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Episode 10 - Going for Gold
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OD and ID travel to a world to complete an assigned task, but also seize the opportunity to obtain a rare ingredient they need for an important upgrade. Join our superpowered heroes as they go to college, play some sports, and wrap things up.
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Antenna Upgrades and Challenges
00:00:19
Speaker
So day five to seven, what you doing? Day five to seven. Well, unless Odie bothers me, I'm going to be holed up in my room. Okay.
00:00:30
Speaker
And I am working on modifying and upgrading my antenna. How are you doing? So what's your goal? Like, what do you want to do? I want to integrate the biometric scanner into it so that I want it to have the functionality to be able to scan a living thing and then be able to use that as a template for a disguise.
00:00:58
Speaker
It kind of already does that. scans the code. Right, but can it copy individual people? a No. But if it scanned the individual people and had the data. Oh, that specific code? Yes.
00:01:11
Speaker
Interesting. Okay. Sure. Wow, she rolled for it. Well, hold on. She wants to be able to, like, also download data from the antenna.
00:01:22
Speaker
How so? you mean? So, like, if she scans something, it stores the data in there. And even though she won't be able to use that code, it will have other data from that scan that she can download and study. Okay. Yeah, we can do that.
00:01:38
Speaker
Roll for it and see how well you do this. I'm going to give you you kind of an advantage on this because you're doing shit and also you're spending a few days on it. And so would you even say that, you know, she's trying to figure shit out? Figure shit out. Yeah, so you're plus two.
00:01:53
Speaker
Well, that's a 14. shit. Do you test it out on any of the animals or whatever?
Planar Damage and Divine Abilities
00:01:59
Speaker
Yes. Okay. What are you testing it out on Kremlin? Roll and see how well it does that.
00:02:06
Speaker
You're testing it out on a fucking dragon, so like... She's got check, like, whatever she sees, and she's going to get the idea, like, hmm... Yeah, so you see Gremly out of his pool, like, kind of stunning himself.
00:02:19
Speaker
yeah And he's just kind of, like, snoozing just outside his pool, but his tail is kind of dipped in the pool a little bit. Okay, so I'm going to approach. That's a nine. Okay, so that's mixed.
00:02:31
Speaker
So you scan him, you get his data. He hears that thing do its little electric chirps or whatever, and he gives you a little puff, like he's you know happy to see you. like He just woke up from a nap, but he's still happy to see you.
00:02:44
Speaker
But this thing doesn't change you, and it actually goes dark. The screen goes dark. She's tapping on it like, come on, come on, what are you doing? oh he actually comes into the room like he's dressed down. He doesn't have his leather jacket on. He just has his uniform top on.
00:03:00
Speaker
He has some like cargo shorts on. He's looking down from the staircase and he's like, did you, did you cause a reset in that? What? No, I was just, to I was, you know, about to say hi to Gremley here. And don't know, something it must have been a, ah you know, a thing that affected the stuff.
00:03:20
Speaker
Well, if I could see it for a minute, I was hoping to tell you something about it. And we also got a new task heading our way. Oh, awesome. um i'm I'm sure that I can... What what what were you going to tell me about it?
00:03:37
Speaker
ah He walks down the stair steps and the he just is free to hand it over to him so he can look at Or at least, like, put your wrist forward so he can look at it. Um... Hmm. Hmm. but Okay.
00:03:51
Speaker
Uh, yeah. She's like, she's doing the math in her head. She's like, I don't want him to necessarily know what I'm doing. She doesn't know what to do with it. He looks at it. He like takes it a little bit and like, he just like touches his hands to it. And you see like his lens flicker a little bit. Like he's having like a conversation with this technology almost.
00:04:12
Speaker
And it lights back up. So if you overload it, By turning into anything super large or super small or super powerful, you can overwhelm its power source and cause what's called a reset.
00:04:28
Speaker
It's something that us fixtures have to be very mindful of doing too. So it's no big deal. I reactivated for you. Just ah don't attempt to turn into a dragon again. What?
00:04:39
Speaker
Why would I do that? I'm very impressed your tinkering, Miss ID, because I did see it now has the ability to scan and store code. I saw Gremly's code in there. its I'm very familiar with it.
00:04:50
Speaker
Oh, is it in there? She's trying to play dumb, but she's not good at it. And speaking of modifications... I wanted to add one last of my modifications to it, and that would enable you to make props.
00:05:08
Speaker
It's something that us fixtures can do to help us solve problems. Wait, I can do that? Oh, absolutely. She's, like, staring off into, like, the distance, and, like, her eyes are, like, twinkling as she's, like, having all kinds of thoughts about what she could make.
00:05:24
Speaker
There is a somewhat unfortunate thing with modifying that. There's a rather rare commodity here and elsewhere that might be common in other places.
00:05:36
Speaker
The rare commodity that I need to finish modifying the power cells for your antenna is the element gold. Wait, what gold? Gold.
00:05:47
Speaker
Gold is not incredibly common here and elsewhere, but it's more common than others. In fact, I figured we can do two things at once today. See, our task is to solve a planar issue, but in that plane, there's ample amounts of gold, and I figured that while we are solving the problem there, we can find gold and I can finish modifying your device.
00:06:14
Speaker
Okay. If you follow me, we can head to the planar door and see what this task is all about. i just got the notification. didn't really delve too much into it. Okay. um She, like, reaches behind her, like, towards Gremly, and she's, like, i holding her hand up as if she wants to talk to him.
00:06:32
Speaker
Okay, he puts a little tentacle up. And she's like, you've got secrets, my friend, don't you? And you get, like, a ah positive emotion. Okay.
00:06:44
Speaker
Do you mind if I try and uncover those secrets? you had to get, like, excitement out of that, like, you're here to assist you. Very good. Very good.
00:06:55
Speaker
And she, like, brings her hand down and she follows OD. Okay. Yeah, he brings you up to the control council, the planar door. He has this message saying that not a scout, but the task manager itself found planar damage.
00:07:10
Speaker
These kind missions are flagged as pretty high priority because unlike the last world where it's like preemptive maintenance, essentially, this is damage that has been done. So immediately it comes up with like a moderate risk because there's damage to the plane.
00:07:28
Speaker
Odie brings up that kind of collage of images of this world that you're going to. And you see murals on like pottery and tiled murals, essentially, that seem to be in museums that are depicting this tall, beautiful, godly woman standing above a handful of figures, ah human figures.
00:07:53
Speaker
They all have different names above them. You see in one depiction, you see these individuals being killed. You see pictures, like basically artistry, of people flying through the air.
00:08:05
Speaker
You see people lifting enormous structures with their own two hands. You see a lot of these depictions of people with just extraordinary abilities. And in the center of this array of screens, on the big screen, he shows you a very tall building that is part of a college campus.
00:08:26
Speaker
um He says, this is where we're going today. And it appears that the task manager itself has found some planar damage that we need to repair. So it's already kind of a dire situation. The only good thing about fractures like this when they first appear, it does take a considerable while for them to spread.
00:08:44
Speaker
So it's good to get them early. In fact, when I was on Widdershon's, your world... That is what I was doing on that ship. ah You likely couldn't see it then, but because of the technology that you have on your wrist now, you should be able to see this one.
00:08:58
Speaker
Oh, that's what you were doing? Yes. I did kind of wonder. You were kind of being weird? Well, it's I guess it would appear weird if I was just in the air moving or fixing something, but that is what I was doing, yes.
00:09:15
Speaker
Okay. And just like your world where the sort of side project was to disable that battery, our little side project here is just to get a small bit of gold.
00:09:27
Speaker
That shouldn't be hard to do, right? Shouldn't hard at all. I don't know exactly where it is, but it is somewhere inside this educational facility. Okay. And I've never been to this world before, but it's quite extraordinary.
00:09:41
Speaker
From what I can see here on my screen, it seems everyone in this world has a supernatural ability, all thanks to their goddess Gaia. A literal goddess. It's quite exciting to meet a god.
00:09:56
Speaker
Is it? ah It depends on the god, of course. Some of them are quite ancient, more ancient than all of elsewhere. Some are relatively new, and I find myself older than some of these newer gods.
00:10:09
Speaker
I've got quite a few of them. They're quite decent people, when you get to know them. It's a bit bizarre to hear you speak about gods like they're just people. Well, they're another kind of being.
00:10:23
Speaker
Yeah, kind of takes the wind out of the sails of being a god when you realize that there are infinitely more and they're only relegated to their own plane.
00:10:35
Speaker
They're always bigger, more impressive things. Well, I mean, not that I'm a follower of religion by any means, but, you know, my family was.
00:10:46
Speaker
And the gods were, you know, the creator of existence. The big deal. and now I'm finding out not quite as big a deal as...
00:10:59
Speaker
I was led to believe. Well, to have a being create entire worlds within their plane, that is quite extraordinary. Sometimes in planar systems, gods can create worlds within other planes.
00:11:10
Speaker
Planes that are far beyond their own, or just barely overlap. Sure, but once you know how the sausage is made, you can't look at it the same way again. he gets a chuckle, and he's like, um... Yeah, and I am aware that, I'm not a fan.
00:11:26
Speaker
And he goes down to ah the planar door and he you know, he on his way, he grabs that coin that comes out of the, his counsel and he pops into the planar door, lights up green and he opens it up.
Entering a New World
00:11:41
Speaker
So as iy like goes to follow him, she absentmindedly like presses a button on the chair. Ring a roll.
00:11:52
Speaker
I just want to see what number you roll. oh Oh, snake eyes. Oh, two? What happens on a fucking two? Uh, here's the moment you press that button. He reflexively closes the door.
00:12:05
Speaker
Miss ID. I'm coming, I'm coming. and he walks back up to his chair. He says, do not disable the planar door while it is open.
00:12:17
Speaker
What? I didn't. You pressed a button here on my console. I didn't. You did. That's why I had to close the door. But I'm telling you, I didn't press anything.
00:12:30
Speaker
And he looks around like, like is there anyone else here? Like, he wants to believe you, but he's like, Ms. Heidi, you're the only one in this room. know, but I'm saying that I didn't press the button. I was following you.
00:12:43
Speaker
okay I just... I guess we'll investigate that later, but all this equipment is very sensitive. I will tell you again, I know... I know you didn't touch it, but it just goes to show how delicate and sensitive these instruments are.
00:12:58
Speaker
And nothing is labeled here. I labeled everything else in this ship for your convenience, but nothing here is labeled because I'm the only one permitted to operate this equipment. Then you don't want me to know what it does. Okay, yeah, I get it.
00:13:09
Speaker
Maybe you will eventually, but just for now, do not touch any. if She just holds her hands up. Okay. And he starts walking back down down towards the door. And she follows him, holding her hands up in the air.
00:13:21
Speaker
and Just to make a point. And he opens that door again, and you guys are going step through? Yep. Okay. So, the nature of this world, we have ten superpowers to play with, so that means we each have roll Ooh.
00:13:38
Speaker
Roll first and I'll tell you what your outcome is. They have the list in front of me here. I will roll as well. Four. Four. Uh oh. We got Super Strongman and Stretch Amy.
00:13:52
Speaker
Oh, this is going to interesting. A reminder for listeners, this list of superpowers here, I have flight, super strength, super speed, stretchiness, which is what you rolled, telepathy, teleportation, shape-shifting, elemental powers, telekinesis, and invulnerable.
00:14:08
Speaker
So OD got super strength. But ah yeah, that's those are the powers we have to work with here. So, yeah, you walk through the door and Odie taps to have to you know make himself a disguise.
00:14:19
Speaker
He kind of looks like himself. He has a t-shirt and cargo pants on. he doesn't have his leather jacket. So, like, his clothes really don't change. But his his face does. Like, his left side of his face is more human looking now. He still has his long, dark hair.
00:14:31
Speaker
He still has his, you know mint green eyes. I guess like his shirt kind of changes. Like the the shirt he wears is kind of like a uniform that all the fixtures seem to wear. But instead of the overall aesthetic of like looking like a fucking Best Buy shirt, it just looks like a sports shirt. Like ah has a number on it.
00:14:49
Speaker
That's essentially what he's he's wearing. So what's kind of your get up? Like what do you look like? So she she lifts her wrist up, and the first thing she does is she downloads all the code options so that she can review them later. Okay.
00:15:07
Speaker
Because the way it normally works is once you you can only tune in when you're on the plane. But this is why she wanted to be able to... save data so when she does that she's going to pick just a random not a random but she'll just pick you know a female person that's not blue because basically that's all she does is okay okay so does she still have her spots are they like tattoos or like her spots are birthmarks okay
00:15:40
Speaker
And they are... They kind of like, they transition over to another disguise if it's available like tattoos? Like, I'm i'm guessing like if you turn into a creature it doesn't have tattoos like or spots, they would just go away. Yeah.
00:15:53
Speaker
didn't think about that. But yeah, her her spots are... There's a reason that she has those. In this case, they just go away. Okay. Cool. So, like, you feel little different besides your, like, skin color changing and, like, your appearance changing a little bit, but you're still, like, human looking.
00:16:10
Speaker
You can tell, like, oh, you parked the door on the side of a building, kind of in an alley. And you walk down this alley and right across the street is that big building, the college campus. Olympia University is our Olympus Olympus Olympus University but it has this big statue of Gaia out front and this building is impressive it's a tall it's not the tallest skyscraper in the world but it's a pretty tall building you guess that like it's a student center or dormitory or some kind But it's like a lot of glass behind these big, tall, white pillars. Like, stark white pillars. Again, it's kind of Greek architecture fused with, like, modern architecture.
00:16:52
Speaker
But very beautiful, clean city. There's people milling about. You see people flying through the air. You see a gust of wind and paper on the ground from somebody running really fast.
00:17:03
Speaker
And, oh he turns you and he says, well... I think we should start heading in that direction. How do you feel? different somehow. I can't quite place it. i just There's something different.
00:17:18
Speaker
Our thing is a little bit different here. Yeah. And he sees like a dumpster in this alleyway and he gives it a heft and like effortlessly he puts it above his head. and of course he could figure out what his is. Yeah.
00:17:31
Speaker
He says, I can lift a decent amount of weight but never this easily. And he carefully sets that down. That answers the question I had.
00:17:42
Speaker
So what can you do? i I don't know. um She goes over to the thing to like see if she can lift it and she cannot. OK, well, that's not it.
00:17:52
Speaker
um she She sees the people flying. I'm like, OK, so she's she's like she jumps up in the air, but she doesn't get very far. Her feet, you know, go like maybe a few inches off the ground.
00:18:05
Speaker
But as she stretches herself upwards, her arms just stretch out several feet. And she, her eyes go wide and like oh, what is this?
00:18:19
Speaker
Oh, very interesting. And she, like, tries to, like, bring them back, but they just kind of fall limp. Like, Odie, how do I get them? Well, that's your code now. suppose you have to get used to it.
00:18:33
Speaker
It is your code now. Like, it feels natural. Yeah, but, like... That's what you're doing to your cat. She's freaking out, though, a little bit. Like, this is something way new for her. i think Odie just, like, grabs you the shoulders and, like, steadies you. Okay, all right. so ah Calm down. Okay.
00:18:49
Speaker
No, this is... we can We can... This is a problem that... and we can This is a puzzle to be solved. Okay. And then she, like, retracts her arm, like, okay. All right. ah I apologize. That just took me by surprise there.
00:19:04
Speaker
um we are fine. Okay. Excellent. Shall we continue? e Yeah, let's that's find that gold and that fissure and whatever else there is here to find.
00:19:16
Speaker
Okay. And he leads you across the street and like for a city, there's very few cars here, but it's a big city. You see a lot of buildings taller than this one, but you do see is like a, it's like inner city college campus.
00:19:30
Speaker
There's some greenery here and there's a little park nearby. There's a big stadium of some kind, but you see like there's people milling about like on a college campus would do just like walk me between classes for the people who cannot fly or teleport or run super fast.
Tenball Game Preparation
00:19:44
Speaker
But for a big city, there seems to be not a lot going on. So you walk in through this front door. It's like a rotating glass door of this big building. And it's a very spacious lobby.
00:19:56
Speaker
And you see there's a front desk with somebody kind of like playing on their phone or whatever. Did we discuss something like how modern? I think it's all modern, isn't it? I think it was like a modern. Yeah, so they're playing on their phone or whatever.
00:20:09
Speaker
And behind them is this case, like a glass case, and it is filled with trophies, um like sports trophies.
00:20:20
Speaker
And... You see, like, there's people running on them. There's people flying. like there's There's, like, all different you know kinds of people, like, on these trophies. and there's, like, medals hanging from the wall.
00:20:32
Speaker
And Odie pauses and he points to this case. And he says, i think we solved both our problems at once. And... In the cabinet just behind this person's shoulder, you see a small golden trophy and looks like a small white crack across it.
00:20:54
Speaker
And it is on that trophy and it is strange. It is super bright and slightly pink in color. And you've seen that before. like Whenever you use your device to change yourself, to make a disguise, you see that bright whitish pink flash that you know is code, is planar code.
00:21:12
Speaker
So like you can see it kind of leaking out of this little crack that is on the trophy in this behind this case. And this person at the counter is just like, doing scrolling on their phone, just not paying any mind to anyone else in the lobby. Okay, well, that's going to be a short trip.
00:21:31
Speaker
Hopefully it will be. We grab the little statue thing and that's We're not here to rob people. Okay, but we're saving them, right?
00:21:43
Speaker
Yes, but... Asaidi, here is the complicated thing with our job. People cannot know what we are doing. ok They can't know about fixers or the planes or anything like this unless they already know about it. But in this world, I guarantee you that they do not.
00:21:59
Speaker
So we have to find a way legally and non-violently to get a hold of that trophy. The eye roll is audible. Non-violently.
00:22:10
Speaker
You understand that? I understand the words. Do you understand that that's not always possible? didn't say that's not always possible, but... Okay. Well, then we have an agreement of understanding.
00:22:22
Speaker
Let's just start off... No, you make it sound like I'm, like, some sort of weirdo who really enjoys enacting violence on people. Like, that's not... I've seen you demonstrate that twice now.
00:22:33
Speaker
i still don't what happened with that poor hyena man. And you don't need to know. Listen, i don't, I just, I want you to be able to sleep at night, that's all. Yes, and I would sleep much better if you weren't so violent, but- Well, I don't, listen, listen, it's not my first option, but sometimes you gotta be violent. It just is a thing. I don't go out looking for it.
00:22:56
Speaker
Gosh, if I was really in that into violence, then you'd have a lot more damage than you do now. don't we start off simple? ah We can just talk them.
00:23:07
Speaker
And ask them about the trophies, maybe? She gives us, like, the biggest sigh. You know, sometimes you're just such a mudfoot. But what is a mudfoot?
00:23:19
Speaker
you don't You never heard that? No. A mudfoot is someone who gets stuck in the mud and refuses to get themselves out. Oh, well, i think the first step of getting out of the situation is to just talk to the person who's there. And there's other people in this room, Adi. I don't want to be criminals in a plane that we are guests in.
00:23:44
Speaker
Criminals? Yes, if you steal or beat someone up, you tend to get in trouble. Oh, you make things so much more difficult than you have to. All right, fine. Let's go talk to this person. Okay, you go up to the desk and this person is like, doesn't acknowledge you.
00:24:01
Speaker
And, uh, Odie just ah rolls up and he says, pleasant greetings, friend. Idy literally smacks herself like facepalm. This person looks up from their phone and they're like, uh, um, can we help you?
00:24:19
Speaker
Never seen your face around here before. And Odie says, oh, we're we're new to the college. ah We were wondering what the trophies were for.
00:24:30
Speaker
And this person looks behind them. Oh, um yeah, we're like one of the best in the country at Ten Ball. You ever heard of that before?
00:24:41
Speaker
Well, of course we have. That's why we're here. We came to see the prestigious ten ball performers and um gaze upon their regalia.
00:24:58
Speaker
And she, like, gestures to the trophies. This person laughs and says, ah wow, okay, um so you're new the college or whatever, you're here for a tour or something? are just here to stare at the gold?
00:25:11
Speaker
And Odie says, well, ah we are interested in the trophies and how you've acquired so many. You said you were your experts at Tenball.
00:25:22
Speaker
And this person says, well, I shouldn't say we. I should say me and my team. we are the best. Yes. ah We haven't played it in a bit, but, you know, every once in a while we go out and practice.
00:25:38
Speaker
Yeah. Wow, that sounds super um fascinating. um I think my friend here would love to see the Ten Ball Arena. And they look at their phone and they say, ah I mean, I get off work in like 10 minutes. If you can wait, I can glad they show you the place. Do you guys play?
00:26:01
Speaker
Oh, um, not for a while. um he does tinker around with, you know, those ball, those, all those ten balls and...
00:26:14
Speaker
This person starts laughing and they're like, man, you you you don't you don't have any idea, do you? I have lots of ideas.
00:26:26
Speaker
And Odie says, it's been a while for us playing as well. And I was actually wondering if it's possible I can get a closer look at that trophy of yours.
00:26:37
Speaker
I like how we're... One, both of these characters are super bad at dealing with people. Yeah, oh, very, very much so. And the person's like, what the fuck are you guys doing? And also, we're working to cross-purpose it. Yeah. it' this This person looks like at both of you, and they give you a look like, are you guys but guys pranking me or something? What's going on here? No, I'm not going to touch the trophy. That's mine. i That's my trophy that I won.
00:27:08
Speaker
Until somebody beats me, I'm not gonna let anyone handle that trophy.
00:27:18
Speaker
well, in that case, maybe you'd like to have a go. You guys sound like you don't even know what sport you're talking about. Do you even know how to play this game? Well, then it should be pretty easy to beat me then, shouldn't it?
00:27:33
Speaker
Are you afraid? This person stands up and they say, all right, look, if you want to do this, I get off in 10 minutes and we can head on over there and play.
00:27:50
Speaker
Where's your team at? Oh, she looks at Odie like, And Odie says, ah oh, um they're around. ah In fact, if he can give us to the evening, it's it's quite warm outside. And I don't think it'd be best for any of us to get too gross and sweaty running around outside in the heat.
00:28:12
Speaker
And this person's like, it is warm out. All right, look, I don't care what you guys do. If you are serious about playing, you can meet me and my pals over there at six o'clock.
00:28:26
Speaker
You got it? Yep, six on the clock. And, like, it's, like, ten the morning right now. Like, you look at the clock and, like, you don't know to bring the clock.
00:28:37
Speaker
This person points to the clock and, like, just says six o'clock. If you're serious about this, let's go ahead then. All right. Well, I hope you're not too attached to that trophy.
00:28:50
Speaker
Man, in your dreams. Oh, my dreams. You would not want to see my dreams. Yeah. Go on, get out here and get your team together. I'll see you later.
00:29:01
Speaker
You got it, pal. Alright, and yeah, you two leave and Odie's just like, okay, I need to familiarize myself with this Tenball. I saw it come up in the notes for...
00:29:16
Speaker
this task, but I didn't pay too much attention to it. it's It's local sports. It's why is that prevalent to our task, right? What a difference does it make? We're not actually going to play.
00:29:30
Speaker
but that's the only way with a trophy, right? Well, they're busy getting ready to play. No one's watching the trophy. and like Like, he looks over and, like, this person's, like, shift is ending, but you can see there are person kind sidle up next to him and, like, that's clearly next person that's, like, taking the front desk.
00:29:52
Speaker
And this person that steps in is a much bigger person. Okay, well, almost nobody. i think if we get some folks together, mean, this is the college campus, there's surely there's other players here that want to play.
00:30:09
Speaker
And even if we lose, there could be a distraction where we can just get our hands on the trophy for a second. We don't have to win it. We don't have to make it ours. We just need to have our hands on it for a second. Why don't we just start with that?
00:30:22
Speaker
We can't access it right now. It's behind glass. Right, but we do the distraction thing. distraction here where it's a case that's guarded. And there's people, there's there's a bunch of people here. Okay, but what did you have in mind for a distraction then?
00:30:38
Speaker
Well, I'm assuming that if that's the prize... You were going to make it up as you go, weren't you I wasn't expecting any of this. Oh my gosh. I don't get the details. the task manager... Okay.
00:30:51
Speaker
So whenever we get a task from a scout, we get more details. After all, we had details of our last task was to find a weapon that was going to kill God.
00:31:04
Speaker
You're welcome. Yes. But that was all details from a scout that witnessed all of this. The task manager only gives us a brief rundown. Okay. Okay. All right.
00:31:15
Speaker
All right. We'll do it your way. It's fine. um What's a clock? Ah, and Odie points to the clock up there. Like, he tells you, out like, the read time.
00:31:28
Speaker
They said six o'clock. So when that shorter hand hits that six on the bottom and the long hand points to the 12 on top, that is when we need to be at that coliseum down there.
00:31:42
Speaker
What's powering this thing? I don't know. Electrical power? You know what? Okay, well, I'll read a book. Okay. And ah he says, speaking of reading books, we need to brush up on how to play this game.
00:31:54
Speaker
And maybe we can find some people to play with us. I do know this. Tenball is an all-inclusive sport, and any of these supernatural-powered people can play it.
00:32:09
Speaker
They only have one person of each kind on their teams, and typically they're teams of ten, but in recent years, I suppose they cut that in half. For some reason, I guess. sir The loss of interest in playing, I suppose.
00:32:25
Speaker
But I don't know the specifics of how this game is played. I suppose we should do research on that. And we've got to find people who are willing to play with us. It's a college. I've been to plenty of them. There's quite a few people, usually, in college campuses that play sports.
00:32:43
Speaker
So how long do we have? Well, it's 10 o'clock right now. So that gives us eight hours. That's a long time. It is a long time, which works in our favor. We can learn how to play and also meet other players.
00:32:57
Speaker
I guess. She doesn't know what a clock is. Hours and are going to be, like, meaningless. Yeah. Odie actually, like, looks around and then, like, you find a campus map, like a directory, and there is a library.
00:33:11
Speaker
so he heads the library. You following him? Or, like, where else are going this campus? What else is on this directory? and there's So this building, you get the impression this is like a student center.
00:33:22
Speaker
So it has a lot of common things here. There's no classrooms, there's no dorms, but it's a it's a student meeting center. So up above this lobby area, there's a second floor, which is all like...
00:33:32
Speaker
eateries. There's a cafe. There's a buffet kind of thing going on. There's like a burger place. There's like a lounge, like several lounge areas. And then there's like a sky bridge that goes to a neighboring building that are classrooms. Like actually shows you the directors like those classrooms. But so far like this bottom floor is this a lobby that has a coffee shop around the corner. has a front desk. It has basically placards that tell you about the school and the trophy case up front.
00:34:03
Speaker
Just by chance, does this directory have a computer lab on it? There's a technologic student center lab, yeah. Okay, so as Odie's looking at the directory and finds a library, id catches the words computer lab.
00:34:21
Speaker
um Yeah, you go to the library and I'm going to check out this computer lab. Oh, sounds good to me. Why don't we meet back here in an hour?
00:34:33
Speaker
Sure. When that long hand goes all the way around. She, like, covers her arm and, like, opens, like, her antenna. And she, like, pushes a few buttons.
00:34:44
Speaker
Okay. and And... Okay. One hour. She found the the stopwatch feature. Oh, okay. although it's yeah And he's like, okay, well, I will see you later. Good luck.
00:34:58
Speaker
All righty. Okay. oh She gives, like, a ah thumbs up. And then she, like, catches herself. And where did I learn how to do that? What is that? Okay, why don't you, we'll make two roles here. You make a 2D6 kind of like a knowledge role, see how well you do research-wise. Because that's what you're doing, right? Unless you're doing something else.
00:35:21
Speaker
Well. What are you doing? So yeah, the idea is to do research. But she also wants to try and see if she can't interface her antenna with the computers and sort of download information to it.
00:35:36
Speaker
Okay. So I guess make a roll for that and also like a general like, you know, like research check. Okay. So what's, oh man, what do you first? Are you doing research first are you trying to hack first? Uh, I guess we're going to try hacking is such a strong word. I'm going try that first. Come on, baby. It's an eight.
00:35:58
Speaker
That's mixed. Yeah. So what are you attempting to do with interfusing the computers here? Well, okay. She doesn't know about the internet. But she does know that computers have information.
00:36:11
Speaker
So she just wants to get as much of that information downloaded so that she can review it later. Okay. So, yeah, you are able to plug in, hopefully discreetly. yeah Your antenna's not seen for your disguise up, but, like, it's there so like, you can plug in. and Well, now I can plug in because you said it doesn't have any ports.
00:36:29
Speaker
Well, everybody you how are you interfacing? Or, all well, like, plug in, like, wirelessly. Like, you're you're able to connect to it. And you get some information that's all about the campus. You get that they do tours for freshmen. um You get that how it was founded. You get how the city was founded. Blah, blah, blah.
00:36:46
Speaker
It's about a lot of information that, like, you're probably not super interested in. Okay, but, like, she's not, like, looking at it right now. She's just, like, literally just, like, Oh, is this downloading? Yeah. But then something kicks you out. And, like, you essentially hit a firewall.
00:36:58
Speaker
It's a college computer. Okay. Like, it's it's not, like, the computer that you can access everything. It has firewalls for different websites. Sure, and, like, certain things are blocked. Yeah, yeah. So, like, you you get kicked out for, like, a firewall or something like that.
00:37:11
Speaker
Why don't you make, a like, a research tool for me? And I'll make one for Odie as well. Yeah, mixed. Yeah, seven. Also seven. Oh, jeez. That's weird. Okay. You guys meet back an hour later, and he has with him some books. Like, he was able to kind like, rent out from the library.
00:37:27
Speaker
And he scrolls through them, and you both collectively, I guess, like, you both get mixed, right? So it's like, you obviously, you've never played the game before. You don't really know how to play it, but you get some kind of gist from it from, like, looking at...
00:37:42
Speaker
past scores and like you maybe watch some videos on the computers of people playing it and Odie just kind of did the hardcore like rules. So Odie got the rules. You got some videos of them playing but now you just need to find people to play it. So like she's also carrying a keyboard with her.
00:38:01
Speaker
Why? you stealing a keyboard? So she she goes she meets back up with Odie and she just says hey do you have one of these back home? I do. Why do you need a keyboard?
00:38:12
Speaker
Well, it's kind of interesting, isn't it? i have many of those. Oh, okay. She just sets it down. Imagine, like, you're just, like, walking out of the student lab center, and, like, the the person who's, like, in charge of it is just, like, the front desk person is just, like, looking at your phone, like, ah ah oh, wait, hey. But, like, you're already gone. And she's like, oh, it wasn't working. I'm gonna get a new one.
00:38:34
Speaker
As Odi and I have come together, you know, kind of talk about their notes, you do see people milling about. And some people's powers are visual. You can tell what kind of powers they have. You see speedsters that are just in a blur racing down the hallway to probably make it to class last second. You see somebody who is just sitting on a chair and suddenly they stand up and just vanish. Like they teleport away.
00:38:58
Speaker
And you also, it's really weird. Like you've been faintly hearing this occasionally throughout the day, but like maybe you're just hearing like announcements. But then you realize that you're not hearing these announcements over like a loudspeaker. It's instead of a PA system, it's in your head. Like there's telepaths somewhere here that are kind of broadcasting. Well, that's not too weird because Odie can communicate to her head.
00:39:21
Speaker
Yeah, but it's like, these are other thoughts, like from an art person. But they are acting like PA things, like saying, like, ah there's almost like a bell system. Like somebody's like saying, it's always beginning of like a another period of classes. But you also hear the announcements like, you know, summoning people to different rooms, that kind of thing.
00:39:37
Speaker
So like you you you have to find three more people to play in this game because as it's kind of explained to you, and as as you kind of found out, this game used to be played 10 people against 10 people, one of each superpower against each other, but now it is as five people per team. So since Odie and Idy are going to be the same team, you guys have to find three more people to play.
00:40:01
Speaker
So Idy looks around. Where are we going to find three more people to play this silly game? Well, I did find out one thing since I've perused the library and the halls of the school.
00:40:14
Speaker
This game has been played professionally at least three years, but there are occasional scrimmages that people play for fun, and I'm assuming the one we are challenging has been playing some scrimmages. So we said to find someone around here who looks like they might have played recently.
00:40:31
Speaker
And you do see that some people, like they're wearing team jerseys or maybe like, know, numbers of their favorite players or whatever. You see occasionally people walking around with kind like sports memorabilia. You're not sure if it's 10 ball or something else. Well, Iggy's not sure what it is at all because yes like there's no sports where she's from.
00:40:50
Speaker
Yeah. But Ode kind like, gestures to himself. Like, he's wearing kind of, like, a shirt. Instead of the the top that he always has on, it's, like, part of his, like, fixer uniform. It doesn't have that look to it anymore. almost looks like a sporty uniform.
00:41:04
Speaker
And you can see people walking around, and some people have similar outfits on. did you just Did you just change No, I've, well, since I've come here, this is part of my disguise.
00:41:16
Speaker
Oh, I guess I must not have paid much attention to you before. Sorry about that. I mean, New World and everything. can' there's a lamp Can't blame a girl for... There's a lot of distractions. Yeah. um Okay. So, all right.
00:41:30
Speaker
We need three more people? Let's get three people. she She goes back to the desk, and she climbs up on top of it, and she announces to everybody that's in earshot Okay, who wants to play some ten ball?
00:41:48
Speaker
The people that here, like, this is like a student. It's not like a chill area. It's not like a study hall or anything, but it's kind of quiet in here for a student center. Yeah. And, like, everyone in this room just, like, stops they're doing. Like, you see some people that are, like, reading or, like, you doing homework or something. And they look up at you like, who is this? We need three people. We don't need a stretchy person or a strong person.
00:42:10
Speaker
And the person behind you, like, who just took over this they that your challenger's shift, he looks up at you like, ma'am, can you please get off the desk? What are you doing? She, like, turns and looks down at him.
00:42:20
Speaker
Well, I would think it's pretty obvious what I'm doing. Yeah, but like, not a lot of people play a stupid game anymore. what do Yeah, well, I need three people. So she turns back. Okay, just three people. It won't take long.
00:42:34
Speaker
And she looks at Odie when she says this. And you'll get rewarded. A compensation for it. And you see one person corner. And she does thumbs up at Odie and smiles like, And Odie's just like, yeah.
00:42:47
Speaker
Like, he he gives a like a like shy thumbs up to you, like nervous thumbs up. and you see one person who's in this circle of lounge seating, you know, in a little like conversation pit almost.
00:42:59
Speaker
You see her look up from her books and she kind of raises a hand and says, what kind of compensation are we talking about here? She looks back at Odie.
00:43:10
Speaker
Monetary? How much? Whatever you think is fair. I need you to roll, like, deception against this person. She's not lying, though.
00:43:20
Speaker
How are you pay these people? Are you seriously going to pay them? That is not her concern. She's... That's why she looked at Odie. you know't You guys don't have money. Again, that's not her concern. So you're lying. You'll have money to pay these people with. Well, no. she She firmly believes that Odie will have money. Odie turns to you and he's, like, doing this, like, like across his throat, like, no.
00:43:44
Speaker
did What? What? And she like rubbed her throat like what? Is that a guy something? he He like texts your like, you know, thing. and He's just like, no money, no currency. And she replies, okay, but we can get some, right?
00:43:58
Speaker
Not unless you want a job here somewhere. How do you not come to a world without money? know, he messaged you saying like, for all these worlds I visit, I don't keep track of the countless currencies we would have to use.
00:44:10
Speaker
and Again, she replies wordlessly, you really like to make things difficult for yourself, don't you? i think he just messaged you a shrugging emoji. Excuse me, ma'am.
00:44:21
Speaker
Hello? Yes. How much are we talking here? Five? She laughs. She's like, I make ten in an hour. Five plus ten if we win.
00:44:35
Speaker
Roll for it. You are getting... Eight. A mix. Is that like more persuasion? More persuasion. Okay. Yeah. But it's mixed, though. Oh, that actually... She's dealing with people. She's not good at that. Oh, she a negative one?
00:44:50
Speaker
I'm gonna make that it turn negative two. Oh. So it's a six. Ooh. that's a failure. Okay, she just laughs and she's like, man, no, I used to play that. And you know that person you were just talking to at the front desk, Croft?
00:45:06
Speaker
Total asshole. I'm not looking forward to playing with them ever again. Well, isn't this more reason to play so that we can trounce him? I'm not really interested in that anymore. Rub his face in it.
00:45:17
Speaker
ah And she says, the trophy for ourselves she's like I'm not really interested in that. Sorry. And she picks up her stuff and leaves. Well, okay. Well, and anybody else or anybody knows anybody?
00:45:27
Speaker
and ah the person sitting next to her looks up at you and he says, you playing against Croft? I guess if that's his name. This person puts his book away in his backpack and ah he says, what people are you looking for?
00:45:41
Speaker
Someone who's not stretchy or super strong. Are you looking for a speedster yet? Sure. And he kind of smiles. He's like, I've been kind of looking forward to Kid Croft's ass for years.
00:45:52
Speaker
And she port ja points at him like, that's what I'm talking about. This guy gets it. He's like, all right, cool. So how long you two been playing? A specific amount of time.
00:46:03
Speaker
All right Anybody else? Anybody else not like this Croft guy wants to like put him in his place or any other motivations that you might have to play?
00:46:14
Speaker
so this speedster kind of looks around. i have better luck if you have certain people you're looking for. Okay. What do you suggest? And this person you behind the desk is just like, ma'am, get off. You've made your point. She turns to him.
00:46:27
Speaker
You're just going to sit here until your time is up. What do you care? Yeah, yeah, fair point. But look, like we have people coming into this school. So like, don't know, get off the desk so you're not dirtying it up. I have to clean this. She rolls her eyes and hops down. and She dug mutters under her breath. Why does everyone make things more difficult than they need to be?
00:46:48
Speaker
This speedster says, all right, look, i I've been playing this game for a while now. Some buddies of mine, we we always, you know, every weekend we get together for a scrimmage just for fun, you know?
00:47:00
Speaker
And Croft is always one who fucks it up somehow. Way too competitive. Nothing fun ever comes out of because of them. So if you want to play serious, you have to think of some kind of strategy here.
00:47:12
Speaker
She walks over to him at this point and she puts her arm around him. i like the way you think, Del. Can I call you Del? Where his name come from? don't know. Or let's say like he has his book bag open, like slightly, like there's like a zipper broken and there's like a notebook you see in there. like You do see his name. Okay.
00:47:30
Speaker
I mean, that's very generous of you, but I was i was willing to see how I explained her otherwise. I was wondering, like, how the fuck, like, you know this dude's name? He's smart. He's smart.
00:47:42
Speaker
Can call you, Del? Um, yeah, sure. How'd you know my name? Listen, Del, I like the way you think. I think with your knowledge and my need, we will do... We will do great things. All right, well, uh... Let's go see your friends.
00:48:02
Speaker
Uh, all right. And she, like, starts walking away with him, still with her arm around his shoulder. And, oh, he just tags along, like... And she, like, she like raise raises his hand and, like, waves... Okay. Yeah, he ah he leads you back to the like the back of the student center and up a staircase where it's like a cafeteria like eating area.
00:48:22
Speaker
He sits you down a table and after a couple minutes, some more people show up. like you imagineed like He texted some people to you know get together at this table. And you see a handful of people show up. Like some of them have lunch trays. Like they're like eating somewhere else. But then they were summoned over to this table.
00:48:40
Speaker
they sit down kind of mid-meal. Still chomping away at their food. And you see a like collection of people here. And one of them even has a sports jersey on. They actually play a position in... Tenball or least had in the past.
00:48:52
Speaker
You see that there's like a a logo on their shirt that shows that they are a flying person. Like it basically shows a person leaping up into the air, shows that they're flyer. While we're walking, Idy is going to surreptitiously alter her disguise a little bit.
00:49:08
Speaker
Just like to change her top to like a Tenball related t-shirt or something. Are you doing that while you're like, how is anyone not supposed to notice that? Let's say that she had like a button up over it.
00:49:21
Speaker
Oh. Or a jacket over it. Okay. You like can't change like, so it's like you're stretchy person, you know, logo. Because maybe she have like icons. No, no, was like and maybe like just a generic, a t-shirt with like 10 ball paraphernalia on it. Okay. That's kind like Odie's is. Yeah.
00:49:37
Speaker
Okay. So yeah, you're all gathered at this table and you see there's a collection of people here. So there's like eight people here. She's going to immediately start at one end of these people. And like, all right, is this the group now?
00:49:49
Speaker
This is the group. All right. And she points at the first person. Okay, what do you do? And it's this like kind of short girl, like tiny, like shorter than Odie. And she's like, I can, I'm a teleporter.
00:50:01
Speaker
That's good. You're in. What about you? And this next guy who is big looking and he says, and vulnerability. We'll see. What about you? This person just smiles and turns into a rabbit.
00:50:13
Speaker
Don't say how that's helpful.
00:50:16
Speaker
Fuck you. Next person. And this person, he has become a shy smile like he's never seen you before. And he's just like, ah telepathy. You can coordinate. You're in. yeah Okay.
00:50:28
Speaker
The next person is currently eating and you can see her like without even like addressing you. Like she wasn't paying attention because she has headphones or something on. She, without touching it, brings a cup of water to her mouth and takes a sip.
00:50:41
Speaker
Maybe. What about you? And you see this other person, she is kind of, like, fucking with the teleknesis person next to her. As she sets her drink back down, she just puts her finger to and you can like, her instantly boil the water.
00:50:53
Speaker
This teleknesis person just, like, puts her headphones down, and she's like, why? Why do you always do that? That's really weird and mean. what about what about What about you on the end here?
00:51:04
Speaker
And ah he's like, well, you're a got a super strong guy, so... Okay, well, we don't need you. Okay.
00:51:12
Speaker
ah She points at the guy with the little with the jersey. right. What about you? I'm assuming based on your attire that you fly? ah yes All right. You. So fly, read minds and.
00:51:25
Speaker
You have Del, right? He's a super speeder. Yeah. So you only need two more. Oh, OK. All right. So fly boy and teleport girl. And the top half of it is like, you said I was in, too. You don't have to have a coordinator. It depends on your strategy. What kind strategy are you going here? Are going more offensive, defensive? She looks at Del.
00:51:43
Speaker
And Del looks at you. like you You reached out to me. What what strategy are you looking for you here? I have my ideas, but i'll like I'd like to hear yours. Have you guys played before? Yeah, obviously.
00:51:55
Speaker
Okay. Uh, so I guess... All right. How about this? Fly boy, teleport girl, you're in. Telepath guy, you're you're a backup. Looks around and he's like, oh, okay.
00:52:05
Speaker
When she says that, she kind of like winks at him. And he's just like, okay. Uh, like you hear him kind of okay, in your mind. Like just like, what do you need me to do? Oh, she can't communicate telepathically with you. Yeah. Like he's just like kind doing that like nervous, like out of like, like reaction.
00:52:21
Speaker
Yeah. Well, and she kind of like leans in on the on the table and like puts her elbows on it. We still need someone to coordinate. ah Okay. And Del says, all right. So as a ah as a stretcher, are you do do you play defender or are you just out on the field?
00:52:38
Speaker
She kind of thinks about that for a second. Defender's kind of boring. You still have the half of the field to play on. Listen, Del, I'm the kind of girl who likes to get in in the mix. Okay, so who do you recommend out of all of us to be your defender?
00:52:55
Speaker
Um, she like she, like, gestures to OD. My friend here. You want your strong guy to defend, not carry the ball? You you know no one can really touch him, right?
00:53:07
Speaker
He, trust me, he's the best choice for defense. Okay. um Bold strategy, especially going against Croft. can always switch it up.
00:53:19
Speaker
Okay. Who's your lead ballman then? Well, that would be you, Del. You're the fast one. He laughs. He's like, okay, yeah, I agree with that. All right. Okay, so now you have your team.
00:53:31
Speaker
Monica, Jackson, and Phillip. Monica's a teleporter. Jackson is the flyer. Okay, hang on here. And Phillip is the telepath. Dell is speed. And then we have Odie, ID.
00:53:43
Speaker
Okay. And who is there? Telepath dude that you're kind of thinking about cheating with, I'm assuming? Oh, yeah. 100%. That's Philip. Philip. Okay. What's Odie doing during all of this? Odie is watching all this like, oh, God, like you're doing it. Like, he's kind of letting you do your thing.
00:54:00
Speaker
And when kind all done, Odie kind claps his hand together. He's like, OK, so should we maybe head out to the field for a practice scrimmage then? My first instinct for ID is to say, yeah we don't need to practice. We're good. But even she's not that. Considering you've never fucking played before. ah Okay, so this is a good opportunity to like kind of break the game down for our listeners. I'm not going go through all the rules because I think we'll just go through the rules as we play a little bit. This is a game I came up with just for funsies. It's play with a D20, and D6s. which D6s are only used for the telepaths. So I can tell you right now, let me go back to um my notes here, there wasn't originally going to be telepaths in this game until you added Phillip.
00:54:48
Speaker
So we'll go over how that works. But essentially each power, there's only one allowed on each team. So you could have two flying people on the field at once, but then they're opposing players. So each player or each superpower has an ability and how many moves they can have and how far they can throw the ball. So the objective of the game is to score as many points as possible like by kicking or throwing the ball into the opposing goal.
00:55:13
Speaker
Pretty basic. There's two balls in the field at each time ah one time. so at the beginning of the game, how Del mentioned, there's a lead ballman. Ball person. Ball person. There's one person on each team that starts off with a ball.
00:55:26
Speaker
And that ball can be stolen at any time if your person who has the ball fails a contest. It's kind of like chess, where each power has an ability to move a certain amount of squares or do a certain thing when it comes to contesting a space. And you can test the space if there's two or more people on the same square.
00:55:46
Speaker
So this is played on a 21 by 23 square grid. And kind of coming off of D&D inspiration here, each square is five feet. So when it comes to a move speed, essentially, each person has their own Move speed and the max number of spaces they can throw the ball.
00:56:04
Speaker
So for example, a flying person, they can move high spaces. They can throw the ball six spaces, which is um above average. they actually throw a ball pretty far because they can fly up and toss it. And they have a normal move action, which is to move one square at a time, maximum five.
00:56:19
Speaker
And their one action that consumes three of their moves, so instead of moving one square time, they can move three, kind of consuming that up a little bit, is that they fly over an opposing player to avoid a contest. it can also intercept or pass the ball or an assist an adjacent teammate in a contest.
00:56:36
Speaker
So a contest is when you have two more people in the same square, they're fighting over the ball. And the loser of that contest gets pushed away to an adjacent block of the winner's choosing. And the winner also gets the ball. And there's different things like how Del mentioned Odie is a super strong person.
00:56:52
Speaker
So one of the perks of a super strong person is that they have a advantage on all contests against everyone except invulnerable people. And invulnerable people, they're kind of they're pretty much untouchable, but they can't move very far.
00:57:05
Speaker
So those are all results of dice rolls, mechanically speaking. So we're rolling a lot of dice here. We're going to have basically an initiative roll for each these people. And Dell also mentioned the position of defender. That's the goalie.
00:57:19
Speaker
And the goalie can only stay on their side of the field. They don't have to stay in the goal. they can They can basically go wherever they want inside their half of the field. They can't cross the middle line. So that is essentially how this game is played. And we can kind of discuss as we play, since not 10 powers are on the field right now, what certain people can do when they're within a certain range of each other. They can use their powers to steal balls, to avoid conflicts, to score goals.
00:57:45
Speaker
That's essentially how this is played. So it's it's like a fancy chess, a very simple chess. So that said, i imagine you guys, like you still have some time to play a practice scrimmage.
00:57:56
Speaker
and I'm not sure how you do that. on maybe Maybe there is enough for like 10 people here with me in between because eight people showed up and plus you have you and Odie. So I guess you would have enough people to play a 10 or all five versus five game.
00:58:08
Speaker
Should I roll to see how well we... Yeah, roll to see well you played this practice scrimmage. Is Odie on your team for the practice scrimmage or is he opposing you? Oh, um I think we're just practicing like teamwork.
00:58:23
Speaker
Oh, okay. Yeah. We'll see how well you do. You get a plus one because of athletic stuff, right? Yes. your The rules still apply here for those kind of rolls. Doesn't matter.
00:58:35
Speaker
What did you roll? ah That's a four. Oh, fuck. We are not doing well as a team. Yeah, I imagine, like, the coordination's pretty bad. Like, basically, Del is assuming you've guys played before, so he's in the opposing team with you and it like against you and Odie.
00:58:53
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and I'm not sure who you have on your team, but, like, you probably made all the bad decisions in terms of, like, who's defending, like, who's the defender, who's the first ball person. I made Odie the defender to make it easier on you.
00:59:04
Speaker
You're telling Odie what to do. Oh, that's right. Yeah. well So Odie's yours to control now. I only control what he says. But like you can tell that Del and the people on the opposing team and like the three people that are on your team have played before.
00:59:20
Speaker
So like even when you make decisions to coordinate, like you move here, you move here, you're getting some looks like, what are you doing? And Del eventually like at the end of the game, he says, okay, Be honest with me, have you guys ever played before?
00:59:32
Speaker
Because i don't think you have much of a strategy going on. Of course we've played before. and how many times have you won? I'm gonna guess very little. We have a decent winning streak.
00:59:44
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And Odie's just, like, on the ground, like, he maybe he got, like, floored by somebody. The invincible person who just, like, shoved him up maybe a little too hard when he came to stealing the ball from him. I'm okay, Miss Heidi.
00:59:55
Speaker
What? Oh. Yeah, that's, of course you are. And Del's like, okay, um, when we face Croft here, are you certain about your positions that you've chosen?
01:00:09
Speaker
All right, Del. Puts her arm around and, like, pulls him in for, like, a private conversation. Like, I'm gonna be honest with you here. Okay. I think we need Philip, but not on the field, if you know what I mean.
01:00:22
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Del kind of pulls away and he says, wait, you are you thinking of cheating? Don't think of it as cheating. Think of it as thinking outside the box. Why? do you want Don't you want to win this legally? I mean, I think it's more satisfying to do it that way, don't you think?
01:00:38
Speaker
I actually wouldn't know. But, listen, without going into great detail, because it's a long story and you' you're not going to care, we need to win this game for very specific reasons.
01:00:51
Speaker
So... I mean, I overheard you talking pre-lobby of Croft in the lobby. You want to win that trophy of theirs? Why? i mean, it's just a trophy, man. It's just... No, Del, it's not just a trophy. It represents who is the alpha, okay?
01:01:07
Speaker
It represents success. Winning that trophy, and she like she like pauses for a second, winning that trophy is going to help make my parents respect me.
01:01:19
Speaker
They only care about silly things like ten ball and chores and being super traditional for no reason.
01:01:32
Speaker
Del sighs he's like, all right, look, I get it. All right, my my dad is the same way. That's the whole reason why I got into the sport in the first place. it's not I mean, i like it, but I didn't enjoy it when I played professionally, you know, back when I was playing for the school.
01:01:49
Speaker
like I was kind of forced to do everything for him. Winning the trophies doesn't matter me. I play just to have fun with my friends. That's all that matters to me. But, alright, if that trophy really matters that much to you or your parents... mean, are you really doing? you're doing this for your parents or for yourself?
01:02:07
Speaker
Let's call it both. Um, I'm not necessarily on the best terms with them, but I kind of need them for support of the, ah monetary nature.
01:02:24
Speaker
He nods. He's like, yeah, I get that. Um, all right. Okay, so I think we still got this with the team we have set up, but if I can make a suggestion...
01:02:37
Speaker
Del, I am all ears, but not in a real way, because that would be gross. He looks at the people you have assembled. He knows the people you have that you chose for your team.
01:02:47
Speaker
And he looks at them and he's like, I think you're friend over there. Is Odie still on the ground? He's getting up. Like, at least he's helped up by the person who bulldozed him. And he says, playing defender is kind of a big responsibility.
01:03:04
Speaker
And you want someone who can move a decent amount and also has the ability to swipe the ball when they can. I think someone with super strength is best utilized as someone who can carry the ball. i Yes, we have me.
01:03:21
Speaker
I can run the ball too, but I'm not much in a confrontation. That one is. And the person who has the best method to... Can I help be honest with you, Del?
01:03:33
Speaker
Yes. The reason that I put him as a defender is he's kind of what you call a um a snowflake. How so? He doesn't, he's not, he's against violence.
01:03:48
Speaker
And I know that we're not, you know, on a battlefield or anything, but I'm not sure if he will be able to be assertive enough. He looks, he's like, all right. i mean, I did kind see evidence of that on the field.
01:04:02
Speaker
I guess if you're comfortable with that that's fine. I'll talk to him. And she, like, messages Odie. Hey. Yes? All right, look, I'm going to be real honest with you. In order to win this, Del wants you to be up front and be aggressive.
01:04:19
Speaker
Is that going to be a problem for you? He looks around, he's like, it's just shoving. i think I can handle that. Remember that you're super strong. Yes, yes, I, I, yes.
01:04:31
Speaker
You need to put some effort in, but not too much. Definitely not too little. I'm sure your machine brain can figure out the exact amount of force that you need to knock someone over, but not hurt them. Uh, yes, I can, I can manage with that.
01:04:45
Speaker
Okay. Remember, we're doing this your way. And Del looks at you, and he points to the goalie area. He's like, you are a defender. I, whoa, whoa, whoa, Del.
01:04:58
Speaker
Del, Del, I thought we were friends. Defender's not a bad position. You've been a sideline me? No, you still have free range of this field. But here's the thing with Defender, you can snag a ball very easily.
01:05:10
Speaker
When somebody's within a very impressive arm's length of you, you can steal the ball and instantly fling it to the center of the field. That is what you do as Defender. like Having a stretchy person is is valuable. but You're one of the best people to have it as Defender.
01:05:26
Speaker
I mean, yes, that makes logical sense. Fine. I, you know what, Del? And she like clasps him on the shoulder. You're right. And I want to thank you for pointing out my ridiculous pandering to my own feelings. Hey, we're just, there's a team here. we If you want to win against Croft, we have to do better than what we just... This is agreed. I've been going about this the wrong way.
01:05:51
Speaker
we need to use our brains. And so for the betterment of our team and this mission... He does, he'll look like what? i I will, I will, how is it?
01:06:02
Speaker
Take on one, wait, how does that go? Take one for the, take one for the team. Yeah, there you go. And you look at the time, it is almost play time. Like, he spent a good time out here counter-reviewing the rules of the game and playing a practice scrimmage.
01:06:17
Speaker
So he says, all right, so I have to wait here until Croft and their dunes come here. Are you ready? You wouldn't happen to have any snacks on you, would you? Snacks? Um, I can get you something vending machine.
01:06:29
Speaker
That would be great. My, um, my blood salt is a little low. Um, but blood blood sugar? Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry. All right, and... They're both small, white granules. eight i I get them confused. Say no more, man. He dashes away, and he's gone for, like, a minute, and he dashes back, and he hands you, like, a chocolate bar. Will this help?
01:06:54
Speaker
Oh, that would be great. What is it? It's just chocolate. It's a chocolate bar, candy bar. Okay, um... It has peanut butter it. You're not allergic to peanuts, are you?
01:07:05
Speaker
What's a peanut? but I'm just joking. It's fine. I'm just being silly, you know, because of my little blood salt. Sugar. Okay. And he hands you the candy bar.
01:07:15
Speaker
And she's going message Odie. I'm going to bring this up again. How could you not have things labeled in the kitchen? Do you have any idea what it's like to mistake these two things that taste completely different? Oh, my gosh.
01:07:29
Speaker
And ah he's like, I will add those labels when we get back. This is what happens when you don't eat. You don't know these things. Okay, so I will add for your information, but also for listeners, something that a stretchy person can do and then why Dell recommended you be the defender.
01:07:44
Speaker
You only have one normal move action. You basically don't, you can't fly, you can't go super fast, but you can intercept or pass the ball to a teammate within your range, just max five squares. So you can stay in one place and extend your reach because pretty much you can intercept the ball if you're anyone else. You can intercept the ball if it's in within three squares of you. You have to roll for it to see if you do it or not. But you extend your reach by two squares and you can stand completely still. You don't have to move. So that's why he recommends you to be defender because you can easily snag a ball. You still have to roll for it. Yeah.
01:08:18
Speaker
But you have a higher chance of grabbing a ball for a longer distance. And, you know, she recognizes that. Yeah. She just got a little carried away is all. Yeah. And then for Odie, I can't remember if talked about like super strong um people. Yeah, basically he has advantage in all contests for the ball, except if he's going up against an invulnerable person because an invulnerable person is untouchable essentially, but they can't move very far. if you roll higher than them, they have advantage in in contests with everybody. If they have two shitty rolls and you have one good roll, you can steal the ball from an invulnerable person. So that can still be done. um Again, this is how dice rolling games work.
01:08:58
Speaker
Sam, before you know it, you hear the bell sounding above the field and you see Croft and their team walk in the field. And Croft, you can see based on their symbols on their shirts, you see the person next to them is a speedster.
01:09:13
Speaker
They have a fire elemental. They have a teleporting person and they have a flying person. And Croft is invulnerable. So you see them walk out into the field and they greet all you guys. But then Croft sees Del in the middle of field and they're like, Okay, here
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01:09:32
Speaker
we go. What what are you doing here, Del?
01:09:35
Speaker
And Del just says, I'm playing a game with friends. Just having fun. And Krause's like, all right, yeah, sure. And they bring out their bag. They have like their clothes and stuff in. They bring that trophy out. And you can see that the side that trophy, obviously no one else can see this, but you and Odie can see that white, that pinkish white crack that is on the side of it.
01:09:57
Speaker
And Krause says... I'm going to set this off to the side. Winner take all. Thank you. i will enjoy it very much. All right. So they go over to their side of the field and they set up. When he pulls out the trophy, is going to message Odie and says, if this goes south, I'm making a ah run for the trophy.
01:10:19
Speaker
And Odie just gives you a thumbs up. Now it is game time. Right before we start, I.D.' 's going to walk over to Odie. And she's going to put both hands on his shoulders and look down at him because he's shorter. I forget. You're like one inch taller than him. Still shorter.
01:10:35
Speaker
She's just going to say, OK, do you think we can pull this off? He looks around and he's like, I think we can. That makes me think that we can't. Okay. I shouldn't have asked you. Okay. Well, whatever happens, if an opportunity arises and it looks like we're going to lose, I'm going to go for the trophy.
01:10:54
Speaker
Sounds good to me. And I will meet you back at the door. Oh, okay. All right. That works. Okay. And she's just going to like sort of pat his shoulders. All right, let's do this. We got this. ah Good luck.
01:11:05
Speaker
You too. So is there a whistle or something? Yeah, so like there are the remaining members of Dell's gang. They're obviously subbing it as like refs. So they're off to the side, you know, making sure this game's being played fairly. And you see the stands, it's in the stadium, right?
01:11:21
Speaker
The stands are pretty empty. There are some people here that they maybe just chill here because nothing happens. So it's a nice chill outdoor place that's kind of shaded. you do see some people here that may have come here to...
01:11:33
Speaker
study or just chill and they're like oh god there's a game going on they're like oh there's a game going on there's some people might just be sleeping here some people are actually paying attention to what's going on in the field so that said the game has started first in the order is od what's od doing okay so id is gonna message od all right your only job is to go and get the ball from whoever has it got it got it okay We'll go. Okay. so let's So he's going to go.
01:12:03
Speaker
They move five squares, right? Yes. He's going to go straight for Croft. Okay. Yeah. So he's almost to the middle the field. Next up is Del, your speedster. So he is going to can move eight, right?
01:12:18
Speaker
Yeah. And I should say Del is the ball person, right? Yep. Okay. So he has the ball. And have you changed your mind about the diagonals or no? We're not doing diagonals. Basically, to go diagonal, you have move space up and then a space left or right.
01:12:31
Speaker
So Del's going to just zip right to the middle of the field. Okay. And then Jackson. yeah Next up is Jackson. The flyer. He's going to fly up behind Del.
01:12:43
Speaker
Okay. Next up is Croff. Croff, he can move four squares. He sees Odie coming for him, and he's just going to move four spaces forward.
01:12:54
Speaker
And Croff isn't a big dude, but they're still going to take on Odie. Just go right for it. Clash of the whatever they... Well, if they do have a contest, Croff has advantage over Odie. But Ali doesn't have disadvantage. Doesn't have disadvantage. So that's something. Yeah. So next up is ian He's a teleporter. And teleporters can move nine spaces right in front of Del, a couple spaces away from Del.
01:13:24
Speaker
So he's just going to pop up right in front of Del's like zipping. Going to try to like box him in because Del would have to go around him. He can't jump over him like a flung person would be able but teleporters get disadvantaged on contests, so. They do, but they can still roll.
01:13:39
Speaker
So next up is Gwen. Gwen's the defender for that team, so she's just going to sit where she's at. She's not going to move. Like hover, you mean?
01:13:50
Speaker
Hover wherever. She's not going to move her out her square. Next it was Monica. Okay, Monica is going to teleport right to the right of Croft. Okay.
01:14:01
Speaker
But not sort of towards him. Gotcha. Because that would be a very bad idea. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, next up is Ash. Ash is an elemental.
01:14:12
Speaker
Can run six spaces. Basically right up against Ian. So it's they're both trying to block Del. Damn. And next up is Bailey, the speedster.
01:14:25
Speaker
They can move eight places. Right up next up to Monica. Okay, last but not least is Idy, who is going to move up.
01:14:36
Speaker
She doesn't have to stay in there, does she? Nope. Okay. It a depends on what kind of strategy you're playing. Like, Gwen, whatever strategy that they have, Gwen is not going to move very much. She's going to move up to right outside, like, in the scoring zone.
01:14:50
Speaker
Okay. Not the net, but the scoring zone. Okay. Or whatever that is called. I forget what you said. it it's It's a net. So, like, you can't score from the side. You have the score, have to get in front of it. Yeah, so she's going to go like 10 feet right in front of the net and just, because she can intercept five squares on each side. So yeah that covers the net pretty much. Yeah, yeah. So like that's why it's really good to be a stretchy defender, as Stella said.
01:15:14
Speaker
Okay, Odie. Odie's going to get a message that says, okay, remember he's invulnerable so you can't hurt him. ah Yeah, so like beat the shit out of Croft. Like they're not going to feel it.
01:15:26
Speaker
Odie's going to go right up to Kroff, and he's going try and take the ball. Okay, so have first contest roll. So when it comes to Kroff and Odie, we usually have to roll d20s, and Kroff has advantage. So those you don't know what that is, roll a d20 twice and take the higher number. I roll once.
01:15:46
Speaker
That's a four. 17. What roll? what did odi rule I don't think we need to talk about it. Oh, no. It was a three. Oh, shit. Oh, yeah. so what happens is Odie and Croft get into a very brief tussle, but Croft, who is actually not that much taller than Odie, just pushes him to the ground. i mean He's got to push Odie to the left, like push him to the side. Odie messages him, you have to do better than that. Don't be intimidated. And Odie, like, this happened before with Del's invulnerable person. So he's just like, uh, okay, know.
01:16:23
Speaker
so next up is Del, the speedster. Okay. He's going to move four. Okay. You don't have to move your entire move action. And then Jackson is going to fly. can I split things up?
01:16:34
Speaker
What do mean split things up? If Jackson moves, uses three of his movement and Del passes the ball to him... Passing a ball is a bonus action, so you want to use Del's bonus action for this round. You can pass a ball, and you have roll for Jackson intercepting that. And it has to be within three, right? Yes. Okay, so he's going to move two here. Del is going to pass, so that's a d10, right? Yeah, it's a d10. It's a luck roll, so five or above is a success. That's a five. Okay, cool. So you pass the ball to Jackson. So Jackson's going to start flying and come within range. Del's going to pass the ball to Jackson, who's going to catch it.
01:17:11
Speaker
And then Jackson is going to continue on. It's going to fly to the left. Okay. And so they're going to try and split and go around Ian and Al. Go around the two people who are trying to box you in. Yeah. Yeah, gotcha, gotcha.
01:17:25
Speaker
Next up is Croft. They're just going to keep chugging along, moving straight for the goal, straight towards Eide. And next up is Ian.
01:17:36
Speaker
They're contest Jackson for the ball. So as a teleporter, ian's taking a move here. They have disadvantage in all contests, so he has to roll twice and take the lowest result.
01:17:50
Speaker
He rolls an 8 and a 10. Okay. Come on, Jackson. 15. All right. So, yeah, you get to push Ian in one direction of your choosing in the space that you're trying to occupy. so the current Behind. Behind. Okay, so you push ian down. So Ian like teleports right up to Jackson and Jackson just quickly descends because like Ian like teleports in the air. So Jackson sort of like just whiffs the ball. Yeah, just kind of like go past. Okay, and he still has some of his move action. So he's going to teleport again and he is just going to pop behind Jackson there.
01:18:32
Speaker
So next up is Gwen is just going to stay right there. She's not going to take her turn. She's still sitting very pretty in the middle of the kind of end zone of the opposing field. No one's contesting her. No one's threatening her. She's just going to stand right there.
01:18:48
Speaker
Next up is Monica. Monica is going to teleport and try and steal the ball from Croft. Okay, so we both hit the roll twice. You have to take the lowest result. I take the highest result.
01:19:00
Speaker
Croft wins a 9 and a 15. and at fifteen I rolled a 12 and a 4. Oh, shit. Okay, so Croft is going to push you to the right. Next up is Aash as an elemental.
01:19:13
Speaker
And he's got to position himself right in front of Jackson. and next up is Bailey the speedster. They're actually going to line up right behind Croft. Interesting.
01:19:24
Speaker
Next up is Idy. Idy is going to stay right where she is. Okay. Odie. Next up is Odie. Okay, he's going to try again to Test Croft? Yeah. Okay.
01:19:38
Speaker
Croft rolls a 17 and an 11. Come on, Odie. 16. Damn. You can see him fighting against Croft, like actually putting in some effort, but this guy, despite not being much taller than Odie, is a brick wall. And once again, Croft pushes him, but he doesn't go to the ground this time. He actually to kind of like scoots him over behind him again. Not behind him because Bailey's there.
01:20:00
Speaker
To the right. Or it's not her mark is there. What to the left then? That's the only space he can really move him without being in his way. Croft is doing his job. Odie has one more movement so he's going to move down one. Next up is Del.
01:20:12
Speaker
Okay. Del's going to move down close enough for Jackson to toss him the ball. Okay. Yep. Luck roll. That's a six. Okay. Success. So Jackson tosses the ball to Del. Okay.
01:20:25
Speaker
Who is then going to use the last five of his movement to just book it. Okay, next is Jackson. It's kind of funny that Jackson and Del are taking turns right after each other. So Jackson is going to just fly right over him and staying within three of Del. Okay, cool.
01:20:44
Speaker
Croft. Croft is up next. So Croft has got to move four spaces forward. They can't toss the ball yet, but they're very close within tossing range to get a goal. Next up is Ian. ian he's not going to move all his move action. He's got to get between Idy and Croft.
01:21:00
Speaker
Oh, snap. Yeah. All right, what's Gwen doing? Gwen is actually going to take a turn this time. As a flyer, she can move five spaces. She's got to leave her position and get closer to Del, who is quickly approaching. Okay.
01:21:17
Speaker
Next up is Monica. Monica is going to teleport to the left of Del. She's in throwing distance for a goal, but not for Del to pass to her.
01:21:28
Speaker
Monica's getting set up in front of Gwen. Okay. What is Ash going to do? It's Ash's turn. where I get right next to Del. It's getting tense now. getting tense now.
01:21:41
Speaker
Bailey. What is Bailey going to They're to right up next to Croft. Croft is going to pass her the ball. They're going to attempt to make a goal. So you are then ranged to block this goal because you have a bridge yeah a diameter or perimeter of five squares.
01:21:57
Speaker
So I'm going to toss the ball and you have to roll a luck roll to see if you intercept it. Okay. Come on. Come on, Idy. What'd you roll? A four. A four.
01:22:08
Speaker
So, Bailey being super fast, you just see a blur as she runs past you. And I, like, Idy, like, stretches out an arm to, like, try and, like, clothesline her. Mm-hmm. But... Doesn't quite make it. Just too fast. Yeah. So you hear a whistle blow from one of the refs that a goal has been made and the opposing team scores and the game is paused temporarily because they have to put the ball back into the center of the field.
01:22:39
Speaker
So now there is a second ball in the center of the field. Dell still has his ball. for your team but because the opposing team has scored there has be two balls in the field the second ball is placed in the center of the field so that is up for grabs now no one has possession of that ball you're down one zero out of three we're playing the three today for this scrimmage okay i.d not a happy camper nope and od sees you is just like oh shit like he sees you're like like that that just happened I.D. is going to see that she has the speedster, the invulnerable person in the teleporter right there. oh yeah.
01:23:20
Speaker
And she's going to stretch out both of her arms and wrap them around Ian to restrain. Oh, so restraining Ian. Okay. Yeah, so that's one thing that a stretchy person can do, just reviewing the rules here with the ah the listeners. You can restrain an opposing player within their move range for one turn. So he can't move when he takes his turn.
01:23:42
Speaker
I mean, teleporting, you can he can easily teleport, but per the game rules, for six seconds, essentially, he is restrained. He can't take his turn. So yeah, good move. So next up is Odie. Odie.
01:23:54
Speaker
Okay, bud. yeah You got this. Gonna pick up the ball. Okay. That's a free action, right? Oh, absolutely. Is gonna move right up next to Monica. Okay. He can pass the ball if he wants. Yeah. He's gonna pass kind of patho to Monica. Okay. Yeah, he's not he's not within passing range. He has to toss it.
01:24:13
Speaker
So passing, you have to get right up next to the person. That's why Croft didn't have to roll to pass to Bailey because they were like right next to each other. Gotcha. Yeah. Okay. Five. A five. Awesome.
01:24:23
Speaker
Way to go, Odie. Yeah. Odie's good at passing balls, but not beating the shit out of other players, I guess. Okay. So Monica's got the ball. Okay. It is now Del's turn.
01:24:35
Speaker
Del's going to speed. I'm going to make a roll here because Ash has a bonus action that he could use. Oh, no. He's going to attempt to stop Del with his fire powers because ok he can intercept a pass the ball or stop an imposing player within move range for one turn. So Del is well within move range. I got roll a luck roll here, actually. See how well he does this. And if he misses, Del can keep moving.
01:25:03
Speaker
Rolls a seven. God damn it. So basically what happens, Ash sees Del moving. That's why he moved up next to Del. He's going to put a wall of fire up in front of Del to keep him from moving for his turn.
01:25:18
Speaker
Okay. Cool, cool. It's Jackson's turn, though. It is Jackson's turn. So Jackson is going to fly over Ash and the other side of the fire. Well, and he's above the fire.
01:25:31
Speaker
But since he's right next to Del, Del's going to pass it to him. Yeah. Jackson's going to fly over Ash, swoop down, get the ball from Del, and then fly over the flames. Nice. Okay. So does Jackson still have move action?
01:25:44
Speaker
Or did he consume all that? Nope, that's it. Okay. Next up is Croft. Croft, they're just going to keep booking it towards the iron in the field. Ian is not going anywhere. Yeah, Ian is restrained for his turn.
01:25:57
Speaker
Next up is Gwen. Gwen. Gwen's got a dilemma because she's got two people with the ball. She's got people with the ball here, and they're very, very close to her.
01:26:07
Speaker
She's going to contest Monica for the ball. Here's the problem when it comes to a defender owning the ball. As soon as they get possession of it, they can fling it 13 squares. They have what what's called a lobber, a big stick. i don't think i explained this before. It's a stick with a big cup on it. So they can fling this thing halfway across the field. Okay.
01:26:26
Speaker
As Monica sees Gwen fly towards her, can she use her bonus action to pass it back to Odie? Yes, she absolutely can. Fuck. What'd she roll? Three. a three. So with that, the ball is loose on the floor between Odie and Monica. Either there was a bad throw from Monica or a bad catch from Odie. I think it was the bad catch from Odie. Oh, for sure. He's not very sporty. But Gwen can't take the ball from you. She moved all her.
01:26:53
Speaker
So Gwen has taken her turn. Next up is Monica. Monica is going to teleport two spaces, pick up the ball, and if she's going to teleport right here And she can make a goal if she wants to because Gwen has left the goal wide open.
01:27:09
Speaker
Yep. ah and And Monica is going to pop out, appear right by the ball, then disappear again, and then reappear right in front of the goal and just lightly like underhand like bloop.
01:27:22
Speaker
Yep. And now it's one to one. You hear the whistle again. And now that ball is in the center of the field right in front of Odie. And Croft sees that and doesn't seem to be too bothered by it because what just got placed in the field right next to them between him and Noti.
01:27:39
Speaker
yeah? What's going to do now? Ash is going to contest Jackson for the ball. he's got advantage. Yes, he does. I have to roll twice, three, and a 19.
01:27:54
Speaker
Okay, Jackson doesn't have disadvantage. That's good. Yeah, that's least. Come on, come Roll 20. Well, I rolled half of a 20. shit. A two. um Yeah, so he is going to take that ball from Jackson and shove him south.
01:28:09
Speaker
And Ash is going to stay there sandwiched between Del and Jackson. There's one ball loose, one ball in possession by the opposing team now. Bailey, the speedster, is going to line up with the ball just behind Croft, across from Odie.
01:28:27
Speaker
Next up is Idy. Idy can't pass the middle, right? No, as a defender, she has to stay on her side of the field. she's gonna stay where she is okay you look up and you see it like there's quite a bit of attention in this game now like the stands are starting to fill with some people it's not like a full stadium but like just people walking in like oh hey there's action going on here and they're seeing that the game is tied so it's like it's intense okay it's odie's turn and id iss just gonna message him okay we can't both fuck up so come on Do something good here, Odie. So Odie is going to go pick up the ball. Okay.
01:29:02
Speaker
Del is in a fucking situation here. Yes. He's right next to Ash, who has the ball, and right next to Jackson, who is adjacent.
01:29:14
Speaker
Come on, Del. What would you do? Okay. Del is going to contest Ash. And I know that Ash gets advantage and I get disadvantage, but this is this is what's happening.
01:29:24
Speaker
But you have Jackson there who has a bonus action. What can Jackson do? Oh, okay. So how does that work? Yeah. So it's an assist. So an assist is an extra d20 roll.
01:29:35
Speaker
So if you have disadvantage, you can basically ignore your rolls for Dell and take whatever Jackson gets if it's higher. Oh, okay. So like roll three? Yeah. And just take the highest result because he's he's helping you.
01:29:49
Speaker
Okay. What we're going to do is we're going to roll Del's first. Okay. And then we'll roll Jackson's. That's a five. He's going to need that assist. And Ash is going to roll, well, Ash rolled a four, so... get the advantage. I do get advantage, that's right. And three. Ash rolled like shit.
01:30:07
Speaker
what did I rolled a four, right? Yeah, so it's tied. Or i can have Jackson help. you have Jackson help and he rolls higher than a four, you can break that stalemate. What'd you roll?
01:30:18
Speaker
natural 20 fuck really yeah holy shit yeah so jackson del zips past and pulls the ball out of ash's hands but then ash like tries to grab it and like they're kind of like going back and forth trying to get it and jackson just swoops in and grabs it and then it's his turn it is jackson's turn So he is going to just fly over all these fools.
01:30:45
Speaker
Yes. Okay, so yeah, he can make a goal, and he's definitely out of range of Gwen. And you get in our goal, and that kind of like easy, Croft is kind of not happy with that because you guys are playing up to three.
01:30:56
Speaker
you have that ball right in the center of the field again. And you guys are up two to the one against the opposing team. It is Croft's turn. He's going to grab that ball. It is Croft's turn, and he is absolutely going to grab that ball once. Now, Odie has the ball. He can't, like... He can't have once. Okay. Yeah, no, he can't do that. So he's got to grab that ball, and he's going to back off one space. Or they're right in front of ah Bailey, the speedster. Okay, it's Ian's turn.
01:31:25
Speaker
Yep. He can now move. He can now move. They managed to make it, just make it to Odie. And even though Odie has a advantage, and actually Ian has disadvantage, so both have roll twice. Ian has to take the lowest. Odie has take the highest.
01:31:38
Speaker
Oh, man, it's unfortunate. Ian, 18 versus a three. Oh, no. I just got to beat a three. just got to beat a three. Well, five does. Yep. So don't have to roll again, even.
01:31:49
Speaker
Oof, that was a five and a one. so Oh yeah, so take the five. yeah So you see Ian roll up to Odie consuming all his move actions and he tries to get that ball from Odie, but Odie is going to shove him pretty easily. So where does Odie shove him?
01:32:03
Speaker
Behind him. Behind him? Okay, so away. Next up is Gwen. Gwen is, after seeing what just happened, is going to fly back to the gulf. I'm sure Croft is not happy with her performance right now.
Victory and Divine Encounter
01:32:16
Speaker
She's going to get right back at the starting position and the end goal there. Next up is Monica. Okay, Odie. Pass that ball. Yeah, luck roll. Five! Five! Success. So, ball goes to Monica.
01:32:28
Speaker
ah Monica is going to teleport close to where she started. Okay. She's not quite within within tossing range, is she, to make a goal? Actually, she is. Can she toss it through Gwen? Gwen can intercept it. Well, she's going to try to do that anyway, right? Yeah.
01:32:43
Speaker
So she can try to make a goal here if Gwen succeeds. That's bad. but No. Okay. Oh, but she's in within... Okay. She's actually just... She's going to stop there. Okay.
01:32:54
Speaker
um Next up is ash right up against Monica. He's going to really prevent her from moving. She doesn't have to move to make a gar goal, but he's just going to position himself right up against her. So if she passes it to Jackson, can Ash intercept it?
01:33:07
Speaker
Yes. Okay. He's within three squares. Okay. Bailey. Bailey, the speedster. Kind of position himself to the right of Idy. Okay. Northeast of Idy. Next up is Idy.
01:33:20
Speaker
Idy is going to move up two squares and she's going to restrain Croft. Okay. For one turn. For one turn. Okay. Next up is Odie.
01:33:31
Speaker
Okay, I got him. Please just get the ball. So, cross does advantage. Yeah, but Odie doesn't have disadvantage. 15 versus 15. Come on. on, Odie.
01:33:43
Speaker
come on oh d What'd you roll? What'd he roll a four? Holy shit. All right. Well, I think what happens is that like, oh, he tries to take it, but then Cruff, you have his legs maybe restrained, but he just goes and kicks Odie in the chest and knocks him back one.
01:34:00
Speaker
If Odie still has movement, can he try it again? you can't re... Okay. Yeah. You can't do that till he's same turn. So you can either stop moving and wait till your next turn move somewhere else. He's gonna... He's gonna... Okay. Okay.
01:34:14
Speaker
Del. Del is going to zip right next to Monica in front of Ash. It is Jackson's turn. Okay. Jackson's going to fly up to Del. Monica's going to the ball to Del, who is then going to pass it to Jackson. jeez. Who is then going to move three more spaces, and Gwen's more than three squares away. Yes. So Jackson is going to toss that ball into that net.
01:34:42
Speaker
Oh, shit. So what Jackson does is he flies towards Del. And as he's doing that, Del motions for Monica. Monica hands him the ball. Del lifts it above his head. Jackson flies, grabs the ball, does a loop-de-loop, and flies back and tosses it is Just tosses it in there, like showboating that last. And you see Krafu who's still in the middle the field, like he just got that ball. You just still have him tied up, right? Yeah. Oh, shit. Yeah.
01:35:10
Speaker
I mean, it is his turn, but, like, it's over. It's Croft's turn. It's it's over. you release Croft? What I do is I keep holding Croft and let my body come back to my arms and, like, come to him, and then I let go. Croft is between ID and OG. Yeah.
01:35:25
Speaker
And Croft's like, well, I guess that's that, huh? Yeah, I don't want to say that I told you so, but And they kind of understand that they've obviously been beat.
01:35:37
Speaker
And they look at Del, who is across the field, but he's coming back. And they're like, all right, I guess that's fair is fair for making up for last time, I suppose.
01:35:48
Speaker
All right, that's fine. A.E.' 's gonna just say, Odie, get that trophy. Yeah, and he starts making his way over to that trophy, and he stops halfway because you see someone over at the trophy.
01:36:05
Speaker
And it's this kind of tall, older woman. And she's looking at this and she was like, oh, I was actually kind of hoping before you grab this if I can ah interview you for the school paper.
01:36:20
Speaker
You can interview us while ah we're holding it. She kind ushers you for, you know, to come over to her. So I assume Odie does. Yeah, Odie's already found lot. Yeah, Odie does too.
01:36:33
Speaker
And she looks over at the rest of the players who are all kind of talking amongst themselves. You see, like, Croft is still disappointed and Gwen is distancing herself from them. Oh, and no.
01:36:44
Speaker
Gwen is just like, oh, shit, I kind of fucked up a little bit. But they're all kind of conversing and you're off to the side of this field. This woman's like, that was a pretty good game. That's actually one of the most entertaining ones I've seen of recent, usually a lot of people around this school. They... play amongst themselves for fun. They break rules for fun, but you played a pretty clean game. I'm impressed.
01:37:06
Speaker
Me too. And the end meanwhile, she like she messages Odie, okay, do the thing while she's talking. And this woman hands the trophy specifically to Odie, especially for people who have never played the game before.
01:37:19
Speaker
She leans down. She's like, yeah, from here, I know this. It's entertaining to see visitors come and play something that they are just entirely not familiar with and actually succeed.
01:37:33
Speaker
Um, I don't know what you're talking about, lady, but we've clearly played this game at least once before. She's like, well, I don't think a practice scrimmage counts. Are you, like, stalking us?
01:37:48
Speaker
No, no, I just... Who are you? I apologize for that. And she reaches out her hand to shake hands with you. My name is Gaia. Oh, And she looks at Odie like, you were telling me about someone named Gaia that was gone or something. Are you, like, the owner of this school?
01:38:08
Speaker
oh no. I'm just here for, i suppose, entertainment. Just popping in to see how everyone's doing every once in a while. And...
01:38:19
Speaker
ah but must have been It is impressive to see you get some of these folks together to play a game. No one's really played this game professionally for a while against the occasional scrimmage, but to get people together like this is nice to see, considering how dull things have been as of late.
01:38:37
Speaker
ID messages, Odie, are you doing the thing? ah He's just like mesmerized. Like he's like talking to a goddess and he shakes her hand and he says, well, it's it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm sure you know who I am. And Guy and Nosh, he's like, I've heard of you. Not of you specifically, but we gods have a connection beyond the planes and we can sort piece things together that there has been some going around of some higher force,
01:39:08
Speaker
fixing things and I knew something was off here but I didn't quite understand what it was. All I know it has something to do with this so I believe you were trying to locate this specifically this trophy here.
01:39:26
Speaker
Is anybody around us? They're on the field like they're basically these they see you talking to this woman but like okay they're not you know So, ID is like, do the thing, do the thing, do the... And then then when she says God, she stops.
01:39:40
Speaker
Um... What? And Gaia turns to you and she says, yes, I am the goddess Gaia. i I'm sure there's someone out there named after me, but no, I'm the actual goddess. Though, I recommend not telling anyone else that.
01:39:55
Speaker
She messages Odie. Wait, are gods and goddesses actually real? Oh, he turns to you like, yes. Like, he doesn't say anything, but, like, nods his head. and And then she she replies to him, well, this is kind of uncomfortable. Yes, well, ah your highness. Like, he's, like, nervous. He doesn't show how to address her.
01:40:15
Speaker
There is something quite wrong here, and if you allow me. And he sets that trophy down on like the bench nearby. And you see him do that thing again.
01:40:26
Speaker
Before you saw him kind of almost was like miming there was a wall there. He touches his hand to this crack and it almost seems to expand very briefly. But all around OU you see almost like little windows pop up. And they almost look like computer screens, but they're all hexagonal in shape. They're all kind of like together like a honeycomb. And you see this crack in the middle, and it's almost like it's been magnified a bit. And you can see this crack, but you also see just faint points of pinkish white light that's coming from it that you now know is essentially the planar code, the source code of the plane that you're on.
01:41:08
Speaker
And you see Odie almost touch his fingers to these screens and he brings up what an identical, almost almost like a picture, like an overlay of this crack.
01:41:19
Speaker
And he takes it and places it right on top of the crack that's on this trophy. And suddenly it's gone. It is just gone. The crack or the trophy? The crack. Oh, okay. Yeah, and you see it just kind of this light goes away, and all these screens go away from Odie's side. His eyes stop glowing, and that trophy is just sitting there as a trophy.
01:41:42
Speaker
And Gaia looks like she maybe so has seen some of that, but not a lot. That, what what was that? Yeah, what was that? And Odie just says, planar repair, ma'am.
01:41:58
Speaker
um I could go into specific specifics of what that is, but ah I can tell you for sure that you don't have to worry about it anymore. Whatever you sensed was wrong with this world, and there was something greatly wrong, has now been repaired.
01:42:15
Speaker
Gaia gives him a look, like she's got to take his word for it, but is... Maybe questioning reality a little bit. ah Okay. um Wow, it you were you stumped a god here. Interesting.
01:42:30
Speaker
She said, I saw light that I've never seen before. ah suppose you're not going to answer my question as I've heard your kind being referred to as fixers before.
01:42:42
Speaker
And Odie nods and she says, all right, then. Well, I suppose you did a really good job here today. Mission accomplished, I'm guessing. And Odie says, yes, that's that's really all we came here to do. ah Right, Miss Heidi?
01:42:57
Speaker
Yeah. And we also got gold. That would be useful. Oh, right. You see Del and Croft approach from ah behind you guys. And this woman, she kind doesn't say much anything because she obviously doesn't want reveal who she is.
01:43:12
Speaker
And Del reaches out his hand to you both of you. And he says, well, ah good game. We can maybe play again sometime. With one hand, I.D. grabs the statue.
01:43:22
Speaker
And when Del extends his hand to her, she puts the trophy into his hand. Oh, OK. Well, you earned this. Oh, um, wow. ah Thanks. I mean, you're the one that reached out to me, but... Oh, wait. Hold on.
01:43:38
Speaker
Hold on. Before that happens, Idy's gonna message Odie. Hey. Can you, um, can you make a prop of that trophy? It'll go away.
01:43:50
Speaker
Yes, I know, but can you do it? I can. And you see him kind of turn around while he like still has it in front of him. He does make a duplicate. Where's he putting a real one, though? Is he kind hiding it? We're doing sleight of hand here. Okay. Okay. So when Del comes over, Eidi takes the prop and says, here, you've earned this.
01:44:10
Speaker
Very interesting. Wow. ah Thanks. But, I mean, you're the one that reached out to me. Yeah, but, you know, I have to admit, i my performance wasn't as good as yours was. And you really did know the best strategy.
01:44:26
Speaker
And you were right. We didn't even need to cheat with Philip. She says that right as Kroff is crawfield right there. is right there. Kroff looks at him like, you're going to cheat? Oh, no, he wouldn't let me.
01:44:37
Speaker
All right. Yeah, sounds more like Del. Anyway, ah good game. And Kroff is a hero's hand. Um, she takes it. Okay, you get nice sportsman handshake. Del also, so you know, shakes your hand.
01:44:51
Speaker
And Del says, we can play again sometime? You never know. guess I'll see you around campus. I never caught your name. I know, this whole time don't know what her name is. guess they introduced each other during the scrimmage. Nope, nope, unless they ask.
01:45:06
Speaker
Oh, uh, you can call me I.D. Well, was nice playing with you. It was my pleasure. And hear like a bell ring. Like it's kind of like the end of the day.
01:45:17
Speaker
i have physics to get to. See you around campus. And he speeds off. You see Croft is kind like laugh as they turn to walk away. And they say, well, see you around campus. I'm going to play like a game sometime over that trophy.
01:45:32
Speaker
Because I really didn't mean to lose that. If you ask nicely, I'm sure Dell will give it back. Yeah, I guess. See you around campus, I guess. Bye! and this woman looks down like you like she was staying behind you guys and she saw like the the the shit you were doing and she's like, what was all that? What?
01:45:50
Speaker
What was what? And she shakes it out and she's like, I'm not going to ask. And she says, good game. Enjoy your trophy and safe travels wherever you came from. You too.
01:46:01
Speaker
Wherever you're going back to. Oh, I'll be around. And she just saunters off. She turns to Odie. Well, we did it. We did it, though I am wondering how they will take it when that trophy vanishes as soon as we walk through that door.
01:46:18
Speaker
Listen, if they lose it, that's on them. Hey, it seemed like the appropriate thing to do, but I wasn't going to, like, hand him the actual one. We need that gold. Uh, we do. We do need materials. Unless you just want to get gold from somewhere else. In reality, we probably could have asked Gaia for gold, but... Or we could have just took it from somewhere.
01:46:40
Speaker
um anyway. Um, I suppose we are done here unless you want to wrap up anything you want here. Was that an attempt at a joke? It was, actually. what did the day did a land.
01:46:53
Speaker
I mean, technically, yes. I guess it was more of a pun. Still learning that. I... Wow. Okay. I would like to go because, um... It's really freaking weird to be stretchy, not gonna lie. I... Yes. Um... I will miss the strength of mine, but, uh... you want to, like, pick stuff up on our way out? just to he He just, like, just because he can, he takes that bench. And was like, it really bolted into the concrete. And he didn't mean to, like, lift up the concrete pad that was on and the bench. He's like, oh, no.
01:47:25
Speaker
And he puts it back down. He's like, no, ah no, we could just go back. All right. So are you guys heading
Reflecting on the Journey
01:47:30
Speaker
back? Yep. And as we're heading back, ID will say, hey, have you ever heard of this chocolate?
01:47:36
Speaker
Yes, I heard it's quite delicious. Um, it's amazing, and I want to get more. You should really try it. I can't taste, unfortunately. What? I don't partake in food.
01:47:49
Speaker
I know, because you're afraid of pooping, but, like, you can't, you have no, like, taste? I, when I'm in the skies, I do taste, but... See? He gives you a couple looks. He's, like, fighting himself with it. No, he's, like, small piece.
01:48:06
Speaker
Okay, we have to go to something called a vending machine. Right, and you need coinage for that. Okay, so we walk to the vending machine. Yeah, there's of course, it's it's a school, so there's vending machines.
01:48:18
Speaker
Like, oh, okay, this is, i see. And then she, like, looks at it and, like, kind of pushes the, like, bottom door thing. imagine these things are kind of, like, robust to prevent super-powered people from, like, getting access to it. They're special vending machines. Because, like, imagine, like, a super-strong person would just, like, shake the fuck out of it and get out it. Like, she tries to, like, stretch, like, underneath. There's something blocking you.
01:48:43
Speaker
you have any coins? I have some from elsewhere, but I don't feel comfortable leaving our currency in another plane. Also, I don't think it would fit.
01:48:54
Speaker
I don't think so either. Well, you could make a coin. That seems a little wrong, but it's like it's a candy bar, right? She, like, looks around. Is there, like, people walking about? Yeah, it's it's a campus. There's not too many people walking around, but...
01:49:08
Speaker
She's going to, like, find someone walking and she's going to, like, reach out and, like, grab them and, like, pull them back to them. Like, hey. Oh, God. Oh, what? What? What is it? Can I borrow some currency to get a chocolate bar?
01:49:20
Speaker
You just want a gold piece? Okay, you could asked. It's just dragging me over here. Well, you were far away. All right, fine. I guess I want one too. So he goes up to the vetting machine and puts a couple of gold coins in and pulled out a candy bar, you know, a couple of them.
01:49:35
Speaker
All right, here, I guess. Thank you. That is so kind of you. You know what? I am going to tell everybody. What is your name? Thomas. I'm going to tell everybody that Thomas is a stand-up guy.
01:49:50
Speaker
Okay, thank you. And she stretches her hands into like a megaphone shape. And she says, hey, everybody. No, I'm just. Thomas this is a stand up guy. up, shut up, shut up. He like teleports away. eats just pops out of there.
01:50:05
Speaker
was a She holds up the bar like, problem solved. That was very unconventional, but. so I know you're, think you're rubbing off on me or something. She starts walking and unwraps it and like breaks off a piece and hands it to him.
01:50:18
Speaker
And he takes it. That is very good. Right? Did I have something like this on elsewhere? i'm I'm sure we do. I've never partaken chocolate, but ah yeah, I'm sure we have some.
01:50:33
Speaker
Good. So then she like takes a bite as they walk towards the door. Okay. Once they get there and Odie's opening it, she says, by the way, what's going to happen to that chocolate now?
01:50:45
Speaker
I burn it for fuel. it's I can use it that way. Wow, you are you really are afraid of pooping. And then she walks to the door? Yeah, he follows you through the door and he closes it behind you.
01:51:08
Speaker
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