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C2 Ep. 131 The Boss is Late Chapter Three
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The crew has their primary suspect in custody, but how far will they go to get the answers they want?
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Transcript
Introduction to the Hosts
00:00:09
Speaker
D20 radio, your game is roll.
Recap of Previous Episode: Murder and Family Tensions
00:00:45
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Ever On Renewed, an actual play podcast at the Ever On Campaign Setting. I'm your Game Master, Eric. I'm Philip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And welcome to another episode, Gentlemen. What happened last time? A lot. There's been a murder in Savannah. So, found out Satan was dead in the previous, in the previous episode. And then all of his family showed up because, conveniently, and then Viggo, Viggoed out and now he's... And we outed Viggo.
Chase and Kidnapping Involving Viggo
00:01:15
Speaker
Out of them right out of that room and basically I mean I mean Look, I can't fault the guy for the way he acted when he walked in except that I think he knows what actually happened That I can't fault the guy for being like hey wait these four dudes I don't like killed my uncle and his knife is inside of him Somebody called my friends to help me makes sense But then we knocked him out and put him in a boat got chased got out of the chase kidnapped him I think is the
00:01:43
Speaker
So he's not a kid. Citizens arrest, Eric. This is a citizens arrest? There's a word for that. That's our co-worker that we're taking on a fun little trip.
00:01:55
Speaker
I ensured that he could no longer make, we were no longer in harm's way of his people that wanted to kill us, and I brought him to because I was afraid that he might get hurt in the crosswalk.
Citizens Arrest and Harpoon Mishap
00:02:04
Speaker
We've taken him into productive custody. Then you stabbed him with a harpoon. I didn't stab him with a harpoon. I stabbed him with a harpoon. And we don't know him.
00:02:12
Speaker
Little rough with that guy. That's why it's we and Reynard. Exactly. Yeah, you all got chased by some Thrawny Assassins. Reynard did a torture to one of them with some piano wire via arrow.
00:02:27
Speaker
And it's just happens to happen way cooler. Yeah that I've been taking classes from Milo and it was jokingly said Beforehand, but I'm gonna go ahead and say this episode is probably gonna get pretty dark with the group having Vigo in custody So if you need to just check out the recap next week totally understand don't know how wild If it gets really bad, I'll probably put something even before you're hearing this but yeah
00:02:53
Speaker
I can't get that. I'm not going to be that bad. I don't know what he's going to do. You have Trevor at this table. I'm in a stabby, stabby mood. Yeah, and I get first crack at Viggo. Milo's an innocent bystander. Pauseable, denied ability. You can leave, according to Hobb's ability. Harris would just like to cut his hand off.
Reynard's Torture Warning
00:03:14
Speaker
See? This is what I'm talking about. Anyway, buckle up. I've already made it. I've already held it down for a part of it. I just want to talk to him.
00:03:21
Speaker
I'm gonna hit him. You're not on the same page as the rest of your group. I'm clearly not. That's why I'm trying to go first. Okay, so you all are in a high wall. You find an abandoned building that's pretty well dilapidated and are able to pull up and park. So we're just not going to dangle Vigo? I know. Oh, we're right. Sorry. I forgot about that. Eris pulls up to an upper floor of it and parks under an awning so that we're not obviously visible from above, but we're still a few hundred feet off the ground.
00:03:50
Speaker
It's late, I think. This is late into a unity dinner, so. Yeah, it's like 11.30. Okay. It's dark. Guess what's important. We stayed at a party, then went and got chased through the streets of Sharn, and then flew to Highwall. The same day we found a Gollum. Yes. Yes. It's sufficiently dark outside. Yeah. It's been a long day. This is the day my gaggle was stolen, too. Yeah, yeah. Wow. It's been a long day. It's been a long day. Although that guy works fast.
00:04:19
Speaker
Okay. Did you leave the dagger? We left the dagger. We didn't grab the dagger. You left the dagger. Okay. That's fine. I also want to point out I did tell my father's dagger was stolen. You did? That's true. And you told him who stole it. I did. Okay. So Hobb sits down across from Viggo and he says, um, I don't, I don't need to tell you that we've kind of crossed the Rubicon here in our relationship. Um,
Interrogation of Viggo: Truths and Threats
00:04:45
Speaker
We've reached a point of no return and so I just want to be clear that you are alive as long as you're useful.
00:04:56
Speaker
just kind of gives a half-hearted nod he seems to be like I mean he had a harpoon shoved through his hand so he's kind of in a state of like delirium like he's lost some blood and he has a concussion from hob oh my low would absolutely love to help a Boromar right now hey Milo you wanna give him a little bit of uh you know just use them up a little bit Milo's magic can't heal that's Raynard's department crap that's right
00:05:20
Speaker
With the history of my magic, I would love to attempt. Rainard, this is important. No one asked you to stab him. Please make him feel a little better so we can talk. Let's try and match him up a little bit. Please, Rainard. OK. All right. Well, I have four. Wrong voice. My voice. Four yellow and one green in my verse. OK. So just to heal him, it's one purple difficulty. I don't want to do anything else. Oh, you don't want to help him, either.
00:05:53
Speaker
That's the best healing you've ever done boy, that's so much so much healing if I couldn't have he gotten possessed That would not really help us here. Okay, so I have that's not right
00:06:06
Speaker
One, two, three,
Escape and Planning in Abandoned Building
00:06:08
Speaker
four, success. One, two, three, advantage. OK, those are those are gone and a triumph and a triumph. So, yeah, I mean, do you pull the harpoon out of his hand like as part of this or?
00:06:23
Speaker
Maybe the triumph is now he just gets a harpoon hand. I think he's peeling around the harpoon. No, I think you need to pull the harpoon out and let his hand heal. Okay, so again, if he tries anything, I'm throwing him over the side of the boat. Yeah, and he wants to dangle him off the boat, so pull the harpoon. No, I think the triumph is he's completely... Agreeable. Agreeable, yes. He spills his guts. You can't really do that with the triumph, but... I think it's a triumph. I think it can.
00:06:59
Speaker
We get more info out of him than maybe we would have gotten out of him. He's a little more agreeable. I think the triumph is no one followed us. Well, I don't think anybody followed us anyway.
00:07:13
Speaker
I don't think so. How confident are you? We just ended
Viggo's Confession and Connections
00:07:16
Speaker
the thing with the woman not being happy with you. I like that one. I like that no one follows us. No one followed us. Eric can decide at any moment that someone has followed us is the thing. Like maybe right now no one did. Yeah, since I said nobody's followed us, oh yeah. Yeah, they did. Okay, you were not followed, guaranteed. So Vigo kind of stings as his hand heals over the tissue binding itself back together.
00:07:40
Speaker
What do you want? Well, no, you understand it. You know we actually did have anything to do with your uncle's death, don't you? That's what you want me to tell people. No, no, no, no, no. Vigo. Don't act all broken. Now you're so tough and strong and full of bravado, buddy. Think he'd talk about it with one hand. That's a good question.
00:08:07
Speaker
Come on, tough guy talk, you wouldn't have showed up earlier. You want gold? No, no, I want you to tell us what you know about your uncle's death. Yes, you know we did not kill Satan. I'm not saying you had anything to do with it, but I know you know that we didn't. I think it's likely. Of course it's likely, look at him, he's probably overjoyed. Can we get a read on his, whether he looks guilty or... Yeah, you make a perception check. Yeah.
Deceit and Further Questioning
00:08:33
Speaker
Difficulty is going to be...
00:08:40
Speaker
Uh, three red. Hey, and don't forget, you guys are going to get additional advantages if you ask any sort of charm-based or anything charm-deception negotiation-based. I'm on the boat, too, so you guys are going to get actual advantages. I'm looming. You're looming. Exactly. I'm looming. So three red. So you guys throw out questions, still, as well. He's in a bad situation. Can we get a boost? Sure. Take a boost.
00:09:18
Speaker
One success, one advantage, another triumph. Okay. Work, Devo. Yeah, Milo, you're pretty confident that Viggo's kind of putting on airs with this whole, like, passive, small, like, confused bit, like, that he's putting on right now. So, that's what you get with your success. You have an advantage and a triumph. Advantage, I'll...
00:09:49
Speaker
Pass the boost, I guess, would be beneficial.
Documents Linking Viggo to Crimes
00:09:51
Speaker
Okay. Triumph. You can pass an upgrade if you just want to keep it mechanical, or if you want to do something narrative, that's fine also. Oh, I'd like the idea of narrative. Open to suggestions, as always. If somebody's got something. Could he have something on him that would be incredulous? Yeah.
00:10:20
Speaker
Yeah, that's yeah, I like that we rifle the response and we find something if I mean obviously if he didn't actually anything to do with the death not incriminating But something some clue. Yeah Change your story. So we're right So I try up does kind of like that one
00:10:42
Speaker
I don't know. I was just thinking along the lines, narratively about, but that may be too much and too far in the future. Like who bought it? Miley, Miley, Miley, his wife. You keep trying to insert Eric's wife's name into this show. Marin, Marin, Marin. Who are you asking about? Who's wife? Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala, Mala,
00:11:14
Speaker
I don't know if it would be Rose or something where she would have an ability to have better success at convincing others that we're innocent.
Emotional Manipulation and Group Tension
00:11:21
Speaker
But I also like the idea with Vigo. So whatever.
00:11:26
Speaker
You can't say whatever, Randy. You have to tell me what you want to use the triumph for. I think I like the idea of Paul's possibly finding something on Viggo that either incriminates him or does not incriminate him in any way, but gives us a clue in the right direction. He gives us a sense of direction or something. And maybe makes him realize that his little pathetic act he's putting on is not helpful either. And he actually snaps out of that. Oh no, let him be a tough guy for a little while.
00:11:53
Speaker
Okay, so you all...
00:11:58
Speaker
So who's rifling through his pockets? I'll take that. Okay. So, Raynard steps up while— Aaron's watching me. He's got a pocket. I'm a pickpocket anyway. Straight from one pocket to another through his pocket. I'll just stab him in the thigh with the harpoon. Yeah, Raynard's over it all. Trying to do it so he doesn't know. Okay. You find— Hmm.
00:12:24
Speaker
What do you find in his pocket? He's got a diary where the title is Confessions. Yeah. Yeah. So we examined his person. Reinhardt rifled through his stuff. Found something really good. I mean, if it helps, just there's something that points us to a direction of something. I mean. Yeah. Did that help? That was
Viggo's Ambitious Plan Revealed
00:12:48
Speaker
super helpful.
00:12:50
Speaker
I think Eric is trying not to give away too much. Yeah, I would say but I'm saying anything is helpful. Yeah Just pass over your notebook for a minute. Yeah, you get five seconds You find a Missive like a small piece of paper
00:13:15
Speaker
um says i didn't do it i'm innocent uh whoever finds this reynard did it um well i guess i did it um you find uh communication okay
00:13:33
Speaker
You find a couple sheets of paper in one of his pockets inside of his jacket that he's wearing that is communication between Viggo and O'Con about Jason's death and picking up where Jason left off is kind of what so Who's asking who to pick up?
Heated Confrontation over Murder Plot
00:13:59
Speaker
Uh, Viggo is asking O'Con to pick up where Jason left off. This is so weird. I don't understand this. I always wondered if Viggo knew what Jason was up to. I guess that answers that. But why? Exactly. What did you do to Viggo? Ask him! Ask him! And loom! And loom! And the answer is like, I can kick him in the chest if you want me to first, because it sounds like fun.
00:14:28
Speaker
I don't know what I would have done. Okay, when you see that, what do you say? When you say that out loud to us? Okay, well I say, I think this definitely ties him to my cousin and house Theroni. So, Viggo, I would really like to know, what does he...
00:14:54
Speaker
carrying on with him picking up from from uh from jason and You know, I really I really personally do not want to see you perish this evening And I any information you could get us would be so helpful. Oh, no. No, let's make one thing clear. You're not dying tonight What?
00:15:17
Speaker
I'm not making any
Truth of Past Events Uncovered
00:15:19
Speaker
promises. This will take a long time. Either direction. See, I'm trying to help you to prevent this with my massively wonderful charm. I've been working with Thorani for some time to try and offset and mitigate the connections that Calloway has been making with other dragon-mocked houses. He had inroads with the ones in Sean, so I had to look elsewhere.
00:15:48
Speaker
See why have you been trying to kill Milo then none of us believe you're smart enough We don't know why you tried to kill why Jason keep trying to kill Milo, why did he kill Kylie? And why are you trying to frame me? Who would like to make a check
00:16:09
Speaker
Well, I can only negotiate successfully. Here's the thing. Can we say that anything Hobb asks is coercion because the alternative is getting at the very least slapped in the ear? Yeah. Okay, well then I'll ask. Okay. How shall I synthesize that into a question, team?
00:16:26
Speaker
We'll pick one of them. I think we're, I think we got to pick one of these first. That's fair. Well, I don't know. We'll start with Milo and Kylie is probably one question. Yeah. And do you ask one that would, it was, why do you want to kill Milo? Did you have something to do with, was Kylie's death part of Jason's business that you were, okay.
Viggo's Remorse and Crime Confession
00:16:44
Speaker
Um, three purple.
00:16:51
Speaker
And go and take a boost because of how awful this all looks. There's four of us, too. I think there should be a boost of insemination. And go ahead and upgrade one of the purples to it, right? Okay. Go ahead and get some of that back. We got points, man. I mean... Yeah, I think we're... Oh, I think we might be good. What I just showed Randy is full...
00:17:12
Speaker
four yellows, uh, two purples, two, four yellows in a green versus two purple and red. Oh, and a boost. Uh, so the question I'm asking is if you were just trying to figure out what Solomon Callaway is doing or obstruct his plans, explain to me how that involves your buddy Jason attempting to kill Milo and you know, the rest of us in the crossfire and also murdering Kylie.
00:17:48
Speaker
Okay, that's three success and Well success you have more than that advantage that and one advantage or success to advantage for success to advantage
House Politics and Betrayal Realized
00:18:02
Speaker
Um, so, so this is kind of a social encounter to where like one success isn't going to be like, Vito's like, Oh, well, here's the whole thing. So it's like a war of attrition. Like you're wearing him down. In that case, can I use those two advantage to activate my key monk and double? I'm flurry of blosing how cutting that question was. So now I have eight, six cents.
00:18:26
Speaker
Spill the beans. So Vigo kind of hangs his head for a second and shakes his head like, I listen, if if the Ronnie had a contract out for Milo or Kylie or whatever, that's like that. I. I'm not a member of House Thrawny. I don't give them orders. I was an ally of theirs. I was trying to get them inroads in the city to go after any gestures at Reynard.
00:18:57
Speaker
So like any any other business that they had going on, I don't know. At any point, you all are welcome to make perception checks to see like how how much information he does know. So I'm just going to be the one asking questions. What am I against? Two red, one purple. That's hard. But I get a boost from you, right? It's no you get no. Well, I did them to advantage and nothing to do with them. So if he wants a couple of boots, take a picture boost.
00:19:26
Speaker
I thought you had something perceptions on social check though. You get, you get, no, no. If you were talking to me, you would get two advantage social checks. And then you, would you like to upgrade your green to a yellow? We have all the stories. Can I get you a dessert? It is way pop in. Uh, I just, I wasn't drinking that time. No, I just saw, I just saw a lot of blank yellow. We're fine.
00:19:53
Speaker
So two success, one advantage. Um, two success, one advantage. Uh, yeah, he's lying. Harris would like to punch him. Oh, have wanted to, but fine. Okay. We can, you know that both of us are allowed to, I want to kill him. Can I ask my question first? Sure. He can hear. Oh, I don't know what, what do I need to roll?
00:20:17
Speaker
uh what are you are you trying to like because he just finished saying he gestured to me boom and i'm gonna say you're lying what do you know about them wanting to kill
Debate on Viggo's Fate and Consequences
00:20:27
Speaker
me or wanting to frame me so unless somebody wildly frames their question in a different manner then this is going to continue to be coercion because the threat of him not answering is
00:20:39
Speaker
Death. Yeah. It's death. It's death. You can say it. We're going to kill it. How about, um, you know, Vigo, I always thought that you were really rather fond of Kylie. I mean, you spent some time at keg bottoms and I just don't understand. I wish you would just please give us some more information.
00:21:05
Speaker
Okay, I would, what roll are you trying to make? Charm? Yeah, I mean, that was enough outside of the we're gonna kill you if you don't answer. So this is going to be one red, two purple, and you get a free two advantage on the roll because it'll loom, right? At the end of the check. Yep, that's exactly right. I need to take another ring. One red, two purple. Yep. You can also flip a story point if you so desire.
00:21:34
Speaker
I would like to do that. Get that to a yellow.
Handling Evidence and Next Steps
00:21:43
Speaker
Zero success, two advantage. Raynard had an advantage that you didn't spend on your chip. Well, wait. Or two advantage. Did you roll two advantage, or are you adding my two advantage? So four advantage. So four advantage. You had to succeed to get my two advantage. Oh, so then just two advantage. That's what I was asking. Just two advantage. Only two.
00:22:01
Speaker
You had an unused advantage, though, on your check, right? Yes. So go and roll one blue. If you just want to grab one of Phillips and roll it, Randy. Yes. You might get a success. These kids and their phones. Yay! So now one success for advantage. I think that's the first time we've done that, that it's paid off. Yeah. You see...
00:22:24
Speaker
a tear well up in his eye. No, you see his face get kind of red and his jaw tenses like he's angry at what you're saying. And he says, yeah, Milo, I liked Kylie a lot. Trusted Kylie a lot. And then I punch him. Were they in love? No, he found out about
00:22:53
Speaker
where Kylie was reporting. Kylie was a confidential informant. I almost did that. Well, it would have been spicier if they were in love.
Interrogation Details Confirmed
00:23:01
Speaker
That's two successes and four advantage. Hey, yeah, you punch him. Punch him real good. Into face. He takes six damage as I punch him with the metal gauntlet. His nose explodes. Cool. Not literally. He does not. Randy gave me a concern. I did too. I don't have a question. I just wanted to do that.
00:23:27
Speaker
Also, frack you. I'll pass boosts to whoever tries to probably coerce him next. I don't think that can reasonably help you. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna ask him. If I get that, add a boost. Right? I have four advantage, so whatever I can give him with... You could pass one boost in an upgrade. Cool. Three advantages, an upgrade, boosts to the next roll. Thank you.
00:23:52
Speaker
Any more boos for the situation? You can have one boost for the situation. Coercion, so that's going to be one red, two purple, but go ahead and make it two red ones. I was already reaching for two of them. Yeah, I know us. I don't need to add a green to this. That's silly. So Hobb says,
00:24:15
Speaker
Right, right, right. It hurts when you find out that someone you're supposed to trust. Um, you can't, doesn't it? So anyway, why Raynard?
Consequences and Future Plans Discussed
00:24:25
Speaker
I'm assuming I, I mean, all right, fine. There it is. Uh, yeah, I think we are in trouble. I mean, I think you succeeded. There's just, there's just a despair leftover. Let's do this.
00:24:42
Speaker
I think you succeeded hard. Not too hard. Two success. No, one success. Yeah, one success, a despair, and three advantage. Two advantage, two advantage. Three advantage. Three advantage, a success, a despair. He looks at you kind of credulously, not like normal Vigo, but just kind of a like, not Reynaud,
00:25:10
Speaker
Ray not family house feeling. Like the Ronnie wants to make inroads and shine. They can't because of Ray not family. Yeah. Fair play to him. I figured that one out. Yeah, I did too, but he wanted me to ask. I didn't know. Advantage and despair. Yeah, I rolled a despair for that one for you. Yeah. Yeah. It would have come eventually. Yeah. We're rolling too many dice for so much.
00:25:41
Speaker
So guaranteed you weren't followed, because this would be the point where it's like, yeah, you were followed.
Viggo's Plot Against Clan Unveiled
00:25:45
Speaker
So you've already hidden me off at the pass there. You're welcome. The ram falls into the skit. Yes. The problem is, if that happens, the first thing I'm doing is throwing Vigo over. I just don't want to deal with it.
00:26:08
Speaker
You all got anything for the advantage? Yeah, I'm trying to think. I want to do something narrative for the advantage. Is one of you guys really straining? Is everybody OK? I'm really OK on straining. I've actually got quite a lot of wounds, but I'm not. Yeah, me too. I actually needed to take two for that one. I'm on a good healing roll. Do you want some? I've got plenty of strength. Advantage. Can the three advantage, like,
00:26:40
Speaker
I'm trying to think. Something to be. I'd love to think of a way, I mean, if Three Advantage gives you an upgrade, can Three Advantage give us a downgrade? Like, we go with downgrade? Yeah, like two, what would it be? One red and one purple. Oh, downgrade to
Full Confession and Fate Sealed
00:27:04
Speaker
difficulty. Downgrade to difficulty is the correction checks for A or a couple,
00:27:08
Speaker
A would be fine. Like a check, you get a free downgrade. Sure. On the difficulty. Or on the next one would be the actual one. Right, exactly. The next one, the next one, Hobb does. Okay. Despair.
00:27:25
Speaker
Go nuts, buddy. You know you want to. Well, here's the thing. Like you all weren't followed. That's guaranteed canonically. I feel like saying like Viggo has a tracker on him or something is also going against the spirit of that triumph. So can't do that, which means this despair can't really affect you all here in the moment. It has to be something off screen that occurs because like.
00:27:50
Speaker
Sharn City Watch doesn't patrol high while we've established that these people are left to their own devices in terms of infrastructure. So it's not like the cops are just going to randomly roll up by.
00:28:02
Speaker
As funny as the Rambit is, it makes next to no sense. Some high wall kid trusts Aeris, he's doing it. Aeris' heart just didn't edit anymore.
Discussion on Justice and Viggo's Fate
00:28:13
Speaker
No, I'm going to give you something. I'm not going to just say, OK, I've used it. I know I've done that before. You have. It's frustrating. That was a very Eric thing to do just now.
00:28:24
Speaker
um so this is once again going to kind of a third person perspective um this is a result of the despair um so i know what's gonna happen you do i would love to hear what you think is gonna happen no no i think i know what it will pertain to what what do you think it'll no i just want to know if you're right i have locked in like here i'm writing my answer is locked in
00:28:53
Speaker
There, cue the Jeopardy music. I think something's gonna happen to Olive. No, okay, that crossed my mind. I was about to say, this only happens when other people will despair. Okay, so we cut to Office of the King's Citadel in charge. Definitely not what I was... Never been there. Late at night, it's in a nicer part of town and you see a figure walk in and
00:29:22
Speaker
The figure is Verla Mordane walking in. Okay. I need to speak to somebody regarding corruption within the Sharn City watch. Ooh. Okay. She's taken back to an office.
Strategy and Personal Safety Planning
00:29:39
Speaker
You see a gentleman behind a desk. Oh no. And you see Agent Coldor written on the nameplate. How can I help you detect a Mordane?
00:29:53
Speaker
Yes, there was a murder that took place in my district not too long ago. And I've been trying to investigate it, but realized that there are forces within my department that are actively obstructing my ability to investigate this case. And I believe that drag marked houses, potentially some of the criminal elements are involved in corruption. And so I'm coming.
00:30:23
Speaker
to you all to help me not only try to solve this murder, but also suss out what's happening with the Sharn City Watch, and I need your help. Okay, so. I'm trying to remember if I know that last name. Coldor is the dark lantern agent we ran into. Yes, thank you. It's like I know I recognize that name. So, back to the boat.
Contacting Allies and Crucial Decisions
00:30:54
Speaker
Wait, are we in the boat? Yeah, we're still in the boat. I thought we were in a warehouse. No, because at some point I was going to dangle Viggo over the edge. But it's pretty clear Viggo knows that he's like, that is not any more imminent death for Viggo than just being surrounded by us, I realize. So we can go into the warehouse at this point. It was going to be fun during the chase to like hold him over the edge. It just never happened. We ruined it for you. You can. I mean, we're right here. OK, so.
00:31:22
Speaker
What was happening? You were coercing him regarding... I asked the Raynard question for Raynard. Yes, and he gave an answer. But no, I wanted... Okay. And Milo, you clock that answer as being truthful based on your earlier perception. I think... God, it's so nice being in an interrogation where a zone of truth isn't a thing that can happen. It just takes twice as long because you have to roll for everything.
00:31:56
Speaker
Now see, here's the thing. You've admitted that you've been working with Ocon. You might not know that we know, like, and this is beyond a shadow of a doubt, this is certain, don't try to talk around it, that Raynard's dagger that
Repercussions and Threats Management
00:32:13
Speaker
you found, you know, hilt deep in your uncle, was stolen by Ocon this morning.
00:32:22
Speaker
you've been working for Okon with Okon and I just got to shoot you straight none of us bought your crappy grieving performance or anger or whichever ones you were trying to do the way you point up at me is adorable but I wasn't really buying it I'm not saying you knew for sure that your uncle was already dead when you walked in there I think you did but I know you didn't really get upset by it so
00:32:53
Speaker
How long? No, I don't want to ask that. How do I, how do I, how do I morph this into a question? Guys, I did something. I don't know what happened. What are you trying to, I started pontificating. I got really high on my own supply there. I'm sorry. You sure did. Listen, did we keep reaching on the back? You don't bother you. Um, no, of course it does. That's why he brought it up now. Uh,
00:33:24
Speaker
So I think, okay, what I'm trying to figure out is, do I want to straight up ask again, did you have something to do with this? Or did you know this was going to happen? Or do I want to try to figure out more of the nature of, did he like, was it Ocon? We know, we know, like I'm not, I'm not telling lies. We know for a fact Ocon stole the dagger. That is correct. Yes. Okay. Yes.
00:33:52
Speaker
Well, you get to downgrade, so I would say this is the best time to ask, specifically, like, what was your involvement? Yeah. I think that's fair. Yeah, so that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to say, let me get the rest of my pool. I'm going to say, how much did you know about what was going to happen to your uncle tonight? I think is what he's going to ask. OK.
00:34:18
Speaker
I like to think all of this comes with a don't be cute right now thing, but we'll see. So two red, one purple. Well, wait, are you downgraded, right? So one red, two purple with your downgrade. If you flipped it to negate that thing, no. Because the whole time I was there, I was like, he could just flip a story
Preparation for Confrontation
00:34:37
Speaker
point. I can't even be mad if he flips a story point. Please don't flip a story point.
00:34:41
Speaker
Honestly, I could only respect it if he did it, but I'm not gonna like it. Would you like to flip a storyboard? No, I'm happy here. Okay. Yeah. There you go. Okay, so it comes out to four success and an advantage. Okay.
00:34:59
Speaker
So your question was specifically his involvement with Satan's murder. I want to know how involved he was. And I don't mean physically that he's plunged alive. I mean, like he knew Satan was dying tonight. He was part of this plan. He knew this was happening. OK. Essentially. True or false? Jacqueuze. Has Eris invented a recording device? Yes. We have, because everyone's got, like, Hab and Eris both have iPods. Yeah, that's true.
00:35:28
Speaker
So whispers I flip a story point. I've definitely done that. OK. And record. OK, always. So he kind of hangs his head for a second. You seem to have already made up your mind about.
Final Meeting and Evidence Delivery
00:35:52
Speaker
my level of involvement in all of this. Upclench is a fist. I didn't ask you how you feel about what I've decided. I didn't say that. That's just me talking.
00:36:20
Speaker
Yeah. I was involved. That you knew, you knew he was dying tonight. Yeah. That's why he brought the family around. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The irony is it's literally the only reason you're not already dead. So you're going to kill me now? Not right now. I'd love to learn some more. So we are going to kill me. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm not, I'll tell you this. I'm not trying to find reasons not to.
00:36:55
Speaker
We're more of a draw things out kind of group. Unfortunately for all of everyone. Literally everyone. What's up? Everyone else is in the room. I'm just the one that has to ask the questions. But don't you, are you still patched into Verla's communicator? Fair enough. I guess we haven't. Sorry, what? Are you, is, is era still patched into Verla's communicator?
00:37:21
Speaker
Yes, but there would be no reason for you to patch into Verla's line right now.
00:37:26
Speaker
He just admitted to killing him. I thought you were referencing the despair. I was like, yes, but why? No. Because we are currently in crime to call Verlissim's bold. We've apprehended a murderer in action. Yeah, at this point, we have a confession. Now we are literally just- The unfortunate thing is we will also be taken in for something that we have done. Come on. We do not know that. We just Spider-Man this. We leave him somewhere convenient with a note. Webbed up.
00:37:57
Speaker
With the recording, Eris could figure that out. I was going to say, could it not have played through her recorder or through her? Not yet. I want to because Eris didn't know what he was going to say. Eris would not patch him into a police officer before she knows what the conclusion of this is. I guess I would like someone to know whether that whether what he just said is true. Yeah.
00:38:26
Speaker
I'll do it. Perception. Two red, one purple. Take some boost. Because I got two advantage on the table I didn't use for anything. So two blue. And then. Boost. Two boost. Yeah, I'll spend a story point. Give me another yeller. Give it back. What was the difficulty? Two red, one purple. I'm so nervous.
00:39:00
Speaker
I gotta triumph. So you go away, and you go away, and you go away. So three success, one triumph, and two advantage. Take two strain, Milo. Randy rolled with just two threat.
00:39:21
Speaker
Okay, so you get the sense that yes, he is telling the truth when he says this. Tell us the plan. Triumph? Do you know what you want to use it for? Honestly, answering that question would not be a suck if you used a triumph. Exactly. I mean... Because Viggo's not going to answer that two errors without a good roll.
00:39:47
Speaker
I kind of want to drop them off to my dad with the notes and the recording. I mean, that's the decision you want to make. Yeah. We are the masters of our own destiny with that.
00:39:56
Speaker
You just have to convince the other people to stay with us. Because we just have to get there without being. Use your triumph to say, that's what we do. The only thing keeping that from happening is getting caught on the way there. Yeah. Which could happen. Certainly. So the triumph. We'll save it for our next three triumphs to take care of that. What was it that you said? I said, tell us the plan. The plan.
00:40:19
Speaker
That's a pretty good one. Yeah, I think that, yeah. What was next? OK. It's a shame that we don't have a direct patch into like Hutch. Call off the goals. Yeah. And leave us alone, and we'll bring Vigo back to you. Well, we won't. Vigo leaves his head back. Plan was to get Satan out of the way. He had grown out of touch with the way
00:40:49
Speaker
criminal organizations worked and Sean wanted to go legit with the family.
00:40:55
Speaker
losing money, losing respect, et cetera, et cetera. Dask was making big gains, allying with Calloway. They've already taken some of our territory. And Satan wasn't interested in doing anything about that. So get him out of the way, get stronger leadership at the head of the clan to deal with that and get us back to where we were before. No. Milo Whips' wand out. The plan.
00:41:24
Speaker
How did you do it? Well, remember, this is what the tribe was actually for. So all that was for free. Yeah. Things accelerated quicker than what the plan was because he told me that I was out of the clan and
00:41:50
Speaker
shortly before we went out to dinner with our family. And then we came back and on the drive, was able to get word to O'Con to do the deed. And Milo marches up to him with his wand in his hand. Don't do anything too much for now. Before you act, I'm not going to say anything to you. I just want to ask Erica a question. Yeah. We all know that there was no way Vigo was going to be the next in command after Satan was dead, right?
00:42:19
Speaker
I mean, genuinely, because we knew that he was dealing with Vigo and stuff, assuming he had told someone else. Vigo is a immediate family, member of a Dragon Marked house, member of the Sharn City Council. They obviously can't be the head of parental organization. Right. Satan's sister in the Dreadhold. Satan's brother-in-law, head of the Peer Labs, but obviously not a capable leader, does not want his son to
00:42:41
Speaker
step up into a leadership role. Literally one person left in the immediate Boromar family that is directly tied to Satan. So that would have been Vigo's line of thinking is who else? Sure. And Milo marches straight up to him, puts his wand right in Vigo's face. I sew.
00:43:04
Speaker
want to make your head and his wrist starts to shake. Milo. So I want to make your head explode. Milo. Right now. Viggo leans his head into your wand. And instead. Do it. Milo pulls his wand back and just punches him square in his little broken nose. It squishes.
00:43:29
Speaker
he reels from the tenderness of the nose, but then once he recovers, looks at Milo, figures. As it should. Milo, you know better than I do. What was the worst fate? For us to just take care of this now, or for us to deliver him back to the family with the evidence that we now have?
00:43:56
Speaker
Oh, I delivered him to his family. Is that the worst fate? Like, why don't we deliver him to my family? I mean, that's what Milo would think. Yeah. Family members turned on his family. I mean, in the gangs, that's probably not a cool thing. I don't know, man. Why not? Once again, all Milo, your intellect is very high. So I mean, thinking through all the possibilities, killing him here,
00:44:23
Speaker
You know, you all are wanted for killing the head of the clan you all murdering another member of the clan Just implicates further returning to his family obviously with the recording pretty damning but
00:44:39
Speaker
if he succeeds on the checks, right, he could convince, I was coerced, I wanted to protect my life, I wanted to come back to you all, so I said what I needed to do to get out of there, et cetera, et cetera. I mean, what anybody under being tortured would say. And so, yeah, those two options thinking through them are kind of the holes in that, not to say that they will go wrong, but that's how they could go wrong. And I don't, I mean, I don't hate, I just forgot that that was,
00:45:05
Speaker
dropping off to the house. Pretty, honestly, sounds like a pretty good option. Because here's the thing. I mean, my father's expecting information from me. What's more information than an actual member of the Boromar clan who is plotting against my family as well? I could just give him a copy of the recording. He's gonna ask for the guy. Right. We give, we give. Hudge the recording and we give.
00:45:32
Speaker
I can make copies. Anyone who wants one can have a recording. And we hand it over to the Shaun inquisitive if you want. I just... You want to kill Viggo? No. No? I think that's a bad idea. Well, yes. Want to. Slowly. Giving him to the head of another house? No. I want to trade him to Verla. Huh.
00:45:59
Speaker
Do we know how much Boromar influence there is inside the Sharps anymore? Boromar is going to be dead in a week. I know, I understand. I understand that. I'm just... Jeff's question, a lot. A lot, yeah. Not Verla, obviously. Yeah, Verla is the honest cop in a corrupt department. She is going to be resilient about a case, but you all murdered somebody
00:46:26
Speaker
on the street and one cop has been coming after you. I mean, one was sent by the house that they asked to help and he just keeps running away from the guy trying to help him. But the guy we killed was from out of town that some cops don't care. Eris, you know what? We've never had it actually confirmed. Ask him about Ignacio.
00:46:53
Speaker
um yeah what particularly would you like me to ask him was ignacio sorry jason did like yeah what was what was jason's actual role in all this okay and in cake bottoms and in that's all right um yes
00:47:22
Speaker
He asks that. Oh, thank you. I didn't realize I was one of mine too. All right. So two success, three advantage. Okay. Um, so Vigo, I mean, Ignacio was doing what Ocon ended up doing being inside, gathering information. Um, I,
00:47:48
Speaker
Um, yeah, I, I hired him. He was on retainer. What about keg bottoms? And Vigo just makes eye contact with Milo and shrugs. Say it. What about it? What was Jason's involvement there? Um,
00:48:21
Speaker
You see a brief moment of Viggo doing like some mental maths. And then he just, he burned it down. Burned it down. And killed Kylie. And that's why he was trying to kill Milo. Yep. Unfinished business. I think that's what Hobbs lives in. Finally. Why would I be unfinished business?
00:48:52
Speaker
You were looking into it. You were asking questions. Oh, because I was looking into it.
00:48:58
Speaker
You've been looking into it and asking questions. I'm just going to hurt him. Yeah, I mean, I need to know how bad you. Yeah, I know what I'm saying. I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm about to kill him. Two purple. Two purple for my bra. Can I nerf myself? You could put, I guess, the story point. Can he treat it non-lively and just deal strain? Oh, absolutely. You might knock him out, but I want to rupture his eardrum. I want to come right across right there because that, you know, I've done enough boxing.
00:49:25
Speaker
But that might further his claim that he was coerced. Yeah, but... Yeah, but you guys got to hit him. I loved Kylie. I didn't hit him, I stabbed him with a harpoon. Okay, so that's just...
00:49:41
Speaker
I mean, just one success, three advantage. It just... So how much do you mean? I mean like a lot, like 12 or something. Yeah, I mean... Like legit, I think it's 12. He goes, I shut and like clearly is in immense pain and like before soak, he's in a suit.
00:50:02
Speaker
He's a halfling in a suit. Hey, my man, stay ready. If you're gonna live his life, stay ready. That's your fault. Yeah, Viggo seems dazed at this point, like on the ropes. So why was Milo unfinished business? Like, just... I think Eris answered that. I think we should trade him to put the watch off. I like...
00:50:29
Speaker
Bormar's not going to mean anything in a week. I like it. It's also kind of like Bormar's not going to mean anything in a week. It's going to fall apart. They're going to fight over it. Except for we need jobs now. But right. It's obvious I'd probably still let you work there. Raynard. I mean, if we turn him into my father, there's a chance that we learn more about Saltman Calloway.
00:50:56
Speaker
Callaway's the one that wants to know about... If we turn him over to your father, if there's one thing I can feel pretty confidently about Viggo, it's that as soon as he's in the presence of Callaway, he's going to start his... He'll start bootlicking. How about that? And to ingratiate himself to Callaway, because Eris is right, Bormar is dead. For some reason, my father and Callaway trust me to get information from someone they don't trust.
00:51:23
Speaker
Give him the information. Give him the information. Tell him everything. Great information. They don't want him. And then the next thing you can tell them is, you don't have him anymore. Boromar's dead. That's the best information you can give him. When you're concerned about the Boromars, Boromar's dead. With what Milo knows about the Boromar clan being involved in it, I mean, he has a pretty good handle on how things may go at this point with all of that and the dice roll over there. Don't like that. Mind your business. We are.
00:51:50
Speaker
That's our business, sir. This is when Eric decided we were taking too long and starts rolling dice. It's not the thousand questions. We're actually moving on this one. It's safe for Milo to assume that, yeah, Boromar's done. There's no one competent to take the lead.
00:52:10
Speaker
I mean, there's, except for us, there's lots of people, like there's the heads of all the different departments. No one named Boromar is available. No competent person named Boromar is available to take the lead. And so the second one of those department heads steps up, it's not Boromar anymore. Yeah, that's factual. You want to work for a gang, you can, but it's not going to be the Boromar. I think it's going to be each division, Milo, thinking through, is if Alira,
00:52:37
Speaker
gave up her seat on the city council to take over the claim, whether or not she would do that. Just be Callaway's whole idea. Yeah. Okay. Kind of just wheels within wheels. Well, I haven't let you all know, but my life has been threatened by Callaway if I don't provide. Great, join the club. Yeah, dog, come on. Or if somebody were able to get Erin out of Dreadhold.
00:53:05
Speaker
she would be the one that would take over guaranteed. That's all. There we go. Let's go do that. Look, I'll make a big teleportation capsule. We'll send it to her through the small teleportation capsule, and then she'll just teleport herself back to Sharn. Does Milo have any idea on Alira and Viggo's relationship? Because I'm just saying, I still think that if Viggo goes to... I don't think we should give Viggo.
00:53:32
Speaker
He's gonna end up in front of Callaway. He's gonna tap dance. And next thing you know, he's convinced Alira to advocate her spot. I think we gotta go to Verla. I mean, yes, that was a lot of just guessing and making, I don't make believe on my part, but that's what we're doing here. Vigo, as you all are talking, is locked eyes with Milo the whole time, just maintaining eye contact with Milo.
00:54:05
Speaker
But killing his wife wasn't enough, you gotta just sit here and stare at him. I just don't think Callaway is going to trust him, announce, to even believe he's... We're not even going to entertain the boo looking. We're not trying to help Callaway. What? We're not trying to help Callaway. I'm not trying to help him either. And we don't want to turn him over to Callaway. Well, we don't want him. That's fine. Let's turn him over to someone that will help us. Eris was wrong, Milo. You were supposed to die in the fire too. That was the order.
00:54:34
Speaker
That's what I meant by unfinished business. You shouldn't be here. I don't know if you know this, but we're not threatened by you anymore. And why? I'm very curious as to why I was supposed to die in the fire. I assumed that Kylie told you what she had found out. And she had not. Hmm.
00:54:57
Speaker
seeing when somebody you thought you could trust didn't trust you back. Are you trying to impart moral lesson? Shut up, Vigo. Well, from what I've discovered, it seemed like she was working to expose certain people in the clan, not the entire clan.
00:55:14
Speaker
Yeah, that was your understanding. Eris gives a look at that, but then... And Renan just says, you've interrupted a very important conversation and just sticks the little crossbow in his mouth. Oh! Please take that out. I want him to answer. Would you just not have your finger on the trigger while we do that?
00:55:30
Speaker
Fine. Keep it in his mouth. I'm just saying. It's still there. Who specifically was Kylie trying to expose? It's gonna hurt for him to talk like that, Raynard. That probably hurt too. Shulk. Me. That's why I had Grum disposed of. Wanted him dead, but once again, Satan's gone soft.
00:55:58
Speaker
But that's ultimately why I told Enothio to go with Fire. I wanted him to suffer. As much as possible. I wanted to take everything from you. So it was kind of nice that you survived. Don't hit him. So you could feel the weight of the loss. I think he's very close to passing out. And he's doing this to pass out. To die so we don't send him to birth. And we won't kill him. I know we won't kill him. He doesn't know we won't kill him. What? He doesn't know we won't kill him. Milo? Milo? Milo?
00:56:27
Speaker
Milo's hand is going back in his heiress punches him again. I I mean Vigo Yeah, ha punches my my It's like Michael Vigo. I can't come on calling by go Vigo. I was like he wants to die now He's just pushing Milo to the edge Yeah, that is
00:56:57
Speaker
Five more damage. Oh, no. So eight more damage and two advantage. Okay. I will give to boosts. Yeah. I mean, you hear not a snap as in like death, but like his head whips around and then his head slumps forward. Right as Milo's wand comes out and pops off. Eris is standing between you and Vigo. Oh, dang it. Nevermind.
00:57:25
Speaker
What were you going to do? I was going to have something like, right as his head slumps just fly over and just a little explosion with these little black BBs going... Okay, so Vigo is fine. We've been so good. Well, we're done getting information, everyone. So now it's all that's left to decide where to go with him. I think we should call Verla. I think we should call Verla. You can't go anywhere in the city without the watch chasing you at this point.
00:57:53
Speaker
Very true. Can we get that information and send it with Arthur to my family now, though? I can make copies. Thank you. Oh, we're spreading the word. Yeah. We send it back to the clan, send it to your family, send it to Verla, but we need to know what we can do. Where is Arthur? Arthur was at the party with Ulfin. Do we send one to Callaway?
00:58:18
Speaker
No. I kind of like you. Calla is going to hear it. Eris flips her communicator to Verla's police. She's kind of busy. Verla. What? This is Eris. I know there's only one person that's hacked into my communicator. What do you want? But it's nice that you haven't switched it out. She does like us.
00:58:49
Speaker
we have we have evidence for you and a probably valuable criminal that you might want to do something with although probably not with the watch because the watch is like insanely corrupt you told her what happened tonight aris oh i imagine that you are with several people that criminals that i'm interested in aris
00:59:17
Speaker
Well, one in particular, we know who killed Sadin Boromar. Hmm. Does she know Sadin's dead? Did you know Sadin was dead? Yeah. He was killed by Akon Dethirani at the instigation of Vigo Boromar. I have a recorded confession and Vigo. He also discusses the role of Ignacio Dethirani in
00:59:47
Speaker
burning down the establishment called keg bottoms killing Kylie keg bottom. Uh, and the numerous attempts on the life of Milo keg bottom that eventually brought him to the pass of ending up dead as a result of those numerous attempts on Milo's life.
01:00:13
Speaker
Yes, also an attempt to frame Raynard for the murder of Satan. Where are you right now, Eris? Well, I'd like to have a conversation about this while you don't know that. I'm not interested in that. Where are you? Want to talk face to face? I think
01:00:42
Speaker
I'm worried that if we talk face to face, you'll try to arrest me. And I don't at all want to fight you. I promise I won't try to arrest you, Aris. Do you promise you won't bring anyone with you who's trying to arrest me? Yeah. I promise that I won't bring anyone that's trying to arrest you. You promise that no one else will be there who's trying to arrest me? Yeah.
01:01:10
Speaker
Or anyone else? Can I still bring all of my friends? I'm comfortable letting Iris go alone. She can handle herself in a conversation with Verlet. That's the way it has to be. Can we hear her? Yeah, that's like a police radio. Can I make a perception check? Okay, sure. I trust Verlet too, but I also know she's at the end of her room. What's the difficulty? No, Pop doesn't.
01:01:33
Speaker
um difficulty is going to be one red three purple so can we hear the conversation yeah it's like a police radio okay i'm gonna i'm gonna boost okay
01:01:53
Speaker
triumph, woots, red is gone, you're gone, so two success, a triumph and two threat. Okay, go ahead and take two points of strain. Okay, what I wanted to figure out was if she was insinuating there would be people coming for me. Oh, yeah, absolutely, she has no intention of arresting Iris.
01:02:22
Speaker
Meet me at the for sales. That's my plan. My plan was that I could successfully get to my father's house for the triumph. You get there alone? Okay. Um, so I was going to say, I'll take the note to my father or I'll take the information of my father for sales lower Memphis. Yeah. Okay. When? Half an hour. Okay. Can you hear the line go dead?
01:02:54
Speaker
I will take the recordings and information to my father myself if that is all right with you all. I do not think it's safe for me to be around Verla. I mean frankly it's remarkable that it's remained safe for you to be around Verla as long as it has. I really thought she was my friend. Now I know. You know that the way you act towards her does not lead to that conclusion. Oh come on we all roast each other a little bit.
01:03:21
Speaker
No. Oh, well. That moment when Eris is giving you social advice. Eris passes a spell shard over to Raynard. Okay. Where should I store Vigo? I guess I should take him with me. Yes, but if you, if, if you take him with you,
01:03:51
Speaker
you will be handing him over at whatever point she wants you to i think that's the way to go all right i don't think killing him helps anything no no no no no no absolutely um i agree he needs to end up with the watch somebody get one of these to the to the the clan right um
01:04:17
Speaker
We need you to not know where we are. So when she says where are you, you can say, I don't know. I'm going to get in my skiff and go. So she has another spell shard. So somebody needs to get one of these to the clan.
01:04:30
Speaker
so that they don't keep chasing. You leave it with us, and we won't tell you who is going there. That's fine. Hands over an extra copy of the spell. So forget I told you where I'm going. Look, if I tell her that you've gone to the Fjallen compound, I think that's probably off limits for the watch. Almost certainly, yeah. All right. She heaves Vigo into Tasha, and then climbs aboard herself.
01:04:58
Speaker
So now we're all just on high wall, but that's okay.
01:05:02
Speaker
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01:05:31
Speaker
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01:05:59
Speaker
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