been there. Um. But if you win, he'll he'll let
you all go cool, all right, cool, but our secret plan is
to kill him. Yes that eye gulch n nightmare ravine um nightmare mote nightmare
mote nightmare made uh. And as you all are leaving the jail cell,
you hear Christopher, Robbie m no you you all look at as murderous Sam
is looking at you all with just the most crazed expression on his skin,
on his eyes. He's drawer, yeah, l this is the road.
How did he get his hand free from the manacles? Jesus? He's kind
of cute though, little stuff to spare. And then as as soon as
you say that like his his whole demeanor changes and he looks like more like
we need the pooo oh look at him, and then it's like dashes at
the at the bars. As you all are leaving the jail cell, you
just move into like a like we'll just say, like an army Barrett kind
of thing just like like a holding room. So it's basically you're in a
jail. It's just a more comfortable jail. The three of you, Eletasia,
Sapphire, Sebastian. You that night, you hear just howlings from from
murderous Sam coming from you. He's trying to people's attention. Yeah, you're
you're there for the night. Eletasia is like you see her like taking off
her armor and like polishing it, like it's it's not necessarily nice, but
she is like taking takes good care of it. Canarius like walk up to
her as she's doing that, be like, what, um, what's up
with this armor? Why? Why is it all mismatched? U Eloteja like
takes off her like a helmet, and it's like it's like like like a
spartan helm. It comes it comes down on the cheeks and mounts over the
nose, but it's like blue, like super destroyed blue paint. There's like
scorch marks and like laser blast marks. It looks like really it's like very
used. She takes it off and says, well, I don't know if
you know this, but this this place is sort of a there's a there's
a name for it in in like oceans or like rivers, when like a
bunch of streams come together and like there's like a like flotsam and jetsam that
just sort of combine. Here and there. We're kind of the center of
a lot of different streams, so we get a lot of detritus from different
realities and different worlds and people's a confluence that sure, it sounds good.
Yeah, we're sort of at at a confluence here, And it seemed appropriate
to me that if if I use the armor, if I use the protection
of these other realities and in my best to honor those that lost these pieces
of armor, and it just seemed right. Oh. I'm not sure where
they come from. I'm not sure who they were, but it seemed fitting.
Ars like looks at the armor again with like a little more respect.
Oh, I see, I see that you are honoring those before you.
That's something I can very much appreciate. Also, I think you and I
are connected in some fashion. She looks at you, say, what what
do you mean. Aria's kind of like scratching his chain. It's like it's
already to explain. But I guess we are in the realm of dreams.
Um, I've seen you before. Her eyes get big at that they've seen
you through a telescope that had no you having your taxes. It was the
most riveting. She started to taking her armor and like backing away. She's
like, this is not gonna work. You could have saved way more if
you'd written some stuff off right, all of those expenses come on. Okay,
okay, Um you ever thought about the word okay? You say okay,
but it's spelled Sorry, I interrupted myself. I'm this was a weird
sort of mind tangent that I had halfway through telling the story, you know,
because sometimes this is just an autopilot, this old story brain of mine,
and uh, we're thinking about other things like life and what I'm gonna
eat for the rest of the night or eat later in the night. Blah
blah blah blah blah. This this. I've told this story so many times
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Anyways, Earl, you were pontificating. I was, um not gonna
lie borg Um I was. I was not paying attention to what you were
just saying. So I was thinking about what I was talking about before,
which is this part of the story. Boon No I there was a telescope
with a crystal on the end, a gem much like the gem and rise
for it. So it showed me things, It showed us things, and
he gestures it and you were one of the things that it showed me.
So I think you and I have some unfinished business on the same team.
I'm not saying I see I see you see her like get very confusing,
She says, I don't. But I'm just I'm just like me. I
don't. I'm not like anyone of importance. I'm not like a leader or
a good fighter. I mean, I can I can pile it pretty well.
I'm not even like that popular around here. Like I mean, I'm
not trying to say you're wrong. This is sometimes that's all you need.
It's just yourself. So I've never did more than what I am. Listen.
I'm sure Kip with though, would probably differ about it own self identity
in some way shape or for him. But honestly, I'm not really sure
what Nil is. But she's a good egg. So Nil is just knitting.
Kip is over on his bunk or whatever, and he's scribbling on a
black slate. Oh shit, you see Elotasia get like she like sits down,
starts thinking she's like, I never thought about that. Actually, I've
always been, always been kind of afraid. I'm kind of small. I
don't have a whole lot. Like I said, I'm not I'm not a
great thinker, I'm not a great fighter. I'm not a great artist.
I can't change people's minds with with my words. And well i've I've always
just been kind of afraid to even try, because like, what's the point,
you know, if let let someone else, let someone else lead the
charge, let someone else make the difference. I'm just happy to get on
through his life. You know, he like sits down next to her,
and that's not like a big sigh. Good are you doing? Press my
necklace? Press my necklace? All right, all right, I'm back.
I'm back. I'm back. So you sit down a lot out a big
sigh. Harrison sun next her, and he says, you know, I
have thought that way for a long time, and I think there's a lot
of people suffering because of that. It maybe even cost me someone I hold
Mary dear. So I don't think we have to know how or why,
but I think we just need to be there. What I can tell you
are here. No, maybe that's all you need to do. All that's
yeah, that's all I can do. I'm that's that's that's good. That
thank you. I don't know what we're supposed to do a lotation, but
I know that we're important. I know all of us here report. So
I think tomorrow is gonna be very interesting. And I'm glad to be here.
And she stands up and she she reaches a hand out, says,
sorry, I left you hanging earlier. Aris like he doesn't, that's weird.
Arie's very very um, you know, very like meets her eyes,
you know, stands up and clasped her hand and says, let's do it
tomorrow, all of us. And you see, like she she she smiles,
and you see a spark of confidence that wasn't necessarily there before. And
yeah, that was cool. And what's your passive perception? Andy Levin?
No, what's yours? Seventeen? Okay, you noticed Nell notices, I'll
say, as um Kippa's you know, over there doing his thing on his
bunk right right in that slate, little like flashes of his eyes going yellow.
They're not fully there, but it's like almost like little imperceptible flashes.
Nil's probably just in her bunk, I guess, just kind of either reading
or maybe going over that journal with the anchor with the thing for sure,
actually, I thank you for him remembering that. Um so I she'ld probably
just be going over that. Um and then maybe maybe like the way that
their bunks are facing like maybe just like the flash catches her eye maybe m
like she just like glances up and then she sees KIPPA, yeah fucking deal,
we are waving over there. When when the when the camera pans over
over his shoulder and see what he's writing. He's mid conversation, and I
imagine that he is writing. How can you be sure it? How do
you know that this is the right pat? I think After a moment,
you get a message back and it says you just need to trust me.
He says, I don't, but you've been valuable so far. Not all
have to be enough. You don't get any the slight smiles that you mischievous
a little. No, you don't get any response back from that. Okay
nil. As you read your bit, as you read the book, the
one and the only, the one of many, roll me with advantage a
investigation check because this is not the third time you've looked into this specific book.
Twelve okay, wow, um and I have a plus six with proficiency.
Who so the the first time you looked into this book and this is
correct me if I'm wrong, this is this is not a journal that you
found on the Ethereal plan. This is the one that Eric is Silver gave
you. Yeah, this is the one that that Eric gave me. When
wait, I'm sorry, I totally de realized when Kippa got one, then
Arius has his. Yeah, I've got the one that we got in Lunia
m. So then if I could say, um, just quickly slipping this
in is you see whenever? You know? Good? When we pan over
to Nil, kip A sort of after a minute of writing a little bit
longer, just sort of puts it away and then sees what Nil is doing.
He's like, hey, neil uh, you're taking a look at one
of those. I forgot to mention, but I picked up another one and
he kind of tosses it. Ever heard. He's like, you can,
I don't know. It's all French to me, but you just give it
to Nil. Yeah, cool, it is actually all in French. It's
weird. This one is specifically all in So I just I just quickly rolled
to see if she actually catches the book, as she doesn't, so she
fumbles it sorry into her mouth. She swallows it. It's digected in a
second. Now you have all the power of the book right stream. Uh
no, it kip into that thing where he threw the book and then was
like, hey, Neil heads up, um okay, cool so um for
the one that you got from Erica. So so I just like I guess
just for flavored texts. At this point, then like she doesn't catch the
book, but it like lands on the bed still and then she sees it,
sees the cover, she checks double checks the one that she has also
has a cover, and just kind of looks up at Kippa like why do
these There's been a lot happening. Oh no, sorry, you aren't mad.
No, just like, is there is there a reason why there's so
many of these with the anchor and the pelof I know, didn't you mention
that Arias also had one? H Arius Like here's he like walking over,
He's like, oh, get what you got another one? And he pulls
out the one from Lunia like throws it down. This is the way I
see they've seen going is like where it's a shot on nail sitting in her
bed like peacefully reading all of a sudden HiT's like a book. It's the
wall inside here falls like what is this? And it's like oh yeah,
and then another um I will say with as you look at now that you
have two of these tare there as you look at them? They're not like
three now in it? So yes, well, this is the first time
you've had any in more than one, like in the same right, what
are what are the numbers on the covers? Uh? Give me a second
on that. Um. The what I will say though, as you're looking
at the covers, it's not like a bunch of like composition books. It's
not like the exact same book. It's like, yeah, they're they're just
different. They're different size, journals, different types of leather. But they
all have that simple symbol. Yeah, yeah, it's symbol. Some of
them are bigger, some responses. It's not like they're like a bunch of
adventures got together, like all right, Dale have your adventuring journal like you.
No, no, no, Like she she's mostly talking about like the
symbol, like why because obviously they must be related if they all have the
exact same symbol. That that's mostly what she's It's like why what hell if
I'm not mistaken the one that Kippa just got or only another investigation check.
Please, No, they don't have a three? Or did I think Erica
has had a three? Erica had three on it, and then I think
the one that we found on Lyndia had a five nineteen. Yeah cool,
okay, So with that, you you see the one from Linea exactly like
any said, has like a three. Like you open the book and it
says like volume five. You open the one from Erica and it's a volume
three, um, And you open the one that you just found in with
the Kippa found in Kuschmar and it says volume two. Okay, there's like
scrap. And then she she like arranges them in like numerical order, so
two, three, five, um, with a gap for four and then
one if there is one, because there must be somewhere maybe unless they just
start their numbers at two, then I I never mentioned in my D and
D world one just doesn't exist, damn. So then all those ones,
all those natural ones we got fucking shouldn't notified those anyway. But yeah,
she's like okay, and then just like on on her own, she starts
like opening them up like each one like one by one, so first page
for each one of them, she reads all three at the same time.
I feel like that she probably could. Honestly, can you grow like a
third eye as a change link? I mean maybe, but like, no,
it would, it would. I guess it would just be more like
speed reading than anything. Sure. Yeah, so like like her eyes just
like really quickly like glance one, glance to glance three and then go back
and forth between like that. There's like, oh, I know that word,
I know that one, and I imagine nel just that keeps like side
eyeing you like shut up concentrating. That's a strange place to put a comma
actually for again flavor. I think Eldwin would probably like jump on areas just
like like just shut his mouth, click hands. It's just duster flaps in
the way and he puts a dusty hand on a lot more when you didn't
go on that road journey, I will kill you. I won't kill you
has reverted back to his very cute form. He's no longer the mad Max
bad Lands that he was. Um unless no, unless you want him to
be now jumps up and just like shoves a banana in your mouth. But
nil what you, Oh, Christian, I want to roll exchec dude,
rapidly rotate my body. Notice awful off, I hate it. I'm trying
to give Nil some awesome story moments. I'm sorry you guys get all the
cool story, but not stop. Um no Nil. You notice in the
past the books, you've noticed a couple of closing my eyes. I don't
want to look at I'm trying to unil. You've noticed in the past from
your ear, you're like quick speed reading of these books. You've noticed these
are journal entries from other groups that have been on an adventure similar to you.
Right, you're not sure what it is, but now it's starting to
make a lot more sense now that you have all you have three of these
books, and you're spending a lot more time with them. You notice in
the one you notice a couple piece of a couple of pieces of information.
We'll start with arius is one, the one from line the one that mentioned
the proto plane number five, number five. You notice two things from that
one. You notice or you you understand now that the protoplane it was the
very first plane of reality that existed in this world, in this reality.
H and as you as you kind of skim through the rest of these.
It confirms this there's only been one person to find to visit to understand the
protoplane, and from what you can understand, they're still alive somewhere and all
that you see in regards of regards to identifying them, this person is referred
to as the Wanderer a few times. That's what you find in the in
the Lunia Journal. In Eric Silver's journal, you notice, you notice that
this group and you're because you can assume that this this symbol that stands for
and represents this group called the Order of the Anchor, and it seems like
the Order of the Anchor is doing their darnedist to resurrect in the book that
you just found from Kippa in Kushmar, the thing you notice it seems like
a lot of these adventures were cut short or have been cut short for some
reason or another. But more often than not, it seems like Erica Silver
is mentioned as usually the last thing this group encounters or sees before their adventure
is cut short. H is Nil sharing this all the moment at the moment
is Nil's head, Yeah, I think to comprehend these things, Yeah,
she's she's she's putting as many pieces as she can together before she says anything.
Um. So, then book two meets Erica Silver. Book three she
got from Erica Silver. Book five has no mention of her, but has
mentioned of a wanderer. And that's the one that the fifth one is about
Routes group right, ye fifth Yeah, the fifth book? Yeah, a
single tier until he doesn't know yet, but yes, look at the like,
what does this photo just like throws it away? Okay, well,
clearly these are all still connected. Um, clearly something missing. However,
I assume that there's going to be a fourth book somewhere that might bridge three
and five. But at the moment, it seems that the beginning whatever that
might have been, led to this second party that then seemed to have met
their end with Erica Silva, or at least whoever was writing the journal finished
right after meeting Erica Silva. I got this book from Erica, and you
found this one in Engineer So I don't really know what to make of it.
It's I thought Erica Silver was on our side. I thought so too,
That's what I was I was thinking. But she gave me this,
this this one, Yes, oh, I suppose I failed to mention that,
didn't I? Um, yes, so when when she was a random
guest on my part, yes you just oh yeah, I failed to mention
that. Yes. Um, she gave this to me the night before she
disappeared. Um, she came. She came to visit me, which truly
frightened the absolutely her hell out of me. Um. But she gave me
this journal as a quote unquote gift. Um, and then she vanished.
But now that I'm looking at these other two, the one previous it ended
with Erica silver, and then she gave me the third journal that has no
mention of her. So I'm it's it's a little confusing, and I'm trying
to put everything together, but yeah, they're still missing pieces. Just to
add another another wrench into this, you all did not find a journal down
with when you found a minus. Yeah, but you did find you did
not. But you did find a mural of the symbol of net and it
was titled the first That's right, that right? Oh I wear whatever that
Yeah, No, it wasn't for that. That was in the tower.
So I guess the rolls maybe snaps his fingers, like, wait, are
these all being correlated to maybe each of the gems because ni Ki, But
didn't we find something in the tower with minus Oh it was a symbol of
remember it was circled rock the shark dude. Yeah, freaking and oh that's
right, there was that whole thing is talking something about the first You think
the first is referring to like journal number one. Well, I don't know.
I mean, I mean we are missing general number one. What was
the quote again, Aris um eight seven seven cash now hundred two three five
pie today all the general and save some time. I hate that one.
That's the one that I hate the most. Morgan and Morgan the largest law
firm in all of the United States injury a law firm. Oh oh,
Riley we don't even have all Riley's here in Canada. I only know that
because of a fucking drag queen who sings it all the time. Aris is
rummaging in his bag or kipps rubba ching ball. You know, we're trying
about what did sah was? Yeah, No, Mill's just like she's like
trying to like piece this as much as she can because there's there's missing information
in one and four. Yeah, so we wrote it down right, we
definitely wrote down what was that here minus one ment like in character, like
Arius or Kippe had done. You can read it. Let me let me
read out the for the for the listeners. So that that which connects up,
that which connects us makes us strong. That which came first is our
duty to protect, that which is in all of us makes us believe.
So we share that with Nol because she wasn't there for that. So that
makes absolutely no sense. Good, it sounds cool, but I'm not completely
an idiot. It just it makes no sense in this context. But this
you mentioned, this order of the anchor talks about that, I mean,
are we just gonna not talk about all of our comrades that happen to have
that symbol tattooed on them? Have they been? I mean I don't.
But if no disrespect to Captain Falcon, may he rest in peace. But
where we being used by this order this whole time? I mean not necessarily,
I mean if, but if if they're trying to bring me back,
I mean that ain't. Yes, that's not what we're trying to do.
Hang on, hold on, hold on. If this is the case,
this this could have been years ago. We don't know when these journals were
written. Didn't look at day over thirty, well, she felt several days
over a thousands. Why is everyone older than me? Skin? It's greater
here, whist man, What am I missing? What's going on here?
Moisturization? You're missing everything? I think what it is is you literally like
I want to play an old guy, and everyone was like, I'm going
to play an older guy that presents very young. It's just like she she
felt much older than thirty to me, as someone who has lived for very
long. She felt like almost like a kindred spirit in that regard. However,
not the point um. These journals could have been written for all we
know. And you're saying the order of the anchors to resurrect death. Well
perhaps back then, but we don't know we would have. Are we talking
like a Republican Democratic Party switchero? Perhaps I don't know what those words mean,
but yes, maybe the Republicans used to be the good guys and that
I don't know what happened, but some something in our country, And sorry
anyways, is that is that to some faye wild shit that you're talking about
it? I mean, I'm here, Yeah, it's not the Cely and
unc chord. It's the Democrats. Yes, I don't know, so it's
not This isn't something that we can confirm immediately. This is something that we
would have to speak to them. But you said that the one that you
know of his day, yes, that's passed. Oh Captain Falcon, Oh
yes, but also Elizabeth and other members of the Christis, I can't remember
exactly. They all have a lot of tattoos, right, I'll have it.
Did we know this? Slaw have it? Lall's covered up pretty much
his whole body, but it's just on his face, you know. And
I don't think I have face behind this. I don't. I don't think.
So. We were roommates for a little bit, and I never noticed
one. Roommates for a little while. I forgot about that. We were
roommates for a little bit, and I never noticed any anthing tattooed on him.
I did notice a lot of scars, though, but no, no
burn marks. One would say, now we know why he has burn marks
because of Nolan Lacy ruined my ball. No. One, Just to remind
you all, you have absolutely confirmed that Falcon has an anchor tattoo. He
said that no, one else on his ship as a tattoo. I thought
I saw Elizabeth had one. Elizabeth definitely, that's how she did the book
boat. He said that. Then when then, when you were with Elizabeth
and when she was in the in the hospital with Doc in the infirmary,
you saw she she absolutely had one on her lip. Actually you also you
know, no, no, you saw it when when she when when she
teleported, Arius saw they are moto battle, yeah, battle, Yeah,
yeah. I don't think I don't think Mills has seen any of these.
And Teach, Teach, hat it Teach, that's the other one when dropped
down from from from Skyland island, fly on island. Didn't didn't didn't.
Jake? Also, he's shirtless a lot of the time. I thought I
thought he did? Does he Dave? The last thing that you saw with
Jake with with this situation is Kippa's cheeks. Yeah, just he has a
tattooed on his butt. Kippa saw Jake sneak into Captain falcons quarters and take
a book with with the symbol the symbol right, Okay, there's a journal
there, there's another journal there. What the fuck is that? The first
tie? Is that the first journal. We don't know. It could be
it could be one or four. We have no idea. We have to
go get all right anyway, not the point um, Okay, well,
we can't confirm until we speak to one of these tattoo holders. I mean,
do we if they're generous rickness, do we want to show them?
Yeah, I mean then they'll be like, oh, they're onto us.
I mean we probably should. I would. I would assume that if they
all because we all technically traveling with them, and if they have decided to
make their mission our mission and our mission their mission, then well, I
mean, like Areas is really shaken by this. He's like one final reminder,
I h kippa. As you were leaving for this journey, Minus took
you aside in your mind, and he did worry about a certain group.
Wait, Jesus Christ, that's a that's a deep deep I don't think he's
said, but he did say, be careful. There's people out there here,
there's other people going after what you're going after. Right, Oh right,
right, yep, yep. But did you tell did you tell us
about that? I think he did. Okay, Serris wouldn't know at that,
Yeah, Neil probably wouldn't know that, I think Arius though he's like
he's visibly shaken. It's like, you know, like I understand that.
But this is what if? What if we aren't the ones with all the
knowledge? What if what if we're pawns in this? I mean, of
course we don't have all the knowledge, we're missing one and full, right,
But I mean what if the crew, the members with these tattoos,
what if what if they know more and they're you know, putting the wool
over our eyes, they're trying to us to get their own and if if
it's to bring back death, man, I don't I just want to come
close to that. That just makes me sad to think about that. Though
there are friends, right, I don't want to think about them being evil.
I mean, but we should consider it as a possibility. If if
if okay, this listen to me, if very very heavy, If if
these journals were written recently, then yes we have a lot to consider.
But if they haven't and they weren't, then there's a slight chance that you
know, generationally they might not be involved. Has kind of changed exactly?
Can you tell how all these are nothing that librarians? You could if you
want you can roll roll me a history check. You're you're very involved with
books? Sure, oh twenty three. Nell reaches down into her pocket dimension
book and pulls out like a bunch of like big coke bottles. Well when
when you when you say that, I want to I want to say,
yeah, maybe she just like, can you tell how all these are?
Like not at a glance, but if you give me a few moments.
And then she just kind of like dives like head first. She's like halfway
into her book, into her library, leg yeah, into her library.
Yeah yeah yeah. And then she's like you can hear like oh wait,
no, nothing, just like a whole bunch of shit just like clattering,
and she's looking and then she brings out like I don't know, some kind
of like yeah, like coke bottle like glasses that's just kind of like they
have like several different lenses, like yeah, yeah, yeah. Can you
make me a very quick perception check with disadvantage once you're in your library?
Her perception check it Sebastian die a second time. There's a skeleton on the
rug. The disadvantage, Yeah, your focus on okay, yeah, I
don't like that. I don't like that so she she she comes back out
with her little glasses and starts looking over each journal relatively carefully. Well,
and while she's given her a couple of minutes to do that, Kippa kind
of is like, okay, so all right, we'll do let's put our
heads together here. Um Arias is like leaning towards you. I'm glad you
suggested this. Hopefullyan into analogy leans away. That was very funny. I'm
glad you suggested this. Yes, I feel much better. This makes us.
Arias is like squatting like fully, like on his ankles, like like
leaning in three feet talls yep, and he's probably on the bed. Yeah.
And Ke kept like, okay, so we we've we've seen some sort
of remnant down at the bottom of the ocean. I mentioned in the first
you know symbol and that there and all that was that tower maybe okay,
I keep going. It was all sorts of different like architectures, and remember
it looked like there was just like a big old car shipwreck of of different
things from different periods. And then you know, I was doing a little
snooping around probably I forget it was a little while ago, but it was
when Jake was still trying to get his feet under him after you know,
Falcon did and I didn't realize it at the time, but now with hindsight,
I think I saw him with another journal with the with the symbol of
the Order of that stops like looking at the journals and just kind of like
looks up at him, like, and you didn't say anything. I haven't
thought about it. I mean, this is the first time we're really looking
into all these things. I didn't realize what it was at the time.
It's true. I mean I thought these were just like other adventurers. I
didn't realize that these heads well, okay, don't hurt me, but I
did forget to mention that minus this is also starting to make a little bit
more sense what he told me. I was very confused at first. He
said that there's other people going after what we're after and just sort of and
I was just like, zoom on, yeah, you serious goes under and
then comes up again. Oh that's bad. We've been really busy. I'm
sorry. I wonder if he was. You must have been talking about the
Guild of the Anchor, the Association of the Anchor Or, the Anchor Men,
Anchor l I mean it's yeah, who else who else knows about this
gem folk? And Falcon could use the telescope? Do you remember that he
was the only one that actually knew how to use it? Wo oh,
whoa? How could I forget? Yes? Of course yes, but when
we first started, I mean, hee he seemed And also this was all
starting with Captain Falcon wanting to get into the cell that we were in,
So this all started from Falcon. What we know is in this order of
the Anchor God. I wish he was still around man long rest his soul?
Or is he a potential enemy that has been routed sooner than later?
That's a good point. Do you remember what he did to blazon? What
a nostalgic episode. It's it's as if the possibility of faking one's death does
not exist in this world? Nothing I said, do you think he's not?
I mean, you weren't there, but he kind of dove into the
mouth of a krack in he would right into a meat grinder. We actually
ate Sloppy Joe's later that night. Oh it's come on, okay, okay,
that wasn't canonicals is very serious right now, He's not joking. I've
seen. I've seen much and worse, and trust me, just seeing death
does not mean he could actually be dead. But maybe we've been a little
bit too trust in arias possi to blee. But that's all right. I'm
just thinking about why we're doing this, and for me, right, it's
because neath. I mean, it's the only link I have to the death
of my son. So it's strange then that we are in the cell next
to this man who somehow actually yes, tell me more about that, because
I wasn't fit. Oh right, So I met on on the grade on
to um to never Winter or was it a Barter's Gate? Wait, we're
now. It was Balter's Gate and we're coming from the Moonshee Aisles. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, and that feels forever ago. Yeah, that was
great. Yeah, we landed and we just kind of got, you know,
rabble rousing as we usually do, and killed somebody, attempted to kill
somebody. Then this isn't our first death race. I may misunderstood the rules
and how far to go? See seems like you Yes, well, we
got arrested in a cell and behold Kevin Falcons next to us, and he
says, hey, you're in the cell that I was trying to get it
too, and that cell leads us down to the sunken city which had Grasp,
did we That was her name, right, Grasp, And she had
this telescope, which the telescope had prism on the prison was the telesprism was
the telescope come out with Falcons like, oh, I know where we're going.
He pulls out skeleton keys, which he could have done from the start.
Man, this is technically there was There was there's a bit when you
came out of the when you came out of a sunken city. He was
at the window talking to a bird, and the jake sent him the skeleton
key once he saw you guys. The point is, I feel like this
has actually all been Falcon's plan. And then he's the one that directed us.
You know, once prison came out, which he cut you threw him
the sword Kippa, the Sword of the Seven Seas, which where we're having
that sword? Oh shit, it's in his office. Okay, Yeah,
he cuts it open, prism comes out, you know, she teleports us
away and then he directs us or no this before he used the telescope directs
us to the sky. Islands. I mean, this guy clearly knows more
than we're giving him credit for it. It sounds like it. It doesn't
necessarily mean he's walking street to different Yeah, no, I know, but
there's just too many coincidences that I look back on everything. It's almost like
the story was written someone pulling these strings. If you remember. Also,
just since we're on this, it's good, it's good to get. That's
exactly what Slaw was saying too about Falcon. Yeah, I remember when right
after Falcon disappeared died, we had like a scene with all of us in
Slaw and he was saying how it was like he was like he must have
known something because he just disappeared for a few days and then all of a
sudden he knew where this thing was. And he said, Falcon's plans rarely
go if he was if he was in the wrong cell, he was in
the right zone, right, Oh god, yeah right Jesus Christ. So
then does that mean that he's death? And she holds up like her her
quote for like her fingers and quotes was also part of his plan. Okay,
you're you're starting to convinced me. Fuck well, I never met him,
so I have no real context for this. It's because Aris and Kip
her here and this is fun. Can you roll me either inside or history
checks? Natural twenty baby, Natural twenty, I got a fourteen kip you.
As you're thinking about this, two things become a little more clear to
you about what happened around Falcon's death. Three things. Actually, Falcon was
very scared and very Falcon and Slow were very scared that they happened to be
in that part of the ocean. They didn't intend to be there right right,
because because the prison just sent us somewhere, yeah, or did you?
Falcon and Slaw were very terrified to be in that specific section of the
ocean. The kraken, in D and D terms, is one of the
hardest monsters to fight. You guys were doing a very good job of it,
but there's not a whole lot of fourth or fifth level of venturers who
can deal with a kraken. And third, one of you actually had died.
We went down. That was That was when Falcon came out. You're
not sure exactly what those what all those mean, but those those three moments
seem important in the context of these things. I don't know if that made
things more or less compared. So the fact that they were both worried and
didn't intend to be in that part of the ocean, and then it was
the second one is the hardest. Krakens are some of some of the hardest.
Like, there was almost no way you guys were getting out of that
fight. The ship was getting pulled down into the water, all right.
So it's so it sounds like, yeah, yeah, okay, like he
did what needed to be done to save everybody, But what's that part of
his plan? Areas like scratching his chin and he looks a right up.
He's like, what are we doing? Dude? I don't know, but
at this point you're the only thing keeping me saying yeah, well, I
mean, you know, I'm glad to that. Do you remember with me?
What we're just She's just like flipping through the books, keep putting myself
in this for a while. But I think I think it's a huge blessing
that that Nil came along. I don't know what I would have done.
I'm no librarian or scholar. M I'm just a storyteller, which is ironic
in this case. I suppose I tell him I don't remember him. Wait,
no, hang on, aren't you supposed to remember the stories in order
to tell them? Okay, it was, yes, that means some of
them. Sounds like somebody who doesn't understand storytelling. Yeah, okay, as
someone who owns an entire library, right, I feel like I'm a bit
of an authority in storytelling as well, just because I'm not as eloquent in
telling them. Speaking of stories, I did you find out now all those
words? Oh? No, that's right. Three. They vary in in
ages, but from your your knowledge and your experience with books, the lower
the number, like two is the oldest one, and they get younger,
and they could they you can't. You're not sure, You're like, oh,
this book was written on May twenty six, nineteen. Yeah, I
guess. I just look. It seems the number two seems like several hundred
years old. Okay, well it seems, and I suppose I should have
guessed. Really, but the earlier than number, as in number two,
which is the one that you found kippa Um, he's currently the oldest of
the three versus number five, which you found recently in Dunia. He's the
most recent in terms of age, and given that route was as old as
he was, I suppose that doesn't really mean much in this context. Yeah,
that's true. So in comparison, several hundred years old too, perhaps
several thousands or so from two to five, assuming that we can find number
one and then somewhere number four might be in the middle. Well, I
mean, let's be sure to if we're going to talk to anybody, I
say, we maybe bring this to slow, then we get back and then
we I don't know. I don't know if I want to go straight to
Jake and be like, hey, give us the journal I know yet,
because then I also Devan probably let him know that I was sneak on,
speaking on snooping on him. Well, or maybe maybe Erica. It seems
like maybe she's the one stopping the order of the anchor. Did we get
her contact information? She just sort of disappeared on us. Whips out his
nineteen phone. Hey the shell phone, Baby, she just sort of disappeared
on us. How how will we contact her again? Sebastian's dead? Wait
he will, Yeah, whips over to Sebastian. That's actually good point.
Sebastian, as you guys are kind of talking about his his captain being sort
of this ancient being who's been potentially stopping or murdering other groups that have been
trying to free and find these gem folks. You see a look, he's
like, uh, what the hell. Yeah, this is a bit a
big thing to drop on someone. Um, well, I mean I didn't
mean to drop it on you know, I was over here. I was
over here listening, um eaves dropping. I dropped it on myself, like
you dropping some eavesdrop. I ain't dropping no weaves, sir. I don't
dropping a way of sir. This is all she She seemed like a great
She was stern. She seemed like a great captain. But I don't know
if she's a I mean, she's killed people. We've all all of us
have killed people in battle. But I haven't kill a single person that I'm
not. But your nose just gross. It just turns redder exactly, turned
off your nose. It's getting kind of bright. Um. I haven't known
her her whole life. But that seems wrong. I'm just speculating because she
gave me this journal no context. She just gave it to me. Well,
first she scared the hell out of Bay. Then she gave me the
journal no context, and just told me to look through it, and so
I have and what I found? Yeah, I don't think she would have
put us on her trail on purpose. To be clear, she didn't give
Nail the one that sort of No, she gave me the numb criminalized her.
Yeah, she gave me the number three, the one. But she
did You're right she did. What did number three say? What? Specifically?
The number two ended with an encounter with Erica Silver? Right? Number
three? Was that about the order of the anchor? Yeah? I think
that was the order of the anchor. And then the number five was the
proto plane? Was the proto plane? Yet? Well one of them was
about nothing? Sorry? Oh? Which was three? That was the three?
That was three? Ye? Okay, so three is the order of
the anchor? Trying to resurrect that? Right? Okay, so that could
be her angle? Okay, well, Smash, is there any way to
get a hold of Erica or um capit silver for for all the help you
all have given me in this um. Once this adventure is done, I
can I will racking up that dead Yes, yes, I and I owe
you um No, Yes, I can. I can do my best to
try to get to hold of her. For you. I mean you're not
you say, and then all of a sudden, sorry, but you're dead.
You see you see this uh this very very long string that goes back
over the journey over you guys have traveled. He holds up a tim Canny
says, trust me, I can make the set with us. Me arics
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