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C3 Episode 32 Eight Bells and All is Well Chapter Two
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The party prepares for their venture to Pella's Watch
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Introduction to the Everon campaign
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at the Everon campaign setting. I am game
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master, Eric.
Meet the Game Master and players
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hello welcome to everyone national play podcast at the airbo campaign setting i am your game master e I'm Mia. I'm Phillip. I'm Madison. I'm Jess.
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Welcome to another episode.
Character dilemmas and magical influences
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What happened last time, everybody? Slow news day.
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This man's biggest problem is he can't get people to be mean to him. and yeah That's why he came to us. We took care of that. Cor showed up with her halfling cousin, Barnaby.
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Which we have asked no questions about. i i How have we not asked? What's up with that, Cor? Hey. i That feels like exactly with the sort of black attack that Valk and Nyx might have. but
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Selina and Kaz deal with humans on a regular basis. Talk to people and ask friends. That is true. Valk could ask. Mia would not ask appropriately. That is why it has not been brought up.
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um But yeah, the issue is people are too nice. And three months have been missing of Barnaby's life.
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It kind of came to I guess. So not very convincing on the fact that this is an issue. But yep we are still debating the investment at this time.
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But we can also check out one of those bunkers on the way back. So... It's true. Kaz lost three party games. Oh, yeah. Yeah, three party.
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We're still talking about last episode. Yeah. Don't jump over Hendrix's fun night. Kaz has been rolling a D8, just kind of almost like a fidget toy ever since. And it always rolls a one.
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so yeah It's
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um Okay, so yeah, ah picking up where we left off, Aurora comes back into the office without Barnaby. um i patched him up a little bit and then investigated his mind. i
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There is some residual magic. Like when I tried to detect magic emanating off him, it's not active. But he was being influenced by something.
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but he does not seem to be currently out of his right mind. Well... That's good news, I guess.
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mean, except that that means it's like, except that that means that's what he's like all the time. i i assume that from when he first interrupted me when I was trying to talk to his cousin.
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i But, yes. It also means there is an issue. Magical issue.
Security measures and magical tools
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get i think this is likely to be a waste of our time, but we don't seem to have anything else that we need to do right now. So...
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It was true. I'm quite certain that I am not going to be helpful in solving it, but I can come along and provide security for the three of you who have some inclination to solve problems otherwise.
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you can You can hold the compass if you would like.
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it yeah Valk is going to take the compass out and just hand it over. but but it's it's um it's a magical item, so now you have the magical contribution.
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let's see Looks down at the compass and just nods. There's a radius. um I can tell you on the way there how to use it, don't worry.
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Oh, Aurora, is this there any likesidualual the residual magic? Does it feel like it's any specific plane? ah In order for you to use the compass, it does have to kind of be prepped, so if we can't prep it, then ah you can still hold it.
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i I don't know how to load it yet. So...
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Unfortunately, I'm not certain which...
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Which plane would make the most sense and the magic did not give me any kind of indication as to which magic it might be off the top of my head. Serania, Erian, Donvi all make sense for this type of a fiction, but whatever kind of research you all want to do, i mean, obviously
Planning the investigation of Barnaby's behavior
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welcome to do that. Okay.
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Also, put was a the oneus if if there's some kind of story influencing these people, they they're all acting a certain way. But... That
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makes sense. So, I mean, you might not be able to use the compass until you... But you can still... You keep... You hold on to that. I'll keep it safe.
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Javier speaks up. All right, well...
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As Nick said it, put it, we don't have anything else banging down our door, hoping that the good work we did for the Chiron government, the last job would have opened up more doors, but it looks like they're more focused on the war currently. So if y'all are amenable, go to Pella's Watch, see if anything's fishing going on. Maybe this Barnaby is just, maybe we've got Kithri influencing him and he's more chaotic overnight than he's supposed to be. And he's actually the crazy one, but yeah, just go take a look and report back.
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Okay. okay All right. Dismissed and yeah, core you and Barnaby welcome to stay here until they're ready to head out. We typically allow them some time to prep before a job and yeah, wait.
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Is he coming with us? Well, it is his home and I see he wants to go back home. He does have to go home because you don't want him to stay here. Does he have to travel with us?
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I will Here's the thing. And he... javier Javier mutters, like, we really to get a treasurer. And he, like, pulls out a ledger and, like, I... You're going to hate this solution, Nyx, but I can buy him an upgraded seat so he's in a different car on the lightning rail.
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Boo. No. can't afford to upgrade all of you and leave him behind, but... No. But that might be misconstrued by him as nice and he'll think that we have a problem here also.
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I'm fine with that. Why are we buying his ticket?
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If he buys his own ticket, he'll be in economy with us? Is that what you're- No, I just- Why are we buying his ticket? Isn't he paying us to solve this problem? Yes. I figured it would just be a simple way to get him home.
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Or we can just not sit with him, and he can sit with Kor, and we'll just keep you further away from him. I think he's going to be a problem while investigating.
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Well, he lives there. Just tell him to stay in his house. nice watching He does seem deeply cooperative, so that will probably work. I mean, Nix, are you saying that you would rather me keep him here while you're investigating, and then we ship him home afterwards?
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I... e
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i'm sending you a conversation about this I think he will be in the way and a pro and an active hindrance to the investigation of this problem if in fact such a problem exists.
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I also feel like sometimes there is a simple solution that you tend to skip over which would be just asking him to stay in his house.
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I mean, right. If you think he would do that. i'm I'm happy to ask him to stay behind. While we can spin it as a potentially dangerous area, we don't know what you all would find, and it would be better for him if he stayed behind until we resolve the issue.
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It may also be good to have access to him if we have follow-up questions as we're investigating, and if we leave him behind, that makes it more difficult.
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It's also true. But if we do leave him behind, I think he'll be more comfortable if we belligerently tell him that we don't like his company and would like to not be around him. There! Then you can sit next to him on the train.
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and you'll just fight each other the entire time. He would love that.
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That could your job! good Well, now I'm going to go find something else to do. And Nyx leaves the room.
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and Worked out. Well, the rest so you can go do what you need to do and let me know when you're ready to head out.
Kaz learns about his parents' location
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Okay. Dismissed. Adjourned. Get out. Kaz reminds him about one health potion each, one recovery potion each.
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Yes. Yes. Thing range. Oh, and I look at Nyx and I go, you don't need to give one to Finn. Nyx is gone. Oh, Nyx is gone, right? Go ahead. yeah I feel like you're going to address it.
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Do we now have two? Or do we just have one Because I didn't use mine. And we got one before we left last time. You have one per mission.
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Man.
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He's just a refill station. That's all it is. That's the station. As you all turn to leave, Javier actually speaks up and says, actually, Kaz, will you hang back for me, please? Cool.
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Sure.
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Uh, core also leaves and, uh, Oh, court Aurora will show you where you can stay. It's already, um, and Javier reaches into his desk and pulls out an envelope, pulls out. I was like, you asked me to look into something for you last time you were here and wanted to give you an update and hand you the envelope. Your parents are,
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Still in ROAF. Um, I wasn't, I don't know what your home address was as a child. So I got their, their location for you and it's written here in ENGD envelope.
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Do with that. yeah Wait, so all, all, all that's in the envelope is their current address. Yeah. i mean, there wasn't any, like you can, yeah, you can, are you asking Javier that or?
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No, I'm gonna ask Javier other questions, but I just wanted to sure that was all there's in the envelope. Are they, are they okay? Is my dad still working for the, what is the, what is it like?
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I should know this by now.
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There was a term, ah maybe maybe maybe it's just Sharn only, but there's like a term for the aristocrat. Wasn't there like class of Breland or was that just Sharn's upper Memphis people? Maybe.
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yeah It came up once. It could have also been something you made up in character as we were rocking along. Yeah. He's one of his dad's still like working and it's still like if if their lives have changed significantly in the last three years because of the war.
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i know it's been 20 years. Otherwise we'll have changed significantly. but Yeah. mean, here's the thing, Kaz, insofar as I can tell, they are living a remarkably boring life.
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There's very little to find out about them. your Yes, your father is still working. They're still in Roat. Obviously the war has an impact on everyone to a certain degree, but, um, there's no, there's like with your friends that you asked me to look into, there were no like newspaper clippings about them. Like, it seems like they're just living a boring life in row at.
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I think it just.
Weapon testing and supernatural hints
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Good. I'm glad. I'm glad they're okay. I'm glad that they're themselves still. And I will take the envelope.
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And if you want to...
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If you need help reaching out or you want to take some time to... i I'm not... Whatever you need. I won't be reaching out soon. No. Thank you, though, Javier. Yeah.
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I take the envelope and I put it like in a pocket.
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It's, you know, that thing where like, it may as well be radioactive. Like yeah I'm touching it and I'm holding it, but I'm convinced it's going to destroy me. Yeah. And I think, I thank him again. And...
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really I think I'll ask him like this time loss thing. If we get there and it's also really, and it was just Barnaby that was gone.
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we find that out?
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Is it
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I'm trying to, I, Jeff is trying to articulate this.
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if If this time loss is also due to planar travel that Barnaby unwittingly went on, I'm going to ask that he comes back and we can talk to him more. Is that okay, Javier?
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Yeah, I mean, i I thought the plan was to have him stay, so he would be here waiting for you when you got back. Is that the plan now? I wasn't... Nix was real mad, and i don't know what we decided. i What I've come to find out is we very rarely reach resolution, actually, to these issues when one of us is just mad for no good reason about something.
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Based on my read of that conversation, the people that wanted him to go were merely okay with the idea of him going, whereas Nix had strong objections to him going. So her strong objections carried more weight than the mild acquiescence of the rest of the group.
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Okay, great. Then when he comes, when we come back, I'll chat with him about it.
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Okay. i like i mean they' so I bow deeply.
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Um, Nyx, when you get back to the chapel, when you're, I'm assuming you're headed back to the chapel. Yes. back to the chapel. She needs her stuff. You see outside of the door of the chapel waiting for you is a roomie and roomie says, mix. I had a question for you. if um, you wanted to help me test the weapon out to lose a cannon real quick.
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I would but but like to know more. So I guess I obviously wasn't here for it, but I guess part of your report with the fighting the zombies and skeletons down in Kernsville, you reported that with your...
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When you're not using magic and skeletons, they're harder to hit because they're all bones. And Hendrick has been working on a martial weapon whose form can be adapted in a way that can overcome that resistance that skeletons have. And he asked me to test it out.
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And it seemed like something you'd be interested in doing as well.
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All right. Okay. And
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Urumi leads you to like a section of the grounds that is blocked from the road, which is the only areas that Urumi is comfortable being outside during the day. You know i have a gym, right?
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I wasn't... Vout's been cleaning that up. It's not it's not done yet. um It's a big space for one person. Yeah, we can go there if you want.
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ah yeah guys was it we yeah we can go there if you want yeah And he grabs the bundle and carries it to the gym and pulls it out. And next you see him pull out a sword that looks like a ah short sword.
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So according to Hendrick, this and he like. manipulates the hilt in some way to where the blade goes to a fine point, like it it it adjusts and then he hits it again and it turns into a club then he hits it again it turns into a long sword.
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He's made a T-1000 sword. Yeah. a So I guess the idea is that like, no matter what type of like physical pain you want to cause something. So obviously the skeletons would be, and he hits it again and turns back to the club. This would be most effective for skeletons.
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yes that seems likely to break the bones whereas this does the pointy version would be terrible for skeletons correct okay there's a lot of negative space yeah so i and or me runs back outside realizing forgot something and like hands the thing to nix and comes back in with some Nix, you probably could tell these are actual skeletons like hung up like in a science classroom thing.
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and yes stay ah so Dummies to try out on?
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Whose? Where did you get that? I didn't read the gravestones.
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Where? You have a look on your face that indicates I did something wrong. There's a graveyard like way at the back of the grounds. Oh, good. All right. Yeah, and guilt unlocked I think something and oh no, no graves.
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I feel like if I went in town, i would not come back. Cause people would be like, there's warforged. Um,
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so, but yeah, I figured we could use these to try them out. So, uh, give it a go. you You seem like the most competent person with a weapon, so I figured like you would be the best person to test it out first. good and All right. How is it possible that I'm more competent with a weapon than you?
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i don't like using weapons, so I probably could be more competent if the passion was there. But isn't it
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You were designed... And is it not...
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Hardwired is not a word that would exist in this world. Is it not an ingrained knowledge? Faked Yeah, I mean, i think that was the hope anyway.
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i don't...
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I don't know if House Caneth accounted for...
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the diversity of personality that we seem to have. A lot of warforged like to fly under the radar because we're soldiers, but I just couldn't do that.
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So, but no, you're right. Like I'm literally designed and he holds his hand up and like makes a fist and a blade shoots out of his wrist. Like to kill. Did not know you could do that. Yeah.
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And he, where does it go? Man shoots out from or extends from ah extends from. Okay. While we're interrupting. When it's extended, can you move your wrist?
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Yeah, so and he like so the blade like comes all the way into my hand. This is completely distracted and fast. It is like handling his forearm. and But then when I bring it back in, like if you look, there's seams in the blade to where it actually like fits into itself. So it's much smaller. Interesting.
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Yeah. That doesn't weaken it. I guess not. Can't have figured out a way to overcome that. ah Anyway, I hate this, but if you want it, I don't think it work the same way. I but don't think it could shit work that way. No. Yeah.
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Mine is stored elsewhere. You said that weird. It is. Nyx takes the T-1000 sword and smashes a skeleton real hard with the club element of it. Yeah.
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And...
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Urumi says, okay, yeah, so that, it's strong enough to break bone, that's good. Hendrik's hope was also like, if you were fighting zombies and skeletons, you could like, change up mid-swing, if that makes sense. like I move through some forms and see how quickly I can change the the shape of the blade.
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Okay, roll, make an attack roll for me.
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uh 23 23 what was the natural roll 17 17 yeah i mean this thing you you swing it perfectly fine like a dream and arumi says here's the thing though the way that you're swinging it i feel like you would have like broken bones with the blade you might be too good with the weapon i might need to get someone worse
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ah We could ask the kid.
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Is he good with a sword? I can't imagine why he would be. He doesn't that seem to have had any reason to have had any training. Will he hurt himself the sword? Fair question.
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That would be a good lesson.
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Mia, were you saying something like Valk was in the gym cleaning while this was going on? Um... How... No, I
Training and combat skill improvement
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just... How many skeletons were dug up?
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Three. i was fool I'm to that's devous That's good information, because when we find the graveyard and we see three dug up graves, if we see four dug up graves, that's a problem.
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Yeah.
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Okay. I have to keep track of weird house stuff now. Yeah,
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Kaz. Yeah. You go back to your room and after a bit you realize you can't find your D8 that you were fidgeting with. No.
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That is an actual problem because it has genuinely become his little fidget thing.
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I think I tear my room apart first. Give me a wisdom check. Okay.
00:24:42
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Let me consult my character sheet. i been on a match of brillant for the last hour a half. ah Hey, what check? I'm sorry? Wisdom based check. Okay. Any backgrounds relevant it can be applied.
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Well, I don't know what I'm doing, so i don't know what backgrounds would be relevant. Looking for your D8. That's what you're doing. I know. Privileged wisdom or privileged mischief was the only thing, but I don't think it counts. Anyway, I rolled 17, so that's a 20. It's You, you, so what type of furniture is in Kaz's room? Remind me.
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It's pretty bare. It's whatever was provided. i mean, he doesn't have anything of his own. So if it's just like a cot and a dresser or something, that's what he's got. and Okay. So there are some like lighting implements in the room, uh, like Everbright lanterns.
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Like what of the... the like little attachments to the wall of the everbite landering you find it sitting behind the light right there on the little attachment okay but okay one thing i know for sure is that in no moment of like just lost time that i put this here that it would have never happened so that's all i know for and it's set to the eight the eight side is facing course it is I go straight to the Selena. like We're going to find your ghost.
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And Grubb goes, and Kaz goes, still getting used to Grubb.
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that is I immediately think it's whatever's been messing with the books. i did What else could it possibly be? Selena's just so excited somebody else realizes it too. At this point, Arumi walks into the library.
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Kaz, Nick's request your presence in the gymnasium.
00:26:25
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Uh-oh. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay, sure. Fine. yeah I am. Lady, you can come too if you want, just Nyx didn't specifically ask for you. I'm assuming you are the kid, right? I'm still learning what everyone's nicknames are.
00:26:39
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Yeah, he's the kid. Okay. I'm younger than all of them, yes. If it makes you feel any better, I am one and a half years old, so I'm much younger than you. Whoops. baby Yeah, watch Nyx start calling you the baby. I bet that doesn't happen. And then I start walking towards the... And then I think about where we found the gym for a second, and then I start looking in that direction.
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Nyx is actively remembering to use personal pronouns when it comes to... When it comes to a roomie, so... That's what Nyx is working on. ah um Selena will go, too, because she wants to see how progress on the gym is coming along.
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How it's looking now. Falk, what are you up to? Are you... I've been in the gym. I've just, I think, I think at this point, I'm a little more concerned about this uncovered graveyard. Bodies, not items, but bodies have been removed, with which is now. As soon as Nick sees Val.
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it Okay. We need to probably have a talk with a roomie about grave robbing.
00:27:42
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I'm, i' i don't want i I don't want to hear grave robbing from you. You took, you grave robbed.
00:27:53
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listen You grave robbed. The thing in the grave got out of the grave and attacked me. I kept the weapon it used to try to kill me. I keep weapons that are used to try to kill me.
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was simple great f fraud Technically, he just picked up some abandoned stuff. It wasn't in a grave And Nyx storms out in exasperation and goes to get some weapons.
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I show up and Nyx isn't there. Yeah, and here we And Kalina and Kaz show up like, oh, I assume that Nyx can wait here. Nyx comes back with an armload of weapons.
00:28:31
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Oh, are we using other weapons? Endric wanted is to test the new one. At some point we but might. Kaz's palms get a little sweaty.
00:28:42
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Why was I asked you? Surely there's a weapon rack in the gym and Nix hangs some weapons on it. a roomie picks up the new prototype weapon and holds it up to where Kaz can see it.
00:28:58
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Nyx is too competent with this to test its efficacy for overcoming resistance. And she suggested you being a good person to use it with less competency. And really extended the sword out to you for you to take.
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Now, for all I know, Kaz is actually blademaster from his time in the Feywild as like a knight of the court or something like that.
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What Nyx knows is this appears to be ah boarding school kid who maybe took fencing for a semester. yeah And for all I know, Kaz also is a yeah as a singing blade back in the Feywild that was right his boon companion.
00:29:42
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But what does this... put but Is it dexterity that this pings off of? Because that actually... it No, it would just be whatever Kaz would normally use to use a melee weapon. An attack. So, so yeah. Yeah. Wait, no melee is strength. Nevermind. Yep. Okay.
00:29:57
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That's not so bad. It's plus, plus four. I just tried to, okay. So hit, squeeze your middle finger while holding the hilt and you see the blade transform into a club. And I, I mean, I said, well,
00:30:11
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yeah Yeah, that's a good reaction. Supposed to, right? Supposed to? Yes. That didn't break the... Okay, no. And now try to try to break the bones on the skeleton and Auri points to the skeleton hanging nearby in the gym.
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And this is the first time I've seen noticed the skeleton because what I noticed was the armloaded weapons Nix had. And I just... I think I looked to Nix I'm like, where did that come from? Apparently we have a graveyard and we need to have some conversations about protocols regarding it.
00:30:48
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You came, Selena, right? not and think I'm going to turn you just I don't know who to ask. What sort of bad juju comes with breaking a skeleton of some innocent person who doesn't deserve it? lot. It's not really. vakin the why Bags full of trash going out the back door of the gym. Nyx takes a ah so very sturdy looking quarterstaff off of the rack and stands behind Kaz's.
00:31:20
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Because if Kaz loses control of this thing or or looks like he's about to accidentally stab Selena, Nix is going to intervene. um I think I'm just going to say, hey, when we're done, we're can we just fill will we put it all back? Can we put it all back? just swing. like I don't know what to The bones? Sure.
00:31:37
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Yeah, I'd like to do that. I feel like Selena just kind of puts her hands up and walks away to see if she can help Val do some cleaning. She's like, I'm not having any part in this. All right. I take a swing with the club.
00:31:49
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And I roll a natural one. You have got to be kidding me. Boy, I'm glad I said that thing before. This thing is full of dice. This tray is full of dice. It wouldn't have stopped there. It hit another dice.
00:31:59
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It's fine. I roll natural one. I mean, i I just have to envision it as, so the cinematic view of it, Nick's behind Kaz with the quarterstaff, Selena walking towards the back of the gym where Valk is still gathering up trash and has like an armful of trash about to like carry it out.
00:32:19
Speaker
And Kaz brings his hand back and it slips out and goes flying back. And the club lands in then the middle of Valk's like armful of stuff and just drops. Oh, come on. No.
00:32:31
Speaker
This does have to be interpersonal. Interpersonal, not one.
00:32:39
Speaker
I mean, it's just... Yeah, sorry, please. If I'm just going to drop everything and just exit to go this. It's a great parent, I guess. He's not doing it right now. ah So if that if that if that's the case, then what Kaz does is makes a mental note that he's going to clean that up before he leaves.
00:32:57
Speaker
Runs over, grabs the club, picks it up, and starts to run back towards the skeleton like with a full, like, I'm giving this round, and i'm going to swing it hard at the skeleton. It shifts a little bit. Now, if I roll another very low number, it's just clear that I have... The gods want me to have a terrible character.
00:33:16
Speaker
Okay, that's a 21. What was the natural roll? A 17. 17? Okay. okay Yeah, you run up and you crack the skull open with the club and Arumi's watching the whole time and he's like... Can you aim at like the ribs? Because I feel like even with the blade, you would have cracked the skull open.
00:33:38
Speaker
Like, I'm trying to... Roll one more time for me. like Try one more hit, Kaz. You did that correctly, Kaz. Cooperate. Can I can i aim at the ribs? Evidently not.
00:33:50
Speaker
Okay, one more try. Aiming for the ribs. No, that was good hit. Good job. That is a four on the die. It's an eight. Eight? Yeah, you it you whiff the roll, or the swing. It's just like...
00:34:07
Speaker
No, I mean, it looks like it works. But what's what's happening, just so everyone knows under the hood, skeletons have a resistance to all melee damage of 16 or higher. So if you roll higher than a 16 on the die, you do full damage.
00:34:21
Speaker
So both Philip and Jeff rolled too well, so you would have overcome the resistance anyway. Understood. Yeah. So that's that's the... Yeah. That's Arumi's struggle.
00:34:31
Speaker
is What I am... would have have been very good hits I mean, just this just from across the board, Kaz is wildly inconsistent. There's just yeah nothing in his life except for his comic books that he misses.
00:34:44
Speaker
that Well, i'll I'll take this back to Hendrick and let him know that it seems to be working. Like, physically, it's working well. So, yeah. Thanks, Kaz.
00:34:57
Speaker
Okay. And then I start to go over and start picking up the trash I knocked on. We should work on that. Yeah. What, my martial ability? Yes.
00:35:08
Speaker
Okay, I'm 100% on board with that. Yes. That's actually something I was going to talk to Philip about off-hike. And we should put ah you should put yeah the bones back.
00:35:20
Speaker
I don't know which ones go where. I didn't subtract. Oh, no. You should really... Okay. You know what? I see them that way. And I am not sure why our necromancer doesn't, but not you, salon Selena, but many people do not see them that way.
00:35:44
Speaker
All right. um How do they see them? Do you know what? Maybe just don't say out loud that you don't know. Maybe just put one complete skeleton in each grave. Okay. Okay.
00:35:58
Speaker
It is a pile of bones. I don't know which bones go with which, though. So it might be like an amalgamation of You had them wired together? and then you hit them and cracked the bones and they fell on the ground. Right, but we only did that with one of them.
00:36:11
Speaker
Okay, I'll do my best. And Arumi starts like, ah he's he's doing the most efficient thing you think which is using his foot to drag the bones together into a pile okay yeah Cass just goes 206 each we're gonna up the trash now you counted them ah I know a thing or two don't Okay.
00:36:39
Speaker
So you all have a job to prep for. So you have the options of the gymnasium to prep, the map room, or you can do something else that involves a role to see if you can get a benefit from it based on whatever you want to do.
00:36:56
Speaker
Would Nyx be willing to work with Kaz on dagger throwing in the gym to prep for this? Sure. yeah Okay. I can't imagine Eric would make that count for your downtime as well. So I think...
00:37:07
Speaker
ah There's absolutely nothing Nyx knows that will help with this problem, so I probably am going to work in the gym. Unless someone is trying to do something where they need Nyx to carry stuff.
00:37:21
Speaker
I will be prepping every time in the gym until my AC goes up, because I'm going to die every mission. Or if we decide we think there's some sort of fiendish influence, then suddenly Nyx will be very useful.
00:37:35
Speaker
Doesn't seem like the sort of thing that fiends do though. ah What would everyone like to do to prep? Unless someone needs Nyx's fiendish expertise, she's going to work in the gym because this does not seem like a problem where any of her expertises are going to be super relevant.
00:37:50
Speaker
Nor do we need a special kind of weapon for this. But if anybody wants a weapon, Nyx is there. All right. So just for there, you're using the gym with its prep property. Why not? Okay.
00:38:04
Speaker
Yes. And, and so Kaz is going to come in and be like, Hey, you're right. And I need to work on. So I've learned that I have no control over the magic comes out of me, but I I'm starting to kind of get,
00:38:23
Speaker
An idea of what, like a vague idea what's about to happen. And so I'd rather... How do I say this?
00:38:35
Speaker
There are some times where I really need to get better with my knife so that I don't do what the magic wants me to do. Can you help me with that? So that you don't do what... Wait, does the magic want you to do things?
00:38:49
Speaker
I'm trying to figure out a way to say that I can ah use my action to do one melee attack instead of my spell. Uh, and so I can hold off like, it's not that the magic compels me. It's the magic does what it wants and I can, guess I can hold it back or I can let it go when I find an opening to do something.
00:39:08
Speaker
All right.
00:39:12
Speaker
Yes. and so when it's time to hold it back, but I see an opening to attack, I need to be able to do something worthwhile with this. And I do the thing in where I pull the dagger out and it's a full three inches longer than the sheath. And I go, what?
00:39:23
Speaker
And I put it back and I pull it out and it's the right size. It's done. Nix's head just swivels to the side. Has it always done that? do you That will make it very difficult to learn to throw it if you don't know how long it's going to be when you draw it.
00:39:41
Speaker
I agreed. um But it's what I've got to do. I suppose I could also learn to swing it if it comes out too long.
00:39:51
Speaker
I'll get you a knife that's always the same size. Let's see if that works. but Wait, is it the sheath? I don't know, Nyx!
00:40:02
Speaker
Nyx pulls her knife out and and ah flips it around and offers it to Kaz to put in his sheath. He takes it and he puts it in his sheath. And i mean, he he's going to pull I've made this at one of the weird little magical things that happens to him. But Eric, if you want to tell me what happens when he pulls Nyx's knife out of his sheath, don't know if you decide if it's something real bad.
00:40:25
Speaker
i I think what, like, you put in your sheath, pull it out, and Nyx, much to your alarm and cast your confusion, you hear the same wailing screams when as when Nyx summons her soul blade.
00:40:37
Speaker
Just for a moment.
00:40:42
Speaker
I try to hand it back to her immediately, realize it's a blade out, and I kind of like... Mix grabs it blade first. I don't want your knife. I don't want your knife. We're never going to do that again.
00:40:57
Speaker
Okay, well, for the moment, since you're trying to learn something, let's learn to throw a knife that doesn't change sizes. And Nyx walks over and into the end of the chapel and digs out a set of throwing knives and brings them back.
00:41:17
Speaker
Okay, let's give it a try. And I as i mean, the target set up? Sure, Nyx has a block of wood somewhere. Okay. I think I just turn around and huck one at it for the first one. Like no technique, no nothing. Just no warning either. I simply pull it out and I huck it.
00:41:33
Speaker
Wait, was supposed to throw it that one, right? Sure. Okay, good. That's an 18. So not so bad. Yeah. Oh, no, wait. No, I add my dex to if I'm throwing, if that was a 19.
00:41:44
Speaker
Oh, 19. that seems So I think I actually, I think I throw, let's say there's three. hit... i hit I a natural 20 on the third one, so I think I do okay with throwing the knives.
00:41:56
Speaker
I miss with one for sure, widely, too. I rolled a four. All right. That's pretty good as a starting point, I think.
00:42:07
Speaker
It's about reputation and learning where it is in the wrist to release. The problem is we will need to move the thing and move you because you are not always going to be the same distance from a target.
00:42:23
Speaker
And that will change where you want to release. That will change how you want to start holding the knife. Yeah, that's probably when the third one hit so good, because I had two tries. You had it just right. Right.
00:42:35
Speaker
ah You hear a voice from behind you go, would you like me to move the targets?
00:42:42
Speaker
Oh my. Go ahead. No.
00:42:49
Speaker
No. Very well. I also wouldn't recommend getting between me and it or behind it or within about 10 feet on either side of it. I'll go on. Have you rearranged the library today?
00:43:01
Speaker
I do not touch the books in the library. That is Mistress Aurora and Mistress Nena's job. Very good. Just checking. Hey, did you move my dice? you know i I pull it out of my pocket. It wasn't where I left it.
00:43:15
Speaker
No big deal. I just wondered if it was you. but I just want you to die. i have not seen that item any time. I've cleaned your room, sir. So no, I did not move it. Okay. Look at Nixon and go, nerd.
00:43:26
Speaker
You're cleaning his room. I clean all the rooms.
00:43:33
Speaker
Don't clean mine.
00:43:37
Speaker
Is there a particular reason? Because I asked you not to. Very good, Mr. Sticks.
00:43:48
Speaker
Right.
00:43:53
Speaker
and Okay, so mechanically, Jeff, are you also just wanting to get the gymnasium's benefit for the adventure? Yeah, did yeah i I would like to talk to you down the road about maybe... and Not necessarily having a higher like melee modifier or something, but yeah, something to be more F my daggers get better, but yeah.
00:44:12
Speaker
Yeah, no, this is okay to use the gym. I think when Nick's turns around from talking to all God, you see as is like bouncing at the hips and knees and try to throw a dice in case he's ever on a horse.
00:44:23
Speaker
And like like this. We practice like this. No, no. Okay. I can also get you a bow. I think baby steps, Nyx. I think... Oh, this is much harder than shooting a bow.
00:44:37
Speaker
Oh! How many different things can an arrow turn into while it's mid-flight that could be really bad? I'm really concerned about that happening with arrows. Innately, none.
00:44:50
Speaker
But when I shot it... That is apparently impossible for me to answer. But that seems like that answer will be the same no matter what you're throwing. Well... You know? Yeah. Not having considered that, I now stare at the knives.
00:45:05
Speaker
Yeah, I guess.
00:45:08
Speaker
I think I take the knives and I like, I'm just going to do this a thigh strap kind of thing. Yeah. And so i I tie it around and i I just pull one four or five times to see if it's changed.
00:45:19
Speaker
And I don't think it has. So really attention to putting it back. just stabbing your thigh. yeah Yeah.
00:45:30
Speaker
Carefully placing, replacing it. Yes. oh
00:45:36
Speaker
Cut to Valk or Selena.
Research and recollections at Pella's Watch
00:45:40
Speaker
I think Selina would prep in the map room. Just know okay part of the journey is going to be ah trying to find that bunker on the way back. Okay. um You walk into the map room and you find that a small like drafting table has been set up in there.
00:45:57
Speaker
And you see Aurora sitting at it with a large piece of parchment and she's got some various like writing and drawing implements and she turns over her shoulders like, oh, hi, Selina.
00:46:08
Speaker
um How are you? Good. How are you? Good. Just working on Remember last time we talked about like the planes and kind of the way I'm trying to categorize them with the innate logic of them and the the virtue and seeing if I can map it out in some way that makes sense.
00:46:33
Speaker
I know the planes are traditionally like shown as moons orbiting the material plane, but that seems wrong. So I'm trying to come up with a different way.
00:46:44
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Well, I just wanted to kind of take a look at the map and see where those bunkers are and familiarize myself with the area that we're going to be in. Do you know anything about that area or anything close to that bunker?
00:47:01
Speaker
I mean, Pellers Watch, it's northeastern Breland, right near the border of Thrain. would be careful. Vatherond is notoriously rife with conflict.
00:47:18
Speaker
There have multiple battles between the Brelish military and the Chiron military and the Thrainish military in that region. um So I'd be careful. You might run afoul of some soldiers, which some soldiers are very virtuous, noble beings.
00:47:33
Speaker
Others are not. Lurching towers nearby, that's a military outpost. So if you run into big trouble and need military assistance, you could go to them. Okay.
00:47:48
Speaker
It's more plains and small, like hilly with a few short mountains in that region, not heavily wooded. So you probably won't have to worry about but the type of things that you were dealing with on your last adventure. Good.
00:48:03
Speaker
Which is good. Yes. No, I get the sense that in this region, you're going to have to worry about people more than animals being a danger.
00:48:14
Speaker
Okay. So stay on the road. I would recommend once you get off the lightning rail and you see any stops along the road, ah be on your guard.
00:48:28
Speaker
Sometimes it the military of whatever nation you're traveling through, just doing a check. Other times it is people trying to take advantage of the situation for their own monetary gain.
00:48:41
Speaker
very Okay. Good to know. I'm glad we'll have Nyx with us. Yes. Yes. She does seem to be good in a fight.
00:48:53
Speaker
Yes. that
00:48:57
Speaker
Well, if you have any other questions about the area or the... I i tried to look into the vaults after Hendrick told me about the map and
00:49:07
Speaker
I am baffled by them. I do not know what they are or where they've come from, which is concerning being the archanist and the archivist of organization.
00:49:20
Speaker
Well, hopefully we can find out what they are. Hopefully so. Yes, please take extensive notes. Uh, the next time you find yourself. so Will do. Will do.
00:49:31
Speaker
Um, um Yeah, so, Selina, you now have the benefit for the whole group that the odds of having a random encounter on the journey are reduced by half. Whatever method that is, ah yeah, it's perfect less likely to happen.
00:49:48
Speaker
so Awesome.
00:49:51
Speaker
Valk, how are you prepping? I'm going to ask Barnaby questions because he's not coming with us and we don't have access to his information while we're there.
00:50:04
Speaker
Sure. you You find Barnaby sitting in a very nondescript room. There is a small bed in there and a small dresser. and His nose is all taped up. Both his eyes are black.
00:50:16
Speaker
And he, like, sees you walk in. He's like, I want someone to come check up on me. I'm not.
00:50:26
Speaker
Right. I have a few questions for you. How did you wait how did you get two black eyes if you were punched at them?
00:50:37
Speaker
Me nose broke. Nyx is really good at punching. heat Your nose broke. It makes... Anyways, you're alive.
00:50:48
Speaker
I have a few questions for you since you're going to be staying here for your safety. i disagree with that, by the way. I could be of help. I know the town like the back of me had.
00:51:01
Speaker
And I know how people should be acting. I can tell you when people are acting funny. I'm not disagreeing. But... bye
00:51:12
Speaker
that wasn't fully my call. Um, what was the the last thing you remembered before you came to?
00:51:23
Speaker
you said you woke up, found a paper, there was three months, what, three months before? Yeah. I mean, let's see.
00:51:37
Speaker
I got fight with my wife. ah She hit me in the head. I'm a tiny. That might explain the three months. so if What was the pan made of?
00:51:54
Speaker
Sammy, me boy, told me to shove off. He went and stayed with a friend that night. ah Marnie, me daughter, she bit me.
00:52:09
Speaker
Yosef did punch me that day. um i I picked Levira's pocket, which was funny. Okay.
00:52:25
Speaker
Is that like your normal routine-ish? Not really, Jen. Is it a normal day for you? Not really normal routine. Just kind do what you feel like, right?
00:52:37
Speaker
Every day's different. for Sure. Sure, buddy. I'm starting to wonder if there was a problem in this town and it got healed. Okay.
00:52:48
Speaker
Are there... Now, Levira stole from Melinda the week before, you see, so I was just getting good.
00:52:57
Speaker
Okay. I'm not sure how that logic works, but I'm going to... Levira stole from me, wife, so I stole from Levira. Okay, thank you. We're missing the the first stealing that would then make your stealing square. Yeah, that's what i was saying. Lamara stole from Melinda, so I was just getting her back. Melinda's your wife. You didn't say that was your wife's name.
00:53:16
Speaker
are you just calling wife? Obviously. Except when you call her Melinda. We're not there! We're not there! I'm just trying to keep up with my notes, please.
00:53:28
Speaker
Um... While this you were fighting, pickpocketing and getting bitten, did you notice that if there was any new people that came into town? I know you said people tend to not visit there, so I'm assuming... Yeah, no. Didn't notice no one knew.
00:53:46
Speaker
Um...
00:53:50
Speaker
What was weird, and I should have known that something was fishy, is that when I woke up the next day, me head felt fine, me nose wasn't broken, and and I didn't have any bite marks on me ankle where Marnie Bop bit me.
00:54:06
Speaker
of course, I figured that that now it's three months, so all that stuff nailed while I was doing something. I don't know what. Oh, but so whenever you notice no there is no signs of damage, that was when you woke up.
00:54:23
Speaker
But it felt like the next day for you. Right. I didn't know until I saw the paper. Okay. Is there anyone of importance you think we should try to find or speak to whenever we get into town?
00:54:38
Speaker
I mean, we don't really, uh, don't take much to hierarchies or authority in Pella's Watch, so there's not really a town leader or a mayor or anything like that.
00:54:52
Speaker
We just kind of do what we want.
00:54:56
Speaker
That's a little concerning. Nah. Freedom, right? Don't let nobody tell you what to do. You can do what you want.
00:55:08
Speaker
I don't think that works in application, but... It was working fine, Boris. And then something happened. Everybody decided to start being on noisence. Almost said a curse. That was a button. That was a button.
00:55:23
Speaker
Didn't mean to press that button. I'm not allowed to swear while I'm talking to y'all. Yeah, it's tough sometimes. Sometimes I say it and then it feels like the words get garbled whenever it comes out. And it's not sure if that's a me thing or a Javier thing. I haven't asked him. I'm a little afraid to.
00:55:42
Speaker
How did you feel whenever you came to? Immediately whenever you snapped out of it? I woke up like it was any other day. And then I was confused because I heard breakfast being cooked.
00:55:55
Speaker
Okay, and then what did you, what exactly did you do whenever you came to? and got out of bed, walked to the kitchen, saw Melinda with a full plate of breakfast waiting for me, and me two kids sitting at the table, all polite and stuff, quiet.
00:56:15
Speaker
Hair was combed, and then she smiled at me and said, good morning, honey. And I said, what are you all about?
00:56:26
Speaker
And then she has laughed. Said, oh, Barnaby, you silly bloke.
00:56:35
Speaker
I was muted. She left?
00:56:39
Speaker
She's still there as far as I know. But you said, you're so silly. She laughed. Oh, no, sorry. That was your accent. I'm so sorry. Did you go outside? got a beautiful accent. Thank you. It's gorgeous.
00:56:52
Speaker
It course sounds like there's something in your mouth as well. I'm trying to make sure my notes are very clear. I have a mouthful grapes. she Did you go outside to see if anyone else was acting strange? Yeah, like I wouldn't show Yosef, try get to punch me, and he didn't punch me.
00:57:13
Speaker
He laughed. Did you notice? She offered me a discount at the store, which is ridiculous. What She's supposed to to charge me. She owns a general store in town. Oh, okay.
00:57:24
Speaker
She's supposed to upcharge you. Try steal from you. Not give you a discount. We need to buy something. Get my five feet for your discount when she only charges me. Um, did you notice if there was anyone new in town after you came to?
00:57:42
Speaker
Honestly, i didn't i I didn't do a strong investigation. I got freaked out when I saw that everybody was acting all weird. And so I took off. And I went to Lurchin Tower to try and get the help of the so-called Breelish military.
00:57:56
Speaker
But they acted like I was the crazy one. Complaining about my wife being polite. If you met her, you would know that that's crazy talk.
00:58:06
Speaker
She's awful, and I love her for it. it it is I admire you for that. And it... Okay. Okay.
00:58:19
Speaker
Was everyone acting themselves, personality-wise, but happy? Or was everyone just a very generic character? Everyone's personality is terrible, so no! They were all acting polite and nice!
00:58:34
Speaker
But it wasn't... There wasn't any, like, polite teasing from your wife. It was just one standard brand of happy politeness for every person.
00:58:50
Speaker
you finish You couldn't tell if there was like a hint of personality left. I mean, she certainly wasn't acting herself.
00:59:01
Speaker
even if Even if I could somehow fathom a nice version of Melinda, which, is believe me, is a difficult task in and of Dig real deep. If I could, it still doesn't match up with the strange woman in the kitchen making me breakfast.
00:59:17
Speaker
And everyone had that same strangeness. just nice and polite and smiley. That is a yes. Thank you.
00:59:30
Speaker
You were very cooperative. Thank you. I appreciate that. If we had a dessert, I feel like you deserve it. I don't know if we have desserts, though.
00:59:44
Speaker
So... I'm confused. I do that to people often. I'm going to leave. And then I'm going to leave. Okay.
00:59:58
Speaker
All right.
01:00:00
Speaker
Um...
01:00:03
Speaker
The red light comes on. Uh, and as you all head to Javier's office, he has four lightning rail tickets laid out for you all.
01:00:18
Speaker
There is a lightning rail station in Kalzart. So you all just need to head into town and toward there. You will need to... i bought you tickets for Wex, since that's the closest you'll overshoot by a little bit, ah because Pella's Watch doesn't have a lightning rail station itself.
01:00:37
Speaker
If you want to get off at Vatherond, so you don't overshoot it, you would then just have to travel by road. it's It's a longer journey to travel from Vatherond to Pella's Watch than to overshoot it going to Wex and then doubling back. so What if we went on a jump and roll?
01:00:52
Speaker
but I mean... I don't. I don't. i I don't like to micromanage. So, you know. now get nicks cycle But I will. But I will.
01:01:07
Speaker
ah Yeah. Be safe. If this is nothing, if Barnaby is just an angry man, feel free to let that be the solution. So, yeah.
01:01:20
Speaker
But need anything else for me before you all head up?
01:01:25
Speaker
I don't think so. but Great. Okay. Well, safe journeys and I will see all when you return.
Travel plans and resolutions
01:01:33
Speaker
Also, I'm going to work on getting some horses. I'm going try to see.
01:01:38
Speaker
Shockingly, Barnaby's family is quite wealthy, so he is willing to pay pretty well for this job. So if it goes well and he's happy with the resolution, we might be able to get horses.
01:01:51
Speaker
So keep, don't let that pepper the investigation though. Find the truth. But if the truth makes Barnaby happy, might be able to horses, so. Great.
01:02:03
Speaker
Okay, I thought the whole point was Barnaby didn't like being happy. Well, okay. He would be happy by returning to being unhappy. Resolved, I guess.
01:02:15
Speaker
u Okay.
01:02:18
Speaker
But, all right, safe to hear. Sounds like we could just go to this town and ask for donations.
01:02:25
Speaker
I was going to start shopping at a 75% discount. I'm just saying, present our function to this the people of this town. It seems like they might be quite open-handed and donate to the lighthouse.
01:02:39
Speaker
all right. And we will call it an episode there. Thank you all so much
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01:02:42
Speaker
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01:02:53
Speaker
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01:03:08
Speaker
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01:03:18
Speaker
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