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Hermit Chronicles Ep. 12 - Time Tells All part 5
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It is the end of this time traveling tale. We find Reed Deer as a little calf and learn about his aunt. hope you enjoy!
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Recap and Time Mission Overview
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey y'all, I'm jumping in at the beginning because there's no intro to this. This was the conclusion to the last episode and there was just a lot of stuff that happened in that episode so we cut them into two. A quick recap, Willy and Reader were sent on a mission through time. They met their parent or Reader's parents and Willy's aunt and Caesar and Celeste were there and they went on a mission to get
00:00:29
Speaker
this coin from the king, they ended up getting the coin, then OP ran off with it, ended up activating it, and then they were warped into this really weird world where they played through different scenarios, and this is the end of
Celeste's Rod and Willy's Health
00:00:46
Speaker
that. Here's the conclusion to Time Tales All.
00:01:13
Speaker
Number one.
00:01:33
Speaker
At least most of them. And you see Celeste... Oh, now roll perception. 17. 16. So... Can I rule inside to see if, like, Willy is hurting? Sure. Oh, that's... 22. 22. Yeah, he's hurting. I have seven health. He's not doing well. Heal yourself. Can you heal yourself? I can't. Ooh, hold up. Let me make sure that I can.
00:02:02
Speaker
Yes I can, alright, I'm good, I'm good. Oh wow, I healed myself for three, cool. You see, with your perception, you see Celeste holding this massive rod, like, it looks like a massive rod, but, and it has like this cylinder on top, and...
00:02:23
Speaker
It looks really shiny on the top. With that you see everyone awake except for readers parents.
Paradox Discussion and Implications
00:02:32
Speaker
They are still laying on the floor and everyone else is awake. I want to rush to help them. Yeah, go give it a good try. Can I just do like a quick medicine check to see what's happening? Yeah, and so we'll see there. That's a nat one.
00:02:53
Speaker
You just hurt my parents? Just like, I slide to help them and just like me, I'm in the face. Like, I am not doing good this season. Caesar does a medicine check and he can't, he doesn't feel any activity. He thinks they're gone. For, for the sake of paradoxical situation, am I, am I, my hands still there? You're fine. You're still there. You're okay. So they, so,
00:03:22
Speaker
now there is a baby meter out there somewhere maybe well if there's not well did you did you roll inside him god try i'm obviously that's an 11 you're kind of sure about this but yeah there's definitely a reader out there okay yeah like caesar also looks at you he's like uh reader are you okay i'm still here i think
00:03:46
Speaker
Okay, I'm- I'm really sorry about the situation. No, if these guys die, you die. Right, that's- that's what I want. No, I mean- Like if paradox thing will happen. Yeah, oh yeah, so we'd all get sent back to the start
Celeste's Contraption and Zombified Parents
00:04:00
Speaker
yet. No, that didn't- I mean, I'm here, you're here, we're all- we're all here. When- So that tells us that what's happening now always happened, slash what's supposed to happen. Really? Oh, if that's-
00:04:16
Speaker
I'm so sorry, reader. That means, I mean, I basically killed your parents. I'm so sorry. I mean, so Celeste and I, we were with them. And we went into this weird thing. We were animated. We were, I don't know, colorful. And then we, Celeste and I, were able to get out for some reason.
00:04:43
Speaker
We were released or freed, broke free, but your parents didn't wake up with us, but we thought. Celeste came to me and she said, I have this contraption that I've been working on to capture these beings that are powerful, these wizards that are powerful. And so we went off back to her house to get it. And so it took us a while. So I'm sorry if you've been in there, I don't even know how many days. I mean, we've only been gone for about two or three hours, but
00:05:12
Speaker
can you get to the point where you're like my parents are dead yeah but why were we left just on the floor well we just did it like i couldn't carry everybody i i we just wanted to keep everybody safe i don't know what where when they went what
00:05:28
Speaker
I don't want to sound like a parent, but did it take both of you to go get that item? That's like I want to I want to say that in a condescending tone Like I know I'm I we were just trying to is a heavy object Like Celeste can barely carry it and for that her to carry it that long She she needed to find where it was and and tell me and and I yeah, I know stupid. I'm so sorry I
00:05:56
Speaker
I'm so sorry and if you with with the medical check he does say it looks like they have bite marks on them. Bite marks? Yeah like like in in one of the scenarios they were attacked or something. Oh so why are you apologizing? I'll say that like why? Because if it wasn't for me they wouldn't be here. You like none of this would have happened if it wasn't for Celeste and I trying to stop this coin but
00:06:26
Speaker
If we're not getting reverted back, that this was supposed to happen. I know. And so inevitably I was supposed to kill your parent. I don't... I mean... I'm just sorry, Creator. I didn't mean for that to happen. I want to turn to Reader and be like, I'm sorry, I can't... I can't... I have nothing to help right now. Like, I could heal, but I can only heal what's alive, not...
00:06:54
Speaker
Yeah, and I can't bring people back from that either. I'm sorry, reader. You're looking very mad, though, right now. The most I could do is make sure they don't become undead, but nothing is threatening us on that right now. So far. And as you say that, certain hand insult to injury, your parents get up. Are you serious? Just talk to them like they're older.
00:07:25
Speaker
you had me so worried about you and they'd look at you and their eyes are glazed over and
00:07:33
Speaker
They kind of start to drool and they just start going for you. Initiative? Do I see what's happening? Yeah, everybody does. I was right above their bodies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you say you wanted to do initiative? I think it's fighting time. They're going to fight. I can't do what I wanted to do. Oh, no, go for it. Roll inside first to see if you can get it. You can figure out what they're going to do before they do it.
00:08:03
Speaker
That's a 21. You definitely know that they're gonna jump a reader and hurt him. I stab my hands into the ground and cast a tangle in the 20-foot square around me. Then they roll a death save? A strength saving goal. Strength saving.
00:08:21
Speaker
What's the DC? 12. They break through
Coin Incident and Opie's Fate
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Speaker
it. And now it's an issue. Actually, with everybody there, I'm gonna say you guys take them out. Even if it's like just out of self-defense. But reader, do you I just want to know if you attack because there's so many of you, there's no way they're gonna win. But do you attack them? That's my question. No, I think majority of like, all of the time, I'm just gonna be like, don't kill. Just trap. Please.
00:08:50
Speaker
If you kill my parents twice in the same day. I wanna just work defensively. Like tackling, grappling. Okay, I'd say with like, what is it? Four or five of you against two, like, brand new zombies? Yeah. You restrain them and you find the coin there on the ground. Uh... Okay.
00:09:15
Speaker
What do you, what do you do? Can I use my, like, my bag to scoop it up so I don't touch it? Roll... Darity check? Or... What's a quick wrap? Like a sleight of hand. There we go. Okay. Let's just say, there's no, like, compulsion with this one, right? There's no... No, as of right now, there's nothing drawing you to it. Alright, that's a six. Six? Alright.
00:09:46
Speaker
As you go for this coin, you see it sink into the earth and disappear. Can I dig after it? Yeah, go for it. Alright. Opie's still gone, right? Opie is on the floor next to this, uh, next to the coin. Okay, maybe I'll, can I medical check to see if they're gonna get up and... Sure, you can. Okay, I just wanna, I doubt it, but I wanna make sure. Yeah, what do you want me to roll for
00:10:16
Speaker
digging that's a nat 20 okay with a plus three for 23 we're gonna have to roll again because they also roll the natural 20 so reroll dirty 20 24
00:10:33
Speaker
So there's something pulling it down. You're catching it. You're trying to capture it. And then with the natural 20 and the dirty 20, you see roots consuming it. Of course, now you want to entangle. Oh. So reader, roll a medicine check. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm using my extensive knowledge now that I know what I'm doing. Just like, that's again before it. It's like you've lived so many lives.
00:11:02
Speaker
And so I rolled a 12, I don't know how good that is. Yeah, you don't, you don't know. It seems that he's dead as well. Yeah. Any sign that Opie's going to be waking up and... No, from your perspective, it looks like he's just, there's no bite marks. It looks like there's nothing harming the body, but it just looks like it's empty. You gotta remember, I got beat up a lot too. Yeah, that's true. Oh, actually. Roll a d20 for me, Willie.
00:11:32
Speaker
Oh, right, right, right. Roll a death save. That's a 6. Roll a death save. Okay, I'm gonna roll something. Okay, you didn't get bitten during the fight. That's important. But your aunt heals you for...
Mouse Power and Wizards' Safety Plan
00:11:51
Speaker
Roll a healing word. Level 1 or level 2? Whatever level you are. Oh, well, I could cast it in both levels. Yeah, then roll at the highest level.
00:12:03
Speaker
It's an 8. The Vita looks very invested. I'll say that. Alright, I'm back up to 18. Yeah. Okay, great.
00:12:12
Speaker
She kind of nods her head to you and, hey, yeah, it was hard there for me too. I don't know what happened. And Celeste kind of goes through, and they think that this, there was this, I captured a mouse. And apparently this mouse had built up power that it's been holding on to for, I don't know how long, and it just pushed itself, and now it's to protect itself.
00:12:37
Speaker
The mean wife? 42. No, no. Don't drive me through that, Willie. I've already been down that road. It's why I've aged so much. You think it's my children, but it's actually just that whole 42 thing.
00:12:54
Speaker
But yeah, so I'm gonna take this back to my house and we're gonna keep it safe. And this is what we're gonna do from now on. We're gonna capture these wizards and put them in here and we'll keep them safe from everyone else. Actually, we'll keep everyone else safe from them. That's the word I'm looking for.
00:13:15
Speaker
Reader, sorry, should we all, I don't, do you want, let's take your parents back to their house, maybe? Did you get the other one? The other one. There were two. No, there was only one. Wait, we're originally... I only saw one. Oh, okay, getting rid of mine. I got my magical items mixed up.
00:13:36
Speaker
Cause I was like, weren't we here for two? But it was the second one is we built the hole underneath the well to get to it. And then this is the other one. Yes. And I think, and Caesar just says, Hey, I think it's, I think it's great what you guys were here for, but I think it's time for you to go back. I think, I think, I don't know. This is a bit awkward situation. Oh, you just jumped straight back into the time portal. Just asked them to go home.
00:14:04
Speaker
You were the last ones to use it. You have the necklace bracelet things? Oh, yeah. Wait, if we make a paradox, we go back to the start of this episode, right? But then wouldn't that undo what we've done? Yes. It would, but we can save my parents. Yes. But as Willie said, it seems that this is always supposed to happen. Because there's no paradox. But there's... Wouldn't it be less of a paradox if I'm more likely to be born? But apparently you are born.
00:14:35
Speaker
And you guys are kind of walking and holding and, you know, are you carrying both your parents or you're just or reader? I'll help. Yeah, I'll gladly help. I want to read or I know what you're saying and I want to create a paradox. We could do this over again.
00:14:49
Speaker
I'm just not sure if if their deaths are the anchor point of this timeline or if it is death itself. This is a weirdly highly intelligent thing to be saying for my character but what if in saving it's kind of like
00:15:08
Speaker
final destination rules. Like, we skip their death, but that means death is still coming for them, or a death needs to occur. I don't know. Yeah, it's place. I mean, Willy, Willy's, Willy's is just showing somebody colors. Yeah, Willy's philosophical. These past two episodes, Willy's just taken really good charge. Hey, do you want your own team at some point? I'd love to, you know, put you in charge of your own kind of situation.
00:15:34
Speaker
I guess, but for right now, my friend needs me. Yeah, right. Right, sorry. Sorry. Yeah, sorry again, reader. What we'll do is we will... How about we take these guys back to their place and we talk about it and who knows what'll happen if we create a paradox? Well, if we create a paradox and a problem occurs with trying to save them, then we'll go back to the start again and we'll just do it again, right?
00:16:01
Speaker
Yeah, but we could be ending up doing that a hundred thousand times if it doesn't change. Reader, we'll need to go to your house to make sure you are here. And
Wisdom to Younger Selves
00:16:13
Speaker
if you're not in existence yet, then that will prove that we need to do more. Yeah.
00:16:20
Speaker
would be very helpful in a way does that make sense i think because if you aren't born yet or said or being set on or alive and being set on a path to which would bring you here i'm sorry i've been eating way too much of my family's mushrooms and i'm just i'm just spouting out words tell
00:16:40
Speaker
So you end up back in that small village, you're still heading towards that house and roll perception. 22. 22. What did you roll, reader, for your perception? You see a...
00:16:55
Speaker
dog come out of the small cottage and This dog is is colorful has like these really fluffy ears, but the rest of the coat is quite short and Then behind them is a small little a moose. It's a cute moose
00:17:16
Speaker
It's an adorable moose. Already working on its muscles and running around. I just really need to make the point that it's a cute moose. So it should definitely be in some kind of fan art because it's a very, very... And it's wearing the blanket that you had on before as a cape. Super reader. I'm there with it, correct? Yeah, yeah. You both see this.
00:17:44
Speaker
I want to reach into my bag and grab one of the books that Reader gave me. I'd like to help me expand my knowledge. Okay. And I want to bend down to Little Reader, like, try to get eye to eye. I know I'll still be towering over him, but I want to hand him the book and say, a good friend gave this to me to help expand my mind. I hope it does the same for you. Cool. What was the book? Different types of wood and how to chop them. Cool. I like that. That's great.
Dog Conversation and Funeral Plans
00:18:13
Speaker
And uh, I don't know, little readers. Thanks, I think. You're quite large and scary. Let's aren't everything. As you'll learn with books, get the full story and then I'll go pet to pet. And I'm gonna roll. Okay. Yeah, this moose and dog are kind of, like the dog's kind of now in front of the moose and they're like, hey, hey, what, what are you, what's going on? Hello?
00:18:42
Speaker
Anybody gonna talk to me? Hello there, little puppy. Wait, is this a full dog, or is this- It's a full dog. Full dog. Okay. Is it one that I now reckon- It's not somebody you remember. She's like, she starts to talk, and because you had a relationship with her, you just hear, like, really fuzzy, really, like, you can't really hear her. Is it like the Peanuts parents talking? Yeah. There you go.
00:19:11
Speaker
But the others here, why are you at the deer's house? I'm, I'm his aunt. I'll say, I want to look at little reader and be like, Oh, go, go read your book. And then like try to pull the dog to the side and be like, sadly, I'm not here without good news. And then, yeah, I kind of figured with them, one of them on your back.
00:19:36
Speaker
Yeah. I try to explain that they were hired to do something and they knew the risks, but sadly everything didn't go as planned. Yeah.
00:19:49
Speaker
They were good people. Yeah. My brother was the best. He was funny. Kind of awkward. But why is he still chomping away? Why are they bound? To some magical degree, they've come back, but they are not the... This isn't the gentleman you called brother for your life.
00:20:12
Speaker
another entity in itself, and we couldn't bring it upon ourselves to desecrate them anymore, especially after everything they've sacrificed. Okay, so what are we gonna do? What do I tell the kid? Hey, you, Moose! Hey, come here! What's... Why are you like...
00:20:35
Speaker
Because I don't understand what she's saying, so I was like, oh, hi. Roll a wisdom save. Is it a loophole if I'm like, speak that animal's language?
00:20:46
Speaker
Hmm, that could be a loophole. You can do your wisdom save with advantage if you do that. Nah, I just, I got an AT and so I'm fine. You get this massive headache, but then she starts coming in to clear and she's like, you see her face and she's like, come over here now. And like instinctively you're like, oh, she's mad. Muscle memory. Yeah.
00:21:09
Speaker
And you're, you're, are you related to her? To her? Yeah, he points to your mom. Or she points, they point to your mom. Yeah. Did you sign them up for this? What's going on? Why, why are they zombified? Lack of a better term. Hey, hey, I'm talking to you. Hey, look, I got a little boy back there. He has no parents now. What am I supposed to tell him? Are you going to raise him? If I have to, yeah. And no, no plans.
00:21:38
Speaker
You're not planning on dying anytime soon? I don't think so? Are you going to kill me too? If you die, I will kill you. I'm trying to figure out what should happen from this point.
00:21:58
Speaker
I feel bad for him. Yeah, I feel bad for him too, but I'm also mad. Were they promised to be safe? Did they know they could die? There's part of me that's trying to not give dirty looks to Caesar. I don't know. I was good friends with these guys.
00:22:33
Speaker
Yeah, I do too. Can you leave them here and go? I'll figure out what to do with them. We don't mind helping with a proper funeral.
00:22:45
Speaker
Or is it more of like a put on a pyre and burned? Put on a boat? I need to figure that out but it's not family or... I don't want you to be her friends. They're friends. I'm sorry. I wish I knew what happened. We just met. Well, we really weren't helpful so...
00:23:08
Speaker
We did the best that we could.
Paradox Resolution and Return
00:23:11
Speaker
Basically, if you want to come to this funeral, if you want to set them off, if you want to do that, you need to roll persuasion. Either one of you. I'm not going to give you disadvantage, but... If you want to try to persuade him, I'm pretty sure you'll get better than a five. Okay, I haven't said much, so I have to think of justification for this. That same magnetism that made me...
00:23:34
Speaker
impossibly want to hang out with her or like listen to her. I'd be like, I would really like to be there for the family, if you don't mind. I felt very close with these guys, despite knowing them for a little while. I knew them for a long time. What was my story? I mean, the story of what is happening because it definitely happened. My friend has a problem with words, but we're just eternally grateful because if it weren't for them,
00:24:02
Speaker
we wouldn't be here right now especially him if it weren't for them he wouldn't be here she's just it's fine fine whatever just be here let me sort everything out i'm i mean if you want to help i will call you when i need you okay i'm sorry what was your name again you pick really nice it's 2 a.m here that's your name you pick you pick yeah you pick
00:24:31
Speaker
Then there's a lot of awkward situations where it's like, you pick, it's like, I don't know, I haven't decided, I haven't planned this out. You keep asking for names, I've given you so many today, you pick this one. I don't think I've asked, have I asked today? Yes, so many times. Are you the new hopper? I want to go talk with a little reader.
00:25:00
Speaker
no she doesn't let you yeah she's like look you can be here for the funeral right now leave him away get away from him out of respect I said you want to protect him yes for the rest of your life not sure yes you're not you're not feeling sick why are you asking these questions I hear I'm a doctor now we're gonna go inside we're gonna go inside the forehead thing again it's like I'm a doctor I want to make sure that you're safe
00:25:30
Speaker
and healthy and so I'm gonna say time passes now and roll a sleight of hand for me Willie that's a five with advantage that's a six I would say what you want to do you probably need to do it another time as it gets closer to the to the funeral nothing but I'm gonna roll perception a few things on a few things we're supposed to talk about that thing what
00:26:00
Speaker
Okay. You, it's fine if you do it later, but it happens. The funeral happens. You guys are what? I want to try to control my younger self as much as I can. Okay. Yeah. You know what? You are probably the only other moose in the area and your younger self kind of is like, looks at you because you look kind of like your dad. Oh, okay. That's it. And, or, you know, your mom, sorry, not your dad, right?
00:26:30
Speaker
Yeah. Probably look more like the moose. Yeah. And, and so they're like, like they talk to their aunt and they, and you run to you and kind of, Hey, hey, you, you miss them too. Yeah. How are you feeling? I know. I know a lot of, I know a lot of people may not be nice to you. I mean, I know this may give you some kind of social anxiety because you never had parents to teach you. And I know this is a lot coming from me.
00:26:59
Speaker
I just know that I have a few experiences. I'm just building lore right now that your social anxiety is because you didn't have parents growing up or something. But I just want you to know those people that you can talk to. I want to hug them in a way that I knew I always wanted when I was younger. Oh, cool. I like that. Great.
00:27:22
Speaker
and so the funeral kind of ends and it's the end of it it's it's the end Caesar's like hey I think you guys if you can if you figured out the paradox thing we can start this again if otherwise I otherwise I think you guys are ready to go back I think it's time Celeste and I have to stay here but it's up to you friend I'm with you till the end
00:27:57
Speaker
Don't listen to this. Don't listen to the dog. She's not here. She's not here. Fine. Live, kid. Walk away ominously after saying fine. Live, kid. And you guys go back into the time vortex and you go home, I assume. You go back to your own time. We got the coin still there. The coin's still there. Yeah.
00:28:16
Speaker
Don't do it. Okay, do it.
00:28:27
Speaker
But it's with Celeste. No, the coin is gone. You don't know where it went. But as you return back to your time, you see a note. Or not a note. You see Pop with the other Celeste kids basically. I forget their names. How's Pop doing?
00:28:48
Speaker
Because we're coming back to our origin point, correct? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Pop is doing fine. She's hanging out with the less son. And they're like, hey, you guys did it. You guys are back. Do you want to take Pop back to her dad? Because, I mean, she's great fun, but she doesn't belong here. Does it mean come find her? No. No, if anybody gets close to you.
00:29:18
Speaker
For some reason, Pop can get this close for no problem, but others can. Her dad came and left like a hundred times. So time passed while we were in the past. It wasn't like we came back to the exact second we were back. So yes, it time passed, but only like a few, like maybe like an hour. OK. Yeah. And one of them.
00:29:44
Speaker
my my mom left this for willy oh okay and as you guys return pop back to their house or her house her dad fizz comes out and was it fizz right yeah it was fizz and pop yeah oh thanks thanks boys actually actually yeah what was your name
00:30:10
Speaker
I haven't caught so many. Do they have a lot of strength? You remind me of someone. I'm not sure. Just generically, or someone in particular. Well, a long time ago, there used to be a family here. There were moose, I think. I think plural of moose is moose. It is moose, but I say niece. It's more fun that way. Geese goose. I think they lived right over there.
00:30:36
Speaker
He points a little bit into the town that was there. Can I see what the letter is that's given to me? Yeah. You open it and it's in Celeste's handwriting and she says, when you get home, keep going in. Okay. I just want a pocket. Say nothing about it. Okay. Do you want to go to your house? Yeah, I just want to make sure that we're doing whatever you want to do. Oh yeah.
00:31:04
Speaker
Yeah, I want to go and try to see where the Meese are. I'm still trying to hide my tears and I'm like, it's fine. Okay. So the house, it's completely as it was in the past. It's a little bit rickety, a little bit old, but in front of it, it says haunting memory of the zombie outbreak. And it has your parents' names.
00:31:35
Speaker
Oh, I'm there. This is the only two names. Just the two names. And that's it, yeah. I just kneel and do nothing. Reader's not one for words, so he's just like, I don't know. I feel sad. I kneel. I notice Reader's sadness and honestly don't like the sign because then it kind of puts the blame on them for being zombies. Sure.
00:32:03
Speaker
So I want to rip down the sign and use mold earth to put up like, like kind of like a small monolith and engraved on it is talking about the sacrifice they did for the greater good and that they were good people. Fantastic. That sounds awesome. Great.
Mysterious Box and Celeste's Note
00:32:20
Speaker
And so now time passes, you guys are you read or you're traveling again and will you are home? I don't know why, but like, right when he said like me just traveling and I just thought,
00:32:32
Speaker
I walk this lonely road. There you go. Yeah, you're you're you're back in your huge cavern. What do you do? I'm researching. Okay. I don't want to give away what I'm doing yet. Okay, that's fine. Are you gonna do it Celeste headset in the notes? Yes. Yeah. So as you go deeper into this cavern, you find a very wheelie sized hole. I just scoot on through.
00:33:00
Speaker
As tight as it is, you make it through because it fits you perfectly. And only you because the others are too big. All the rest of your family's too big for it. As we've stated before, I may be giant, but I am the runt. And you see at the bottom is a... like a box. I wanna inspect the box. Roll in investigation.
00:33:26
Speaker
16 you know this this is a magical box it has a magical seal on it So you won't be able to open it, but it it seems approachable. Okay? I'll just poke at it. Yeah, nothing happens
00:33:41
Speaker
is there's nothing around it's just still like a cave with a box well no you look up and you see light and stones oh you can roll insight if you would with advantage 16 16 you recognize that you're at the bottom of the well ah okay
00:34:03
Speaker
I want to grab the box and just make my way out. Cool. Great. And that is the end of this episode. Thank you for listening, thank you for playing, and yeah, go follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Try to figure out TikTok, but share us, like us, bug me for posts.
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00:34:58
Speaker
One.