WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:08.039 This is an Unspoiled Network podcast. This is spoil Me 2 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:17.480 covering Dungeon Crawler Carl Book five, The Butcher's Masquerade, chapters 3 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:26.160 fifty one through fifty five. In these chapters, I hardly 4 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.160 know where to begin. There's a lot going on, but 5 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:33.399 primarily what I'm interested in is the fact that we 6 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:57.640 all failed this quest. Welcome to spoil Me, Welcome to 7 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.359 the show everyone. I am Natasha. Thank you very much 8 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:05.120 to is it Jackie today? Let me go and triple 9 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:09.920 check as it is. Thank you Jackie for commissioning this episode. 10 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:18.840 So one might think that my first and foremost mention 11 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:24.000 regarding this section might be Gravy Boat, But the truth 12 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:28.200 is we're only just barely touching on what they're doing 13 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:32.640 with Gravy Boat. So I will say that I'm gratified 14 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.120 we are at least going to be seeing the results 15 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.079 of them taking him this book. I sort of wondered 16 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.079 if we were going to have to wait, and I 17 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:44.439 wouldn't have been mad about it. For the record, if 18 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.439 we had to wait, that's fine. But I'm excited that 19 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:50.959 we are getting to see it actually shake out this book. 20 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.040 And by excited I mean dreading it and I hate 21 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:00.400 it and it's awful, but also storytelling wise, really curious 22 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:07.519 how we handle this and I this whole thing now, 23 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.120 you know what. Before I even get any further, I 24 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:13.080 just want to mention you guys really quick. 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You don't have 36 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.840 to pay any money, but you do have to become 37 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.319 like a member on my channel to see it. And 38 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:54.280 just wanted to let you all know about that. So 39 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.719 if this stops updating and you're sort of like, is 40 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.639 she not recording these anymore? Yes, I do, I will be, 41 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:06.719 but are somewhere else now this I'm so tempted to 42 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:13.080 like jump around a bunch this episode, and I guess 43 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.479 I'm going to try and go in order because there's 44 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.000 a lot and I know I'll lose track if I don't, 45 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:19.560 But God, there are some things I want to talk 46 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:25.319 about right away. So we start chapter fifty one with 47 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.120 Carl finding out that like the way that he is 48 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:34.039 going to be firing these poison bombs, it's like they're 49 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:39.080 kind of like poisonous water balloons almost, that he put 50 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.879 a little bit more thought into it than was even necessary. 51 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:44.960 He's trying to figure out exactly how to aim, and 52 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:50.039 Dona is being unhelpful, as she often is, and it 53 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:54.840 seems like the effect of this is quite good once 54 00:03:54.879 --> 00:04:00.159 he actually is able to get the target. However, I 55 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:02.879 did not tell him that because Donah is the spotter, 56 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:05.479 she gets the credit for the kill, and Carl's a 57 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:08.919 little bit like salty about it. Mordechai tries to be like, 58 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.000 I forgot to tell you, and Carl doesn't believe him, 59 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.400 which I think is interesting that he thinks Mordecai is 60 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.120 straight up lying. I mean, he may be right, but like, 61 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:22.439 why would he bother lying? Like does he think Carl 62 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.519 just wouldn't do it this way if he knew he 63 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:31.000 wasn't getting credit. Is he that self absorbed? I don't 64 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:35.360 feel I feel like he knows Donah will be like that. 65 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:39.360 She needs more credit and levels. So if you had 66 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.480 just known ahead of time, he would have like agreed 67 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:43.279 because it would be to her benefit. And it's simply 68 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:45.000 being caught off guard that he doesn't get the credit 69 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:51.199 that makes him annoyed. But I don't know. So they 70 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:57.279 wind up getting on the back of she obviously is 71 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:03.920 writing Mango, and let's see, is he on the back 72 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:07.000 of anybody? I'm trying to see. No, No, he's not. 73 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:10.959 They're just walking and it's Kiwi that's leading them, and 74 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.000 he keeps realizing that she's attempting to go off course 75 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.199 to lead them to Big Tina, who we do eventually encounter, 76 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.439 and she has the actual personality of like an infant. 77 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.199 So not great when somebody is basically a Tyrannosaurus Rex. 78 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:34.360 But uh, it's fine. So I knew we'd lose the 79 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.759 female dinosaur once we went down a floor, which was 80 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:40.399 too bad. As great as Mango was, he was nothing 81 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:44.759 compared to the larger, faster raptor. She was terrifyingly fast. 82 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.839 Boa constrictor things started dropping out of the trees at us, 83 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:50.560 and she'd be on them in seconds, faster than any 84 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:53.800 of us, chomping them in half. Still, it was good 85 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.879 experience for her, and it was good for Mango too. 86 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.759 So they're looking for Eva, and even visually there's a 87 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.560 moment where it like we find out Koatchya thought she 88 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.560 had her, and she gets away again, and Katya's starting 89 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.600 to be like, she's got to have some kind of ability. 90 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:10.240 This is fucked up, Like, I don't know how she 91 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:16.079 keeps doing this. And they are heading towards one of 92 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.600 these creepers and somebody else kills it before they can 93 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.959 even get there. And as they're sort of sitting there 94 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:25.399 going ah, that sucks, all of a sudden, this pouring 95 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:31.680 rain stops dead and a bunch of elves on the 96 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:35.399 back of milk white stags appear, and there is also 97 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:38.720 a litter with curtain strawn so that you cannot see 98 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.560 who is in there. But it turns out that's what 99 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:45.480 that's gravy boat, and Doughnut spots him because the wind 100 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:50.519 like ruffles the curtain. So I don't know if she 101 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:55.240 was meant to see and get like warned about who 102 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.800 she was going to be facing, or if it was 103 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.959 sort of an accidental thing that she got caught a glimpse. 104 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:04.560 I don't you know, Like it could be either way 105 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.639 in terms of what makes the most drama. You could 106 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:13.759 argue for both. But either way, this fucking guy is 107 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:23.240 called a familiar. And later on Carl realizes that like, 108 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.040 if b had been able to be imagen like they 109 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:31.959 had planned, gravy boat probably would have been like on 110 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:36.199 her shoulder or something so as to cause the greatest 111 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:41.560 psychic damage against both him and Donut. And he can't 112 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:43.360 help but be like, oh, Deett might have been fucked 113 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.639 up for the reasoning behind why she went and scooped 114 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:50.360 be up, but like, honestly, thank God, which fair enough. 115 00:07:53.680 --> 00:08:00.120 So all these high elves are extremely like perfect looking 116 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.560 in a Lord of the Rings sort of way. I 117 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.720 will be honest, I never thought the Lord of the 118 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.680 Rings except for Orlando Bloom, but most of the Lord 119 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:13.720 of the Rings elves I was sort of about. I've 120 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.120 always been a hobbit girly through and through no surprise 121 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.680 there I literally could have been cast as a hobbit 122 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:23.720 and everybody would have been fine with it, and then 123 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:28.759 we get the weird like you know it's gravy boat, 124 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:30.800 but at first we don't know that, and we just 125 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.440 hear that his voice doesn't match what Karl had been expecting, 126 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:40.000 because he sounds almost like New Yorker like, which in 127 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:42.679 the presence of these elves is particularly odd and not 128 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:46.000 what you'd expect to hear. And he's got this sort 129 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:57.039 of lecherous tone whenever he refers to donut, and it'd 130 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:01.000 seem trying to find this bit. The issue at hand 131 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:04.000 is these creatures which have invaded our lands. Due to 132 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.799 your insufferable incompetence, we have been forced to venture forth 133 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.279 from the castle to deal with it. If your intention 134 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.919 was to fight the one we just killed, you're obviously 135 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:15.759 too late. You are fortunate that both of you are 136 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.000 currently on the guest list for the Masquerade. I am 137 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:23.159 ordered to exterminate all other vermin now, if you will 138 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:25.960 excuse us. We have other similar creatures to hunt down 139 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.840 and deal with before the sun sets. If you can, 140 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.080 you should try to deal with the ones near zachal 141 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:38.000 I said, the creature grunted. We are only concerned with 142 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.440 the Leana district, which is south of the infested river. 143 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.200 But that does remind me Queen Imogen would like for 144 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.320 me to pass on a message to your friend signet. 145 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:53.879 What is it? A lightning bolt shot forth directly at 146 00:09:53.960 --> 00:10:02.600 Mongo and Doughnut obviously throw is herself like a friggin 147 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:06.240 Secret Service agent in front of the President between the 148 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:10.440 bolts of lightning, and Mongo gets nailed with it and 149 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.799 thrown into a tree and the tree like explodes from 150 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.159 the force of it. And the only reason that she 151 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.960 is not dead is because of her cockroach skill. Carl 152 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.240 obviously is like for a moment going I have like, 153 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.360 what the fuck she can't do that? I gotta tell 154 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.039 her never to do that again. And he actually does 155 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.799 restrain himself, which I appreciate a lot because I am 156 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.679 so sorry. She hasn't got a lot left, dude, And 157 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.399 if she wants to, like keep Mango alive, if this 158 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.279 is something that means a lot to her, I know 159 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.360 it sucks, but like, let her have it, dude. Honestly, 160 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:54.879 I just feel for Donut in this respect particularly, and 161 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:59.799 it's you know, Carl would do that for Donut, no question. So, 162 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:05.879 oh yeah, they'd almost killed Mongo. This wasn't just a 163 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:10.399 whim of an NPC. This was planned, a story movement 164 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.879 engineered by the showrunners. I thought of prepotente sobbing when 165 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.200 Miriam had died. They were doing this to all of us, 166 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.919 ratcheting up the drama for the floor's finale. And yeah, 167 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:28.919 if he had succeeded in actually killing her, she would have. 168 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:35.000 And if she hadn't seen gravy Boat through the curtain fluttering, 169 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:39.080 It's possible that she could just wind up like on 170 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.679 the war path for the person who killed Mango and 171 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:47.080 then be faced with the surprise reveal of oh my god, 172 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:52.039 it was gravy Boat the whole time. But the attempt 173 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.840 to kill Mongo fails. Now, it's possible they knew it 174 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.799 would fail. I don't think so. I think that her 175 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:06.000 stopping them wasn't part of the plan. I also think 176 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.360 that her getting to see him wasn't part of the plan. So, 177 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.799 you know, I don't know. Maybe I am giving the 178 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:17.039 AI too much credit here for fucking things up on purpose, 179 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:20.799 or you know, regarding the wind only not what Donut did. 180 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:27.120 But uh, yeah, she says it was Ferdinand. I saw him. 181 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:29.399 They brought him down here and changed his memory and 182 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.200 turned him into a jerk. He tried to kill Mango. 183 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.200 They're making it so I'm going to have to fight him. 184 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:40.679 And Carl at this point is like, fuck this, We're 185 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.000 going down to the next floor. We don't need to 186 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:50.960 do this, understandably. So everybody else is basically like Carl, 187 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:57.919 you can't just fucking abandon us. And as far as 188 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:04.240 he is concerned, his sole obligation is to Donut. I 189 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:07.120 was helping everybody else. I hope you all are okay. 190 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.240 I wish you the best, but I don't owe you anything. 191 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.320 And if it means that it protects Donut, I will 192 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:18.919 go down to the next floor. Fuck you. And it's 193 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:23.840 all like understandable on both sides for me, every argument 194 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.679 that each person is making for and against, I get it. 195 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.679 You know, I think it's a terrible call. And honestly, 196 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.919 Wakatia says, She says, I know you, this is a 197 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:38.159 knee jerk reaction. That's the part that I think is 198 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.639 the most convincing. Trying to rationalize to him why going 199 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:48.720 down isn't smart. I would normally fully endorse reasoning with somebody, 200 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.559 but Carl isn't in the head space where reason is 201 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:57.000 going to penetrate his skull. He is angry and protective 202 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.440 and has there's like a switch that's been that has 203 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.519 been flipped, and he is triggered into this mode of 204 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.080 anger right now. And I don't blame him for that 205 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:14.320 at all, but it is much smarter to point out 206 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.120 you have been like this before and made snap decisions 207 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.320 that you regretted, and you're doing it again, and I'm 208 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:30.480 calling attention to it, and also, IMMANI rightfully, what is 209 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:36.799 Donut think? Have you even asked her? And that really 210 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:38.840 gets to the heart of the matter. In my opinion, 211 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:45.080 It's unclear how much that gets through to Carl, But 212 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:51.799 considering my feelings through a law of this section have 213 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.200 been frustration in the fact that he doesn't seem to 214 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.080 be like taking her seriously enough, or believing that she 215 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:03.399 can do things, or involving her in his plans, I 216 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.440 can't help but feel like that's a very relevant question 217 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:10.519 to ask, and really, when it comes down to everything, 218 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:16.120 the most important overall setting, aside whether or not it 219 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.480 is smart gameplay or if this is a snap judgment, 220 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.120 you are about to do something too Donut without her 221 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.960 knowing or giving you permission. You are about to pull 222 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.240 her into the next floor. You don't have the right 223 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:35.039 to do that, You just don't. So anyway, Katsha gets 224 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:39.279 in contact with him in the private chat separate from 225 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.960 the group, and tells him like, I really need to 226 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.799 talk to you. I've been putting it off and I 227 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.639 don't know what this is going to be, but you 228 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:54.039 know it's something that's like she says that I've done 229 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.600 this before, but it's bigger this time than all the 230 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:58.559 other stuff, and I'm curious what it's going to be 231 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.519 and looking for advice more than anything. And it's not 232 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:08.120 about Eva. Let's get through whatever is, whatever is about 233 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.000 to happen first and we can talk. But we can't 234 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.080 talk if you just jump down the stairs five days early, 235 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.000 and Carl ends with I'll let Donut decide, but I'm 236 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.840 going to try to talk her into it. Mordecai thinks 237 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:28.279 it's a good idea too, So we have him just 238 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:34.080 thinking things over and looking down at Donut. She's like 239 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:39.840 curled up and recovering, and he is reflecting on the 240 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.799 state of things right now and whether or not they're 241 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:46.360 going to be able to actually succeed with this quest 242 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.480 that he hasn't heard anything about Kuan Che, who they 243 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.080 haven't heard of in a while. He isn't on the 244 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:59.240 top ten list anymore, and he is thinking about the 245 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:03.000 fact that they are bringing gravy Boat back and that 246 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:09.200 he is probably pretty lucky because who is he do 247 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:13.240 they have that they could bring? Maybe his father is 248 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:19.000 still alive. He's not actually even sure, And honestly, it 249 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:22.279 seems as if even if people aren't alive, that it 250 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:26.240 maybe doesn't matter, Like I don't really know how that works. 251 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.000 If they were killed by the collapse. I think that 252 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.880 they can still bring them into the game because they 253 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:38.920 are fresh enough, so to speak. But his father being 254 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:44.319 a boss would be genuinely horrifying. His father is a 255 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:49.559 literal monster to begin with, and I think if anybody 256 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.960 could cause Karl to freeze up, it would be his dad. 257 00:17:55.279 --> 00:18:00.359 I feel like that is a really high potential event, 258 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:03.920 and I don't care for that as a concept, but 259 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.839 I think that if I were a showrunner who had 260 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:13.519 no soul, I would go for that for sure. And 261 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.359 he comes to the same conclusion. It was only a 262 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.720 matter of time before they brought him here if he 263 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:24.079 was alive, so we shall see. And then still it 264 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.720 was nothing compared to others. I knew IMMANI had a 265 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:32.599 big family. For example, Katcha had people too, And yeah, 266 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:37.000 I think of this myself because, like you know, I 267 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:44.359 don't have a big family. And even so, if you had, 268 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.599 like somebody that I was friends with on any level, 269 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.200 I think it would really fucking get to me anyway. 270 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.119 You know, it's worse for it to be somebody you 271 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.960 were super close with that meant something to you, for sure, 272 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.359 But I can't help but feel that this tactic would 273 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:04.920 really undo me if I had any frame of reference 274 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:08.079 for who the person had been originally, even if they 275 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:14.480 weren't like a close family member or something like that. Yeah, 276 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:20.920 I don't know, but I guess we'll see. So when 277 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:24.519 Donut wakes up, she immediately says, we're not going down 278 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:29.279 the stairs early. I appreciate what you're attempting to do 279 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:32.640 for me, Carl, but it's of no worry. Ferdinand may 280 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:34.720 have been my first love, but I am a mother 281 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.480 now and I have more important responsibilities. Mango needs me, 282 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:43.200 and if I am going to pursue a singing career, 283 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:45.920 I can't be tied down or all emotional because my 284 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.440 ex boyfriend is suddenly trying to get back into the picture. 285 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.920 If Taylor's swift or Adele can profit off heartache, I'm 286 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:59.599 quite certain I can as well. Amazing, I love it 287 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:03.960 so much much good for her. This is when he 288 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:08.799 gets a gold benefactor box, and later on we find 289 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.279 out what this is. I'm gonna get into the whole thing, 290 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.319 but I really I want to bring it up once 291 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.599 we get to the negotiation r the nipple piercings, because 292 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:25.000 she don't want to wear no nipple ring. So this 293 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.160 is when we encounter Big Tina. I am not going 294 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:31.799 to spend all that much time on Big Tina. I'll 295 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:36.000 be honest. I find her uninteresting. I get that it's 296 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:40.640 supposed to be like quite a thing. It's a dinosaur 297 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:43.480 in a too too who used to be a little girl. Hilarious. 298 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:46.119 I don't care. I gotta be honest with you all. 299 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:49.240 This is nothing for me. The idea of there being 300 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:54.160 dinosaurs in this world in general, particularly fun. Yes, the 301 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:57.720 idea of mongo like getting to mate and this whole 302 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:01.880 thing like being a weird way to get in with 303 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.039 the dinosaurs so that you are not their enemy. Cool. 304 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:10.079 But as far as like her and her storyline, don't care. 305 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.599 Just don't don't care at all. I will be shocked 306 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:21.079 if Donna doesn't take this recital opportunity to sing like 307 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:24.400 practice somehow I don't know, but yeah, that's going to 308 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:27.599 be the thing that they have to figure out, is 309 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:30.359 how to like create this recital and give her what 310 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:36.759 she wants. All of a sudden, they get interrupted again. 311 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:41.599 Please wait loading my hud blinked twice, paused, then flickered 312 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.480 a third time. For the briefest moment, I felt a strange, 313 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:48.480 rushing sensation, but it cleared away almost immediately, as if 314 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.400 nothing had happened. But then I noticed a new bar 315 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:55.119 in my vision underneath my health and manna mine was 316 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:57.640 filled all the weight to the right. The hell is that, 317 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.920 sorry for the delay, may resume normal activities. And this 318 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:08.039 is when they get the notification that they have failed 319 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:12.279 the quest, and the AI is telling them I warned you, 320 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:17.079 I warned you, And I should mention Donna point it 321 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:19.319 out in the last section that the AI is referring 322 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:21.599 to itself in the first person a lot more than 323 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.920 it used to. That it had occasionally done so, but 324 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:30.000 it is much more frequent now. And she is also 325 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:35.160 the one who you know previously had noticed that Samantha 326 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:37.720 is able to move around more, and he has this 327 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:41.160 happen in I don't remember if it's it's actually gonna 328 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.960 last one, but there's a point where Samantha was like 329 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:46.119 in somebody's lap and then suddenly is next to him, 330 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.960 and he's starting to be kind of like, yike, she's 331 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.920 really getting mobile in a way that I don't really like. 332 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:55.759 So I'm gonna mention here something that like, I don't 333 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.799 know if it's anything, and I'm not trying to put 334 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:01.000 anybody on blast here, I'm really not, but I have 335 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:03.400 to acknowledge it because I really try to be as 336 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:05.799 honest and upfront with you all as I can be 337 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:09.480 whenever I cover anything. If I'm covering something and I 338 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:14.200 get spoiled on a plot point, I feel like I 339 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:20.559 almost never keep that quiet because I just feel like 340 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:26.440 eventually I'll probably fuck up and say something. Anyway, I 341 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.039 may as well just like get it out there, you know. Now, 342 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:32.960 I don't even know that this is a spoiler. But 343 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:38.200 in the Disaccord, there was somebody who I'm not sure 344 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:41.119 if like what they said was a spoiler and they 345 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:45.000 shouldn't have said it, or if they were just theorizing 346 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:49.799 and didn't consider that they have read further ahead than 347 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:55.559 me or what. But they said something about, how does 348 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:00.440 it seem obvious to anybody else that the AI is 349 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:03.920 evil and is the one that's like fucking everything up? 350 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:09.960 Which they said this before I found out the next thing. 351 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:14.799 So I was sort of like, what the AI? I mean, 352 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.759 there's a whole system that is profiting off of this, 353 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:21.519 Like the AI isn't the bad guy, The system's the 354 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:25.759 bad guy. What do you mean? And so I was 355 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.039 really puzzled, and I was like, I don't know what 356 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.519 to tell you if that's what you think. And they 357 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:35.440 said something about, like, well, in later books, there's just 358 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:38.400 like some things that are said, and they didn't get specific. 359 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:43.079 All I said in response was okay, then you're working 360 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:47.119 with information I don't have, so I don't know. And 361 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:52.799 now that we're seeing the way that the conversation goes 362 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:58.079 with this crawler later, I am thinking that person did 363 00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:00.839 spoil me a little bit. I don't know how much. 364 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.680 I don't know if it's a problem in particular or anything, 365 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.839 but I do want to remind folks that there is 366 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:10.720 a spoiler and no spoilers channel, and if you have 367 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:14.759 read ahead, and you're going to be mentioning anything from 368 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.720 future books. You don't want to do it in the 369 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:20.279 no spoilers channel where I'm at, because that is going 370 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.279 to influence me. And that whole point of this is 371 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:30.279 like not to have me go through this blind, not 372 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.319 knowing anything more than what I have read on the page. 373 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:37.359 So anyway, I just wanted to address that because it's 374 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.920 in my head now, you know, and like after what 375 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:44.119 it is later that gets said, it felt like, okay, 376 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:48.839 so they were thinking about this particular development when they 377 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:53.759 were saying that, And like I said, even if the 378 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:58.039 AI does turn out to be evil, like the AI 379 00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:00.640 is really not the problem, not really not when you 380 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:05.160 come down to it, you know. So I don't know 381 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:11.480 that I would agree with their assessment anyway. But also 382 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:14.119 they are once again working with info I don't have yet, 383 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:18.400 so there's maybe other developments later that will change my mind. 384 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:26.160 So anyway, what happens is that the AI has decided 385 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:30.359 that since the odious creepers who remain are up near 386 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:36.079 Zakau where all the hunters are, the hunters especially are 387 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:38.480 going to be punished for the fact that they didn't 388 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:42.079 get up off their asses and do anything. And Katya 389 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:46.160 had been saying to Carl earlier, like, it doesn't look 390 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.240 like anybody's going after anything up there. I wouldn't be 391 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:51.799 surprised if they are thinking they can just hunker down 392 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:55.359 in the safe rooms and let everything happen on the 393 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:59.599 outside and not get involved. So the AI obviously is 394 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:03.599 thinking the same way. And what he I'm saying, he 395 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:11.880 what it decides is that this hunkering down thing absolutely 396 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:16.799 is not going to fly and creates a new bar 397 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:21.599 in their status that is called the blood bar, and 398 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.680 if they do not fill it, they will not get 399 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:29.759 access to safe spaces or personal spaces. So if you 400 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:34.119 don't do any fucking work, basically you don't get to 401 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:37.200