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Ep. 9 Forget Me Knot
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Chris is alive, dead, or somewhere inbetween? Who can really be sure? listen in and find out! Also why are those doors opening?
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Introduction and Cast Introduction
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Yeah, Cody's laughing, so it's good.
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Let's Play Pretend!
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Let's Play Pretend!
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Hello everybody and welcome back to Let's Play Pretend.
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My name is Jordan and I am your DMGM keeper, handler and host.
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And I have with me Mr. Nick Barnett.
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Ned Dolaran.
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A little scared, a little tired.
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mostly a little hungry that popcorn smells pretty good upstairs it does dude there's there's something about movie theater popcorn you walk in that smell hits you and you're just like yeah i don't care how expensive you are i'm getting popcorn it's just the best i've also got with me mr breck black ryan winchester who will be staking taking some popcorn with him when he leaves if he leaves alive
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Come on, man, we're on episode 11.
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I'm not going to kill you this soon.
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Or am I?
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It's always a possibility.
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I also have with me Mr. Matchek.
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Arthur Gooseberg.
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And I'm just glad that song at the beginning was in the sound of a fucking spider.
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Do not tempt him, he will play it again, you know that for sure.
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I know.
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And unfortunately, he doesn't actually put it into the final edit, so nobody's actually going to hear it, except for, you know, that one time that we actually fought the spiders.
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No one feels my pain.
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And last, but absolutely, most certainly not least, I'm going to attack my cat if he keeps fucking with the bag.
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I have Mrs. Melanie Derringer with me.
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Hi, I play Samantha Williams.
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I've got no fun facts.
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I don't think anybody had a fun fact.
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I just want popcorn.
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I had something to say, but I've got nothing to say.
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Yeah.
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This episode starts with no fun.
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We know that Ryan wants popcorn.
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We know that Samantha doesn't have a fun fact.
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Yeah.
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No, I guess my journal's out of reach again.
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Good job.
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I can at least see it.
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I just can't reach it.
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That's not going to do you very good for recording this episode.
Recap and Cryptid Crafts Adventure
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Yeah, I know.
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So let's recap.
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You guys started the last episode that we actually recorded, our last recording session, inside of Cryptid Crafts.
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You saw Arthur's father, whose name is Frank, on the other side of the mirror.
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You could tell that he was on the phone and you were still able to hear some stuff from his side because you heard somebody come in and he walked away.
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You move the mirror to see if you could see around the store.
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You could not indeed see around the store.
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You decided it was in your best interest to not break the mirror and leave it there just in case you did not find any other...
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for all intents and purposes, visual portal into the other world, then that way you still at least have this one intact.
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You grab some provisions, made your way to the movie theater, and Samantha remembered that she had this nifty key around her neck on this lanyard and was able to get into the movie theater with zero problems.
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Upon searching around, you guys, Ned and Ryan,
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were like, hey, we've never seen a basement to this place.
Exploring the Movie Theater
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But the other two were like, fuck it, we're going to the basement.
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You guys decided that the best place to look was going to be the employees only area.
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And Samantha instantly forgot that she had that key and decided
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Bucket, let's break the fucking door handle.
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And Ned was like, that sounds like a great idea.
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And start kicking the door and beating the door.
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And you guys broke the door handle.
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Fuck that door.
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I'm going to tell you right now, Lance and Charlotte are not going to be happy with you, but you made your way into the employee only area, found yourself a staircase into the downstairs and heard some footsteps.
Confrontation with Chris
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The first two to hear the footsteps were Samantha and Ryan.
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Kind of cluing everyone else in that, hey, something big's down here.
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We got to fucking go.
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You guys run away from the footsteps.
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The footsteps are chasing you.
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You're making your way down the hallway.
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Ned kind of hangs back with Ryan to tell him, hey, we really shouldn't split up.
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You kind of got to keep up with us.
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And the two of you got a glimpse of what was chasing you.
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You decide that's a great time to fucking pick up the pace.
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You keep moving down the hallway.
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You find a door with a light on underneath it.
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You go inside to find yourself face to face with a man fully in military garb with a combat mask pointing gun at you.
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After you help him barricade the door, you find out that Ashley is alive.
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She is well.
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She is in that room.
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You guys kind of catch up with her a little bit.
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And you find out the man in the military garb is Chris.
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And that is where we are going to start now.
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So as you guys are staring...
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Chris has his back to the door where you guys have barricaded everything.
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I have Ryan.
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I have Ned and I have Arthur.
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You guys are all looking at Chris, Samantha.
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You are turned around with your back to the boys and you are facing Ashley where we ended.
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Chris took off his mask and he asked you guys,
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What do you mean that thing was wearing my face?
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Well, it looked like you.
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It spoke like you.
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And it snapped your sister's neck.
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So I like an explanation.
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Oh, I did forget to mention you did the three boys.
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You all did raise weapons towards Chris, who is not indeed pointing a weapon back.
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Yeah, that's fine.
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Just so we're on the same page there.
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Chris kind of, he has his rifle on his strap around his shoulder and he kind of lets it go.
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So it's just hanging off his shoulder.
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He's not touching it all and kind of puts his hands up in front of him.
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And he goes, look, I don't mean you guys any harm.
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I'm just as confused as you
Chris Shares His Past
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guys.
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Why I'm back here.
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Last thing I know, I was in combat and the enemy, they got their hands on some fucked up shit guys.
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Let me first off say this It's really good to see you It's very Very good to see you guys You would not believe the things That they were dropping over there I'll kind of look at them And see Can I do a I guess what would be like a Insight check in D&D Is there some sort of Something like that
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Hmm, let me do... Is it Hume-int?
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Yeah, yes, yes, it is.
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Go ahead and do a Hume-int check.
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What is it that you're trying to figure out from it?
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I just want to make sure, because the last time I saw his fucking face, it was not his face.
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So, I just want to really keep up, get a good look, make sure he's not fucking with.
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Okay, go ahead and do a Hume-int.
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Ah, nice.
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33 out of 50.
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33 out of 50.
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Okay, that is a crit success.
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It does not seem that the person that you are face to face with is indeed what greeted, for lack of a better term, what greeted you guys at the treehouse.
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Okay.
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It does seem like this is actually, for all intents and purposes, this is Chris.
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Arthur, like, there was a sigh of relief.
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Oh, thank fucking God.
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We buried you.
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And as far as I know, we're still alive.
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How the hell are you here?
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I don't honestly know, Ned.
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I really wish I did.
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We were at war.
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I was across seas.
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We were at war.
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And we were out in the deserts and they were dropping these storage containers.
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The things that were coming out of these containers were not human.
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They were looking a lot like what is out there.
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I don't know a good way to say this without it sounding crazy.
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They were monsters.
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We were fighting monsters.
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They looked like bio weapons.
Identifying the Creatures
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They looked like creatures out of your worst nightmare.
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I'm talking claws.
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I'm talking teeth.
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I'm talking...
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things that looked like inside out people.
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Do any of these creatures that he brings up, do they, do I remember kind of any of this from that cryptid book that I grabbed from my room?
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Roll me a
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history?
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Could be history or a cult.
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Roll me whichever one's better for you.
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I think a cult would be better for you.
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I'll only bring up a cult because my dude's a huge fucking nerd.
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Yeah, no, a cult would be a better roll.
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Yeah, go ahead and roll a cult.
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One second, I'm going to move this fucking fat ass cat.
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Come on, man.
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You mean you didn't take Nick's advice and duct tape her to the wall before we started?
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I tried.
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He straight up just broke out of it like the Hulk.
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It was crazy.
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That doesn't suffice.
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That sucks.
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57 out of 52.
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I will say you recognize some of them, like some of them are ringing a bell, but without studying the book a little bit more, it's not like you'd be able to flip open the book and go exactly to the page.
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You'd have to actually sit with him and look at the book and see if anything matches exactly what he's talking about.
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Gotcha.
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Gotcha.
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But it doesn't seem 100% foreign to you.
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Gotcha.
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He keeps nodding, just listening, thinking.
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So he says, these things were not human.
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They were something else.
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They were something experimented on.
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I got pinned down.
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And the next thing I know, I woke up in the basement of the movie theater back home.
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I woke up here.
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And I woke up with Ashley right next to me.
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Okay, but this is not home.
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This is a different realm.
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What do you mean a different realm?
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We were in Arthur's parents' shop and we could see into the actual world.
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Our faces are on missing posters.
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Missing posters?
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I mean, I know I'm far away from where I was, but missing posters?
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Really?
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Yeah.
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We're in town.
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We're home.
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Why?
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I mean, I know shit's fucked up.
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I know whatever that big thing is out there, that's some scary shit.
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I don't think I have enough ammo to take that thing down, but we're home.
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I used to work at this movie theater.
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I know this basement.
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I know we're home.
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What do you mean we're not home, Samantha?
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This is not... This is not...
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Gainsborough, Ohio.
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This is something different and demonic.
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And she looks back at Ashley.
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Yeah, exactly.
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She looks back at Ashley.
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I'm going to make Chris roll a sanity check.
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He passed.
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All right.
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For the third time, Sam looks back at Ashley.
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Okay.
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And she's like,
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I want to know how you got here because we watched you die.
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Like I told you, Sam, I don't I don't know.
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I don't know how else to say it.
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I lit the fire to talk to Chris.
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She looks at Chris and she goes.
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They're not kidding.
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We got word that you died.
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We got word that that something happened to you.
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And I just couldn't live with the fact that you were gone.
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She looks back at Samantha and she goes, after I lit the fire, everything went black and I woke up here.
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I promise you guys, I'm not lying.
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I don't know what you saw.
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I don't know what happened, but I'm scared.
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Sam is just watching Ashley.
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She's one, confused.
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Two, is remembering what...
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Blades and Charlie had told them about the things in the in-between that could mimic others.
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And so she's trying to figure out a way to have Ashley prove that it's really her.
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Okay.
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I feel like this would call for some kind of roll.
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First off, I'll say go ahead and roll me a human.
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Well, that's not going to be any good.
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Where's my other dice?
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There it is.
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I have tiny dice today.
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Yeah, that's a 79 out of a 10.
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Yeah, you still can't quite tell.
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Like, you want to believe that she's telling you the truth, but you're just not certain.
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If anyone else wants to roll a human on that, you're also more than welcome to.
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I won't say no to that.
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Same.
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I was dry, but I don't have great chances.
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47 out of 40.
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Fucking hell, Blaze!
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That just scared the shit out of me.
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Sorry.
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I thought he was down here, but that's low.
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No, he just came out of nowhere and just attacked my arm and, like, scared the fuck out of me.
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All right, so, Ned, you got a 47 out of 40.
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Brian, what'd you get?
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An 8 out of 10.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Arthur, what'd you get?
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79 out of 50.
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Perfect.
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Ryan, as far as you can tell, Ashley has been best friends with you guys since you were all in diapers.
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You've all known each other for your entire lives.
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She sounds vulnerable.
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She sounds like she is 100% to the best of your knowledge, telling you the truth.
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She really does, according... Again, your back is to her.
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You're still looking at Chris, but from what you can tell, she's not lying to you.
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She's not holding anything back.
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For what she's telling you, it is the truth to the best of her knowledge.
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Ryan just kind of grumbles to himself and then turns and hands his spear to Ned and just like, here, take this.
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And just marches over to Ashley and just...
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Gives her a big hug.
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Okay.
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The second you give Ashley a hug, she wraps her arms around you and just starts to sob.
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He just holds on and lets her let it all out.
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Okay.
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Anybody else going to join the cuddle puddle?
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That's the weirdest way I've ever heard.
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I don't like that.
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To that response of Cuddle Puddle, Arthur's going to put his nose into that cryptid book and try to look up with the description that Chris gave.
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God said something weird and it's awkward now.
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Cuddle Puddle is worse than moist.
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No, it is
Understanding the Creatures' Nature
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not.
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It is to me.
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I hate you, Jordan.
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I went to take a drink right as you said that, and I almost soaked my laptop.
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Well, thank you for not.
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I would have been very upset if we had to cut this recording at 23 minutes.
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So would I. Arthur, go ahead and roll me a search.
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And since you are, since you were very eagerly listening to what Chris had to say, I'm going to say, go ahead and roll me a search at a plus 10.
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So what happens when it's exactly on?
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31 out of 31 search.
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If you meet it, then it's same as D&D rules.
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If you meet the number, it's a success.
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Nice.
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So you're going through your cryptid book and you see a creature that looks like an inside out man.
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It looks like...
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The best way I can describe it, you've seen models in your biology class and that kind of stuff where it shows this is what a human looks like with the bone layer.
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This is what a human looks like with a muscle layer.
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And it shows the different layers.
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Yes?
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Yeah.
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You see a creature that...
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to the best of your knowledge, describes what he's talking about as a quote-unquote inside-out man, it looks like a person without skin.
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It looks like, from your biology class, that model of a human just with a muscle layer.
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Grass.
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That's nasty.
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As soon as I turn to the page, it's like, ugh.
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Roll me...
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Let's see.
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I can't have Ryan do it because Ryan's hugging Ashley.
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Arthur and Ned, what are you doing right now?
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Ned is just holding the spear with both hands in front of him and just staring at Chris in astonishment that he's alive.
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Okay.
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Arthur, roll me an alertness check.
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Ned, roll me an alertness check at plus 20.
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Okay.
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30 out of 33.
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Nice.
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Oh no.
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50 on a 27 or sorry, a modified 47.
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I will burn the three luck to pass that.
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Okay.
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As Arthur gets to that page with the inside out man,
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Which at the top of the page, it's actually what it's called is the Inside Out Man.
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You see that, like I said, it looks like the model of a human without skin where you see all the muscles and stuff, but it has like its teeth are all demented, like it's all sharp and jagged teeth and it's got long claws and it's it's something straight out of a nightmare.
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But as you get to that page, you see Chris's face go pale and he almost looks like he's trying to say something as he's pointing at the page, but the words won't come out.
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And Arthur and Ned, you both understand that's what he was fighting overseas.
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Speaker
That is what killed Chris.
00:20:39
Speaker
Hey, Arthur, come over here with me.
00:20:42
Speaker
We have to talk to Chris.
00:20:43
Speaker
Let's let them keep their little cuddle puddle.
00:20:46
Speaker
Don't bring that book towards me.
00:20:47
Speaker
Do not bring that book over.
00:20:48
Speaker
I do not want to see that.
00:20:50
Speaker
They do not bring that over here.
00:20:51
Speaker
That's fine.
00:20:52
Speaker
He can close the book.
00:20:53
Speaker
I'll close the book, but let's never say cuddle puddle.
00:20:57
Speaker
Man, I don't know.
00:20:58
Speaker
God inspired me, and that's what come out of my mouth.
00:21:03
Speaker
I don't want to know your internet history now.
00:21:07
Speaker
Me and Arthur, we got to talk to you, man.
00:21:11
Speaker
I think there's a way we could try something to get us out of here, but we ain't joking.
00:21:18
Speaker
This ain't the Ohio you know.
00:21:21
Speaker
It's way more dangerous.
00:21:23
Speaker
Okay, so you guys close the book and walk over towards Chris, and Chris is like, look, I...
00:21:32
Speaker
I don't know what's going on in this world that you guys are claiming.
00:21:38
Speaker
You claim we're in a different world.
00:21:40
Speaker
I have not been out of the basement of this place yet because whatever that fucking thing out there is scares the ever-living shit out of me.
00:21:49
Speaker
And...
00:21:50
Speaker
this seems to be the only room down here that it will not go.
00:21:54
Speaker
The only reason I barricaded the doors is because when you guys came in here, I didn't know if that was gonna change things, but it seemed to walk right past again.
00:22:02
Speaker
Well, oh man.
00:22:05
Speaker
How the hell are we going to get out of here?
00:22:07
Speaker
You said you worked here.
00:22:08
Speaker
Is there another way out of this room?
00:22:10
Speaker
Yes, but I don't know how well it's going to work.
00:22:13
Speaker
What do you mean?
00:22:14
Speaker
He points over at the wall and you see he is pointing at what would be the other end of the dumbwaiter that you guys walked past to go down the stairs in the first place.
00:22:27
Speaker
We could ride the dumbwaiter.
00:22:31
Speaker
Well, we did it one at a time.
00:22:33
Speaker
How reliable is that thing?
00:22:35
Speaker
Again, we are not in the same Ohio that we think we are.
00:22:42
Speaker
How does it look?
00:22:44
Speaker
How do we know that that thing's not going to break?
00:22:46
Speaker
Well, I guess we don't.
00:22:51
Speaker
When I worked here, it worked just fine.
00:22:55
Speaker
But if we're in a different world or different dimension as you guys say we are, I still think it's a better...
00:23:03
Speaker
I don't want to go fight that thing.
00:23:05
Speaker
I think the dumbwaiter would be a better option.
00:23:07
Speaker
What if it hears the dumbwaiter and starts attacking us?
00:23:12
Speaker
Like I said, Ashley and I have not been trying to be quiet since we woke up here, and this seems to be the one room in the basement that it will not go.
00:23:24
Speaker
What's our plan for when we get out of here?
00:23:28
Speaker
We're still stuck in the in-between.
00:23:30
Speaker
Charlotte and Lance.
00:23:32
Speaker
What about them?
00:23:33
Speaker
They don't know how to get out of here.
00:23:35
Speaker
If they've been here since the 20s, I guarantee that they've fought something or they'd probably know what the hell that thing is that's running around in the basement.
00:23:43
Speaker
I'm not talking about the monster that's in the basement.
00:23:45
Speaker
I'm talking about how do we get home?
00:23:49
Speaker
To our home, to our time period, to our realm.
00:23:52
Speaker
Sure, we get out of the movie theater.
00:23:55
Speaker
Ashley needs to do the damn ritual again.
00:23:57
Speaker
In the treehouse.
00:23:58
Speaker
Where the fuck do you think we are going to find fresh blood, horse's liver, a dog heart in this world?
00:24:07
Speaker
I don't know.
00:24:07
Speaker
We're going to have to figure something out.
00:24:10
Speaker
I'm more worried about dying in here.
00:24:13
Speaker
I don't think the ritual is the answer.
00:24:15
Speaker
There's got to be another way out of here.
00:24:17
Speaker
While they're talking, I'm going to go over to the dumbwaiter and see how well it's maintained or if it's decrepit like everything else.
00:24:27
Speaker
Okay.
00:24:27
Speaker
Um...
00:24:28
Speaker
You go over and you take a look and just like the rest of the inside of the movie theater, it seems like it is open for business.
00:24:38
Speaker
It does not, you don't see any kind of rust.
00:24:40
Speaker
You don't see any kind of wear and tear.
00:24:43
Speaker
You see none of that.
00:24:44
Speaker
It looks fully operational.
00:24:47
Speaker
Arthur gets in it.
00:24:49
Speaker
Arthur gets in it.
00:24:49
Speaker
Okay.
00:24:51
Speaker
Chris notices you get into it and he goes, are you saying you want me to hit the button and send you up?
00:24:59
Speaker
I looked at all the corners like, yeah, it doesn't look like it's going to crash.
00:25:04
Speaker
So this is the best option.
00:25:08
Speaker
I said to be fair, on the plus side, if anything were to happen, it's only one story.
00:25:16
Speaker
Wait, wait, hold on.
00:25:17
Speaker
You're sending him alone.
00:25:18
Speaker
We agreed not to split up.
00:25:21
Speaker
Who agreed not to split up?
00:25:23
Speaker
You just walked into this room three minutes ago.
00:25:25
Speaker
I didn't agree to anything.
00:25:27
Speaker
I still don't trust you.
00:25:29
Speaker
Something's off.
00:25:30
Speaker
But us four agreed not to split up.
00:25:34
Speaker
How long does it take that thing to go up?
00:25:37
Speaker
Not terribly long.
00:25:39
Speaker
It's a basic lift system.
00:25:42
Speaker
He only says red floor.
00:25:44
Speaker
Arthur would be up there in 30 seconds.
00:25:49
Speaker
And back down again in that time.
00:25:51
Speaker
30 seconds up, 30 seconds down.
00:25:53
Speaker
Probably be about a minute round trip.
00:25:55
Speaker
That's long enough for that stupid thing to swap with him.
00:25:58
Speaker
I don't, I'm not liking this idea.
00:26:00
Speaker
He says, is there any rope or string in this room?
00:26:04
Speaker
Um, roll me a search.
00:26:07
Speaker
I can do that for you.
00:26:09
Speaker
69 on a 40.
00:26:14
Speaker
69 house rule crit success.
00:26:17
Speaker
Oh, I love it.
00:26:18
Speaker
Oh my God.
00:26:22
Speaker
You can definitely fashion something.
00:26:27
Speaker
So for those of you who have not worked in a movie theater before, in case you did not know, the seed that becomes the popcorn comes in a giant, almost like a feed bag.
00:26:41
Speaker
Like if you think of like a, like a, like an animal feed store where you can get, or, or like a, like a firm fleet, uh,
00:26:49
Speaker
where you can get chicken feed or big bags of dog food or that kind of stuff.
00:26:55
Speaker
It comes in a bag very similar to that.
00:26:58
Speaker
So basically what you can do is you can take the string that holds the top part of the bag closed because there's going to be plenty of it down here.
00:27:09
Speaker
You can take the string off of a couple bags and fashion something for what you're looking for.
00:27:15
Speaker
Sam, I had an idea.
00:27:17
Speaker
We got our carrots and hummus thing, so that's a good way for us to know and make sure that our bodies don't get swapped.
00:27:22
Speaker
But I had another idea.
00:27:25
Speaker
Arthur, come on, get out of there real quick.
00:27:27
Speaker
I'm going to take some of this string and I'm going to just do a couple double knots around it to create an obvious knot in the middle of this string.
00:27:39
Speaker
And then...
00:27:40
Speaker
Arthur, get your sleeves rolled way up.
00:27:42
Speaker
Tie this around, like right under your armpit and keep it underneath your clothes.
00:27:49
Speaker
I'd do that.
00:27:51
Speaker
Now, everybody, right there, he's got that and it's got this little knot.
00:27:56
Speaker
If you go up to him and somebody's pretending to be him, you can just grab at him on his arm there like a buddy just grabbing each other on the arm or patting each other on the shoulder and you'll feel it.
00:28:07
Speaker
You'll feel that little knot.
00:28:09
Speaker
We call it the forget-me-not.
00:28:11
Speaker
Nice.
00:28:12
Speaker
With that whole plan just for that pun?
00:28:16
Speaker
Yeah.
00:28:18
Speaker
Ned, underneath you, the ground begins to shake and cracks open and you fall into an endless abyss and Ned dies.
00:28:24
Speaker
Ned, no!
00:28:31
Speaker
Exactly.
00:28:33
Speaker
That's your punishment for a stupid pun.
00:28:36
Speaker
I am the only one allowed to make dad jokes here, you motherfucker.
00:28:41
Speaker
I just thought it'd be good.
00:28:42
Speaker
We have our verbal way of knowing we're each other, and this is a way that even if something tried to mimic us, I don't know, maybe they can only mimic what they can see.
00:28:52
Speaker
Ned, roll me a d4.
00:28:53
Speaker
They wouldn't be able to see that under.
00:28:55
Speaker
Roll you a what now?
00:28:56
Speaker
d4.
00:28:56
Speaker
A four.
00:29:01
Speaker
Cool.
00:29:01
Speaker
Get four sanity back.
00:29:04
Speaker
Oh!
00:29:05
Speaker
I finally rolled something good.
00:29:07
Speaker
Because that is a good idea and I like it.
00:29:10
Speaker
Before we continue on with this scene, Ryan, roll me a history check.
00:29:16
Speaker
Ooh.
00:29:17
Speaker
Just not expecting that.
00:29:21
Speaker
Well, this isn't going to go well.
00:29:24
Speaker
Oh, I was right.
00:29:25
Speaker
A 66 on a 13.
00:29:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:29:25
Speaker
No...
00:29:30
Speaker
Nothing for a crit fail.
00:29:31
Speaker
You're just not going to remember what I want you to remember.
00:29:34
Speaker
So you guys can keep going.
00:29:36
Speaker
So how about this?
00:29:39
Speaker
I mean, we can't just stay down here forever, right?
00:29:42
Speaker
I mean, that was our plan, was to try to get out of here once we could figure out the movement of this thing.
00:29:50
Speaker
But...
00:29:51
Speaker
Its movement seems to be sporadic.
00:29:53
Speaker
We've been trying to chart where we think it's going, like if it's going like in a patrol and and it's not.
00:30:01
Speaker
It it doesn't seem to be following a pattern.
00:30:04
Speaker
It just seems to be wandering aimlessly.
00:30:06
Speaker
So Ashley and I have not been able to figure out a way out of here yet.
00:30:10
Speaker
Well, that's right.
00:30:11
Speaker
We can't just stay here forever.
00:30:14
Speaker
But our plan is indeed to get out.
00:30:17
Speaker
Well, we have a lot of popcorn.
00:30:19
Speaker
We have enough rations.
00:30:21
Speaker
I'm just gonna, Ned's gonna go sit in the corner and he's gonna tie up enough of these little under your clothes armbands so that everybody can have one on underneath their clothes.
00:30:33
Speaker
Are you gonna make one for Ashley and one for Chris as well?
00:30:37
Speaker
Yes.
00:30:38
Speaker
And for Charlotte and Lance.
00:30:42
Speaker
Okay.
00:30:43
Speaker
Ryan is going to move Ashley over to where Ned is and kind of set her down and then hold out a hand for one of the knots and then walk over to Arthur and just kind of clap him on the shoulder and be like, I'm really glad you're willing to do this, bud, but I don't think you should be going up first.
00:31:02
Speaker
You know, I really didn't want to go first.
00:31:06
Speaker
I just wanted to test it.
00:31:07
Speaker
You know, someone had to be the first to test it out.
00:31:12
Speaker
Well, I'm glad you tested it and I will be going up first.
00:31:15
Speaker
And he claps him on the shoulder and then moves towards the dumbwaiter.
00:31:19
Speaker
I'm going to smack him in the calf with his spear.
00:31:21
Speaker
Why is everyone attacking me right now?
00:31:24
Speaker
No, not you.
00:31:25
Speaker
I'm hitting Ryan.
00:31:26
Speaker
Here, you might want to take this back with you then.
00:31:30
Speaker
The spear will not fit in the dumbwaiter.
00:31:33
Speaker
I was just about to say, he looks at the spear, looks at the dumbwaiter and goes, Ned, I think you need to check your eyes.
00:31:41
Speaker
I'm tying knots How big is Chris's gun?
00:31:46
Speaker
It's like an I want to say assault rifle but that term gets thrown around way too much but that kind of a rifle it's a semi-automatic rifle Does he have a pistol?
00:32:02
Speaker
Doesn't Ryan still have his gun?
00:32:05
Speaker
No, Ryan does not still have his gun I thought we were able to get that
00:32:10
Speaker
It was OK.
00:32:13
Speaker
Chris rolled an odd nine.
00:32:15
Speaker
So yes, he will still have a sidearm.
00:32:18
Speaker
Arthur says, hey, give that to him.
00:32:20
Speaker
So that way, at least he has some protection if some motherfuckers try attacking him.
00:32:26
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:32:28
Speaker
Don't don't lose this, please.
00:32:31
Speaker
I feel very safe with it or I feel safer with it.
00:32:37
Speaker
You've been so rightful.
00:32:39
Speaker
Yes, and I would rather have my handgun.
00:32:40
Speaker
Yeah, that's fair.
00:32:45
Speaker
He unholsters the handgun, double checks to make sure the safety is on, and hands it over to Ryan.
00:32:51
Speaker
Ryan takes it, and he drops the magazine to check it and make sure it's fully loaded, pops it in, and then pulls the slide back to check that there's a round in the chamber, and then puts it in his waistband.
00:33:06
Speaker
And it is indeed fully loaded, so you have 15 shots.
00:33:10
Speaker
Okay.
00:33:11
Speaker
Don't lose that thing.
00:33:12
Speaker
I'm going to want it back once we're all together.
00:33:15
Speaker
Arthur just shakes his head like, he has a fucking assault rifle.
00:33:19
Speaker
His name needs to chill.
00:33:24
Speaker
Ned, I also want you to roll me a history check.
00:33:29
Speaker
I can roll that for you.
00:33:31
Speaker
I don't think it's going to go well.
00:33:35
Speaker
64 on a 40.
00:33:36
Speaker
Okay.
00:33:39
Speaker
You guys can go ahead and continue the scene.
00:33:41
Speaker
I don't like that.
00:33:44
Speaker
Alright.
00:33:45
Speaker
Hold on.
00:33:45
Speaker
Before we send anybody up, we gotta get out of here.
00:33:49
Speaker
We know that.
00:33:50
Speaker
We also have to make sure it's safe up there.
00:33:53
Speaker
Ryan will go first.
00:33:54
Speaker
Who's gonna go second?
00:33:55
Speaker
I'll go second.
00:33:57
Speaker
And Arthur busts out his pocket knife.
00:34:00
Speaker
I'm armed.
00:34:02
Speaker
You sure are.
00:34:04
Speaker
All right.
00:34:04
Speaker
So it'll be Ryan, then Arthur.
00:34:08
Speaker
Then Ashley.
00:34:09
Speaker
Then Ashley.
00:34:10
Speaker
That's a good idea.
00:34:11
Speaker
We're all getting out of here, right?
00:34:13
Speaker
Chris, you're coming with us, right?
00:34:14
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:34:16
Speaker
Okay.
00:34:17
Speaker
All right.
00:34:17
Speaker
Then let's get our first couple guys up there.
00:34:22
Speaker
At that moment, you hear something loud and heavy crash into the other side of the door.
00:34:28
Speaker
I like that.
00:34:29
Speaker
It might be time to go.
00:34:30
Speaker
Ryan, get up there.
00:34:31
Speaker
Go.
00:34:33
Speaker
going and he clambers in okay who's gonna hit the button i pushed the button you pushed the button
00:34:42
Speaker
Ryan, you see a metal gate slide closed in front of you.
00:34:47
Speaker
And as Chris said, it takes you about 30 seconds to get back upstairs into the employee's only room.
00:34:57
Speaker
But as the dumbwaiter slides to a stop, the gate opens and you are able to get out.
00:35:06
Speaker
He hops out and makes sure to hit the button right away so it sends it down.
00:35:10
Speaker
Excellent.
00:35:11
Speaker
Ryan, take off your headphones.
00:35:14
Speaker
All right.
00:35:18
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:35:18
Speaker
I'm so worried about that.
00:35:22
Speaker
Real quick, who is my rock bat?
00:35:26
Speaker
Me.
00:35:27
Speaker
Okay.
00:35:28
Speaker
I was just wondering, like, could that fit in the dumb light?
00:35:30
Speaker
Probably can.
00:35:32
Speaker
Probably.
00:35:33
Speaker
Not spear long, so.
00:35:37
Speaker
So as Ryan gets to the top, you guys hear the dumbwaiter stop.
00:35:41
Speaker
There is a moment of silence and then the dumbwaiter starts coming back down.
00:35:46
Speaker
After about 30 seconds, the dumbwaiter comes back down, the gate slides open, and it is indeed empty.
00:35:54
Speaker
And at that moment, you guys hear another slam on the door as the stuff that you piled in front of the door starts to shake.
00:36:03
Speaker
I thought you said this thing didn't know this room existed.
00:36:09
Speaker
I didn't say that it didn't know this room existed.
00:36:11
Speaker
I said to be clear that it has never come into this room before.
00:36:17
Speaker
And to be fair, you guys haven't been here before, so I don't know if you're leading it to us or what is happening, but we got to go.
00:36:28
Speaker
Arthur, let's go, let's go, let's go.
00:36:30
Speaker
After hearing that, Arthur jumps in.
00:36:33
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:34
Speaker
Arthur jumps in and I'm going to guess one of you is going to hit the button.
00:36:44
Speaker
All right.
00:36:44
Speaker
Perfect.
00:36:45
Speaker
The gate closes 30 seconds later.
00:36:48
Speaker
Arthur, you are at the top floor.
00:36:51
Speaker
You climb out of the dumbwaiter, hit the button and take off your headset.
00:36:57
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:59
Speaker
30 seconds later, the dumbwaiter comes back down.
00:37:01
Speaker
The door opens.
00:37:03
Speaker
The little gate opens, and it is again indeed empty.
00:37:08
Speaker
Another slam happens on the outside of the door, and this time there is about half a foot gap that the creature is finally starting to get through.
00:37:19
Speaker
Chris, could this hold both the girls?
00:37:22
Speaker
No.
00:37:23
Speaker
Take and go.
00:37:24
Speaker
I ain't going nowhere.
00:37:26
Speaker
I'm going to stay down here.
00:37:27
Speaker
Y'all got to go, Ashley.
00:37:29
Speaker
No.
00:37:30
Speaker
Chris is... Take her.
00:37:33
Speaker
She's giving you this look like I know.
00:37:36
Speaker
And I know you know I know.
00:37:38
Speaker
Take your girlfriend and get.
00:37:40
Speaker
Chris, can it handle two people?
00:37:43
Speaker
Girlfriend?
00:37:45
Speaker
No, that was just a look that wasn't said out loud.
00:37:48
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:49
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:51
Speaker
Um, I, it, uh, maybe if you guys can kind of pretzel your way in there, it, there's not a lot of room, but, uh, yeah.
00:38:00
Speaker
Weight wise.
00:38:01
Speaker
Yes, you can both go, but I just, I don't know room wise, but, uh, we don't have a lot of time to talk, Chris.
00:38:08
Speaker
Come on.
00:38:09
Speaker
Come on.
00:38:09
Speaker
Come on, Ashley.
00:38:10
Speaker
Let's go.
00:38:10
Speaker
Let's go.
00:38:11
Speaker
And I jump in.
00:38:13
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:14
Speaker
Um, please, please be okay, guys.
00:38:18
Speaker
I just got Chris back.
00:38:19
Speaker
I can't lose him again.
00:38:20
Speaker
Please.
00:38:21
Speaker
You too, Samantha.
00:38:23
Speaker
She kind of hesitates for a minute and then hops back in as the creature hits the door one more time.
00:38:30
Speaker
And the gap that was about a half foot is now getting to about a foot gap.
00:38:36
Speaker
And you guys see the face of the monster as he begins to peek inside.
00:38:44
Speaker
And it's the same thing that I described to you before, Ned.
00:38:49
Speaker
It's that pale gray flesh.
00:38:51
Speaker
It's the white eyes with no pupils.
00:38:55
Speaker
And he is reaching in a hand that he is just trying to push the door open more than he can.
00:39:05
Speaker
But there's no...
00:39:09
Speaker
no facial nothing changes like it doesn't look like he's straining at all it's just deadpan faces he's trying to get his way inside uh sam hits the button sam hits the button the gate closes because of the extra weight in the dumbwaiter it takes closer to 45 seconds for you to get to the top i better see your ass up here in a minute you guys are able to get to the top the gate opens you guys clamber out
00:39:39
Speaker
You turn around, hit the button, the gate closes, goes back down.
00:39:44
Speaker
And Nick, go ahead and take your headset off.
00:39:46
Speaker
What does this thing look like now?
00:39:47
Speaker
Because all I'm picturing is just a giant eyeball.
00:39:52
Speaker
For all intents and purposes, picture Mr. X from Resident Evil 2.
00:39:57
Speaker
I don't know what that looks like.
00:40:00
Speaker
Uh, okay.
00:40:01
Speaker
So we'll, I'll tell you when we get into the scene here.
00:40:04
Speaker
Um, so you are down here with Chris.
00:40:08
Speaker
Chris has his rifle raised and I want you to roll me a constitution throw.
00:40:16
Speaker
Constitution throw.
00:40:18
Speaker
Is that a thing?
00:40:19
Speaker
Yep.
00:40:19
Speaker
It's one of your stats at the top here.
00:40:22
Speaker
I'm old.
00:40:24
Speaker
Oh, not that far.
00:40:25
Speaker
Jesus Christ.
00:40:27
Speaker
It's one of your six base stats.
00:40:30
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:37
Speaker
Ooh, that's a 36 out of a 60.
00:40:39
Speaker
Nice.
00:40:40
Speaker
So as the creature kind of starts to peer his face into the, uh, into the room, Chris opens fire and he,
00:40:51
Speaker
You are kind of able to not be stunned by the loud noise because, you know, a gun's going off in a very enclosed space.
00:41:00
Speaker
And he looks back at you and he goes, Samantha, get in there and go get up there.
00:41:06
Speaker
Protect my sister.
00:41:07
Speaker
I will meet you up top.
00:41:09
Speaker
Just go.
00:41:10
Speaker
How do I know you're not making this thing come in here?
00:41:13
Speaker
You said it hasn't come in here.
00:41:15
Speaker
He turns around and he goes, you're gonna have to trust me, please.
00:41:20
Speaker
I have never given you a reason not to trust me before.
00:41:22
Speaker
I'm finding that very hard to do.
00:41:26
Speaker
He looks at you and... Go ahead.
00:41:29
Speaker
And you see his shoulders kind of slump and he goes, ever since...
00:41:34
Speaker
You have ever since we've gotten older, obviously, you know, me being a year older than Ashley and a year older than you.
00:41:43
Speaker
I know, Samantha.
00:41:44
Speaker
I know.
00:41:45
Speaker
OK, I know your secret.
00:41:49
Speaker
I know.
00:41:50
Speaker
And she just turns red as he's talking.
00:41:53
Speaker
Let's just say it's not just your secret, please.
00:41:58
Speaker
I don't want to see anything happen to you.
00:42:01
Speaker
Get in the dumbwaiter.
00:42:02
Speaker
We can talk about this later.
00:42:04
Speaker
You're not the only one with a crush, okay?
00:42:06
Speaker
Just please get in the dumbwaiter.
00:42:09
Speaker
She is red as can be, but is also kind of dumbfounded that he knows and feels the same.
00:42:20
Speaker
So at that point, she realizes this is actually Chris and she will get into the dumbwaiter.
00:42:29
Speaker
If you don't come up this dumbwaiter, I'm going to lose it.
00:42:35
Speaker
I'm not going to come up the dumbwaiter.
00:42:37
Speaker
I'm going to come up the stairs.
00:42:38
Speaker
Give me five minutes before you guys leave.
00:42:41
Speaker
Trust me, I have an idea.
00:42:43
Speaker
You have to trust me, but I will be up the stairs in less than five minutes.
00:42:49
Speaker
I'm going to be checking your arm.
00:42:51
Speaker
He pats where the rope is and he goes, or where the string is, and he smiles and nods and he goes, I wouldn't have it any other way.
00:43:01
Speaker
She nods and just waits for him to hit the button at that point.
00:43:05
Speaker
Before he hits the button, he leans in and kisses you on the cheek.
00:43:11
Speaker
And before you can react, he gets back out, slaps the dumbwaiter and opens fire on the monster.
00:43:17
Speaker
Chris...
00:43:20
Speaker
And I need you to take off your headset.
00:43:22
Speaker
You need me to take off my headset?
00:43:24
Speaker
I need you to take off your headset.
00:43:26
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:30
Speaker
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00:43:31
Speaker
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00:43:34
Speaker
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00:43:41
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00:43:45
Speaker
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00:43:46
Speaker
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00:43:48
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00:43:49
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00:44:00
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00:44:04
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00:44:06
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00:44:08
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00:44:10
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00:44:14
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00:44:27
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00:44:29
Speaker
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00:44:39
Speaker
Hey, Orion.
00:44:41
Speaker
Hello.
00:44:43
Speaker
How are you?
00:44:46
Speaker
Worried?
00:44:46
Speaker
That took a while.
00:44:49
Speaker
That's the fun of being the first person to leave the scene.
00:44:53
Speaker
So, that being said, so the dumbwaiter comes up.
00:44:57
Speaker
It opens up back into that storage room and everything is fine.
00:45:02
Speaker
Everything is as it was.
00:45:04
Speaker
You still smell the popcorn.
00:45:08
Speaker
You...
00:45:10
Speaker
It's a whole different feel up here.
00:45:13
Speaker
It does not feel like the... When you were downstairs, it felt like there was just this feeling of dread in the air.
00:45:22
Speaker
And this is the first time in a while that you have had just a fucking moment to yourself.
00:45:29
Speaker
And this is the first time that you have to get your head straight.
00:45:34
Speaker
As you climb out of that dumbwaiter and you slap the button, you know...
00:45:38
Speaker
You have just a minute to yourself before somebody else is up here.
00:45:42
Speaker
What do you do with that minute?
00:45:44
Speaker
Ryan just kind of sits there for a second, knowing he should probably check things out more than just the room he's in, but he's just trying to just try to breathe for a minute.
00:45:56
Speaker
He's been trying really hard to not really let anything show of how bad this is getting to him, but he's pretty freaked out.
00:46:04
Speaker
So he just kind of takes a second, just takes a breath.
00:46:09
Speaker
Just like, all right, just a little bit longer.
00:46:12
Speaker
We'll be home.
00:46:14
Speaker
And then he draws the handgun and just moves towards the front lobby to start checking the place out to make sure nothing came in after them.
00:46:22
Speaker
As you head towards the front lobby, I want you to roll me an alertness check.
00:46:27
Speaker
Right.
00:46:28
Speaker
I was afraid of that.
00:46:31
Speaker
That is a 79 on a 65.
00:46:32
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:32
Speaker
You don't notice anything out of the ordinary.
00:46:42
Speaker
At that moment, you realize that the room is kind of filled with silence as the dumbwaiter has stopped moving.
00:46:49
Speaker
And a second later, it starts coming back up.
00:46:55
Speaker
As he hears it coming back up, he is going to kind of stop in the doorway between the room he's in and the front lobby.
00:47:02
Speaker
And he's going to sit there watching both rooms.
00:47:05
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:06
Speaker
Like I said, nothing seems out of the ordinary.
00:47:10
Speaker
It does not seem like the other two are back.
00:47:15
Speaker
Lance and Charlotte.
00:47:19
Speaker
But... Sorry.
00:47:22
Speaker
To be fair, they can't get in anyways because they don't have the key anymore.
00:47:26
Speaker
No, they still have a key.
00:47:28
Speaker
Oh.
00:47:29
Speaker
Charlotte even said, one of you asked if...
00:47:32
Speaker
They gave you the only key and Charlotte's like, I'm not fucking dumb.
00:47:35
Speaker
No, I you guys have our spare key.
00:47:38
Speaker
So they do indeed still have a key.
00:47:42
Speaker
Both Ryan and Breck have forgotten that.
00:47:46
Speaker
No worries.
00:47:48
Speaker
But yeah, it the lobby area is just as quiet as when you guys first came in.
00:47:55
Speaker
And he is just.
00:47:57
Speaker
Oh, go ahead.
00:47:59
Speaker
Ryan is just going to kind of sit there and just kind of breathe through himself, trying to slowly maybe get it together.
00:48:05
Speaker
Probably not.
00:48:07
Speaker
Okay.
00:48:08
Speaker
At that moment, the dumbwaiter dings and Arthur hops out and slaps the button.
00:48:16
Speaker
So give me a second to get Arthur back in here.
00:48:20
Speaker
Yuppie.
00:48:21
Speaker
God, I'm scared to come back.
00:48:26
Speaker
All right.
00:48:28
Speaker
So Arthur, as the dumb waiter, as the gate slides open, you hop out, you turn around, you slap the button and you see Ryan standing between the doorways with the pistol drawn, just kind of almost using the wall as cover, but still keeping an eye on both rooms.
00:48:51
Speaker
I whisper, Ryan, Ryan.
00:48:54
Speaker
And I want to see if he reacts to me.
00:48:57
Speaker
You don't have to whisper.
00:48:59
Speaker
We're all good.
00:49:00
Speaker
But just in case, what's the password?
00:49:04
Speaker
Carrots.
00:49:06
Speaker
I would love some carrot sound.
00:49:09
Speaker
Well, hummus sounds nice.
00:49:11
Speaker
Good.
00:49:12
Speaker
OK, OK.
00:49:16
Speaker
As far as I can tell, there's... Oh, go ahead.
00:49:20
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
00:49:21
Speaker
I was just going to look around to see exactly where we are on this floor, what floor it is, and see if there's any other exits or entrances he should be looking out for.
00:49:33
Speaker
You immediately recognize this as the employee-only room that you guys originally went down the stairs to get into the basement.
00:49:42
Speaker
Okay.
00:49:42
Speaker
Okay.
00:49:43
Speaker
So you already know this room.
00:49:46
Speaker
At this moment, you hear the dumbwaiter stop making a noise as it reaches the room below you guys.
00:49:52
Speaker
And there is a good minute worth of pause before it starts back up and is starting to head back up.
00:50:01
Speaker
During the minute pause, Ryan had kind of slowly turned to stare at the dumbwaiter and just kind of hoping it would start up again so he didn't have to go back down there.
00:50:11
Speaker
Okay.
00:50:12
Speaker
It did indeed start back up, so you can definitely take that sigh of relief.
00:50:18
Speaker
He does.
00:50:20
Speaker
Is there anything else you guys want to do before Ned gets here?
00:50:24
Speaker
It's just Arthur being a weapon clipped up.
00:50:27
Speaker
He's going to look around for anything he can use as a fucking weapon.
00:50:31
Speaker
I'm trying to think of what all was in the back room when I worked at the movie theater.
00:50:36
Speaker
Surely a fully functional assault rifle.
00:50:42
Speaker
Oh, yeah, of course.
00:50:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:50:43
Speaker
100% not.
00:50:44
Speaker
It was an American movie theater, correct?
00:50:47
Speaker
I mean, it was Showplace 16.
00:50:48
Speaker
Exactly.
00:50:51
Speaker
If there's any movie theater that should have an assault rifle, it's fucking that one.
00:50:58
Speaker
Um...
00:50:59
Speaker
I'm going to say you find, I don't even know what to say you find.
00:51:04
Speaker
There's like tongs around that they would use to get the pretzels out of the pretzel machine.
00:51:13
Speaker
You can find a box knife.
00:51:15
Speaker
Yeah, I'm sure you can find a box knife.
00:51:18
Speaker
There's the scoopers that they use to scoop up the popcorn.
00:51:23
Speaker
I can't really think of anything you'd really be able to use as like a weapon though.
00:51:27
Speaker
Honestly, all I can think of is maybe some like broom or mop handles, but that's like really pushing it.
00:51:33
Speaker
Right.
00:51:35
Speaker
I mean, in a pinch, it would work.
00:51:38
Speaker
I mean, Hey man, tree branches got us through the beginning of tears of the kingdom, right?
00:51:44
Speaker
For all about two seconds.
00:51:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:47
Speaker
Is there a broom?
00:51:49
Speaker
Yeah, there would be brooms.
00:51:51
Speaker
You'd see them, um,
00:51:53
Speaker
hanging up on the wall like the broom and dustpan combos for the ushers to go clean the theaters.
00:52:00
Speaker
Okay, so while Arthur waits for the dumb wire to come up and since Ryan's already covering that doorway, he's going to cleft a maniacally craft spear with the broom and the box cutter he found as well as the roll of duct tape that he still has.
00:52:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:52:26
Speaker
How many rolls of duct tape do you still have?
00:52:29
Speaker
I have four.
00:52:30
Speaker
Okay, go down to three because... No problem.
00:52:34
Speaker
I was going to say, on this fourth one, you made a rock band and a spear.
00:52:40
Speaker
So yeah, we're going down to three now.
00:52:42
Speaker
But yeah, I'll give you your spear.
00:52:45
Speaker
And with that, the dumbwaiter dings and...
00:52:49
Speaker
Ned is going to join the scene with Ashley.
00:52:54
Speaker
Oh, that was a tight fit.
00:52:57
Speaker
It was 100% a tight fit.
00:53:00
Speaker
So Ned, you get to the top, the gate opens, and you and Ashley kind of just...
00:53:09
Speaker
both fall out of the dumbwaiter because it was a very tight fit.
00:53:13
Speaker
So you guys are able to just kind of scramble out.
00:53:17
Speaker
And before you can really catch your bearings, Ashley is already slapping the button to send it back down.
00:53:24
Speaker
Awesome.
00:53:26
Speaker
I do have a question real quick.
00:53:29
Speaker
Can I have a quick 30 seconds where it's just me and Ashley on the way up?
00:53:33
Speaker
Uh, I mean, yeah, I don't know how much conversation you're going to get in that time, but yeah, yeah, that's fine.
00:53:39
Speaker
Well, in all reality, actually, they can stay on the call.
00:53:43
Speaker
Just give me like, it'll take less than the actual 30 seconds.
00:53:48
Speaker
Okay.
00:53:48
Speaker
All right, Ashley, I'm going to stay right here.
00:53:52
Speaker
We're real tight in here.
00:53:53
Speaker
Here's what's going to happen.
00:53:55
Speaker
When that dumbwaiter gets to the top, these things are going to open up.
00:53:58
Speaker
We've seen how it does that.
00:53:59
Speaker
You're going to stay here.
00:54:00
Speaker
I'm going to kind of push on you so that you stay standing.
00:54:05
Speaker
As soon as I fall down and out of there, you need to get out and smack that button as quick as you can, okay?
00:54:11
Speaker
Okay.
00:54:12
Speaker
Yeah, I can do that.
00:54:13
Speaker
Damn it, I'm glad you're alive.
00:54:15
Speaker
Me too.
00:54:16
Speaker
End scene.
00:54:18
Speaker
End scene.
00:54:19
Speaker
Okay.
00:54:20
Speaker
So... See?
00:54:21
Speaker
Less than the 45.
00:54:22
Speaker
Okay.
00:54:23
Speaker
Nice little flavor to add that there.
00:54:26
Speaker
But yeah, she does indeed slap the button to send it back down.
00:54:30
Speaker
And you see that Ryan is kind of standing guard between the employee only room and the...
00:54:42
Speaker
and you see Arthur sitting on the ground, cross-legged, duct-taping a box cutter to the end of a broom to make a makeshift spear.
00:54:54
Speaker
Are we good?
00:54:54
Speaker
Are we safe up here?
00:54:56
Speaker
Yeah, we're good.
00:54:57
Speaker
Seems like it.
00:54:58
Speaker
Oh, God.
00:55:00
Speaker
Now that you're up here, do you want to go start barricading that door to the downstairs?
00:55:03
Speaker
Because I don't want that thing trying to come back up here.
00:55:08
Speaker
I'm not going to lie, man.
00:55:10
Speaker
You were the first one up, so you didn't see this.
00:55:12
Speaker
That thing was breaking through the door.
00:55:15
Speaker
I'm staying right by this dumbwaiter and listening.
00:55:18
Speaker
If we need to pull it back up, if it don't start coming back up, we need to pull it up and be ready to go back down there.
00:55:25
Speaker
You know, I was afraid you were going to say that.
00:55:28
Speaker
Yeah, that thing had its head in its hand.
00:55:30
Speaker
Man, its eyes.
00:55:31
Speaker
It's the...
00:55:34
Speaker
Damn it, man, get your adrenaline going.
00:55:36
Speaker
I'm going to listen here.
00:55:38
Speaker
And I'm just going to keep my ear next to that dumbwaiter shaft waiting to hear something happen.
00:55:45
Speaker
As the dumbwaiter is heading back down, you guys all hear gunfire from downstairs.
00:55:52
Speaker
No, no, no, no.
00:55:55
Speaker
And the dumbwaiter stops.
00:55:57
Speaker
Oh, God.
00:55:58
Speaker
I'm just quietly holding my breath until we hear the dumbwaiter come back up.
00:56:05
Speaker
Ryan will give it exactly like 60 seconds.
00:56:07
Speaker
If he doesn't hear anything, he'll start moving towards the downstairs door.
00:56:11
Speaker
Ashley, you stay by that button.
00:56:12
Speaker
You hear one of us shout, you hit it, alright?
00:56:15
Speaker
Okay, okay.
00:56:16
Speaker
Yeah.
00:56:18
Speaker
But we don't want to trap them down there, right?
00:56:21
Speaker
30 seconds is not that long, but we gotta make sure.
00:56:26
Speaker
If they don't make it up, we know how long this has been taken.
00:56:29
Speaker
And if we shout, that means there's somebody in it and they have to come up.
00:56:33
Speaker
Okay.
00:56:34
Speaker
Alright, I can do that.
00:56:35
Speaker
I'll wait right here by the button.
00:56:37
Speaker
So I'm gonna listen intently, close one ear and keep one ear just angled essentially down that shaft to try and hear anything at all.
00:56:50
Speaker
Hey Ned, roll me a humant.
00:56:53
Speaker
A humant?
00:56:55
Speaker
Yep.
00:56:55
Speaker
That's not what I expected to hear.
00:56:57
Speaker
I know that's not what you expected to hear.
00:57:00
Speaker
How does a 96 suit you on a 40?
00:57:04
Speaker
You want to know how a 96 suits me?
00:57:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:57:07
Speaker
As the dumbwaiter starts to come back up.
00:57:11
Speaker
So Ryan, you do hear the dumbwaiter start to come back up.
00:57:15
Speaker
You have the realization, Ned, that as you and Ashley got out of the dumbwaiter, you didn't check to make sure that Ryan and Arthur are who they say they are.
00:57:31
Speaker
And at that moment...
00:57:33
Speaker
The dumbwaiter reaches the top and Samantha will join the scene.
00:57:39
Speaker
So I don't hit my head when Sam comes up, right?
00:57:43
Speaker
You don't hit your head.
00:57:44
Speaker
I had my head sitting over the shaft.
00:57:48
Speaker
Oh, I will say that you were smart enough to see it coming back up and you moved.
00:57:52
Speaker
Yes.
00:57:52
Speaker
It's very presumptuous of you, but I'll take it.
00:57:56
Speaker
Give me a sec.
00:57:58
Speaker
Samantha, the dumbwaiter hits the top.
00:58:01
Speaker
You climb out.
00:58:04
Speaker
You do not hit the button.
00:58:07
Speaker
You see Ryan on the other side of the room.
00:58:10
Speaker
He is kind of standing guard between the lobby and the employees only area.
00:58:16
Speaker
You see Arthur sitting on the ground cross-legged with a mop or with a broom handle in his hand, furiously duct taping a box cutter to the end of it to make a makeshift spear.
00:58:29
Speaker
You see Ned
00:58:32
Speaker
kind of looks like he just stepped back in order to let you out of it.
00:58:35
Speaker
And Ashley with her hand kind of hovering over the button to hit it back down.
00:58:40
Speaker
But you also see Ned kind of with his eyes narrowed towards Ryan and Arthur.
00:58:45
Speaker
Hey, Ryan.
00:58:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:58:49
Speaker
Carrots.
00:58:51
Speaker
Hummus.
00:58:52
Speaker
All right.
00:58:54
Speaker
Hey, Sam, why didn't you hit the button?
00:58:56
Speaker
We continue to get Chris up here.
00:58:58
Speaker
Sam.
00:59:00
Speaker
And she gets out of the dumb later.
00:59:02
Speaker
has this look upon her face.
00:59:05
Speaker
Her face is kind of flushed and slightly teary-eyed, but not... I don't know how to explain this correctly, but not in, like, a sad way, but, like, more of a worried way.
00:59:22
Speaker
Worried slash kind of shocked.
00:59:25
Speaker
Yeah.
00:59:26
Speaker
Yeah.
00:59:28
Speaker
He...
00:59:31
Speaker
He told me not to send it back down, and as I was leaving, gunfire went off.
00:59:37
Speaker
He said he'd be up here in five minutes.
00:59:40
Speaker
Yeah, that was the other thing I was going to say is as Sam gets out of the dumbwaiter, you hear more gunfire from downstairs.
00:59:45
Speaker
What do you mean he said he'd be up in five minutes?
00:59:48
Speaker
He told us he didn't have the ammo to fight that thing.
00:59:50
Speaker
He just said, I will be up in five minutes.
00:59:53
Speaker
He said he'd be taking the stairs.
00:59:55
Speaker
She's like not really 100% sure that he's going to make it up there because of the ammo comment.
01:00:05
Speaker
Hey Sam, hit that button anyways.
01:00:08
Speaker
Sam hits it regardless.
01:00:12
Speaker
Okay.
01:00:13
Speaker
The dumbwaiter goes, the gate closes and the dumbwaiter goes back down.
01:00:19
Speaker
Just to give him an out if he needs it.
01:00:22
Speaker
Ned's going to go up to Sam and put my hand wherever it is the forget-me-not is sitting.
01:00:31
Speaker
I'm going to put it there to see if I feel that and say he's going to make it.
01:00:35
Speaker
He's already made it through what, according to him, sounds like a whole bunch of things like this.
01:00:41
Speaker
And while he's alive here now, somehow, he's going to make it.
01:00:46
Speaker
Samantha, does Ned feel the forget-me-not?
01:00:49
Speaker
Yes.
01:00:50
Speaker
Yes, he does.
01:00:51
Speaker
Oh, thank God.
01:00:52
Speaker
Thank God.
01:00:54
Speaker
I'm going to cut this part of me talking right here, but God, Jesus.
01:01:01
Speaker
Yes, to put your minds at ease, you are all you.
01:01:04
Speaker
Don't think I didn't hear that for now in your head.
01:01:11
Speaker
We can read your mind, God.
01:01:13
Speaker
Well, I mean, you've already confirmed it, so you already know you're all you.
01:01:18
Speaker
I am just 100% confirmed it.
01:01:20
Speaker
Y'all, did Lance or Charlotte, did they say anything about how long they were going to be until they could get back here?
01:01:27
Speaker
Or did they just say they were going to, what'd they call it, the nest?
01:01:31
Speaker
They say how long that was going to take them?
01:01:34
Speaker
I don't believe they said anything.
01:01:36
Speaker
From the way they made it sound, it's not going to be very easy getting in, let alone getting out.
01:01:41
Speaker
So it's going to probably take them a while.
01:01:44
Speaker
It didn't take us too long to get here, even with the spiders and Arthur, your dad's shop.
01:01:50
Speaker
What are we going to do?
01:01:51
Speaker
Are we just going to leave Chris down there?
01:01:54
Speaker
Well, unless you're hiding an assault rifle up your ass, I don't think we can fight whatever that means.
01:02:02
Speaker
Ryan with the smart-ass comments lately.
01:02:04
Speaker
I absolutely love it.
01:02:06
Speaker
Well, you got a handgun there, bud.
01:02:08
Speaker
That's something.
01:02:11
Speaker
Look, I can't make a decision for all of us.
01:02:13
Speaker
All I know is we need him or we need to get to know
01:02:20
Speaker
him, if that's really him.
01:02:23
Speaker
Ashley, you've been sitting there with him.
01:02:24
Speaker
Is that your brother?
01:02:25
Speaker
Ashley Ritchie Yes, I believe so.
01:02:29
Speaker
I wouldn't have any reason to not think so.
01:02:31
Speaker
You guys notice that at this moment she has stepped away from the dumbwaiter and is kind of standing at the top of the stairs with her hands kind of one over the other one in front of her chest.
01:02:44
Speaker
I can confirm Ashley's telling the truth.
01:02:47
Speaker
It's really Chris.
01:02:48
Speaker
Buddy want to human that.
01:02:52
Speaker
Yeah, I'll human.
01:02:53
Speaker
Yeah, I'll do that.
01:02:54
Speaker
I won't say that.
01:02:56
Speaker
I can try.
01:02:58
Speaker
I got a lot of love.
01:03:01
Speaker
I got an 83 out of 50.
01:03:02
Speaker
51 on a 40.
01:03:03
Speaker
Okay.
01:03:09
Speaker
The dice really like me tonight.
01:03:11
Speaker
That is a nat six on a ten.
01:03:15
Speaker
Okay.
01:03:16
Speaker
Nice.
01:03:17
Speaker
Jesus.
01:03:18
Speaker
Ryan, you 100% trust Samantha.
01:03:21
Speaker
The other two, you're a little weary, but you don't see a reason not to trust her.
01:03:26
Speaker
Sam, it ain't that I don't trust you or your judgment.
01:03:30
Speaker
Or Ashley, you either.
01:03:33
Speaker
But there's a whole lot in this world that ain't trustworthy.
01:03:39
Speaker
I'm cautious.
01:03:40
Speaker
I'm not trying to be an asshole.
01:03:41
Speaker
I'm just trying to be cautious.
01:03:44
Speaker
You guys hear the gunfire move away from where... Like from right underneath you.
01:03:51
Speaker
Sounds like Chris is on the booth.
01:03:53
Speaker
Is it coming closer towards the dumbwaiter?
01:03:56
Speaker
No.
01:03:56
Speaker
Like it has left that room, it's going out into the hallway.
01:04:00
Speaker
And then all of a sudden the gunfire stops.
01:04:02
Speaker
Uh-oh.
01:04:03
Speaker
Sorry, go ahead.
01:04:04
Speaker
Go, Samantha.
01:04:06
Speaker
We should probably...
01:04:08
Speaker
Go make sure the stairs are clear so he can make it up.
01:04:11
Speaker
Arthur gets up with his newly crafted spear and starts moving towards the doors where Ryan is.
01:04:20
Speaker
Yeah, Sam's probably right.
01:04:22
Speaker
You watch the lobby.
01:04:23
Speaker
If anything comes in, stab it.
01:04:25
Speaker
And Ryan moves towards the door of the basement and starts trotting down.
01:04:29
Speaker
Gun in one hand, flash light in the other.
01:04:31
Speaker
Wait, wait, wait.
01:04:33
Speaker
Hold on.
01:04:34
Speaker
And I'm gonna run behind the counter right out the front, and I'm gonna grab one of, like, the gallon things of the oil for the popcorn machines.
01:04:42
Speaker
Thank you.
01:04:43
Speaker
So the oil for the popcorn machines comes in, uh, basically what would be like a, uh, like the syrup that soda comes in for the soda machines.
01:05:00
Speaker
So it's more like a box with a bag inside of it.
01:05:02
Speaker
Can I grab the bag?
01:05:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I don't see why not.
01:05:06
Speaker
All right, I'm going to try and then rip the bag out of there.
01:05:09
Speaker
And Ryan, I'm guessing is halfway down the stairs by the time I get back because I just told him to stop.
01:05:14
Speaker
Look, if Chris gets past you, it's a stairway.
01:05:17
Speaker
We can't all be in there at once.
01:05:19
Speaker
Once he gets past you, just drop this, throw this on the floor, make it slippery.
01:05:25
Speaker
I mean, would that work against something that's that big?
01:05:29
Speaker
Even if it falls, it's not really going to do much.
01:05:33
Speaker
It's going to slow it down.
01:05:35
Speaker
And I feel like that's probably the best bet we're going to get right now.
01:05:37
Speaker
Yeah, you're not wrong on that.
01:05:39
Speaker
Good luck, man.
01:05:40
Speaker
Good luck.
01:05:41
Speaker
And even though he gave me the right code, I'm going to smack him on the shoulder and try and feel the forget-me-not.
01:05:46
Speaker
Ryan, does he feel the forget-me-not?
01:05:49
Speaker
He does.
01:05:50
Speaker
Ryan starts to move down the stairs and he's gonna stop at the bottom and see if he can't hear any sort of running from any direction.
01:05:59
Speaker
Go ahead and give me an alertness.
01:06:01
Speaker
All right.
01:06:04
Speaker
Finally, something I'm good at.
01:06:08
Speaker
That is a 60 on a 65.
01:06:09
Speaker
60 on a 65.
01:06:13
Speaker
You hear regular footsteps coming from the right.
01:06:17
Speaker
You hear the big thunderous footsteps coming from the left.
01:06:21
Speaker
All right, Ryan is going to move down the left a little bit.
01:06:26
Speaker
And putting the pistol in his waistband, pull out his pocket knife that he got and slash open the bag on that side to spray it all over the floor.
01:06:36
Speaker
And then back up and just take out the pistol and point it down the hallway with his flashlight off for right now.
01:06:42
Speaker
Okay.
01:06:43
Speaker
So you go ahead and do that.
01:06:44
Speaker
You kind of set the trap at the bottom on the left side of the hall where the monster is coming from.
01:06:51
Speaker
Quick question.
01:06:52
Speaker
Does the monster sound like it's running from the left or is it just walking?
01:06:56
Speaker
Nope, it is straight up horror movie villain walking.
01:06:59
Speaker
So it's not running?
01:07:01
Speaker
Nope.
01:07:02
Speaker
Okay, then Ryan will stay silent.
01:07:05
Speaker
But Chris is running, and he is not trying to be quiet.
01:07:12
Speaker
He's not?
01:07:14
Speaker
No, he is trying to get to the stairs.
01:07:16
Speaker
He does not care how loud he is.
01:07:21
Speaker
Then Ryan will turn his head and just shout down the hallway, Chris, hurry your ass up.
01:07:26
Speaker
Are you in the hallway or are you out of the hallway on the stairs?
01:07:32
Speaker
You described it as the stairs coming down and then the hallway splitting left and right.
01:07:37
Speaker
He's in the hallway, but directly across from the stairs.
01:07:42
Speaker
Like he hasn't moved down either hallway.
01:07:45
Speaker
So you're just kind of right in the middle.
01:07:47
Speaker
Yep.
01:07:48
Speaker
And he's pointing his gun and flashlight down the left hallway where the monster's coming from with the flashlight off for right now.
01:07:55
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:56
Speaker
So all Chris would see is basically your silhouette pointing a gun and he would not be able to tell which way you're pointing the gun because you would just get your outline.
01:08:11
Speaker
Essentially.
01:08:12
Speaker
from behind you, you can tell Chris is getting closer.
01:08:17
Speaker
I just want to say, if you shoot me, I will be upset.
01:08:23
Speaker
You're the one standing out in the middle of the hallway.
01:08:25
Speaker
If that monster shows up, Chris is opening fire.
01:08:27
Speaker
That's all I'm saying.
01:08:28
Speaker
Yeah, that's fair.
01:08:32
Speaker
If Ryan hears the monster seemingly getting closer, he is going to flick on the flashlight to try and... Oh, the monster's getting closer.
01:08:39
Speaker
Yeah.
01:08:41
Speaker
More like down the hallway that he's pointed down.
01:08:45
Speaker
Like if he hears it hit like the turn, I'm assuming it's down that way.
01:08:48
Speaker
He's going to flick on the flashlight, hoping to blind it.
01:08:51
Speaker
Going from darkness to a flashlight in the face.
01:08:55
Speaker
Okay.
01:08:57
Speaker
I will say as you hear Chris approaching you from behind, you do indeed hear the monster around the corner.
01:09:05
Speaker
And that corner is about 20 feet away from you.
01:09:09
Speaker
Okay.
01:09:11
Speaker
Um, can I, I know we're not in combat right now, but can I ready an action to, or essentially, uh, I believe it's called aiming.
01:09:20
Speaker
Uh, it would be a, uh, called shot basically is what you're wanting to do.
01:09:25
Speaker
I thought there was one where you could basically skip a term in combat to get like a bonus that's called like aiming or something.
01:09:31
Speaker
I don't have the rules in front of me, unfortunately.
01:09:34
Speaker
Sacrifice one turn to aim to gain a plus 20 to your attack next turn.
01:09:39
Speaker
Aiming requires no roll after the next turn, or if your agent suffers any damage before attempting it, the bonus is lost.
01:09:47
Speaker
Yeah, I can let you have that.
01:09:50
Speaker
Oh, right.
01:09:51
Speaker
Yes, but I don't think you can make a called shot while you do an aim.
01:09:57
Speaker
Which is fine.
01:09:58
Speaker
Okay.
01:09:59
Speaker
Yeah, because basically your aim and your called shot would negate each other.
01:10:03
Speaker
Yep.
01:10:04
Speaker
Yeah.
01:10:04
Speaker
Ryan, when he hears it around the corner, just flicks on the flashlight at about where its head level would be.
01:10:10
Speaker
Pointed that way, hoping to blind it a little bit.
01:10:14
Speaker
It has absolutely no effect.
01:10:16
Speaker
Just keeps going?
01:10:17
Speaker
Yep.
01:10:19
Speaker
All right.
01:10:21
Speaker
When it makes another like five feet down the hallway, Ryan just squeezes the trigger twice.
01:10:27
Speaker
Okay.
01:10:29
Speaker
As you squeeze the trigger twice, go ahead and roll me a firearms.
01:10:35
Speaker
And since you did aim, go ahead and do that at a plus 20.
01:10:37
Speaker
All right.
01:10:42
Speaker
Oh, that is a 22 on an 80.
01:10:46
Speaker
Okay.
01:10:47
Speaker
A modified 80, just to be specific.
01:10:50
Speaker
Perfect.
01:10:52
Speaker
For... I need to stop leaning on my desk here.
01:10:56
Speaker
For a firearm, let's see what your damage is.
01:11:02
Speaker
Pistol, 1d10.
01:11:03
Speaker
So go ahead and roll me 2d10 because you fired two shots.
01:11:07
Speaker
Right.
01:11:11
Speaker
I changed my mind.
01:11:12
Speaker
Roll me 4d10 since you crit succeeded.
01:11:14
Speaker
26.
01:11:20
Speaker
Okay.
01:11:21
Speaker
I will say with a crit success,
01:11:25
Speaker
You were basically able to blast this thing.
01:11:28
Speaker
The first bullet punctured its right eye and blood and viscera just begins to leak down its featureless face and it does not seem to affect it whatsoever.
01:11:42
Speaker
The second shot tears into...
01:11:48
Speaker
So the first one hit its right eye, the second one kind of like blasts its cheek and you see the skin kind of flap away and you can see the teeth underneath kind of gives it the look on its right side of its face that it's like smiling at you.
01:12:04
Speaker
You get the way the cheek kind of rips away and it continues to advance.
01:12:09
Speaker
And at that point, I want you, Ryan, to roll me a Constitution.
01:12:21
Speaker
Oh, OK.
01:12:22
Speaker
That's not what I expected you to say.
01:12:24
Speaker
I was waiting for that sanity roll.
01:12:27
Speaker
Oh, don't worry.
01:12:28
Speaker
The sanity's coming.
01:12:29
Speaker
Yeah, that is a 37 on an 85.
01:12:34
Speaker
Okay.
01:12:36
Speaker
You feel at that point a tug on the back of your shirt as Chris just grabs you and starts running up the stairs.
01:12:47
Speaker
And with that concept, you are able to stay on your feet.
01:12:51
Speaker
And, you know, instead of completely eating shit as he basically just drive by you, you
01:12:59
Speaker
He gets you to turn around and come back up the stairs, and I am also going to roll a con save for the monster, or a... No, I'll do a dex save for the monster.
01:13:12
Speaker
That is a 19, so unfortunately your oil does not indeed trip it up.
01:13:19
Speaker
But you get to the top of the stairs, and you turn around and...
01:13:26
Speaker
Chris turns around.
01:13:27
Speaker
I don't know what you do.
01:13:28
Speaker
I'm not going to speak for your character.
01:13:29
Speaker
Chris turns around and looks back at the bottom of the stairs and stops.
01:13:36
Speaker
He's at the top of the stairs.
01:13:38
Speaker
He's turned around, staring at the bottom.
01:13:41
Speaker
What do you guys do?
01:13:42
Speaker
When Ryan sees Chris stop, he immediately spins around and brings the handgun up, assuming something not great.
01:13:50
Speaker
Okay.
01:13:51
Speaker
Everybody else in the room also sees this.
01:13:53
Speaker
What do you want to do?
01:13:54
Speaker
Ryan, what are you doing?
01:13:56
Speaker
Ryan doesn't respond.
01:13:57
Speaker
He just keeps staring down the stairs trying to see whatever Chris stopped to stare at.
01:14:03
Speaker
We gotta go, man.
01:14:05
Speaker
Chris, some direction would be good, man.
01:14:07
Speaker
Why isn't it following us?
01:14:10
Speaker
Sam walks over to Chris and just puts her hand on his arm where the forget-me-not is.
01:14:17
Speaker
The forget me not is indeed there.
01:14:19
Speaker
She gives a small sigh of relief.
01:14:22
Speaker
I wink.
01:14:23
Speaker
Shut up, Ned.
01:14:25
Speaker
Ned, go ahead and roll me a d4.
01:14:27
Speaker
OK.
01:14:28
Speaker
I don't know if this is positive or negative, but it's another four.
01:14:31
Speaker
It's another four.
01:14:32
Speaker
Wow.
01:14:32
Speaker
You've gained quite a bit of sanity this episode, but that's OK because you're about to lose some.
01:14:37
Speaker
Yeah, I'm back up to 75.
01:14:39
Speaker
No, don't don't get too comfortable with that number.
01:14:42
Speaker
Oh, but the the forget me not was a good idea.
01:14:45
Speaker
So that was that was worth it.
01:14:47
Speaker
So we have Samantha.
01:14:50
Speaker
We have Ryan.
01:14:50
Speaker
We have Chris standing at the top of the stairs looking down.
01:14:54
Speaker
Yes, Ryan, you do see something, but I want to see if anybody else comes over to check first.
01:15:00
Speaker
I mean, Sam's right there.
01:15:01
Speaker
Can she look?
01:15:02
Speaker
Yeah.
01:15:03
Speaker
Yeah.
01:15:03
Speaker
I said Sam, Ryan and Chris are there.
01:15:08
Speaker
It's an 11 out of, what is it, a search?
01:15:12
Speaker
I wasn't going to make you roll anything.
01:15:14
Speaker
Oh, I thought you were making us roll.
01:15:16
Speaker
But anyway, well, regardless, I got 11 out of like 20.
01:15:22
Speaker
Congratulations.
01:15:24
Speaker
Thanks.
01:15:24
Speaker
Math racks go clickety-clack.
01:15:26
Speaker
They do.
01:15:29
Speaker
So as you guys are standing at the top of the stairs, you look down.
01:15:33
Speaker
You see Chris doesn't even have his gun pointed down the stairs as the monster that you guys are able to see from the light flooding downstairs from this area.
01:15:46
Speaker
You're able to see it standing at the bottom of the stairs and...
01:15:50
Speaker
Samantha, this is the first time you're actually seeing the monster in its full, like you're not just seeing bits and pieces of it trying to come through the door.
01:15:58
Speaker
You are actually seeing what this monster is.
01:16:02
Speaker
And your mind breaks a little bit as you try and comprehend what you're looking at.
01:16:07
Speaker
Arthur, I need to know if you're going to come over and be a part of this group or not.
01:16:12
Speaker
Arthur is looking around, seeing that everyone else is gawking downstairs.
01:16:17
Speaker
So he's going to timidly walk over.
01:16:20
Speaker
Okay.
01:16:21
Speaker
Because I was going to make you take off your headset if you weren't because you're going to be the only person that hasn't seen this.
01:16:27
Speaker
So for Samantha and Arthur's sake, you see this humanoid looking thing that's got to be nine feet tall.
01:16:35
Speaker
He's massive.
01:16:38
Speaker
He's muscular, he's built, he's got gray skin, he has white eyes.
01:16:45
Speaker
No pupils whatsoever.
01:16:47
Speaker
Well, he has white eye because the other one just got shot out.
01:16:52
Speaker
He's wearing combat boots.
01:16:54
Speaker
black pants, black t-shirt, and he is just standing at the bottom of the stairs staring up at you.
01:17:01
Speaker
No, not making any noise.
01:17:04
Speaker
Not... His facial features do not reflect the fact that he's missing an eye and also his cheek.
01:17:11
Speaker
He's just standing there looking up at you.
01:17:14
Speaker
And just as fast as he showed up, he turns around and walks away down the hallway downstairs.
01:17:22
Speaker
And he does not come after you guys again.
01:17:26
Speaker
And I need everybody to roll me a sanity.
01:17:33
Speaker
Oh, 89 on a 75.
01:17:36
Speaker
Okay.
01:17:37
Speaker
Ryan.
01:17:38
Speaker
That is a triple zero, which is a hundred on a 63.
01:17:42
Speaker
Oh no.
01:17:45
Speaker
Okay.
01:17:46
Speaker
Okay.
01:17:46
Speaker
We're going to have fun with this.
01:17:48
Speaker
First off, Arthur.
01:17:49
Speaker
Arthur.
01:17:51
Speaker
Uh, 94 on a 45.
01:17:55
Speaker
Oh, no.
01:17:56
Speaker
Okay.
01:17:56
Speaker
And Samantha?
01:17:58
Speaker
22 out of 68.
01:18:00
Speaker
22 out of 68.
01:18:02
Speaker
Samantha, you're going to take zero.
01:18:05
Speaker
Okay?
01:18:05
Speaker
And the only reason you're going to take zero is because you crit succeeded.
01:18:09
Speaker
Arthur and Ned, you're each going to take two.
01:18:13
Speaker
No.
01:18:14
Speaker
You both failed, right?
01:18:15
Speaker
Yeah.
01:18:16
Speaker
Yeah.
01:18:17
Speaker
Roll me a d4.
01:18:17
Speaker
One.
01:18:22
Speaker
One.
01:18:23
Speaker
Excellent.
01:18:24
Speaker
Each of you take four sanity damage.
01:18:27
Speaker
Oh my God.
01:18:28
Speaker
One point away from my breaking point.
01:18:31
Speaker
I need Ryan to take seven points of sanity damage.
01:18:35
Speaker
That puts me past my breaking point.
01:18:37
Speaker
Yeah, it does.
01:18:39
Speaker
Finally.
01:18:40
Speaker
Oh God.
01:18:40
Speaker
Okay.
01:18:43
Speaker
Alright.
01:18:45
Speaker
So, first things first, I need you to roll fight, flight, or faint.
01:18:51
Speaker
Okay.
01:18:54
Speaker
Um... What do I want to do?
01:18:57
Speaker
Uh...
01:18:58
Speaker
Considering what he just saw, he's going to do it.
01:19:02
Speaker
Considering everything that's going on and the fact that it keeps failing sanity rolls left and right.
01:19:08
Speaker
It's going to be faint flight and then fight.
01:19:11
Speaker
Oh, I don't want to hurt you guys.
01:19:13
Speaker
That is a two.
01:19:14
Speaker
That is a two.
01:19:15
Speaker
So faint.
01:19:17
Speaker
Yes.
01:19:18
Speaker
Okay, so you're going to go ahead and faint.
01:19:21
Speaker
Before we end this episode, I need Nick and I need Matt and I need Melanie to all take off your headsets.
01:19:28
Speaker
Oh, shit.
01:19:29
Speaker
As they are doing that real quick.
01:19:33
Speaker
What is my new breaking point again?
01:19:34
Speaker
I forget how the math goes for that.
01:19:36
Speaker
So it is going to be whatever your sanity is now minus your power.
01:19:41
Speaker
Okay, that's what I thought it was, but I want to make sure.
01:19:44
Speaker
Yep.
01:19:45
Speaker
Okay.
01:19:46
Speaker
Let's see.
01:19:47
Speaker
I have to find... Here we go.
01:19:52
Speaker
Okay.
01:19:53
Speaker
I need you to roll me a D100 three times.
01:19:55
Speaker
Okay.
01:19:56
Speaker
That's a 34.
01:19:56
Speaker
Okay.
01:19:56
Speaker
Okay.
01:20:15
Speaker
If I roll another 34, do I need to reroll that?
01:20:19
Speaker
Yes.
01:20:21
Speaker
I, the chances of that man, like Jesus.
01:20:26
Speaker
Okay.
01:20:26
Speaker
That is a 67.
01:20:26
Speaker
34, 67.
01:20:27
Speaker
And a 97.
01:20:27
Speaker
So let's see here.
01:20:29
Speaker
Bear with me while I count.
01:20:41
Speaker
Yeah.
01:20:42
Speaker
31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37.
01:20:42
Speaker
Coolrophobia.
01:20:43
Speaker
34 is what it was.
01:20:43
Speaker
Oh, 34.
01:20:43
Speaker
So 37, 36, 35, 34.
01:20:43
Speaker
Chronometrophobia is going to be fear of clocks.
01:20:45
Speaker
50, 51, 52, 53, 54.
01:20:45
Speaker
It'd be really nice if this was actually numbered.
01:21:07
Speaker
Yes.
01:21:08
Speaker
Necrophobia, fear of death or dead things.
01:21:13
Speaker
93, 94, 95, 96, 97.
01:21:14
Speaker
Trypanophobia, fear of needles or injections.
01:21:17
Speaker
So you have the choice of trypanophobia, which is the fear of needles or injections, which is 97.
01:21:24
Speaker
67 is necrophobia, which is the fear of death or dead things.
01:21:29
Speaker
And then you also have coolrophobia, which is the fear of clowns.
01:21:35
Speaker
So those are the three that you rolled.
01:21:37
Speaker
You may pick one and you will have to role play that to the best of your ability.
01:21:42
Speaker
You said fear of clowns because first you said fear of clocks.
01:21:47
Speaker
Oh, yeah, no, I'm sorry.
01:21:48
Speaker
Fear of Clowns was when I was dumb and said 37.
01:21:51
Speaker
So, yes, it is chronometrophobia.
01:21:54
Speaker
Sorry, that is chronometrophobia, which is fear of clocks, necrophobia, which is fear of death, and the tripanophobia, which is fear of needles or injections.
01:22:09
Speaker
Question, the fear of clocks, does it say just clocks or is it time to?
01:22:14
Speaker
It is just fear of clocks.
01:22:17
Speaker
That is interesting.
01:22:20
Speaker
Mm-hmm.
Discussing Ryan's Fear
01:22:21
Speaker
So you can pick one of the three.
01:22:23
Speaker
Just let me know which one you pick.
01:22:25
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
01:22:25
Speaker
I'm just trying to think of what would go with Ryan.
01:22:30
Speaker
He's going to go with 67, the fear of death or dead things.
01:22:34
Speaker
Okay.
01:22:34
Speaker
That makes no sense.
01:22:35
Speaker
That will definitely play on to...
01:22:39
Speaker
it wasn't fear of death.
01:22:40
Speaker
One of your original things as well.
01:22:44
Speaker
Uh, no sphere of being alone and burning alive or the two and burning alive.
01:22:50
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
01:22:52
Speaker
So yeah, fear of death.
01:22:54
Speaker
Yeah, that'll, that kind of goes hand in hand with that kind of stuff.
01:22:57
Speaker
I think that'll be a very good one.
01:22:59
Speaker
Um, so from here on out, just role play that to the best of your ability.
01:23:03
Speaker
Keep that in mind for times, like in the last episode where you kind of hung back to, uh,
01:23:09
Speaker
to kind of lure the monster away and that kind of stuff.
01:23:14
Speaker
Keep that in mind for scenes like that.
01:23:17
Speaker
Yeah, I can do that.
01:23:19
Speaker
Okay.
01:23:19
Speaker
I'm going to get everyone else back in here and then we are going to end this episode.
01:23:24
Speaker
Returned.
Recording Session Reflections
01:23:26
Speaker
Man, I'm going to admit I did not expect to be recording for almost two hours tonight, but this story has just been going and I'm very happy with how this episode is going.
01:23:39
Speaker
This one has been a lot of fun.
01:23:41
Speaker
I really appreciate you all very much.
01:23:43
Speaker
Who the fuck is this midget to join?
01:23:46
Speaker
Yeah, right?
01:23:47
Speaker
It's a gnome.
01:23:48
Speaker
God damn it.
01:23:48
Speaker
I don't even have a witty comeback for that.
01:23:50
Speaker
That was fantastic.
01:23:52
Speaker
Well, I can be a gnome.
01:23:56
Speaker
No.
01:23:58
Speaker
You sound too much like Knock Knock.
01:23:59
Speaker
You need to go away.
01:24:04
Speaker
No, you're gone.
01:24:06
Speaker
He's your boyfriend.
01:24:07
Speaker
Calm down.
01:24:08
Speaker
Shut up.
01:24:08
Speaker
No, he's not.
01:24:11
Speaker
He wants me.
01:24:12
Speaker
Yeah, he does.
01:24:15
Speaker
fucking goblin and a centaur yeah he wants that centaur booty man that's a kid kid's fucked up oh my god a centaur that's got a goblin body no that's fucked and wrong yeah it is alright let's finish this episode so I can go to bed please amen
01:24:33
Speaker
Okay.
Ryan Faces His Fear
01:24:34
Speaker
You guys see as Ryan looks down the stairs with all the rest of you and the monster turns and walks away.
01:24:41
Speaker
All of the color kind of fades from his face and he crumples to the ground.
01:24:49
Speaker
And Ryan, give me a luck check.
01:24:52
Speaker
Okay.
01:24:53
Speaker
I know I said it earlier, but if you make me shoot myself, I'm going to be even more upset.
01:24:57
Speaker
Has nothing to do with your gun.
01:24:59
Speaker
Okay.
01:25:00
Speaker
God...
01:25:01
Speaker
Damn it, that's a 51.
01:25:02
Speaker
Oh, no, not a 50-50.
01:25:03
Speaker
I want against your actual luck.
01:25:06
Speaker
Oh, then that works out perfect, because that is a 51 on a 97.
01:25:10
Speaker
All right, perfect.
01:25:13
Speaker
So as you pass out, you fall backwards, and you are able to kind of break your fall a little bit, because you're all kind of... Can I help kind of catch him?
01:25:26
Speaker
I was like, can we collectively catch him?
01:25:29
Speaker
Yeah, it's kind of what I was going for.
01:25:30
Speaker
It was like he's falling backwards into you guys.
01:25:32
Speaker
Basically, if he failed that, he was going to fall face first and fall down the stairs.
01:25:36
Speaker
Oh, God.
01:25:37
Speaker
Yeah, I saw that coming a mile away.
01:25:39
Speaker
Yep.
01:25:40
Speaker
So he the color drains from his face and he kind of gets a little wobbly on his feet and just falls backwards.
Episode Conclusion
01:25:50
Speaker
And you guys are able to catch him and kind of lay him down.
01:25:53
Speaker
Chris is still staring down into the basement, confused.
01:25:58
Speaker
Ashley rushes over and is on her knees trying to help you guys wake Ryan up.
01:26:06
Speaker
And it's at that moment you hear the sound of the front door to the movie theater open.
01:26:17
Speaker
And that's where we're going to end this episode.
01:26:23
Speaker
Jordan Derringer was our GMDM keeper, handler, and host, myself as Ned Dalaran.
01:26:30
Speaker
Breck Black as Ryan Winchester, Matt Check as Arthur Gooseberg, and Melanie Derringer as Samantha Williams.
01:26:50
Speaker
And don't forget to tell your mother.