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C2 Ep. 126 Plumb the Pockets Chapter Four
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Hob betrays the trust of a former ally, Erys assists Olive in an experiment, and Reynard's apartment seems cleaner.
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Transcript
Introduction and Eberron Podcast Overview
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D20 Radio, your game is roll.
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Hello and welcome to Eberron or Newton actual play podcast in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? I don't know. Go listen to it.
Raynard's Family Business Dilemma
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Raynard and Hob both definitely handled themselves really well. Yeah, that's important. Raynard now has as many jobs as Trevor does in real life. So what was it? Raynard's dad has told him, hey, you're back in the family, but we work with Callaway now, so your job in the family is to inform on the Boerwars. Yes. And he gave you money. But not the cap.
00:01:34
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How much money did he give you? 35 gold pieces. That's a reasonable amount of money. Apparently that's a lot of money. That's a year's worth of somebody else's money.
Coffee Chaos Interrupts Jeff
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Jeff's got to go die. Hold on.
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The wrong pipe. I was just geysering coffee all over everything, though. The crew kind of. Like I took one for the team to not do that. Jeff's literally dropped to his knees, Phillip. He's hunched over my couch. I feel like I just punched in the chest. He feels like. I don't know what happened. God, I'm oh, it sucks. I'm falling apart. Where did you get to Star Wars? Think about how I feel. The tragedy of just living.
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Where did you get this cup? What? Where did you get this cup? Disney World? What? Because it's in the style of their cups that you get when you visit San Antonio, but it's for Tatooine. I know, but was it in the Hollywood studios? Yeah. Oh, word. They have three of them. There is a Starbucks. There isn't there. Yeah. They have one for Endor and one for Batu. Don't worry folks, he's rallied.
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I didn't really hurt, I didn't really really hurt.
Raynard's Standing and Family Promises
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Okay, we were on the recap. What happened last time? Okay. We said. You got through like the third of the episode, what are you talking about? We can't even get started. I'm kidding, no, Raynard's kind of on the lam, went and talked to Daddy-O, not on the lam no more, kind of.
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I mean, as far as you know. I feel like that was established. As far as Raynard thinks he's not on the layman anymore. That's fair. I want to go re-listen to that because I believe I said thank you to something about not being on the layman anymore. You definitely did say thank you. That doesn't mean that your dad actually promised anything. I don't think it's unreasonable Raynard thinks his dad said he was going to take care of it. Correct. But I also don't think Eric made his dad say he was going to take care of it.
00:03:52
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In the comments No, but then everyone met at the What's it called cauldron the cauldron I was like they got the cavern that's not a thing the cauldron and We talked we alarmed And
Hob and Milo's Journey and Concerns
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And Eris. And Eris. And then Eris was upset, kind of. I don't think we have any idea how upset Eris actually was. Hob and Milo rode off into the distance, into the sunset.
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And then Milo asked how to get Milo's... To Milo's device. Yeah, and Milo was like, since everything back there went normal, I have this to drop off. Yes. And this episode is called Milo's Last Drive. Okay, the episode ended with Milo telling Hob that...
00:04:49
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What do you want to tell it? The timelines are real. He told him about what happened to the other Milo and how the Kylie at the consortium is the one that's been speaking to him and that the connection had come through Zoriatt and that if Milo indeed does go insane and tries to hurt
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innocent people, especially his friends, that he's asking Hob to please do not let him do that, whatever it takes. And that's what we're going to pick up with Hob's rebuttal. Um, Milo, I, uh, that's a lot. Yes, I realize. Friend, I need to be honest with you. Um,
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This doesn't make me believe in the timelines any more than I did beforehand. It's just more stories from Cassian. But it makes me want to believe them if that's what you want to be true. How else could he know the things he knows? I mean, we literally talked about meeting
00:06:08
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in the spot where your old bar burnt down in front of him. But let me finish. No, let me start over. I want this to be true for you. So I'm going to go along with it for you. Well, I'll put the Zoriat business. It does explain about my magic somewhat. I don't know how much
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that would mean to Hulk. He knows what Zoria is, but he's not a magic user and never has been. I don't know how he understands how the magic can be affected by traveling through different places without these concerned himself with. So I think he... Well, he might say, like, what does that even mean? What does it mean that it's going through Zoria? If the... If the...
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origination of my magic is coming through Zoriat. It's, as you know, I mean it's the plane of madness and it can affect the magic. So it would explain why sometimes my magic is, it goes awry.
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And I don't have the control, and I'm still learning as I go. Sometimes things happen with my magic. When I cast a spell, I expect it. I wanted to set Viggo on fire. That's all. I just wanted him to burn up. And he got on fire. Not Viggo, Jason. Yeah, him too.
00:07:43
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My magic sometimes goes awry. Keg bottoms. I wanted to set Jason on fire. Just him to burn. I wanted him to burn like Kylie. But he did not burn in the way I expected it to happen.
00:08:05
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And the magic coming through Zoryat, that explains it. You know, what if my mind does give out and I literally go insane and I can't control it at all? Milo, I mean, I'm not... I'll not be so obtuse as to pretend that your magic isn't concerning sometimes.
00:08:37
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I need you to understand something. If you ask this of me, you're an adult man who understands how to make decisions for himself. Absolutely. If you ask this of me, I'll honor it. This is why I'm asking you, Hobb. But I need you to understand that it will be a decision I make in Congress with whoever's with us at the time and
00:09:07
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I won't let you hurt our friends. But I won't kill you. I'll stop you. But we can't. You can't expect me to make that promise. Yes, I know. I mean, and hopefully it doesn't ever, ever come to that. And hopefully, Cassian, when he said that they
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He felt like everything was under control and I needn't worry about it, but I don't know how much does he really know? How honest is he being? Right. So...
Milo's Emotional Connection and Hope
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But yes, I mean... How are you regarding all that other stuff? I mean, if you... Let's all assume, for now, that any of this is true. Yes. Are you okay?
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Well, I think so because it explains a lot. And the Kylie that's been speaking to me sounds like my Kylie. I feel the emotional connection with her. I feel like she feels the connection with me. I mean, why else would she have reached out to help me, to assist me? I'm not too sure how fond I am of her
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bit of recklessness with going through Zoriat but I can understand the need for the connection and I just I know it's not my Kylie but I do feel an emotional bond with this one and it's almost like it gives me some sort of
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hope if that's the right word and and if they had a daughter and
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with no father, then maybe at some point, at least I don't know, that's thinking too far in the future. I'm getting way too far ahead, so I don't know, but I think it explains a lot, and at this point in time, I'm comfortable with it. The only thing I'm uncomfortable with is realizing that the magic is generating from Zoriant. That's my biggest concern, that it overtakes my mind.
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I understand how that could be concerning. My though, I think that... I don't love this.
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but you very much presented us with a wait and see proposition here. Yes, I mean I feel okay intellectually in my mind. I feel that sometimes as if the old Milo comes through, I realize that sometimes I say things that the intellectual part of me for a better
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lack of a better term, would not probably say. So there is that aspect of him there, and I feel like I'm still intellectually sound, it's just right now that the magic is concerning me. So if my mind at some point does go, that's what's concerning me. Right now I feel as if I'm fine other than being in total control of the magic. And hopefully it's something we'll never have to confront.
00:12:52
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I hope you're right. But I will promise you tonight that I honor your request. I will not let you hurt our friends. Thank you.
00:13:09
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And Hobb signals it pulls back down to traffic because we were doing this in a motorcycle and a sidecar I think that's important And my load never took its helmet And Derek's been rolling dice yeah, yeah listener Eric has been rolling handfuls of dice
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rolling dice, and then at one point took out his journal, wrote in it, and very quickly closed it again. I saw you glancing over. I was looking down. My secrets. I can't read your handwriting anyway,
Mystery of Raynard's Searched Apartment
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especially on upside down. It's like that conversation inspired him to roll a bunch of dice. Strong reader. What? It's like that conversation inspired him to just all of a sudden roll a bunch of dice. All right. Well, there's the end of that, Eric. What's next? Reinard, where are you heading?
00:14:02
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Oh. Home. Home. Where the heart is. My home. Right. Okay, so you head back to your apartment. I don't think I want to. It's on fire. Arthur's not there. Swarmed with cops.
00:14:26
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But yeah, I mean, you walk in, it does not seem to have been disturbed in any meaningful way. But probably has. Give me a perception check. Meaningful way. With a two red, one purple difficulty. Yes, he probably has. You know, the question that we're not asking is, how does Arthur, the former police officer, feel about Reynard being on the lam? Maybe that's where Arthur went.
00:14:54
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Turn him in. He's catting me out. He's catting me out. He's catting me out. I don't like it, but I respect that. You said two red, one purple? Yeah. Oh, it's an even playing field. Flip the story point. Is that what I have? We got plenty. You all have two, I have three. You know what? Let's make it interesting. Just keep it like this, because it's going to go poorly either way.
00:15:27
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Oh, that looks fine. It went great. No, it didn't, but it's not as bad as it could have been. Well, I succeeded. Yeah, I just have... Yeah, you did. I have one success. Bam! Okay, so walk you through your apartment. Math. You got it. It's one success. You're correct. Yeah, you can definitely tell that
00:15:53
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Some things have been put back. Like, they're not exactly where you left them. You just have kind of this unsettling, uncanny feeling that, like, everything's just a little off. Okay. So, yeah, somebody's definitely been in here. Hmm. I don't know what to do with that. What do you want to do with it? Um... Hello?
00:16:24
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Nobody responds. Uh, no, but I expect them to, I guess. Um, just the maid. Hello. No, um, okay. So I guess I, uh, look at the things that I believe had been moved.
00:16:51
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I mean, it's like, um, like drawers and things like that, like in stuff on in tables. Usually they usually leave them open, but now they're closed. So it seems a lot cleaner. In fact, it's like somebody came by and picked up, um, someone overdid it.
00:17:09
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Is anything missing? Like the letter from your father that you left sitting on the end table next to your chair, that's like in a different spot, like just slightly. And the newspaper that you were reading is folded up, whereas you kind of plopped it down open, that kind of thing.
00:17:33
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What are you going to do? I don't know. What do I do? I mean, what do you do? Call the cops? Yes, please. Please, dude. Absolutely not. I mean, Trevor, just think back to the last time you were on the run from the log and you got home and someone had been in your place. The first thing you do is check all your truck spots, make sure all your secrets are there.
00:18:04
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Are you gonna stay here are you gonna like investigate are you gonna go talk to verla like I don't think I'll talk to verla okay Have I ever seen verla and arthur in the same room she literally handed you
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I guess I just keep looking to see if anything's missing Okay, you don't find anything missing with your success like everything is there okay? so
00:18:51
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I guess I just update. You know where all of us are and you're actually in pretty good graces with all of us right now. So let me get on my stone. Okay. And I'm going to call. Everyone. Yeah. You can just open a channel with everyone. Yeah. Okay. Can I make a group chat? Okay. I'm going to title it the fun gang.
00:19:16
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Wait, there's a screen pop up? No, it's not a cell phone. It's just a walkie talkie. Yes, Aeris is working on it. Everyone leaves the chat. It's flat and folded. I just say, hello? Is anyone available?
00:19:40
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Yes, what yeah, but someone has been in my apartment my flat, but I call it a flat. I'm British I'm fake British. I'm very good at being British We've not really established where do you I mean sure we have established but I don't know where do you live in the theater district? And how far away is that from? Very close. I mean
00:20:06
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In that case, I was like, he's already, he's hadn't, you know, bedded down yet. I'm coming. Is anything missing? No, but a lot of things are moved. Things are moved, but nothing missing. And cleaner. I didn't hire a maid that I know of. Its heiress responded all. Butler. I don't know because I don't know what happened after they left. Fair enough. Sure.
00:20:35
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I'll hear what everyone else says and then work it out later. I'll head that way too. Hob might even be looking for a distraction. Hob's not happy with how the night went. And Arthur's not here either. Whatever. Well, we'll go ahead and jump back to right after you all left.
Olive's Experiment and Emotional Dialogue
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Everyone leaves the cauldron. Olive is just over at her work desk working on the chassis.
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And she is also, Eris, you know, she's wheeled over the like the elemental Dragon Shard catcher apparatus that you took from Millhatch Industries. Olive has also been tinkering with that and she has it kind of wheeled over near her workspace. Do I know what she's been doing with it? Just getting a sense of how it works, how it could be controlled, how you could control what type of elementals you're pulling in, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Trying to finish Millhatch's work on it.
00:21:35
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Because at least the conversations you all would have had with it, her attitude is if you can ensure that you don't pull through like a fully sentient, like you're not enslaving a fully sentient, sapient thing, then the ethical dubiousness of this kind of is put aside. I mean, that's probably what Eris thinks too, unfortunately. Unfortunately for the future safety of Sharn, that's
00:22:04
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Eris probably feels the same way. That's probably how they have a Keurig machine. And Eris, moreover, that's probably not what Eris is noticing right now.
00:22:21
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Eris is focusing on the golem. The fact that Olive isn't, you know, Eris is in that state where the fact that Olive isn't saying anything is obviously at least as bad, if not worse than if Olive had walked over and lit into her. And so Eris' head is ducked down and she pulls her goggles down and is,
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staring really fixedly at the golem, but every few seconds her head kind of pops up and glances over it at Olive, and she is... Her whole body language has gone kind of furtive, for lack of a better term.
00:23:09
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And it's like from a third party camera perspective, it's very much that like Eris glitz is over at all of it, all of has her head down working. And then as soon as Eris looks back and is working, all of kind of looks over and then puts her head back down. So it's just, you know, they're, they're missing, missing each other by, by seconds. So yeah. Um, after a few minutes go by, um, all of just in a very,
00:23:38
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It's just a shade more chipper than neutral, like she's trying to just move past it and not make a thing. And so she's like, I want to do some tests on the chassis with an elemental controlling the arms. I was wondering if I could borrow Tasha just for a quick test run.
00:24:08
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just to see if, uh, the, the controls that I have set up will work. And I know that Tasha is not a malicious entity. Um, this is like the cruelest thing you've ever done because there's no in character justification for being cautious, uh, about this. Um, so Eris is like,
00:24:35
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Oh, yeah, yeah. She moves over to Tasha and opens up the chassis and takes out the dragon shard and walks over to Olive and offers it out with her arm at full extension.
00:25:00
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And all of also just like not really engaging or bringing her head up from her notes kind of glazes up and takes like, thanks. I'll bring her back just as soon as I'm done with this test. Iris kind of looks like somebody just slapped her and slinks back over towards the golem, but is now is now fixedly watching because
00:25:30
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now also Tasha's over there and so there's a tiny part of her brain that is worrying about that too. So Olive goes up the metal stairs that kind of lead up to the back of this chassis that she's hung from the ceiling.
00:25:41
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And there's the little slot that I described where a dragon shard could fit and Olive puts Tasha in and as soon as Tasha light gets settled into the slot just begins to glow a little bit brighter. And what color does Tasha emit? Like what light?
00:26:01
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Blue. Blue. It's electric blue. So the electric blue lighting kind of goes down through and permeates the back part of the chassis and then down the arms kind of as Tasha enters the entirety of the apparatus. But it's still very still.
00:26:22
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And then Olive swings around and like stands in front and like puts the straps on and you see the the chassis tighten around her and sink in. And then the arms come down off of the the the support straps and begin to move around freely. And it's like very much like it's it's like Tasha is looking around like Tasha can see through these these arms. And I was like, oh,
00:26:52
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Hi. I can sense her. Like, it's weird, Eris. Like what? Like, I can
00:27:19
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Yeah, it's hard to describe like I she's not speaking, but I can just sense Tasha in my head. It's like we're sharing a not sharing a mind, but just sharing a apartment, but it's my brain. That's supposed to happen. Is she supposed to be in your head?
00:27:41
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I mean, I knew that there would be a certain level of working in concert with whatever elemental was in the chassis. I mean, Tasha, no offense intended, isn't like isn't a super strong will. So there's no like danger. Just I can sense her. It's fascinating.
00:28:09
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Milo hears someone in his head and it's driving him insane. Well, it's not like I'm hearing Tasha in my head. Like Tasha is not saying anything. I could just sense her emotions and her desires and. I don't hear her in my head. I feel her in my bones safer. And you one of the as she's saying this, one of the arms like looks at you, Eris, and kind of nods. And then the other one comes forward in waves.
00:28:41
Speaker
I think that's her saying hello. Oh, okay.
Eris's Confession and Moral Reflection
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Okay, Tasha, I'm gonna I'm gonna hop out now and I'll get you back in. Okay, and Olive unstraps and the arms kind of go limp and she swings around and pulls the dragon shard out and the blue light recedes up through the chassis and she comes down and kind of walks over to Eris with a much more
00:29:14
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familiar body language, less apprehensive. It's like, well, I don't see how that could have gone any better. And she hand extends Tasha back, but it's standing much closer. Here's kind of sticks her sticks her hand out. Uh, and is, is not, I mean, she's back to not making much eye contact. I mean, well, the goggles are on, so that's not probably evident. Um,
00:29:44
Speaker
Um, and once, once she has Tasha again, she fits Tasha back into the, or into the bird chassis, chassis, probably at the moment. Uh, the bird chassis, as soon as you put, uh, Tasha back in kind of floats up and does like a barrel roll and then flies back over to the chassis and is like floating around it, looking at it. So Tasha seems to be very curious and intrigued by what just happened.
00:30:11
Speaker
Uh, no, it doesn't walk away after you take the, uh, the dragon shard. I'm, I'm not, I'm not affected by what was said like in, in any negative way. I just want you to know, like I just, it was surprising, but not
00:30:39
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bad. Like I don't want to run away or anything. Why not? Because I mean, I want to run away from it. Why don't you?
00:30:56
Speaker
Well, I'm not, I mean, I'm just saying that I don't want to run away from people I know that are doing, I don't do it, Eris. So if you want to stop doing it, then that's totally, I just, I'm, um, what caught me off guard was just the callous way of talking about it, I guess. Um, not the content of, like, I've known that you,
00:31:25
Speaker
you and your friends live a different kind of life than, than I do. And I've always accepted that and never, um, balked at the information. It was just surprising, but I, I don't, I'm not a bad guy. I know. Just talks like that.
00:31:53
Speaker
I took off to live off the grid and underground to protect myself from a raving madman who wanted to murder me. So it's not exactly like my life has gone entirely the way I thought it would a year ago. But I'm fine. Like we're doing good work down here. It's fun.
00:32:20
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As long as you don't ask me to murder anybody, then I'm good. And all of kind of chuckles. Harris winces. Sorry. I don't take jobs to kill people. It's not, don't like it when we have to.
00:32:53
Speaker
I would say that's a good thing. I think if you hit a point where you like doing that kind of thing, then that's a bad sign. I trust that you only do the things you do because you feel like you need to. And I'm not going to judge you for doing what you feel like you need to do.
00:33:26
Speaker
I don't know, I just. No, I mean, I have this place and. Sometimes I kind of wonder if I do. Do it because I need to. I don't know. I don't know as much why lately. But I don't really know what else to do.
00:33:58
Speaker
Well, I mean, I don't know what it takes to leave the clan, but if you hit a point where you feel like you can, then I don't know, we can figure something out. Maybe. Yeah.
00:34:26
Speaker
You know, while ago, Harbin offered me a job, but I think that's probably. Not really a thing anymore. I'm sorry. And. Like what I do down here. But it doesn't really.
00:34:55
Speaker
I mean, people can't really afford to pay me. And I usually forget to ask. Yeah. I mean, because, you know, it was just broken. So I was going to fix it. Yeah. I mean,
00:35:22
Speaker
Is there any way that you could start taking different kinds of jobs from the client? I mean, you don't like taking certain jobs. Could you start refusing to take certain jobs? That way you can still make the kind of money that you need to make to do what you like to do. It's kind of like we just kind of got promoted. Oh, congratulations.
00:35:51
Speaker
now it's like it's like the jobs that come to our department we decide who does the jobs department manager great yeah but it's like department manager for
00:36:07
Speaker
prime and sometimes violent stuff. And so it's like we don't have to do the violent stuff, but we pick people who do. And I don't really know if that's better. And I really only did it because everyone else really was really keen on it. And kind of felt like if I said no, then all of them would have to say no. So I don't always really go to the meetings, but I don't know.
00:36:38
Speaker
And then now all this stuff with Callaway that Reynard was talking about, but I wasn't really listening. I should probably find out what's going on. Sounds like Reynard's dad wants him to spy on Boromar and report to Callaway. That won't be, that won't be worse.
00:37:11
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Anyway, I just didn't want you to find out that way. And I didn't tell you because I didn't want. I don't already feel like you get in danger because of me. I didn't want you to know things that people might ask you about, but you in more danger.
00:37:35
Speaker
I really don't think that's true, Eris. I mean, I don't feel like you need to carry that burden because the only time I've been in real danger is Milhatch and he was after me because of my invention and she gestures to the chassis. That would have happened. If anything, your presence helped save me. He would have come after me either way. Well, the thing is,
00:38:04
Speaker
What happened to Norsen, it got in this machine and it started to grind up dragon shards and feed them into the chamber he was in. And while he was in there, I shot it. Oh.
00:38:30
Speaker
because I was trying to stop it because I didn't really know what it was, but it seemed like a bad thing. You're concerned you may have made it worse by shooting it. Maybe it broke, but I mean, it broke, but maybe not all the way. And so maybe if I just let it be,
00:38:57
Speaker
he wouldn't, I mean, he'd be stronger or something. I don't know what he was trying to do really, but he wouldn't be crazy. Yeah. So it kind of is, I think you see all of kind of a moment of realization. It was like,
00:39:24
Speaker
And then she, a smile creeps on the corner of us like, so it was you. Yeah, I think so. I mean, I just, Jerome told me about that night and the lab being attacked. Oh, right. Your brother was there too. Yeah. I almost, I didn't know he was your brother. Oh, that's fine. Yeah.
00:39:54
Speaker
I don't think we hurt him. I, he didn't hurt him that bad. I think the, the big scary one punched him really hard at one point. Yeah. I mean, people shouldn't punch hard. That was, you know, kind of like him.
00:40:26
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But OK, I guess not because we were. They're doing crime. Yeah. So kind of is. On me, I think. And then it's on me because. Harbin and the police know that we turned in Orson and. It's just all.
00:40:58
Speaker
I kept trying to fix it and it just got more broken. Harris, I understand the impulse to carry this around, but I was the one that sent you to Mel Hatch's lab that night. So once again, on me. Were you supposed to get papers, not break the place? I mean, still wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for me. I'm saying that we can
Harbin's Arrival and Eris's Decision
00:41:24
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you need to let me help carry the burden that you're carrying in terms of guilt, because I have been just as in it with you. I appreciate how you're feeling, but let me carry some of the blame too. Maybe he was okay. And then I broke his skiff and he hit his head really hard. Just thought of that one too. Cause I did that to him also.
00:41:56
Speaker
Really put the, gave the guys licks, huh? Yeah. I mean, he melted my hand or sort of, I guess that kind of happened when I broke his skiff. So I guess that was me too. Hey, I, anyway, I'm glad you're not mad and you don't want me to move out or anything like that. I just, yeah.
00:42:25
Speaker
Um, in fact, I will do that part. I'll do you another kindness. Um, Harbin's going to be here in about 10 minutes. If you want to start packing yourself up and head out. Yeah. Yeah, I should go. And that's when heiress's communicator goes off. Right. Rainard say the thing you said before dance.
00:42:58
Speaker
Is anybody available? What did I say?
Murder Night Discussion with Verla
00:43:00
Speaker
Just tell him to recut it. It was something like that. Just tell him to recut it. No, I will not. Eric's splicing my vocals. No. This wasn't my idea. You said someone was in your apartment and that we have someone who was available and that Arthur was missing. So that's what said through your communicator, Eric. Bob says he's coming. And then I rolled three triumphs and we won.
00:43:27
Speaker
I mean, isn't, isn't Arthur like a former police officer? So when you and Hob confessed to a whole lot of crimes on behalf of all of us in the cauldron just a little while ago. Yes, but he's also a cat. He's also a thief.
00:43:55
Speaker
Apparently we live in a city with police cats. So, civil seizure. That's what Arthur does. You think I can trust him? I just got actually mad. I felt Jeff get angry from Texas. Jeff hates Arthur. It's fine. Hob checks his wristwatch. Is Arthur within five miles of him?
00:44:22
Speaker
Is that what it is? Yeah, you see him in the general direction of police plasma. No, I mean, he's in the general direction of for sales. Okay. Hop just says, Hey, do you want me to go get Arthur or come to you right now?
00:44:43
Speaker
Well, if you know where he's at and it's not anything suspicious... I know what direction he's in and that is pretty much it, but I can go that way and see if it becomes suspicious. I guess that depends on if you want to follow a cat. I don't, but I'd feel like I'm gonna end up doing it eventually anyway, so I may as well see where he's at now.
00:45:09
Speaker
before he gets outside of my five mile radius. All right, just keep on his tail. Never mind, I'm coming to you. Never mind, I'm going home. All right, so Hob is going to veer off course towards Milo's and just drive. He was going to follow his dot and see. OK.
00:45:27
Speaker
Obviously, with his head on a swivel, he's heading directly towards the police station. He's going to turn around. Yeah. No, I mean, you get increasingly increasingly closer to the for sales until you're within short range of it and your thing just starts glowing red entirely.
00:45:44
Speaker
I'm just going to pull up and see if he'll hop in the. Like he's he's outside or he's he's if he's at the for sales, he's inside the for sale. I go inside the for sales. OK. Yeah, you see often standing behind the counter. Arthur is up on a shelf behind him, just kind of lounging lazily on his break. But that's not what catches your eye. Myler, are you with him?
00:46:07
Speaker
No, I was headed over to Rainarts. Well, but you were in his sidecar. Yes. So you would have been... I thought that we were past that point. If he's still in, that's your call. Yeah, I assume that you all were still like driving on Rainarts. Okay, then yes, then I'm with Hob. Then yeah, he's with me. Okay. Which I'm fine with, by the way, because I don't know what's about to happen and another body is good. Okay, even if it's old smokehead,
00:46:32
Speaker
Eris, based on that conversation, I know you're heading out of the cauldron, but are you heading to Raynards? What are you doing? Eris hesitates and then covers Ygric with a tarp. Okay. Which is laughable. Ygric reaches up and pulls the tarp off. No, no. Eris puts the tarp back over. And then gets in Tasha and goes out.
00:47:02
Speaker
Well, I don't know. I mean, I guess I just heard that Sohab has just started chasing Arthur. I didn't say for sale. I have no reason. No, you didn't. What? I didn't say where I was going. Yeah, I have no reason to think that anyone's headed to the for sales.
00:47:17
Speaker
Um, I guess Eris heads towards Reynard's apartment. What a sentence. Phillip never thought he would say. Um, so, okay. So Eris is headed that way. Uh, Hob Milo, you walk in and yeah, Arthur's lounging often is like behind the bar and he sees you all walk in and he's like kind of stiff and like, uh,
00:47:38
Speaker
Hey, and at one of the tables, seated with a notebook that she's writing in, you see Verla, sitting at one of the tables, like, about time. I thought you all hung out here all the time. Hob goes, Arthur, come on. It starts to turn around. Hob, I need to talk to you. Right, what's up? Take a seat, please.
00:48:03
Speaker
takes a chair and starts to walk towards the door. Milo follows. Milo, if you could give us some privacy. Very well. Milo goes up to the bar and orders an ale from Ulfin.
00:48:21
Speaker
and Verla kind of sees Milo and Ophit sit over there and there's a little small rock on the table and she taps it and You become aware that you can't the the ambient noise of the room has just disappeared How freaks out like a dog that you just put your muffs on This is just to give us some privacy starts trying to punch the force field. Okay, what's up? Where were you
00:48:49
Speaker
Four nights? Three nights ago. I was in, uh, Kybert doing a job with the rest of the crew. Okay. Who hired you for the job? Uh, a fellow named Cash. Okay. How much did he give you for the job? Look, that doesn't feel to remain to your investigation. You don't need to know how much money I make on my jobs. With all due respect. I'm just corroborating information.
00:49:18
Speaker
I don't remember. I got 30 gold, I think. 30 gold each. Okay, 30 gold. But again, I would like to know why that's relevant to your investigation and not just you trying to find out how much money I made on a job. Because I've interviewed other people about the job and I'm trying to make sure that all stories line up straight. Just do my job, Hop. That's ridiculous.
00:49:38
Speaker
Ridiculous times. Um, literally can't argue with that. And, um, does the name Ignacio Dithrani mean anything to you? Oh Christ, are Dithranis in town? That's never good.
00:49:57
Speaker
So no. No, who is he? A murder victim. Go and give me a deception check against Verla. Let me see. That's when Milo got nervous. I was doing well until then. Two red, one purple is the difficulty. I guess I did say who is he. Should have done that.
00:50:33
Speaker
Hey, the only one I knew was in town is dead. I can be surprised if they're at their audio in town. I'ma win this. Sorry, I know I have a deception thing. I just don't know what it is. I have to read. Can't loom for yourself. I don't know. I have to read all of my talents, because none of their names are evocative of what they do. You have the one that says, all lies are believable. Yeah. Apparently I'm wrong. OK, cool.
00:50:44
Speaker
I just want to know who she thinks he is. I'm not deceiving anybody.
00:51:01
Speaker
So my deception is not strong. Story point. Oh yeah, I'm gonna, yes, go ahead and flip story point for me. What's my difficulty? Two red, one purple. I'm done, guys. She's going to see through my life. What a fun day for me. It's a complete wash. Okay.
00:51:29
Speaker
I couldn't even get one advantage on the thing. Okay. So you don't, you don't know who Ignacio De Throni is, okay? I mean, look, I've dealt with Throni, but I don't, that name doesn't catch anything for real.
00:51:50
Speaker
Okay, well, because of our prior working relationship, I'm going to be open and honest with where the investigation is at right now, Hob. We have multiple witnesses a few nights ago that spotted somebody matching a description that, or describing someone that matches your description.
00:52:12
Speaker
as well as Milos, and seeing a person being killed and their form changing into Ignacio de Thrani. And we have contacted Thrani agents within the city of Sharn who have reported him missing.
00:52:32
Speaker
And so that's why I'm here questioning you because somebody matching even the descriptions of your tattoos was spotted at the scene, engaged in the fight. So that's where I'm stuck right now, is that the only two people spotted the scene match you and Milo's description. And I have reason to believe that you're not being entirely truthful with me right now in terms of your relationship with the victim.
00:53:01
Speaker
I was in Kuiper three nights ago on a job with Eris and Raynard and Milo and a guy named Cash who gave us 30 gold to go down there with him. Okay. And what was your relationship with the victim? Who? Ignacio Dithrani. I don't know who Ignacio Dithrani is.
00:53:26
Speaker
No, wait, hang on. He also said they killed a guy and then he turned into Ignacio Datherani. So your killers probably don't even know what Ignacio Datherani is. There you go. Yeah, I know what I said. I did it on purpose. Randy just looked at me. Sounds like you're asking a weird question. I don't know who that guy is. Okay. Fine.
00:53:46
Speaker
Um, well then I guess we're done. And she taps the stone. It's like, sorry to have wasted your time. And she gets up and, uh, you can tell that, uh, uh, there's a good deal of coldness compared to where the conversation started that she's walking out with. So, and she leaves. And then Arthur hops down off the shelf and kind of walks over to the table and plops down in front of you. And like, does the cat tail wag like thumping on the table? Yeah, come on.
00:54:22
Speaker
Eris, you arrive first at Raynard's. Raynard, Eris arrives first at your apartment. I think we just awkwardly sit there. No, I. Eris waits outside. Oh, okay. Eris pulls up and says, touches the community. Okay, I'm here. You can come on up.
00:54:48
Speaker
If it's an open channel hub says we're coming with your cat. Oh, shut up concerned about Arthur. What are we doing up there? Um, do you have anything going somewhere? Do you have any things?
Speculation on Raynard's Apartment Search
00:55:05
Speaker
If someone's been in your apartment, don't you want to leave like right now and go somewhere else and set fire to the place? You have any special gadgets to find fingerprints or anything you want to use or?
00:55:16
Speaker
footsteps. Things to set fire to the place. Do you have any reason to believe this is connected to the recent disappearance of your dagger? Uh, you know, there's a lot of things and a lot of people who might've wanted to look through my apartment, but that is one could be that or the police I've seen his dagger before or my father.
00:55:43
Speaker
Yeah, you've helped retrieve his dagger before. Yeah, I know. Wasn't it used against us before? Yes. Someone used it as proof that he had you in his, that he had captured you. It was stolen off of you and placed in House Sivus. Yeah, I should get rid of this dagger. Maybe I should just leave it lost. Check his wristwatch now thinking about the dagger.
00:56:10
Speaker
OK, it keeps it keeps showing him whatever intrusive thought. It keeps showing him where Verley is. Yeah, you see that the dagger is to the north and as you like adjust the the level, it's up. It's in a higher level of the city. We can't get it. I don't get a sense of
00:56:34
Speaker
If it's traveling toward or away or anything, do I just know where it is? You said relatively an in-game radar, like video game radar. Yeah. OK. Playing Halo. I don't know. I mean, look, I checked just to see your daggers not around here, but we have no idea how long ago this happened, so. Never mind, I guess. Is there anything special about the dagger?
00:57:02
Speaker
Uh, it is signature to me. Yeah. I mean, that's, that's it. It's just, and it would probably be the only thing that would link me to being Drennier if no one knew, I would assume DM.
00:57:22
Speaker
I mean you carried it as both Draenor and Reynard so I mean it's just an iconically you weapon. Yes. So therefore could be used to plant evidence against you. And has been. Has been in fact. Yes.
00:57:45
Speaker
In a moment of character growth, Eris is about to criticize you for carrying an obviously you weapon that could be used against you so easily to identify you and then doesn't. Look less unique like the three of us. Smoke head, giant tattoo guy, and goggle girl. Also gun.
00:58:09
Speaker
recognizes me when I have the scarf up and my goggles on. I'm invisible. Especially since I consistently wear that every time I do cry. No one knows. Right, that's someone else. It's like this masked vigilante. Oh, you just have to deal with that. But it's not. That's not me. Just to clarify. Good. I can see why you might think it would be.
00:58:36
Speaker
So what we need to do here, should we not go somewhere else where people haven't broken in? Is there a magical way to determine if something is missing that was there a couple hours before? Is there any, is there anything like that? Can we, there could be, I guess. Butcify it. I mean, like with mending, good idea. Something like that. No. I mean, you could, there's no, augment your ability to search the area. Like,
00:59:05
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, there you go. What is the skill we use for this? Cause there isn't an investigation skill. It's just perception. Yeah. Could we even do it? I mean, I guess if, if, if we're saying we're comparing it to earlier, we couldn't, but if we're just saying, do we notice things? Yeah. I mean, I guess skullduggery, maybe like you're using your own capacity to steal things, to notice if something's been stolen, like I would be much more inclined to use that. Okay. Inside the mind. All right. Fine. Eris Gellert's had an exasperated sigh and comes up to your apartment.
00:59:35
Speaker
We're there, right? Do we already salvage that? Yeah, we pulled up. I go up too. Have we been in your place? Harris has her goggles down and her scarf up. Hov is cautiously interested in seeing how you live.
00:59:55
Speaker
fairly tidy. I mean, I imagine because who Raynard was, especially when getting this apartment and decorating it, I imagine it's like faux fancy. Like, yeah, you wanted to continue to live your fancy lifestyle, but it's all Ikea furniture. Yeah, it is, you know, champagne tastes on a beer budget. Do you know how to take care of it? Like, do you know how to clean up after yourself? Have you learned at this point? I mean,
01:00:26
Speaker
It's like, uh, not really. No, that's where all of his money goes to is whenever something gets dirty, he throws it away and buys a new one. Like it's not gross, but it definitely hasn't been dusted or it's tidy, but it's not clean. Yeah. Okay. Like the sink's not full of crap, but like,
01:00:47
Speaker
You know, the bookshelves are simply for decor. Yeah. Gotcha. Okay. So, um, Eris go and give me a one red, one purple check. I'm going to use skull duggery. Okay. And actually I'm going to give you all a story point back because I have too many. So make it too red instead of.
01:01:17
Speaker
And this is cunning, so I get double bonus dice from the goggles. It didn't come through on my end. Did it come through? Five success. Yeah, five successes.
01:01:31
Speaker
Just making that up. Straight five. I thought Randy was just being. I checked because I thought Randy was too. Okay. Five successes. So yeah, you pull the goggles down and kind of the HUD display comes up and is highlighting various things around Reynard's apartment. Not with any labeling, just like, um,
01:01:52
Speaker
But you you don't spot anything in particular that has gone missing. Like everything seems to be in its place. It just seems like somebody went through the place, but put everything back. Like they were looking for clues or something. I mean,
01:02:19
Speaker
Police were looking for you, and the police questioned Milo. Do you think it's possible that Verla came into your apartment and investigated you for the murder that we did? I might have some insight on that. I believe Verla has been posted up at the Ford sales waiting on one of us to walk in.
01:02:43
Speaker
I did give her a key. No. Because when I went to get your cat, I was confronted by Verla with questions about the murder of one Ignacio Datherani. How is she? Does she look okay? Well, she's pissed at me for lying to her.
01:03:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I told her I didn't know we were not through a day with Ronnie, wasn't she? Well, she didn't see through it, but she didn't believe it either, if the dice were to be believed. Could I do an arcana check to see if there's any magic stuff going around in this place while we're sitting here talking about murder and stuff?
Group Frustration and Clan Support Issues
01:03:26
Speaker
By the way, when you guys talked to Verla, I went with the cash thing, so I guess just go with it.
01:03:33
Speaker
This is absolutely just... All this time, stupid clans been supposed to cover this nonsense up. Why are we being pursued by the police for doing this thing that Satan told us to do? What is the point of working for these people if
01:03:59
Speaker
if our criminal activities on their behalf aren't covered in somehow. We did so much extra legwork to make sure that we would not be on the hook for this thing. And yet here we are. Hooked. Maybe not hooked yet. You've not been arrested, to be fair. Yes, it may take a little time, maybe. I think Raynard was technically arrested. He just resisted successfully.
01:04:26
Speaker
So arrest was not successful. He would definitely be arrested, eventually, for that. No, it's taken care of. It is one red, two purple difficulty. Dang. How many story points do we have? Two. Yeah, I'm not gonna spend one. Let's just go with the flow. Give us one back. Okay, you have three. Yeah. For I am human.
01:04:54
Speaker
So if you would like to. Yeah. So that's gonna give me a green. If you don't, they're all yellow. Yes. Then you get a green. Two successes, one advantage.
01:05:11
Speaker
Okay, so yeah, you spot some residual magic that, yeah, you get a sense was used to augment somebody's ability to sneak through the apartment and investigate. So there's ambient augmentation magic in the air that somebody cast. Well, it appears that somebody has used magic in here to augment a search for whatever they were looking for.
01:05:40
Speaker
your dagger possibly. So probably not the police. Police have magic. Well, not good magic. Okay. Amen. I guess I guess I'll pass a boost to the next check with my advantage. Okay. So what I'm saying is I hate that I'm saying it. Do we need to go talk to Satan?
Episode Wrap-Up and Community Invitation
01:06:17
Speaker
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01:06:29
Speaker
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01:06:47
Speaker
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01:07:13
Speaker
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