I'm gonna ask you again, does your mother know you're here? What does
that matter? Yeah? It matters. Can you just answer me? Please?
I am my own man, I'm not a child, So she doesn't
know. You didn't tell her. I'm sure she knows by now, but
you didn't tell her, not directly. No, what did you tell her
that I intend to restart the palette in order? How'd she take that?
The usual way a brief flicker of the eyelashes and then a stoic face.
Truthfully, I have no idea. That's good. That's good, Yeah it
is. Actually, I don't know if she would like everything that we're doing
right now, and it's one less thing for me to worry about. If
I'm honest, I don't even know what you are doing all the others.
I'm just trying to keep everybody alive and survive except yourself. Yeah, you're
right, I shall have you know. I disagree with your choices. What
would you have done? I don't think I would have tried to fix it
all just by myself. I don't think I would have played into the hands
of the people in this city so easily, and certainly not with something as
precious as you are spirit, your soul in that moment. If our roles
were reversed, what would you have done differently both times? Actually, with
the lunar bites when they threatened to kill both Skyless and I, what would
you have done differently to stop that from happening? And if you knew that
making a deal would get us both out safely, would you have done it?
I don't know what I would have done. I don't like the idea
of making deals with these people that twist your wrist into making such a deal.
It's it's a terrible place to begin business. I say, this was
no malice at all. You only have this perspective because of the very broad
wingspan of your mother. This is how I've lived my entire life. You've
lived your entire life playing her game, lived her entire life playing the game.
And they're all playing a game. Do you think I had a choice
not to play the game. I don't know. I'm upon on the chess
board. I'm moved whether I want to be or not, and I shall
not be. Well. I'm happy for you for that, but that was
that was not the option that was presented to me. There's always an option,
well, I'm asking you what was the other option? Had I not
made a deal in your place, what would have happened? Do you think
they would have simply sorted us right there? And then I think so?
Yeah? I mean I don't know for sure. Right this is all possibilities,
but I couldn't take the chance that they would. You understand, have
you ever seen Skyless fight and kill? No, I would have put my
I would have put my trust in him, and I would have put my
trust in you. And if we hadn't made it out there, then at
least our spirits would have passed over cleanly. Now yours will be trapped unless
we can stop it. I don't wish to play this game. I don't
wish for there to even be this game, This dishonorable, despicable, deceitful,
these lords, this lord of Helios, who is corrupt, playing with
people's lives and souls as if piece is on a board. I am not
her, out right, We're all equal to one another. We should be
given equal chances, free of imbalance. Sounds a lot like your brother.
Yes, and he was right. Then he died, he was killed,
and still his soul is trapped. Perhaps I will die trying. We are
more alike than I realized. Your brother and I. Perhaps he made a
deal of his own. But I shall not every manipulations and scandals, and
I shall not let you be exploited. I cannot. It goes against what
I stand for and what this new Paladin order will stand for. Frankly,
it's it's above my relationship with you, my brotherly love is your friend.
This is my duty and I will help you if I can. I will
free you of this. Yes, false deal with one of these horrible people
playing these terrible games. Their choices are false. Apparently Herrea all right,
I think I've managed to tie him down a little bit. Is he okay?
Okay is a word for it. I put a sock in his mouth.
Is he still bleeding? It's not fresh blood anymore, But that's because
he's not talking to whatever he was talking to. Looks, when you die,
your spirit pass over cleanly. What do you mean cleanly? My dear?
Why are we talking about my death? What has been going on?
You sold your soul to these people? Did I? You? Your neck?
Oh? Brother, you've seen the rest of my body. I've claimed
to sell my soul many times a tattoo does not one's spirit take I don't
believe personally. And if I die, I split up, though, shit
falls to you skyless and I to help Galen and Kyria out of these messes,
wouldn't you say? If there is a way out, I would very
much like to help them. Yes, there has to be a way out.
He's bleeding again. He's as he speaks Carrio, the bandages that we
used a couple of weeks ago, the ones that you get wet and they
plaster really hard. Just no, I don't know what to do. I
was able to staunch it for on me for a bit. Is he talking
or just bleeding spontaneously? Not just started bleeding? But I think it's all
right now. I'm not much of a bandage. And who is he to
deal with? We need a doctor, don't, yes, wretch? What
can a doctor do for spontaneous bleeding? Talking to air well, I mean
a doctor can stop the bleeding if our deal with him is complete or is
it a different deal. I don't see how it's beneficial in any way.
Every time he tries to communicate with whoever whom he dealt with, he starts
to purge blood. Yes, and he's only got so much of it,
which means we're on a ticking clock. Maybe we should call a doctor or
something. I think that you should visit Wretch. Do you think Rich will
just help out of the goodness of his heart? Do we not have the
information that Wretch needs to complete our deal? Right? That information has already
been spoken for. That information is trade for the information for your brother.
We can't show up with that information and then ask for something new. They'll
want to make another deal, and you don't want to make any more dealt
I will not make any more deals with my soul, or with yours or
anybody else's. I'm happy to make good business deals. If we can stop
Galen from feeling this unwell, I say it's worth a shot. We've got
no other options. Well, I don't think one of you sees a different
path that doesn't involve Wretch. I don't believe it's a smart idea. If
I still, I'm still on the path that if Wretch wants us gone,
this would be the best way to do it. If Rich knows what Galen
can do, which we all do, then cutting the head of the snake,
We'll leave it to Ruther and die, and that's what would happen here.
I don't think so. I think Rich doesn't get along with I mean,
if Galen is speaking to who he says he's speaking to, then wretch
and he don't get along. What about your accountant fellow? What about him?
So you have any sway with anyone, know, anyone that might be
able to assist us in this. I'm sure he has a sway with a
lot of people, but he is loyal to whoever Galen is speaking to.
Well, then maybe he's experienced the same thing. I don't want to ask
him for help. Do you want to be responsible for Galen dying? I
am responsible for him living. I did my best. Now we need to
try others, like perhaps asking a doctors. How about I find a doctor
and you find an accountant. See who wins? Fine, thank you,
I'll go find someone with ser medical knowledge. I guess if we do go
to Rench for whatever reason, let's say we can't find a doctor, or
we can't find an accountant or whatever, and we have to present to them
that we are weak. We can't be intimidating if we are intimidating at all,
or if we show in a presence that could overthrow them, then they
will just kill us. There. We've seen this before, and I've seen
his look and that look in Wretch's eye, his study, and it looks
like someone hunting prey. It's all I know. I know that he's not
doesn't trust us. I need Galen and I need Wretch. That's fine,
So you you go, three of you go to the dead ends. I
can't go with you because I'm sworn to someone else, and you just hold
up Galen's end of the bargain. If we complete our deal with Wretch and
it breaks this sickness, I have a Galen, then we oh, I'm
free. And if not, perhaps you can indeed speak to the countant.
It's not like you have another soul to trade anyway. I don't understand where
we're taking the option with the most risk. First, we don't know where's
the logic. We don't have to. I was just saying, if we
do ever go to Wretch, then we need to we can't present we can't
be presenting an air of intimidation or threat. Oh. Absolutely, it just
seems that's the most volatile of our paths. That three. I agree,
Well, you don't want to be any further indebted to the accountant, what
more can he take? Look at her neck, it's still raw. He
could take yours or Skylas or Cesaires or Galen's, but right now he only
took mine. So let's keep it that way instead of rushing into the arms
of the beast. I have an idea trade area. There is no take,
so what are we going to do? There was a the other night
there we're doing test tests for some pyrotechnics or some explosives, fireworks of something,
meaning there's have got to be a celebrate of something soon. It's a
parade. When is that mentioned? It a parade? They mentioned it when
we first came in. What was it? It is to do assistance?
It's a celebration, that's right, parade dedicating yourself to the god. When
is it? I don't know, but I have to go, and so
do you, losh or we're citizens now, so we have to go.
We absolutely do. It's tomorrow. I believe it is tomorrow. Well,
if it is tomorrow, then we have at least a day and we can
use the cover of the celebration to find a doctor. Do we need cover
to find a doctor? Potentially? I think you three, go finish the
deal. I'll stay here, Oh dude, to loose end with your Galen
doesn't bleed out in his bed, will you? I will, and I
will try to find a doctor. Yeah. So anybody remember, because I
don't. It was through the sewers, I remember? Do you remember?
Right? Right? Well? Sewers? Why is it always ship? It's
rather unpleasant? All right, I'm going to go get my boots and I
will meet you all down here promptly. This is outside. I'm going to
check on Galen as well and make sure he's not actually already did, because
this would be quite a waste of energy, wouldn't it right. I have
a question. It's kind of important. You may absolutely ask it. H
this is more mechanics question. Of course, I didn't tell them the truth
about what the lunar bites are really up to. You didn't, that's true.
Did you like to clarify with me though it seems you need to alleviate
your conscience. Well, I didn't tell them anything yet, and I haven't
decided if I'm going to lie on purpose or not. I just want to
understand, and it's fine if the understanding is presented to me as the way
I would understand it. Just so I'm very clear. The deal I made
with the lunar bites is deal I made, and the deal Galen made for
the dead Ends is the deal he made. It doesn't include the rest of
us, or does it. M Galen's deal definitely is with Galen. Are
you lying? No? Okay, very clever, Giria. Thanks, I'll
say nothing on your deal. Okay, not going to catch me twice.
That's all I needed to know. Thanks, of course, anything else,
Tiki, who's acting first? I'd rather not dictate that. Are you waiting
till the parade day? Are you taking care of anything this night? Me
or them? All of you? I think the plan was that they go
now and I go for a doctor. Galen doesn't have that long, all
right, I lie. I don't start opening your mouth, or I will
help you never open it again. Galen. Shh, that was going to
the dead ends. Let's pick up there at the grate the sewers, right,
I'll open it. It's really ply heavy. Okay, you're doing are
Oh? How does this smell worse? Now? Oh? You wait till
we get all the way in there. You think the smell of it?
You're in it. It's bad. There's some rotten flesh coming O. I'll
head down first, then right, I'll be right behind you. I'm going
to hold the back of his shirt, and you're behind you, Skyless.
Could you please stay close this time. If I'm too close, I'm useless.
I can see you. If you're dead, you're more useless. It's
really dark. It's supposed to be dark, or we allowed to light a
light, do whatever you want. That makes me never want to light a
light again in my entire life. So who's going to do the talking.
We're supposed to seem non threatening. I think it's obviously you, my dear
right. Well, what they wanted They asked for information on the lunar bytes,
aims and entrances and things like that, which we we have as far
as I'm aware, we were too. We were to lie to them about
the information on behalf of the the accountant. But that's that doesn't matter anymore.
Well, that was curious deal with the lunar bytes. I mean,
the lunar bites have done nothing for us. Why not give them everything they'll
know if we're lying anyways, I'm sure I have no intention of lying to
the dead ends. They have more for me than and the accountant can offer.
What is that? Do you hear that sound? All right, it's
like metal scraping stone? All right, let's just keep going until we find
them. I suppose we are on the ground. Well, it's probably means
as a door opening somewhere, and where that is this more sewage? We
gotta move, please, Sa Sarah, you said you remember where we go?
Right? No, no, I really do not so up here to
take a right right here? Take a right right, yes, of course,
let's don't go too far ahead. You walk down the sewers. The
scent of sewage fades a bit as you continue with the scent of flesh that
is decayed rises, and you make your way toward that large open cylindrical room
with water born down the center and the shambling undead walking about. It's a
large ornate door at the other end. I told you good day, good
day er didn't work last time, But we are here to speak with Wretch
again. A singular undead raises a hand shakily and points at the door.
Thank you very much. I shall uh get into the doorway and follow the
route the area I last found Wretch. The door is shut as before,
Wretch, I'm here to deliver your information. That's per our deal. The
door opens and you are yet again faced with the ornate hall, wonderful tapestries,
oven rug beating up to a throne, the ghoule and rags stands next
to the throne. Wretch, afternoon, Wretch, I hope we find you
well enough approach. Thank you. Uh, I'm cesare Skyless and Bloach.
We're here to deliver the information on behalf of a bang gang and Alan and
carrier as well. Speak. Then sits there information you requested on a Luna
bytes, their intentions, their expansions. We managed to find three bakeries that
they own, working as a front for whatever they're fronting, some underhanded business
they so we spoke to a leader. You recall the name Skyless, woman
who had business with our carrier. I describe how well she looked to me
there, Linn, Yes maybe it Lynn is the first mate of the lunar
bites. You're able to speak with her in an audience. Yes, practically
feral wolf types where wolves we are aware. They requested several things of us,
most of which te we denied or postponed to a degree, But of
the information that I think you would be most interested in, they were.
I believe they're adding another lunar bite, a front or a bakery in Elysium
that they already have a permit for it territorial expansion. Yes, I wonder
if that encroaches on your turf. They do not have bakeries in the sewers,
right. I wondered if you had any influenced top side. We have
some. We do not disclose what it is. Well, we're establishing ourselves.
We are ruthfully close to the accountant's area, and should you need allies,
eyes and ears, perhaps we could arrange something. If you truly are
locked to the underside here you wish to deal with us further, perhaps who
have not treated us unfairly, our Lord will be pleased. Well, frankly,
you have kept up your part of your deal. Feels that we have
struck with the accountant and the little bites or coerced is a necromancer. He's
uh suffering. Frankly, I wonder if it was anything to do with our
deal, And to understand you have a portion of his blood. We do,
but it was collateral collateral on behalf of what if he double crust.
Deeply he has he has double crust. I ask if you believe that he
has, oh, then I shall collect his blood. He was unable to
make it himself. Again. He is extremely unwell. I should hope it
is not your doing. Oh. I wonder if you know not double cross
m who could have such influence he is. He is in contact with spirits,
all those that we cannot see. He is bleeding internally, in vomiting
blood. He's getting paler by the moment, extremely unwell. It sounds of
his doing in what way? He is a necroman? Sir, so a
physical doctor will not help. I never said the sort, just that he
is dealing with consequences. Likely do you know of anyone that can help him?
Many to be willing to give me a name? Desire? Are you
trying to convince this wretch? I am a little bit to give you a
favor. I would like to assist. How are you assisting so far away,
Kiria. Well, I'm using my special ability that allows me to do
it without taking stress. But I have to explain how I prepared for this
moment. And I will say that I am helping him because I told him
the truth. To give to them. This is foresight. Yes, yes,
I would also say that I use that truth to butt him up a
little bit in the beginning before I asked for this. You also have another
card to play as well in that Yeah, I love truth. You may
do that, but that is your final attempt during this score area. It
seems like they're getting close to ending it. But will see you may indeed
get it. Plus one to your role, But what and how are you
trying to convince them? Honestly? Just true, being truthful. I am
being straight up. I'm willing to work with them. I'm willing to be
their eyes and ears, potentially strike some sort of you know, business deal.
We're not talking soul bargains here, and yeah, just just offering myself
and my services, I guess, just telling the truth. I don't know
if that actually helps, but I feel like no one's probably ever done it
in this city ever before, just walking in and being honest with him.
I don't know what role that is. It's certainly not the ones that I
have. Bonuses too, like the I know I have like a I think
I have one where I can I can be commanding and violent, coercive,
But I would say consortrous sway. Honestly, I'll go with sway because I
at least have one more thing, charm. Let's go with charm. You
are, that's my justification attempting to do so, I believe. Yeah,
what position is? I'd say this is just risky. You're not desperate.
Standard was stand of effect? Us one us one from Kyria. My goodness,
I think that's the first critical success we've had. A well, of
course it was him. By the way, I'm going to break the wheel,
baby, I hope so well, I'm gonna die. The effect is
greater now with no consequences whatsoever. Wretch looks at you, pulls out the
vial of blood and hands it over. You have given us what we want,
and for that the first deal is done. Your brothers so wished to
know of it. Yes, yes, it is in hades where it is
supposed to be, according to him, as in, it's not trapped.
Is not death a trap? So all who die simply become imprisoned by hades.
That is a perspective. Is he in a jar or a bottle or
any such confine? No, he is in hades, passed ever cleanly.
Then yes, and I have your word, you have inflation. I thank
you, Wretch. I have a lot to think about after that. You
are looking for a doctor, yes, somebody who can specifically help with Jalen's
particular ailment. A grin lashes for a brief moment to cross Wretch's fanged face.
I can ask for one, if you'd like, I would be in
your debt. You would, And in a moment you see Wretch to do
what he did before he puts his hand upon the throne. And for a
moment Geeves takes a knee and cracks begin to form upon his scalp with fresh
wounds, and it feels like an eternity before he stands again. A necromancer
and help a necromancer, my Lord willow an audience judge. You choose with
me with the nec romance? How do I arrange it? Bring him here?
Very well? We shall do that, Thank you, rach. I
shall take no more of your Timeine, h appreciate working with somebody who is
honest and upfront. And yes, you, ironically, you don't belong down
here, chunned, hidden away. If you could, would you live on
the surface in your own quarters? Or is it a he once did the
frown brasses him. You were forced down here and our lord was imprisoned.
Who imprisoned him? Lord of heliots? So he is your enemy? Yes,
then I would imagine that at least one of our goals is aligned.
Then, oh, now it would seem so good day, Wretch, we
shall return. He nods? Is that another word spoken? I turn and
leave, nodding, againt Skyless and lights. I'm like at his back,
just not getting very far from him at all. Skyless slowly stays for a
moment, eyes Wretch, and then Saundra's behind everyone else. I'm presuming we
head back. Can we just walk and not talk about that until we're out
of your shot? Please? Right, I'm probably like behind him, but
I'm probably like pushing, you know, like I'll follow you go fast through
through the dark. I am walking through these sewers with my hung in deep
thought. Before I'm probably am like dragged back by Skyless because I've wandered off
down the wrong way this way? Come on, are you kidding me?
What? Kids? Just walked at a random hallway by yourself? Sorry?
What he said about my brother is are we almost at the top? Soon?
We've got a couple more Ale more switches to go. This is this
way. I don't know if I'll ever be able to know what a bad
smell smells like. Again. I met him being forced to live down here
there. I don't think it matters if you can't smell, can they not
smell? I don't know. I don't know. If you you have to
wonder why Ilios do such a thing, What warrants such a curse? Control
and power? Most likely not your brother's blood? No, no, this
is this is Galen's as part of this deal, it seems to have left
a contingency. If for ETCHI is telling the truth and this is Galen's blood,
then at least we know it's not them, and right well, it
seems unlikely, but I fear that the Gauls, forced underground living amongst this
stench, are the only trustworthy people. Right. Appearances can be deceptive,
you know, I found them rather pleasant, other than the scent, of
course, Yes, why do you think curious hiding me countant from us?
I think she is, sir. What do you mean you know her?
When it was the last time you saw her sit and do nothing while someone
bled out in a bed. That's not my sister, You think she did
this. No, but I think this accountant might have more hold over her
than she's letting us know. I wanted to easily coerced. Why would you
want her? Straight? Straight? Here? Straight? Keep going? Sorry,
I just walked. She's easily co incredible if if I could convince you
so easily to do something that benefits me, what do you mean? Well,
we went to see the lunar bites and they twisted her wrist into doing
their bidding, and then almost immediately afterwards, she went to see the accountant
and he twisted her wrist into selling a soul to him. And I think
she does it on our behalf, going to protect us. But that's not
all. That's she knows we can't go on without her, and she literally
just locked herself to this damned city. Perhaps she thinks she's giving us a
leg up. Nice. There has to be something more. Well. I
doubt she'll speak to me or skyless sir. Perhaps you he'll be able to
get through to her if you ask for yourself. Is that the ladder there?
Yes, that's it. That's the one I left it. I left
the the great cock Eye, so we know that's us. I should try
and bring Galen back down here. Bad. If he's unable to walk,
how will we get him down here? Maybe we don't we have us blood?
Oh no, no, they said that necromancer going to help a necromancer,
and they need us to bring Galen Kia have an audience with their leader.
Hi, we should do it before this parade, all right? Moving
him amongst all those people, if there going to be in the streets is
going to be unpleasant. We should try and do it tonight. If they're
all looking up at the fireworks, have to be the perfect time. It
could be a good distraction, but it is ga. He might stop to
watch said fireworks and bleed out in the street. What if he bleed on
before the fireworks begin, it could be dead now for all we know.
We should really just sturt it home and check on him. I believe right
then we'll bring him here immediately. Let's go and collect him and return.
Do you really think we should bring such fresh meat around this? Well?
They didn't eat us, well, judge, makes you think they want to
eat us anyway, not eat him, change him? Why would they do
that? You've never heard of a necromancer dying, have you? No?
But Galen said he can come back. Should he die, he doesn't come
back, The same says there if it comes back, someone has to get
him to come back, and none of us can do that. The only
person who can would be Wrech. So if Wrech kills him, but what
if he comes back as a lych sad? What's that? They're like dead
necromancers. I think it's not a human anymore. He wouldn't be our Galen.
He would be say several times he was still dead. It's more un
dead. He doesn't mind if they they move his spirit into another but I
mind, that's not your decision to make. We have his blood. It's
better that he live on in another body than and dying and not return.
That's against his wishes at least, but we know it would be him.
This is I just it's all too much. Do you trust Rich? Yes,
as much as I can trust anyone else that I've met on a whim
in this city, And I know at least two of them in power that
have immediately manipulated us against our will. And Wretch's offered us a deal for
information on the lunar bites. We collected it. He made good on the
deal and is frankly willing to help us. He asked for nothing in exchange
except for Galen. Well, he's simply if we help Galen to come to
Wretch and they fix him and he is Galen, what if a river chicken
turns into a dog, I'm sorry, what exactly? What if? It
doesn't mean anything? In this case, we don't have much to bank on
other than what ifs alone? Lawyer right, He's going to die, whether
we bring him here or not. If anyone stands a chance in a ne
chromantic battle of death, it's Galen. So should they turn on us in
that moment? It's probably better that we have Galen here, even in his
half state. There's another option maybe, And what is that? A lunar
bites know of blood magic, We have his blood, say no way to
potentially maybe make him better without having to bring him anywhere from a deucal.
Wouldn't that decimate the truth and friendship we just incurred with the French fellow,
all right, that it's not a terrible option. I'm just saying, maybe
shamble, Why gamble on those that we know will immediately turn on us.
We were in that meeting for less than five minutes skyless before they stole Carrier
away, stole her blood, and then used it to coerce her into something
against her will, something that worked against us as a group and left her.
I just don't in a precarious position. I have no interest in working
with the lunar bites, even less so in working with the accountant. If
we have to work with anyone, I'd rather throw in with wretch. And
if we don't, then we find a doctor who who accepts coin. But
I think you're right. I think we should bring him here while he's conscious,
because I don't think it will do any good if he can't speak,
right, let's at least tell him and see what he says. If he's
unconscious, all right, then we'll bring him here. All right, all
right, hope you go? Oh I got too fast, too fast?
Come on, come upwards and there you are? Oh? Why do you
have all the armor on? Mm? Good question? Here we are.
Yes, he went out looking, Yes, Yes I did. What were
you out looking for? Doctor? You found one? And did? Indeed
the cleric of Hades lower level, it's still the cleric and the less Yes,
he spent most of your money. If I'm not mistaken for it.
Correct. Yes, in fact, I'm I could tell he was lying about
the price, but I didn't care he was. But unfortunately you didn't roll
as perfectly as you could have. He cheated you. That's fine. I
accepted it because I didn't want to run the risk of him denying me.
Galen needs help. He goes with you. The payment was for discretion as
well as healing. Yes, so he says. So, he says,
I have an older gentleman rest in the robes of the Cleric of Hades,
but he's an overcoat over all of that again for discretion, and he follows
you to you're hideout. Now there's an animal issue currently, so we'll take
a moment here. No, that's all right. You had no control over
that, like many things in these sessions or life can't matter. You're at
the door with this doctor, this cleric. They did not give you a
name. I don't think you asked, did you. No, they wait
for you to open the door for them. The others have not returned back
yet. I do they follow you slight limp to them as they're a bit
older and have seen things. Okay, they follow you, nonetheless, are
you bringing them directly to Galen or yes, absolutely, you smell blood.
May not be more or less than before, but you do smell it.
As you approach his room, he's in here. I'll open the door for
him. The cleric nods and walks in ahead of you. Daalen. Are
you feeling Oh, I'm I'm I'm always fine. I don't know that you
keep asking that I'm just a little love mauled. H But on the plus
side, I can't really feel my body, so everything is fine. Oh,
here we are, Yes, I'm here. It is a pleasure to
see your face as always like to see yours a little less pale. Oh.
Oh, I'm sorry, I feel so mm hmmm. Did you hear
that here? Nothing? Yeah? Why don't Why don't you try not to
talk? I have a cleric here to tend to you, and knowing Galen
is talking about who he says he's talking to, and not wanting that to
be I don't want the cleric to pick up on that. I just for
me. I just turned to the cleric and I say, he spent a
little delirious with fever. Bit if you can just help him, please,
it's okay. Can of course have him laid down back. Oh, yes,
it's going to tend to your wounds. Okay, excellent facerations, four
of them across the belly. Is he fighting with an animal? Yes?
In my own way? Are they? Do you recognize these wounds? Do
you want me to recognize them? M hmm, that's not what I asked
you out Elan. What I recognize them? Yes? Or something like it?
All right? And what are they? I'm afraid I don't know,
but I would like to. Yeah, lacerations from large claws dragged across the
belly, head of rough angle from top down, right to left. They
have hit a number of organs. Yes. Oh, you've done a decent
job of keeping the intestines in him. Well can you help him? Yes,
somewhat. At least I can keep the bleeding and some of the bleeding
is is not because of delirious or should I just work ignoring him? Yeah?
Just please work as fast as you can Galen. Of course you can
talk to me later. Okay. Is he lying? No? He okay,
okay. He reaches out of hand and places it upon his chest above
the wound. H sh, just take my hand before I check m M.
Due to the discretion you wished for. Miss He's not undead, is
he? No? God no, and this won't kill him? I certainly
hope not. O Lord hears you be well hmm, Helen, I will
have you roll pinker of for this. Have to be the doctor who would
roll as that is why we've heard him. Yeah. Uh, I'm sorry,
am I to understand that Kurria of me? I just learned how to
kill an undead individual. A little healing magic seems not be so great.
Healing and holy magic is not exactly ideal for the undead. You would know
that, Okay, the name, it's confirmed? Now, Yes, well,
I suppose I can roll for that and will do so. Yes,
please would you like to help him in any way? I should not do
any helping I can now because the score is over correct. We're not yet
in a new score. Okay, correct, But you can stress yourself a
bit if you'd like. I'll allow it this time. Galen's far too weak
to stress himself at the moment, of course. Yeah, I will,
Yeah, yes, I will. You will yep a lot another dice?
Yeah? Oh thank god your extra dice caused for a critical success there.
A critical success is five segments on the healing clock, Yes it is.
The healing clock has four, which means of my three rm, I heal
one and have one tick towards healing. The second, yes, which means
organs as super awful as I as I was before. That is correct.
You are not on the precipice of death anymore, Galen, Yes, just
not so well. Here moderate wounds is used upon you. Your organs stitch
themselves with the magic of the god of this city. Your lacerations seal,
but are still very much able to be reopened with too much effort and exertion.
I watch all of this as best I can in my somewhat distracted state,
but I find clerical magic interesting though there are other ways. There are
other ways, And it's that kind of you know, drifting off into like
watching and like listening to the chanting and the seeing the magic channel through a
holy symbol, but then thinking about vivisection and how death and healing are their
own forms of And it's that kind of and like even little bits of murmuring
sort of comes out, not much, but just sort of a oh,
well, I think stitching organs, organs, Oh, that they're this they
oh they should be if they are healed. But I wonder about plagues treatments.
I've done all I can squeeze your hand when you talk, Gayleen gently,
like, do you acquire anything else? I do? In fact?
And I would like to try to use my ability. Ah, please describe
it to me. Kuria. I stand up and I look him in the
eye and I tell him, you will forget this ever happened in that you
were ever here. Hmm. Confusion washes over his face a moment. I
am going to need you to sway him. Are you adding any extra effort?
This? Just so I am clear what happens when you are only when
your whole stress bar is ful. That's bad? Okay, what if we've
only got one left? Like if I do this, I only have one
left? I'm okay, right, you are giving a trauma you have not
full, but you are very close. Yeah, okay, then yes,
I will do that, all right, at your extra dice. I hope
you succeed me too. So is this risky? I'd say this is desperate?
So actually, I think the way this ability works is that I use
it on top of a sway roll, so I do my normal sway roll.
Yeah, And if I succeed, I can then just be like,
by the way I want this to happen. So probably how this works then
is she would say you know, and I have your word that you will
be discreet. So she's kind of being doing that sway and that charming,
and then if the role succeeds, I get to you the ability that is
correct. Okay, but you, I think, well, I'm not going
to tell you how you feel. Do you feel this is desperate, risky
or are you in a controlled position? I think I'm in a controlled position,
to be honest, because of my vice, I argue you, I
think this is playing into my particular vice. If you understand what I'm saying,
I do, and I agree, okay, no experience for you,
though, Okay, that's fine, But you can be in a controlled position,
and I would say this is a standard effect. Okay. Oh wow,
my goodness. That is three critical successes in this episode, and those
are the only critical successes we've had the entire time. Oh my goodness,
Kiria. Yeah. And then I think now that I see that he's like,
yes, you have my word, then I get to use my ability
and say no, you will forget you wherever here. You do not remember
this, and you never came here, got it? I would like to
remind you, though, Yes I know. If you ever need another cleric
and you go back to him and he sees me, remember you did this
to him. I know, I know, I know, but that's only
if he sees me. Correct, correct, Okay, worth it. Indeed,
this is a greater effect because of your critical success mm hm. And
not to be a pitch, but I think that means I can take the
money back from him, because if he finds it in his pocket later,
he'll be curious. So I will do that as well. I will not
pay him. That's not You're just you're just being practical. I'm being caught.
I'm not being an asshole, but I'm being cautious. I would love
to pay this man for his time and his work. But I'm sure if
he finds extra gold in his coin, Percy's going to be like, how
the hell did that get there? I'm look so pleased, Dan, Okay,
I'm doing it out of caution. Okay, you can do not read
Okay, No, of course he leaves and it's stupor curia. I have
to speak with you. It's important. Hang on, I just need to
make sure that he goes all the way out. I'll be right back.
Okay, Yes, I are you. She leaves you. I've been working.
I have something for you later. I'm sure you do. I do.
I have been thinking about you, you know. Can I call you
tack for short? And I could much better than Lord of Helios. Don't
quite like that at all. I think I'll call you my friends call me
that. Yes, Well, we are friends, aren't we. We're good,
good friends. You keep visiting me in my home and that that sort
of implies that we have a very friendly relationship. Oh a jailer visiting a
prisoner as their friend now, Mmmm. I wouldn't call myself a jailer.
I feel like that's awfully harsh. I didn't call you that at all.
No, you were vague, and so I chose to make the lions less
vague in my favor. But you are a subject in my kingdom. Mmmm.
Interesting, that is what you are. It's good that you tell yourself
that. I actually appreciate the ways in which you use positive affirmations to make
yourself feel better. I think that's good and healthy. I mean, I
would I appreciate the care you you use to weave the stories that make you
feel good when you go to bed at night. I like that about you.
You remind me of someone I know who's also so cheery and upbeat.
Hm. Oh, I'm so sorry. I would thinking of something else.
Oh, that's that's all right. We have that sort of friendship where it's
all right if you sort of think of other things. We have that sort
of ease about each other. We could sit in the same room and just
read books next to each other, not even speaking, have breakfast. You
and I tag tag so sorry? Do what is it is? That was
a talk long a short A You know. I wonder how you'll be when
we meet each other in person. That would be interesting. Will you pretend
like you don't know me? When you are you ashamed of our special relationship
you and I. It's funny when you have to hide relationships, isn't it?
Have you? Have you been in love? Tech? I am I'm
still not feeling well, but I can always chat with you my friend look
forward who I am person? Chat? Still your son? As am I.
I hope that our first chat will be Oh, I'm imagining somewhere more
private. Not like, not on the streets in front of everyone, but
perhaps in a home, a mansion, somewhere, on a balcony, perhaps
something nice. You and I having a meal, just two people, a
man with stories to tell. I imagine. Do you ever get tired of
ruling? Does the crown way heavy on your head? The stress of day
to day? I don't feel well day to day a logistics balin. Yes,
you speak so much to forget the pain You've cast pain, I've cast.
This is this funny thing that you do tech. I'm picking up on
it. You do this thing where you say that I do a thing,
but you're speaking really of yourself. I think it is called a projection.
I already know I've caused pain. Yes, I'm okay with that. Who
are you? Oh? Yes? One of them is still in my dungeon
for betraying me. Ah, yes, yes, I think you'll meet him
soon. I hope. So. I'd love to see the state he's in.
M I'm not inviting you, Oh, but I'll see anyway, will
you. It's what happens when you have someone's phileactory. Hm hmm. I'd
love to see your future, or should I say I'd love to see you
see your future quickly. I just want to clarify. Is the future that
I'm going to be seeing that sometime in the near future, probably not the
near the middle longer future. You are going to name me as one of
your lords, and I'm going to be your new best friend, mortician and
necromancer hanging out. And I believe that that position is cillinity, is it
not? There is no position for necromancy here anymore. Maurice saw that.
So you had a bad breakup. I'm so sad for you. It must
have been difficult when you have such a bad breakup, when you have a
bit of a heartbreak. Yes, it was so tragic. Putting him in
shackles. Yes, letting him rot for a hundred years sounds like a tailing
all of his minions, friends and family. I'm sure you do like that
sort of scorched earth policy, don't you. It's very effective, Kaylan?
Mmmm? Well, well, I haven't decided if I will accept your offer
to become your new best mortician friend. Thinking about it, Oh, don't
over exert yourself in a bad way. I know I'll get better though.
I look forward to it. Tag. You know, I've always found Maury
so interesting. Your your ex you're in the dungeon X. Did it hurt
your feelings? No? No, it angered me and my lord did it.
We had an arrangement and he broke it. Don't push me, oh,
or I will break you. I don't know if you can break things
that are built in different ways than you could ever imagine. Can't break what's
already broken. No, not broken, rebuilt. I don't work in the
same way as those others. I'm not full of straight lines made of rigid
materials that, when they are pushed and twisted by the likes of you,
are broken. That's not who I am, my friend. I am strange
angles and always have been corners that don't make sense anyhow. Break just makes
me stronger. It adds to my mosaic. How many pieces were torn off?
Fair died? You know you're It's only fair I talked about your X
that you talk about mine. The difference, of course, is that your
ex betrayed you because you weren't good enough. Oh no, whereas mine still
loves me and was taken from me. Ah an ally of yours. You
think a paladin would love a necromancer, Oh? Naive, he loves me
still and he always will. All right, I think we'll take a break
for now. Fine, you need your rest, Galen, I need Kiria.
If I don't need rest, I'm tired though, Kirria. Who is
oh, the Lord of Helios? Curia, Is that who you were talking
to just now? Yes? Yes, listen, your sister seems to think
that when I talk to him, it causes problems, and so stuffing that
very filthy star sock in my mouth. By the way, it was a
wool sock and was not high quality wool in my mouth will solve the problem.
But he's in my head. Putting a filthy rag in my mouth will
not stop the voice in my head. Okay, well is it I mean
causing problems? I'm hoping that I can cause problems for him, at least
in interference. Straight please, is that what happened to you here? M
hmm? You mean this? Yes? I mean yes, yes, yes,
yes, that was why? Why Curio? I must this teefling tack
zagor Lord of Helios, who has done so much evil has taken interest in
well, who knows how many of us, but he's taken interest in us.
It's as if he were some sort of master of some sort of game
overseeing us and rolling dice to decide our fate. And he speaks to me.
He means to rattle me, to unsettle me. I think he wishes
that I am not as effective in aiding you all. I think he might
be afraid of me or worried something. Clearly, I'm some sort of threat
that he must occupy his time with me. And so I decided, rather
than allow him to just torment me and sit and take it, I might
poke back a little bit, which he didn't like, but I take his
violence toward me. He reached out his mind across from the Great High Tower
where he sits to injure me. That means I'm special enough or Hi,
Galen, you don't bother with flies as much as he bothers with me.
I mean, it could have just been as simple as swatting the air for
him. Could be could be maybe maybe not. But he's talking to me.
He's not talking to you, Curious, it's true, or anyone else
here, Carrie. Everyone else has gone, aren't they? Yeah? They
went, They went to go finish your deal. Actually good, I'm excited,
Carrie. I might I ask you for a favor I already know what
you're gonna ask, and the answer is yes, I can't feel my body,
I know, but I need something from you first. Oh, of
course, anything, my dearest. You just said to the Lord that you
were going to become his best friend? Yes? Yes, did you mean
it? One moment? I listen carefully for the Lord of Helios is breathing.
No, I did not. Is he lying? Are you lying?
I am not? Okay? What you can tell that there's a deep hatred
for the Lord of Helios that is quite intense, in that sort of fresh
bloom e. It is not a hatred that has been Uh, this level
of intensity is not old for decades and decades. It is a fresh hatred.
No, but he's been betrayed, he's been lost, and I think
it's amusing to remind him of his failures. It might push him to be
careless or overcautious, something that might help you. Galen, Has it ever
occurred to you that he could be doing the same thing to you? Yes,
that's why I think it's a dance. He's certainly doing that to me,
trying And what if it's not a dance, what if it's mary Inette?
Well, I will give you that charming answer, only you can pull
my strings. The other answer is if we do not fight, we are
lost. Just accept that we are pawns. We will never turn into a
queen at the end of the chessboard. And I am my friend. Do
not die a pawn to some cleric you and temples, No, No,
I am to be beside you. No, I'm my queen. You and
dimples are the same, speaking like noblemen, people of privilege. You don't
get to die as a pawn, YadA, YadA, YadA. Well that's
great, Curia. You will not die as a pawn either. I won't
die. Yeah, so no, I will if you command it, or
will it or accept find a way out of that for you. My dreams
for you, Kyria, are so beautiful and bright. I imagine you at
the end of that chessboard, crowned. I imagine you somewhere outside of this
city cottage, perhaps by a river, or perhaps on the ocean, maybe
even in our homeland that I've never seen nor you either, imagine. And
you are there and you are happy, and you must work for no one
but yourself, and you wake late in the morning with the sun warming your
face and you have everything you want. And when it is your birthday,
I arrive and I give you cherry tarts. And I am not alone when
I arrive, nor are you. And I arrive with the law Fair,
and we sit around that table as we had once did you and law Fair
and I and well you are not alone either. You have someone there and
we have the most glorious breakfast as we did once. And all of this
is gone as far away. And I will do whatever I can to make
that or whatever dream you have real, any dream you have, I will
work to it. How kind of him speaking for what you want. Dreams
are propool can Dreams keep us alive and move moving forward when every step is
mired and dirt. It's a poem I read, and it was always something
I had a complicated feeling to. It said something along the lines of some
of us are lying in the gutter, but we are looking at the star,
something like this. I know there's differences between you and I. I
know this. I give up things that you've never had. But Curia,
you know you must know that I love you so fiercely and I only wish
your happiness. And you have always always been my very best friend. Are
you lying? No? Well, looking at the stars has ever done for
me is make me trip. That's why you have someone who skulks about to
keep you from falling. And that's where we'll take our break. How dare
you call the way I walked it skuld kate? Was he talking about you?
Well? We'll be back in three to five and I think it will
be a day of a parade when we get back, So don't go anywhere.
Cool trailers have some new shows Kawaha, pittsmittens if you need to go,
use the rest room. But we have some trailers of shews that have
just started. While we are away. I hope that carry and I might
have some private time level they're alive amongst yourselves. Yes, yes, will
you soon everyone? M m m h m hm h m hm hm.
Hello again, devotees, can you hear me? Just fine? Now?
Thank you? Today is the day of Citizenship. It is a celebration of
this beautiful city of mine and my lords. Twice a year my citizens pledge
themselves yet again. Every branded citizen must show with the ceremony. I do
not care if they are on ophion, if they're in mechanical city of Andromeda.
They must return. Everyone know if they don't. I attend this parade
with my General bram My Guard and so many wonderful citizens proud to be here.
We go down the Biden left side, first, right side second,
then the Palace and the Temple the front gate, and then back with the
citizens following behind, until we reach the temple, pledge, our service to
Hades, and then merriment. It is a joyous day and I am so
glad you all get to be here for it. It's Gyless, all right.
I believe you're up to your standards. You're looking about, your skulking,
your howling, whatever you do. Some people like to masquerade here,
and you've made note of that and done so yourself. I don't many people
who know who I am. No, I suppose not. Where are you
waiting for this parade? So the parade goes up the bigon people pledge,
and then back down a bit of a reverse. It starts at the top,
goes down and then goes back up. I think I will probably watch
over by that you left. I don'd towards close to the lunar Bites shop,
all right, the one in glass Fine? All right? Are you
up? On roofs. Are you mingling? I think I'm mingling at this
time. None need to be on a roof. We've got the mask and
we'll like move when people are looking up. Well, if you're mingling,
you would definitely see all of the vendors that have moved themselves from Hawker's Alley,
all along the Biden, upon either side, fresh meat, some vegetables,
grilled simmered, sauteed stews, sweets. The lunar bites have their many
booths. It is, it smells lovely, cities have been freshly cleaned the
streets. It is. Frankly, it's beautiful, if I do say so
myself. Hey, I start to make my way skulking, seeing where they
are, of course making note where lunar bytes is set up, but also
where in distance to the entrance to the sewers. Well, that is often
the gutter runners. So you're pretty far away from that sewer entrance the upper
right of the the slums, but not too far. I'm in glass Vine,
I correct, though there is no direct path unless you go through the
main gate down the Biden. Exactly, it's rather convenient for you, honestly,
mine, I am. I go and I grab a sweet roll from
the Lunar bytes they and I pay them. Do I recognize any of them?
Oh, you're in glass Vines booth specifically, Hi, Yes, then
you would recognize the blonde lady from before. Were you in that conversation about
her name earlier? I can't quite remember I was, Ah, then you
would know her now as Lynn, the first mate of the Luninites, Gee
gives you a nod, a knowing one, as she sells you this sweet
role. I go to drop some coin, and as I do, the
coin falls, and a drop of blood that I have previously cut upon my
finger smeared upon the coin. Is take the role, Hi, I sink
back into the crowd, and I watch your reaction as she counts the coin.
I think, unless you disagree, this would be a study role.
Hi. I'll give you a controlled position, as you were the one who
set it up, a standard effect, though, as you are trying to
watch the crowd. Oh dear, that is not good. Now, I
will give you this. You are controlled. You may withdraw and see nothing,
gain nothing, but I have no consequences. Or you may attempt again
in a risky opportunity. So my family, so my failing are controlled,
I could then just try again, but you may but it's no longer control.
That is correct, Okay, but I can't know what the consequence is
at correct at what it is currently that is right. You may leave and
gain nothing with no consequence, or you may attempt again at risky no longer
control. You're in the best position you possibly could be with that role.
Yeah, risk a reward s gyreless or accept the consequences as the as literally
this which I still which is? That's what I'm debating is do I want
to see where two ones go narratively or do I want to try again?
Correct? Uh? As much as I like, there's a part of me
that's like I should just try again, but I really like seeing what would
happen if I just stayed with the ones. Ah, you're choosing to withdraw,
then no, I would withdrawing to leave and then and then not see
anything. But I would like to not even reroll. I would like to
accept the ones and see what happens. You would accept a critical failure?
Yeah, all right, you stand and not fading into the crowd as you
set well as you see the coins you've set upon the table. Blood dripping
from your thumb from the prick you gave, and you see her pick up
the coins, each one. When she gets to the bloody coin, looks
at it, looks at you, and licks the coin clean and puts it
in her pocket, and then, as if nothing happened, moves to the
next customer ermin Then bit uneasy Skyless disappears into the crowd, but I think,
still shaken, he's not aware, adrenaline pumping now knowing he has slipped,
not knowing how deep of a cut on his thumb he has breast and
leaves a blood trail back to the hide up to tell his friends that the
coast is clear, so he does ses there, Galen, I believe you
are making your way down. I'm feeling quite better today, Cesaire. You
said you wanted to take me somewhere, Yes, and neither Masque. Oh
well, I beg to differ. Why would you support this, oh,
Cesare? I thought we might just stand a bit back in the crowd for
fifteen or so twenty minutes and watch the Great Lord of Helios himself as he
passes by and gives us his grace, as it were, before we go
Wherever you're taking me. Where are you taking me? By the way,
I don't know if I can trust myself being in such close quarters. Oh
fair enough, Yes, listen, I think that we should just give ourselves
a bit of time to lay our eyes on the man in person. You
can learn much about someone when you see them in the flesh. I'm not
sure what more I need to learn. Well, you're a warrior like your
brother m Yes, when you fight someone, you have to know them.
Don't you know how they move their body, their vessel, the rhythm of
their movements. Yes, if they have tells weaknesses, or if they think
they are perfect? Who knows? But wouldn't you want to see someone before
you dueled them if you could not sure? What tells I'm going to learn
when we see this man on a cart? It's a good question. I
also just wonder a bit if this whole thing might be some sort of ritual
to gather energy to feed him in some sort of way. I just feel
as if there's much more we need to know. If I was some sort
of evil fellow, I would have some sort of large ritual with everyone who's
been branded to me twice a year. That seems to me like something you
used to gain some sort of energy and some sort of mystical arcane sort of
thing, and he sounds more like a tumor. Yes, yes, Cesaire,
you should know as much as you can before we get to whatever it
is we're going to get to, and you should have patience. We cannot
fight someone like him without being much more powerful than we are. We'll need
funds, need allies, and we'll need to know so much more about him
mine. But afterwards we're going to through Wretch. Oh oh, how did
that go? You gave me a lot to think about. Eh. I
can't stop thinking about one of the things that I said to me. Wait,
I know me, I know me very well. You should not tell
me anything about this meeting until after we just get our eyes on the Lord
of Helios, because whatever good news you're going to tell me about law Fair,
we'll just consume all of my thoughts. So tell me not about this
meeting until after. I just spend some time looking at the Lord of Helios,
and then as we walk away from that evil, you can tell me
what good news you've heard about your brother, and we can go and meet
Wretch with a lightness in our step and joy in our hearts, and that
will cleanse whatever bad taste. Seeing the Lord of Helios will put in our
mouths something something calling the kettle healing hm hm, yes, fine, I'll
wait here then, no, you'll come with me. I thought we should
walk together. It would be nice, right And the others where will they
be? Oh? Well, I imagine they do all their spoken. You
know, I feel as if Lush's avoiding me. She stuffs up, sock
down my throat, yells at me quite a bit, and then she leaves.
We still haven't had dinner. She and I, well, one of
these days. So don't you want to mask couple some such? No,
I have no interest in supporting this. It's not supporting it. It's pretending
that. Look before we go downstairs, if I it's all right, I'm
going to ask you a very quick question, says aah. If you were
walking down the street and you saw me, and I have a large knife
dripping with poison, and I'm looking at you menacingly, and I go like
this, and then I have a big time. It says I hate you?
How might you react? I would ask you why you would suspect that
perhaps I hate you and want to murder you. I imagine yes, because
I have a big knife with poison and I keep making this like gesture like
that to your face. Yes, and I have a sign that says I
hate you and I want to murder you. You would have probably assume that,
yes, in this city now, I would assume that somebody has put
you up to it, somebody has twisted your wrist. I think you're missing
my point. My point is that you, my dear sirs, eareh have
a large sign that says I hate you and I want to kill you,
dear Lord of Halios. Good No, No, If you remember, just
some time ago, I said that we cannot take him on until we get
a lot more power and information. If you stand in the parade with a
big sign that says I hate you, he is going to see it,
and then he might walk up to you and say why do you hate me?
And then when you explain to him why you hate him, he might
then arrest you and kill your How many have defeated him before? He is
currently undefeated, right, and you suspect that you will be the first by
playing his game? No, I suspect that I will distract him enough tried
before you. Someone has tried all of this. Nobody has simply showed up
and common total toe with him, but it has broken his rules. Is
using you right now with that mask on your face? The masks for me,
Syr. I don't want you murdered by him. I don't want anyone
want to murder him yourself? Mmmmm the vessel. Don't you have preparations to
do right now? Like? What not? You? No, let's go
downstairs, say hello, tip, yes, come in, we were just
on our way down. Come in, you're coming? Or what? Yes?
Yes, indeed it is Sesare doesn't want to wear a mask? All
right? Fine, m h skyless. Would you do me a fair Would
you stand right by my side so that you are facing a Caesare right by
my side, shoulder shoulder, just just please if you wouldn't mind here after?
Yes? Please? Why it's an experiment, oh right now, right
now, all right, all right, look at his face. I would
like you to imagine our dear dimples a face in the crowd. Yes,
And I want you to imagine that you are our great Lord of Helios,
and you are walking the parade route on your looking over the faces of the
ore adoring admirers in the crowd. Yes, and then you see his I
wouldn't be this close to him. No, no, but he's quite shiny,
so says ere. Oh, look it's the Lord of Helios. What
do you think? Look at his face, Guylas, just look at his
face? Don't you think he's oozing malevolence? And I want to kill you,
Lord of Helios. Don't you think that might be a bit unsubtle?
Are you asking me? Yes? What you think? You're a hunter?
Does he not look like he's a hunting prey right now when he's imagining the
Lord of Helios. And don't you think the Lord of Helius will notice this
as well? I just want him to pretend not to hate the Lord of
Helius, not the Lord of Heulius is looking if he can't do that,
because I don't think you can. Don't wear a mask. It doesn't have
to pretend. And I shall not lie. I shall wear a mask.
I'm not wearing a mask, all right? Fine, and see the lord
either. I'm happy to go straight into the sewers. Miss this charade,
Skyless? Do you see what I deal with? He thinks it's a ritual.
Probably, Do you see what I deal with wearing that mask. You're
allowing him in. No, this is my mask, not his, like
with my own hands. It's true. So come, let's walk. How's
beautiful thing about parades and celebrations, says there is they're always meant to hide
something. Yes, perfectly fine for us. That's what we're doing today.
I do a mask and the sky is already our mask. Just need to
get out of here, come, come, all right. I need to
speak to Losh one of these days. I feel like she's the only one
who appreciates a little bit of well something. Let's buy you three going to
the parade? Are they coming with us? Who's there? I'm not?
I'm sorry? Was I speaking out loud? I'm Cinesiah. Are they coming
with us? Who? Curio looks, No, that's the citizens already or
something they already left? H Scott. Would I have seen plenty of citizens
already making their trek up to Would I seen them? Or would I?
But I have seen them? They have gone you absolutely, I would have
seen that they left ahead of you as citizens to do that. Okay,
so I probably the correct Okay, Okay, you made your way back after
interacting with them, wonderful. All right, So I'll uh yeah, I'll
say they're already there, they're on their way back. I know. Well,
I hope we got quick. Well, I imagine the ceremony is going
to go on and on. These sorts of things have gone from ho,
these sorts of ceremonies. So let's go, like laws will be out still,
but I'm pretty sure Kiri I will be back. I don't know,
let's go. I do want to say around the time about and just is
behave now's at the time, general strategy blah blah blah blah, battle tactics
blah blah blah. You're painting and stabbing. Yes, just don't let him
just say something, Cayle, he was wonderful without you here. Oh then
all right, if you like, I can make you bleed and then we'll
be back in the same place. And then he says, there could take
over again. Let's just get the side of you jealous gunns jealous. I
want to be jealous. Oh that's interesting, right, let's go. Yes,
let's go, And so you go. The parade is in full force
when you leave the hideout together. After Skyless returns from his scouting, I
just hold eyes on him. Ah, I see, so you want to
wait Galen for it to pass by. Yes? Please? Are the other
two of you waiting or are you moving ahead? Apologies? I did not
hear that that was the time if anywhere? Yeah, I mean I'm standing
somewhere nearby, arms crossed, leaning against a wall or something, waiting for
are we going or what? I just want to see him before we leave.
I just want to wait for the parade to pass. I want to
see him his face, not just hear his voice. We can wait that
long. I just want to see him. If you need weight and the
procession passes by citizens following, you might even make out in the crowd.
If you're looking both Loch and Kyria attending the parade. Maybe you saw them
in the mask, maybe you didn't, but they walk by. They're both
stunning, and then they go out of your vision, though lovely masks they
have, and you would see Brahm s there. You'd recognize the large first
and Assai battle acts upon his back shield at his side, leading the army
in their procession attack Zagor Lord of Helios walking directly behind with his guard about
though ses there. You would note that guard isn't for him. He doesn't
need the guard, Galen, if you'd like, I'll give you a chance
to attune if there is power dripping is off of this lord, interesting,
I would like. And I am wearing my spirit mask, which increases my
effect, which is important because I'm currently a bit wounded, which decreases my
effect, so that those two things cancel out. Correct. I suspect there
is our cane here, and I would like to attune to see what I
might learn that might help my friends, especially that well that young man says
there so determined to irritating, so I would like to attune. Perhaps I
can help him some in some way later. How do you feel this situation
is for you, Galen? It's interesting many circumstances. I would think that
it is controlled, but I think that dance between he and I is a
bit risky for us both, So I think that it were at someone else
in a different moment, I would feel quite controlled in this, but the
moment it feels a little excitingly risky, I think. Hmm, I think
so too. A bit alive standard effect though, as you end up and
then down due to your mask, so you may do find this important it
seems to me that this may be one of the few keys that I might
supply my friends something early I can do, And so I will push myself,
concentrate all of my energy as much I can for an extra die.
You may stress yourself out for self five partial five. Yes, what do
you hope to get out of this scale? You know? The Lord of
Helios stands undefeated and strong and powerful, with no weaknesses for anyone to think
of, while Mary sits in a dungeon. But I suspect that he is
not as flawless as he attempts to have us believe. I imagine there is
a flaw, a weakness, and insecurity somewhere within him. Perhaps it's how
the magic flows in and out. Perhaps it is a doubt, a shadow
across his face. Perhaps it's the channels between the people in him. There
is something, I imagine that might give me, something that I can utilize
to help, something I can give skyless loach them, some way in which
I can be useful to make amends for things not yet done well. That
second part is definitely your conscience has nothing to do with the Lord of Helios
at tuning and checking magics has nothing to do with your personal relationships. Don't
project on me. It's just thinking. Yes, well you gauge his power,
but there is a consequence, yes, or to your failure. Partial
success. I like to think it's a partial success rather than a failure.
Oh sure, you look at him hm hmm, And for a brief moment
you lock eyes with the Lord of Helios, one who is ruled for a
hundred years, the one who has earned his place, the one who has
not been defeated, the one who wiped out the palatine order of your lover,
and all you feel is dread. You may attempt to try again from
a different angle, but in this one, all you feel is hopelessness.
As you know, all he'd have to do is smite undead. Do you
would end you, whereas Lord will see you as undead? What do I
gain from this partial You gain the ability to try again from another angle.
So there is no success. Success is not you dying. I will need
s sayre to save me in this moment. As my jaw clenches and I
take a step closer in the parade, I make a step forward, you
step closer to the Lord, and I will make a second choice. If
sasay does not stop me, so is there? You do see Galen step
closer and deeper into the crowd, closer to the Lord of Helios himself,
gripping tightly on my cane, and glance over at Skyless and then back to
Galen. But Galen's always been a bit of a mystery to me. I
don't know what he's up to a lot of the time, and I've always
just kind of allowed it as a Either he's doing some eccentric thing or he
is working on some mystic element that I don't understand. So I don't know
if just you stepping forward would necessarily have me interrank with you. I'm also
not too pleased with you, and I'm sulking in a corner, so immediate,
My immediate reaction wouldn't be to stop you unless you do something crazy.
I think stepping forward into the crowd would just draw my attention to you.
First, I walking remove my mask. Now, I shoot a look over
it the Skyless because he gave me so much shit about masks and stuff,
and I will step a little closer to Galen and say, Galen, I
don't care about the magic now. Now I need to know about the man,
and I will study his face. I don't care about the channels of
magic. I want to know his soul. What's he doing with study?
Not attunement? I need to know the man. But I turn my eyes
from Taxagur to Brohm. I will study his general. You are studying Brahm.
Not I will study his general. Who is looking back at Galen right
now? Any of them, Axeur, the Lord of Helios is no longer
looking at him. It was but a brief moment of eye contact. Okay,
that's okay. Then I will continue to allow Galen to do his things
that he's doing while being I'll remain close to him, though, if he
continues to move forward, I'm quietly moving forward with him within arm's reach.
Ideally, but not, I'm not doing anything direct. I will find his
weakness, and it may now be. I will give you a choice.
Yes, you may withdraw and learn nothing, or you may succeed with the
consequence to study his Brahm. Yes, is the consequence supernatural. I'd rather
not say you must choose. You do not get to know the outcome of
your choice until you've made it. I'm sure you've met me before, Good
Lord of Helios are you Have you known me not to cut open a body
that I have acquired, or taste a tincture that is smoking. Have you
known me since my love has died, to worry so much about my own
vessel? I take your deal. I want to know knowledge. I want
to know the knowledge of this Brom, My, dear girlin you will know,
and you will make a mistake, will I Brahm pleasant seven foot earth
Janasai corded muscles wrapped in stone. His battle axe drips with frost, a
mark of a dragon upon his neck. He has bound himself to orn A
Thros, the dragon Rohm have not lost a battle physical, but he's also
a being that is not just physique. He's a being with a heart and
a mind. There's more than one space for weakness. There's results. Heraus
in sight has made sure to cut himself completely from his old compatriot of years,
Maury, who betrayed not only Taxagore but also tall and also Brahm.
Brom personally made sure Maury could not leave. Ram is as hard as stone
m. Perhaps you could weather him, perhaps not. Hm. Fascinating Glen
Yes says that what are you doing looking at a general for weaknesses. Do
you see any now? I have also seen him train a little hm hm
m m. You see Bram put a hand on the shoulder of one of
the temple guards m hm and he looks immediately at you gave he turns.
Do you know what to do? Do you know that temple god? Says
are I have only met one or two ane of them by name? Remember
his face. I shall try. I will meet you at the manhole.
Don't look at me at this moment. Pretend you don't know me. As
I step back into the crowd watching the guard, I think you're going to
have to roll something for that galen hm hm ah. I feel is if
I am doing this with finesse for a misdirection. How so I want to
slide past some of the members of the crowd, my body being visible at
one moment and then obscured as I pass by a large masked person visible and
then obscured, and in that dance between the crowd, slip a slightly different
direction and so that I'm then behind a cart a different moment, so I
can make my way then unseen. They think I'm going this way, but
I'm going a different way. All right, you are desperate. You've lost
all positioning you have with that failure and being directly pointed out by the General
of Herilios, if you don't mind two things. One, I wish that
Skyless sees me, but Cesaire doesn't. I don't want Cesire to see what
might happen here. But someone should see, and it should be Skyless,
but I don't want. I don't want Cesaire to see. And the second
thing is, I'm going to roll this Finesse, but I wish to remind
you of something I imagine you've not forgotten. You have three rolls for which
my fate is compromised. I do, and that is very generous of you
to remind me. Indeed, go ahead and roll. You need a success
to make sure that they both see you in the way you hoped. I
shall roll this is desperate. Yes. Also I will add the extra if
you are playing with my fate, I will add the extra dye that shall
reduce. So tell me what is my effect? It is one less.
It would be limited most definitely with the one less. And you have stated
you removed your mask so it does not bump up one. Yes, and
that's that The mask only works for the supernatural, and so I would work
here in the crowd of the masquerade indeed, but you've removed it. I'm
adding a die, not as a friend, but as a foe. Hm.
I roll one six and six, and you have stated that one of
those die will reduce the role of one of the others, and that is
my fate. Yes, you do succeed, but not as a critical success.
You misdirect, but specifically puts Skyless between you and the General. So
Skyless does recognize you slipping away, and with his mask, they do not
recognize him or have a face or place them together with you? Do you
make your way out of the crowd unseen? I dance out of the crowd.
Seen enough, you may go out, Scarlets and cesare you are in
the crowd As the General Brahm and the Lord of Helio's attacks the Gore who've
passed you or at Hawker's Alley, they go out the front gate, around
and into the other side of the Biden, leading everyone, including briefly Glosh
and Curia. Kalen's gone. Yes he said not to follow him, and
that we've met him at the man hole. Just smart, isn't he?
Hurt. I don't know what he was doing, but he took off his
mask and he's paranoid about it, so I probably thought he shouldn't travel with
him or I don't know. He's acting very strange. Yes, he's obsession
in his session. It's a great way to put it. I think it's
winning out over his usual rationality. M h u h. We're gonna rustle
right, that's where it is. Yes, how do you know that?
I assume sir all right before and we see the two of them after a
moment go after Galen mm. But in the crowd as they continue to march,
many masked, many not. It is a tradition to some hide their
face but not their brand. Some are proud, some are ashamed. Most
seem jovial, though, and they walk up the Biden as they have made
their way out of the city and back in. In this display of strength,
adherence to the city, and loyalty to Hades, they make the way
through in past akers ally in the market square. They go past Delysium and
glass Vine in the Noble district, and for the first time, I think
for both of you, you make your way into the temple grounds of the
hill in the mountain, as the palace is built directly into the rock face,
and you've passed the empty manners of the dead lords or undead lord up
to the temple, its beautiful marble pillars reaching up. Borneth Rocks is roost
atop it with the blue dragon perched, watching the parade and seemingly smiling as
one dragon might. The fireworks bursting up in the most grandiose way, any
shapes and colors that you might not have ever seen before hitting the crescendo as
a Brown and the Lord of Helios walk up the pedestal above in front of
the temple. As the parade hits it's stop. Neither of them with any
guards, but they look over the crowd of citizens. A blast of cold
ice irrupts from ornith Rocks, and you were showered with snow. As the
Lord of Helios takes his place and welcomes all of you the city of Helios
and to servitude to his lord. And that is where we'll end the episode.
I have many thoughts and failings. Welcome back. I think we might
die. I think you two are fine. Oh yeah, we're gonna die.
I'm feeling some handsmade tales like vibes on this like we're gonna got a
stage. Suddenly there's a nice rope necklace on everybody. I feel like it'll
be fine. You'll be like, he can't kill you because he needs to
drain your soul regularly. So I feel like, you know, I feel
better now. All the comfort overwhelms me. What an episode? Yeah,
holy shit man, holy shit, Dan, Like we've been friends for a
long time, but every time we do a show together, your your brain
is scary place. I love it. Same time when your brain is just
scary, That's what I heard. I like it, That's what I got
out of it. That's what I heard too. Oh no, well,
thank you everybody for today. Let's do a lovely round of end of sessions,
shall we? And you know, why don't we start with you lo
with the me with you II guys, my name is Loche. I played
Lochhe for you today. What a I'm as confused as Losh right now,
Like I don't know what the like. You know those torture devices where they
like pull your limbs all at the same time. That's what I feel like
I'm in right now mentally as my character right like, I don't it's I'm
literally going to be doing like offline research character to try to figure out to
get us out of this. I don't know what to do, but my
name is Classicatie and it's a pleasure to do this for all of you,
and this cast is magical. Can I just throw out there that Brad got
his second COVID shot vaccinations? It feels like ship and fucking nail this show
out. Yes, I'm just gonna go right out and say. At the
beginning before we went live, he was like, you know, I should
be fine as long as no scenes center around me. In the first half
of the show, he fucking carried it on his RP tank back. It
was so good, so good. I was like, you're gonna like you're
gonna kill it today. Really, I think we can all thank both and
as their own par does sound like I feel like if is our advil at
Phil getting us through faint Dawn, whether it's because of COVID or fear.
Yes, a weird sponsorship to pick up for the channel, That's that's what
I had. And then at the same time, you shouldn't have done that
flagging a little bit right. We could possibly go wrong with me taking two
many trucks to real all right, Brad he normally does talk over I decided
to talk about him. But thank you Dan for the show. This is
amazing and I, of course Brad's gone. That's good. So I have
questions for you. Yes, did you have any desperate actions you rolled today?
I don't believe so. But I rolled an action for the wretch.
Yes, but I don't believe that desperate. I don't believe it was desperate,
that's all right. Did you address a challenge with calculation or conspiracy?
Yes? Yeah, h I believe that you can take an experience for it.
Did you express your beliefs drives heritage background at all? Yes, it
may mark another experience for that. And did you struggle with your vice at
all? Mm hmmm. I don't believe so. I don't think so either,
not this one, but probably we'll see mark that experience. And thank
yous are it was so eager to talk. You can talk now. It's
a good idea to get this done. Do you were all any desperate actions
today? No? I did not. I thought I was going to have
to because it was doing You might have because the wild card. A lot
of the time you know, everyone thinks it's me because I'm not playing the
game, but it's gay. We're him. We're like, we're absolutely you're
not playing the game and he's entrenched in it. Yeah, it's a really
beautiful parallel. Actually, counter you guys are I love your characters. So
now I didn't roll a desperate action? Do you address the challenge with violence
persion? Did my sway count as a coersion? I can be that up
to you. Uh, it was coerce Maine. I'm going to just check
what coerth means. Yeah, me to compel, to compel someone into something
that was also to achieve by threat or force. So no, I didn't,
Okay, as much as I want the XP for sure, I did
it through any sort of threat. I did it through pure honesty. I
think that's correct. Yeah. Did you express your belief strives heritage your background
today? Did I even really? Yes? Yeah, yes, yes,
absolutely yes. I would say twice because you had that conversation with Curio about
your beliefs, and then once again with the Galen yea, and I think
again even with with Wretch. So yeah, you're good, you got absolutely
yes. So that back to the experience, I agree did you struggle with
your vice today? I'm on always struggling with the vice. I think there's
only one session. I think you didn't the one thing. I'm never rolling
these desperate actions or violence or whatever, which is so funny because I'm the
cutter. But I am continually struggling with the vice. But I've never used
or indulged my vice. No, I'm curious, but I I have for
sure struggled with my vice. All right, you haven't really stressed yourself out
at all, oddly enough, is because I'm not playing the game, baby,
very mellow. Yeah, you do get experienced for struggling with your vice.
I took one for it, yes, but yeah, I was relatively
zen today. Last week was my trying to find my conviction, and this
week was a little bit more like solidifying my understanding of it within myself a
little bit. Ah, I as Brad. I've always known it makes me
nervous to say or has conviction. I don't know why. I actually like
thought about it a long time ago. I was like, yeah, he's
going to go into this being like but if he actually like he's one of
those people in my head at the beginning, before we started where I was
like, if he has, he just needs to know what to do,
and you know, like if you're like anxious about something, you'll never do
it really like super well. But then there's those people that are just like
hyper focused and you're like, wow, they are so good at what they're
doing right now, and then you feel you're like, oh, man,
I suck at stuff because I'm always questioning with I should and he just needed
that attack me from the front. Brad Jesus Christ. I was like,
what's happening? What the fuck is I need? What I said, I
wasn't even that's what it was. He kind of got the best of both.
Was if you were once that kind of anxious thing, but then you
were actually allowing yourself to have that conviction and focus then And that's kind of
where where I'm trying to take it with him and seeing where that takes him
also, which is what the experiment's going on in my brain. Also what's
going on in my brain is COVID nineteen. So I'm gonna stop speaking so
I can go and lay down. Quicker Fair. Thank you for having the
vaccination for us, though, Brad, we love you, of course,
almost not worth it. Almost became anti Vanks last night. I was so
no, this wasn't worth it was it was. It was like a little
twenty four hours of hell. But like, I'll be slee way better than
like actually having cod carrying it around there and having that for two weeks.
Yeah, that's essentially God damn it. Dan kissed her on the forehead.
Please, for the love of God, Oh my god. Cute, thank
you. I'm sorry, Oh my god. Loving kitty cat and cute.
She's just a cat. I can't I'm just trying to let him to that
about it. She does it during his stream and I melt thank you.
Sure. Anyways, look at the pop sorry Skyless. Hello, it's me
the guy who plays. I'm going to do the thing that I have to
do at the end of the session, Yes, which is some stuff.
So I didn't roll any desperate actions today. No. Uh, and then
so that's a no. No. I addressed a challenge with tracking your violence.
Yeah, okay, I'll take it, and at least I would think
so. And then I expressed beliefs drives heritage your background, No, a
little background. When we were talking about Kiria, I don't know anything about
his background. I do. I was gonna say, you expressed your beliefs
specifically in the scene where we were like trying to decide what to do.
You were like, it's not a good idea and Skyles doesn't normally do that.
Yeah, yeah, I think, And you did it twice, so
even though Kiria disagreed with you, then said it again, which surprised me.
And also like it was a really interesting seems to talk about, like,
look, we cannot allow them to see that we're weak. Like this
was very much about like that wasn't just about like being a tracker, right,
It's about like it is not wise for us, amongst either allies or
enemies, to allow them to see our weaknesses. So no, he said
to come out as as weak. Yeah, that's right. So like and
that that was like we should not let them know that Galen is injured because
that is put like that is very much about like how I think, how
how Skylas thinks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, very much. Hey who's
prey? Who's predator? Yeah? In the moment, so okay, cool,
thank you everyone, And then struggle with issues from vice or traumas.
Wait, wait, can I get you too? For that belief strives and
heritage background. Here's the two. The second one is when you put the
blood on the coin, that is definitely a drive, dude. And also
just can I can I say that I personally think that that is I don't
know if that's on our sheet for experience, but holy shit, willingly taking
that critical for the narrative hundred percent? Hell yeah, thank you. You
may take two for that, and then to struggle with your vice Skyless,
I did, and maybe I did. I feel like my I feel like,
hmmm, I trying to feel like I'm so curious about you. Feel
like the vice is starting to blend into Galen. Is my vice, Galen,
aren't you? Yeah? No, I'm sorry. The trauma is Galen.
And so it's like, if I just interact with Galen, then it's
like I should probably mark this, but but I don't. I don't think
so. I don't think there was I don't think you did. I don't
think I did either. I wanted to see what you thought, but I
don't think you did. I don't think so. As much as I could
be like, oh yeah, talking to Galen and telling me I'm jealous,
I think that would be the trigger to him being like I'm not I'm totally
jealous. I'm not jo I think that would have been it, but that
I don't know if it's enough. You know, that was a deliberate poke
from Galen's part. Always all of his pokes deliberate. Yes, yeah,
yeah, that's usually when Skyless, which is probably always when he goes silent,
usually during a conversation. It's probably because he's been poked. It's always
Gayalen. He just goes, Okay, I'm just gonna shut up. This
is why I'm talking to you, all right, But yeah, that is
I think that's me as far as not Skyless and me. Hi, everybody
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Thank you. That's incredibly true. Also, go tune in on Wednesdays
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Please and thank you because he did not say that himself, so I would
do it for him. Oops. Thank you very much. Thank you Galen.
Hello, I hope you're doing well. Good Lord of Helios. Also
Dan. I hope Dan's doing better than the Lord of Helios. I hope
the Lord of Helios is. It's something that we're both with him. But
I'm glad that you're fine. Dan. I rolled one desperate role that was
my finesse. Did I address a challenge with knowledge or arcane power? Yes?
I certainly used both knowledge and arcane power at the parade. Yes.
I also think that I used knowledge which in my unwise dealings with the Lord
of Helios earlier, because you know, there's a lot, yeah, I
will say twice for that. I agree. I have in terms of expressing
my drives, beliefs, heritage or background, absolutely one hundred percent, expressing
both drives and beliefs and heritage and back all of that. In the conversation
with Kiria, absolutely one hundred percent. That is, there was a lot
there I think in terms of that in that moment, and I also think
in terms of drives which are changing a little bit. They were also expressed
in that kind of double moment between talking to the Lord of Helios and then
seeing the Lord of Helios. There is a bit of a shift in drive
when clearly, and perhaps it's because he thinks that the situation with Lord their
spirit is just going to be fine now because they all got the answer and
they know exactly where it is and it's like in a bottle, like in
an apartment building, and we can go and get it. So there's a
kind of a new drive that is sort of creeping in. There's something different
when you could see it as a material in front of you read than just
this idea. Yes, yeah, yeah, like oh that's achievable, yes
right there, yeah, yes yeah. So I would say yes twice for
for that, then I would say I have I do not currently have any
trauma, so I cannot struggle with that, which is a mechanical thing trauma.
In terms of struggling with issues from my vice, I do not think
so I think that I I mean, I'm not doing well, but you
know, Kirie and I had some alone time and it's fine, and so
I feel rather than struggling with issues for my vice. I have indulged in
my vice and everything is much better. I agree, Yes, everything is
great, wonderful. Thank you, Kaylen, You're welcome. Oh sorry,
I'm Drew Bristol. Pe Yeah, yeah with me, uh and you can
find me if you like. Friday seven pm over at my channel for City
of Light and Shadow a fate French resistance campaign. And also Brad killed it
so deep, so great. Peb made me cry in our scene together,
so she's amazing. Dan is causing my character and myself to being very complicated
fifth Wall situations that I love more than anything. And Katie, I want
you to I see what you did. I see what you're doing. Our
first scene in the very first episode. You give me everything that I want
and then you avoid me, tantalizing me, tantalizing me. You know you
kept saying that, but like, I'm pretty sure I'm the only character that
crawled in bed with you and shoved anything in your mouth. So you're welcome,
well, at least today. I'm just saying that could be flirting.
Nobody knows. You know, it might be flirting. Don't have dinner later
after this soul draining uh, talk about it. Just wait until you find
out where that wolfstock came from? Nice? Does that mean you know what?
You don't need to know? You're too innocent to have a few concerns
that I will not express. Wonderful, Thank you, trooper, Thank you,
Gayleen dodged it. Kiria, Hello, but certainly not Lee Hi.
End of session. Yes, Okay, were there any desperate actions you rolled
today? Uh? No, I think I talked out into controlled correct.
I believe that is correct. Yeah. I would have loved to take the
experience, but I think narratively it just made sense. Make sense to me
too, Okay. Deception or influence? Did you happen to address a challenge
with those Yes? Yes, I was like, no, I don't think
I did, But then I remembered I literally mind wiped the dude, So
yeah, I did. I did do that thing. That was sweet.
Yeah, Jedi, I think that would be a good singular experience in that
situation. But yeah about the parade, I feel like you're a bit deceptive
there, Yes, in the parade or citizens as a citizen, Yeah,
maybe I don't feel like she's a loyal citizen. I do not. I
feel like that's a bunch of a lie right there. We're probably definitely trying
to fly under the radar. Also potentially true. I mean I did.
I had a couple of mass to choose from, and I very specifically it
was like it would cover her entire damn faith for sure. Yeah yeah,
yeah, I mean maybe I'm wrong and like Kurria is like, you know,
the Lord of Helios such my friend love them. I just feel like
that's not true. Yeah, and well, I mean yes, but also
I did, I think maybe influence what happened, like the fact that they
went and curious stayed behind and went and found a medic. Nobody agreed with
that plan except for Kiria, and it's she know, she was like,
we should do it this way, and that's what happened. So yeah,
yeah it worked. So yeah, I say that was two separate occasions.
I'll agree with that. Yeah, expressed beliefs drives heritage or background. Yes,
in my conversation with Galen, I would say again with Cesaire, but
we kind of already that's a conversation we've had before. Yeah. Yeah,
So and I took experience last week. Yeah right, I'll say one for
that. Yeah, you struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the
session. Does downtime count that was during the session? I believe? Then
yes? Do I have to tell the audience why? Or can I just
tell you why? Yes? I know why? Okay? Oh come on,
yes I did, Yes, you did. Can I guess? Wonderful?
You can guess, but you probably don't know. Well maybe you do.
No I don't, but I'm going to guess the most outrageous way possible.
So you're okay, Okay, So you struggled with your vice because your
vice is that you secretly are like this master crocheer and you must always crochet
and you were not able to and so instead, like you actually did some
of the stitching on Galen's wounds, but it was with crochet thread. I
see what you're doing right now, Trooper, and it's brilliant. That's all
I'm gonna say. How about that? Yes, that is accurate? What
That's exactly what I knew already. Yeah, so that's perfect. It's not
crocheting, but it's something else. Just replace crocheting with what the thing is.
And everything he said is true. Damn you. I agree, Thank
you very much, And you are outside of Kiria. Who I am Pumpkinberry
and you can find me at Twitch and Twitter at Pumpkinberry. What am I
doing right now? Oh, I'm playing through Red Dead Redemption two story wise,
and I've also been sucked into the world of Wild RP. I love
it so fucking much. So I've been doing my normal stream and then sometimes
I stream in the evening hours until like midnight. He's really trying hard to
get me to join. I listen, Dan, I'm just saying, we
could play the perfect heel table story crew knows how to play a heel and
we could just roll in as a gang and it would be fucking incredible.
No, I'm just saying, you're trying your damn it's not that compatible.
Mm hmm. It is not compatible. No, it is cross platform compatible.
However, just saying if you have a PlayStation, maybe we can it
is it not? Okay? Never is a modern thing? Unfortunately. Yeah,
time to get well. Yes, you've done a keyboard, let's do
this. Just break it. And also I'm here again on Wednesdays for Spellwin.
Yes you are, so, it is bread. I actually I have
a question. This is a this is a question, but XP about struggling
because of my vice or trauma. I said no, but I'm gonna I'm
gonna ask a question. I feel like as a player. As a player,
I had to put one of these blood capsules in my mouth and this
blood castle is the nastiest tasting thing ever. So as a player, I
struggled quite a lot, you know, to be able to properly express my
traumas. And you know, I would just like to ask that one.
If you had taken enough stress to gain a trauma for that, I would
have said yes, but you specifically avoided it. I did. That's fine.
And also I've used ketchup in the same situation and it tasted just fine.
Mind you COVID nineteen, you should get one for the COVID Come on,
I don't want one. That way, this will be an honorable run.
I just had to take the job. I haven't met a jogging great
ice. You have to absolutely I am domestic Dan, I was your lord
of Helios. Today some people were saying I was not the GM of doubt,
but rather a gem of trauma. Apparently that's what some of the devots
have been calling me. I'll leave it to them, but I am back
to tomorrow. I'm going to take today off after this. I'm back to
my regular schedule of streaming starting tomorrow, as I have been all over the
place visiting people who are out of town and family and whatnot, and that
schedule includes maybe our wild RP. Will see, We'll see. I have
other things that I've been planning. All right, that's what we all say,
and then we get into wild RP and then the plans don't happen.
Everything I'm aware I've done this song and dance before the time and twelve hours
later. Yeah, then a year later you're going out, So that stuff
I was supposed to do. Sorry, exactly. So thank you everybody so
much for watching. We have two more sessions left of Thank Dawn. If
you're listening, thank you so very much. If you're watching now for the
first time, all of this is on YouTube. This episode will be out
in a day or so and the free to catch up, especially if it's
your first time. There has been a lot of foundation laid by these players,
so thank you very much. I believe, I believe it will be
mythematic who will be hosted by this whenever they go live in a bit it
won't be immediate unless you run away. Right now, it's start getting ready
run, So perhaps I will have pressured him to starting early so we can
just toss you all at him, jam the pressure. Isn't he just the
most amazing and like don't you love his like mustache here, I really whipped
out the r P today, like he's so talented and how you make him
go away? He does have a lot of Nicealympics on Twitter. Now I'm
about to leave the call and ruin the fuck. Hey, he took his
own risk with see you next week and throughout the week for other shows.
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