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<v Speaker 1>This is an Unspoiled Network podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>This is spoil Me covering Dungeon Crawler Carl chapters six

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<v Speaker 2>through twelve. I always sort of debate on whether to

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<v Speaker 2>read any of the chapter titles or anything like that,

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<v Speaker 2>and it always just kind of gives me like a

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<v Speaker 2>warm glow when an author doesn't even bother giving titles

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<v Speaker 2>to the chapters. I appreciate it personally. In this section,

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<v Speaker 2>we made our first boss and it's like, so horrible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so much worse.

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<v Speaker 2>In every sense than I was expecting. Welcome to spoil Me.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the show everyone. I am Natasha. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>very much to Michael for commissioning this episode. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see you here in the chat, Michael, but hopefully you

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to join us. So, my friends, this

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm going to jump right to talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the boss. Okay, I will go back, I will look

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<v Speaker 2>at other things, and we'll talk about stuff in the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of this section, I absolutely will. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a plenty of other good stuff. But here's here's something

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<v Speaker 2>that I actually kind of had a like one of

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<v Speaker 2>those moments where you feel unexpectedly a wash of profound

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<v Speaker 2>relief because when we first.

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<v Speaker 1>Meet this boss.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just like the way that this woman her body

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<v Speaker 2>is described because she's fat, is really awful. And you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I have talked about this on some other podcasts that

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<v Speaker 2>I've done, and we don't completely escape this here, but

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<v Speaker 2>there is a real tendency when you are making like

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<v Speaker 2>villain characters and you make them fat to have whatever

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<v Speaker 2>their magical boss ability is be dependent on something regarding

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<v Speaker 2>their mouths or food or throwing up. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just such a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>There's like video games where the bad guy turns people

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<v Speaker 2>into food and then he eats them, then he throws

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<v Speaker 2>up bile and that burns you. There's another one where

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<v Speaker 2>it's like an obese woman in a like one of

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<v Speaker 2>those scooters, you know, and and she throws up on you,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just like, it's just so deeply offensive in

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<v Speaker 2>so many ways. So when this villain is introduced, my

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<v Speaker 2>very first reaction.

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<v Speaker 1>Was, oh shit, okay, okay, I just gotta I just

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<v Speaker 1>gotta get through this.

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<v Speaker 2>And eventually bugs are coming out of her mouth and

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<v Speaker 2>it's feeling like we're really on track.

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<v Speaker 1>But then.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you realize that this had been a real person,

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<v Speaker 2>that this was being done to her, it humanized everything

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<v Speaker 2>so immediately that I took it all back. And I

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<v Speaker 2>am sure that there are other people who read this

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<v Speaker 2>section and they would have the same hang ups about

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<v Speaker 2>how fat people are depicted in media as I do,

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<v Speaker 2>and they would not be able to let it go.

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<v Speaker 2>They would feel still the same way they did to

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<v Speaker 2>begin with. That's totally valid. We all draw the line

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<v Speaker 2>in the sand about certain things in different places, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's just there's really no right or wrong

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<v Speaker 2>way to react despite what a lot of people might think,

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<v Speaker 2>as long as you have some awareness surrounding the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the important part. But I just appreciated that,

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<v Speaker 2>like it felt the author was doing this thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>then it went it like Jiggs left and it was like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>the aliens are doing this gross thing to a fucking

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<v Speaker 2>actual human being. And so what starts off as this

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<v Speaker 2>really like grim dark humor seeming moment turns into like

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<v Speaker 2>an actual scene from a horror movie. It's so awful,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys. I Like there's a point later on where

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<v Speaker 2>Carl thinks to himself how he couldn't understand anything she said,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was glad because he had enough trouble sleeping

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<v Speaker 2>at night, and I'm you know, I am sure plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of you as well. As you're reading you can tell

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<v Speaker 2>what she's saying and it's fucking heart wrenching. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to get that out of the way.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's start with chapter six. As Carl is going

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<v Speaker 2>through his you know, all of his lute and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>The Goblin past thing does indeed do what I was suspecting,

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<v Speaker 2>but also it makes you look like you're with the goblins,

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<v Speaker 2>which results in you getting more damaged done to you

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<v Speaker 2>by creatures who don't like them. Enchanted night Gaunt Cloak

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<v Speaker 2>of Stoutness plus four in a constitution resistant to poison

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<v Speaker 2>and ice attacks, anti piercing, resistance to all armor. It

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<v Speaker 2>also makes you look like a dollar store batman. If

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<v Speaker 2>a night Gaunt spies you wearing this, they probably won't

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<v Speaker 2>be too happy with you, which is interesting. And then

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<v Speaker 2>Troll Skin shirt of Pummeling. The wearer gains plus seven

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<v Speaker 2>to the regeneration skill. In addition, all melee based damage

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<v Speaker 2>debuffs such as stun, knock back, disarm, and out of

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<v Speaker 2>breath are negated. The shirt is also quite stylish. A

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<v Speaker 2>lady troll might just want to haul you away for

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<v Speaker 2>some one on one time if they see you in this.

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<v Speaker 2>So Mordecai tells him for tanking, this is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best undergarments. A level seven regeneration skill means you're

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<v Speaker 2>back to full health pretty quickly in as little as

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<v Speaker 2>two minutes. That is something that would be in a

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<v Speaker 2>platinum or legendary box. So he puts that on. And

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<v Speaker 2>the toe ring also, which is uncomfortable, but it's a

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<v Speaker 2>enchanted toe ring of the splatter skunk plus three strength

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<v Speaker 2>plus three to skill powerful strike.

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<v Speaker 1>So this like the the I was sort of hoping

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<v Speaker 1>that the toe.

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<v Speaker 2>Ring would maybe become like make his foot more durable,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was a little disappointed that it seems like

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<v Speaker 2>his foot is just as prone to being hurt as

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<v Speaker 2>it ever would be. I think later he he might

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<v Speaker 2>step on glass at some point. So, yeah, wish that

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<v Speaker 2>there was something more to that, but what can you do.

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<v Speaker 2>So he fiddles around with skills, and as he's doing this,

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<v Speaker 2>he hears a voice, Really, Carl, if you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>insist on wearing that hideous cloak, you might want to

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<v Speaker 2>do yourself the dignity of putting pants on first. I

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<v Speaker 2>just can't fathom why Miss Beatrice hired you in the

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<v Speaker 2>first place. And it's donut and she can talk. I

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<v Speaker 2>really really loved that she doesn't transform into a person,

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<v Speaker 2>because I kind of thought that might be what we

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<v Speaker 2>were getting.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great that she's still a cat.

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<v Speaker 2>I was hoping that there might be something involving communication,

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<v Speaker 2>but I thought maybe it would be mental. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>think that she would speak out loud that everybody would

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<v Speaker 2>be able to hear her, but honestly, that would make

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<v Speaker 2>for much less interesting TV. So I had to focus

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<v Speaker 2>on what they would want to film. And yeah, she

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<v Speaker 2>she the stats, you guys, strength eleven, intelligence eleven, constitution

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<v Speaker 2>two dexterity eight, charisma twenty five. You should have heard

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<v Speaker 2>the snort that I let out when I was listening

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<v Speaker 2>to this audiobook and he said charisma twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I lost my mind for a second. I had to

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<v Speaker 1>pause it. There was just.

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<v Speaker 2>Something like, I genuinely didn't know we could go that high.

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<v Speaker 2>He was so low on the scale for everything that

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<v Speaker 2>I assumed that this was a out of five metric.

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<v Speaker 2>So finding out that there's double digits and shit, and

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<v Speaker 2>then she's like in the twenties, amazing and Mordecai is like, ah,

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<v Speaker 2>now I have to start that tutorial over because she's

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<v Speaker 2>like a regular crawler. And she's like, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I heard everything you said to my manservant. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is all stuff that I think, like you know, is

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<v Speaker 2>very tropy that we have seen before.

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<v Speaker 1>The animal that views.

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<v Speaker 2>The person who cares for it as their servant, and

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<v Speaker 2>they think a whole lot of themselves and you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>she gets tomb of the Magic Missile and then the

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<v Speaker 2>legendary box enchanted crown of the Sepsis Whore. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a fleeting item. This is a unique asterisk item in

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<v Speaker 2>viuswear with plus five intelligence plus five to the good

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<v Speaker 2>first Impression skill. All attacks, including magical have a fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent chance to inflict the Sepsis d buff warning. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is supposed to be something you read before you

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<v Speaker 2>put it on, but she saw that it was a

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<v Speaker 2>crown and put it on instantly. As I understand personally,

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<v Speaker 2>I might also be tempted to do. Placing this crown

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<v Speaker 2>upon your head permanently places you within the royal line

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<v Speaker 2>of succession for the Blood Sultanate on the ninth floor

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<v Speaker 2>of the World Dungeon, removing this item will not remove

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<v Speaker 2>this status. Royal members of the Blood Sultanate will be

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<v Speaker 2>required to slay the Salt and all other members of

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<v Speaker 2>the Royal family before ascending descending to the tenth floor.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll only want to wear this if you're a bloodthirsty,

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<v Speaker 2>raging psychopath.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus five intelligence, plus five to good first impression and

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen to sepsist debuff, and in exchange, that becomes your

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<v Speaker 2>new like side quest.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it just mirror? Does that not feel like that

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<v Speaker 1>pays off nearly enough to put it on? It's like cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Maybe I'm just underestimating what those stat

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<v Speaker 2>amplifiers like, how good they really are, But it just

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<v Speaker 2>seems to me that item doesn't feel like something I

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<v Speaker 2>would see like most people encouraging players to use if

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<v Speaker 2>we were in a video game, you know, I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like most people would be sort of like, this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>why would I ever do this, you know, unless you

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<v Speaker 2>were playing one of those like, you know, some people

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy doing a game where they're a bad guy and

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<v Speaker 2>they just fucking kill everybody. But anyway, Princess Donut has

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<v Speaker 2>named your party the Royal Court of Princess Donut. Princess

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<v Speaker 2>Donut has changed your title to Royal Bodyguard. Princess Donut

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<v Speaker 2>has changed her title to Grand Champion Best in Jungeon.

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<v Speaker 2>She have the highest combined stat total, so she's a

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<v Speaker 2>designated party leader. As such, she has more control over

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<v Speaker 2>the party than you. Don't worry, the titles don't mean anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen up, kids, She's quite a bit more powerful than

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<v Speaker 2>you are right now. So you'll want to stick together

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<v Speaker 2>at least until you get to the ninth floor. That

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<v Speaker 2>will be a challenge. You can always leave the party.

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<v Speaker 2>That crown is on her head, not yours.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is when they.

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<v Speaker 2>Set out, and Mordecai is like a by the way

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<v Speaker 2>other training guilds. You're always going to be coming back here.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your guide now, so you know anytime you're just

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<v Speaker 2>gonna run into me, you'll lose access to me once

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<v Speaker 2>you hit the fourth floor. Good luck out in the

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<v Speaker 2>universe once this is over. Mordechai looked at me sadly. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>good luck to you too. He grasped a jacket and

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<v Speaker 2>met my eyes and then whispered, It's not worth it,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what they tell you. Not until floor twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>and even then negotiate as much as you can. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>that he slammed the door, and my mind reeled. What

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<v Speaker 2>did that mean? Was he saying it was better to

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<v Speaker 2>die than to take whatever exit they offered on floors

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<v Speaker 2>ten and eleven? Did that even matter floor ten? Who

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<v Speaker 2>was Mordecai kidding? Three million people had died in this

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<v Speaker 2>place in the very first hour. I wasn't expecting to

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<v Speaker 2>survive until the next floor opened up. So I really

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<v Speaker 2>took this to mean, like the way that Mordechai is

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<v Speaker 2>looking at him, and the sadness this moment of having

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<v Speaker 2>helped a person, getting to know them just enough to

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<v Speaker 2>maybe like them a little bit, and then sending them

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<v Speaker 2>out there and knowing full well that you may not

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<v Speaker 2>see them again, and this being your job that you

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<v Speaker 2>do all the time, probably fucking wears on your soul.

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<v Speaker 2>with the aliens, because you know, they're gonna say a

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<v Speaker 2>place over much longer periods than I had previously considered,

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<v Speaker 2>and also potentially that they are trick contracts that it's

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<v Speaker 2>you've on the papers. But I don't know, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>Not worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he is sort of showing a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of what's optimism, I guess by being like, I think

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<v Speaker 2>very eager to find out what it is that Carl

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<v Speaker 2>always something that I find really fun when somebody is

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<v Speaker 2>answer to the offer, and it's just about like what

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<v Speaker 2>your priorities are versus what theirs are, or if you

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<v Speaker 2>than another way, and it can be very fun to

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<v Speaker 2>interested in that. So they have twenty nine hours before

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<v Speaker 2>the television show begins, and Donut is like, we really

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<v Speaker 2>need to do something amazing, but the first thing we

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<v Speaker 2>need to do is get you pants, and Carl points

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<v Speaker 2>out she isn't wearing pants either, and she says, nor

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<v Speaker 2>am I wearing a cloak that makes me look like

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<v Speaker 2>I want a participation trophy at the Special needs Comic

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<v Speaker 2>con Carl, we could just not do the ableism.

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<v Speaker 1>We could just not do it.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be cool if we just cut that, make that

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<v Speaker 2>anything else. You know, you could make it like a

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<v Speaker 2>participation trophy in a fifth grade costume contest, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>something to indicate. But let's just not That's all I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>It's surprising to me that line is under line so

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<v Speaker 2>many times, and yet I guess it's not surprising.

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<v Speaker 1>Sigh.

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<v Speaker 2>So at this point, she's being so pushy and domineering

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<v Speaker 2>with him that finally Carl is like, you know what, bye,

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<v Speaker 2>good luck, and she's genuinely, I think, like, doesn't even

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<v Speaker 2>get what he means. And finally he's like, look, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're probably going to be okay.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got a lot going for you. But if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get killed, then I'll just get it over with.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the time we put up with the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that cats her assholes because we can't hear every fucking.

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<v Speaker 1>Thing you say.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can, and it's not worth it. Thank you, no,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, And she actually apologizes. Have you ever woken

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<v Speaker 2>up from a long dream one where you're one thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and now that you're awake, it takes you a moment

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<v Speaker 2>to realize that's not who you really are. Which personally, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I have the most intense, realistic dreams, and I wake

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<v Speaker 2>up disoriented frequently. I do not recommend it. Also, depending

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<v Speaker 2>on the dream, it doesn't even feel like you got rest,

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<v Speaker 2>because it feels like.

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<v Speaker 1>You were awake all night.

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<v Speaker 2>When I woke up back there, I had all my

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<v Speaker 2>memories of all my time being me, of sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>that window looking outside, watching television, all the hours, and

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<v Speaker 2>the carrier, and then suddenly my mind looked back on

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<v Speaker 2>all of it and I understood what had happened. I

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<v Speaker 2>am a grand champion, I'm supposed to act a certain way.

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<v Speaker 2>But sitting in your lap watching you get fragged over

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<v Speaker 2>and over in Call of.

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<v Speaker 1>Duty, I like that too.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you really suck at that game, but you

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<v Speaker 2>keep playing. I didn't realize it at the time, but

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<v Speaker 2>I liked that. So what are you saying that you're

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<v Speaker 2>not a crazy, stuck up asshole princess. Oh I am

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<v Speaker 2>a princess, Carl, But I'll try not to be too

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<v Speaker 2>much of an asshole. And I need you and you

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<v Speaker 2>need me. Okay, Look, I'm really scared here. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be alone, and I know you and you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be alone either. I saw you the

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<v Speaker 2>other day looking at the map on your computer and

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<v Speaker 2>then those apartments on Craigslist. What do you mean, I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>but I knew exactly what she meant. There was that

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<v Speaker 2>day when the passes were clear. You could have taken

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<v Speaker 2>me back to Miss Beatrice's parents, but you didn't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>You were looking at apartments, making sure they allowed cats.

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<v Speaker 2>You were thinking about catnapping me. I just looked at her.

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<v Speaker 2>It's exactly what I had been doing, but I hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>even admitted it to myself. When she says there was

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<v Speaker 2>that day when the passes were clear, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what she means by that. I think maybe it was

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<v Speaker 2>like the weather had been preventing him. He had been

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<v Speaker 2>using the fact that he was snowed in or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. Yeah, but anyway, Yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact that he was even considering it is delightful.

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<v Speaker 2>It wouldn't have worked, by the way. Her dad would

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<v Speaker 2>have got me back right away, I sighed, that was

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<v Speaker 2>true too. Bee's dad was a lawyer out of Yakima, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, let's keep moving.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's interesting because he asks her why didn't why

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<v Speaker 2>did she jump out the window when she did, and

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<v Speaker 2>they get interrupted. So I think this adds fuel to

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<v Speaker 2>my theory that she felt something was wrong and jumped

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<v Speaker 2>out there purposely. I feel like we're getting this interruption

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<v Speaker 2>because there's a real answer and we don't get to

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<v Speaker 2>have it yet. But I'm pretty sure we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>find out about something with this later. And there's this

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<v Speaker 2>thlumping sound. Two bolts shot out of donuts eyes, one

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<v Speaker 2>after the other. They were like laser blasts from a

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<v Speaker 2>sci fi movie. I was so surprised that I almost

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<v Speaker 2>fell backward. Instead, I just stumbled a little. I remembered

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<v Speaker 2>that she had that magic missile spell. I adore that

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<v Speaker 2>she fires laser beams from her eyes. Fantastic, perfect, No

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<v Speaker 2>notes it does like require a cool down period though,

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<v Speaker 2>So there is a point later where she is pressed

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<v Speaker 2>and they have to wait for it to recharge.

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<v Speaker 1>So then we get the bad Lama. I cracked up.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, guys, I said before, not all the jokes are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be winners. Writing comedy is hard, but more than not,

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<v Speaker 2>they are working for me so far, And I think

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what I'm not trying to take anything

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<v Speaker 2>from the author at all, but I really do want

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<v Speaker 2>to give a lot of the credit to how well

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<v Speaker 2>the jokes land, to the audiobook narrator and whoever produced

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<v Speaker 2>the audiobook the way that they make it interesting by

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<v Speaker 2>changing up the voices of the AI that he is

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<v Speaker 2>interacting with the timing of the way the lines are read,

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<v Speaker 2>which is crucial. So it's just a really perfect combination

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<v Speaker 2>that makes jokes that I think if I just read

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<v Speaker 2>this joke, it wouldn't It's not that it wouldn't be funny,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just feel like I am getting a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more out of this listening than I would just reading it.

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<v Speaker 2>It just feels more cinematic because of the way it's produced.

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<v Speaker 2>So so I uh, because I'm going to mention this

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<v Speaker 2>in the discord as well, but I'm sorry, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember who it was, but somebody was saying that people

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<v Speaker 2>should listen to the audiobook, and another person was saying,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I would want to sit through hearing

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<v Speaker 2>all of the loot drop stuff. That's some of the

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<v Speaker 2>best stuff. The audiobook is done in such a way

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<v Speaker 2>that those parts are really entertaining, So I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>give it a chance and see how you feel about it,

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<v Speaker 2>because I could see why you would think that, and

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<v Speaker 2>I might also if I hadn't listened before I started

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<v Speaker 2>doing the text. And I just think, as much as possible,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just going to do audiobook for this because some

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<v Speaker 2>books I have to mix it up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to go back and forth, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>depending on what the subject matter is, it's easier for

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<v Speaker 2>me to absorb in text.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is something that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just thinking really really benefits from the sound design

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<v Speaker 2>and the narrator. So bad Lama level three. It's a lama,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's bad. If he were human, he'd be covered

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<v Speaker 2>in prison tattoos and would be hanging out in front

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<v Speaker 2>of the circle k hitting on fourteen year old girls.

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<v Speaker 2>They might be willing to sell you something. If you

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<v Speaker 2>have good stuff to trade, you won't want to get

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<v Speaker 2>hit by their spit. And eventually, when they kill the lama,

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<v Speaker 2>he drops a bag of trailer park a grade meth.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry two bags. He doesn't does he add them? Does

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<v Speaker 1>he take the math?

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<v Speaker 2>No? Yes he does, because he gets food items and

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<v Speaker 2>pharmaceuticals added to his menu. I do enjoy that it's pharmaceuticals.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, this fight, I mean, the lama isn't impossible.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just shocking. I think, you know, I felt bones crunch.

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<v Speaker 2>My left hand exploded in pain, and I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>if the crunching bones were in the lama's face, in

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<v Speaker 2>my hand or both.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably both.

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<v Speaker 2>And it the spit that it shoots is lava. The

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<v Speaker 2>creature dropped like a sack of hammers. It tried to

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<v Speaker 2>cry out, but nothing but gurgling came out.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys, I don't know if I could punch a lama.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>It really depends making some of these baddies animals. That

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<v Speaker 2>might be the death of me. That might be where

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<v Speaker 2>I die, you know, I don't know. So because Donut

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<v Speaker 2>det seventy one percent of the damage, she gets the

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<v Speaker 2>first pick of loot. Poor lama. Skin uncooked lama steaks

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<v Speaker 2>bag of trailer park grade meth, and he takes the

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<v Speaker 2>steaks of the meth. I had a couple new achievements,

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<v Speaker 2>one for looting a corpse and one for sharing experience.

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<v Speaker 2>I received a pair of Bronze Adventurer boxes. That was

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<v Speaker 2>no good, sloppy.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't be.

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<v Speaker 2>Injuring yourself every time you get into a minor tussle.

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<v Speaker 2>Minor tussle. We need to be more cautious. We can't

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<v Speaker 2>just blindly stumble around. No, we need to level up,

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<v Speaker 2>and we need to do it quickly. I'm starting to

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<v Speaker 2>think this main road is not the best choice for

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<v Speaker 2>traveling or fighting. So eventually they get off of the

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00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:25.240
<v Speaker 2>main road and there's like sounds that he can hear,

422
00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.480
<v Speaker 2>but he never actually runs into anyone, which I think

423
00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:33.920
<v Speaker 2>makes sense because earlier Mordecai tells them that the map

424
00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:37.519
<v Speaker 2>isn't connected to every other place in the world, so

425
00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.480
<v Speaker 2>it's not like you can run into somebody who's from

426
00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:43.920
<v Speaker 2>the other hemisphere just if you walk far enough, because

427
00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:50.000
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't work that way. So I'm assuming that because

428
00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:54.559
<v Speaker 2>it was so cold and there were so few people outside,

429
00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:59.319
<v Speaker 2>that is why this place has like such a thin

430
00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:04.799
<v Speaker 2>n number of human beings. But maybe not, maybe just

431
00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:09.079
<v Speaker 2>like more people just opt not to go in at all.

432
00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.720
<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

433
00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:16.559
<v Speaker 2>The bathrooms, he eventually figures out every time you open

434
00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:19.519
<v Speaker 2>the door, it's the same bathroom and it doesn't matter,

435
00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:24.359
<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of fun. When Donut opens it, she

436
00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:28.960
<v Speaker 2>finds a litter box, so she runs in there and

437
00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:32.400
<v Speaker 2>we find out, like, let's see, what I really needed

438
00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:35.039
<v Speaker 2>to do was sleep. The toilet thing and the fact

439
00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.079
<v Speaker 2>that when she opens it something different is in there

440
00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.920
<v Speaker 2>delights me a lot.

441
00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:43.240
<v Speaker 1>So then we get level two. Rats.

442
00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:47.920
<v Speaker 2>The cat was definitely making an effort to be less abrasive,

443
00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:50.480
<v Speaker 2>but she was still a cat. She had a reckless

444
00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.720
<v Speaker 2>streak and a quick mouth, often making quips before realizing

445
00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:57.200
<v Speaker 2>what she'd said. But she was also showing very cat

446
00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:00.839
<v Speaker 2>like signs of affection too. One time I leaned up

447
00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.359
<v Speaker 2>against a wall to rest, and she spent the time

448
00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:06.319
<v Speaker 2>purring and rubbing up against my legs. I looked down

449
00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:08.400
<v Speaker 2>at her, and she returned my gaze.

450
00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:11.839
<v Speaker 1>What she said. I thought that was adorable.

451
00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:17.480
<v Speaker 2>So I hit three levels and gained a skill called

452
00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:21.759
<v Speaker 2>foot Soldier and a second one called Smush. Foot Soldier

453
00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:27.599
<v Speaker 2>increased damage I dealt by kicking smush. You, guys, when

454
00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.039
<v Speaker 2>I talk about the audiobook narrator, this is this is

455
00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:33.359
<v Speaker 2>not an easy thing to pull off, My friends.

456
00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:44.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm debating if I even want to attempt it. Smush

457
00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:52.200
<v Speaker 1>skill level three, killing with your feet, your bare, beautiful feet.

458
00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:56.400
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't. I couldn't. It goes on and on.

459
00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:00.279
<v Speaker 2>I remembered the weird message I'd received before when I

460
00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.039
<v Speaker 2>jumped in on the Goblin Engineer. I thought it was

461
00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:05.519
<v Speaker 2>just to throw away joke, like most of the descriptions,

462
00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:08.519
<v Speaker 2>but it seemed the AI or whatever it was, really

463
00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:10.640
<v Speaker 2>did have some sort of foot fetish.

464
00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:15.359
<v Speaker 1>It was fucking weird. I guess we're not getting you shoes.

465
00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Dona said, yes, we are. It sounds to me like

466
00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.880
<v Speaker 2>the computer fancies you or your feet. At least we'll

467
00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:24.279
<v Speaker 2>need to take advantage of that. If a system likes us,

468
00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:28.799
<v Speaker 2>then maybe it'll go easier on us. It makes me uncomfortable,

469
00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:34.720
<v Speaker 2>I said, being eaten by a bugbear makes me uncomfortable. Carl,

470
00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:38.119
<v Speaker 2>So if your boyfriend goggling your tootsies keeps these easy

471
00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.039
<v Speaker 2>ps bugs coming at us instead of more of those

472
00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:43.720
<v Speaker 2>lava spinning lamas, then you better buck up, get over

473
00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:46.960
<v Speaker 2>your human male privilege and take one for your princess.

474
00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.519
<v Speaker 2>I loved it, like there's so many times where women

475
00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.359
<v Speaker 2>are told to just deal with a guy being a

476
00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:57.759
<v Speaker 2>fucking creep, and it was very, very nice to see

477
00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.599
<v Speaker 2>a guy you have to deal with that. You know

478
00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:04.480
<v Speaker 2>is you all don't know how much we are trained

479
00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:09.559
<v Speaker 2>to ignore throughout our lives. It's like there's always moments

480
00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.319
<v Speaker 2>of why didn't you say something when a guy was

481
00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:13.000
<v Speaker 2>being a fucking creep? But the thing is, if we

482
00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:17.599
<v Speaker 2>said something every time anybody was a creep to us, like,

483
00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:21.519
<v Speaker 2>we would never get anything done. It just like it

484
00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:25.880
<v Speaker 2>starts to just kind of roll off you in a

485
00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:30.559
<v Speaker 2>way that's not healthy because you just expect everybody to

486
00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.039
<v Speaker 2>be this way, you know. So that's one of the

487
00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:37.880
<v Speaker 2>nice things. Like even though getting older, gaining weight, and

488
00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:41.799
<v Speaker 2>just like aging in general sucks in many ways, I

489
00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.440
<v Speaker 2>miss being cute like I used to be. I will

490
00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:49.480
<v Speaker 2>say that not having a creepy factor like dealing with

491
00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:51.920
<v Speaker 2>that that is really nice.

492
00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.480
<v Speaker 1>It's like such a relief.

493
00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:58.720
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I'm into it, and I think that playing

494
00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:02.440
<v Speaker 2>this angle, they should definitely lean into it, in my opinion.

495
00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.799
<v Speaker 1>So then we go.

496
00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:13.200
<v Speaker 2>To the first rest area and it's set up to

497
00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:16.519
<v Speaker 2>look like a kind of McDonald's, but instead of red

498
00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:20.880
<v Speaker 2>and yellow, it's white and blue. They had taken a

499
00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:24.359
<v Speaker 2>complete intact fast food restaurant from some random country in

500
00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:28.839
<v Speaker 2>place to here underground. We'd come in through a main

501
00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:32.440
<v Speaker 2>entrance and there's a thing on the wall that says

502
00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:35.880
<v Speaker 2>countdown until the premiere twenty three hours, forty two minutes

503
00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:40.240
<v Speaker 2>remaining crawlers four million, three hundred and twenty two thousand,

504
00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:44.240
<v Speaker 2>three hundred and ninety five. It had been ten million

505
00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:47.799
<v Speaker 2>just a few hours before. As I watched, the number

506
00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:52.200
<v Speaker 2>just kept getting lower and lower. Ooh, sorry, guys, I

507
00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.480
<v Speaker 2>had an interruption from a call.

508
00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.440
<v Speaker 1>There, my bad.

509
00:32:56.400 --> 00:33:00.000
<v Speaker 2>And there's going to be a leaderboard that they can see,

510
00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:03.079
<v Speaker 2>which hadn't really occurred to me. The you know, I've

511
00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:08.319
<v Speaker 2>talked a lot about the alignments with like Hunger Games,

512
00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:12.640
<v Speaker 2>with this, but what is sort of interesting is the

513
00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.759
<v Speaker 2>fact that you are going to be able to see

514
00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:19.920
<v Speaker 2>who is ahead in what way. In hunger Games, you

515
00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:25.240
<v Speaker 2>can only tell how people are doing based on whether

516
00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.559
<v Speaker 2>they're still alive and whether it seems like they have

517
00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.200
<v Speaker 2>enough food, and you just really are kind of guessing.

518
00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:35.960
<v Speaker 2>But you don't necessarily know what they're getting from patrons

519
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.319
<v Speaker 2>or you know, you can assume they had to have

520
00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:41.039
<v Speaker 2>gotten something to get this far, but you never really

521
00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.799
<v Speaker 2>here you're going to be working with like more information,

522
00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.599
<v Speaker 2>and later on, Mordecai says something about how they'll like

523
00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.119
<v Speaker 2>take you out of the game sometimes to interview you,

524
00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:52.519
<v Speaker 2>and that is also something that does not happen in

525
00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:54.599
<v Speaker 2>the Hunger Games, but I really like because this is

526
00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.640
<v Speaker 2>a game that goes on a lot longer obviously Hunger Games.

527
00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.599
<v Speaker 2>You know it's meant to be like a few weeks,

528
00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:03.559
<v Speaker 2>and this is based on the timing of things. I

529
00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.200
<v Speaker 2>feel like it goes on a couple of months minimum, right,

530
00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:12.199
<v Speaker 2>So the fact that you get pulled out to be

531
00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:17.400
<v Speaker 2>interviewed is really fascinating because like, there's so many ways

532
00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:20.079
<v Speaker 2>that that could be played, both as an author writing

533
00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.719
<v Speaker 2>the scene and both as a character being pulled out.

534
00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:26.320
<v Speaker 2>Do you rage at the people who did this to you?

535
00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.880
<v Speaker 2>What is it like to see aliens? Do they just

536
00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:34.360
<v Speaker 2>look like characters from the game? Do they look like people?

537
00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.000
<v Speaker 2>You know? Are you going to be able to set

538
00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.920
<v Speaker 2>aside your anger at what's happened to play to the

539
00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.480
<v Speaker 2>crowd and get things or are you going to be

540
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:46.880
<v Speaker 2>so overwhelmed with disgust that you just come across as

541
00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.960
<v Speaker 2>surly and angry.

542
00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:52.000
<v Speaker 1>Both things can work for you, you know, like.

543
00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:56.280
<v Speaker 2>There's not just one way to play it, but also

544
00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:59.559
<v Speaker 2>are you going to be treated super well or just

545
00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:02.440
<v Speaker 2>like shuffled in and out when you come out? Do

546
00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:07.079
<v Speaker 2>you get given like a lovely bath and a change

547
00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:11.559
<v Speaker 2>of clothes and bottle of champagne. Or do they grab

548
00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.679
<v Speaker 2>you out with a fucking like sheep hook, pull you

549
00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:17.800
<v Speaker 2>out onto stage, blinking under the lights, ask you a

550
00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:20.440
<v Speaker 2>few questions and shove you back out the fucking door again. Like,

551
00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:23.440
<v Speaker 2>there's a lot that I am curious.

552
00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.679
<v Speaker 1>About with this.

553
00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:30.280
<v Speaker 2>So this is when we meet Bopka, who, unfortunately, it seems,

554
00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.800
<v Speaker 2>is not going to be the guy that we meet

555
00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.480
<v Speaker 2>we see every time. I am very curious whether or

556
00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:39.320
<v Speaker 2>not he is responsible for how good the food is

557
00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:42.000
<v Speaker 2>or if this is part of the way things are built.

558
00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:49.000
<v Speaker 2>But he asks for the rat little he is a

559
00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:51.519
<v Speaker 2>rat looking little guy, right am, I let's see. No,

560
00:35:51.639 --> 00:36:00.079
<v Speaker 2>he's a dwarf. The rat's Mordecai. But Mordecai Carl asks

561
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:04.239
<v Speaker 2>him to make something he recommends, which I thought was

562
00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.960
<v Speaker 2>taking a real fucking risk.

563
00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:09.679
<v Speaker 1>I will tell you what. I was just full on like,

564
00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:11.880
<v Speaker 1>what are you doing, dude?

565
00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.920
<v Speaker 2>So imagine my surprise when he gets a lovely vindaloo.

566
00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:22.599
<v Speaker 2>It was really what a relief. And he says his

567
00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:27.239
<v Speaker 2>spice tolerance is four, which I wish. I am such

568
00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:28.760
<v Speaker 2>a whimp when it comes to spices.

569
00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:31.480
<v Speaker 1>Swear to God.

570
00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:35.639
<v Speaker 2>So he gives some yogurt too, and there's a mention here. Also,

571
00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:40.440
<v Speaker 2>I just want to say this, Uh Taly knows you

572
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:43.000
<v Speaker 2>are new here. This dungeon has just opened. It opened

573
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:47.320
<v Speaker 2>without warning, so Tally is not ready. This is also

574
00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.039
<v Speaker 2>what Mordecai said that he wasn't ready, which makes me

575
00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:55.480
<v Speaker 2>wonder if there is a budget problem, Like it just

576
00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:58.239
<v Speaker 2>seems like they're used to things being a lot more organized,

577
00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:02.760
<v Speaker 2>and something seems wrong. So if there's something wrong, that's

578
00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:07.079
<v Speaker 2>something that is exploitable, and I would like more information

579
00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:13.119
<v Speaker 2>on that. I'm wondering if like Mordecai, because obviously they

580
00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:15.400
<v Speaker 2>have to be careful what they say because they are

581
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:20.559
<v Speaker 2>being filmed. I wonder how much info Mordecai can give

582
00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:25.639
<v Speaker 2>Carl if he starts to find out things. He's got

583
00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:27.559
<v Speaker 2>to be real careful though. If you don't see him

584
00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.599
<v Speaker 2>after like level four two, then you.

585
00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.400
<v Speaker 1>Just lose that source. Eh. Eh, it's tough.

586
00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:42.679
<v Speaker 2>So he has some water that is wonderful, and uh

587
00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:48.519
<v Speaker 2>Donut gets a bell talisman of the slate butterfly. He

588
00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:53.039
<v Speaker 2>is annoyed about the jingling of it because he feels

589
00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:57.400
<v Speaker 2>like that's going to make it impossible to sneak. Those

590
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.239
<v Speaker 2>who are who remember and commemorate the sad tape of

591
00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:02.719
<v Speaker 2>the slate butterfly are given a boon by the fairies

592
00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:06.079
<v Speaker 2>of the world. That story even made me cry. Adds

593
00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:08.280
<v Speaker 2>plus four to the light on your feet skill and

594
00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:11.480
<v Speaker 2>plus one two intelligence. Winged fairies will no longer be

595
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:15.480
<v Speaker 2>automatically hostile toward you, which is nice because we had

596
00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:19.280
<v Speaker 2>the thing with his goblin stamp that would make fairies angry.

597
00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:23.320
<v Speaker 2>Maybe this will even it out. It's difficult to say

598
00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:25.239
<v Speaker 2>because it's on two different people. He's the one with

599
00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:28.119
<v Speaker 2>the thing, so the fairies might be like super nice

600
00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:30.639
<v Speaker 2>to her and total assholes to him, which would be

601
00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:37.079
<v Speaker 2>pretty funny. So this is when Tally comes out and

602
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:43.599
<v Speaker 2>he has this vindaloo. I apologize, I do not have lamb.

603
00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:45.840
<v Speaker 2>They took my lamb for a mob in preparation for

604
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.599
<v Speaker 2>the second floor.

605
00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.360
<v Speaker 1>Don't like that.

606
00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Also, your Royal Highness, I have special ordered a fresh

607
00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:54.719
<v Speaker 2>salmon for your meal upon waking. I will have it

608
00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:58.960
<v Speaker 2>properly prepared and diced and garnished for you later. I

609
00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.400
<v Speaker 2>love that he calls her your Highness, and Carl's so irritated,

610
00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:06.599
<v Speaker 2>and She's just like whatever, what's not my fault. He

611
00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:12.320
<v Speaker 2>thinks a thing, and he takes a bite, and he says,

612
00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:16.599
<v Speaker 2>it was literally the most delicious thing I had ever tasted.

613
00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:20.559
<v Speaker 2>I'd never been a huge Indian food fan, but holy shit,

614
00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.519
<v Speaker 2>which personally I don't.

615
00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.920
<v Speaker 1>Get people who don't like Indian food.

616
00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:29.920
<v Speaker 2>Like, I feel strongly that I could live on it

617
00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:33.920
<v Speaker 2>for the rest of my life and I would probably

618
00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:35.119
<v Speaker 2>never get tired of it.

619
00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.039
<v Speaker 1>I love it so much.

620
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.159
<v Speaker 2>It's just a it's a pain to prepare, it can

621
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:43.320
<v Speaker 2>be very expensive eating it out, like, so I don't

622
00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:44.519
<v Speaker 2>have it as often as I would like.

623
00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:47.119
<v Speaker 1>And it's also very rich, a lot of it, but

624
00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.800
<v Speaker 1>mouth's water and just thinking about it. Love it so.

625
00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:57.079
<v Speaker 2>He and there's a moment where he's I thought the

626
00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:58.800
<v Speaker 2>urge to lick the plate, and I was like, I'm

627
00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:01.239
<v Speaker 2>sure if you just ad asked him, he would just

628
00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:02.800
<v Speaker 2>make you another one, Carl.

629
00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.880
<v Speaker 1>Like, probably you should eat too.

630
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.079
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be using a lot of calories in the

631
00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:09.800
<v Speaker 2>coming days. You probably want to, like carbol load get

632
00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:13.840
<v Speaker 2>some protein in there. Like, maybe you should start asking

633
00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:19.079
<v Speaker 2>for like particular nutritional profiles for your meals to optimize

634
00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.880
<v Speaker 2>your performance.

635
00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:21.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm just singing, is.

636
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.559
<v Speaker 2>It possible for you to ask this guy for some

637
00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:27.960
<v Speaker 2>like gatorades, you know, uh, maybe get a little like

638
00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:35.000
<v Speaker 2>Camelback Water dispenser something. Just thinking out loud here, Oh

639
00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:37.000
<v Speaker 2>my god, I'm so sorry. I'm just seeing Rob was

640
00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:39.280
<v Speaker 2>commenting in the chat, and I like missed a bunch

641
00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.480
<v Speaker 2>of them, he says. I'll say this for Dinneman. The

642
00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:43.519
<v Speaker 2>stuff he writes is horrific, but every time he writes

643
00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:47.760
<v Speaker 2>political it generally feels nuanced and reasonably well researched. I

644
00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:50.039
<v Speaker 2>can't remember everything in the series, but there was nothing

645
00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:52.400
<v Speaker 2>that particularly made me go ah man. Turns out this

646
00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:59.280
<v Speaker 2>guy is a secret Wiener from the Secret Wiener is

647
00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.679
<v Speaker 2>going in my lexicon.

648
00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:06.039
<v Speaker 1>That is very useful. It's just very evocative, you know.

649
00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:09.840
<v Speaker 2>I love it horrific in the sense he's clearly a

650
00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:12.320
<v Speaker 2>horror writer, and this is satire that really points out

651
00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:17.519
<v Speaker 2>the horror of our current zeitgeist. Once you finish the series,

652
00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:20.440
<v Speaker 2>there are videos of Jeff Hayes doing cold reads, and

653
00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:23.280
<v Speaker 2>if I could alternate between Indian and Vietnamese slash tie,

654
00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:25.159
<v Speaker 2>I'd be so good.

655
00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

656
00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:30.119
<v Speaker 2>I love thie as well, but it really depends because

657
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:32.800
<v Speaker 2>some places do it very sweet and that is all

658
00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:35.360
<v Speaker 2>Owen has ever had. So he thinks he doesn't like

659
00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.440
<v Speaker 2>Thai food. Sorry, he's going by Marshall. Now I'm adjusting

660
00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:41.320
<v Speaker 2>my husband. But yeah, so he thinks he doesn't like

661
00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.440
<v Speaker 2>Tay food, and I think if he got good stuff

662
00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.039
<v Speaker 2>he would.

663
00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:47.960
<v Speaker 1>But there isn't a place like around here. But agree

664
00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.519
<v Speaker 1>on that.

665
00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:51.480
<v Speaker 2>Vietnamese have only had like a couple things, and I

666
00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:54.000
<v Speaker 2>liked them both. But I'm not enough to feel confident

667
00:41:54.000 --> 00:42:02.440
<v Speaker 2>about it. Okay, so let's see. We need to come

668
00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:04.480
<v Speaker 2>up with a snappy way to kill them. Something exciting

669
00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:06.159
<v Speaker 2>yet cute, something with zest.

670
00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.719
<v Speaker 1>I want on that show.

671
00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:12.519
<v Speaker 2>Carl, we're not getting on that show. Were you paying attention?

672
00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:17.239
<v Speaker 2>Millions of followers? Loot boxes? We need to get on

673
00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:21.840
<v Speaker 2>that show. Maybe we need a catchphrase. I do really

674
00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:25.400
<v Speaker 2>love that we had to put somebody in here who

675
00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:28.920
<v Speaker 2>gave a shit about the competition aspect of it. Carl

676
00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:34.039
<v Speaker 2>is clearly very fatalistic about it and doesn't really see

677
00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.440
<v Speaker 2>himself getting to this point.

678
00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.239
<v Speaker 1>And she has a.

679
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:40.239
<v Speaker 2>Totally different experience with like competitive stuff, so it's very

680
00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:42.599
<v Speaker 2>fun to see how completely confident she is. Plus or

681
00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:47.039
<v Speaker 2>charisma stats are insane. So I am really looking forward

682
00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:49.880
<v Speaker 2>to eventually them getting interviewed, hopefully.

683
00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:52.559
<v Speaker 1>So.

684
00:42:54.400 --> 00:43:01.719
<v Speaker 2>He is able to the rooms that they go into. Thankfully,

685
00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:05.159
<v Speaker 2>there's not the kind of like time crunch yet where

686
00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:09.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm worried about him sleeping through the level closing up,

687
00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:12.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, but I have to assume that is something

688
00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:17.880
<v Speaker 2>that becomes a problem a little bit later. So the

689
00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:20.760
<v Speaker 2>temperature in the rooms is chili, just how he likes it.

690
00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:23.920
<v Speaker 2>And he is able to get a.

691
00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.880
<v Speaker 1>Shower, and.

692
00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:30.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he gets like fresh clothes, right, because

693
00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.440
<v Speaker 2>otherwise he would be able to get pants.

694
00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:36.960
<v Speaker 1>That's not how that works. And he doesn't get.

695
00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:42.960
<v Speaker 2>To launder the stuff that he was wearing. But let's see,

696
00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:47.639
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to find the spot. Oh right, okay, showers

697
00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:51.079
<v Speaker 2>with soap and shampoo dispenser's cheap disposable razors.

698
00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:52.679
<v Speaker 1>I had.

699
00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:55.920
<v Speaker 2>There were no towels, however, and I had to drip dry,

700
00:43:56.320 --> 00:44:01.119
<v Speaker 2>which I thought was weird. And again, is this because

701
00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:04.920
<v Speaker 2>things didn't Like, there wasn't the warning that they normally

702
00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:08.280
<v Speaker 2>get do they normally have towels, but they just aren't

703
00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:11.599
<v Speaker 2>stocked up with everything yet because it opened without warning.

704
00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm very very curious about this. So he eats

705
00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:27.519
<v Speaker 2>his incredible breakfast. She has salmon patay, and he talks

706
00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:31.960
<v Speaker 2>to Tally about personal spaces in the safe rooms, and

707
00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:34.800
<v Speaker 2>he says, well, it transfer from level to level. Yes,

708
00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:37.760
<v Speaker 2>it will, and from safe space to safe space. Also,

709
00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:40.440
<v Speaker 2>it's best to buy all the accessories as soon as

710
00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:43.400
<v Speaker 2>you can. Some of the items only upgrade when it

711
00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:45.559
<v Speaker 2>goes down a level. So if you wait several levels

712
00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:47.960
<v Speaker 2>before you purchase a crafting table, it won't get as

713
00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:54.239
<v Speaker 2>strong as one purchased earlier, which is uh. I can't help,

714
00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:57.639
<v Speaker 2>but wonder that's not part of like the tutorial in

715
00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:01.199
<v Speaker 2>the guild. Carl found that out because he asked the

716
00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:05.480
<v Speaker 2>right question, And I wonder how many people aren't going

717
00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.079
<v Speaker 2>to ask the right questions and thus don't know about

718
00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:12.400
<v Speaker 2>these little advantages, you know what I mean, Like just

719
00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:14.880
<v Speaker 2>the kinds of things that if somebody doesn't really give

720
00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:17.199
<v Speaker 2>a shit about their job, maybe they just don't tell you,

721
00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:20.400
<v Speaker 2>and then you wind up with shitty equipment later because

722
00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:29.920
<v Speaker 2>you weren't warned about these things. So let's see Scatterer

723
00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:33.920
<v Speaker 2>brood Guardian level four cockroaches that had been baptized in

724
00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:37.360
<v Speaker 2>rage and monster energy drinks, and.

725
00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.880
<v Speaker 1>He like the whole fight with them.

726
00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:43.639
<v Speaker 2>I am going to jump right past the way that

727
00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:44.800
<v Speaker 2>these bugs explode.

728
00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.559
<v Speaker 1>It's horrible.

729
00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:50.400
<v Speaker 2>We ended up killing a dozen more of the level

730
00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:53.679
<v Speaker 2>four US before we reached the door. Every once in

731
00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:57.480
<v Speaker 2>a while the scatterer would get inflicted with sepsis, and

732
00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.960
<v Speaker 2>when that happened, it would turn and try to run off,

733
00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:03.639
<v Speaker 2>would usually collapse and die after It took about thirty steps.

734
00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:08.440
<v Speaker 2>Both Dona and I were level five when we got

735
00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:16.239
<v Speaker 2>to the door. So the door says no entrar, don't enter,

736
00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:20.360
<v Speaker 2>or then the Centro de Salouth, which is by order

737
00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:27.199
<v Speaker 2>of the health department or health center. And I thought

738
00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:32.800
<v Speaker 2>that this was going to be like, maybe the door

739
00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:35.440
<v Speaker 2>isn't relevant. Maybe they just did this because this is

740
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:36.960
<v Speaker 2>what it said on a door and they grabbed a

741
00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:40.880
<v Speaker 2>random door. But it seemed because like earlier, he's talking

742
00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:42.719
<v Speaker 2>about the bathrooms and they all have signs on them

743
00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:45.639
<v Speaker 2>from different countries. Some say men or women on them,

744
00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:48.400
<v Speaker 2>but obviously they aren't gender specific because he can use

745
00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:50.320
<v Speaker 2>any one of them. So I was thinking maybe this

746
00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:53.400
<v Speaker 2>like it's looking freeky, but it's not free hey, you know.

747
00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:59.840
<v Speaker 1>And he sends in.

748
00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Donut to check things out, and she says that she

749
00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:06.960
<v Speaker 2>can see a bunch of cockroaches and something that she

750
00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:11.079
<v Speaker 2>can't tell what it is. It smells like that bag

751
00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:13.559
<v Speaker 2>you take with you on those days. That other guy

752
00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:18.400
<v Speaker 2>comes over to the apartment and he's like, are you

753
00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:23.519
<v Speaker 2>fucking serious? Just finding out that his girlfriend didn't just

754
00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:26.800
<v Speaker 2>start doing shit when she went on this cruise or

755
00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:29.360
<v Speaker 2>whatever it was, which makes me kind of think she

756
00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:33.800
<v Speaker 2>might be alive, but that she had been fucking around

757
00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:35.960
<v Speaker 2>before that, And this is how he finds out.

758
00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:39.360
<v Speaker 1>That is very embarrassing. That is so humiliating.

759
00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:45.239
<v Speaker 2>I felt like an idiot. I also suddenly felt very reckless.

760
00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:52.679
<v Speaker 2>The Goblin dynamite, This stuff is especially volatile. It's so

761
00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:55.159
<v Speaker 2>volatile you probably don't even need to light the stick

762
00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:58.280
<v Speaker 2>to set it off. It's so volatile even loud noises

763
00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:00.880
<v Speaker 2>might set it off. Keep it in your inventory until

764
00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:03.719
<v Speaker 2>you're ready to use it. Be gentle and don't squeeze

765
00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:06.639
<v Speaker 2>too hard, or else you might get the The AI

766
00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:11.679
<v Speaker 2>didn't speak for a good two seconds. Boom, the AI

767
00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:14.519
<v Speaker 2>shouted that last word in my head, and I almost

768
00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:20.119
<v Speaker 2>pissed myself. You are a fucking asshole, I whispered up

769
00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:25.760
<v Speaker 2>at the air. So he lights it. He throws it.

770
00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:28.559
<v Speaker 2>I prayed it wouldn't blow when it hit the ground.

771
00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:33.079
<v Speaker 2>Chapter eleven. It blew when it hit the ground. My

772
00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:36.199
<v Speaker 2>vision flashed and I received a danger low health warning,

773
00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:40.199
<v Speaker 2>but it quickly abated. How much would it suck if

774
00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:42.239
<v Speaker 2>he didn't have those buffs and he just killed himself

775
00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:47.679
<v Speaker 2>right here with his own thing, that would be I mean,

776
00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:50.159
<v Speaker 2>at least he's not being filmed. I guess at this

777
00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:56.639
<v Speaker 2>point that's the one thing. Ahem. So they go in there,

778
00:48:56.960 --> 00:49:00.320
<v Speaker 2>and you know, there's all of these dead buff and

779
00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:03.679
<v Speaker 2>it's feeling like maybe we dealt with everything with this dynamite.

780
00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:07.920
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's fine, but there's a lot of garbage. There's

781
00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:12.440
<v Speaker 2>piles of it that are stacked. There's a smell to everything,

782
00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:16.400
<v Speaker 2>and I'm not getting what's happening here. I'm curious if

783
00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:19.599
<v Speaker 2>anybody reading was starting to sense what we were doing.

784
00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:24.480
<v Speaker 2>But finally.

785
00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:27.320
<v Speaker 1>They hear music.

786
00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:32.360
<v Speaker 2>New achievement, Boss, Babe, you've struck a blow against a

787
00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:35.639
<v Speaker 2>dungeon boss and cause damage. Here's a fun fact. For

788
00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:38.079
<v Speaker 2>crawlers who make it through the tutorial, this achievement is

789
00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:41.360
<v Speaker 2>by far most often the last achievement they ever receive.

790
00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:43.360
<v Speaker 2>Isn't that interesting?

791
00:49:44.239 --> 00:49:44.719
<v Speaker 1>Reward.

792
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:46.800
<v Speaker 2>Let's wait a few minutes before we decide on whether

793
00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:49.480
<v Speaker 2>or not a whether or not to waste a prize

794
00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:57.320
<v Speaker 2>on you. The door opens and a woman comes out.

795
00:49:58.239 --> 00:50:03.440
<v Speaker 2>You have discovered the layer of a neighborhood boss. The

796
00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:06.719
<v Speaker 2>AI was louder than usual. He sounded like the announcer

797
00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:08.320
<v Speaker 2>at a monster truck rally.

798
00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:11.000
<v Speaker 1>Doughnut wants out.

799
00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:15.199
<v Speaker 2>But it turns out that almost you can almost never,

800
00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:17.840
<v Speaker 2>like just leave a boss fight. I don't know if

801
00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:20.559
<v Speaker 2>they can with this one, but it's usually not possible.

802
00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:26.519
<v Speaker 2>So a woman appeared, reaching into the air, screaming as

803
00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:28.960
<v Speaker 2>she rocketed up like she'd been shot out of a cannon.

804
00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:34.000
<v Speaker 2>A human woman about thirty five, enormously fat. She wore

805
00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:36.400
<v Speaker 2>a filthy and ripped T shirt and no bra, and

806
00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:40.239
<v Speaker 2>her skin was covered in open sores and scabs. A

807
00:50:40.280 --> 00:50:42.840
<v Speaker 2>blue pair of sweatpants with the word Pink along the

808
00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.840
<v Speaker 2>leg appeared to be stretched to their limits. Her black

809
00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:48.639
<v Speaker 2>hair clung to her head in clumps, like me.

810
00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:50.480
<v Speaker 1>She wore no shoes.

811
00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:57.320
<v Speaker 2>She was also fifteen feet tall. And they all freeze

812
00:50:57.679 --> 00:51:01.960
<v Speaker 2>and they get dungeon Crawler Carl Donut versus the Hoarder

813
00:51:02.639 --> 00:51:04.679
<v Speaker 2>Level seven neighborhood boss.

814
00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:08.960
<v Speaker 1>God, this is awful.

815
00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:15.119
<v Speaker 2>Half of the woman's face was burned to hell. She

816
00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:17.000
<v Speaker 2>had a health bar over her head and it was

817
00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:21.039
<v Speaker 2>already three quarters gone. I cheated the boss fight, killing

818
00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:25.280
<v Speaker 2>her minions and hurting her before it even began. I

819
00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:37.400
<v Speaker 2>you noodul. This means, please help me. I don't know

820
00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:40.639
<v Speaker 2>what's happening. I have a stomach ache. I don't know

821
00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:44.440
<v Speaker 2>where I am. Please, I'm scared.

822
00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:52.920
<v Speaker 1>You guys, this is so sad. This was like it

823
00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:56.119
<v Speaker 1>was just it was horrible. It maybe like just reading

824
00:51:56.119 --> 00:52:00.280
<v Speaker 1>that makes me so sad. I hate this.

825
00:52:01.239 --> 00:52:03.639
<v Speaker 2>And he says, I like we should help her, and

826
00:52:03.760 --> 00:52:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Donut says, yeah, that'll be a no. And eventually she

827
00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:12.280
<v Speaker 2>starts throwing up more of these bugs and that's what

828
00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:17.119
<v Speaker 2>she's saying, like, I have a stomach ache. This they

829
00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:19.480
<v Speaker 2>did this to her. They put bugs in her stomach.

830
00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:27.360
<v Speaker 2>That's actually happening. That is not a fun graphic. That's

831
00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:31.920
<v Speaker 2>clearly been done to a person, which is the grossest thing.

832
00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:37.440
<v Speaker 2>And I just can't imagine not knowing what's going on,

833
00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:44.800
<v Speaker 2>and you start vomiting bugs, like, oh my god. Okay,

834
00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:47.679
<v Speaker 2>the woman was scared, disoriented, and she obviously didn't want

835
00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:50.440
<v Speaker 2>to be here, but she was also vomiting killer cockroaches.

836
00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:52.239
<v Speaker 1>Our only real choice was to take.

837
00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:57.440
<v Speaker 2>Her out, and honestly, I wanted to find an alternative

838
00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:00.519
<v Speaker 2>for a moment, but then I was like, there's nothing

839
00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:02.719
<v Speaker 2>good coming for this woman if they did this to her,

840
00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:05.800
<v Speaker 2>like get get her dead. It's a favor at this

841
00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:15.679
<v Speaker 2>point after everything they have done. So oh god, I'm sorry, guys.

842
00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:18.280
<v Speaker 2>I keep getting these calls and I do not I

843
00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:21.000
<v Speaker 2>can't answer them obviously, and I usually don't get calls

844
00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:26.559
<v Speaker 2>because I have do not disturb set. So he comes

845
00:53:26.639 --> 00:53:31.239
<v Speaker 2>up behind her and eventually he manages to get like

846
00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:35.880
<v Speaker 2>a chain around her throat, and Dona is very afraid

847
00:53:35.960 --> 00:53:39.079
<v Speaker 2>of actually fighting. She only wants to use her missiles

848
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:41.559
<v Speaker 2>because that's a ranged attack, but she doesn't want to

849
00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:44.840
<v Speaker 2>get up in there because and like, honestly, I feel.

850
00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:46.440
<v Speaker 1>Like she had pretty low.

851
00:53:46.239 --> 00:53:50.599
<v Speaker 2>Stats in terms of like her own durability. But he

852
00:53:51.079 --> 00:53:53.239
<v Speaker 2>is just like, can you please even pretend to make

853
00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:57.599
<v Speaker 2>an effort? You know, the horder lay on her back,

854
00:53:57.639 --> 00:54:04.320
<v Speaker 2>her health bar was all but empty. LUCIENTO if mala persona,

855
00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry if I was a bad person. No Kiia

856
00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:16.679
<v Speaker 2>Jsse and Fermara. I didn't want my daughter to be sick.

857
00:54:17.880 --> 00:54:22.519
<v Speaker 2>No kio l n el inferno. I didn't want to

858
00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:29.719
<v Speaker 2>be in the fire. And vime a Jesus, please bring

859
00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:31.480
<v Speaker 2>me to Jesus or send me to Jesus.

860
00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.360
<v Speaker 1>Send me to Jesus.

861
00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:38.320
<v Speaker 2>She's basically saying, kill me. And I don't know that

862
00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:46.159
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want my daughter to get sick. I maybe

863
00:54:46.199 --> 00:54:50.400
<v Speaker 2>they were threatening her daughter, this is what Maybe that

864
00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:53.840
<v Speaker 2>was the deal that she agreed to, like be this

865
00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:56.599
<v Speaker 2>character so that they wouldn't hurt her.

866
00:54:56.559 --> 00:55:03.039
<v Speaker 1>Kid, which U uh yikes.

867
00:55:04.440 --> 00:55:09.280
<v Speaker 2>Talking about her getting sick and also the fire, it

868
00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:12.840
<v Speaker 2>feels like there's a lot of horrible things, like choices

869
00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:16.760
<v Speaker 2>that people have to make. I'm wondering if this is

870
00:55:17.239 --> 00:55:20.719
<v Speaker 2>maybe some of the deals on the like later levels,

871
00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:24.239
<v Speaker 2>play a certain character, and if you survive and win,

872
00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:27.639
<v Speaker 2>you get out. You know, if you're a boss that

873
00:55:27.679 --> 00:55:33.239
<v Speaker 2>somebody can't beat, you win your way out. But you

874
00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:34.800
<v Speaker 2>really reach a point where it's like, how much do

875
00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:37.199
<v Speaker 2>I believe they would even honor that agreement? I don't really,

876
00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:40.320
<v Speaker 2>there's nothing for me to base that trust in, you know.

877
00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:51.239
<v Speaker 2>So twelve, it's after this is over and they're talking

878
00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:56.320
<v Speaker 2>to Mordecai about the whole thing, and he explains about

879
00:55:56.360 --> 00:56:00.639
<v Speaker 2>the bosses and you know, just in general how they work,

880
00:56:00.639 --> 00:56:04.679
<v Speaker 2>which is pretty typical. And finally, Carl says, the one

881
00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:07.480
<v Speaker 2>we fought was obviously a person from our world. Is

882
00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:08.559
<v Speaker 2>it always going to.

883
00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:09.000
<v Speaker 1>Be like that?

884
00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:15.360
<v Speaker 2>No, this was interesting. Mordecai didn't answer for several moments,

885
00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:18.960
<v Speaker 2>like he was trying hard to think of a proper response,

886
00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:23.320
<v Speaker 2>which feels to me like he's not allowed to say

887
00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:30.119
<v Speaker 2>certain things. No, not always, he said, finally, there will

888
00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:35.679
<v Speaker 2>be a lot of recycling from previous iterations of the game.

889
00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:40.119
<v Speaker 2>Some will be human stock, but most won't be or

890
00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:42.760
<v Speaker 2>even human from this world, or they will be human,

891
00:56:42.840 --> 00:56:44.280
<v Speaker 2>but it won't be as obvious.

892
00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:47.800
<v Speaker 1>And I just want to.

893
00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:49.639
<v Speaker 2>Know what the hell he wasn't saying, because it just

894
00:56:49.639 --> 00:56:52.400
<v Speaker 2>felt like he was parsing his words quite a bit there,

895
00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:56.119
<v Speaker 2>and that no, not always is doing a lot of work,

896
00:56:56.639 --> 00:57:01.880
<v Speaker 2>and I want to know what the fun that was about.

897
00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:07.199
<v Speaker 2>So Donut is not pleased that they get a bronze

898
00:57:07.239 --> 00:57:09.599
<v Speaker 2>level boss box. She feels like this is not good enough.

899
00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:17.760
<v Speaker 2>And let's see, there's torches, pet biscuits, and she finds

900
00:57:17.760 --> 00:57:21.880
<v Speaker 2>a spell book and immediately applies it and then gets

901
00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:25.119
<v Speaker 2>angry once she realizes that it's kind of a shitty spell.

902
00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:27.599
<v Speaker 2>Now I say shitty because that's what she thinks. I

903
00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:31.400
<v Speaker 2>personally think this is a good spell. Mordecai laughs and

904
00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:33.679
<v Speaker 2>is like, you really do need to read shit before.

905
00:57:33.440 --> 00:57:34.159
<v Speaker 1>You use them.

906
00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:39.719
<v Speaker 2>But this is a useful spell. It's called torch. It

907
00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:42.079
<v Speaker 2>makes a curl of light follow you around. The more

908
00:57:42.159 --> 00:57:44.199
<v Speaker 2>she uses it, the more powerful it'll become.

909
00:57:44.920 --> 00:57:47.679
<v Speaker 1>Which I played.

910
00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:53.000
<v Speaker 2>I played Starry Valley for the first time in November

911
00:57:53.039 --> 00:57:55.320
<v Speaker 2>when I got really sick with COVID and I could

912
00:57:55.360 --> 00:57:59.360
<v Speaker 2>do basically nothing else. And I have never played a

913
00:57:59.400 --> 00:58:01.679
<v Speaker 2>game where if you didn't have a light source, you

914
00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:06.480
<v Speaker 2>just couldn't see the screen. But it was pretty like

915
00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:08.760
<v Speaker 2>because I had never played, and I wasn't looking at

916
00:58:08.760 --> 00:58:11.639
<v Speaker 2>tutorials or anything, it took me a little while to

917
00:58:11.719 --> 00:58:14.239
<v Speaker 2>figure out that you could make a torch and like

918
00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:17.280
<v Speaker 2>carry it or put it down somewhere. So y'all don't

919
00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:19.840
<v Speaker 2>know how frustrated I was at first. I couldn't see shit.

920
00:58:20.519 --> 00:58:26.320
<v Speaker 2>And I think that you've like this is a key element.

921
00:58:26.639 --> 00:58:29.400
<v Speaker 2>You've got torches, which are clearly usable items. You're gonna

922
00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:32.159
<v Speaker 2>run out of those potentially, but if she just has

923
00:58:32.280 --> 00:58:40.679
<v Speaker 2>light with her, that is very helpful. So yeah, you've

924
00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:45.440
<v Speaker 2>gained a skill level iron punched level three and he

925
00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:50.440
<v Speaker 2>gets Tomb of Wisp armor, more dynamite, gunpowder, scroll of

926
00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:58.360
<v Speaker 2>confusing fog, enchanted spike, kneepads, potion of iron skin, and

927
00:58:59.199 --> 00:59:04.039
<v Speaker 2>the wisp arm sounds really cool. So it lasts five

928
00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:08.199
<v Speaker 2>minutes plus one minute per level of spell. Five minute

929
00:59:08.239 --> 00:59:12.639
<v Speaker 2>cool down costs five manuta. Surrounds your body with tendrils

930
00:59:12.639 --> 00:59:17.639
<v Speaker 2>of light. While ineffective against physical attacks, this spell negates

931
00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:22.800
<v Speaker 2>seventy five percent of incoming damage from magic based attacks.

932
00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:28.159
<v Speaker 2>That's a lot like you almost never see those kinds

933
00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:28.679
<v Speaker 2>of numbers.

934
00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:30.960
<v Speaker 1>When I say almost never.

935
00:59:31.840 --> 00:59:34.840
<v Speaker 2>What I am basing a lot of this on is

936
00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:38.800
<v Speaker 2>playing Skyrim, and I know that there are so many

937
00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:43.440
<v Speaker 2>other games out there. I've played a few, but Skyrim

938
00:59:43.519 --> 00:59:47.000
<v Speaker 2>was probably like the RPG I played the longest, and

939
00:59:47.079 --> 00:59:52.400
<v Speaker 2>so I'm comparing a lot of this to that. And

940
00:59:53.880 --> 00:59:58.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, the kneepads adds ten percent damage, reflect cancels

941
00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:00.360
<v Speaker 2>all momentum a.

942
01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:01.719
<v Speaker 1>Tax, which is kind of fun.

943
01:00:03.960 --> 01:00:08.360
<v Speaker 2>And I'm trying to find the confusing file here it

944
01:00:08.400 --> 01:00:11.159
<v Speaker 2>is filled the room with the myths that could only

945
01:00:11.199 --> 01:00:14.239
<v Speaker 2>the mobs could see. And the iron skin potion raised

946
01:00:14.280 --> 01:00:19.920
<v Speaker 2>my physical armor by one hundred percent for five minutes, which, like, granted,

947
01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:22.840
<v Speaker 2>five minutes isn't a super long time, but one hundred

948
01:00:22.880 --> 01:00:25.599
<v Speaker 2>percent for five minutes, I mean that could save your

949
01:00:25.639 --> 01:00:27.719
<v Speaker 2>life a few times.

950
01:00:27.960 --> 01:00:30.360
<v Speaker 1>In a row. Like, that's really really good.

951
01:00:30.679 --> 01:00:34.960
<v Speaker 2>So even though Donah sniffed and put her nose up

952
01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:40.000
<v Speaker 2>at the level of box, all things considered, they've done

953
01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:46.599
<v Speaker 2>pretty fucking well. At this point, Dona asks Mordecai, is

954
01:00:46.639 --> 01:00:49.000
<v Speaker 2>there were Worst Dressed award for the Dungeon And this

955
01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:51.719
<v Speaker 2>is when he talks about they might take you out

956
01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:55.079
<v Speaker 2>to do interviews, like when they win boss fights. Sometimes

957
01:00:55.079 --> 01:00:59.800
<v Speaker 2>that's when they pull people out. It's a commentator program.

958
01:01:00.000 --> 01:01:02.800
<v Speaker 2>The show is almost as popular as the official program,

959
01:01:03.079 --> 01:01:05.599
<v Speaker 2>though they'll never let you watch this one.

960
01:01:05.760 --> 01:01:07.719
<v Speaker 1>And this made me.

961
01:01:07.679 --> 01:01:13.000
<v Speaker 2>Think of like like the Watching Dead. For those who

962
01:01:13.039 --> 01:01:16.679
<v Speaker 2>were around for the original Walking Dead airing, they had

963
01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:20.800
<v Speaker 2>a show that would air directly after that, hosted by

964
01:01:20.880 --> 01:01:25.960
<v Speaker 2>now canceled Chris Hardwick. And it was wild to me

965
01:01:26.079 --> 01:01:29.760
<v Speaker 2>how popular it was considering how nothing it was. But

966
01:01:30.079 --> 01:01:32.639
<v Speaker 2>it's just that it had the cast on for interviews,

967
01:01:32.960 --> 01:01:35.119
<v Speaker 2>and it was always so funny because they'd basically just

968
01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:39.039
<v Speaker 2>like repeat summaries of what it just happened in the

969
01:01:39.920 --> 01:01:44.199
<v Speaker 2>previous episode. It was the most pointless shit. So I

970
01:01:44.239 --> 01:01:46.800
<v Speaker 2>think it's going to be different because it's like sounding

971
01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:52.039
<v Speaker 2>much more like a Joan Rivers, like red carpet commentary

972
01:01:52.119 --> 01:01:56.039
<v Speaker 2>sort of thing, where maybe there's some snarkiness happening or

973
01:01:56.880 --> 01:02:04.559
<v Speaker 2>good Morning America type, you know. But I really do

974
01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:07.000
<v Speaker 2>look forward to them getting on one of those at

975
01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:11.079
<v Speaker 2>some point because I'm so curious how Karl is going

976
01:02:11.119 --> 01:02:18.599
<v Speaker 2>to respond versus Donut. Also, Donut calls like, is like,

977
01:02:18.639 --> 01:02:20.159
<v Speaker 2>we need to get on there, and he says it's

978
01:02:20.239 --> 01:02:23.239
<v Speaker 2>not how it works, and I'm not your agent, and

979
01:02:23.320 --> 01:02:27.880
<v Speaker 2>she says, no, no you're not. Miss Beatrice is my agent,

980
01:02:27.920 --> 01:02:30.679
<v Speaker 2>and once we reunite with her, she'll make sure I

981
01:02:30.719 --> 01:02:33.239
<v Speaker 2>get on that show. But she's halfway around the world.

982
01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:34.960
<v Speaker 2>I figure we'll have to wait until the fifth or

983
01:02:34.960 --> 01:02:37.239
<v Speaker 2>sixth floor before the dungeon shrinks enough for us to

984
01:02:37.280 --> 01:02:39.360
<v Speaker 2>find her. I really hope we don't have to wait

985
01:02:39.440 --> 01:02:44.519
<v Speaker 2>much longer than that. I exchanged a look with Mordecai Sure,

986
01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:48.559
<v Speaker 2>I said, finally, now let's get back out there.

987
01:02:49.639 --> 01:02:52.679
<v Speaker 1>And clearly they look at each other because.

988
01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:55.679
<v Speaker 2>They are both definitely assuming that Beatrice is likely dead.

989
01:02:56.199 --> 01:03:00.880
<v Speaker 2>If she's not, that she will be, so this perfect

990
01:03:01.039 --> 01:03:07.159
<v Speaker 2>trust that Donut has that Beatrice is still alive. I'm

991
01:03:07.159 --> 01:03:10.639
<v Speaker 2>not sure how much Donut really understands what happened. Like

992
01:03:11.880 --> 01:03:14.119
<v Speaker 2>she was there, but I don't know how much she

993
01:03:14.199 --> 01:03:18.239
<v Speaker 2>really absorbed, and it doesn't seem like they've really had

994
01:03:18.280 --> 01:03:21.280
<v Speaker 2>time to talk about that very much. He clearly doesn't

995
01:03:21.280 --> 01:03:25.159
<v Speaker 2>want to, like warn her that Beatrice is likely dead,

996
01:03:26.079 --> 01:03:28.320
<v Speaker 2>And there's almost a part of me that's like, maybe

997
01:03:28.360 --> 01:03:31.920
<v Speaker 2>her and Beatrice have some sort of like connection and

998
01:03:32.000 --> 01:03:34.639
<v Speaker 2>she can tell that she's still alive. Maybe Beatrice is

999
01:03:34.719 --> 01:03:37.880
<v Speaker 2>still alive and there's something in her that knows that.

1000
01:03:38.920 --> 01:03:42.920
<v Speaker 2>And it's sort of a funny thing because like, I

1001
01:03:43.079 --> 01:03:46.360
<v Speaker 2>like the idea of eventually meeting Beatrice after having only

1002
01:03:46.400 --> 01:03:50.119
<v Speaker 2>heard shit about her, because I'm super curious. You know,

1003
01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:51.760
<v Speaker 2>it might be the sort of thing where she is

1004
01:03:52.000 --> 01:03:55.559
<v Speaker 2>just as shitty as she sounds secondhand when you only

1005
01:03:55.599 --> 01:03:57.760
<v Speaker 2>hear about the bad things she did. It might be

1006
01:03:57.760 --> 01:04:00.119
<v Speaker 2>something where you're like, nah, she's cool as fuck. I

1007
01:04:00.159 --> 01:04:03.119
<v Speaker 2>kind of get why you liked her. Actually it might

1008
01:04:03.159 --> 01:04:05.239
<v Speaker 2>be the sort of thing where you like find out

1009
01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:08.159
<v Speaker 2>what was going on in their relationship and you're like, dude, no,

1010
01:04:08.239 --> 01:04:11.039
<v Speaker 2>wonder she cheated on you? What an asshole? Like?

1011
01:04:12.079 --> 01:04:12.679
<v Speaker 1>Who knows?

1012
01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:14.960
<v Speaker 2>But I feel like her still being alive is kind

1013
01:04:14.960 --> 01:04:20.280
<v Speaker 2>of more interesting, so I'm down. But also if she

1014
01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:23.599
<v Speaker 2>is not still alive, that's also fine. I'm you know,

1015
01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:26.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm not married to and I'm just saying, sometimes just

1016
01:04:26.320 --> 01:04:29.639
<v Speaker 2>doing the more interesting thing, even though might be more

1017
01:04:29.679 --> 01:04:31.840
<v Speaker 2>complicated or difficult, maybe.

1018
01:04:31.559 --> 01:04:34.960
<v Speaker 1>You should still do it. So Okay.

1019
01:04:36.119 --> 01:04:39.199
<v Speaker 2>That is the end of chapter twelve, and I am

1020
01:04:39.559 --> 01:04:43.159
<v Speaker 2>really really enjoying this so far. Once again, encourage everybody

1021
01:04:43.239 --> 01:04:46.559
<v Speaker 2>to check out the audiobook if you haven't already. Thank

1022
01:04:46.599 --> 01:04:49.159
<v Speaker 2>you so much to Michael for commissioning this one. Really

1023
01:04:49.159 --> 01:04:52.360
<v Speaker 2>really appreciate it. And thank you Rob for keeping me

1024
01:04:52.440 --> 01:04:54.800
<v Speaker 2>company in the chat. It's always nice to feel like

1025
01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:56.920
<v Speaker 2>there's somebody here with me, you know. I've done a

1026
01:04:56.960 --> 01:05:00.800
<v Speaker 2>few almost all of my recordings at least one person,

1027
01:05:01.239 --> 01:05:05.239
<v Speaker 2>but sometimes there's nobody, and it's really remarkable how different

1028
01:05:05.280 --> 01:05:07.880
<v Speaker 2>my energy is when there's nobody there.

1029
01:05:08.320 --> 01:05:10.880
<v Speaker 1>I just feel like, does.

1030
01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:12.840
<v Speaker 2>This even matter that I'm talking? Who's going to listen?

1031
01:05:12.880 --> 01:05:14.679
<v Speaker 2>To this, you know, even though I know people will

1032
01:05:14.679 --> 01:05:18.280
<v Speaker 2>listen to the recording later. So I appreciate you being here.

1033
01:05:21.039 --> 01:05:24.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh sorry, he says, don't read this. Oh he's giving

1034
01:05:24.840 --> 01:05:28.920
<v Speaker 2>me advice on Vietnamese food. Ha ha, my pleasure. I look

1035
01:05:28.960 --> 01:05:33.760
<v Speaker 2>forward to hearing more. Yes, five thirty Central time, Remember sir,

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01:05:34.559 --> 01:05:37.559
<v Speaker 2>just put that in your old planners. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

1037
01:05:38.400 --> 01:05:41.039
<v Speaker 2>All right, everybody, thank you again for joining me, and

1038
01:05:41.159 --> 01:06:14.039
<v Speaker 2>until next time, to the Loo, motherfuckers. That was an

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<v Speaker 2>Unspoiled Network podcast