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to the left, a step to the right, and time warp all the
way back to nineteen eighty eight to find out just who is left to fight
for the town of Garrett in this original talesm Loop miniseries Twist of Faith.
Thank you so much, my friend, and I am Fitz. Bittersweet to
conclude a tale, but it is also a joy to get the opportunity to
conclude a tale. So with that, for one last time, we have
to go back to go forward. And there's always a question at the end,
and our question is what is heroism? Is it valor it's a duty?
Is its sacrifice? Once made or named a hero? Can the title
or deed be taken away? Now? If the comic books are to be
believed, even the worst villains can make amends. Magneto can lead the X
Men, Venom can help the Innocence, and Harley Quinn can reject the clown
Prince of Crime. But can heroism fade maybe the better question is can a
hero rest when is their mission accomplished? When is their heroic job considered well
done? Do we let them rest or do we demand our heroes stand to
post until the end of their days. That hardly seems fair. When Raven's
wings, we now fly, circling down through a darkening December night and into
a recently arrived dawn. In our descent, we momentarily ride a thermal with
a clockwork out that eyes us suspiciously, But the sky belongs to no creature,
so we pay the metal bird no mind and spiral further down. Before
we land, we backlift with a flap to suspend ourselves momentarily in the air.
We rise and then drop lightly to the black top. In front of
us. Five figures stare at an approaching army. JD the son of a
leader and wielder of the One Ring, possessing the secrets of Morse Code and
an understanding of the oddities of their hometown of Garrett Heather, a dreamer of
fate, weielder of the Vorpal Blade, and weaver of the Intangible. Ricky
gifted the bow of a hero, the bow of fabled robin Hood he stands
against an enemy that threatens his friends. Scarlet, a two gun rig of
sand wooden prayers sits slung on her hips hers a lineage of heroes and champions
ahead charges the army of Happily ever After, and the Raven hops onto a
nearby abandoned car to watch the festivities. My friends, welcome to the finale
of our chapter. Welcome to Atari Twilight Twist of Fate, Episode seven,
Never Say Never, and everybody, if you could please go to our Spotify
playlist, because here in the eighties that never was or the eighties that forever
will be, we do everything to a soundtrack, and so if you could
scroll down to track number fourteen, queue up A Little Loved by the Sun.
And as this artificial dawn, or this dawn from another world spreads across
the street just in front of George Butts's house, it bathes the asphalt in
a warm, rich glow that pushes back the December gloom. Called to being
and led by a lion with a gray muzzle and a gray face ode with
wisps of the white creeping into the main itself, Skinny, he runs in
front of the Horde of Good above them falk Or, the luck Dragon takes
to the sky a loud laugh in the face of what could only be stress
and tension from legend. Jack and Lily rush forth, Matt Martigan, Sorsha
and Willow take to the streets. Above flies a figure with hands on hips
punching out one fist holding a dagger and a crow and a cockadoodle doo issues
into the air. As Peter Pan and his lost boys enter Garrett, Heroes
from comic books, television, movies, and novels rush forth. Not just
the heroes and the legends of the paperback Exchange, but the heroes and legends
of the eighties. They take to the streets, to the fields, to
the skies. They have been summoned here for one thing, to protect,
to defend, to win. Behind the lion leading the charge, who pads
forward and does not stop, his thin frame, rushing directly at heather.
Behind this lion, a large regal beast of similar kin. Another lion steps
forward, nodding, issuing commands. As these heroes of old rush to every
corner of Garrett. He moves forward and stands in front of you all.
But it is the small lyon the lion leading the charge that if alloud will
crash into Heather. My friends, you stand before Aslin, the general of
the Army of Happily. Ever after said army taking to the streets of your
hometown, and the cowardly lion from the Wizard of Oz is going to crash
into your friend. What do you do? How is Heather reacting as he's
coming up. Heather is once recognizing the lion, begins to run forward,
and so she may meet him in the middle, perhaps sperating herself from the
rest of the group. Yeah, I think Scarlett would just kind of step
back. She's got that aluminum bat resting on her shoulder, and yeah,
she just watches with a smile. I think Jessie's doing the same thing.
JD. As you see this fantastic sight in front of you, not overpowering
the scene, but a whisper in your mind if you've heard only once before,
the whisper says, I have returned. And you feel something warm in
your pocket of your jacket, go to grab it. You feel a band
of pure gold. I clutch it in my palm and then I let it
go. As you all watch this cowardly lion crashes into Heather and nuzzles up
like a house cat of one hundred times the size, and tears dot and
stream and darken the gray hair of the face, the gray fur, and
he just keeps repeating, hat her, hate her, my best's friend.
Heather embraces him, and she also nuzzles him, her head and her face
shoved into his mane, and you know her so her voice is muffled,
muffled by the main as she she says, lyon, Katie, you're you're,
your golden silver now, all the all the precious metals. So good
to see you. He doesn't even look up. He just keeps that contact,
that that constant like moving along your face, and you just hear him
speak, sometimes into your shoulder, sometimes above and off to your ear,
and he just says, I kept my promise. I wasn't scared. I
kept my promise. You're such a good boy, You're a good boy.
You can feel him trembling or unsure if that is adrenaline, fear, excitement,
or all of the above. Well, how there's trembling to issues.
Aslin steps forward, the great Lion, and as he begins to kind of
get the just the end of the Armies of happily ever after here as a
white car kind of screeches up behind him, and he turns and issues the
command to speed racer, who shifts the mock five down and spins off into
Garrett, punching a fist in the air that is mimicked by his companion Chim
Chim as the punch goes up from the passenger seat and Aslan turns, knowing
that the heroes that he has led here, we'll do what must be done.
Scarlett during all of this, the the arrival, the dawn, the
reintroduction of Lion. To Heather, your eyes go back to George Butts's house,
more specifically to the fence that was the palisade upon which Ricky and George
fought against the Ward and they're standing in the corner, presumably on a barrel
or half climbed up the inside of the fence. Ben mackenzie waves a hand
towards Jill. Everybody, We're going to everybody. Let's see Heather jd Ricky
Take five. We are having a bit of a flashback, my friends.
If you can go to your Spotify playlist, please play track number three.
Mister Peter Gabriel's in your eyes. Several minutes ago before the arrival of this
fantastic army, Scarlet Blake threw herself through a portal in time a slide to
fetch one autobot, a member of another group of kids named Ben Mackenzie.
She had met then once they had achieved great victory on a field of their
own. But this time, without the thought of herself, she jumped into
this portal to save this young boy that she had only met on one summer
day. Scarlet, you land and there is no portal, There is no
tunnel. There's a sound of one. You still hear that swirl and that
rush. But the boy looks at you, staring past your shoulder. But
when you appear, his eyes meet yours, and for a moment you see
yourself reflected in them. And he says it's too hey, Ben, And
she puts her hands on her shoulders that she gives them a big hug.
Ye. You meet him halfway as he throws his arms around you as well.
How did you find me? We're here to help a scientist, like
weird weird science stuff. I don't know how it works, but Jerry and
George are here. They're they're they're waiting. Tears are streaming down his face,
and she goes to point to where she thought she came through the portal,
but she said, he doesn't see it or right as you turn to
kind of look over your shoulder, your gaze takes the room and you realize
it is a cell and you see stacks of magazines and comic books. You
see what looks to be a life lived over several months. Where where are
we? He doesn't forcefully or or or put any power in it, but
he grabs your shoulder and he says, Darring, George are here. Yeah,
they're they're waiting on the other side of the slide. There. You
gotta promise me something's scarlet? What don't tell him? How long I've been
here? Oh? Okay, how long have you been here? And she's
she's looking at him really like, what does he look like? He looks
about a year older than when you met him? How How long have how
long have you been here? I think a year? A year? But
is it nineteen ninety? No? This December thirty, first New Year's Eve.
You're pouring down his face. Don't tell him, Oh I won't,
And she puts her hands on the shoun she and she gives him like another
another big hug. We're here to get you. There's a whole that's that's
the mission right now, is to get you back. I don't, I
don't. I don't know how. I don't. I don't know how it
how it happened. I'm sorry. We just we just met everyone tonight.
You hear him whisper into your ear. Almost gave up, hope, don't
don't give up hope. And she kind of pulls back and she looks at
him and like her eyes are kind of like bright and she kind of smiles.
Don't give up Hope. Never say never. Okay, he nods.
They just got back to uh to Garrett, like we we had to we
had to do a spell and then this force field had to come down and
then boop. They were like right there in front of us, and like
your your friends, like Jerry and George and Mitch. He talks a lot,
and Shannon, she's kind of attitudey, you know, and this old
and like Rob Rob's there, he's kind of quiet. And then this old
doctor guy, he's an older version of a doctor. Here. Does this
make sense? Because I don't know if this makes sense to me. He's
nodding the whole time. I've heard I've heard a lot. You hear a
pounding on the door outside of the cell. Who's there? What's going on?
You hear a key starting to rattle. Is there anything in this room
other than comic books? Certainly not to defend yourself, but yeah, I
don't have my guns anymore. I take it or my bad Okay, Yeah,
she kind of like puts her hands to her hands and oh shit.
Before you, just as if it's coming into focus, or just as if
it's revealed by a retreating fog, you start to see that purple swirl in
the air, and Ben indicates it is that it, that's it. It's
got to be it. Otherwise we're we're screwed. And then is the door
going to be opening? Because she reaches down for a stack of comic books.
As you begin to do this, Ben grabs your hands and you run
into the portal and assume the position that you had previously, where you are
grabbing a hold of him with Ricky holding onto you. But for that moment,
you are unaware of how you became entwined in this particular way. There
was just the cell and now there's the chain, but Ben continues to look
right at you. Thank you, Yeah, she sorry? We back?
Are we back outside now? Yeah? And time creeps up, and as
it zips forward, you still see Ben with his hand up as he lowers
it down, and you hear three words come across to you in the street.
Never never say never, she kind of says under her breath, and
she she waves at him again and smiles, and Ben mackenzie jumps down and
disappears from side. My friends, as Lina is before you, a lion
of legends himself. He moves forward, the pads of his feet keeping a
or making a larger ammaty sound as they touch the asphalt. You've all done
a wonderful job. Now your final task is to stay safe. This war
is ours to wage. You have been fighting alone for far too long.
Protect those you love and get somewhere safe. Van Halen steps forward, looks
at all of you, mister Lewis, and I got all of your families
to the farm. Veronica and Jackie should have found your dad and taken him
to the farm too, She says directly to Ricky. We can wait there
until they meet us. Aslan turns to the cowardly Lion. Lion will stay
with you, protect them, Lion, and for the first time, the
gray Lion breaks contact with Heather just enough to look back with my very very
hard general ASLN nods stay safe and we will meet again when the battle is
won. He doesn't leave, but you see that he is going to begin
to move back. If you have questions, you can ask him. You
may speak with one another. But if not, and nothing is said,
the great cat turns and begins to pad away. Those thump thump, Thank
Scarlett. We'll say something to him. Sure shouldn't we help. If a
lion can smile he does. We can't act. We can't just not do
anything. And this is our home. M HM can't be expected to leave
it to fight. We're here to be by your side. You have led
us to this point. There are dangers, you have faced them by yourself.
Let us sweep up. It is the least we can do. My
job is to keep you safe, Lion. As my proxy, I vowed
to do just that and fulfill the ancient contract. But I will not put
you into jim your fight as it would be as over protect yourselves and those
you love. There is still danger, but we will wage war. When
I think Scarlett kind of leans against Ricky just like hot she kind of puts
her head on his shoulder. Right, you'd probably feel Ricky's arm tents as
he grips the bow in his hand. I don't think he would argue,
but he would be frustrated at not being able to help. When this is
over, can we come visit you. I'm always wanted to go to Narnia
again. If a lion could smile, my boy, the veil is gone,
and that's all the answer he gives. Boobo comes from the sky,
whirling and clicking. None of you would understand what the clockwork Alice saying,
but it is entirely reflective of Ricky's attitude. Ricky, you would understand that
Bobo is saying, wait a minute, wait a minute, we can help.
What are you doing? We're here? Have you seen the bow?
And it's just this And Aslan kind of watches as the clock tracking and obviously
understanding what it's saying, and again with a smile and this time a bit
of a snort, as Bubo would light down on the shoulder of Ricky.
Bubo knows enough not to continue with this line of assault. But the little
clicks and wors Ricky would realize is the equivalent of Bubo muttering under his breath
and not to do anything. All the rest of you would hear. And
Aslin pads off before he pats off. Before he pads off, Heather says,
We'll do as you ask, but I just want I just want to
thank you for coming. Thank you. A single tear that looks to be
made of something other than water. It looks more like mercury comes from the
side of his eye and triples down across his his angled jaw. My dear,
you have given everything and defended an age. Nothing could have kept us
from here. And do it again. We do it again. I know
you did good, Heather, She smiles at you two. You watch him
go away. Everybody, just go to your Spotify playlist if you will,
go down the track number six and play a little in excess. Never tear
us apart, anybody with a condition. It is healed. The presence of
Aslan and the charge of the Army of Happily ever after access bombed to your
soul, and I assume our pride has not refreshed. You know what I
lied, pride and luck has refreshed. H sweet the and Helen looks at
everybody. We got everyone's loved ones before we took you all into Garrett.
All we have to do is get to the farm. Yeah. And she's
gonna look at the other the Heather, JD and Ricky, and she's gonna
pull all three of them in into like a group of hand like arms over
shoulders into a group hug. Yeah. Van Halen joins in on that two
back. Oh yeah, sorry and van Halen huh. As they're as they're
hugging, Ricky just says, we've got the band back together. We did.
How are you how school man different? I fue, We just get
we can talk on the way. Let's talk on the way. Okay,
always down to business, eh Heather, She grins. But he just told
us. I mean we still have the car that we drove you. Yeah,
free car. Uh. The suv from the Loop, because of the
advance in charge of the Gremlins, is still drivable in a noticeable state of
disrepair. It looks as if, I don't know, a thousand clawed feet
ran over top of it or through it. The windows are busted out in
certain areas. The leather inside is torn to shit, but mechanically it seems
to be okay. You could think it's not your dad's truck. Hey,
yep, what I mean he looks into a Lion's gonna do about that?
Too much to it anyway, And he looks as he looks at the cowardly
lion, he's soft, I mean most of him. He lifts up one
paw and pops like three inch claws out of the pads. I'm barely use
them. Well, I didn't even know you had those me either. Come
on, let's go. You still got the keys. Ricky left him in
the call sweet and as they're walking, she she kind of leans close to
Ricky and thanks for thanks for saving my ass. There you put the arm
runs Collins. Anytime we look good. I've been working out. I see.
Someone told me if you run you get places pretty nice. Hm.
Shot gun, Yes, damn it. So as you all load in Lion,
taking the back, very very back of the suv, you are all
able to make it out of Garrett without incident. As you're already kind of
at the northern end where very little seems to be transpiring, but the sounds
that are coming to you from Garrett because the windows aforementioned windows have been removed,
and so while it's cold in this December air, as soon as you
leave the sunlight. Bizarre doesn't quite sum up the things that you hear.
As you're driving past the street, you hear thunder, thunder, thunder,
And as you go further in you see a black car drive by with a
red light going across the front. You see the charge of small green plastic
army men. You witness them take head on gremlins as they meet in some
miniature version of some massive land war. You see a man dressed only in
what could be described as a loincloth of fur and a ringlet of leather,
a great sword in his hands, runs forward and says bike, rum but
on you pass as the fighting is behind you, as Garrett has the defenders
of legend from every conceivable imagination. Okay, Heather, you didn't tell us
you had this many friends, he didn't know. Do you think this is
what the world is now? I hope. Well, except for the fighting.
What about the wall, yeah, with about that stuff. Yeah,
but just the good guys, Yeah, just the good guys. Yeah.
I think they're having to tell them heard like shouting because of the windows are
busting us like they're the winds coming through. Yeah, all conversations loud,
and again knows is immediately turned red. Ears turn red as the cold because
there's no way to really, you know, keep the wind from becoming a
windshield. At this point, as you're driving through December, it's December,
it's snowing. So but as luck would have it, about three quarters of
the way to the Lewis Farm, the loop suv gives up the ghost.
It happens about a quarter of a mile before it actually dies, but you
hear the first cough of the motor and as you kind of stutter, and
then the transmission engages again, and to the point where Lion actually says,
I think it's sick and make it power steering go out. As Ricky looks
in his review mirror at the Lion, I I don't think it's gonna lost.
It's very sick. And the mirror falls off right when you say that.
You can see the great kind of silvery head start to shake at the
idea that they're driving in something that's going to die. Not really understanding but
scared of everything. Okay, it's Okay, kitty, it's okay. I'm
not afraid. I'm not afraid. No, you got this, We're okay.
Just pull over, Ricky, make it stop. He does. I'm
imagining it doesn't have much longer and heat gets it off the road. At
least you drifted over. Yeah, and the suv almost apologetically, as if
it's sad that it can't finish the trip with you all. It just sputters
to a who all right, everyone, remember where we parked, and she
will harder and she still got the bat with her. Ricky pats the dash
of the conscience says thank you for getting us to save the others. The
time is done, and he climbs out. You all begin to walk.
It's a relatively short distance, maybe a fifteen minute walk to the Lewis Farm
from this particular position along the rural route. As you're walking, van Halen
comes up to Ricky and you can tell that she wants to hold your hand,
Ricky, but she's not putting her fingers. She's worried about the others.
You don't know how you know this, but it's a sense that you're
getting. You can feel like the trepidation in her touch a couple of her
fingers actually kind of like touch the back of your hand and then pull away,
kind of pushing it off, like it's just the stride or the swing
of her hand. Ricky, She says, you're right. She looks up
and as she continues to walk, says, to you, I was standing,
you were there. Two worlds collided. I need your help anyway?
What can I do? I was when my mission was done. I was
told that I would be able to meet my father. He's he lives here,
He lives in this world. He is a great leader. He rules
with love and compassion, and he makes his followers very happy. We've never
met, but he knows me. He wants to meet me desperately. But
I can't wait to see him. But I can't help but be scared.
I know he'll be happy when he sees me, but I'm so scared.
Will you get with me? Of course? Can know where he is?
Yes? Do you know his name? It's far to the north. I
don't know his real name. They didn't tell me. Would you recognize him
when you saw him? She shakes her head. And when you say fall
to the north, within Garrett or farther north, you can tell that in
the year that you've left, where this being used to believe that you could
walk from street to street and season to season has learned. I learned enough
about this world that directions and indications and distances seemed to be more in line
with your own understanding of them. Ricky been Helen, She has learned,
and she's not lying to the north far from Garrett. Well, I'm too
young to to just take a car and drive, but I'm I'm sure we
can make a plan. And again you feel that kind of brush of fingers
against the back of your hand. Thank you. Is she standing next to
me'll slight? Where is she standing in right? Shoulder to shoulder with you
as you're walking down the road. He puts his arm around her shoulders and
just sort of pulls her in for for a small hug, and miss,
I've got you, and he keeps his arm around her shoulders as they walk.
She falls into you. Know, all that can be sound, All
that can be sound, all that can be heard is the sound of a
lion crunching through a thin pack of snow, and all of your footsteps as
you it's silent here, no traffic, the sounds of the Battle of Garrett.
We're lost many miles back. You are just here in the country,
heading towards the Lewis Farm. Have a few minutes, my friends, how
do you spend them? I think Scarlett would ask j D and Heather about
what happened them. Well, we played chess, Yeah, it was it
was different. It was against I don't know, some guy wore fancy clothes.
Yeah, the pieces were the each other and they sink down like Quicksand
if you know the king from the Princess Pride, you know I think is
his name. Yeah, you wouldn't have liked him. Yeah, he's a
cheater. Probably probably not, but I never I never saw that movie.
Huh. Yeah, how about you guys. You guys seem like you guys
kind get worse than us. You should have seen Ricky and Jerry check the
lightning. Jerry shoots freaking lightning bolts out of his hands. Yeah, Mit,
Shannon and Rob didn't do anything like that. No, Shannon was just
mean, and Mitch was kind of just like, I don't know, huh.
I wouldn't say she's mean, but she was straightforward and kind of you
know, did you mean? But Rob was he you seem nice for the
quiet the quiet one, yeah said every Mitch was saying that everyone was trying
to kill him, so they don't know what's everyone and everyone who's ever met
everythink or works. Mhm. I'm not I'm not so sure, but I'm
I'm pretty sure Shannon is a vampire because they they made too many. I
don't know. She was weird. I mean, the Butts kid was a
robot. He had like the red eyes and everything. Yeah, that's got
trying to punch him. I didn't already doing it. But it turns out
that that rob's not a robot. He isn't Nope, nope, he said
he's not Hu. He's related to Optimus. He thinks I think they he
just I think it's his his heart dad, you know, Okay, not
like a real thing. Well, I hope he finds them. Yeah,
do you know? She turns to Ricky. Do you know? You so
you don't know where he went? Do you where who went? Optimist Prime
went into the days? And I never saw him when we got back to
the farm, and she starts looking frustrated again, so much stuff we could
have done. Ricky thinks really hard, but we did still have to fix
the silo, so we know he was real. We all saw him,
but you didn't see any more of those Kremlin things or not during the time
that I can remember. Man, Well, what how's everybody doing? This
has been crazy everyone okay, like today or overall both, I guess,
But overall I suppose we've been non stop. I mean we were doing rushing
from one place in the next, and then all of a sudden we were
I mean, it was what darkness for a year and then this, I
mean, Ricky, you are awake, but I have to imagine it was
probably harder for you. We didn't know. We just woke up. Well,
school was a long time. On the way out, I met him
with van Halum and he pulls her closer again. She helped me. Remember,
so the whole time I was away, I remembered everything we did,
and all I did was prepare. Didn't really get to know anyone at school,
but you got to you got you to keep your memories. Yep.
As outside of Garrett. Then Helen just nods. Oh. Ricky pulls his
backpack off and digs into his backpack and he pulls out a stack wrapped in
twine. Any hands, one to each person, and you can see it's
all a stack of letters that Ricky has written while at school. I wrote
you all letters while I was gone, but there was no point sending them
because you wouldn't remember it. Yeah, but if we get through this,
at least you've got it any hands, each one of them a stack of
letters when we get through. Yeah, sir, it is sufful Jennie,
I am going sorry, don't know, Google. I I just wanted you
guys to know that that I'm okay. I think I'm okay. I'm good.
I know what I wanted to tell you guys about something. If it's
okay, I am. I guess where we start? J d H.
I think I forgot to thank you about the four leaf clover and she pulls
it out of her pocket and has it kind of cupped in her hand,
small though you know you can't see it through the cup of her hands.
I'm sorry I didn't thank you then. I think it's just everything was just
so fast. You know, you don't have to apologize. It's okay.
But I you know, I thought about it a lot while I was sleeping.
I kind of I saw it. I pictured it in my dreams.
It four leaves, you know, and each one is shaped like a heart,
and they're all linked in a circle. And it's lucky, you know,
and it's magical and rare, like you can look for fields and fields
and not find anything like it, just like us, Just like us,
four hearts all drawn together for a special purpose. I like that a lot.
Yeah, Scarlett, you your guns, you know, they come from
these books, the gun Slinger Drawing of the Three and in them group us
we're called a Cottet. And sometimes there's wonderful people who come along and she
kind of looks over at van Halen and they join in. But you know,
at the heart of it all is always the core Cottete and everyone together,
they're they're just like the family, the family that you always should have
had, you know, just like us. And you guys, you guys
are the family that I always should have had. She puts her arm over
head, her shoulder. It's a car light. I you know, I
just I don't know what's going to happen, and so I just before everything,
since we're here, I just thought I should let you know that,
you know, I've always looked up to you because you know, you're really
fierce and you're you're courageous, and you go out and you fix all the
things that are wrong with the world, you know, and you just never
give up. Don't give me too much credit, and she gives her no.
Ricky, you know you were a hero. You are my hero,
long before you like went on got all those muscles at school, you know,
before all the stuff with the loop. You know, just the way
that you always stood up to the kids at school. And you know you
have the purest heart and if anybody hurts it all, I don't know.
I'm not piling. I guess, I know, I don't know. She
taps the back. Yeah, I'll tell Scarlett, That's what I'll do.
JD. You know you're you're smart, and of course, but when I'm
around you, I always feel like I belong, you know, And yeah,
I think I would call you cautious, but you always make sure that
we don't do make dreadful terrible mistakes, you know, like getting blown up
at that door. And you know you're the one, the one that said
that we needed to stick together if we were going to survive all this.
And I'll tell you something else, j D. I think maybe I'm wrong,
I think, but no, no, I know it was always you
and me, you know, you and at the center. You know,
from that very minute that mister Saying introduced us after class. And I think,
you know, sometimes all the years that we're leading up to that,
they could be sometimes pretty awful. But you know, if all of that
hadn't happened, maybe wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be here in this moment,
and we wouldn't have had that chance, you know, where I could
introduce you to Ricky and then you could introduce us to Scarlet, and then
we could you know, achieve our special purpose. But Jesse, you know,
I think it was just always you and me drawing us all together.
And and now I'll let you know, look at us. What do you
see? You know? Four hearts linked anyway, That's that's what I wanted
to tell you, guys. She just squeezes to her again. I don't
want the good ones together, but I would do whatever I could to help
all of you. You know, I wouldn't change what's happened really for anything.
It's been weird, hard, but I think it's worth it. I
agree, Scarlet as you like have your arm around Heather and you kind of
pull in and give her that hug, and you see nothing in your periphery.
But when you pull back, you realize that there is a handle of
a sword sticking out over the shoulder of Heather. You see the Vorpal swords
hilt and the eldridge spin of magic creeping down over the scabbard has now slung
over heather shoulder. It's so light that Melissa, I'll leave it to you
whether or not Heather would even know it's there. But Scarlett, you are
close enough and in contact, so you actually feel it's a rival, the
last of the legends and the last of the weapons of the paperback exchange gifted
to her warriors. And she just kind of grins and and yeah, we
may have been broken, separated before, but you were with me. And
she patched the guns on her hip, told you you your magic or whatever?
You did this me? Yeah you yeah, yeah, the lot and
looks up. Of course you had her. Oh I did I do anything?
Yeah I didn't. I didn't start reading. I didn't read any any
of those books or watch any of those movies until I became friends with you.
Guys. You know, there's no there's no way I could come up
with this on my own. Ricky turns around and sets walking back backwards,
and he looks and he just points to a giant lion. None of us
knew a giant lion, the general lion as Lam. He knew you by
name. Yep, he walked to you. When you say giant lyon,
you're lion shoots his gray head over his shoulder where and then realizing what you're
saying, comes down. You're a giant lion too, Kitty, right,
Pad's off in silence with you, in silence. Well, I don't,
I guess I don't want to talk about it anymore. I don't, I
don't, I don't know, I don't. I feel like these things just
happened. But I'm glad it happened with you guys. And I think I
think it was always meant to be with you guys. That's what I was
trying to say. We're the right people to do special job. A few
steps go on as you guys continue towards the conclusion of your journey, and
Van Halen would break the embrace reluctantly with Ricky and kind of allow stop to
allow the rest of the group to kind of pass, and she would take
up again on the opposite side of where the line is, walking with Heather
and not conspiratorially, but quiet enough where the rest probably couldn't. Hear leans
into Heather's ear and says you are the daughter of two worlds. Mister,
She says no more. Heather nods it. Ben Allen. Okay, Ricky.
You would see the end of the long driveway that is the exit of
the Lewis farm to the rural route and points east and west, and as
you turned down it's Ricky, roll me and investigate most successes again. You
may use luck, you may use your pride, or you may push for
a condition up to you. You, of course, do not have to
do any of this. This is just a role. Go on. Then
let's spend that luck point and you have one one success okay, So you
almost miss it, you almost We just see it and dismiss it at first,
but it's because it's not along the driveway proper. You see just off
and into what would be the drainage ditch or the runoff ditch to catch water
as it comes off of the hill from the farm. Most farms have these
because of the flat nature. You don't want the fields to flood, especially
if there's a heavy rain. So there are these deep ditches, and along
the kind of the blind wall of one of them, you see footprints.
And with that success you can tell that there are four of them. Are
they heading towards the farm? Towards the farm? He? I think in
this. Ricky breaks off the road, stops, looks out at the footprints,
realizes the direction they're going, and he looks back to the others.
There's four people have walked sway towards the farm. Do they look like adults
shoe sizes or kids shoe sizes? Neither they look like teens shoe sizes.
Does doesn't look like the adults who were told it doesn't look like it's the
adults that we were told we're heading this way. Shoot, prints look a
bit too small for that. Scarlett's gonna go over and investigate a little bit.
Well, the farm was sold, right, so maybe it's just people
kind of who own it now, I don't know. She looks at her
watch. He put he puts his boots. Yeah, boot next to the
footprints. I mean some of the size footprints to house, So, I
wow, could be the onest book need to feature on his kids. I
suppose we should be doesn't seem right, No, but maybe we should just
be cautious. So I'll ask the questions, my friend, as you're progressing,
presumably, or if you've stopped, If you continue your journey to the
Lewis Farm, do you do so with speed? Well with stealth? Hey,
guys, I was given I pull out the ring that's in my pocket.
I got one too, I could sneak forward, my friends. I'm
going to interject here for just one second because at this point, and I
don't know what everyone else would have thought as far, and by everyone else,
I don't mean the players, I mean the characters. I don't know
what's Scarlet, I don't know what Heather, and I don't know what Ricky
would have thought. But the rest of your items, your weapons, your
gifts of the Paperback Exchange are very visible. A twin gun rig on the
hips of Scarlet, a sword on them right now on the back of Heather,
and a bow and quiver being wielded and carried by Ricky. I went
back in and watched the episode of the Battle of Paperback Exchange. Nobody,
and I mean nobody saw JD put the ring on or how he got where
he got, and no one ever saw him hearing it. So this presentation
to you all is the first time that it has been revealed that he is
in possession of the ring. Now again, this might not mean much to
Scarlet, this might not mean much to Ricky. Heather. I'll leave it
all up to you. Back to it, my friend, you got a
ring, not a ring. I got the ring. Well wait wait,
wait no, I don't think you should use that, JD. Can I
see it? Wait? Stop? No? What it's a huh? Is
it like a wedding ring? No? No, what are you saying?
It's the one ring? J D? Uh huh? Heather in your head
and hell, JD in your head as well. You both hear one ring
to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring
them all, And in the darkness behind them, where's the nearest volcano?
What? Okay? You haven't read The Lord of the Rings? Do I
look like I have time to read The Lord of the Rings? JD.
Haven't you seen the cartoon? I think my brother watches it, but it
looks silly. It's it's a magical ring, but it's an evil ring.
J D. Don't wear it. You know what will happen. Evil,
It'll corrupt your soul. Wait, what do you want to you here in
your head? Don't believe everything you read? Like everyone kind of used it
like once or twice? Right? No, no, wait, have you
used it before? Give it to me right now? Hand it to me.
Woo woo woah. She puts her hand on heather. What happens if
you touch it? No, you just have to wear it. No you,
I'm so confused. You have to not wear it. Don't wear it,
j D, j D. In your head, you would hear everybody
assumed that only JD can hear it. When I'm speaking for the best,
you would hear, go ahead and put me down, give me to someone
else. Prove to them there is no compulsion. Otherwise we're going to be
here a while. Well, what do I do with it? Because I
could set it down? Is that where we could go? But then somebody
else could take it. I use it once before, and I'm okay,
Y doesn't see it. Smash it with a hammer, I mean it was
to No, you can't smash it with a hammer. Yeah, she's swap
she swaps where it's a goal ring. No, it's not okay, it's
not a gold ring. It's the gold ring. Okay, it controls a
bunch of shit. I will agree with Heather. Although I want to try
it, I want to put it on. It is evil, but it
will make me invisible. I mean that I can do so much more than
that. It's maybe handy. I'm not sure, but I know invisible that
seems really handy. That doesn't seem bad. But in a few years I
could turn into h creature that crawls around on four legs. Oh, pish
posh, I like the football player. Okay, how it starts. It
starts just like this. You say I'll just wear it or just use it
once, and then you'll say I'll just use it twice. And then you'll
just say, well, it's just so, it's just so pretty. I'll
just keep it in my pocket. Pretty be it. It won't be a
problem if I keep it in my pocket and then and then it just goes
from there. But you know it, he well, I think about this
way. If the world ends in so many hours, then five five hours,
then I mean, m hmm, maybe within a settling torch? Could
that do it away from me? We need to we would need to find
Mount Doom, which is where it was created to destroy it. I don't
think that's going to happen. It's not here. I don't think we have
a mountain called Doom here. I'm sorry. I heard I heard you say
Mountain Dew and I'm pretty sure that's not what you said. No, mount
Mount Doom. I do love the football player. She she looks at Heather.
Okay, something has something is at the farm, right, and she
looks like Ricky. Right. We don't we don't know who it is.
If he can sneak around invisible, that's huge. I can sneak around without
being invisible. We don't, we don't have a green to do that.
But you actually have to sneak. If he's invisible, then he can Can
you move normally without like are they going to hear you? As stand?
But they can't see me? And I mean there's snow and different things.
But I don't have Yeah, think about this, just think about it,
j D. I know, just but I don't want Okay, I'll put
it back in my pocket. I don't have to use it. We can
go, Okay, you guys, sneak. I will be the distraction I'm
gonna walk. I'm gonna She lowers her voice now, because they've been like
shouting at each other. I'm gonna walk straight up the drive. I got
my bat, I got I'm defended. See if whoever sphere shows themselves,
do you guys sneak around and try and get behind them? But for me,
they are I would agree, but I'm expected to be here. Yeah,
but you're sneaky. I'm not sneaking. Okay. Also, I just
started thinking about this too. Though our parents are there and we haven't seen
them in quite some time, maybe we should go check to make sure they're
okay. She turns to Van Halen. How when was the last time we
saw them? Actually, you would have seen them four days ago. They
won't remember though they've been asleep. The only way I could get you all
out of Garrett was to put you all asleep. We how come we're not
affected? Is it because of the veil? I think it's something that the
others did too. M hm. Okay, well do you mean the other
guy the autopod guys? Girl? Hold not your dad, Ricky. I
needed his heker but the other parents were asleep in the house m hm.
And people are walking up to it and there's just a bunch of people sleeping
in there. Yeah, but I didn't want to do. They didn't know
who I was, and I couldn't just come up and say, hey,
come with me, so I had to. That's funny, but it means
we need to go. We need to get to the house. Your dad
also hurt his back carrying Scarlet's dad. Don't tell him I said you told
you that. He wouldn't admit it. He didn't. I just saw him
grab it. He would just make me do all the if you're lifting and
just say it'll make you strong. Ricky stalking towards the house, Scarlett goes
with him. Okay, how about how about we walk in YouTube because you're
sneaky. You guys go together, not separate, and go around the outside
and go towards the house. J D if if what Heather's saying, but
the ring is truth and don't use it. Yeah, try and we'll try
and smashing stuff later. Okay what I said earlier and Scarlett kind of as
they're walking, Scarlett well looks at JD. It doesn't like, just expressionless,
just glances at him and then starts walking next to Ricky. So from
my perspective, here we have Ricky and Scarlett walking the main road up towards
the Lewis farm. Yea, we're gonna have JD, Heather van Halen and
the lion going around the back to kind of creep up to the property.
You know, obviously the farm itself is massive, but you know you want
to just get around the property, correct, like coming from the silo side
of everything. Yeah, yeah, Like I guess we're going more direct,
like the road I'm assuming kind of goes in a straight line right towards the
house, so they will come like we'd because Mike and I have a funness
pro logistics, I don't. I would just ask this one question. Do
it's going to take team sneak a while to kind of get around? Is
Team straightforward going to wait for them to get into position or are you just
going straight in? I think maybe we will walk and then we'll walk at
a very casual pace, and then we'll like talk loud like talk talk casually
like we're not trying to be We're not whispering to each other. We're just
using our regular outdoor voices just to trying to get attention. So if if
there is someone there, they're going to see us and they're not gonna pay
attention to outside or the people sneaking hopefully very good. So with a team
sneak, I will ask for a combined role from both Heather and JD for
stealth. JD, if you use the ring in your pocket, you don't
have to make a role. I think, oh cool, Oh Greg,
I am so so so tempted, but I don't. I think JD doesn't
want to make Keather mad. So well, then the ring would say,
let's put a pin in this. I want to so bad. Here's a
sneak. What summer, I'll use my liss. Heather as she's sneaking,
Oh excellent, has Kitty by the arm and has held up her finger to
let him know to be quiet. Luckily, the lion is very good at
hiding, so you also does not have to roll. I would never make
an NPC give you all away, So for the purposes of this mechanical thing,
the lion and both van Halen succeed, and as it would appear,
the two of you do as well. So you're able to creep around the
outside of the farmstead residential area. The farmstead house proper. And as you
come around a couple of things that you notice, you notice that there is
a for sale sign already on the property. It's different than what you would
see in town with like a real letter tag, and it's more of like
an agricultural thing. But the first sales sign that was posted there out of
absolute just you're crossing all the teas and dotting all the eyes, the soul
sign is already dangling from it, and dangling from that it says property of
all to So as you all creep around to the backside, I will allow
you to roll me and investigate. But this is going to be a difficult
success. So one of you can roll. Uh. The success though has
to be at least a two investigate. You said investigate please, so one
of you can rollant said do you have a Okay? You do? You?
Then I got mine seven, so you got one one than me.
See if this goes wow loop, you can reroll with luck you keep your
original success, so you don't you don't kind of put that back into the
pot. But you know you can use pride. You can push if you
would like to, and you keep the success you already have totally up to
you though. It's just a role. I will go ahead and push with
not push, I'll use luck. I use my luck, all right,
alrighty, So, in addition to your first success, as you kind of
peer into the gloom, just as you're about three quarters of the way around
what would be the clock, you know, you're you're going from six o'clock
to twelve o'clock to get around the backside of the farm. You're about ten
or eleven right around where the silo would be. As you're looking down into
the field, the kind of where the truck would be parked, and the
flat area beside the farmhouse, and you see four individuals staring down the road
as if they are waiting. Do uh Do I recognize them? You recognize
Janet Jones? Oh fuck? Heather points at the four four kids in the
road. That one there on the right, that's that's my sister. What's
your sister doing here? I don't know, but it can't be good.
And now I'm really worried about the people into the house. They're all well
dressed in black. I mean, yeah, maybe we should go back and
get the others because I don't I don't think this is going to go,
well, okay, how far are we You're just coming around the bend to
what would be the final approach to the house, and I'll give you it
for free. You see four figures. You're only about fifty yards away from
them at the final bend, kind of the rise in the hill as you
curl up to the hilltop that would be where the house sits, and the
fields kind of rushing away in all directions. As we describe before, it's
slight grade above it with the silo sits. But for the most parts you
have finished the climb. The rest of you because of your realization you're almost
in position. But the only way to kind of get down there, I'm
gonna let you know this. Mechanically, the only way for Heather and JD
to get down there to help would be to obviously reveal yourselves. This is
uh, you know they are. The four are now aware of the two
in Ricky and Scarlett's approach. As you round the corner and look up,
you see a girl you probably do not know both of you, Scarlett and
Recky. No one's ever met Janet Jones to my knowledge. However, Tom
Hoffman is someone that would be recognizable. Peggy Swanson would be as well,
and Ricky you would know Olie right. And as you step forward, Ali
says to Ricky, do you or meet dirty Dicky? No hard feelings?
What the fuel will mean? For what? For what's left? You can
see he is carrying a blade of some kind. What are you guys doing
here? Tom steps forward? You know I'm a done in second fiddle to
a girl that made that one decent throw one time. It's more than one
throw, your asshole, History will see it. Otherwise, Yeah, a
similar blade. And it's at this point that you realize that both of these
are curved, and in fact, since you just saw the lion kind of
pop his claws, you realize that that's what these are. There's some kind
of claw or nail. And by a nail, I mean that of a
beast. She glances it. Ricky, how close are weak to them?
Rig is a shouting distance or like if you've stopped walking, you're fifty yards,
If you continue to walk, you're twenty five. I think they would
have continued, well, Scarlett would have continued to walk. Ricky would lean
in towards Scarlett and just says, and it's as if he's quoting again.
Even if you're competent, appear encompass. Even if you're effective, appear ineffective.
As if he's just reminding himself of things he's read. Is he talking
to himself or to her? He says this like sideways towards her. Okay,
but it's it's him repeating things to himself. I don't know if I
have it. Didn't mean to do that, she whispers back. If they
think that we can, if they think we can't do it, they will
make mistakes. It's how it works. If they think that they are better
than us, but we are better than them, we win, got it?
So what do you want, Tom? Do you want me to quit?
And she I think they're still walking set they'll stop me. About ten
to fifteen yards away, you can see them all now. They're all wearing
identical clothing. From a distance, it would look almost like a jacket or
a sweatshirt with a hood. But now that you're close you realize it actually
has it's more fibers like it. It looks like fur. It almost looks
like they're wearing fur sweatshirts, if that makes any type of sense. It's
dark, it's jet black Listen. I had to make a deal. We
all have to make deals, right, Look at how weird everything is gotten
and you try to make a deal with me. You remember that one time
and you lost. I'm not gonna again, Scarlett, you lost to a
girl twice. He lost to me and Ben the tea was so little.
It's not that little. And she elbows him. He pulls up the nail.
I was wrong. I'm going to enjoy doing this. And she's still
got the bat on her on her shoulders and she just kind of taps it.
The other two Peggy Swanson, Ollie Wright, and though you do not
know who she is, Janet Jones. I'll make sure that they have these
curved nail blades out. But it's Janet Jones. The girl that neither Scarlet
or Ricky knows is the one that turns towards the barn, which is just
off to the side, and says, they're here. We'll keep them from
running every Yeah, JD Heather, Ricky, Scarlet van Halen, the lion.
As you all turn to look from deep inside the barn, you see
first one great black paw hit the dirt and the snow, and another great
black paw hit the dirt and the snow, and a massive wolf, maybe
the size of a cow a bowl, comes forward and out. It has
a long snout and it has glowing eyes. You see them first before the
gloom is fully recessed. You see these eyes leading and then the paw,
and then the paw. As this massive creature comes out, it licks its
lips and Mike got it in chat. This is from the Never Ending Story.
Okay, she leaves into Ricky is this is something I'm not going to
know what it is. I know, but if you shoot it and hit
it hard enough in the right place, it'll go down, same as everything
else. And Ricky pulls two arrows out of the out of his quiver and
knock them into the earth, into the bow. Everybody, this is an
Amber moment, the ones I like to describe or are give you before we
get into something that's not fun, something that's violent, something that could be
potentially deadly. In this moment of amber outside the Lewest Farm on the last
night of the nineteen eighties, the greatest decade to ever exist. In this
moment in time, all of you have a chance to do something. All
of you have a chance to act and you are all independent of this moment
because even conversation Ricky to Scarlet, JD to Heather, I'm going to consider
that your action. However, one person gets a bit of free advice.
Jadine, you hear in your mind, I can get you there in a
heartbeat, are you, Heather? And I've put the ring on and I
start running? Well, what do the rest of you do? Sit?
I presume then, given JD just ran, we have seen the will you
all did you all bore witness to the arrival of the Godmurg? And go
ahead? And no, no, sorry, go ahead. Heather still doesn't
know that she has the sword on her back, but she as soon as
she realizes the danger, breaks into a run, waiting just a split second.
The lion, shaking uncontrollably follows the charge. Van Halen is already rushing,
stride for stride with you have her, Scarlet, Ricky, Ricky,
you said you were going to pull out the eras. I will allow you
to pick a target if you want, Scarlett, tell me what you want
to want to do. Yeah, what did janets say that they're gonna keep
just keep us from leaving? Like? Are they trying to keep us from
getting somewhere other than running away, if you want to take your role to
kind of tactically figure out what they're trying to do just by looking around the
ominous nature of the disguise. Not at all, there's no veil or description
to what she's saying. It makes it sound like the four of them are
going to keep you from getting away, so the more can kill you.
If there's more to it, though, which are very may very well be,
you can obviously roll to kind of empathize or try to see through what
Janet's really saying up to you all. But now, once you have just
declared your actions, I'm going to need you to make a roll of some
kind. JD pulled back for a second. I need a move role from
Heather as she attempts to clear the distance, and I need whatever it's an
attack being delivered by Scarlet and Ricky. I need force roles my friends who
are in extended trouble, which means that for you all to win in this
conflict, you must get for me with the combination of these roles. Eight.
So at this point you tell me eight eight get you through the next
couple of moments. Rag from from a tactical standpoint, would Ricky see the
four people as much of a threat compared to come walk? And has he
seen Heather and the lion charging towards someone? And if so who I will
answer the second one first, Yes, you saw the charge. I will
allow Heather to say who she's charging towards because the lion is also charging in
charging in that direction and free of charge everyone else. I would have made
role for this, but because of Ricky's training in warfare and tactics. Yeah,
the big targets definitely on the super huge wolf. The other four don't
look like they They don't together equal one great big mark. I will let
you know this though, the claws that are on the pause of the god
Mark looking an awful lot like the ones that are being held as the blades
of these four Heather. Heather's charging the wolf, the big threat. Okay,
perfect in that case. Rick Ricky shouts loud enough to the Gamalk can
hear him, and just just shouts out, we've we've taken out other mythical
evils before, and he just turns and just looses the arrows at the Gamalk.
Very good, Scarlett, Oh everybody, I'm sorry, we're doing this
up without music? The hell am I thinking? If you could please go
to the second track of the Spotify playlist queue up a little Dawkin with some
Dream Warriors if you will. That's much better than in your eyes. That's
a nice change. I've had to choreograph some weird fights in this one,
so Dream Warriors perfect song here. Oh yeah, I think she's going to
charge at the at Tom I guess, or whoever is standing closes, Oh,
I'll give you Tom, Yeah, absolutely, Okay, Okay, so
you're making your charge. Are you attacking with the guns? Are you're attacking
with the bat? I'm in a mealy mood, Greg, So she's got
the bat. You don't want a gun down this kid? Okay? Who
brings us little knife to a gun fight? Yeah? Put a pin in
this for a second, everybody. My son is the one that actually told
me. He said, you're gonna give them guns. That means they have
to use them at some point. I'm like, well, okay, I
went ahead. He warned me of this potentiality, So back at it,
everybody, as you charge with the bat, roll me your force, rome
a force if you haven't already for Ricky Rome a move for Heather, JD,
you do? That's a good question. I think he wants to.
I don't think JD thinks he's gonna be able to do anything if he sneaks
up on the wolf, Like, what is he gonna do there? I
think he's gonna try and tackle one of these four and try and get them
out of the like, out of the fight. So what are your what's
your thought process here? You want this person out of the fight. You
no longer want this person as an enemy? Correct? Correct? Yeah,
So I would assume that if I full on sprint towards one of these guys,
the the quarterback or the bully for Ricky, if I just full on
tackle this kid out of nowhere, M chances, Sorry, he's not gonna
get back up. Hopefully that's the hope, right, gotcha? So you're
you're aiming at which one of them? If she's going after Tom Hoffman,
You've got Ali Wright, who's a bigger kid, I've got Janet Jones,
and you've got the cheerleader extraordinary, Peggy Swanson. Yep. So I actually
I'll go I'll go for Ali, and I'm gonna run and I'll take like
my two hop steps and I'm just gonna try and right cross him in the
temple. Sure, roll me your best skill mhm, best no matter no
matter what it is. I don't care if it applies to this or not.
Okay, my friends, what does that give us? As far as
successes go, so far, I believe we have. The only one is
rolled. I've I've rolled my move. Okay, one success for Heather,
two successes for JD, which means I'm gonna need five more kids. Ricky
hasn't rolled yet, Greg, you haven't roll yet? Is This is a
tactical thing for Ricky, which is why he's specifically turned and gone for the
wolf to try and distract it from Heather. There's my iconic item, Yes,
come to play. So Ricky's new iconic item is the knowledge of sun
suit and it is a force roll sorry plus two on that one success,
and I would like to use my pride as well, Greg, Okay,
pride is no matter how big they are, with a well directed force,
they can fall. So with two successes, two successes by j D and
a success by Heather, that gives us five, My friends, I know,
Yeah, you're gonna push. This will give you a condition, every
buddy too. I will let you know this because this is the finale.
If you would like an automatic success, I will give it to you.
I just want a condition. I would like to push it as well.
Actually, Graig, okay, Now if you push obviously and you're gonna get
condition anyway, possibility exists. You don't get any dice at all, or
you get three. I am here to say if you take my deal,
I guarantee you get a success. This is this is like dealing with that
ring. It's never good. Just just you know, FYI, there's not
much difference between Greg and the Ring. They have the same voice. That's
a sentence. I'll dare you nice. There we go. This is like
push from Ricky looking for the successes. So I'll condition take your condition.
We got it right, and I just proved my own theorem as we had.
Scarlet got three and Ricky zero. So just keep that in mind everybody
as we progress. So here's how everything plays out. As Ricky goes to
fire, Ricky, you're going to succeed because the group succeeded here and who
were you were aiming at the Yeah? So as you loose and fire these
two arrows. They strike right where you were saying, just at the flank
to kind of interfere with the movement of the joint itself. And the first
one enters the fur without any sound. The second one, however, buries
itself up to the fletching, and there is a as the moork experiences and
utters with an exclamation the pain that it is just received. You can tell
that it is muttering under its breath. But the language is something you do
not understand. It is speaking in the tongue of the nothing. It is
speaking in the ending syllables, and as it moves, it focuses now solely
on Ricky, those glowing eyes small to pin pricks scarlet. As you charge
forward with the bat, what do you do to Tom Hoffman as you take
the swing? He is not going to be getting up from this again,
this is tails from the loop. So you know, caving in his skull
like a Matt Max movie isn't necessarily something that we need to do, but
bringing his bell is definitely something that is on the table. Yeah, and
there is there. It's like snow on the ground or is it just like
straight ground? Yeah, there's a nice about an inch of snow, not
a whole lot, but a good bit, okay. Armed with her trusting
new bat that she's borrowing from George Butts, she runs forward and she's going
to like baseball slide, and as she slides, she just cracks him in
like the knee, and then she comes up behind him and then just kind
of like hit like hits him in the back. He drops silently. With
the crack in the knee. There is a you can hear the inhalation of
breath as if he wants to scream. But with that hit in the back,
something happens to him and he drops to the ground. You can see
he's breathing. He's not, you know, in any type of health danger,
but he just hits the ground and as he exhales, some of the
fine powder of the snow kind of puffs up in front of him, and
she's kind of crouched and she stands up. So enjoy the midnight showing a
beast master Dick. And with that we go to let's go to JD JD.
As you and Scarlett, you would witness this because I'm not letting this
go without because everybody else's attention is elsewhere. As you say this to the
fallen form of Tom. You witness j D appearing out of fucking nowhere,
just there, and he levels Ali with a punch. But as soon as
his fist hits Ali, Ali takes it and goes down to one knee.
And when he looks up you see that his eyes are completely white. They
have no pupils. He stands, almost resets his jaw. Excuse me,
resets his jaw, looks at JD and says, how can I help?
He is no longer your enemy. He raises the batons like get the wolf,
reaches down and picks up Tom Hoffman's fallen nail and begins to advance on
the Godmork Heather. With your success role, you are able to get into
the scene of this conflict as you and van Halen and Lion rush into what
is the theater proper of this scrum. As you get there, Janet sees
you, and as soon as she makes eye contact with you, she screams,
he blames us for driving you away, said we helped to cause all
of this. I think that's bullshit. I think you are the cause of
all of this. You have no clue who she's talking about, but she
pulls up one of those curved knights knives, and you know there's no other
target on the field for Janet. As she begins to advance on you,
Van Halen turns to defend you. The Lion is at your side as we
enter into our second round of combat as the god Mark enters the fray as
well. My friends, I'm gonna need you to roll me ten successes.
If you roll me ten successes, you win. JD roll everything with a
roll everything with a plus two. The plus two is ali okay, and
am I am? I rolling just the best, my best. Tell me
what this is for everybody. If you are continuing what you did last time,
Ricky attacking with the bow, scarlet attacking in general, those are force
rolls, Heather, whatever you decide to do, whatever action you decide to
take, let me know and we'll decide what to roll. JD roll your
best skilled plus two. Then you all tell me what you need. You
paint the picture for me. This is a story we share, but I
will let you know this. For the story to go completely your way,
I need ten. Remember my deal. For every condition, I'd give you
a success. I took the condition upset by the way, what's everybody else
doing Ricky's Ricky just pulls up two more arrows, notches them up, and
fires again. I don't think he's spotted Janet running off the Heather yet.
Okay, I'm going after Heather. One success from Ricky. When you're enough,
Oh, I have all them, dice man. Sorry, So Janet
is going towards Heather. Where is Peggy going? Peggy basically turns and sees
JD knock like the convert. I should say, ali to the cause,
and she looks, and in only Peggy fashion, she says, I honestly
don't know who the hell you are, but I mean when anyone even miss
you? As she pulls her knife out, I'm sorry I had to throw
Peggy into the ship. She really shouldn't be here. But it's pay Okay,
okay. If she's a freaking vampire, she can be a beastmaster.
Right. We need ten and we have two. Heather when she ran forward,
wasn't really thinking things through. She just saw this threat of this big
creature attacking her friends. She doesn't she didn't really consider her her sister to
be a threat. But now that she's here, in this moment in front
of this wolf and her sister is coming at her with a tooth she uh,
no, sorry, a claw. She she realized she doesn't have a
weapon or anything to do. She's not a combatant. Can she look around?
She doesn't know yet that she has the sword. Can she notice the
sword? Absolutely? Yeah, you know, the snicker snack of the old
ridge blade of the Vorpal sword kind of makes you aware of its presence,
and you would hear that. So in that case, as soon as Heather
notices that, she kind of chuckles. And you know, Heather's not,
you know, necessarily a chuckler, so this is uncommon. And then she
says under her breath, oh frabjous day kellu kelli, and she draws the
sword. Her move is going to be to attempt to disarm her sister.
Very good, you may roll. Give me a force roll plus two for
the Vorpal sword, which the Vorpal sword, to be fair, likes to
usually chop limbs and heads off. But it'll do what you say, Well,
that's what I had in mind too, but you know, we are
where we are. What one success? Heather will also take a condition,
and can we say, upset absolutely that I'll give you two successes. We
have one success We have four successes total, I believe if I'm right,
yep, my friends, Yeah, I haven't rolled. I haven't made my
decision yet. Sure, sure, so I'm keeping up at four right now.
Yeah, So Heather is attacking the wolf. Correct, No, Heather
is disarming her sister, who's just charged in towards her. Okay, right
now, Ricky is staring down the wolf by himself. Just set the stage.
Okay. Yeah, and you're and obviously he's a standing back a little
bit because he's got that range weapon. She's gonna she's gonna turn to Peggy
because she doesn't want to she doesn't want to leave anybody flanking her. Yeah,
she's just gonna turn to Peggy's like, which is just don't you have
a hair appointment or something? And then she's gonna raise the bat. I
saw what I did to Tom. You really want to test me? This
sounds more like an intimidation, like you're trying to get her to just take
off. Like, I will allow you to roll a force roll for this.
If your intent is to intimidate to just look so menacing that I can
I roll lead instead? Sure? Why not? Command the huddle, command
this this moment. Nope, man, I will I'm gonna push for mine.
I'll take a condition, I'll take I guess injured. I just punched
somebody in the face. No, nothing that did roll lead. So you
know what, in this moment of mania, who would like to roll lead?
You may get some. Actually, this is completely separate from what you're
doing right now. This is for the dice pool that we would have in
play. So is there anyone that would step forward to roll lead? Because
I know that Scarlett, you can't ye correct, Ricky would have four dice
in that. If anyone's got more than that, it's more than what I
have, all right, then Ricky whirl School's fate would have it. Now.
Of course, I'll allow you to push that role too. You can
use luck on that role if you still have it. You can do any
of the normal roles you'd like to see if you could add to that pool,
or you can save it for the task at hand. I'm gonna save
it for the task at hand. Sounds good. So with that three additional
that takes to seven, I believe where we are right now. I'm gonna
reroll my lead against Peggy go to we are one away. Then that is
the case. Now I'll let you know right now, special deal. The
injured condition will buy somebody as success Ricky will Ricky will take that narratively potentially
on the last time he fires the boat, he fires it weird and the
string catches and pulls along his arm to get injured. Sure, absolutely,
I'll let you know this too. I'll handle the injured part when it comes
to him that that happens. But I like to get the full effect from
money from my van. That's fine, Greg, could be a broken on
if you want to. All right, friends, So as this goes down,
I want you to tell me is this scarlet will stay with you?
As you turn and basically point the bat at Peggy Swanson, what do you
say to her that's going to cause her to head for the hills? Tom
just folded like a cheap lawn chair. Peggy, do you really want to
stick around? Is it worth it? You see something wash over her and
she starts walking towards her. Yeah, And with this intimidation, with the
bat outstretched, with the perfect example of Tom on the ground, it's almost
you see her face kind of fall as she's shaking her head as if waking
up from something, and when she sees what's going on, you can see
a look of horror over her face, not for the scene, not for
Tom on the ground, not for the fact that you're advancing on her with
the bat. But she looks down and she goes, oh my god,
what am my way? And she runs up. Yeah, you better run.
Yeah, she's not stopping. She's heading straight for the maple horsemall.
If it's still if it's still up, Yeah, you're amazing. Grag,
that's just so. Yeah. She is removed from the play. Ali is
a friend. Tom is down. Janet is going to be disarmed, and
how do you do it, Heather? I think Heather disharms her with just
a swing of her weapon. But once she's disarmed and the threat is no
longer there, she has a certain sense of loss of interest in her and
really wants to turn her attention back to the wolf, and so she says,
just get out of here, Janet, with a kind of level of
disgust in her voice, and then she turns her back on her and faces
the wolf without the need for a role. Because you all succeeded in this
narrative engagement. I will let you know this that Janet doesn't seem to wake
up from anything. She doesn't seem to be under the influence of any other
type of power. But at Heather's dismissal of her, she was ready to
say something. She had venom on her tongue, she had it dripping from
her mouth. But with the utter disregard, the dismissal in the heat of
battle, the ambivalence that Heather had for her, she stops. She seems
beaten, and she walks away to the bat the back of the No,
I'm just kidding, right, and I'm just joking. It's an attention getter
JD. What are we What are we doing with you? Buddy? Yeah,
that is a good question, because I was going to go help Heather,
but she she took care of it. So well, there's a big
ass I'm gonna go for the big ass wolf. Yeah, put the ring
back on, take take off towards him. As soon as you put the
ring back on, you would just hear one word drawn out, yes,
as the world turns black and white, and you would see the Gomork for
what it truly is. It is a being of shadow. It seems to
be just a blob of cellular kind of ink with those eyes. Even in
this nether world where you are, those eyes still maintain that same glow and
same proximity bearing down on Ricky. As you get closer, What do you
do? This is an action that you are close enough to both move and
attack. Do you do well? I saw after I hit the kid he
turned to my side. Ali, so I'm gonna try and do the same.
I'm gonna try and like move around and like press like punch and press
the ring to like I don't know, around like the eye part of the
of the wolf. So as this happens, Ricky, you are the last
to act. You would see appearing on the back of the Gomork is JD
who rears up with this glowing this you can see like the red ruins kind
of blistering off of this ring as he drives it down towards the forehead.
What do you do, my friend? As this does not stop the charge
of the gomork, It is going to hit you. It is going to
bear you down, but not before you get in your lick. What is
your lick? Why from this is an action or is this just saying that
Ricky gets to say, what do absolutely this is Ricky? The remark is
not going to be around anymore between you and JD's influence. What does Ricky
do to aid in its expulsion? Ricky? As it's about to get to
him, Ricky drops down to his knee one knee, and then drives up
with his shoulder as it starts to come over him, and tries to lift
it and push it over him so that JD comes down on top of it
and pushes hotter into it as it's the ground on the opposite side of Ricky.
You do this very thing. As you are able to flip it over.
It drags its one claw across your chest though, and you see immediately
a dampening of blood across the shirt as it kind of lays you open.
But you do grab it, and this massive bulk you use it against it.
You wouldn't be able to deadlift this thing, but because it was charging,
it does the work for you. As you lift and fly over as
JD is riding out inverted for a moment coming down, and as JD's fist
comes down at the same time that the flip commences and ends and hits the
ground. The era that didn't do much effect before is driven into the go
morgue as it splits into its side, and you see the fur begin to
kind of peak in certain areas, not to be too terribly graphic, but
it's still among the living. As JD drops the ring for a moment,
there is JD. You're floating in nothing, in like your inside the inky
blackness of this creature. But this nothing has a heartbeat, it has a
presence, it has emotions, and it has a goal. But you don't
know that last one. For with your punch you do not convert hurt the
Gomork to your cause. You remove it from the field and in so doing
create a powerful enemy. But as you drive it down, the Gomork holds
its corporeal form for a moment, and then, almost as if the insides
of the creature were removed, it becomes just a rug and then, much
like the energy on that was left before, it begins to wisp and get
carried away into the garret air. My friends, you are out of combat.
She's going to run to Ricky. Ricky that and Ricky just pulls his
hand off his hands colored blood from his shut sit, sit down, Sit
down. He takes a seat. That worked. I guess, holy crap.
And then she then she looks, j D. Holy crapped on my
back in the snow. Yeah you're hurt? Is he really hurt? I
mean it's you've seen your fair share of lacerations from the football field. Both
you and j D have probably experienced them. You know, cleats, getting
hit on people's legs and things like that. It's a good one, but
it's not something that you know. It you know, if allowed to have
pressure and probably some compression. I mean, it needs stitches, but it
doesn't. He's not going to bleed out. It's not it's not a fatal
wound, a terminal wound by any measure. And I think you're gonna use
some stitches. But yeah, that's that's a kid. I think I broke
my wrist, JD. Okay, and Heather it goes to help him up.
You use the you use the ring? You did you use the ring?
J D? How we just appeared like that? No, that wasn't
cool, Scarlet, But what he dead or whatever happened, it did the
job, didn't it. I guess are you? Are you too? Okay?
Yeah, she's gonna be in the house. I'll be all right.
There's first aid in the house, definitely, there's it's just in the kitchen.
In the kitchen, you go then, and as soon as you kind
of go inside, I'll give you all this for free. You're quickly able
to identify, with Van Halen's help, that all of your loved ones are
there. You know, the Blakes are there, Kyle's there, everybody,
all of your loved ones and parents are representative. The mayor is there,
your mom is there as well, JD. Ricky, your parents are there.
Everyone seems to be in a state, not necessarily asleep, but in
uh kind of lethargy, like they're just kind of very similar to whenever they
said nothing, do nothing in the one episode that we had way back.
They just seem to be fine, but out of it. But as you
rush in and you're quickly able to find where Ricky said the first aid kit,
which has not been packed yet, was kind of hanging there, a
gift from Lewis to who would ever be there next. You know, of
course mister Lewis would think, you know, if someone gets hurt, he
wouldn't want to be the cause of them. Not having a kid, So
the kid was left out, and you're able to take care of everything.
Don't bleed everywhere, Ricky. This isn't you're going to be your house anylong.
Yeah, it's not going to be in my problem. She's going to
look up the window. Is Tom still lying in the snow? He's gone?
Okay, yeah, she's She actually goes and looks and looks for him.
Nothing not outside, but she specifically goes to the window and looks.
You would see and the chaos you don't really get much. But outside of
that realm of massive foot prints and fallen creatures and lions and wolves, am
I you see a pair of foot prints that seem to be retreating towards Garrett.
Okay? Yeah, She like leans against like the window sill, and
she like has like this sad look on her face, and she doesn't say
anything. She's just my friends. The battle for Garrett is out of the
Keystones hands. They have done the impossible. They have saved their loved ones.
They have saved the city to the point where they have given it a
chance to survive. Now all that's left is to wait and spend the last
minutes of the eighties with one another. How did they spend it. What
is your dream for each of your characters. It's might not be a dream
that comes true, but if the world exist the next day and the next
year, in the next decade, do you have a dream? Have you
thought that far? What does Scarlet, JD, Ricky, and Heather do
as life moves from the fantasies and adventures of children into the also boring realm
of adulthood? And my friends, please go to your Spotify playlists track number
one. I think Scarlet spends most of her times just staying staying at the
window, Like once it's confirmed that everyone's okay, JD's not going to be
turning evil and Ricky gets his uh gets patched up. She kind of she
just like sits at a at the window at the like at a window seat,
and like is hugging her knees and she's just just resting her chin and
staring out the window towards Garrett, and she's she's thinking about the others and
whatever they're doing, and she thinks, like she like lets her mind wander
a little bit, and she she thinks about like graduating high school, and
it's like it's like high summer, and she's running out of her house,
and Ben is there with her, like following her, and you can't think
they're talking. You can't hear what they're saying. But Ben says something and
she laughs, and then she laughs and she replies and then he laughs too,
and then they have like bags in there get on their backs, like
backpacks, and they toss it into her her jeep, and the jeep is
like packed of like camping gear and sleeping bags and junk food like milkshakes,
and their intention is to just drive like they're going to take a road trip
somewhere, just the two of them, and like maybe even Jerry is there
to like help them lift the heavy stuff, and they like poke him and
like they motioned towards the truck like hey, like come on, you want
to come with us? And you just make the no and he backs away
and then and then it kind of like pans back as they get in the
drive away and it goes into her room and that aluminum bat is uh sitting
on on a post like would post like a stand for a display stand,
and it's like all polished and shiny, and it has everyone's signature on it,
as like JD. Ricky Heather, and then Scarlet and then Ben and
it has the autobots sign thing as well, like they probably would sign it
in there, and so you have like wheel Jack, iron Hide and everyone's
names is signed on it, and it's like and then she's just keeping it
as a memento. It's fantastic. And so as we in the mind's eye
have a dream that may or may not be we see this bat signed by
heroes untold. Where do we go next? What possible dream do we see?
Are? Go ahead? Heather? Yeah, Heather has achieved all of
the goals, most of the goals that she would ever have in her life.
She has worries right now, but in this moment she pushes them the
way so that she can be present with the people who are most important to
her in this moment, and as as the time passes from time to time
her she is reminded of a dream she had while she was sleeping, of
a potential future. And it wasn't of a specific event or of anything of
import. It was simply being home in a place that she always belonged,
and her friends are there and maybe there is more found family there, and
everything is right and all of the things that are there, the clutter that
fills her life. Everything has significance and and maybe there's a hint of possible
more adventures in the future. Beautiful, Let's go to Ricky and yes,
you do all right, Ricky has There's two paths that Ricky follows over the
course of a period of time. In his hopes and dreams. Ricky would
follow Van Halen to the north wherever that may lead. But at the same
time, he doesn't stay in Garrett. He does return to school. His
time at school was lonely. He was totally on his own. He no
friends in the three months that he was there. He was singularly focused.
But Ricky returns to school to find that the fact that he was top of
his class in a lot of things that he did. He became a relatively
popular kid, known by his classmates doing sports, his activities that he was
doing, continues doing them and pushing himself in archery. It's something that he's
thoroughly enjoyed. As much as the adventure was risking their lives, he found
a purpose in it. And above his bed in his dorm room sits the
bow of Lucksley, adorned in all of its finery as a momentum again of
the adventures the children shaid fantastic. And finally, Jdan and I will add
one item for you to think, in this possible dream and this possible future,
what may or may not be. It wouldn't take you long to realize
that in your sanctist sanctorum the hide out of the keystones when opening the crawl
space door that would lead out into the unfinished portion of the garage and now
leads someplace very different. It leads through pine trees and into a field that
has a lamp post. Of all things, there was also a note just
inside written in bark in a hand that you do not recognize, but it
says welcome home. So I start kind of freaking out. While I'm there,
I'm like a I thought I finally found a type of thing. And
the first person I bring is Heather and say, hey, so, you
know how I've been reading all the chronicles of Narnia and how ever since everything,
I've just really been diving deep into it. And you know, there
is nothing better than the first you know, the first one reading the Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe for the first time, and you know,
Scarlett has been, and seems like Ricky has Van Halen, And as you
said before, it seemed like, you know, we were like the two
that brought the group together, and we've had our special times together too,
And well, I thought this would be fun, and I'll show her the
entrance to Narnia. Maybe we have our adventure first, but when we come
back, we can bring Scarlett and Ricky along with us. But the first
time, I would like to visit with you first. And that's a possible
future, possible place, a possible offer if dreams are to be believed.
But for me, dreams exist where memory meets hope. They grow, they're
waiting to be discovered, to be realized. Sometimes they become reality, and
sometimes they fade. It is rare for a dream to be shared exactly,
each unique to the one that dreamed it, as different as rose in a
garden, as garrets. Some dreams can be seen now, but who is
to say if they will become a truth. Bean Halen walks up to an
intricate gait of a massive estate. This is the home of her father.
She smiles at Ricky and reaches for his hand. With the others, she
presses the button beneath an intercom mounted in a brass bracket with purple accents.
Above the intercom as a plaque indicating the name of the estate, Paisley Park.
I'm here to see my father. I brought the boy I love,
a voice, says one moment. Just a few seconds later, a figure
dressed in the purple of royalty rushes from the estate. As the massive gates
start to open, he doesn't stop and wraps van Halen in a hug.
Both of them shed the same tears, like those of a dove. Finally,
he pulls away and cups van Halen's face. I've waited so long,
Daphne. You're home now, my princess. His tear filled eyes turned to
Ricky, and he smiles. Come along, young suitor, I have for
you both. I've heard quite a few, but maybe you could tell me
one more tale. Scarlett Blake points and shouts, just as she called out
blitzers on the football field, Audibling instead at the sight of a residential fire
and Garrett. As she calls out the play, her team of firefighters rushed
to action, following the once in future quarterback into hell itself. Scarlett has
been and forever will be a leader, one that draws danger to her to
save those she loves, one that listens to and respects the opinions of all
that share with her. The adventures of her youth never escape her thoughts,
and those so very happy in her life. She sometimes longs for the freedom
of the quest, the sirens lull of the mystery presented. She sometimes wishes
for just one more tale. Cowboy hat resting on his head in a federal
marshal's badge and credentials on his belt, Ricky Lewis shakes the hand of the
President of the United States while accepting the physical thanks of a grateful nation.
In the audience, his family listens to the President recount his seemingly limitless acts
of valor and duty. There's even a sun Zoo quote. Ricky's wife,
Daphne, and his family watch and smile from the seats in the audience,
all save his father, who, despite his old age, leans against the
frame of one of the auditorium's rear doors. He doesn't hide the tears on
his cheeks. Ricky himself takes pride in his accomplishments, but there is that
pang against the back of his heart. The one that craves the fantasies of
his youth, the one that wishes that there had been one more tale.
JD ever, so much older than fourteen, sits criss cross apple sauce talking
to a group of second graders, and then the powoween just helped us find
MICA's widdle sistel. JDI writes everything down in a leather bound journal with a
crystal adorn at bookmark, at one point loosening the tie around his neck as
he works. The door to his office opens and a young man pokes his
head in. Mister Mayor, they need you at the Board of Education meeting.
Mayor Jesse Davis smiles and politely ends one of the countless unofficial meetings he
has with Garrett's youth. For you see, Mayor j D doesn't dismiss the
imaginations of children. Oh No, he listens and remembers and prepares his city
in case evil ever threatens them again. He loves his job, takes pleasure
in going to work every single day, but he always wishes, especially after
his meetings with the children. He always wishes, maybe, just maybe there
could have been one more tale. Heather hugs her children every morning every day
and every night. She smothers them in love, but does not suffocate them.
She takes them on adventures of the mind. To the books of her
youth, she takes them on adventures of the heart through recounts of her own
fantastic tales, with the names changed, of course, to protect the innocent.
Her kids love the stories, but most of all, they love her.
They are loved, they are happy. They are all children of the
sun, and their word for heaven is mother. Heather's favorite thing to do
is share the latest chapters of her own current novel as she writes them.
Never Say Never is nearly finished. But as she sits to write, Heather
realizes that it is almost complete, and her mind wanders, as it often
does, thinking what if there was one more tale? But those are my
dreams for the keystones. Who is to say if they will come true.
Now, on raven's wings, we take to the sky, and for the
first time we fly away from Garrett. Our tale complete. And that's where
we end this series of a tary twilight twist of We are ripped away from
the raven, from the skies and thrown violently back to the Lewis Farm,
a silhouette, bathed in darkness, manifests on the corner of the kitchen with
a smile. Oh not so fast, mister GM. This story is an
over not by a long shot. We have unfinished business in the kitchen on
the Lewis farm. From nowhere, Randall Flag appears. Please turn off over
the rainbow. What do you do? Keystones? As Randall Flag, leaning
in the corner makes a comfortable presence here in the Lewis kitchen. I think
she Scarlett jumps up immediately, torn from that dream that she was having with
like the wind in her hair, like the warm wind in her hair,
and she's like you, and she glances at towards heather to see where she
is. You're all there, Van Halen is there, the lion is there.
Your parents are in another room. This is just you. What are
you doing here? Are you kidding me? I am not. Are you
hiding from the wall. It's not my war. You came here to do
something, destroyed a universe, to come here and be a at like a
high school bully. He seems offended, of course, not listen, I
haven't come here to fight. To quite the contrary, I have an offer.
Could you possibly offer us. Will you have dreams and things that may
or may not come true? I can promise you fact in actuality. You're
ready. You weren't all those months ago outside of Castle Grace Call now you
are. You see, the world's need strength to guide them, to help
them. Sometimes that strength needs to be gifted by dark hearted killers. Sometimes
that strength needs to come from a place of love. But it must come
from the strong. You see. I'm tasked with understanding what the world's need
and getting it to them. Believe it or not, my work is vital
to the spinning of these worlds. Have I been a villain? Of course?
Have I been a hero? Yes? I have? Can I be
both when the world's needed? Absolutely for what it means? My favorite song
isn't Sympathy for the Devil? Ask her points to van Halen. She knows
the truth. Ask her if I've been known to help? What is he
talking about? She looks van Halen keeps her eyes on flag he has,
but he doesn't listen. He doesn't follow any rules. He does what he
wants and doesn't ask permission. She looked at it. She looks, all
He's not in a band. That's you see the definition of heroism is doing
the right thing, doing the right thing no matter what. But injuring people
and hurting people, that's not heroic. So how can you class yourself as
a euro? And of what Van Halen is saying that you don't follow rules,
Look where their rules got them, Ricky, and he indicates the area,
even though you know he means Garrett. I wanted to stop Arkabille and
the Walker in the sixties, but they wouldn't let me. Said it would
disrupt the balance. And look where we are. I'm done following the rules
of some ancient agreement, and I am done with dark hearted killers. You
see, Maggie has her kids, her champions, her legacy. I want
my own, and she much of a reputation, Heather. I do what
needs to be done. I have been a hero, I have been a
villain, but what I have done has kept the world spinning. Legacy is
a big deal, Heather. It's larger than oneself, and if managed correctly,
can conquer all space and time. She looks at looks at all of
you. Do you think it was a twist of fate that brought you here
to Garrett? A twist of faith that convinced Jad's aunt and uncle to bring
him here. A twist of faith that had the mayor signed j D up
for football, A twist of faith that in turn led JD to Scarlett,
twist of faith that spun Heather's circle into Ricky's. A twist of faith that
led you all together. No, it was me, So you were saying
that none of thoughts would have happened without you. In all the worlds that
I have walked between the roads way before the walker, it has never happened
the four of you. And it looks directly at Heather like hearts that have
touched you, never touched in any other world except this one. Could it
have happened, maybe, but I made sure it did. Something's going on
here, something, some type of game and stakes or all of us.
I am done being manipulated and used. I am finished with the lies.
I intend to take back my fate and the fate of all of us.
I can go anywhere, anywhen to figure out this mystery, and that's exactly
what I intend to do. There is an age of always out there,
and somewhere in it is the answer to this mystery. But I need help.
I can go everywhere, I can be anywhen I can see everything,
but I can only ever see it with my own eyes. I need fresh
perspectives. I need to learn as much as I teach. That's why I
need all of you. As he's been talking, the bat is in her
hand, and she's slowly been sidling over to be in front of like almost
in front of Heather. You said you are tasked, tasked by who,
my dear boy, by the same entity that tasks your lion friends, the
same entity that it tasks your optimus prime seam being the tasks Maggie, I'm
here to keep the worlds moving, not to let them get torn asunder,
be used, be squeezed. Isn't that all you want to do with them?
You just want to be the one doing it. I only do it
when I need to. Now see now we need to save them. Have
you ever heard the saying the road to hell is paved with good intentions?
It's not enough, you know, to want good, you also have to
do good. Well, I agree. I think that's why I need all
of you. We will travel the world see things that pale your very notion
of fantastic. I will teach you all I know, and you will tell
me what you see if you see me straight, you tell me if you
see something that needs fixed, something that needs done right that I miss you
tell me. Scarlett starts to chuckle a little bit. You say, you
think that's what I want? You think I want to I've busted my ass
ever since I was a little kid to get where I am. Just do
follow you some guy and tell him what what he needs to be doing.
What am I going to be making your sandwiches? Next? You said you
put you, you put everything in motion to put us here. You don't
know us. If you think that we're going to take this as a nine
offer of yours, shove it up your butt, my deuce, Scarlett,
I think you misunderstand me. I don't mean to lead you at all.
If anything I follow, I have a dream, and you keep it.
I'm not like one of these ancient magics. I'm not going to take a
year of your life. When we are done, I will bring you bright.
I will bring you right back here to this. In it, you
will be the same age you are now. Unlike the foes we face,
I will not steal years from you your lives. We don't be missed or
lost. No I'll be ready waiting for you. What happens if we say
now I can't stop you, we don't fight, This will be the end.
If this was your end goal before, why didn't you come to us
with this proposal at grad school? You weren't ready. I had to be
sure, and what told you we were that? Because we're here now,
you all made it here. Ricky looks to JD. You can't take an
army unless it's prepared. Let's be honest. Before all of this, would
any of us being able to do anything that we did today? Just no,
I agree with your years ago. We are you guys talking about we've
gotten better? Right? It was a test, an interview to see what
we were capable of. I didn't set up the test, but I couldn't
let it not happen. Who set it up? You put us together,
so someone set it up? It look said van halen Kavilm the walker.
They have set something in motion, but there's something else. Somebody's manipulating everything.
They keep changing it over and over again. Who's the false I can't
wait to find out. You said that we would be the ones to hold
you accountable. But how are children's supposed to stop you if you decide that
you don't care what we say, and instead you decide to destroy a world.
Announce my power except for the ability to travel. He looks at van
Halen. I could do that, right, Vanhalen shrugs and raises her eyebrows.
Technically, why would van Halen? No, van Halen, why would
you know what you can do? I know the story is, do you
have an idea of who we're trying to stop? What we're trying to find?
Just whispers? She nods her head at Flag. I mean he used
to be a knight a long time ago. I don't know if he still
is one. You haven't given us reason to trust you haven't. How how
how do we know that you're telling us the truth? How how do we
know that you'll keep to the commitment that we'll do good for the sake of
good. I'll join your band. That requires agreement from every member, and
he looks to van Halen. Van Halen looks back at you, Ricky.
If he agrees using the word, then young Flag nods his head. I'll
agree with the word. What is the cost if we choose not to do
is there's no cost? Him to go on about your life. No,
not as to the world. The world's going to pay a price because there
are forces that are changing him, hurting people, stealing things. I can't
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just like it, but we might have we might have to. We can't.
We can't stop doing the right things. I mean, like I said,
I don't like it. But then everything we just did might not mean
anything. Ricky looks at Heather and this is has he actually done anything against
us that we know of? Well? He he tried to stop us in
Castle Gray School. I thought that's what he was trying to do, But
I don't know. I guess what were you trying to do at Castle Gray
school with us. You're trying to stop us, swayed us in which way?
If he turned around and went home? I would have had my answer.
If you are as as a test, well, you're surely powerful enough
to have stopped us that. If you've got to give up some power,
perhaps it could you have stopped us if you had chosen He smiles, a
wide smile of brilliant white. Perhaps I could have. When you think about
it, did you really, guys, really think that I could with my
strength push him away? Probably? His smile drops a little bit. Don't
steal yourself. Shut hither ever you could do that? You did that.
I told you before, and I'll tell you now. I can teach you.
I can show you how to do everything I do. We didn't turn
her. If we had turned around that day, van Halen would have been
she wouldn't have been freed. It Chris. Yeah, we don't know what
I have to Chris, but he would have still been captured. My friends,
I ask you this, I would give up the power to do the
evil that which you think I'm capable. I will swear by the word I
ask you this. Will you join me uncover the forces that are manipulating us,
causing us pain and robbing us of our free will. I can only
bring you all together. It is up to you to stay together. Are
you ready for one more tale? And as I said, if all bad
members agree, I mean, did Heather and JD say yes, Carla?
If we don't try, what could happen? It would be if we didn't
try. Now we can make We can make the right choices along the way.
You know every step of the way told you about choices, Heather.
If he doesn't have the power to do evil, and we are directing things
that at least leaves it in a an opportunity to do this right. He's
clearly done this and he side eyes him. He's clearly done this wrong in
some worlds, key nods in agreement. We can make sure he does it
right. Otherwise he doesn't give anything up, and he goes on again.
He sees him destroying worlds and destroying lives. I can't only about you,
only one correction, Ricky. I can only do any of those things.
And you speak of if you all agree, I get my power back.
That's the word. So you agree to give it up, and we have
to agree for you to get it back. That's it every member of the
band excluding myself, of course. Well you're not in the band yet,
as you say, and I think the the bat falls from her hand like
clatters on the hardward floor, and she just hanging. Scarlett just hangs her
head. What's wrong? Maybe a tear comes down her cheek. Whatever you
decide, it's okay, it's okay. Heather puts an arm around her shoulders.
Should I actually lean away from you like, oh sorry, I'm sorry,
you're ready to be done, I'll do it, and she'll walk away
and go back to the window. Flag nods. Then it's done. Van
Halen says, So what is it? What's what your favorite song? Rehandle?
Flag smiles. My friends go to the very last track of your Spotify
playlist. And so a fellowship is formed, questions, concerns, sadness,
and joy, its potential outcomes. This fellowship could unravel the mystery surrounding them
all. That's another story. That is a torry twilight, the age of
always. And so we end our session, but not our tale, for
ours is a never ending story.