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C2 Fallen ☁︎ Riddle Me This? ☁︎ Episode 7
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The adventure truly begins. It's time for this demi-gods to start finding themselves and their way back home. With the help of Solas' friend Briar let's see how these scholars to make these semi-deities to get a move on with their mission of GOING HOME.
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Dragon Age News and Humorous Takes
00:00:53
Speaker
Okay, so what the fuck did we even do last time? It's been a minute. Hold on, hold on. Before we start, because we're playing the fantasy age and the Dragon Age system, there's some big news about Dragon Age that just came out. Dragon Age, the Veil Guard, coming out! Fall 2024, babies! It's actually Dread Wolf. I don't accept the Veil Guard. and Now listen. Now fucking listen here. I love Solas as much as the next person. Because I am a Solas-mancer. I will... She loves you too. Full on cop up to that. I full on cop up to that. 100% with my fiber and being. I know exactly what you're referencing here, but this is not what I am referencing. So.
00:01:44
Speaker
I was weird about the name change at first, but I understand because I'm sitting here and I'm thinking, I'm like, okay, we're setting it up for Solas to be the big bad and the in the next game, but what if he's not? And plus each of the games has like direct ties of you and your group other than Dragon Age 2. It didn't really have a name, but if I were to give Dragon Age 2 a name, I would have given it Dragon Age.
00:02:20
Speaker
Um, to Kirkwall, like Dragon Age, like Dragon Age Kirkwall, because it took place in Kirkwall. Dragon Age Origins is talking about the origin characters is the start of Dragon Age. Dragon Age Inquisition was about everyone in the Inquisition. Dragon Age the guard make and sense because it's about the Valeguard. I was just being a piece of shit, I understand. I know. But I'm sitting there and I am so excited. So they took a pay like they originally did this. So you know how ballers gate all of the characters are player sexual? Like it doesn't matter who your character is. They will be physically attracted to your character. Every every character they did that.
00:03:01
Speaker
they did that in Dragon Age 2. So many people complained that they were like you're getting rid of the individuality and so then they went back to like only certain characters and certain races could flirt and romance other characters and certain races and things like that. Well now they're going back to it because they said they've always wanted it to be player sexual because it shouldn't matter what your player is because the other characters that you don't romance, romance other fucking characters in the game. And so I'm very excited because Dragon Age is so fucking close. And I'm telling you guys right now, if it is a weekend that we have to fucking record, you guys are going to have to call me on my fucking ass every single minute. state doesn
00:03:51
Speaker
It does not have a release date. It's just fall 2024, which means it's going to drop in August, August or September, because when they say fall 2024, it's usually August, September. But it dropped a drop during Gen Con. You're fucked. If it fucking drops during Gen Con, I'm leaving. No, you're not. I have bad news. I have our plane ticket. I will drive my ass back. In what car? In what car? I will rent a car. I will rent my own car. To be fair, it's only like a nine hour drive, maybe even less for you. Yes. So it's not that bad. I'm sitting there and as I was driving, it's it's a pretty decent, actually I would say it's probably like, yeah, it's like a nine, maybe eight hour drive. Well from where I was in Maryland, I think it's a six hour drive because um it takes us eight hours to get to Chicago. And I drove for three hours after Will drove for like three and a half hours. And I had to drive through
Temple Visits and Challenges
00:04:57
Speaker
Indianapolis. Like I had to go through Columbus, cleat like I had to go through Columbus and then I had to go through Indianapolis. So I think it's only like a six hour drive for me. So that's not that bad. Yeah, because when where me and Ali were in Maryland, um
00:05:12
Speaker
i My biological mom drove to Maryland from, I think it was the Columbus area. And that was like a nine hour drive. It's not that bad. No. But, um meanwhile meanwhile, if you're a European, you can't fathom driving for nine hours straight. No. No. It's just so funny. But I'm just saying, I'm very excited for Dragon Age 4 to come out. I'm very excited. I keep seeing, and I'm sorry for people who are getting annoyed by the amount that I'm like reposting shit on Twitter. Like, ghost up a dick.
00:05:45
Speaker
a But the funniest part out of this is that there's a character who looks like a grandpa and you can romance him. And people are like, guys, we can grandpa, we can romance people. And he's apparently one of the spiciest romances you can have. And I'm sitting there and I'm just like, that will be my for shits and giggles play through is romancing that one. There's always a for shits and giggles, I'm going to romance you one.
00:06:17
Speaker
I mean, I'm definitely going for the cue and if I play that game, so.
00:06:23
Speaker
OK, so last time that we played. You guys had to go and talk to your parents in separate temples. ah Ina went to an Alcindor temple, not the biggest one in town, but one that was in town, um and basically got everyone to stop fighting and actually like talk and figure out what the fuck was happening.
00:06:54
Speaker
and then got ahold of her father and her father's like what do you mean you're with a child of romanthes that's so weird that's crazy what what happened and couldn't really tell him what happened to just know that you're down here now and then Murphy went to a romantic temple, which was very much like a large, just like greenhouse temple situation. And there was like different spots for different praying areas, which Murphy was like, this is gross, I hate this. um And was able to get like the smallest connection with his father, or with their father.
00:07:45
Speaker
And did that was that was about it. You weren't able to give either of your parents like a lot of information, but you were able to give them some information, at least to what's going on. um The storms that have been going on still have not let up. It's been about four days since you've last spoken with your ah parents and you've but kind of been, like, off either doing your own thing or hanging out at the Antucody store.
Modern Mishaps and City Maps
00:08:25
Speaker
um
00:08:28
Speaker
Solas did help Ina at one point find a bank to deposit all of the money she made with blacksmithing, so that is fully like made like it's like in her hands. And Solace did ask, hey, you know, do you want a bank account? And, you know, was confused about that question. So I'm going to say that probably didn't happen. and You know, storing the money somewhere. Does that sound right, Serena? I feel that, yeah, she's probably like, you know what? Like, I don't know what these one of these so-called bank accounts are.
00:09:03
Speaker
But if I must have one, I must use one, but I do not understand what it is or what it will do.
00:09:12
Speaker
In case anyone needed to know, I put bank accountant air quotes. If you do want one, you do get a um kind of like iridescent eco-friendly plastic card that you're very confused. If you don't get it, then you don't get that. Do I also get a toaster for signing up? No, you don't get a toaster for signing up. What the fuck is wrong with you? That's not a bank that I would ever give my servers to if you don't get a toaster for signing up. Okay, but I think that's like a super deep cut of a fucking joke. It's like either the guy like, it was like either a toaster or a tea kettle, those who know know, and I'm gonna just leave it at that.
00:09:59
Speaker
Um, okay. So does, you know, do the bank account or? Yeah. Okay. Um, then you do get like this really pretty, like iridescent card. Murphy, would you get one too or no? Probably. I mean, they're very logical. So they would look at it. I mean, they've been, they've been adapting pretty well. They got their own, uh, PVT, they got their own, like, If they got their own bank account, that wouldn't be too far off. And I'm going to guess Murph is still talking to Garak. Oh, for sure. Amazing. You just hear Murph's phone go off every now and again. And it's like they look at their phone and it's just like a little smile every now and again.
00:10:47
Speaker
so I think Ina still doesn't have a phone. I don't think Ina should have a phone. So the only person that would be in Ina's phone would be Solas, and then it would be Fur Emergencies. And the Fur Emergencies would also be Solas. No, because she would also have Murphy, Sorsha, Sage, Marco, Carl, Vincent, the Pretzel guy, Pippin, and Fred Lynn. I can tell you right now, Sorsha and Sage do not have phones. They are babies. Well, still, she would have at least
00:11:23
Speaker
I don't know how many people on there, like hold on, like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, she would have eight people. That would be like, have do you guys remember like the circles? Like your circle of friends, you can have up to 10 people. yes That's what it would be like for her, but she doesn't have a phone. I don't think she knows what a phone is. And if she was, she would probably break it in like 2.5 seconds accidentally in her big meaty ball. I say she shouldn't have a phone because imagine her with social media. I think, I think if I'm being quite honest, it would be a lot of like pictures where she's like this, hold on, let me just take my camera. She'd be like this.
00:12:10
Speaker
are like, look at what I saw today. And it's just like a bunch of these photos. She would not know how to use social media. Or face a lot of ceiling and or sky. yeah Or like comment like thumb or fingerprint over it. yeah And people are like, wow, this is the most real person I've ever seen on social media. Like she would either really suck at it or she would somehow be super good at it. There's no one between. People start commenting about her nose hairs.
00:12:46
Speaker
So um in the last four days um where you guys like have gotten a bank and have sort of just been like chilling out doing your own thing.
Selena's Return and Sibling Dynamics
00:13:01
Speaker
Um, somebody who looks almost exactly like, um, Solas shows up at Walker antiquities. The only difference is, is, um, instead of having like pink on the inside of her ears, her ears kind of have like speckled with when like black and gray rather than having like the full, like cute bunny pink.
00:13:27
Speaker
um She definitely has like more circles underneath her eyes and ah she, I wouldn't say is like curvier than Solus. If anything, she does just have like a bigger chest, but it's very similar facial features. um wears her hair more in a bun, has her bunny ears just fully down, and um doesn't dress as preppy, as Solas has more of like um business casual look to her. And shit her name is ah Selena.
00:14:04
Speaker
And Selena um is a magical biologist in the city of Zestiela. I can never say my own names. um So Selena sort of comes by after like months and months of not being around. And Solas is like, oh, thank God, I finally get a break because my older sister is here and she can handle the and antique shop while I'm literally helping demigods. So.
00:14:39
Speaker
Thanks. So she got a little bit of a break from working at the antique store. um Selena is not happy about it. she is she's not She's just like, how dare you leave me? And she goes, you've left me with them for too long. This is your your game now. The reason Selena is there is because ah her lab was closed down due to inefficient funds and so she had to come back home. Can you spell her name, please? Yes, it's like Selena, so it's S-E-L-E-N-A. But it's pronounced Selena. Yeah. Selena. Selena. Selena. Yeah. i My brain was like, like salami, but different.
00:15:35
Speaker
like so but and Anytime I give Solas another sibling, that sibling starts with the name S. Sibling does start with the letter S. Good job.
00:15:51
Speaker
If you need somebody to replace me on the on the podcast, I understand. So in that time within those four days, what would you guys have been doing since, especially since Solas has had more time to like actually hang out with you guys? a I definitely think Ina would have been dropping into that temple that she was like trying to help out and get them set up and then trying to also drop into the other temples and put them to work too.
00:16:23
Speaker
but have them do like different things. So it's not all they're doing the exact same thing. Like I think we were trying to set up the one that I was at as a like a forge, like one she might want to set up as like a carpentry shit like thing. Another one set it up as like a this and like so on and so forth. Well, as of right now, tentatively, there are four Alcindor temples. If I said something in the last episode that wasn't four, then I'm going to change it. You're welcome, everybody. Neither Zoe or I took notes on that because we're both stupid. I didn't think it was pertinent information. If it has to do with your God, it is.
00:17:04
Speaker
So there's one like right behind Walker Antiquities. That's going to be the one that I'm going to say that you guys went to first, because that's like the closest one um that you kind of have the Forge set up. There's one that's more down the street. um I do have a map up for them right now, guys, and I will be putting it on Dicetrop vlogs just so like people know what's going on. So pretty. So anytime you see like a little red dot, um that is an Alcindor territory. Now the one up here in the corner, the top like north corner, and that looks like an Alcindor, like the color is the same. That's the one Mamortum temple. Because I can find another color.
00:17:51
Speaker
find really fucking funny, you know how we said, I'm guessing like the circle with like, it looks kind of like a, dooooooooooo around it is the Walker antiquities, right? Yeah, this one, right? Yeah. i love The one that looks like a little sun.
Romantic Reflections and Group Adventures
00:18:05
Speaker
I love that when we were trying to figure out where shit was, Ina didn't see that ah literally right across the fucking street was an Alcindor temple and she did nothing. She just walked right by it. ah Fucking love that for her. I think everything was a little bit overwhelming to be completely fair. I just like, to me, on on point, makes sense. And obviously I have the train system going into the next town, which is Stolus, which is where Murph got their gun.
00:18:43
Speaker
um below are but I appreciate that you have never eat soggy waffles instead of never a waffle soggy eat. I got it off a fucking Google, because I didn't want to fuck up again. I didn't want to relive my i my past mistakes. My past shame. but My past shame. Never soggy eat waffles. And you now know you now know where Solace's studio is, because it's in the little heart.
00:19:16
Speaker
Yes. Yes, yes. Yes, yes. All right, so.
00:19:24
Speaker
But yeah, that's what Ina has been doing is going and making sure that things are OK at all of the Alcindor temples and then probably still trying to contact her dad, but probably like with no luck. Oh, yeah, no, it's been it's been rough. It's rough out here, man. um Now that we know that Serena has been like going to Alcindor temples and trying to like get their shit in order, what have you been doing, Murph? I think Murph is going to set aside one day at least to like go see Garak, because they they're like officially dating at this point. Or at least not... Kyle was like, I love that Kyle did this.
00:20:07
Speaker
Um, yeah, no. So Murphy's gonna set aside a day to like go see Garak and go hang out. Maybe like go back to the gun range and then go to the coffee shop and just talk. And then, um, the majority of the time though, uh, they will spend their time with, um, the people at the Robantis temple. Okay. Um, exactly. the Their goal is to try and contact Robantis again. Okay, it hasn't been working. I'm making that extraordinarily clear. Yeah, they're not gonna stop trying, but they are gonna try to help the people that go in the temple too. Okay, ah what exactly are they doing to try and like alleviate or help? like it's still do It's still storming, it's still raining. You noticed it's not as heavy as it was before, but it's still like pretty pertinent.
00:21:00
Speaker
I think what um because like there's going to be a lot of people that are coming in and like trying to and look for answers, right? Mm-hmm. Well, it's more of like a giving thanks to everything Robanthus does and like giving back just like as the world has fed them. They want to also help feed the world sort of situation. I think in that case, Murphy is going to use their knowledge, ah like their direct knowledge of Robanthus and just be like. I can help you figure out what Robanthus would like kind of thing, you know. Now, do you
00:21:39
Speaker
say your identity throughout any of this or know you're just being a guy. I think at this point Murphy's picked up on the fact that like it's not great to reveal that you're a demigod.
00:21:54
Speaker
Yeah, but looks at looks at Zoe. Yeah, they're just going to like. I haven't been going around and telling people I've been keeping it quiet. Thank you very much. Should we? Let's roll the tape. Let's roll the tape to last episode where you're like, I am a child of an Elsinore. I said that to who? Who did I say that to? You said that to the. Yeah, you said it basically to everybody in the temple. Did I? Yeah. Yeah. Even I remember that and I have a bad memory. Which temple? No, no, no. one like The one that's the Forge.
00:22:31
Speaker
No, I think it was that I was sent by another temple. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yes, yes, yes, yes. No, no, no, no, no. Babe, we have this recorded. Do not gaslight me. No, I'm sitting here and I feel I'm gaslighting myself. I do not think she did that. I think she went on and she was,
00:23:01
Speaker
Next week motherfuckers Okay, I'm I swear. I'm not trying to gaslight I legitimately think I was like trying not to tell people No, you definitely you told everyone No, because I could have sworn the way that Ina took it was I am trying, like I was sent by Alcindor from another temple because your your house isn't in order. Like that's what her like logic was because Ina doesn't like to lie. And Solas kind of was like, don't tell people that you're a demigod or this might have some bad ramifications. And so she couldn't physically say it. So she went another way of like saying I was sent by Alcindor.
00:23:43
Speaker
But I don't know. I mean, if I did, I did. If I did, I did. Yeah, Murphy's not going to reveal anything. They're just going to like, cool they're going to go to the temple. They're going to like try to talk to the head of the temple and be like, hey, I'm like a scholar and you own or something like that. Yeah. Can you roll a communication for me? Yeah, I can.
00:24:09
Speaker
I don't know why I went valley girl with that. No, you're fine. I've been going to Valley Girl more and more, it's fine. Hello, are you gonna roll? Thank you. That is a 15 total. Perfect, okay, you beat me. Okay, so they trust you. You have a very like, romantic energy. You have that calming sort of like nature about you. So yeah, people people are trusting you um fairly easily.
00:24:42
Speaker
Um, yeah, so. Within that four days that you guys have been just like doing your best to like clean house or like keep everything stable.
Strategizing with Briar and the Mirror of Versailles
00:24:55
Speaker
Um. One of.
00:25:00
Speaker
Solace's friends ah comes in to Walker Antiquities one day while you guys are just like. Hanging out. And. She is a halfling. She's black, has very long, beautiful braids. where Is wearing a cropped polo, has bright green eyes and thick rimmed glasses. she um When she walks in, Solas goes like, oh my God, Briar. And Briar goes, hi, it's been so long. I've missed you. And you see Solas.
00:25:41
Speaker
go go up to her and hug her. um Since Briar is a halfling, even though Solas is very short, she saw us like bend down and give her like a proper hug. Within that time of just like her and Sola is just like casually catching up while you guys are kind of like to the side. You kind of like hone in on the fact that Briar lives in Stellae, which is across the axis ocean from Astordale. And she studies deity based architectures and mainly worships like Paz and Absalom.
00:26:19
Speaker
Solas and her went to the same college. So Solas sort of looks at her and then looks at you guys and looks at her and goes, hey, um what do you know about Alcindor and Robanthis? Have you seen anything of interest as of late? And Briar's like, why? Who are your friends? And she just sort of like looks around Solas and Solas is like, He comes to the back room with me and then she looks at ah Selena. and she is like ah She just goes, Selena, you're you're back you're back on. Sorry, you I gotta go. This is important. So he's like, what the fuck, Solas? And she goes, shut up. I'm always here. You're never here. This is what you get.
00:27:05
Speaker
Bye. And she basically takes Briar and you and Murphy and Serena and sort of like takes you guys to the back room, which you guys have never really seen the back room of Walker Antiquities. It's a bunch of like crates and has like a musky scent to it and doesn't look like the cleanest. Um, it definitely looks like, oh, there's backstock of just like whatever around here. And it's just like all, it's all over the place. It's a fucking mess. And there's a table in the center and she goes, do I have your guys consent to give your identities or nah? So this is looking at you guys. I mean, if you won't, but yeah, I think that'll just make people more confused.
00:27:59
Speaker
Okay, so Briar went to school with me and we studied the same shit. She's just more accomplished than me because she's a badass and Briar just goes, like does peace sign and just sort of like goes off. ah So Briar's just like, what what's going on? Like, what what what's happening? And Solace is looking at you, Ina, like, can I tell her? Can I not tell her? Do I have to go around it? She just looks at her and it's just like, well, if I can finally tell the truth, I'm going to tell the whole fucking truth. And she goes, hi, my name's Ina, and she holds
00:28:47
Speaker
on her hand to shake it. she shakes it immediately. And she goes, I'm the daughter of Alcinda. And No gender aside, do it just child. And I throw up a piece. That's why I said son, daughter, child, whatever you want to call it. Oh, you were encompassing every single gender. Every single gender that is possibly. You hear Solas in the back plant. I like that better. The plant. The plant of Robanthys. The plant of Robanthys. I'm the plant of Robanthys. They are from Robanthys' seed, but and like not in that gross sense. He's from the seed!
00:29:35
Speaker
a
00:29:41
Speaker
um i just understand the piece on and i'm like yeah and ryan like gives a back like out but um She looks at solace and goes, all right, what? Sorry, that was so what God did you like get into cahoots with to suddenly end up with two demigods and so let's go add them doll yeah And And Solus is just like, you know, I don't serve either.
00:30:20
Speaker
I'll send her. I mean, we have some artifacts from them, but we don't. I don't. We don't. but I don't mess around with anything. It's like I've made out what they feel. I'll send her. That's awfully boring.
00:30:36
Speaker
Ina, you haven't kissed anyone and you're a virgin chef. I kiss everybody! You don't know what a kiss is. I know what a kiss is. Tell me what it is. It's where you put your face on someone else's face and you... mo where did you learn Where did you learn that? Because I can tell you right now, you did not know that about a week ago. I have more people that I know about and that I kiss. I have more friends than just you two. I don't trust them.
00:31:11
Speaker
I don't dress that either. Ina then sits back and she's like, well, I'm friends with Murphy, but I don't kiss Murphy. I'm friends with Solas and I don't kiss Solas. It'd be awfully weird if I kissed Sorsha or Sage, which would be definitely weird. There's Marco. Marco tried to kiss me and I told them no. Then there's Carl and then there's Vincent and then there's the pretzel guy and then there's Pippin and then there's Franklin. Which one of them did you kiss? All of them. When you mentioned Murphy, Murphy's like, you could. I wouldn't say no. That'd be weird. It'd be like kissing a cousin. Would it, though? We're not reminded. I mean, y'all technically aren't cousins. I'm just making that clear. I mean, you're from two different countries. I'd say Murphula for Ding Dong is a cousin. Leave it be. OK. Well, I respect it.
00:32:06
Speaker
That wouldn't be fair to Garak, and then I shimmy my shoulders. But very like, not like a casual shimmy of the shoulders. So Briar looks and goes, well, when are they going back? And Solos goes, so that's the problem. We don't know, nor do we know how to get them back. and Briar like looks at Solas and then looks at you guys and looks at Solas and goes. OK. Let me open some books and we will see what we can we can do about that situation, I guess. And so it's like, I'm so happy you're here. Oh, my God. Like I've
00:33:03
Speaker
You guys have known like within the past like two weeks that Solas has been like researching and looking into like hundreds of books and spent probably hours up at night not really sleeping, just more of like studying to figure out how the fuck to even like attempt to get you guys back. um and you You guys have known like Solas has been doing like a lot, but she hasn't been like saying anything about it. She's just been sort of doing it. And Solas just goes, oh, thank God somebody else is here to like fucking help me.
00:33:46
Speaker
um
00:33:49
Speaker
So with Briar and Solas now like together looking for something, We'll say like it's been a few hours within those hours that they have been studying. We'll do two rolls. You guys have been doing whatever in those hours. You guys can role play with me to say what you've been doing, but I need to do these rolls real fast. So, okay.
00:34:20
Speaker
So it's been about, let's roll the four.
00:34:26
Speaker
It's been about four hours of them just like so studying in the back. And you guys just sort of.
Discussing the Mirror as a Way Home
00:34:36
Speaker
Doing whatever you want to. So what have you guys been doing in those four hours? I feel like you know, has been asking about Garak, like so. a just Talking about here. Do you kiss them? Oh, yeah. I'm not gonna try anything more than that though because I'm like trying to be respectful, but You know, it's been fun We go to the gun range. We practice shooting. We go to the coffee shop. We learn more about each other. It's nice. It's cute <unk> it's true Have you decided to fuck yet? Well, I did just say that I'm not trying to rush anything physically so No
00:35:24
Speaker
So you're telling me you also haven't decided to pummel their enemies into dust and also you haven't killed an animal or a thing to show your affections?
00:35:37
Speaker
I mean, no. It's not really what we do. No signs of strength? Not really. No ways to show off that you are meant to be their mate. We don't do that. We don't do that. That's an Alcindor thing. We we we hopefully don't do that. Didn't try to set your dominance. OK, so just you've just been trying to get the tea on Garak. Yeah. Then that entire four hours. Also trying to- Me and ah Serena went to a coffee shop to talk.
00:36:18
Speaker
Y'all can do that. Cause I feel like after the first like five minutes, Ina started doing something very distracting and soulless and Briar were like, get the fuck out. Yeah. Yeah. and I was like, I know a good coffee shop. Let's go. I mean, there's one right under Solace's studio apartment, yeah too, that's run by very cute lesbians. So so we we can walk all the way there. Yeah. I could say hi to Vincent. It's on my way. We just got to go up and then down and then over and then into the town square and then just a little bit up and then over and then boom. We have four hours. I don't see why not. Also, I think you should restock on your pretzels because the ones that you've had, you've had for like two weeks at this point.
00:37:01
Speaker
And they're probably moldy and old.
00:37:06
Speaker
That's right. The self cheese is kind of a problem in there. Yeah. And food molds down here. Doesn't mold up there. I'm making that story decision, Ali. Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. No, night thanks for the law. You're welcome. I buy how much money do I You want a D100, and that's how many pretzels you buy. No, I'm not gonna be that fucking stupid. I'm going to buy, because what did I buy last time? I bought like $40. I bought like $50 worth of Filla, like $50. I'm going to buy 10 Fillas with the pretzels. OK, so 10 pretzels this time, amazing. Murphy takes one. It's a Filla pretzel. Murphy takes one. So I get 10 pretzels this time.
00:37:57
Speaker
put nine because Murphy take one yeah i buy okay so i buy 10 but i give five to Murphy and i give five to myself that works i like how it's like a reasonable amount not 50 yes well the first time she didn't have any concept of money
00:38:18
Speaker
I don't think she still has concept of money. I still think it's like- No, but I think she was about to say $50 worth of- And then Murphy was like, no 10, please.
00:38:30
Speaker
Okay, so you guys are at the coffee shop. Is there anything that you guys want to do at the coffee shop? Just like chillax and relax. and People watch. miss tough That's what Murphy wants to do anyway. I imagine I introduce Murphy to Vincent, to my best friend, and then I also... I'm honestly more impressed that you guys aren't Brian Murphy-ing me right now because I was listening to Nadpod and it was just like every person like fucking the group met. They're like, Murph, who is this person? And I was just like, oh my god, it's my assholes. I think i think I'm going to do that on the on the ah five hour recording day instead of the normal recording day. OK. That way it's five hour story of you trying to figure out names.
00:39:16
Speaker
I also go and I introduce Murphy to my friend Vincent and then to my friend Marco and then I also introduce him to my friend Franklin and then I go and I show them all of the cool things that I've been doing and all the cool things that I've seen. The fact that you found all of them again within the town. It's because Ina knows exactly where they are. because is great because Vincent works at the craft shop and then Marco works, he's over at the lopping session, which is probably still going on because that shit takes weeks. And then she probably also was like, okay, where's the address?
00:40:01
Speaker
I will say, I will say Sidious Park is closer to where the Silver Serpent is. So that's like how far away it is. So then like she's just going around and showing, see, these are all my friends that I told you about. I have them. Thank you. And then and then after I guess like how many fucking hours it was, four hours. Yeah. Then we go back. Okay, so it's been four hours. Solas looks the most disheveled that you've ever seen this beautiful bunny girl. um Hair up and messy bun um looks like a little bit sweaty, a little bit oily from just like reading, being hunched over all day. Has like a latte next to her. ah Very obviously ordered that to come to her. Briar also has like a chai tea.
00:40:57
Speaker
next to her. And when you guys walk in, Solas looks up from her book and goes.
00:41:06
Speaker
So. Briar came with some books with from some. ah Temples that she's been to around and all. And um we think we might have figured out something. Have you guys heard of the Versailles mirror? What's a mirror? That doesn't ring a bell for me.
00:41:39
Speaker
ah It's that thing that I look at myself in every morning before I put on my makeup. Oh, a shiny reflective surface, yes. have Have you heard of something called the Versailles mirror? I don't know. Should I roll for that? Would that be something that Alcindor would consider privileged information? I would say it wouldn't be Alcindor information, but if you want to roll for it, you totally can. okay It just wouldn't be something you could put a step point on. Just train intelligence roll. I get a plus zero to that baby.
00:42:14
Speaker
And I got a six, a three, nine, a two, makes that an 11, plus zero, 11.
00:42:27
Speaker
You kind of like, you hear, you remember something called like the Versailles, but you don't remember hearing the word mirror with it, but you have heard of the Versailles. um It was more of like an ancient story and you've only heard like tidbits through it, through Izmin's children who sort of come here in baptismal like a lot. So the Versailles, like the way that you would spell Versailles Palace? ah No, it's V-A-R-S-A-I. Versailles Mirror. And then the Versailles equals children who go between God-rolled and human-rolled. No, that's just like where you've heard more of the lore from is...
00:43:25
Speaker
that's where the lore came from was those children that are able to go up from Zinal and and like back to the Citadel easily. So like the children of Ryo essentially because they're the ones that go back and forth. Well Ryo is mean and sometimes Absalom and Paz are able to like go up and down it really just depends on what the um circumstances. And usually with Rio, it's really more of a, Rio comes down, picks a few people that he's, that they're just like, that's my child now and then brings them back up and they usually don't come back down. and Okay. Okay. Um, Ina is scratching her head and she goes, I've heard of Versailles. It's more of
00:44:15
Speaker
with the people who travel back and forth, and that's mostly Pez Absalom. Pez and Absalom are the same person. Well, yeah, but like she's listening both in case, because she doesn't know what the name is for whoever it might be, and then is mean, and then- I will say within this region, you do know that they mostly call ah her Absalom within this region. Uh, so then she's like, um, like usually they're with people who are, who follow Absalom or Paz and is mean. Usually they're children because they're the ones that go to and fro the most. Um, but that's pretty much it. Don't know much else. Um, so Briar speaks up and goes, so the Versailles mirror is sort of like,
00:45:14
Speaker
a portal between the Citadel and Zenol. It's ah very well kept and very ah hidden. We have not been able to find it as just being like an archaeologist architect of like that nature. We have not been able to find it forever. We ah think that it might be within the city of Celestia. However, we have not been able to locate it within the city. due to how populated it is. um But the caveat is that
00:45:52
Speaker
When it comes to the Mirror of Versailles, you can't just simply use it. You have to find a token from each deity to be able to actually get it to be used. And that's where you know things start getting a little bit misconstrued is ah where these tokens are because they are not all in the same spot. And Sola speaks up and goes, who um, due to Arona being a sacred city of Izmin, there is a good chance that Izmin's token is at least here, which is good.
00:46:32
Speaker
But we don't know where it is. And also this city has seven different Izmin temples and four of them being libraries. So really it just depends on where we would want to sort of like go. But that would be the best way to sort of find at least one token and keep in mind this is like all theoretical it could just all be like it it could all be just like a story it could all be a tale it doesn't mean it's real but there is a chance that that might be a way to get you guys back
00:47:25
Speaker
I just had a big brain moment, but I don't know if, you know, would have the same. I don't know if, you know, would also have the same big brain moment.
00:47:35
Speaker
What was your big brain moment, Zoe?
Side Quests and Missing Demigods
00:47:38
Speaker
Wouldn't it make sense if one of the tokens was like one of the things that represents the gods? um We don't know what these tokens are or what they look like, but we do know that there's a good chance that is means is here, at least. And if they are a thing, then there's a chance that the mirror of Versailles is a thing. And that means there's a good chance of you guys being able to go home. So i did you want to start this journey? I don't.
00:48:08
Speaker
and Briar is like looking very tentatively and is just like, there is a chance that ah the token is in one of the library temples that are here because that would make the most sense for Izmin, especially for like the goddess of discovery. That would make a lot of sense. um I don't think it would be as easy, though. It's just like, I found it and picking it up. Definitely not. It would definitely be a journey. It would not be an easy feat to get. Well, I wonder if like one of those stemmy gods can like touch it or something. I don't know if it's going to have an adverse reaction if a mortal touches it.
00:48:55
Speaker
I don't think the problem is like somebody touching it. I think the problem is finding it because they're all hidden. It's not like a simple like. Well, it's not like and and she looks she looks at Solas and goes, it's not like an hysteria egg hunt. Solas just looks at her and Briar just looks at her and she goes, I hate you. And she goes, sure.
00:49:26
Speaker
Astaria is Easter. a Got you. Oh no, I'm trying to think of. So essentially what we have to do, just recapping, we have to, if we want to go back to figure out, like to go back to Zinal, right? No, you won't go back to the Citadel. You're in Citadel. We're in Citadel. That's right. We need to go back to the Citadel. So in order to go back to the Citadel, we need to get one, two, three, four, five, six tokens, technically 12. I don't know if it's like one apiece for us or is it going to be like we're good with just six?
00:50:11
Speaker
It seems like one of each is the keys to get into the is like the keys to start up the mirror of their side. OK, so then we need to figure out that other side quest. We need to figure out why the storms are happening. right? That's another thing that we need to figure out. Other side quests, we need to figure out why the people who follow our cinder are arguing with each other and we need to figure out why, what did the lady say? She said like the plant growth is weird. Yes. I think my vote, this is just me as the player. So that's four things we need to figure out at least. And then we also have like
00:50:58
Speaker
they're They're probably connected. My vote would be to like deal with the Alcindor and Revanthus temples first. That's what I would like to do personally.
00:51:09
Speaker
Well, from the last time that you guys were there and the time that you guys have been there, that the excitement has seemed to have calmed down. But the storms are still going on. They aren't as bad as they were, but they definitely are still going. doesn't seem like the fact that we spoke to our respective parents like kind of helped because they didn't know. It shit down a little bit. yeah It didn't like stop it, but it definitely calmed. Because they didn't know where we were. Now they know where we are, but they don't know why. Bob's favorite children went missing and they decided to destroy the world. I mean, I would do the same thing.
00:51:51
Speaker
Plus, didn't the God of the Bible do that like a couple times? I'm pretty sure. Uh-huh. Yeah. Actually, it was more, I'm sick and tired of you guys ruining the shit I made. I'm just going to start fresh. And then there was the second time where his angels went down and fucked some humans. And he was like, nope, I'm flooding you. We can't do that. I'm flooding you. I'm flooding you. but You know what? I want you to kill your own children this time to show that you love me more. Whoever didn't know the context of this campaign was religious trauma. Let's go!
00:52:28
Speaker
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. So we have a choice. So it seems like the stuff with like our gauze and stuff have calmed down. Yes. So basically we don't have any side quests. We just have the main one right now. As far as of right now. Okay. And so you they- But you also don't know, you also don't know where any of these tokens are or the mirror or side is. Exactly. Could we just talk to Pippin?
Seeking Clues from Professor Pippin
00:53:00
Speaker
Since Pippin is a child of Izmin, would they know like what the tokens potentially would look like? There's a chance. you cant Since they travel back and forth?
00:53:12
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, they're not going back for another 50 years, but you can totally do that. But yeah, we can ask them, like, OK, how do we earn? Like, how do we find the tokens? How do we earn the tokens? Like, essentially, like, that would be a good step in that direction. ah and Yeah, totally. If you want to go back to the university and talk to Pippin. So I imagine at this point, as we're like discussing like the tokens, how do we find them? Oh, well, there's all these other things. Oh, we can't do an Easter egg, huh? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Ina then, like just like light bulb moment. Ding! We can go talk to my friend Pippin. You mean Professor Gatlet? You have friends? Their name is Pippin.
00:53:57
Speaker
Yeah, and they were my professors. And they're my friends. Let's go. I don't think you're winning that one. She gave her a pretzel. That's good enough for Ina.
00:54:14
Speaker
Briar's just looking at Solas weirdly and she goes, you want to go see our old teachers? She was not happy to see me last time I was there. and She was like, OK.
00:54:26
Speaker
Shall we go to go see Pippin? Yes, we do. Okay. So it takes about 30-ish minutes to get there because it is across town. um Pippin resides on the north ah north side of the university. There is a north and a south side within the city that's kind of like broken up from each other, just so like one study stay in the north and the other study stay in the south. It just like helps alleviate any um like
00:55:02
Speaker
overpopulation within the university because there are so many just like people that go there. um So you guys can take the fun little cute purple line from the main station because I have a cute map now um from the main station near Walker Antiquities. It will take around, I believe it was 30 minutes last time to get there. So it's gonna be 30 minutes again ah to get there. I'ma be real. Ina's terrified of that thing.
00:55:37
Speaker
Murphy's just holding Ina's hand the whole time. and she's boy and She's like on edge. she's like care like You know how like kids step onto escalators for the first time? Because this is like the first time they've used this, right? Because I think the last time we walked- No, it's like the third. It's like the third. Okay. So that a then, all of them, maybe she's not as like terrified of it now. like I think like when it jerks suddenly, you know how like sometimes trains just move, move, move, move? Trains are not a perfect system. like That's when she's like, ha! And like she has like her sword ready. like She's ready to pull it out. And then she's like, hold on. It's okay, it's okay. Murphy sort of puts their hand on your shoulder and is like silently, but like it's okay. You're safe.
00:56:22
Speaker
As you guys like roll up to the university campus, Briar's just sort of been talking to you, kind of just like asking you about your lives. like She's genuinely curious because she's just is like, oh my god, they're actual like demigods. They lived in the Citadel. And it's kind of like the same sort of excitement that Solas gave to you guys the first time, where she's just like, so like what's it like being like a child of Alcindor? What's that like entire experience like? it's fucking awesome ah okay can you like go into detail about it it's just i'm super curious well as soon as you are born you then then spend five minutes in childhood and then you get a sword and then you start learning all types of tactics about warfare about how to torture people how to get information out of people and then you learn how to fight and then you go into the fighting picks and then that's how you get your first ranking based upon how many people you can problem with your fists and then you work your way up. It's kind of like what you would call and then she like pulls up like for some like chibi eat up comes out for a second and pulls out a notepad and starts flipping through and she goes what my good friend Sage told me called military school.
00:57:43
Speaker
And then Chibi Ina goes away and the notebook is gone.
00:57:51
Speaker
Oh, okay. And then we get drunk all the time and then we fight more, but that's less fighting in terms of being able to get your ranks or to practice fighting. That's more of like a fight. So it's kind of fun. Also, there's a lot more meat. Do you guys have ah hobbies other than killing each other? No, they don't. Oh, we don't kill each other. We don't kill each other. And who has time for hobbies when you work about 20 hours a day? Your hobby is beating each other up. Yep.
00:58:28
Speaker
So and and you being a what did solace say plant of romantic. Yeah, that's mostly because I don't really like assign myself to any gender. I've been around too long for that. No, no, that's fine. um That's fine. No. And what's what's your sort of. What was your life like? my My life was basically, I didn't stick around in a romanticist place. I kind of traveled to every other domain except for death, for obvious reasons. so
00:59:00
Speaker
She's pretty scary. Pretty scary. Yeah. She doesn't like visitors. I've heard stories about death from some of death's people. She doesn't like visitors very much. I don't know, I feel like if you get on her good side, she'll be a nice person. That's quite rare. I'm still gonna try. Well, she also doesn't like to leave her domain that much either. I think she only ever leaves to go to the Sentinials.
00:59:32
Speaker
I did. There was one time I went up to like, it's it's not really like the gates, but I went up to the entrance to her domain just to try to be like, hey, I'm coming in. And one of her, one of her like door guards or whatever was just kind of there and shook his head before I could even say anything. And I was like, okay, understood. And then I walked away. Oh, was it Pepe? Pepe is kind of the meaner one. I didn't see his face, but it was probably Pepe. No, that's probably Pepe. odd name for a deaf follower but... Peppy stands there and then they just always shake their head no or they shake their head yes or they shake their head no you don't ever hear anything and then you just see the little beepy eyes coming out of the helmet yeah they were glowing especially red that day so i feel like you know yeah peppy's pretty scary i well i feel like the the mother of death was just kind of having a bad day so he was like on edge probably so
01:00:25
Speaker
ah here You're welcome, Ally. More lore. More lore. Then you now have to write down- Happy the door guard. You have to write down guard name, Peppy? Because if they don't talk, you have to assume Ina maybe gave them their own names. His name is Preston.
01:00:53
Speaker
I actually wrote, his name is Preston. Ina calls him Pepe, Memorial Door Guard, ah question mark, question mark, question mark. so that Watch his name isn't even press shit Preston. Watch his name is something like very simple like Sal or something. yeah and She's just calling him Pepe. And he doesn't he doesn't speak whenever you go up to the door, so like he's not gonna tell you what his real name is. That's what I said. They never talk, so has to assume what Once Briar gets all this information, she just looks at Solas, and Solas just goes, this is the most normal they've ever been. I'm gonna be so fucking for real right now. It's because of our readiness.
01:01:34
Speaker
We're reminiscing about when we were up there. We are reminiscing. Oh my gosh, yeah. I live for those 20 hour work days. Those are great. You know, I can take a nap and that would last 20 hours, which I suppose is in a nap at this point. You nap? Oh yeah. What was the God's name? I guess we didn't see the point in sleeping. What was the God's name that I was in the domain of before we fell? You were in Absalom. Okay. I'm pretty sure Absalom found me napping under a tree more than once. What's the point? we didn't have to ri We don't really have to sleep. ah Have you ever tried a nap? No, because I worked 20 hours and then we got two hours of free time. And then you had two hours to eat and bathe and do whatever you needed to do. And then you go back to work. I think you should try a nap. Not likely. 30 episodes from now, I'm just gonna try a nap.
01:02:33
Speaker
I mean, she sleeps, but like, but we haven't really like explained like how much she sleeps, but I imagine the way that she sleeps, her sleeping, like when everyone else is ah asleep, she sleeps for like two hours and then she's just lying there. I was gonna say she sleeps standing up, just ready to go.
01:02:59
Speaker
I imagine like we're joking about this because that's like a fucking bit because, of course, like the demigods have to sleep and eat because we've established that they need to sleep and eat. So after about 30 minutes of being on the train system, guys end up on North ah North Campus of Zextal University. Um, Briar's looking around goes like, wow, I haven't been here in a while. And Solus goes, yeah, it hasn't changed much. Um, let's go and hope that she's not in like class or something. And. Oh, she is in class. I kind of want to sit in on that, you know. Sainsies, I want to see you my friend Pippin work. Both both Solus and Briar kind of giving you guys the same look, which is like
01:03:52
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No.
01:03:58
Speaker
Not really. ah So after you guys go back to like the same office that you guys like popped into the first time, um Solas knocks on her door again and you hear like. Muffle just like scattering of things and like you hear something fall for a second and then like you hear like more like ski skittering and she like slowly opens the door and goes like, oh, solace.
01:04:32
Speaker
Serena Murphy. And she looks and yeah she goes, Briar. Briar's like, hi. Hi Pippin. Murphy puts up peace signs. Like, what's up? What can I help you with? We're here to talk about the Versailles Mirror and what tokens we would need because you are a child of Izmin and you know how to go back and forth.
01:05:03
Speaker
The Versailles mirror. Yes. That is what she said here. I can say it again if you you can need the the. You know, this is a very slowly.
01:05:18
Speaker
I'm just a little busy right now and I can't really discuss. this. Oh, is that a part of that student teacher confidentiality that I've heard so much about? No, I don't think that's real. I was told about it from my friend Marco. He said you have to pay them to keep your secrets.
01:05:51
Speaker
What was that, lawyers? I think that was lawyers. Well, why were we even talking about lawyers in the first place?
01:06:06
Speaker
I have someone in my office right now, so I really can't just come out and... Do you have a friend named Garak too that you like to do the face kissing with? Murphy's juggling.
01:06:27
Speaker
Eno is a completely different human outside of the fucking synodale, y'all. I love her. um Pippin just goes, I'll email you soulless. You can also have my email, it's just Eno. That's not an email. Even I know what an email is, that's not one.
01:06:56
Speaker
Well, you can also contact me via carrier pigeon. I trained all the pigeons in the town and they all come to me. It's been two weeks. I don't think you've trained the pigeons.
01:07:08
Speaker
She does like a bird call. Roll a d100 to see how many pigeons.
01:07:20
Speaker
I kinda like the D100 idea better. Just 100 pigeons show off.
01:07:31
Speaker
Okay. She's indoors. Makes sense that we have this roll. I got a two, two, two, two. So I got a six plus a seven. And then she know then she then says, I guess they can't hear me because I'm out of their vocal range. Hold on. Let me try. And then I do a bird call.
01:07:50
Speaker
yeah Do your bird call noise. If I have to, you have to. Oh, that's a 10 total. One shows up on Pippin's like, window cell. See? That's the one I called. Sure.
01:08:08
Speaker
I'm very good at communication with animals. That's why they all run away from Ina. But yeah, but I guess all these jokes aside, I feel like we can wait. I'm not in a hurry. As we had our fucking chibi, like, bird call moment, Jesus fucking Christ, Nina's not that stupid. Pippin, like, before closing the door says, we're not allowed to really
01:08:44
Speaker
talk about the Versailles mirror. Like that's like a big no-no outside of the Citadel. So me giving you any real information on it is going to be very hindrance and I hope you understand that. My 50-year sentence here might turn into a hundred years if I give you too much of it. Can you point us in the direction of information that we can glean ourselves? That way you're not like directly telling us the info. Or at least tell us if it's a physical thing or something that we have to earn. Like, you know, like we earn the God's favor or if it's like a physical item.
01:09:31
Speaker
Did you guys, and you hear from behind her, Babe, what's taking so long? She goes, one moment. She doesn't have a carrot that she doesn't face kissing with. She goes.
01:09:54
Speaker
there I can tell you this, but you guys have to un-code it. Works for me. Okay, yeah okay, okay. We're very smart.
01:10:06
Speaker
So as Ina's nodding to that, ah Pippin looks over at Solas, and Solas is just like, no. Even Murphy's just raising an eyebrow. We just got to see how the dice roll, baby. It's not my fault I live by the dice. Fair enough. But Pippin looks at all of you and goes, there are markers on top of me. Looking down is where you see me. There are four of me. Only one is where I'm held. In the dark, I am kept. Follow my markers and keep watch of the rigs that will try and hold you.
01:10:54
Speaker
Okay, we'll spend the next three years trying to figure that out.
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01:11:26
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Episode Wrap-up and Promotions
01:11:27
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01:12:05
Speaker
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01:13:18
Speaker
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01:13:56
Speaker
I'll tell you, I'll try to find the video and I'll put it in the discord, but like you guys will fucking know what the fuck is happening. I found something I shouldn't have. What the fuck is happening? looking, it's happening.
01:14:10
Speaker
She's changing colors and shit. What the fuck is happening? I saw brand and I didn't know what it meant.
01:14:20
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I thought, sorry my ADHD went ooh.