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EP. 3 Twist and Shout
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Let's Play Pretend features scenes of explicit violence, gore, and language. Listener discretion is advised.
Your favorite teens get some more information as to Ashley's whereabouts and what it is she is planning with a tumultuous ending.
Let's Play Pretend is:
Jordan Daringer: Host
Nic Barnett: Ned Dolaran
Brek Black: Ryan Winchester
Matt Czech: Arthur Gooseburg
Melanie Daringer: Samantha Williams
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Podcast Introduction
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Speaker
Let's Play Pretend is an explicit podcast with subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.
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Content warnings are found in the description of every episode.
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We here at Let's Play Pretend take mental health very seriously.
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If you or someone that you know is suffering from any mental health issues, please...
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reach out.
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It's as simple as picking up your telephone and dialing 988 to reach a suicide prevention hotline.
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Or if you're the kind of person like me that does not like to talk on the phone, text 988.
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There is somebody there 24-7.
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And if you don't want to reach out to a stranger, you have friends and family that are always there for you.
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Please, if you are suffering from any of these, reach out.
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You matter.
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Cody's laughing, so it's good.
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Speaker
Let's play pretend Let's play pretend Let's play pretend Yeah!
Meet the Players
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Speaker
Hello everybody and welcome back to Let's Play Pretend.
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I am Jordan Derringer, your GM DM host, keeper and host.
00:01:25
Speaker
And I already said host.
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Speaker
Hmm.
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Maybe one of these days I'll get the intro right, but that's okay because today with me as always, I have Nick Barnett.
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Speaker
Ned Dalaran.
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And I have Breck Black.
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Ryan Winchester.
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And I got Matt Check.
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Arthur Gooseberg.
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Speaker
And I have my lovely wife, Melanie Derringer.
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Speaker
Hi, I'm playing Samantha.
Pregnancy News Humor
00:01:54
Speaker
And real quick, I just have some news to share with everybody.
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Speaker
I'm pregnant.
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Speaker
Oh, congratulations.
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Speaker
Thank you.
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Speaker
Matt, mom and dad don't know yet.
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Yes, Samantha's not pregnant, Matt.
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Oh, yeah.
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So don't tell my dad.
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But yes, I'm going to run over right now.
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I will come after you so fast.
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Speaker
So needless to say, that's why we have to record this one a couple days late.
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Speaker
She was she was pregnant sick.
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Speaker
Yeah.
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So.
Sympathy Sickness Discussion
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Speaker
But yeah, now you're all in the know.
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Speaker
Well, congratulations.
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Speaker
Thanks.
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Speaker
I hope Jordan gets the sympathy sick.
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Speaker
I sure the fuck hope so, because this sucks.
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Speaker
Dude, I get sympathy sick all the time.
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Speaker
Like, all the time.
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Melanie gets so mad about it, because she's like, why can't I ever just be sick without you getting sick?
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And I'm like, I don't know.
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Speaker
It just happens.
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It does get rather annoying, because he gets a man sick, and I know all four of you know what that means, because y'all take your sickness to another level and be babies about it.
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I'm sorry.
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Speaker
Hang on.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
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I'm just saying, you can ask Christine.
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She's still in the room for once while we're doing this.
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I don't do the man flu thing.
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I genuinely try to go to work even when I'm almost about to feel like I'm puking.
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So I'm not in that kid's tears.
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Speaker
So if we're blasting each other here on a podcast format, Melanie.
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Yes.
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Do you really want to pull the man flu thing when you're the one who gets the slightest
Accidental Pregnancy Reveal
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sniffles and you're in bed literally all day?
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I need to know if Nick pulls the man flu thing, Christine.
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That's what I thought.
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She says I do, apparently.
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Speaker
Ha ha!
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I don't think I do.
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I go to work when I'm sick.
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Speaker
And that is not true, Jordan, because I go to work sick all the fucking time.
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Speaker
Bullshit.
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Anywho.
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Speaker
Uh-huh.
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Speaker
You fucking asshole.
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Speaker
Then again, you come home and take a COVID test, too.
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Speaker
I did.
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Speaker
Hey, better safe than sorry, right?
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Speaker
Absolutely.
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Speaker
So are we going to do your 15 seconds again?
00:04:20
Speaker
No, that was... I want this intro.
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Speaker
Fair enough.
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Speaker
This is the intro.
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Speaker
Okay.
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Speaker
This is it.
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This is genuine.
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Speaker
So, last week, you guys made it through about half a day.
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Speaker
You were all off doing your own thing.
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Speaker
It was about two days after you had heard the devastating news about Ashley's brother, Chris.
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Speaker
And we opened the scene on Samantha riding her horse Anubis through the woods.
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Speaker
Did not notice that a rainstorm was coming in.
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Speaker
That wasn't fun.
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Speaker
Good job.
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Speaker
Everyone was just kind of doing their own thing.
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Speaker
Arthur, you got a mystery package from your quote unquote biggest fan that had.
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Speaker
Do you remember what it had in it?
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Speaker
Oh, it had a hoodie with my logo on it.
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Speaker
My podcast.
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Speaker
It did indeed.
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Speaker
They're out there.
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Speaker
They're out there.
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Speaker
I thought it was a YouTube channel.
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Speaker
A YouTube channel, podcast.
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Speaker
It's all on YouTube.
Mall Food Debate
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Speaker
Yeah, I was going to say, I mean, our podcast is going to be uploaded to YouTube as well.
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Speaker
So YouTube's a platform for everything.
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Speaker
My cat's trying to be part of the episode.
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Speaker
So Arthur was working on his channel.
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Speaker
Samantha was off riding her horse.
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Speaker
Brian was out at the junkyard, his normal hangout place, when he noticed that the storm was coming in.
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Speaker
And Ned, you were out driving with your dad.
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And before we even start, I want you to roll a human for me.
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Speaker
What the hell is a human?
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Speaker
Human intelligence.
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Speaker
Oh, okay.
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Speaker
It's one of your stats in the middle column, sixth one down.
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Speaker
14 on a 40.
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Speaker
Something isn't quite right with your dad.
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Speaker
You noticed that it was weird when you guys were driving.
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Speaker
Something's just not quite right with him.
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Speaker
He's not acting like himself.
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Speaker
No, he's being nice.
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Speaker
Yeah, it's weird.
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Speaker
But anyway, you guys went back home and Ryan was the first to really remember or to really realize you guys hadn't heard from Ashley at all in the last couple of days.
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She told you about her brother.
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You guys went through all that and then complete radio silence.
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So you went and you searched around her house.
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There was no sign of her, no sign of her parents.
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Speaker
Everyone was gone.
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And it wasn't like... The house, for all intents and purposes, seemed like it should be lived in, but nobody was there.
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Speaker
The mail had been built up for a couple days.
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Speaker
Other than that, nothing was amiss.
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It's because Ashley killed her parents.
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We all know it.
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Speaker
Oh, yeah.
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Speaker
We'll see.
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We'll see what happens.
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And Samantha found a piece of paper up on Ashley's bed.
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Speaker
Samantha, do you remember what that piece of paper was?
Ashley Attempts a Ritual
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Speaker
It was a list of ingredients or things, and I remember vividly that there was fresh blood on the list.
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Speaker
Words fresh blood, not actual fresh blood.
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Speaker
Yes.
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Speaker
Fresh blood.
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Speaker
And Arthur, do you remember what conclusion you jumped to?
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Oh, yeah.
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It was a sacrifice.
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Speaker
It was some sort of ritual sacrifice.
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Speaker
For what purpose?
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Speaker
For a summoning ritual.
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Speaker
You had jumped to the conclusion that she was trying to contact her.
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Speaker
Oh, yeah.
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Speaker
Contact her dead brother.
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Speaker
And I believe it was Ned who came to the conclusion of where she actually was.
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Speaker
Yeah, that is correct.
00:08:03
Speaker
So you guys rushed off to the treehouse and nobody decided to roll a search check, which I thought was kind of weird, but you guys missed something big there, but it's okay.
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Speaker
It'll come into play here in a second.
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You went up into the treehouse and you found Ashley and she had drawn what looked like a pentagram onto the table of the treehouse and
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And was telling you guys that she finally did it.
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She finally figured it out.
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Speaker
She could contact her brother and find out what happened.
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Speaker
And she was hysterical.
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Speaker
You've never seen her act this crazy before.
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Speaker
But losing a family member does different things to different people.
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Speaker
And that's the way that she dealt with it.
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Speaker
You guys were able to talk her down from doing the ritual.
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You were able to talk some sense into her.
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Speaker
You decided, you know, why don't we get some food in you?
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Speaker
And she agreed.
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Speaker
She's like, yeah, you know what?
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I don't think I have eaten in the past couple days.
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And you were able to talk her down, get her out of the treehouse.
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Speaker
And everybody but Ned noticed that even though you guys didn't blow out the candles, when you looked back up at the treehouse, the lights were out.
Skepticism About the Ritual
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Speaker
Buh-buh-buh!
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Speaker
And that's where we're starting now.
00:09:20
Speaker
So you guys are just now getting down to the cars and you're all, you know, piling into Ryan's car, except for Samantha.
00:09:32
Speaker
She brought Anubis.
00:09:36
Speaker
And where is Ashley going to go?
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Speaker
I thought you said Ashley was hopping on the back of my horse.
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Speaker
I did, but that was because I also forgot a key detail.
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Speaker
So we're going to retcon that.
00:09:46
Speaker
Got a key detail.
00:09:49
Speaker
Yeah.
00:09:50
Speaker
You guys were looking for the cars at her parents' house.
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Speaker
And you noticed that both the cars were missing.
00:09:56
Speaker
Well, Ashley had to get to the treehouse somehow.
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Speaker
So she has a car.
00:10:05
Speaker
I thought you were going to be like, how do you guys think she got there?
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Speaker
I was like, I don't fucking know, man.
00:10:11
Speaker
No.
00:10:12
Speaker
She flew.
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Speaker
One of the missing cars is there at the treehouse.
00:10:16
Speaker
Gotcha.
00:10:16
Speaker
So we could have two cars.
00:10:18
Speaker
Yes.
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Speaker
And a horse.
00:10:21
Speaker
So she looks over at Samantha and Ashley goes, hey, did you by chance get dropped off at the stable or did you take your own car?
00:10:34
Speaker
I mean, the stable's at my house, so I guess I walked.
00:10:40
Speaker
That would have been a good piece of information to know before I made my character look like an idiot.
00:10:45
Speaker
Okay, never mind.
00:10:48
Speaker
She's dazed and confused.
00:10:49
Speaker
It's fine.
00:10:51
Speaker
Yeah, you're right, you're right, sorry.
00:10:54
Speaker
Girl, I was just gonna follow you back to the stable and drive with you, but yeah, that's fine, that's fine.
00:11:02
Speaker
I'm guessing all you boys are riding with Ryan?
00:11:05
Speaker
Yeah, unless you want any of us to go with you.
00:11:08
Speaker
Samantha shoots that a look.
00:11:11
Speaker
It's fine, it's fine.
00:11:13
Speaker
I can follow you guys.
00:11:14
Speaker
Where, uh...
00:11:15
Speaker
Like I said, dinner's on me.
00:11:18
Speaker
My treat.
00:11:19
Speaker
Where do you guys want to go?
00:11:21
Speaker
I'll eat just about anything, so I'll leave it up to you guys.
00:11:24
Speaker
Indecisive as ever, Ryan.
00:11:26
Speaker
You know it.
00:11:27
Speaker
I mean, we could always go to the mall.
00:11:28
Speaker
They got the food cord.
00:11:29
Speaker
It's got some everything.
00:11:31
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:11:32
Speaker
The mall's got everything.
00:11:34
Speaker
You know, I haven't had greasy mall food in a long time.
00:11:36
Speaker
That sounds good.
00:11:37
Speaker
That sounds good.
00:11:38
Speaker
Yeah, let's meet at the mall.
00:11:41
Speaker
And she closes the door to her car and starts the car.
00:11:45
Speaker
Samantha again looks at Ned and then looks back at Ashley's car and then back at Ned like go with her.
00:11:55
Speaker
When Ned tries to get in the car he's going to find the doors locked.
00:12:02
Speaker
And Ryan's just going to point at the other car.
00:12:03
Speaker
Roll me a 50-50.
00:12:06
Speaker
66.
00:12:06
Speaker
She's already pulling away.
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Speaker
You better run.
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Speaker
Ryan.
00:12:18
Speaker
Better luck next time.
00:12:20
Speaker
Ryan, you unlock this door.
00:12:22
Speaker
Only if you say please.
00:12:24
Speaker
Samantha walks over.
00:12:26
Speaker
Well, she trots Anubis over and stops her in front of Ashley's car.
00:12:30
Speaker
See, there you go.
00:12:31
Speaker
Problem solved.
00:12:32
Speaker
Ashley hits the brakes and rolls down the window.
00:12:34
Speaker
Girl, what are you doing?
00:12:36
Speaker
Are you trying to get your horse run over?
00:12:38
Speaker
He's a big boy.
00:12:39
Speaker
Can you let Ned ride with you?
00:12:41
Speaker
Ryan's being a little asshole.
00:12:44
Speaker
You're welcome.
00:12:45
Speaker
Yeah, sure.
00:12:46
Speaker
She unlocks the door and calls you in.
00:12:49
Speaker
All right.
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Speaker
I hop in next to her.
00:12:52
Speaker
I appreciate it.
00:12:52
Speaker
Ryan's being a little bit of a prick lately.
00:12:55
Speaker
Oh, no problem.
00:12:56
Speaker
No problem.
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Speaker
Yeah.
00:12:57
Speaker
Like I said, anyone's welcome.
00:13:01
Speaker
I appreciate it.
00:13:03
Speaker
Samantha just kind of smiles, gives that a wink, and then rides off to the stable to put Anubis away.
00:13:09
Speaker
Okay, so before we continue on with this story, I am going to say at the beginning of this campaign, I said this was going to be a closed session, meaning when people split up, I will have other people take their headsets off.
00:13:26
Speaker
Today will be the last session of openness.
00:13:31
Speaker
After today's session, we will begin doing that closed session thing.
00:13:34
Speaker
Cool.
00:13:35
Speaker
Because after today's session will be things may take a turn that certain characters can't know about.
00:13:42
Speaker
All right.
00:13:43
Speaker
Secrets.
00:13:44
Speaker
That's good.
00:13:46
Speaker
So that means you're taking over the editing.
00:13:48
Speaker
No, we have a third party that's going to edit any scenes that Nick is not in.
00:13:53
Speaker
Oh, OK.
00:13:53
Speaker
Who's that?
00:13:54
Speaker
Cody.
00:13:55
Speaker
Oh, nice.
00:13:57
Speaker
Yeah.
00:13:57
Speaker
He said that he would be very interested in doing it.
00:14:00
Speaker
So cool.
00:14:01
Speaker
Cool.
00:14:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:14:03
Speaker
I need a D4.
00:14:07
Speaker
That is a one.
00:14:09
Speaker
All right.
00:14:10
Speaker
So we are going to resolve Ryan and Arthur first.
00:14:15
Speaker
So you guys see Ashley and Ned drive off in front of you.
00:14:19
Speaker
And it's just you and Arthur in the car.
00:14:25
Speaker
What do you guys do?
00:14:26
Speaker
How far drive is it?
00:14:28
Speaker
Not far.
00:14:29
Speaker
Like I said, it's a smallish town.
00:14:32
Speaker
You can really get from one side of town to the other in like 20 minutes.
00:14:37
Speaker
Hey, Arthur.
00:14:39
Speaker
Arthur digs in his backpack and he busts out his lightning hawk comic and he starts drawing more panels.
00:14:51
Speaker
Arthur, I want you real quick to roll me a, we'll just say just a general intelligence.
00:15:07
Speaker
89.
00:15:07
Speaker
And what's your intelligence score?
00:15:10
Speaker
Is that the hue in human?
00:15:13
Speaker
Yeah, it's 40.
00:15:15
Speaker
No, up in the up in the top, you have your base stats.
00:15:19
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:15:19
Speaker
60.
00:15:20
Speaker
So you failed your intelligence.
00:15:21
Speaker
OK, yeah.
00:15:23
Speaker
Um, even though, even though Ned is not sitting in the front seat, you just are oblivious to the fact that he's not there.
00:15:31
Speaker
Like you, you saw him get into Ashley's car, but you didn't take into consideration the fact that, oh shit, that means I could sit in front and you're still just hanging out in the back of the car.
00:15:42
Speaker
Yeah.
00:15:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:15:44
Speaker
That's Arthur.
00:15:45
Speaker
All right.
00:15:46
Speaker
Hey, Arthur, when we found that list at Ashley's house about the whole talking to the dead thing, you seem to pick up on that pretty quick.
00:15:55
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:15:58
Speaker
She said that there was fresh blood on the list.
00:16:02
Speaker
How much flesh blood do you think that would take to do the thing?
00:16:05
Speaker
You have any idea about that?
00:16:07
Speaker
Go ahead and roll another intelligence.
00:16:11
Speaker
Or no, I'm sorry.
00:16:13
Speaker
Roll me a cult.
00:16:17
Speaker
That is a 49 out of 50.
00:16:20
Speaker
49 out of 50.
00:16:20
Speaker
Perfect.
00:16:21
Speaker
That is a pass.
00:16:24
Speaker
You would know for the kind of ritual that you think it is that you are kind of cluing in that it is.
00:16:32
Speaker
It really wouldn't take much.
00:16:35
Speaker
Well, from the Reddit forums that I've procured, it wouldn't take a whole lot, but
00:16:44
Speaker
But a prick of your hand, really.
00:16:47
Speaker
You wouldn't lose too much blood for she did.
00:16:50
Speaker
Okay.
00:16:52
Speaker
But it is troubling.
00:16:54
Speaker
Especially since, where the fuck are her parents, dude?
00:16:58
Speaker
Yeah, she seemed really sketchy about where her parents were.
00:17:06
Speaker
Also, her parents' cars weren't there?
00:17:10
Speaker
Yeah, well, she had one of them, so.
00:17:12
Speaker
That's true, that's true.
00:17:14
Speaker
It's almost like both the cars being gone was almost retconned from our minds almost.
00:17:22
Speaker
Yeah, both of the cars were still gone.
00:17:25
Speaker
You just found where one of them was.
00:17:29
Speaker
I know.
00:17:31
Speaker
She has been acting weird, but I'm also hungry, so I'm a little more concerned about getting some noodles at this point.
00:17:39
Speaker
Yeah, we can do that when we get there, Arthur.
00:17:41
Speaker
You got it.
00:17:41
Speaker
All right, cool.
00:17:42
Speaker
And he goes back to drawing his fucking comic book.
00:17:46
Speaker
Okay.
00:17:47
Speaker
We will go to Samantha.
00:17:49
Speaker
I'm heading home to put Anubis away.
00:17:51
Speaker
Okay.
00:17:54
Speaker
Is there anything that you are wanting to resolve while you're doing this?
00:17:58
Speaker
Is there anything that you're thinking of that you want answers to?
00:18:02
Speaker
Well, she's currently thinking of her friends losing her shit, but she also is thinking about getting into some dry clothes.
00:18:08
Speaker
Fair and fair.
00:18:09
Speaker
You saw the list.
00:18:13
Speaker
I haven't given you like an actual full list yet.
00:18:15
Speaker
I'm still writing that up to give to you guys.
00:18:17
Speaker
Uh-huh.
00:18:18
Speaker
Yeah.
00:18:19
Speaker
But yeah, fresh blood.
00:18:21
Speaker
As you're thinking about this list, you think about Arthur said that this was a list to contact the dead.
00:18:28
Speaker
Correct.
00:18:29
Speaker
No, that's that's weird, right?
00:18:31
Speaker
They can't.
00:18:32
Speaker
No, no, you can't contact.
00:18:34
Speaker
But what if that means if she was able to contact the dead, you would also be able to talk to Chris again?
00:18:42
Speaker
I don't know what you want me to do here.
00:18:43
Speaker
This is all in her head.
00:18:45
Speaker
So I don't know.
00:18:45
Speaker
I don't know.
00:18:47
Speaker
Just food for thought.
00:18:48
Speaker
Okay.
00:18:49
Speaker
All right.
00:18:50
Speaker
And then we'll smash cut to Ned and Ashley in the car.
00:18:58
Speaker
You know, we've been friends for a while, Ned.
00:19:00
Speaker
You don't have to be awkward.
00:19:02
Speaker
You can just talk to me, which I very appreciate you riding with me.
00:19:10
Speaker
I really didn't want to be alone after all that.
00:19:13
Speaker
Oh.
00:19:16
Speaker
I understand a little bit.
00:19:19
Speaker
I just I've been trying to find the best way for me to be there for not just you, but for your parents, too.
00:19:26
Speaker
Y'all have really been another family to me and y'all have always meant a lot to me.
00:19:32
Speaker
Well, I appreciate that.
00:19:33
Speaker
But shouldn't you also be there for your parents?
00:19:36
Speaker
Like, hello, congratulations.
00:19:39
Speaker
Congratulations for what?
00:19:41
Speaker
I mean, my dad's acting all sorts of funny.
00:19:44
Speaker
He's being nice.
00:19:45
Speaker
He took me out driving.
00:19:47
Speaker
earlier today.
00:19:47
Speaker
That was weird.
00:19:49
Speaker
Oh, oh, you don't, you don't know.
00:19:52
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:19:54
Speaker
What?
00:19:55
Speaker
Oh, nothing.
00:19:57
Speaker
No, no, no, no.
00:19:58
Speaker
Hold on now.
00:19:59
Speaker
I might be awkward, but you can't tell me, you know, something about my parents that I don't know.
00:20:05
Speaker
You know how your parents and my parents are good friends.
00:20:08
Speaker
I heard some news, but it's, it's not my news to share.
00:20:15
Speaker
Come on, you know you can't bring that up and then not talk about it.
00:20:19
Speaker
Oh, I know I very much can.
00:20:21
Speaker
Oh, come on, what's the news?
00:20:25
Speaker
What's it going to take to get you to tell me?
00:20:26
Speaker
Spill the beans.
00:20:28
Speaker
Well, and you didn't hear it from me, but apparently, and Melanie, I swear to God, I came up with this before we found out.
00:20:38
Speaker
Apparently you are expecting another sibling.
00:20:44
Speaker
I'm sure you thought of that before.
00:20:48
Speaker
I did.
00:20:49
Speaker
He brought it up to me like two weeks, three weeks ago.
00:20:52
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:20:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:20:58
Speaker
What the hell?
00:21:00
Speaker
How come my parents be talking to yours and letting them know?
00:21:03
Speaker
But you, why wouldn't they tell me?
00:21:06
Speaker
I don't have the slightest idea.
00:21:09
Speaker
All I know is, uh, yep, they told my mom and dad, and, uh, I happened to be there when they did.
00:21:20
Speaker
Man, I already had one awkward talk with Dad, now it's gonna have to be another one with my mom?
00:21:24
Speaker
Alright, uh, hmm.
00:21:27
Speaker
She looks at you real seriously for a minute.
00:21:30
Speaker
Better an awkward talk with your mom than an awkward talk with your dad, am I right?
00:21:34
Speaker
And she kind of does the pull the collar like, yeesh.
00:21:38
Speaker
You just wait.
00:21:39
Speaker
If he's still acting as goofy as he was earlier today, you're going to be a little worried.
00:21:46
Speaker
Oh, man.
00:21:49
Speaker
I'm going to have a little brother, a little sis.
00:21:51
Speaker
That's weird.
00:21:54
Speaker
Especially the age difference.
00:21:56
Speaker
That's...
00:21:58
Speaker
Good luck.
00:21:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:22:00
Speaker
Yeah.
00:22:01
Speaker
I'm a need it.
00:22:02
Speaker
Oh.
00:22:04
Speaker
Well, you know, we're always here for you in case you want to get out of the house.
00:22:08
Speaker
Yeah.
00:22:09
Speaker
Yeah, I know.
00:22:10
Speaker
I know.
00:22:10
Speaker
Got a good group of friends here.
00:22:12
Speaker
Yeah.
00:22:12
Speaker
Yeah.
00:22:13
Speaker
I know I do.
00:22:15
Speaker
I got to ask you, though.
00:22:17
Speaker
We found that list on your bed.
00:22:20
Speaker
You see her knuckles go white, like she grips the steering wheel harder.
00:22:24
Speaker
Uh, um, list?
00:22:27
Speaker
What list?
00:22:28
Speaker
What are you talking about?
00:22:29
Speaker
Well, with the elmwood leaves, with the, what was it?
00:22:37
Speaker
Dog nails, and, uh, Ashley, it said fresh blood on it.
00:22:42
Speaker
I told you guys when you came to the treehouse that I found out how to talk to my brother.
00:22:48
Speaker
We're all gonna have to have a sit down and, uh... Ashley, this... Do you believe in this?
00:22:54
Speaker
Ned, if it... lets me speak to my brother one more time... I'm willing to believe in anything.
00:23:02
Speaker
I can't say I understand that, but... I don't know, that just... That gave me the heebie-jeebies.
00:23:08
Speaker
I... You know I'm not a big fan of that... witchy nonsense, so... I... I...
00:23:18
Speaker
To be fair, you guys were never supposed to find that, so... You know we'd come looking, though.
00:23:24
Speaker
Samantha went to the house.
00:23:26
Speaker
You know she knows where the key is to your place.
00:23:28
Speaker
She went in there, and she gave us all a holler, and we came running.
00:23:34
Speaker
Yeah, I guess two days of not reaching out will do that.
00:23:39
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it will.
00:23:42
Speaker
Well, regardless, I appreciate y'all.
00:23:45
Speaker
And we'll be here for you.
00:23:46
Speaker
All right.
00:23:47
Speaker
Now let's go get some grub.
00:23:49
Speaker
Let's go get some food.
00:23:51
Speaker
I was just going to say enough with the awkward talk.
00:23:53
Speaker
Let's go get some food.
00:23:54
Speaker
Hell yeah.
00:23:54
Speaker
Panda Express.
00:23:57
Speaker
Like I said, I'm buying.
00:23:58
Speaker
So whatever you want out there.
00:23:59
Speaker
All right.
00:24:00
Speaker
So you guys all pull up to this mall and it's a mall.
00:24:05
Speaker
It's two stories, but it's seen.
00:24:09
Speaker
It's the heyday of the mall is definitely gone.
00:24:13
Speaker
It's a lot of.
00:24:15
Speaker
overpriced clothing stores.
00:24:17
Speaker
There might be a bookstore there.
00:24:19
Speaker
You know, every mall has to have a Spencer's.
00:24:22
Speaker
So like your regular mall stables, but the stuff that would really bring you to the mall is not really there anymore.
00:24:29
Speaker
It's kind of just a place to go knock out some necessities and get some food, which is what you guys are there for now is to get some food.
00:24:36
Speaker
Right.
00:24:38
Speaker
Ryan makes a beeline for the Panda Express.
00:24:41
Speaker
He hasn't had Panda in a while.
00:24:42
Speaker
You too, Ryan.
00:24:44
Speaker
You guys have the choice of anything in this place and you and Ned are both going Panda.
00:24:51
Speaker
As she says that, Arthur also walks up to Panda Express.
00:24:56
Speaker
I like orange chicken.
00:24:58
Speaker
Come on, Ashley.
00:24:59
Speaker
She looks at you guys like we could have just hit the Panda drive through guys.
00:25:02
Speaker
Yeah, but then we don't get to sit down.
00:25:05
Speaker
Fair, fair.
00:25:07
Speaker
Has anyone seen Samantha yet?
00:25:11
Speaker
Go ahead.
00:25:11
Speaker
Give her a call.
00:25:12
Speaker
I mean,
00:25:13
Speaker
She'd just be happy to see your name pop up on her phone again.
00:25:17
Speaker
I bet she'll want Panda Express.
00:25:19
Speaker
Well, the problem is, I kind of left my phone on my nightside table.
00:25:25
Speaker
So I don't have it on me.
00:25:29
Speaker
She kind of gives you guys a sheepish grin, like somebody else is going to have to call her.
00:25:33
Speaker
Oh, hell.
00:25:34
Speaker
Didn't Samantha grab that?
00:25:36
Speaker
I know somebody grabbed your phone.
00:25:39
Speaker
Nobody grabbed it, but...
00:25:42
Speaker
Ryan did see that it was plugged in, but the plug was not in the wall, so it was dead.
00:25:49
Speaker
All right.
00:25:49
Speaker
All right.
00:25:50
Speaker
I'll give Sam a call real quick.
00:25:52
Speaker
Ring, ring, ring, ring.
00:25:58
Speaker
You have to use that ring ring.
00:26:01
Speaker
I'm not even going to make your roll alertness.
00:26:03
Speaker
You were expecting to hear from these people, so go ahead.
00:26:09
Speaker
I need to set that as my personal ringtone now.
00:26:13
Speaker
Ring ring ring ring
00:26:33
Speaker
Where you at, skank?
00:26:37
Speaker
Yeah, I'll be there in about five minutes.
00:26:40
Speaker
I just hopped in the car.
00:26:43
Speaker
I just wanted to change my clothes quick, but I'll be there shortly.
00:26:45
Speaker
Tell that bitch that I want some spicy chicken and fried rice.
00:26:51
Speaker
From Panda?
00:26:52
Speaker
Yeah, from Panda.
00:26:56
Speaker
Arthur, get away from me, man.
00:26:57
Speaker
I even got this thing on speakerphone.
00:26:58
Speaker
You're way too close.
00:27:00
Speaker
I had to tell him.
00:27:03
Speaker
Matt, just go get me my teriyaki.
00:27:05
Speaker
Come on.
00:27:06
Speaker
You just called him Matt.
00:27:09
Speaker
God damn it.
00:27:15
Speaker
Do you want me to take that from the top?
00:27:18
Speaker
No, I want you to keep this in the episode.
00:27:21
Speaker
Because Ash is going to look at you and be like, Ned, who the fuck is Matt?
00:27:26
Speaker
He's losing it.
00:27:27
Speaker
The fourth wall is broken.
00:27:29
Speaker
Yeah, you know what?
00:27:30
Speaker
Roll sanity.
00:27:31
Speaker
Oh, God damn it.
00:27:31
Speaker
No, I don't want to do that.
00:27:36
Speaker
35 on a... Dammit, I haven't looked at this one yet.
00:27:41
Speaker
I think you all rolled fairly high on sanity.
00:27:44
Speaker
Sanity is your power times 5, if I'm not mistaken.
00:27:47
Speaker
Yeah, 35 on an 80.
00:27:50
Speaker
Yeah.
00:27:50
Speaker
Okay.
00:27:51
Speaker
So you don't lose any sanity.
00:27:53
Speaker
You were just like, who the hell is Matt?
00:27:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:27:56
Speaker
Wrong name.
00:27:56
Speaker
What the hell?
00:27:57
Speaker
Arthur, either way, back up a little bit.
00:28:00
Speaker
Let's go get us some chicken.
00:28:02
Speaker
Sam, there's a lot.
00:28:03
Speaker
Sam, I'm going to let you go.
00:28:04
Speaker
He won't get off me.
00:28:06
Speaker
I will get your food.
00:28:07
Speaker
It'll be ready for you.
00:28:09
Speaker
Sounds good.
00:28:09
Speaker
See you in five.
00:28:10
Speaker
All right.
00:28:10
Speaker
Bye.
00:28:15
Speaker
Hello everybody and welcome to the Let's Play Pretend Mid-Roll.
00:28:21
Speaker
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00:28:32
Speaker
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00:28:36
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00:28:40
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00:28:42
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It's all the same thing.
00:28:44
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00:28:52
Speaker
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00:28:57
Speaker
And Mr. Melvin Wright says, I really enjoyed this!
00:29:03
Speaker
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00:29:14
Speaker
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00:29:21
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00:29:32
Speaker
Yes?
00:29:34
Speaker
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00:29:35
Speaker
Well, with that being said, I have a large vat of cheese balls, an empty beanbag chair, and about 40 hours of Top Chef waiting for me.
00:29:46
Speaker
I will see you all in two weeks' time.
00:29:50
Speaker
And now back to the show.
00:29:54
Speaker
Click.
00:29:54
Speaker
I told you she'd want Panda.
00:29:56
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:58
Speaker
Hey, Ashley, where are you going?
00:29:59
Speaker
Where are you going?
00:30:01
Speaker
You see Ashley walking across the walking across the food court.
00:30:05
Speaker
She's heading over to Charlie's.
00:30:07
Speaker
She's getting sub.
00:30:08
Speaker
Gross.
00:30:09
Speaker
Why would you pick the most disgusting sub place ever?
00:30:15
Speaker
Hey, to be fair, they got a buffalo chicken and it's pretty bomb.
00:30:19
Speaker
And roaches in the in their fucking bread.
00:30:21
Speaker
That's protein.
00:30:23
Speaker
That's one sponsor we're never going to get.
00:30:27
Speaker
I don't want to be sponsored by Charlie's, so I'm sorry.
00:30:32
Speaker
But Panda's gonna love us.
00:30:34
Speaker
Are you sure you're thinking Charlie's and not Quizno's, Melanie?
00:30:37
Speaker
No, the one in the mall?
00:30:38
Speaker
Yeah.
00:30:40
Speaker
Yeah, I've heard rumors that they have roaches.
00:30:44
Speaker
I mean, that wouldn't surprise me.
00:30:45
Speaker
Our mall is disgusting.
00:30:47
Speaker
Is anybody else just imagining this whole scene going on in Cherryvale?
00:30:51
Speaker
Yes.
00:30:52
Speaker
Everyone except Breck.
00:30:55
Speaker
Yeah.
00:30:56
Speaker
So yeah, while you guys are waiting for Samantha to show up, she's going over and getting herself a sub.
00:31:02
Speaker
But she seemed to already be too far away to actually hear you.
00:31:06
Speaker
Well, we know that she likes that place better, I guess.
00:31:10
Speaker
But, hey, wait a minute.
00:31:11
Speaker
She said she was going by for us.
00:31:12
Speaker
Now she's all the way over there.
00:31:14
Speaker
Yeah, that's interesting.
00:31:16
Speaker
Maybe she only wanted to buy a sub.
00:31:20
Speaker
She'll be back.
00:31:21
Speaker
I trust her.
00:31:22
Speaker
I'm just getting in line.
00:31:23
Speaker
If she ain't here by then, I'll go ahead and pick mine up.
00:31:26
Speaker
Well, considering the line for Panda is quite long and the line for Charlie's is, you know, non-existent, she has her food before you guys even order.
00:31:38
Speaker
Yeah, that's about right.
00:31:39
Speaker
All right, Samantha, you are in line by the time Ashley gets back with her food.
00:31:46
Speaker
And she walks up and she goes...
00:31:48
Speaker
You see, if y'all would have just ordered a sub, like yours truly, we'd be sitting down eating already.
00:31:54
Speaker
But I want noodles that make me hungry 20 minutes after I'm done eating said noodles.
00:32:01
Speaker
She reaches up and just kind of rustles your hair.
00:32:03
Speaker
She's like, of course you do, Arthur.
00:32:05
Speaker
So you guys go through line.
00:32:07
Speaker
You all order your food.
00:32:09
Speaker
You sit.
00:32:10
Speaker
You enjoy.
00:32:11
Speaker
Is there anything that you want to resolve?
00:32:14
Speaker
today at the mall sitting and talking.
00:32:17
Speaker
Is there anything you want to resolve?
00:32:20
Speaker
Uh, I do.
00:32:21
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:21
Speaker
So, so you guys are sitting down eating and having a good time.
00:32:26
Speaker
And Ryan speaks up.
00:32:28
Speaker
Hey, uh, Ashley, I know you're probably... She looks up and she has a piece of lettuce from her sub hanging out of her mouth, and she, like, quick does, like, the... Try to get it in with her tongue and, like, tilt her head, try and get the lettuce in her mouth before she just wipes it away, and she's like, yeah.
00:32:43
Speaker
Um, I was just wondering, and I know you probably don't want to talk about this, but, uh, where'd you find that whole ritual thing, anyways?
00:32:50
Speaker
Because that seems kind of specific.
00:32:52
Speaker
I, uh, did a lot of research after hearing about my brother.
00:32:57
Speaker
I've always been kind of interested in the dark web, which how can you not with Arthur in the group?
00:33:03
Speaker
And yeah, he was just kind of my inspiration to see what I could find on the possibility of, you know, talking to Chris again.
00:33:16
Speaker
And you chose necromancy instead of praying to him or not necromancy.
00:33:23
Speaker
It's not necromancy.
00:33:24
Speaker
I'm not trying to bring him back.
00:33:25
Speaker
I'm just trying to communicate.
00:33:27
Speaker
Samantha's just looking at her like she's insane.
00:33:29
Speaker
You should have come to me and we could have done the ritual properly.
00:33:34
Speaker
Properly?
00:33:35
Speaker
Arthur?
00:33:36
Speaker
I've seen an image or two on the Reddit.
00:33:41
Speaker
It didn't look much like that.
00:33:43
Speaker
She kind of leans in and she goes, you know how to do this properly.
00:33:49
Speaker
Well, I'm just saying from the sigil on the on the table, it was that's that was that was only it seemed like that wasn't everything.
00:33:58
Speaker
Oh, no, that wasn't everything at all.
00:34:00
Speaker
I you know what you guys thought you talked to me out of it.
00:34:03
Speaker
So no, no, it don't sound like it.
00:34:07
Speaker
I guess looking at me like that.
00:34:09
Speaker
Samantha looks over to her and goes, all right, let's cut the bullshit.
00:34:13
Speaker
Why is there fresh blood on that list?
00:34:16
Speaker
She kind of looks a little taken aback and goes.
00:34:20
Speaker
I don't make the list.
00:34:23
Speaker
You know that, Samantha.
00:34:25
Speaker
Do you already have it?
00:34:27
Speaker
No.
00:34:28
Speaker
I said I don't have everything yet.
00:34:31
Speaker
Where are you planning to get it?
00:34:34
Speaker
I mean, we'll see when the time comes.
00:34:38
Speaker
If the time comes, I don't know.
00:34:39
Speaker
Like I said, you guys talked me out of it.
00:34:42
Speaker
Why are you grilling me so hard on this?
00:34:44
Speaker
Can I roll an occult?
00:34:47
Speaker
Yeah, sure, go ahead.
00:34:51
Speaker
41 out of 50 for a cult.
00:34:56
Speaker
Hang on.
00:35:01
Speaker
Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off.
00:35:02
Speaker
I just wanted to know if I actually was knowing what I was talking about or just actually just bullshitting.
00:35:10
Speaker
You have definitely found things that would be helpful that you think would actually be able to communicate with the dead.
00:35:19
Speaker
And from what you have found online, if she's barking up the wrong tree, it's not by much.
00:35:26
Speaker
Okay.
00:35:27
Speaker
Sorry.
00:35:28
Speaker
Continue.
00:35:29
Speaker
Arthur, I thought you were into aliens and stuff.
00:35:32
Speaker
And check out the new hoodie you got.
00:35:33
Speaker
That's kind of cool.
00:35:34
Speaker
But like.
00:35:36
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:35:37
Speaker
What do you know about any of this stuff?
00:35:38
Speaker
I'm into all things strange in this world, and specifically our state.
00:35:45
Speaker
Look, man, like your Bigfoot, the jackalope, that's strange.
00:35:50
Speaker
That's weird.
00:35:51
Speaker
But talking-
00:35:56
Speaker
Oh man, Arthur.
00:35:59
Speaker
Ashley, how can we help you out with this?
00:36:02
Speaker
It says fresh blood.
00:36:04
Speaker
What does that mean?
00:36:05
Speaker
Can we go to the butcher shop and get a steak and you just kind of squeeze it?
00:36:08
Speaker
Does that work?
00:36:10
Speaker
Well, I mean, that's not 100% fresh.
00:36:13
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:14
Speaker
It's got to be from the source.
00:36:16
Speaker
From the source?
00:36:17
Speaker
What the fuck are you talking about, girl?
00:36:21
Speaker
Stop being so cryptic and just get down to it.
00:36:25
Speaker
Y'all, I think we should kick rocks.
00:36:27
Speaker
Look, this is kind of creeping me out a little.
00:36:28
Speaker
Let's get out of the mall.
00:36:29
Speaker
Let's get out of a public place.
00:36:31
Speaker
I don't know.
00:36:33
Speaker
Ashley, are your parents going to be home?
00:36:35
Speaker
Can we just head back to your house?
00:36:37
Speaker
Yeah, you guys can totally head back to my place.
00:36:40
Speaker
They are out doing funeral prep right now.
00:36:45
Speaker
let's sit down somewhere a little more comfortable.
00:36:47
Speaker
We all got our bellies full.
00:36:49
Speaker
Let's go talk this out.
00:36:50
Speaker
Let's try and level with each other at least a little bit, because this is creeping me out.
00:36:55
Speaker
Yeah, sure.
00:36:56
Speaker
That sounds fine.
00:36:57
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:36:57
Speaker
I'm not trying to creep you out with my interests.
00:37:02
Speaker
Hey, Arthur.
00:37:03
Speaker
Arthur, I got a question for you, man.
00:37:04
Speaker
Yeah?
00:37:05
Speaker
You ain't never had a size 10 Doc Martin up your ass, have you?
00:37:09
Speaker
Ha ha ha.
00:37:10
Speaker
Ha ha.
00:37:14
Speaker
I haven't.
00:37:15
Speaker
Is that a threat?
00:37:16
Speaker
It might be more of a promise depending on how this keeps going.
00:37:22
Speaker
Our threat is sheepishly look so red.
00:37:25
Speaker
I pat him on the shoulder.
00:37:27
Speaker
You're all right, bud.
00:37:28
Speaker
But let's do this when we get back to Ashley's house.
00:37:35
Speaker
Ashley looks at you, Ned, and she goes, pretty sure the last person that threatened him got kicked in the nuts, didn't he?
00:37:41
Speaker
Yeah, I'll see it coming.
00:37:42
Speaker
I watched it happen.
00:37:44
Speaker
You see Arthur glare up a little bit.
00:37:48
Speaker
Look, I may not win every fight I get in and every little scrap, but I promise everybody leaves a little hurt.
00:37:55
Speaker
You don't have to win.
00:37:56
Speaker
They just don't have to 100% win either.
00:37:58
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:59
Speaker
I put my arm around Arthur and I start walking towards the escalators to get out of there.
00:38:05
Speaker
You're all right, bud.
00:38:06
Speaker
You know this witchy shit just kind of creeps me out.
00:38:09
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:10
Speaker
It really bugs you out indeed.
00:38:13
Speaker
Yeah.
00:38:13
Speaker
Hey, don't worry.
00:38:15
Speaker
I've been working on some of them sound effects for that little video comic you're wanting to put on your channel.
00:38:23
Speaker
Really?
00:38:24
Speaker
Yeah, man.
00:38:25
Speaker
We're friends.
00:38:26
Speaker
Just because you creep me out sometimes don't mean we ain't friends.
00:38:30
Speaker
Well, cool be.
00:38:32
Speaker
Clop, clop, clop, clop.
00:38:34
Speaker
That's us walking.
00:38:37
Speaker
That's us walking.
00:38:41
Speaker
So you guys leave the mall, get back to Ashley's place.
00:38:44
Speaker
It's about eight o'clock at this point.
00:38:47
Speaker
Her parents still aren't there.
00:38:49
Speaker
The house is empty, but hey, Ashley is there.
00:38:53
Speaker
So that's what's important, right?
00:38:55
Speaker
Is there anything that you guys want to resolve here?
00:38:59
Speaker
Brian is going to ask Samantha if she has Ashley's phone.
00:39:03
Speaker
Hey, Samantha, you got Ashley's phone on you?
00:39:07
Speaker
Would you leave it upstairs?
00:39:08
Speaker
I think I left it upstairs.
00:39:10
Speaker
All right.
00:39:11
Speaker
I figured I'd go plug it in so that way we can get in contact with her tomorrow if need be.
00:39:15
Speaker
And then Brian is going to go upstairs and go to plug in the socket into the wall, but also kind of look at the socket because it kind of struck him as odd last time.
00:39:28
Speaker
Okay.
00:39:30
Speaker
Go ahead and roll me a search.
00:39:33
Speaker
We'll do a search.
00:39:34
Speaker
All right.
00:39:37
Speaker
Nope.
00:39:37
Speaker
That is a 96 on a 40.
00:39:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:41
Speaker
She must have just accidentally unplugged it somehow.
00:39:43
Speaker
He just shrugs and plugs it into the wall.
00:39:47
Speaker
Does the phone light up at all?
00:39:49
Speaker
Well, I mean, it flashes like the charging like a dead phone does, and then after a minute it'll light up.
00:39:56
Speaker
But yeah.
00:39:57
Speaker
Yeah, it's getting juice.
00:39:59
Speaker
Yeah, he stands up to leave, just kind of takes one glance around the room, and then just goes back downstairs.
00:40:05
Speaker
While he's doing that, are you guys having any conversation downstairs other than just regular conversation?
00:40:12
Speaker
What do you mean by that?
00:40:14
Speaker
Ugh.
00:40:14
Speaker
I mean, like, is there anything in particular that you're wanting to... Any specific information that you want out of this scene?
00:40:24
Speaker
Arthur, you seem like you had an even better understanding of whatever exactly she's trying to do than she did.
00:40:31
Speaker
This spell got, like, a name or something?
00:40:36
Speaker
Like, Harry Potter, they got that Avada Kedavra, and, you know, like, this thing got a name?
00:40:44
Speaker
Can I roll an occult?
00:40:49
Speaker
Yeah, sure.
00:40:49
Speaker
37 out of 50.
00:40:52
Speaker
Come up with a name.
00:40:53
Speaker
I didn't have a name for this.
00:40:54
Speaker
Go ahead.
00:40:55
Speaker
You're so welcome.
00:40:56
Speaker
Fuck, you put me on the spot.
00:41:00
Speaker
Hold on.
00:41:01
Speaker
The beauty of editing.
00:41:03
Speaker
Oh, absolutely.
00:41:04
Speaker
Hey, I came up with Miss Weathers in a heartbeat.
00:41:07
Speaker
And I regret that name so bad.
00:41:10
Speaker
Oh my god.
00:41:11
Speaker
And it shall live on forever.
00:41:12
Speaker
But Miss Weathers is the best.
00:41:16
Speaker
Well, you see, the name of the ritual isn't too complex.
00:41:20
Speaker
It's just a ghost communication ritual.
00:41:23
Speaker
Anything else would be crazy.
00:41:25
Speaker
Alright, so...
00:41:27
Speaker
then the root of my problem is where does this fresh blood come from?
00:41:32
Speaker
Usually you cut the palm of one's hand to make of the circle of blood, if you will.
00:41:39
Speaker
Did we ever check her palm?
00:41:41
Speaker
Ned looks at Ashley.
00:41:44
Speaker
She's standing there with her hands in her hoodie pocket.
00:41:46
Speaker
Samantha?
00:41:49
Speaker
Yeah?
00:41:50
Speaker
You, uh... You want to grab this one?
00:41:55
Speaker
She kind of, like...
00:41:57
Speaker
Rubs her, like the bridge of her nose, like the, we toot her eyes, you know what I mean?
00:42:03
Speaker
Ashley is staring at you hard right now.
00:42:06
Speaker
At me?
00:42:07
Speaker
Yep.
00:42:08
Speaker
And she looks at Ashley and goes, let me get this straight.
00:42:11
Speaker
You decided to go on the deep dark web to find some ritual to talk to your dead brother.
00:42:19
Speaker
Mm-hmm.
00:42:21
Speaker
As much as I would love to talk to Chris as well, he's dead, Ash.
00:42:26
Speaker
He's dead.
00:42:27
Speaker
There's nothing we can do about it.
00:42:29
Speaker
But I need to know, did you cut your palms?
00:42:32
Speaker
And if you don't show me your hands, I will come over there and I will tackle your ass and pull your damn hands out of your hoodie pockets.
00:42:40
Speaker
Show me your hands.
00:42:42
Speaker
Samantha, I love you to death.
00:42:44
Speaker
I really do.
00:42:46
Speaker
But you know if you come over here right now, you're not getting my hands out of my pocket.
00:42:50
Speaker
Bitch, do you want to bet?
00:42:52
Speaker
She takes a step forward.
00:42:54
Speaker
Ashley doesn't move.
00:42:56
Speaker
Take your hands out of your pockets.
00:43:01
Speaker
No, I'm good.
00:43:03
Speaker
Ashley, this isn't a game anymore.
00:43:05
Speaker
This isn't funny.
00:43:06
Speaker
You're freaking us out, actually.
00:43:08
Speaker
Take your hands out of your pockets now.
00:43:10
Speaker
This was never a game, Samantha.
00:43:13
Speaker
Samantha steps closer.
00:43:15
Speaker
Hands.
00:43:16
Speaker
Let me see them.
00:43:17
Speaker
Ashley pulls her hands out of her pocket, but kind of puts them on the counter behind her.
00:43:22
Speaker
So that way her palms are still facing down.
00:43:25
Speaker
What are you going to do, Sam?
00:43:26
Speaker
Are you going to hit me?
00:43:27
Speaker
Human.
00:43:28
Speaker
This.
00:43:29
Speaker
You can roll.
00:43:29
Speaker
You can roll a human.
00:43:31
Speaker
Aught four on a 40.
00:43:34
Speaker
You get the feeling that she is actually offended that you guys thought she cut herself.
00:43:39
Speaker
You do not get the feeling that she actually did.
00:43:44
Speaker
Hey, Sam, Sam, hold on.
00:43:47
Speaker
Let's try not to let this get hostile.
00:43:51
Speaker
I already threatened Arthur once today.
00:43:53
Speaker
Let's not try and make this worse than what it need be.
00:43:59
Speaker
Ashley, you know we're just looking out for you.
00:44:02
Speaker
We're worried about you.
00:44:03
Speaker
We're worried about your family.
00:44:04
Speaker
And sometimes that'll make us act a little funny.
00:44:07
Speaker
Right, Sam?
00:44:08
Speaker
Sam just folds her arms.
00:44:10
Speaker
Did you do the ritual?
00:44:12
Speaker
Ashley walks up to Samantha, looks her dead in the face and goes, come on, Sam.
00:44:19
Speaker
You know me better than that.
00:44:22
Speaker
And as she says that, she lifts her hands, palms up, and you see that there's not a mark on the middle.
00:44:28
Speaker
Oh, thank God.
00:44:30
Speaker
Sam just lets out a breath, like a deep breath, and sighs.
00:44:36
Speaker
And she goes, this is absolutely absurd.
00:44:39
Speaker
And she kind of throws her hands up and walks away rubbing her forehead.
00:44:44
Speaker
Ned is going to just walk out to the back porch near where that paddock was that she had tied Anubis up at.
00:44:52
Speaker
I'm going to go up there and have a cigarette.
00:44:55
Speaker
I'm going to walk out without saying anything.
00:44:57
Speaker
Roll me a luck check.
00:44:59
Speaker
12 on an 87.
00:45:05
Speaker
Fuck, I forgot you guys' luck is so high.
00:45:07
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:08
Speaker
Okay, yeah, you got some smokes on you.
00:45:09
Speaker
You don't have to go bum one this time.
00:45:11
Speaker
All right.
00:45:13
Speaker
So you guys go do that.
00:45:14
Speaker
Ashley follows Samantha over into the other room, kind of puts an arm around her and goes, You know that if I was going to do something like that, I would talk to you first.
00:45:24
Speaker
Yes, I have been looking into things to talk to Chris.
00:45:28
Speaker
You know how close we are.
00:45:30
Speaker
We're... That's going to be weird to get used to saying.
00:45:35
Speaker
You know how close we were.
00:45:37
Speaker
I miss my brother so much.
Ashley's Need for Closure
00:45:40
Speaker
And you know that if there's any way that I can talk to him one more time, I'm gonna do it.
00:45:47
Speaker
But I'm not gonna do anything dumb that's going to get me into trouble or end with me being hurt or anything like that.
00:45:55
Speaker
I'm gonna be smart.
00:45:57
Speaker
I'm gonna talk to you guys before anything happens.
00:46:00
Speaker
Then how do you expect to get fresh blood if it's not going to put anybody in danger or harm anybody?
00:46:06
Speaker
How do you expect to get fresh blood?
00:46:08
Speaker
Do you really want to do this?
00:46:10
Speaker
All I need to do is prick my finger.
00:46:13
Speaker
It's not saying I got to lose an arm or something.
00:46:16
Speaker
It just needs a drop of fresh blood.
00:46:18
Speaker
Ashley, do you not understand how insane this sounds?
00:46:21
Speaker
I do.
00:46:23
Speaker
I do.
00:46:24
Speaker
But Samantha, I got to know.
00:46:28
Speaker
I gotta know what happened to him.
00:46:29
Speaker
He died in combat.
00:46:32
Speaker
The soldier told us, told you that.
00:46:36
Speaker
I just, I gotta know.
00:46:39
Speaker
Samantha sighs and kind of just shakes her head.
00:46:43
Speaker
If nothing else, I just, I need to, I just need to hear his voice one more time if I can.
Ashley Commits to the Ritual
00:46:52
Speaker
If nothing else, I at least need that closure.
00:46:55
Speaker
You know, if we do this, it's not going to be him that we're talking to.
00:47:00
Speaker
There are other things that you could let in.
00:47:02
Speaker
I guess I just got to have faith that it will be.
00:47:06
Speaker
Even if it's something that sounds like him, it's going to be better for my brain.
00:47:11
Speaker
Look at me, Sam.
00:47:12
Speaker
I'm a wreck.
00:47:14
Speaker
You guys haven't been able to get a hold of me for two days.
00:47:18
Speaker
Because this is all I've been thinking about.
00:47:24
Speaker
Let's do it.
00:47:25
Speaker
Let's just get on with it.
00:47:26
Speaker
Let's not pussyfoot around this anymore.
00:47:28
Speaker
Let's go.
00:47:29
Speaker
Samantha, listen.
00:47:32
Speaker
This is just the first thing I found.
00:47:34
Speaker
Okay?
00:47:36
Speaker
I'm not going to... We're not going to do anything tonight.
00:47:42
Speaker
I have more research I need to do.
00:47:43
Speaker
Now that I know Arthur's on board, you know it's going to be done correctly.
00:47:48
Speaker
If things go south, she just kind of like shakes her head and just walks away like, fine, let's just go.
00:47:55
Speaker
Before you have a chance to walk away, she hugs you.
00:47:59
Speaker
She hugs her back.
00:47:59
Speaker
And she's like, I love you, bitch.
00:48:03
Speaker
You know that, right?
00:48:05
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I love you, too.
00:48:08
Speaker
All right.
00:48:08
Speaker
Is there anything else you guys want to do while you are at Ashley's house?
00:48:13
Speaker
No.
00:48:16
Speaker
No, I'm good.
00:48:19
Speaker
I was outside.
00:48:20
Speaker
I didn't hear none of this conversation.
00:48:22
Speaker
That would weird me out.
00:48:24
Speaker
Yeah, that conversation would have definitely weirded you out.
00:48:27
Speaker
That's kind of why I walked away.
00:48:30
Speaker
At this point, Ned will walk back in.
00:48:33
Speaker
I feel a little bit better now, y'all.
00:48:35
Speaker
I'm sorry for that.
00:48:37
Speaker
So what's the game plan?
00:48:38
Speaker
What are we doing?
00:48:40
Speaker
What do you mean, what are we doing?
00:48:42
Speaker
School starts in a week.
00:48:44
Speaker
Shouldn't we be getting ready for school?
00:48:46
Speaker
That sounds right.
00:48:48
Speaker
I like that.
00:48:48
Speaker
That sounds like a good idea.
00:48:52
Speaker
I want Arthur to roll me alertness and I want everyone else to also roll me alertness.
00:48:57
Speaker
Oh god.
00:49:03
Speaker
86 out of 23 alertness.
00:49:06
Speaker
83 on a 20.
00:49:07
Speaker
I got a 6 out of 60.
00:49:08
Speaker
I got a 55 out of 60.
00:49:18
Speaker
Okay, so... Ned, you said you did not see this?
00:49:22
Speaker
Oh, hell no.
00:49:23
Speaker
Okay.
00:49:23
Speaker
Ryan and Samantha, you both notice that when she says that, she looks over in Arthur's direction and winks, but Arthur didn't see the wink either.
00:49:40
Speaker
Man, I'm glad we got this out from behind us, y'all.
00:49:43
Speaker
But, Ashley, we're here for you.
00:49:45
Speaker
We're gonna...
00:49:46
Speaker
Whatever you need, we're here for you.
00:49:48
Speaker
Like we know you're always there for us.
00:49:50
Speaker
Well, I appreciate you.
00:49:53
Speaker
So as you guys are wrapping up, she's like, you know, it's been a rough couple days.
00:50:00
Speaker
I'm going to go get some sleep.
00:50:01
Speaker
Plus, I guess I should probably plug my phone in if I have any chance of getting a hold of you guys.
00:50:07
Speaker
Because dumb dummy here forgot to plug her phone in.
00:50:11
Speaker
Already done.
00:50:14
Speaker
You're so sweet.
00:50:15
Speaker
Yeah, I know how you live on that thing.
00:50:17
Speaker
Thank you, Ryan.
00:50:18
Speaker
You're welcome.
00:50:19
Speaker
Kind of weird that I didn't have it at all, right?
00:50:22
Speaker
Very.
00:50:24
Speaker
Why do you think we panicked?
00:50:27
Speaker
And you guys are all leaving and she gives you all a hug on your way out the door.
00:50:34
Speaker
And I need all of you except for Ned to roll me in alertness.
00:50:39
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:50:45
Speaker
Ooh, 23 out of 20.
00:50:48
Speaker
Arthur's going to see this.
00:50:50
Speaker
13 on a 60.
00:50:55
Speaker
So Ryan and Arthur both notice this and Samantha doesn't.
00:51:00
Speaker
As she gives Ned a hug, she kisses him on the cheek.
00:51:03
Speaker
Ooh.
00:51:06
Speaker
Arthur says ooh when that happens.
00:51:09
Speaker
Ryan is going to immediately slap a hand over Arthur's mouth and drag him away.
00:51:15
Speaker
Do I see that?
00:51:18
Speaker
I would sure the fuck hope so.
00:51:20
Speaker
You can roll alertness if you want.
00:51:22
Speaker
He could be enamored at the fact that his crush just kissed his cheek.
00:51:27
Speaker
That, yeah.
00:51:29
Speaker
I got a 16 out of 20.
00:51:33
Speaker
Okay.
00:51:34
Speaker
This is going to be the first time we're going to do an opposed roll.
00:51:37
Speaker
Oh.
00:51:38
Speaker
The way this works, because I heard Brex say that he wants to roll, I'm guessing you said stealth?
00:51:44
Speaker
Yes.
00:51:46
Speaker
Okay, so you can go ahead and roll your stealth against his alertness.
00:51:52
Speaker
Basically, what's going to happen is Price is Right rules.
00:51:56
Speaker
Whoever goes closest to their number without going over will win.
00:52:04
Speaker
That is a 48 on a 53, so... Yeah, okay, so yeah, you totally see that then.
00:52:11
Speaker
I kind of like...
00:52:14
Speaker
I squeeze her with the one arm, but I kind of have like a shaky thumbs up off to the side.
00:52:23
Speaker
We're here for you.
00:52:24
Speaker
You know that, right?
00:52:26
Speaker
I appreciate you guys.
00:52:28
Speaker
I do.
00:52:29
Speaker
And we appreciate you, but don't be afraid to call.
00:52:34
Speaker
Oh, I won't.
00:52:34
Speaker
All right.
00:52:36
Speaker
You get yourself some good sleep.
00:52:39
Speaker
Yeah, you guys too.
00:52:40
Speaker
Drive safe.
00:52:40
Speaker
Text me when you guys get home.
00:52:43
Speaker
Let me know you all made it home, all right?
00:52:44
Speaker
Oh, will do.
00:52:45
Speaker
You know how Ryan drives.
00:52:46
Speaker
I'll be there in a heartbeat.
00:52:53
Speaker
As he's talking to her about that, I want to talk to Arthur real quick.
00:52:57
Speaker
As I drag him away.
00:52:58
Speaker
And just say, Arthur, if she contacts you about that ritual at all, you will call me.
00:53:04
Speaker
Right?
00:53:08
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:08
Speaker
Yeah, of course.
00:53:11
Speaker
Great.
00:53:11
Speaker
Thank you.
00:53:13
Speaker
Is Arthur riding in the car with us?
00:53:16
Speaker
Well, you guys have a car and Samantha has a car, so I guess it's up to Arthur.
00:53:20
Speaker
I'm going to ride with Samantha.
00:53:22
Speaker
I thought you wanted to stop by my house.
00:53:24
Speaker
That way you could see some of the work I've done for you.
00:53:27
Speaker
Oh my gosh, I forgot.
00:53:29
Speaker
I was so full on noodles, I forgot.
00:53:32
Speaker
Sorry, Samantha.
00:53:34
Speaker
That's fine.
00:53:35
Speaker
I might just stay here anyways.
00:53:37
Speaker
Yeah, that's kind of what I was expecting, or at least he was going to be coming back, so...
00:53:43
Speaker
Alright, Ryan, Arthur, y'all ready to get out of here?
00:53:47
Speaker
Of course.
00:53:48
Speaker
A shotgun!
00:53:52
Speaker
Boy, you know you ain't getting shotgun.
00:53:54
Speaker
You sat in the backseat when I wasn't even there.
00:53:58
Speaker
Aw, man.
00:54:00
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:02
Speaker
For you two.
00:54:02
Speaker
No blood on the upholstery.
00:54:04
Speaker
Nah, he can have shotgun.
00:54:05
Speaker
I'll be nice for once.
00:54:07
Speaker
You hear Ashley go, but if there is blood, collect it for me.
00:54:12
Speaker
Not funny, Ashley.
00:54:14
Speaker
Again, hard side-eye.
00:54:16
Speaker
Hard side-eye.
00:54:19
Speaker
Okay, okay, too soon, I get it.
00:54:20
Speaker
Anyway.
00:54:22
Speaker
So I let Arthur have the front seat.
00:54:26
Speaker
Oh, you're letting him have the front seat.
00:54:28
Speaker
I am.
00:54:30
Speaker
By shotgun law, that allows me to get shotgun?
00:54:34
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, it sure does.
00:54:36
Speaker
You're allowing the shotgun, alright?
00:54:40
Speaker
It's everybody's favorite time of the podcast.
00:54:42
Speaker
Y'all ready for this?
00:54:43
Speaker
Is it the time where I threaten Arthur again?
00:54:49
Speaker
No, it's time for a time skip.
00:54:53
Speaker
Oh.
00:54:54
Speaker
So you guys had this conversation with Ashley and...
00:54:58
Speaker
Everything is going great.
00:55:01
Speaker
You guys are back in school.
00:55:03
Speaker
For some of you, it's your senior year.
00:55:06
Speaker
Time to fucking get this year done and get out of this hellhole.
00:55:10
Speaker
Onto the real world where you can really start living and being yourself.
00:55:15
Speaker
And it almost seems like Ashley, at this point, has completely forgotten about this ritual.
00:55:26
Speaker
You guys haven't heard anything about it.
00:55:30
Speaker
If she has been contacting Arthur, he hasn't been telling you.
00:55:35
Speaker
Nothing's been happening.
00:55:37
Speaker
And it seems like she has finally come to terms with it.
00:55:42
Speaker
You guys have had the funeral for Chris, which you were all more than invited to.
00:55:49
Speaker
You knew that she wanted you guys there to be her rock.
00:55:54
Speaker
And you guys were all there, no issues.
00:55:57
Speaker
And she hasn't said a damn thing about it.
00:56:00
Speaker
Like I said, it's almost like she's completely forgotten about it.
00:56:03
Speaker
The months go by, and you guys are well into fall.
00:56:09
Speaker
In fact, tonight's Halloween.
00:56:13
Speaker
And you get a text from her, from Ashley, that says, Hey y'all, I have a...
00:56:27
Speaker
I have something I need to talk to y'all about.
00:56:30
Speaker
Would you please meet me at the treehouse after school?
00:56:35
Speaker
I text back the thumbs up.
00:56:39
Speaker
Uh, Ryan texts back, sure.
00:56:41
Speaker
Arthur texts back a gif of a thumbs up with a thumb giving a thumbs up.
00:56:47
Speaker
Perfect, I love it.
00:56:49
Speaker
Samantha's most likely just gonna be like, yep, see you, see you, girl.
00:56:54
Speaker
So...
00:56:55
Speaker
School goes by boringly slow, as it does.
00:56:59
Speaker
It's Friday.
00:57:01
Speaker
Great night for trick-or-treating, actually.
00:57:04
Speaker
It's a relatively warm day for it being the end of October, which is nice for the trick-or-treaters because they don't have to wear their coats underneath or over their costumes.
00:57:17
Speaker
People can actually see what they dressed up as, which is always super nice.
00:57:22
Speaker
And...
00:57:24
Speaker
You guys are looking for Ashley after school and you don't see her.
00:57:28
Speaker
So she must have.
00:57:30
Speaker
Weird.
00:57:31
Speaker
She must have skipped out early or something.
00:57:35
Speaker
But hey, she said meet at the treehouse.
00:57:37
Speaker
So let's go to the treehouse.
00:57:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:57:41
Speaker
I got my driver's license by now, right?
00:57:45
Speaker
Yeah, I'd say you got your driver's license by now.
00:57:46
Speaker
Yeah, this has been great driving my sophomore year.
00:57:49
Speaker
I mean, that's what happens when you're old for your year.
00:57:52
Speaker
You get it at the beginning of your sophomore year instead of the end of your sophomore year.
00:57:55
Speaker
I just wanted to make sure.
00:57:57
Speaker
So I drive my happy ass self to the tree house.
00:58:01
Speaker
Brian, you kind of miss your driving companion at this point.
00:58:08
Speaker
You've been driving Ned around for so long and now he's he's driving himself.
00:58:11
Speaker
What?
00:58:13
Speaker
Big hotshot can't come take up my shotgun seat anymore.
00:58:18
Speaker
See how it is.
00:58:18
Speaker
That's all right.
00:58:19
Speaker
Arthur's got that for you.
00:58:21
Speaker
Shotgun!
00:58:26
Speaker
Well, of course you get shotgun.
00:58:27
Speaker
I'm not going to let you drive.
00:58:29
Speaker
Crazy.
00:58:29
Speaker
Just let me try.
00:58:33
Speaker
No.
00:58:34
Speaker
I mean, he is a... Isn't it your senior year too, Arthur?
00:58:40
Speaker
I don't believe in driving.
00:58:41
Speaker
Or is it your junior year?
00:58:43
Speaker
I don't remember what you said at the beginning.
00:58:44
Speaker
It's my junior year now, but I don't believe in driving.
00:58:51
Speaker
Why does it scare you like somebody we used to know?
00:58:57
Speaker
Sorry, my cat just decided to throw both my dice on the ground.
00:59:01
Speaker
I heard that.
00:59:03
Speaker
Fucking asshole.
00:59:03
Speaker
If my cat, you're playing with your own dice.
00:59:06
Speaker
No, genuinely.
00:59:08
Speaker
She jumped up here and was like, what's this shit?
00:59:10
Speaker
Pop, pop.
00:59:12
Speaker
You have the cat of all cats.
00:59:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:59:15
Speaker
Well, she just saw you doing it a bunch.
00:59:17
Speaker
She wanted to try it.
00:59:18
Speaker
I know, she wanted to roll.
00:59:19
Speaker
Sure as shit.
00:59:21
Speaker
I guess I should see what she rolled.
00:59:23
Speaker
I don't remember what she... What the fuck did the dice count?
00:59:27
Speaker
I'm sorry!
00:59:27
Speaker
Oh, there it is.
00:59:29
Speaker
She got a 91.
00:59:30
Speaker
Fucking loser.
00:59:31
Speaker
Fucking fail.
00:59:32
Speaker
Yeah, that's bad.
00:59:33
Speaker
This is why cats don't play TTRPGs.
00:59:37
Speaker
Teterpigas?
00:59:39
Speaker
Teterpiga.
00:59:40
Speaker
Yep.
00:59:44
Speaker
Sorry, you said that.
00:59:46
Speaker
It just reminded me of Tootoo Akanu.
00:59:50
Speaker
Yes, I did derail.
00:59:53
Speaker
To do Hakanu to do Hakanu to do Hakanu.
01:00:00
Speaker
So what is your marching order?
01:00:03
Speaker
Samantha's there first.
01:00:05
Speaker
OK.
01:00:06
Speaker
Third.
01:00:10
Speaker
Brian will be second.
01:00:11
Speaker
I'll be.
01:00:12
Speaker
I mean, are you saying who's showing up?
01:00:15
Speaker
No, you're all getting there at the same time.
01:00:17
Speaker
Just wondering who's going up to the treehouse first.
01:00:20
Speaker
I'll go last.
01:00:20
Speaker
I'll go forth.
01:00:23
Speaker
Okay.
01:00:24
Speaker
You guys get up to the treehouse and you climb up the ladder and something doesn't feel right.
01:00:30
Speaker
You don't go in right away.
01:00:33
Speaker
Something's not quite right.
01:00:34
Speaker
Can we roll?
01:00:37
Speaker
Yeah, you can roll.
01:00:39
Speaker
What are we rolling, Handler?
01:00:42
Speaker
Um... I...
01:00:49
Speaker
I wasn't expecting you guys to ask to roll here.
01:00:52
Speaker
I mean, Samantha's not going to roll.
01:00:54
Speaker
She just is going to barge right in.
01:00:57
Speaker
I'm going to just follow Samantha.
01:00:59
Speaker
I see her just going straight up the ladder.
01:01:00
Speaker
I'm going to.
01:01:02
Speaker
It feels weird.
01:01:05
Speaker
I'm rolling.
01:01:05
Speaker
Which is why Samantha is just barging in.
01:01:07
Speaker
Yeah, kind of.
01:01:10
Speaker
Uh...
01:01:11
Speaker
I guess it doesn't matter.
01:01:12
Speaker
I got 46 on a 20 for my search.
01:01:15
Speaker
Well, you don't need to roll.
01:01:17
Speaker
You kind of have an inkling of what's going on.
01:01:19
Speaker
Okay.
01:01:20
Speaker
So Samantha walks in and everyone else is in tow.
01:01:25
Speaker
Ryan, I'm guessing you're walking into.
01:01:27
Speaker
Yeah.
01:01:27
Speaker
Okay.
01:01:28
Speaker
You were the only one not to say anything.
01:01:31
Speaker
No, my bad.
01:01:33
Speaker
Ashley with her back to you again.
01:01:36
Speaker
What are you doing?
01:01:38
Speaker
As soon as Ryan walks through the door, or as soon as Arthur walks through the door, she slams her hands onto the table.
01:01:51
Speaker
And almost like a shockwave goes off of them and pins you all to the wall.
01:02:00
Speaker
You cannot move.
01:02:02
Speaker
I need you all to roll me a second.
01:02:03
Speaker
Ah!
01:02:06
Speaker
Hey, what the fuck?
01:02:07
Speaker
No!
01:02:07
Speaker
What the?
01:02:09
Speaker
God damn it.
01:02:13
Speaker
50 on an 80.
01:02:14
Speaker
Okay.
01:02:17
Speaker
So you'll lose one sanity.
01:02:23
Speaker
13 on a 75.
01:02:24
Speaker
Okay.
01:02:24
Speaker
You will also lose one sanity.
01:02:27
Speaker
I got a... It's pretty close.
01:02:30
Speaker
An 86 out of 50.
01:02:31
Speaker
Okay.
01:02:36
Speaker
You have low sanity.
01:02:38
Speaker
40 out of 70.
01:02:40
Speaker
Okay, Samantha lose one sanity.
01:02:42
Speaker
Arthur, I need you to roll me a d4.
01:02:45
Speaker
Ah, fuck.
01:02:48
Speaker
I forget there's more dice that they use and I don't bring them.
01:02:50
Speaker
I think it happened last time.
01:02:57
Speaker
It did.
01:02:59
Speaker
I'm not going to blindly search.
01:03:02
Speaker
There we go.
01:03:06
Speaker
One.
01:03:08
Speaker
Okay, you will lose two sanity.
01:03:10
Speaker
Because it was a d4 plus one.
01:03:12
Speaker
She actually turns around and you see a bowl in front of her.
01:03:18
Speaker
And you can't see really what's in the bowl.
01:03:22
Speaker
But you're assuming, since you're all pinned to the wall, that this is the ingredients that she needed to gather.
01:03:32
Speaker
And she turns around and she has a knife in her hand.
01:03:36
Speaker
And she looks at you all and she goes, you know, today is Halloween.
Ritual's Deadly Outcome
01:03:45
Speaker
All Hallows Eve.
01:03:47
Speaker
And they say that on All Hallows Eve, the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest.
01:03:56
Speaker
So if there was ever a time to talk to Chris, today's the day.
01:04:00
Speaker
I thought we were past this.
01:04:02
Speaker
Are we in pain?
01:04:02
Speaker
I couldn't.
01:04:04
Speaker
No.
01:04:04
Speaker
You're not in pain, but you can't move.
01:04:07
Speaker
Excuse me.
01:04:08
Speaker
We are, uh, we're not past this, but I couldn't have you guys trying to talk me out of this again.
01:04:14
Speaker
She looks over at Arthur and she goes, thank you for helping me find one that will actually work.
01:04:24
Speaker
Hey, when you said you wanted my help, I didn't know you were going to pin us against the wall with X-Man powers.
01:04:31
Speaker
I can't have you guys trying to stop me when I'm this close to seeing my brother.
01:04:36
Speaker
Ashley, she turns she turns around, acting like she doesn't hear you.
01:04:41
Speaker
And she goes, I just need one more ingredient.
01:04:47
Speaker
I think we're a little pos pleading.
01:04:49
Speaker
As you say that she puts the knife into the palm of her hand and slides it.
01:04:56
Speaker
This this isn't real.
01:04:57
Speaker
This isn't real.
01:04:57
Speaker
This isn't real.
01:04:59
Speaker
And she squeezes her hand to drop blood into the bowl.
01:05:05
Speaker
and takes out a match, lights it, throws it in the bowl, and you see another shockwave as all the candles in the room go out.
01:05:18
Speaker
And in front of Ashley, you see what almost looks like a tear?
01:05:28
Speaker
Yeah, a tear would be a good way to say it, but it's weird because it's like it's a tear in midair.
01:05:35
Speaker
It's not like... like a reality shift or something?
01:05:41
Speaker
As you guys are looking at it, you see the middle of the tear starts to expand, and you see this blue, almost ethereal light come out of it.
01:05:52
Speaker
And on the other side of the tear, there's a figure.
01:05:55
Speaker
And you can't tell who it is right away because they're on the other side.
01:05:59
Speaker
The light's casting a huge shadow on the side that you can see.
01:06:03
Speaker
The figure puts hands on either side of the tear and pulls it open.
01:06:16
Speaker
You can tell it's using a bunch of force to just pull that tear open and steps through.
01:06:25
Speaker
And you guys see it's Chris.
01:06:28
Speaker
And Ashley looks at him and there are tears in her eyes and you can hear her voice when she says his name.
01:06:35
Speaker
She's looking at him.
01:06:36
Speaker
She says, Chris, is it really you?
01:06:39
Speaker
And he's smiling at her and he puts his hands on the side of her face in like like a very comforting way.
01:06:48
Speaker
Like, yeah, it's me.
01:06:49
Speaker
Like, very, like, you know how when you put your hands on someone's face and make them look at you, but like in a very loving, comforting way.
01:06:57
Speaker
That's that's what he's doing.
01:06:58
Speaker
And he's just smiling at her and she goes to throw her arms around him to hug him.
01:07:06
Speaker
And all of a sudden she's screaming.
01:07:09
Speaker
She is screaming bloody murder.
01:07:13
Speaker
And as she starts to scream, you guys get control of your bodies again, but you're almost too shocked to move.
01:07:20
Speaker
Did you really just see what you thought he saw?
01:07:24
Speaker
And in a moment, in a flash, it's confirmed you did see what you thought you saw.
01:07:31
Speaker
Chris's thumbs are in Ashley's eyes.
01:07:36
Speaker
And blood is just pouring down her face.
01:07:40
Speaker
And in the next moment, you hear a sickening snap as Ashley is now looking at you.
01:07:47
Speaker
But her body is still facing her brother.
01:07:51
Speaker
And that's where we're going to end this session.
01:07:53
Speaker
What the fuck did you just do to my best friend?
01:07:57
Speaker
Goddamn.
01:08:03
Speaker
I guess I should say everybody roll a sanity one more time.
01:08:06
Speaker
Yeah, there it is.
01:08:07
Speaker
That way I don't forget to do it at the beginning of the next session.
01:08:15
Speaker
Do I have to tell you what I rolled?
01:08:18
Speaker
You have to tell me if you passed or failed.
01:08:20
Speaker
I got an 88 on a 79.
01:08:20
Speaker
That is a crit failure, my dude.
01:08:22
Speaker
You got a 78.
01:08:23
Speaker
Melanie, roll a d4.
01:08:32
Speaker
I got a 48 out of 50.
01:08:35
Speaker
Oh, all right, Arthur, you're only going to take one.
01:08:37
Speaker
This isn't that crazy, guys.
01:08:41
Speaker
98 on a 74.
01:08:44
Speaker
98 on 74.
01:08:48
Speaker
Luckily, 99 and 100 is a crit fail, so you're just going to roll a D4.
01:08:52
Speaker
Ned, you're going to take five.
01:08:54
Speaker
Just five?
01:08:56
Speaker
Yeah, well, it was a D4 plus one was a failure.
01:09:00
Speaker
I rolled a four, so I'm taking five as well.
01:09:02
Speaker
Perfect.
01:09:03
Speaker
Oh, I have a feeling I know what you're doing.
01:09:06
Speaker
I rolled a one.
01:09:08
Speaker
You rolled a one on what you took?
01:09:12
Speaker
On my d4, yeah.
01:09:14
Speaker
Okay, so you'll take two.
01:09:19
Speaker
Yes, you do know what I'm doing here.
01:09:20
Speaker
Yeah, I thought so.
01:09:21
Speaker
Because you lost five in one go.
01:09:24
Speaker
So...
01:09:27
Speaker
This is a perfect time to introduce another fun mechanic that we have going on where we're going to do fight, flight, or faint.
Aftermath and Confrontation
01:09:35
Speaker
Um, okay.
01:09:37
Speaker
So basically what you're going to do in this situation, you are going to rank most likely to least likely as to what Ned would do.
01:09:47
Speaker
Fight, flight, or faint.
01:09:49
Speaker
I see that being a fainty boy.
01:09:52
Speaker
I don't think he's a fainty boy.
01:09:54
Speaker
I think something's about to come up that you didn't know about.
01:10:00
Speaker
Fight, flight, then faint.
01:10:03
Speaker
Fight, flight, then faint.
01:10:04
Speaker
Okay, so... 1, 2, or 3, you're going to try and fight this thing.
01:10:08
Speaker
4 or 5, you are going to flee.
01:10:11
Speaker
6, you are going to drop.
01:10:15
Speaker
That is a 3.
01:10:15
Speaker
That is a 3.
01:10:18
Speaker
So when we start this next session...
01:10:21
Speaker
You are going to try to step forward and fight this thing that you just watched kill your crush.
01:10:29
Speaker
So it's still there?
01:10:31
Speaker
For this moment, yeah.
01:10:35
Speaker
Uh-huh.
01:10:35
Speaker
And, Ryan, I need you to do me the same thing.
01:10:37
Speaker
Rank fight, flight, or faint?
01:10:40
Speaker
Normally, Ryan would be fight first, but he just watched it snap her neck without even really trying.
01:10:46
Speaker
So, flight, then fight, then faint.
01:10:51
Speaker
Okay, so flight would be one through three.
01:10:55
Speaker
Fight would be four or five.
01:10:57
Speaker
Feint would be six.
01:10:58
Speaker
So go ahead and roll that D6.
01:10:59
Speaker
I got to grab one.
01:11:01
Speaker
Give me a sec.
01:11:02
Speaker
I had my D4 out.
01:11:03
Speaker
I just didn't have a D6.
01:11:06
Speaker
I had both.
01:11:08
Speaker
I was scared.
01:11:09
Speaker
That is a four.
01:11:11
Speaker
That is a four.
01:11:12
Speaker
So you see...
01:11:15
Speaker
When we start the next session, you are going to see Ned step forward and try and fight this thing.
01:11:21
Speaker
And the first thing that's going to cross your mind is, well, shit, I just watched this thing kill Ashley.
01:11:26
Speaker
I can't let Ned take it on alone.
01:11:29
Speaker
So you're also going to step forward and try and fight it.
01:11:33
Speaker
Excellent.
01:11:34
Speaker
Thank you, Ned.
01:11:36
Speaker
Oh, my God.
01:11:37
Speaker
You're so welcome.
01:11:39
Speaker
If you kill me, I will haunt you.
01:11:44
Speaker
I ain't gonna kill you.
01:11:45
Speaker
It's gonna kill us, but that's fine.
01:11:47
Speaker
This is a dream.
01:11:48
Speaker
This ain't real.
01:11:49
Speaker
Uh-uh.
01:11:49
Speaker
Nope, this ain't real.
01:11:50
Speaker
This ain't real.
01:11:51
Speaker
I ain't doing this.
01:11:52
Speaker
Says the man charging the thing.
01:11:54
Speaker
Fuck you.
01:11:59
Speaker
Oh, good job, Jordan.
01:12:02
Speaker
Thank you.
01:12:02
Speaker
Good job, handler, keeper.
01:12:08
Speaker
Smell you later.
01:12:09
Speaker
Bye.
01:12:10
Speaker
Bye-bye.
01:12:12
Speaker
Melanie.
01:12:15
Speaker
Deuce, bitches.
01:12:15
Speaker
Nailed it.
01:12:19
Speaker
Got it in one.
01:12:21
Speaker
Let's Play Pretend is Nick Barnett as Ned Dalaran, Breck Black as Ryan Winchester, Matt Check as Arthur Gooseberg, Melanie Derringer as Samantha Williams, and me, Jordan Derringer, as your GM, DM, handler, keeper, and host.
01:12:38
Speaker
Keep up with us to hear firsthand on any fun new developments that may be coming in the future.
01:12:42
Speaker
There's gonna be fun new developments coming in the future.
01:12:45
Speaker
And we will see you all here in two weeks time.
01:12:57
Speaker
Ha ha ha!