Hello everyone and welcome to Path of Time. My name is Dakota, your PM, your DM, your GM. And sitting to my left is somebody who has dice made out quartz crystal.
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Uh, yeah. It's me, Evelyn. Wow, these crystals are quite um crystalline and intricate. Beautiful. One of them is Rose Quartz One of them is Amethyst One of them is Tiger Eye Yeah, they're all different kinds of courts Um Yeah, and Sitting to my left is someone who is Wearing a tin pan on his head Yeah You never can be too careful With these ah the government Spy drones here Picking up my brain waves So I gotta have that Tinfoil hat on, you know
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You can't let those brain waves out anywhere. I'm Eli and sitting across from me is someone who wrapped his legs in tinfoil.
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Didn't really quite get the memo there. Hey, hey, hey, hey. If they can get to our brains, they can get to our legs.
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That's all saying. Hey, it's me. I'm playing Walter. I almost did that again.
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Alright, right.
Patreon Acknowledgments
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ah right um Let us thank the Patreon members who give their donation to us because actually remembered to do that this last time and I'm going to do again.
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So, um right now we have in the in our $20 tier for Flameback Managers, we have Mint, also known as Jacob. We have in our $10 tier, the Flameback Supervisors, we have Evelyn Sierra, Kiara. It's Kiara, right?
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yeah some Yeah, something like that. yeah didn Not even she knows. So, um for our $5 tier for the Flameback Associates, we have Eli and Crystal Briggs.
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Alright, thank you guys so much for your donations. It means a lot because it's the only reason our show is still going and I'm not paying for it of pocket. It means a lot. But with that being said, this episode is going to be a little bit shorter. um As I mentioned in the last episode, we're trying to get this out on a batch recording before a lot of us go on vacation. So sorry if this episode a little shorter.
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We're still to have a lot of content in it. So don't worry. That's also why I'm kind of trying to rush through this intro. because I want maximize the amount time we get for this. So, um right.
Dice Roll and Episode Recap
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Let us roll for recap.
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I have a plan that you've 4. I don't even know where I put the card. I rolled another one.
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me get dice out. This one might actually be a coherent on recap because we just did it.
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Sorry, one second. Wait silent for a second. No, sorry, I'm paying attention to a hundred different things. I am trying to write a poem while paying attention to everything. for efficiency of leader oh Sorry about that. I'm trying to split my attention between a hundred different things.
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What did everyone get again? but i got a three. Sorry, a three? got a four. One, And a four. Jake, you're doing the recap because I also got a four.
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Alright. I think this my first recap. For a while. Not my first one, but for a while. Yeah, it has been a while. Been a while! Alright.
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I kind of wish I didn't say this would be a good recap. Um... Alright, so we did had a shopping episode. a little bit of shopping, a lot of ruining friendships.
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We got a few TMs. Walter has maxed out his punching with capability for now. He is working up a falcon punching. Hikara got slurred from what was the other move, I don't remember. um Trailblaze.
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Trailblaze. Um, Eli got Play Rough, cause he likes him rough. Um... What?
Shopping Antics and Mishaps
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Whoa! Whoa! Hey, wait a minute. That was Sammy.
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ah Um, then we, We tried to write a jingle that Guy tried to extort us, so we just left. Then we went to it actually that was before that was the bag shop, but we try to ride jingle for walter did not get a bag because he never has enough stuff um Try to a jingle got run off then we won't we made up a lie about the bag person trying to get us to write a diss track about the TM person.
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yeahdaida We got a discount and Walter signed up a ah letter that the TM lady wrote up about the bag person. was not very nice. Then we went to the gummy shop, which we went to a Charizard and I'm so disappointed.
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Of course the Charizard was bad. He was from the Charmander line. The bastard. of
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um yeah We found out that you locked up a Kangaskhan. Definitely listening.
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i We found Kangaskhan. Walter stole eight gummies. Which I'm just going to say that um he did that for the prize for um Eli freeing him.
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Even though after the Kangaskhan up the Charizard, he basically just sold us all that for $2,000. Which I could have afforded if it was for $2,000 each.
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And we went out and that's about it.
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And that King of Swann definitely going to murder that Charizard in his back room.
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And with that, I don't have anything to add because I was not listening
Main Quest and Space-Time Challenges
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at all. um I was doing my own thing. So do you either one of you guys have anything to add on that?
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All I need to add is that that could have been the shortest recap ever, but he decided to draw it out. It could have simply been, we went shopping, VX. Well... Yep, sounds about right. I did that last time, and then you guys wanted to do a whole thing about the episode.
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Last time. I think the last time I did it was a shopping episode last recap.
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Honestly, I think I'm just a shopping recap person.
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Wait, did you recap the last shopping up episode? I think so. I think I did it and I didn't remember enough so Eli took over. oh Because I just said shopped and then we went... yeah i remember which episodes we did. got the move for us so let's go on in. Ready?
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let's Ready! Let's Falcon Punch in. Alright, let us Falcon Punch on in. a steply Falcon Punch? Falcon Punch? Not the wrong franchise. Totally. hurt Perfectly. no Listen, that Falcon Punch is just all the type punches combined.
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I'm pretty sure Falcon Punch is a Nintendo-marm move. basically the tri-attack of a punch. That was made by Nintendo. Alright, let us Falcon Punch on in. Okay.
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You guys are just now leaving the general store. You look behind you, and you guys just see a commotion in the shop. There's just dust flying. it's like one of those cartoon fight scenes where there's dust cloud hiding everything.
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Did the Troja get back up? Can we barge into the shop just to join the battle so we can get experience? Is it the same shop? Yes, it is the shop you guys just exited from.
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The general shop. How is it doing that? The Troja was thrown outside? He dragged him back in after you guys left. He threw outside out of anger. I don't think he's battling more than its just beating him.
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Probably.
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Yeah, we could probably just move on. I mean, if he has locked it, guys, I'm pretty confident if we wanted it and even if it was locked, I think I could get in.
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Yeah, I mean, I feel like we spent too much time here already. Yeah, I think we should go. We're good chums with him. We can come back to him later. Okay. yeah we We do have that $2,000 per gummy for life discount going on now. Yeah, let's let's not ruin that.
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Yeah. Let me Photoshop it more. Let's not let's not let me ruin that.
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um does anyone want to give a recap of what the main quest is at the moment?
Travel Plans and Train Troubles
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I'm gonna try and push this towards that general direction. Um, wasn't it just by the Earths Ring? Let's see what anyone remembers.
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It involves space-time rifts, that's all I know. Wait.
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Yeah. Yes, that's the main, main one, but what part of that mission are we on? Oh man, all I don't remember, all I remember is being up those, about the main thing, it was just, why don't we have here to find Selina? Wasn't she here?
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Not Selina, the, um, the green, um... No, we were chasing that race away here. Alright, what was the mission? We're trying to get those orbs.
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Right. We're trying to get the Earth's room. We're trying to prevent universe from ripping itself apart. Yeah, but what were we doing exactly here? I don't remember. Alright, you guys want to collectively roll a history check?
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Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Maybe I can point you guys in the right direction. What is this? You've never made a sunro you've never had us have to remember. What is this? That's smart.
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I get a 9 plus 1, 10. 18. 11. 11? a lot eighteen
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18! Within 18, you'll get all the information you need. You guys are were initially chasing the Ursaring that stole the trash cart containing the blue orb um that was accidentally thrown up by Alfred.
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The Ursaring somehow knew this and stole the trash cart that was picking up the trash, thus obtaining the blue orb. They were last seen heading towards Nuventa City.
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So that is the direction you guys went. You guys got to New Ventus City. What? was to say, he would make sense if they knew it. there They're a cult. They definitely have Pokemon in Constance Auror. They probably just had someone do that.
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You guys got to New Ventus City looking for this Earth String, and you never found the Earth String. But what you did find was a bank robbery in progress. And upon some confrontation, explosive confrontation,
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You guys um found out that these three bank robbers, of which you is consists of a Garchomp, a Shaogon, and a Dragonair. The Garchomp, whose name you learned is Bob, ah are all a part of Silver's cult, for they were holding a note detailing a capture or kill list, captured dead or alive.
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For you guys, it specifically mentioned Hikaru, Bruce, Sammy, and Walter. So, um you guys were able to connect ah this group to the Silver Cult.
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And you guys are now pursuing that the lead. You guys found a wallet that belonged to Bob Dawson and a watch. with The watch had a tag labeled Gerald Smith's Jewelry Shop.
Vortex Discovery and Ghostly Encounter
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gerald smith's controller shop You guys went to Gerald... I literally just said it. Gerald Smith's jewelry shop. And he recounted his memory of Bob Dawson being in the shop.
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And he said that Bob Dawson came from Bree's home city. So you guys are now backtracking to try and find out wherever this headquarters is that was listed on the note you found of that dead or alive list that Bob Dawson was holding.
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So you guys are attempting to find the headquarters of this cult and The next location on your map is where Gerald Smith pointed you to which is Breeze home city He told you that you must take a train which goes as far as What was it called? It's Strattleholme... It was right up here. um
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Shangalo City you got And then you guys can go for a few mile walk down to Bree's home city, which is on the border of Ventus and Aave.
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And
Reflection and Breaking the Fourth Wall
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that is your current main story recap. Gosh, gosh, guys. I hope nothing happens on the train. That would be just a shame, wouldn't it?
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Okay, quick little side note here. and we We have Brielle deployed as a moneymaker. Yes. can Can we do that now? Before we forget to do it for the day?
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Speaker
You already did it for this day after Waits, Lace. You guys did it at the beginning of this day when you guys arrived in the event. Three episodes is like a day. Oh, jeez. This is still the same day? When did we add the money? Yes.
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When did we add the money for that? yeah You have to go and collect her from her, she doesn't email it to you. Oh. Okay, so we don't automatically get the money.
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Oh shit, I had it written down on the character sheet that I deleted. no. I'm going to add an arbitrary amount of money that i sounds appropriate.
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Speaker
One grand? I don't have my... No. It should be... Minimum... I believe it was something like 2700. Right about now, I just adjusted my audio, so... Okay. I don't know.
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I don't know if it's worked. No, it sounds the same. It's fine. Your audio sounds fine on in ah in post anyway, so you're fine. Okay. Okay.
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Alright. Take it away, guys. Okay, so... That was a that was a heck of a shopping run.
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Yeah, that that took most of my money. Yeah, well, we got we got to get better at like me we got to find a better, deal find better deals.
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Speaker
We're going to be doing jobs like you get pretty darn good deals in that TM shop. Like, no, I mean, I i mean, negotiate. Oh, yeah.
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Speaker
I mean, negotiating the rights to songs we write like we we maybe we need to, you know, we should find out who's um, um, Jeremy and Jeremy and Veronica from the gravel rocks. We should find out how they make.
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I want to find out who how they like, you know, make things work. What's in their contract? Who's their manager?
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That would be... Sorry, were you talking about? was reading. Again, I'm very distracted. Oh, uh, Hikaru was just saying that she wants to, um... She wants to, like, find out, like, how good the Gravel Rocks contract is. The Gravel Rocks contract?
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you mean? The contract with what? Like, if they're, signed to a label or anything. Oh, I would have no no idea about that. Okay. Okay. Absolutely no idea about copyright law.
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Okay. Yeah. For context, we just like had, we had a whole bit about that um in the last episode. where i might use it as pre-show venture. I don't know. Excuse me. No, I'm just trying to refresh them for the audience.
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Speaker
Yeah. You guys, uh... Are you guys heading towards the train station? That is your next objective, but if there's anything else you guys want to do in the event the city before heading on, guys can do it yourself.
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Um... I don't think so.
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Okay. Um... So, the train station, I'm gonna say, is down at the end of the shopping district. It is,
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You guys walk down and you guys see a big sign that says you wait. Yes, no the train station is those back when you came go Back the way why did we get off anyway?
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Speaker
Was it just cuz I'm they had a little adventure here You got no this was the last place that our serving was seen right to city see why we're surveying to find the others Okay after some time you guys pass the rubble of the old bank robbery you see a bunch of people worker and work people. bunch of Pokemon cleaning up the wreckage that was there.
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And eventually you guys get to the train station. ah There is a platform with k but it took it ba a ticket There is a ticket booth with a Pokemon inside of it.
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Speaker
Oh. How many tickets?
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Speaker
A brief booth. Three tickets! Three tickets where? ah Hold on, um... Buff Gord. Dandelion's not with us anymore, is she?
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Speaker
Who's Dandelion? Filopony? Never heard of him. Was she like sent back to the guild or something? She was vaporized.
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She was brought back to the dungeon. Absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I don't think actually brought her back to the dungeon. She Thanos stamped out of the universe. I think when when we retconned Blair out, we say Blair took Dandelion back to the dungeon and went back to the guild.
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Speaker
Okay. If that's what you guys want to say, I do just want to say, and all I want to say I did not forget about that. I was purposely trying not to mention it because in some off-screen time, Dandelion vaporized and you guys did not notice.
00:19:45
Speaker
Oh. Alright, we're gonna say that happened instead of that. If that's what you guys want to believe, go for it. Either way... Alright.
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Either way, Dandelion is not with you guys. Anyway, three tickets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Three tickets to where? Paradise! just kidding. Alright, that's two the paradise. That'll be 60 Poké.
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Speaker
Um, sorry. I meant, um, what's that what that place called? Um... You guys get the name right. Get ready get the name right. Ryeville, right? Breeze Home City?
00:20:25
Speaker
I forgot. I'm dealing with the phone. Yeah, isn't it Breeze Home? Breeze Home, Breeze Home. We do not have train line to Breeze Home City. we Oh, right. We want to go to the end of this train line. Can I look at the note to see the name of the city? and light What's the place called? If you follow this line down, the closest you'll get to Breeze... let's say... Shangalo City. Shangalo City. That's cool. You should be able to get Breeze home from foot, but Shangalo City is the last place on your town.
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but last last Last place on this line. Listen NPCs, I'm not liking now that you have to get we have to get specific where we're going. Well, too bad. Well, that's where we're going.
00:21:11
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Alright, that would be 80 poke a single city. 80 per piece. Poke 80 each? 80 each. any Is there any way we can handle that down? thought train tickets were like 10 Pokey or something. 50 maybe. This is one of the hardest locations away from New Ventus City you can get. This is on the other side Ventus region.
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Speaker
Alright, here you go. 80 Pokey. Alright, alright. Oh, are you paying for everyone, Walter? was just gonna pay for a bruise because knew- Can I do 154 just so I don't gotta do math?
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Uh, you hand him 154, I'm gonna see if he notices. Cause I have 14,154, don't play on that. Oh, he notices. I just have like a whole form. Oh, okay, Bruce will put in... have like my my formula. Bruce will put the other form. My like, Excel formula has like a running... Alright, I'll put in the rest, alright, thank you.
00:22:12
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Alright, so you put in four more and he looks as like, oh, I got, i got uh... 238 here, I'm missing two. I got an 80, I got a 194, and I got 4.
00:22:24
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Oh, well, it's 6. I thought I already put 80. There it is, there it is. There, yeah. Yeah, Evelyn put in 80, Walter put in 174, and then Bruce put in 4. Wait, wait, wait. I thought... Hold on! No, no, no, 150-something. Why would I put 174 if they both cost 80? That was 154. Oh, 154, sorry. Yeah, it'd have to be less than 160. Whatever it is, I don't know. That's a lot of convolutive math.
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That now adds up. Alright, alright, alright. 2.40, 2.40, here's your three tickets. And he hears some grinding, and the tickets pop out of the slot. Alright, there you go! And... Onwards!
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And the gates open. You guys are allowed passage onto the train. yeah Are there any, like, restaurants or cafes in the train station? In the distance, you hear two!
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Speaker
tool very thing Two Another one? Not again. another one yeah They're They're spreading. Oh no. It's a virus.
00:23:26
Speaker
Oh no. They call it the two virus. Listen, we both got fire moves. I think we can take care of this virus. someone out Someone out there got that joke.
00:23:38
Speaker
Not us. You guys have played Resident Evil? Okay, fine. Not much. Not enough to know things on it. Okay. Someone out there will appreciate that. did one run through it, that's it.
00:23:51
Speaker
Okay, your guys' trains will take off in approximately 15 minutes, so you guys do have some time to do something if you wish.
00:24:03
Speaker
Hmm. I kinda wanna just... We can street perform and put and put money, try to gain some money from street performing.
00:24:12
Speaker
Wanna do that? Yeah, sure. I mean... I have no idea what else do.
00:24:20
Speaker
I mean, who's gonna pay us, though? We'll just pass our buys. but so you could put like a You put a... Yeah, there' ah there's a decent number of people around. we Put our case out for our instruments and then just have them throw money in it.
00:24:34
Speaker
Yeah, sounds good. Sounds good. Alright. Okay, I need you guys to roll performance for 15-minute performance. fifteen is Maybe we should do 10 minutes because the train leaves in 15. Okay.
00:24:47
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okay Go ahead and roll performance. 13. All right. Four. Let's see.
00:24:59
Speaker
So I was going to say, can Bruce give them advantage if like he walks by? Give us special effects. Yeah, you're the pyrotechnics.
00:25:10
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Well, here's the thing. Hikaru is um singing hikaru was singing out of tune and forgetting her lyrics. So with with a four. So like, i don't know if Bruce can really help with that.
00:25:22
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What did Walter get? Thirteen. 13th. so bruce okay So Bruce was gonna just like walk by and throw some money in a the thing to try to get like get the get the idea in people's heads?
00:25:42
Speaker
Oh gosh, we're scammers. Are we running a scam? This is literally how scams go in the- in the trade line. i have That's not a scam. go ahead I think they're called, thems That's how card scams go.
00:25:55
Speaker
They always have those fake people pretending to love it. The- what do you call the the fake customer? The- some of you- you- somebody, like, you pay somebody to, like, pretend to buy your product. Shills. They're the shills. What's that called?
00:26:07
Speaker
The shills, yes! They're shill- Shelling out. They get a percentage of what you get. Go ahead and roll performance. Roll- Oh, why do I have to roll performance for this?
00:26:21
Speaker
Because it's gonna see how Greedy can chill. Could be persuasion? persuasion? And I have a funny idea if doesn't go well. Oh, it doesn't matter. the Same thing. Well, I got 11 minus 110. Mixed success.
00:26:34
Speaker
Okay, so I need to average that. That's 1727 the regular speed is 9.4-ish. Bang. So you guys did get below my DC. So what ends up happening is Hikaru is singing off-key.
00:26:50
Speaker
Walter's doing okay on his guitar, but... Funny idea is that Bruce is just walking back and forth, just like pacing back and forth, constantly dropping money in. Wait, what? Not even leaving Cena or anything.
00:27:04
Speaker
What? Could we be separate so that Karu's on her own? all Could Karu be on the own thing? I'd be on my myself, would we separated? But it's just, it's the same thing where he's walking to both of us and keep throwing money back and forth in our thing.
00:27:22
Speaker
Oh, jeez. Well...
00:27:27
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That didn't work.
00:27:31
Speaker
If that had actually worked, I was ready to actually drop 13 poke to get me down to an even thousand. But it didn't work, so I'm not going to bother changing anything. okay We're going to split the 6.5 between us.
00:27:48
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So... Okay. Okay. it didn't work all right okay after 15 minutes uh your guys's train shows up and yeah it's very train like so uh yeah yeah you hear the conductor like oh train to shangalou train to shangalou city
00:28:15
Speaker
and you guys hop on So, yeah, you guys are now sitting. The train cart is mediumly full. There's people milling about. And anything you guys want to do while on the train?
00:28:31
Speaker
What time of day is it? It is, i'd say about this time it's afternoon. Afternoon. How long is the ride expected to be?
00:28:44
Speaker
Like, I'm going to it's going to be morning by the time you get back. Or get there, so... don't know, like a 10 hour drive, I guess.
00:28:53
Speaker
Uh, that sounds more like 16 hours. ah Sure. yeah It's an overnight train. That's all that's really important. Yeah.
00:29:04
Speaker
Okay, well, is there a dining car?
00:29:08
Speaker
Uh, sure. Yeah, there's a dining car.
00:29:12
Speaker
Alright. Wanna come with?
00:29:15
Speaker
Yeah, probably gonna have some dinner. Is there a battle car? A battle car? No, there's not. Dang, alright. Then I sure'll eat.
00:29:29
Speaker
Okay, so you guys are going to the...
00:29:34
Speaker
What? You got something? I was just gonna say, I don't think this is the battle subway, so... Oh, yeah, no. No, there's no battle cars.
00:29:46
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No battling on the train. now You guys get to the dining car and there is a buffet that is included on your ticket that you guys can pull from and go sit down and eat.
00:29:58
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At the ah tables and chairs scattered around the place.
00:30:07
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just yeah I take it you guys just get some food and sit down. You guys doing anything fancy? Mmm, nothing fancy. Something with a giant bone, and Walter's just holding the bone his mouth after eating it. like a Walter finds a Riolu leg and starts throwing down.
00:30:25
Speaker
What the heck? I'm pretty sure we established that this is... ah I'm pretty sure the Pokemon are vegan, right? Yeah. Yeah, you said something with a bone. Nevermind. There's no meat on this train.
00:30:38
Speaker
That's why I was joking about that. Tell you what, that's just- I hate being vegan. Just the bone. I hate being a vegan. What should I roll to resist an evil thought?
00:30:51
Speaker
Uh, let's see, religion? Uh... Well, like, not just, like, you know, intrusive thought. Arcana.
00:31:02
Speaker
That'd be smart. Smart? Okay.
00:31:07
Speaker
Okay, I got 9 plus 1. 10. Good. I'm gonna say I do resist the urge to just grab something off the buffet and replace it with a
00:31:21
Speaker
Oh no! No! Replace it with a what? With grand burger. Oh. Yeah, that'd be funny. drop Bruce had the evil thought of, what if I just slip one of my burgers out of there?
00:31:42
Speaker
I'm sorry. But no, he said that. Yeah, honestly, there's like a tray full of Boca Burgers, so you can certainly attempt it if you want to. But no, and he he resists the urge and just grabs a local burger. Can I check the train for the Ursa if the bear's here?
00:32:00
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Just in case. You can go walk up and down the train. Yeah, just check. Okay. You walk up and down the train and you do see an Ursa ring with a... What's the cub version of Ursa ring?
00:32:15
Speaker
Teddy Ursa. Yeah, she is sitting with her Teddy Ursa daughter. Um, it is a mother and daughter.
00:32:27
Speaker
Are we with him? i'm like He goes to the Uncle Rorkus mode. Well, well, well, no. What's the only nursery you find? He does not make note of it as I'm go not gonna have Ryolo be racist.
00:32:43
Speaker
Again! Again! and This is not my fault if i accidentally get racist here and there. Look, it's not my fault if I'm racist every now, every so often. It's not if my ancestors kick in from now and there.
00:32:59
Speaker
Alright, uh... Do we know that gender of the Eartha Ring that we're looking for? I'm gonna say you guys have the ability to... Oh, do you guys know the gender? Uh, no.
00:33:13
Speaker
I don't think so. Do you want to maybe aura sense that? You know what? I'm not using aura sense if I can get an evil feeling from an ursling or anyone on the train. Because I have a large range, probably big enough for the whole train.
00:33:31
Speaker
Okay. So you go ahead and use aura sense. The ursling seems fine. She seems calm. In fact, a little bit excited for whatever she's doing. Uh, but for something else, I need you to roll a d20. I thought you were going to be like, but the teddy ursa looks evil.
00:33:49
Speaker
But the teddy ursa, oh my god. Evil in his eyes. Evil in her eyes. So, go ahead and roll Unkar Khanna, which is smart. Unkar Khanna, Unkar Oh, that's not great.
00:34:01
Speaker
Um, 11.
00:34:05
Speaker
Uh, 11? You're able to detect some strange chaos energy. Can I detect where? Because I can pinpoint it. No. It seems like the whole train is chaos.
00:34:21
Speaker
I'm gonna do one more check. We're looking for chaos on the train. Looking for anything out of place. ah you go ahead and roll perception.
00:34:33
Speaker
i keep forgetting what my stats are. This is getting awful. Um, or it's only ah it's only a plus zero. Um, fourteen? Okay, that's a fourteen.
00:34:45
Speaker
So you look around and yeah, the train's about to leave the station. All aboard Shangela City! And yeah, your train has finally arrived.
00:34:55
Speaker
Your, uh, your performance didn't go so great, but your train is here and I take it you guys are gonna get on? I thought, wait, weren't we already on it? I thought we were already on the train.
00:35:08
Speaker
No, I don't know what you guys are talking about. but Train just arrived. gosh, we're in a time loop. Oh no is it Is this what you meant by space-time rifts popping up in the Elkast region? I ah and don't know.
00:35:29
Speaker
I can't say anything. Walter's like, were we just on the train? Am I the only one who noticed it, or did they notice it as well?
00:35:39
Speaker
Yeah. Because i only knew because of my Orisins.
00:35:45
Speaker
Uh, no, yeah, yeah. All of you guys are there. All of you guys are on the train platform. And I'm like, do they know we just went back in time, basically? Bruce is gonna roll a perception now on this.
00:35:58
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:00
Speaker
Or, what would it be perception or insight? Uh... You're willing to just go ahead and roll Proof General Perception,
00:36:13
Speaker
yeah. 15 plus 2, 17! Alright, with a 15 plus 2, there's not much to see about the dining car. There's a lot of food around and there's a medium amount of people around there, but ah you have a strange urge to replace some of the food with brand new food for some reason.
00:36:33
Speaker
I want to pull something out. So, Bruce on the dining car still. Walter... No, everyone's around with you. Yeah, but Walter doesn't think he is. What you talking about? Walter's out there behind you. He always has been.
00:36:49
Speaker
Wait. I thought Walter was with the Ursa Ring and the Teddy Ursa. Was that in the dining car? No, you guys literally just got to the dining car. What are you talking about?
00:37:01
Speaker
Oh, sorry. Alright, where am i but You're standing like right behind Brutes. You're up there getting food. Since we went back in time, I'm aura sensing again. Since we went back in time, I never used it. Okay, go ahead and roll Arcana.
00:37:17
Speaker
I will keep doing this until I roll good. Natural 20. You sense chaos all around the train. You sense so some something is out of place that needs to be corrected.
00:37:33
Speaker
The balance needs to be restored. Can I pinpoint where it's coming from? ah you look around and you don't see anything on the train platform.
00:37:43
Speaker
But, uh, you hear the train conductor calling, All aboard Shangalo City! And yeah, your train has arrived. Oh, is it every time I use my little instructions? the conductor? What Pokemon is the conductor?
00:37:59
Speaker
Uh, the protector is Charmeleon, since it's on my head, I guess. Son of a bitch, he's one of those people. Not a Charmeleon! You made a mistake there, buddy!
00:38:14
Speaker
Walt is aura sensing the Charmeleon, specifically. Yeah, the Charmeleon seems fine. Okay. For once, we have a decent Charmander evolution line.
00:38:28
Speaker
I don't believe it. This thing has blocking ore since I...
00:38:34
Speaker
Alright, so you guys getting on the train? Yeah. We're already on the train. I guess, but we should... We're already on the train. I feel like we should check out this train.
00:38:48
Speaker
I'm gonna go to our i the conductor's place. Okay, so you guys get on the train, and I take it you said you're going to the head of the train then? Yeah.
00:38:58
Speaker
Are we the only ones to notice this or everyone else just weirded out? all All four of you guys can tell when things change. Four? But everyone else seems fine. Four? Yeah.
00:39:10
Speaker
Four, three. Sorry, three of you. I'm used to four about four people. okay Okay. I was going to say, is that a clue or is that a mistake? No, it's not a clue. That's a mistake. yeah, all three of you guys can tell when shenanigans are afoot.
00:39:24
Speaker
But the general populist radio? Seems fine to them.
00:39:30
Speaker
Okay, so you guys head to the front of the train and the conductor's door is locked.
00:39:37
Speaker
But there's the conductor hears you jiggling the door or whatever and he's like, uh, hello? Can I help you guys? He's like peering through the window. Um... In the door. ah We think some shenanigans are going on with your train.
00:39:52
Speaker
What kind of shenanigans? Um... Confusing ones? We heard there may be a threat on the train. We're from a gill. We're not from a gill. We're, um... We are... have... We're bounty hunters and we think there's a criminal aboard the train.
00:40:10
Speaker
criminal? What kind of criminal? A criminal who can create illusions that may make you think you're back on the train. Like, very realistic illusions. You mean like a Zoroark?
00:40:24
Speaker
It's a whole rock, but yeah, but it's hard to think. What's that one? I'm trying to think of one. I know ones that can distort actual reality that are not legendary. I'm trying to think of a name.
00:40:39
Speaker
I don't know what you're talking about. Hypnose? Hypnose maybe because they can just make you think. Are you talking about Hypno? Yeah, Hypnose, they would do that and make you forget about something and then you relieve it with deja vu.
00:40:55
Speaker
They've done many plays for- Yeah, he's very dangerous. In fact, he's done it to us three times, and we don't- we- every time we get close to him. Wait, who? We don't know if it's Hypno, we just think it has the abilities one.
00:41:09
Speaker
This is me to call- I have no fucking clue what you're talking about- I'm just trying make some BS so we can get in this place. bullshit. you just said make some BS? Oh. Um. Yes. That is my character. I make random shit up.
00:41:23
Speaker
Okay. Uh. yeah yeah I'm gonna go take a look at this. And he walks out of the conductor's place and he tries closing the door behind him. Are you doing any shenanigans? I will not.
00:41:34
Speaker
I will let him walk away, but then I'll just open the door because I can't be stopped. Okay. Alright. He walks away and you try to open the door. The door is locked. Can I use my absolute mover?
00:41:49
Speaker
Can I just crush the door handle? Technically...
00:41:55
Speaker
Technically you can, but you have to walk through it. You're supposed to be walking. You sure you want to make a scene here, Walter? So you walk through the door, and the door just falls under your absolute might.
00:42:11
Speaker
ah so For those who don't know, Walter got an IQ skill called Absolute Mover, which allows him to walk on water, lava, and crush walls. I haven't yet found a counter to this.
00:42:22
Speaker
So I gotta figure out a way to count it. Wait a minute. I want to look up something real quick about Absolute Mover in the games.
00:42:33
Speaker
I think it it just gives you the ability of a ghost type where you walk through the walls but don't actually damage them.
00:42:45
Speaker
might be I want to double check on that. Yeah. Alright, so while he's doing that, Wogster, you have crushed this door and the conductor definitely noticed. You just sheared the metal off and that was very loud.
00:42:57
Speaker
But the conductor turns away, Hey, what are you doing? i need to make sure this is not just where I walk through like a ghost. I gotta see. gotta. This can change this whole scenario. Okay, okay. This is very important of what the things would happen.
00:43:12
Speaker
I guess that would make sense why I can walk on lava. Because don't know if getting that ability to be useless if you still took damage.
00:43:25
Speaker
OK. Now, it does indeed actually say it can also dig its way through walls. So yes, you do just dig through walls. You do not pass through them like a ghost.
00:43:37
Speaker
I'm gonna find a counter to this, but for now it's really funny that you can just Terminator walk through him all you want.
00:43:45
Speaker
Um... Well, Terminator phased through, he like didn't he? i don't know. Anyway, um so you are now in the compartment and the Conductor is mad at you. What you think? I am looking for anything weird in here, anything suspicious.
00:44:00
Speaker
Do you want to make a roll for that? Yes, I will. Alright, go and roll perception.
00:44:07
Speaker
Um, not the best. Ten. Ten? Uh, with a ten, you do know where conductor's compartment is. As you guys get on the train, uh, you guys, uh, you guys can see the the conductor's compartment is at the front of the train.
00:44:24
Speaker
So I take you guys are heading there? Nope. Bruce is going to our cabin. Bruce is gonna go to the cabin and go to sleep. Okay. Weren't we just there?
00:44:37
Speaker
Yep. Alright, Dakota, you're about make me pull a not-a-scratch move and blow up the train here. So, okay. You're tempting Okay, so Bruce is attempting to go to sleep. What are the rest of you guys doing?
00:44:53
Speaker
Walt is cussing. He's screaming. He's screaming right now. yeah Guys, i'm good I want to try something. I'm going to try just go to going to sleep and see what happens.
00:45:06
Speaker
Alright. Alright. If this don't work, I got an earth ring to check. Okay. So all four of you guys go to sleep. actually You guys we said four. again okay that Sorry, did I say four?
00:45:20
Speaker
If I say four, it's mistake. There's no extra personal deal. Are you sure about that now? Yes, I'm sure now. That's twice that it's happened now. Yes, because I'm used to having four players.
00:45:33
Speaker
All three of you guys go to sleep. See, I'm looking at our fucking thing. I'm looking at Discord. cause that can say Eli, Bruce, me, and Jake. So I'm seeing four people. I'm not messing with you guys. It actually is just me mistaking things.
00:45:45
Speaker
Anyway, you guys go to sleep and you wake up to the sounds of Shingler City! For Shingler City! That's I'm walking. walk Walter just walks. I'm walking there.
00:45:58
Speaker
Okay, yeah, ah yep you guys step off the train and there you guys are. You guys are at the ah the train station and you hear ah the conductor yelling, all aboard for Shangri-La City. Your guys' is music performance didn't go the greatest, but hey, your train's here now.
00:46:23
Speaker
You're really pushing me, Nakoda. You're really pushing me close it back i'm about to do it I'm about to do a terrorism.
00:46:36
Speaker
I'm gonna do a terrorism. Don't do it, Walter. got my Orson's back. Who should I check next? I'm gonna walk away from the platform and roll perception. Okay. like Like, as far away from where, like, the actual train area is that I can without, like, actually leaving and having to get a new ticket.
00:47:04
Speaker
Okay. Dakota, don't take me! Okay, that will be 14 plus 2, 16. Okay, with 16, um, what exactly about the train are you looking for?
00:47:18
Speaker
I'm looking for any distortion in the space around the train. Uh, no, the food in the train car seems fine, actually.
00:47:29
Speaker
It smells way better than the Grammy food you guys have. Or that Eli has, Bruce has. I'm calling the same. At the buffet, it looks great.
00:47:41
Speaker
Okay, so now we've traveled forward in time. We just need to figure out what we can do to keep traveling forward in time instead of backwards. We need to go we need to go backwards to go forwards.
00:47:55
Speaker
No, I think every time we get a successful roll, we go forwards. And any time we fail a roll or mess up, we go backwards. Okay.
00:48:08
Speaker
Yeah, so we just need to cheat and and load our roll. We just need to fake our rolls, Alright, um... We need to get a So what are you guys doing? Dakota! Stop saying me do it! I don't... This is gonna be the one time it doesn't get reversed. I just kill people.
00:48:33
Speaker
I wonder if we should go to the back of the train.
00:48:38
Speaker
Uh, yeah, so you guys... I went up and down the train. You guys going to the back of the train? Mm-hmm. Okay, so you guys get to the back of the train, and there is a storage car that has a massive padlock on it.
00:48:53
Speaker
Oh. Huh. Sounds like we...
00:48:59
Speaker
Can my ability break this? can pick lock?
00:49:06
Speaker
Could my absolute move would just have me run through the chest? Well, maybe maybe it would be better to pick the lock so we don't nobody hears I don't want to keep abusing this, but this seems like an easy way. Alright, your funeral.
00:49:21
Speaker
Uh, yeah, maybe we should try to stealth our way into this one? this is This is wood. I can't... and This is part of my door. This part door. It's wood.
00:49:33
Speaker
My ability's useless. It's my it's my kryptonite. it that suck So maybe let me or Hikaru try to... yeah need to go and this is how you do it that's how you block me if it's wooden i can't do it but if it's a metal oh i can do it easily if it's made of wood you can't walk through it yeah if it's if if it's a wooden i'm too weak to break through it but if it's metal i will say by next episode but next episode i will buff that that because that is actually like game breaking what you have don't worry i'll make it i'll still keep it powerful but i will put some kind of tricks on it please make it i had a I had to rob 80 and the consequences if I failed would have been awful.
00:50:12
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Don't worry. I'll make it worth your while, but the ability for you just to walk through anything is actually game break. I think I think it needs to i have to do a check. It gives me ability to do it, but I get a check.
00:50:24
Speaker
That's what I was thinking. yeah So you guys are picking this lock? Yeah. We'll try. All right. Who's picking the lock? I don't know which... Are you good at this sort of thing, Garo?
00:50:40
Speaker
It's a sleight of hand or a cool roll. I mean, i have metal cloth maybe pick. I tried it with the metal door. Do we have anything to pick the lock with?
00:50:53
Speaker
don't know. What do you guys have in your bag? I've got a few berries. I've got maybe the twig. Maybe like the stem of the berry could be used.
00:51:05
Speaker
can more I can transform the the chest.
00:51:10
Speaker
chest i don't think it's not a chest it's the storage storage storage car sorry yeah huh yeah all right uh okay i'm gonna i'll try picking the lock let's see if we have any like i wonder if there's any like sharp i have like metal claw pointy things on the bottom below the floor oh yeah you can try and use metal claw i'm gonna try metal car because i tried with the metal door you gave me a chance too but failed Okay, so are you going to try to pick the lock or are you going to start slashing the lock?
00:51:42
Speaker
Picking. Okay, go ahead and roll sleight of hand. That's cool. That's cool. Yeah, 17. Okay, with 17, you do manage to pick the lock.
00:51:53
Speaker
And as you pick the lock, you hear, All aboard, all aboard Shangri-Laur City! And yeah, your guys' says music performance didn't go the greatest, but hey, it the train's here.
00:52:07
Speaker
Walters is screaming, whoever's doing this, come out here now. I am tired of this, and I will do something extreme if you do not come up here. i may I'm going nuts.
00:52:22
Speaker
What if we just don't take the train? We tried that, and we just walked off it. I tried that. i need I tried to say, we're not taking the train, I'll walk there, and we got transported back.
00:52:39
Speaker
uh okay uh darn it we do we all have quick attack i got rid of it yeah i got rid of it i have quick attack dar yeah i got rid of it because i needed to have a punch move darn it all i was thinking we could all just quick attack out of the train station and it doesn't want to attack anymore walter's gonna start swinging everywhere He's gonna start swinging with moves like, ah you're invisible somewhere, I will find you.
00:53:09
Speaker
This will hit you. He's just using every punch move he has, hitting everything. Like, where are you?
00:53:18
Speaker
She's gonna get on the train and start punching everything. I'm about to go to that 30 Ursa and just deck it. Okay. yeah i think Dakota, you are... we got This is Walter, you are testing his patience here. has very little. Okay.
00:53:38
Speaker
Okay, so your train is about to leave. You hear one final time, All aboard, singular city! i flip him off and just say, go ahead. We should the train. i said that! guys weren't getting didn It didn't work last time! Because... Hmm.
00:53:56
Speaker
yeah Yeah, we don't go on the train. Yeah, go ahead, train. Bye. Well, we did pay for these tickets, so... Every time I've done something, we end up in the food cart.
00:54:11
Speaker
The car, you try something. What? What? I don't I'm out of ideas because every time I try to do something, we get back here. OK,
00:54:21
Speaker
maybe I can go in. You know what? Maybe I can go in and try waiting tables. Just offer to offer to work for them. Maybe just become a bad person.
00:54:32
Speaker
be on board entertainment.
00:54:36
Speaker
Could. okay You guys get on the train, then? Um... Alright. You guys look up and the train has left.
00:54:46
Speaker
Oh, well, let's go. I don't care. but Walter's just gonna start walking now. Like, I'm done. Let's go. okay as you walk out of the train station, ah you look, and you see a really big lock.
00:55:02
Speaker
It seems comically big even, as you are looking at the storage cart again. The storage cart. And yeah which one of you guys is going to try lockpicking it? It's a save point.
00:55:13
Speaker
This is a game save point we have. We're on save points.
00:55:19
Speaker
Oh What the heck? You know what? We're not doing anything. we are just waiting. No checks, nothing. We will wait and we'll stay awake. Okay.
00:55:31
Speaker
You guys sit there for 16 hours. Yes. 16 hours later, you hear, now arriving at Shangalore City. You guys have arrived.
00:55:45
Speaker
So we had to do nothing. That was the thing. No sleep, nothing. So wait, are we outside of a car? Uh, you guys are like in between cars right now, like in that little in between junction between the storage and the passenger compartment.
00:56:01
Speaker
I don't want an oarsense, but I'm afraid it's gonna set us back.
00:56:06
Speaker
What if that's the reason we were- my oarsense kiss the one No, we were in a car every time we got- I don't get how this worked, but us sleeping made it change back.
00:56:22
Speaker
Here, I'll give you guys something. You guys feel, as you guys are stationary, you guys can feel the storage car shaking. Just like, momentarily, you feel a shake. What?
00:56:35
Speaker
Oh my gosh, is it every time we hurt the car, we get sent back? Every time we do anything to it? But no, we slept and did nothing, in what we and yet we got sent back. Yeah, so...
00:56:46
Speaker
Last call for Singular City. We're getting off. Getting off. Getting off. Not touching anything. Just walking respectfully in the line like nothing. right. So you guys walk out.
00:56:58
Speaker
And what a lovely train. yeah Great train. 10 out of 10. Yeah. OK. So you guys get off. And yeah, the food looks amazing. You guys look. And you see a large buffet full of food. And yeah. So what are you guys getting to eat?
00:57:17
Speaker
Are we back on the train again? no. I want to say this. Hikaru, Bruce, you see me slowly rigging into my backpack. Uh, Walter? no And I don't need you anymore, Bruce, because I have flame punch.
00:57:32
Speaker
No. This is bad. Why'd you let him get fire punch? I have thunder punch too. That works too. I have thunder too, so it works too.
00:57:48
Speaker
He's slowly grabbing if you're not stopping him. i i said no. Saying no is not stopping him. but he His nerves have been tested.
00:58:00
Speaker
ah okay you're not physically stopping him, he's lighting it. but so So Bruce is going to quiver back and grab his bag. Walter just had a thought. This is just like Selina with her mom.
00:58:13
Speaker
The Teddy Ursa and the and the Ursling is just like an Eevee and her mother. This is just this scenario. Alright, uh, Walter, er, Bruce, uh, gonna say you grab his bag.
00:58:28
Speaker
He still has the TNT he's holding, though. What? And you guys have a good- grabbed his bag. This was before he pulled it out of his bag. Oh, he had a section, grab it, and live it.
00:58:39
Speaker
As he was reaching into his bag, Bruce quick attacks and grabs the bag. ah Okay, fine. Go ahead and roll against Walter, so that'll be contested.
00:58:52
Speaker
He doesn't need to. I got a nat 1. Okay, so with a nat 1, then, you guys here... Now arriving at Shangalore City! I'm full sprinting through the train with my non-mover. I am just rolling through the train.
00:59:09
Speaker
i am going through car, through car, through car, through car, through car, breaking it. As like you bust through the side of the train, you guys, Walter, you fall in a plate of chili.
00:59:24
Speaker
What? What? What? Your momentum carried through and you are now in the food cart. But you were still moving so you fell on a plate of chili.
00:59:35
Speaker
Walt is just using every move he has, just damaging the car. He's going nuts. Okay. Okay. I want you to roll... He's full growling like an I need roll something. Just going control. need to roll something.
00:59:50
Speaker
He's not talking but he's somehow barking. You know what? Fuck it. I'm having my way with this. I'm having my way with this. You're using every move you have, right? Oh, you're going to make me use all my pee-pee, aren't you?
01:00:02
Speaker
Your backpack detonates. Oh, shit. What? And the whole train explodes.
01:00:12
Speaker
You guys are flung out of the train. And the last thing you guys hear is, All aboard for Shang-Laar City! Damn it! We're back again!
01:00:27
Speaker
Walter's like hyperventilating right now. He's like, why? Why?
01:00:37
Speaker
I would have lost shit if you just made an excuse that we survived, but that was your way of getting rid of my TNT.
01:00:44
Speaker
survived, don't worry, you got but you into the next town. And you guys land in Shang-Gore City! That would honestly be great!
01:00:58
Speaker
No, you guys are back at the train station. I've got a headache from this. Yeah, no. of ideas. Walter's on the ground, like, fetal position, just giving up.
01:01:11
Speaker
It's like, I'd rather be tortured again.
01:01:15
Speaker
Have we...
01:01:20
Speaker
Dice rolls.
01:01:24
Speaker
What? We've done good with dice. I take it you ah take you guys are getting on the train?
01:01:33
Speaker
Uh, yeah. Why not? okay Is it the whole station? Alright. You guys are now on the train. You guys can see the storage compartment in the back.
01:01:45
Speaker
You guys can see the conductor train at the front.
01:01:52
Speaker
Walter's full sprinting into that train that's locked. Okay, are you gonna use your mover move? Yes. Well, I don't care. i'm moving through it. You bust down the door and you see of vortex.
01:02:08
Speaker
I knew it! The blackest vortex you have ever seen. ah need you to roll me a detourning roll. I knew some shit was locked in here.
01:02:23
Speaker
Um, ooh, just barely succeed. You managed to hold onto your grip of reality as just things that makes no sense to you, so we're in passive vision.
01:02:36
Speaker
Are the others coming up to you? um yeah i don't know if they i don't know if they knew I went because as soon as said all aboard, both of them sprinted away from you went to the door. They saw which direction you went.
01:02:48
Speaker
If they entered the car, they can see where you went. Or if they enter the train, they can see what wants. the did not just stop at breaking that doorway. You see an imprint. He didn't go through the a train like doorway we said all aboard.
01:02:59
Speaker
He slammed through the wall into the gate that closer to him and slammed. So there's a Walter-shaped hole and both in both and two things. Okay, okay. There's a Ryulu-shaped hole in the door and in the wall. Okay, are the others following?
01:03:14
Speaker
Because Walter is now stuck paralyzed in front of those vortex. Ugh.
01:03:27
Speaker
let's I will go down there and see what the heck is going on, but I have no idea how to save him. Okay. As you guys are staring at this vortex of fear, it materializes into the shape of a ghostly Umbreon, and it attacks Walter.
01:03:47
Speaker
Oh, Briant! No! no Okay, interesting.
01:03:55
Speaker
I have been Dakota, your PM, your DM, your GM. And I've been Evelyn, playing a very, very confused Hikaru. oh I've been Eli playing Bruce.
01:04:08
Speaker
I don't even know anymore who I am.
01:04:12
Speaker
You broke me today, Dakota. You broke me. You're welcome. Alright. We will continue this mystery in our next episode. ah Thank you guys for listening and we will see you guys next time.
01:04:33
Speaker
Hello and welcome to the midsection. Well, the end section, but you know what i mean. As always, our Discord and Patreon is down in the description. um Go ahead and check that out.
01:04:44
Speaker
And our music is really simple today. We literally have two songs. We have Temporal Spire and Mount Travail. Both are from Pokemon Mystery Dungeons' Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky.
01:04:56
Speaker
So, with that being said, I'll let you guys go. I'll see you guys next time. Peace.