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Houston After Dark - Season 2 - Session 4
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Introductions & Character Predicaments
00:00:18
Speaker
Welcome, mortals, to another episode of Integrated Dice Management presents Houston After Dark. I am your storyteller tonight, Ron Bjork, and with me tonight is Jaden.
00:00:31
Speaker
What's up, guys? I'm playing Wesley Isaac, and I'm in a... I'm in a slight predicament. I'm about to have to go face some big things, so we're about to see what's gonna happen. We've also got with us Frank. I'm eating pizza. He is eating pizza. And Hayden. Hey, I'm excited to play tonight. There's gonna be a lot of big things going down.
00:01:00
Speaker
and returning ah Bill. how's it going everybody um bill you know me you love me i'll be playing jerry tonight and just as ah hayden says there's going to be a lot of big things happening tonight and i'm eating stirfry now I'm eating pizza.
Humorous Banter on Game Session & Concepts
00:01:20
Speaker
Why are you eating stir fry? I'm eating pizza. Frank, shut up. um The last time we played, um there was a big thing that went down um or in between and that was Jaden officially lost his virginity. How how was that Jaden?
00:01:39
Speaker
officially on paper everyone now knows for real that it happens uh... so you're not even but not a young the bucket anymore and for me marriage was made it it was that's it and i think this is good i have to add to it is that i don't either side of the room and they tell us what happened so it's perfect very good was that an actual thing like a book that could be an actual thing It's not an actual thing, Frank. But no, everyone that wins, that has been to a wedding before, said it's the best wedding I've ever went to. I mean, to be fair, that is actually a thing. They call it cucking. That's true. Well, no, that would require... And that's whenever somebody sleeps with your wife while you watch. Yes. Oh, yeah, you're right. That's voyeurism. Yeah. Even better.
00:02:33
Speaker
<unk> Is it really voyeurism if you know they're watching though? I just call it live-action porn bro. ah and just i know it's consensual It's consensual voyeurism.
00:02:44
Speaker
struggle true And we're already off track. No, nope I mean, I put us on that track. um um i'm I'm literally about to go and do more food. Oh, I thought you were about to say do some more consummating. do i oh Hey, if it happens, it happens. You made it for a long time.
00:03:06
Speaker
um Yeah, I mean, I have to go check on the oven again in like four minutes, so I'm like, probably shouldn't jump into anything.
Pizza, Cake, and Wedding Traditions
00:03:17
Speaker
this is a very bad pizza that's not good I've been in the fridge for a while oh our honeymoon cake that we got on our cruise ship it was like molded over a honeymoon cake yeah we just got it for the room that like before is that a thing how long did you leave it in the room ah well the whole week we got it the first night oh okay so you ate it like after the
00:03:45
Speaker
like a week later you had the slice do you also still have one frozen that's for like a year uh... no we i don't think we saved anything we we've got but cakes for everybody and then we had our own well i guess we do have something frozen i don't know i know that's like it don't understand the whole freezing i'd like to see it on your anniversary every year i don't think we have a bit is like freezer frost your freezer birds i don't think we ate ours a year later if we didn't Because you don't have to eat it if you save it. Like, it's better not to eat it. You could just air seal it. Like, just vacuum seal it. And then, you know... So, I'm guessing your moldy cake was not in any sort of freezer. No, we just had it out, but it was such a moist cake that it, like, I guess what we got here. And we have black mold, so... It probably just wasn't a great mix. Wow. That's fun.
Game Mechanics: Humanity Scores
00:04:41
Speaker
um yeah it's okay I'll be like ah the last of us by next week so yeah something we can do um before I go eat grab my lasagna um so ah for Hayden max in the last session murdered two people um now those were relatively justified murders, and that he murdered murderers. But he is at humanity 7, which um
00:05:13
Speaker
I'll read you all some differences in the humanities real quick. So Jerry is at humanity 8. At 8, you still feel pain for the hurts you and your kind inflict. Your human guise remains passable, the memories remain fresh, or new instincts for communities spring up like green shoots from your long dead soul. Humanity 8 vampires can appear human in other regards.
00:05:40
Speaker
You, oh, I didn't realize this, but Jerry, you can roll a rouse to Rouse check twice to use the blush of life and take the highest results. um It allows you to have basically full on sexual intercourse and it seems very realistic.
00:05:58
Speaker
Blush of life, you still can't, you can't impregnate or anything like that. Blush of life allows you to digest and taste wine at humanity eight. So you can digest and taste wine. um Nice. You can rise from day sleep up to an hour before sunset if you wish, although that doesn't mean you can go out in the sun. I have humidity 8 as well. Right. Humidity? Right. Humanity. Humanity 7. Most human beings have a score of 7 or so. um Vampires at this level of humanity can usually manage to pass for mortals, um subscribe to social moors. Sure, sin is wrong, but dodging taxes and speed limits aren't sins.
00:06:39
Speaker
um The vampire feels some connection to other beings, even humans, though more than a little selfishness so shines through, just like everyone else in the world, mortal or not. um oh you make only one route chi sp plusshf fly um I did my time to ignore this rule when it comes to vampires because it makes no sense to me for vampires, this the sexy monster, but you're supposed to have to make a role to have sex.
00:07:09
Speaker
um and then I think I'll manage myself. Yeah, and then unless using blush of life, food and drink makes you vomit, um and almost immediately basically, but blush of life means you can take it down.
00:07:23
Speaker
So um Hayden or Max and Cole, because of their for Max, well, yeah, Max and Cole are both at seven. Jerry and Wesley are at eight. um That was determined during character creation based on different abilities and stuff that they took. um But i do I do think I should take one away and
00:07:49
Speaker
If you haven't really done anything to make you need to, although you've almost done things a few times. So, speaking of taking it away, Max, basically, so what you need to do is roll at the bottom right of the character sheet. Hopefully this works. Let me hold on. Yeah. Roll the humanity button or click the humanity button. It's just scrolling.
00:08:14
Speaker
It's at the bottom of your sheet, bottom right. Yeah, I was over on another portion looking at all my buildings. Oh, okay. Of the front page, yeah. Yeah. um No modifiers? No modifiers. Okay, that didn't work right. um Okay, then I... Oh, that's the problem. Roll remorse.
00:08:37
Speaker
Hey, you got a success. So your humanity does not go down. So these little dashes go away and your conscience. So basically you felt bad about killing those two people. um If your humanity went down, it meant that you rationalized it off as perfectly fine, basically. But um you have regrets for murder.
00:09:00
Speaker
um Doesn't mean you don't think that they deserved it or anything. It's just, you know, yeah the general first time killing someone, you know. Okay, now I'm gonna go check my lasagna.
Jerry's Persuasion at Huntsville Prison
00:09:10
Speaker
So, um the camera opens ah on the face of... What the hell is his name? Jerry Wilson. ah Zooms out, turns around, and we see Jerry Wilson standing.
00:09:28
Speaker
at the outside the barbed wire gates of the Huntsville State Prison in Huntsville, Texas. Jerry you are there because the night before you received word that one of your patients, Carl Bird, I think is the last name of his bird. Yeah, Carl Bird has been incarcerated here. ah Now, it's about, you know, let's see, it probably got dark at like 5, if you left immediately, or 5.30, if you left immediately, you could have gotten here around 6.30, 7, somewhere around there. Either way, it doesn't really matter, it is after visiting hours.
00:10:11
Speaker
But you're you know you're a vampire of means, so that hopefully won't stop you. But you've come to see Carl. um There is a i a you know prison guard, I guess, slash receptionist at the... um Well, I guess there's a guard at the gate. You've got to get through the gates first before you can even get into the like front desk area. There's a guard at the gates.
00:10:43
Speaker
what what do you do okay so I'm gonna walk up to him and pretty much I'm just gonna I'm just gonna give him the doll eyes I'm just gonna go into awe and just gonna be like hey man I know it's after hours I've been driving for so long do you mind um'm I'm supposed to be visiting someone that just got in here I'm kind of I'm kind of one of the guys from his group and I just needed to talk to him.
00:11:13
Speaker
are you um using any powers are you current just um speaking to them
00:11:21
Speaker
but right now i'm just kind of making myself ah like you know look attractive but for the most part right now i'm just trying to um Talk him up first before I do that. Okay. Oh, by the way, um, speaking of powers, uh, everybody in your bio and info tab, um, the one that's not part of your like character sheet, but at the top, top by no the one that a guy lost in. Yeah. I, I copy, I copied all of your, um, your powers into there. So you actually have the descriptions of them now. Um, nice. Yeah. Uh,
00:12:00
Speaker
Okay, um so Jerry, I guess I'm going to need a ah persuasion plus charisma roll. Alright. And let's roll and see if this guard finds you attractive or anything. Did you take the attractive quality? I don't think you did. I did. Persuasion. He don't need it. No, you're right. Bill's everyone's type.
00:12:26
Speaker
Uh-huh, that's right. I'll be whoever you want me to be. to good lord And anybody who's listening to any of our other podcasts will realize that he can't actually be anybody we want him to be. Morgan Freeman, go. Well, it would appear that Jared can't scroll to successes. I have to disagree with this assessment because as I count, I actually count for successes.
00:12:53
Speaker
No, that's only two. um However, if you would like to spin the point of willpower, you can reroll three of those by clicking the willpower reroll button. forget I always forget I can do that. So do I. And I don't know if this actually works, so well this you're the guinea pig. WP reroll, there we go.
00:13:18
Speaker
And it's the same thing just with reroll dice three, right? Yes.
00:13:26
Speaker
Wow. So you've turned that from a two success to an additional four success. So total of six success critical hit by spending a point of willpower. um This guy ah looks you up and down and you know he he recognizes you. He says, wait a minute.
00:13:48
Speaker
Aren't you Jerry Wilson, the the guy with the the fitness app? Oh, come on now. i don't like the I don't like to brag or anything. Oh, man. I've been i've been following one of those plans you got on there, and I've lost three pounds to you know just this week. Hey, congratulations. you know next Next week and the week after you and a few weeks after, you should try to increase the amount of physical fitness that you're getting.
00:14:17
Speaker
That's a good idea. and Also, it might not be a bad idea to try to supplement yeah most of your protein out. with some Try to stray away from the red meats and try to stick closer to chicken and fish. Try light meat proteins. Those are going to help your guts more, but it's also going to be better protein for building for building muscle and losing bad weight. I mean, I'm actually vegan.
00:14:41
Speaker
Wow, way to go, my guy. or Well done. I mean, I just just recently became vegan, I should say. Well, it's it can be a hard process. Don't forget, the road the road's full of many potholes. So don't don't lose ah don't lose lose track of the goal and don't be discouraged. And so and oh, also, don't forget, as a vegan, sometimes, the don't forget to use, whenever you're cooking, don't forget to use liquid aminos because eventually you so your body still needs the amino acids.
00:15:09
Speaker
He he like grabs his phone and he's like, liquid aminos and types it in. And um he's like, yeah. And y'all chitchat for a minute. And eventually he's like, oh, yeah. You you said you you're here to see someone that's part of your group. You mean like your your therapy group? Yes, sir. Oh, yeah. I think I can get you in then. And he presses a button. The gate buzzes open. um And he's like, yeah, i go on. Just head up to the front desk and they should be able to help you out. Hey, you're awesome. Thanks, man. Hey, what's your name?
00:15:38
Speaker
God damn it. Vampire stuff. Random name generator. Masculine. Charlie Chaplin. No, his name can't be Charlie Chaplin. i won't take a Bill won't be able to take him seriously. Oh, wait, wait. Charlie Chaplin's one of my favorite actors all the time. I gotta generate his life story. He didn't say a single damn word in any of his movies.
00:16:02
Speaker
That's entirely untrue. He he had several movies after after the silent film era, one of, big one being, the dict being I think it's The Dictator. My favorite, favorite of all-time role of Charlie Chaplains is in The Dictator. my Of course. Wait, was it? Dictator. My name is Kanye Mithras Roman.
00:16:26
Speaker
and you should have gone You should have gone with Charlie Chaplin. Yeah, you really should have. Yay, my guy! What's going on, yay? I've been hearing around the water cooler. You're crazy. I'm just kidding. I'm just i'm just fucking kidding. Hey, thanks, man. I appreciate you, Kanye. And thanks.
00:16:46
Speaker
Hey, power to the people, am I right, my man? Like, all right. And then I'm gonna walk, and then I'm
Meeting Carl Bird: Prison Visit Insights
00:16:50
Speaker
gonna walk away. And as I'm walking away, once I get like six, seven, no, no, no, I'm gonna be like 10, 15 steps away. I'm just gonna whisper to myself, damn, it feels good to be a gangster. Oh my God. So for those of you following along at home, both Bill and Jerry are very white.
00:17:11
Speaker
yeah Extremely. let's see this guy let me see if it says what he is he a masculine adult nationality american okay it doesn't say if he's he's he's originally from Kentucky ah gee um how the fuck do you wind up with a name like Kanye from Kentucky is he African-American it doesn't tell me that's well he has to be now because he doesn't have to be See, see holden you had to come in and make it racist. i was No, Bill hill was just inferring. I just came out. I just came out and said it. Whoa, whoa, whoa. He's 64 years old. Damn. He's old. God damn. He has become vegan and he's doing apps. He's doing better, a lot of 60 something year olds. Hey, to be fair, my stepdad is just about to be 60 and he's a goddamn savant on that phone. Like, tech is his friend.
00:18:12
Speaker
um I called ah I called a lady today that was gotta be in her like 50s or 60s and She kept yelling saying that she couldn't hear me and then she's like, oh I didn't turn the speaker on people just heard their phone away from Their head I I don't know but she was yelling. She's like, I'm sorry. You had to speak up. I can't hear you Dude and i also Y'all made me choke on my spit. You're welcome. I'm sorry, I gotta go off mic for a second. The people who put on speakerphone are the... I hate those people so much. Yeah. So Jerry, you make your way up to the front desk, and Jayden, do you want to be his secretary?
00:19:01
Speaker
uh... sure okay he's the secretary that you're going to be your first imitation of the female voice in a while yes uh... i'd just enjoy jayden's karen what like that on my god but uh... well you're you're karen where you're like all of your manager type person
00:19:26
Speaker
Yeah. Is that what you want her to be? Wait, is he walking up whereby? respond Where am I? Where am I? You are the broadcast receptionist at the Huntsville State Prison and it is after August. Oh, okay. I have the perfect voice for this. okay Oh my god. Hey, y'all know Betty used to work At a prison. So you could just be betty Betty. I'm not gonna be Betty. I know, but still. Betty was a prison guard? Yes, and did you know this? I did not know this. I'm gonna rip her tomorrow about this. Tomorrow, are you mean Friday? Oh no, you're working out at the office right now, right? Yeah. okay Well, Bill, Jerry has found the front desk. Okay.
00:20:15
Speaker
damn that took a while may i you didn't file your paperwork last night i thought that was the most weird news change ever oh my god just give me one second i've got oh my god Sorry, I was ready. You were not talking the entire time and I was like, he's getting into character right now. faed That was props. You actually broke me out of character. Oh my god. Are you just gonna stand there looking like an idiot? I'm gonna use myself.
00:20:58
Speaker
Jerry is going to look to her. And so and again, I'm fully active- You got a staring problem? I'm going to fully activate all so that she can only focus on me. okay And I'm just going to say... Maybe move your mic back. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. I got excited.
00:21:17
Speaker
I think that fits very well. Oh, it does. It does. Fucking a deep throat in the mic over here. I'm going to fully activate all so she only looks at me and I'm going to say, I'm sorry, your beauty just took me so by surprise. it I just need a second to compose myself because ah you I may have just seen a goddess among the live among man. You really think so? Absolutely.
00:21:47
Speaker
Oh my God. You come here often? Not as often as I should. I should honestly schedule times to come and talk to some of the inmates about some ah possible mental rehabilitation that they might be able to undertake. I'd like to really set that up actually. if you could Here's actually my business card. Wow. Okay. Well, let's see here. Yeah, if you could just make sure that that's the, ah Warden gets that. I'd really like to talk with him. And if you ever have any need to talk, there's my number. Wow, okay. Well, let me just put it in here real quick. Now, while you're actually doing that, I was actually here to visit one of my patients. i don't I don't know if you know me. My name's Jerry Wilson. I run the All-in-One Health app, um you know, between healthy
00:22:41
Speaker
workout, and diet, and supplementation, and all everything, and also good mental therapy. She is aware with a pretty high role of Jerry's app. Yeah, I've seen it, but I'm a little old for that, don't you think? You're never too old to get healthy and to decide to live a more comfortable and fulfilling life, in my opinion.
00:23:07
Speaker
Well, oh you can fulfill my life. Oh, my. well I got something you can fill. Well, let me sorry let me try to figure ah figure out how to how to help help you live as many more years as we can, and then we and maybe we'll talk. All right. OK. But um one of my patients actually ended up in here, and I was actually just wanting to see if I could go visit him. His his name is Carl Bird.
00:23:37
Speaker
Okay, so give me a persuasion plus charisma um with a plus one modifier for all. Oh my god. Or is it plus one or plus two? Let me look at the description real quick. Pretty sure it's plus one.
00:24:02
Speaker
And you said plus one or plus two? Plus one.
00:24:10
Speaker
three successes. um That should be enough to convince this lady. She's into you already. um It is after hours, but you know you can you can get this arranged for him. I guess I'll make an exception for you. You're wonderful. By the way, I never actually got your name. Oh, it's Merelda.
00:24:34
Speaker
Morelda? Oh my god, that is an absolutely gorgeous name. You're so sweet, oh my god. My mom was so ugly and she gave me that name and you know, ever since. Oh my god, I'm Jersey now, okay. well you know
00:24:55
Speaker
i Anyways, well, go right back, you're good. Okay. And just as I'm walking past, I'm like, By the way, Morelda, you're wrong. Your mom didn't give you an ugly name. And I'm gonna walk, and and then I'm gonna walk back. Okay. So, yeah, she buzzes you back and, like, you know, does the computer stuff to make Carl get sent up. You are led to a room.
00:25:24
Speaker
um with several seats you're the only one in there and there's a uh... you know a glass window and then after a while carl is brought in on the other side uh... so carl uh... about frank right yes uh... a few days ago uh... you well what what were you doing where were you what landed uh...
00:25:53
Speaker
So a few days ago, Carl ah was driving... what What day is it? I forgot what day it was. ah Today is... Let me pull that up. I know it's February 1st. Ron, I am so happy that you've been keeping track of the in-game days. For real. I had no idea. Today is ah Sunday, February 1st.
00:26:17
Speaker
sunday Yeah, so like two days ago, um Carl was driving ah over to a friend's house at like 7.30, 8.30, someone was around there at night, um in Friday night traffic through Houston. And as we all know, Friday night traffic through Houston is terrible. um You know, Carl has anger issues to begin with and coupled that with the extreme rage that is created but in every Houstonian who drives in Friday night traffic. um He just decided to get out and beat the shit out of a person that had cut him off.
00:26:59
Speaker
um So much so that he accidentally killed the guy. So Carl is back in prison for murder.
00:27:09
Speaker
um Jerry, you you aren't aware of the reason he's in prison, but um that is what happened, and that is what Carl knows. Now, Carl, um it's not- Carl! Carl. Yeah, it's- Carl. Stay back, Carl. I guess this prison is men only. um There's a co-ed prison? I don't know.
00:27:33
Speaker
No, there isn't. Ron, you lived in Texas your whole life. world You should know this. I lived in Texas and I've never been to prison, so um valid point. Okay, yeah, we'll we'll leave that out. um I was going to combine some storylines here, but got to keep their realism.
00:27:57
Speaker
ah Yeah, Carl, you are brought in and you see, and you didn't know this was gonna happen, but you see your therapist and, you know, maybe friend, depending on how you view him, your therapist, Jerry Wilson, sitting on the other side of the glass, ah you know, holding the phone.
00:28:22
Speaker
um A big smile spreads across Carl's face, and he walks over and picks up the phone. It sits down, and he goes, Gary! Wait, hold on, that's not his name. That's not his voice. Hold on. The fuck was his voice? He's a country bummer. Gary! No. Gary! Say hi. Yeah, pretty much. Say hi, I'm Carl, and he'll probably have it.
00:28:51
Speaker
Hi, I'm Carl. Yeah, you did it. That's it. i Gary. Carl, um ever since you killed that man, you've kind of been in a state of maybe bliss or peacefulness or something like that. The rage that is affecting so many other people right now is no longer affecting you.
00:29:22
Speaker
Gotcha. So I'm kind of high. No, I think you don't hold out. I really should have listened to one of the other episodes that we did. Because I'm just going to remember his voice. Yeah. OK. Anyways, I'm cool. No, that's not it. Just hit it with Frank.
00:29:47
Speaker
ah how do i How do I hit it with me? I don't know what that means. I don't either. Come at it with the Frank voice. I have a Frank voice. Your voice, motherfucker. i could My customer service voice. Hi, I'm Carl. You went gay, bro. The customer service voice, everybody loves it. I mean, i i was I was kind of about it, but.
00:30:14
Speaker
Let's see, it was deep kind of throaty. You just sounded like a hillbilly. That's yeah honestly what you sound like. Don't eat. Don't eat. Gary! How you doing? and it it's jerry It's Jerry, bud. um Yeah, that's what I said. You know what? Not the point. It's great to it's great to see you, bud, but um I wish we were seeing each other in better circumstances. Oh, it's it's perfect circumstances. What are you talking about? Carl, why are you in prison?
00:30:51
Speaker
i i a I killed a guy. But you know what? It's okay, because I feel you amazing.
00:31:06
Speaker
Okay, Jerry's just gonna go go wide-eyed as soon as he said he killed a guy. And he hasn't spoken just yet. So it's just gonna be a few seconds. He's gonna be like,
00:31:18
Speaker
you You see, you see, you see Carl like do the desynchronized blink. The frog blink. So I think Carl, um he is in a state of bliss, but he also, as much as you can say this about Carl has his wits about him. So like, he probably understands that he did wrong, at least in Jerry's eyes and you know,
00:31:45
Speaker
he he It's not like he doesn't remember he was trying to get better, but also, you know, he just feels feels happy. He feels good. He can't help it.
00:31:56
Speaker
ever since Ever since that man took his last breath, it was like just peace came over him. But, um Carl, what do you mean? You killed a man. Excuse me. You killed a man. And...
00:32:16
Speaker
you feel good? well you know there's times where you just gotta to do what you gotta do to make yourself feel better and that's what it took me to do to feel better And it felt good. I mean, the murdering thing, I realized it wasn't a good idea. It did happen. I can't stop it from not happening anymore. But, you know, it's it is what it is. And, you know, I'm just trying to
Understanding Carl's Motivations
00:32:50
Speaker
just just kind of chill it. So let me get this yeah just straight just a little further. You killed a man. Mm hmm.
00:33:04
Speaker
you know it was wrong yeah but you're perfectly at peace about it yeah I thought it was a little weird too but ah you know I'm just I'm just chillin okay so in that case I guess you're not going to be coming to any of our sessions for a while ah I would love to come, but I'm gonna be in here for a while.
00:33:39
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, you are still on probation, and... Oh, I'm not on probation no more. yeah Nope. Nope. You're 100% right. And Carl, with that many witnesses... I sent you a whisper, Frank. ...and everything you're saying,
00:34:04
Speaker
and that is a good chance there's a good chance that the death pain sorry oh you're good with what you just said and the sheer number of witnesses and you being on probation they're likely gonna throw the death sentence at you do you know that yeah I to Yeah, I kind of figured. um
00:34:36
Speaker
You know, the biggest issue whenever, oh, I don't know how to say this, it feels like there's a kitty in in me, but ah like it was a lion. And and now it's just kind of a small kitty just purring. It's just happy. and And I'm just being happy with it.
00:34:59
Speaker
OK. It was, you know, it started. no You know, you know, I think it started right around the time that the moon turned the color.
00:35:15
Speaker
Um, and then it just kind of felt like there were something inside me. It was kind of just building and building and building. And then just feeling that guy's brain just squeeze through my fingers. Like just something about that experience made, made the little, the the big old lie. And then we may turn back into a kitty kitty.
00:35:39
Speaker
Let's let's let's be real Carl was not intelligent to begin with yeah. Yeah, so also saying you a whisper All as I see is I always need you quicker yeah i'm sending with with Wait you've been feeling this way since the moon turned red. Oh Yeah, yeah, thereabouts.
00:36:12
Speaker
um I mean, I don't want to die. But you know, the the little kitty's happy, so i'm I'm just trying to be happy with it. OK. OK. I don't want to die. i but ah Don't worry, Carl. I hear you.
00:36:34
Speaker
That makes this kitty sad. Yeah. That's what my wife said. hey
00:36:43
Speaker
um you know you know we're not supposed to you You know we're not really supposed to bring bring your wife wife up too much in conversation like that, bud. but but No, I'm not supposed to go near her. I can make the jokes.
00:36:58
Speaker
Yes, you can, but we discussed that. Oh, that's right, yep. Harboring these kind of negative emotions towards other people is bad for our overall long-term mental growth, right? Yeah, and then stick the finger up the pooper, I remember. Hey, whatever whatever helps you sleep at night, my man. but um Well, I mean, you're the one to show me at first. That is not true. You were drunk that day.
00:37:25
Speaker
Mm-hmm. I was drunk. That is true. And then you stuck your finger up my pooper and you're like wiggle it like this like a prostate exam.
00:37:38
Speaker
Okay, well, Carl. I actually had a doctor do a prostate exam for me. they Didn't feel as good as you.
00:37:50
Speaker
Okay, Carl, i'm gonna be real I'm gonna be real with you on this. There is... I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure that the death penalty's not on the table, but best case scenario, you're gonna be in here for the rest of your life, but I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure that they don't kill you, okay? I mean, I'd i'd be happier if you could just get me out of there somehow.
00:38:16
Speaker
i know you're I know you're a big fancy-dancy medicine man, and you you you got all your special powers, but you know if you could just you know wiggle your finger in the pooper or whatever you gotta do to... Shoot. On Friday, I want you to know I'm gonna kick you in the balls so goddamn hard. Hey, mean you need balls. Hell, you got one left. It's a ball.
00:38:45
Speaker
I am going to kick you so hard that your last ball is going to play pinball on the inside of your guts. That sounds kinky. The doctor said there's actually a severe trauma to the test. It is also a possibility to increase your chance of testicular cancer. Oh, lovely. This is true. Wow, some people who enjoy that stuff. All right. I thought I would do the opposite. I feel like I would just get smashed.
00:39:16
Speaker
Well like the the mixture, ned another topic for another podcast. So Jerry, you, you know, you think to yourself, you know, you could easily get him out of here.
00:39:30
Speaker
But, I mean, obviously that would cause problems down the line, but I mean, yeah with the abilities you've discovered. Yeah, no with the main thing here is that he publicly killed a man. I'm not trying to overextend, because as much as it as you know I feel responsible for the situation because of the Blood Moon,
00:39:54
Speaker
um It does not change the fact, one, he was on probation for a violent act already, and two, more specifically, is that he did in fact kill a guy. that yeah He actually did it, so punishment the punishment has to come with the crime. Yeah. but Real quick side note, um Jerry, do you like watch the news? Do you like get up in the morning or in the evening and like read the newspaper? like What do you do about like keeping up to date with current trends?
00:40:23
Speaker
I usually yeah I don't really watch TV and what ah what TV I do watch is the news and I do usually start my evening with a read of the newspaper. ah Ron correct me if I'm wrong but he's probably seen an increase across A violent crime and violent, you know, people getting angry in general has definitely increased. for me um Jerry himself in, I don't remember if it was the last session or one before that. Well, it couldn't have been the last one. Bill wasn't here. So the one before that experienced
00:40:59
Speaker
um the rage in the haze of the Blood Moon himself. um He canceled his therapy session because of that. um So, like, Jerry, what you described so probably sounds familiar to Jerry. You know, obviously he didn't take it nearly as far. I hear ya. But Carl does have a little bit of a self-control issue. Yeah.
00:41:31
Speaker
Well, Carl, i can't stay for I can't really stay for too much for much longer, so I gotta say goodbye. Okay. Well, I put you down as a material witness. Fuck. Character witness. So when they gotta say, you know, he's just a bad guy. If you could just go up there and be like, he's not so much of a bad guy, that'd be cool.
00:41:57
Speaker
um And if you could just, you know, poke your finger through this hole in the glass for a minute and turn your head away.
00:42:06
Speaker
Carl, it didn't work that didn't work in in our sessions. Why do you think it would work now? I guess it'll be different now. That's not true at all. You can find so you can find yourself ah an absolutely beautiful individual here in prison that way, I'm sure. Oh, I'm not gay.
00:42:27
Speaker
no I'm not talking about that. I'm sure you can find some wonderful some wonderful person with wonderful hands who'd be more than happy to you know stick their finger up your butt. It just won't be yours. Do it one time, you give a man joy, and you just take it all away. I don't know how many times I've told you this, Carl. That didn't that didn't happen. You were drunk.
00:42:51
Speaker
So I think we should go to the DM on a relay. Did that ever actually happen? Uh, if Bill didn't want it to happen, it didn't happen. do it No, that did not happen. Jerry doesn't sleep with his patients. Jerry's no, it wouldn't have been sleeping. You would just been a fingering his booty hole there. Listen, I want y'all to know this. Jerry is like Bill. Jerry develops an emotional connection before going on to hanky, hanky stuff. He has to love you.
00:43:25
Speaker
Do you knowt love me? I say all these. You lied to me. Give me the drop my pants. How did, how did Carl hear what Bill said? Oh, that's right. Sorry. Sorry. This is, this is, uh, the guard comes in and says, uh, time's up bird. You know, cause your last name, Carl bird. Oh yeah. Bird. Yep. You're right. Yep. Okey dokey.
00:43:52
Speaker
I forgot Carl's last name for a minute there. I apologize. Well, we've had them in the thing like three times. Yeah.
00:44:02
Speaker
Okay. Oh, shit. My screen just went black. What the hell? Well, we still hear you. Yeah, we still hear you. It's, ah i'll so I'll come back to visit again, Carl. Don't worry. Okay. I appreciate it. but bring Bring that that friend of yours next time. Are you talking about Max?
00:44:22
Speaker
Sure. Okay, I'll see you also come next time. Okay, you have a good day. You have a good night. I'm not so good with names. say I think Max is right.
00:44:39
Speaker
That would be Hayden, yeah. The guard takes Carl back to his cell, and, you know, Jerry, you are not immediately ushered out of the room, but, you know, you're in there by yourself, so... Unless... Jerry hangs up the phone, and he's gonna go ahead and, well, he's gonna leave. He left his call information with...
00:45:08
Speaker
Morelda. He left us his information with Morelda and he is going to at some point expect a call from the warden or he's going to make the call himself at at the later date. But yeah he's going to go ahead and leave. He's going to say goodbye to Morelda and he's going to bitter a good evening and head out head out head on out. and he's go to so and he's And on his way out he's going to say yo to Kanye. Kanye says yo back.
00:45:38
Speaker
Yeah! Alright, so Jerry, you're on your way back to, you know, Houston proper. um While all this was going on, ah Wesley was driving, Cole was um being weird in his room, and Max was murdering a man.
Family Tensions & Airport Pickup
00:45:58
Speaker
um
00:46:01
Speaker
ah Jaden, are you here? Yes, I am here. Okay. I can tell you're getting sleepy so we can do your part. um So, Jayden, you are have just arrived at the um what is it called, the Bush International Airport or whatever. Yeah. um Yeah. And, uh, you know, your, your wife's plane, you know, should have landed, uh, that they should be coming out to that, like, um, you know, the, uh, terminal, the terminal, they should be coming out any minute now. Um, and you see her come out,
00:46:39
Speaker
um your two children with her. And there's also um a man with her that you recognize. Your good friend Seth Rogen is here. And he wants who wants to be Seth Rogen? Who wants to be the wife? Bill, can you do Seth? I am sorry to say that Seth Rogen is a very unique voice that I have not... I definitely can't do as a voice. I cannot do it at all.
00:47:09
Speaker
I might be able to do it. Okay, I'll just be Seth Rogan. Yeah, let's do it. We said we were gonna go down to the pub. Right. No, not even close. Okay, well I definitely can't do it, but I'll be Seth Rogan if no one's gonna step to the plate, yeah. um And he he comes over to your window. What, do you get out of your car? Yeah, I wanna like take their luggage from him.
00:47:36
Speaker
Okay, you get out of your car, your wife, you know, is pulling up with her rolly suitcase thing and the kids both have a little kid-sized suitcase. Can I roll to see if she's happy to see me? Yes, give me an insight. um The kids are inside the suitcases? No. Children-sized, like, kid suitcases, you know, the little ones. Gotcha. An insight plus wits.
00:48:09
Speaker
three successes. ah She is conflicted to see you. There is a smile on her face, but you sense perhaps there is something behind, something more behind that smile. um Seth Rogen comes up and slaps you on the back and
00:48:30
Speaker
And then he's like, yeah, whatever. um
00:48:36
Speaker
Good to see you, bro. what do you How's it going? I haven't seen you since New Year's. I dab him up. right No, he didn't actually see you on New Year's. I haven't seen you since... No, no. he He says, I haven't seen you since New Year's and then winks because that was the excuse you gave. That's why you were going on New Year's.
00:48:58
Speaker
right right how's it going my friend uh i appreciate you watching my wife you also weren't expecting him to be with them like they never oh they never said he was coming too i mean yeah he's your friend so yeah right um i'm like Well, you gotta squeeze in the back, I guess, because you're gonna have to be between the two kids. I didn't bring the... I brought my Porsche, not the Lexus. he's he He does his laugh again and he's like... He gets in the back um and like immediately pulls out the joints.
00:49:39
Speaker
nice I don't know if Wesley would, I don't know. I mean, you, y'all were doing cocaine at the, um, that's true at the, uh, that's right. yeah older Your children are back there, but you know, that's fine. Yeah. If we, if we do have our wife, if we do ever want Seth Rogen to actually come onto this podcast, but maybe we shouldn't make him out to be a massive drug user. He is. He he says I know, but But we shouldn't make it out to B-wood. Sounds like me. Wait, sorry. Seth Rogen's never going to come on this podcast, let's be honest. Yeah, of course he's not now. He's my best friend. OK, fine. He'll be out here. He doesn't pull out a joint. He sits in the back quietly like he does. Oh my goodness. No, he's definitely joking and playing. He busts out his own switch and he's playing. They're all three playing Mario Kart back there. Nice. And your wife gives you a...
00:50:33
Speaker
that's the eyes no a how would you describe um a half-hearted hug no she does kiss you but it's that like kiss where it's like your lips touch for just a second type of kiss like just uh a peck on the lips type of kiss and they get like a french greeting no i mean it's on the lips but uh you know it's it's a more um It's definitely not a passionate kiss, the not like the passionate type of kiss of two people in love who haven't seen each other for two weeks. um But ah she she she does you know kiss you and gives you a hug and then gets in the passenger seat. Okay. Well, I'll deal with that later because you don't want to deal with that before you drive.
00:51:23
Speaker
yeah um little note to anyone at home don't stir up your wife i'll tell you that right now this is a different guy he's under the influence of the vampirism anyways so i'm india during their i mean am i hungry i'm not hungry at all uh... no you fed on the way here i think that's right yeah See, I was prepared. I knew what I was doing. Yeah, that's all right. You fed from a dude who was at the urinal and a McDonald's. Oh, my I think my Chrome is not responding. What? I don't know. Let me click anything. I might have to close out the tab. It's done that to me before. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. OK. BRB.
00:52:18
Speaker
Oh, I didn't mean he needed to go all the way out. Ok, he's coming back. want
00:52:28
Speaker
Alright, I am back in the game. okay
00:52:35
Speaker
um Yeah, so, you know, you drive home. um i' you know seth Seth probably takes up most of the conversation because he seems like, you know, he'd be a a real talker, you know. yeah ah And your wife, ah I already had you do an insight. She's just watching on her phone. She doesn't.
00:53:00
Speaker
seem Seem angry at you per se she just seems more confused conflicted something like that She's well, yeah, she's definitely not I have a crazy idea Okay, I don't know if I'm gonna do it though because I don't know if it's a bad idea Okay, I want to come because my my clan is rebellious Yes so If I just happen to make my family vampires and possibly Seth Rogen, you know, I don't think, at least from my clan, would really care unless you think otherwise.
Revelations: Vampirism & Infidelity
00:53:42
Speaker
um Now, the prince might not be too happy about that that if he thou shalt find out. The prince wouldn't care for that, um you know, well, at least based on the masquerade.
00:53:57
Speaker
um
00:54:00
Speaker
You, I mean, if there's nothing stopping you from doing that, physically stopping you, you know, you can, you can do whatever you want. Well, I think, I think like once everyone's asleep, like all the family, okay other than her, I'm going to break it to her. Okay. um Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, y'all go, y'all go back home. Y'all are up for a while, you know.
00:54:28
Speaker
um There probably is some smoking. um You're wise. Does she partake usually? I don't know. Can I roll for that? Because Kara doesn't.
00:54:40
Speaker
so So... I don't know. Here, I'll just roll a d10. Okay, that's fine. ah Higher than five. Higher than five, she does. Lower than five, she doesn't.
00:54:55
Speaker
I'll take it okay ah she she very rarely okay um maybe tonight she does just because her her nerves need some soothing um i agree or maybe she just drinks wine while y'all you know you know i'll be all yeah know smoke or whatever but um she definitely does seem to loosen up a bit eventually you know seth he's ah he's eventually crashes in the guest room because he's you know part of the reason he came to Houston is he's supposed to be like going to talk about a movie or something or a TV show he's making or you know whatever. Whatever it is Seth Rogen does, he's got a lot of projects always happening.
00:55:39
Speaker
Did he bring his ah portable pottery ah thing? i don't he may He makes like ashtrays and like all all kinds of stuff out of like his own hands, like so on like the clay circle thing. Does he have a portable one? Yeah, he talks about how he just brings it everywhere. So I don't know if he was doing it at this time, though.
00:56:01
Speaker
but I mean, he might have brought it. Maybe it was in his suitcase. But he's got um he's got to discuss you know he's got gotta be at um somewhere. Why this is happening in Houston, who knows? But you know he's got to go discuss discuss um the Green Hornet 2. They're finally bringing it back. you know All these people been being superheroes, it's it's his turn to come make his comeback.
00:56:27
Speaker
ah
00:56:30
Speaker
and um so he crashes you know your wife would like to go to bed but if you're gonna talk to her she'll she obviously stay up like what like what is it what is it uh... darling ah i just wanna i just wanna talk about the elephant in the room here oh oh and she'd like her eyes cast down if that's okay like i understand like i know you're tired you're calling me fat i knew it go Look, i I know you're tired. I know y'all just came back you know on from a flight and everything. So I understand if it needs to be in the morning or whatever. But I do want to talk to you about this at some point. No, you're you're right. iy We should talk. OK. And I need you to understand that this is something that, like, you know, I love you. And this is not me lying to you. This is something crazy, OK? I love you too.
00:57:30
Speaker
Okay. So, I... I slept... No, you... Oh my god! That's gonna... Keep talking. At the same time. Oh. Oh. hurry I am... I slept with James... Vampire. Wait, what? What? What did you say? hi You're a vampire? What is that supposed to mean?
00:57:56
Speaker
Well, I was gonna explain, but what what are you talking about? She she like... ah Nothing. ah don't do this to me okay I'm sorry when I was so mad at you and confused and well James was he was there you know like he always is and you you know other best friends ah their best friends
00:58:29
Speaker
and And he's the worst one. One thing led to another. And then, yeah, i I slept with James Franco. Is it bigger than, is is he bigger?
00:58:43
Speaker
let me Let me Google that. I'm sure I can find out. fun Oh god, I bet I shouldn't have done that. What, how big is James? Well, it does say Sean Penn was overcome with joy, shocked at the sides of co-star James Franco's monstrous penis.
00:59:03
Speaker
I don't want to talk about it. yeah Oh no. I don't know how tall I am. Ron, that's on your search history. Your FBI agent just saw you type that in. Yes, he did. And now he's wondering too. um I forgot my FBI agent's watching. He'd be very confused. And she's like, ah
00:59:27
Speaker
like porn, porn, porn, porn, testicular cancer. She says, she's like, if we it was a party and and I, you know, I was just angry and I was drinking a lot and then then he was there. And it it didn't like, we didn't even like finish. It didn't finish like Seth's stopped us from going to too far. But yeah,
00:59:56
Speaker
Understand look okay if you Believe me and what I tell you I will forgive you even if well even if you don't but I do need you to understand this wait I leave you about what That I am a vampire she like like blinks and for a minute and um Her eyes kind of glaze over for a second ah And then she's like, oh, wait, what? Is there like a force field barrier to saying that? A force field barrier? I don't know. Does it not register to people? Give me a, oh, memory roles are composure plus wits.
01:00:53
Speaker
Or no, wits plus resolve, I think. I don't know. Either one of those is fine. oh um probably was I mean, they're the same scores, so. oh yeah
01:01:13
Speaker
How do I reroll that? it Did it go? Yeah, do you not see it? Oh, there it is, yeah. No, two successes is enough for you to think of the thing. um It's the same look that she got any time you fed on her or the children or anything like that, that the thing that has to do with they don't pay attention to the fact that you're a vampire. And she's like, what? Wait, what are you talking about?
01:01:47
Speaker
ah Uh... Prick, how do I explain this to you?
01:01:55
Speaker
How, how, okay, how do people, so if there's people scouting people out, how do they ask them if they wanna be a vampire, if they can't say if they wanna be a vampire? It's not, it's not. Oh, it's her? That, it's. Okay. She was mind controlled to, her and your kids were mind controlled to not register the fact that you're a vampire. Like when you feed on them, they don't, they don't like notice it. They just hide it. Is there a way to break it?
01:02:22
Speaker
You don't know. you're You're not experienced at mind control. I mean, you've got some powers. You could try things. um
01:02:31
Speaker
You've got mesmerize. Hey, memorize, mesmerize. You've also got cloud memory. And I think we could like play around and do like an opposite cloud memory type of deal and and maybe uncloud or memory or something like that.
01:02:48
Speaker
I'll do that. Yeah. That sounds fun. So I'm not going to say it's it wouldn't be don't feel like it'd be career. The normal role for crowd cloud memory is charisma plus dominate versus wits plus resolve. But what I'm thinking is um
01:03:07
Speaker
You, so your dominate is, you have three dominate powers. So your dominate is level three. um So I'm thinking it's going to be resolve plus three versus
01:03:24
Speaker
Resolve what? Just resolve with a modifier of three. And then I'm going to roll for the guy who did the mind control, his original mind control, and see if you beat it. OK. So his is also his is going to be resolve plus whatever his score is. And I'm going to GM Whisper this just to keep things secret. So resolve with a no second attribute and then a modifier of three.
01:03:55
Speaker
because you have three dominate. So if that's three successes from you. um
01:04:02
Speaker
Okay, you don't don't even need to spend a willpower. It's not easy, but you feel... So you start... trying to like, you know you're you're experimenting, um you know you you are using your power in a way you've not tried to use it before, in a way it's not really meant to be used, and you feel a resistance, like some other force is in there.
01:04:27
Speaker
trying to, you know, not actively try, it's like you're up against a firewall. um But he only got one success, you got two, so three successes. um Because you got two more than him, I'm gonna say that you are able to break through that firewall and her eyes widen in horror.
01:04:50
Speaker
I knew this was going to happen. As her memories come flowing back. um And she's like, oh oh oh my god, what?
01:05:00
Speaker
sure up ah ma You're a vampire? You've been feeding on me and the kids? Well, there's only one time, right? Or was it multiple? Or it multiple? I guess it was only once, because we didn't do any time skips before she left. so you yeah so she She has memories of when you fed on her. you know I guess she could not have seen you feed on the kids. and she's like
01:05:33
Speaker
house. And then she remembers the, you know, you being like tossed across the room in the hotel room by, you know, a strange man. And she remembers the, um the ah the, the power he used on her to to horrify her. And she, you know, she just remembers everything that's happened, you know, involving vampires since then. And she she just starts like, shaking.
01:06:00
Speaker
hey hey brief it's okay local you remember that guy the guy that threw me he's the one that did this he's a little bit all this where yes i remember him what is why did he do this to you i have no idea i have to be able to figure this out yet but i'm gonna tell you some other guys to that you may know that this is affected you know jerry shit yeah okay so yeah yeah so jerry and then also you know my accountant uh... maxwell maxwell no i was at the party he didn't really talk too much so i looked at her ass though she didn't see that game she wouldn't she i don't think she would know him okay well he she he was just an employee at her her her husband's business
01:06:58
Speaker
Does she know Cole? Nah, no, Cole worked with Jerry technically, but she knows Jerry. Okay. Okay. Definitely knows Jerry. Well, all right. Well, Jerry and some other of my friends that will, now we're friends because we all got stuck in this situation at the exact same time. And we seem to be the only four that were chosen at this time too. So there's some overarching thing happening here. You know, there were three others that were missing. You've currently found one of them. ah Okay. Nevermind.
01:07:25
Speaker
there are seven total so seven but on that's a weird number yeah only four of you showed up and remember the prince showed all uh... punched off jeeves is a job because um... because the other three were missing uh... yeah well yeah but anyways but yeah so and okay and then whatever okay so when that really really bad thing happen listen I was told it wouldn't hurt and if anything it felt like the best thing in the world and you know I was at a really low point I was freaking out and you were asleep.
01:08:04
Speaker
or what or did i have to make her forget it our member uh... i think the time we did it at least in game she was asleep i mean we could assume that maybe it's happened more than once otherwise there's no drama here uh... she does kind of think about it's like it did it did feel weirdly good and and that night was the best sleep i've ever had until things until I started getting confused and wait there was another guy a weird man who told me he said that I wouldn't remember anything you did to him or you did to me and he also told me to she she stops for a minute he
01:08:53
Speaker
he told me to to ruin our marriage and and she starts crying hey hey hey it's okay well if anything that makes it even better because look that wasn't you that wasn't you okay it's just us right now look but you know that's gotta be i would never have done something like that that's gotta be a tea whatever he did to me it it made me forget everything you did but also made me angry at you and and made me do those things Look, it's OK. We got powers, baby. So you know I cracked that out of you. So you're good. OK, so I know it's a lot at once, but we're going to be OK. Look, let's let's go to bed now. you know If you want to think about it, you can. Let's get you another glass of wine. You'll be all right. We'll you know talk about this tomorrow.
01:09:49
Speaker
And yeah, she sips out her glass of wine. And then you get a phone call. It's from your CFO, your chief financial officer. I forget his name. I know I had a name for it. Is it David? It might be, yeah. Is it the guy that bit me? No, no. This is a human on your board of directors.
01:10:16
Speaker
Let me see if I made him. I don't think I made character sheets for the board of directors. He's just, he he has contacted you in-game before. um He's the one who initially told you about um the mind control guy buying out too much more of your company than he was allowed.
01:10:37
Speaker
Okay, well I answer. And it's like... Bro, it's late, what's going on? Mr. mr Isaacs, is that you? Yes. Mr. Isaacs, things are getting crazy over here. i I don't know what he's up to, but I think I gotta remember the guy's name. Oh, I think Mr. mr Don Q, I think he's trying to take over the take the company out from under you. Is he there right now? he He just left, but he was having a meeting with some of the other directors, and I wasn't allowed in.
Corporate Takeover Alert
01:11:10
Speaker
Did you get where he was going?
01:11:12
Speaker
No, but they won't talk about what he was doing. That they're shutting me out. they They know I'm loyal to you. Well, I'm on my way. And then, at least for your character, that's probably where we where we'll leave that cliffhanger.
01:11:31
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, because, yeah. Hey, I just saved my marriage, guys. Hey. What's up?
01:11:41
Speaker
ah Now we will move on to, um I guess, Cole. It's okay if I go to bed. i got I got an early morning. That's why I went ahead and cliff-hanged you. Okay, perfect, perfect. All right, well, y'all have fun. ah Hopefully that would sounded interesting. Yeah. All right, well, I'll see y'all. Leave your computer on for a few seconds so they can upload your audio. Yeah, I was about to just close it out, so I'll just leave. so how do i
01:12:14
Speaker
probably there's like a leave call is there a little no well um like I'll just close it and then open it again I got joins yeah yeah text me if it doesn't work okay all right all right yeah all right OK. Oh, so the talking's not for me. Wait, I think it's logging in back in.
01:12:54
Speaker
Who's got that um stuff going on in the background? OK. What was I saying? Oh, yeah, we're going to go over to Max.
01:13:08
Speaker
ah or not Max, Cole. So Cole, you are, yeah are you here, Frank? Yeah, I'm here. Okay. I'm not for much longer, but I'm here. Oh, well, should we not do your scene then? I would fall asleep. Okay. um What time is it? Eight. ah Ten o'clock here. Yeah, ten o'clock, sorry.
01:13:34
Speaker
again for five to go to the office how much longer do you want to keep going that those of you who aren't sleepy thank you don't and i'm dying yeah i was actually so i'm actually starting to pay myself okay uh... i guess uh... we can
01:13:54
Speaker
I guess we can close it for tonight then. We didn't get, well we got two guys' scenes done and then tomorrow I think what I'm gonna do is bring, you know, we we will open with Max speaking with Tib, not tomorrow but you know next week, Max having his meeting with his sire and um and Frank investigating the murder. And then i Jerry, you know, is probably gonna meet up with one of y'all as well as Jayden. So we can bring the party together and have everyone in one scene for a change. Okay.
01:14:36
Speaker
Man, I guess Hayden didn't really get to do much tonight. I mean, we can do your scene. Yeah, we'll do the tip scene. um But Frank and Bill, if you all want to go, you can. If you want to sign yourselves out, like say bye-bye.
01:14:57
Speaker
Frank, you go ahead and go first. Hi, I've been Frank. I've been Frank. I've been Cole and Carl. Did somebody just leave? Oh, that would have been Jaden on Discord.
01:15:13
Speaker
um I yeah I'm still recovering from my surgery so I sleep a lot more now yeah so my bad I'm yep that's mean oh you can try to find me if you look hard enough I might still be streaming on twitch occasionally be all the good night a
01:15:43
Speaker
And i've been i've I've been Jerry, been Jerry the whole way. And if you're looking for me on Twitter, you can find me at bills above two or just bills above. How do you spell bills above? I was looking for you. B-I-L-L-Z-A-B-U-B. But you probably have to look up bills above two. And it's my thumbnail is the picture of Slurm the goblin.
01:16:12
Speaker
ah okay i don't I don't know how to leave while also uploading my audio.
01:16:18
Speaker
um Yeah, I also don't know how to do this. I know how to end the call, but I don't know how to leave. We are recording right now. Hopefully. You know what? This is all going to be LBS because I don't even know if it was recording this time.
01:16:38
Speaker
a Yeah, I never click start recording. So good thing I've got my backup recording going. So the last episodes? Nah, it's not lost. I've got the backup recording going. All right, I'm bouncing. All right. Bye Billy Bob. See ya. That explains why probably they couldn't leave. Yeah, so I mostly just post and repost post and repost art mostly. so Yes, that's all that's going beyond there. But yeah, for everyone out there, thank you, those three or four weirdos out there that are actually listening to us. Appreciate y'all. And for anyone out there that needs to hear it, I love you. Good night. Sorry, y'all. I've been dying lately. i My new antidepressants are fucking up my sleep. No worries. All right. Night, y'all. All right. Have a good night, Bill.
01:17:36
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All right, so in this case, um when we last left off with you, you had returned back to Jerry's house, apartment, whatever you call it, his
Mentorship & Harsh Truths in the Dungeon
01:17:52
Speaker
place above... office yeah His house above his his therapy building, basically where he lives.
01:17:59
Speaker
um And to await your sire to return, your sire was supposed to do something with the girl, you know, get her to the hospital or something. And presumably he did, because after a little while he comes, you hear him coming up the stairs, he opens the door and he enters, and and and says, it's it's been taken care of, she'll be alright. That's good, right?
01:18:27
Speaker
Well, you know, I've been doing some thinking while I was here, and it kind of sucks that I had to murder someone, but at the same time, like I said earlier, he deserved it, but it's just kind of different when you're the one dealing the blow. It's always hard to i take your first, and for you, this was your second.
01:18:51
Speaker
ah As I've said before, you're not required to follow the same path as Tiv and I, you do have a choice. So if if this is not for you, there is another way, you can find another way to survive in this on life. We have chosen to dedicate our lives to hunting down those wrongdoers and for me personally,
01:19:22
Speaker
I put an end to them. Tiv is not quite as... More realistic? She doesn't usually kill those she hunts. She merely punishes. or punishes And i I can't say that I know her motivations. Perhaps she believes that after punishing them they will become better. I i don't know.
01:19:53
Speaker
but she usually lets those she hunts live.
01:20:02
Speaker
At least since she's moved out of my tutelage. yeah But she's also less discerning in those she hunts. Whereas I hunt only those who are the worst of humanity or or vampire kind she hunts anyone who she her standards are are less strict than mine for who deserves it but then she's also not killing anyone usually yeah I know I get it and I don't know I have to and I know I don't have to follow the same passage but and
01:20:52
Speaker
I'm new to this. I'll eventually figure it out. It's weird having to transfer from human to vampire, but I'm stuck like this, so I'll figure it out. Yes, especially when it was thrust upon you as it was for you and those others that same night. I can't say I understand why the prince even ordered such a thing to be done. It's unprecedented to really
01:21:22
Speaker
In rare occasions, the prince may deem that someone should be turned, should be embraced, but it's usually either the prince themselves or ah a volunteer might do it. Someone who is looking to have a child to educate. Rarely is someone forced to embrace someone against their will.
01:21:54
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, my life was going nowhere. I was stuck in a dead-end job with a wife that hates me and a kid that slowly forgetting I exist. So in a way, that this is a chance for me to leave all that behind. So really, Tib did me a favor at the end of the day.
01:22:22
Speaker
Well, i I suppose it's good that you see it that way.
01:22:28
Speaker
And speaking of Tiv, we should be going. It's time to go see her. They'll only let us in one at a time, um and you will be going first. But come with me. And so he takes you outside um and calls I guess he calls, he he gets on his phone and fiddles with it for a bit. um Seems a bit annoyed but finally you know sets it down and then a few minutes later you know an Uber shows up and the driver does the whole like.
01:23:04
Speaker
says, says, ah I'm not going to come up with a name, but you know, says a random name. It's not Michael's name. And he's like that. and And he says, you know, that's me. Y'all get in and they take you into Houston. I'm not don't remember where Jerry's place is. But you know, they take you into the ho into Houston. um And you arrive at a I haven't actually picked out a place like this, but it's like a, it's a martial arts dojo basically, like a big karate school type place. um And go inside, ah he ah he leads you, there's no one there, it's closed, you know, it's it's late at night. yeah It's like probably like two or three in the morning right now. um Leads you, you know, across the like big open sparring area through a back door.
01:23:59
Speaker
um into a There's there's you know some hallways you go down. um And then there's another sparring area where you do see people sparring um with live steel. you know some people are spot like that they're Some people are using weapons. Some people are practicing hand to hand. There's not a ton of people. um It's like you know probably like, well, we'll say four so that theyre you know two pairs of people are just in there practicing.
01:24:31
Speaker
um You know, one of them stops and wait, you know, like kind of nods that at Michaela's as y'all pass through and then you go into a. um an office, down some stairs, and now you are in something that seems a little more familiar because you've been in a dungeon before. um You go downstairs and you're into, ah or at least you've been in, you know, something sort of like this. You're into, looks like some old,
01:25:04
Speaker
ah
01:25:07
Speaker
tunnels or something that somebody's built, you know, that it does look old, y'all travel through here for a while, eventually, you come to what looks like a row of cells, and most of them are empty, but in one um kind of just like
01:25:27
Speaker
Casually let like like um she's not laying down. She's kind of like sitting um Kind of sitting casually in a and just a bed. That's like it's it's it's a modern bed um You know it it looks fairly comfortable. She's got some books in there um ah and Sitting in there with ah there's some like blood bags off to the side is Tiv and she looks up um and says uh sees you well i guess um i guess yeah she looks up sees both of you but looks at you and says well i was wondering when you would come uh have you uh have you been a good boy while i've been gone i get like a giant smile and i walk am am i like allowed to go to the sun
01:26:18
Speaker
Michael, yeah, he pulls out some keys, opens them and allows you to go in and he's going to lock it behind you and then he's going to like go off down the hall. You don't see anyone else, any guards or anything like that. ah But, ah you know, it is ah seems a little strange. She said, you know, that that Michael has the keys to the cell. But, you know, also, you know that like Michael and now you can straight up turn invisible. So who knows who might be around.
01:26:48
Speaker
Yeah, I'm probably always watching.
01:26:53
Speaker
And so I get a giant smile. and I said, well, I would have been here a lot sooner if the undead life is anything less than interesting. um But as I'm as I'm saying that I like I'm like looking her over to like, is she being mistreated or anything like that? ah She looks fine. You know, she's um,
01:27:16
Speaker
the Yeah, she she looks fine. Her clothes maybe look like she's worn them for a few days. um But other than that, like there are no obvious injuries. Of course, vampires can heal any injuries that they have. And and you see blood bags, so she's had a supply of blood.
01:27:43
Speaker
I guess i I'm going to roll Persuasion with Charisma okay um to like look at her like in the eyes and ask, like how are you? Are you okay? All right. Persuasion for successes.
01:28:04
Speaker
She um looks back at you for a bit and then kind of sighs a little bit and says, Yeah, I'm I'm fine. It's
01:28:19
Speaker
I am sure you've been worried. they it's not they We don't treat our prisoners cruelly. ah Well, usually. she And she chuckles. um There are maybe some people who deserve it, but that's not the Banu Hakim way. um If they were going to harm me, they would have simply ended me. um That way, there can...
01:28:48
Speaker
one of the one One of the philosophies of our clan, if you're going to enact judgment, it needs to be quick so there can be no doubt in your mind. We don't tend to do any of the whole torturing or anything like that. It's it's been boring as hell.
01:29:07
Speaker
Um, and, uh, you know, I haven't really, other than occasionally the guard will bring me some blood bags. I haven't really gotten, you're the first person I've really had a conversation with other than, uh, when they first brought me in here and, and, you know, told me, told me I'm in trouble. But other than that, I've just been awaiting my trial date.
01:29:30
Speaker
Mostly I've just been kind of reading that they did give me some books You know, so it it hasn't as far as being a prisoner. It hasn't been too bad Yeah, well, I mean I can't say I was ever in the same predicament I was Good old HR boy that never did anything in his life. So I Well, I did something, married a girl that ruined my life in the end. So, you know, there's there's that. But I'm glad you're okay, Tiv. And like I kind of like do like the awkward like half hug thing. She returns it in just ah as awkwardly away. Yeah, I laugh and then,
01:30:21
Speaker
um I guess I just like make small talk and like catch her up on the shenanigans I've been up on, and then I end it with ah the the last hunting story and be like, yeah, and then I shot him in the head. It's like, wow. Yeah, he's he's definitely taken to you to school. ah she She glances down the hall. he's He's not there as far as anyone can tell. you know um But she glances down the hall, seems satisfied, and then
01:30:54
Speaker
She says, um, personally, I, uh, would have preferred to keep that from you a little longer, but keep keep that experience from you for as long as possible. But I guess you got to rip the bandaid off sometime. Yeah. And I would have preferred they wouldn't have taken you away from me, but well, they did. They,
Trial & Internal Struggles of Vampires
01:31:19
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uh,
01:31:21
Speaker
She um starts to say something, then stops and kind of glances, not down the direction that- Michael walked down. Michael walked down, but glances over like at the wall outside her cell. And she says, they say they have some stuff on me. I'm under trial for more than just just ah embracing you.
01:31:48
Speaker
Yeah, I imagine there was a lot of stuff that went down. There's there's things from my past that have not always been on the up and up, and it's time for me to answer for those things. Good or bad.
01:32:13
Speaker
And you can do a and insightcha insight plus wits.
01:32:23
Speaker
Nope, I get naught over there. Yeah, I mean, other than what you get from the surface words, you know, you don't get any extra stuff. You can spend a willpower to re-roll those two normal dice. Yeah, why not? So click the willpower re-roll and then two.
01:32:44
Speaker
Any better? Wait, I just clicked re-roll. I don't know if that actually did what it was supposed to. That's fine. The seven and one are the ones we wanted to reroll. So a seven, you get one success from that. um I mean, you you're not going to be able to um too much get too much from that. Like obviously she maybe feels she's definitely trying not to say out loud um everything. Yeah.
01:33:14
Speaker
But as far as her like um internal monologue, you don't get an insight into that.
01:33:24
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like the conversation is getting to the level where it's like going to slowly like get into the awkward silence. yeah um And I say, well,
01:33:36
Speaker
I'm proud that you embraced me, you saved me in a way that you probably won't understand or you probably don't know right now. um But it's looking brighter for me even though that we might have caused the end of the world ah with the whole red moon thing going on. Did you tell her about that already? Yeah, I think I would have like mentioned that, catching her up. Yeah, that's something. i've Honestly, and've I've kind of noticed my Well, I didn't really get a chance to explain everything to you, but I'm sure you've felt it. We vampires have this thing that we like to call it the beast. Maybe someone else has mentioned it, but it's kind of that... I think I felt it one time. You know that little voice inside your head that you had back when you were a human that stopped you from doing bad things? Well, this is like the little devil on your shoulder. The complete opposite. Yeah. And I've felt it. It's been worse.
01:34:37
Speaker
than usual I'm not even hungry right now and it's still wants me to just I can hear it wanting me to bite you right now it's it's it's weird well if we weren't vampires I gladly accept but don't do that she chuckles and then she says then then a serious look comes over her face and she says listen if it comes down to it and and they decide that that it's going to be my last night I want you to be the one to do it I know it's asking a lot but I would rather a part of me can sometimes the punishment is this thing and I nobody's definitely no one's told you about this um but
01:35:36
Speaker
because it's it's very taboo in vampire society except for in your clan. um She says there's this thing we call a diabary. It's basically where it's you essentially consume the essence. that
01:35:55
Speaker
you you don't just kill them the vampire another vampire, you consume their their soul. And I'm not saying that that's what it's gonna be, that's not how it's gonna go, but if that was how it's gonna go, I'd rather, and she she does kind of chuckle at this, i'd rather my kid ah I'd rather my kid do it, and then at least it'll give you an edge.
01:36:20
Speaker
I don't know if it'll get to that. I don't think it will. But if things go bad, ah okay, it fails. If things go bad and and that's what they decide, I want you to do be the one to do it. and It'll give you power. It'll give you my power if you do it. But but we don't think about it. you you can You don't have to. You can refuse if you'd It's up to you, but don't answer right now. That's just, you know, it may never even matter. But if if it does come up, just know that if i if if there's a choice for who does it, I would choose you. How do I brush of life? Blush of life? Yeah. Click the rouse button to see if you get hungrier and then it just happens. Okay.
01:37:18
Speaker
yeah here rear but yeah you you start looking more human Yeah, so what I'm gonna do with that as I Like as she was saying that I want you to do it There's like a like a weird emotion going over his face like I understand that's a lot to ask and like profound sadness. Yeah. um And like he he allows like the reason he did it is to like cry. Okay. Is to show the distraught over him. You do cry. Unfortunately your tears are still blood but.
01:37:55
Speaker
um Yeah. Yeah. um And then I mean like I shut it off and I have the the blood in my hand, like I wiped the blood off. I'm like, I'd say I'd offer it to you. But you know, it's pole bonding thing. Yeah, no. And also, I wouldn't trust myself if I had a taste.
01:38:22
Speaker
Okay. Not, not right now with, I guess it's the fault of this, this, this red moon, but yeah, not right now. That's for sure. I wipe the the blood off on my like pant leg or whatever. um And I go, Oh, it's good to see you too. And good, good to see you too. It's gonna be We'll see. And then I like go in, like go and give her like a proper hug and then I walk out. Yeah. Um, I guess the cell was left unlocked that that wouldn't, yeah. I mean, Tiv hasn't. Attempted to escape she's got some of the same powers as you she could easily break get through some bars, but um ah Yeah, and you go down to the end of the hall and um You don't find the kale until you um Like go through the door so he actually did leave you alone
01:39:22
Speaker
um whether or not there was also a guard there listening, I mean, but he left you alone. um And then
Race Against Time: Trial Preparation
01:39:31
Speaker
he takes his turn, he goes and talks to her for a little while.
01:39:34
Speaker
um And I imagine when he sees me walking up, there's like a blood smear across my face. And he's like, what the? He just he he I mean, do you track that he notices it, but he says nothing. um um A couple moments after he goes down, a vampire you don't recognize comes out of the door and then just like stands guard in front of the door and kind of nods at you, but doesn't say anything unless you say something to them to him.
01:40:04
Speaker
um And it's like a um an Asian man. ah and And then, um you know it's like a good like, it's longer than you were down there with her. um And then ah then eventually he does come back out, nods to the guard who goes back in. um and And then he says, all right, we we talked about what she thinks might
01:40:36
Speaker
might come up in the trial.
01:40:42
Speaker
Some of the things I can definitely defend, some of them maybe not, but we've got today's first so we've got three more nights ah to find what evidence we can to to save her. And um and then he's gonna, um you know, you guys start walking and talking and I'm gonna be honest, I don't have this information off the top of my head. So, you know, we won't say it out loud, but ah you've got three nights to find her, you know, to prove her her innocence or at least lessen her sentence. and um and And then on the fifth night, because it's night one, so yeah, three more nights and then the fifth night is her trial.
01:41:33
Speaker
And
Magic Users Gathering Plan
01:41:34
Speaker
yeah, I think that's where we'll end it then. Unless there's anything else you want to do real quick. one We do the little um but the group of getting all the magic people together tonight. Yeah. um I told him about that, right?
01:41:57
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Earlier in last night or earlier this night. Earlier this night, yeah. Yeah. um Oh, um there's another person I wanted to invite. It was that African lady from the ministry. Okay. You did just listen to that. Yeah. He, ah you mentioned her and he's like, says, hmm.
01:42:24
Speaker
I'll reach out, I don't know that she will come. The Ministry, and they they do their own thing. Yeah, I bet. Secret of little group. But I'm sure they'll have, well, actually he considers for a moment, um you know, your character wouldn't know much, Max wouldn't know much about the Ministry, but he he pauses. actually I have a feeling that they might be in favor of of everything that's been going on. They tend to ah prefer chaos over order. So i probably don't invite them. Yeah, they might mess things up. we yeah We'll invite them if we need them, but they could throw a wrench into this that maybe we don't want. Yeah.
01:43:23
Speaker
and then you two walk out and the camera, ah what? Oh, I was just gonna say, um as I'm walking out, um he flips he opens up his his burner phone. um And I do have Lauren's number, number right? The witch? Yeah.
Late Night Witch Outreach
01:43:46
Speaker
um Technically, you shouldn't have our number, but it's fine. we've We've already established in the last episode that you do, and I forgot to retcon it tonight, so it's all good. You've got our number. Okay. um I didn't know if you were going to retcon that or not. um So it's like 3 AM, m right? something Somewhere around there, yeah. She might be asleep, but i ah I send her a quick message and be like,
01:44:12
Speaker
hey um If you're not busy or sleeping, um I'll be in this general area if you want to meet up and talk about the things that are going on and set up a secure place that you would feel comfortable with a bunch of vampires. Alright then.
01:44:34
Speaker
And we will find out her response next time on Integrated Dice Management presents Houston After Dark. um
Outro & Credits
01:44:44
Speaker
I was your storyteller, Ron Bjork, and you can find me on Twitter at verilliam1. You can find our show um at idmroleplay or email us at idmroleplay at gmail dot.com. um And then we also had Hayden. Hey, it was the ah
01:45:08
Speaker
The last one to stick around. But it was it was a lot of fun tonight. There was a lot of emotional things going wrong around for all of us. It's kind of good to see the humanity pop back out and us vampires. But I think it was a good game. Thanks for joining us tonight. Yep. And we'll see you next time.
01:46:25
Speaker
Thanks everyone for listening. The intro and outro songs you heard today was Foxhole Revolution, created by Kevin MacLeod at incompetent.com. licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license, creativecommons.com, licenses by 4.0. The night is over, and have a great day, everyone.