The parade is at its apex. The citizens have walked along the bidens all
the way around the city and have ended up at the temple grounds, beautiful
gardens, towers seemingly empty, and tacks the gore upon the pedestal, looking
down over his subjects and his lord's city. Snow seems to fall as there
in a Frockx has let on an icy blast, perhaps injects the position of
the fireworks. We see a familiar face in the crowd looking upon the teethling
lord of the city. Well, familiar mask anyway. I know it is
a little difficult to speak in that mask, Kirria, but I'd like to
ask what your thoughts are as best as you can. I'm not sure what
to expect, actually, I don't know if you're going to be like fudging
fealty or if this is something where I just watch. Yeah, I feel
safe behind my mask, safe just watching, say, behind a mask.
Yeah, those two are you doing anything in particular or just watching? Just
watching? Lord of Helios stay silent at the pedestal. Brahm Is General stands
to his side, the earth donal side that acts upon his back shielded his
side, and they're just looking over the crowd the parade to this festival of
colors and attack Zigur It seems to offer up a prayer. But on whose
behalf heria? You are able to see lies? Are you not? Yes?
More over the truth, fitness or a reflash over tax face, the
end of doubt? In his words, which words specifically? He speaks out,
My citizens, my people, my devotees. This city is yours.
You are a part of it. You are the reason it exists and the
reason I lead you for my Lord and our God. I hear him plainly,
and he is pleased. Which part of that specifically? Where did he
hesitate? Pleased? Yeah? I thought so, okay, great, that
would make me a little uncomfortable. A lord of death making you uncomfortable.
I don't fear her, No, I suppose not not anymore. At the
end of the word pleased, Maxagor, Lord of Helios, bows his head
in prayer and seems to signal guards to light blue flames leading up to the
temple. He then bows to all of you, parents' is back and walks
away, Brahm following. After just a moment, and you feel a burning
sensation, not unpleasant but not comfortable upon your neck, where your brand is.
You look at others around you if you choose, and you would see
the simple glow. The fireworks begin to dim and the temple guard begin to
motion everyone to return to their homes. Let's go to the sewers. JAHI
Kiria, not you though we see Galen cesare and I believe Skyless as they
meet together with Galen waiting at the sewer grate, the dead ends hide away,
Yes, Skyless, up ahead, it's Galen. He made it fine.
M hm oh we did alright, m skileless dimples. You were able
to get away fine? Good. Yes, I wasn't aware that we were
particularly running from anything. The Lord of Helios looked me in my eyes,
and his general looked me in my eyes, and his general spoke to some
of his soldiers who went into the crowd. The dance between he and I
seems to be becoming a bit more vigorous, some sort of jig perhaps.
Nonetheless, I thought it would be a good idea for me to remove myself
from that situation. But you gave me such a scolding for not wearing a
mask, and yet you revealed your face while he stared directly at you.
I removed it. Afterwards. I tried to sense something, and it wasn't
working. The Goliath is I couldn't find anything in him or in his generals.
I couldn't find anything. I couldn't sense any weakness in the channels or
where the arcane energy might flow, or anything about if there is some sort
of weakness in the general's resolve or or an arrogance or something. I couldn't
find. I couldn't find anything. Any crack in that wall, ram is
my wall. Well, that doesn't mean there isn't one, no skyless.
You're a hunter, right, did you see anything? It's so many things,
anything useful, weakness, point of egress, something in what in the
Lord of Helios and his structure his I didn't know we were. I didn't
know that was a part of our targets. A Lord of Helios, he
is the one who rules this city. He grants favors or not, He
kills or doesn't. Curia's accountant made a deal, a deal that should not
please Hades, so that means he has an exception from the account from the
Lord of Helios. Why does the Lord of Helios grant exceptions when what leverage
can be found to make you care about the Madam. So let me put
this in madam terms. If you don't care about other things. Clearly,
some criminal enterprises get permission to operate in this place against the laws, and
so there are ways to find exceptions to those laws. And to find the
ways to find those exceptions would help the Madam and all the mission that you
desire. But skyless, if we can find where those cracks are, we
might be able to help Kyria as well. Well. To be honest with
you, just because I didn't know he was a target doesn't mean I didn't
say any weaknesses good. The whole thing, The whole thing was weakness.
What did you say? Why would well, why would the Lord, if
something so powerful, show their face in something so? Why would they expose
themselves in something so fantastical like a parade? If there's a parade of celebration,
usually hiding something, so why would they throw the face of the Lord
of Helios inside the wrapped around the entire curtain? Why would he be a
part of the curtain? Something else must happen, and putting him out in
the front facing means he is willing to die, or at least someone is
willing for him to die, or he feels himself so invulnerable that he thinks
he can't. Don't think that's it. It's got to be something else.
I think he's needed for the ceremony. I think this ceremony. I can't
prove it, but you do not. Every person has life force, and
you do not gather so many people all branded. I should maybe perhaps study
these brands. There might be something special. I should speak to Losh perhaps
if this brand is different from the other brands, that might What if these
brands are some sort of focus, and this ceremony is a means to drain
energy or power from the populace. The puppyists can't leave. They must be
here for the ceremony, So why do that Unless it's some means of taking
power. And this is a large city, so many people, it must
be a lot of powers. This is this a way for him to renew?
I couldn't see it. Perhaps I needed to be in the ceremony itself,
but a sense I cannot imagine you would do something so as you said,
ostentatious and public and him here if there were not some sort of purpose
to this ritual, something something arcane, something, something that makes it worth
it for him to be out here in this way some time? Could it
be simple hubris? It could be he thinks himself, well, he thinks
he belongs on Mount Olympus. H perhaps this is his Mount Olympus. Yes,
but come, all of this is yes? How many assassinations have been
on the life of a lord of Ilios? How many attempts have there been?
Do you know, Hm, Dan, is there general knowledge as a
noble from Kingston about assassination attempts? Probably it would not be the most accurate
number. But have there been reports that someone from my circle would have known?
Oh dozens attempts? They've all been killed. Is there any from what
we've heard? I'm old enough, I've been around for I'm not young.
Is there any sort of pattern in the attempts, for example, whether more
in the beginning and then less now or has it been sort of steady throughout
or increasing? Oh more in the beginning, less now they've seen how few
tire? It is? If I would ask when these attempts, when the
criminals, as it were, the assassins, were brought to justice, was
it done publicly with large announcements. I'm just wondering about display very much public
An example, of course, needs to be set. I always thought that
about him, I said, well, when I was quite young, after
the invasion and all of that, quite a few people were executed traitors and
treasoness, and they were in the beginning quite a few assassination attempts. I
believe some of the Paladins, even although I don't think they would call an
assassination thing, would coot something like a righteous something or other. But those
people were always well. The assassination attempts foiled, of course, and they
were executed in the public square, criers putting out the word. Though,
I must say, just because we have heard of so many attempts in the
beginning, those attempts dying off and the last doesn't mean there weren't more.
I would imagine the only for publicity's sake. The only attempts that you advertise
are ones that you can get something out of. For all we know,
there might have been attempts that were closer to home but not advertised. The
public face is the mask flawless, but there must always be something behind it.
Well, that's simple. If you can't kill it, capture it hm
hm, Yes, there is a lit trying to capture the Lord of Helios.
I'm not saying we should, not saying we are any in place too,
but that would be how we would do it if Skyl, I trust
your martial abilities. You are a tricky fighter. I appreciate that about you.
How you skulk and no one knows you're there until they're already stabbed.
Always found fighting, well that's killing. Yes, I suppose ses Aiah,
you always are a bit more of a duellist. Brahm the general is undefeated
in battle as far as I've heard the stories, and he is powerful and
dangerous. I would ask that you take a bit of a Hm tutorial from
Skyless. Skyless does not come directly. He comes from the side, and
I would not like you to come directly against Brahm anytime anytime soon. We
have far more we need to learn about him before we could do anything like
that. And I know that sometimes you wish to rush head along, But
we have decades, hundreds of years. We can do this at the right
time. And I would older respect hurt. He's the fireworks. I'm a
ritual. I have no intention of ruling Brawn. I was rather thinking perhaps
we could in fact employ it, Scarless. Have you ever poisoned anybody?
Oh? Poison? He might be undefeated in battle. But hmmm, haven't
needed to try it. But sure it's something we could figure out. Sure
there's someone nearby who is it? I'm sure both the Losh and I could
put our heads together and come up with something. But this is all grim
business. That said, I believe we have good news, Temples. I
I need that good news now more than ever. So what did you learn
from wretch? Where is low Fair's spirit? H? All right? I
heard something. Come on. Perhaps perhaps we should head underground first, Yes,
we can speak there. I'm looking forward to the good news of where
to find low there. H dimples. Would you do the honors of raising
the gate? Yes, of course, I'll just again than you would expect.
He does have very good m cool all right, Yes, I suppose
after you, thank you you. You have been working out recently, haven't
you? I can I can tell well, yes, of course I've had
a lot of time to do very little bit of work out and think as
guarding that door you got it? Well. I feel safe and knowing you're
there. Hm. Well, I also do intend to Juel Harris once more,
just keep getting the better of me. But I don't. I think
he is better than me. Always happened. Let's go. Come on,
Should I climb down after Skylass? I assume he goes first last. Well,
all right, I'll go first. I climbed down. Wait with my
boots in the muck. Look around, it's familiar at this point. I
look around. I pushed the grape back. I climbed down. So what
is the good news? Where does law Fair's spirit? Where is it being
held? I'm afraid you might be conflating the two pieces of news that I
have under the banner of good news. I'm afraid the good news is that,
according to Wretch, only a necromancer can help a necromancer, and you
will be You'll be able to have a this way, Oh thank you,
Yes, a palava of sorts with whomever Wretch reports to. We are walking
and talking in a very sort of way, a west wing sort of way.
A necromancer. That's interesting, Well that is, do you know who
wretches? Lord is? No? I have suspicions of possibilities. There are
not so many necromances left in the city. Those that exist must be in
hiding. Are underground in some way. So there are leftop here. Oh
yes, thoughts, possibilities. I don't know, but I'm eager to find
out. But what is the other good news? Of course we have to
take Ritch's word for it. But it wasn't good news. It was troubling
news. Yes. When I asked Wretch where Loutha's soul was, ch said
that it is in Haydes, where it's supposed to be. As in I
clarified that it that it was not in fact trapped or or held within a
bottle or or a jar or anything like that, some sort of I don't
understand. That's a body. That's a body step over that? Oh yes,
yes, oh well that bodies that's no. That one doesn't have anything
youth slightly, Hello, nice to meet you, good day. How sure
are you that Lothair's soul is it is trapped? Yah? He came to
me. I wasn't even dreaming, and I saw his spirit shackled and he
called out for help. It doesn't make any sense. Heydies allows for spirits
to pass over, right, Yes, sir, if all goes well,
you you have the coins on your eyes and your spirit is then you use
those coins to pay care on the ferrymen to go across the River Styx in
to Hades, the underworld, and there you are, or the Elysian fields,
and of course the low there would be in the Elysian fields. He
was so pure of heart and good. We'll take two coins and I'll help
you cross the river of shit. Oh I don't hear. Oh that is
actually a river of shit, isn't it. Yes, it is going to
need to cross this here. Ye, yes, well I will do a
quick hop if you don't mind two coins. Yes here he should be somewhere,
But it doesn't make any sense. I I saw his spirit, his
spirit, you could have been deceived. Mm, but why why? Indeed,
well, it seems to me there are only two possibilities, and the
wretch is not telling us the truth for some reason, and what you soul
was true or in some way you were deceived, and everything we've done here
might have been for naught, or at least by way of our first plan.
He was still the issue of my father. Yes, I need to
speak to this necromancer. Wretch would have not had the answer on his own.
He would have gotten it from his lord, the Necromancer, which we
need to speak with him. A good drinks, that's right here, Oh,
before we head in, is there some way for us to to know
whether you are in danger or to confirm that it that nothing happened to you
or nothing went wrong? Should you, oh come lost in the ritualistic natures
of these Yes, yes, that is wise. H I had a thought,
but it's silly, silly, it's a stupid thought. Well, anything
will be useful to us. From what Rich explained, it doesn't seem like
myself and Skyless will be able to follow you into this meeting. Well,
it depends on if it's physical or spiritual. I would Skyless don't listen to
what I'm about to say. Well, at least pretend like you haven't.
Yes, doesn't change anything good you're not listening. Feel much more comfortable,
sos Aiah. There was something that law There would do whenever I was It's
not perhaps the same, but similar. At times, I would have to
have banquets with my family, and they've always been so approving and pleasant.
That was a lie, by the way, I'm being sarcastic. They were
not. And I remember law There would sit at the table, at the
banquet table with me and at one point when my father would go on and
on about whatever he was going on about, and some sort of critique or
criticism about me not having enough ambition, or whatever it was he was going
on about. I don't know. I remember that law Fare would squeeze my
little finger und beneath the table, just to remind me that it was all
right. So perhaps if this thing is to be spiritual, not physical,
perhaps I could hold your hand, my physical my vessel, and as long
as perhaps I could squeeze if something were wrong, or squeeze if all is
right. Something like that, perhaps that would be perfectly fine with me.
But you'll have to forgive me squeeze if it was wrong, or squeeze if
it was right. What's a bit of a question, isn't it. I
don't know how much control I'll have over this vessel. My thought is,
once I'm in, I will attempt to squeeze and see if I have some
sort of control over the vessel if we are if it's a spiritual meeting.
If I do have some control of the vessel, I will squeeze and you'll
see and know that things are well. If there is no squeezing at all,
then you'll know. I don't have the sort of physical control that I
would like to signal, and so I will have to if there is some
sort of alarm. In that case, I have to give all of my
energy to stry to make some sort of signal. So initial squeeze means all
as well. No initial squeeze means that if there is one that comes later
than things are not well, is what I would say. And if your
spirit is apart from your body and Rich was in fact lying to us,
and we have to make a quick exit, does it matter if if we
move you? Oh, I would certainly say take my body. I don't
want them to have it. Make sure my mask, which is upon me
is with Definitely, do not let him have my body. Whatever happens the
vessel. If I'm not dead, the vessel is important to keep, oh,
says are I'm going to tell you something that I would have liked to
have told well, probably losh, But I'm going to tell you because we
are about to walk into this threshold and you must know. Someone must know,
and I trust you. I want to tell you where to take my
body if things go poorly, I need you to If you don't mind,
I'd like to step closer to you. Of course, Galen steps within inches
of sayes air, so that his lips are just next to Cesare's ear,
so he can whisper quietly. Do you not want me to hear this?
No, I do not. I'll respect that, sys Eyre. There is
a man goes by the name of Teeth, but that is not his name.
He has an estate you cannot most do not visit. I have not
yet seen him since I've been here. I saw him back in Kingstone and
his traveling. He taught me many things. He's my mentor of sorts.
An ally, there is a house. It has blue columns in the front.
You'll have to go up topside where a noble sit. The house itself
is old. It's on when you go the main gate. When you come
in, you walk down to near the end. There's a left turn.
You go down that turn, you will see this house on your left with
blue columns in the front. The door itself is red. Knock on that
door, say that you come from the doctor, and tell him the doctor
from Kingston, bring my vessel to him. If things go poorly, yes,
I will do that, I promise I shouldn't I shall not. I
shall not leave you here either, or at least I shall have to be
a corpse myself. I should. It's not a warning to frighten you,
but to make you aware, so you're not surprised. My ally Teeth is
not living as you or I are living, but he is a good ally,
So I know that you are not judgmental as some are about those who
have spirits, who linger and vessels and live in different ways and means,
And so please note that he is not living as we are, but an
ally. I understand, Yes, thank you. If this is a trap,
I imagine Skylass as skulking as he is with a arrow knocked. But
I hope this will go well, and if you would, Cesare, I
would appreciate if you would not stray too far from my side. I don't
know what we're about to encounter, and this news is disturbing, so your
presence would give me comfort. I shall not leave your side the entire time.
Good, So let us let us enter. Last time. I simply
knocked on this door, and reg it is Cesaire. I've returned with Galen
and Skyless for the meeting. I'm sorry. Are you quite done with your
private conversation. Please give me a nod, is so? Yes, yes,
but aren't busy with the ceremony. You took your time. Yes,
I'm surprised you're here, considering how much business you have today. I'm a
little distracted, admittedly, but I do like to respect one's wishs at times,
especially when a might not have that much time left. Master Wretch,
you know I good Lord of Helios. You may wish not to attend this
meeting. Perchance I'll see you in the next The door wanted to attacks yourself.
Oh I can't imagine Wretch would have gone to the parade. Oh no,
no, no, not at all. The door opens on its own,
as per usual. You're greeted with the grand hall, the tapestry in
the carpet leading its way up to the throne. That Wretch stands right next
to, eagerly awaiting. H I stride up there with Dimples by my side,
and bow to the throne, the empty throne. Good day, Wretch,
Good day, Galen. It is a pleasure to meet you again.
You answered the summons. Indeed, I'm afraid I was not able to come
the first time for the exchange of information. I was somewhat mauled, and
I would show you my wounds, but THO would involve a little bit of
undressing, which is uncouth for a meeting. But please note that was just
a few but a flesh wound. O, Lord resh is to spee with
you. You bring your entourage or come alone. Both are allowed. Ah,
if both are allowed, I would appreciate bringing my entourage. They are
good men, and it would be nice for the lord your lord to know
who accompanies me. Got a respect very well. Do not make sudden moves
as if you you, you will tear you apart. I come here as
an ally. My Lord will deem such judgments. I presume there's a passage
or a portal of some sort. Follow me, and the Ghoul walks away
from the throne and walks through the wall behind the throne, motioning you to
follow. And Galen does, knowing, knowing that Sissaire will be walking beside
him. He doesn't look, but he sort of like feels Cesare's presence as
he moves. You see in a faster than you can at a glance movement,
a vrett pressing stones into the wall, and there is a lard thunk,
as some mechanism goes off, and the wall sinks into itself, and
a door or path opens behind the throne, and he looks back at you
all expectedly, hat in hand to be respectful. Galen steps through, but
does not proceed further until he sees his allies me with you've all fallen,
and I bow my head, remain silent and as close to Galen as I
can be. Scarlets, are you following? All right? Still donned with
your mask? I see h Galen knows that Skylss likes to have a tad
bit of distance, just a few paces, and so Galen walks with Cesaire
in a pace that will allow Skyless to be five paces back if you soa
wishes without it seeming awkward, Just a slightly quicker pace, if that makes
me sense, But no sudden movements. Very good rat leads dank hallway.
Moisture drips every drop that hits the ground, echoes farther than you'd imagine.
The darkness is difficult, but those who are of Elven descent have very little
difficulty seeing here Skyless, it is pitch black, Yet again, immortality betrays
you. I imagine my cane has a very very slight the head of the
cane, the skull, a very slight glow that in most circumstances probably wouldn't
be able to see it all. But in this pitch blackness you might notice
a slight blue glow. That four hour skylass might be quite useful. Indeed,
it gives very little light, low light even which is difficult for humans,
or at least articulous than that. Right, it's probably it's had less
than low light, even just a very very light sort of arcane enough for
him to follow you. This is not your ideal position, though, Skyless,
I think you're aware. You follow Wretch or Good fifteen or twenty minutes.
Wretch is silent outside of the slight slapping of wet feet decaying, though
the smell of decay has faded. As you are away from the majority of
the undead, and after a couple of turns winding in this tunnel that seems
to have been carved by hand, a bit of light finally shows for a
great that Wretch pulls away on the floor on the wall, the good wall.
The Wretch pulls it away, pulls the lantern from the wall, and
snuffs it out in casing you in entire darkness, albeit your staff, your
cane, and you are from thunking stone buttons as Wretch begins to push them
in in order you can't see, and then stone grinds upon stone as light
does flood into this tunnel you're in. Before the light light does, Galen
just reaches out and squeezes, says airs pinky briefly of the light. Squeeze
back and nod my head. Whether you can see it or not, Light
seeps in through the cracks as the stone moves. You hear this light grinding.
Wretch is pushing against this wall that is giving way, but he's pushing
slowly and leaves Jess enough room for him to slide in sideways, And do
you see emotion for the three of you to follow. Galen squeezes by his
lie the elven flame frame, scooting in and waiting for his friends comrades.
The rest of you follow Galen. I remain as close to Galen as is
possible until anything is stated otherwise I followed a couple of paces back. Wonderful.
I don't trust the darkness. I wouldn't you emerge from this tunnel in
what appears to be a dungeon you hear quiet moaning of pain or aspiration echoing
in the halls the torch light. Does you have a good enough light for
you all to see? And wretch creeps forward as ghoulish as one can,
taking the lead. Are there any symbols, signs, or sigils in this
dungeon? I'm looking specifically at places where official signs might be, for example,
the sconces. I have a thought that perhaps we might be in or
approaching the official dungeons of the city, and if so, I'm looking to
see if there might be signs of Helios in this place, signs of the
Lord of Helios, or signs of the god of the Sun. Either if
it's an old either one would give me information. Either he has not changed
over signs, or he has, or it's a forgotten place. It's a
dungeon that we've gone quite some time to achieve, pondering where it might be
in the city if we were above ground. But I want to see if
this might be old, abandoned official, or perhaps still in current use or
more anonymous. I think I'm going to have your roll for that. Amen,
What do you think is appropriate in this circumstance? Well, the actual.
Where is it? It is? It would be survey. I would
love to do study, but it would be survey because survey is sort of
deep scrutiny, while survey is sort of scoping things out before I roll.
I would like to remind the entire universe of two things. One, because
I still have large, deep gashes in my body, all of my effects
are one less. Also, there are two moments of fate from a deal
that I made, a devil's bargain, wherein I would roll an extra dye
and that die would count against me when our great Lord of doubt so desire
it and it's correct, And yes, that applies for this particular role at
in dice hope it is matching your highest, not your lowest. What is
the position? The position is risky. It's not controlled, it's not desperate.
It's just in the middle. Your effect is limited, indeed your wounds.
Yes, and I will add one bonus die taking some stress. No,
No, I will it. Two. I am this is a I'm
not trained and surveying ah long term rather than a quick I brood. So
that is only a two. It is a fail. Yes, yes it
is. It's too dark. I imagine you are an elf, so that
doesn't really have an issue for you. But ah hm, how are you
surveying, Galvin? I'd like to know, as I'm not studying, and
at least it's only surveying. It is mostly uh as walking, I sort
I I take in my surroundings. It's a a fairly breezy sort of a
thing, is It's not h a deep study. Just as we walk if
we come upon you know, I sort of look about and I look for
things where crests might normally be the cornerstone of an arch or perhaps on a
the placard whor scance might hang. It's fairly mm casual, just about trying
to get my bearings in the space, sort of noting how far we've walked.
It's it's a very I would think. But it's this sort of a
casual curiosity, is what I would say. Of course, Oh, these
are the Lord of Helios's sigils. You see Cerberus about, you see Bidence
about, and you did suffer a complication due to that role's failure. Alien
mm hm, the Lord of Helios knows what goes on this dungeon. I
would like to roll to resist that consequence. You may attempt, so I
imagine this would be an insight resist. I'd agree with that. H Well,
then I have only four stress open, So I hope I roll well
because if I do not, I'm out of the scene with a trauma.
Indeed you are all right? Mm hmm yeah, six stress minus the highest
die result. I clear one stress. My goodness, Galen, that could
have gone very poorly. It could have I how do you resist? So
this is this is not a critical it's only one six, But I correct,
Yes, you do not clear as you do resist? Yes, I
think as I'm walking and looking about and seeing these sigils of the Lord of
Helius, perhaps I feel those fingers, oh yes, creeping in the back
of my mind, as he always likes to do, and I see you.
Humh Is that so? Perhaps doctless? That I you perhaps not?
And I pull out my sunglasses that I have been working on to help protect
me, and I place them over my eyes so that his do not see
through mine. You cannot die for oh, oh, I'm so sorry.
You seem not to be here anymore. Hm. I have been working on
wards recently. It seems they have some effect A wretch which way wasn't noise
and quiet, and Wretch continues to walk, slight patting noises as his feet
hit the ground. He disappears into the darkness where the torches cease. You
continue, yes, with just a another quick squeeze of Sassayer's pinky hand.
It's guiless. I have a question for you. I have an answer.
Have you been in a dungeon before? No? My first time? How
does it feel? M powerful? I think walking through the holes and not
stuck in a cell? Oh, I'm deserving of the cell. Curious while
we're here, whose it is and where we're going, and while we're being
led could be a trap where these are, We could be locked in a
cell here, he says. This could be our end, could be I'm
just curious. Thank you For some reason, I trust Galen in this moment.
You can read this going far better than I can. So I'm here
and may be a wise choice. We'll see you enter the darkness behind Wretch,
though you mostly just hear the echoing of his footsteps, as quiet as
they are. Those of you can see in the dark would see his black
and white outline as he leads those of you who can't, I have to
rely on your other senses, but those of you can see. Whet stops
near the end of this dungeon hallway. There haven't been doors or greats for
some time. Until you reach where he stops. Rhett prostrates himself hat in
hand, galand does a deep bough. I follow shirt. Inside a cell
lies the skeleton, wrapped in skin, sunken eyes, ribs almost bare,
and nothing more than a damp cloth laying over than a talia chained to the
wall. An old, seemingly dead man lifts his head and grins, and
that is where we'll take our break. We will return three to five.
Drink water. Thank you very much for watching. To hydrate. You don't
want to end up as emaciated as this one. I'll do you soon.
The emaciated man raises his head, sunken eye sockets, few teeth left,
and it's pretty apparent by looking at him there's a whole or a depression where
his heart used to be. Lord more the baron, I presume I apologies.
I did not mean to interrupt. No, of course I really wanted
to be was polite. H You see a familiarity or a recognition, and
you speak the words Lord Maurie. As he looks up. It is an
honor to be in your presence. You hear a voice in all of your
heads. Though his breathing is ragged, almost sounds guttural, the voice is
clear and pristine. Why do you seek me? A baron of Helios?
Might I introduce myself and my compatriots? You may thank you, my lord.
I am Galen, son of Stilius of Kingston, and it is my
great honor to be standing before you. I've heard only good things. Accompany
today is well. We call him Dimples, a fellow of great compassion and
understanding and openness. And to my right, and a little bit behind is
Skyless, a man of great skill. Say to be in your company.
I've heard of you from my servant. You are looking for something, I
presume and have heard from Wretch, but I would like to hear it from
your limbs. Yes, I have come to Helios too. Fine a spirit
that I saw captured at the moment of its death of the vessel. We
were told by Wretch that the answer to the question of where that captured spirit
would be was that the spirit was not at all captured, but passed on
over the river. Styx into its final resting place. Mm before I answer,
all off your dog, it will do no good. Scarlets, I
presume our lord here is referring to you. Your caution is admired, but
I believe it is making the er environment a bit tense. If you might
relax your bow finger a bit, it would be appreciated. It's more,
it would do no good. You see the state I am in. Presumably
you would need a new vessel or this is my body, and not presume
how might you be freed? Freedom is not what I care for? What
is it you care for? I have come to well. I had come
to save a spirit unjustly imprisoned. I am unjustly imprisoned, came to free
me. My lord, you just said that you do not wish that freedom
was not what you cared about. I am speaking yourds, not my desires.
The spirit I came to free was one of law. There young man
killed ten years ago. Ah, your art tis so bad. One of
my minions witnessed his passing. Do you wish to steal from hades? No?
Oh, how is it you desire a soul? And upon his death
I saw his soul and it did not pass on in the vision that I
had it was ripped from his body and imprisoned, and he called out to
me in anguish in that moment of death. What is his name, law
There? What is his full name? His full name is in the discord
one moment m author Kell, son of hum Well, Aburn Kel, who
sits within this city, Aburn Kell of Kingstown, the noble of the city
and ally to the Lord of Helios. Ah. The call name is Old.
The cow name is Dad. I helped m m h m hm oh.
But Auburn kelstill lives. Yeah, allied to the Lord of Heliums.
I killed his father. Why do you wish for a paladin, my fellow
necromancer? They are your bane as mine. I think that law Fair is
different. Mm hmmm. Why because he was good? And I believe the
Lord of Helios, who is an enemy to those who wish to free spirits
and have them live as they will to necromancers is a great concern, and
law There would fight the Lord of Helios, you will also fight us.
Do not believe he would. I think he could be made to understand that
the spirits living in the now, in new vessels and different forms, is
just another form of life. There's nothing evil about a spirit wishing to stay
and continue its job. And I do believe that if our law there were
returned to a new vessel and freed from torment, he would understand the value,
the healing value, the positive nature of necromancy. But uh, dimples,
I believe that you might speak more eloquently on this matter. Is my
brother trapped or not? Are trapped by death? Is his spirit free?
Or is it being used? Or is he shackled? Did he tackled?
Er shackled? I am shackled? Baron, my lord, I would ask
this one question, which you may answer, I know as you will,
as you are a baron of this city. Ask is why would I have
if you have an insight or an idea knowledge? I guess if low Fair's
spirit has passed over the river Styxon lies in rest as it should, why
did his spirit come to me ten years ago in agony? Why did I
see his spirit shackled? How do I square these two things that cannot coexist?
Galen, I know you tried to pass off to Cesaire that you are
the one asking questions. H Cesaire spoke truths you question. You are the
one who needs to convince. This is what happens when you speak more.
M you are absolutely desperate, I believe? Is that not correct? Indeed,
I am? Your effect will be limited due to your wounds. Does
my spirit mask increase that as we are dealing with the supernatural? I believe
that you who said you put on your glasses not your mask? Yes,
it is true. Then that is your answer. All right. Apologies for
nickeling and diming you, but is fair? And I am but that well,
you're not the accountant at the moment, but the spirit lives. Is
anyone helping you seems now? And I shall help myself. I shall push
myself in that case, because otherwise it will be unfortunate. Yes, the
chances are slim, as I have no skill and sway. My time is
mostly in books, so or in parties, and so it is desperate.
My effect is limited. Yes, I have one bonus die Yes, and
so a five limited partial success that's about as good as you could have gotten.
Admittedly, Indeed, er, please repeat your question for me. My
lord, you are somewhat of knowledge that I cannot even imagine. And you
say that his spirit has passed on across the resticks and that you have seen
it, and this I believe to be so, but if you had an
insight, I would appreciate your thoughts. Why do you think I saw his
spirit come to me at the moment of his death, in agony, in
pain, calling out for help as I saw his spirit stuffed into a vile
ship capture. Why did I see such a thing? What does it mean?
An? I'd like to let you know that you do indeed suffer a
serious consequence for this role, and that will absolutely be filling up the rest
of your stress to gain a trauma or what it's about to be spoken to
you. I just want you to be aware of that before I do it.
May I ask you a question you may we are I have a special
ability I awarded. Yes, I may expend my special armor to resist a
supernatural consequence. I will leave that to you. If you think this is
supernatural or not? All right? I trust you, Galen, I will
see what the answer is. Second baron of Helios Maury mortician Er looks up
at you, sunken, black eyes locking yours, and a toothy grin shows
I asked you to come, Galen, so you're looking for is in hades?
I needed a new servant, and you seemed a good candidate from I
understand, my Lord, that the vision that I saw was mine. You
might understand, my Lord, that I spent the last ten years of my
life dedicated to bringing back, saving, rescuing the one person I loved the
most in all of this world. That I sought ancient tones and rituals and
blood on a lie, not a lie, but I did leave out some
truths. There's a way get him back. But why would a palladine of
the god of the soner wish for a neck romance to bring them back?
Ken? Yes, I don't where are you? I'm scar your hand I
need I'm not feeling well. I think. I think when he says skyless,
skylass is gonna raise up his bow and fire an arrow into into the
desecrated body. Where do you shoot said arrow? I would? I assume
that this thing is like its head has been slowly moving towards all of us
as it's like without like unspeaking words. So he's just gonna raise it,
raise his his bow up and just fire at the face, Fire at the
head. Hopefully that'll distract it enough for us to leave, and then that's
what's gonna happen. He's gonna fire it, and then he's just gonna we
gonna go. The arrow sinks directly into the eyes socket. Come on,
come on, come on, I'm gonna grab everybody. He's gonna grab his
cloaks and drag them back and out the way. We can hurt you.
Run I pass out. I will attempt to lift you. Then come on
and run with you, probably fireman style over one shoulder and best of my
ability. Where are you running? Back the way we came back to the
great back to the passage, back to the sewers, back and out the
moment the arrow flies, wretch stands. You run as you said you do,
but you hear from behind you you have desecrated displays. I think in
that skylass turns around and maybe down this corridor, he's just holding his boat
at his waist and just ready to cover fire as as like trying to cover
h Cesar and Sesar's fireman carrying Galen out. He's just trying to keep trying
to keep guard until, like I said, cover as we as he back
pedals towards where they came from. Oh well, yes, the skylars he
sees that this was an attack. So I mean he's you're asking what he's
Yeah, he's doing what he's paid to do. I do not disagree.
But Galen, what did you say for the record, that was not a
supernatural consequence? No, it was not. Dress boxes now cleared. As
you take on a trauma, yes, you do. And when you take
on a trauma you are a rude from that scene, and so I am
unconscious as I pass out, yes, or from distress, Skyless, as
you hear Wretch yell out, you hear a laugh, ragged from the body
you have shot that would kill anything you've shot before. Skyless, you know
that well. And Wretch leaps at you as they make their way into the
corridor. What do you do? Scarless? As the ghule bounds and leaps
on all fours, claws have extended out of its hands, its fangs bared,
blood drips from its face as the cracks of its furrow brow in anger.
Dalen might have told you when he was conscious that he sensed you were
on thin ice with the dead ends. But you have crossed that to the
point of being pursued. I I know, I think what he is going
to do. He's going to raise up is that he's he's gonna shuffle some
arrows onto the ground and he is going to just barrage some of them,
and he's my sharpshooter and Alicia barge a rabbid fire to suppress the enemy as
he's bounding in the air and just pick him up like you probably go down
on one knee and then just like rapid fire from the ground, grabbing them
from the pile and loading them into the bow. And I don't know how
to roll roll this or what I'm doing, but that's what I'm gonna do.
Whatever type of attack he would do is what you would roll. So
what do you think, Skyless? Is my attacks in so insight? For
out? Like those my attacks? Where are my attacks on this? I'm
sorry you are attacking? Yes, so under Prowess, what do you think
fits best? Oh? Yeah, so like Prowl's backstabbing, right, Prowl
is also an ambush. Yeah, but backstab is specific there. But I
will let I will let Skyless choose and let me take You could probably any
of them right if it makes Why do you think prow give me a good
reason? Mm hmm. It is not for me to decide. But you,
mmm, well, now looking at I think it's going to be a
wreck wreck is breaching defenses with force, creating distractions of chaos, And I
don't have anything slotted in it, but I think it's more of that attack
than it would be prow As much as I would love to use my three
dice and prowl, I think rek is the honest answer. Although close violence,
although you're not very close, that's true. Yeah, I'm not super
close. I'm just like, this is what I'm trying to do. I'm
trying to break a defense and provide a distraction and to barrage and slow them
down. So I think rec would be the I would do. I would
try to do a ret wreck. All right, you were trying to wreck
wretch? Yes, now you are a disadvantage for that. Are you going
to do anything to offset it? Um, I'm gonna use sharpshooter. Yes,
which does it pushes myself? I don't know what else that does?
It is to give me, give me, It gives you an extra die
with not happy to spend the spread with the stress? Correct? Sweet?
Okay? And then can I add stress on it? You absolutely can?
Yeah, I'm totally gonna do that two bonus dice, which removes disadvantage for
you. Okay, it's still definitely unless you disagree. Desperate, of course
it is. Can I your unconscious gaide in a flashback? Oh? Yes,
you may take the stress accordingly. I would like to use a tune
in the past. I would like in that moment, where are you going
back? To Galen? Do you remember set the scene? Please? And
thank you? Do you remember? Kirie and I had some time together always
yes, alone in my room, doing all sorts of things. Who knows
what we did, imagine skylish wonders. But after we were doing whatever it
was we were doing, Carrie and I I spoke with her, feeling a
bit more myself, with some concern about the dead ends and going into this
dungeon and these things we had to do, and I was worried about well,
just our safety. Right, let's take a moment there, we're going
back maybe a day or so, Pikyrian Galen after stress relief, Aria Galen,
I think I'm putting back on my shirt in this moment. But sore
Kiria, Sir, I don't have time yet to make a ward on this
place. And I know it's dangerous. I'm worried about us and these lunar
bites, these were wolves, these spirits, and I worry about our ability
to defend ourselves from them should the need arise. The accountant is going to
take care of that, at least part of it, at least for the
lunar bites. Yes, but there's more than just the lunar bites in the
city well taken care of. Yes, we are on very thin ice with
the dead ends. If we give them what they know, then perhaps we
will reset and become out allied with them, as I do wish. But
I'm concerned. In case things don't go well, would you do me a
favor? I need I need Skyless's arrows briefly. He's not here at the
moment, he's away. If you could, I'm sure he will return if
you could get me his arrows unawares, I could coat them with a tincture
with some herbs. I've been working on some alchemical concoctions that might make them
a bit more effective against things that whose relationship to life is a little bit
more complicated. In case things go poorly and I'm no longer here, if
things go badly, with the with them, I'm may be dead and I
would not want to leave you unprotected. Does he have to not know?
And I just ask him. He and I have a slightly complicated relationship,
but he and I don't. But that's why his relationship with me is complicated.
I'll tell him the truth. He's proud and he despises me because he
thinks the He will not take help from me knowingly, especially if you ask.
I don't think you know him as well as I do, and if
it really is for my benefit, I'm sure he will. Well, Lady
Carrier, as always and forever, I will follow your directions, but I
just don't. I'm going to him, I know, but you've not seen
the jealousy in his eyes, what he looks at me. Yes, I
am. I'm sorry. I've poked him a bit recently. He's been so
ridiculous. I've instigated a bit and I'm sorry. I apologize. He's just
so infuriating. Yeah, that's one word for it. But if you could
get me his arrows, I can treat them. I just want him to
ask. I want him, you know, I want him to tell you.
No, No, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about us.
I know I know what he thinks it is, but he doesn't ask.
I know he doesn't. I have tried. I don't want you to
tell him. I want to tell him. No, no, I haven't
tried to tell him. I've tried to get him to ask you that he
hasn't. He respects what I do, he respects me. He does,
but he knows that what is going on between you and I is not business.
He knows it, and he's afraid to know what it is. I
want you to have a love who will speak words to you, who will
ask and say, who will be bold enough to tell you the things that
you deserve to hear, and will ask you because that is a sign of
respect. And I know that he loves you very much, and I know
that he respects you very much. But I want him to be the man
that you need him to be. It's frustrating. I wish I could.
I think he's frightened. I think he thinks he's being noble. I think
he probably imagines he's not worthy enough of your love because of your how amazing
you are. And I wish you could see that that you love him and
that he can rise to this moment, and I hope that for you.
I don't think I need words. You deserve them, though you deserve him
to tell you that he loves you. Look at your airs. Thank you?
And you know I do this also to keep him alive. I hope,
I know, because I know that you would, well, you would
beat me black and blue if I let him die. Yes, I would,
Yes, you would. Do you need? I ask, do you
need a day cloth or anything? I do? And if you wouldn't mind,
I don't mind, cry Cora, I have a hug, My feelings
mean back in my fingers. It would be nice, of course. Thank
you. Our birthday is coming up soon, my twin. I love you
very much. Killen, I love you so much. And I don't know.
I don't even know where i'd be if I hadn't without you, if
you hadn't been there for me when law Fair died, I just don't know
who I'd even be. That makes two of us, Curia. I will
do whatever I can to make sure you find the love that you want,
that you have the life that you deserve. I will stand by you,
your very best friend, for centuries. I'm not going anywhere, and I'm
going to whip that young man Skyless into shape so that he when he stands
beside you, it'll be everything for you in the best way, and we'll
just have a good life again. I hope. I'm sorry that I made
that deal. You did it because you have such a kind heart, but
listened the worst thing I could have done to you, and I know it.
Yes, that's true. I am after seeing Law their spirit confined and
chained, to think of yours being confined in chained is very difficult for me.
But I know you did it because you care about all of us and
we've got time, lots of time we do. And I here's one thing
I'm good at, right, Yes, I'm good at studying, and I
will find a way so that you will not be chained like Law fair is
chained, and you will not lose the one thing that you care about the
most, which is your freedom. I promised I would help you get out
of this business with the madam so you could be free, and I will
and I will help you get out of this contract with the account because my
very best friend, my sister, will not lose her soul. I will
not have it, dal And I just traded an invisible brand for a visible
one. Nothing has changed, but I'm stubborn. You know it. It
might take us fifty sixty seventy years. It will find a way out of
this. Look at the cloth. Thank you. And I coat the arrowheads
when I get them with an alchemical solution that I have been working on.
And I I'm a little sore and sweaty, but I'm feeling better. And
the edges of those arrowheads I treat. I say a few words, and
I let those arrows be returned so they may be in that quill, so
that when the time comes, Skyless will be more effective against those who trade
in the unlife. Because I will not let the person who I care about
so much, my dearest Kyria, have her heartbroken as mine was. I
will keep that Skylas alive no matter what. That insufferable fellow just needs to
be. I can't even imagine what's going on with him. It's terrible,
and I would like to spend that stress to give him an extra die you
may do so. Thank you. Thank you for taking out some of the
trash of this city. Gamen. I appreciate you removing some of the rats
in my sewers. Thanks for your help. It's a dream. It's a
dream. You may gain an extra die skyless from that flashback on top of
everything else. Sweed, that's three, that's three extra. Thank you,
troupe. That was awesome. Holy shit. Okay, uh oh, I'm
doing a wreck. I'm doing it at desperate. What's the effect in this
instance? If you succeed, the effect is greater? Alright, I dies
my bonus dire three yes, all right. Busses in the chat I believe
some busses would be necessary, even though they do not exist here in Helios,
some spirit stage cultures in the chat three five and a one not failure,
but a partial success. Do note your desperate so you may mark experience
as such good. You suffer a serious consequence with your success. Wretch leaps
into the air as three arrows fly in a barrage, as Galen has been
pulled back by Cesaire into the hallway of the tunnel that Wretch opened for you.
Two arrows miss and clank and clatter upon the ceiling and then the floor,
but one makes its mark. However, its momentum continues forward and claws
outstretched for you. It upon your face and neck. You take one harm
Wretch hits the ground with a loud thud and a squelching noise, as its
flesh and bones seemed to crack and have far more damage than you expected from
this particular shot. A hole in its chest bigger than the arrow begins to
bleed black puss, and a racking, heaving noise comes from Wretch for just
a moment until it stops moving. Come on, we gotta go. Come
on? Is there anyone else coming right now? Else? No? You
had Galen over your shoulder as you walked into the tunnel. I gently put
him down, resting him against a wall as I hear the commotion with Skyless
behind me. Yes, and when Skyless comes in, I pushed past Skyless
and head back into the room and say to Skyless that no harm come to
him, and I go back into the room with the baron Skyless, what
do you do? I'm guarding Galen. You ask me to guard Galen?
Yeah, I think I think he does. I think he's a I think
I think he's gonna watch, probably from the passage, but also keep an
eye out on Galen and maybe cover you as you make your way down the
corridor. But he's still going to keep an eye on Galen and also through
this corridor, still protecting you. And also I just saw that I have
electroplasmaic plasm plasmic ammunition, which is soper cool, So I don't know if
that does, but anyway, that's cool. But yeah, I'm going to
probably cover him and still very confused at what happened, and probably still study
the body of Wretch and if he's moving, or if he's going to get
up, or if anything like that, or if he's down dead gone,
he seems unmoving. Your arrows, you know, would have an effect against
spirits and undead, but this was more yeah, you know what would be
enough to give them pause, but not enough to rip a hole through them.
And that's you. And with this flashback, does that mean our arrows
from when I shot the Baron in the face are the same arrows? I
guess we'll figure that out. Anyway, I'm gonna keep I'm gonna keep covering
him. Sounds good, Thank you, Skyless, thank you sesare You walk
up the baron an arrow now laying next to him, and you see a
wound, unbleeding closing up where his right eye was, the eye reforming slowly
but surely with a slight grimace upon its face. Do I have have this?
Is this just a weak looking old man? Or it looks like a
mummy, emaciated, hasn't eaten for years. Leathery flesh. It's a skeleton
with leather wrapped around it all intents and purposes. The skull isn't really a
face. It's a skull with just some draping flesh. I step into the
room. My hand is resting on my sword at my side, but it
remains sheathed. Has my time remind you briefly? You are looking through sell
bars, not a room. You're in a hallway. I just want to
be clear here. You do not Why do they sell bars? Oh?
Maybe six inches in between each. He's maybe a six by six sell At
best. You could probably reach his legs with your sword if you were to
push through. It's fine. I had chained the wall. I step up
as close as I can to the bars and address the baron. I don't
look at him. I have my head down, though, and I say
I had hoped more from you. Baron. In your head while you do
hear the rasping noises of what you think could be speech. What did you
hope, Haldin. I had hoped to find at least one in this wicked
place that was beyond all those underhanded tactics and the manipulation. Truly, tell
me, Barn, is this place just a lattice work of corruption? Yeah?
Oh, naive child. Do you think the Paladin Order was without its
corruption? Why do you think I helped destroy it? Mm hmm. It
is true that the old Paladin Order is dead. The sins of the past
need not cloud a bright future. Preacher, Kay, you wish to bring
the sins back? No, I wish to purge them. The old Paladin
Order is not my order. I have a new Paladin Order. Oh what
is it you wish you have returned to me? I wish to purge the
corruption from this city. A grin washes upon the corpse's face. Hm.
Well, I'm afraid I have matters to attend, and so Lorthair Kel,
head of the old Order, last protector of our realm, these towns,
these cities, the citizens, and all who require a shield under Athena and
under Apollo Is says. Is says that Gray a new shield and the head
of a new Paladin Order, sentence you to die. I have a lantern
on me. I would like to light it and throw it through the bars.
He's just all dry bones and except for the damp loin cloth. Don't
forget it was dad. He got one damp loin cloth. But he's all
dry bones and stuff. I want to try and throw a lantern on him
and see if it bones him, burns him up. I would like you,
Sayssaire Gray, to give me a roll. I'll let you choose.
It's not a role to hit, right, h It's a role for how
effective what you're doing is? Right? What role you roll? I believe,
I said choose desire RecA is? Then wreck is destroying things? Right?
Yes it is? Then I shall roll a wreck. Okay, then
with care, what would you like to do? My apologies? Uh?
Position? Ah? The position? How desperate do you feel right now?
Not very desperate, I'd say, Then your effect will be limited? Limited
is while you don't know Galen knows, Baron Morey is lych will this actually
work? If I might? I would like to note that one can increase
the difficulty of your position in order to increase your effect. So if you
wanted to push that too desperate and make it much more difficult for you.
If you fail, you can go from a limited to a standard effect,
right, dear comrade, Yes, I'm not playing by any of your roles.
That does not admit defeat before the bat. If you think this is
all I've got, I am throwing a lantern through a hole, and I
am in no way desperate yet, my comrades. As much as I love
you, Lord of Helio, says I scorn you. I see everyone calling
me naive, but I am not yet desperate. I am simply throwing a
lantern onto this pile of dry bones and mummy bandages, damp or not,
in the hopes that it is effective enough. I will accept limited all Right,
those of you trying to help him, you can sit beside yourself.
May need you in a moment. Oh no, you've made your choice.
I've made a choice. Lord. If you think this is all I've got,
I'll see you soon enough. I will submit my dice roll now,
bonus dice zero. You're no no stress for you? Huh yeah, no,
not stressed? Oh, cesare as a complete another failure, no partial?
If only you believed in your friends. Mm hmm, don't presume,
Lord of Helios, do you know anything of what I'm capable of. I've
denied you once and I continue to do so. You do, you will
suffer a complication for this. You throw the lantern and it hits one of
the old barons of Helios. One of the once trusted companions burns and he
slumps as if dead. But the sound echoes through the halls, and you're
here in the distance. One of the hells was that check on the barren
quickly? So they just have it check go go now? Can you hear
multiple footsteps echoing down the hall from behind me? Yes? Very well.
Okay, here we go, I said to myself. Now I take a
stance, bringing my shoulder down low, take a few steps backwards. I
remember Lorthair teaching me about how to push myself. And I would like to
perform a feat of physical force that verges on the superhuman with my ability not
to be trifled with. And I would like to barrel through the Did you
say it was like a chained gate in front of me? It's a cell
like an old prison with iron bars. I want to bust through those bars
and I want to get in there. Would you? How are you doing
so? I am able to summon up an absurd level of strength, pulling
upon the memory of my brother and the ways that he taught me. In
particular, but not only that I have brought with me, not just Galen
and not just Skyless, but the entire Paladin order, and the goddess Athena
and the god Apollo, with their guidance. There is absolutely nothing that can
stop me. Not iron bars, no lord of Helios, no dragon.
I said to myself, I rush those old, rusted bars that have been
here for far too long, underneath the city, corrupt like old weeds.
I will pull them up. This shall be the first this baron make your
roll cesare Kel. This will be a wreck, Absolutely it will. I
would also like to push myself. Good and my mistake. You have thrown
off the name Kel, haven't you. It's correct, and you do not
Wizard or your grandfather's name, the name I stamped out. You wish for
gray, as is your morality. Now this is beyond names, This is
beyond my personal beliefs. So it is push and see if you succeed,
the footsteps grow louder. Now when I push myself, I take too stress
that is correct, and gain a die at the end, or do I
change from risky to desperate? I would say you're desperate, but it adds
a die to your role, not your position or your effect. Okay,
my position is desperate, your position is deferate desperate. Your effect will be
greater because of your ability. Very well, my bonus gas is one right
now? Correct? Now? As I heard a taiki calling upon everything,
would be the time that my friends can yeah, help me? Why I
call them friends when I don't know how? Kiria, how are you helping?
Is there? Gray? I think a couple of days ago we had
a conversation about the Paladine order and his brother, did we Yeah, let's
check in on that then, shall we? Yeah, a few days prior
in our hideout, say they're guarding the door from the outside, Kyria,
returning from an errand seeing him sitting there in his usual spot. You're a
lot like him, you know who your brother? In what way? Headstrong,
determined, brighter than you appear. Perhaps he was rather rare, well
educated compared to myself. Well educated, but also not at the same time
right. He had ideas, very strong ideas, but he didn't know what
it was like for those of us not in his position. I sensed a
lot of conflict within him in what way it seemed as if he was always
pulled from what he had been told, what he had learned, and what
he wanted to do. Do you feel pulled? I did not anymore?
Now what changed? Two things? I think I've always thought of myself as
ah trying to find a place in this world where I would fit, where
people needed me, and I spent too long looking for that place instead of
understanding that that place is already here. It is, It's it's within me.
I am. I am the change that I want to see. So
there I am. I loved your brother, I believed in him, but
I like your ideas better and I will do anything I can to help you
make your dream come true. Yeah, it is not my dream. No,
and whose is it? It should be? Everybody's all this talk of
dreams. I don't have the courage to dream a lot, but I believe
in you. It doesn't. It shouldn't take courage to do what is right.
It shouldn't, but it does sometimes anyway. Yes, I'm I'm learning
that. In fact, I think I've learned more in the last few weeks
in this place than perhaps all my life? Are you glad you came?
I think so? Did you mean what you said when you when you were
talking about the undead? Just because they're undead doesn't mean they're evil. How
can we judge who is wrong and right? What is good and evil?
How can we judge it based on who they are, where they come from,
and not judge people based on their actions, how they treat others?
And how do you propose how do you propose we change this? Because that
is a that is a mindset that runs very deep. Well, I shall
not force anyone's hand. People will, people will want better for themselves,
But at the moment, what choice do they have. Everybody's hands are twisted,
their wrists pulled up behind their backs, told where to go, force
where to march. Given their own choice, I believe people will be will
be happy, they will want to be happy. I'm not going to force
anybody to do anything. I should just ask them what they want to do.
I want them to save themselves. Perhaps if I can, I will
help them along that path. I reach over and I take your hand.
I'm proud of you. Well I haven't done anything yet, yes, your
m Well, thank you so much for your support. I think I shall
need it in the coming days and weeks and years, should I last that
long. Everybody keeps telling me what I am, who I am, where
I come from, that I'm naive because I'm the brother and the son of
so and so, and that I'm from an order that was just as corrupt
as everybody else in the end. But I want you to know that I'm
not the last of an old and dying order. I know I am the
first, and that it's a dream I will spach to have because I too
have been told what I am, where to go, what to do,
and I hope you're right. We're not those things. We're not where we
come from, or our job, or who we know or some of our
actions. I like that dream very much, Sir Sarah. I'd like to
borrow it for a time anytime now that I am the head of a new
Paladin order. I do have two requests hit me. One is that you
make me a cup of tea? Okay, and what's the second second?
Do you know where I find Laurel trees? I need just a single branch,
I do, Actually I saw one on my work back. Oh well,
perhaps perhaps you can show me to it sure, and we can have
the tea after sounds good, right, I'll get my coat, Cesaire.
I'd like you to take two stress as payment for remembering this time now.
It fires you up and gives you the strength to attempt this. Please describe
how you're attempting to break down the cell of the highest tear criminal in my
city, and then we will see if you succeed or not. I take
my hand off of my sword, or it is not the scena that I'm
calling upon. I lean low, and I move forward with a blistering speed,
relying on the farmer a shield of the sword, the breakthrough as I
hope it shall do with this entire city. You gain an extra dye with
that flashback with Kyria. Are you pushing yourself even farther? Or would you
like to make a devil's bargain instead? I shall never make a devil's bargain.
You have a rather full flat on my face right here? Do you
push yourself regardless of your own strength? You may take another two stress then
and gain an extra die. I currently have two. Yes. Do I
get one for having the special ability of not to be traveled with? Or
is that simply allowing me to even attempt this in the first place. That
is allowing you to attempt to break iron bars down. If you look at
the description, you could take a small gang on equal footing with that.
Yes, but I would say iron bars built into stone is an equal footing
for this sability. Yes, old iron boss into very old stone. If
you wish, as you better be quick. I think in a frantic pace.
I see, I see, cesar, I've tossed something and act a
bit stressed or anxious about it. I see start to see people gathering around,
and i'd load onto a tip of an arrow some device that is filled
with some sort of liquid, and I aim, and I fire over the
people, and I am going to sacrifice my demolitions tools to try to weaken
the door scarlet exact same time as this, so that we both strike it
at the same time. That is correct, it's scarless. I'd like you
to do something for me, yes, as you've just dealt with something right
before this, Yes, you do, so I'll allow it. But I
would like you to make a role, all right, And I'd like you
too, because you've already been doing something at the same time. And yes,
there will be some who will say this is against the rules, but
I don't give a damn before I'm sacrificing my tools. No, you can
pick those any run you'd like. Well, maybe I'd like you to roll
a d six. All right. Whatever you gain will be what you gain
in stress. What Okay, that sucks, that hits me over. I
take a trauma which knocks me out right, it removes you from the scene.
I take a trauma still, yes, yes, however, you still
do what you say you do? Okay, I will allow that fully ses
There you gain an extra dye. As you charge the iron bars, an
arrow flies in front of you, exploding, Cesaire, you gain the ability
to potentially break this down skyless. You fire that arrow, grab Galen and
run, hearing the footsteps of the guards. We have to go again,
and come on now, where let's go again? I you're left alone,
Cesaire, not alone? Not alone? No, he has us, okay,
I was eating you radiance and shining archer and on the word archer.
An arrow from what I can tell, being fired from Apollo himself fires past
man. I'm gonna roll my dice. Do I need a six? Yes?
You do? Okay? Straighten your back. See your charge me no,
no, and I needed one one by the seven hells, Cesare gray.
You back up and you push yourself off of the opposing wall shield out
into the iron bar ours. The explosion hits as you make contact. While
you hear footsteps down the hall. You also hear footsteps going down the tunnel
you came in. Companions have left you after a parting shot and the iron
rs break. If you find yourself in front of a smoldering corpse, not
corpse enough, I would like to attempt to lift the corpse doesn't have any
hair, Oh no, just balp. You see some twinges. I dry
left the head away and knocks up at you. It should be dead.
Well, my fire didn't work. Pull my sword out, I bring it
up and I attend to behead him. I'd like a finesse roal from you,
Cesare. I know that's not your strong point, but absolutely that's what
you're doing here, A clean beheading, yes lol, I fair taught me
how to do this, not quite on this on this level, having a
block of wood would be useful, But beheading is a beheading and a righteous
one. As this one is position I would say controlled if you wait any
longer, it won't be though. In fact, raider and I presume no
bonus die well, I definitely not point in finesse. But that doesn't matter.
That's already calculated for Yes, sort up, sort brought down. That
is an entire failure, not even a partial Cesare you behad? Maury?
The head plops to the ground with a dry, dusty thud, and he
grings, do you presume to kill me in my torment? Clearly not.
However, you seemed quite smitten with your body. So I kick the body
away and I pick up the head. Maybe it's not quite as easy to
kill you as a I had hoped, but I shall be keeping this.
I tuck it under my elbow, mouth down so he can't bite me or
something, and I run off the skyless. Maybe Galen can do something with
this. Thankster on, I look for to what you're doing. I can't
re blaggard. And this is when we go to Kyria. Goodbye Sisaire,
Where am I and whin? I think you received a summons? Ah?
Yes, yes I did. The parade has already concluded. You've proven yourself
a citizen in need. I have thank you. It seems a strange thing
to thank me for. I like willing subjects. Is that not what you
wish to hear? Does it matter always? I don't think it matters to
me. Well, they all be a better servant than won't you? Hopefully?
I hope so too. The accountant has summoned you, Yes, heia.
Would you like to be in front of him immediately? Would you like
to go through the steps of reaching him, with the imp and the doors,
and the tee and the pleasantries. No, I think we can just
skip all that. I think that's fair. We find ourselves in the study
of the accountant, many books lining the walls, many most and infernal a
language you can understand now. That happens suddenly or slowly. You may not
have noticed it last time, but you definitely notice it now. I think
your ears have shrunk, just ever so slightly. What I wouldn't worry about
it. A chair sits in front of you. That's it. The accountant
looks up from his book, shuts it. What's his quill in the ink?
I have an assignment for you. Let's hear it, I presume,
but I would like to hear from you. You attended the ceremony, Yes,
of course, very good. That would make our Lord pleased. Okay,
please continue, I will take a moment yourself. I would like you
to be a liaison for one who has eyes for me. I can do
that. You can, and you will. I have a home for you
and your compatriots if you so choose. It can be yours alone, if
you wish. It is an elisium. I would like you to run my
operations in the noble district. I would not presume that you are ever mistaken.
However, I am no noble. You will be when I choose you
to be. Your chastity means little to me for nobility, dear carrier,
when when speak of mind a week? Okay, wrap up whatever you have
going on, and then I will have a deed for you. Can I
ask about them? Madam? What would you ask of her? I'm not
mistaken. It's not my business to ask, but I am curious how you
how you plan to deal with her? Ah, you're worried about your own
livelihood? No? Not anymore? No good? What? Then? I
know I shouldn't, but I'm concerned for her. You are concerned for the
Madam. Yes, I know it's foolish, you know, correctly. If
she dares interfere with my property, she will not dare any longer. Is
that answer suffice for you and concise? Yes? But any other questions before
I continue? No? Please continue? You know who my business partner is.
Yes, I would assume you have many to which you're referring. I
do not know. I was hoping you were smarter than that, but I'll
be explicit for you, your Ciria. Please, I work directly with the
Lord of Helios. Is he lying? You fell for it again? He
is not perfect? Thank you? Thank you for making that clear. You
are welcome. He and I made an arrangement a century ago, and I'd
like to keep it as I am a demon of my word. Is he
lying now? It's not lying? Okay? Then makes me feel better.
I would like you to keep an eye in the Noble district for me.
If there is any activity of necromancy, I need you to report it to
me as quickly as possible. Any do I make myself clear, You're still
clear. If there is any necromancy activity in Elysium, you'll know about it.
I think we have a bright future together, Kiria. Don't you agree?
I do? Will there be anything else, nothing else at this time,
though, I would like to give you a gift, if you so
accepted. What is this gift? An abacus? It is old, it
is mine. I mused it before things progressed. Yours, Yes, mine,
you honor me. I do you may use this to call upon me
if you find yourself in danger, just simply account for it. Hopefully it
won't come to that, but I thank you. Nonetheless. I like my
servants living until I feed upon them. Have a long life, carrier.
We'll chat soon. Let's hope I remain too useful. I do hope if
you may go, you we jump ahead, ever so slightly. Everyone has
made their way home, skyless as carried Galen to their room. Galen delirious.
Mother's in bed. Yeah, maybe hearing me? Or maybe not?
Oh yes, I don't know what lies they've told themselves. They always speaking,
always speaking, or lower there s there guarding the door, ever vigilant.
Where did he put the head? I wonder? I still have it?
M do you arrive after me? I have it in a empen sack.
However, it doesn't believe. Don't worry. Blood is long left Maury's
body. I didn't want to be seen with a head while I traversed the
streets out of his parade. Right, good call, mhm. Caurier arrives
after everyone. But I'm curious Skyless. Mm hmm. Did did you stay
home after dropping off Galen? No? No, Galen, you drift off
into your traumatic slumber, don't you what? No? I stay up?
I m hm mhm, Skylet's where are you going? Through my exhaustion,
my trauma. I think of everything. I think of my arrows missing.
I think of the blood trail leading back. I think of the coins.
I think of my cut. I think of the slash on my face.
H. I think of the writ that was lifted from me. I just
think of my failures. H and I don't have much longer in comparison to
everyone else, And you don't. I don't. I wonder. I think
what my steps lead me to up towards the last night? Mmmm to the
news shop. Mm hmmm h h. Let's following for a moment, following
a blood trail, I don't know his mine? Interesting. Let's have you
hunt in a moment m h sites. There you wanted to do something,
and I will let you. What are you doing? I would like to
check on Galen. Kalen, are you even conscious Galen? Mm hmm,
yeah, of course I'm and I'm always conscious. I'm thinking your eye deepat
in either way, I think that he's vaguely conscious, I say, Jalen,
yes, yes, yes, I know you need your rest, but
I need to I need to apologize to you or something. Come sit sit,
sit on the on the bed beside me. I don't know why.
You need to apologize and take your hand. Thank you, squeeze it towards
the little finger. I broke my promise to you. What I left your
side for a moment. H Everyone eventually does leave my side. It seems
it's all right. Perhaps I'm a person people stay with Yalen. There's something
I'm not sure, but perhaps perhaps this will go some way towards gaining your
forgiveness. Hmm. What a Oh. I pick up this heavy bag and
I look inside. Oh. Yes, I tried to kill him, but
well that's the best I could do. Perhaps the rest I could leave to
you. This is are first. He's a lich. I thought, why
would the Lord of Helios put this figure in a dungeon rather thankill him?
And my thought is it's suches A. Theory is that the Lord of Helios
doesn't know where his philaxty is, and so if he killed him, well
then I imagine he would just pop up somewhere else outside of the Lord's grasp.
So he keeps him alive, suffering and suffering and suffering, not able
to escape. So not killing him wasn't the worst. But this might be
useful. But that's not why I wanted to say. I want to tell
you I I've been a fool and I'm sorry it was used tricked. That
doesn't make you a fool. I thank you for staying with me in that
moment. I m it means a lot that you did when you could have
left. You are as close to me as family. You are my very
best friend. I am. I think I'm going to go and stand by
the door and ensure that we weren't followed. Let's get some rest. Well,
you don't have to leave just yet. To you, I have some
things I'd like to think over. But uh, well see what you can
do with this? Thank you? Would you would you put it on my
desk there with the vials and bottles, That would be lovely. I shall
tie the top yes. I don't know if he can move with his mouth
or something, but he certainly likes to talk. There we got I do
the very first weed pulled. There are many more still, says here.
I'm a bit at a loss as to where to go now. I've spent
so much time wanting to free lost their and he's at rest, and I
don't know what I should do with my life now. I feel quite alone
and lost, like a ship with no rudder, and I don't know where
I sail now. I promise to help Loachh with her with the brothel,
with the madam, and I will, because I I follow my word.
But I don't think I have meaning anymore. And I'll help Cirie, of
course I promised I would, but I and if you need help dealing with
your father, of course I will help there as well. But I I
don't have meaning in my life. I'm lost, No yell, and you
are not lost. My brother is free and now we can mourn him properly.
And also you are not alone. I am not alone, none of
us we'll ever be alone again. And as to where to go, it
doesn't matter, but we shall go there together. Now, Please rest,
all right? I have a daughter. God, wait, if you would,
would you sit here on the bed and I can just put my head
against you until I fall asleep. I sometimes have nightmares, and I would
hope I don't. It would be pleasant if you would just stay until I
fell asleep, If you wouldn't mind, Yeah, sure, I shall do
you that, Thank you. And I'll just take your finger if you don't
mind, so I know that you're still there until I sleep. Very thank
you. M yeah, my dear paladin, dear paladin. Hmm this dear
paladin. Mm hmm, Scarless, Yeah, right, where are you going?
Following a trail perhaps in mind only? Finding that it's mine? As
I head to the market where the stall was, I think an empty one
stands before, but just outside of the new lunar Light's location. Yeah,
yes, m m hmm. The door is in front of you, Skyless.
Mm hmm. Maybe you're might they walk in sort of slump clumsily through
the door. Mm hmm. Gerry might want to roll or something. Mm
Hmmy you are you are you? Are you trying to influence people who aren't
here? Skyless? What do you mean that you said Kiria might want to
roll for something? She may want a roll or something like a sweet roll.
Oh, oh, lod No, I'm just another gift before before another
gift? How many have you given? Who? I think? I don't
know if you've said any from glass Vine yet? How many total? Her?
Here about? How many years skyless are you? Are your bones aching
with? How long it's been, she seems surprised. Still hight iye are
ye? As many gifts as there are words. I h hm hmm.
The columbusary falls through the door, and I make my way to where the
rolls are and I put one on the counter, exhausted, and I pull
out another coin with my left hand and I lay it next to it.
You do, yeah, Lin, the blonde werewolf, the one that you
gave your bloody coin to. M hmm, looks at the second coin you've
given her now, she smiles. I try to hesitate, making eye contact
until she does, and then I look home only for a moment, still
lost in my thoughts, I think there is a deep cut on my face,
scratches that are companable. Absolutely try maybe starts to park by my nose
and underneath my eye. How long? Lynn looks up at you? How
long? And tell what how long do you have hold you? I know
what this is, I know what you are as long as is necessary?
Do you wish should you join us? You hear rain and thunder? Do
you wish from war? Mm hmm? Bye. Wipe a tear that blends
into the cut on my face. Stings a bit, but I WinCE and
look up at her. The rain was outside. I can't fear death,
not anymore. You can fear death, but you can prolong it. Do
you wish to work for us? How long will I last? Centuries?
If you make the right choices? I heard it's too gold across the river?
Here's my other slides the coin across the table. Mm hmm. She
takes the coin with a chuckle. I two coin across the river and she
steps up to you and bites you in the neck. Or that where we'll
end the episode. I think we're all just in shock. Damn. Yeah,
yeah, I'll give you a moment. Yeah, I'll take it.
Do we have to give stress for you to have that moment? It was
so good. I'd wipe my face with my handkerchief, but it's full of
blood, so I can't use that one. Well you can, I don't
know this whole corner. Oh my goodness, apologies that we went a little
late. My devotees, Oh my goodness. They are growing by the episode,
aren't they. Oh fuck off? Yes, yeah, actual head in
there, Brad. Don't worry. I got my head right away there in
the corner. I just need a bag and then and I'll just trade off
props with you via the internet. I'm here for it. What has been
lovely is we are having the first rainstorm of Seattle behind me right now.
Oh wow. And when I speak you may even hear it slightly because it
is a deluge. And it picked up exactly when Skyless stepped into the lunar
bite. Yeah. He like DMND and was like, there's a storm that
just hit and it's super cool and you might be able to hear it through
a mic. And so I was like, quick, co grab a storm.
Let's go. It's good, good ship, good, good gun.
Everyone. There was a lot of good and very bad rules today. I'm
so happy, dude. That was the most anime hero moment and it was
perfect. It was so good. It was so good. The realization that
I came to that we can just call upon Apollo all these other bastards are
using hades and all this other ship. I guess who's about to body up
and chum up with the other gods. There's tons of them. Dude,
Haities gets fucking wiped up and down the corridor. Come on, and he
doesn't appreciate it at all, like ship appreciates. This is a new fucking
Dawn, bitch, order order of the new Dawn. But I am going
to struck into hell itself at some point. I'm a little concerned. You
know, It's fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it. We only
have the finale left. How is this not the finale? There is just
a little bit more, and I'm a little concerned about it, but I
won't worry about it. But I was scared. Yeah, I'm also scared.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cool. It's cool, cool,
cool, cool, cool cool. Don't worry. I only hear thunder behind
me as you say that. All right, Well, thanks so much for
watching. Shall we do the end of sessions if you'd like? Galen,
Let's start with you today, shall we? Sure? I rolled one desperate
role, so I put a tick in my resolve track. Yes you did,
Okay, So I imagine you want to know if I addressed any challenges
with knowledge or arcane power. I would like to know that. Yes,
yeah, yes, And I believe it's a little difficult because in the moment,
at the moment, I've just like lost my entire brain, is what
happened? I was like, what even happened? I got got kidnapped?
I didn't, I just what I lost my mind? Okay, So let
me think I was chatting, well, I use knowledge, my knowledge of
the history of Helios actually h to sort of to sort of deal with Maury
and sort of interact with Maury, sort of thinking oh, yes, okay,
right, what is the relationship between these folks? I think I also
used the arcane to help Skylas survive, So I would say yes twice,
I'd agree with that, Galen, Okay, great, Uh, it's seem
a bit on edge. Yeah, it's just you know, I wouldn't.
It's fine, it's fine. I'm not a it's just a who cool.
Didn't you didn't mark a trauma or anything today? Did you? I might
have. I might have indeed marked a trauma. What what trauma would that
be? I'm curious, our great GM, this is the problem that I'm
dealing with at the moment because before this session, I thought to myself,
well, if our Galen took a trauma right now, he would clearly become
reckless, right, so desperate to get back lor there, that he'd become
reckless, I thought, of course. But now everything has changed, Everything
has changed. That doesn't make any sense anymore. And so now I'm trying
to figure out what is the best trauma for Galen in this moment. And
I thought I knew last week, and this week I don't know, and
I have to meditate on especially after that last scene with Cesaire. There's a
lot that happened this session, a lot, and I have to figure out
exactly, Oh, Brad, don't listen to him about to say, yeah,
just don't listen. Cool. And it's just that the Lord of Helios
is a little bit different now because he didn't do all that stuff and it
was you know, Maury, and now I just have different feelings and I
just don't know what they are and what if, Like I wonder how happy
he's gonna be that you guys fucking are essentially torturing morey more yeah, right,
no, right, yeah, And I don't know, like I just
don't know my relationship with like my spirit buddy is anymore. And I don't
know how that's going to pack my trauma. I just it's just a it's
just I've got it. Oh that's hard. Just gonna say it's a hard
one because I yeah, might I make a suggestion please, I'll leave it
to you. But yeah, I feel like you might be a little haunted
or unstable. Yeah, yeah, does that feel accurate? Oh? Could
you be haunted by what you have done to get him back and you didn't
even need to or does it mean to be like a literal haunting? Oh?
It, it can be lots of I was torn between haunted and obsessed,
or the two that I was torn. Well, I think you've lost
everything in that moment, right, including your obsession. So my two cents.
Yeah, but the question is replaced with a new one. And I
wanted to find out in that last scene with Cesaire if a new obsession would
emerge, but it didn't feel like it at that moment. It felt like
he was at such a space that it was like a It just didn't feel
like the new obsession happened. So I imagine actually haunted. No, I
because I think that he's actually full of feels at this moment, right,
he just doesn't know what they are. I actually think haunted, haunted by
the past, haunted by what you've done and chosen and seeing things right,
because it's haunted as you're often lost in reverie, reving past horrors or seeing
things. And he's already a little bit because now if those visions he saw
were induced by others, and he's hearing these voices and he sees things,
I think there's a bit of a concern right about trust in yourself too.
Yeah, yeah, only you had someone who could determine truths around you.
I don't know who could do that, especially when we're talking about visions,
things in your eyes and in your head and and like I mean, although
I could become obsessed with with finding out truths, right because there's there's a
it's m I don't, oh, the Lord of Helios. Sorry, I
just I'm just maybe the Lord of Helios your new obsession. Maybe I don't
know yet. Also, do I need to kill more? No? No,
pretty, he was close. He was hanging out with me, you
know, but Lord, there was But now I have some I need to
have some conversations with I need to learn things. I need more knowledge and
maybe more arcane power. Also, I just have it's it's I'm torn between
haunted and obsessed, and I just don't know which one is there yet,
and I have to ponder it. Oh that was just a suggestion yet,
So continuing forward, did you express belief s drives heritage your background? Hmm,
yes, absolutely, certainly a lot of discussions about lor there with Maury,
Hey Maury. Ooh sorry, I just got to say. Galen is
in a space about Maury because he's like, oh, maybe Maury can help
me right against the Lord of Helios. And I can sort of come into
this moment and like Morey will be a really good ally. And to find
out that he was used and tricked by Maury the entire time throws everything up
upside down for him, right the way that he was thinking, and and
Maury's like, oh, Paladin will love you. He was like, of
course, of course, lorthe would let me right. But then he's like,
well but maybe if he wouldn't, maybe a different paladin anyway. So
background, Yeah, talking about low there certainly certainly, uh huh. And
I actually I think that that whole scene with with Curia. The sales over
here is quite a lot about his his drives, his goals, the things
that he the things he really cares about with cure that he wants this idea
of freedom, but also time and those sort of Yeah, yeah, I
would say at least twice. That's like there's a bunch in there, like
background and and drives and beliefs. Yeah, yeah, I can accept twice.
Yeah. Oh. And then for issues from vices or trauma, I
actually I don't think so. I only just got my trauma now, so
we'll find out how that works out when I figure that out. And then
for vices, I did not I did not suffer any complications from my vice.
So I think those two are no's. I agree, all right?
And uh, where can people find you? Outside of this screen? You
can probably find me wandering the streets wondering what to do about the Lord of
Helios, what to do about Cesaire? What? Hey? Uh Dan?
Yes, what do you think Cesare thinks about? You know, I don't
know what do you when you said when he said that he thinks to me
like a brother, what do you think he meant by that? Would you
think that was like metaphorical or do you think that was like a you know,
you know when you're trying to date someone and they say, I think
if you like a brother or sister, you know? You know, I
know, I don't know. Well, fuck me, all right, I
think about it. Yeah, I'll leave that to you. I would like
to remind everybody that Gaalen was going to remove me from my body and put
into it and then use it like fuck doll. So I am going to
be privy to this unrequited love. So I feel sorry for Galen. He's
the biggest villain in it. I've forgotten. Is that a good enough answer
for you? So there's a chance. So you're saying there's a chance.
I know. That's how I feel about it, but says there has his
own thoughts and feelings and I will not reveal them because I don't know,
because I yet is still we don't know. You can find me on my
trannelchip er s GP on Fridays at sevent p in Eastern for City of Laighton
Shadow, which is a fake French resistance campaign for it. And uh,
I'm gonna I'm gonna say that because right now, I oh, no,
I should say this, sorry, one other thing you have to say one
please, myth You're amazing. I love you. Last scene? What can
I do that is? That? Is well? And then also, peb
what how amazing are you you with the with the accountant like every scene?
Brilliant? Brad, Brad? How how outrageously badass and perfect are you?
You are playing single handedly the best paladin I have ever seen playing. I
agree with that anywhere in any game, at any time. Ye ever,
you are the best paladin. Anybody who doesn't like paladins need to see you
because you're amazing. You don't play lawful stupid. You play just so good.
You know. I worry about the burning later that might happen, but
so good, so good, and Dan, I love you? Do you
love you? I do love you? Do you during all this? Yes?
I do? And so much, so much, so much. I'll
see if I can make that change next week. But you know my you
know my vice. I might love you b more, go ahead, next
person, that's fair, that's fair, Brad Gray. Yeah, that was
so cool. The kel name belong to the people. Now you're slow burn
into who you are is so good and into playing the game mechanics I would
say he's not even like yeah, well, oh yeah, okay, that's
fair. It's like I feel like he just set up his own rules and
he's like all right, because of the I like the interplay between myself and
Lord of Helios, yeah, the Lord of Helios, and also the kind
of the strange transition between that and the matter of the actual dice rolling between
Sarah and the Lord of Helios. And he's doing his best not to play
his bullshit game. That's the whole thing, which was a fun thing.
I love doing that sort of shit in my brain and playing with it and
stuff like you don't want to play his game, which is you, Brad
trying to resist playing Late in the Dark. Yeah, yeah, that's so
good. I didn't realize that, yeah until today where you're like, well
now I'm in Yeah. Yeah, I mean it's kind of unavoidable, right
to a degree. Right, of course, it always is, especially with
where we're going. You have to dive into it like that. Yeah.
I thinks it's so good. There's a certain amount where I have to lean
in and play the game. I even mentioned that one like everyone's like that's
super good, But I'm not above poisoning. Yeah, yeah, I saw
that. You were like, surely, please note it's not It's not like
it's not like gala things poisoning people as rock. So it's like, doesn't
bother him. You have no problem salting a weed in the garden, and
it has no problem with Skylas. It is a righteous and lawful death.
You have to get him, got to get him dead, got to get
him all dead. A little worried, a little bit worried, a little
bit worried. That's my next dangerous balance line, like how what is you
know, how far is he willing to go? What is lawfully righteous?
Killing righteous yet? Which is slightly more difficult for me to wrestle with personally
as well mentally to try and role play, which is kind of fun.
So we'll see how many people I can kill next week. In terms of
roll a desperate action. Actually did it for once the first time, So
I have one of those address a challenge with violence and coercion, Yes,
addressed multiple times, I feel like multiple times several times. Can I take
two for that? I can't agree with that. I went for cutter today,
which was nice. I've not really been able to do it express my
beliefs drives heritage and background in every conversation. So that's another two. It
is finally actually does level me up. Yeah, right before the finale.
Yeah, that's of course, it is perfect. They'll have another one,
which is that you struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session.
I absolutely struggled with my vice because I always do. And I think
only once though really it was once. I would say it was once,
but it was the whole session. Yeah, I would say once. It
was the same thing, but like once the whole way through. Yes,
and uh, and I would say that was it. I also lost my
lantern, which I've had ticked the entire time, and was like, why
do I need this? I can see the playing this game. I was
like, why did why do I have that? I do so you can
set people on fire. It's like mummies or it was the mummy at the
time or you know, so that doesn't know what any of it. He's
like, well, we also hands off to Peb for a wonderful mummy.
Boy. That was you. It was me, Yeah, you knew that.
Yeah. Also it was improv I was going based off Dan's body language,
so it was so cool. And now we can't ever have a scene
with Kyria and the head, right, I can't do it yea and not
aloud? No, I mean I guess I can pre record some but yeah,
who would do? And go make sure you follow and watch Brad Woto
playing Ghosts of Sushima right now. I saw that castle command. You're playing
that director's cut. Oh, no, direct is take a ship ton of
photos. It's so good. I love it. Yeah, so hard not
to. Just as soon as the light catches anything in that, I'm like,
oh, I want to take another phoe I have to, and I'm
just like, I'm exhausted that I just want to play the game, but
I have The game is beautiful to the point of my wanting to do that.
I get it. It's got a really good photoo that the lighting and
it is nice anyway. Yeah, that's what I'm playing on China. But
you can go watch someone else's better. He's early because he's not in our
time zone. So boy, you want someone to watch in the morning.
Nice, if you'll have it to your boy, Skyless, Hi, it's
me Skyless. We are doing the end of session stuff right. That's mainly
for me to remind myself and not the audience because they know because they've been
playing attention and I haven't. So I did roll a desperate So I ticked
that already. Earlier on I addressed a challenge with tracking or violence. Okay,
I'm gonna go Yes, thenice is it? Does that count twice?
Well? Yeah, it's two different situations, right, you address the violence
with MA and then tracking on the second one, right, allow us?
And you expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background a yah, and
so that levels me up, I'd say, at least I see one time
for that. Yeah, that's fine for you. Yes, Okay, it's
still little meal, uh and uh. And then my last one, I
struggled with issues from my vice traumas during the session. Yeah, last scene,
I think traumas and stuff. Yeah, you have a trauma now and
I have literally a trauma. Yeah. So what do I get here?
Cold, reckless, haunted, soft, obsessed, unstable, paranoid or vicious?
Okay? Well I think, yeah, I think, Well what one
do you think, fiscus? I think when you think it, I will
give you the descript tables pretty good. So unstable is your emotional state is
volatile? You can instantly rage or follow the despair, act impulsively or freeze
up. Yet I feel that fits very well. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
And so that's that's that. When it comes to the end of session
stuff, what a day for Skylss. I'm really like I was, I
like, I was sort of tuning in and out of like when Skylass goes
on these missions or like go to be the guard and they're like doing all
the political stuff. As much as I love doing political role play, this
Skylss doesn't care. So he's just and it's like sometimes I just block out
my camera because I've just the entire time I've just been imagining, looking at
things and trying to protect the party, and then I I am just not
paying attention. So the only time that I spring on, and when Skylass
would spring on is when someone's getting attacked, which is really what he's supposed
to do. So as much as me I was like, it's a bad
idea, but I'm doing it anyway. Uh, and shooting the baron and
to get us out of there was a very happy moment for me because I
was like, Yeah, that's totally what he would do, even though screws
everybody up. And I feel like that's the the issue with this not issue.
The the main theme of this season is Skyless screws it up. Skylts
screws it up. That's it Skyless, Skyless screws it up. And totally
find you holding onto that particular trauma. Well that's yeah, that's that's He's
probably him. He's ever since that writ was taken. Yeah, he's been
just super down on himself and he blames every fault up until that, like
the writ. The writ was gone and then all like his misses, his
things, and it's just his missteps are because he's been just obsessed about he
let the group down. So either way that it was a it was a
great day. Holy crap. The last scene was a lot of fun to
do. I haven't ever like, I've felt things before after shows, but
I've never like was like shaking with excitement and just the anxiety of what my
character would be feeling. It was just a it was like a physical emotion
of confusion, which I've never felt. It was really cool. So just
thank you for gifting that to me. Everybody and Dan, that was really
cool. As far as me, I'm a hardcore role player. You can
follow me on twitch dot tv slash Mythematic where I do a bunch of RP
cinematic stuff, and you can follow me on my on twitch, to twitter
dot com slash mythematic and see what I'm up to when I'm up to stuff.
I have a Patreon out now for my home brew setting of Spellwind uh
and I think this month the patreons are going to see a subclass, so
I would potentially look into it. But that's me. Thank you so much,
everybody, be well and thanks for watching, Thanks for thanks for support
all of us. Oh yeah, absolutely, and Spellwind is here on Wednesdays
either way for those of you who want to know with mythematic GMing. So
just a little note there, thank you, thank you. Yes that also
he didn't fail all the time. But that sort of lack of self esteem
is like one of the problems between those two Kiria and Skyless in the first
place, their sense of self worth, not being like them, not having
that sense of self worth, so they don't want to like burden the other
person because they think they're not good enough, and but they are good enough.
Kiss that's all now, kiss, now you're good enough. Well with
that heiria. Yes, I believe you have an end of session? Do
I do flashbacks account? Yes, you've been in the session? Is a
part of this session? No? No, no, it was one of
my one of my favorite episodes. But I just didn't I didn't think that
flashbacks counted. Okay, yes they do, all right. Hmmm. Did
I address a challenge with deception or influence? Yes? One time I think
I was that influence or deception. I mean, technically it was deception.
I pretended like I didn't know who he was talking about so I could get
him to say something and so I could fact check him. That was pretty
deceptive. Yes, but I think, honestly, Dan, I think that's
why he gave me his fucking gift after Yeah, I feel like he was
like, oh I see right. So anyway, that's my head canon.
So yeah, at least that, and I would say one for that.
Yeah, sure, I don't think there was another situation in which I did
that. So influence beliefs drives? Hey, I don't. Oh, I
mean I guess I well, I sort of. Did I influenced a successful
role by calling for a flashback? Does that count? Well? And of
course, how did you do that I think you did. There was a
I think that you were using influence on on is there No, As much
as I would love to take the experience, now, all I did was
listen to him realize himself. I didn't do anything. I was just sitting
there. Well, I mean I shouldn't say I was just sitting there,
but that you called it right, Well, you called the scene. Yeah.
Yeah. And then also, I mean, I feel like you were
using influence with Galen in our flashback GM and he wouldn't have had that if
you weren't in the scene. So I'll leave it to you. That means
no, take it, take it, take it, take it, take
it. That means no, that's a parental no. Okay, domestic day.
You could take it if you'd like. That's okay. I will not
do that thing. You expressed your beliefs drives, heritage or background. Yes,
I did do that multiple times. I'll give that to you. I
also ding and to fill out I haven't dinged yet. You struggled with issues
from your vice or trauma during the session. No, I don't think I
did. I don't think you did. No, and uh, what uh,
what are you doing outside of this show? Oh Jesus, I'm addicted
to Wild RP and I've been losing my fucking life to it. So you
know, check me out and slash Pumpkinberry where I am playing through Red Dead
Redemption during the day and by night I do like two or three hour streams
of Wild RP. And it's fucking fun. It's so great, and you
to come by and that's it. I agree. Thanks, thank you.
Oh, also thank you because the last show that I produced for you,
Reaper Relay, was one of the coolest because I got to be deaf,
which was a really fun thing. But this is the best. This is
the most fun I've ever had being able to be a fucking zombie. And
the fact that the fact that you were like when Brad said, I want
to light him on fire, y'all need to know. I messaged Dan in
all caps and was like, do I get to fucking scream to death as
a dying zombie? Is that what's happening here? Oh? Yeah, it
was good. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of
fun. Yeah, it's really cool. Yeah. I really enjoyed producing this
episode, So thanks Dan. That was that was a lot of fun.
The Lantern just production compliments. The lantern scene and then going right into the
theme music was Oh, thank you. I was waiting. I was waiting.
I was waiting. I was like, oh, this will be perfect.
Yeah, well like that kind of like I don't know what it's like.
It's I'm externally motivated by sound. Yeah, it's the it's the anime
theme song. Man. It was like, I'm like, oh, I'm
I'm now the person in the world. Yeah, I'm no longer just like,
yeah, an idiot over here playing ghost is a mat right. I'm
like, I'm hell and I'm going to fucking bust out right no matter what
tas. I think I have my trauma by the way, Oh yes,
it was I'm requited love. At the end, I had to think,
what is the since I dinged? What is the special ability that I want
to take? Like, what is the new special ability? And I'm going
to take physicer, which allows me to heal people. I do not actually
have the skill tinkering and we have to work on that. But if I'm
going to take physicer, which is to heal people, I'm going to take
the trauma soft. What an interesting choice for you, which is you lose
your edge becomes sentimental passive job of course, of course, and that fits
so well, you know the and everything. No, trauma's never heal,
just like real life that you can and if you get for trauma, you're
out. Scary one, you're out or dead either one. Yeah, you
can't die WITHOL. So if you're going to that anger too, yeah,
so I think I think that would be so interesting for you. Okay,
so good, so good. Yeah. Yeah, that's it for me,
sorry, lovely, no no problem. Well, thank you so much everybody
for being here. I'm domestic Dan. I have been your lord of Helios
today and we have one more episode left. That's it. Next week it's
the finale. So if you're hoping to catch up, and now would be
your time because you don't have a whole lot left before the final live episode.
Will there be more after that? We'll see. I wonder what Lusha's
doing right now, So do I classic Katie. She's awesome, follow her,
she's been put in chat. Do it classic Katy had to step away
today due to life issues, so we moved ahead without her. But easy
in spirit means as much as necromancy allows. But thank you for everything here.
I will be streaming after this for a recovery room slash, just playing
Valheim and chilling and relaxing because it's been a hell of a week for me
as well. So thank you everybody for being here, thank you for enjoying
and watching. We'll see you next week for the wrap up, A Faint
Dawn. Have a wonderful time. Stay safe,