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Talk soon, and thanks for listening. Oh Rich, you look a little
stressed up? Man here, Why don't you take some of this appromise.
It's nothing weird this time. It's just like some whiskey or something. Yeah,
definitely use somehow, Yes, what's been going on? Man? Talk
to me that dude, Oh my gosh, this has been the shittiest freaking
work day, work week, work month. I'm not even sure how long
it's been, but you know, so you know we've had our adventures together.
This past couple of hours has just been like that guy just showed up
out of nowhere and he freaking just blasted crystall in me, like I'm still
sizzling in some places. Oh man, Like I'm just absolutely not ready for
this. Yeah, I'll get ball man hate when that happens. Like it's
just crazy. You know. It's like when you're trying to do the thing,
and you do you know what I mean? Yeah, I do,
I know what you mean. And then like those guys, if we were
to believe that story got kidnapped or like arrested, and then so there goes
the whole phone thing. So now I'm sure we're still going to have to
track that down even though literally only one person wants to do that. Oh
yeah, yeah, squeaky wheel something like that, grease, you know,
yeah, see you get it, man, what this is really good?
Like, don't turn that thing up. That's like that's all. Yeah,
it's like the full full obtained stuff, you know what I mean. And
I don't know. I'm just feeling really good. And then I'm ready to
go. I got my nice ass outfit on with my little monocle that you
guys hooked me up with and everything, and we're about to go to some
super nice hotel. Dude, Yeah, you're looking good. You're like I
could tell you already relaxs to go. Bit man, that's just did you
some good. I really appreciate it all. Rick. You know, we've
met a lot of people here and most of them have been assholes, but
you're a really good guy. Greetings, my paid none paid interns. I'm
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Today's icebreaker, What historical figure, living or dead would your character most like
to have dinner with? What up? Bitsy boy? Marcel Hardy playing Richard
Cox, a human consultant turned halfling bard who holy believes it's better to be
lucky than good, but it's best to be both. And the historical figure
that Richard would like to have dinner with is George Washington Carver because he grew
up thinking that he was the person who invented peanut butter, and he really
loves peanut butter. But as he got older and started doing more research,
he realizes like it was more about like sustainable things out crops, so it's
not just cotton and things like that, and so he's like, you know,
that's actually a pretty legit cause too, so I'd still want to have
dinner with him. Hello, my name is Annelin Hardy, and I play
Taylor Jacobs, a centaur barbarian with a heart of gold who got very frustrated
side and can't believe that doctor d is such a dick. Who knew?
But now we know what the D stands for? Yeah, we do.
It's doctor doctor Turgent. Obviously you don't doctor Dick Terrian. So the historical
figure that Taylor wants to have dinner with is Serena Williams. She's one more
Grand Slam singles than any other woman or man during the Open era in tennis,
and she just has the most amazing work ethic, so she really does
a really good one. Okay, So hi everyone, I'm Katie and I
play Crystal the dra Druid with her very own MLM Crystal Clarity. And the
person that she would like to have dinner with is doctor Carr Renborg. I
want to say it's either ron Borg or Rehnborg, it doesn't matter. He
is the founder of the first MLM, so she would like to pick his
brain about all of the strategizing that he had to come up with in order
to develop such a great platform for making money. Jax, Yeah that's tracks.
Hey, I'm Marjorie. I play Amy and Amanda, a basic,
b repent tumble human fighter with a freshly minted dentistry degree. Hmmm, probably
doctor Jean Luke Picard, the inventor of dentistry. Oh yeah, crowd,
Hi, I'm Tyler, I play it Paladin known as Bentley and Bentley would
want to meet President John Tyler because he wants to see what kind of riz
a man has to have to pop out a kid at seventy years old,
who's then inherited that riz to pop out a kid at seventy years old because
he has a grandchild that's still alive today. Well, a president from the
eighteen hundreds. Yep, all right, So once again, I'm Alex Capps,
your DM or district manager historical figure that I would like to have dinner
with Gary Guy GaX. You know, that's the easy one. I would
have to say, like a combination of Matt Mercer and God was the Brennan
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All right, so when we last left off, you guys had made
it to an actually decent hotel. Nice. It's a little bit more than
decent considering how much it costs. Yes, Uh, you guys laid down
in the comfiest beds you've felt, I would say since you've gotten here,
but some of these beds might be more comfy than the beds you're used to
at home. Would you say it's an inspirational sleep? Because we've just talked
about Baldersgate. Can we all just like sigh after we've done our first long
rest at this hotel? Sure? Because that's what they all. You all
just sigh like a I don't know, depend on much voice you choose.
Sometimes it sounds more orgasmy No, y'all all sigh, and then you just
hear Bentley in the back snoring. So you all wake up very refreshed.
In fact, you all wake up so like refreshed that you all get a
plus two TOKENO. Now, this plus two token can be used at any
time before your next long rest and it's just a flat add to to a
roll anytime you any d twenty roll not like damage rolls. Okay, I
would like to order breakfast. Okay, So she just wants to order breakfast
as a platter for the room. Okay, so you, says Antony comes
to the door. Yes, you uh were asking about breakfastt Yes, I
would like a whole breakfast, spread the works. This is all inclusive,
right, so it just we we yes right away? What time is it?
And what time is your appointment with the law offices? Oh? I
forgot about that. My time is checkout. Because Ben has made it very
clear he does not want to pay for a second second night, and I
certainly don't want to pay for the second day. We can totally just all
chip in ten gold and stay another night if we really wanted to. True
also still want can we ask for late checkout? When he comes back with
breakfast, he basically explains that late checkout is basically the same price as the
second day. Okay, so what time is checkout? He says, in
about an hour? Damn can't go to the spa. Why don't we all
just chip in ten gold and stay the other night. I mean, I'm
fine with them. Yeah, that's fine. I owe you. Yeah,
he says, no need to pay now. You can clear up with the
front desk when you leave, he says, we will keep a tab open.
Your credentials could get really expensive. Your credentials came through and your you
are cleared for just as long as you would like to stay. Okay,
well thanks blugle. Oh no, they saw Bentley's bank account. They were
like, oh, yeah, he can stay here as long as all right.
But after so breakfast gets to the gets to the room. It's a
nice spread of different kinds of meats and eggs prepared different ways, breads,
toasts, cinnamon rolls, jams. No cinnamon rolls. Damn, there's a
place of heathens. Is there? French toast? There is some kind of
toast that appears to have been dipped in eggs and then like covered with powdered
sugar. Yes, okay, that's what that's what Bentley's Syrup and jelly and
jam perfect. I mean I would almost prefer syrup, jelly and jam over
sounds we're eating breakfasts, so and now that we've had a night to kind
of recuperate and kind of collect our thoughts, I don't like what this bodes
for us. Like, if this asshole has been here as long as he's
making it seem maybe the only way to get home is with these stupid artifacts.
Maybe we really do needlogo. He seems pretty desperate to try anything,
so I have a hard time believing he hasn't tried everything else already. Oh
oh, to Like, so you think we need to talk to d'artagnian again.
No, no, no, I'm saying, like you know, we
were trying to find a way that didn't involve blugle. I'm thinking maybe we
say ourselves sometimes and not try to do that. Oh okay, I mean,
as long as we're working with Fizzle Bang, I think we'll be fine.
That was If Fizzle Bang goes to a different company, then I guess
we'll just have to Fizzle Bang. I wonder if there's a referral bonus we
can split, right, So that was one thing that I was wondering as
well. In a little bit of a different way, I guess we should
probably tell Matt Damon and and doctor fizzle Bang what we've expected. We might
need a little more security going into this next je Fizzle Bang was kind of
tossing it off. You know, we mentioned this whole thing, but I
don't know that they know quite how serious exactly this is. And if they
do, then they're just even bigger assholes. Well that's corporate for you.
But hopefully that's valuable information for them. And then I think that we could
use that as a bargaining tactic to get a more competitives out. So what
all do we have to do today? We want to go talk to Bluegle.
We need Mimeo out potentially, Yeah, Crystal has to go to so
I guess we need to split the party, I think. So okay,
So as you're all discussing this, there's a loud bang at the door.
Crystal, you better be in there. That's rude, chill out, and
she like walks to the door and opens it. He didn't say, Crystal
too. Open the door, and you see Saul standing there. He goes,
what are you guys doing? How do you find us? Probably are
Bluegle credentials? If I had to get probably so many people have been following
us around what's up, Saul? He says, did you have you have
you not seen the news? Did you have anything to do with this?
I don't know what you're talking about. That's the right answer. Okay,
I'm coming in. And he closes the door behind it, and he said
he said. He throws a paper and it shows a blinking and Nemeo arrested
trying to break into the law offices. He says, Okay, listen,
you just keep telling me you had nothing to do with this. Okay,
it'll be okay. It's because I did it, easy enough to do.
Yeah, But did the rest of you have anything to do with this?
What what happened? I promise you I had nothing to do with it?
He says, I believe you. Bentley just walks out of the room.
He's going to go do something that I had to mind. Okay, bye,
Bentley. So he says, okay. So he says, I'm going
to just assume y'all had nothing to do with this, that this was just
a coincidence. And but we have a problem. The opposing counsel has requested
to have the deposition moved up because of this incursion. They don't believe that
they can keep all of the evidence safe for long enough, and the court
just approved it. Okay, we go today. Okay, are you ready?
I mean fake until you make it. What does Richard say? It's
better to be cool and something. That's the gist of it every day,
Crystal, that's the spirit Okay, yeah, it isn't mantra. That's for
sure, better than spiritual than good, but it's best to be neither.
You have me the first half, damn it. Joey and Phoebe meme.
Oh yeah, all right. So as y'all are discussing that, Uh,
Anthony sees Bentley in the whole way. Monsieur Bentley, Uh, where are
you headed? Do you need assistance? Oh no, I'll be fine.
Bentley's gonna head out and he wants to go find somewhere that does like printing.
Okay, well, enjoy your enjoy your day and let me know if
you need anything. I can't do things, buddy. Okay, you didn't
want to ask him for like a local print shop. That's a good idea.
You're not there. Bentley's got to find it on his big boy.
He's going on a big boy himself. I can tell that Bentley has never
had concier service before. Yeah, definitely not. He's like, I'll just
look it up on my phone. Well, Bentley normally stays at like middle
of the middle of the road hotels, like not crappy, but like not
like it's like just nice enough where you have to pay for the y.
So we'll cut back to Saul and he says, okay, they want to
meet at noon. Do you need to do anything before we go? She
looks at the rest of the team and she's like, what do you think?
Could you give us a rundown on what we can expect in what like
the order of things is gonna be? Well, I can tell you they're
definitely gonna ask about the break in, because the circumstances seem very suspicious.
Well, easy enough, Yeah, that's okay. So what else? They're
gonna ask questions about Crystal's identity, They're gonna ask questions about her alleged multiple
attempts at discrediting the the plaintiff. Uh, They're gonna ask a lot of
questions about this disturbance and slandering of product. Will the plaintiff be present?
I'm not certain. Hmmm, is this a magical? It's weird deposition or
are they just asking us questions? Yeah? Are they going to put some
kind of spell on her? They're going to spike my drink? No,
they're not going to spike your drink. We're not animals. But is there
going to be like a truth something something? There is a possibility I would
not be consenting to that. It's a violation of my privacy and my rights.
So I won't be considered. No, I'm saying I won't. So
if it lands me in prison, it lands me in prison. It's gross.
We've had too many things, too many mind altering substances. While here,
I watched my friend who's not here, get you know something about a
sun drop? I don't know. I don't want to be drinking anything that
might cause me to be permanently impair. Oh no, they won't make you
drink anything. That would just be weird. So what they just spit it
at me? Like what are we talking? No, it's just like a
magical aura sometimes. Oh but it would be it's not common. I don't
trust these people, so all right, I don't trust anyone. So that's
fair. So we didn't do discovery after all, That's what I mean.
Do discovery. Oh so we swapped back and forth. Yeah, yeah,
so you were able to get some useful information. So what I'm telling what
you're telling me, got a little bit. Yeah, Okay, he explains
it to you. There's about fifty boxes of evidence that they've entered into the
record. How many boxes have we entered? Define box? I don't know,
suscause I only had to I can only provide what you gave me to
work with, so nothing. I provided the information you gave me. So
they do have the cell phone on the list of evidence, but I don't
see how that's gonna help us. What if this Crystal could handle it?
Would they be all right for her to prove her identity by unlocking it?
I don't know. If I was able to try and unlock it with a
complicated password, it would prove that the phone belongs to me, that would
be a tough sell. But we'll see if the if the judge will will
allow it. Would she be able to change the passcode if she could use
her face? I think we established that she wouldn't know how to get into
the okay, like into the setting. Since she's clearly able to unlock it,
you know, Like why would she feel the need to change in order
to change a pin code or a pasca like that, you have to enter
the old Yeah, but she's so she's already able to enter it and like
get your information out, though, So what would that prove other than that
because she can't change the password? Okay? So, and also if you
want to ask, could we guide their direction, like guide their questions to
asking me what's specifically on the phone itself, like stuff that wouldn't be outside
of the phone data and information that would not be outside of it, that
would be stored there that I would quote unquote not have had access to before
coming onto this podcast. Right, we could possibly try that, but I'm
not sure what that'll get us, that'll prove it's mine. Okay, We'll
just have to give it a try and see what happens. I mean,
do you have a strategy, SHL I really don't know what to do until
we get there. More of a more of a in the heat of the
moment kind of lawyer. That's super comforting, honestly, TV. The book
on a wild card. If it works, it works, which we have
yet to know. You don't know if he's a good lawyer or not.
Wouldn't he be a good lawyer if he's working for bluegle good enough unless he's
that lawyer that they give to the employees and contractors they don't super care about,
and not one of their courses. So they say that, I mean,
we did take down their main opposition with the orchard, so hopefully they
would have provided us with a decent lawyer. It's funny they show up like,
oh, by the way, we're gonna have to remove small from you.
Here's this other lay right, okay, you know? Okay, Well,
I guess I'm ready. Let me get dressed. Okay, So we
cut away to Bentley walking through the nice part of town. Oh yeah,
Bentley wants to look for two things. One a print shop. Okay,
I say that's easy enough to he's gonna get something printed, Okay, It's
like right, and be like here, can you print this for me?
They look at it like, you mean like embroidery. I just need more
papers that look like this one. Oh oh okay, so you mean you
you when you say okay, I don't know why I thought clothing. Look,
my brain's not fully functional today. Please bear with me. Yes,
you find a printing press, and uh, you find that prints like the
local papers and things. He says, uh, yes, what do you
what do you need? I need fifty of this exactly, and I like
show it to him. Okay, what is it? It's an IT ticket
format. Okay he says, uh, yeah, I could do. You
said fifty of these? Yeahty ten silver? Okay, I pay them in
ten silver. He says they'll be ready this afternoon. All right, cool,
thank you. And then I want to see if there is I'm going
to do the shopping thing again. Is there like a weapon shop anywhere around?
Like, oh yeah, definitely in the nice part of town. Yeah.
I want to go and see if they have And since I got upgraded
armor, I want to see if they have an upgraded weapon, either axe
or a sword okay on one handed egs, I use both? All right.
So you do find a weapon shop and he's rather stout looking dwarf behind
the counter, and he says, good afternoon. What can I do for
you. I'm looking for something that's like one of these, but better.
And I show him my like sorry to my axe. Oh. He says,
okay, you want one that's that cuts better? You want one that
hits harder. Yes, either way, Oki dokie, so he says,
or just does something interesting. I mean this one I show him like sort
of like this one lit up with like a holy fire. Ones that would
be cool. Oh okay, here I got this one. This one's called
the moon Kissed scimitar. Does it have the holy symbol of Tallist on it?
I mean, if you're paying it can have whatever you want on it?
Sure? How much? Uh? This one would be four hundred gold.
Do you have a cool axe too? He says, now the axe?
I got this one. It's called the heavy ass axe. This one
doesn't have any plus to when you attack, but it does plus two damage.
Okay, yeah, how much for both of them? Can you come
any deal on both? He said? For both? I could do seven
fifty deal. I just go ahead and pay him. Oh great, doing
business with y'all. Get these engraved up for you. They'll be ready this
afternoon. Cool, and that's all I wanted to do. All right.
So you arrive at Ironquiln Storm and Saul approach. She goes, all right,
Crystal, are you ready? You got you're composed? Yeah? I
think that she While she was at the hotel, she basically requested help to
get dressed in the most professional way that this world perceives. Okay, so
I honestly, you know, like when you go to depositions, you're supposed
to dress professionally or you know, no, need to take this offline,
overworked and underplayed. We'll circle back after these messages. So, but she's
dressed. She intentionally dressed to professionalize herself in this universe. Okay. So
she comes out in a very modern Elven garb that almost looks like she's ready
to go down the runway. M beautiful. She's got her glasses, she's
got her big hat, she is done up, and she for a split
second, each of you almost sees like the Crystal you first met in the
boardroom. Wow, Crystal, you look incredible. It's amazing what a night
sleep can do for the complexion. It works, it works. Yeah,
I know. That's what my anestysis always tells me. Maybe I know him.
You probably do, okay, doctor Samuel Jones, I'd have to check.
Okay, Well, anyway, let's get let's get this show on the
road, all right. Uh could she give a should we give you a
pep talk or something? Yeah? I mean like I feel pretty good.
But Bentley, are you going to where it's of affirmation? Okay, So
Bentley's like actually already there waiting for you guys. When you when you show
up a the law office, Billy, when did you leave the hotel?
We're going tonight going. I thought you were still I thought you were still
eating breakfast. Anyway, what it's not an insult. I just ordered everybody
breakfast, and some people wanted to take their time. I wanted to you
ordered everybody breakfast. It's probably on Bentley's to have location. It's just again,
we're at the So you step in and they guide you back to the
room and they seat you across the table from the other law council and you
see thorn iron Quill does not appear to be there sitting across the table.
Is only aerial storm. Oh where's thorny, mister iron Quill? Yeah,
he felt a little ill this morning, probably related to the break in we
had last night. You got a break in? Yes, is rather convenient.
Someone was trying to steal something from our secure evidence area. Well,
I can imagine that you guys are in such high profile. You know,
probably a lot of people are out to get you and your company. I
would imagine you'd be surprised. I imagine no, I wouldn't. Actually as
many enemies and such, most aren't to try to break into our secure area.
That's really awesome that you guys have such great security. That's true.
Wow. Wow, We'll hope he gets to feeling sorry? Is there an
echo Richard? Why is she get Richard just to make him feel uncomfortable?
I feel like it's pretty hard to make Richard feel unomfortable. Wait, sir,
are we all in this room? I thought, yep, Okay,
yeah, no, he's like okay. I thought this was like you're saying
an interview one on one thing the room. Not yet, I mean,
probably not at all. All of you take your seat, and you see
as there are there are three closed boxes on the table, and she has
several crystals in front of her. She said, just so you know,
for this deposition you will be recorded. Your presence here is required per the
court, but you may in the session if you choose, and if you
do so, you know we will have to proceed with the the full scale
trial. Okay. And crystals just looking at her nails, okay, can
we assume I hate to butt in here. It does this mean you're you
are also being recorded? This isn't just the only user being recorded, and
we'll also be able to have that recording when this is done. Your lawyer
is welcome to record whatever they choose. So so all kind of looks and
he goes, I didn't bring a crystal? Could we please have a crystal?
I'm sorry, I'm not required to offer those for your charge. So
I find you have when we could buy though? Well, okay, So
I find this interesting because if this is going to be utilized in a court
of law against us, then we should have a transcript of this recording because
this is going to be entered into evidence if you're going to pursue legal action
against us. So I don't understand why we wouldn't be privy to the recording
that is made during this session. You see, she says, you make
an interesting point. I'm sure we could provide you with a copy after we're
done here. Yeah, unredacted, I'm assuming right, of course. Okay,
can I tell if they're lying? You can try to make an insight
check. Okay, I'll try to take some notes to Crystal. I'm pretty
good medical school. I feel like you've probably had to do a lot of
like no taking in your time, have been shit lately? Oh that's a
twenty nice she's not lying. Okay, Well cool, Thank you so much
for your compliance in my request. Okay, now can we begin? Okay,
first one who ask you a few easy questions? Okay? Can I
cast a tect magic while we're in here? Sure the stones detect is magical?
Okay? And then there is one object that detects vaguely magical in the
evidence boxes. Okay, she says, according to your profile in the bluegal
terminal system, is your legal name Crystal two point zero? When you stay
a legal term? Are we requiring it to be something that was forced on
us unconsensually, or are we talking about the name that we came into this
world with. I'm I only asked what name is on her birth certificate?
Is on? What name is on my birth certificate? I don't know what
a birth certificate is. That's interesting that this world doesn't have birth certificate.
I don't think they know what the law is? Then? Just kidding how
many retracts Earth law? At least so I can confidently state that legally in
my world where I am from. My name is Crystal. So you're saying
you're not from this world. Yes, I am saying that this was never
a secret and it was never hidden. So tell me tell me about this
place that you say you're from. What relevance does this have? Just just
establishing background? Okay, it was a world much like this one. Well,
I did have corporations. I'm sorry, Marjorie, there is capitalism,
so I can confirm that we do have that system of government because that's is
a governmental system and you cannot make one. So yeah, okay, interesting.
Interesting, So you're not from here, not from La Ron. Now
clearly established you you believe you're from another world. Believe I think you're trivializing
my statement alone. I've been there. I would never trivialize yourself. You
would never. I would never. What's her name again, Ariel? Really?
Ariel? You can call me miss Storm. No, I won't be
doing that, but that's great that you want me to. Okay, So
when did you first arrive here in this world that's different from the one that
you claim to be from. I actually don't know how long has it been?
Three months? It could have been three months or three years. I
really couldn't tell you. With the way time passes in this realm, I
I honestly do not know the answer to that question. Okay, so you're
unsure how long you've been here? That is correct? Okay, he's typing
and it's making me very nervous. Richard or Marjorie or anybody know how long?
I think it's been about three and a half weeks. Three and a
half weeks, I think so, right almost, because we have three months
total in our contract, correct, I think you're about a month in a
month in Okay, I have no idea. I think I can honestly say
that this is not a lie. I think it. I think because we
had the longest stretch of time we didn't play was when that bridge was out
or whatever. Well, there was also that time when we were in the
under dark, and like time passed differently for yeah, exactly, there is
no way to know. Okay, So I have no idea. Also,
do we have months, days, and years in this realm? Yes?
Are they all called the same? Yes? So here's my cop out answer
to that. I'm gonna use the Star Trek answer, which is that there's
a universal translator that is translating days and years into what you would understand.
And and so I'm only doing that because I'm not coming up with a whole
new calendar system because I will spend way too much time on it. You
don't have to, like you guys, ask me for that, and the
next time, like we play, you'll have like a chart with like when
the different tides are and like what leap years look like in a in a
system where you have two moons, like don't even get me started, all
right, Okay, so you're unsure how long you've been here? Do you
remember when you made you tried to make your first attempted sale of your claimed
product? No? Have you attempted to make a sale? No? Okay,
so let's go back a little bit. What is your occupation. I
am the owner of an MLM. Okay, and what is the name of
the MLM. It is Crystal, which is my name in combination with the
stated goal of the products that I create, which is clarity. So it's
called Crystal Clarity. Interesting, Okay, with the K it is not the
church. I did not make a religion, unlike somebody. Uh how long?
Or let's say, what is your relationship with Uh, the person known
as Aiden montiac Who's that? So you're saying you don't know him? I
actually don't. Okay, all right, let's see. Can you just talk
that's Captain Montiacu. Because we're in the room with you right like we are
hearing this line of questioning. Yes, Saul leans ever goes, You're doing
great. It surprises me that there's not a zone of truth here, can
you Well, a lawyer would not want to be inside of a z They
would crumb. Every single one of them would crumble to pieces. They would
they would evaporate into They just have to not lie. They don't have to
tell the truth. I actually don't know the person, So it is not
a lie. Zoot doesn't have to have the lawyers, and they could just
be the judge and the person being interviewed. The lawyer is the one interviewing
the person during a deposition. So she said, so, just to jog
your memory a little bit of Aiden Montyak is the proprietor of a particular bar
in the Seafares area known as the Crow's Nest. Oh is that what his
name is? Oh? Okay, so you do know him? Not really?
I mean I probably stayed there, and his name has come up,
but I really wasn't paying attention to anything he has done. Have you attempted
to use his bar as a recruitment ground for your company, Crystal Clarity?
I think maybe one time. I'm trying to remember. I've been a little
busy in this whole universe slash world, basically trying to survive the horrors that
this place comes with, so I cannot confirm with certainty that I actually did
do that. Okay, Can you describe in detail the events leading up to
the seizure of Church of Clarity property from the Atheneum bookstore? Oh you mean
the free samples? Yes, well they were free samples. Did you take
the free samples to try them or to keep people from trying them? I
took the free samples, So you've taken all of the samples. You've used
them all by now, totally, I think so. Maybe I honestly don't
remember what I did with them. I did take them from the location because
they were free, but I didn't sell them, and I maybe I poured
them out, but also that's still not illegal since they're free. So no,
I didn't say anything about them being what you did being illegal or not.
Your insinuation is that I did do something illegal. So, but if
you poured them out, was the purpose of pouring them out to prevent others
from being able to sample that product? I think stopping the spread of misinformation
is not a crime. So you believed that the free samples were misinformation?
I think they were a terrible reconstruction of a product that already existed. Uh.
I have here also about witness accounts of you attempting to scry to some
supporters of yours, claiming that the products were counterfeit scry. Yes, you
were scrying to I have here your boss babes. I'm sorry, Marcel's losing
shit. Oh my god, did that actually work? That was into a
rock? That was the rock? Yeah? Talking about you did your boss
babe thing into the rock? Oh, the iconic recap that you did?
Oh, I forgotten all about that. I love that Barcel remembered it exactly
right. Of course we did. It was amazing. So I don't really
know what scrying is, so I cannot confirm whether or not I attempted to
do that. Here, I'll help you. Oh you were Uh you are
a known magic user? Correct? Yes, I can do magic. Yes,
right, you were holding an inanimate object speaking into it. Well,
that wasn't an inanimate object. You see as as Ariel like kind of scans
over the rest of you to see your reactions. It's there, you know,
backup phone. Yeah, oh excuse me? What a phone? Her
backup phone. But I'll let Chris will go back to it. Sorry I
interrupted. It was my backup, your backup, right, So this is
a backup scrying device. Again, Scrying makes communicating long distances, is trying
to peer into the infinite with magic. Did you know that that's not actually
what I was doing. Why don't you tell me what you were doing?
I don't actually have to tell you. Yeah it sauls like, yeah,
don't do that. This sounds really bad for us. Yeah. I don't
see how that's relevant to the case. So you don't want to answer this
question. I'm asking how it's relevant. Uh. So we have here of
witness testimony of you speaking into a scrying device and trying to discredit the Church
of Clarity, calling their products counterfeit, and trying to summon your army of
boss babes to go and destroy and take this. I guess what I'm asking
as a turn to put this back to you in a way that I can
understand. I would like for you to is the Church of Clarity and non
profit organization? I don't see how that question is relevant. Ah hey,
so uh yeah? Uh yeah? Is the is the Where are you going
with this, Crystal? I don't understand your line of question. Are they
making a profit from the goods they're selling? Of course they're making a profit.
Why would they sell things? Okay, so how can they be a
church and have a profit? Uh? Churches? Churches do have profits.
Uh huh okay, I'm sorry. When can we be done? Nudge Saw
and ask him a question? Yeah, what do you want? Hey?
Saw? The uh? The law real quick intent and practicing things like if
she did something like that's a practice, but she didn't actually commit a crime,
can that be held against her? I mean it depends, but most
of the time no. Al Right, So if we just show her the
actual rock that's not a scrying device, we can just say that, you
know, Crystal was practicing a speech. She didn't actually commit a crime,
she was just practicing. That might work. We might, you know,
honestly, we might be able to get her out of this with like a
plea of insanity at this point just from what I've what I've heard, not
quite what I was going for, But I just would like an answer to
the question of if you're selling a product and you're a church, like there's
no law that prevents the church from turning a profit. That's really interesting.
This world is crazy. They pay taxes just like everyone else. What okay,
really cool? Would you like to see the device in question? Out
your scrying device. You're gonna show me how you summoned your army of boss
babes, Like, uh, is that we have here Janet and Kim?
Yeah, but there I wouldn't consider would you guys consider it an army?
I don't think they have weapons, so no, I wouldn't consider it an
army either. But here is the device. But this is the group that
you instructed to go and take goods out, and so I'm telling you right
now, here is the device. Okay. And she takes out the cell
phone shaped rock that she has and she hands it to so as you Mermaid,
as you as you hand it to Ariel, Saul leans over goes,
So is it really just a rock? Like to Richard He's like, yeah,
we can talk about it later that she it wasn't doing anything her mental
health and be like is the sal he's He's like, oh boy, okay,
yes, So as you can see, Ariel, my client didn't do
any She was talking to an inanimate object like any person might do who has
been under a lot of stress and is in a strange new place and maybe
maybe isn't all there at the time at the time, Yes, temporary insanity.
Crystal likes it. She likes the temporary part. She doesn't want to
be institutionalized, but she'll take advantage of basically anything. Ariel looks and she
goes, well, this is quaint. We'll make a note of this for
evidence and make sure this is admitted. Okay, so you claim to be
the founder or owner of this Crystal Clarity, Do you have any proof of
that? I do, actually, but unfortunately it's not with me right now.
See convenient, I know. Isn't it convenient that your bitch isn't here
either? But we all have to live with hard truths. We live with
hard truths, and just because the documentation is not here doesn't mean that,
just like my birth certificate, it isn't real. You keep talking about this
birth certificate thing. I don't even know what that is, so let's continue
on. Funnily enough, there's a picture of it on my phone, not
my phone, obviously Crystal phone. And so it's funny that because she probably
would know what a birth certificate is. Did you have anything to do with
the break in that occurred the other night? I did not. Hmm,
you did not. I did not. Interesting choice of words. I don't
know how that's interesting. Are you familiar with a gob Blenn by the name
of Nemeo. She's like racking her brain because she just does not pick up
names of people that aren't potential targets, like I'm trying to if they're not
in her downline. She doesn't know who that exactly. She knows his name
and he's definitely not in her down line, doesn't know it, but he
is. She only lets she knows the squad thinks they're in charge, and
she's okay, well what happened. I feel like I've heard the name and
I probably came across them. I feel like, did you guys hear that
name at the Crow's Nest? I think we heard it at the Fountainhead Fountainhead.
Yeah, I think so. Maybe the name sounds familiar, but also
we've been encountering a ton of news and a ton of new faces in the
past. However much time it has been since we arrived in this god forsaken
hell hole of a universe, and I couldn't confirm or really even deny that
I know this person. Well, that's interesting. He had a lot more
to say about all of you. That's so awesome. People know who I
am. I'm so shocked. All right, So that's your official statement on
your your relationship with the Goblin nemeo. Yeah. Does anyone else wants to
add something to the record? Why why would they? So? Like it
starts nodding to all of you to like just not say anything. I'm this
is out a character. I'm Julie wondering why we would because no sued.
So she says, Okay, well, I guess if there's a If that's
all, then we're done here. Well, it was awesome meeting you Ariel
again. For the was it a second time? Second? Third time?
I have ever many times? You do have a forgetful face, so forgive
me if I can't remember. Have a great day. She just walks out,
so wait to be dismissed. As you start to get up, the
door opens and you see thorn Ironquill walk in and he says, unfortunately,
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