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Ep. 168 Awkward Gatherings - Bellum Draconis
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Do know what i mean? hope me from another... i know you know No, no, no, no, no. I totally know what you mean.
Introduction to 'Fellowship of the Tabletop'
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Hello everyone welcome to this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop, Belum Draconis, I Have a Lolly. We are a live K5D 2024 D&D podcast set magical homebrew board of Ereton, the kingdom of Dralak. Joining you for this week's episode, we have Darren, who plays the half-orc barbarian Thalak Sunjari. Lollipop, lollipop. Oh, lolly, lolly, lollipop.
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Will, who plays the Dragonborn Druid, Bal Valkon. I don't have lollipop. Ian, who plays the tiefling war survivor Nyx Carell. That's okay. You can lick my lollipop. We've got the apple pie smashing edgelord Callum, who plays the warforged artifice to Alpha.
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Sugar doo doo doo doo. Pubey, who plays the rules consultant human cleric Emron. I have jelly beans. My name is Mark and I am playing the human sadist.
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Sadist. Yeah. Seth Farah Reaver. I'm by last, but my no means least is our warden of whispers, the wizards of woe, the weaver of wrongdoings, the willy dripper and rectum splitter dungeon master.
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All of those things. ah the red team splitter got me. It gets me every time, Danny. You know this. I can't take you seriously with the lollipop. I know. i'm Speaking of lollipops, speaking of lollipops, I have an announcement to make, listener.
Revelations and Decisions on Leadership
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One of you. Or one of ah listeners. Listeners. That I've come up with a conclusion around old girl. You know how people say on all those forums we have around this, this campaign, and like how can old girl be in all these places? How can old girl be in all these times when there's war and like Sleetgaard has fallen and gold view has fallen on apart. Well, what we have also realized is there have been multiple iterations of the same period of time. And old girl has done this many, many times before.
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And that's what I found out when I was having a shit today. I realized exactly what Old Girl was on. But this iteration of Old Girl is indeed sat at a bar with a large glass of warm milk.
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A little bit too warm, but not warm enough. You know that awkward middle grind? and he's just staring at what can only be described as like an old bat in the corner, like an actual bat in the corner.
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And he catches our eye and he says... I'm here to recap and drink milk and I've just finished my milk. Ooh, penultimate planning!
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Seth reveals Leopold's fate and he's all like, oh, this was your plan all along. Trace is what Sebastian's like. Emron brings out Leopold's crown and Sebastian's like, oh, I don't like that at all.
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Alpha takes his stone out of Sebastian's bag and he gives it to Delmont Trace and they're all like, you are the plan. The champions decide that Helena Sleetgaard will be the only released monocon placed onto the throne. And in seven days' time, shit's gonna get real. Delmond leaves. Baal and Nix have a serious heart-to-heart about Marota. Nix believes that Marota wouldn't want to come back and actually allays Baal's fears and says that he chose him. All they have to do is decide what is done with the time given to them, which apparently means fucking.
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But not before Ball declares that he ain't gonna leave Nixie's side. Theric and Seth reminisce about fighting the blight like old times. Nix checks my ball and comes to a realization that there might not have been such a coincidence about him randomly learning blood magic. Some sort of manipulation perhaps going on? You wanna kill the person who killed your father? Sparrowhawk says to Alpha, and he's like, yeah, me too. Oh, shit. Alpha talks him round, though. The group consider altering plans and increasing group size by allowing a third party to take one of the tasks, and Tharok is still strongly believing that he needs to go to the Steel Nightmare with Baal. Sebastian gets sent on towards Goldview with a sharpened list, and the group awaits the return of the rest of the Winged Watch to finalize this endgame.
Interplanar Invasion Dilemmas
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Late is the hour as we approach the final chapter, the final act in our play. Aerith stands on the eve of a second interplanar invasion.
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The leader of the Ibkriskra now possesses the memory rune of Princess Iamolda Gartrin, sealed in obsidian. A lure powerful enough to draw the demonic legions of Tol'Kalon out from the amorous citadel.
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Soon, they will clash with the relentless construct armies of the Steel Nightmare. And those scattered factions across Eryth who gather to defend their homelands.
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Yet your efforts lie far from the chaos and slaughter building around the 12 anchors spread across Eryth. A militia?
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A task force? A remnant of the Winged Watch and her allies? Whatever name history will grant you, you now descend
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upon Goldport Keep with all that remain of your cause.
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Ghostwing, the Red Rook, Sparrowhawk, leaders of your associated company, are all afield. For a few hours, by your estimate, the only souls bringing warmth to the stone-cold halls of Goldport Keep are the six of you.
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Dawn is breaking. The countdown to the alignment pulses like a drumbeat as another day, Alpha, is marked off your count.
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In these quiet, fragile moments before the world tilts into catastrophe,
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what do you six do?
Nix's Resurrection Experience
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hope I mean, um
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anyone else getting the foreboding feeling that we won't be spending a lot more time together as a complete legion of undying champions? What are you talking about?
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After this, we'll be able to reminisce about all of this and be like, oh, do you remember that time we had to like save Aerith? Be fine.
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i would love to believe that. I'm all in on that. I will roll for that. That's brilliant. Yes. Yes, everyone. Ultimately, Nick, we've got to go into this, or can we survive? Because by hoping we survive, we have that urge to live. If you go in thinking you're going to die, then...
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you're already half convincing yourself that you're going to die. And sometimes you've got to want to live to get through things like this. so But sometimes you also need to imagine you will die in order to fight the way you need to fight.
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This is true. Yeah, but both. Yeah. i believe that we will not survive. Well, I will not. I will die on the battlefield like a fucking champion. And therefore my story and legacy will end.
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But I will do my bit. So this is the last day, it will be a fucking good one.
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I guess old habits die hard. haven't died a couple of times. ah just old Old hat to you now, innit? Yeah. I mean, we are the Undying Champions after all. And i am Nix the Undying.
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i am my own way. ah It's just, I don't know. that Nix, what was it like? Yeah. What did you see? Each time.
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Um, uh, well, I, I, Yeah, I guess now's as good a time as any. It's not like we're going to have many more opportunities to speak from the heart, I guess. ah ah Well, the first time was um it's cold and ah suffocating as if actual tendrils of water was i pouring through my mouth and taking my very soul out of my body because I was drowning. Yeah.
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That was
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like a thirst deep in your throat that starts as just as yearn for quench of thirst, turning into white hot pain and you're pulled into nothingness.
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It doesn't sound very... It wasn't good, no. Comforting. It wasn't. yeah wasn't Was it a comforting? Was the next one comforting? Did you have a comforting? Okay, so the next one, when when I got pushed from the platform in the Jewel of the Desert Champions, ah i I remember slipping away while I was in the air, and that one...
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That one... there was like a rush right where the drowning was gasping and, and slow and, and something reaching down inside of me to pull death out, I guess. Um, when I was going through the air and I could feel death, you always feel it coming.
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This one was almost like pressed upon me, like a like a blanket over an entire person and that blanket passes through. And as it passes through, so does your spirit.
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Um, that one wasn't as dark and scary,
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I guess, Maybe we need to be called the re-dying champions. may I mean, you know, both times I came back. i mean I mean, maybe that blanket was out you just hitting the ground because was quick.
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You know what? My face my face was always okay. ah Right? Oh, okay. Thank God. But the point is, did you see anything afterwards? like like Because people talk about stories of like what comes after.
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Yeah, the only things I can piece together from after is like a a long solitary walk, and I never got to the end destination. i was always pulled back.
Goblins and Battle Preparations
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Well, I suppose if we die, suppose at least it won't be solitary walk. Meet in the corridor of the unknown? it won't be a solitary walk at that time.
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Ah, at least by my side and I'm pulling you back each time.
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Oh, you guys, I mean, i well, that's touched me. i I was just trying to get us all to ah just take a moment while we're all together. But now I feel both warm, protected and a little scared.
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It's the whole gambit of emotions, I guess, that's happening at the moment. but i am I do know this. I am so very glad that I met you all and that we're here ah it at this moment together.
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um I've never really had a group like this. I've been a part of ships and vessels and I i had a family on the Esmeralda, but this is this is changing the fabric of the universe as a team and just feels very special is all and and and and you guys know me like sins and all and you're still here we are all pretty awesome out or fucked
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We're all kind of misfits, right? In our own way. and nice some In a cool way. and ah Like in a like a gang way. Like in in one of those sort of gangs where you know you you reside in a dark corner of a tavern and then people start spreading rumors of like how dangerous they are and they must not don't talk to them. Or if you if you need like something solve and you can go to them, but there's a coin and there's a price, and but they will get the job done. That kind of like, whoa, there's some danger there type thing. Don't mess with them. cool I guess we're kind of like this keep, in a way.
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are All dilapidated and smelling as shit. Well, majestic, solid, still somehow held together, but yes, there is a lot of shit. In spite of Alpha's decisions. I like it! Needs a bit of a clean-up.
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We all make mistakes, I do apologise. I should have kept better control of my goblins, I admit. You let your goblins run rampant, and this is what happens. ah As a stale piece of turd just slowly slides down the wall in the corner of this common room. Alpha with almost like an exasperated sigh. He's just going to get up and like try and clean that off the wall as well. Should we do some more cleaning before others get here? Otherwise, I don't want I feel like, yeah, that's a good point. This is the staging area for the end of days.
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Alpha, this is your keep, right? Well, no, absolutely not. This keep belongs to Orla. Oh, does it? Well, where's Orla? Is she on the way back? Hopefully, yes. Well, she can clean it, can't she? it's her fucking house.
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Well, it was my goblins. Well, then, sort your goblins out, get them back round here, give them a duster, and get to clean the fucking turds off the wall. but i I don't know where... I won't follow them. I don't know where they are.
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Find them? So your goblins are... What are you talking about? I can't try reading a book once. you've got Yeah, that's a good point. rampin Yeah, where are the what all the goblins, Alpha? You know there's the that army you have?
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Where are they? We could really do with an army right now, Alpha. It's really useful. I am not too sure where they are. Well, good, but let's back to the same abode as whence we first found them, Alex.
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Have we got a large, dedicated house? Yeah, Alpha, where are they? I remember that. You went all crazy and red-eyed. Could we go get them? Oh yes, I did. I've seen them. It was only a couple of months ago, wasn't it?
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If they're still there, we could potentially... How far away are they? I believe it's about maybe a half a day's travel, if I recall correctly. ah Do I recall correctly?
00:15:22
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Who knows anymore, Elfer? I feel like adding another quest to an already building not repertoire of things to do is probably not best. Could we not? Have you not got like a... whip billie Oh, you can't like send a message to him.
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I can send a fucking rabbit or something, but it's goblins. Can they talk rabbit? I feel they would probably either, yes, fuck or eat the rabbit. Hopefully not both. One and the other. would or i Hopefully not one of them. and i'm talking hopeful Hopefully they don't fuck the rabbit. I'd rather they eat it.
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But that's besides the point. If you tell me where they are, I could send a message to them and get them to come and clean up their shit. If they fear you or revere whatever it is. I do not feel they would listen. I once tried to communicate with them via a custom sending stone.
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They did not even recognize my voice. I believe it is only really by sight they can um adore somebody.
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well Cleaning. So, speaking of like things that we've got to do, where are we all going? And who with?
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Well, I have no choice, as you know. I'm seeking Uri on, and I am perfectly fine with this assessment.
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So, I think Seth and I were fairly convinced to go 12. twelve No, we're going to hell. Where are you going? Hell.
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Hell. Hell. Why are you saying twel? It's hell. To L. Where has the H gone in your word? I'm missing a part.
00:17:07
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Have you always said it like that? oh Yeah, we're going to L. Damnation. You're going to damnation. You can use you can say damnation. Down deep. Down deep. we're Going down deep. good go Damnation. There we are. Look. Where has the determiner gone in your sentence? I'm worried for your sense.
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Okay, yeah. We're going to go fight some demons and shit. Yeah. Savvy. I believe me and Baal are team alpha in this situation. We're going to go and fuck up Uriam. Uriam.
00:17:37
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Boo-boo. Get some revenge. got some demons to fight because you're gonna have a lot of demons to fight as well, aren't you? Because isn't the plan for like all the stuff to be drawn to you guys?
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I hope not. What? No, well, Delmon was going to draw everything to to this plane, to Aerith, wasn't he? Yeah, we're going boating. Yeah, like, we think there's going to be a whole fucking body of water, my guy, between us and what's being... Yeah, but wasn't... Isn't Uri on, like, working with potentially the demons? Just, you know... Yes, I've been attuning with nature. I'm going to use less fire. It'll be fine. So, Sarok, you've got a choice. So, Seth and me, Journey to El, or Go Boating?
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It's a sailor's life. Farrakh's been listening to this conversation and he's just been flicking some coins through his fingers as he as he tries to contemplate. He's only got a handful of coppers left and he's just been flicking them through his fingers as he tries to contemplate this this discussion.
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And he's been thinking about it a lot since last night. it's It's been on his mind a lot and he will just listen and say...
Strategizing the Final Battle
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Well, I have a sword that's made of fire that will be fucking useless in the hell. It might be very good against the fucking demons that might turn up on this boat, but it will cut him off an orc's head good enough and also fuck up some other things. So I think the best bet for me is to be on that boat. But there is something we're not considering, which is Nyx has just said it, the uniqueness of us all.
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I genuinely believe that. I've also died. I went down in that pit and similar to Nyx, The corridor is an apt way of describing it. It's the last thing I remember before Seth was pouring a potion in my mouth, which brought me back to life.
00:19:24
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I've never got to this point before. Neither has Baal. I'm convinced me and him need to be up there. And since Baal will not leave you... I'm sorry to interrupt you. I have been there. I was there with Emron up there last time.
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I caught him. So he told me. He's been in other versions. versions Okay, that leaves just me. Either way, that's where I need to be. And I also think it's not just me. I don't think I'm particularly special.
00:19:52
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But I think we all have to be up there as well. So whatever we do in the first two instances, we have to ensure that when it's done, We all end up up there. Now, I hope that Prego fuck, if when you go into Hells, I've been thinking about this. maybe Surely he has the means to teleport, yes? Which means that takes care of those of you in Hells.
00:20:11
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We now need to think about those that go to the boat, how they get up there. Because I am convinced of one thing and one thing only, and that is all of us, regardless of where we go, and that is really fucking important, I agree, in terms of what's coming next, regardless of whether it's Hells or after that fucking Elven fuck,
00:20:28
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All of us have to end up on that fucking thing in the sky. Somehow. I don't know how. I'm wearing this stupid fucking cape. What about that afternoon that teleported Bala around?
00:20:39
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Because she could teleport you all over Earth. So couldn't she teleport you to... she could the platform when when things go because obviously we're going to we're going to trigger the key to go to Uri on or whatever we're we're going to trigger stuff in hell you're going to trigger stuff on here and then we've got that window haven't we've got a very short window to get onto the thing ah the way I saw it for us anyway if we're going to Uri on there's no way that he wouldn't have some sort of way of getting up there because that was his plan right so don't know.
00:21:10
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I think you're right, Mitch, but I don't think we can leave it to chance. If what Emon is saying is that there is someone who can handle teleportation, who can go on the boat, then great. Because my understanding of Prego, and I'm basing it on what you've told me, is that he'd be able to cover it for those of you in the Hells.
00:21:26
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I we never trust Prego to do anything. Prego does what Prego does. Yeah, but we've also got new information about Prego. How are you going to deal with that? Because like you guys are tight.
00:21:38
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Or were tight. Are tight? Were tight. Is tight. We're going to have a, we we'll have a chat. um Yeah. Yeah. We'll have a chat about it.
00:21:49
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You doing okay? I mean, yeah. ah Well, it's like you and Delmond. He. Tracy. You kept trying to hug him. It was bit weird. Yeah. I'll get that connection back.
00:22:01
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Yeah. Past me. Like Tim. That can't be a bad thing. It's very weird. asked me It's the way he said things. went where remember but Do you remember when we last met Prego. Yeah, when we had our deal, we had to make it with him. Just some of the things he said back then kind of hit home now.
00:22:21
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you know what I mean? Yeah, there's layers to it. All of a sudden, think about things he said and you know when I said, oh you know if you double cross us, I will find you. And he's i don I feel like, cause he clearly remembers stuff.
00:22:40
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He knew how to push our buttons, my buttons, everyone's buttons.
00:22:48
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I feel like there's a lot of pieces at play that have been here before and have tried to orchestrate the current pieces. us to get To get to the optimal outcome. Yeah.
00:22:59
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If only someone would tell us what that but the optimal outcome is. Um,
00:23:05
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Yeah, so... There's one person as well that we need to convince to go to the Hells.
Convincing Allies to Join the Fight
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Or at least try and implore them. And I don't think it's going to be easy because I don't think he likes being told what to do.
00:23:19
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Who? Drago. He has to go to the Hells if he's a part of this. We need fighters who can fight. andta We have to have him down there. He can hit things really hard with divine magic. Thanks for saying that Seth and I can't fight, but it's all right. Don't worry. It's not about the two of you. You're going into hells and we need you up on that fucking platform afterwards. It's not about your fucking ego. It's about getting you out of there alive, along with Prego. And Drago is one of the best chances you have of doing that.
00:23:45
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Yeah, Emron, it's all about your ego.
00:23:49
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I do agree with Farrakh. I agree too. Because such a big ego, Emron. so totally clear terrible yeah um I mean, we've got sides. Who knows? if Because they've got come here.
00:24:00
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I mean, going to tell Drago that lot. that I'm not going to tell him anything because you'll fucking hit me hard. He doesn't know me. We have to convince him. You have to convince him. I think Nick should convince him. I mean, Drago and the others, they are pretty experienced savers of Eris. So surely we should be listening to them.
00:24:21
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I mean, I don't want to tell that Dragonborn what to do. Do you remember the last time he spoke to Reigns and Reigns went and fucked off? Like, ah I don't want a part that. Yeah, but I think it'd be a really interesting conversation between Nyx and Drago where one convinces the other. I can tell you exactly how that conversation would go. I'll go over to him like, hey, you're a nice looking Dragonborn. I like scales. They're kind of shiny, but I have another Dragonborn that's actually hotter than you. And he'll go, fuck you. I don't like you anyway. And you talk too much. And I'll be like, yeah, no that's what everyone says about me, that I talk too much. And he'd like, fuck off.
00:24:50
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and then And then I'd have to go, yeah, right. but But I could read into his mind. oh Could you imagine what that might? I bet there's no defenses there. I bet for all his strength and bluster, I could peer into his mind and he wouldn't say anything about it.
00:25:05
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I've had two really smart things here. One, the for smart thing here is that Nix here can do a really good impression of Drago. Secondly, I don't think it's too wise to go peering into his mind. I don't think that would go down well. I feel like I need to peer into that Dragonborn's mind.
00:25:19
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As long as that's like okay with you, Baal. It's not like a a penetration thing. You know, it's just a ah a wonderment. Mind fucking isn't fucking fucking, is it? You penetrate his mind. Look at the meat menu, can't you, Nix?
00:25:34
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Yeah. He did me a while ago too. Older respect, Emron. We know that Aledo is going to be compromised in the hills, which was going to compromise you. We don't know the same for a kid. No, we don't know that. We know that we were told that. We don't know that.
00:25:50
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Well, I think we should take we should probably consider that there's a possibility that you might be. yeah or frankly i would but frank Frankly, if I thought there was any chance of talking you out of going into the hells, I would try it, but I'm not going to because I know there's no chance of telling talking you out of it.
00:26:04
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Cool. Good. and It's all hypothetical anyway, because they're not here. When they get here, we can talk to them. But I think the first thing you said, Tharok, has serious merit. This idea of finding a means of getting us out of where we are, presuming we're all successful. Yeah.
00:26:22
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quickly And if we have done this all before, and Emron, if what you've said from your dreams is true, that last time there was, what, three, four, five of you or so up there, if we can get a party, a fucking big party of us up there, I mean, i don't... I'm assuming that hasn't happened before.
00:26:44
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Last time I remember there was Drago, me, the woman, the dwarf, And two others, right? Prigo and who, and and then I think someone else who was shrouded in golden light, which was really hard to see. So yeah, there have been a few of us up there before. If we could get a load of us up there before, maybe that is the point where we can tip scales.
00:27:08
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Something we should talk about when they arrive, I guess, isn't it? If we can find a way of getting you out of the hells and there in six seconds. I think it's really important for us to get our head around the fact that the hells you're on, they're all sideshells compared to solving what's up there.
00:27:28
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That's not to take away from the importance of killing Euron. That's not to take away from the importance of rescuing Prego. But those two things are to set up what happens up there. If we don't follow it through by dealing with what's up there, it's all for nothing.
00:27:41
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there's ah i i I totally agree where you're at, but I feel like right now we just need to concentrate on step one. And step one is... doing these tasks to open up the way so that we can make it up to the top. I do think you're right.
00:27:56
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I do think you're right. got to go with you guys because Urien's got the key. You've got to kill him. The key then comes to the underworld where Seth and I will be, which allows us to unlock the curse.
00:28:06
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Yeah. So the whole key getting the key to the underworld thing. I think it will teleport from him. That's what that's what delmon pockets Delmond implied that there was a the key would disappear back to the hell somehow.
00:28:21
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If it's a shared pocket and I stuffed my hand in it and cast a spell, could I get my hand out the other side? Could one of you stuck stick your head into the pocket and be like, oh shit, someone's died, you've got 60 seconds, and I could be like, oh yeah, well that's my thing, okay. I don't know how that kind of spell works, i suppose you'd have to try it.
00:28:42
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If only we had Reigns, he fucking knows how it works, doesn't he?
00:28:47
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You see, Alpha's head tilts down when you say that. Oh, sh i said I'm sorry, Alpha. opening you up No, that was insensitive. It's fine. i'm I miss him too. And yes, I wish he was here. He could help explain many, many things on this pocket dimension thing I have to build. I've never seen anything like it.
00:29:09
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How long do you reckon it's going to take you to build it? As previously discussed, um four days. So what, we've got 46 days until alignment? that'll take us to 41?
00:29:23
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Well, no fuck that amount. we ought know Everything's kicking off in seven days. Delmon's literally pulling out his, ah I'm over here, everybody, let's come fuck shit up, or we're in seven days. yeah This is all in motion already. There is no...
00:29:39
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stopping things now. Well, no, I'm just i'm just remembering the fact that obviously the closer we get to alignment, the stronger our opponents get. So that's fucking good in seven days. So we've got we've got seven days to prepare. It's my point as well.
00:29:50
Speaker
Right. So any preparations other than other than getting equipment from... um from Sleetgaard that is being bought for us. you know We could send someone to go and talk to the goblins. you know any Anyone we can get or anything we can do here.
00:30:08
Speaker
like i'm I'm trying to craft as many bottles of holy water as I can. I can help. I can make vials and and things. So i I guess I can start making vials. There's still couple of things I wish to do.
00:30:20
Speaker
Yeah, Alpha, can you make any stuff that would be really helpful now? Until you get the pieces. once Until you get the parts, you're not focusing on that, are you? I would need materials, but I'm sure there's can craft that would be helpful. I've got stuff lying around. I'm craft stuff together.
00:30:39
Speaker
Okay. Okay. ah Break. So some of us will be crafting. Nick, you can clean. um No, I've got my own stuff to do. Thanks. Just because I can't craft like you can craft doesn't mean that I'm just sitting here holding in my dick. I've got things that I want to do and people that I need to talk to as well. Is that sitting and holding your dick? No, that's not my job anymore.
00:31:01
Speaker
I could sit and hold your dick. See, I've got a bar. but as As that happens, Farak's going to walk over to the wall and he's just going to start wiping the shit off it and he's going to go, i can hit things with an action. I can cook. Apart from that, I'm pretty fucking useless, so I'll clean and cook.
00:31:16
Speaker
And he'll then just wash his hand across the wall and go, I'll obviously wash my hands before I start cooking. Yeah, I was going to say, I don't really want to eat what you're cooking. oh Yeah, we can spell it already.
00:31:27
Speaker
Seth, as someone who's kind of just been stoically watching for the last 15 minutes there, You notice on occasion, a bird is trying to get through a closed window in this common room, kind of like a ah woodpecker almost at points, trying to tap at the glass. not Not particularly loud, it's just you would notice that in a silent state.
00:31:55
Speaker
All right.
00:31:57
Speaker
I want to see if I know what type bird this is. So you move to the window, you inspect it.
00:32:08
Speaker
It is a bird common to Snake Run. Okay. Does that mean anything to him?
00:32:19
Speaker
Apart from it coming from Snake Run? Make an insight check.
00:32:24
Speaker
I will make an insight check. I'm not very good this. ah Five.
00:32:31
Speaker
You don't necessarily discern meaning. You are kind of
00:32:40
Speaker
moved at the idea that this is a desert bird in ah very hailey northern city. ah Sorry, a northern um northern kingdom.
00:32:52
Speaker
Okay. Well, Seth will pause for a second and to be muttering to himself. His bird obviously has brain damage. gone the wrong way.
00:33:04
Speaker
right. And he's going to try and deftly, if the window is openable, try and open the window and grab it by the neck at the same time. could i but yeah Make a slight hand check. All righty then. Chest those reflexes.
00:33:18
Speaker
Come on, Sethsicles. Nope, that's a six. I'm going up. Oh wait, hold on. It's a grapple.
00:33:28
Speaker
grappling a bird. You open the window just ajar enough you get your own fist through. And as you kind of just knock your thumb against the glass, it kind of hops over your hand, fly straight into the room and like dive bombs onto the stone floor.
00:33:43
Speaker
Dead.
00:33:46
Speaker
Lifeless, not moving. What did that bird do to you? it's just weird, man. It's not from here. It must have damaged to the brain. It must have been knocked. in the head a few times. That's why it just died on the floor.
00:33:58
Speaker
Anyway, they're pretty tasty. So I'll, I'll pluck it and we'll, ah we'll, we'll start getting it ready for some. Farrakh, can you cook with bird? You've done bird, yeah?
00:34:09
Speaker
Farrakh is going to make his way over to the bird and is going to take a long look at it. Is there any sense of injury or anything that's could have hurt this bird before, before it,
00:34:21
Speaker
nosedived and killed itself. Is there anything about this bird that suggests that it's fleed from something? that it is because obviously Are you looking for injury are you looking at the creature itself? So is it medicine or it nature? It's nature.
00:34:32
Speaker
um Make a nature check then, please.
00:34:50
Speaker
You've seen these before. They often fly in flocks.
00:34:57
Speaker
You've seen a few injured before. This this looks like it has flown a long way, is malnourished ah and kind of sickly.
00:35:08
Speaker
There's no like obvious like um impalements or scratches or anything like that. This is kind of not really diseased either, just just an unwell singular creature.
00:35:19
Speaker
I'm just desperately trying to find the name of it. Yeah, so you could you could cook this, ya yeah? Pretty sickly, not much meat to it. Wouldn't be much point, if I'm honest.
00:35:30
Speaker
Well, I'll chuck it in the vet of shit outside, I guess. There is, as you kind of move closer to it, however, Tharok, a small piece of parchment tied to its talon.
00:35:45
Speaker
All right, I'll just throw this out then. i don't wait. What?
00:35:49
Speaker
Well, you are going to cook it then. I told you. I told you'd be good. Farrakh will just take take the parchment off it and hold it up towards Seth, as if to say. right. You're holding it to Seth?
00:36:01
Speaker
He's just holding it at the minute, just up. And then he he'll take a look at the parchment. And and if if if it's sealed, is there a seal on it? ah No, it's just tied.
00:36:12
Speaker
Farrakh, wash your hands. Farrakh will unravel the parchment. Oh, gross. ah Oh, shit hands. Farrakh, a message has been sent to you and it will say what it reveals.
00:36:28
Speaker
It just looks like it's redacted because of smears of shit all over it.
00:36:35
Speaker
Where did they get the brown crayon?
00:36:38
Speaker
doesn't smell like cola. Farrakh will smile at it and he'll walk over Nick who's just had all shitty hands and go, is she for you? No. i've ah Okay, can you hold it up?
00:36:51
Speaker
He'll laugh at that and he'll just hold it up. ah Okay, ah then in which case, I'm pasting this message on loads people's phones. ah Nix, ah you see the following message if you care to read it.
00:37:06
Speaker
ah Nixie boy, uncork the good wine.
00:37:14
Speaker
Is that a euphemism for your butt again or something? I'm not entirely sure. No one calls me Nixie boy.
00:37:23
Speaker
Is there good wine here? Anyone got the good wine? Have I got the good wine? If the seal is broken. I'm going to wash my hands. don't trust it. I'm going to go outside and just wash his hands in a trough. Not in the pissy trough. No, that's the pissy trough. Ah, for fuck's sake. Alpha, why the fuck do your goblins piss and shit everywhere? And at which point he's going to go off and try and find some fresh water for Not in the lake either. That's full of piss. Not worth it. Shit.
00:37:50
Speaker
Good wine.
00:37:53
Speaker
I'll go and look for it. If it's anywhere, I'll be in the hall, I think. it Just make sure if it's corked, just check check that it's fully sealed. I don't trust these goblins. Yeah, yeah, i love a good guy.
00:38:06
Speaker
ahed I genuinely i think someone's on their way.
Mysteries and Speculations with Nix
00:38:12
Speaker
You would call you Nixie Boy. Well, I don't know who calls me Nixie Boy. It's a little bit personal. um i'm hoping I'm hoping it's Trace. and you know You know what it sounds like, though, Nix?
00:38:24
Speaker
It just sounds like a name that if you were not you, that you would call you. Like, if you met you and your name was not Nix, you'd call them Nixie Boy. Maybe it's you from a different timeline.
00:38:38
Speaker
Do you know what i mean? That's me from another... i know you know No, no, no, no, no. I totally know what you mean. I've been trying to... Nix will pull out old girl's orb. I've been trying to contact me from a list ah like a different me through this because like we've got to be linked, right? So maybe, maybe there's something to that.
00:38:56
Speaker
Would I call myself Nixie boy? don't know. You give everyone else a nickname. So yeah, I think you would. Who do we know that like calls people weird names though?
00:39:07
Speaker
Nix.
00:39:10
Speaker
True. If the pirate boot fits. I mean, the only other person I know that likes wine like that and uses names for other people would be the one that's locked up in the hells, so...
00:39:21
Speaker
and What about Carstan? He used to use like, he called people weird names. Who? Oh. Carstan. It's Carstan. This has Carstan's name written all over it.
00:39:35
Speaker
No, it doesn't. It has shit all over it. I was going to say, I'd smell it, but it smells like shit. I get the sense that Carstan would spray things with a perfume as he sends it. There is no odour to this. There's no perfumous odour.
00:39:49
Speaker
Poor bird.
00:39:52
Speaker
Either way, I feel like we should expect some company very soon.
00:39:59
Speaker
mean, if you told you one caught the good wine, that can't be long because you let a wine breathe and then you need drink it. so I forget how just upper class you are sometimes, Emron. I hung around with Reigns far too much. It was all about like, no, it was like, no, Emron, you've got to let it breathe. Put it in a special bottle. It's got a wide bottom. I just didn't understand why you just don't drink the stuff.
00:40:22
Speaker
ah Alpha, where'd you keep your good wine? Around your carafes. They were always important, apparently. The what? i like A carafe.
00:40:33
Speaker
Are you missing a letter like hell again? i don't i don't know what a carafe is. Giraffe. Giraffe. That's an random animal. Yeah, i know that, but you might be missing a letter again. They're not native to these. It's pronunciation.
00:40:47
Speaker
I will go and look for some unopened bottles of stuff. Okay? No, no, wine. Check the color as Wine, yes. Yeah, as you say that... um So Faroth come back in, he's got a load of bottles, and he just puts one down and goes, Goblin fish, puts another one down. That appears to be some kind of fucking animal bile. That appears to be some form of liquidated shit. What the fuck are your goblins doing and why are they shitting and pissing and putting biles in bottles? This is fucking disgusting, Alpha.
00:41:13
Speaker
Faroth, as you so enter back into the common room here with those bottles of just kind of discarded glass...
00:41:24
Speaker
Once you step out of the door frame and that still lightly hailing ah
00:41:32
Speaker
morning glow seeks in, Balfoy, the passive high enough, can just spy maybe a quarter of a mile over the shoulder towards a road.
00:41:48
Speaker
Two wagons pulled by camels approaching.
00:41:57
Speaker
Well, guests. We've got guests. Probably not goblins. Camels suggest Dralak. Maybe Tharak. Clean some more of the shit off the walls, if you wouldn't mind. i'll um <unk> i'll I'll stand outside.
00:42:11
Speaker
Anyone else wants to clean more shit off walls? Help yourselves. I'll stand with you, um ah because, you know, after all, they're expecting me. So, yeah. Yeah. when I'll light a fire. I'll light a fire, and we can keep them warm when they arrive. Okay.
00:42:25
Speaker
Let's do this surprise party, guys. Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:42:29
Speaker
So it's Nick's and Bao stood outside. As it gets closer, you can take in more detail. There's one very opulent, jewel-encrusted, golden oak wagon.
00:42:44
Speaker
Very comfortable. Very boastful in its presentation. And four camels pulling it. And two people sat driving it.
00:42:59
Speaker
Tethered behind it is a very long prison wagon with limbs kind of spread out sorry from this distance ah in a far rougher condition.
00:43:17
Speaker
Val? e You seeing that? I am. That's not the welcome party that I was hoping for. No.
00:43:29
Speaker
Who do we know that that is that rich? ah I'm leaning more into Karstan, but ah ah until I saw the limbs hanging out from the long prison cell, that's a bit... They're moving like they're still attached to bodies.
00:43:44
Speaker
o Slavery in caravans and... Oh, fuck, is it Kareem? Is that Kareem? Oh, my Please tell... Did you tell him you were hit? No, it wouldn't be Kareem, would it I mean, no, but it's been a while. Please be Karstan, please be Karstan, please be Karstan. was someone else when we last spoke to Karim, I swear.
00:44:02
Speaker
What? ah No, not someone else. I was a different person. I had died twice since. ah Maybe we should prepare just in case. Oh, God. He'll kind of shout back over his shoulder. that Might not be Karstan, maybe a slaver. oh but if you Don't say that loud. You have someone in there who's got to go fucking berserk at the word slaver. Emran sort of comes out.
00:44:27
Speaker
Oh, shit. Fucking slaves. Don't worry about Emron. It might not be. They've just got a slave wagon, it looks like, and camels and rich people. It might be Carstan. It's probably Carstan.
00:44:39
Speaker
Why do you think slaves? We should kill them. Not the slaves, the slavers. They know we're here but They know we're here. Let's just see who it is before we burn a bit gets within about 200 feet of you at the south, and you're beginning to see the shapes of the two ah drivers on the more opulent wagon, both human or humanoid from this distance, one bald-headed, impeccably well-dressed, the other, this opulent red turban that sits with this big blue jewel at its core, holding it tied together,
00:45:17
Speaker
The turban at one end extends to a wrist bangle that's just waving now with an empty glass in its hand in your direction. As it gets closer and closer, you're seeing emblazoned upon the side of the more opulent wagon.
00:45:41
Speaker
Kareem, snake run.
Opulence and Mystery Arrivals
00:45:46
Speaker
He calls me Nixie boy. How did we forget this? fucking hated that guy so much I forgot. hey And they get now within 150 Thou art warm up the best piss bottle.
00:46:02
Speaker
Can I punch him? No. no no no no no no No, no, no, no, no. Because we need allies, believe it or not. To like park your, park feelings. Can we choose our allies? We can't, you but we, we ain't got much choice, Emron.
00:46:17
Speaker
And, and, and he did help us out with a whole duel of the desert champions. Did he? Did he? He gave us a fucking elephant as well. Like, We didn't tell him we were here. If he knows we're here, someone important, hopefully on our side, has told him so. What's with the whats with the carriage with limbs? That's just confusing. That's... Definitely not slaves. Just ah like a bus. You've heard of a bus? it's like ah It's like a carriage on top of a carriage. Me neither. I just made it up. But I'm assuming it'll be like that. A carriage on top of a carriage, you see? Not wanting to get too closer.
00:46:51
Speaker
Spotting... the but bilious pond that was once crystal blue, now covered in putrid odours, seeing the state of some of the dug pits and the the the the traps that have been dug in around the southern border of this once fine keep.
00:47:10
Speaker
They hitch up about 15 feet away from the perimeter of the property.
00:47:17
Speaker
the red-turbaned individual turns and throws a half-consumed canister of water into the general vicinity of the rusty prison wagon and then goes to affectionately stroke the camels.
00:47:36
Speaker
The bald-headed, even finer-dressed individual looks stoically, triumphantly across this vista a familiar feeling about this place to this individual, knows exactly where to go and has no doubt been kind of steering the turban wearer here.
00:48:00
Speaker
Begins to stride confidently towards the group. The turban wearing individual about five feet behind, quickly catching up. Do we recognize the board person?
00:48:13
Speaker
Yes. It's Lord Vaughan Dandt. Oh, twirl. features Wow, these are... To what do we owe this pleasure? me hammer ready. ah An open-armed, jubilant to see you. Kareem Snakerun just shouts, Nixie boy! Hi, Kareem!
00:48:32
Speaker
It's been too long, is it? runs to embrace you, whether or not, well, it runs, but like strides to embrace you, whether or not you meet that is not really factored in his approach. He just goes in there for an almighty squeeze and you're kind of caught, I mean, you know if you unless you dip out the way, not youre you're kind of caught in the sheer girth and length of this turban as it kind of wraps around you in almost in an intimidating-esque kind of pull.
00:49:00
Speaker
That's amazing. Nix's arms will snake round Kareem's hips and then go through his deep pockets. Can I um steal some gold, please?
00:49:13
Speaker
Or whatever I can in his pockets. Make a slighter hand check, a disadvantage, as you're kind of caught in all of this fabric. Ah, shit. Disadvantage, slighter hand. Cool. How's that fail, little one? Natty one. Oh,
00:49:29
Speaker
oh
00:49:33
Speaker
Kareem, it's been too long. I've missed you. One hand still holding you um in this kind of intimidating embrace. The other hand not breaking his smile and his adulation. The other hand subtly just goes towards your other hand and you just feel your finger being bent really hard in the wrong direction. I haven't changed. It is so wonderful to see you again. It's so wonderful to see you.
00:49:58
Speaker
i cannot I cannot contain myself, Nixie boy. And he releases who your releases your finger, which is throbbing in pain at this point. And not breaking eye contact from you just says, Vaundan, I thought you said this place was like a palace.
00:50:16
Speaker
And Vaundan, looking slightly kind of put out by how disgustingly gross this place is, just turns from ah from a disgusted look to quite a smoked look.
00:50:31
Speaker
Well, I suddenly got my money's worth. And he just grins in the direction of you, Emron. I'm going to punch him. You're going to punch him? No, no. that This is Emron muttering going punch him. i'm going to punch him. Someone say something.
00:50:45
Speaker
And kind of taking in the company here, sees Nyx, sees Emron, sees Alpha. There's some faint familiants, Baal, sees Seth, unsure on the Orc, but they both look as though they're looking for another person.
00:51:06
Speaker
so you've brought a lot of people with you yeah you told you to come here oh well that's the thing Mr Emron as a finally you're released from this fabric prison Nix as a Kareem just kind of retightens his bangles and resets his turban and his robes it's impossible to really tell what one starts and one ends a rather interesting fellow came to Snake Run last night So there was a considerable amount of gold for some labouring over here in Goldport Keep and seeing as it was, well, we'd rode through the night for anything.
00:51:47
Speaker
Added the caveat that we might bump into a few known faces.
00:51:53
Speaker
lizard kin. Didn't recognise him, but he knew you.
00:51:58
Speaker
And it's mighty glad to see you.
00:52:02
Speaker
So you've brought some people you've paired to come and do some work? We've come to do some work, correct? You've come through work? Well, we've come to talk. We've told come to converse. We've got some urgent business with you all, but my associates still... Who are your associates?
00:52:23
Speaker
He just turns, looks at the cage, turns back and smiles. People here of their own free will? Correct. Criminals serving their time.
00:52:37
Speaker
Insight check. Go for it.
00:52:42
Speaker
Whilst that's happening, Barr will go, I think we got the wine for you, bear with me, and he's going to go back inside the house and just say to Alpha, have you still got that liquid that can make anything taste of us something else out of interest? Do you still have that on you?
00:52:57
Speaker
I have some powder that will make something taste like salmon. Perfect, pour it in the piss drink, go. Consider it done. Okay, I'll take ah take one of the piss things from Tharok, kind of pour that into it, try and do it subtly, re-cork it and head back outside with it.
00:53:13
Speaker
You're holding this unlabeled corked bottle. 19, Danny.
00:53:20
Speaker
You are unconvinced that the all ah they're there because they are serving time. So, um I don't think slavery is allowed in Sleetgad, so, you know.
00:53:33
Speaker
Well, If you want to pay them a fair wage for the work, be my guest. what what How about you pay them?
00:53:40
Speaker
yeah ah about how about How about we're just all happy to see each other here. Let's get everyone off the rag and there's plenty of space to just to kind of get cozy up in there. And we can talk about like how we can all help make this place a spick and span again. Right?
00:53:57
Speaker
Right. Fine idea, Nixie boy. I am parched. Let us, let us, please give us the grand tour. Nick's. Oh, Nick's. I found the the wonderful, that kind of ah delicacy. What was it? ah Some sort of like caviar-laced wine from the inside ah of the the vaults that weren't actually, you know. Oh, yes. Sleekard's finest, right? That was, that yeah. um well Oh, ah thanks, Bahl. Thank you, ah Kareem. And there you go. There's there's your drink.
00:54:30
Speaker
Please, please help yourself and make yourself... You want the grand tour? Alpha! Alpha! that He's inspecting this bottle. And she says, let's drink, Nixie boy. And he just pushes past you and walks into the common room. Come on, Nixie boy.
00:54:44
Speaker
Tell me a tale of the road. ah I've got many! Alpha! And he begins to kind of like look around quite disgusted at this place that's still smeared in all sorts of fecal matter. But kind of rearranges the the the table and chairs to kind of mean everyone gets a spot.
00:55:00
Speaker
Everyone's not got in. Yeah, as as they're heading back in, Farrakh will just stop Barth and goes, once they're out of earshot, and will just go, I assume you don't like this prick because you're just giving him a bottle of post-dial shit. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Vordand's still in the middle of in the midst of all of you, just hears all of that. would you say it around them?
00:55:24
Speaker
Farrakh wouldn't have said that if if he was directly there. He would have waited until... they with Like an awkward awkward guest at a wedding, he still just stood there. Vondan, how about you go inside everyone gives him a good hearty slap on the shoulder?
00:55:40
Speaker
Perhaps you could join me, Emron, and your dear friend your dear friend from the East. Where is he? Reigns. again
00:55:50
Speaker
My condolences. werere He fucked off. We're we're over it. I see. it you You are getting the massive look of indignation from Alpha right now. so You can tanker as prick. Talk talk to Alpha about it. Alpha, take him inside.
00:56:08
Speaker
Come Alpha, I have a gift for all of you. Excellent. and Everyone's going over to the slave card. Okay. You'll notice it's unlocked and they're beginning to kind of exit and start to assess the labor in front of them.
00:56:24
Speaker
Some have started to kind of ah ah look for rudimentary um tools. Others, the more bestial races, are just using their claws and kind of trying to dig out some of the the worst of the affected areas around this bilious pond. Everyone's going to gather them together. How many of them there?
00:56:42
Speaker
About two dozen. Squeezed into an prison cart. Excellent. I cast a zone of truth.
00:56:52
Speaker
ah What does the zone truth look like? So this this heavily cladded, metal weaponized um ah
Morality of Freeing Slaves
00:57:00
Speaker
human walks over and starts casting a magical spell at a bunch of defenseless individuals. so wouldn If they're all stood there, everyone's going to go over to and say, right, so how many of you were Any of you criminals? Any of you, you know, i take you're all slaves?
00:57:19
Speaker
And the sort of series of humans, dwarfs,
00:57:31
Speaker
hobgoblin, goblin, goblin constitution here they kind of just look around at the collars they're wearing and the sort of cuts and and scrapes along their skin and don't really mark you just kind of suggest it's obvious okay right so yeah this isn't gonna is there anyone else out here with me other than don't know Nix went in and Alpha went in
00:58:03
Speaker
think Al got dragged in, but yeah. Barl would be trying to follow Nixon, trying to catch his eye and and kind of rubbing his temple in a motion, but that's what Barl's doing.
00:58:15
Speaker
Seth would have been there. He'd have been following Emron. couple of steps behind. Seth, what do you think? Free the slaves? Yep. Okay. So what we're going to do get you all out. I'm going to cast a spell just to check all telling the truth.
00:58:31
Speaker
And then um we're going to free you. Okay. So this is an individual ah role for every 23 of them that are out there. Okay.
00:58:43
Speaker
All right. Okay. Are you going streamline these questions a little bit? ah Basically, it's going to be, ah are you a criminal? ah Are you a slave? Are you held against your own will? Basically, establishing who is doing it as part of indentured servitude and who is doing it as in they've been taken and it's bad slavery.
00:59:03
Speaker
How many children have you murdered? Yeah. yeah He's establishing three. Who are bad and who aren't? Okay, I'm sure holding a lot of dice. Anyone burning down any orphanages. Remind me... One child could be an accident. Two is... Too much is way out. It's carelessness. Three is... Remind me, do you know if they pass or fail it? I know if they pass or fail, yes. all right.
00:59:25
Speaker
DC's 13. Yep. Uh... ah
00:59:32
Speaker
It's a charisma saving throw, just in case you're not sure. i'm i'm I'm going to apply one modifier for 23 of them, if that's all right. yeah There's no remarkable individuals here that you're fishing for. They're all standard peasants. right. you know that twelve fail eleven
00:59:55
Speaker
okay so eleven okay of the twelve fails
01:00:03
Speaker
You think, that's luckily that's a D12.
01:00:07
Speaker
Five of them are innocent. Or the answer that they're innocent. The other seven answer that they have committed crimes of kind of various high category lengths of time of incarceration.
01:00:23
Speaker
Okay. So, um Emron turns to Seth. So, these five, ah we we liberate. Absolutely, yeah? Are we liberating them all?
01:00:35
Speaker
I don't know. What have you just done? All I heard was we're going to free them all. I said, yep. And then you've gone. What about these five? These 12 are telling the truth. And I know for a fact, these five of are incidents that have been claimed.
01:00:48
Speaker
live These other seven have done crimes. Okay. What kind of crimes? We need a list. sometimes How long ago was it? What was the crime?
01:00:58
Speaker
Who was the victim? Do you feel bad? We need all the details, otherwise we cannot put to paint a good picture of moral indignation here. Or, this is a lot of time and we have other people to go and kill, Kareem, aka Bastard Man. So maybe we just free them all. They're getting drunk on piss wine. Yeah, but we don't want to let criminals loose, do we?
01:01:20
Speaker
Buddy, the world's going to end in seven days, you know? What damage would they really do in that time? ah lot. ah Bad people can do a lot of stuff, Seth. Yeah, we all make mistakes.
01:01:33
Speaker
I'll say free the lot. Maybe give those five a head start.
01:01:41
Speaker
That's my take anyway. No, ah no i and I understand that. Yeah, I just, yeah there I mean, don't run. Slavery, bad. But if someone was there in prison town, then that's little bit different. um
01:01:54
Speaker
Or do we just leave them all? Well, I don't like people being forced to do, these innocent people who have been absolutely forced to do it, then absolutely not. But think about the minecart thing. You know you know the minecart thing?
01:02:07
Speaker
no No. You're on a minecart. You know, wait. You're watching a minecart and it's going down a track and there's someone tied on the track but the track splits and on one side there's one person and on the other side there's five people tied up and you can choose to change the track.
01:02:29
Speaker
Yeah. That makes sense. Sure. I hit the cart with my hammer. Right. But before that, because I've got the liberty of looking this up on a table and doing some rolls. The seven people that you ah categorised from the original 12 that are actually criminals. um One ah was done for murder and has served six years so far. One was done for copyright infringement and has served one year so far. One has been done for theft and served two years. One for attempted regicide and has served 24 years. One has been done for fly tipping and has served three months so far. One has been done for assault and served four years. One has been done for fraud and has been serving for 21 years.
01:03:10
Speaker
That fly tipping tit tit should not leave our sight... It's a crime against nature. and I think you should let go. In that 10 minutes of getting everyone's facts, your zone of truth has faded.
01:03:22
Speaker
Yeah, I figured that. um So, ah yeah, ah the murderer, he probably needs to do his time. Yeah, but what did we I killed the king, so reggie Reggie boy should go. Because yeah at least you just didn't follow through, buddy. we there's a lot of people in There's a lot of people around you that just gasp when you say that, Seth. Which king did you try and kill off chance, young fella?
01:03:48
Speaker
Young fella? He's definitely in his 80s. He's said 24 years so far, so he's definitely not young. that everyone Everyone's young to Emma. The leader of the 10th kingdom of Aerith currently, so give me one second to find that in the wiki.
01:04:00
Speaker
We're so sorry, Danny. I'm not sorry. Mark gives me a good chance to plug our wickets. Make your work for the NPCs.
01:04:10
Speaker
Well, good effort trying to kill a king, though. yeah but like Yeah, we can give... ah Seth can give you tips. It'd awkward now if we say no and then we realise he's trying to kinglit king king kill the guy in Shadow Men.
01:04:24
Speaker
That'd be a real kick in the dick. We've got to let him go then. Yeah, we've got to do it.
01:04:30
Speaker
Join our party. Who here fancies going to hell and fighting demons? but None of you. No, they all look a bit sheepish now.
01:04:42
Speaker
ah Queen Iona Steel Forge of the Hurral Empire was the attempted regicide. Hurral? What's Hurral Empire like, Seth?
01:04:53
Speaker
I heard about them. they had know They've got loads of problems. Civil War, kinds of shit going on. ok i Okay, are we okay with this? yeah but um Okay, right. So so we let this the were at six of these... six Most of them have walked away from you now. yeah i think it's an all or none situation.
01:05:12
Speaker
It's an all or none situation. Either we we've got to let them all go or we don't let any of them go. right What about the 11 we don't know about? Fuck it. but No.
01:05:23
Speaker
Okay, em everyone's definitely freeing the five innocent. You just said slavery is bad, so we stop them doing slaving. Boom. Or we could go and kill Kareem.
01:05:33
Speaker
Everyone pause this for a minute. Boom. Done. We could kill Kareem as a slaver. Okay, let's go. And he's going to start walking inside. Let's go. Follow you. Right. Rest of you, if you could start clearing things up, we will come and he will free the rest of you in a minute. Are you ordering the slaves?
01:05:54
Speaker
Shut up. I did order slow. ah I thought you said it was bad. Anyway.
Negotiations and Persuasion at Snake Run Keep
01:06:00
Speaker
It is bad. right self to walk in So you two enter a scene where there's currently a bit of Mexican standoff, as it were, where Nix and Kareem are sat with a bottle on the table and two glasses and neither are drinking first.
01:06:18
Speaker
Meanwhile, everyone else is kind of around.
01:06:23
Speaker
Really, honestly, this is the best that we have to offer. And i it is guest protocol for you to drink first, my friend. You know this. I wouldn't do you any disservice here. You have come to our humble abode and I have treated you like the VIP to which I think that you truly are. And this is the best that we have. It is Sleetguard's finest. You ask where we've been and our travels. This is what we have brought with us. is a fine, fine wine.
01:06:51
Speaker
made for someone with your esteemed, privileged self. There's a little bow as he says that, and then Nyx, make a persuasion check. It's not deception.
01:07:04
Speaker
Come on, Nyx. You're right, deception. ah I'm a guide myself. You're casting a spell. He watches you do that. I'm going to subtly cast the spell. Nice.
01:07:18
Speaker
Well done for me, you're metamagic. Thank you. Whatever you're old, just add a three onto it for my flash of genius. Ooh, nice. Flash. A flash of genius. You just get your penis out. Shows a little bit of nipple. Was it all down there? no, no. Distraction. Deception? traction deception Yep.
01:07:38
Speaker
Oh, thank God. I got plus six for deception. i got a 91. i Oh, No. For fuck's sake. Drink that salmon shit. Drink that salmon shit. Yeah.
01:07:50
Speaker
Can't re-roll that shit? do ah from em ride they modified You can add add the modifiers to it. Is there any point a modifiers? You get a plus three and you give me yourself subtle guidance. You could take it up to 14. Are you inspired?
01:08:05
Speaker
Check your inspiration. I've got it for some reason. i can't remember what it I'm not going to use it for this. But you can re-roll it. Make him drink this. 13, but with
01:08:16
Speaker
Any bards? You got a nat one though. I got a nat one. I got a nat one. 13, but that was a hard nat one, man. Like, he's just going to be drinking.
01:08:28
Speaker
At the attempted flattery ah towards the end of your monologue, he does kind of appreciate the admiration and kiss assery that you're doing.
01:08:38
Speaker
And he just keeps this really wide grin.
01:08:45
Speaker
Nixie boy.
01:08:48
Speaker
I am entirely familiar with the vineyards of the north and they do not make anything like you described. So you have a sipple first and I'll gladly partake. Well, how about we have a sipple at the same time? Deal.
01:09:01
Speaker
Deal. Okay, Savvy, Alpha's just going to come up and say, Toby, sorry, um Nix, I'm afraid I have your special drinking ah jug here.
01:09:13
Speaker
And I'm just going to take the um off the ah coat the jug that turns any liquid into milk. I'm just going to put that down, and I myself am going to pick up the glass that Nix has had. I was going to tilt it a little bit towards Nix, so he's making it look like I'm trying to do a gentle pour.
01:09:31
Speaker
ah but just so we can kind of see the piss turn to milk as I'm pouring it.
01:09:38
Speaker
That looks like it' a filth, Alpha. Oh, I've heard it's quite nice. Whatever you metal boys get on, all right, I'm down.
01:09:50
Speaker
I'll have one too. What Nick's is having? As you wish, and I'll get a ah ah normal glass for him. and Oh, no, Nick, what Nick's is having? I'm putting it out of the same bottle, but... ah
01:10:06
Speaker
Just pouring into a different glass for him. Much obliged. ah To the Undying Champions, eh? Obviously, because that's our name. ah Yes, Savvy, um to your...
01:10:23
Speaker
Wonderful self. As Nick looks towards the glass.
01:10:30
Speaker
Cheers. And he makes a point of cheersing you very, very hard so that kind of liquid splashes out and drinks as you do.
01:10:44
Speaker
I drink. I drink. I drink. He kind of saw us plays with it on his palate a bit. Chewing. Chewable. It's... it's it's ah it's It's a meal, Kareem. It's a meal. I'm sure about the milk.
01:10:59
Speaker
m Would you like some ah ale? Vaudan just interrupts this play. um like Can we storm in yet?
01:11:12
Speaker
This is for you. All of you. And puts this envelope on the table. with this very dense wax seal underneath that's kind of elevating it about an inch. Okay.
01:11:29
Speaker
What's a wax seal? And Nix looks down at it. and Is there of any coat or arms, ah I reckon? Yeah. you You turn the envelope over.
01:11:40
Speaker
And indented in the wax, in this sort of golden marbled wax,
01:11:52
Speaker
is the insignia of the trade Lord, Ambrick Vossan.
01:12:00
Speaker
Goddamn. Next we'll peel off the seal carefully. ah As a show of respect more than anything, rather than ripping it open as if it was Christmas Day, this is more of just like peeling it open and unfurling the contents.
01:12:20
Speaker
And you, it's a letter.
01:12:26
Speaker
And how does that read? Look at your mobile device.
01:12:39
Speaker
It's quite a lengthy letter, and you're watching as Nick is reading it internally first.
01:12:52
Speaker
You guys read this? As Nix looks up and he looks towards Kareem and... both Both the trade lords in front of you shake their heads. Hmm.
01:13:04
Speaker
Well, thank you for delivering. I didn't know that you were into, like, the postal service now. Do I have to tip? I feel like I should tip.
01:13:15
Speaker
Kareem just holds up the drink. Tip enough, Nixie boy.
01:13:22
Speaker
Savvy as Nix just pockets the letter.
01:13:28
Speaker
Right. So. Yes. I believe there's a matter of 1000 gold to discuss.
01:13:39
Speaker
Yes. And it's about time we got that 1000 gold. No, no. For our services.
01:13:49
Speaker
For... Well, your lizard king associate, Nixie boy, he said we should be here to do some hard graft on tidying up the place ahead of some special visitors. And seeing as it's a bit of an urgent job, I yeah put the price at a thousand gold and he said, yeah.
01:14:09
Speaker
ah right Someone called Seth will pay it. Of course, I knew exactly who he meant then. And I knew exactly who i was going to see. and I'm delighted to see you all.
01:14:23
Speaker
Cool. Who's the lizard that you spoke to?
01:14:30
Speaker
Greeny black snout. He was in a hurry.
01:14:36
Speaker
like Forgive me, Karim, but do we look like a party that has a thousand gold right now to spend? Do you see where we are staying? If we had a thousand gold, don't you think that we would have already got this place ready? I mean, we are the Undying Champions and we are looking to save Aerith.
01:14:56
Speaker
not save gold so we've kind of just been using what we have to get ourselves ready to defend the realm here like surely if anything you should probably be thanking us because i don't see you and your esteemed self and colleagues putting yourselves forward for any do or die battles that might be coming up anyway so if you do want to stay and i implore you to stay i really do you have no idea but you'll be staying for the benefit of being witness to something great this is as nix looks around the halls and kind of gestures the starting point of the rest of the days to come for erith good or bad history will be written about what will take place here and the fact that you're here within these pistane hallowed walls
01:15:48
Speaker
That's gift enough. Now, Kareem, you're businessman.
01:15:53
Speaker
We've done deals before where we represented you in the Jewel of the Desert Champions. If you wanted to fix this place up and you put some of your own advertisement around here, who am I to say that's right or wrong? But do give you the space to do that.
01:16:08
Speaker
And then think about the history there. You have fixed up the place for the last stand, the final meeting, the final meal. In a place to which your name could be a part of it.
01:16:20
Speaker
I would say that's payment enough, my friend. Plus we haven't got a thousand gold.
01:16:27
Speaker
He's sort of working his thumb through his very opulent set of rings in his left hand. And you see him liking the sound of what you're explaining. Make a persuasion check.
01:16:43
Speaker
Alpha? Alpha? sir
01:16:47
Speaker
and anything, Alpha? You got anything, Alpha? Ah, it's a crit! You're going to say, the only thing I could to give you was another plus three.
01:16:59
Speaker
You don't need that, Chen. That's a 23, this time the big golden and green of crit. Do you know, Nixie boy, I'd quite forgotten how convincing you are of deal-making.
01:17:17
Speaker
It's been a while. I admire that in you. I really do.
01:17:23
Speaker
Let's say that you do go on and do something incredibly noble about what's going on here. Let's say that history sings your names.
01:17:37
Speaker
I'd like them to sing that it was all decided
01:17:43
Speaker
at Snake Run Keep.
01:17:48
Speaker
All on the house. Change it now.
01:17:53
Speaker
Even better, Kareem Snake Run. Keep. The keep of Kareem Snake Run. That's what I want. Yeah, I mean, i have no problem with this. Are you going to fix this place up for us to say that?
01:18:06
Speaker
Yeah. And this place is going to shine, right?
01:18:12
Speaker
this place is going to shine right
01:18:17
Speaker
My colleagues will make this place spotless. Who's your colleagues? The company outside. Okay.
01:18:29
Speaker
Savvy, I feel like we're having a cord. I'll draw up the deeds. I love a deal. Kareem, that's my thing.
01:18:41
Speaker
The keep of Kareem's snake run.
01:18:47
Speaker
has a good ring to it, doesn't it? And he takes a big, hefty gulp of his pissy milk drink that tastes like salmon and milk. ah
01:19:03
Speaker
When might I retire for an hour or two, Nixie boy? I mean, at this point, Kareem, you pick your poison. You know this place. There's no smoke of mirrors here. I fucked in that room and that room and Tharok got naked in that room. so He's trying to talk right now, but there's some sort of silence spell on him. It's kind of life. Kareem kind of stands, goes to exit, finishes his drink, turns back and decants more of his pissy milk drink into his very worn pewter ah cup.
01:19:41
Speaker
and just kind of takes stride and takes in the keep. Is that when Seth and Emron walk in? As he's about to walk out? You were you were you in way before this. Okay.
Conflict Over Slavery Ethics
01:19:51
Speaker
Emron's like, Kareem, you're a slaver.
01:19:55
Speaker
And that's not going to fly around here. You're a fantastic man.
01:20:01
Speaker
Yeah, great. But that's not going fly around here. Seth wants to... we would yeah yeah You need to let those slaves go. Well... Nixie boy and I just struck a deal and that's not going to happen. Fuck that deal.
01:20:16
Speaker
It's a pretty good deal, Emron. Emron, you're kind of trespassing, actually.
01:20:23
Speaker
How about you
01:20:29
Speaker
anatomically go and fuck yourself? Whoa. That's mighty rude of a guest to my ah my hallowed halls to say to the lord of this manor.
01:20:41
Speaker
Emron looks towards Nix. Fucking what? I didn't say he was the lord of the manor. I didn't say that he owns this place. I just said that he can name it.
01:20:52
Speaker
And it's a kind of stomping ground. Kareem, you're kind of twisting my words a little bit here, my friend. Emron, of course you would be a welcome guest anytime. ah about And Kareem's snake run keep.
01:21:04
Speaker
but How about you beg for mercy, free the slaves, And we'll let you live. I don't know such thing, Emron. You know me, Emron.
01:21:18
Speaker
I do.
01:21:21
Speaker
Anyway, I'm going to go take in a tour. No, Emron sort of puts a hand on his chest. No. No, this isn't going to fly, Kareem. You're going to let them go.
01:21:33
Speaker
You're going to take your fucking Kareem snake run, keep name, whatever, and shove it up your ass, and yeah, and everyone looks the the group.
01:21:47
Speaker
Anybody else got anything to say? but I have to be fucking honest with you, everyone. I'm mighty fucking confused as to what's happening right now. Does it fucking matter? Well, this person is a slave. or He's imprisoned several people against their will.
01:22:00
Speaker
Okay, he's a camp, but right now we need this place fixed, right? Yeah, great, and i'm pretty sure we can get to work you without forcing it. So how about, and this whole giving up the keep thing, no, I'm sorry, went through too much to give this keep away. ah We're not giving it away. That was no part of the deal.
01:22:18
Speaker
The name is up for grabs. but ah yeah I'm not i'm not so i'm not ah not not defending. I'm not not not i'm just saying like you know just that was that was never part of the deal I'm very good with my words.
01:22:29
Speaker
Gold or keep is what it will be called. And that's it's going called. Farrakh's quite nonplussed and we'll just look at Alpha and Baal as if to say, well, perhaps one of you two have an idea about how the fuck to handle this because I'm bored.
01:22:48
Speaker
Well, everyone, I won off must admit on the list of things I expected to see today being threatened by you wasn't one of them. Is that really how you greet an old friend? We're not friends. Everyone looks to the group, looks to Seth. so there's Listen,
01:23:02
Speaker
Either we're standing together as the undying champions or we're not. What are doing? Does mean you get to decide the direction we take without us? No. im Okay, if you're happy with slavers, that's fine, Baal.
01:23:15
Speaker
I'm not happy with slavers, but like Tharok said, bigger fish. exactly If our big common friend has decided on something going here, there' sort there's another way to go around it than threatening more death. How does that make you better than the slavers?
01:23:33
Speaker
Or we can, well, we're going to let these people go then. No? Seth? I mean, you're going to pay for their release? That's how works, isn't it? with sleep We could do that, yeah. How about in eight days' time we pay you back?
01:23:51
Speaker
That could work. I'll pay you. From from me, and if if if you if I don't pay you back in eight days, you can take it from my flesh.
Debate on Buying Freedom
01:24:01
Speaker
I'm not wanting to get my hands dirty, Seth, and not to a dear friend like yourself. Never. I'd never harm my friends, and he looks knowingly at people in the group. They felt a bit pointed.
01:24:13
Speaker
What I'm saying is, there's other ways to go around it than do this or die, surely. I mean, you don't always take your money up front, do you, Kareem?
01:24:28
Speaker
there we go. why Why are we making deals? Why are we making a big thing of this? If it's forced labor that we have an issue with, or you have an issue with, Emeron, I guess we could find the price of the slaves and pay them for the job, right?
01:24:44
Speaker
it's just let them go. That's that's that's the well they very simple. Currently my possession, it's like me asking you to just get rid of everything that you own. people ive what i yeah But they're people, they're not they're not possessions.
01:24:58
Speaker
yeah Once their service is over, they will continue to be members of society. But right now, they are under my watchful care. No, thats that's not that's not going to fly.
01:25:14
Speaker
Well, this is a very interesting arrangement. I rode through the night because your green lizard friend said it was urgent. Did that sweet lizard friend give him a... give a name?
01:25:29
Speaker
He didn't give his name. He said that Seth commissioned Labour to clean Goldport Keep, gave us directions, and said we'd be paid a thousand gold for our time.
01:25:42
Speaker
Seth, you talking to Lizardkin? I don't know. Well, let's be honest, and it Seth's going to like have a double take halfway through a sentence here. I didn't talk shit up until a couple of days ago.
01:25:56
Speaker
So I don't know where this lizard man got this idea from. But hey, you know what? I agree with everyone. Fuck you. But we need to free the slaves. But at the same time, bigger fish to fry.
01:26:10
Speaker
All right. You know what? Yes, I'll give you a thousand gold. Just give me a week and a few days.
01:26:18
Speaker
Well, Nick. Nixon and I have already removed the gold price of this arrangement. I managed to do good. i managed just to catch you up to... The point here is that Nix has done a really good thing.
Plans and Political Intrigue
01:26:30
Speaker
Yeah, thanks, Tharag. We were getting this place fixed up. um But everyone, I see your point. I see at everyone's point. I just see like we have we have a big fucking job to do out there in the big world.
01:26:44
Speaker
And we have people coming here in a few days. And Nix's voice gets really high. And I just want it to be easy. so so so So, Nix is making deals again on his own. You know what?
01:26:57
Speaker
No, no, no, no, no. Fucking decide it. Emron turns around and walks away. Fucking decide it. um Fuck off. um'm um um I'm having a moment. He is having a moment. I think I helped talk this way, Dad.
01:27:08
Speaker
As soon as Emron's gone, Barrett will just go, thank fuck, can we finally get on with this fucking thing now? And Kareem Snakerun, now that he has freedom to exit this room, walks out and takes in some more of the morning air.
01:27:22
Speaker
Faundant, however, remains kind of nervously. his feet, he's relaxed in the chair. His feet are on the table, much like the posture he always has around you all.
01:27:33
Speaker
um But it's quieter. You've never seen him kind of be the the background character in ah in a situation before.
01:27:46
Speaker
So good trip.
01:27:52
Speaker
I won't lie to you, it's been a difficult few days. Choice of a companion for your trip was interesting.
01:28:04
Speaker
Well, we all had to kind of abandon Scorch Helm quite quickly and have a long-term associate with Kareem.
01:28:17
Speaker
I'm sorry, you're all new to me, I'm just trying to pick this out. So are you here the ride? Oh, Vorden, this is Tharok. Tharok, this is Vorden. Nice to meet you. I am the previous owner of these halls.
01:28:31
Speaker
Oh, very nice. So are you here for the cleanup or are you here for something else? Something else. And it's going to gesture to the letter that's in Nyx's hand pocket, wherever Nyx has put it.
01:28:45
Speaker
In the inside of his jacket. Something else. And points it next.
01:28:52
Speaker
Also, what's the point of freeing them if in seven days the whole world is going to end anyway?
01:28:59
Speaker
You know? person you have to take that up with is out the room. And then Seth's going to look around and... Oh, shit. um right just just just on Just on this thing about slavery which from Dralak. not in a position to argue. Fine. Freedom wants to clean up. It's done. But anyway, fuck that.
01:29:24
Speaker
Why are you here?
01:29:28
Speaker
Like I said, because of what Nyx has got in his pocket. Nix, what have you got in your... butt well Well, I thought that it would be good to read to the group without... Like, Faundun and Kareem hadn't read or heard the contents. And i'd I, before like talking anyone, would like to talk to you guys.
01:29:47
Speaker
And then we can decide... like I understand. yeah i'll step I'll step outside. That would be... You know what? The most helpful thing that's happened in the last 10 minutes.
01:29:59
Speaker
Sensing the tone of the space, it complies and delicately, with a bit of fragility and a bit of kind of a slight detection of a limp, walks out back into the hailey morning.
01:30:19
Speaker
Savvy! oh Oh, I'm warm. Anyone else warm? I'm really warm. I got nervous out of nothing. Oh, wow. ah Okay.
01:30:31
Speaker
Okay. Okay. I think, like, I want to read this letter to everyone. i' would be great to get Seth and Emron back on a level playing field here and we can discuss, like, best foot forward and stuff. Should we should we get them?
01:30:50
Speaker
ah we're going to struggle to get Emron in at the moment, but we can try. ah yeah i mean, it's this is it's important stuff. This is like, it's a big letter.
01:31:01
Speaker
The way I see it, if he's not wanting to propuniate right now, we should let him and we can just give him the letter at another point. Oh, well, we'll give him the option. for One second, one second. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll to the front door and just be, Emron, he can call down in a second, something important, group chat, without the other two. set Oh, and Seth, fuck. Seth?
01:31:23
Speaker
I'm stood next to you bro I sure it just came outside is that a new cloak? No but see what I mean? You can lose people in this place It's very easy, that's why that's why I couldn't see Emron I thought he was in the room but he was not in the room You don't talk weeks and you disappear wow i ah Seth, you'll have known Emron went to the forge He's gone ah down ah worked out he's gone into forge he's gone to his main cave Oh he's playing with his hammer right okay I hear that helps de-stress actually It does. It's really loud about it, though.
01:31:52
Speaker
Yeah. Lots of grunts. Fuck. It's about 30 feet away from the doorway. Oh, it's cool. thought i can I can do this. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. And Nyx will go over to the front door. And do can I see the forge?
01:32:06
Speaker
Yep. Eric and Mind. ah Your mind and my mind. Emron, you feel Nyx's mind coming to yours. Ah, okay. Oh, hi, buddy. I'm going to read...
01:32:16
Speaker
yeah how you doing bud uh look hey but just park the feeling we can talk about it at length later no no no everyone else is perfectly happy no no i apologize like i apologize hammering away like i can feel your hammer from here in my mind like i'm just like there was a situation i had to think of my feet i'm not saying i made the best choice of the situation given to me but it was all better than urian in that lot we're just making people do work i mean No, I mean, like, it no, no, i it's not a moral compass thing. It's just a staging area, if anything. that's Nothing to be said that we do with what we do with the people. I think I found the tools to free the slaves. Okay, awesome. I'm really glad. But before you go any further, this is a, I just have a letter that was given to me and I need to read it and I'm going to read it.
01:33:04
Speaker
Okay, you're listening. That's fine. You're here. I'll i'll say it in my mind and I'll say it out loud. Ah.
01:33:13
Speaker
Okay. And then Nix will turn around, face the others, and just look past everyone to where Kareem fucked off to. How far down is he? ah bit He's gone to the wagon to inspect. Amazing. Okay. As Nix clears his voice. Right. So this letter that was just given to us, this is what it says.
01:33:35
Speaker
To the esteemed Undying Champions, guardians of Aerith in her darkest hour, I write to you from a place of ruin and reluctant survival. You must know what has transpired in Dralok.
01:33:47
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The truth, not the whispers, now carried like ash on the wind. Delmontrace has murdered Dame Edna Fizzlebang. struck her down in cold blood within her own chambers after she uncovered tre tree treasonous dealings he had long hidden from the three of us.
01:34:07
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When I confronted him, he turned his blade upon me as well. Only by the narrowest margin and by the sacrifice of others now lost did I escape the fate he intended.
01:34:19
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But escape came at a terrible price. To evade of crisper capture... and the fate Delman had prepared for me, I was forced to surrender half my fortune, and, with it, my hard-won influence.
01:34:36
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Worse still, he demanded the annulment of the Tri-Crown Agreement of Scorchhelm, shattering the pact we agreed to years ago. Huh.
01:34:50
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And so it stands that Dralak now suffers under a single ruler, Delmontreis, unopposed and emboldened. Yet, even stripped of title and treasury, I do not intend to be swept aside by the tides of history.
01:35:06
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News has reached me that the throne of shadowmen lies vacant. King Haddo has departed Erith, descending into myth or madness, leaving behind only a child.
01:35:19
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A four-month-old heir whose name is already being welded wielded as a banner of opportunists and cowards. A kingdom with a cradle as its monarch is no kingdom at all.
01:35:32
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In this vacuum, a crown waits to be taken. I will speak plainly. If you mean to bring down Urinal Cardinal, the Admiral Regent who hides at sea, I will aid you.
01:35:47
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I will commit my entire pirate fleet, every ship, every captain, every oathbreaker and seawolf under my influence to help you shatter the Shadamandian navy and drag your and your cardinal to the extra execution I hear you desperately desire.
01:36:12
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In exchange, I ask for only one thing. urinal's crown, shadow mend.
01:36:23
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With that symbol, I may restore order to a realm abandoned by its king.
01:36:33
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Consider my offer carefully. These are the last days in which choices still hold meaning. After that, only consequences will remain. In faith, in survival,
01:36:48
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And in shared necessity,
01:36:52
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trade Lord Ambrek Vossan.
01:37:07
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So we're we're making kings now, Nick. That's what we're doing.
01:37:13
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and Everyone, can you come back? I'm on my way.
01:37:22
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I think he's coming back from misery to happiness today.
01:37:27
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u huh. Uh huh. Um, everyone comes back in with, uh, some tools to break things.
01:37:37
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So, this is the same person that we've just given the most valuable artifact in the entirety of Earth. Yeah, so we've pitted the hopes of our plan on, and maybe he's fucked us. he's always planned on... He said he was going to use the Crisco and he needed it to be organized, and so maybe he's just playing his cards that he was always going to play.
01:37:59
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But he's fucked us. Your best mate, Nick's.
01:38:04
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say that he He did truthfully say that he'd do what he did yeah or or would do, whether that still happens. We don't know. All we can do is control. Edna Fizzabang was one of the names, though.
01:38:18
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Yeah. She was one of the... on the letter. Yeah, she was part of the reason why the the we were able to do this. Was she one of the 12th?
01:38:30
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yeah Yes, 13. thirteen She was a chromomancer. Mm-hmm. And she seemed sane when she was warning everyone about the Gartrands attacking straight after the duel.
01:38:44
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Supposedly they were all going mad. Oh, I
01:38:49
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oh i don't feel good. No, me neither. Our lot is in with Delmontreis. We made that choice. It was already made. We fucked it.
01:39:02
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It was my choice. No one else's.
01:39:08
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We also have to consider that there were other names on that list who went crazy. Eric Ash the lunatic. There was quite a lot we went through a lot of them that either a lunatic's not here anymore or exactly dead. be done.
01:39:21
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He could be done. Delmond, well, if Delmond's managed to lie, then he was right about Leopold. He's been right about many things.
01:39:34
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ah I think it's kind of at the point where we have no choice but to trust him. I feel like... yeah Emron, you casted Zone of Truth, right? Yeah, but if he...
01:39:46
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If he was able to word things in such a way that he wasn't lying, he could get round it. I feel like we did our due diligence, though, and we...
Betrayals and Power Struggles
01:39:55
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or did i So surely we carry on with faith.
01:40:00
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We always knew that he had vying ideas of power for after everything. I mean, fuck it. So after everything else, we've got to go fuck him over. If we we've killed one king, we're off to kill another.
01:40:12
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To be fair, that's not a bad point. Just because Tracy's out there right now doesn't mean that we can't bring him to heel after we've done what we need to do. oh is that up is Are we knocking over Kings now? Is this is this what we do? I don't know. We've already done one.
01:40:29
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yeah Make it two and that's a tradition.
01:40:34
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And apparently we're also handing over the the the crown of a kingdom. Well, no, no. That has not been agreed. That's not if we said nothing there if we accept the... yeah And then Nick saw his eyes will just widen over as he glances over...
01:40:52
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Entire pirate fleet, if we we say yes to that. The thing we're also missing is if we've been fucked over by people we're talking to, what's stopping us doing the fucking over?
01:41:04
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Why not say yes? and I do feel like we're getting fucked over a lot and we're not doing enough fucking. We're not doing enough fucking? Well, no, I said, like, darling, me and you are fucking, but I feel like we're not fucking the powers that be. We're getting bent over by the powers that be. It would be nice to put the strap on for once.
01:41:26
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ah Maybe later we'll talk about that. but i like So dry humping in my knapsack. we say We say we're going to give him the crown they sort of and then we don't give him the crown.
01:41:37
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I'm saying that we can. We could. It's an option. Option one. I think that's a lot of power on offer.
01:41:45
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We've all sons of cunt. They're all cunts. Everyone's a cunt. Why can't we just say like, oh, yeah, sure, that's fine. Maybe they should form more republics. exactly Well, we can just say, yes, yeah, we'll give you the crown. And then when it comes to we can say, oh, yeah, by the way, we lied. Go fuck yourself.
01:41:57
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Look, let's not forget here that if we're successful in everything that we're doing. We save Earth. No, Emron.
01:42:09
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If we're successful in everything that we do. We've given Prego the go-ahead to have a seat at the table right at the end of it when it gets decided. All we're doing is buying an opportunity to have a seat at the table.
01:42:25
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It's all deals and it's all underhanded tactics. Tactics just to get us to the end game. And even then, we've already sold part of that game to another party.
01:42:38
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So maybe we just have to... go along with it all to guarantee that we are at the end because it's coming very apparent that without us
01:42:52
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i can't say hand on heart that eric will be better off but i do know that it's got a better chance if we just get to that fucking table at the end No matter how.
01:43:06
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So long as there's an Aerith left, we can always spend our days helping to mould it. i mean, it sounds like Delmon's done a bit of a quite violent coup d'etat.
01:43:20
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Didn't we do that not three days ago? Yeah. The one thing that Delmon Trace has done is he's pushed Vosan into a position of desperation. You have to consider that as well.
01:43:33
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He wouldn't reach out to us before. He needs us now. If he's saying that he can hand us his ships, I mean, yes, he's given up a lot of his wealth.
Alliance Formation and Moral Debates
01:43:42
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but we can use more fucking squeeze that bitch dry.
01:43:50
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He gets a kingship out of it. for i' I have my own misforgivings for Vossan, especially very personal, extremely personal reasons for not wanting to jump into bed with Vossan.
01:44:05
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He captured the Esmeralda. Okay, so we We take the deal and then don't make him a king. Yeah, it's simple as this, right? By the time we all survive, if we survive, we're not going to stay as the undying champions. Everyone will disappear. it always happens after war.
01:44:26
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I'm more than happy to be the cunt that goes and kills him before he becomes king or after. I have a legacy of that, apparently. So how about we just say, yeah, you know what? Yeah, for the fuck you like.
01:44:37
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And then when it comes to it, realistically, we'll just we'll just cut him up. His wording in the letter says he wants the crown, yes? Yeah. Yeah, I can have a crown. Give him the fucking crown.
01:44:49
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I've got that spell, crown of madness. How about that? I could make him a crown. I could copy it, couldn't I would give him that and then, you know. Shadowlands won't just listen to us say, this is your leader now.
01:45:04
Speaker
Exactly. they were paning people they' simple yeah but There plenty of people in Shadowlands who didn't like the Cardinals and who was running the place, so they quite happily you have what we call a revolution.
01:45:18
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i agree. Save Aerith, decide later. Yeah. Because at the moment, there will be no Aerith. We could take control of the seas.
01:45:30
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Alpha.
01:45:32
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Shadow Man, it's similar to Sleetgard, right? In the sense that it is a monarchy and when the king dies, the sun becomes the air. Normally, yes, but as we have learned, when the king dies, the sun takes over and it's the same person.
01:45:51
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Fine.
01:45:54
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How about the fucking what his name was king? He's gone. Reigns was his heir. He's gone. Yes. You were Reigns' son.
01:46:07
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You are his heir. What do you want for Shadowmen? What would your father want for Shadowmen? Only the best. He may have had his own personal issues with Shadowmen, but Reigns was one who loved it more than anything. He was proud to be from there.
01:46:29
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So we accept Vossen's proposal. For now, hirates take his fleets and sail under one banner of the Undying Champions.
01:46:43
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We become an armada on the seas. Hey, Nyx, does that make you an admiral?
01:46:54
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Is there a bigger thing than Admiral? if the If the Admiral's size hat fits, I guess so. didn't didn't didn't Didn't the North say, like, High Lord of the Sea? Couldn't you not be like...
01:47:07
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I mean, like, if we're chris if we're crowning kings, I'll be king of the sea. Fuck it. And then I can crown who needs to be crowned. Maybe sea could be the 13th kingdom in actual facts. And then, you know...
01:47:19
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You'd be the queen of the sea, bro. Let's be honest about Cream snake runner's approaching. Cream is Twat features his ear. And he's striding with purpose, pointing i'm not shut to the south. And one shut door shut door on his face and you just hit muffled through the metal door guest here will be
01:47:45
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ah bless you Karima, you okay? He said, Hests are driving. You must be careful. What a Hest. He might be trying a trick.
01:47:57
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What is a Hest? Explain yourself, man. He shared it. Guests. We've had the wait. Pests. I think he said pests. Okay. Gests? Pests arriving. Who is telling jokes?
01:48:08
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Are they here? Are our friends here? Is it friends? He's shouting this through the closed door. Because his slaves have done a shit job cleaning the closed door.
Heightened Tensions at Snake Run Keep
01:48:17
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Nick's is just re-getting the letter folded and putting it back into his safety. Emblem opens the door so Kareem can talk.
01:48:25
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and Listen, Karim, who's telling jests around here? And why are pests crying? Let him speak. Goodness me. By the way, how was the wine? on behest of us all, please do.
01:48:37
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come As you open the door, Barl, and start to have this, and then you trail off. Oh, by the way, how was the wine? You don't quite finish the sentence. As over the shoulder, beyond the cart, past the indentured servants.
01:48:52
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Three, four, five, dozen travelling golden scale dragonborns
01:49:02
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migrate towards the keep of Kareem Snake Run. yeah no And that where we're going to end this week's episode by the Fellowship the Tabletop Bellum Draconis. Can have an editor's note that the it's not called the keep Kareem Snake Run?
01:49:22
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the deal was done emirate stadium what we emirate stadiumed our way out of that didn't we
01:49:35
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sold hard man um wow a lot happened in that episode there's a lot happened in that episode
01:49:46
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01:50:46
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