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C2 Ep. 103 Eyes of Stone Chapter Six
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Erys faces her most dreaded job to date...
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Introduction and Podcast Setup
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D20 radio, your game is roll.
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Hello and welcome to Ever On New Need, an actual play podcast set in the Ever On Campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. Randy. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time?
Recap and Initial Plans
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Gosh, I don't know. It was weird. Yeah. I mean, you stole a statue. Stole the statue. Really successfully. Probably our best thing we've done. Super successfully. And I feel gross about it. Way too easy.
00:01:41
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And then just, we were like, you know what? We don't need to take this seriously. And so we talked about the party for a long time. We did learn a lot about Kath and Sana and why they work for the Boromars. And then, yep, that's kind of the last of it.
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We are on our way to go shopping. Eris and Milo are being taken shopping and ended with Raynard on his way to ask Verla on a date. That's right. Didn't we also decide to go to with Raynard to his family?
00:02:23
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Oh, right, there was all of that. We are going to go and see Norse and Millhatch after the go. Yeah, there was just a lot of crazy stuff going on. And you know what? I just want to. Yes. And, you know, we always open it up to our people getting to ask us questions. I just have a question after that
Listener Engagement and Raynard's Visit
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last episode. Why do you people listen to us? Oh.
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I don't know, Randy. I don't know. Don't jinx it, Randy. It was great fun, but I'm like, why do you like us? They're ambivalent to most of us. They just, they adore you, Randy. That's okay. I haven't read one negative thing about me. That's true. I haven't read one thing at all. Yeah, you'll read.
00:03:20
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Um, the discord, he, he reads generally, but the discord. Well, um, okay. Yeah. Rainard, uh, you have Arthur with you, Arthur, uh, PERS, uh, reassuringly, as you enter the front doors of the lower Memphis plateaus, uh, city watch station. Uh, you see one of the city watchmen working the front desk and he regards you as you walk in is like, what business?
00:03:50
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I am here to see Verla. Detective Mordane. Verla, yes. Okay. And he hits a little stone on his furnace. Detective Mordane, there is somebody here to see you, refers to you as Verla.
00:04:15
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As a cat? With a cat. And you hear... Why does he call me Verla with a cat? No, the cat is not here to see Verla. The cat's just... I just brought the cat. I'm gonna let you explain that to her. I don't know if she
Gala Invitation Mishaps
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likes cats. Verla is in...
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It's very clear. It's not like she's, she's not about to go out on a case. It's still pretty early in the day. Um, uh, she's in fairly casual attire, uh, in the, in the office. And she kind of opens the door and sees you standing there with Arthur is like, hi, Reynard. What can I do for you?
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Varla! Yes, it's me. I've not seen you in ages. Yep, I last- When you got the cat. Is a little convoluted. According to the last episode. When you got the cat. Yes, yes. Time for that when you criticize my eye makeup. Well, I criticize or friendly suggestion.
00:05:32
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Sure. What do you need? We are going to a gala. You and the cat? Congratulations. No, you and I. You hear from the person at the front desk and Verla kind of looks, he's like, let's take this back in my office. But he laughed. Do you think he pronounces it gala?
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And as she just gestures, and as you walk through the door, you hear the guy at the front desk say, I'll hold all your calls, verla. And she just very annoyingly walks down the hall in front of you. Great secretary, really. She kind of stands at the door and gestures for you to walk in. And she shuts the door. OK, what game are you playing?
00:06:27
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I don't know what you mean. Rainard, you it's so early in the day. I'm still working on my first cup of coffee. You walk in and in the lobby, you brought Arthur back. Are you bringing him back or are you just why? I'm just spending time with my cat. Why do you want me to go to a gala with you? I just thought friends should spend time with each other. Is that what?
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Are we friends?
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Well, it's certainly not romantic. Well, I know I get that. Yeah, I mean, obviously do not even need to entertain that notion. But you're I've arrested you more times than we've hung out socially. Like you you get that like the times where we sat in a room alone together and talked for hours. That wasn't two friends like getting to know each other. You had committed a crime and I was trying to solve it.
00:07:38
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And I helped you. Yeah, you did. And the City of Charn thanks you for your service.
00:07:57
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And I thought it was polite to ask early enough in the day for you to prepare. Yeah. I mean, a lot of times when you ask someone to do gala, you give them like more than an afternoon's time to prepare. Well, to be fair, I did not know I was going to this gala. What gala is it? That is a great question. I still don't really know. Hold her back. Hold her back.
00:08:23
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No, Raynard does not know. And so you're invited, but you don't know anything about the gala? Well, I know where it is. And where is it? Oh, I hold.
00:08:42
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I could take you there, but I do not know who owns the property. Okay. Okay. I can't really tell you why I know. Raynard, I need, okay. Raynard. I need you to look, look me in the eyes right now. I'm going to ask you a very simple question. Okay. And I need a very simple answer before I even continue this conversation.
00:09:10
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Are you going to this gala tonight to commit a crime? No. Give me a charm check. That's the truth. I know that's why it's charm. She's she's expecting him to lie, which is why there's something to overcome. What if I fail it? Then she thinks you're lying. And too purple is your difficulty.
00:09:35
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Are the green stars?
Gala Shopping Adventures
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Yes. I'm going to spit a story point because I'm being honest. Okay. Do you want to upgrade your dice? Yes. So that becomes a that. I can't believe that. I look like a sunburnt Voldemort. We're not explaining that either.
00:10:04
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Oh, I can't see them. You guys have to tell me. Oh, my gosh. There's just one advantage. Just one advantage? Wow. Um, Verla goes and sits behind your desk and kind of regards you, Rainard, and says. You know what? Yes. Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm glad we go with you. Wonderful. Oh, no. Sounds like a great idea. Thank you.
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Um, I have some things that I need to prepare for, obviously, since you, uh, gave me, we're so generous to give me some time to get ready for tonight. That's not like you're doing anything. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Um, okay. Well, um, are you going to pick me up or do we meet there? Like what's protocol for friends going to a gala together? Um, yes, I will come pick you up.
00:11:05
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Okay. It will be a boat full of people. Your friends? Yes. Great. Okay. I'll be at my apartment. You can pick me up there. All right. Great. This has been... She scritches Arthur behind the ears. This has been...
00:11:31
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Mildly awkward. Oh, I think it's perfectly fine, Reynard. All right. I'm looking forward to it. I am suspicious of you. It's such a weird thing to say. She brings her hand up to her mouth and stifles a laugh. It's like, you're suspicious of me. Yes. Oh. A woman I just invited to anything. I'm suspicious.
00:12:01
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You're very... Why are you suspicious to me? You seem very... aloof. What? I'm just looking forward to having a good time tonight. Alright. What's wrong, Reynard? You came to me. Do you not want me to come?
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No, I want you to come. I just don't want us to speak this way to each other. It's odd. How are we speaking to each other? Oddly. What would you consider normal? You insulting me? Yes. Normally I'm in a place where I feel comfortable enough to insult you. And I do not right now. Well, maybe by tonight.
00:12:54
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All right. I'll be wearing, you know, you know, you've seen me at other galleys. It's usually, you know, the goal. I kind of look like a, a gilded owl. Are you wearing the owl mask tonight? Yes. Is it a, is it a mask party? I don't know. It's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna.
00:13:22
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I'll wear gold. Perfect. And maybe a mask, I don't know. I'll bring it in case. Yeah, well, not a costume party. It may be, I don't know. I have very little information about this. You could have asked somebody, the person who invited you. I don't even know what the place really looks like other than from above. No, you don't get to do that.
00:13:53
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What? The invitation had a map. Ah. Fair enough. From above. That's where maps typically are located. Yes. You sound like you've never had a human conversation in your life, Trevor Mastin. I will
00:14:22
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Pick you up. What time? I will let you know. How? Avocinda Arthur. Okay. Actually, no, he's just very good at going and getting things. He's not good at taking things. Let's say... Is this just O'Clock and Eberron?
00:14:51
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The low clock is fine, yes. Eight o'clock. Eight o'clock, great. You say on the time wheel. Four on the time wheel. My question of the listeners still stands. I'm just like, that's so late to eat. Okay, so cut back to Skyway. So, Eris. What?
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And Milo. Yes.
00:15:27
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You pull up to Skydock in the Skyway District, the big floating island above Sharn. And yeah, I mean, the buildings are all made of like finely finished stone. A lot of it is marble. It's just it's very. Gaudy. Yes. There's a large fountain with
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a very stylized figure holding a giant axe and there's just water pouring everywhere and there's people even this early in the day walking about dressed even more fancily than Sana is and they just seem to be chit chatting not a care in the world walking from shop to shop is what you see. OK, well, we're going to start over here. Yes, keep going. OK.
00:16:29
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What's over here? And she gestures to it. It's a it's a boutique clothing store is what she's gesturing at. There's some displays in the window with various suits and dresses on display and they. As we walk in, Eris leans closer to Sonnet and says, I feel it's necessary for you to know there's a non zero chance that I punch one of these people at some point today.
00:16:58
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You just let me do the talking and you don't have to interact with anybody. You do not want to. If somebody upsets you, let me know. I'll take care of it. Okay. I can punch people myself, but, um, these are the type of better at it. I can do it. These are the type of people that if you punch them, they're not going to try to punch you back. They're just going to get you arrested and we don't want that. Right.
00:17:25
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doesn't have to go to this thing. All right. Thank you. Kath, if you can take care of Milo and all
00:17:38
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take care of Eris, yeah, it's like, okay, yeah, Milo, follow me. Eris is disappointed by this distribution of things. Okay, so Eris, you tell me, when I say fancy dress party, and you're going to one, what do you envision- I laugh. What do you envision yourself wearing?
00:18:08
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Cause I don't want you to be uncomfortable. I want you to look the part, but I want you to still feel like you. Um, I have a, um, I'll have a cleaner jacket than this one. Okay. Jacket. Love it. Okay.
00:18:40
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Anything else? Um, I said it's cleaner. Cleaner. Yes. Okay. What kind of shoes? What's wrong with my boots? They don't really match the aesthetic that we're going for.
00:19:08
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We could get you boots. They would just be a different kind of boot. What if the aesthetic I am going for matches these boots? Like I said, then we could find a boot that you would feel happy with, but would still overlap with the expectations of attending the gala. These boots walk up walls. They do. And we don't need that at the gala.
00:19:32
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You don't need it a lot of the time, but it's real nice when it comes up. Yes. And if, if we were doing the other thing at the Galatite, then I would say, yeah, let's figure out a way to do it, but we don't need to. So we can go with something more fun. We go to this gap. More fun than boots that walk on walls. Aesthetically fun. Fine. They are cool boots. I'm, I am pro boot on record, but let's go with something a little different.
00:20:06
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Okay. We'll look at other boots. Great. I think they're over here. Cut to. So, Milo, what are you looking for? Like, what type of attire you want to wear tonight? Nice slacks.
00:20:31
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that are skinny slacks, you know, skinny enough for Milo. And check it. Matador pants. Paint it on.
00:20:42
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Jacket, you know, long jacket. I don't know if you'd call them tails, but long jacket, a nice vest and white shirt with some ruffles at the top and ruffled shirt. No tie. Okay. Yeah, we can, we can. And fancy the sleeves when they come out at the bottom of the cuffs, they're kind of fancy also sleeves.
00:21:07
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So you want a pirate shirt? No, not a pirate shirt. It sounds like a pirate shirt. It is what you described. It's a fancy dress shirt. Listen, I have met many fancily dressed pirates in my day. And they wear pirate shirts. And what you described is a fancy pirate shirt, which is fine, Milo. And Kath kind of. And it kind of has, you know, like that one with the high collar that goes up the neck on the shirt.
00:21:35
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Okay. High caller. All right. And I want to match Sana, of course. Yes, yes. I think Sana is going with purple tonight, so we'll... I figured she would. She usually does something with purple, it seems. Yeah.
00:21:52
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Okay. Well, uh, and she gestured. Marcus, if we can, and gentlemen, hello. Knew that was the voice. I knew that was the voice before you spoke. Um, we're going for, um, high-class traditional with a fancy pirate shirt. Oh, yes. I see. Um, well, if you will come with me, Mr.
00:22:24
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Keg bottom. You took a long time to come up with this way. And he takes you back. That's the criminal background. Yeah. He came up with several, really fast came up with several fake names and he remembered. Oh, right. He takes you back and starts taking your measurements. So, okay.
00:22:48
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Here are our options if we're going with boot as our footwear. And she shows you a leather, like a brown leather, very finely made boot that has about a three inch heel on it.
00:23:05
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Uh, at the back. So this would allow you to a stand a little bit taller, which is always fun. And nothing. If I say that something is fun, that doesn't mean that the way it currently exists is wrong. It's just a fun, different thing to try. Okay. Just blanket for the rest of this experience. If I suggest something that's outside of your norm, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with you. I'm just saying we could shake things up a little.
00:23:33
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I like Aeris. That's why I want to come shopping with Aeris, because I like Aeris. But there's different things that we can do. What if we have to run? What if we have to run? Then you can either, since you're not experiencing them, probably what you're going to want to do is just kick them off and carry them in your hand. Then how can I be shooting? Well, if you're shooting, then you're not running. Sometimes we have to do both.
00:24:03
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Fair. I don't think that's gonna be necessary tonight though, since we're just going to the gala to have a good time. Right? We are going to the gala. You're not breathing. Because I agreed. And we are going to... Fulfill our agreements. By... Going to the gala. So we can... This is going in circles now.
00:24:34
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drinks, which will lead to. Well, no. Um, just have fun with it. If something happens at the gala, we don't necessarily need to step in. If there's something crazy going on, unless somebody is going to be hurt, then obviously, but you're not planning on bringing your gun. Are you? Well, it wouldn't. Oh,
00:25:02
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They can't do, they can't, they won't let me come in with a Fletcher. I'll just leave that in Tasha, I guess. I made a little compartment for it. But also I installed a little dark flechette launcher in this and she holds up her. So, you know, it might still come up. And if I'm holding boots, I can't do that. This hand? This hand. This hand. And she squeezes her hand and the little blade pops out of the Vambrace. But if you're holding the boot, you can still stab. Did I have boots I can run in?
00:25:33
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Um, there are some flats here that could work. Um, and she grabs another pair of boots that are still very nicely made leather, less of a heel. It's about like a half inch heel, just a little. Okay. So we're good with, okay.
00:25:47
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Okay. She takes them. Um, and then as Eris is your absent mind holding them, a, uh, female halfling just comes up and takes them from you. Hey, does it. No, I'm, I'm, she's putting them behind the counter for us, Eris. She's holding onto them. So no one else will take them. All right. It's a service they provide. So you don't have to carry them around.
00:26:10
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OK, in fact, and she saw a kind of gestures and a a female elf walks up with a tray of champagne flutes and Sana takes two of them and hands one to you. It's part of the fun. What is it? It's champagne. It's fizzy wine. OK, try it. There's.
00:26:41
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No, Eris knows you sip wine. Eris. Eris stinks. Okay. Good. It's good. Good. Um, okay. Now dress. Okay. Want something that we can run in, which is why we got the flat boots. Right. So nothing too tight.
00:27:08
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something with legs. Yes. Well, no, you'll be able to move your legs. Because the cloth goes around them. It goes around your legs individually. Yes. No, just as one. Why? Because that's what a dress is. Right. No, I understand what a dress is. I'm not confused about that part. Okay. I'm confused about why I can't wear pants. If you
00:27:39
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If you want to wear pants, you can. I'm obviously not going to tell you you can't wear pants. But like I said, it might be fun to try something a little bit different because we're going to do the jacket, which will look, I think, really cool with a dress underneath it and the boots. It might give a cool like juxtaposition of style of like this really kind of nice dress with a jacket and boots. I think it would look really cool.
00:28:07
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How about you just, well, here's what we'll do. Okay. This'll be fun. This'll be so much fun. Okay. Five minutes. You see all the clothes around here. You go and find an outfit that you want to try. Um, and then I'll also go pick out an outfit for you and then we'll have you try both of them on and we'll decide then, which we like more and we'll have Kath be the deciding vote because I know that you're going to vote for what you pick anyway.
00:28:37
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So Kath gets to decide what I wear? No, because I might like what you pick. I will... I agree to the first two parts and I will discuss the rest of it. Okay.
00:28:51
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Like I said, I want you to have fun. I want you to be comfortable, but I also want to kind of push you a little bit outside your box areas, just for fun. It's fun. We're having fun. Boxes where we keep the things that we need. The boxes where we keep the things that we need. It's a metaphor. Okay. Milo. I've never liked it. So Marcus has finished taking your measurements. So what is the special occasion? We're going to a gala.
00:29:21
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Oh, excellent. What gala would it be? There's so many this time of the year.
00:29:29
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I can't remember. Haldorak. Haldorak. I was like Harbinger? Harbinger? We're on the holodeck. We're going to the Haldorak estate. Oh, oh. Well, look at you moving your way up in the world.
00:29:53
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Whoa, I try. Judgmental. Absolutely. So, who is taking you to this event? I'm going with, well, you saw who I came in with, Sauna. We've been here before. Oh, Miss Sauna. Very nice. Has Milo been here before to this shop? I mean, if I would, I don't know, I was just kind of thinking that he's been
00:30:22
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at least at some point, maybe a couple times or so with Sana to some things. Am I reading too much into Milo and Sana's friendship? No, no, no. Milo and Sana have a wonderful friendship. This is just like when Sana needs a dress for like a top of the line, like high season gala event, this is where she comes. This isn't where she normally does her shopping. Yeah, so I would say, yeah. No, Milo has probably not been here. Yeah.
00:30:49
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This is like Beverly Hills shopping, is what you all are doing right now. Okay, yeah. Milo has never been in this place. Well, we will be sure to make you look the part for Miss Sauna. Are you saying this with a smile? This is the person. This is the person that there's a non-zero chance that Aeris will punch before the day is over. What color are we going with, sir?
00:31:14
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We're going to match Sana. You may know that she prefers purple. Purple. Excellent. And then I'm thinking perhaps, you know, black.
00:31:25
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Black and purple. Oh, how brooding. You know, it's, I mean, do you, do you have suggestions? I'm open to suggestions, of course. Oh, sir. I have suggestions. But if you are, you are the client, of course. And so if you want black and purple, I can make you look stunning in black and purple. Cath sound, sound good to you. Yeah, sure. Whatever. Typical, typical Cath response.
00:31:54
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Yes, Miss Cath is a character. And he continues taking a measurement. Now, when is the event? It is, it's tonight. Oh, wonderful. Yes, we will be able to get this to you in the next couple of hours. So any allergens with certain materials? No.
00:32:22
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Excellent. Any preference on material? Um, you know, something to fit the season. Oh, well it is rather warm this time of year, so silk would probably be a good breathable material. Yes, very, very good. Black, black shoes, of course. Yes, of course. No, you know what? Let's go with brown shoes, a dark brown. No.
00:32:52
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Yeah, he's right, Randy. Randy, Randy knows he's right. I know you do. Milo is being Milo. Now, if you'd ask for white patent. Oh, man. White patent leather platforms. I will have everything ready for you in the next few hours, sir. Feel free. You can come back or you can have it delivered to Miss Donna's estate.
00:33:20
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Um, let, let me check with, um, well, Kath's here. Kath, what do you think? Have it delivered or just pick a temperature or state? We'll be getting ready at home. So yeah, you can just have it delivered there and we can, we can bring it to you, Milo. Very well. Okay. Um, well, very well said. Is there anything else I can do for you this fine day? I think that should do it. Thank you very much, Marcus.
00:33:49
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It has been my pleasure and congratulations, sir. Hate Marcus. And Marcus takes your measurements to the back. Okay. I guess we go check in with Sana and Eris then.
00:34:08
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cut to the classic bubbly pop song over a trying on clothes montage. Yeah, and Sanaa just doing big thumbs down and then looking really happy with one and Eris just throwing her arms. No. Okay, so Phillip, describe Eris's haul. I've given you a sense of the type of store that you're in. Right. But assume that if there's a certain style of clothing item, you can find it.
Eris's Attire Dilemma
00:34:37
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Okay, so what Eris has come to the realization of is really quite simple. They don't own any jackets that her cybernetic arm or hand will go through like without just tearing them apart. So what she's ended up in is a
00:34:59
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Uh, a white, um, blouse with, and she's, she has when she split with Kath, she went to the men's department and has come back with a, uh,
00:35:19
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a waistcoat that has been tightened to fit around her, um, and is at least somewhat green, uh, sufficiently green. Um, and then has, yeah, ended up in a, um,
00:35:38
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No. Okay. The waistcoat is black and the green is in the skirt that Sana has talked her into only after finding the one skirt in the place that has pockets. Nice. Okay.
00:35:51
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Okay, so Sana sees Aeris walk out of the changing room and I was like, okay, I don't hate it. That does not feel very encouraging. Well, I could be like, ugh, no, I hate it, but I'm not like that. I'm saying I don't hate it. So the jacket, they have some great jackets
00:36:21
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over here. I mean, I picked out a jacket for you. So we'll see when you try mine on. Oh, this is what I misunderstood this. I thought this was post montage and we were at where we were landing. Because no, Eris's first outfit would be not anywhere near as tolerable to Sana.
00:36:42
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Eris's first outfit definitely involved punk rock gingham pants. Yeah, okay. So what what Sana would have pitched, and I guess where we ended up in this this happy middle ground, is Sana would have had a
00:36:56
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a full dress with a very like the I almost said poofy skirt but I feel like that like doesn't convey correctly like it's flowing yeah it's it's it's flowing it's very open and it has the
00:37:12
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Man, I'm just gonna show yeah It's the what goes under the skirt that petticoats to petticoats So a tool petticoat is that what I would call it like I mean that would be cuz there's a crinoline. Okay crinoline that underneath the skirt, okay
00:37:33
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um to give it a bit more body but still the the full dress with um a uh yeah same same idea that you had with the dress being green but the jacket being uh black but it was like the half jacket like it only comes down to like halfway down her ribs but full sleeved um and the boots so Eris
00:37:56
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looks at the jacket that Sana has picked out and then just raises the big metal gauntlet that encases her hand. They could modify? Yeah, whatever. I keep reading you have that thing. Thanks. No. That wasn't meant to be an insult. I'm sorry. I just, I forget. Um.
00:38:23
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Okay, so. But what you described is where we lean. No, no, no. Where it ends up then is Eris agrees to the dress after pulling out the stuff that gives it more body. Yeah. So that it falls flat.
00:38:44
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and puts the black waistcoat vest with lapels over it, and that has several pockets. I think I'm gonna add some more pockets by tonight. If you want, you could ask them to add pockets and we could pick it up later. You could have it just dropped off at my place. Can they do it that fast? Yeah. How many pockets can you put on this dress? Marcus?
00:39:12
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and you see a man walk out from behind, still with some black and purple fabric. He's like, I'm sorry, what was the question? How many pockets can you put on this dress by tonight? Oh, why? Want to add pockets to the dress? Yes, I want to have pockets to the dress because I want to carry things. Oh, okay. I met your date for tonight, by the way, Miss Sauna. Very charming man. Don't know where you found him. I could add reasonably
00:39:40
Speaker
Three, maybe four. How big are the pockets are we talking? Well, I will put my hands in them for one thing. Big enough for you. I'm like all the way down in them. Not that stupid little half pockets. Yes. No, no, no. I wouldn't imagine giving you half pockets. Right. Okay. Yeah. I could, I could, I could add four pockets before tonight. Okay. All right. Reasonable. Yeah. Any preference on location?
00:40:07
Speaker
uh yeah i mean well like where i can reach them kind of like around my hips okay great yes if you'll just go in there and take the dress off and i'll i'll come collect it once you're done all right i don't know where you found your friends but you must bring them around more often miss sauna that's the one sauna that's the one i'm gonna punch and she goes back into the dressing room marcus did nothing mean to
00:40:31
Speaker
He had an attitude. Milo, yes, but I don't know where you found your friends. That is not an insulting. OK, so yeah, where did you get your pets?
00:40:48
Speaker
They're adorable. As Marcus heads back to wherever Milo's looking at hats and asks Marcus, do you think maybe a lightweight bowler hat would be appropriate? With the traditional suit with fancy pirate shirt? No, I do not think the bowler would go. A pirate-like shirt. Maybe a tricorn.
00:41:19
Speaker
No, I don't like that. Wide brim straw hat. Wide brim straw hat. If you want to try the bowler, Mr. Cakebottom, you are more than welcome to try the bowler. You must get your hat with plume. I am only here to offer counsel, but to not ultimately make decisions. Oh no, I trust your counsel, Marcus. And I appreciate your counsel. Thank you. I appreciate you appreciating my counsel. Thank you.
00:41:46
Speaker
Well, if there's nothing else, Mr. Kegbottom, I will be getting started on your suit. Thank you. Thank you. And he returns to the back. Make sure you compensate for my, you know, my little round belly here, you know. Oh, I took note of it. Don't you worry.
00:42:08
Speaker
and he smiles and goes into the back. Kath just looks at you and like, are we, I, we should probably go check in with Sana. We should probably go check in with Sana and Eris and head out, hopefully.
00:42:28
Speaker
As you all around the corner, Eris is coming out of the change agreement. Sana is speaking to someone and showing them Hobb's measurements and speaking about what Hobb wants. Eris is wearing the vest over her Hounds of Balkan t-shirt that she's wearing because she likes that part.
00:42:48
Speaker
Um, okay. So, uh, obviously have some time to kill before the gala tonight. So hob, is there anything that you want to accomplish today? Okay. Hi everyone. I'm Jeff. So many people asked for a shopping episode. We're giving it to him. Here's what I think hob realizes. Hob realizes to try best to have two ways to get out of there tonight. That's what I was trying to tell her. And he's got this motorcycle. Yep.
00:43:16
Speaker
But he knows enough to know that if it's him and Kath going the other side to arrive together so she's got the ticket that covers him, and they're taking this getting ready thing really seriously. So Hob needs to do something to windproof his sidecar as much as possible. So that's what he's doing.
00:43:38
Speaker
It's parked at Sabia's. There was space in Sabia's to park it, we said, didn't we? So it's there and he tries to do it himself. I don't know what he uses, but it doesn't work. So he's got to go somewhere to get just basically a wind. We're not going full dome on this thing. But I'm thinking like a...
00:43:55
Speaker
around the corner windscreen, like in front and to her right side. I'll do a substantial amount of wind blocking on the left. Is there somebody that Hobb would go to, like somebody that you know? Not Aeris. Since Aeris is in disposed shopping, you could not pay Hobb a million dollars to put a non-functional, just a windscreen.
00:44:18
Speaker
be like, Oh, no, this will fight the wind. This piece of glass finds the wind particularly objectionable. So yeah, I think that there's a there's a Boromar garage we were we went to where we got the truck where we got the truck and we installed the you want to go there or if there's like a body shop like um, I think
00:44:45
Speaker
You know what, I bet he's gonna holler at somebody and ask if the boar mark, because we've discussed these are rare and unique vehicles. Yeah, so I know it's not a big deal, but just like, he gets ahold of somebody and he says, hey, you know, can you guys, this is all I need, can you guys handle this? I just need to, I got a sidecar for my,
00:45:07
Speaker
I've been calling it a motorbike. But there's no motor. I know, that's why. What is a motor? What is this thing called? What are they called? This is an entire... I've never heard of one of these things. Yeah, this is a new year. Okay, we need your name. Airbike. It's obviously like a... Skybike? Bike? The bike doesn't make any sense, because the bike is short for bicycle. Which means two wheels, because it has two wheels. There's no wheels. It's an ossicle. How about...
00:45:40
Speaker
Okay, so what we have is a sky cab or a sky skiff is what Tasha is. Mini skiff. A super mini skiff. It's a flying sedo. Hob does not write a mini skiff. A sky do. A sky do. A sky ski. A spat. I don't call it a speeder. Single person air travel. Spat.
00:46:05
Speaker
That's the acronym for the military version. It has a sidecar. It's a de-pat. De-pat. It's spat two. Spat two. Gross. I don't think speeder's bad. Speeder's called speeder. Okay. Even if it doesn't necessarily go faster. Yeah. It's zippier. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I was trying to think of like a nimble word, a lithe word, but couldn't think of anything great.
00:46:30
Speaker
You should have learned by now that it's a fruit stick. No, that's also a fruit stick. Yeah, I was like, those were being Harry Potter. The Nimbus 3000 maybe? Something. Two thousand. Nimbus and some numbers. Firebolt and the Nimbus 2000. And the Nimbus 2000 what? That's true. I just got to that part. All right. We're just going to call this. Have you not read them before? No. It's a different conversation. No, that's a conversation we're having. No, it's not. I have a hard out and I haven't gotten to do anything. Okay, fine.
00:46:58
Speaker
Uh, yeah, we're gonna call it a speeder. He calls me and he said, hey, um, so I, I, um, I got ahold of a speeder and I need to do something to, um, you know, just put a windscreen on it or something. That's what you guys handle.
00:47:11
Speaker
Oh, OK, yeah. And this is somebody in Boromar that, you know, that directs you to a body shop that they use when they need to make like modifications to air skiffs. You know, if if one was spotted on a job and they need to make it look different, things like that. But, you know, it's also a regular body shop. It's called. Yeah. Called Dom's Dewey's.
00:47:40
Speaker
Don't even do it. Carnathy mics. Like Jersey mics? Yeah. He also makes sandwiches. Yeah, you can head over there and he'll take care of you. Now, importantly, the only time Hobb has ever piloted a vehicle was when he ended up on this thing and it was already running and moving and he just had to turn it a little bit to get it home.
00:48:10
Speaker
I don't know how well this is gonna go, but he's gonna drive his- Listen, the driving piloting skill, that's when you're like, I would have zero ranks in driving because I am competent of getting point A to point B, but if I was in a high speed chase, I would crash. Hob is not competent getting point- He's never- I know. By the way, we go one time. I'm not saying I'm gonna roll piloting checks. I'm saying, here's some fun farce for us if we want. Yeah.
00:48:34
Speaker
Um, so yeah, uh, have you, you hop on and, uh, take off towards Carnegie mics. Got to write that down to remember the important for the campaign at large. Um.
00:48:52
Speaker
OK, so yeah, you roll up to this. It's in the side of one of the towers. OK. And there's no landing. It's just a big open like garage door that's been opened and you see a warehouse style interior with lots of metal shelves and there's a couple other vehicles parked in there already. But you you pull up and you see a
00:49:18
Speaker
Oh, let's say a tiefling. Like a big, just jacked up tiefling, bright orange, and huge ram horns coming out of the side of his head. And he turns and sees you. He's like, hey, what do you need? Hop looks at something that's big and orange, and he goes, that'll work OK. OK, yeah. He goes, hey, real simple. Can you throw a windscreen on this guy for me? Oh, yeah, a windscreen. I can do that. Great. I'm going. Nope, nope. I'm talking like, you know.
00:49:49
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to this kind of fancy party. Oh, yeah. At the Hall of Rack place. I don't know who that is, but cool. I just wanted to say it.
00:50:01
Speaker
The person I'm going with want to make sure that they don't get all discombobulated on the ride. Okay, okay. Gotta make sure that they stay all put together on the drive over. Right, and you know, I'll be honest, they may not care, but I'm... In case they... Try and do something nice for your dig, for your friend. In case they do, I want to be... Why am I talking like Cardi B? Maybe because it's adjacent a little bit to Hobb, I don't know. Maybe everybody Hobb talks adjacent a little bit to Hobb for some reason.
00:50:30
Speaker
Wow. Do you know Grom? Grom, he's my brother. Real sad, man. Real sad. He's a sad guy. Love sandwiches, though. That's why I started making sandwiches in the back of the shop for him. Let's see Randy's question. Anyway. Yes. He says, when will you? When do you need a bite?
00:51:00
Speaker
What time is the party? I will. Hey. Hey, guys, Trevor likes the podcast now. That was funny.
00:51:17
Speaker
I mean, let's say 8.30, since Merlo's not getting picked up until 8. Yeah, so let's say I wanted it, let's say I wanted it at 7, so I've got... This is good improv. Thank you. Oh yeah, we love the no-butt improv style.
00:51:37
Speaker
Um, yeah, I could, uh, I could have this ready for you and then, uh, let's say three o'clock. Come pick it up. Sounds great. Okay. Great. Great. Great. Cool. Uh, do you need a loaner or are you just going to hang out? Uh, no, I call you a taxi if you want. I might walk about. Walk about. It's, it's a shit like this is not a street accessible.
00:52:02
Speaker
Then yeah, I suppose I need a loader. I mean, you can hang out and have a sandwich, I don't care. No, no, no, no. Okay. I can get you a loaner. And you see a very small, like, compact skiff. I say it can't be cooler than my skiff. No, no, no, no. It's a smart car, a skiff version. That's cool. And responsible. And thanks for driving one of those.
00:52:26
Speaker
But Hobb looks like your knees are up to your ears as you sit in it. Right. Okay. Oh, like Mr. Incredible. Yeah.
00:52:36
Speaker
Okay. Um, and he goes to find something to eat. Oh, not, not a Carnathy Mike sandwich. Okay. Harsh. You think I'm going to take a sandwich from Grom? He needs those sandwiches. Not all of them. All of them. But yeah, so Hob, uh, Hob takes the time to try to do something nice. What he thinks might be nice. He really has no idea. Captain may not care, but.
00:53:01
Speaker
but he does know that if Sana ends up having to exit in a hurry or ride in it, she will care, it seems. So, okay. Okay, so yeah, everybody, anything else that anybody wants to do before the gala? Should I describe what Hob is wearing or should I do it when he's introducing the gala? Oh yeah, yeah, you described off mic. So yeah, go ahead and describe what Hob, yeah. So here's what I think Hob, I changed a little
Gala Outfit Highlights
00:53:23
Speaker
bit from what I was talking about. So here's what I think Hob's wearing a,
00:53:26
Speaker
a long it looks like a long blazer right like floor length-ish blazer um it's got in the center panel down his chest and all the way down the front is the same white linen they did that for him um but the rest of it is like kind of a like a dark gray color it's not black it doesn't look i was telling them it's hard to describe there's not sounding like a cinnabyte from hell razor um
00:53:49
Speaker
But what they've done is there's orange accents at the hem and at the hem of the arms. But the other orange accent is Kath thought that Hab would appreciate it. It would be cool. She's recreated his tattoos on the garments in orange accent and fabric. That's so very cool. And it's like a
00:54:06
Speaker
You can just see as he's walking, so it's pretty straight down. Like it comes in at his waist, because he's fit-er than me, and he comes in at his waist. And then it's kind of straight down, but you can tell it's gusseted. As he's walking, you can see the white fabric. It's gusseting it on the inside, so he's still got full range of motion. And it's like a balloon sleeve kind of thing. So that's what he's rocking. I had a lot of time to think about it, so I kept changing it.
00:54:32
Speaker
You you said gilded owl earlier Trevor, but what what what is Raynard wearing like what what style? Oh, it's like Sorry, no, well, it's the same thing you were the other gal and I don't remember exactly how I described it So I don't remember either. So well, it's got like owl feathers in it, but okay in the feathers There are also like additional gold feathers that he's added in. Okay, so it's like a
00:55:05
Speaker
It's like a robe, so it goes down to the floor, but it has like the floor panels. Okay. So there are pants underneath and boots. Yeah. And you know, high neck. Everything's lined in gold and the mask. Okay. The mask. It was probably obvious. Hob is not wearing pants underneath his. He's still hobbing it up down there.
00:55:29
Speaker
Okay. Eris has various results of artifice stuffed into the pockets of her dress. Yeah. Okay. So, yeah, you all, I guess those of you that were having your items delivered at Kath and Sana's parents' house, do a fun pre-prom getting ready, get the same house. Eris absolutely takes hers and goes back to the cauldron because she wants to look at this before anyone else looks at this.
00:55:59
Speaker
So, yeah, I guess the question then would be since you picked up your stuff and left.
00:56:10
Speaker
Catherine or Sana would be like, so are we all writing to like, are you going to come pick us up? Should we meet you down there? Or are you just going to go pick up Harbin by yourself and go just the two of you? Cause you didn't say that you would pick him up. No, I'm, uh, no, I'm def no, you guys are coming with me to pick him up. Okay. So I'll come back. Okay. Uh, Milo, are you good to just get ready here?
00:56:31
Speaker
Yeah, that sounds that's yes, very, very good. And Hobbs stuff is here and I think he's just going to take you with him, Kath. And so we just need to go pick up Raynard and then we'll be good.
00:56:44
Speaker
Uh, one last detail of Eris's outfit that occurred to me. At some point she found a, a long, uh, fingerless glove for her other hand. That's in generally the same color palette as her mechanical glove. Okay. Um, so.
00:57:17
Speaker
Um, yeah. Uh, Kath and Sana take a taxi down to the cauldron, um, around the agreed upon meeting time. Um, or actually Kath would just stay up there. So Sana takes a cab, uh, and walks into the cauldron like, you look great. Okay. Well, do the pockets work? Did they turn out good? Did Marcus too good? Yeah. I mean, I couldn't fit quite as many.
00:57:48
Speaker
What are you trying to take in? Nothing. I think fit. We're going to have fun. All of my keys. You don't have keys. All of your mics are magic. You don't know, I might have keys. Something. No, okay. It wasn't keys. Look, I agreed not to wear my boots and I agreed not to carry the Fletcher. And that's what I agreed to not do. And remember,
00:58:17
Speaker
We're going to the type of place where if you punch somebody, I will not punch anyone. Thank you. If it is not necessary to do so. Is Milo, did Milo go with Sana? Uh, yeah. Yeah. So Milo would be there also. Eris, you look very nice. Okay.
00:58:43
Speaker
Uh, Eris goes and gets her scarf and puts her scarf around her neck and. Okay. Uh, I'll be back later. Uh, probably kind of very late. Wait a bit. No, no, that's fine.
00:59:10
Speaker
Um, but not, uh, all of walks up and kind of gives a gesture to Sana and Milo to like, give her a minute and kind of walks Eris back a little bit. Just the other side of the culture is like, are you okay? I'm very worried about this and I don't, I can't explain all of the reasons that I'm worried about this.
00:59:40
Speaker
It's okay. That's my nearest light. If, if you don't want to go, you don't have to go. You know that. I know. Well, I started with go and so I should go. Okay. It'll be okay. This part I'm just as there's other stuff and I can't explain it and I'm worried about it and I'm yeah. Okay.
01:00:04
Speaker
Well, you have, you have my communicator frequency and she gestures your workbench. So if you need me, call me. Okay. And whatever you're worried about, just if you want to talk about it at some point, that's fine. But if not, I'm here to help. Okay. Okay. Try to have fun. I will try really hard to have fun. Okay.
01:00:31
Speaker
Um, and all of just kind of gives a nod to Milo and Sana, like, okay, we, uh, we still need to go, uh, pick up Raynard and Harbin and then we'll be good. Okay. Okay.
01:00:45
Speaker
Um, so, uh, Harbin first. Um, so Harbin, you, you all pull up and Harbin is kind of standing outside his front door, just very awkwardly. He's wearing a very well-tailored, um, suit. It is a black coat, uh, with a green waistcoat underneath. And there's just like light, like forest green trim around, uh, around the jacket and, uh, black slacks and black shoes. Very simple.
01:01:15
Speaker
and as you all pull up he kind of oh my gosh i'm sorry i have to add this because it's such an eberron thing and i just can't believe i forgot about it while we were doing this aris has obviously bought asana if the if money is no object aris has obviously bought one of those dresses that has like the gleamer weave yeah like there's definitely like
01:01:36
Speaker
crackling bits of lightning flickering along along the the fabric of Eris's skirt. And Harbin walks up and very kind of like nods it, Sana and Milo is like, hi, nice to nice to see you all again. Eris, you you look really nice. Hello. And he pulls up a little package like I got this for you and he. What?
01:02:06
Speaker
What is it? He's like, oh, it's just, I thought it'd be not, and he opens it and there's a carnation in it. Of course. Thank you. And Eris takes and holds the carnation. And Sana just kind of put Pat's Harbin and then helps Eris. What? Put it on. What? That's fine. Just leave it there.
01:02:36
Speaker
Okay. Um, okay. And then Reynard, the Tasha pulls up. Um, Renard, are you ready to go? Yes. Okay, great. Uh, your last pick. Why are you in a mask? Oh, it's a gala.
01:02:58
Speaker
Not a mask, Galla. Reynard, take off the owl mask. It's not a costume. Then the outfit won't make sense. Even with the mask. That's already true. There's no, it's not a mask, Galla. I believe Reynard looks dope. Well, I told Verla to wear a mask. You told what now? I told Verla to wear a mask. Why did you tell, wait, why? We had to pick Verla up.
01:03:24
Speaker
Wait, you're bringing Verla? Detective Verla? She loves a gala. Wait, and so you're telling us she was agreeable? Yes, she was very excited. You invited a detective. And then she remembers. Hi, I'm Harbin. Oh, hello. Harbin Millhatch. Oh, hello.
01:03:54
Speaker
He extends his hand out to shake your hand. Raynard Turnbull. Nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you as well. You look very familiar. It would be very funny but very breaking everything for you to do this. And you don't want to break everything. Okay.
01:04:17
Speaker
Um, just for those faces. Oh, oh, okay. Uh, maybe you know my dad. A lot of people know him. Maybe. Are you, oh, Eris, are you okay? Why am I not there? You're on a motorbike with that. You had to ride separately. We could go take, we... Fair enough. Yeah, you can go. We all went from lunch to here together. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. You, you could, sorry, Hob absolutely could be there. Okay, thank you.
Pre-Gala Excitement
01:04:45
Speaker
Let's go pick up Detective Mordane. Frankly, I can't believe she said yes. You could call her Verlo. She's our friend. Yep. I look forward to seeing her like it. Anyone that gives you a cat is your friend. Right? I'm allergic to cats, so no. They would, in fact, be my enemy. They would either know nothing about me or want to hurt me.
01:05:15
Speaker
Eris drives with, does someone know where Verla lives? Because Eris doesn't. You all have been to her place before. Oh, okay. Oh, that's right. Yes. I'm sorry. I do remember that. Okay. Yes. Then to Verla's. Verla walks out in a mouse mask. Oh my gosh. And a different dress than
01:05:34
Speaker
But she knew he was going to be an owl and she chose to be a mouse. That was their thing at the last gala. Oh, that's right. And she walks out and then sees all of you sitting in Tasha, except Hob on a speeder with Kath. And noticeably none of you, including Raynard, wearing a mask. As soon as she gets it, Hob just goes, you're going to want to ditch that and gestures to the best. And she jerks it off and like glares at Raynard. Sorry. I had one. He was being a tot.
01:06:05
Speaker
Yeah. Don't know what that means, but it sounds applicable. In his defense, he did think that he was going to wear one too. Okay. Merla, you fixed your eye makeup. Oh my god. Can you scoot over? There are like 12 people in this gif.
01:06:20
Speaker
And she sits down. How does my sidecar look? Oh, it looks great. Yeah. OK. It's a little bit more curved than what you described. Like, it's a single piece that just it's like a third dome, if that makes sense. Yeah. But yeah, totally blocks the wind. It's perfect. Did Kath give a crap? Kath seemed to appreciate the gesture. Yeah. It's not magical, but. You're right. That may not be magical, Eris, but tonight will be. Oh, my God. End of episode.
01:06:51
Speaker
Well, we hope you enjoyed it. We understand you're never coming back. We have spent so many episodes not going to this gala. It's unnecessary. We sat down.
01:07:06
Speaker
We accomplished the heist. This is our... In our defense, the people wanted to see everyone get ready for the gala. Nobody wanted to see the gala. This is our four of recording. We accomplished the heist in 15 minutes.
01:07:23
Speaker
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01:07:52
Speaker
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01:08:20
Speaker
I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. We'll see you next time.