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Episode 1 - School Daze
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Jordan Daringer: Host
Nic Barnett: Nigel E. Dolarann
Brek Black: Ryan Winchester
Matt Czech: Arthur Gooseburg
Melanie Daringer: Samantha Williams
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Introduction and Mental Health Awareness
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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 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,
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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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Hey y'all, welcome to Let's Play Pretend.
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I just wanted to take a second to shout out the wonderful artist who drew our cover art.
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She lives in Poland and she's super talented.
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If you want to check her out, her name is Morgan Six, that's M-M-O-R-G-A-N and the number six on Fiverr.
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We will link her page below.
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Thanks and enjoy the show.
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Let's play pretend!
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Let's play pretense Let's play pretense Yeah!
Meet the Characters
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Hello everybody and welcome to Let's Play Pretend, a TTRPG podcast with this season the focus on survival.
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My name is Jordan and I am your DMGM keeper and handler.
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And with me I have Nick Barnett.
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I'll be Ned.
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And I got Breck Black.
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Hi, I'll be playing Ryan.
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Melanie Derringer.
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Hello, I will be playing Samantha Williams.
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And Matt Check.
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I'll be playing Arthur.
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I absolutely love the voice that you decided to go with.
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So as I told you guys in session zero, this is going to be a closed game.
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Meaning if I have a scene going on with...
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specific characters, I will ask the rest of you to take off your headsets, and then I will throw in the messages or shoot in the group text that it's okay to come back.
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That being said, this session is going to have a lot of solo things, and it's
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It's going to be more character building kind of stuff.
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So I more than likely will not have you guys leave this session unless it's something big happening.
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If it's just something like it's after school and Ned is riding home with his mom in the car, I really don't care if you guys are here for that.
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So...
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Just keep that in mind.
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But we'll know if he picks his nose and wipes it in the car and no one else knows.
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But Will knows.
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Maybe Samantha doesn't want to be friends with Arthur.
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Like I said.
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He's a weird kid, man.
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He's a weird kid.
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You are all friends with Ashley.
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How you are friends with each other is entirely up to you.
A Day in Gainsborough
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It is an undisclosed year in the springtime in a small town called Gainsborough, Ohio.
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Population about 26,000.
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You guys are all in high school right now.
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We have Ned,
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who is at the very end of his freshman year.
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We have Ryan at the end of his sophomore year, Arthur also at the end of his sophomore year, Samantha and Ashley both at the end of their junior year.
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Summer break is coming like a freight train.
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It is the last day of classes.
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And all you guys are doing at this point
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You're turning in your textbooks.
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You are turning in any last-minute assignments for those last-minute grades that are needed.
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It's the end.
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You're clearing out your lockers.
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You're getting ready to go.
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Finals are over.
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So I guess you wouldn't have any last-minute assignments.
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Scratch that.
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Finals are over.
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It's the last day of school.
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Oh, shit.
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As the last day of school always goes, God, this day is just dragging on.
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You guys have been here since 7.30.
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You keep looking at the clock, waiting.
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God, that 3.05 bell has to be ringing soon, right?
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Right?
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Fuck, it is only 11.30.
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We haven't even had lunch yet.
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And as that thought crosses your mind, the bell rings.
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And it is time to be dismissed for the last lunch of the school year.
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Ned, what are you currently doing?
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Ned is probably walking out of the gym.
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He had to go and see his coach because he wanted to talk to me about summer training.
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So I play lacrosse and I got to make sure that I know and keep up on what I'm doing.
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keep everybody happy.
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So I'm probably just leaving the gym and heading into the lunchroom to get my little bag of fries and Bosco sticks, and that's usually about all I eat at lunch.
Summer Plans and Personal Challenges
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The lunch of champions for a high schooler, especially for a freshman.
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Absolutely.
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Can't go wrong with that with a little marinara sauce.
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For the fries or for the breadsticks?
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Yes.
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Ryan, where are you currently?
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Ryan would be heading to his locker to see if he can't snag his cigarettes to maybe sneak one in before any of the teachers realize he's, you know, missing.
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Okay.
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I am going to...
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have you roll how about that first roll i'm gonna have you roll a stealth okay um i gotta actually look through my sheet and see if i have any of that i do nice that is a nat three so that's that is a nat three that is a success so as you go into the hallway you manage to sneak out just a couple minutes before the bell rang and
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You are going quietly down the hallway, sneaking past the classrooms pretty well, especially considering it's the last day of classes.
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The teachers don't care about having the doors closed at this point.
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The doors are wide open.
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But you successfully make it to your locker and snag your cigarettes.
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Are you planning on smoking one now or during lunch?
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During lunch.
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Okay.
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He just didn't want to grab them while everyone was in the hallway.
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That is 100% fair.
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All right.
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Let's see.
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Samantha, what are you up to right now?
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So Samantha is just leaving most likely gym class at this time.
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And she just got done talking with her swimming coach about the competition that is over the summer.
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So she's currently heading towards her locker to grab her lunch and head to the lunch room.
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Okay.
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Samantha, I want you to roll me just a pure luck check.
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Not against your luck skill, just a less than 50 or more than 50.
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Okay.
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The last time I rolled luck was for a different campaign, and my dice screwed me.
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So let's hope this goes better.
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Well, that would be a 57.
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We are off to a bad start, ladies and gentlemen.
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That would be a 57.
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Okay, so that means you and Ned...
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must have taken two different hallways.
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You did not run into each other at this moment.
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And then I need to know, got what you all are doing.
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Okay, Arthur, what are you doing?
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Well, Arthur waited until after class, in biology class, to talk to his teacher and show him the photos, the real photos, of a local Ohio YouTube video.
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My YouTube channel.
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This is indeed a real photo of a Sasquatch in the woods.
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Can't you tell?
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And which teacher are you showing this to?
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The biology teacher.
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Biology teacher.
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Roll me a... Let's go with a persuade.
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Okay, persuade.
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I have 50% on persuade.
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We should add a bullshit skill.
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Yeah, we really should.
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We got 50 or 65.
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You got 65 on a 50?
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Yeah.
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First off, before we role play this out, what is the name of your YouTube channel?
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Oh, it's called They're Out There.
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Your biology teacher, Mr. Frank, looks at you and goes, Arthur, it's the last day of class.
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But look, it's exactly a humanoid figure and its gauge is that of a humanoid.
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Arthur, go to lunch.
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I don't have time for this.
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Just go to lunch.
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I'm begrudgingly taking my photo.
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Like, you'll see.
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You know what?
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How about this?
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Next year, when you have me again, you can show me then.
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That is begrudgingly.
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I don't respond back.
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I just keep walking.
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It's fucking real.
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It's fucking asshole.
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I go to lunch.
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As you guys are walking down the hallway, Samantha, roll me a... I need to get better at what everything is called here.
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Come on, Jordan.
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We know what this is called.
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Roll me an alertness check.
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Alertness check?
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Yep.
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So that's not too bad.
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It's a 60, so that'd be a 36.
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That would be a 36.
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Okay.
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So before this person is able to get the jump on you, you turn around just in time to see Ashley about to throw her arms around you and jump on your back.
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What do you do?
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Is she going to say anything or she's just running full speed?
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She was just trying to sneak up on you and get a piggyback ride.
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okay um so samantha seeing her best friend running at her basically about to throw herself onto her back just opens her arms and like just waits for her to embrace her and she just wraps her arms around her okay um roll me a luck check that's an 83
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And your luck is what?
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Oh, if I remember correctly, my luck is pretty damn high.
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I'm pretty sure all of your luck is in the 90s.
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My luck is a 98.
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It is almost perfect.
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So as...
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As Ashley jumps and wraps her arms around you in an attempt to get a piggyback ride, you turn around and you just grab her out of the air and brace her in a huge hug.
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And she just laughs and laughs and laughs and looks at you and goes, you know, I thought this was going to be the one time that I was actually going to sneak up on you.
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When are you going to learn that I see everything?
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Oh, I'm going to get you one of these times.
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I swear.
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We have one more year.
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I will get you one of these times.
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Uh-huh.
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We'll see about that.
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So it's the last day of school.
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What were you doing down this way?
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I just left gym class myself.
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What were you doing down here?
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As Johnson said, there's some sort of swim competition that she wants me to be a part of this summer for a club.
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I don't know if I should do it or not.
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Oh, my God.
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She's so demanding.
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Doesn't she realize that, like...
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you're going into your senior year like we have better things to do this summer than that i know but she wants me to do some sort of scholarship program and i don't know i just want to go riding i just want to go ride with anubis and that's about it you know you and that horse are damn near inseparable hi he's my best friend what can i say um offended
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I mean, you're both my best friends.
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It's just sometimes Anubis, I can tell him secrets that I can't tell anybody else.
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Not that I don't tell you everything already, but.
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She's just looking at you with eyes like, bitch, really?
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Oh, don't get offended.
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Let's go to lunch.
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She laughs as you guys head off to the lunch.
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So you walk into the lunchroom, all of you right around the same time, you know, lunch periods usually only 45 minutes or so.
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And you
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The lunchroom is just so loud today.
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Everybody is just, you see nobody studying.
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Everyone's just having the time of their lives.
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Food is flying everywhere.
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What do you guys do?
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I get in line because I need to get my macaroni and cosmic brownies.
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The classic lunch.
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Okay, real talk for a second.
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I don't like reliving my high school years.
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Yeah.
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Not going to lie.
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They kind of sucked for the most part.
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But saying like Bosco sticks and Cosmic Brownies.
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Just bringing back a lot of memories.
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Cosmic Brownies are the shit.
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Anyways.
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I assume I was the first in line.
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You know, like when you go up to the counter there and they still got like the metal gate down.
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It's not the same.
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I was like the first person in line and waiting for it to open up.
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I know the exact line that has macaroni, and I'm on that line.
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Nick, give me just a 50-50 check.
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37.
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37.
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On a 50.
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As you walk to stand in line, you see Ryan right behind you.
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And you know that Ryan's class at this point, right before lunch, Ryan's class is on the other side of the building.
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So how the hell?
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And your class is right across from the lunchroom.
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So how did Ryan get here right around the same time you did?
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Ryan...
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You know I like to be the first one in line here.
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What are you doing here so early already?
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Well, I had some errands to run, and he pats his jacket pocket.
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Oh, I see.
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You didn't happen to grab two of them, you know, right?
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Of course I brought two of them.
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I got the whole pack.
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It's the last day of school.
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Why would I leave it?
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Oh, man.
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Look, I know I said I'd get you back.
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I promise.
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I'm about to start getting my next allowance and I swear I can pay you back for, you know, what you've had me out with.
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Ned, you're good, man.
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You're good.
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Samantha comes up behind the boys with Ashley.
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She just quietly goes up to Ryan and goes, those will kill you one day.
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You know that, right?
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So, well, just about everything else.
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So, uh, figure if I get some pleasure out of this one, I'll be okay.
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She kind of just smiles and shakes her head.
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As soon as they start walking up, I'm going to go ahead and walk through the line.
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How there, Miss Weathers.
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Uh, having a good last day of school here?
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Hey, Ned.
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Yeah, it's the last day of school, all right.
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And, uh, just serving up some lunch.
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Yeah, you know, I'll take the normal, them Bosco sticks, that little baggie of the curly fries if you got them, and that big old thing of marinara sauce, that'll do just fine.
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Oh, Ned, you know we always have curly fries, and with it being the last day of school, we had to cook up everything that we had, so you're going to get a little bit of extra fries today with no extra cost.
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Oh, Miss Weathers, today you're the best.
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I appreciate you.
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And I put my hand out to shake her hand.
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As she stares at your hand, she slowly goes to shake your hand, and you see that she goes to blink, and both of her eyes blink at a different time as she shakes your hand.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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And I just walk away to sit in a little cube that's off by the lockers.
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I don't sit at a table.
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I sit in a weird cutout in the wall.
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Okay.
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My friends and I did that in high school too.
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Miss Weathers calls to the next person line.
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Next.
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That's, that's you, Ryan.
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She kind of like nudges him forward.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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She's trying to decide.
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She said a lot of everything.
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So usually I don't think get a couple of decisions.
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Got any of that popcorn chicken left?
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Kill for some of that.
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Oh, Mr. Winchester.
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How are you today?
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Not doing too bad.
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Not doing too bad.
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Ready to leave.
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You ask her if she has the popcorn chicken and you think she just completely ignores you as she asks how you're doing today until you see her actually turn around and grab a thing of popcorn chicken for you.
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It's one of those where it's like, did she hear me or not?
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But then she hands over the popcorn chicken to you.
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What else can I get for you today, Mr. Winchester?
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Well, unless you guys are unlocking the soda machine, I think I'll be good today.
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It's the last day of the year.
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The soda machine is free.
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Ryan immediately runs over and starts filling up a cup.
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I can get who's next.
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So Samantha walks up.
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What was her name again?
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Miss Weathers.
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Weathers.
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That's what it was.
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Hi, Miss Weathers.
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Can I just get some curly fries and cheese, please?
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Miss Williams, do you want extra cheese today like usual or just a regular cup?
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Always with the extra cheese.
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That's good because all the fries have extra fries today.
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Hell yeah.
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You're the best.
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What's the sigh for?
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I just gave you a compliment.
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Thanks.
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I'll put a smile on that face.
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It's the last day of school.
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It didn't seem like she was sighing.
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It just seemed like that long pause, it took her brain that long to comprehend what you said and what it took to come up with a correct answer.
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She's not used to getting compliments.
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Is there anything else I can get for you today, Miss Williams?
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Just a smile from you.
00:19:51
Speaker
She smiles and her dentures almost fall out.
00:19:56
Speaker
Miss Williams, are you picking up lunch for Miss Brooks again today?
00:20:00
Speaker
I don't see her with you.
00:20:03
Speaker
Samantha turns around and goes, yeah, this bitch.
00:20:08
Speaker
Yeah, I'll pick up her some lunch for her.
00:20:10
Speaker
Just her usual lunch.
00:20:12
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:13
Speaker
She hands you a cup of noodles with Alfredo sauce and a side salad.
00:20:20
Speaker
Thank you.
00:20:22
Speaker
You're welcome.
00:20:23
Speaker
She goes over and sits with Ned.
00:20:26
Speaker
I couldn't think of his name.
00:20:28
Speaker
I'm going to forget all y'all's name.
00:20:30
Speaker
Well, you write it down.
00:20:32
Speaker
I'm also low-key getting hungry for all this ordering food.
00:20:35
Speaker
Right?
00:20:36
Speaker
I want to order some fucking Taco Bell right now.
00:20:38
Speaker
She calls out to the next person.
00:20:39
Speaker
Next.
00:20:41
Speaker
Yeah, I would like to... Before you get a chance to say anything, one of the senior football players comes up and shoves you to the side and is like, get the fuck out of the way, nerd.
00:20:51
Speaker
This is my last day.
00:20:52
Speaker
I get to do whatever the fuck I want.
00:20:54
Speaker
And he just starts ordering his food.
00:20:56
Speaker
Fucking dick.
00:20:58
Speaker
Roll a stealth check.
00:21:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:04
Speaker
That was a 20.
00:21:07
Speaker
And what's your stealth?
00:21:08
Speaker
A million. 10%.
00:21:14
Speaker
He turns around and grabs you by the collar of the shirt and he's like, what the fuck did you just say to me, nerd?
00:21:19
Speaker
I was like, uh, uh, uh, clearly an adult would allow this to happen in front of them.
High School Dynamics
00:21:26
Speaker
Would I be seeing this?
00:21:27
Speaker
She doesn't seem to notice what's happening.
00:21:31
Speaker
Yeah, do I see this?
00:21:33
Speaker
Same.
00:21:34
Speaker
Uh, both of you can roll me an alertness.
00:21:37
Speaker
Arthur just squirming and panicking.
00:21:40
Speaker
I will let you roll an alertness with a plus 20 because it's not like this guy's trying to be stealthy about it.
00:21:48
Speaker
Can I kick him in the balls?
00:21:50
Speaker
I got a 98 on a 20.
00:21:51
Speaker
I got a 61 on a 60.
00:21:52
Speaker
14 out of 60.
00:21:57
Speaker
So, Ned, you are like so blind because of your food right now.
00:22:02
Speaker
That's just the most delicious fucking Bosco stick you've ever eaten.
00:22:06
Speaker
Samantha, you hear a little bit of commotion, but it doesn't really matter.
00:22:11
Speaker
You're a little more concerned as to where Ashley went.
00:22:13
Speaker
Ryan, you see the whole thing, but before you're able to react, I want Arthur to roll me in unarmed combat.
00:22:22
Speaker
And it's going to be contested against his unarmed combat.
00:22:25
Speaker
So that's a D100?
00:22:28
Speaker
Yep.
00:22:31
Speaker
Oh, God.
00:22:35
Speaker
14.
00:22:35
Speaker
14.
00:22:35
Speaker
So the way contested works is basically Price is Right rules.
00:22:40
Speaker
If you succeed and I succeed, it's the person that gets the closest to the number.
00:22:45
Speaker
So he just has a 50 in unarmed combat.
00:22:49
Speaker
What is your unarmed?
00:22:50
Speaker
40.
00:22:50
Speaker
Okay, so if he rolls higher than a 14 but under a 50, he will beat you.
00:22:57
Speaker
And he rolled a 71.
00:22:57
Speaker
So yes, you can go ahead and kick him in the nuts, and I want you to roll a d4 for damage.
00:23:06
Speaker
Oh yeah.
00:23:07
Speaker
One second.
00:23:08
Speaker
Sorry.
00:23:08
Speaker
I was not prepared for D4s.
00:23:12
Speaker
I wasn't prepared for anyone to deal damage in this first session either.
00:23:15
Speaker
Well, nobody grabs Arthur.
00:23:18
Speaker
I wasn't prepared for Bosco sticks, but I can't be upset.
00:23:23
Speaker
Oh my goodness.
00:23:23
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:23:25
Speaker
There it is.
00:23:25
Speaker
Oh no.
00:23:26
Speaker
My God.
00:23:27
Speaker
Fuck is a D4.
00:23:28
Speaker
How do you not have a D4?
00:23:30
Speaker
You're a fucking dice goblin.
00:23:32
Speaker
It's the one shaped like a pyramid.
00:23:35
Speaker
It's dark and none of this is organized.
00:23:39
Speaker
Wait, hold on.
00:23:40
Speaker
Here we go.
00:23:41
Speaker
I have full proof.
00:23:43
Speaker
None of your shit is organized and we got you one of those freaking organized bags for Christmas.
00:23:50
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:50
Speaker
Last time I played D&D, I kind of went through all the dice.
00:23:54
Speaker
I found a little dice that I knew where it is.
00:23:57
Speaker
Three damage.
00:24:00
Speaker
All that for three damage.
00:24:01
Speaker
Okay.
00:24:02
Speaker
Um...
00:24:04
Speaker
He kind of buckles and drops you and after a second composes himself and stares you down and says, after school, you're fucking dead and takes his lunch and walks away.
00:24:17
Speaker
As he walks away, Ryan's going to step in front of him and just be like, did you say something?
00:24:21
Speaker
Because I kind of hard of hearing.
00:24:24
Speaker
You want to repeat that?
00:24:27
Speaker
Um, I'm sorry, were you in there?
00:24:29
Speaker
Because it sounds like it wasn't any of your fucking business, was it, Winchester?
00:24:34
Speaker
Well, I'm making it my business, so why don't you repeat yourself, jock?
00:24:38
Speaker
He puts his hand on your chest to try to push you back down into your chair.
00:24:42
Speaker
I am going to push it off me.
00:24:44
Speaker
Alright, roll contested unarmed.
00:24:49
Speaker
He rolled a 41 on a 50.
00:24:49
Speaker
I rolled a 35 out of 60.
00:24:54
Speaker
So he got closer without going over, so he does successfully push you back down into your chair and walks off to go sit with his friends.
00:25:04
Speaker
Ryan is going to take note of his face.
00:25:06
Speaker
Okay.
00:25:08
Speaker
He is the senior, like, this is his last day of school.
00:25:13
Speaker
He is the senior football, like, varsity star.
00:25:17
Speaker
Did this cause a commotion to where, like, all of us would be able to see it now?
00:25:21
Speaker
Hmm.
00:25:23
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I'd say.
00:25:24
Speaker
I'm not even going to make you roll.
00:25:26
Speaker
You did definitely see his confrontation with Ryan because Ryan was, at this point, he was sitting down.
00:25:32
Speaker
So this would have been out in the main lunchroom, yes.
00:25:35
Speaker
Well, at this point, Ned's going to just kind of, he's going to get up and move over by where Ryan's at and making sure not to make eye contact with Ashley.
00:25:46
Speaker
I'm going to put my hand on Ryan's shoulder.
00:25:48
Speaker
Hey, buddy, look, I'm really kind of
00:25:54
Speaker
egged out right now.
00:25:55
Speaker
You wanna maybe we take a step outside real quick?
00:25:58
Speaker
Yeah, we can do that.
00:25:59
Speaker
Alright, let's try and get out here.
00:26:02
Speaker
There ain't been no teachers over by the cut out there where we always sit.
00:26:07
Speaker
Yeah, that works.
00:26:08
Speaker
Ryan's gonna grab his drink and his chicken and follow Ned.
00:26:11
Speaker
Okay.
00:26:12
Speaker
Samantha was too busy looking for Ashley to notice that you left anyways, so.
00:26:19
Speaker
Ha ha ha.
00:26:21
Speaker
Arthur goes back to ordering his macaroni and cosmic brownies.
00:26:26
Speaker
I was just going to say, she goes, and what can I get for you?
00:26:31
Speaker
Well, first off, an apology for not helping me in an assault.
00:26:35
Speaker
I don't know what you're talking about.
00:26:39
Speaker
And second, I get an extra cosmic brownie for my trauma.
00:26:44
Speaker
She just completely acts like she has no idea what you're talking about.
00:26:47
Speaker
Typical lunch lady.
00:26:48
Speaker
Typical lunch lady.
00:26:50
Speaker
Still gives you the extra cosmic brownie anyway.
00:26:52
Speaker
Damn right, I said in my breath.
00:26:55
Speaker
All right.
00:26:56
Speaker
I go sit down and work on my lightning hawk versus Sasquatch comic.
00:27:06
Speaker
So are you sitting down with Samantha or are you sitting down by yourself?
00:27:10
Speaker
Oh, I'll sit down next to Samantha.
00:27:12
Speaker
She somehow tolerates me.
00:27:16
Speaker
Because as of right now, Ryan and Ned are out in the hallway?
00:27:20
Speaker
Yeah.
00:27:21
Speaker
Okay.
00:27:22
Speaker
So we will resolve this with Ryan and Ned first.
00:27:25
Speaker
Go ahead and roll me just a 50-50 check for right now. 21.
00:27:34
Speaker
That's a two.
00:27:36
Speaker
Okay, so yes, there are definitely no teachers around, and with an ot two, I'm not even going to make your roll stealth.
00:27:45
Speaker
So you guys can go ahead and play out this scene however you want.
00:27:48
Speaker
Ryan, that was real brave of you, man.
00:27:52
Speaker
We've always gotten along pretty good with Arthur, but man, that guy was just so far out of line.
00:27:57
Speaker
That was awesome of you, man.
00:28:00
Speaker
You really stepped up something there.
00:28:02
Speaker
Yeah, well, just wait if he tries anything after school.
00:28:05
Speaker
It's not going to be pretty.
00:28:07
Speaker
Well, just know that I'm here.
00:28:11
Speaker
I'll be by your side just to make sure.
00:28:13
Speaker
He's the captain of the football team.
00:28:16
Speaker
I mean, man, he's a big guy and he got a whole lot of friends and people that just follow him around.
00:28:21
Speaker
So either way, I'll be there.
00:28:24
Speaker
And he's 18.
00:28:25
Speaker
So if he hits me, it's a felony assault of a minor.
00:28:28
Speaker
And Ryan's going to tap his head.
00:28:31
Speaker
God damn it, man.
00:28:32
Speaker
You're just so smart.
00:28:33
Speaker
Now let me get one of them cigarettes.
00:28:34
Speaker
Come on, man.
00:28:36
Speaker
Really?
00:28:36
Speaker
The hallway?
00:28:37
Speaker
Not even going to try to make it outside?
00:28:38
Speaker
Jeez.
00:28:39
Speaker
Man, there ain't nobody around.
00:28:41
Speaker
Come on, let's go.
00:28:41
Speaker
Let's book it.
00:28:42
Speaker
All right, all right.
00:28:43
Speaker
And he's going to pull two out and an old beat-up Zippo and light up one with Ned.
00:28:50
Speaker
Okay, and off of that 50-50 luck roll I made you guys roll earlier, no teachers show up, you guys are good to go.
00:28:58
Speaker
But who does show up is Ashley.
00:29:01
Speaker
And she walks up and she goes, come on guys, really?
00:29:05
Speaker
Out in the hallway?
00:29:06
Speaker
You guys ain't even gonna try to go outside?
00:29:08
Speaker
Did you forget what day it is?
00:29:10
Speaker
Because I don't think even the teachers care at this point.
00:29:13
Speaker
Did you forget that you're not 18 yet?
00:29:15
Speaker
Yeah, but they have to catch me to know that.
00:29:17
Speaker
And I'm quite fast.
00:29:19
Speaker
She kind of rolls her eyes.
00:29:21
Speaker
Anywho, are you guys coming to the party tonight?
00:29:24
Speaker
I had planned on it.
00:29:25
Speaker
Yeah.
00:29:25
Speaker
Ned, you coming?
00:29:27
Speaker
When you turn to look at Ned, Ned is already out the door on the side and he's outside and I can't hear you.
00:29:35
Speaker
Wait, wait.
00:29:36
Speaker
Where did he go?
00:29:38
Speaker
He likes to play as a ninja sometimes, I swear.
00:29:41
Speaker
Well, you make sure to grab him by...
00:29:44
Speaker
the chin and get him there if you have to.
00:29:47
Speaker
My parents are going to be out of town.
00:29:49
Speaker
They already said it's fine if I throw an end of the year party.
00:29:53
Speaker
Obviously you guys are invited.
00:29:55
Speaker
Just be there.
00:29:56
Speaker
Yeah.
00:29:56
Speaker
Sweet.
00:29:57
Speaker
Party and a kidnapping.
00:29:58
Speaker
Exactly what I like to do on my Friday night.
00:30:00
Speaker
You know it.
00:30:01
Speaker
She winks at you and gives you a high five before going back into the lunchroom where she finds Samantha.
00:30:10
Speaker
And she sits down next to you and she goes, you even got my lunch.
00:30:14
Speaker
You are the best.
00:30:15
Speaker
Yeah, bitch, where'd you go?
00:30:17
Speaker
I turned around and you're gone.
00:30:19
Speaker
You know I got that party tonight.
00:30:20
Speaker
I had some last minute things I had to take care of first.
00:30:23
Speaker
Yeah, I guess.
00:30:25
Speaker
All right.
00:30:25
Speaker
Give me some sort of, duh, I'm going to be there.
00:30:28
Speaker
You're my bestie, remember?
00:30:30
Speaker
Of course.
00:30:31
Speaker
And I can't give you a heads up if I want it to be a surprise.
00:30:36
Speaker
A surprise for what?
00:30:38
Speaker
a surprise for everybody.
00:30:40
Speaker
This is gonna be off the chain hook.
00:30:44
Speaker
Okay?
00:30:45
Speaker
Just make sure you're there.
00:30:47
Speaker
Make sure you're early.
00:30:48
Speaker
I want you and I want Ned and Arthur, you're gonna be there tonight too, right?
00:30:53
Speaker
Be where?
00:30:55
Speaker
Tonight?
00:30:55
Speaker
What?
00:30:56
Speaker
Tonight's a lunar eclipse.
00:30:58
Speaker
What do you mean tonight?
00:31:00
Speaker
Arthur, come on.
00:31:02
Speaker
The party, Arthur.
00:31:03
Speaker
You're gonna be at my party tonight, right?
00:31:05
Speaker
uh yeah um yeah yeah i'll check my schedule your schedule is clear you're coming to the party there's gonna be more lunar eclipse arthur it's gonna be an inside and outside party so uh i'll be there how about this arthur since you're so excited for the lunar eclipse tonight i will go outside and i will watch it with you
00:31:29
Speaker
Oh, dope.
00:31:30
Speaker
Anyway, I want the four of you to be there early.
00:31:32
Speaker
I'm going to need some help setting some stuff up.
00:31:35
Speaker
Oh, so this, I see.
00:31:36
Speaker
The real reason it comes out.
00:31:38
Speaker
Oh, come on.
00:31:39
Speaker
I guess he's helping putting out, like, drinks and chips and stuff like that.
00:31:43
Speaker
Ugh, okay.
00:31:45
Speaker
I was considering putting out the telescope for you, but if that's where you want to be, I'll just hide it.
00:31:49
Speaker
No, no, no, no.
00:31:50
Speaker
Chips?
00:31:50
Speaker
What kind of chips do you need to bring out?
00:31:53
Speaker
How many tables do we talk about?
00:31:56
Speaker
That's what I thought.
00:31:58
Speaker
Party starts at six.
00:31:58
Speaker
I'd like you all there at five.
00:31:59
Speaker
All right.
00:32:00
Speaker
All right.
00:32:02
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:02
Speaker
Thank you.
00:32:05
Speaker
She grabs her lunch and walks off.
00:32:07
Speaker
She says she has a telescope.
00:32:11
Speaker
Yeah, she does.
00:32:12
Speaker
I've seen it.
00:32:14
Speaker
It's a really nice one, too.
00:32:15
Speaker
This is literally the first time I've ever heard tell me about a telescope.
00:32:21
Speaker
Oh, maybe she bought it just for you, Arthur.
00:32:24
Speaker
That's weird.
00:32:25
Speaker
Why would it be weird?
00:32:26
Speaker
You're her friend.
00:32:28
Speaker
Arthur just looks perplexed.
00:32:30
Speaker
She looks over at the comic you're you're working on.
00:32:34
Speaker
And she pulls out her own drawing pad and kind of slides it over to him.
00:32:39
Speaker
Just so you know, if you ever need a second artist, I'm here for you.
00:32:43
Speaker
Oh, nice.
00:32:44
Speaker
Nice.
00:32:44
Speaker
Good line work.
00:32:46
Speaker
Thanks.
00:32:46
Speaker
Thanks.
00:32:47
Speaker
I've tried.
00:32:48
Speaker
But nobody else knows, so don't tell anybody.
00:32:51
Speaker
You got a secret that no one needs to know.
00:32:55
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:56
Speaker
Yeah, well, everybody sees me as the whole athletic swimming and softball kind of thing, and that's not always my thing.
00:33:04
Speaker
Yeah, because drawings for nerds just looks at you.
00:33:10
Speaker
I mean, you're wearing a UFO shirt right now.
00:33:14
Speaker
They're out there, all right?
00:33:17
Speaker
I know, Arthur.
00:33:18
Speaker
I know.
00:33:19
Speaker
So at that point, you guys finish up your lunch, and the five-minute warning bell rings, saying,
00:33:25
Speaker
You guys better get to your next class.
00:33:27
Speaker
So where are you all heading?
00:33:28
Speaker
We'll start with Ned.
00:33:30
Speaker
I think Ned is heading over to just a graphic arts class.
00:33:36
Speaker
It's a prerequisite to where I can be able to get into the journalism classes that Arthur's in and get into some more of the high-tech audio video stuff.
00:33:46
Speaker
Okay.
00:33:47
Speaker
Ryan, where are you headed after lunch?
00:33:50
Speaker
Ryan would have a study hall after lunch.
00:33:52
Speaker
And deciding that that does not sound fun, decides to just head to the library, figuring no one's going to miss him in a study hall.
00:34:00
Speaker
Okay.
00:34:01
Speaker
Arthur?
00:34:02
Speaker
Going to a journalism class, or like the, uh, wherever equivalent that would be.
00:34:08
Speaker
Okay.
00:34:09
Speaker
And Samantha, where are you headed?
00:34:11
Speaker
Samantha is off to chemistry.
00:34:13
Speaker
Optic chemistry, okay.
00:34:15
Speaker
So as you guys get into your class, you, I'm not even gonna make you roll an alertness, you notice that like all of the seniors are just gone.
00:34:25
Speaker
Lunch is done, it's the last day of school for them, they're just, they left, they're gone.
00:34:31
Speaker
So the classes seem pretty empty.
00:34:34
Speaker
You guys get to basically do what you want.
00:34:38
Speaker
You get into your seventh hour, which would be your class after this one.
00:34:43
Speaker
Arthur, your teacher just has a movie playing.
00:34:47
Speaker
It's the lamest thing you've ever seen.
00:34:50
Speaker
It gives you more time to work on your comic.
00:34:52
Speaker
Perfect.
00:34:54
Speaker
Ned, in your class, you notice only like two people are gone.
00:35:00
Speaker
You didn't have many seniors in that class.
00:35:03
Speaker
And unfortunately, this teacher is one of those that even on the last day of school is still trying to teach you something.
00:35:08
Speaker
So how do you play that out?
00:35:11
Speaker
Well...
00:35:13
Speaker
Mr. Smith, I really need to finish up this here t-shirt that you had us doing, the five color silkscreen shirts.
00:35:23
Speaker
I was really hoping that I could just, you know, go in the back room and get that finished up.
00:35:27
Speaker
I really wanted to have that done before the year was over.
00:35:30
Speaker
You already got your assignment done, Ned.
00:35:34
Speaker
No, no, no.
00:35:35
Speaker
I wanted to get this one done too.
00:35:38
Speaker
You had said at the beginning that if we could do a five color shirt, that that would be extra credit.
00:35:44
Speaker
And that would go real good for me with moving forward.
00:35:47
Speaker
Roll a persuade.
00:35:52
Speaker
That is a 36 on a 50.
00:35:57
Speaker
He looks at you and kind of ponders for a second and then, okay, okay, yeah, I can't stop you from trying to get extra credit.
00:36:07
Speaker
I admire your gusto.
00:36:10
Speaker
So you go ahead and...
00:36:14
Speaker
I go work on that.
00:36:14
Speaker
Yeah, that's fine.
00:36:15
Speaker
That's fine.
00:36:16
Speaker
Just be sure to turn it into me by the end of class.
00:36:19
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
00:36:20
Speaker
I can definitely make sure that gets done.
00:36:22
Speaker
Thank you, sir.
00:36:24
Speaker
Yep, yep.
00:36:24
Speaker
Now get out of here.
00:36:25
Speaker
Samantha, you are going to your second gym class of the day.
00:36:29
Speaker
Yay!
00:36:32
Speaker
But to be fair, again, this is more, this is the last day of school.
00:36:36
Speaker
This is more cleaning out your locker and all that kind of stuff.
00:36:39
Speaker
This is more of a social hour for you at this point.
00:36:41
Speaker
And during your first gym class, you already took care of cleaning out your locker.
00:36:46
Speaker
So now you're just kind of socializing or looking at your phone, reading a book, whatever you really want to be doing during this hour.
00:36:53
Speaker
So Samantha is most likely at this point just off in the corner by herself.
00:37:02
Speaker
She's weighing the pros and cons of joining the club swimming over the summer to go into the scholarship program that Mrs. Johnson wants her to do.
00:37:13
Speaker
So she's kind of just off by herself, writing in a notebook the pros and cons.
00:37:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:19
Speaker
And Ryan.
00:37:21
Speaker
Your last class was your study hall.
00:37:25
Speaker
This next one, man, it's the last day of school.
00:37:28
Speaker
Do you really need to go to algebra?
00:37:30
Speaker
Honestly, Ryan wouldn't think so.
00:37:32
Speaker
His teacher had pretty much already said that there wasn't anything they were going to do the last class.
00:37:35
Speaker
So there's no real point in showing up.
00:37:39
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:40
Speaker
So remember you have one class left after this one.
00:37:44
Speaker
Where do you go and what do you do?
00:37:46
Speaker
Ryan would have gotten bored in the library already, so he'd probably head out to his car just to listen to music and chill while keeping an eye on the time.
00:37:54
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:55
Speaker
What are you listening to?
00:37:57
Speaker
Currently, it is Beastie Boys License to Ill on his ancient, ancient A-track player.
00:38:04
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:06
Speaker
And A-track.
00:38:09
Speaker
Gotcha.
00:38:10
Speaker
Yes.
00:38:11
Speaker
It is the most advanced piece of technology in his car, which is a 1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III.
00:38:25
Speaker
Of course it is.
00:38:27
Speaker
So you guys all go to your second to last class.
00:38:29
Speaker
You're doing your thing.
00:38:30
Speaker
You get to the last class.
00:38:32
Speaker
It is 2.58.
00:38:36
Speaker
That bell is going to be ringing at 3.05 to give you your freedom for the summer.
00:38:43
Speaker
And you just can't wait for this summer to happen.
00:38:48
Speaker
I want to know, Arthur,
00:38:51
Speaker
As these last seven minutes are ticking away, what are you thinking about doing this summer?
School's Out: Summer Begins
00:38:57
Speaker
Well, I'm currently in the now, in the current here and now, thinking about the exact exit I'm going to take because Jockboy is trying to kick my ass.
00:39:11
Speaker
I don't think we ever established his name.
00:39:13
Speaker
His name is Kevin.
00:39:15
Speaker
Kevin Jockboy.
00:39:18
Speaker
Kevin Jockboy.
00:39:22
Speaker
That's a good nickname.
00:39:23
Speaker
But no, Arthur has plans to go on a excursion around his hometown to find out all of the cryptids that live in Ohio.
00:39:38
Speaker
That live in Ohio or that live in Gainsborough?
00:39:41
Speaker
Gainsborough, Ohio.
00:39:43
Speaker
Okay.
00:39:44
Speaker
All right.
00:39:45
Speaker
Ned, what are your plans for the summer?
00:39:46
Speaker
259.
00:39:46
Speaker
Well, first things first, I know that Arthur's in a little heap of trouble and his class ain't too far from mine.
00:39:54
Speaker
So I'm going to be closer to the door after turning in my T-shirt and getting it back and trying to catch up with him just to make sure he ain't alone.
00:40:03
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:05
Speaker
Real quick, I want you to roll me.
00:40:10
Speaker
Did you put anything into art or craft?
00:40:12
Speaker
No.
00:40:13
Speaker
Okay, let's see.
00:40:14
Speaker
What can I have you roll me?
00:40:16
Speaker
Um, roll... I want to see how good this shirt came out to be, but I can't have you roll luck because it's going to be like an automatic win because all of you assholes rolled in the 90s.
00:40:28
Speaker
To be fair, mine's only 87.
00:40:29
Speaker
I'm only 87% lucky.
00:40:33
Speaker
I mean, you were the one who had us roll 3d100, so... I know, I know.
00:40:39
Speaker
I wanted to be nice.
00:40:40
Speaker
I didn't think that... Too nice.
00:40:42
Speaker
You would all roll that high, though.
00:40:44
Speaker
Just roll me a 50-50.
00:40:45
Speaker
Eight.
00:40:46
Speaker
On a... Eight.
00:40:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:55
Speaker
Good job.
00:40:55
Speaker
You got 15 points of extra credit for that one.
00:40:58
Speaker
I appreciate you, Mr. Smith.
00:41:01
Speaker
Would it be alright if I kick rocks a little bit?
00:41:04
Speaker
One of my buddies, he might be in a little bit of trouble and I just want to make sure he's alright.
00:41:09
Speaker
Well, that was for your 7th hour.
00:41:11
Speaker
You're now in your 8th hour.
00:41:12
Speaker
I'd still rather make sure he's alright while he gets to his next class.
00:41:17
Speaker
Yes, that's fine.
00:41:18
Speaker
Appreciate you, Mr. Smith.
00:41:19
Speaker
And I'm going to walk out the door and go stand in front of his room.
00:41:24
Speaker
Ryan, what are you thinking about doing this summer?
00:41:26
Speaker
Three o'clock.
00:41:27
Speaker
Ryan is planning a camping trip up by Lake Erie and is thinking about asking everybody if they wanted to go.
00:41:38
Speaker
Just in our small group.
00:41:40
Speaker
Not a big party thing, but just a big hangout.
00:41:43
Speaker
Yeah, that sounds fun.
00:41:44
Speaker
Yeah, it's been years.
00:41:46
Speaker
It's been a good time.
00:41:47
Speaker
It's been years since Ryan wet and he figured it'd be a good time for everyone to hang out.
00:41:51
Speaker
Yeah, for sure.
00:41:52
Speaker
It's always nice to do something like that with friends over doing it with, you know, just yourself.
00:41:58
Speaker
He's also dreading having to actually go in the building to his last class.
00:42:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's fair.
00:42:03
Speaker
That's 100% fair.
00:42:04
Speaker
Samantha, four minutes until that final bell rings 3.01 PM.
00:42:11
Speaker
What are you thinking about doing this summer?
00:42:13
Speaker
Samantha is currently just thinking about, at this point she's not thinking about the swimming because that's just too much for her to think about right now when school's about to end.
00:42:23
Speaker
So she's thinking about going riding with Anubis this summer and inviting Ashley to see if she wanted to go on any trail rides.
00:42:32
Speaker
You guys stare at the clock as it hits 3.02.
00:42:36
Speaker
You notice that the classrooms kind of start to get a little bit more quiet as everyone just watches that second hand tick all the way around to 303.
00:42:43
Speaker
Everyone's kind of on the edge of their seats.
00:42:45
Speaker
It's quiet now.
00:42:46
Speaker
The teachers just cannot wait to be rid of you at this point.
00:42:50
Speaker
And it's 304.
00:42:51
Speaker
And this last minute just drags and drags and drags.
00:42:54
Speaker
and drags and drags as everybody is closer to the edge of their seat, grabbing whatever notebooks and stuff they have left that they want to take home.
00:43:02
Speaker
And all of a sudden, the bell rings, and it's 3.05, and you guys are free for the summer.
00:43:10
Speaker
Dammit, Arthur, why you gotta start problems right at the end of the year?
00:43:14
Speaker
It wasn't my fault.
00:43:16
Speaker
Dude's an asshole.
00:43:17
Speaker
You kicked him in the dick.
00:43:20
Speaker
He grabbed me by the throat.
00:43:22
Speaker
You kicked him in the dick.
00:43:25
Speaker
That is a reasonable response.
00:43:28
Speaker
Come on, man.
00:43:29
Speaker
Now help me sneak out the back of the school.
00:43:32
Speaker
All right, man.
00:43:34
Speaker
Let's go.
00:43:35
Speaker
I'll get a hold of Ryan and let him know that I'm heading out with you instead.
00:43:39
Speaker
You send Ryan a text?
00:43:40
Speaker
Yeah, I'll shoot him a text helping Arthur.
00:43:44
Speaker
Ryan, give me an alertness.
00:43:46
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:51
Speaker
That is a 55 on a 60.
00:43:53
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:55
Speaker
You do indeed feel your phone buzz.
00:43:57
Speaker
Ryan is going to pull it out and check it.
00:44:00
Speaker
And what did it say?
00:44:02
Speaker
Helping Arthur heading out the back way.
00:44:04
Speaker
Ryan just kind of nods to himself and hops in the Lincoln and peels out around to the back of the building.
00:44:12
Speaker
And as he pulls up, he pops open the passenger door and is like, all right, guys, get in.
00:44:16
Speaker
Let's get the fuck out of here.
00:44:18
Speaker
As you guys, I'm assuming you guys get in the car.
00:44:21
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:44:22
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:44:23
Speaker
As you drive around to the front of the building, you notice dudes are not even there.
00:44:28
Speaker
Too scared to handle my muscles.
00:44:32
Speaker
I fucking love your character.
00:44:33
Speaker
I'm not even going to dignify that with a response, Arthur.
00:44:36
Speaker
But you know what?
00:44:37
Speaker
I'm glad he wasn't here because I really didn't feel like getting in no more trouble lately.
00:44:42
Speaker
Ah, come on.
00:44:43
Speaker
You got to live a little, Ned.
00:44:44
Speaker
Got to have fun.
00:44:45
Speaker
You ain't got a daddy who's in the military.
00:44:48
Speaker
My daddy whooped my ass.
00:44:50
Speaker
So would mine.
00:44:51
Speaker
I'm just better at hiding shit.
00:44:53
Speaker
That's fair.
00:44:54
Speaker
Samantha, what have you done now that the bell rang?
00:44:56
Speaker
Samantha basically sprints out of the classroom or gym class.
00:45:02
Speaker
I can't remember.
00:45:03
Speaker
She was in gym class, right?
00:45:04
Speaker
Last period.
00:45:06
Speaker
Gym class was your seventh period.
00:45:07
Speaker
I was kind of leaving eighth period up to you guys.
00:45:09
Speaker
Okay.
00:45:10
Speaker
Well, she runs out of her classroom for eighth period and goes and tries to find Ashley.
00:45:17
Speaker
And when she does, she's going to return the jumping on the piggyback favor.
00:45:22
Speaker
Okay.
00:45:24
Speaker
Roll a search for me.
00:45:28
Speaker
That'd be a four.
00:45:30
Speaker
That would be a four.
00:45:31
Speaker
All right.
00:45:32
Speaker
You do find her and she does indeed have her back to you.
00:45:38
Speaker
Can I roll a stealth to see if I can jump on her back?
00:45:43
Speaker
Sure.
00:45:47
Speaker
That is a one.
00:45:48
Speaker
That is a crit success.
00:45:50
Speaker
And she rolled an 87 on her alertness.
00:45:53
Speaker
So it was not going to be hard to beat anyway.
00:45:55
Speaker
With a crit success, you can just tell me how the scene plays out.
00:46:01
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:01
Speaker
So Samantha, seeing as Ashley is completely oblivious and probably too busy thinking about everything she has to do for this party tonight, runs up and yells, bitch, and jumps on her back.
00:46:15
Speaker
I love it.
00:46:16
Speaker
All right.
00:46:16
Speaker
Let me do one more roll here.
00:46:19
Speaker
That is an 82.
00:46:21
Speaker
Before she even has a chance to say anything, you collide into her and you catch her so far off guard that she loses her balance and you both go tumbling to the ground.
00:46:32
Speaker
Ow.
00:46:33
Speaker
So what the hell are you doing?
00:46:37
Speaker
I was excited.
00:46:38
Speaker
We're out for the summer.
00:46:39
Speaker
Let's go.
00:46:41
Speaker
Let's get the fuck out of here.
00:46:42
Speaker
I'll even come over now and help you set up for the party.
00:46:44
Speaker
I don't care.
00:46:46
Speaker
All right.
00:46:46
Speaker
I'm going to hold you to that.
00:46:48
Speaker
OK, let's go then.
00:46:49
Speaker
You driving?
00:46:50
Speaker
I'm driving?
00:46:51
Speaker
Who's driving?
00:46:53
Speaker
Well, considering we both drove here, we should probably both drive.
00:46:57
Speaker
We don't want to leave our cars here.
00:46:59
Speaker
You're no fun.
00:47:00
Speaker
You're Debbie Downer sometimes.
00:47:02
Speaker
Drive to your house, I'll swing by and pick you up.
00:47:04
Speaker
All right, sounds good.
00:47:05
Speaker
Because you know you're just crashing at my place tonight anyway.
00:47:08
Speaker
Well, duh.
00:47:08
Speaker
So Samantha blows her a kiss and heads to her car, which is a little gray, tan Saturn thing.
00:47:20
Speaker
Whose name is Henry.
00:47:26
Speaker
Oh, man.
00:47:27
Speaker
Do you remember what year that thing was?
00:47:29
Speaker
Either one of you?
00:47:30
Speaker
No.
00:47:31
Speaker
No, it was a death trap.
00:47:32
Speaker
That's all I remember.
00:47:34
Speaker
For those curious, she is basing that off of an actual car she had.
00:47:39
Speaker
It was my first car, okay?
00:47:41
Speaker
It was something.
00:47:43
Speaker
It was my car, and then it was Matt's car, and then it was the dumps car.
00:47:48
Speaker
Still sad I didn't get to take that thing into a derby.
00:47:50
Speaker
I know.
00:47:51
Speaker
Just for reference, I had an old vehicle, but not a 1958 Lincoln Continental.
00:47:58
Speaker
Mine is not based on a real car.
00:48:03
Speaker
That's fair.
00:48:04
Speaker
So you guys all head home or head to wherever you're going.
00:48:09
Speaker
And I'm not even going to make you roll alertness for this one because I'm assuming that after school you would have turned your ringer back onto your phone.
00:48:17
Speaker
You get a text from Ashley that says, don't forget, bitches, 530, my place, be there.
00:48:24
Speaker
Ryan is going to see that and be like, I swear she said five, but I guess we can do both.
00:48:28
Speaker
Yeah, definitely it was five o'clock.
00:48:31
Speaker
Arthur sends back an alien thumbs up emoji.
00:48:37
Speaker
Is it one that he created?
00:48:39
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:48:39
Speaker
Because there's no such thing.
00:48:43
Speaker
Ryan is driving.
00:48:44
Speaker
He is not going to text back.
00:48:46
Speaker
Smart.
00:48:47
Speaker
He is rebellious, not stupid.
00:48:50
Speaker
That's fair.
00:48:52
Speaker
Ned is going to just look down at his phone, and he's going to type a couple things and then delete all of it, and then type a couple things and then delete all that again, and then he's just going to send a thumbs up.
00:49:03
Speaker
I have a question.
00:49:04
Speaker
Does Ned have the keyboard clicks on his phone?
00:49:08
Speaker
No.
00:49:09
Speaker
Can I roll alertness to see if I saw him do that a bunch?
00:49:13
Speaker
Yeah, go ahead.
00:49:18
Speaker
That's a 13.
00:49:20
Speaker
Yeah, you totally saw him furiously backspacing.
00:49:24
Speaker
Ryan, without even looking over, just like, Ned, fucking send it.
00:49:28
Speaker
Stop messing around with it.
00:49:30
Speaker
Do it.
00:49:31
Speaker
You're fine.
00:49:33
Speaker
All right, all right, all right.
00:49:34
Speaker
Just give me a minute.
00:49:37
Speaker
And I send the thumbs up.
00:49:40
Speaker
Before the thumbs up goes through, you see another text from Ashley come through that says five with an asterisk behind it.
00:49:49
Speaker
Since the DM screwed up.
00:49:54
Speaker
Brian is going to be like, Ned, you know you could just try and ask her out, right?
00:49:59
Speaker
And gives him a little side eye.
00:50:02
Speaker
I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:05
Speaker
Arthur, you want us to get you home to where you can change your clothes or something before the party?
00:50:10
Speaker
What's wrong with what I'm wearing right now?
00:50:13
Speaker
Nothing, man.
00:50:13
Speaker
Come on.
00:50:14
Speaker
I'm just trying to change the subject.
00:50:15
Speaker
Come on, man.
00:50:16
Speaker
It's my best UFO hoodie.
00:50:19
Speaker
You can't ignore me, Ned.
00:50:24
Speaker
I'm right next to you, Ned.
00:50:25
Speaker
Do you guys not like my hoodie?
00:50:29
Speaker
No, you're great, Arthur.
00:50:31
Speaker
Hey, look, look, I got something for you.
00:50:33
Speaker
How about this?
00:50:33
Speaker
I'll treat y'all to a little bit of Taco Bell real quick.
00:50:36
Speaker
But how about we just go ahead and drop this right now?
00:50:40
Speaker
Arthur, don't be swayed by food.
00:50:42
Speaker
Help me bully him.
00:50:43
Speaker
Come on, Arthur.
00:50:45
Speaker
I do want a beefy five layer.
00:50:47
Speaker
See, there we are.
00:50:48
Speaker
There we are.
00:50:48
Speaker
All right, to Taco Bell.
00:50:50
Speaker
Don't worry.
00:50:50
Speaker
I got you too, Ryan.
00:50:52
Speaker
I got you too.
00:50:52
Speaker
Let's just meander.
00:50:55
Speaker
Damn you, Ned, and your money.
00:50:58
Speaker
So now my question is, who is her?
00:51:01
Speaker
Which girl?
00:51:03
Speaker
Ashley.
00:51:04
Speaker
Aha.
00:51:05
Speaker
Good to know.
00:51:05
Speaker
Good to know.
00:51:06
Speaker
Does everybody pick up on this or is it just the boys?
00:51:11
Speaker
Like, is it something that has been noticeable and Ashley is just oblivious to it?
00:51:16
Speaker
Ashley.
00:51:17
Speaker
Ashley's oblivious.
00:51:18
Speaker
Who's to say Ashley's even oblivious to it?
00:51:21
Speaker
She might know about it and just not say anything.
00:51:23
Speaker
Hmm.
00:51:25
Speaker
God damn it.
00:51:25
Speaker
This is as awkward as real high school was.
00:51:32
Speaker
you guys just give me a second here you just keep that information to yourself god damn it i will 100 keep that information to myself i'll say my high school was not this awkward because i did not have a 60 in awareness i had a zero oh yeah i had negative awareness i learned so much out of high school about what happened in high school oh yeah
00:51:52
Speaker
Best part is that's not even the stat she rolled on.
00:51:55
Speaker
All right, putting that in the notes.
00:51:57
Speaker
Things your DMs say that scare the shit out of you.
00:52:00
Speaker
Right.
00:52:02
Speaker
Man, this is a good five-layer burrito.
00:52:04
Speaker
You was right, Arthur.
00:52:05
Speaker
I told you.
00:52:07
Speaker
I'm telling you, though, you got to take the sour cream off.
00:52:09
Speaker
It's better without the sour cream.
00:52:11
Speaker
Oh, really?
00:52:13
Speaker
Maybe next time you buy me Taco Bell, I'll do that.
00:52:18
Speaker
The entire time you guys are talking, Ryan is just staring at Ned as he eats.
00:52:27
Speaker
Ned, roll me alertness to see if you notice or if you're just too engulfed in your burrito.
00:52:34
Speaker
85 on a 20.
00:52:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:37
Speaker
You are staring, Ryan, and Ned doesn't even notice.
00:52:40
Speaker
He honestly doesn't care.
00:52:42
Speaker
He's having fun.
00:52:42
Speaker
Yeah, dude.
00:52:45
Speaker
We all have Taco Bell.
00:52:46
Speaker
Who's not having fun?
00:52:48
Speaker
That's 100% fair.
00:52:50
Speaker
So 5 o'clock rolls around and you guys all pull up to Ashley's house.
00:52:56
Speaker
And as you pull up to Ashley's house, her parents are just leaving.
00:53:03
Speaker
Like they are already in the car.
00:53:05
Speaker
They, as she told you guys, her parents gave her permission to have this party.
00:53:09
Speaker
So it's not, it doesn't have to be anything hidden that you guys are showing up or anything.
00:53:14
Speaker
And as Ryan pulls up and sees them in the driveway, he's immediately going to snatch the unlit cigarette out of his mouth and palm it real quick.
00:53:23
Speaker
Roll me stealth.
00:53:24
Speaker
Damn it.
00:53:25
Speaker
I was hoping you just let me do that.
00:53:28
Speaker
It's unlit, at least.
00:53:29
Speaker
It's not like he's going to burn anything.
00:53:32
Speaker
What do I have on stealth?
00:53:35
Speaker
That is a 31 out of 50.
00:53:39
Speaker
And Ashley's dad, who for alertness has a 70,
00:53:45
Speaker
Rolled a 77.
00:53:46
Speaker
So as I said in session zero, if the numbers match,
00:53:53
Speaker
Whether it's over or under, it is a crit.
00:53:56
Speaker
So with 77 being over what he would have needed to roll, that is a crit fail.
00:54:03
Speaker
So he has abso-goddamn-lutely no idea that you're doing it.
00:54:07
Speaker
He just smiles and waves at you guys as you guys pull in.
00:54:09
Speaker
Hey, man, you notice that?
00:54:11
Speaker
You hit your cigarette?
00:54:13
Speaker
I didn't even take mine out the window.
00:54:14
Speaker
Mine's already smoking.
00:54:16
Speaker
Either he didn't notice or he don't care.
00:54:19
Speaker
I'm not going to risk that.
00:54:21
Speaker
In a hallway that's empty is one thing.
00:54:23
Speaker
Someone that can tell my dad is an entirely different one.
00:54:26
Speaker
Man, I keep telling you, you and your priorities, I don't know where they sit.
00:54:31
Speaker
When you figure it out, please let me know.
00:54:33
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I got you.
00:54:35
Speaker
I got you, man.
00:54:36
Speaker
Awesome.
00:54:37
Speaker
Let's get inside.
00:54:40
Speaker
In we go.
The Party
00:54:41
Speaker
Guys, you have to unlock the door.
00:54:48
Speaker
Damn it, Ned, we forgot the kid.
00:54:51
Speaker
Guys, one of you has to open.
00:54:53
Speaker
I'm still in the back.
00:54:54
Speaker
Arthur, Arthur, this thing's from 1958.
00:54:56
Speaker
You really think he got any sort of unlock for you?
00:54:59
Speaker
You got to pull up the little thingy.
00:55:01
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:55:05
Speaker
There you go.
00:55:06
Speaker
You got it.
00:55:06
Speaker
See?
00:55:08
Speaker
I was going to say, if you keep making it sound like you're having a hard time, I will make you roll straight.
00:55:13
Speaker
I was debating it.
00:55:15
Speaker
All right, let's go do this.
00:55:17
Speaker
Let's see what she's got in mind.
00:55:19
Speaker
So as you guys get inside, it's your typical party setup.
00:55:23
Speaker
She's having you guys set up chairs and bowls with chips and drinks and all that.
00:55:30
Speaker
Like, just typical setup.
00:55:32
Speaker
Um...
00:55:33
Speaker
She looks over at you, Ryan, and she goes, hey, you have good taste in music, so would you mind picking the music for tonight, please?
00:55:42
Speaker
Pretty please?
00:55:43
Speaker
Pretty, pretty please, Ryan, please?
00:55:46
Speaker
Only because you're so cute.
00:55:47
Speaker
I'll do it.
00:55:48
Speaker
She says, thanks, you're the best, and gives you a big hug.
00:55:51
Speaker
Hard side eye.
00:55:52
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:55:54
Speaker
Hard side eye.
00:55:55
Speaker
Ryan is going to wink at him as he walks away.
00:56:02
Speaker
I love this.
00:56:02
Speaker
This is the best.
00:56:07
Speaker
I'm very much enjoying this session, too.
00:56:10
Speaker
Samantha, you and Ashley have not really left each other's hip all night.
00:56:15
Speaker
And you notice that she's been looking at her phone a lot.
00:56:19
Speaker
What you doing?
00:56:21
Speaker
What?
00:56:22
Speaker
Oh, nothing.
00:56:22
Speaker
Nothing.
00:56:23
Speaker
Who are you talking to?
00:56:23
Speaker
I'm just getting ready for the party.
00:56:25
Speaker
Bullshit.
00:56:26
Speaker
I'm not talking to anybody.
00:56:27
Speaker
I don't believe you.
00:56:28
Speaker
Let me see your phone.
00:56:29
Speaker
She tries to reach.
00:56:31
Speaker
Ashley, stop.
00:56:33
Speaker
Let me see your phone.
00:56:34
Speaker
And Samantha tries to take the phone from her hands.
00:56:38
Speaker
Roll me opposed athletics.
00:56:42
Speaker
Oh, she gone.
00:56:43
Speaker
She gone.
00:56:44
Speaker
Fucking.
00:56:48
Speaker
She gone.
00:56:48
Speaker
Lose.
00:56:50
Speaker
Oh, I'm going to lose.
00:56:50
Speaker
That's a 93 out of 50.
00:56:51
Speaker
God damn it.
00:56:55
Speaker
So you go to – that's OK because she shot over too.
00:56:59
Speaker
So you guys – you go to reach for the phone and instead of grabbing the phone, you accidentally just smack it out of her hand.
00:57:08
Speaker
Nope.
00:57:09
Speaker
And she looks at you and she goes –
00:57:11
Speaker
Really?
00:57:12
Speaker
Sorry.
00:57:13
Speaker
I'm just curious to who you're talking to because you got a little smile on your face.
00:57:17
Speaker
You don't need to know who I'm talking to.
00:57:19
Speaker
You got like this little look on your face and I want to know.
00:57:23
Speaker
I'm nosy.
00:57:24
Speaker
I tell you everything, bitch.
00:57:26
Speaker
Excuse me, bitch.
00:57:27
Speaker
You just told me that you tell your horse shit that you can't tell me.
00:57:31
Speaker
Thank you.
00:57:32
Speaker
She kind of just has a look of, oh shit.
00:57:35
Speaker
Yeah, you're right.
00:57:36
Speaker
On her face.
00:57:38
Speaker
And if it's that important to you.
00:57:42
Speaker
It's my brother.
00:57:43
Speaker
I don't believe you.
00:57:45
Speaker
You know how devastated I was when he left for the military and he finally got some time to talk.
00:57:53
Speaker
So I've been chatting with my brother, telling him about the year.
00:57:56
Speaker
You know you would be the first person to know if there was someone special in my life, bitch.
00:58:01
Speaker
Can I hear that conversation?
00:58:04
Speaker
Go ahead and roll me alertness.
00:58:06
Speaker
Does her brother have a name?
00:58:08
Speaker
Her brother's name is Chris.
00:58:10
Speaker
Chris.
00:58:11
Speaker
52 on a 20.
00:58:13
Speaker
You don't hear shit.
00:58:14
Speaker
You are still super pissed that she gave Ryan a hug and not you.
00:58:21
Speaker
God damn it.
00:58:22
Speaker
Well, if you're seriously talking to your brother, then tell him I say hi and give him a little kiss for me.
00:58:28
Speaker
Better yet, tell him yourself.
00:58:29
Speaker
We'll take a quick video.
00:58:31
Speaker
No, that's okay.
00:58:33
Speaker
She may or may not have a crush on Ashley's older brother.
00:58:35
Speaker
Samantha.
00:58:37
Speaker
Who?
00:58:39
Speaker
What?
00:58:40
Speaker
What?
00:58:41
Speaker
Girl.
00:58:41
Speaker
What?
00:58:42
Speaker
Girl.
00:58:43
Speaker
Get over here.
00:58:44
Speaker
And she kind of like forces you, like puts her arm around you and forces you into like a side hug and picks up her phone with the other hand to do like a selfie video and just goes, hey, Chris, we just wanted to say hi.
00:58:59
Speaker
Samantha, is there anything you'd like to say?
00:59:01
Speaker
We miss you.
00:59:05
Speaker
Be careful.
00:59:06
Speaker
And she gets all red.
00:59:08
Speaker
Love you, bro.
00:59:10
Speaker
And she sends off the video.
00:59:12
Speaker
And you do see at the top of the phone, the contact is indeed her brother.
00:59:16
Speaker
All right.
00:59:18
Speaker
She kind of just shoves her a little bit playfully and then walks off to go and start putting out bowls of chips.
00:59:26
Speaker
Okay.
00:59:27
Speaker
Anything else you guys want to do during the party setup?
00:59:30
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:59:30
Speaker
I'm going to check out the telescope.
00:59:33
Speaker
Make sure that's set up properly for the optimal hour.
00:59:39
Speaker
Okay, you go to the back deck where you would assume the telescope is, and roll me a search.
00:59:54
Speaker
That is a 26 out of 20.
01:00:00
Speaker
26 out of 20.
01:00:01
Speaker
You don't see a telescope.
01:00:02
Speaker
What the fuck?
01:00:04
Speaker
I go back in and say, Ashley, where's the telescope?
01:00:10
Speaker
Oh, yeah, I forgot.
01:00:14
Speaker
And she goes off over to the kitchen area where you see what almost looks like a briefcase sitting on the counter.
01:00:28
Speaker
And she opens it up and you see the pieces of the telescope.
01:00:31
Speaker
And she looks at you and smiles and she goes...
01:00:34
Speaker
I know how much it means to you to be able to set this up yourself and make sure it's in the, how do you say this?
01:00:40
Speaker
The proper position, optimal position.
01:00:44
Speaker
So I didn't try to put it together for you.
01:00:47
Speaker
I left it here so that way you could do it for yourself.
01:00:50
Speaker
I appreciate that so much.
01:00:53
Speaker
Just holding back a tear as it goes to the table.
01:00:57
Speaker
She reaches up and like rustles your hair and she's like, no problem.
01:01:01
Speaker
Go have fun.
01:01:02
Speaker
We can finish getting the rest of this party set up.
01:01:04
Speaker
He's immediately making it.
01:01:06
Speaker
I was like, oh, you got the lenses?
01:01:10
Speaker
I haven't even seen these types of lenses before.
01:01:13
Speaker
What the fuck?
01:01:14
Speaker
I will even make sure that the back porch light is off for you.
01:01:19
Speaker
He's like a kid in a candy store making the telescope.
01:01:26
Speaker
Anything else you guys want to do during setup here?
01:01:28
Speaker
I'm just going to be awkwardly maintaining a 10-foot distance from Ashley, no matter what she's doing.
01:01:36
Speaker
I'm trying to just be helpful around where she is.
01:01:40
Speaker
Okay.
01:01:41
Speaker
Um...
01:01:52
Speaker
I got the napkins that you wanted out here for the tables you done set up.
01:01:57
Speaker
I think I'm going to head out back and get those tables set up out there for you.
01:02:03
Speaker
Oh, you're so sweet and head.
01:02:04
Speaker
Thank you so much.
01:02:06
Speaker
Thanks.
01:02:08
Speaker
And then I just, I book it back out there and I start setting the tablecloths out in the back deck.
01:02:14
Speaker
Okay.
01:02:16
Speaker
Party goes off without a hitch.
01:02:19
Speaker
You see Ashley kind of, you know, doing host duties, like kind of mingling with everybody.
01:02:27
Speaker
But every chance she gets, she's hanging out with you guys.
01:02:31
Speaker
You know, you're all best friends.
01:02:33
Speaker
And she wants to spend the most time with you.
01:02:37
Speaker
And she does everything that she can to try and make it as much of a hangout as it is a party.
01:02:45
Speaker
And I am going to roll and see how well she does on that.
01:02:52
Speaker
Yeah, what's her party percentage?
01:02:55
Speaker
I just rolled it on her luck and she crit succeeded.
01:02:58
Speaker
So this is like the best fucking party you guys have ever been to.
01:03:03
Speaker
This is the only party I've ever been to.
01:03:05
Speaker
And as you guys go on with the party, you know, everything goes great.
01:03:10
Speaker
The end of the night comes and basically everyone's gone home at this point.
01:03:14
Speaker
You guys did not see the football player that said that he was going to beat up Arthur earlier.
01:03:22
Speaker
For all intents and purposes, after that interaction, he kind of just fell off the face of the planet for you guys.
01:03:28
Speaker
Thank God.
01:03:29
Speaker
Arthur's just kind of been looking out the telescope the whole night, almost the entire night.
01:03:35
Speaker
Samantha at one point goes out there with Arthur to look at the lunar eclipse like she promised.
01:03:41
Speaker
Brian would have made sure to bring drinks out to him every once in a while.
01:03:45
Speaker
I'm still hanging out out there with him.
01:03:48
Speaker
Just mind of my own.
01:03:51
Speaker
And as the party winds down, you guys are the only five left.
01:03:56
Speaker
Or the only six.
01:03:57
Speaker
Yeah, no, only five.
01:03:58
Speaker
Only five.
01:03:59
Speaker
And Ashley comes by and she hands Ned her phone and then kind of gets you all into a big hug.
01:04:11
Speaker
And she says to you, Ned, would you mind taking a picture of all of us?
01:04:15
Speaker
This was such a great night.
01:04:16
Speaker
I want...
01:04:17
Speaker
I want the memory.
01:04:18
Speaker
Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.
01:04:22
Speaker
And Ned steps off to the side to take a picture of all of them.
01:04:25
Speaker
No, no, no, no, no.
01:04:27
Speaker
Get in here.
01:04:28
Speaker
I mean selfie style.
01:04:29
Speaker
You got long arms, Ned.
01:04:32
Speaker
You got arms good enough to take this picture.
01:04:34
Speaker
Will you please take a picture of all of us?
01:04:37
Speaker
That's you included.
01:04:40
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I think I can do that for you.
01:04:43
Speaker
And I kind of hunker down in the middle a little bit.
01:04:46
Speaker
to get where my head is just a little below her chin and I hold it up and snap a photo sideways of all of us.
01:04:54
Speaker
And you guys all have the biggest smile.
01:04:57
Speaker
You guys had a great day, a great night.
01:05:00
Speaker
And the summer is going along and it's just a summer with friends.
01:05:09
Speaker
Samantha, you're doing your training.
01:05:12
Speaker
Ned, you're doing your training.
01:05:14
Speaker
But you guys are getting together every chance that you can.
01:05:17
Speaker
Ryan asked you guys if you want to go on a camping trip to Lake Erie.
01:05:22
Speaker
Of course you all said yes.
01:05:24
Speaker
And you had a wonderful week.
01:05:26
Speaker
And as we get closer to the beginning of a new school year, you guys are about the end of July, beginning of August time.
01:05:36
Speaker
You all get a text.
01:05:39
Speaker
From Ashley that just says usual place now.
01:05:45
Speaker
And you said, I'm sorry, how long has it been?
01:05:49
Speaker
You guys have basically gone through all summer together.
01:05:52
Speaker
You're a couple weeks out from the beginning of the new school year.
01:05:56
Speaker
Brian is going to immediately grab his jacket and his boots and make a run for the car.
01:06:02
Speaker
Because Ashley is usually never this urgent.
01:06:05
Speaker
Okay.
01:06:06
Speaker
I'm going to shoot a text to Ryan.
01:06:10
Speaker
The text is going to say, come pick me up in five minutes.
01:06:14
Speaker
I'm going to find a way to get out of the house.
01:06:17
Speaker
I'll make sure my dad lets me go.
01:06:20
Speaker
Two minutes later, Ryan gets a text.
01:06:22
Speaker
Hey, Ryan, can I get a pickup?
01:06:26
Speaker
My bike is broken.
01:06:29
Speaker
Ryan will just send back a confirmation to both of them.
01:06:32
Speaker
Samantha ends up getting the text message right as she's leaving the barn and immediately jumps in her car and heads over.
01:06:40
Speaker
So you guys all race to the usual spot.
01:06:43
Speaker
And the usual spot is an old tree house that you all used to play in together.
01:06:50
Speaker
Like I said, it's a small town.
01:06:51
Speaker
You've kind of all grown up together.
01:06:53
Speaker
And this tree house has been with you guys all throughout growing up.
01:06:58
Speaker
And it's,
01:06:59
Speaker
It's it brings back such good memories of when you were kids and when, you know, things were just easy before school, before any part time jobs you might have before, you know, the world kind of came and kicked you in the face.
01:07:13
Speaker
And you get there and you all get there about the same time.
01:07:17
Speaker
So you all go up together.
01:07:19
Speaker
And as you go in there, you see Ashley sitting in the corner, her face.
01:07:26
Speaker
blonde hair over her face, and she's sitting on the ground in the corner with her knees pulled up and her arms around her knees, and her face is down in her legs.
A Heartbreaking Revelation
01:07:39
Speaker
And you can tell from the sound that she is crying.
01:07:43
Speaker
Ashley, hey, hey, hey.
01:07:45
Speaker
I'm going to go up, and I'm going to be kind of off to her left side and just put my hand on her knee.
01:07:52
Speaker
Hey, Ashley.
01:07:53
Speaker
What's going on?
01:07:55
Speaker
She looks up at you guys and she doesn't even try to hide the fact that she's been crying this whole time.
01:08:02
Speaker
And seeing her support group there, she just kind of starts to sob harder and she tries to talk and you guys can't understand a word that she's saying.
01:08:12
Speaker
And she takes a minute to try to compose herself and to breathe.
01:08:18
Speaker
And she looks up and she tells you guys, Chris is dead.
01:08:22
Speaker
And that's where we'll end our session.
01:08:24
Speaker
You fucking asshole.
01:08:28
Speaker
And there's the other boot.
01:08:30
Speaker
I was waiting for it.
01:08:31
Speaker
Yeah, me too, man.
01:08:32
Speaker
Me too.
01:08:35
Speaker
So, yeah.
01:08:37
Speaker
Welcome to session one.
01:08:39
Speaker
Fun.
01:08:39
Speaker
Fun.
01:08:41
Speaker
A good RP.
01:08:41
Speaker
Yeah.
01:08:45
Speaker
I hope you all had a good time.
01:08:48
Speaker
You killed off Samantha's crush.
01:08:51
Speaker
How dare you?
01:08:53
Speaker
I did indeed.
01:08:55
Speaker
You broke the heart of Ned's crush.
01:08:58
Speaker
I did indeed.
01:08:59
Speaker
Arthur got off pretty scot-free.
01:09:01
Speaker
I don't know why.
01:09:03
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Arthur got to look through a telescope, got to hang out with friends.
01:09:06
Speaker
It was a good night for Arthur.
01:09:08
Speaker
It was great.
01:09:10
Speaker
So that is gonna do it for our first session.
01:09:15
Speaker
I don't know with how long we've been going.
01:09:17
Speaker
I don't know if this is gonna be a one or two episode thing, but that's gonna do it for this one.
01:09:23
Speaker
If you liked what you guys listened to, don't forget to give us a rating.
01:09:27
Speaker
It would really help us out.
01:09:29
Speaker
It'll put us in front of more people.
01:09:31
Speaker
It'll give us more, put us in more people's ear holes so other people can hear what you're hearing.
01:09:40
Speaker
Also, you know, word of mouth, if you liked what you heard, tell a friend about us.
01:09:43
Speaker
We would greatly appreciate it.
01:09:46
Speaker
but that is going to do it for this episode of let's play pretend.
01:09:53
Speaker
And we will see you guys next week.
01:09:59
Speaker
Pause for dramatic effect.
01:10:04
Speaker
Let's play pretend is Nick Barnett as Ned Dolaran.
01:10:08
Speaker
Breck black is Ryan Winchester.
01:10:10
Speaker
Matt check is Arthur Gooseberg.
01:10:12
Speaker
Melanie Derringer as Samantha Williams and me, Jordan Derringer,
01:10:16
Speaker
as your GM, DM, handler, keeper, and host.
01:10:20
Speaker
Keep up with us to hear firsthand on any fun new developments that may be coming in the future.
01:10:25
Speaker
There's going to be fun new developments coming in the future.
01:10:28
Speaker
And we will see you all here in two weeks' time.