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Meta Games - Space. Time. Order. Patrol
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*CONTENT WARNING - Gun shots and panicked crowd in the last 20 minutes.*
Luke and Bex play a little meta game where they are to correct the space time continuum. Luke gets fan art. Bex is in charge. The mission 1963.
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Transcript
Arrival at Meta Games
00:00:08
Speaker
So you are entering the meta games office and you see number two there, a very tall black man in a lab coat. He's holding a clipboard. Oh, welcome.
Entering the Game
00:00:23
Speaker
Are you here for our new game? You want to try it, Rebecca? Sure. Perfect. So what we're going to have you do is enter and enjoy. Okay.
00:00:37
Speaker
Okay. Yes. Please, please just walk in. And do you? Hesitantly. That's why I'm so quiet. It's because I'm waiting for Rebecca to face. Like, I expect her to be like, I don't go in right away. No, she said hesitantly. She went in. Do you go in without? It's true. You don't have to go if you don't want to. You don't. You never have to go without consent. So Luke, do you go in?
Introduction to the Game
00:01:07
Speaker
Yeah. Okay, cool. The option is there. Wait for it to go in and then ditch her. Turn around and leave and watch it all unfold. So you go in and behind you, the door slides to the right close slides down up closed. And then it is tied up in a bow tie or in a ribbon bow and
00:01:34
Speaker
Yeah. You only see a small little window that you can look, look out from the store and should have expected that. And now you can't believe, but over the intercom, do you hear, uh, welcome everyone. Thank you for coming. We are rolling across the pond and today we're doing meta games. I am here as your GM Jesse and I'm with.
00:02:01
Speaker
Hi, I'm Luke, and I'm playing Luke. That's kind of looking at the box. And I'm Rebecca, playing Rebecca. Rebecca's. Yes. And today, today we have a very exciting game of
Game Items and Roles
00:02:18
Speaker
Well, our players will find out soon. And as I say that in the intercom, in this either of meta, a table that comes out from the floor with a badge, a belt, and a very interesting looking weapon. One for each of us? Yes, yes. One for each of you. Cool. So, do you take it? No. The person in the police officer is against the law.
00:02:48
Speaker
Yeah, you hear number two, this is a game. We're not impersonating anybody. Can I inspect it before picking any of it up? Of course. What do I see? You roll investigation. Just roll a d20? Yeah, just roll a d20. 10? 10. With a 10, you can see on the badge, it says stop. Okay.
00:03:16
Speaker
Okay, and then, yeah, that's what you see on that. And the weapon, it does look like a gun, but there is no magazine. Is there anything about us that I could potentially shoot at, like a target? Not in the room right now, but you can shoot at Luke if you want to. I thought about it, but I'm also worried about wasting
00:03:44
Speaker
whatever it uses as charge or ammo without knowing more information. That's your only concern about shooting me. Can I ask, are these, is this gun thing lethal? It depends. It's like saying
00:04:01
Speaker
depends on where you hit them. Okay. Well, I mean, that's true too. You, I was thinking more of, you can set it to stun. You can set it to lethal. You can set it to sleep mode. You know, like you don't need to just shoot somebody in random areas. I mean, you can if you're one, but well.
Transformation and Mission Brief
00:04:24
Speaker
So stun, lethal, sleep. Okay.
00:04:28
Speaker
I guess since I already know what they do, it's not worth shooting my partner over. Oh, that's not all they do, but yeah, sure. Do you want to roll an intimidation shank or? Do I need to roll something or? No, no, no. Unless you're trying to intimidate me, but I don't see why. Nah, nah, I'm not trying to intimidate. I'm largely joking around. I'll put on the belt with the gun on it and the badge. As soon as you put the belt on,
00:04:59
Speaker
you your uniform your outfit changes to a uniform of light with a blue stripe blue and like more of like yeah a deep blue and a and a light pink stripe kind of looks like a race racing outfit but in that you also have the you don't have a helmet with it or anything you just
00:05:21
Speaker
Yeah, you grow that uniform. And then when you put the badge on, you get this, what do you call it? Kevlar. This Kevlar that goes over your arms and your chest and just your upper body. And then it does come with a hood. The Kevlar does, not the uniform. Does the badge have an identification on it?
00:05:44
Speaker
Oh, and then it does say BEX on the badge, and then it has your number at the bottom. It doesn't say stop anymore. No, it says stop and then BEX and then badge number. And then if Rebecca thinks it's fine, then I'll put it on. That is not good reasoning later on, I can tell you.
00:06:05
Speaker
lost my mind. So Luke, you put it on and it is a blue outfit with a white stripe and a pink under like smaller stripe line and your badge gives you the Kevlar as well but yours does come with a hat. Oh no, he better not outrank me. And then you see on your badge it says stop cadet in training.
00:06:42
Speaker
And then in that, the table flattens, so it gets covered up again, and then a portal opens up in front of you.
00:06:54
Speaker
Not aperture signs, just to narrow down. No, like a swirling whirlpool substance. No, more of like a massive amount of bubbles are spiraling in front of you. Not upwards, forwards. The number two is like, you got to go in there. That looks so cool from the side.
00:07:24
Speaker
Yeah. It's the same on the other side. Unless you close it on us, like the last door. I mean, obviously I'm going to close it on you. Don't we want to go? Okay. Well, then I'm going to roll something. There's a 15 hit.
00:07:42
Speaker
Well, what does the Kevlar give? The Kevlar gives a plus three. Then yes. Yeah. Yes. So you get a Dart shot at you, and I need to see what it does, actually. Is this both of us or just him? Both of you. Oh, man. I was going to walk through it. I just want a smart mouth first.
00:08:06
Speaker
This is number two. He doesn't play around. He's very honest and very, and very forthcoming. Yeah. Number seven is the joker. So this one sends a jolt of electricity down wherever you got shots and you take two damage. He's like, please enter the portal. All right. All right. Yeesh. Fine. Well, let's go.
00:08:32
Speaker
Yes, that is me. I am the railroader. That's my nickname here. Thanks. Jesse wouldn't do this. We just talked about this. So you enter begrudgingly and in pain. And as you enter, you gain your health back. Yay. Because the bubbles just fill you with so much joy. This is why I wanted to enjoy them more before walking through.
00:09:00
Speaker
you enter into this pristine white, very clean, and yet it's not empty, but there are very few beings around. You do see a portal pop up every so often, but
00:09:22
Speaker
Yeah, you then see a small no turnaround and it has this green outfit. He's got a green, very pointy hat and he's well, you finally have made it. What took you so long? Oh, no, a leprechaun. We were admiring the bubbles. Yeah, sorry. Yes, I am a leprechaun. You become a leprechaun.
Mission Misunderstanding
00:09:50
Speaker
When you get higher rankings, why do you both look disappointed in this? I don't want to be short. No, I am a gnome. That is why I'm short. You still become a leprechaun, but you don't have to change your size. We're not weird magician things. Yeah. Well, then that's a bit disappointing. Could have joined the fae.
00:10:13
Speaker
I'm impressed by it. It's accurate Celtic lore, so they don't have to be sure. Anyways, here's your mission for today. And he throws you a cake tin. He throws it at you, Bex. You don't have to roll. No, no. It's your first time rolling. So, 17? Oof, yeah.
00:10:38
Speaker
So he, yeah, he throws it to you, you catch it and you do like a little bit of a spin and you're like, all right. And he's like, don't forget your office is right there. And take your cadet with you. Sure.
00:10:54
Speaker
and you both enter your side office, you have a specific ranking in stop that is not captain, but not deputy. Like it's like in between there. How far away am I from leprechaun? You're like three levels away from leprechaun.
00:11:19
Speaker
You got a ways to go. You got, you got captain, then Pegasus, then dragon, then leprechaun. Wait, you become a dragon before leprechaun? So dragon would be. So this is why everyone's disappointed by leprechaun. I don't make the rules. No, no, I do make the rules. But then after leprechaun, you become like.
00:11:45
Speaker
uh ethereal okay so yes you have to go through leprechaun to google ethereal yeah you heard me listeners out there i'm right well i'm not saying you're wrong i understand i didn't i wasn't poking at you i was talking to the listeners because they're like rolling their eyes at me i know it
00:12:02
Speaker
Oh, yeah, definitely. Now, you go to your office and your office is a contrast between the white, the blue and pink that surrounds it. Now, there is a lot of black thrown in there as well. And that's kind of your side of the department is and it's it means it's also because and this is why you aren't a captain yet. You are a special unit that
00:12:27
Speaker
on top of doing the normal things, you guys make sure that certain things happen regardless of when and where. So I'll never make a leprechaun? You could make leprechaun, but this is a new department of division that they saw potential in that they're trying out with you two. And they handed you your taketon. What do you do with it?
00:12:56
Speaker
Can I inspect it? Yeah, yeah, roll investigation. Seven. It looks like a cake tin. How about I ask my recruit over here, like, see what he can see? Yeah, yeah, it's a good idea. I don't have any bonuses, do I?
00:13:13
Speaker
No, not yet. Just 19 then. Just 19. So you see the cake tin is the file system that they have here. So it's actually a file. You have to open it to see the case inside. The cake will have
00:13:32
Speaker
the flavor of where you're supposed to go, the scent of when you're supposed to go, and the picture on it is most likely the big girl. I'm laughing. This is three take a bite and go, Detroit. This is very strict rules in this precinct. One person is going to die, and we have to eat a picture of their face.
00:14:02
Speaker
in order to know where to go and when. Eat it and be like, tastes like pigeons and rats. Well, you are going to have to roll to see if you get the right place. A lot of pine. Oh, New York.
00:14:16
Speaker
Okay.
Real Mission Revelation
00:14:17
Speaker
So I roll or it depends. He's the one that told you, you need to open it to, to, to look at, to look at what's inside it. Yeah. And with the 19, you also know to smell and to eat it. So smell, smell is when taste is where and what was victim is the image on the, on the cake. So we open it.
00:14:38
Speaker
You open it and you can roll investigation or do you want to just be given the image that is on there? Can we start with the image so that I don't lose everything by rolling terribly? I don't want to actually drop the cake. Okay. So the image you see, well, if you're not going to roll for it, I have to give you a generalization. So you see a, you see a car with a
00:15:08
Speaker
man in it with his wife. And roll for a more detailed. You have to roll inside or investigation or even history is history as well. Oh, okay. Hopefully this isn't what I think it is. It's just a time traveling one. It's a time traveling one. You can do history, insight, or investigation. Let's do investigation. One. You think it is an image
00:15:37
Speaker
Oh, do you want me to because I rolled a two. Do you want me to say who it is? Finally, somebody drew a fair of me. That's hilarious. Wait, you're with your wife. Oh, no, I don't have I get married in the future.
00:16:00
Speaker
Okay. I like this. Okay. So you think it is you, Luke. And you also think, Bex, it is Luke. Apparently. So then you can take a bite and take a smell and then roll investigation again with those, depending on how, how you describe how you do it, I might give you advantage. I might give you disadvantage. So, you know, cut a piece of the cake and let's
00:16:29
Speaker
bring it up and smell it first. Sure, sure. Then, yeah, roll investigation. Eight. That's an off day for me. With that, you think it is 10 years from now. So 10 years from 2022 or 2023. So 2033, and you can take a bite if you want. Sure. Can't get much. Oh, 18.
00:16:58
Speaker
18. You find it in Washington DC. So you're married in 10 years in Washington DC. Does 10 years work with me if I got a 16? Does it smell? So with the smell with the 16 for you, your life, this seems more like in the past.
00:17:20
Speaker
So maybe, and this is to connect to the Nat 1 and the 2, basically you go back in time, meet your wife, and then live out your life and end up in Washington, D.C. So you think it's like the 1940s? Is that right? 1940s? Oh, I thought it was going to be the 60s. Maybe it is the 60s.
00:17:44
Speaker
I thought it was gonna be 60s or 90s, but I could be... Oh, unless this is... It is the 60s. No, it is the 60s. Okay. For a second, there was like, wait a second. There was somebody who died in a car in the 1940s. I mean, there was, but... That would have been terrible. You're gonna make us... No way. I'm not doing that. But... So it is 1960. 1963 with a 16. And... Out of curiosity, 1963.
00:18:15
Speaker
Yeah. November 1963. But no. Yes. Yes. So you have your case now and you basically have your job. If you're ready to go, you're ready to go. If you want more equipment, you can always visit the equipment lockers or do what you need to do. What do you want to do?
Preparation for Mission
00:18:41
Speaker
Let's go to the equipment lockers.
00:18:43
Speaker
Okay. I want to be talking to Rebecca, being like, so wait, sorry. I got the, I'm going to the past. Are we splitting? Maybe I'm supposed to go to the past so that I could do something to set up for you in the future and that the smell is different. Is that, you know, it's been such an off day for me. And you were able to figure out what to do with the, when we got the case in the first place.
00:19:08
Speaker
So for this once, I will trust you. If you let me down, then you are out of this department. Wow. You are playing yourself really well. Rebecca talks to me every day. Make one mistake and you're out of here. I'm no longer your friend.
00:19:28
Speaker
So you go to the equipment station and you see this like octopus being in a uniform that's red. And behind them it's red and these containers are red. And he says, Hey, welcome to the equipment lockers. How may I be of service? Have you ever thought about redecorating using less red? Dude. Red? Things are red?
00:19:58
Speaker
Oh, okay. Well, it's very nice shade of red. Oh, it's not less of a compliment and more of a correction, but it is a very nice shade of red. This is sure how to continue really. Yes. We are going into the past. So we are going to need some equipment. Any recommendations? Yeah. Well, you can get the clothing.
00:20:28
Speaker
right over here to blend it. You can, do you want like a sniper rifle, a rifle, a pistol, a katana? What are you like? Are you killing somebody, saving somebody? Are you dancing with somebody? Are you singing with somebody? Yeah, and you know what? Since the cake says I'm supposed to be like getting married, what's your most romantic weapon?
00:20:55
Speaker
Oh, well, I love I love that. We initially started with this being like 100 percent. This is going to be serious. What is your most romantic button? Your mom, my mom's magic weapon. Swords. Well, it's like, is it like like romantic or like romantic? How old is he? Oh, Luke. And he's in this game. He's his age as of right now. OK.
00:21:22
Speaker
I was like, if he's a cadet, I feel like he'd be pretty young. No, no. 14 is pretty young. No, you're not 14. Like, do you want a roofie? Or like... No, like an engraved sword or something. Oh, oh, yeah. We've got the singing sword. We have the dancing sword. We have the lullaby sword. We have the sweet talking sword.
00:21:46
Speaker
Now, does the sweet talking sword, like, is that a charm or is that like a, the sword is going to romance the partner? The sword might romance. Yeah. The sword is going to win. Just seeing your situation. I just, I'm just here. Anyone who's known me for about five minutes knows that a sword can, is more charismatic than I am. Yeah. It's made for that. Yeah. Well.
00:22:11
Speaker
Well, you can, you also have this, this, this, these bubbles, but just bubbles. Yeah. They, they, they share intimate thoughts of either compassion, love, hatred, anger. No, no. That's no fun. What surveillance equipment do you have? Well, we have sonar, we have echolocation, we have infrared, we have X-ray.
00:22:44
Speaker
You could take a pill that gives you a bigger nose. No, I guess I would be a disguise one, realistically. You could take a pill that gives you bigger ears.
00:22:59
Speaker
No, we don't have the muscles ones outlawed. I mean, steroids is not good for you. We're totally against that. Well, I'm going to the 1960s. We have cocaine. We have cocaine, but no steroids. I'm going to the 1960s, so energy drive should be fine. OK. 60s. I wish I knew what the assignment really fully was. I know there's a car involved. You rolled in that one. I can't help you.
00:23:28
Speaker
technically, you should have been hurt by that. So this is being generous. Is there is it divided by like, function, the equipment? Or is it just like one gigantic pile? They're sectioned. They're they're in boxes. I said there was red boxes. Okay. But like, are they just random boxes? Or is it like, alphabetized or some kind of Oh, if you want boxes, can I figure out like,
00:23:55
Speaker
Mythical stuff rather than, you know, practical stuff. Yeah, we have that separation. Yes. Because as myself, I just kind of want to like rummage through the, Oh, you can't touch it. I get it for you. Oh, can I like just look? No. I won't touch. No. I just want to see what you have. No. Okay. I probably need something that's like, cause we talked about this where I'm not very charismatic. What if like, Oh, you are very charismatic. I, the sword is just very, very charismatic. Like, like.
00:24:25
Speaker
Throwing knives that can return on command. Boomerang knives, yeah, nice. And he holds one of his tentacles, just pops up with them dangling from each cephalopods, the sections, the little suction things. And he's like, here's an assortment. How many do you want? Four? Yeah, here you go. Thank you. Can I also get a pistol?
00:24:53
Speaker
Yeah, what kind do you want? Do you want a portal pistol? Do you want a cake pistol? Do you want an actual pistol? Do you want a fake pistol? Let's go off an actual one. One that's easy to conceal. Oh, okay. Are you talking heel pistol, thigh pistol, covert pistol, inside pocket? Inside pocket, yeah. Or boot pistol? Boot pistol? Let's steer clear of the boot pistol right now. Okay.
00:25:21
Speaker
He gives you a very controllable bullet. Do you have controllable bullets? Yeah, we have those. Yeah, we have homing bullets, we have robotic bullets, we have nano bullets, we have candy cane bullets, we have candy corn bullets, we have pork bullets. If we were to lose some of these stuff, what's the consequences? Like, is this... Dire. You get 100% fired.
00:25:51
Speaker
With a pistol, I'd like it to be something that is, you would expect to find at that time. Okay. So that it doesn't stick out. In those days, they were massive pistols. In the 60s, I guess. 60s. There's no sly pistol out there that I know of in the 60s. It looks like the Desert Eagle born. It doesn't have to be tiny. Yeah, but the Desert Eagle's massive.
00:26:17
Speaker
Not like a little, like little double seven pistol. Oh, okay. Like the P38, something like that. That's okay for it to be a bit bigger, just something that could still be concealed. Sure. There you go. Thank you. And what kind of poisons do you have? Again, we have the cocaine. We don't have steroids. We have sleeping powder. We have literal toxic poison. We have paralysis. We have.
00:26:45
Speaker
You sure you don't want the cocaine? We have a lot of that. I'm sure that won't help us. I'll stop asking. Okay. I'm sorry. We have like, like allergy poison where you just become allergic to anything. Have snow poison where you turn into snow after your blood turns into snow freezes over. It needs to be something that can't be traced.
00:27:10
Speaker
Right. So like a synthetic poison that can be diluted after the bloodstream. Sure. We have that, but only a small vibe. Enough for maybe one or two shots. Okay. And take that. Okay. Here you go. Anything for you, sir. Yeah. Do you have like, do you have anything from like mystical creatures?
00:27:35
Speaker
We have a unicorn horn. We have a pegasus wings. We have a griffin beak. We have a tale of a dragon horn. We have. Wait, a dragonborn? Yeah. A tale of a dragonborn? Yeah. Okay. Why is that weird? I'm an octopus. No, it's, I. Nothing. Sorry. Continue.
00:27:58
Speaker
We have claws from a tibaxi. We have, we have ears from a rabbit thing. We have. Like you're just trying to upsell normal, like old witch ingredients. Where it's like, there's a lizard tail and here's, here's cat's claws from a tibaxi. It's chicken legs from a, from a Eric awkward. Wait, can I roll inside and see if that is actually what's happening? I 16.
00:28:28
Speaker
Yes, they're real. They're real. I also have to think of like what's subtle. Do you have like charms? We have hypnotic charms. We have spell charms. We have pretty charms. We have disgusting charms. We have friendship charms. We have partner charms. We have celebration charms. We have birthday charms.
00:28:55
Speaker
And do they just look like tiny amulets? Yes. Okay. How many can I get? And if I could just have like a charm bracelet, but like charm necklace and just have a bunch for the heck of it. Yeah. Have what you need. But like the coolest. But again, if you misplace any of these. Like a voice of a siren, the wings of an arrow cockroach.
00:29:19
Speaker
like real of those or like the pretty ones. Just charms. Are there like monster charms? No, we don't have monster charms. Like vampiric hypnotic gaze. We have we have prison cells. Full of monsters? Yeah. Can I meet them? No, you're going to Michigan!
00:29:42
Speaker
I'm just playing my character, you know, like if I got the chance to meet a bunch of monsters, you know, I did say about siren. Do you have like a siren voice box or something? We do have a voice box of a siren. Will it work on me or is it just like a torture method you used? It's, it's a, it's a box with a speaker on it. You push a button. What does it say? I don't know. I'm an octopus. It doesn't work on me. Sorry. Go ahead.
00:30:08
Speaker
I was reminded of something I've heard of, and it's from a popular series, but do you have psychic paper? Yes, we definitely have psychic paper, of course, yeah. One of those? Yeah, of course, yes, take that. We also have plenty of the tool. Ah, can we get one of those then? Yeah, sure. One of the sonic screwdriver types? Yeah, there you go.
00:30:38
Speaker
Nice. Anything else? Cause I think, and you guys look behind you and the leprechaun is just standing there. I think I'm good. Luke. I, I, I, ooh, I'm flustered now. What should I get for, I, I don't think, have I gotten anything? No. Okay. You've never accepted anything he's offered you. I turn to the leprechauns. Apologies, sir. My cadet is fastened, fascinated by the wide assortment here.
00:31:08
Speaker
Do you have recommendations for him to pick? Yes. Well, I can understand that. I was, I was young. What? Well, I think, I don't know your department. We're working that out, but I think maybe like a watch that.
00:31:27
Speaker
Tell us the time, maybe. Just a watch. It's not just a watch. You don't know if your mind will get erased. Then you know that you're in the wrong time. Or...
00:31:42
Speaker
that, I mean, the pistol you're already carrying has flamethrower, it has electronic bolts, ails, load of different things. So you're pretty good with those. It actually has real bullets as well. It's just, they're not real real bullets. Do you have, do you have bullets that can like do a monster power? Like have like the Odysseus gun and then be like, boom, there you go. Whirlpool. Lotus apathy.
00:32:08
Speaker
The way you're just waving that around really concerns me. I'm doing it with my hand. I don't actually have my actual gun. Just waving your finger around, just still, just, I mean. Do I have magic powers? No, where is you? Where are you off to today? We're off to Washington, D.C. 10 years ago. Okay. Oh, 10 years ago. I thought we were going in the future. You said we're going in the past. You said we're going in the future. And then I decided to agree with you.
00:32:38
Speaker
Yes, that's true. Because you had the awesome realization of what we needed to do. And you were going to 1963. Not 10 years from now, but that's fine. So he,
Time Travel to 1963
00:32:52
Speaker
yeah, he's like, Oh, okay. Well, if you're ready to go, the portal's right over there. Can I have my Odysseus gun? You have a gun, sir. But it doesn't do anything cool or magical.
00:33:06
Speaker
I want one that becomes an iconic weapon that we could like sell pictures of on a merch store or something. Roll a persuasion. With advantage because this... Yeah, I don't... Oh, it's negative one. He's like, he's like, well, we just take this sword and he throws it to you. And it's the charismatic sword.
00:33:33
Speaker
And then the sword is like, hey, baby, how you doing? Please tell me you have a way to silence and conceal said sword, because it's the 60s. We're not expected to be carrying swords around here. It does come with the sheath that the octopus says. So there you go. It doesn't conceal much. It's still a sword. Hey, I'm the leprechaun. I know what I'm talking about. Yes, sir. OK. All right. Head out.
00:34:06
Speaker
I wanted something cool. Then you should have asked for it. Let's go. I did, but he didn't have it. And we, we cut back to the.
00:34:19
Speaker
the supply of the, the locker, the supply locker room. And the octopus is talking to the sword. The chairman's like, oh man, it didn't take me. Yeah, I know. It's just, it's just too handsome. I'm sorry. And then the truth sword's like, don't, don't lie to him. He's a sword. He wasn't, he didn't belong. He just, it's like, don't worry. Like the octopus goes, you'll get your shot. One day, don't.
00:34:48
Speaker
We'll get him out of here. It's okay. One day. One day. It's okay. And he's like petting banana. And back to you guys. So let's say retroactively you grab some outfits as well. Oh, yes. Yes. I get like, I get like when to go for it. I guess like an AOE of cold. Nevermind. You don't get an outfit. I'll get a regular outfit.
00:35:16
Speaker
Does this mean that we're going to lose our armor? No, it just goes over it.
00:35:24
Speaker
like the your out your uniform and your armor kind of are so slim but effective that they feel like just an extra layer of skin it's not like a like a like a floppy like thing or like a like a heavy thing it's just it just is okay cool so the lotus thing could be helpful though could i actually have that just just the lotus but like
00:35:47
Speaker
We have moved on. You have been kicked out. Just for the people that accidentally see what's happening and I go, forget it. No. So you were kicked out of that area though. So you enter this, you enter the 1960s and the 1963 at Washington DC, yeah, in front of the White House.
00:36:14
Speaker
Not actually in front, but like on the street, the street view of it. So the bubbles take you there and then bring you back, and then they disappear into the sky.
Mission to Protect JFK
00:36:24
Speaker
Oh, and then as they pop, you hear, go back to this point when mission finished. I'm still not even sure what we're supposed to be doing over here. I'm gonna slip through the briefing apparently.
00:36:37
Speaker
You wrote role insight or history. I'll say you can give her the help action, please give me a few for that.
00:36:47
Speaker
The rolling 17? With the 17, your department is a time corrector. So you guys, it's not just about deaths or life. It is literally, there are anomalies that are happening and you guys are to set it right in the right motions. Cool.
00:37:12
Speaker
yeah so you yeah so even with that 17 in that you know you're here to bring something in the right direction so something is off or going to be off and you need to set it in the right motion okay is there newspaper stands anywhere nearby or sure newspaper yeah loads i mean there's a newspaper boy
00:37:39
Speaker
probably on every other corner in the Washington DC. Do we have cash? You did not ask for cash. Yeah, I realize that. Okay, okay. Is there potentially a abandoned newspaper? Roll investigation. 16? 16? Yeah, you can see like a newspaper kind of flying down the road. Luke, go get that. If I notice it with 13, but
00:38:07
Speaker
Yeah, it was 13, I'd say, you know, after, especially she says that. So you, I want you to roll a dexterity save. Another 13. Oh, Luke. So, Luke. Contested dexterity with a newspaper. You, you're like, oh, oh, right. And you run out into the street and you jump for it and then just wham.
00:38:37
Speaker
Be careful. You roll over the star and you take six damage. But you get the, you get the newspaper. I like, what is it called? Trench walking. But like, I like crawl over it. You go. Wait, wait, wait. If you're gonna, if you're gonna crawl, we got to roll to see if anything happens.
00:38:58
Speaker
Well, I am. Well, I guess no, no way. I guess it would be half my movement to get up and then go. So I'll do that. But unless it's like 15 feet. But no, it's fine. And you just hear, you know, the road idiot and like gives you the bird and they take off. The 60s were supposed to be nicer. Well, this is just the 60s. I thought this was just America. Oh.
00:39:24
Speaker
Oh, this is DC. Well, nice landing. So you see in this newspaper, I need like buses, you know, something that's more like less cars on the road. I wish somebody would do that. If it hits you, it'll immediately kill you. It's true. So you, in all the newspaper you read in front page, it says president JFK.
00:39:53
Speaker
heading to White House today. Big parade celebration on his arrival. And then in that, you also see a whole bunch of other things on there, but nothing about Luke. Oh man, they don't care about me at this time. I'm probably going on a limb here and think that we may have gotten the target wrong. In that one, I'll let you re-roll your insight. 17? Seriously.
00:40:23
Speaker
website. Yeah. Yeah. It's like roll. Oh yeah. So you, yeah, you think the bigger news is JFK coming back into the White House with his wife. Okay. So because we are in Washington DC, I feel like we probably are going to have to make sure that he has to make it there safely because he's not destined to die until he's in Texas. And so therefore if the big news is him coming
00:40:53
Speaker
in a car today in Washington, then we have to make sure he doesn't die here. They sent us here, right? Yes. Yes. That was your job. Yeah. Yeah. We, what was it? Smelled the cake or ate the cake? Ate the cake. And it sent us to DC, which is quite far from Texas. So let's go to, let's find the path he would take.
00:41:23
Speaker
and see if there's anything sticking out. Roll investigation. 20. Natural 20. Oh, you know from the plane to the exiting where all the vantage points are, where the highly anticipated points where he could be assassinated or
00:41:52
Speaker
kidnapped or whatever is going to happen. Yeah, you, you know, all of those, that situation, but there's only two of you to cover it all. So with that, I will give you with a natural 20, we will narrow it down to two spots.
Challenges and Setbacks
00:42:11
Speaker
There is the moment of entering the
00:42:17
Speaker
There's the moment coming out of the plane where he is most visible by everyone. So it would make the biggest show, it would make the biggest news and whatnot. But then there is a tunnel or a bridge or somewhere where it is actually the complete opposite to where it is the most hidden that someone can kidnap out free anything
00:42:45
Speaker
inconspicuous. So those are the two main points where you advantage points where you think things will happen. Now, again, there is just two of you. So you split up or be together in those moments, but the president will be coming in within the next 30 minutes. So you have, let's say the next 10 minutes to plan, and then we'll see how it executes.
00:43:12
Speaker
Okay, so we've got the highly visible points and the hidden points. And you don't have anything, Luke, right? Well, you do have your pistol, so that will be of use. Actually, would you like to take one of my boomerang throwing knives? Sure. I think one would be enough if they returned. Okay.
00:43:34
Speaker
It's not like Thor's hammer, right? No, no, no, no. It's not even magnetically charged. It is literally a boomerang where you throw it and it uses the spiral to come back to you. And then we'll all come back. We'll see. I mean, most of the time probably, but let's say you roll a natural one, probably not. Yeah, that's fair. All right. Do you prefer the hidden route?
00:44:03
Speaker
to take the hidden route or the visible one. Because I think our best bet is to split up. That way we can either stop or slow down whatever's going to occur. Well, you're the boss, so you tell me. All right. I don't know your strengths very well yet. All right. No one does. OK. I will send you ahead to the tunnel and I will go further to where he lands.
00:44:30
Speaker
If nothing happens where I'm at, I will follow him and meet up where you're at. So as long as you're able to hold on, you'll either get support relatively soon or you will be able to handle things your own. We go to setup.
00:44:50
Speaker
Yeah. So you, I will say individually, you can set up in one area. Bex, you have advantage with whatever you choose to do because you have, you know, the ins and outs of all these places. Luke, you roll flat because Bex has kind of given you the rundown of where your location is.
00:45:12
Speaker
And so you tell me what you're setting up preemptively, and I'm going to do some roles. And then we will see how it goes. So we'll start with you, Luke, see how yours. I'm unsure. So you as before we go, I started going as like, wait a second, what am I doing again? I heard you. I just want to make sure that that it's in your head as well. So we are going to prevent any kind of killing or kidnapping of the president. And
00:45:42
Speaker
In order to do that, make sure that there's no hidden traps, no hidden people. If people are there, that they're there for legitimate reasons. And that if there's a way to securely close off a potential hazardous area, then do so. Try and make it as straightforward with no surprises. Sure. Wow. Yes, ma'am.
00:46:09
Speaker
Well, so how practically do you do that, Luke? I think I'll be trying to like look for extra stuff on the way. Just what, if there is anything convenient. Roll the investigation. You can't even say it. So you're in this tunnel that's not used quite often or you're near it. You're walking to it and you see, you see a quarter on the road and
00:46:39
Speaker
You're like, oh, a quarter. And I might have to kill you. Probably. Oh, no. Another success. How are you doing? Well, I'm yeah, I'm conscious.
00:47:00
Speaker
not permanent but so so you are you are unconscious as you're sleeping so now we're gonna fix what in in this case
00:47:15
Speaker
Same aspect, what are you doing? We'll say this happened close to him arriving. So you didn't get knocked down just yet. But in the middle of setting up, you got knocked down, you got hit by the car, you got hit by another car. But Bex, what are you doing to set up for your area? Let's see. You said I know the layouts and ins and outs. So can you give me a rundown of
00:47:43
Speaker
So you will see that his private jet will, I don't know if the president had a private jet at that time, but his private jet will land at the airport because he wants to make a public show and there's going to be somewhat of a parade or a following that he's going to have along with the Secret Service and whatnot around him going back to the White House. And so in that, it will be like a
00:48:11
Speaker
like a celebrity coming out of a plane you know they wave they have big photo camera time and from that point you see that there are these two this is for other planes that can be you can post on to watch everything around what's gonna happen you could
00:48:32
Speaker
So you can choose either or. There are also vantage points from the tower that is isn't that close, but it gives you the full view. And you also have the ability to you can set up booby traps, whatever around to where you could you could know like, oh, there's a sniper that could lay there. So you would be able to put like something that makes a noise or stuff like that. Just
00:49:01
Speaker
it's it this is more of a indirect approach to assassination this is not i'm going to kidnap people i'm not going to kidnap the president in front of everybody because there's too many this is basically this would be an assassination whereas the other place could be a kidnapping yes yeah yeah okay good so i guess could i go to some of these different sniper vantage points and if
00:49:31
Speaker
and like make sure they're clear and then essentially lock them up using the sonic screwdriver. Oh yeah. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. So to limit the potential places that can be used. Sure. Yeah. That's good. And again, you have 10 minutes to do this because he's going to arrive best. So, okay. Yeah. Then. Which is perfect for sonic screwdriver because it doesn't take that long. Yeah. About how many do you think I could get of
00:50:01
Speaker
There's as a high priority advantage points, you could probably get all of those. There are other spots that aren't as inconspicuous, but they could get away with this estimation.
00:50:16
Speaker
So you probably could get to one or two of those. There's about five of them. Yeah. Let alone being one of the crowd and just taking a shot off like that out of that desperation. You couldn't probably get to that one because there are a crowd of people already for me. Okay. So yeah, I'll seal off the primary concerning ones. And then I guess of the other five, are there any that are particularly close to each other?
00:50:45
Speaker
Yeah, I'd say there's a, like from the airport itself where the planes dock and set off people, the windows that are in between it probably one of the vantage points. So you could probably get like those two or three if they're, because they're right next, they're just literally the windows next door to each other. So you could do that.
00:51:14
Speaker
seal off the other two and then hang out where these three are in their general zone. Oh, cool. All right. Cool. Yeah. That's a good idea. Cool. Great. That way I'm at least close enough to potentially intervene if I see something. Yeah. So that's awesome. It's a good idea. Yeah. Just going to make another roll to finish this off. Okay. So you are there. Are you like, do you have any weapons out already? Do you have, I have,
00:51:44
Speaker
both of my pistols since I picked up the one. I also have the psychic paper and everyone who I've run across, I've shown that I'm part of the secret service and here for security reasons. Cool. I was going to have you roll for that, but fair enough.
00:52:02
Speaker
That's why I got it. Yeah. Nice. So now what we're going to do is go into quick because I don't feel like this is going to go on for very much longer. So loop roll issue as well, because I want you to roll your death saves and initiatives. I don't, yeah, I don't know if I have to roll them with disadvantage because I'm unconscious. This is a very rare occasion that somebody has to roll while doing death saves.
00:52:27
Speaker
No, yeah, you don't need to roll it. You don't need to roll that with disadvantage. You just roll. I got six. Six. Okay. The Japanese will love this because I'm dying, but it's four. Yes. So. I just need to roll one more thing. Oh, that's very interesting. So Bex, you go first. Wait, right. Because Luke, you rolled. I rolled a four. Yeah. All right. So.
00:52:56
Speaker
I guess, is the planes landing right now, right?
Mission Failure and Reflection
00:53:00
Speaker
Yes, it is basically pulling up and about to stop. So what I would suggest is probably doing an insight or investigation check to see if there's anything weird going on. Okay, I will do that. 14.
00:53:16
Speaker
14. Yeah, you see, you see a shifty homeless person looking quite anxious. And it's just started as the plane started coming out. And he's wearing, he's wearing like, like a really raggedy old cloth blanket, very green. He's kind of blending into the rubbish he's sitting next to, but he is in the crowd. Okay, I approach him.
00:53:45
Speaker
You're in a different area. You're in the air. Yeah, because you're in the airport area now. He's on the ground outside. What can I do from here? You can run out to get to see if you can catch him. You can shout out the window. There's a lot of different things you can try. How far away? You can try and shoot him. Yeah, like with the fire a pistol.
00:54:16
Speaker
OK, how loud is the futuristic gun we have that has all those different settings? It depends on what setting you're going to use. If you're going to use the silencer setting, it's going to be it's going to be heard, but not like like a bang. How about like the stun or the sleep setting? Those were like the sleep setting definitely would have a role in sight. OK, 13, 13 with 13.
00:54:44
Speaker
You could figure it's a capsule with the sleep. The sleep one is the, what was the other one? The stun is a dart. So it has less of an explosion, but it still would make noise. And the glass breaking would make a noise as well. Where's the nearest open air access?
00:55:10
Speaker
You could, I will say with the 14, you do see an air hostess waiting at that terminal to accept the staff that are going to come off the plane. They're not going to come off with the president. They will stay on the plane, then dock and then come off that way. Just so the president is not followed by them just in case. So you see an air hostess there and so you could do something about that. I, okay. Then I,
00:55:40
Speaker
go up to her and ask, oh, sorry. Can I get her to briefly leave? Like. Roll persuasion, performance. How do you want to get her to leave? That's a good question. I ask her if she has a certain paperwork ready for when she receives these people. I would say roll persuasion with
00:56:10
Speaker
Advantage. That was very good. Okay. So the straight up role was 13. I'm not sure with advantage exactly how that would change it. Roll again. And if you get higher, then you go with that number. 15. 15. She says, ma'am, I've been doing my job for 10 years and I don't need that paperwork. You do need it. Nope. Don't need it. Why are you here? Why are you here?
00:56:40
Speaker
Secret Service. Yeah, but see, there's no other Secret Service here. Yeah, because I'm here. I cover this whole area. Can you show me your papers? Other than a batch? Other than a batch? Show me you're allowed here. See, exact permission. Yeah, no. It can, but she rolled a natural 20 if she's not budging. Oh my goodness. I will say that's your turn. That's your turn.
00:57:08
Speaker
Okay. So let her continue. That's fine. Use the sleep. You can do, but on your next turn, Luke roll death save. 14. 14. That's one pass. Great. So he's trying to help. No way. Run gone.
00:57:35
Speaker
So yeah, then the homeless person begins to get up and walk in the crowd, but not in the crowd. And then something else happens and the president walks out of the plane and he begins to wait. And it is your turn, Bex. All right. Because she's right next to me, can I like shoot her with a sleeping, but still have time to
00:58:05
Speaker
aim at the one guy with the stun? No, you have to. Yeah, you want action. So you got to choose. OK. I know this is every fighter's nightmare. Every fighter is like, I can only hit people. Why do I? Where's the aerial effects? How long does it take me to aim? I'll say if you aim, you get advantage. But that is what you're doing for your turn. You're like ready in action to aim. And she probably won't let me.
00:58:33
Speaker
aim a gun there with that. Ah, all right. I use the sleep gun on her. She's my biggest threat right now. You know what? I'll say roll with advantage, but yeah, you can try and shoot her, yes. Praise God, because highest is 18. Oh, nice. So yeah, you hit her with the sleep powder and it hits her. She's like,
00:59:03
Speaker
Oh, and she like collapses on top of you, asleep instantly. Do you want to move? Can I move closer to where the one guy is? Yeah, you can move closer to the window that he is, or you can move down the tunnel to the opening where you have a better. I'll move down the tunnel to the opening.
00:59:26
Speaker
Cool, I would say that's, yeah, you definitely have enough movement for that. Okay, Luke, roll death save. Seven. Seven, that's one fail.
00:59:37
Speaker
I didn't expect there to be so much tension in both areas. So yeah. Well, then one of them, you see the homeless guy pull out this massive rifle and take aim to, oh, not take aim, to shoot the president. He takes it out to shoot the president and I'm going to, Oh, okay.
01:00:05
Speaker
and he, well actually I'm gonna do this as well. So he aims and he goes to shoot and the Secret Service, one of the agents, from the corner of his eye sees it and he jumps in the way and takes the rifle shot to the chest. Obviously it goes straight through him and still hits the president, but the president takes half the damage now.
01:00:30
Speaker
So the president does get shot in the arm as of right now, because it ricocheted through the bones of this poor man. And yeah, and then mass chaos and panic happened. Oh no. Then, then another shooter from, again, from the ground floor, a business looking lady.
01:00:56
Speaker
with a pink uniform, not a uniform, a pink business suit, pantsuit, that's what I'm looking for, takes out her pistol and just takes the shot. And the president goes down. Oh dang it, we're fired.
01:01:19
Speaker
And so the president goes down, and again, mass panic. These two are now booking it out. Now you see this, Bex, as a reminder. So in that the president falls onto the steps of a plane, his wife, complete shock and horror. What do you do? I should have asked for something that heals. Next time. Would I be able to do anything if I
01:01:49
Speaker
try to rush over to help or- Roll insight. I mean, you can do medicine. You can do a medicine check. 16. 16. With a 16, your gun has healing properties. Okay, then I rush over there. So you ready? I do. As close as I can get, if I- I will say, how do you just jump off of the platform and then run over? How high is the platform?
01:02:18
Speaker
it's like I want to say eight feet off the ground so it's going to take a roll but you won't get majorly damaged if you hit if you hit it. Our trained agents here well trained officers how close is the chaos because I don't want to just jump so you jumped if you were to jump down it it would be
01:02:41
Speaker
It would take you your full turn to get to the president because you're pushing through a load of people and other things. Can I fire a healing shot and if it misses still jump down to at least be a bit closer? Yeah, definitely.
01:03:01
Speaker
Okay, definitely. So take the shot. Three. So you, you take the shot. And luckily, Amy, it's not a super like, it's just a normal. And so far, you are getting away with it. Except one Secret Service agent. First, he
01:03:25
Speaker
Yeah, he's like a bald dude, sunglasses, like the proper secret agent, the secret service agent. She tried to shoot the president. It's happened. And yeah, Luke, roll a death save. Because we have established that I die so often. Roll the death one. No, no, no, no. Can we say that I have proficiency with death? In death, no. Okay.
01:03:53
Speaker
Then eight. Eight? I mean, it's two fails. Okay. Having fun, Jesse? Having a great time. This is awesome. Also, I imagine just Rebecca running up to the president and pointing a gun at him. And he's like, this is for your own good. Bang. Yeah. Yeah. So in the game. That's fine. Oh, Becks. Doesn't 11 hit you?
01:04:23
Speaker
No, because you're wearing the Kevlar. Yes. Then a 17 hits you. Ouch, yep. Okay, you take 10 damage. What the heck? Well, there goes all my health. And we're, oh my god. So, president dead. Rolled Nat 1 after another fail, completely dead.
01:04:51
Speaker
Bex, roll a death save. 14. Pass. That's a pass. Luke, roll a death save. Bex, go ahead. Roll a death save. 20. You're up. You get a health. You get one health. Okay. So you are up. So you wake up. And as of right now, actually I'm gonna do
01:05:19
Speaker
They are checking you over. The Secret Service are checking you over right now. They're not being nice about it, but they are checking you over to see if you're breathing or not. Do you want to say anything, do anything? What's the chances I can talk my way out of this? Is the other Secret Service man, the one who got shot, is he fully dead or is he like bleeding out kind of thing? He's dead.
01:05:49
Speaker
Okay. Um, this is the dice man. Cause one idea I have is I could try to convince them that I wasn't a threat and even show that what I was aiming would have been for healing. I could even try it on myself and show them, but would they let a potential terrorist shoot themselves?
01:06:19
Speaker
Roll persuasion with disadvantage. Oh. All right, might as well try it. Yeah, do it. 10. 10? I will, actually, I'll roll for it, yeah. I'll just say roll. Oh, wait, I didn't roll disadvantage. I just rolled once. Oh, okay. Do I need to roll a second time? Yes. Oh, 19. Rip. So you still get the 10. Yeah.
01:06:48
Speaker
That's weird. I kind of wish I would have just gone 19.
01:06:51
Speaker
Yeah. So they, they see the paper said the last time you use it was secret service and the authority to be there. Even though they don't recognize you. So they take a step back and they say, we would, there's three of them now on top of you. We'll give you one chance. Tell us what you're doing here. What, and what you, what you, what do you mean it'll help them?
01:07:21
Speaker
I'm a member of the fifth division of the secret service, a division that you have never even heard of, hopefully. And the purpose of me being here was to stop the assassination. Now, this gun that you see that I have has a special, special formula that, that when administered would slow down the rate of which someone bleeds out.
01:07:50
Speaker
and thus allowing more time for medical treatment. Due to the distance of which I was, I had to attempt to save the president as soon as possible. And that's why it looked like I was trying to shoot at him. I can give you a demonstration of this on myself, considering the fact that I am very much injured right now. You know, shoot me. Shoot him?
01:08:16
Speaker
Shoot me, one of the security, one of the secret services is like, shoot me. Okay. Shoot me, do it. Okay. And do you take a shot? With the healing side, yeah. Sure. You take a shot with him and it does nothing. Cause he's already at full health. See, therefore it did not cause you harm. It's true. Cause you are doing well. Yeah, fair. Yeah. I think I had a stuffy nose. Now I'm not stuffy anymore. See, you're welcome.
01:08:45
Speaker
Yeah. Cool. Right. I'm not sure. I don't, not sure about the president, but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That was very unfortunate. I failed in my mission and well, yeah, I'm probably going to get fired at least minimum. Yeah, maybe. Well, okay. Cool. Thanks for the nose thing. Yeah. What's your name? Yeah. My name, named Captain Rebecca. Captain Rebecca.
01:09:14
Speaker
That's not my, yeah. Of course that's my secret agent name. You can't know my actual name for secrecy reasons and security. Cool. Okay guys, just let her go. She's, she's got to go back to the headquarters or something. I don't know, but we got to clean this up. Yeah. All right. Sorry you failed your mission. Yeah. Sorry here too. We'll protect the next president. What? We won't fail again.
01:09:42
Speaker
But wait, wait, what? You just break his brain. And yes, you had, where do you go after? Since I can't do any good or harm here anymore, I'm probably going to attempt to pick up my cadet who should be waiting patiently in the tunnels. So I head in that direction. So I hear the commotion of his death.
01:10:10
Speaker
He is waiting, but he has been pushed to the side of the road. And he's got tire marks, tire marks all over him, broken bones, everything. Can I at least attempt the healing thing? Yeah, go for it. Do I need to roll or? Yeah, you need to roll. 13.
01:10:38
Speaker
No, it doesn't heal them at all. These are even dead for a while. Yeah, yeah, I figured as much. But as the commanding officer, you have to try. Yes, of course. And so as you reflect on this moment, as you watch your partner, your cadet, the one you were looking after, you remember what you said right at the beginning when you looked at the drawing on the cake. It was to prevent your partner's death.
01:11:07
Speaker
from a car. Even further back, it's like full circle. When you first saw the gun, we're gonna shoot. I did I ended by shooting you. And that is where we're gonna end today. I think that one shot was very fun. And
01:11:27
Speaker
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