WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:08.919 This is an Unspoiled Network podcast. This is spoil Me 2 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:16.039 covering Dungeon Crawler Carl chapters twenty seven through thirty one. 3 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:24.120 In these chapters, our friends finally get to go on 4 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:28.559 the show and get interviewed. It was so much fun, 5 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:36.600 you guys. I am very much a donut in temperaments. 6 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:37.320 I get it. 7 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:39.240 I really get it, girl, I. 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.439 Do so much. 9 00:00:41.799 --> 00:01:03.840 Welcome to spoil Me. Welcome to the show everyone. I 10 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.599 am Natasha. Thank you very much to Michael for commissioning 11 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.760 this episode. Michael's here in the chat, and Michael has 12 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:15.280 already finished booking the second book in the series, guys, 13 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.439 so everybody rejoice because it is ready to go. I 14 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.040 don't know how much of a gap there is between 15 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.159 finishing that one and starting the next one, but it's 16 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:29.959 soon because the book second book will wrap in July, 17 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:33.760 so everybody keep your ears to the ground for that. 18 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.680 So thank you very much, Michael. I really am excited 19 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.200 to get to dive into the second one pretty soon. 20 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:46.480 This section is very funny to me because I didn't 21 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.319 think it was going to happen so soon, if I'm 22 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:54.719 being honest. The whole thing with like the I had 23 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.840 put out there like, potentially, what is it that we've 24 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:01.480 got like going on with these interviews, what would the 25 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.239 vibe be? YadA, YadA. I didn't think we would get 26 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:10.000 here so quickly. I kind of expected that there might 27 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:15.479 be some clips of them shown first, and then maybe 28 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.360 in the next one we would start to get and 29 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.199 by next one, I mean next floor, even though they 30 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:24.319 do make it into the next floor in this section, 31 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.400 that's not really what they're being interviewed about, right, So 32 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:31.840 I just I didn't expect all of this to happen 33 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:36.520 so close to the start of the crawl for them, 34 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:41.319 which I have to admit, and this is part of 35 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:48.280 me confessing to being a Donut. I didn't think through 36 00:02:49.479 --> 00:03:01.159 the implications of how so all I could All I 37 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.080 could think was if you get onto the show, that 38 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.039 it's just a good thing for you as long as 39 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:10.759 you handle the camera well. But what winds up happening 40 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:16.319 is that it seems Donut get so wrapped up in 41 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:20.719 her performance that as far as Karl is concerned, she 42 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:25.680 starts to sort of lose sight of what's really important 43 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:31.599 or at least what her fans so they're called, want 44 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.639 to see from her. And I just thought that that 45 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:40.599 was a really good point that he says something later 46 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:44.719 about how the reason that they like you is because 47 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:49.520 you behave like this, and if you start to change that, 48 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.240 then they aren't going to feel the same way about you, 49 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.599 which that I definitely do see and that I could 50 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:03.400 put together for myself. But the thing that hadn't kind 51 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:07.080 of crossed my mind was how much more of a 52 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:12.120 target that would potentially make them, how much information people 53 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:16.319 might have about them now, And just like some of 54 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.000 the downsides of this, it seemed to me a full 55 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.720 on unmitigated victory to be interviewed, and it made me 56 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.199 feel a little foolish once he starts pointing out all 57 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:32.399 of the downsides to this, that I hadn't really considered 58 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.800 any of that because I forget about how there are 59 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:38.240 other people who are going to get to watch these 60 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.839 Like what I kept thinking about was sort of in 61 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.040 reality shows where you are doing that talking head to 62 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:51.360 the camera thing. It's a whole different vibe, right because 63 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:57.839 what you say to the camera, your other players don't 64 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:02.519 get to see. Later on when it airs, then they 65 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.480 get to see it, but it's way past the time 66 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.040 that anything can be done about it. So I had 67 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.399 forgotten about the fact that all of this is going 68 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.439 to be aired so that everybody can see all of 69 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.639 it as it's happening, and that puts you in the 70 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:27.639 position of wanting to please the audience but also not 71 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.319 wanting to do too much or say too much that 72 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:35.120 could potentially like like, let others know what you've got 73 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.040 up your sleeve in terms of weapons and stuff. They're 74 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:42.759 going to be taking film review fighting, so you kind 75 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.240 of can't avoid that to a degree depending on what 76 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:50.319 clips they show. And there's just a lot of implications 77 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:54.759 to doing it this way with everybody being part of 78 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:01.199 the viewing process that I hadn't considered, And I won't 79 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.319 say exactly that it takes some of the fun out 80 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:08.920 of it, because it doesn't precisely. What I mean more 81 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:15.120 is that it adds another layer of complexity that could 82 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:22.680 be really dangerous. And I'm glad at least that he 83 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:26.120 has the presence of mind to see it and point 84 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.959 it out to Donut, and that she seems to listen 85 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.319 to him. It seems like she really does kind of 86 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:35.920 get it, and he has to break through her excited 87 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:39.439 Hayes first, but I got the feeling that she really 88 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.279 did see his point. So I'm getting ahead of myself here, 89 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:50.519 but let's start off with twenty seven. We have just 90 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:57.879 finished killing all of these tusklings, and Agatha is really 91 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:03.160 pissed because Carl had popped her shopping cart into his inventory, 92 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.879 but he takes it out and gives it back to her. 93 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.439 He winds up getting like an asshole ward or asshole 94 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:12.639 box and achievement because he took something from another crawler, 95 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.959 but he did give it back. I love that she 96 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.839 goes through it and it's just sort of like, did 97 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:22.560 you take anything? Is it still the same? And Agatha, 98 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:26.959 it turns out she doesn't actually have an inventory yet 99 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:32.800 because she hasn't even gone through the onboarding process, so 100 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.680 there's no way for her to put stuff away. But 101 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.839 nevertheless she is at level two and then he sees 102 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:46.560 her level go up again because her just being here 103 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.160 when the fight happened, despite the fact that she didn't 104 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:55.360 really participate at all, didn't if that wound up getting 105 00:07:55.399 --> 00:08:03.120 her experience points just by proximity. Something that comes up 106 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:09.160 later that I find pretty fascinating is that your girl 107 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:15.439 isn't on the show, and we don't really know why not. 108 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:21.120 She gets edited out and I am sort of wondering 109 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:24.600 if they don't like for people to realize that you 110 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.800 can just sort of passively be around and still be 111 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:33.279 leveling up. I really like, could it be that she 112 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.480 is a plant somehow? 113 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:37.440 Is is she? 114 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.279 Like? The whole assumption that everybody has been sort of 115 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:50.759 making so far is that Agatha is mentally unwell. She 116 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:54.759 is unhoused, and a lot of times people who are 117 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:59.360 unhoused have got mental illness that they don't have the 118 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:04.279 resource is to cope with. So I'm sort of wondering 119 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:09.440 if Agatha isn't somebody like that's different than just the 120 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.759 regular Old Earth humans, And maybe that's part of this. 121 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.320 I don't know. There's something weird though, about the fact 122 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.360 that they don't want her scene by the audience that 123 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:25.879 I can't understand. So let's see. 124 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:27.200 Uh. 125 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:30.440 What did surprise me was that Agatha was level two, 126 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.759 not one. She'd hit level four thanks to the boss 127 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:37.080 Yolanda had jumped from five to level six. I didn't 128 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.879 even want to think about how all that experience was distributed. 129 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.279 It seemed there were a dozen different calculators running all 130 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:45.120 at once. To figure it out, we need to find 131 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:49.200 whatever the boss dropped I said, the Dominatrix lady had it. 132 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:56.679 It's I already got mine, and the AI is telling 133 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:02.519 them they're the entire but explore there's one. There's no 134 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.360 reason to be frightened, not when the trusty field guide 135 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.799 has added monster tizes to this area of the map. 136 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.480 Now when you gaze upon the unknown, that fear is 137 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:14.600 somewhat lessened. Instead of delving into the strange, mysterious dark 138 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.000 being devoured by an unseen horror, you will now know 139 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.039 exactly what it is as it chews upon your tasty innerds. 140 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.279 And now when he zooms out the map, he can 141 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.960 see a whole lot more mob level two through five 142 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:38.399 Axe Beak. At this point, an old man comes in 143 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.320 named Randall, and it's just like, hey guys, it looks 144 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:47.840 real bad in here. Is everything okay? And the proposal 145 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.840 later on that I think Brandon comes up with is 146 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.519 to send them down the next staircase as soon as possible, 147 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.279 and so they will be in stasis because it won't 148 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.639 matter for them if they are in stasis, because they're 149 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.080 not able to fight anyway. So the lack of advantage there, 150 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:11.080 all of that is no like they're not going to 151 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:14.279 be leveling up. They're not going to be fighting. The 152 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:18.840 people who are watching the show aren't going to very 153 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:23.759 likely be wanting to sponsor them, and so a whole 154 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:29.879 aspect of how the game works isn't going to like 155 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:34.919 matter for them. Just keeping them alive will matter. And 156 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:39.240 I am really really curious how long the game is 157 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:44.279 going to let them get away with this, because the 158 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:48.240 point is supposed to be quote survival of the fittest, 159 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.000 even though we all know that's not even true either, 160 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:57.559 But is that part of why Agatha has been cut out? 161 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:02.600 Is like she doesn't even really count as a crawler 162 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:07.000 if she hasn't gone through the introductory process of do 163 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.879 you know what I'm saying? I don't know. I just 164 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:16.759 I keep feeling like the fact that they are trying 165 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.159 to keep these old people alive, I think they're doing 166 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.720 the right thing, but I am starting to wonder if 167 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.039 it's going to reach a point where the game just 168 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:32.559 decides I'm not letting you do this anymore because it's 169 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.639 not part of the entertainment factor for people, and so 170 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.080 it will put them in a position where they all 171 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.919 have to die and or take the decision away from them. 172 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:46.200 I feel like it would have to be put them 173 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.000 in the position where they have to die, though, because 174 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.080 it's not as interesting to just kill them. You have 175 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:55.440 to make them do something that results in them needing 176 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:00.440 to make this decision, right, something very dramatic and upsetting. 177 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:08.320 So anyway, I'm just really, really really curious how this 178 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:14.879 could possibly work it long term. And again, just because 179 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.720 it won't work up until the very end does not 180 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:20.559 mean that it isn't worth doing. I still think it's 181 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.120 worth doing because, as Carl says later, what's the point 182 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.120 of living if I can't live with myself one hundred percent? 183 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:32.240 So I support this, but I am just trying to 184 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:39.360 see how it could work out later and the ways 185 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:44.159 in which maybe their agency will get further stripped away 186 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:51.320 because these people don't make good television, or alternatively, it 187 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:54.399 might be that they make great television that trying to 188 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:59.240 keep the old people alive turns out to be part 189 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:03.360 of what makes this crew so compelling to people. You know, 190 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.000 I really don't know. It kind of depends on the 191 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.440 tastes of the viewers, and we're sort of going along 192 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:17.480 with the viewers on average, seeming to be sort of 193 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:21.840 the same as like regular American Earth viewers in terms 194 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:25.200 of what they want to see in a reality show. Right, 195 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:31.919 So I actually could see that maybe them being the 196 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.559 protectors of this group of elderly might work for them 197 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.279 and might actually make it so that the game wants 198 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:44.279 to keep the old people alive for the community aspect 199 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:49.799 of this party, I hope. So it's just like, there 200 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:54.559 are so many moving parts and there are so many 201 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:59.200 determinations that could be made. Ah, I'm so curious. Okay, 202 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.200 oh oh, we have them looting everything. I love that 203 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.799 there is a strap on dildo that IMMANI is just 204 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.639 like ew and drops it and Donut immediately grabs it 205 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.200 and looks at Carl and is like, you said, everything right, 206 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:21.559 and let's see. He goes over and asks Donut, what 207 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:23.120 do you want to do? And she says what do 208 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:25.039 you mean? And he's like, well, should we stay with 209 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.600 them or do our own thing? And she says, oh, sweetie, 210 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.960 come on now, let's not lie. You know what you 211 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:38.159 want to do already, and he's just like, yeah, okay, 212 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:40.919 I suggest we do what we've been doing. It doesn't 213 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:42.320 have to be one or the other. We set up 214 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.159 a place for them to remain safe. Then you and 215 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.879 I go and do our own thing. We can keep 216 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.240 our party and set up a group chat with the others. 217 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.559 I know how to do it now. When we find 218 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:53.080 the next set of stairs, we go get them and 219 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.600 bring them with us. I grinned down at the cat. 220 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.679 I knew there was a good kiddy in there somewhere, 221 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.360 she bristled. If it were up to me, I'd leave 222 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.759 them all. But I know you're a softy. Besides, if 223 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.240 we get them down to the third level, we'll need 224 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.080 someone with thumbs. If you're going to turn into a cat. 225 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.840 I'm not turning myself into a cat. I couldn't even 226 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:20.159 if I want to anyway. Mordecai said so, and he 227 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.320 asks who Ferdinand is here? And she just like, no idea, 228 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.720 what you mean? Where's Agatha and immediately changes the subject, 229 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:34.039 and eventually there's He notices that there is a ramp 230 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:37.080 and that she has already gone. 231 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.039 Down the stairs, so to speak. 232 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:47.000 So he goes over to Brandon and he tells him, like, 233 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.399 we're gonna go make sure things are clear, then you 234 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:54.639 can bring them through. We'll go down and try to 235 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.720 find the closest safe room. Our guy said, they're just 236 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:58.720 as easy to find on the second floor as the first. 237 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:03.039 Once we do, what a safe path to it? Thank you, 238 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.079 I mean that I shook it. Then then he went 239 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.799 to his knee and scratched donut, you two, princess, donut 240 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:15.400 of course, sweetheart. At the bottom of the stairs turned 241 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.160 ramp was a door almost identical to the one we'd 242 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.359 use to enter the dungeon. I stared at the giant 243 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.720 carving of the fish man. Go fuck yourself, I thought, 244 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.200 as I put my hand against the door. I pushed, 245 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.480 but instead of the gate opening like last time, there 246 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.799 was a flash of light and a moment of disorienting nausea, 247 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.759 followed by a quick feeling of falling. And then suddenly 248 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:40.640 Donat and I were standing in a plush room, staring 249 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.319 at a strange round door. All of my status bars 250 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:49.039 had disappeared. I turned in a circle, bewildered. There was 251 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:52.200 a couch that appeared to be made of blue crushed velvet. 252 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.880 I stood upon a thick, soft carpet, also blue. There 253 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.720 was a strange sense of motion to the room, and 254 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.039 I immediately knew we were on a boat. I could 255 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.000 tell right away from experience that this vessel was large, 256 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.480 but not huge, maybe one hundred feet. At the far 257 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.200 end of the room was a bar with an honest 258 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.559 to goodness fruit basket sitting on it. Sitting next to 259 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.440 the basket was a stemmed bowl filled with what seemed 260 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.359 to be catfood. Instinctively, I made a fist and my 261 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:27.759 gauntlet appeared, only partially relieved, I summoned, I unsummoned my weapon. 262 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.920 What the fuck is this? I asked, But the second 263 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.400 the words came out of my mouth, I knew exactly 264 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:39.519 what this was. So they are going to be interviewed 265 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:44.960 Dungeon Crawler after hours with Odette, and we get some 266 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:50.200 really fun info about how exactly this works. You're standing 267 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.920 in a production trailer located on the surface of your planet. 268 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:54.960 You're still technically in the game, even though you can't 269 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:58.119 use your menus like safe rooms. Production trailers have their 270 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.400 own rules too many to discuss. I really am here 271 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:04.039 with you, however, my engineer and I are the only 272 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:07.480 other people here. When you walk through that door, you're 273 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.480 going to walk onto a studio set. From what I understand, 274 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.839 the setup should be very familiar to your culture. This studio, 275 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.359 including Odette and the entire audience, is not really there. 276 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.200 The couch is there, but everything else is virtual. They're 277 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.720 filming from a location very far away. I'm supposed to 278 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:26.319 tell you it is similar to the hollow deck from 279 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:28.920 your television series Star Trek. However, you won't be able 280 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.680 to touch anything. Any other guests, even fellow crawlers, will 281 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:35.759 also be hollow. At least for this interview. You are 282 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.079 the only crawlers in this particular production trailer. I will 283 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.279 tell you when it's time. You will walk onto set. 284 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:43.200 You will wave, and you will proceed directly to the 285 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.039 couch next to the desk desk, your majesty sitting closest 286 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.759 to Odette. Do not approach the audience, or you will 287 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.279 run into a wall that you can't see. The room 288 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.519 is not as big as it appears. Questions, make up, 289 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.359 donut ask not. For this interview, the audience will have 290 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.720 just watched highlights reel of your time in the dungeon, 291 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:04.440 followed by the entirety of that last boss fight. It 292 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:06.599 will appear as if you walked straight from the fight. 293 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.279 To the stage. Got it? 294 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:13.279 So we address her as Odette correct live or taped taped, 295 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:15.599 though it will be tunneled in just a few short hours. 296 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:18.480 What's the tone of the show. Is it more editorial 297 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:20.759 or more fluff? What works better with your audience? Do 298 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.240 you want us to be serious and more technical? Or 299 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.880 should I just let Carl be Karl. Donut was asking 300 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.519 these questions as if she'd been doing this her whole life. 301 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.640 A smile tugged at the corner of Lexi's mouth. This 302 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:36.920 is a private production about the Crawl. It won't be censored. 303 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.200 The more entertaining you are, the better it will play. 304 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:43.279 Got it, Donut said, Hold up a second, what do 305 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:48.200 you mean by private production? The main program, Dungeon Crawler 306 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.720 World Earth is owned by the Syndicate government, and this 307 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:57.119 season it is produced by the Borrent Corporation. This is 308 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:00.359 not the first time that somebody has done this, and 309 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:05.640 then this happens again later. I think Syndicate rules allow 310 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:08.599 for private production companies to produce their own programs as 311 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:11.000 long as they pay for the production themselves and pay 312 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.440 an advertising stipend. This show will tunnel immediately after the 313 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.720 main program. It is produced by the Titan Conglomerate, with 314 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.720 production assistants by over a dozen participating independent systems. It 315 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:28.119 is the largest most tunneled private program in existence. The 316 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:32.039 host Odette is the most beloved interviewer and program host 317 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:35.160 in the history of the galaxy, So try to make 318 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:43.799 a good impression. This is so interesting. I am so like. 319 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:47.079 First of all, the fact that they keep on the 320 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:51.279 thing with the borrent corporation is really weird. We find 321 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.119 out later that there's a whole thing with them maybe 322 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.119 being bought out, going into bankruptcy. So I don't know 323 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:58.599 if she was about to call them by the name 324 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:02.880 of a different company. But the fact that it's like 325 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:05.720 that she catches herself the way she does, I don't 326 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.440 know if that's for their benefit. I don't know if 327 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:10.200 it's for the benefit of like maybe people watching them 328 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:16.279 in that room. I don't know what that's about. And 329 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:20.799 I love the fact that Doughnut has all of these 330 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:26.039 extremely good questions before going out there. I wouldn't think 331 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:29.400 to ask any of these. I would be absolutely ready 332 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.799 to assess as I'm interviewed what the tone is and 333 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.039 the vibe, and I would adjust fully in that moment. 334 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:40.599 But asking a head I wouldn't even consider. And it's 335 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:45.720 such a smart move, especially like the do you want 336 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:49.079 us to be more technical? Because like, but the way 337 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:51.680 the game is played, I could see that being appealing 338 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:55.079 to some people, but I would assume it would have 339 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:57.200 the tone that it winds up having. That's pretty much 340 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:04.599 how I would go. And the whole like the fact 341 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:06.960 that it winds up being hosted by somebody who had 342 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.480 previously themselves been a crawler also never entered my mind. 343 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:14.720 So I found that to be a really weird and 344 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:21.680 fun idea that I can't There are still some questions 345 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:26.200 for me around that, because was this part of a deal, 346 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:30.079 like that is going to run out at some point 347 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:37.039 or what? But anyway, he tells donut be careful, and 348 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.720 she's like, of what and he says, they're not our friends. 349 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:44.960 You have to remember that she won't eat the cat 350 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.640 food because it's going to get all over her face, 351 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.920 but she will have a treat, which we later find 352 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:51.039 out it's essentially the same as throwing bag of shot. 353 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:54.880 Like she it's something to just make her a little 354 00:23:54.880 --> 00:24:02.640 bit more lively on camera. And she says to Carl, 355 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.279 out there with all the punching and the grunting and 356 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:09.960 the disgusting exploding goblins, that is your world. This is mine. 357 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.799 I know this might be difficult for you to understand, 358 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:16.000 but I've been doing this my entire life. Every cat 359 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:18.680 show I've ever done is an interview. I was bred 360 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:23.079 for this. Let me do my thing. You didn't talk before, 361 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.759 I said, and having to judge stick her finger up 362 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:27.480 your ass is not the same thing as being interviewed 363 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:30.400 for a television show. And she's like, first of all, 364 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:34.799 nobody's ever done that, and second of all, you see 365 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.880 how you're acting right now. That's why I'm saying that 366 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.720 I'm going to do the talking, because you clearly aren't 367 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:46.319 ready for this shit. I as much as she like, 368 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:50.240 he's right that she didn't have to talk. Her charisma 369 00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:54.160 is twenty five. It was actually now she's been buffed, 370 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:57.519 so it's like thirty. Let her do the talking. Bro, 371 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:05.759 just shut up Twitter, What is the problem. So we 372 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:10.000 go out there, the audience is going absolutely nuts, and 373 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:13.680 he has a little trouble here with dealing with all 374 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:19.400 of the weird creatures that he is seeing, and of 375 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:24.559 course when he meets Odette it is extremely confusing. We 376 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:26.960 end up finding out that all of these things are 377 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.480 like parts of her armor that she had gathered when 378 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:31.720 she was a crawler, and so she just wears them 379 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:35.799 for the show because they're part of her brand now, 380 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:39.920 but initially he is just like, what the fuck is she? 381 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:47.599 Let's see, I'm trying to find. The lower body of 382 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:50.440 the woman was entirely crab, black and red, with a 383 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:54.160 lumpy shell and multiple kiteness legs. The shape and makeup 384 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:56.200 of the shell was that of a king crab, but 385 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:59.799 the size of a brown bear. Her body seemed to 386 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.839 completely separate from the rest of her form. The legs 387 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:05.839 crowded one another, unable to tuck themselves under the desk. 388 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:09.799 The legs seemed to twitch of their own accord, malevolent, 389 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.720 ready to strike. Her triangular bug heead was black with 390 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:18.240 mirrored compound eyes the size of footballs. Twin antenna sprouted 391 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.839 from her head with a span over at least six 392 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:24.519 feet as wide as the crab body. But the oddest 393 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:28.440 part of this woman was her torso. Her naked, ebony 394 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:31.240 body from her stomach to her neck was that of 395 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:34.720 a plus sized human model who had bribed a third 396 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:38.559 world plastic surgeon into enhancing her breasts well beyond anything 397 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:41.720 that could ever be considered natural or sexy or anything 398 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:46.119 other than what the fuck. The colossal breasts sat atop 399 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.559 the table like a pair of pigs. Suckling against their mother, 400 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:55.240 her nipples faced downward, her areolas absurdly oversized. Even on 401 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:58.920