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Animal Kingdom Ep. 24 - Family Reunion Part 2
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Happy New Year! We have a doozy of an episode. Reed Deer has a big decision to make and Hava and Chaser are off on their great adventures.
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Introduction to the Animal Kingdom
00:00:03
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Our story begins in a far and distant land. A place ruled by houses of sentient animals and mythical creatures. An environment that is forever tipping the scales towards controversy and conflict. Grave danger lies hidden in every tavern, forest and stranger's glance.
Adventurers' Journey Begins
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In this kingdom we will follow a deviant group of adventurers brought together by chance or perhaps
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by fate. This ragtag group of a tortle, a tabaxi, an otter and a hound will travel across this great kingdom, fighting their way through the unknown and weaving a powerful destiny. This is Rolling Across the Pond.
Episode Introduction by Jesse
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Hey everyone, welcome to Rolling Cross the Pond, Animal Kingdom. We are excited for today. I'm your Jam Jesse, and I have my daughter with me. So if you've already heard that Kermit Chronicles, she might be reprising her role. She behaves and doesn't scream and cry out, then she might, you might not, or you might hear dice and stuff. Just accept it. It's gonna be in there, and it's inevitable. So yeah, enjoy.
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Hello, I'm Davida, and I play Javi, the barbarian dog person, Saint Bernard. He was a little confused at the moment, but, you know, we'll see how she goes with this thing. I'm Luke. I'm going to be playing reader of the barbarian moose, and it's all you need to know is I'm Luke. Well, I feel like he's aggressive today. Is it a bad thing?
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You were just very firm, and I appreciated it. I also feared it. Hey, guys. Yes, it's Lee. I play the lovely, adorable, total warrior monk known as Goro. And, yeah, some awesome things are going to happen this episode. Yeah. And, uh, fucked. Adorable. Interrupted. Yeah, there's adorable for a reason, bro. There's a good family arc happening over here in a second. Well, this camera arc is already completed. There's children.
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God has his children and they're with him. No, V-Gone. V-Gone has his children. I remember that. I saw religion in this place. And our wonderful reprising guests. We only won again today, but she's still as wonderful as I remember. Hello, I'm Arianna and I play Tracer, the Border Collie fainite, part of us here.
Leftover Stories and Time Jump
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today it's going to be a bit different we're going to do kind of a we're going to do the leftover stuff we have for Hava and her crew and then we're going to jump into a time jump I guess it's going to be about a month maybe a month and a half later it depends on light because I know Goro's team is a bit ahead
00:03:04
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So we're gonna balance it out and they're gonna be in the same time zone, same time where they come together hopefully at the Baldy Kingdom. Yeah, so hopefully this is a good episode and it will also be leveling up so we'll have a part of that happening. And yeah, maybe some surprises along the way. So...
00:03:26
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We're just going to jump straight in to the Redwater Territories and it is basically the next day, uh, really quick. Now it doesn't have to be long at all, but what is kind of Hava's feeling? Are you in the castle? Cause you already had all your stuff with you. Are you in the tent? I'm ready to go. With your father? Like did you sleep over or?
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Yeah, I would have stayed there, I think. I don't think I would have gone back to that, the tent. Okay. The one in the seafront. Yeah, the seafront thing. I would have stayed in the castle, I think. Cool. And by castle, we mean giant tents. That is the king. Yes, exactly. Great. That's what I said. Yeah, you know, castle. So how are you feeling after that whole encounter and stuff? Just a really quick sum up in your brain.
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I feel like I'm probably still a little angry here. I mean, like, I'm starting to try and, like, empathize, I guess, with my father and understand kind of
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why he's doing this. I think I still don't believe what he did before was okay. The whole fact that because of his actions, basically the Otter village was destroyed because he let his wizards get out of control. But I'm starting to reconcile that by just from that action that he did while we were
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at the feast, that he showed me that he's willing to do anything to kind of regain my trust and get rid of these wizards, like the extent to what, like, just like literally snapping the wizard's neck, like, was proof enough to Hava to
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realized that he would be willing to eliminate and take out the wizards that have kind of started going a little bit rampant and maybe doing things that he hasn't commanded them to do and stuff. So I think Hava is very confused because she still doesn't completely believe that what he did was okay in the beginning, but she believes that he is on the path to
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redeem himself in her eyes, I guess. Nice. So, bit confusing, new bed, nicer place. And yeah, that's kind of a good place to transition to. Reader, you were not invited to stay at the tent. I am perfectly fine with that. So you're back at the ocean front? Yes. Oh, how are you feeling with, you know, just
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I would say readers are totally fine with that just because LRS is scary. I don't know if he's... I forget his exact size. He's still shorter than me. He's as tall as you are if you were a moose. Like on all fours. But he's still taller than me? He's as tall as you if you were on all fours.
00:06:42
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Yeah, but even if he's shorter than me, especially with my body, he's so scary. I think it's hard with social anxiety to interact with people. It's even harder when they break a table. And if you bother asking,
00:07:07
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I guess roll perception really quick, you two. What did you get? I have a 10. 19. Well, reader, you're kind of seeing it in more detail, but basically everybody's packing up. They're getting ready for tomorrow.
00:07:32
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Who's nearby, is it just? It's the same ones that were there. No Kevin though today. Has he gone back since? No, he hasn't gone back yet. But also, Hava, you do see in your tent some animals have come in, some of the other fainite, and they've come and started packing up the tents and stuff like that.
00:07:58
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Okay, yeah, probably help. Yeah, it's basically the whole day is majority of the animals there are packing up to go. So you guys, I mean, really, you're welcome to help others if you want as well. But sure. I also want to ask, like, there's nothing planned of us leaving, right? Hey, what do you mean? Do I know of any, like, big meetings travel going on?
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you know that uh everyone's leaving you know that he's leaving tomorrow he said that to hava i think in your in your dinnertime uh that he's leaving to the golden kingdom in two days time which is one day after oh okay so yeah i think readers just being like yeah i'm willing to help oh okay bye um i can help okay bye
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So then, about almost close to the end of the day, King Elrass enters your tent.
Chaser's Family Revelation
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He doesn't even wait. He doesn't, you know, knock or anything. He enters your tent. And yeah, yours. Yeah, Chaser's tent. Chaser's tent. And he says, Chaser, you here? Chaser? Yeah, over here. Where are you sitting, standing, packing, not packing?
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I think she's already packed. Just sitting on the ground reading a book. Okay. And he kind of, he, you know, he's still your uncle. He wants, you know, he's, and so what he does, he like, he kind of sits next to you and kind of looks over your shoulder to like tilt his head the way dogs do. And he's like, what you reading? It's a book on botany.
00:09:46
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Do you have a moment to talk? Absolutely. What's up? So, so this is, it's, I'm not a real, you know, beat around the bush kind of guy. And, you know, you're my niece. I love you. You're, you're part of my family always.
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But I wanted to talk to you today, remember I said yesterday that you wanted to meet up. Right, yeah. Yeah, found some news. And it's time to tell you something that could be harsh or hurtful. I don't know. Basically, we found you in our when we were excommunicated and kicked out of this place. We found you. You found
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Yeah, we were traveling from island to island. We were trying to figure out and we came across a little puppy and that puppy was you. So we kind of brought you into our family. We expected, we just thought we were one of our own, but
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Right. It turns out, we found another... not another you, but we found more signs of where we left you, or where we found you. We found a book and some different artifacts, I'm not sure. But yeah, so you're not our kind of fainite. So, my parents are not my parents, is that what you're telling me?
00:11:26
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yeah and why don't you tell me this right because well first you did amazing really helpful and and really appreciated everything you did and true to you know reward you slash be honest with you wanted to find something that would lead you
Chaser's Decision on Her Journey
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to your family, to your actual family, and we kind of have this path that we think could lead you there. And we're going to the Volley Kingdom, and there's gonna be a lot of stuff that way, and we think, you know, it's only right to send you off if you want to go. Well, I'm not gonna pretend that this doesn't explain a lot.
00:12:09
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yeah i mean i mean just you're wimpy like you're bookworm that's and nothing to be offended right yeah you're not one of us so you want to send me i don't it's up to you if you want to go we i could have a crew and a boat ready for you it and the crew you could you could lead it you you know how to sail a ship you know how to
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Okay, so I'm sorry, what do you mean I'm not one of your kind wasn't making you You don't have the blood of this us our race you have you have fainite you are fainite but you're from
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something different, maybe a hopefully something where it's not about fighting or or it's about and it's about learning and knowledge and growing in that. Because that's what you are. That is where your traits come from. That is where your curiosity comes from. Because we don't have that. Did you see Abba? She was excited that I ripped off that guy's head. Oh my gosh. Yeah, you put that really well.
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Okay, okay. What did you find? Well, we found this this notebook with not coordinates or anything, but just just different projects, different artifacts, different chemicals. Yeah, just just stuff I don't understand fully and most of us don't understand. Do you have it with you?
00:13:44
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Yeah, yeah, here. And he just takes it from, I don't know, his satchel or something, whatever he's carrying, and just gives it to you. And it's just a very, like, it's not leather bound, it's like wooden bound. And it's got, in a way, hieroglyphics or like just different symbols that none of this world would understand. Do I understand any of it when I look at it? Role in sight or history.
00:14:13
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nine. No, it kind of looks it's like you were really young pup when when you were found. So it doesn't necessarily look familiar. But like, I think if you spent time on it, you could definitely get to it. You can you could learn it. Okay. Chase is gonna stand up and just okay. I'll talk to you later.
00:14:37
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Okay. And he gets up and walks out. She walks out first. She does. Okay. Okay. That's fine. He like he gets up and then you walk out and then he walks out. She just can't have like, doesn't want to be around anyone. She needs to think.
00:14:55
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Okay, so that's kind of that day. And I'm sorry I zoomed by it, but that's kind of that time. The next day, with everything kind of packed and most of the place is done, and kind of everybody's getting into different wagons and stuff like that, obviously King L. Ross is going to come up to Uhaba.
00:15:20
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and he's going to go to your room in the tent and he's going to knock. Hey, come on in. Are you sure? I can wait out here. I don't know. No, it's fine. Come on in. He walks in. Thanks for helping with all packing yesterday. It was helpful.
00:15:42
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Yeah, you know, I try and be like my friend PJ. He was always there to help. And I learned to help out where I could because PJ was a helper. I just can't wait to see him again. OK, cool. He's going to be at the Golden Kingdom? That's what I heard. Yeah. OK. Yeah. Do you want to ride with me? We'll have our own wagon.
00:16:12
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Yeah, oh, yeah, sure, dad. L. Ross King. Whatever you want to call me. I don't I don't mind. Okay. All right, dad, father. That's that's okay. Great. Precious will be in there maybe chaser and
00:16:32
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Maybe Blaine Joy, I like to keep her close because she's one of us. She's kind of, I mean, do you think she can run in a different? If that's what you want, yeah, that's fine. Yeah, she's just kind of, yeah, you know, like,
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Okay, I mean, we have plenty of those wizards just already left, they left probably last night and been making tracks for us. So we'll be okay. So I don't think they need to worry. And did Chaser go back to her tent in the end and sleep or was she just still all night just walking? Yeah, I'd say all night she was in her lab or whatever. Okay, and on the ship. Yeah, she didn't go back to her tent. Okay. And now she's out just walking the shore.
00:17:20
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Roll perception, reader. 14. Are you trying to be sneaky? Or are you just kind of... No, not necessarily. Then I'd say you'd see her walking the shore. But I don't think you know why. You don't see why she is, but you can see her walking. Okay. If that's the case, I think what I would have been doing was like just casually talking to Caesar about what was happening. I was like, yeah.
00:17:47
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L. Ross and Precious are here. We're going to come see you. How's, how's, uh, Baylock doing? Yeah. Yeah. Baylock's, um, I think he's, he's not with us. He's, he's still gathering up troops. Um, uh, he said he'd be involved in kingdom. I don't know what's going to happen between that situation, but yeah, it seems like a lot's going on. Are you okay? Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:15
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A lot's happening. Remember L. Ross? Remember? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you know who that is? Yeah, you've mentioned him once or twice. Oh, yeah. Wait. Yeah, he and his assistant Precious have been his right hand. Yeah. He's been casually here. He's still very spooky. Yeah, that sounds yeah. Yeah, I just want to make sure that
00:18:44
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Baloch is ready with his troops for... Yeah, he's getting animals together, and we're getting together, you know? I mean, Goro's adding a huge, like, morale. I don't know if it's a booster, but he's ignited some flames under these guys, so I feel like
Reader's Offer of Friendship
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his presence just, you know, brings a little bit of a new leadership or authority through it, so...
00:19:10
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Yeah, uh, actually, yeah, a really important thing is... Oh, Chaser! Hey! Turn this off the camera. Oh, okay, okay. I'll leave you to it. Go get it! Go get it! I... I... So, how... You're here. How are you? Oh, hi, reader. Come here often. Yeah. It's peaceful, isn't it? Doin' right. Have you ever had to leave? Well, no, I don't.
00:19:39
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What was it like when you left home? I'm trying to remember. It was a while ago. It was difficult after parents. Good story telling. But difficult. I'm sorry, I don't want to assume anything. No, I'm sorry. No, I'd love to. Just, you know, parents anymore. What's that? Nothing. Why do you ask?
00:20:09
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Well, just been thinking through some things and the changes that are happening around us and wondering if I might be time to move on from here. I mean, not that this isn't my home, you know, this isn't where we came from, but it's been a safe place for a while, you know? But I don't belong here. I'm not sure where I belong. You could go anywhere. I genuinely don't know. Sorry.
00:20:39
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such a downer. Where would you want to travel to? Same as you. I don't really know if I do like traveling. That's the thing. Time to try that. Yeah. Side note, Jesse, from what our us gave chaser, would she know where she needs to go to
00:21:09
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Find. Yes. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Like he said, he'll have a, he has a bow ready for you, a crew ready for you. He would like the, the, the, what the information he will give you and the, and the crew members already have our directions to where they found you. And then from there, it's kind of like they have a guessing game, but it's, it's closer than it was when you first got to when you were first found, basically.
00:21:37
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like they've gathered more information. Yeah, they've gathered quite a lot more information. But not like they don't have like, okay, we're going to go here and then here and then here. It's like, we're gonna go here. And then we kind of already looked over here. And we've already looked over here. So we're going to try here. Okay, so a little bit of process of elimination. Yeah.
00:21:57
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And the book, was it, is it in a different language or just had symbols on it that were on? It had symbols on it. There is some common words on there. Okay. In the book, but it is a lot, it's like bigger words and a lot more elaborate connections between different words and different, like different, not pronunciations, but like, like languages, different languages are also a part of it. Yeah. Okay.
00:22:26
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Can I see the book? Does she have it out? Do you have it out? No, I'd say it's probably in my little sack. So Tracer reaches into her bag and takes the book out and goes, I got this book recently and I think it might be the key to where to go next.
00:22:44
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So, well, I don't want to dump this on you. I just feel I need to talk to somebody. No, don't dump them. Don't dump me. But we're not dating. We're not dating. Go ahead. Say anything. Say whatever you want to say. Thanks. I've always felt like I didn't really fit in here, you know, not quite like the other day nine. I'm clearly not like Hana or my uncle.
00:23:14
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I mean, you saw what happened at dinner the other night. It just left me speechless, to be honest. I thought I'd kind of grown accustomed to that over the years, but I don't know. The violence, the, dare I say, love for the gores. I don't know. Their hearts are good, and I do know that. Just from my position, it's always seemed so excessive, and I always wondered why is it that I'm the only one that feels that way.
00:23:44
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The only one that cringes at the, not just the violence, just their passion, their drive is just unlike anything I've ever personally experienced. Well, come to find out, I'm really not from here. My uncle came and talked to me the other day, or yesterday, feels like a lot longer now already.
00:24:07
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And turns out they found me some place and it's given me everything I need to go back there to find it. Anyhow, I know everyone, well, most people are packing up to head out here and now I have this other thing in front of me and the place that I could go, but it's entirely foreign. Nothing is, my path ahead of me is completely unknown and that scares me.
00:24:33
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Have you ever felt that way? Yeah, and I think the reader is just like casually sitting on the beach now just to be at her level. She was like, yeah, that's... I've never really, like one time I had a friend who agreed with a lack of violence, but it's been a while. Somebody's actually said something like that. I totally agree.
00:24:59
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people in my life. I've been very gory. I've been very gory. And Jesse, do I recognize the book? Because I feel like I may. Do I? Roll insight, maybe? I mean, I'm going to say it's a very high roll as well. You have to at least get natural 20. You would...
00:25:34
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you would recognize probably majority, not majority, a lot of what is being said and a lot of what's been written. There are a few things where it's still kind of like, I don't understand like what a building is. Like they, instead of like a castle or a four or something like that, like something medieval, it's more modern-esque. It's a true future.
00:25:54
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Did you roll a natural 20? He did. He rolled a natural 20.
00:26:04
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changes from the future. Just a smarter, a smarter culture that has already developed other technologies that this particular kingdom has. Exactly. Exactly. Sorry, I was going to do a weird thing. No, I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't like Caesar or Celeste.
00:26:21
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no no no it was it's not it's not necessarily magical that's the difference it's not magical it's more science i'd be like this is this is so cool what is this where did you get this sorry i was i was i was listening and you do if you really looked into it which you did i guess with the natural 20 you did um you do recognize that
00:26:44
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This spot that she keeps talking about is referenced for something, but you're not 100% sure what it is, but you are, you know it's referencing something, yeah. But sorry, I don't know where it is. You don't, like, you don't know what it's referencing fully, but you know that the spot that Chaser keeps saying is in the book, and it is something, yeah.
00:27:07
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Can I roll for insight too? You've already done that. I have. Yeah, you did it last. You did that when you first got the book. I guess I was thinking like overnight, she would have been like pouring over it. Oh, sure. Yeah, you can roll insight with advantage this time. That's only a 10. Yeah, you're getting
00:27:30
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like every fifth word you're you're you're moving forward in it but you're you're still it's still hard for you to to comprehend what's being what's being written she's too like distracted by yeah everything she's just taken in and not really thinking clearly your your forte is chasing things so i'll take the book and and i'll i'll read it
00:28:02
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Yeah. Whoa. Do you know where this is? No, I haven't really been able to figure it out. It's not all night looking over it. I'm exhausted. I just think my mind is not really clear as usual right now. Can you make sense of it? You didn't make this? This has a lot of technological stuff. No, I didn't. But apparently it's from my people, my clan, wherever I came from.
00:28:32
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which, you know, isn't here. Do you want to go sign them? Yeah. Well, I mean, that's, that's the question I've been grappling with because 24 hours ago I was sure, well, pretty sure of who I was. And now this opportunity is in front of me to possibly uncover an entirely new reality and identity. And that's scary, but what happens if I pass it up? You know, I feel like this is the path that's being laid before me.
00:29:03
Speaker
There's a lot of chances to travel. I've learned from my experience, but nowhere as important as this. If you take my advice, you're much smarter than me, but I would do it. I would go find these people, find your people. I'm sure Hava might join. She's family, right? Well, I mean, yes and no, apparently. We're not blood if that's what you mean.
00:29:32
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And I was a little bit of relief in that, but... Why didn't Hava tell me? Why didn't she tell you? Yeah. I don't think she knew. I certainly didn't know. Another thing that I know that Hava doesn't? No! Are you okay? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have dumped this on you though. No, no, no. Wrong place, wrong time, I guess, reader. I'm sorry. It's fine. I, uh... Sorry, you're adopted?
00:30:02
Speaker
Yep. There you go. I think people should tell on dogs should be known should dog should know when they're adopted. I agree. I would have would have been really helpful to know this a long time ago. I don't really know why we waited. But so so you think I should go. So this is leading to your real parents. I mean, I guess I hadn't even really thought that far. I just thought it was, you know, my land where I came from. But I suppose, yeah, my parents could be there.
00:30:32
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He holds onto the blanket tighter. He's just like, you have to do this. If I had the chance to do this, I would. Let's do it. Come on. You think I should go? Yeah, I'll come with you if that helps. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm not inviting myself. You would? And she starts crying.
00:30:57
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And I think he like whispers, cause he's like, not weird. He's like, is this cool to say? He says, I would travel to the ends of the world with you. I say, quick, quick. No, don't say that. Just say, yeah, of course. Or say, I love to. Yes, of course, I love you. I love to. I love to. I would love to travel the world with you. I don't know where we...
00:31:27
Speaker
Where we'd end up, I can't promise you any outcome or any safety or... Will you be there? Yes. That's good enough for me. I can't tell you, I don't know how this makes me feel.
00:31:48
Speaker
She's like internally conflicted because she's like, wow, that's a really, really, really big thing to say. And like, she feels like it's selfish to just accept it because he'd be leaving so much. So I guess she'll ask, you'd be leaving everything behind. That's not a question. Is that okay? What is a friend? What is when you can have the world?
00:32:17
Speaker
Yes, it's fine. Yes, I would love to go with you. A debate between a guy that hates me for not being a sheriff, a guy who hates me because he can't take all my money, a guy who hates me because I didn't plant a tree.
00:32:34
Speaker
in general, versus doing what I love and traveling and with you, with who I love, with you, it is a super easy answer for me, of course. I don't think I could have done this alone. We're together now. I mean, I'll go with you.
00:32:56
Speaker
I do want you to come with me, Rita. And you made this, yeah, an easy decision. And I don't know how else I could have stepped into this unknown. It's funny, I don't feel like we've known each other that well, yeah, we've known each other, I guess a bit now. But you're the first one who seems to get me here. No one does. Thank you. And she's gonna like
00:33:21
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rest her head on his something I don't know where he's sitting next to her shoulder yeah I guess that would would it be bicep or just to be like does it matter does it matter specifically readers bicep we just say this is that sunset just you know to complete that crickets are chirping
00:33:49
Speaker
This is also, it also means like Lee's, this is Lee's favorite thing. Imagine is a romantic subplot. That's like the best one ever. And B, Goro doesn't have to tolerate reader anymore. It is hashtag hashtag love, love always wins. It's not trends and nobody's drawn fan art by that point.
00:34:17
Speaker
Well, what Adriana just said, I'm not so sure that you want to draw any fan art. I like to be honest, so just saying. So to kind of come together, you both have made your decision to go. Hava, he doesn't know anything about this. She's getting ready to leave with King Elrass.
00:34:42
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00:36:15
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Um, yeah, I think I would say, uh, uh, we'll ask King LRS like, uh, if, if, uh, instead of Blaine Joy writing with us, cause you know, he mentioned that maybe reader could join a ride with us instead. Roll persuasion on that. Cause he's not too fond of reader.
00:36:35
Speaker
I was thinking that, not too fond of Reader, plus if he happens to stop by the beach, it's gonna be chaos. 24. I rolled 24. I'm just gonna roll resist just in case. Yeah, he gets another 20. Dirty 20. So he's like, I guess.
00:37:00
Speaker
Okay, I'll go find him. Yeah, go find him. I'll go find him. Okay. So she's gonna go look for Rita. Cool. You see, you see these guys, in a way, having a deep conversation and you're kind of cutting coming to the end of that. Rita, Rita, Rita. Oh, hey, hey, hey.
00:37:19
Speaker
King LRS, King Dad, Dad King, he said that you could ride with us in the cool, he kicked out Blaine Joy, so we don't have to worry about her, but you could ride with us. Oh, sorry, did I? No, it's fine. It's about, okay.
00:37:44
Speaker
Look, yeah. Fright from like seven different things. Wait, what's happening? I'm wait, what? I'm confused. What's happening? Uh. Yeah, that's the ante, but. Um.
00:38:05
Speaker
I'm trying to think, he's got a background. Just be a tall man. Reader? That was me. I will say that was Luke, but I'm going to say that was your side.
00:38:21
Speaker
uh chaser what's going on do you want to ride with us too i'm sure that would be okay you look like you're all ready to go huh oh yeah we're just about to pack up and go we're gonna i'm gonna see pj again um yeah i'll be i'll be good we're gonna i'm so happy for you hava reader opens up his bag and just drops everything to like ah i forgot to pack i guess i can't come wait huh
00:38:47
Speaker
It's not today. I have something to tell you really quick.
Chaser's Adoption Revelation
00:38:54
Speaker
I'm not going with you guys. Where are you going? I have another journey I need to take. Turns out you and I, we have less in common than I thought, but also more in common than I thought. You know the feeling, right, of growing up with the otter folk and not really knowing where you came from. Yeah.
00:39:16
Speaker
and now you're back here and you're going through that and that's awesome. I am not really one of you guys. I'm adopted, just found that out yesterday. I don't really belong here. And the king, well, he gave me some information about where I'm from and it's time for me to go and- Oh, wow. That's crazy.
00:39:45
Speaker
Oh, wow. I hope that that sounds like a crazy adventure. I wish I could go with you, but I got to go to the Golden Kingdom. But wow, that sounds pretty cool. I wish you the very best, Chaser. It was so good and nice to know to get to know you. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. And, you know, I wish you the best of luck. And I wish I could have met this PJ. He sounds awesome. I'm so glad that you have a friend like that. And, you know, someone who would go with you
00:40:14
Speaker
to the ends of the earth. Oh, that's so great. So how was going to give chaser a hug? Well, good journeys for you. And and I hope that you find your family, just like I found mine. All right, Rita, let's go. She's gonna like look over at Rita. She looks over at Rita like
00:40:31
Speaker
a little bit like waiting for him to talk, but also like this moment of fear of like what if he changes his mind? What is around? Is it just like purely the beach and then nothing else? Or is there like different houses?
00:40:45
Speaker
So there's like a few tents, but they're really far out if you guys are I'm on the on the shore Yeah, you just like how far like your tent you saw from your tent So I would say maybe about 60 feet I'm I'm gonna go I guess the branch from before and just be like Have a fetch throw it and go find one of the tents and change like forms. I don't know a lot to do that
00:41:15
Speaker
I'm like, ah, what? Where'd Reader go? But it's clearly still him. Reader really got to dodge this conversation again. Apparently, he's going back into a dog. Yeah, he's a dog, but then he runs at the same speed, so it's obvious it's still him. But, okay. I don't think Hava would get distracted by this. Can I roll, I guess?
00:41:43
Speaker
No, I'll just go ahead and be like, okay. I have something you need to tell you. It's about your family and the from.
00:41:58
Speaker
It's about, yeah, your family and yeah, something I need to tell you for a long time now. I feel like I probably should put this hand on her shoulder, but kind of weighing it down because it's just like a big arm. I have a crush on your cousin. Well, I kind of knew that already. What? It's okay. What? Oh, see, I knew you, you know that I knew your birth and all that. Okay, good. Okay. Wait, what?
00:42:24
Speaker
What? What? You didn't know about that? What? What? How? Head? Reader? What did you? How did you? Were you keeping this for me the whole time? Uh. Grown up behind the tent again. Turns into moose form and be like, ah, where'd that weird dog go? Aw. What? Um. I.
00:42:51
Speaker
Yeah, I did. Cesar and I have been friends for quite a while. This is going to be a very, very lore-heavy episode, I'm sorry. But a reader has to say everything that he knows. He says that in character as well.
00:43:11
Speaker
I was the one who gave you to the Otter Village. It was a hard decision for me and I had to say goodbye to a lot of friends and I gave you to the Otter Village to save you and it is something that's haunted me for years now. It was something that I couldn't
00:43:37
Speaker
I have hurt people. I don't like that. I've made individual tombstones for them and everything. That has haunted me. And I've stolen morally right because they were bad people and all these things. And I've grown to live with it. But I couldn't live with myself after that. So when I found out that was you, that was
00:44:07
Speaker
for me and I'm really sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I should have and I just couldn't. So I think there was a part of me that just hoped your dad would say something more. Telling me this, I mean, I feel a little hurt that you didn't tell me like right away. I mean, like, come on, we've known each other for like. I'm the worst thing I've done. Reader, what?
00:44:36
Speaker
So.
00:44:38
Speaker
I mean, I had a great family with the otters. So, I mean, I thank you for giving me to such a caring family. I can't blame you for doing that. That's like a noble character. And I see that in you, Rita. That's why I knew we were gonna be friends, right? As soon as I first saw you. That's why I knew you were good. I knew you were a good moose. And...
00:45:07
Speaker
So, oh wow, thanks for telling me that. And I promise I won't keep any other secrets from you because I'm gonna go to that battle with you. And he turns around immediately and goes, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm gonna still travel with you. I'm still planning on leaving with you. What's happening? Oh, darn it.
00:45:32
Speaker
What are you doing? You're not coming with us, reader? I think I've run out of run, so I can't turn back into the dog.
Reader's Past Revealed to Hava
00:45:42
Speaker
Sits down again, and I don't know, grabs an orange or something, just because I'm so sorry. Here you go. You're going with chaser, aren't you? She's going to figure that out. He doesn't have to say that. She doesn't have to figure that out because she knows he has a crush on him already. Wait, she's got a crush on him?
00:46:00
Speaker
No, she knows that you have a crush on Chaser, so she figures that out. I think she's smart enough to figure that out at this point. You know what, I think, yeah. Yeah, she figured that out. So you're going with Chaser, aren't you? Wait, I can identify her rage, right? Because we've spent so much time together. Is this rage? No, this is not rage.
00:46:26
Speaker
Um, yeah, I've said too much runs away and tries to hide behind chaser. But reader, it's it's fine. I I mean, I get it. Well, you do. Yeah,
Hava's Support for Reader's Decision
00:46:40
Speaker
I mean, you do really like her and oh, well, I mean, I don't know if you can see dogs blush, but
00:46:57
Speaker
I mean, yeah, it makes sense that you're going. I totally, you know, I support that. I know you don't like all this fighting anyway, and that's kind of what we're gonna go do right now, probably. So, like, you know, I support you, reader. If you wanna go on this voyage with Chaser, I hope, I wish you well. I hope that your journey goes well.
00:47:28
Speaker
I hope you, I hope you meet, I think, I hope you, your travels go well as well. Okay, thanks. Good hug! Yeah, with that you guys do an amazing group hug, kind of awkward hug, you know, it's always awkward. I'm gonna try to do better and if I can still turn into a dog to make it easier. Sure, yeah, you can do one more.
00:47:52
Speaker
Uh, so you're all dogs, you're all hugging, and now it's kind of the time to transition to, you guys are, so Hava, you are getting in the wagon with your father and setting off and chaser and reader, you guys are kind of getting ready to go on. Are you taking the ship or are you guys going to go on your own? Just you two.
00:48:23
Speaker
He kind of prepared everything, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I might see what's there and like, there were people too, right? Yeah, yeah, there's a whole crew. There's a whole crew. I'd like to trim it down some and just keep it as necessary because we don't need a crowd. Yeah, so that's kind of how you guys set off in different directions. We say goodbye to Chaser and Reader and say hello to a new future for Hava and see what to come with that. So what we'll do now,
00:48:45
Speaker
I mean, I feel like the
00:48:53
Speaker
He's firstly say thank you to Ariana for joining us this time. This will be probably her last time as Chaser and part of the Animal Kingdom.
00:49:04
Speaker
We don't know what the future holds. But she's been a... Yeah, she's been an amazing guest. And goodbye to Raina, you know? But who knows? But Luke is still with us. He's gonna do his next character. Oh no, he's leaving. He's the first character to have his own subplot, mate. He's literally got his own side series. Come on. He branched out before any of us.
00:49:27
Speaker
We haven't even signed a contract for like Haver and Goro's adventures and PJ's adventures and whatever. No, he already got his. It was part of his contract. We're going to do a sub series already, you know, live in the dream. So unless all of Hermit Chronicles has been released by this time, you'll still see him in Hermit Chronicles. And who knows again, him and Chase, it could be back at some point. I was thinking like, is it now there's going to be a new.
00:49:56
Speaker
three that all contain reader. There's another sub-series. You're not that special, reader. Wow. Shots fired across the bow. Hey, Ariana, if you want to be on for more episodes, I will totally create a spin-off. I don't mind. That's what's happening, mate. That's it. She's going to sign up for another spin-off. But yeah, for the record, everyone has to draw fan art first.
00:50:28
Speaker
to prove that you like the character of re-
00:50:47
Speaker
Other times you've traveled it's taken what a few days here and there but this time it's because all the roadblocks all the encounters you're gonna face and and Trying to gather all these people make sure everybody's fed like it's yeah, it's gonna be a long process So that's why it takes so long. We're mustering the row him and you know, it takes a while. Oh
00:51:12
Speaker
and fyi i was 100 going to kill reader this episode if you didn't have this yeah yeah i was so waiting for that jess good job if he wasn't going to go with you uh chase or ariana i was gonna say i bet he was gonna be like the biggest cock tease just leave her on the beach going like i kind of like you but
00:51:33
Speaker
yeah in a bit and just leave no it yeah it saved him yeah say saved him this is this is the second time i try to kill something of readers i feel like literally trying to kill Luke's characters all the time like it's brutal even outside of even outside of rolling across the pond always yeah but but it just has it out for you bro that's honestly all it is
00:52:00
Speaker
I will maybe explain in a tea break why but we'll see yeah so with this moment with these moments this month and a half what what is Goro kind of working on what's what's going what's going on you guys have few encounters here and there yeah what what are you doing
00:52:26
Speaker
So obviously he didn't really realise who Cesar was. So when Cesar kind of brought up Leaf and he basically overpowered him for the first time ever, because he didn't really do that with Darren, just saying, realised probably not the best idea.
00:52:41
Speaker
So with that, he's just been really pissed off. Like literally his whole world is literally imploded. Like all the people he kind of knew, he probably murdered. He murdered a king. His best mate died. You know, it's just a mixed bag of emotions. Was it Will Farrell's quote from Anchorman? He's a glass case of emotion is probably the best way of describing it. Milk was a bad choice.
00:53:05
Speaker
But he basically has received a letter from his mum. Now, we touched on it a little bit once that his mum keeps in touch with him via a hawk. Don't ask me how, she's amazing. Mums are amazing, period. And basically she's heard of his actions at the kingdom and has basically kind of had a real solid heart to heart with him, basically saying,
00:53:32
Speaker
You're pretty much, you are your father's son, but you are not your father. You have a completely different heart. Remember what we used to do when we were younger, whenever you had these issues of rage, meditate, find yourself and use that rage that's building up inside you, not on yourself to destroy the ones around you, but destroy the people that are close to you, destroy the people that are against you.
00:53:56
Speaker
So through this time obviously we've had encounters and I've got to know Cesar and PJ again because I really didn't like PJ at one point so that was fun. So we've kind of mended bridges and through my times traveling I've kind of really gone back to meditation and kind of going back to like what my mum installed me before my dad molded me into the weapon that I am.
00:54:15
Speaker
And through those kind of really cool times of meditating and training and stuff like that. Funny enough, I've got some really cool like stillness of mind and evasion, should we say, due to being the monk class, which is kind of cool. But I've kind of like rallied everyone around me to basically realize, I ain't no joke, but also don't push buttons. But he is kind of like calm now.
00:54:40
Speaker
But he is also, his mum says there is a way of connecting to the other side. It's incredibly hard to do and basically he wants to talk to Leaf and just literally have his peace. Like he said his peace at the funeral, but he wants to kind of have, he wants to kind of connect with him for one final time to basically
00:55:02
Speaker
ask him why he did it and why and because it's still conflicting in him but pretty much at the end of the day Goro knows there's he's part of something that's way bigger even though he has probably done the most silliest things with his actions he now has to live with those actions and consequences so he's just trying to figure out from there and
00:55:23
Speaker
yeah he's just kind of um let's just say he's he's a brute he is a force of nature but he's kind of yeah he's just kind of gone back to remembering his roots before all the rage and how to control it if it will. Amazing and uh so in mechanical sense uh what
00:55:43
Speaker
What ability score does he increase? What are you thinking? Like intelligence or wisdom or charisma? Funny enough, his... No, he doesn't need charisma. He just scares the shit out of people by looking at them. So basically his dexterity has gone up because basically going against certain different foes and working alongside Caesar's team and stuff like that, he's basically learned how to use items, even though in his training he's not really supposed to use any kind of items.
00:56:13
Speaker
You know, his fists pretty much do the talking and his kicks, et cetera. But he's, he's basically learned how to do some things, which is, uh, hopefully going to come into fruition in a not too distant future, but we'll see, we'll see how it goes with the guy. So yeah, my dexterity goes up by one, which if you really want to know guys is trash anyway, so it might never even happen. So, um, yeah, he's just decided to become a little bit more lighter on the toes, should we say.
00:56:39
Speaker
Amazing. Hava, kind of the same question. It's been about a month and a half. You're traveling. You're traveling with your father and his people and you're alone for the first time, I think in a long time. Yeah. All these, all these dogs and that I'm around are not familiar to me. Like I.
00:57:01
Speaker
I mean, Hob is such a friendly person, though, that you begin to make friends with people pretty quickly. But it does feel a little disconcerting for her, because it feels like she should be
00:57:20
Speaker
like enjoying this time and feeling at home right now, but part of her feels like this is not, this doesn't feel quite right. Like it does in a sense because she knows this is her people, but part of it is like she's just not used to it and she misses her otterfolk family and
00:57:40
Speaker
So she's feeling a little bit lonely but also always interested in continuing to make friends and getting to know other people except for Blaine Joy who she continues to have arguments with throughout this travels and she plays pranks on her and yeah and so she's trying to you know
00:58:05
Speaker
thwart, thwart Blaine Joy, wherever she can. But as far as like, just the all the things that she's got gone through, she's beginning to understand a little bit more, like,
00:58:22
Speaker
why her father has been doing this and she's starting to be a little bit more, she's able to make decisions based off of a little bit more of logic rather than just emotion and stuff, just from life experience and stuff. So as I was thinking,
00:58:42
Speaker
what skill she would likely have increased during these journeys and stuff. I think she would gain wisdom during these trials and stuff. So yeah, so just the logistical question. So I am raising my wisdom by one point and then, is that right, Jesse? Okay. And then if it's a,
00:59:08
Speaker
I mean, I still don't have great wisdom, but if it's wisdom is 13, does that mean my, my, my, my, uh, uh, modifier is still one or is that two, two? No, it's still one. Not until I get to 14, does it get become two? Okay. I wanted to make sure. So, I mean, technically it's a little better, but my modifier is still, my modifier is still one, you know, it's fine, but, um, she didn't gain some wisdom on her trials and her, uh,
00:59:38
Speaker
And this journey so great and with leveling up you also get the fury fury.
00:59:53
Speaker
something. Feral instincts. I've gained advantage on my initiative roles so I can always hopefully get a better higher position on the initiative because she wants to attack first basically.
01:00:15
Speaker
And is also not able to be surprised, or she can be surprised, but it doesn't affect her ability to reason and stuff as long as I'm going into her rage, so yeah. Cool. And you learned that from playing tricks on plain joy. Exactly.
01:00:38
Speaker
Great. No, that's perfect. And so our adventurers head out.
Volney Kingdom's Chaos
01:00:45
Speaker
I mean, the two that have already left on their voyage across the sea and those others, the other two that are going to the Golden Kingdom. Now, let me give you an insight on what's happening with the Golden Kingdom.
01:01:02
Speaker
Now with the Royal Family dead in the Volney Kingdom, the people of the Volney Kingdom are in chaos. They have no one to listen to. Their peaceful and ignorant existence of lavish and luxury has been interrupted, not just by the Royal Family dying, but now they have a pyramid in
01:01:26
Speaker
in the kingdom and the pyramid is spreading some sort of sand some sort of like desert desert decay wow try saying that this decay is well it's hurting people and so animals try and go through it and they either get sucked into it or
01:01:51
Speaker
die from it, and the other political powers of the Voldemort kingdom are losing control. So the Voldemort kingdom is actually being split between a militia that is forming through Goro's dad,
01:02:12
Speaker
as well as the small amount of King Alros' troops that have infiltrated and are taking back the Volden Kingdom. But then there is actually a part of the Volden Kingdom that they had enough sense, enough time to barricade or protect themselves in some way, and they're calling themselves the Peace Treaties.
01:02:40
Speaker
And they don't want to fight, but they don't want to give back their homes. They don't want to be overrun by another ruler. They want independence. They want democracy. They want freedom of, yeah, life and all that it comes with. That kind of sums it up. We shall see what happens in the final arc. Here we go.
01:03:05
Speaker
and i want to say that's the end of the episode i don't know if you guys agree with that i yeah thank you for listening thank you for playing um wonderful time yeah i had great i loved basically listening to this story i didn't really do very much uh which is fantastic for me
01:03:27
Speaker
Especially with your little daughter there. Exactly. She's been causing a ruckus. Crazy, noisy. So we'll hear a bit of pop in there, both audio link and her character. But yeah, thank you and hopefully enjoy and we will hopefully remember these two and hopefully they come back.
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01:03:51
Speaker
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Speaker
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Speaker
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