1 00:00:02,359 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: This is an Unspoiled Network podcast. This is spoil Me 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:16,960 covering Dungeon Crawler Carl Book five, The Butcher's Masquerade, chapters 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:27,800 thirteen through eighteen. In these chapters, b is already being 4 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:30,839 brought out as I feel like it's unfair to say 5 00:00:30,839 --> 00:00:35,320 a bargaining chip, but she's just in play a lot 6 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:38,520 sooner than I had been anticipating. I really didn't think 7 00:00:38,520 --> 00:01:01,799 it would happen this fast. Welcome to spoil Me, Welcome 8 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,200 to the show everyone. I am Natasha. Thank you very 9 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:13,599 much to Jackie for commissioning this episode. Sup Jackie. Yeah, 10 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:19,079 these chapters are a surprise on a number of levels. 11 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,560 So let's just begin at the beginning, shall we. 12 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:24,519 Speaker 2: There is. 13 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: We start off first of all, I want to mention 14 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:34,239 the weather. It's absolutely pouring down rain for a lot 15 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,400 of this section. And I know that we have encountered 16 00:01:38,519 --> 00:01:42,120 rain before, but there was something about it in the 17 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:44,719 past that always sort of felt like it was the 18 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,560 aftermath of having had no rain in this being like 19 00:01:47,599 --> 00:01:49,920 a specific plot point, or there was just something about 20 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:57,200 it that felt very like orchestrated, I guess. And this 21 00:01:57,359 --> 00:02:01,719 is the first floor where the weather has felt like 22 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:08,360 it's just weather. It has been a bit of a 23 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:14,719 suspicious thing to me. If the weather like affects anything, 24 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,319 I don't know if constant rain is something that is 25 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:25,520 like particularly good for our people or particularly bad for 26 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:28,319 them in some way. I have to assume that there 27 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:34,080 are probably crawlers out there whose abilities regarding sense of 28 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,800 smell are really specific, So I imagine that it would 29 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,960 be the sort of thing where they are at a 30 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,000 disadvantage with the rain. But I don't know how much 31 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:48,639 I should even pay attention to this. I just wanted 32 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,599 to make note of the fact that I was noticing it. 33 00:02:54,719 --> 00:02:59,719 And we hear about hear this like being called the Yanks, 34 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,240 which are these humanoid aliens, and they have three genders 35 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,039 and they need all of them to make babies. The 36 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:10,919 women and children lived in peaceful communities along with the 37 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,560 unintelligent third gender, whatever it was called. I didn't know 38 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:20,080 the details. The males were forced out once they reached maturity. 39 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,039 The males were also known as powerful fighters. They couldn't 40 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,199 work together lest they fight like beta fish, which is 41 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:30,240 very interesting. 42 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,439 Speaker 2: I would be uh, I would be. 43 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: Down to get the newsletter from these folks find out 44 00:03:35,039 --> 00:03:36,159 exactly how they do this. 45 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,759 Speaker 2: So there's a guy out in a tree and they're. 46 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,479 Speaker 1: Thinking that he's like poised to try and attack them 47 00:03:48,479 --> 00:03:53,360 from above that he thinks he's hidden, and Carl casts 48 00:03:53,520 --> 00:04:00,120 ping and the tree starts shaking once Ping lands, and 49 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:03,639 Donut is like, okay, I thought the way he was 50 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,960 still before that he was knocked out, but clearly not, 51 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,080 so what's happening? And then all of a sudden, Karl 52 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,080 looks at his map and he sees these multicolored dots 53 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,399 and he's like, oh God, damn it, and all of 54 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:23,199 a sudden, the double billed achievement makes sense. So yeah, 55 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,720 it has to do with the overlap with the vengeance 56 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:32,319 of the daughter plotline, and I think it's very funny. 57 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,920 I'm super curious exactly. 58 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: How all look. 59 00:04:38,519 --> 00:04:42,319 Speaker 1: There are times where things come to us and sort 60 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,360 of get lodged in our minds in a way that's 61 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:51,079 like kind of just a funny hypothetical at the moment, 62 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,519 and then you get to a point in some kind 63 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,560 of creative project where you're suddenly like, oh, that thing 64 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,560 that I said kind of half as a joke, actually 65 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,319 maybe that can happen. And so a part of me 66 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,560 is very strongly wondering. 67 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,079 Speaker 2: If maybe Matt. 68 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: Dineman was watching something that had a really boring plot 69 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,000 line and was sort of like, God, can't they just 70 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,040 like do X y Z even that would make it 71 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:21,199 more interesting, you know, and then got to this point 72 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,240 and was like, oh, you know what I'm gonna do 73 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,079 and is intending to sort of I don't want to say, 74 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:34,600 like mock exactly, but just sort of play with that idea, because, like, guys, 75 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:37,680 this is something that happens with me in my job 76 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,040 a fair amount. There will be things that either I'm 77 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,319 covering by myself or sometimes this will happen with Miles 78 00:05:46,439 --> 00:05:50,319 especially rare Shaan does this some, but she's not really 79 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,279 a fiction writer and so it's less with her. But 80 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,439 we will begin to bounce around ideas that we think 81 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,319 would have worked better for whatever it is that we're 82 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,199 reading at the time, and sometimes we will come up 83 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:12,839 with some really like light years better plots than what 84 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,160 was written and what like you know, earned millions of dollars, 85 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:19,639 and obviously it's one thing to just be able to 86 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,000 like say they should have done this. I'm not trying 87 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,040 to act like but I'm just saying that there are 88 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,839 times where it does sort of feel infuriating that there 89 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:36,160 are people making money writing some of the most uninspired nothing, 90 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,560 you know what I'm saying. And anyway, this is just 91 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:46,600 a thought for me. I recently entered a it's a 92 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,839 short story contest, a very short story, two thousand words, 93 00:06:50,399 --> 00:06:52,639 and it had to be on either like a werewolf 94 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,120 or a vampire because of spooky season, and you could 95 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:56,519 do both. 96 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:57,439 Speaker 2: So I did both. 97 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: And my short story is based on an idea that 98 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,120 I had when I was covering Twilight with Miles, which 99 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,600 was like, where are the grown ups stepping in on 100 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,600 this weird shit that's going on? And so I have 101 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:12,079 it that there's like, you know, a kind of Edward 102 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,120 Cullen esque vampire that gets called into the guidance office 103 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,040 by a were wolf who knows what he is and 104 00:07:18,199 --> 00:07:18,720 is just like. 105 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,079 Speaker 2: Hey, what are you doing dude? 106 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:23,519 Speaker 1: So you know, things will, ideas will occur to you 107 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,800 at strange times and then wind up being useful when 108 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:35,759 you don't expect it necessarily. So anyway, this, uh, let's 109 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,079 see he we have like this moment of realization for 110 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:45,079 Carl of what's going on here, and then we immediately 111 00:07:45,319 --> 00:07:52,879 cut into a flashback of him engaged in negotiations with Boring, 112 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:59,160 et cetera. And uh, he's got Quasar with him, and 113 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:02,120 as we find out, they're changing rules so that Quasar 114 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,920 can't message Carl easily, which is like one of those 115 00:08:06,959 --> 00:08:11,519 things that is really insidious, the idea that they're going 116 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,639 to make it difficult for him to contact you when 117 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:17,759 he is your representative, so that you can't have information 118 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,800 that's fucked up, And honestly, it should be something that 119 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:24,800 he mentions on the air, I think too, just the 120 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:27,680 idea that I was given representation and now I'm apparently 121 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,519 not even allowed to consolet with him, Like what kind 122 00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:31,720 of bullshit is that. I don't know if that would 123 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,919 get him in trouble instead, but you know, considering that 124 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,960 the everybody's fucking cheating tactic has been working, it might 125 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:47,679 be something that he could do. So we have the 126 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,120 four cretent bodyguards and the two spouse. My client is 127 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,360 requesting two more items and we'll have a deal. And 128 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,840 he says, I'm pretty sure you're already going to award this, 129 00:08:55,919 --> 00:08:59,919 but we want it to be a lock. And he says, 130 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,960 we want you to extend a license for a program 131 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,159 to continue on collapse of the sixth floor Vengeance of 132 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:13,799 the Daughter, and Orran is like, that's not how this works. 133 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,720 AI decides it and if they if the AI can't 134 00:09:17,799 --> 00:09:21,840 come to a conclusion, then we do a lottery. And 135 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:27,360 Quasar says, there's actually like a subclause. Showrunners running at 136 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,440 a lower than expected profit are allowed to give emergency 137 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:36,000 use to a single program. And Orrin is like, all right, fine, 138 00:09:36,039 --> 00:09:37,840 but they'll have to pay twenty percent to boran and 139 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:42,120 they might not be willing to do that, and quasars like, no, 140 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:44,440 they are. I already talked to them, which I did 141 00:09:44,519 --> 00:09:49,120 think was kind of funny. And evidently this is something 142 00:09:49,159 --> 00:09:52,799 that has to be kept extremely hush hush. 143 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: And uh, let's see. 144 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,519 Speaker 1: Here it is it guaranteed Vengeance of the Daughter of 145 00:09:59,519 --> 00:10:04,519 the equivalent a third season. Not all secondary programs were 146 00:10:04,519 --> 00:10:06,960 allowed to send their elites to the ninth floor. It 147 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,440 was a coveted reward, and Quasar insisted Sensation Entertainment would 148 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:14,519 leap at the opportunity. It would also once again give 149 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,759 them an incentive to keep me alive, especially if Born 150 00:10:17,879 --> 00:10:19,879 agreed to my third request. 151 00:10:20,919 --> 00:10:24,519 Speaker 2: And we still don't get information on that one. 152 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,039 Speaker 1: It's being pieced out, you know, very slowly over time here. 153 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,519 So this is when Carl messages Quasar to find out like, 154 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,320 did they agree to this or not, because he's trying 155 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,759 to determine just how motivated are these people that I'm 156 00:10:40,799 --> 00:10:44,720 about to interact with to keep me alive? And he 157 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:49,159 just gets a mess like an answering machine basically, and 158 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:54,159 has to move forward without really knowing his standing within 159 00:10:54,200 --> 00:11:00,360 all of this, and Mordecai notes that there are two 160 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,519 elites that they're about to deal with, and he's like, 161 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:08,399 oh shit, that's unexpected. And Carl asks Dona, if she 162 00:11:08,519 --> 00:11:13,039 really wants to do this, you can come with me, 163 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,039 or you can stay here and deal with the town 164 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,600 and get setting up defenses and everything. And I enjoy 165 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,759 Donu just being like I thought we had already covered this, 166 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,440 he says, I figured, but I also promised to give 167 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:31,879 you the choice. So she asks him, as they're heading 168 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:34,080 over to meet them, are you sure that this is 169 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,039 really necessary? Because we've got a lot going on and 170 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,919 this just kind of seems like a distraction we don't 171 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,279 really need right now, and he insists, like, yeah, I 172 00:11:44,399 --> 00:11:47,960 promise it is. After the third floor, she's going to 173 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:50,759 be friendly with us, and right now we really need 174 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:56,600 the help. So Sarena signet comes out, and he has 175 00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:58,679 a little reminder of like, oh shit, she's so much 176 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,080 weirder looking than I remember. And she says, we came 177 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,879 seeking you, and we found others seeking you as well. 178 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:12,360 And this dude steps out the It's an ogre strong 179 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,200 man who looks really similar to the one that gave 180 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,519 him that horrible ice cream cone of worms. But after 181 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,480 a moment, Carl realizes that this isn't that guy. This 182 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:28,120 is a different one, and his name is Arison the 183 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:33,480 Wise and he's level forty five, all war black. Let's see. 184 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,840 A group of six small sized creatures emerged. All wore 185 00:12:36,879 --> 00:12:39,679 black studded leather from neck to toe. Each wore a 186 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,320 pair of weapons over their shoulders. They wore no helmets, 187 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,440 but each of the male, pale skinned warriors had been 188 00:12:44,519 --> 00:12:47,759 don as wrapped tight around their fuzzy heads rambo style. 189 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,320 All stood about three feet tall. All were wide, but 190 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,879 not fat, more like miniature well built football players, stout 191 00:12:56,039 --> 00:13:00,279 like a roll of armored barrels. Their wide set, eyed 192 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:03,159 eyed face is glared at me and donut with mistrust. 193 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:08,159 One had a genuine mullet. Two had shaved heads, another 194 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:14,600 a mohawk. One's face was painted with camouflage, and he 195 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,440 eventually we find out that these are ware kin and 196 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:21,240 whatever it is they turn into, we don't know yet. 197 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,799 And you don't really find out unless you like see 198 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,960 them transform where they go after you, and you it says, 199 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,639 you find out for yourself after they bite you. And 200 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,320 later Carl realizes that he has not been taking it 201 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,919 seriously enough that their bite can infect him and he 202 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,480 needs to start paying a little little bit more attention 203 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:46,200 to that. As a possible consequence, Clint and his brothers 204 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,960 have joined forces with Serena Signet. They have a common enemy, 205 00:13:51,759 --> 00:13:58,919 and at this point Signet brings forth a level fifty 206 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,360 whose name is Bravo, and his health is almost drained 207 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,120 all the way, and Signet says, I almost used him 208 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,240 as a blood sacrifice, but I decided to let you decide. 209 00:14:11,879 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 2: What to do with him. 210 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: And Carl says, heal him, and Signet is like, you're 211 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:28,480 still such a softy, and Carl puts on the ring 212 00:14:28,639 --> 00:14:34,399 of suffering whatever it's called, and says, not anymore. And 213 00:14:34,519 --> 00:14:41,080 that is a very uncomfortable moment. Kiddo's I didn't like 214 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:41,600 it at all. 215 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 2: This later, like. 216 00:14:44,159 --> 00:14:47,919 Speaker 1: He's thinking about how this ring feels heavy on his 217 00:14:48,039 --> 00:14:53,279 hand and very warm in the rain, and it's only 218 00:14:53,399 --> 00:14:57,600 one more kill and he'll get two additional dexterity points. 219 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,519 And there's just like a very very strong sense for 220 00:15:02,639 --> 00:15:03,360 me of like. 221 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 2: Here it is. 222 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,559 Speaker 1: This is like the idea that it can be addictive. 223 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:13,480 I was thinking of it as an actual chemical reaction 224 00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:17,360 that the ring puts out, but it may be a 225 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:21,080 lot simpler than that, where it's just the more you 226 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,919 use it, the more advantages you gain from it, and 227 00:15:24,039 --> 00:15:27,639 thus just naturally you begin to want to use it 228 00:15:27,679 --> 00:15:31,919 more because of those advantages. And it may not actually 229 00:15:31,919 --> 00:15:34,960 be any kind of like particularly magical effect due to 230 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,320 the ring in that sense. So I don't know, but 231 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,320 I don't like it, And I especially don't like how 232 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:48,720 Carl doesn't seem to be aware of it and the 233 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:50,279 fact that this is happening to him. 234 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,879 Speaker 2: He just seems utterly. 235 00:15:54,720 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: Absorbed in imagining what could, you know, how great things 236 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,320 could be if he just got to do his thing, 237 00:16:04,159 --> 00:16:11,320 And I just think that's so worrying. I wish that 238 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,080 he would say out loud a little bit how he's 239 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,200 feeling about things, because I think that Dona if she 240 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:23,279 heard him anything that he's been thinking, if she heard 241 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,120 him say it out loud, she would clock right away. 242 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: Okay, okay, you know what. 243 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:32,879 Speaker 1: But he's being I think probably pretty careful on purpose 244 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:38,440 about not sharing with anybody how he's feeling. And I'll 245 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:43,919 just say, if you have to kind of what's the 246 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,200 word I want to say. 247 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 2: If you have to censor. 248 00:16:48,879 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: Your feelings about something because it will worry your friends, 249 00:16:57,919 --> 00:17:00,639 maybe you should be more. 250 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,679 Speaker 2: Concerned with what your friends are worried about than you are. 251 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: You know, this is definitely one of those things where 252 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:12,720 if everybody is seeing something except you, consider that maybe 253 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,039 they are actually seeing something and it's you that's the problem. Unfortunately, 254 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:23,880 we have this thing in our especially American culture, where 255 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,319 we like to think that if I'm the only one 256 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,920 who doesn't see it, that means that I'm the only 257 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,119 one who stands up for the truth or isn't fooled 258 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,799 like these other sheep, or you know, like, there's all 259 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,319 kinds of ways that you can get yourself to think 260 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,079 that the reason I don't see it is actually a 261 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,759 good thing that means good things about me. When a 262 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:49,279 lot of the time. It's simply that you are too 263 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:52,440 close to something and you are you know, have a 264 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:57,960 conflict of interest or vested interest at least. 265 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,160 Speaker 2: So I don't like it. And and. 266 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 1: He winds up taking all of his stuff. But he's 267 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,480 doing this new kind of looting where he's putting things 268 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:12,000 into a box before he opens it so that if 269 00:18:12,039 --> 00:18:14,680 there's something dangerous in there, it will not catch him 270 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,640 off guard, which is a pretty clever idea. And I'm 271 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,000 wondering how many people have figured this out as a 272 00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:26,839 method of going into inventories without harming themselves, because like 273 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,000 you know, on the very first floor, Carl had figured 274 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,720 out how to booby trap corpses. So it is certainly 275 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:37,680 possible many people have figured this out by now, or 276 00:18:38,319 --> 00:18:39,799 that hunters. 277 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 2: Had been doing that in the past, and that. 278 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 1: It's just like a tradition at this point. So he 279 00:18:48,759 --> 00:18:51,799 gets a bunch of stuff that he's just sort of like, 280 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:54,359 it's not none of this is really grey. And it 281 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,480 seems like they have more limitations on what they can 282 00:18:56,559 --> 00:19:03,720 carry than the crawlers. But there are nine levitation potions. 283 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,960 They allowed you to rise up into the air for 284 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,119 as long as your intelligence times two seconds. It wasn't 285 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,240 clear how high one could go or what would happen 286 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,000 if the potion ran out before you lowered yourself. The 287 00:19:15,079 --> 00:19:16,960 hunter had been using one of these to scat out 288 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,960 the city when he'd caught a missile to the face. Well, 289 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:23,960 life comes at you fast, buddy. 290 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:28,319 Speaker 2: So this is when. 291 00:19:29,799 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: She like, first of all, we have Donat asking what 292 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,759 spells are you using to keep you dry? And Signet says, 293 00:19:36,799 --> 00:19:39,119 it's not a spell, it's a curse. Be grateful you 294 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,359 don't have it. But that's all we. 295 00:19:40,319 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 2: Get on that. 296 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: So I don't know if there's anything that should be 297 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,039 a hint that I should have picked up on, but 298 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:52,680 that's not further elaborated on here. And Signet says, Okay, 299 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,519 we have to go into the forest. I'm going to 300 00:19:54,599 --> 00:19:56,440 talk to you as we walk there, and I'm not 301 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,200 going to force you to help, but I'm hoping that 302 00:19:59,279 --> 00:20:02,279 we can come to an agreement. And of course Carl 303 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,400 is like obligated to play along, but. 304 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:05,519 Speaker 2: She doesn't know that. 305 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 1: And this is when she says, our Arison is going 306 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,079 to zoc out to like stop a bunch of the hunters, 307 00:20:16,079 --> 00:20:18,200 and Carl has a we should assist. 308 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: Mm hmm, Okay. 309 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:25,839 Speaker 1: Also, they have this uh, giant caterpillar that has six 310 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,559 saddles on it and makes it look like they're riding 311 00:20:28,599 --> 00:20:31,680 an amusement park ride when they travel, and I find 312 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,839 that delightful. I am very Look, I'm not a big 313 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,359 fan of a caterpillar. A lot of them actually are 314 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,279 really really creepy. Even when they're fuzzy, they are creepy. 315 00:20:42,519 --> 00:20:45,440 And there are some that are fuzzy, but that fuzz 316 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,880 is like barbed and venomous not venomous? 317 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,839 Speaker 2: Is it that poisonous? 318 00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:56,559 Speaker 1: I don't know, But anyway, I don't really go for them, 319 00:20:56,799 --> 00:21:01,599 but in this context it does sound kind of fun. 320 00:21:02,839 --> 00:21:07,200 Nadine wasn't born as a caterpillar. A bearded sage isn't 321 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,319 normally intelligent despite their name. Not that Nadine was miss 322 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,319 science Fair before the high alphattack, but she was a Chi, 323 00:21:14,519 --> 00:21:18,839 a teacher in charge of the Chi Day School. And 324 00:21:20,599 --> 00:21:23,200 I am assuming that again, this is a thing with 325 00:21:23,279 --> 00:21:31,480 like the dinosaurs as well. So let's see signet. When 326 00:21:31,519 --> 00:21:37,319 it rains really hard, Confederates sometimes range fourth from the river. Uh, 327 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,240 And that I didn't like think of that. The Naiads 328 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:47,279 are just as long as it's wet. Enough further out 329 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,279 of the water that that allows them more room to negotiate, 330 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,039 and that is a really like I love that as 331 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,960 a threat, and it's also really unsettling to think that, 332 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:01,680 like just getting out of the water itself isn't necessarily 333 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,440 going to save you if they're coming at you, Like 334 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,160 you need to get up the banks at least twenty 335 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,640 feet or something because if it's raining, oh well, you know. 336 00:22:13,599 --> 00:22:16,960 So this is when Signet is talking about her mother 337 00:22:17,559 --> 00:22:20,799 and she protected and loved me and taught me the 338 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:24,759 importance of family. And my family's palace is occupied by 339 00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:28,240 the simpering dukes of the Confederacy. Nothing has changed since 340 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,160 I was cast out of the river and exiled from 341 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,400 the hunting grounds by my father's people. And I love 342 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,119 this interaction. Donuts like, oh yeah, my dad exiled me too, 343 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:42,160 But then he got his tail caught in a car 344 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,880 door and he couldn't go on showings anymore, so haha, 345 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,000 fuck him. And Signet's like, I can help you reclaim 346 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:50,200 your crown after we're done with mine, and she's like, oh, 347 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,880 I already got my crown back. Plus I conquered Cleveland 348 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,519 and secured the GC title, something he could only dream 349 00:22:56,559 --> 00:23:00,000 of And I just love that Signa isn't asking any questions. 350 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,599 She doesn't care, she doesn't need to know, but she 351 00:23:03,839 --> 00:23:06,640 is willing to engage with Donut on this level. And 352 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,519 I just found that very fun that she's like apparently 353 00:23:09,559 --> 00:23:17,880 taking it quite seriously. And he finally says, why did 354 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,359 you come and find me? And she's like, I'm recruiting 355 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,319 a team and he's like, yeah, the last time you 356 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,839 did that, you like fucking left me to be a sacrifice, 357 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:30,519 and she's like the first time, yeah, but not the 358 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:34,799 second time. And then he asks about what happened after 359 00:23:34,839 --> 00:23:36,519 he left the circus, because when they come by the 360 00:23:36,519 --> 00:23:39,759 next day, everybody's gone, and she's like, well, when you 361 00:23:39,839 --> 00:23:42,200 killed Heather the Bearer, you remember what happened that she 362 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:47,039 just like aged and then crumbled away. That's what happened 363 00:23:47,079 --> 00:23:51,880 to everybody except for Grimaldi. And he asks did he 364 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,119 turn back into a dwarf and she says no, he 365 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,759 his story in this is mostly done. I'm gathering people 366 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:03,359 to me for a different reason. And I am real 367 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,440 curious about that, Like, is it possible that she's planning 368 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,599 to use this weird parasitic thing that Grimaldi had going 369 00:24:10,599 --> 00:24:15,920 on against her enemies, which would be horrifying but also 370 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:21,279 would make some sense. Would he agree to do that? 371 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:24,160 Is it that he can't turn back or that she's 372 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,599 asked him not to. 373 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 2: I have a lot of questions. 374 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:36,519 Speaker 1: And then he asked about the strong Man and says 375 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:39,839 he was here in the hunting grounds when the attack occurred, 376 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,319 only his brother Apalon was in the over city. Apleon 377 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,640 is gone, but Ariison lives. They have another brother, Herman 378 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,720 the Fleet, who was in Larroccos. We don't yet know 379 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,319 his fate. I exchanged a look with Donut. I'll fucking 380 00:24:54,440 --> 00:25:03,519 bet you did. Yikes. So he like finds out that 381 00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:11,680 these guys are where castors see a sto R and 382 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,200 I am assuming. 383 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 2: That it's. 384 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,079 Speaker 1: A type of beaver. And I may be wrong about this, 385 00:25:24,279 --> 00:25:28,920 but that's what I remember cast Storer being. I don't 386 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,640 remember where I know this from, but that's what I'm 387 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,079 going with. And if they are rad I'm very into it. 388 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,640 She says, a type of rodent, and I'm assuming beavers 389 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:42,440 are in. 390 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 2: The rodent family. 391 00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: So anyway, their people were all magically transformed by princess Imogen. 392 00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:55,920 This was long ago, even before Scolopendra's attack back then, 393 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,400 my father still sat upon the throne, and Imagen was 394 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,640 his right hand, his so sirer General. They attacked the 395 00:26:02,759 --> 00:26:06,839 chi and stole their land. My sister cast the transfiguration 396 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:09,240 and then sent the cleansers in to mop them up. 397 00:26:09,759 --> 00:26:14,519 Only a few escaped. These warriors were children then. Nadine 398 00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:18,359 was their instructor, their teacher. She was transformed into the caterpillar. 399 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,680 The school children were all turned into different creatures, but 400 00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:24,519 these six young boys were all turned into the same thing, 401 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,039 which is interesting. 402 00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:27,039 Speaker 2: And I wonder why that is. 403 00:26:27,079 --> 00:26:29,559 Speaker 1: If they just all happened to be together and the 404 00:26:29,599 --> 00:26:34,920 spell was just in a general direction or what. And 405 00:26:35,839 --> 00:26:38,640 he's like, okay, so what's the plan? And she says, 406 00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:42,640 there are two cancers on this land and I'll cut 407 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,359 them both free, the Confederacy and the high Elves. And 408 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,400 he's like, okay, so you want revenge and then you 409 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,680 want to take out the high Elves. And she says 410 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:56,200 close enough, which is not quite the thing, but interesting. 411 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,480 She's keeping something to her chest and tell me start 412 00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:07,039 chapter fifteen. It's just donut going. This fucking storyline. 413 00:27:06,599 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 2: Is so lame. Oh my god. 414 00:27:08,519 --> 00:27:11,599 Speaker 1: And she says, this sounds like something the CW network 415 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:17,480 would cancel after the first season, and when she asks 416 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:23,240 Zev how are the ratings, Zev just says, there dot 417 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:28,359 dot dot okay, I love Donut, just being like I 418 00:27:28,519 --> 00:27:33,319 fucking knew it, and Zev has to very quickly be like, look, 419 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,039 when you were on the third floor with her, the 420 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:41,960 ratings were actually good. And the thing is a lot 421 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,759 of people are into the arc that they are on currently. 422 00:27:44,839 --> 00:27:49,400 It lagged on floors four and five, but now with 423 00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:53,640 the Warriors and the Caterpillar Mount, they're into it enough 424 00:27:53,799 --> 00:27:56,480 that even though many are excited to see you back 425 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:59,319 involved again, there are also a lot of them that 426 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,559 are work You're going to just completely take this over, 427 00:28:03,519 --> 00:28:06,400 And I love Dona is like, of course, we're gonna 428 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,240 take it over. Having myself and Carl on the program 429 00:28:09,319 --> 00:28:12,799 is the equivalent of having Audrey Hepburn and I don't know, 430 00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:16,799 Macho Man Randy Savage suddenly show up as guest stars. 431 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:22,319 You guys, I was not expecting anything like macho man 432 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,559 Randy said. That cracked me up so bad. You do 433 00:28:27,759 --> 00:28:30,960 not understand how much I lost my mind. It was 434 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,519 just so unexpected. I fully thought it was going to 435 00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:37,359 be like Audrey Hepburn and bing Crosby that it was 436 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,880 just going to be like, you know, a duo that 437 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,759 is just sort of relevant to each other in any way. 438 00:28:46,319 --> 00:28:49,359 But she's like, nah, we're not doing that, And honestly, 439 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:57,680 that like fair. Actually there's a chance that people would 440 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,160 be more excited to see a duo that don't have 441 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,680 anything to do with each other than otherwise, you know, 442 00:29:03,119 --> 00:29:08,119 like really, so anyway, I just that really got me 443 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,720 that I was not ready for that at all. So 444 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:18,359 let's see, we're talking to the Sensation people. Then they're 445 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,160 gonna try and steer the narrative. So you're back in 446 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,920 a Saferm in time for Odette's show in a few hours, 447 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:27,039 which eventually does happen, and like carl Atte first is 448 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:28,839 sort of why are these guys so insistent on us 449 00:29:28,839 --> 00:29:30,920 going back to the Saferman And it's like, oh, oh right, 450 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,240 I forgot that that's like part of. 451 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:32,799 Speaker 2: The deal here. 452 00:29:35,119 --> 00:29:40,319 Speaker 1: So this is when Arison the Ogre appears and he's 453 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,119 got a body over his shoulder and it's a hunter 454 00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:49,240 and I love Arison being like, I'm really sorry. I 455 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,319 didn't mean to kill him. I tried to keep him alive, 456 00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:58,000 but he just started yelling and shit, and I just 457 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,200 squeezed him to stop him yelling, and then all the 458 00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:09,680 stuff came out. All the stuff came out is so 459 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,160 vivid and horrible. 460 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 2: Oh my god. 461 00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:16,839 Speaker 1: And he says it this way a few times, so 462 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,519 I'm just gonna assume this is like the way he 463 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:24,680 talks about it. But I just I really, guys, Oh boy, 464 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:32,160 I was horrified. And he's got like literal arrows sticking 465 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,880 out of him and doesn't really seem to notice and 466 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,319 signets pulling him out, which would hurt really bad, and 467 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:41,359 he's just like completely unresponsive to it at all. 468 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 2: There's no reaction. 469 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:51,359 Speaker 1: So Carl examines the hunter ar Wick uh and he 470 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:59,400 is part of the dream and he remembers the photograph 471 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,200 of the dream leader Epitome no Flex, which is just 472 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:08,920 such a funny name, honestly, and he finds something that's 473 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:15,319 actually really valuable. There's, first of all, an arrow of 474 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:18,680 enthusiastic double gonna rhea, which is the worst and you 475 00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:21,039 actually have to like geld yourself if you want to 476 00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:23,240 get rid of it or pass it to somebody else. 477 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:29,720 But the other thing is a map that has the 478 00:31:29,759 --> 00:31:34,680 whole hunting ground divided up into sections, and there are 479 00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:39,359 different groups labeled on each of the sections. So it 480 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,119 has become clear that the hunters have like divvied up 481 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,480 this floor and are making sure that they sort of 482 00:31:45,519 --> 00:31:49,839 stay out of one another's way, and they are in 483 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,720 the area of the dream. There are multiple other groups 484 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,759 with names, such as the Crafters and the nebular Sin Patrol. 485 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,680 I focused on one area in the south, near the 486 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:05,759 Elf Castle Skull Empire. My heart quickened. The Orcs had 487 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:10,200 sent hunters here. Excellent, But there was more to the 488 00:32:10,279 --> 00:32:13,759 crude map too. Hey, our names are written on here, 489 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,400 Doughnut said, pointing with a paw. He spelled my name wrong. 490 00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:21,559 There was a list of about thirty names. All of 491 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:23,680 the top ten were on there, along with several others. 492 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,559 I recognized. Each name had an arrow to a point 493 00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:30,160 on the map. All the names were circled in different colors. 494 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,440 Some were circled in two different colors. Both Donut and 495 00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:36,440 I were circled in blue and purple. If I was 496 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,279 reading that correctly, that meant we'd been claimed by the 497 00:32:39,359 --> 00:32:43,839 Hive and the Skull Empire. The line from our names 498 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,720 led to the approximate location we'd been this morning before 499 00:32:46,759 --> 00:32:50,039 we'd set out. They knew where all of us were. 500 00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:55,039 It appeared each group was given a hunting area, but 501 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,960 some of the hunters claimed specific crawlers. 502 00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 2: Kac was circled by. 503 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: The Skull Empire. Elle was being hunted by the Crafters. 504 00:33:04,559 --> 00:33:07,480 Eva was also being hunted by the Crafters. In addition 505 00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:10,160 to Me and Donut, the Hive had claimed lucymr. The 506 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,400 nebular group was hunting Prepotente and Miriam Dom. The Dream 507 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:20,599 only had one person on their list, the very last name. 508 00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:24,680 This dead hunter had circled it a bunch of times, 509 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,079 pressing so hard the pencil broke through the paper, and 510 00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:29,839 then at the bottom of the map he'd drawn a 511 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,599 pretty impressive likeness of their target with a big X 512 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:39,559 over his goofy, smiling face. Lewis, and he's the one 513 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:44,200 who wanted Juice Box to turn into Epitome no Flex. 514 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:49,759 Apparently they have zero sense of humor when it comes 515 00:33:49,799 --> 00:33:55,480 to this sort of thing, and Carl once again takes 516 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,519 an opportunity. The others know where we are because they're 517 00:33:58,599 --> 00:34:02,599 cheating assholes and they're coming for us, so he makes 518 00:34:02,599 --> 00:34:05,359 sure to say that shit out loud again. Signet is 519 00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:08,639 not concerned, and this is when Urson says, I'll squeeze 520 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:15,039 all the stuff out of them too. But so he 521 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,719 chats with Lewis and warns him. Lewis is sort of like, God, 522 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:23,840 everybody's so uptight, and I was like, dude, yeah, okay, 523 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,400 sure maybe they are, but like they're still fucking coming 524 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:26,559 for you. 525 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 2: I don't know what you want anyway. 526 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 1: One of the elves is like complimenting Mongo's behavior. In 527 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,000 the center of the clearing was a small eight foot 528 00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:40,679 white barked tree with a fairy ring of white flowers 529 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,920 circling it, and the AI just says, this tree is 530 00:34:44,039 --> 00:34:50,320 old as shit. So as Signet is about to make 531 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:55,199 an announcement, Quasar chimes in with a message for Carl 532 00:34:55,559 --> 00:34:58,760 about the fact that they're making it so we can't 533 00:34:58,800 --> 00:34:59,880 casually chat. 534 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:01,599 Speaker 2: I need a core order. 535 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,159 Speaker 1: To send you a message, which is huge. That's a 536 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,320 huge pain in the ass. You can still send me 537 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,639 messages all you like. All your constant bitching about the 538 00:35:10,679 --> 00:35:12,960 Hunters getting outside info has caused a stir and things 539 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,760 are moving on that front. Regarding the program It's good news, 540 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,719 Bad News. Sensation has agreed to accept Born's offer, but 541 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,639 they're being bitches and want to wait before signing anything 542 00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:27,320 between you and me. I'm reading between the lines. My 543 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:28,800 take is you got to find a way to make 544 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,679 the program more exciting, but in a way where the 545 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,679 spotlight isn't throwing the star in shadow. So basically, they 546 00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:36,719 want to do this, but they want to be sure 547 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:40,840 you're not gonna ruin what they wrote. And then he 548 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,480 mentions the other thing, which we don't know what this 549 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:46,360 is in response to, but he just says, one hundred 550 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,880 and fifty million credits. I don't know how you're gonna 551 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,320 pull that off, Cowboy. That's enough money to buy your 552 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,599 own planet. By my count, your current outside the Dungeon 553 00:35:54,639 --> 00:35:57,480 net worth is sitting at about one hundred and seventeen credits, 554 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,159 and you probably already have a taxi bill of fifty 555 00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:03,320 And even if you do gather that much money, which 556 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,639 you won't, we have a few legal issues to deal with. 557 00:36:06,119 --> 00:36:08,880 Bribery is both a way of life but also a 558 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,559 real crime out here in the real world. And while 559 00:36:11,599 --> 00:36:14,960 technically it's not a bribe, I'm not so sure the 560 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,880 high courts will see it that way. It's not exactly 561 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,280 something we can keep hidden. 562 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 2: Now is it. 563 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:24,199 Speaker 1: I have an idea, but it's a little never mind, 564 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,079 I'm working on it. 565 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 2: Talk to you soon. 566 00:36:26,159 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 1: Don't die on me. This is the most fun I've 567 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,719 had since the night I graduated law school and nailed 568 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:38,039 Professor Foster. Never change, buddy, I very much enjoy Quasar. 569 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,239 So yeah, I'm very curious what he would need this 570 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,199 amount of money for. 571 00:36:45,679 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 2: What is it? What is it? 572 00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: And this is when we get our new quest, vengeance 573 00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:56,920 of the daughter uh Signet has returned and wishes to 574 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,079 reclaim your mother's crown or at the very least put 575 00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:04,480 a proper government in place. And there is a confederacy 576 00:37:04,599 --> 00:37:10,199 at Fort Freedom, so we need to assault that reward 577 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,199 you get to move on to part two, and every 578 00:37:14,039 --> 00:37:17,559 survivor of the assault will be twenty percent more willing 579 00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:20,599 to follow your orders. I bet that number will go 580 00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:23,440 up even more if you complete the second half of 581 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,280 this quest. So that is really valuable that like, if 582 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,760 you do this, if you focus on this enough, you 583 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,639 are going to be able to have all of these 584 00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:38,000 people not necessarily like your beck and call, but certainly 585 00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:43,519 they will be potentially useful to you. And that's that's 586 00:37:43,519 --> 00:37:48,719 a big deal. That's very helpful So then chapter sixteen, 587 00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:54,599 this is when we have him and Donut walking with 588 00:37:54,880 --> 00:38:01,960 these wearcasters and they are bringing them to a place 589 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,079 where they can go into a safe room. It's Clint 590 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:11,880 and Holger and Dona is asking Holger about his mullet 591 00:38:12,199 --> 00:38:14,360 and it is like, yeah, well, in our world it's 592 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,719 a really specific cultural thing, and he says it's a 593 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:24,159 sign of my dominance, and Clint's like bullshit, and Holger's saying, 594 00:38:25,039 --> 00:38:30,920 don't be bitchy just because you're bald. And they wind 595 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,400 up later arguing about like the history in a certain 596 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,760 place and then get in an argument and a fistfight 597 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,960 that Carl has to break up, and they behave after 598 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,920 the fight like nothing happened. So there seems to be 599 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,760 a very kind of sibling vibe with the two of them. 600 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:48,440 Speaker 2: Well they were. 601 00:38:48,519 --> 00:38:53,159 Speaker 1: They will bicker and get really violent, but immediately drop 602 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,960 it and it won't be something that affects their ongoing 603 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:06,639 relationship necessarily. And let's see, uh, we've known her since 604 00:39:07,159 --> 00:39:09,079 we were kits. She lived in the village with us. 605 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:12,199 After she was cursed, one of the village elders introduced 606 00:39:12,199 --> 00:39:15,079 her to Grimaldi and she left with him soon after that. 607 00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 2: That bitch. 608 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,840 Speaker 1: Imagen came to the village and attacked and killed almost 609 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,199 all of us. A few years after that, when Scolopendra attacked, 610 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,039 those of us who had survived Imagen's attack were mostly 611 00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:28,760 unaffected by the demon's cloud, and they don't know why. 612 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,239 He says it might be because one of the attacks 613 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,280 was a transfiguration spell and it was the exact same 614 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,360 one Imagen had used, so maybe it had like kind 615 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:39,960 of been done already. 616 00:39:41,199 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 2: But there were also spores in the cloud. 617 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,599 Speaker 1: And I did get sick, but then I was fine, 618 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:52,159 So you know, I'm really not sure. Most of the 619 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:56,360 animals were transformed or killed. We almost all starved. Miss 620 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:01,480 Nadine saved us. And this is when he asks about 621 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,599 the High Elves and carl Asks, and Clint is like, 622 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,440 haven't you heard this story? Because they were basically untouched. 623 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,440 The High Elves, they had some kind of magic and 624 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,719 a lot of people actually think they were behind the 625 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:24,519 whole thing. And Clint says, rumor has that the elves 626 00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:26,920 went down there once back when she was still asleep, 627 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,320 that when they collected all their soul gems, the worms 628 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,679 started to wake up, so they ran, but before they left, 629 00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:37,960 they stole something else, an item that protected them and 630 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:42,519 saved all of them, and Holger says, well, I heard 631 00:40:42,519 --> 00:40:45,559 that bitch Imagen tried to cast her transfiguration spell on 632 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:50,000 the giant centipede and it didn't work, but that was 633 00:40:50,039 --> 00:40:51,679 why it was one of the spells in the nine 634 00:40:51,679 --> 00:40:54,679 Tier attacks. Scolopendra was just firing back everything that had 635 00:40:54,679 --> 00:40:56,960 been fired at her over the years, only it was 636 00:40:57,119 --> 00:41:02,320 all at once, like a damage reflect And this is 637 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,360 when they start to get in a fight, back and forth, 638 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,360 back and forth, and then really go at each other. 639 00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:12,000 And there's a moment where Dona is just like, man, 640 00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:13,800 this is like you and your friend when you were 641 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:18,320 playing video games, and she says something like girls never 642 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,960 insult each other like that, and Carl says, girls are 643 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,760 worse than boys, but they usually don't do it to 644 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,119 your face. And I really hate this assumption that girls 645 00:41:28,159 --> 00:41:32,400 are worse than boys. It is absolute horseshit, and I 646 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,079 am so tired of it, and never ever say that again, 647 00:41:35,199 --> 00:41:42,199 because it's just the type of insulting that girls do. 648 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,480 If we're going to have a wild stereo type here 649 00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:51,119 is oftentimes a lot pettier and comes with a different 650 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:55,719 kind of like social consequence, but trying to act like 651 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,039 men don't do this shit and aren't awful to each 652 00:41:59,079 --> 00:42:02,840 other about it is absolute horseshit. 653 00:42:03,679 --> 00:42:06,079 Speaker 2: So no enough. 654 00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: So this is when a mob comes in and it's 655 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,840 a bunch of weasels, and they are able to take 656 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,559 care of them quite easily. But it turns out that 657 00:42:22,159 --> 00:42:27,840 Donut try to use her barred power and they are 658 00:42:28,199 --> 00:42:32,039 with people who are not going to mince words about 659 00:42:32,079 --> 00:42:37,400 the effectiveness of her spells. So Holger is just saying 660 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,719 to Donut, you can't sing, and I'm sorry. I don't 661 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,519 mean to offend you. It's not like you know, but 662 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,840 your spells don't work if you can't sing and you're 663 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:52,400 not on tune. And with more minor spells, that's not 664 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,840 really that big a problem. It just doesn't work super well. 665 00:42:55,079 --> 00:42:57,119 But like if you try some bigger spells and you're 666 00:42:57,159 --> 00:42:59,639 not in key, that's gonna be a really big problem. 667 00:42:59,679 --> 00:43:02,880 So you're going to need to get some help with that. 668 00:43:03,159 --> 00:43:05,719 Go to a barred guild and get singing lessons, or 669 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,000 get like an item that auto chunes your voice basically, 670 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:15,840 And I deeply appreciate that they just fucking tell her, 671 00:43:16,159 --> 00:43:19,159 I really do. She says something like about how well 672 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,159 Carl and Mango think that I'm a great singer, don't they? 673 00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:27,280 And he just says, they're your friends. Of course they 674 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,719 think that. And I appreciated that he like stepped in 675 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:35,320 and just said they're your friends, because if she just said, like, 676 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:39,920 don't you Carl, and he had sort of left it 677 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,239 open for Carl to reply, it would have been much 678 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:46,800 more awkward to make Carl say, yeah, he's right, don't 679 00:43:47,039 --> 00:43:50,679 you really you can't sing? But instead he's just like, look, 680 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:52,679 of course they do. They see the best in you. 681 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:53,840 Speaker 2: That's what friends are for. 682 00:43:53,960 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: And that was very tactful, I thought. So also Wet 683 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,800 like a brief description of the fact that this fight 684 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:07,960 against the Weasels was not easy exactly, but they were 685 00:44:08,039 --> 00:44:11,480 able to handle it just fine. And a huge part 686 00:44:11,519 --> 00:44:15,519 of that was the Wearkin because they are absolutely terrifying, 687 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,960 and Carl is like, you get like six or eight 688 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,519 of them together, I bet they'd be fucking unstoppable. These 689 00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:29,280 guys are really intense. So this is when they get 690 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:33,159 an ADMIN noticed that they've gotten another sponsor, the Apothecary, 691 00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:35,920 which rang a bell, but I didn't exactly remember what 692 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,199 it was for. And Carl does that it's from a 693 00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,079 mob description on the fourth floor about the crack Cairn, 694 00:44:43,159 --> 00:44:47,039 the real one. I had no idea what she really 695 00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:49,559 looked like, but I doubted she was an octopus thing. 696 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:51,960 It was rumored she was involved with a company that 697 00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:54,679 ran the tunneling system, which was owned and operated by 698 00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:59,440 the Plenty, who were goat people. If this apothecary collective 699 00:44:59,519 --> 00:45:02,559 was the Plenty, he's silent partner, it meant they likely 700 00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:06,440 had a bottomless reserve of money. And I keep thinking 701 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,000 about the fact that it was a Caprid that was 702 00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:11,960 trying to get Carl killed, and if she's working with 703 00:45:12,039 --> 00:45:14,199 the Plenty, but a Caprid was the one who was 704 00:45:14,199 --> 00:45:16,800 trying to fuck his whole day up. Is that related 705 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,400 or is that person an outlier or did they just 706 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:25,000 look like a Caprid but they weren't. Like what's going 707 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,239 on there? Is that linked at all? 708 00:45:29,119 --> 00:45:33,280 Speaker 2: And Donut is like, I don't like us and. 709 00:45:33,199 --> 00:45:35,079 Speaker 1: A bunch of other people are getting the same sponsor 710 00:45:35,159 --> 00:45:37,599 that won't be they'll have they won't have the money 711 00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:40,199 they need to send us good shit. And Carla is like, well, 712 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,119 I thought that about the Pacifist and they send me 713 00:45:42,159 --> 00:45:45,159 really good stuff, and Donut said, they gave you a vegetable, 714 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,000 and I wanted him to be like, look, yes, but 715 00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:53,280 they also gave me an emergency like platinum box or 716 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:57,159 whatever with the friggin shistera attachment that probably cost them 717 00:45:57,199 --> 00:46:01,920 an absolute fucking fortune. So oh yeah, I think that 718 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:08,960 the vegetable really falls into shadow in that light. So 719 00:46:11,159 --> 00:46:13,519 they go into the safe room and it turns out 720 00:46:13,519 --> 00:46:16,760 that Samantha has been pitching a fucking fit. And it 721 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:21,280 turns out Donut didn't realize Samantha was at all linked 722 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,519 with uh, oh my god, what's her face? 723 00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:24,880 Speaker 2: Daughter? 724 00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:26,920 Speaker 1: Vengeance of the daughter, you know, the daughter in it. 725 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:31,239 And so the fact that Donat mentioned this has caused 726 00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:35,480 Samantha to really get hyper focused on getting to talk 727 00:46:35,519 --> 00:46:36,119 to this girl. 728 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:40,119 Speaker 2: And she has been screaming. 729 00:46:39,519 --> 00:46:44,599 Speaker 1: For Carl so loud and so relentlessly and has figured 730 00:46:44,639 --> 00:46:46,679 out how to open her mouth again and how to 731 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,880 like roll around, so they aren't able to even just 732 00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,480 shut her mouth and stop her from talking. Donut did 733 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,960 block her from the chat and says something like, you 734 00:46:55,039 --> 00:46:56,960 must have seen how annoying she is. And there the 735 00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,960 way she talks, which I'm assuming is the all caps, 736 00:47:00,119 --> 00:47:05,559 which is hilarious because it's exactly what Donut does. Sorena's signet, 737 00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:11,320 that's the one, and she says I want to see her, 738 00:47:11,639 --> 00:47:15,519 and Carl says, all right, I can do that, but. 739 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,400 Speaker 2: You have to stop screeching. 740 00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:22,039 Speaker 1: One more squeal and the deal is off, and she 741 00:47:22,159 --> 00:47:25,000 agrees to this. I patted her on the head and 742 00:47:25,079 --> 00:47:27,440 she growled at me and tried to bite my finger. 743 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:35,119 So this is when we get transferred to first a 744 00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:41,159 trailer that's like in outer space to get checked over 745 00:47:42,039 --> 00:47:46,320 for any explosives or whatever. They are not given any 746 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:50,320 warning that they're going to be in space, and Donut 747 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,800 winds up throwing up as they just sort of like 748 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:58,519 float around, and Carl gets a look at Earth and 749 00:47:58,599 --> 00:48:04,400 gets quite emotional for a moment there. I immediately thought 750 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,039 of Cooley, who'd written the nineteenth edition of the cookbook. 751 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:09,800 This had been his last view but of his own 752 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,559 home planet. He died after a failed assassination attempt on 753 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:14,559 a pair of admins. 754 00:48:15,679 --> 00:48:19,679 Speaker 2: And yeah, I was sort of like, is the studio 755 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,280 out here? Like did she move? What's going on? 756 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:24,679 Speaker 1: But it seems like they just get sent all the 757 00:48:24,679 --> 00:48:26,599 way out here to get checked over, and then they 758 00:48:26,599 --> 00:48:36,960 get sent back down to be with Odette, and let's see, 759 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,239 we landed sideways and Odet's familiar trailer and she is 760 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,960 there with Zev, which instantly Carl is sort of like, 761 00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:50,880 that's weird, what's going on? And Odett's like, look, we 762 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,440 don't have a lot of time, but I really need 763 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:57,519 to talk to you about your ex and she tells 764 00:48:57,559 --> 00:49:01,119 them be as alive and you know, has to explain 765 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:07,840 a little bit about how that happened, and Donut is like, immediately, Zev, 766 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:08,920 did you fucking know? 767 00:49:09,679 --> 00:49:12,239 Speaker 2: And Zev says, I just found out a minute ago, 768 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:12,960 Like don't. 769 00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:17,920 Speaker 1: I wasn't keeping shit from you. Why did you take her? 770 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:19,639 And why are you telling us this now? 771 00:49:19,639 --> 00:49:20,480 Speaker 2: Odebt? 772 00:49:20,679 --> 00:49:23,079 Speaker 1: I wasn't going to tell you, Odette said, not till 773 00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:26,440 you were free, But present circumstances have forced my hand. 774 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,039 The plan was to secret her away and keep her 775 00:49:29,039 --> 00:49:32,559 safe till the crow was over. We had a security breach. 776 00:49:33,039 --> 00:49:36,320 It hasn't yet leaked that she's alive and off planet, 777 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:40,239 but that will soon change. Another program is planning on 778 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,199 running a story. They're going to ambush you with the 779 00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:46,440 information infromation stolen from me, and I want to make 780 00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:48,559 sure you have all the facts before you're confronted, and 781 00:49:48,639 --> 00:49:51,519 if you're amenable, we can completely head off this story 782 00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:56,960 poaching bastard and she says that I took me to 783 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:03,360 protect my investment and he says bullshit, and she's like, no, seriously, 784 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,039 there was a number of ways this could have gone, 785 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,480 and I didn't want it to be like the cruelest, 786 00:50:08,519 --> 00:50:13,440 worst one. And you know, kind of back and forth 787 00:50:13,519 --> 00:50:18,079 just about I thought people on the surface were safe, YadA, YadA, 788 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:22,480 And finally Donah is like, can I talk to her? 789 00:50:22,639 --> 00:50:23,159 Speaker 2: Is she here? 790 00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:27,559 Speaker 1: And it's really like the narrator's delivery of this I 791 00:50:27,559 --> 00:50:29,880 thought was really good, where she just keeps being like, 792 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,800 is anybody gonna answer me? Is she here? 793 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:34,119 Speaker 2: Can I talk to her? 794 00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,360 Speaker 1: And I just thought it was it was very moving, 795 00:50:37,559 --> 00:50:41,360 you know, this frustration. All she wants to know is 796 00:50:42,199 --> 00:50:46,519 can I see my person? And of course, understandably, Carl 797 00:50:46,599 --> 00:50:50,440 is very caught up with like the details on why 798 00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,880 this is happening this way. I'm not mad at him 799 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:56,400 for that at all, but Donah is having a much 800 00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,320 more like fundamental response to the news that be is 801 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:04,519 alive and they are not engaging with her at all 802 00:51:04,639 --> 00:51:06,880 until she kind of loses her temper a little bit. 803 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:09,800 Speaker 2: And. 804 00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:15,400 Speaker 1: Finally Zev just like she tries to say first of 805 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,400 all that this is partially about what I did to Mordecai, 806 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,440 and then Zev just blurts out she's using beat a 807 00:51:22,519 --> 00:51:28,400 blackmail boorrent and Odette gives her an irritated look, but 808 00:51:28,519 --> 00:51:31,159 Zev says, it actually doesn't have anything to do with 809 00:51:31,199 --> 00:51:33,960 you or her, and it's a good thing, but we 810 00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:36,880 all have to pretend it wasn't Odette who saved b 811 00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:41,800 and that Bourne did something noble. In exchange, Odette is 812 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,440 getting a higher revenue share for the remainder of the crawl. 813 00:51:44,639 --> 00:51:49,079 We just signed the contract, and Odette's like, the contract 814 00:51:49,159 --> 00:51:52,559 was an afterthought, It wasn't my main motivation, which I 815 00:51:52,599 --> 00:51:54,199 actually do believe, but it doesn't. 816 00:51:54,039 --> 00:51:55,400 Speaker 2: Change that the other one is there. 817 00:51:58,039 --> 00:52:00,800 Speaker 1: And then Odette says, well, if you're gonna tell him 818 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,119 about the contract, telling the rest, and Zeb says, you 819 00:52:04,159 --> 00:52:06,199 get a fan box. You're not supposed to open it 820 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:09,039 for a few hours, but the votes are in. Soon 821 00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:11,239 after you open it, you're going to be whisked away 822 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,920 to an event where you'll be able to interact with fans. 823 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,079 It's going to be just you, not Donut. That's where 824 00:52:18,079 --> 00:52:20,079 they were going to confront you. It's why we're telling 825 00:52:20,119 --> 00:52:25,239 you now. She's here. She's off planet, but she's standing by. 826 00:52:26,199 --> 00:52:28,519 I want your permission to bring her on the show. 827 00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:32,920 And Carl really begins to lose it and is like, absolutely, 828 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:37,119 no fucking way, and Dona interrupts and is like, we're 829 00:52:37,159 --> 00:52:39,840 doing it. I need you to trust me. We've talked 830 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,599 about this and we are fucking doing it. 831 00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:45,639 Speaker 2: I will see you guys on set. 832 00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:50,639 Speaker 1: And Carl says, if you are fucking with us, Odette, 833 00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:55,719 I will find a way to fucking kill you. I 834 00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,760 don't care how long it takes. I will figure it out. 835 00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:04,119 And she just says, I would expect nothing less of you. Carl. 836 00:53:05,559 --> 00:53:06,519 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Zev. 837 00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:09,920 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Zev said, she dropped all this on me 838 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:13,719 as we started prepping you. You don't have to do this, Donut, 839 00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:18,599 I said, it's quite alright, Carl, Donut said she was pretending. 840 00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:23,199 Of course, it's quite all right, she repeated. She jumped 841 00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:25,840 from my shoulder and moved to the counter and peered underneath. 842 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:30,320 She gasped, Carl, they have treats hidden under the counter. 843 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:32,880 They found the treats. 844 00:53:32,599 --> 00:53:35,039 Speaker 2: That come in the pink bag. I love those. 845 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,519 Speaker 1: Zev remained standing on the floor by the couch watching Donut, 846 00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:42,960 a worried expression on her face. The small fish woman 847 00:53:43,199 --> 00:53:47,119 was trembling. I'd never seen her like this. This is 848 00:53:47,159 --> 00:53:50,719 such terrible timing, Zev said. This shouldn't be happening now. 849 00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:53,880 This is too big to be happening now. God damn it, 850 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,159 there's something else going on. What are you so damn 851 00:53:56,199 --> 00:54:00,760 nervous about? Sh Donut is going to need it is 852 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:04,000 going to need you focus on that. Look, I began, 853 00:54:04,119 --> 00:54:06,639 I'm worried that you're. All you need to know is 854 00:54:06,679 --> 00:54:09,639 that you need to close that yap of yours right now. 855 00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:10,960 Speaker 2: Please. 856 00:54:12,159 --> 00:54:14,639 Speaker 1: I was so surprised that she told me to shut 857 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,000 up that I did so. 858 00:54:17,119 --> 00:54:17,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 859 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:23,239 Speaker 1: I don't know what the other fucking aspect of this is, 860 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:27,000 or what the interaction with fans and the fan boxes. 861 00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:29,920 They have already tried to fuck with Carl right in 862 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:33,079 the beginning by giving him that picture of b But 863 00:54:34,119 --> 00:54:36,440 maybe it's like it was going to be something like 864 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:38,239 that where they were going to put him on the 865 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,360 spot with her somehow regarding her cheating, because that's been 866 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:45,719 talked about a lot, you know. I don't know, and 867 00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:47,840 I'm assuming like Zev being like Donut is going to 868 00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,800 need you as related maybe to gravy Boat. I don't 869 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,199 know when he is going to be unleashed, you know. 870 00:54:55,199 --> 00:54:59,960 But yeah, there's I don't know, there's just as Carl says, 871 00:55:00,079 --> 00:55:03,280 there's like something else going on, and the fact that 872 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:06,440 Zev is as nervous as she is makes me think 873 00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:11,360 that it's like kind of something that is against Borent somehow, 874 00:55:11,639 --> 00:55:15,039 Like maybe she is part of a group that's you know, 875 00:55:15,159 --> 00:55:20,199 a resistance of some kind and that they had had 876 00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:23,360 a plan and this is like potentially going to fuck 877 00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:29,679 up the plan, which would be amazing. He comments at 878 00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:32,639 one point about how the Cuatine don't really have a 879 00:55:32,679 --> 00:55:37,280 poker face at all, and how the fact that she 880 00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:40,960 has been so convincing in playing her role that she 881 00:55:41,079 --> 00:55:45,920 is still like under their control is evidence of what 882 00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,440 a great actress she is, because this is not a 883 00:55:48,639 --> 00:55:51,559 natural thing for the Cuatine, And I just thought that 884 00:55:51,639 --> 00:55:55,159 was really interesting, the acknowledgment that she in particular has 885 00:55:55,239 --> 00:56:00,480 this like, you know, ability to lie in her this streak. 886 00:56:02,239 --> 00:56:06,079 We haven't gotten to know Zev in a very specific 887 00:56:06,159 --> 00:56:08,039 way very much. So we have to pick up a 888 00:56:08,079 --> 00:56:10,559 lot about who she is from all of these side 889 00:56:10,679 --> 00:56:13,360 clues and just make. 890 00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:14,199 Speaker 2: Judgments from that. 891 00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:19,960 Speaker 1: So all right, I've got to wrap this up, but 892 00:56:21,079 --> 00:56:23,360 I am really interested to see where we go. Like, 893 00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:25,840 you know, I was giving Odette a lot of shit 894 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,280 at the end of the last book when you see 895 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,599 them getting picked up, because I was sort of misunderstanding things, 896 00:56:30,159 --> 00:56:32,760 And now I definitely do believe that. It's basically she's 897 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:36,559 an opportunist. She's gonna do the thing because she wants 898 00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:38,679 to help, but if she can fucking get money out 899 00:56:38,679 --> 00:56:40,480 of it, she's of course going to do that. Like 900 00:56:40,519 --> 00:56:43,800 why wouldn't you, And honestly, as a very practical person myself, 901 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:47,239 I would do the same thing. I know it would 902 00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,880 look a certain way, But there comes a point where 903 00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,679 it's like, oh, well, if it looks a certain way, 904 00:56:52,079 --> 00:56:54,639 especially if she happens to be using that money toward 905 00:56:54,679 --> 00:56:58,360 a bigger goal of some kind that she's keeping to herself, 906 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,920 maybe you're just willing to piss people off because your 907 00:57:02,559 --> 00:57:06,440 cause needs money somehow, you know, I don't know, I 908 00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:12,000 don't know, but uh, yeah, I am I'm really curious 909 00:57:12,199 --> 00:57:14,320 how this is gonna go because be just was like, 910 00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:17,159 she was so not okay when we last saw her, 911 00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:21,679 and I have to imagine being scooped up by fucking 912 00:57:21,719 --> 00:57:25,960 aliens has not helped, you know. I just don't know 913 00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:29,039 what to expect of her when Carl sees her again. 914 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,719 Is she gonna be fucking lucid at all? Or is 915 00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:37,239 seeing him going to like spark something in her that 916 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:39,559 brings her kind of back to earth Or is she 917 00:57:39,719 --> 00:57:45,199 going to kind of crack upon seeing him after all? 918 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:48,000 I don't know, could go a lot of different ways. 919 00:57:48,199 --> 00:57:52,079 So all right, well I have to wrap up, guys, 920 00:57:52,079 --> 00:57:55,079 but thank you again so much for listening and for 921 00:57:55,199 --> 00:57:57,199 coming to the lives those of you who are here. 922 00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,440 Thank you Jackie for commissioning this one, and ntil next 923 00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:34,360 time to the lou motherfuckers. That was an Unspoiled Network podcast.