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C2 Ep. 55 Grave Providence Chapter Six
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One party member seems to have gone rogue! But what other schemes to the rest of the party have planned?
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Introduction and Recap
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actual play podcast at the everyone campaign setting I'm your game master Eric I'm Philip I'm Trevor I'm Randy I'm doomed I'm Jeff welcome to another another episode gentlemen what happened last time we got out of jail well we got out of the police station we weren't in jail yes yeah um and nothing else happened that was consequential
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Yeah. Trevor did not make a series of actions that will have long reaching consequences. No. Oh, well, good. I thought he had. Oh, that's a way out. That I got to tell you, that is a huge relief. Wait, let me try. Oh, my notes were upside down. Sorry. Do horrible things. Diddly Diddly Diddly Diddly Diddly Tried to revive the Ram and didn't roll a bunch of thread on that. Yeah, we did. Yeah, for. Hobb put a pin in the whole Ram thing. He's going to deal with it later. And then.
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And Reynard talked to Basil. And said. Trying to strike a deal. Trying to strike a deal. In exchange for Norse and Millhatch.
Eris's Condition and Hob's Recruitment Plan
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Eris's hand is not healed. But. Right. Also. Cleaned up. But it's not got a glove on it. Yes. A glove attached to it anymore. Yeah, I'm saying it is clean but not healed. Yes. So it will not get infected. Okay, so. It is good. Yeah. We're going to.
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I want to get infected from that. It will not get infected from that. Ferris does not live a super clean life. Yes, fair. We'll let that breathe for a second. So, uh, Raynard took off to go talk to Basil, which obviously opened things, opened things up for the rest of you. So, Hob, you put a pin in the Ram thing, but what are you doing now? Here's what, here's what Hob is doing now. Hob has, um,
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paid to have the ram stored, the ram's body stored, so that he can do this. He is going to reach out to Narn, the minotaur that he's supposed to work with to recruit for House Deneth, and he is going to speed up however much he can, that operation, to the point that they're gonna go ahead and start trying to recruit people soon, because he wants to be able to say,
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Hey, Boom Rush, how are the numbers? And also, do you know someone because you've hired this guy and he's good, and if you want him, you can have him if you can bring him back to life. It's his plan. It's bad. Okay, so you could obviously go to the Enclave to reach out to him directly. He would be there working. You could also pretty easily send a missive to like, hey, meet at the consistent bird. I think that's what he would do.
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Well, yeah, I think that's what you would do. Okay. Like, hey, I'm going to the consistent bird. I'll be there in this window if you can make it come. Yeah. So we can just cut to that. Sure. Um, so yeah, Narn walks in, uh, sees where you've been seated and kind of comes over and is like, Oh, what can I, what can I do for you? Right. Um, so I was hoping that we could,
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advance the timetable a bit on this. I've printed up some materials, we talked about that, right? And kind of put together a bit of a pitch, and I thought we could go down to the cogs. Oh, okay. Give it a try, give it a try. It's like talking into a mirror.
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And then, yeah, I'll get in touch with Boom Rush and we'll see how it shakes out. Okay. Yeah. Let me get ahead and head down there now. Yeah.
Milo's Investigation and Emotional Struggle
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Let's go. Let's go. Okay. So while you all head down there, Milo, what is, or Randy, what is Milo up to? I want to explain, because we've talked about it just real quick. So what Hobb has done in the inter, between the first meeting with Narn and
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you know it's like a day ago has only been like less than a week at this point but in that time he's basically just put together he he he paid for we even talked about who would have done it uh someone though to print essentially pamphlets that just are like here's the benefits of working with health dentists like we're not trying to
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say, here's what's bad about Drask yet. Drask, pardon me. He, obviously I know that's what Boomerush wants, but what Boomerush wants more is employees, and I'm hoping that will be enough to state him without the whole dark bullet dragon stuff. So, but essentially it's just, yeah, here is another option that you haven't heard about yet as people are getting off the boat is kind of the goal, and I'll probably have a cool hat on.
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Where'd you get the cool hat? I got it from the haberdasher. What does it look like? More importantly, what does Hobb think of as a cool hat? Oh, it's about six feet tall. No, I don't actually have a cool hat on. I made that part up. I have a sensible hat on because it's cold down there. That's hot down there. So it's thin. You know what?
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What's Milo up to? All eyes turn to Randy. Milo has gone home and has pulled out the journal, set it on top of his chest of drawers, stares at it for just a little bit.
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takes a deep sigh, puts it in his robe, heads out the door, going to see if he can meet with Satan.
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These are big moves. We were so unified after the conversation. We were so unified after the conversation at the restaurant. We were all on board together. What in the hell happened? Okay. So yeah, you can hop into SkyCab and head up to clan HQ.
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Ruth is there behind the desk as you walk in. Oh, hi, Milo. What can I do for you? No, good day. I was wondering if, uh, Satan were in and if I might have a private word with him. Okay.
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Let me see what his schedule looks like. Um, actually, you know what? He is free right now. We'll have to come back after you've talked with your friends. He just got a fresh cow. Um, so yeah, yeah, he can, let me, let me go back there and check in with him real quick and then I can let you back there after a couple of minutes. Uh, she comes up, Milo, go ahead. Come on back here. Oh boy.
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You walk in, and much like the first time that we encountered Satan, he is currently working with his hands, blowing off some steam, with a carcass hanging from the ceiling that he is butchering. This one's a snitch. Milo, how are you? Very well, thank you. I hope you're doing well, sir. I thought you might have had a touch of a cold there for a minute, but don't.
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I didn't work up when I'm working on the meat. Lead off with the insult before you tell them what your wife did. I've had something really been bothering me for a while and I just felt the need to come and I just wonder if I just, I don't know what's going on and I'm trying to figure things out and
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You hear sickling crunches of bone snaps as he yanks down on it. What's that, Michael? Well, my friends have no idea that I'm here and no idea what I have done. But we were sent by
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Jason, which we were used to getting our marching orders from Vigo, and Jason came to us and sent us after a journal. Are you familiar with a journal?
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Well, I mean, in theory, it's a book that you, uh, you know, correct. Journal of accounts. Hmm. We turned a fake one. Yeah. You know, the one we didn't give you turned in the real one and kept the fake. Yes. My, Milo made a copy of everything in it and turned in the real one. Okay. I thought we turned in the.
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Wait, no, you made a fake without all the notations. And that's what we turned in. Yeah, that would implicate. We turned in a mundane ledger. I thought we turned in the legitimate one. The legitimate one would have had everything that implicated Kylie. Yeah, that's what I thought we had turned in.
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I thought we had just made a copy of it and just kept a copy and turned in the real deal. That's what I was under the assumption of. If it's otherwise, then I would probably rethink Milo doing this. You were the one driving that conversation and making the copy. So, I mean, I think that you're
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Your memory of it would probably be stronger than mine. And I was inclined to think that you all turned in the
Norsen Millhatch's Experiments and Influence
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real deal. That's what I thought. And we had just made a copy of it. Yeah.
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If that's how you've been running this, and that's what you were thinking, then I don't see any reason we go with the others. Then Milo probably would not be gone. Let's press on. That is not how Jeff had been playing. Nothing that makes a difference. It didn't really affect many of my actions. Okay, good to know.
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So anyway, it was a journal of accounts and it showed that apparently someone had been taking from the clan. And it's just been bothering me. I just wanted to know if you were aware of this. You've been very good to my family. Yes, yes, my lord. And we'll do what we can to take care of you. We take care of our own.
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I'm not that familiar with Jason, personally. He is somebody that is in Vigo's employee, much like you and your friends are. I know of an incident.
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that implicated somebody stealing money from the Klan. And I know that the evidence of that was in a ledger of some kind showing that the money was going missing. That is what implicated Grum and caused his demotion down into the cogs because we believe that he was the one taking the money. So if it's a ledger related to that, then I'm aware of the situation.
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that regard. What Jason or Vigo, because Jason would have been under my assumption working under Vigo's orders, but obviously like I said don't know Jason.
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And that's one of the reasons I have come because we didn't really know Jason either and he just appeared out of the blue and said he was coming from Vigo and there's just something about him that I just did not trust. Go ahead and with this information that you're giving and kind of the way that you're approaching this conversation, go ahead and do
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a charm check just to see how much
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Satan, I guess, softens or just, you know, empathizes with you in your situation. The ink got removed showing the message in the original copy and that's what was given over. OK. Yeah. OK, so what now? The note in the back that was like cold or and all that stuff. That Eris alchemically removed the ink from that in the original copy that you all handed over. So, yes.
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We got the original just minus what implicated Kylie? That's what you turned in. Yes. Okay. You have a copy where you copied everything. Good to know. Okay. What's the difficulty? Um, it's going to be, uh, one, two purple. Uh, and for the good role play, go ahead and add a blue.
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And because I am who I am, go ahead and make one of those purples of red. Yeah, almost said. Go ahead and flip a story point to make it a red. Flip it so I can turn the green to a yellow. OK. One success, two advantage. OK. So what would you like to do with these? So Satan has heard you, heard your concerns, and is going to respond.
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in an empathetic way. What would you like to use the advantage on? Um, that this isn't too much. Maybe that he will make sure the other journal is the journal that he thinks it is about Grum. Like he will investigate that journal and want to see that journal.
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I mean, I will say that you can have piqued his interest in this situation. Like, he will... He may not launch a full investigation, but he's intrigued by it. I mean, it's too advantaged. So, like, it's enough to where this is a circumstance to where maybe he's interested in a bit more. Okay. Does that sound good? Okay. Satan stops what he's doing and sets down his cleaver. Milo, I...
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I can't imagine what you have been through in the past year. And honestly, I am forever grateful that you have continued working in these trying times for you and your family. I know who Vigo is. I know what Vigo is.
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I've spoken to him about our situation. And I think possibly part of the reason that Jason was the one that came to you all to give you that job was I made it clear in no uncertain terms that if you or members of your crew came to me again with concerns, complaints, anything like that, I would like to make clear that I'm not necessarily
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concerned about Viggo, it was just the decision of the one. Well, and I think that was that was the first job after the altercation. Yes. And so perhaps Viggo was just trying to create some space to where there wasn't going to be any complaints created and no friction between your crew and him by creating a buffer. Perhaps.
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Once again, I don't know Jason, and I was not involved in bringing Jason into this organization. He is purely Vigo's man, somebody that Vigo knows and brought in. I don't personally like that, but Vigo has a certain level of autonomy when it comes to the Black Lambs. So if you see anything,
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that makes you feel like Jason may not be working in the best interest of the family. That you should feel empowered, you can come to me about that. If Jason's acting against the best interest of us and ours. Because he's an unknown quantity for me. Yes. So I hope that
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can at least give you some reasoning why Jason may have been giving you that job, but at the same time empower you that if you see something, feel free to say something. In my head, I'm thinking that it's coming across from passages that Milo and his family have a really good relationship. Yeah, that they have
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Yeah, that he's taking care of Milo's family and he's, you know, and we've been good to him. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You're, you're as close to a made man as you can be without being part of the like proper inner circle. Right. Like, you're not being invited over to family dinner or anything like that, but you're, you're established in the family. Okay. Here we go.
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I can feel it. Most of the time, I really enjoy doing these just so I can look at Philip. Yeah, I never feel worse than when I get a Philip disappointed face. I'm like, well, I messed up, but it's done. So I guess let's see what happens. Well, there's something else about it all that has also been bothering me and
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As I've said, I know you've been very good to us and I feel like I have been loyal to the Boromaz. You have. And honestly, I have lost sleep at night because I just, my wife, Kylie. Terrible situation.
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awful.
Job Offer and Heist Planning
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And I hate to think that possibly that she was doing things against the clan and essentially against my family and the Boromas. How do you meet?
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I just wonder if she at one time was in possession of that journal. Gone down the road now. You were on the river and you just went down the waterfall. Yeah, sometimes I yell to what end on this podcast. It is clanging around in my head right now. I just, I trust you. I have no idea where you're going.
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I just see Milo's just wanting answers. He's trying to find out what happened to Miley, why it happened to Miley. Miley's my wife. She's very much alive.
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And he's just at that point to where, you know, he feels like he's part of the bore Mars. And if his wife was, was doing something against them. Okay. I mean, he doesn't know what to think about his wife anymore. So there you go. So this ledger journal that you retrieved for Jason and Vico.
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you have reason to believe, possibly that it belonged to Kylie? Yes, that she was perhaps involved with the Dark Lanterns. Hmm. And then it would make sense that somebody would want to see her dead.
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I just find it so difficult to believe that she would hide this from me for who knows how long and I just, I, I'm just torn. Well, Milo, if, if Kylie was working with the Dark Lanterns against the Dark Lanterns, let me finish.
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if Kylie was working with the Dark Lantons against the Beaumont clan and due to the nature of your relationship and how close you two were, it would then come to light that you were aware that Kylie was working with the Dark Lantons against the Beaumont clan. Then I could understand how people with this within this organization would act rashly against her and then you
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The fact that you are still alive, to me anyway, indicates that whoever, if this is the situation, whoever acted against Kylie, did not believe that you knew. And if Kylie was working with the Dark Lantons against the Boomer Clan, my family, your family,
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then perhaps it is beneficial to you that in this hypothetical situation, your wife did not trust you enough to give you that information. Very much she did not. I, but I felt you needed to know that this had been on my mind and bothering me. And I just wanted to make sure that you knew about that journal and
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and that it's out there and I do not know who it has implicated, if it's the one that has implicated Grum or not, but it's just been so confusing. Oh Milo, you've given me a lot to think about, a lot to ponder and consider.
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if you'll see yourself out. Very well, good day to you. Yes. Holy crap. I don't think Milo's getting anybody else in trouble on this deal. We don't have to roll Milo's obligation now, do we? We already got rain orange! It's all of them at once.
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We have so far hit three obligations in this episode. And I was in your notes to happen. I said Milo goes to talk. Not unload everything. That's rat out his wife. Milo doesn't know what to think about his wife. Milo's wondering if his wife really loved him or not.
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Um, okay. Phillip. Oh, do I get to play too? Yes. Hey, I sat outside of a police station for a while. You were out there for an hour, weren't we? So, uh, you were at the forest sales with Olive and Ulfin. Um, are you still, you just want to pick up from there? Sure. Okay. Um, so your hand is cleaned up, bandaged. Um,
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The pain is... Manageable. Manageable, but mobility in the hand is still very limited. Oh, yes. Yes. Probably should get somebody to look at that. Right, yeah. They had a... They had a Jarasco either try at the station. They just had those on the station.
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It didn't work, so. Yeah. I think there was some Drasko people in the district after the explosion, I think is why they had somebody nearby. That makes sense, I just. What? That was, that was, that was Millhatch.
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in the in the armor yeah that seems I mean can you I didn't say anything to the police because I didn't know what the watch would do or could do about that that other people in your house that that you need to talk to about that
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I can try. He definitely also saw me. Right. But a lot of people saw him, you know, blow up a walkway and. Yes. Um, I think at this point it is going to become word against word. Um, Norsen Millhatch is an increasingly powerful man in this city.
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And I don't know how quickly he will be able to cover up his involvement in this, but it's concerning. I would not count on the City Watch tracking him down and that being the end of it. And not on Ask Kenneth either. It's a matter of whether or not Kenneth, uh,
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sees more utility and profit in a free and working Norse and mill hatch or in a locked up and forgotten. Hmm. So I think it's a question of the PR at this point. I mean, is he going to try again? Are you going to have to hide? I don't know. It's the house not do anything. There's a madman trying to steal your work. The house can't do anything about that. Well,
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You remember that large bundle of blueprints and notes that you took from Norsen? Yeah. The harness isn't exactly my work. It's an improvement, but I think Norsen took it personally when he realized.
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I didn't see. I didn't see that at his lab. It was a concept. He hadn't started working on it yet. Well, there were lots of concepts in there. Just. I mean. Just follow the idea and actually make it work. I mean, I. I would like it to be stated.
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Eris has had to drink. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Ulfin did not bring the alcohol for sanitization purposes. No. And Eris does not. Yeah. Typically. So I think that Norsen, in his mind, wants his work back.
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And that's why he came after me. And unfortunately I was stupid and tried to leave a note for you, which then started us down this path. No, I mean, it's, it's good. Cause you know, if he hadn't been, if he hadn't been looking for me, he'd been looking for you and, and we wouldn't have been there and we couldn't have killed him. Uh, well, yeah. And, and then he'll hatch.
00:30:51
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Well, that's not fair. I mean, see that is work. It's your work. You did the work. I mean, I... This wasn't my idea. She thumps the fla... Ahhh! The Fletcher with the wrong hand. But, you know, I made it and... So what are you gonna do? Where are you gonna go? Well...
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I'm going to touch base with the head of my department at the university and, um, let them know that there was a break-in in my lab, see if we can do some more up-to-date security. Uh, and if that's not a possibility, then I will have to tender my resignation and I could do that. More, more up-to-date security. Hmm.
00:31:53
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it then becomes a question of some kind of protection or leverage from Norsen. Because obviously he knows where I am, he knows where I work, and his actions today indicate that he is either very passionate or very unhinged at this point, or both. I mean, he was... He was laughing.
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I mean, look, you know, it comes to me. Well, for a fact, you tell the right dar that he was wandering around in that armor. And the problem would go away. Well, I don't I don't know which dar I would need to tell. Sure, sure. I think they're the ones most likely to get violent about that sort of thing.
00:32:49
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Well, I would care, but they might not kill him. Either way, um, the Norse and Millhatch I've known has always been ethically questionable, but never blow up the streets, uh, while laughing.
Threats and New Strategies
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Right. Yeah. So something has changed.
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Well, I mean, putting stuff in that big, uh, spinny thing with, uh, the dragon shards in the top and, uh, the mist and, and then he, um, we tried really hard to stop him and I almost, uh, almost shot his, uh, assistant. Um, and my brother.
00:33:35
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I wasn't aware of that at this time, and I didn't, I didn't, I didn't shoot him. Let the record show. Why does your brother work for, for that talk? He, originally it was an assignment from the house and Norsen, in addition to being brilliant, can be
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fairly captivating with his mission and his work and all that business. So I think Jerome has just been sucked into the mission of advancing, advancing artifice beyond what we currently understand it to be. Yeah.
00:34:28
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I like to think that Jerome thinks that he might be able to be a tempering force to Norsin, but based on recent events, I don't know how true that is. Do you think, have you figured out what exactly he did do himself in those notes and stuff? Is there anything about the weird machine we saw him in?
00:34:55
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There was notes on the theory of what might happen, but they did no testing prior to Norsen doing it to himself. That's right, Dom. But the belief being that the power that resides within the dragon shards could be applied
00:35:18
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to a humanoid, to a creature through, in this case, converting it into some kind of inhalable mist in the tank. You should go inhaling. That's such a bad idea because it's ground up crystal and it seems like it would shred your lungs.
00:35:37
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Well, I think that part of the machine was grinding up the crystals and then filtering out the actual crystal part into whatever the essence in the Dragon Chart is. Right, but... Is the thought, anyway. Seems like there are better ways to do it, you know?
00:35:53
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Perhaps. But I mean, it did something. Yeah, but yeah, it screwed up his mind, apparently. Well, and like I said, they used Eberron Dragon Shards, which... Yeah, unstable. Unstable. How do you get other ones?
00:36:17
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And she looks at the pieces of her glove that she's kind of been picking at. I mean, just finding the right vendor. I wouldn't recommend going mining for it. Cibberish shards are extremely expensive. Cibberish shards can be more abundant depending on the region. Yeah, I've used a couple of those things. But if you want stability, then Cibberish shards would be the way to go.
00:36:42
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Well, I want stability. Yeah. I mean, I, yeah, I could, I could trap your office, um, if you wanted. Uh, but if you don't think you're safe there, I mean, I don't know if I could do something that would.
00:37:01
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I mean, I could make it really uncomfortable to go through the door or window without you letting them. But I don't know that I could have rigged something that would have stopped the RAM or perhaps a better plan would be we could find a space where you and I could work on some of the more.
00:37:24
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questionable or lucrative things like my harness and whatever you want to work on that is away from prying eyes. That way you can beef up the security but we won't need to have students walking through the door and perhaps Harbin shows up early for tutoring again and sets up a trap. Yeah, Harbin.
00:37:52
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He was there when I went looking for you. And then Milhatch showed up and he was so weird I hadn't thought about it. But he was normal when I saw him this afternoon. I mean, not maybe. Not even an hour before he seemed normal.
00:38:19
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could either be that he can conceal his madness or that perhaps there are things that will cause a change in his demeanor. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Things do that. Mm-hmm. What? Where would we find a space? You mean like a lab? Yeah. Secret lab. Secret lab.
House Deneth's Recruitment Success
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I mean, there's a, there's a room in the attic here, but it's like, it's not very big. You hear from the kitchen. I don't want no secret lab. Don't, don't, don't move the wall panels. Yeah, that would be,
00:39:20
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I have a whole list of things to work on. Let's admin time. And perhaps just a thought we could set up some spaces in there for residents. Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. Um, yeah. I realized at the watch station, they were asking, I don't have an address. And they seem to think that was strange.
00:39:55
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They don't really live anywhere.
00:39:58
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That went a little bit into Philip. Yeah. I know what I know. I know what I said. I don't really have an address. I guess, uh, I don't really live anywhere. Um, no, I hadn't thought about that. That'd be something that we work on finding and setting up requires some money. Probably. I actually have some of that. Oh.
00:40:29
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Um, cause I bet on a prize fight and, and one, um, weeks ago, months, I don't know. Um, and we get paid for the crime sometimes. Um,
00:40:49
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I was taught growing up the crime doesn't pay. But it does. It does. It not very well. You would think you should try teaching at a university. Yeah. No, I would be bad at that. I'd be really bad at that. Yeah, I have almost 200 gold pieces. Oh, that could be decent down payment. Do they?
00:41:17
Speaker
Is that a character they sell space in sharn or is it like? I can't imagine everything is wanted like everything. No, I mean, everything is rented like. Oh, yeah. You could probably there's probably you could purchase space. Be very much kind of like buying property in a municipality where there are certain like things you are required. It's not purely yours, but mow the lawn every couple of weeks, for God's sake. We need a place.
00:41:47
Speaker
to put Tasha because I can't, I just keep tying her to buildings. Um, and okay. She pulls out an episode, at least one boat garage. Yeah.
00:42:03
Speaker
That would be okay. Yeah. Open concept main area, at least loft, one bath loft, loft bedroom sort of thing. Yeah. Put it under Milo's. No, perfect play. Milo is not trustworthy anymore. You don't know that yet. You may never know. I have a feeling we're all going to know eventually. Yeah. Okay.
00:42:30
Speaker
Okay. I could, yeah, I could do that. Yeah, we'll, we'll get something. We'll find something. Yeah. Be good for both of us. You know, the guy said he would cut off my end like three weeks before I almost burned it off. Isn't that weird?
00:42:59
Speaker
I think you need to lay down. Why? Is it because of the horrible burns on my hand? You've been through a lot, yeah. Let's get some rest. Yeah, okay. Okay, back to North Market.
00:43:19
Speaker
Can I tell you why I couldn't stop giggling there for a minute? Sure. When you guys were like, well, it's just a concept, and I built on it. Well, it's just a concept. I just immediately, all I could see in my head was on those blueprints somewhere, it said, arms. Strong. More? That was it. Because I'm an idiot. Just a marginal note. That was his concept. His concept was,
00:43:48
Speaker
Arms but plus? Anyway, what's up at Northmore? Where we left everything off, finally, the listeners will not be too upset that we made them wait an hour for this. I'm sorry, Norsen Millhatch. Yes. The, the artificer that is working with House Caneth on big projects, Millhatch Industries.
00:44:19
Speaker
I think now we should prefer to him as the terrorist. Ooh. Ooh. You don't sing. Do tell. Basil, here's the situation. I am more than willing to present this deal to my father, which I know will give me the outcome I desire, just at a much higher cost to me. So will you help me or not?
00:44:51
Speaker
Yes, I'll be more than happy to help you, Jania, just if I'm going to arrange a meeting between your father and you, perhaps we revisit that job that I need some help with. Yes. Great. What is it?
00:45:21
Speaker
We are currently hunting down an orany bust that contains historical relevant information regarding the house. We believe it is in the city currently, but some elves are about to take it home with them. Some elves, you said? Some orany elves, from the rose people.
00:45:51
Speaker
about to take it home. So we want to get the bust before it exits the city. But I don't want to get my hands dirty with it being closely associated with the house. So I'd like you to deal with it.
00:46:20
Speaker
If you're a cop, then you know, House has no association with you. You're a rogue agent. Just me? Well, I mean, many hands make the light work. I would estimate it's a four-person job, but... What if one of those people only has one working hand? Maybe we can fix that. What if we amount to three hands? If you had a reflection of three people that you could perhaps pick from to take as well, then... Some sort of rig that would give you extra hands.
00:46:53
Speaker
But we know that the shipment is leaving the city in about a week. Well, I don't see this going well. I guess I want her to present it to some people I know.
00:47:18
Speaker
I ask though, you don't have to tell me. As far as I'm concerned, we're square, as long as the job gets done. You know us all about the job. You said that Norsen Millhatch is a terrorist, and you seem very cross. Like, what's your problem with terrorists, man? What did he do?
00:47:48
Speaker
Well, I'm sure you heard of the commotion that happened earlier today. In Lower Memphis. Yes. That was Norsen Mill Hatch. I watched it with my own eyes. Oh, this is so bad. Oh my gosh. I mean, couldn't take a lot of convincing to a lot of people, but, um, wow, that's a lot to take in. Um,
00:48:19
Speaker
I will refrain from telling anyone what I know in the house, or I mean, just
Heist Preparation and Trust Issues
00:48:28
Speaker
in general, until the job is done, then I can set up a meeting between you and my uncle, Papa. Your brother might be there.
00:48:40
Speaker
I don't know how I feel about my brother right now. Apparently bad. Alistair would not be speaking to you right now. You're lucky that you came to me. Well. I had such little faith in you when you were part of the family. It didn't hurt nearly as much when you betrayed us. But to them who loved you. Yes, just know that I'm not overjoyed to be here myself.
00:49:10
Speaker
I felt like it was harsh, if I'm being perfectly honest. But. A banishment? Yeah. Well, I do have to say I did earn it. That, obviously to some people is true, but you didn't steal that much. Hardly a percentage, really. Comparatively. Yes.
00:49:40
Speaker
Because, like I said, I didn't think it was fair. What happened to you? And, you know, my parents didn't make it. And seeing somebody else lose their family, perhaps opened an old wound enough for me to actually care. Well, thank you.
00:50:10
Speaker
I will present this job to people I know and I will reach out to you as soon as I have more information on that. Excellent. Oh God, I'm supposed to be investigating a murder. This job is awful. I need to go. I'm supposed to be investigating a murder and when it was one of our people, I already know. Aren't you impersonating a detective?
00:50:33
Speaker
I'm, yes, but I mean, I have to keep up the rules. It's a good impersonation. It's fine. One more thing. Yes. I started drinking, so let's please just keep this simple. Oh, what happened? I guess I'm growing up. Sounds dreadful. I'll talk to you soon, Jan. Yes.
00:51:02
Speaker
Dran, I could get behind Dran. I was never gonna call him Dran year. Not once ever. But Dran, I could get behind here. Sure. Or Nard, just. Hey, Nardigay. Okay, so, Hob, you were headed down into the cogs. Yeah. With paperwork. Yeah, well, I mean. In a hat.
00:51:28
Speaker
Look, I've got leaflets, I've got flyers, I've got a hat, with a scrolling message. I've got a T-shirt cap. So, I will let you take a look at your character sheet. What check would you like to make to see how successful you are in this endeavor? Obviously it's not coercion, you're not, go work for dinner, I'll beat you up. Not yet.
00:51:55
Speaker
I mean, can I do, can I make it? Let me ask this. I think that it has to be probably charm or leadership, but can I use the fact that I have two ranks in Streetwise to upgrade? Because I've got two greens in those, but I think my Streetwise, or at least, I mean, obviously a boost is fair there, but I was wondering,
00:52:21
Speaker
Yeah, so you have two ranks in Streetwise. How many ranks do you have in knowledge underworld? One. One. OK, so I will let you do Streetwise based off your presence, since it's you using your ability to be on the streets to convince people. So that would be too yellow, right? Right. Well, that's what my Streetwise is currently. OK, so perfect. OK, great. OK, I just didn't.
00:52:42
Speaker
I thought it would have to be, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Okay, great. Yeah, I'd love to do the streetwise. So your streetwise against a, since we're starting off, you're just down there for the first time. Three purple difficulty.
00:52:56
Speaker
Okay, can I say that Eric just threw his entire collection of Genesis dice across the table and only one triumph came up and no despairs. That's a good roll. That's a lot of dice. I have no idea what time of day it is. I think he failed the roll.
00:53:18
Speaker
My hope is that there is a boat or a transport or something offloading right now. Sure. Okay, I will let you say that. So, I think what it is is there's me and Marn down there looking big and we're just like genuinely... Doing wraps. Posing.
00:53:36
Speaker
Genuinely right now, we are legitimately just passing out these leaflets and saying, hey, we'd love to talk to you more about some employment opportunities. You know, best place for somebody coming from, uh, where the draw am. Yeah. Pardon me. I was going to say storm reach. I knew that wasn't right. Uh, best place for someone coming from Jerome is to come check out house of Dennis, you know, utilizing your skill sets, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Give me the pitch. Yeah. We pay good.
00:54:00
Speaker
I mean, these people are here to start a life. Yeah. And I'm offering them a job off the boat. Yeah. Can I get a boost for that? Yeah. Yeah. For the sensible hat, take a boost. Who said sensible? I said it has a scrolling message. You did it earlier. I'm going to go ahead and flip one. Go ahead and change one purple to a red. Sure.
00:54:17
Speaker
Would you like to flip one to add a green? Flip one back so I don't add a green. Okay. Maybe clear out some space for that. We just accidentally get a couple of these in the mix. Okay. Okay. So yeah, we're just sitting there doing our thing. Is this a role to see if I get a bite? Somebody wants to talk more or? Let's just see how successful this is ever. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. It's a very, very conceptual role.
00:54:45
Speaker
Okay. Not great. Not terrible. Um, maybe you get your voice higher. It'll be
00:54:55
Speaker
I have forgotten how to read these things. X is fail. X is failure. Okay. So three success, including a triumph. Yes. Three threat, three success, including a triumph. I succeed with some threat, but a triumph. What's okay. Um, so yeah, your, your, your efforts down here to gain the attention of these people, this group coming off the boat, uh, was successful. Um, the three threat, um, you spot, um,
00:55:23
Speaker
Some people are normally on this beat, House Thrashk, that knoll in the fancy hat that was down there. I knew it, a hat. Yeah, he's got it. Yeah, he's got a top hat. The knoll in a top hat? That was the last time you all came down in the cuck. I literally had a waistcoat, top hat, and... Oh, I forgot about that. It's this little fagin... It's the fox from Pinocchio. Yeah, we've all got our cultural touchstones. Cultural touchstones.
00:55:49
Speaker
You see them kind of mean mugging you and like talking talking to people and you see a couple of orcs kind of like looking over. So you've gained the attention and the ire of House of the Rush in this action. You want to guess what I was going to use that triumph for? But they don't know.
00:56:08
Speaker
Well, the triumph can you can do that and I will come up with something else for you. No, no, no, no. No, no, that's that's absolutely because I had another I had another idea for the triumph. OK. And it could lead to the threat. It could make sense. I think what I'd like for the triumph to be is because we mustled our way up and are getting them like literally off the gangplank.
00:56:26
Speaker
They are just leaving the line, reading the literature, going to find something to eat. No one talked to House Thrash that day. And that could be the threat and why they're pissed about it or anything. But we had a 100% saturation of the market day today. Nice bump in the numbers. Probably not enough for Boom Rush to be like... Sure, but definitely, highly more inquiries than they've gotten.
00:56:49
Speaker
drop your obligation by 10. So, okay, yeah. He's happy with the results, but not satisfied. Wait till I have a talk with him about another opportunity. Did I drop my obligation, Eddie? We'll get to that. You haven't actually done anything. I made the baby step of saying I would. That's fair. This is going to turn into the wildest HRBS thing where I'm like interviewing. How can we approve?
00:57:18
Speaker
Yeah, how's dinner? What should we let new recruits know? What's your favorite part of the job? Here, just follow this link to the survey monkey. Yeah. Your efforts down in the cogs. Super great today. Overall plus.
00:57:32
Speaker
So at this point, I feel like we're at a point where everybody can kind of come together and talk. If you all want, I don't want, well, we should eventually at some point, you don't have to talk, but you should be there. So I would like to talk so I can get a plan B if I need to. Yeah. So yeah, this makes total sense that Raynard would be the one to kind of put the call out since he has something specific to ask of you all. Meet at the for sales. How much later is this?
00:58:01
Speaker
From what point from your conversation is she hungover the day? Okay. So I guess would you go that evening to like get on top things? Okay. If he's got to figure out another plan, the errors probably got in a couple of hour nap. Oh man. What? That's yes. Was there something else you wanted to accomplish? Oh, well, you don't know how sober you were. Well, I want to know how sober what's and whether or not I had time to craft things, but that's fine.
00:58:28
Speaker
Milo went to the for sales after he talked to Okay, mr. Board presumably passed out upstairs She went to go talk to a real estate agent I think Hobb comes in feeling pretty good like he's not happy with what he did but he's glad that what he did today was Pushing towards yeah something like he's not glad that didn't is getting all these applicants because
00:58:53
Speaker
They're going to end up with a bounty on him again. He's sure. Okay. So, um, so it sounds like, uh, the, would you have just gone to the four sales of your own account or would you have gone back to Savvy's until Reynard asked? I think Hobb would have gone by the four sales because he is concerned about Eris. Okay.
00:59:15
Speaker
A lasting, genuine injury, and he's going to check on his friend, so he's gonna go by and see if she's there, even though she might not. Ulfin lets you know she's upstairs, sleeping it off. Okay, cool, then yeah, he might wait around, take care of something to eat, so. He's not eating of the cogs, are you kidding me? So, yeah, Raynard, you put out the call and I guess receive word back that, oh, we're all here. A party without me. Oh crap, Raynard's coming, I got a message.
00:59:44
Speaker
So once Raynar gets there, unless somebody else is going to volunteer to do it, Ulfin's going to go upstairs to wake up Eris. OK. Someone who has been drunk more often than me. Yes. Are you worse off after a two hour nap? But not a real sleep? The level of drunk that you were a little like Lucy. So no, you would have it would have been like a regular nap. It would have assisted you in getting asleep quickly. OK. You're not hungover. OK.
01:00:12
Speaker
um has an expert in this she's sober yeah i mean okay that you're certainly not noticeably yeah that would have worn off yeah pretty quickly very good so yes aris comes downstairs looking
01:00:28
Speaker
Well, like she was asleep in her clothes. How does like I always feel like garbage after a two hour nap. So I don't know about anybody else. But I know some people get refreshed by that, which is weird to me. But I don't think I've ever had. Eris has never I suspect Eris has never had a regular sleep schedule. So it's probably not quite as bad because I'm the same way. I'm a nap is like the worst thing. Yeah. Never had a good nap in my life. But I mean, she does look like she just slept in her clothes. OK, so Eris comes downstairs. The three of you are already down there. So.
01:00:58
Speaker
The game has assembled. Eris, you notice that Olive is not there. Where'd Olive go? Oh, she said that she was going to go get started on what you all had talked about. The lab.
01:01:24
Speaker
Eric and shoot nods and points appreciatively at that often wanders over the table Well, I think I've got house Dennis breathing down my neck a little less Went down to the cogs did some recruiting for him. That's good
01:01:46
Speaker
What about House the Rash? Well that dork with the hat was watching, yeah. That's a spectacular hat, thank you. The hat can be great, what's underneath it's still a dork. With some wild power though. But I'm not concerned today.
01:02:11
Speaker
I think, I mean, Hob does not feel good, but something went fairly right. Sure.
Return of the Ram and Chaos
01:02:17
Speaker
Hob is relieved. So he was happy to start it off and be like, hey, what happened to me? Um, yes. I mean, the ram is still in the closet at Grigio's, but the pizza closet, if you will. He's still trying to think if Eris would use the word dead.
01:02:40
Speaker
Since his dad is different. Hob didn't actually say the Ram. If you want to ask about the Ram, you can. But that was a joke. Hob's not bringing up the Ram right now. He got a W. What happened with the Ram? Ah, crap. He's still... I'd greet you. He's still not alive. I've got a second plan for it, and if that doesn't work, then I will feel as I've done my due. And...
01:03:09
Speaker
I'm going to move on. Eris doesn't have the energy for it. It just doesn't respond.
01:03:27
Speaker
It's, it's evening time. It's getting around rush, like dinner, dinner time. And so we'll, we'll put me to the table. I guess I'll see you tomorrow guys. Um, Sana walks through the doors, you know, cause she's been helping and she's like, Oh, Hey. And she goes back behind the counter.
01:03:46
Speaker
Well, sorry, Eris waves. I'll break the silence, but may not make it any less awkward. What'd you do? I met with Basil. Why? Okay. And I don't know how to present this to you all, but I have the opportunity to... Oh, good grief, what do you have to steal now?
01:04:13
Speaker
You get off your high horse, sir. You don't know any. We don't know he's on the high horse yet. I know. I have the opportunity to acquire Northland Mill Hatch. You're gonna, you're gonna, wait, you're gonna steal, nope, that's not Aerosys' voice at all. Explain. Yeah, what? More information. Well. Please. Floor.
01:04:36
Speaker
Basil has a job, a heist, that needs completed. He tells me it's a four to five man job, but the payment would be Norse and Millhatch, presumably. Wait, that last word, that last word is a problem.
01:05:01
Speaker
Eris keeps trying to gesture with her left hand and wincing. That's what is a problem. How, oh yes, it's a stupid name, but it's a fantastic name. It's a fantastic name. You know that Philip thinks it's a fantastic name. Eris hates him and therefore everything about him is terrible. Second only to Grendel Jones. He's also a terrible dresser in Eris' mind.
01:05:29
Speaker
presumably is is problem why why is it presumably well I mean the biggest downside is not for you all it's for me I'll have to meet with my father and do what he asks to wipe the slate clean and so you do a job for Basil and if you do the job for Basil
01:05:59
Speaker
You get the opportunity to ask your dad to... What does get Norsen mean? Right. I can't imagine that they're just gonna... I believe I said acquire. But what does that mean? I mean, can they arrest him? Like we get in 10 minutes in a dark room with him and... That's more of the idea. So they'll kidnap him. Well, we'll have to talk logistics. And what? I haven't had a chance to speak with my father. I mean,
01:06:31
Speaker
I mean, wouldn't you want to rid the city of him? Of course. I just don't know what acquire means in that situation. And I mean, if they're acquiring, why don't they just kill him? I feel like we'd rather do it ourselves. I just want him to be dead. We just wouldn't have to do the looking. I wonder if he's hard to look for now because before he was like, I mean, I saw him just before I came over.
01:07:02
Speaker
But he was normal. He wasn't. Oh, we don't have to. I was just trying to do the right thing. I'm just what must we do? All that would be required of you all would be to help me complete the heist of what?
01:07:21
Speaker
Something Eric's going to tell me. A bust. A rainy? I was going to say Iranian. That's not right. A rainy bust. Where is it? With some elves. Right. Last time, when it was just a prank, we had to break into the headquarters of one of the dragon marked houses. This time, it's a lot more than a prank. So where are the elves?
01:07:50
Speaker
Yeah, there's a specific warehouse that like a rainy elves like they gather up a bunch of stuff and then send shipments home of of their artifacts like that that they find so I Relay that so this is gonna be a gross job. Wait, are we
01:08:12
Speaker
Yes, that's exactly what's happening. So what we're doing is we're like saying, hey, that belongs in the British Museum. Yes. Egyptian government. It's it's complicated because it's because I don't like it. It's it's an artifact that is criminals. Jeff is attached to. I got a code. It's like the cultural country of a rental is taking a thing that is of cultural significance to both them and Reynard's house.
01:08:40
Speaker
because they came from Arenal. There's an elven artifact. This is just the that Raynard's family took with them and they're trying to repatriate or something like that. No, it was like it's an old thing. So nobody in Raynard's family, but it has
01:08:58
Speaker
Arena artifacts oftentimes have pieces of history like songs, stories, and stuff like that encoded in them magically. So it's two different groups of people belonging to this culture vying for possession of this cultural artifact. So it's not quite that gross. No, it's not nearly as gross. I mean, Reynard artfully distributes that information. We do it with that all the time. What did you say, Trevor? I said, Reynard artfully distributes that information.
01:09:25
Speaker
The second tribe I worked for is Land is in the middle of the first tribe I worked for is Land, and pretty contested. Gosh. That's in a warehouse. Well, that's probably better. And it's a what now? A bust. A bust. And we have to get it.
01:09:47
Speaker
Well, there's no alternative in order to have the opportunity to have Norse and Milhads. Yeah, we must we must bust. We must retrieve this bust. Not in the house. Not with a mouse. We're doing different things. Randy, does Milo have ranks in medicine?
01:10:12
Speaker
Medicine. He has one rank. Okay. So while this conversation is happening, if you want to try to heal a critical injury, you can fill it, but that's just up to you. I mean, Eris. Would you like for me to try to do something about that and the Eris?
01:10:38
Speaker
I don't know. A different ATHLEAN came and tried to do it with magic and it didn't work. Well, let's try it my way once.
01:10:50
Speaker
Well, but right now, of course, it's just sort of a dull throb running up my arm. I think. But bristles a little bit that drunk heiress refers to her friend Milo is a halfling and they're all a different halfling tried and they couldn't do it. So that's not how she went. And I think if you touch it, it will not just be that way.
01:11:21
Speaker
On the other hand, I can't do anything with just one hand. Right. I don't think I'll make it any worse and hopefully I can make it a bit better. Okay. I guess so. Medicine check with three purple difficulty. I'd offer to assist, but at a time. And one red. And one red. Well, I'm sorry, not and, uh, switch one of the purples for a red. Do you have medicine?
01:11:51
Speaker
The spell? Sure, take a boost for Raynard's assistance. Right. Last time Raynard tried that. A triumph? Oh no, but I don't think you succeeded. Three of those. Triumph is a clean amputation.
01:12:18
Speaker
So that's what we have. Now you get to pick one finger against. So there's two failure failures, two failures, three advantage and triumph. OK, so you do not heal the critical injury. Ah, I was right. It's a lot more now. A lot more now. Or what if it doesn't? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we try. I have a three advantage. It's not healed, but at least it's not painful anymore. That'd be nice. Yeah. So.
01:12:48
Speaker
It feels, yeah, it does not hurt anymore. How about that? So the pain is fully gone, just the mobility still has not come back. So that's the advantage. What about a triumph? I mean, it doesn't need to be related to Aeris's hand. We get the bust. Basil just walked in. I did it already.
01:13:12
Speaker
It was the weirdest thing, it's a summer rain, summer rain you walk in with carrying the bust. What is that beautiful and remarkable plan? They're really drunk and really attracted to all of us, so just give it to us. The gang won't be very upset with a lot of those pills. Dude, that's, that's like three, if you rolled three triumphs. If you rolled seven triumphs in a row, it would still not work. You're still probably not gonna get what you want there, bud. A triumph?
01:13:43
Speaker
It doesn't add anymore. That's good. I don't know what you put on it. That was cool. I just wish I could have taken away, you know, made it a whole better mobility. There's a lot of skin missing.
01:13:58
Speaker
So it is bandaged, right? Well, I assume it is again. I assume he had to unwrap it in order to. Right. So that was a cool thing to do in the middle of dinner rush. Where to? No, I think people learned a long time ago to pay attention to our table either from their own comfort or from angry looks from one or all of us. I know. I assume he like packed something onto it and then rammed it again. Yeah. How about we sorghum blocks?
01:14:28
Speaker
somehow acquire all the pertinent information we need to rob, to get this bust. Okay. Maybe not all the pertinent information, but tell you what, um,
01:14:43
Speaker
There for that triumph, since since that's kind of the. The zone that you're thinking in Randy, when Raynard brings up the job and it's that the rainy warehouse and all that kind of stuff, there's a contact within the clan like there's an associate of the clan that is in a rainy elf that will be able to provide some information about the place. There you go. I will name to be determined. I got one for you. So anything else to discuss?
01:15:15
Speaker
Not right now. Okay. Where did you go, Milo? I knew. What did you say? I mean, you did take you to go home first, so you disappeared. Where did you get up to? Well... You don't have to tell us. No, I mean... That's Milo. He's going. Yeah, Milo's going, too.
01:15:38
Speaker
since you asked, he's not gonna lie about it. I think Bob didn't take his coat off, I guess, because he's got the coat on that door. Please don't leave a fucking job. I went home. I pulled out the journal. And you know how I said before that I may just go ahead and take it to Mr. Boromar? Right, but we agree that was a really bad idea.
01:16:07
Speaker
Well, maybe you all might have agreed to that, but it's just bothering me too much. And I just, I'm just so tired of it wearing on me that, and I can't help but just think that Jason or Vigo or both.
01:16:32
Speaker
are trying to do something behind Mr. Boromar's back, and then there's Kylie, and anyway, long story short, I approached Mr. Boromar. Well, he didn't kill you. But also, a long story short doesn't mean you don't tell the ending.
01:16:59
Speaker
Did he kill you? Are you dead in it? I believe his interest was piqued enough to check into it to see if he's been fully told the truth about the journal. He didn't know?
01:17:27
Speaker
He thinks maybe it had something to do with a journal that implicated Grum. And maybe so. I just I don't know. I just have a feeling that there's something more there. I could be totally wrong and it could have been a disastrous mistake. Did you tell us that you two talked about Kylie? I'm sorry. I just it's all conflated with me right now.
01:17:52
Speaker
He's brought up Kylie, I don't know. I brought her up. Okay. But I did not say that I- You did not say that you told Satan Boromar. Hey, I'm pretty sure my wife was- Yeah. I told you that I was wondered. Okay. Yes. Okay, okay. All right. But I mean, Milo's gonna say so, and I told him that I suspected that maybe Milo, maybe Kylie,
01:18:21
Speaker
Yes, I tell you, it's been wearing on me so much. I don't even know who I am anymore.
01:18:27
Speaker
And at this moment, I'm going to flip this over, but Kylie takes over your butt. And I've been asking Kylie to tell me something, to say something about it, but there's been nothing, no communication at all. And I just, I told him that I wondered if Kylie had been gathering this evidence and perhaps that's why she was killed. And I didn't know if, was her love real or not real? And I just all kind of came out and
01:18:56
Speaker
If only there was a mechanical way for you to have a line to Kylie to talk to her at any given moment. And there's not. There's not. But there's not. I mean, all the facts I could use for that. It's to know anything about a given situation in the moment, Randy.
01:19:16
Speaker
I did not understand it to do that. And what did he say about that? Both of the ones that you do understand and that it was successful. Go ahead.
01:19:31
Speaker
Well, he said that basically that if that's what she had done and it had been taken care of, I got the sense that he was telling me I should be grateful that I wasn't considered a part of it because I was still alive. But he did not act like he knew anything about it at all. He said you should be grateful that they only killed your wife.
01:20:00
Speaker
Well, it sounds like he knew. What was that? I'm trying to think exactly how he said it. I don't know if he said grateful. I think he just said the fact that your life should show you that. He said if your wife was involved in something like that, then you should be thankful that she didn't trust you enough to tell you. Yes. Yes. This has all come to me again. Yeah.
01:20:25
Speaker
He said that if in fact Kylie was somehow involved I should be thankful that she obviously did not trust me enough to say anything about it and and I should be grateful for that and that's why I'm still alive because obviously I'm not involved because I had no idea.
01:20:49
Speaker
I know this isn't important, but let's reframe what Satan said to be, she cared about you enough not to get you involved. Right. Yeah. She loves you enough not to put you in danger. Isn't that just the way with people who are so untrustworthy that they can't imagine? That's what they see the whole world through. I suppose that's true too. I hope that that's true. So, I mean,
01:21:20
Speaker
So they killed her, right? I mean, I'm not just... No, I think that we are... I think that's the correct assumption. If I could just get Kylie to talk to me. Would you like to use your heroic ability? All the facts. Okay. So the way this works is you can learn a pertinent fact about a situation, thing, whatever of your choice.
01:21:44
Speaker
I think it'd be more entertaining if Kylie's soul took over Ram's body. Oh my god. And then we got ourselves a sitcom. So Randy. Yes. Essentially, the way this works mechanically is it lasts for around. And so you essentially get to learn two facts about a given situation. So what would you like to specifically know about?
01:22:18
Speaker
Like was Kylie involved? What does Kylie know about her death? Don't say yes, those are two different things. Does Kylie have any suspicion about what happened to her? Ew.
01:22:45
Speaker
You don't need to work. Like, what would you like to know? I am in charge of what she would know. Yes, but I've wanted. Yeah, but there's so many things. What? It's not like a yes or no question thing. Just you can tell me a topic you would like to know something. It's not like you're asking her her involvement. OK.
01:23:09
Speaker
So you sitting there in the silence and just beseeching in your head, thinking to yourself, like, what were you doing? You learn that while working on the books for the Klan, Kylie discovered some indescrepancies in the financials and began digging deeper into who was behind stealing money from the Klan.
01:23:42
Speaker
Additionally, you learned that her involvement with the Dark Lanterns was trying to implicate a certain individual within the clan for stealing money, things like that, to get this person in hot water.
01:24:07
Speaker
Obviously also implicating the Boromar in criminal dealings, but that was a means to an end. Those are the two things that you learned.
01:24:29
Speaker
So I can glean that she wasn't necessarily trying to go after the clan itself. She was trying to get that one individual. Yeah. She discovered that somebody was taking a large amount of money from the clan. It was trying to find a way to get that person taken care of. Okay. So you all, Milo goes quiet for a moment.
01:24:58
Speaker
We all, I mean, because he does it so often, we're all used to it. I wish he would have told me sooner, perhaps if I'd have been more intelligent enough to know how to approach you. It seems that Kylie was
01:25:22
Speaker
had found in discrepancies within that journal and was piecing it together to a clan member who was stealing. And she was working with the Dark Lanterns simply to go after that one individual.
01:25:48
Speaker
and not necessarily against the whole Boromar clan, though they would obviously be implicated, but she was not trying to get the clan in trouble with the lanterns. Wait, where'd you find that? Because I looked through the whole journal with you. Where'd you find that? I didn't find it. Kylie just told me. Oh.
01:26:22
Speaker
Is the larger part not that the clan killed your wife? Is that not the larger point here? I'm not entirely sure the clan killed her now. And I would think that Mr. Boromar would know if it was if the clan had done it. But he wouldn't tell you he knew. He'd say some kind of hypothetical thing.
01:26:50
Speaker
That's quite, quite true. I, I see, I see where my little is coming from on this one. A member of the clan likely definitely killed Kitely, but we are employees of the clan who act on our own accord all the time as well.
01:27:19
Speaker
I think it is entirely possible that it was not a clan business to do what was done to his wife. It doesn't make it better. Yeah. That does make it a little better. It doesn't. Okay. While this conversation is happening in the for sales, sun is going down. Night falls over the city of Sharn and a block over in a small pizza shop.
01:27:57
Speaker
We see the storefront from the street view. Grigios. Pizza by the front. Grigios. Lights on, and all of a sudden, inexplicably, consumers begin sprinting out of the front door of Grigios.
01:28:11
Speaker
at the very tail end is Grigio himself tripping over the threshold of his door and running down the street as a table goes flying through the large pane glass window as a lumbering figure of stone, metal, and wood comes lumbering out.
01:28:32
Speaker
like crawling, like getting acclimated and kind of... Like torn apart Ultron. Kind of, yeah. Half of their face exposed wood fibers a hole through their head and it looks... It's good to be back. End of episode.
01:28:54
Speaker
In my defense, nope. That might have happened anyway. Rejected. Oh, I can assure you, that would not have happened anyway. Overruled counselor. Once we're done recording, I'll tell you about the original planes for Raymond, why they got chucked out the window.
01:29:08
Speaker
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Speaker
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01:30:03
Speaker
Ah, okay, so Eris went down 10, so it's currently no obligation, we need to work out. All of you use Eris as a peer and equal and collaborator and no longer a mentor-mentee relationship. Hobbs went down 10 for doing some good actions in terms of the clan and Milos,
01:30:29
Speaker
went down 10 because his whole thing is the obsession about what happened to Kylie, which had some resolution. Another reason he went to disaster went up 20. No, I'm just kidding. Um, you also went down 10. You all are taking actions for, so 20, 20, 10, zero. So I'm going to get it down to zero before I do something else stupid to bring it up. One through 10.
01:30:59
Speaker
11 through 30. 31 through 50. Wait, so there's no chance of Eris obligation? Eris doesn't have an obligation right now, so. We resolved my obligation this round, so we need to establish a new one. One. Wow. One. Only that was a divine intervention role. Right. Okay, so.
01:31:22
Speaker
Milo's obligation has been rolled, which is going to be interesting, because I feel like we're going to be working on the Basil job. Which means that Milo's obligation is going to mess up fixing Reinhardt's obligation. We're going to start making plans. Let's not try to do stuff. OK, so yes, that is 15 experience. We have rolled Milo's obligation for the next session. Thank you all so much for listening. I've been your game master, Eric. I'm Philip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And we will see you next week.
01:31:49
Speaker
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