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Wish Hunter #8: Revelations · DiceSized

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  Welcome to Dice Sized and welcome to Wish Hunter.
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  This is AD and D audio adventure podcast where we tell bite sized
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  diced roll twice told stories. This is me, your DM and friend
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  Robert Whitehead. And with me, as always is my
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  lovely table of friends and family.
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  Here we have George. Hey, it's G here playing Parable
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  and I'm excited to get back into it, but still ready to get out
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  of this cave. Ready to get out of this cave?
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  You may be it is I I was just about to say ready to get out of
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  you. But that doesn't just cause it's
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  symmetrical doesn't mean it makes sense.
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  It's been a. Spiritual experience.
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  I can say that we've had some out of body moments.
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  Yeah, of course, somehow making that fit, that's what I love
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  about fantasy. Thank you for that, G, and more
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  so thank you for that parable. You've had a lot to deal with in
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  these, this cave of wonders, but you leave with that cave of
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  wonders and the gifts that it bestowed upon you.
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  And I know Parable got some good stuff from The Cave of Wonders,
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  but it also bestowed some lovely things on Maya.
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  Hey, it's Maya. You can call me Maya.
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  That's what it bestowed upon her.
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  Her name. My name.
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  Oh. God, it's a hard one to.
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  Remember before that? But Zin is fast.
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  Not furious, but maybe a little curious.
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  Also, Akuma was a dragon at one point.
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  Anyways, we'll get back to that. Another story.
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  It's a whole episode. It's a whole one shot I think.
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  We do a flashback and do I smell a flashback?
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  Perhaps a campaign. I think I deserve a little bit
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  more than get get out of it. Don't actually break the 4th
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  wall. Like, OK, get get out of pain.
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  But before, before we get too far into the world that we have
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  and love here, we have my wife who we also love here.
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  That's it's Savannah. I hope you love me.
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  I do I think. I do.
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  And cut. I think I love you too.
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  Yeah, I do. Sav here playing Cassie tonight.
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  Who is processing. Unfortunately, both daddy issues
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  and Mama drama tonight. More like nay, Mama trauma.
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  What's going on in the parental department for?
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  Cats Star watch maybe on the docket to go to and a little
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  clone of your mother, but it seems like by the end of last
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  session Cassie had found more of a sisterly relationship with
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  Raya, which was very cool to see.
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  Totally given me a lot to think about in terms of my mom,
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  though. Yeah, yeah, totally.
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  Who? I definitely, yeah.
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  The whole relationship and dynamics still very confusing
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  for parable. Yeah, you know what?
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  Me too. A lot of transference going on.
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  You're not my dad. You're not my dad.
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  Listen to your mother. Some of my favorite moments from
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  last session were talking over one another, which normally just
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  kind of bugs me as a deal. Just joking.
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  I love you guys, RYA and. Cassie coming to us because.
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  Okay, I didn't say I think before.
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  I'm gonna cut it out. I'm kind of.
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  No, he said. He doesn't love us, everyone.
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  We just keep, we just keep traffic.
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  It is so that he has to have. So many different things I.
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  Didn't hesitate. I never hesitated.
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  It's OK babe, I am secure in gnarly.
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  Now that my. We can start now.
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  Now that I'm emotionally regulated, on to a recap as we
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  return to the Lands Apart. Well, last time our heroes
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  regrouped following a heroin battle with Arsvara, or rather
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  the Avatar of Hunger monstrosity that he'd become, his dust was
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  forged into a condensed gem by Akuma's and Zen's flames.
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  Coming together as a group to debrief and discuss next steps,
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  Parable felt it necessary to remove Volano from earshot.
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  With Vilano bound and Papaya and Lamillion to guard him, Parables
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  Zen and Cassie found a few private moments to themselves.
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  Zen was the one to spot Vilano's calculating expression as he
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  looked at the being known as Star.
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  Upon Zen's prompting, Cassie told the party of her thoughts
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  on Star Watchtower's motives. And our heroes agreed that the
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  Tower couldn't be trusted as they seem to do much and share
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  little. Parable recalled schematics
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  stored within the book. Well that showed plans of a
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  grand armillary to be built by Star Watch, but who knows if
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  that project ever came to fruition.
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  He was nearly knocked unconscious by the forbidden
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  aspect of the pages he'd read. Scotty was the one to catch
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  Parable. Scotty began with
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  congratulations and thanks, yet his tone was bittersweet as he
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  spoke of the little time he had left.
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  Parable saw Scotty for his sacrifices and paid Scotty
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  proper respects. Scotty returned this gesture by
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  revealing The Cave of Wonders that lay hidden in the
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  dimensional pocket spaces all around them.
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  The Cave granted its wonders to our heroes in the forms of a
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  Tarnished Old Luck Blade, 1000 League Cloud, and Seven League
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  Boots. On top of that, Scotty also
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  granted you a Lantern that would be able to prevent more run
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  insurance with wishborn creatures such as the Golden
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  Hunger Spirit. Scotty grew more serious and
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  told the group of his true request to take both the essence
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  of a Thames Breath and star with them.
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  For our heroes radiate and aura similar to that of a domain.
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  It would be the only way for his him to continue to be reborn and
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  for Star to survive without diminishing.
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  Our heroes accepted this charge by first securing a Thames
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  breath within a proper vessel and trusting it to Akuma for
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  safekeeping. Parable showed Star the three
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  dotted constellation, and Cassie saw the three dots connected
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  with Star on a conceptual level as she noticeably shifted and
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  suddenly introduced herself as Soraya, the same name as
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  Cassie's mother. Cassie then took a moment to
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  faint as she processed this. Both her and Soraya were shocked
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  with the flood of revelations that followed in their
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  interaction. Star suddenly found that she
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  held the memories of her goddess in a mortal life.
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  More surprising that mortal life was lived as Soraya Sarian,
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  mother to Cassie and Wizard of Luck.
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  Cassie could only ask why as Soraya Star Song gave Cassie the
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  answer back. I wish to know you.
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  As Cassie heard her own wish echoed back, both agreed that
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  Star was not, would not, could not be Cassie's mother, and
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  together they found Star a new name.
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  Raya found peace and potential in her new found name.
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  Paging through Soraya's journal, Raya recalled the pages of lore
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  as the lullabies that birth her. She spoke of one specific story
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  most of all, that of the Wizards 3, though she was hesitant to
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  share, for a God's origin could be used against them eventually,
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  Raya said it plainly. The goddess was once the Astra
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  elf, known as the Wizard Luck. The other two gods were once the
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  Wizard Time and the Wizard Wish. Zen and Akuma realized that the
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  voice of the Holy Light sounded a lot like the God who was once
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  the Wizard Time. And Parable understood then that
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  the vengeance that he sought was not so simple and found justice
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  and mercy also played a part in his oath and his search for
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  truth. Lot of revelations near the end
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  of that episode. But as all of you guys came to
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  all these realizations and found rest upon Scotty's wish, I wish
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  you all a long rest. We rejoin our heroes now as you
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  all prepare for a long journey ahead and share final goodbyes
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  with Scotty. Do we have to?
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  What if we just don't wake up? Will he live?
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  This is parable talking to Rob. Do we have?
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  To let me let me describe the scene a little bit more as you
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  all wake up and you find yourself saying do we have to to
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  la million? And he says, what do we have to
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  do? We have to what?
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  Yes, we have to leave. I think.
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  Can't you see this place? It's it's crumbling and you can
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  see all around you. Dissolving actually might be a
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  better word, as some of the stone is just eroding into into
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  nothing. You can see that nothing about
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  this place is illusory in any aspect, but a lot of it is
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  invigorated, infused, invested with magic.
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  And as that magic is leaving it, it becomes more mundane, loses
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  its glossiness, loses life and luster.
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  And part of that is just the true deterioration of the
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  materials as you guys awaken to Scotty moved around like a host
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  who has dead flowers everywhere and he's trying to replace all
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  the vases and has no more flowers.
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  So at this point, he's just kind of plucking up the some of the
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  pedals. So in this case, he's rubbing a
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  little bit of spit shine as an elderly, elderly Scotty is just
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  trying to shine up one of the crystals that seems to to lose
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  its luster more and more. And he says, oh, I hope you all
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  got a good long rest. I think I scrubbed the the light
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  out the sleep out of my eyes as I'm looking at La million still.
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  I'm like by the light, La Million.
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  What did you do? Why is the place Scotty.
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  Yes, Zen, are you awake? Yeah, it doesn't.
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  This looks different than I did last night.
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  It looks like it's falling apart.
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  I mean, I knew we'd lose him, but I just feel like I wish I
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  had more time. Me too.
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  But not really in this cave. This cave has been kind of
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  confusing for me in my history. I would be rather happy to leave
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  this cave. Should we go say goodbye?
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  Yeah, it's in like, pulls herself up off the ground and
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  walks over to Scotty and just says, Scotty, you don't have to
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  clean up for us. You've been an incredible host.
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  Thank you so much for everything that you did, for our gifts and
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  and just for all the light you've brought to our lives.
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  Is there anything that we can do for you?
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  You've already taken on my my life's goal to to build new
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  domain and I see one leaving out of me it.
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  It might be something new and special.
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  I don't know if I've ever seen one walk on 6 legs to be a
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  moving bubble of joy in this life where this world is so dark
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  I couldn't ask for more. And I'm also asking you to take
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  care of two. I mean, I wouldn't say high
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  maintenance in a bad way, but Raya.
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  As wish hunters, we are sworn to take on said necessities.
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  It is a responsibility that I've asked you and you have all taken
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  around with such. With honor, with honor, it truly
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  honors us to help you in this way.
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  Is there anything we can do for Scotty?
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  How can we honor you do? Any of you have any shoes to fix
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  and maybe anyone had some some a bumper or wear and tear?
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  You gave me new boots, you can have my old shoes.
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  That would be that would be perfect.
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  As he is, he's himself cobbling. It's time for you to rest.
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  Truly, truly. Is in.
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  I'm like, I get it. You see what I'm saying?
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  Can I roll for perspective on what type of day it?
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  Is are you guys trying to get an early rise for travel?
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  I feel like we're like arise with the light time.
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  I was imagining light just over the Crest of the valley and like
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  the rainbow kind of glistening a little bit.
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  And I'm like, I appreciate everybody kind of going up and
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  like putting a hand on Scotty. And maybe we we pull him to the
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  entrance of The Cave, just to look at the sunrise one more
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  time. Love it.
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  Let's do. It Scotty, you can, you can come
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  with us. I think we wanted to show you
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  something. It's time to enjoy what you've
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  created. I'm going to cry.
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  He reluctantly, seemingly sets down the shoes and is pulled
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  away. I don't think anyone is ready
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  to, like, actually face their end, regardless of how mystical
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  or magical or whatever they are. And you guys give them.
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  I'm going to cry, you guys. She's going to watch the sunrise
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  to get in. Scotty, can you do me a favor?
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  I can try. Can you just be here with us
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  now? I think I would like that as you
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  guys give him the the honor of ending an existence that started
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  out as a dove just being like he was, then he is once more.
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  And with the flutter of the wings of a dove, you more so
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  feel the slip of Scotty's hands dissipate into essence as even
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  the waterfall goes quiet as he leaves.
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  And suddenly this patch of forest is like any other, a
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  little less bright. Then like feeling Scotty's
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  presence leaving would play with thamatergy the like 3 notes.
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  I was going to say that too. The three notes to kind of like
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  send him on his way. As you do so.
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  Maybe we could sing? Yeah, that was Could we sing
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  Could you make the could you saw my Turkey get louder and we all
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  sing it together. OK guys, here's your tuning Note
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  3 notes it's. Like a a few so beautiful and.
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  Just like so beautiful. Scotty started.
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  With that this is still a very cliffy area including that
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  crevice that you guys avoided that chasm more or less.
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  And what shoots out at the hum and the tone of your words are
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  the flutter of Willow wells that are have slowly turned back to
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  Willow wisps and more slowly turn into a more wandering and
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  migratory patch and flutter of whisk.
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  But they fly and flutter up in a beautiful reverse waterfall.
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  Essentially as you guys just see a geyser of these things come
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  alive at your notes and seem to make towards the sky.
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  What do you guys do in this moment as The Cave disappears?
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  You do I guess here. Oh, do we not tell them to come
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  outside with us? Oh.
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  Yeah, you know, No, don't worry, I'm here.
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  Lumilian Lodestar. But my friend Volano, I just
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  wasn't sure if you wanted him to have no mouth or.
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  Oh, he can have a mouth now, I think.
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  And cuts the little bit of web work.
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  And he said, I know parable you just you just did the shoes.
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  But it felt right to do the mouth as well.
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  He was talking quite a bit last night.
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  This is the first time that I've really, really agreed with you.
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  Good man, good man. Good man.
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  Well, thank you Parable I. He seems touched oddly as he
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  seems to again find Parable a good judge of character.
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  Great. I think one last note is that
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  Raya very much appreciated how you guys sent Scotty off and she
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  approaches you all and says, well, so I expected it to be
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  colder out here, but maybe I'm just overly touched by what you
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  did for Scotty. That was quite warm of all of
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  you. You know, in a wish torn world,
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  a little warmth goes a long way. Akuma a little, a little warmth.
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  You're getting so good at cutting me off right before my
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  man. It's like we've been together
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  for years. Everybody needs a warmth goodbye
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  and that farewell was, I think, as as much as.
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  But that farewell was for Scotty, it was for us, and we'll
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  miss him. So all these lands.
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  I, I have it in my heart of hearts that maybe he's he's
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  still around drifting around this Bay while I I hate to think
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  that he give me an insight role for all of you guys here as she
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  kind of drifts off awkwardly in this moment.
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  At 20. Nice 11/13.
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  Parables. Tears in his eyes are magnifying
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  his vision. Both enough to pick up on the
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  awkwardness and very thoughtful Nat 20 contemplating her
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  mortality. What happens to her?
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  What happens to any creature made-up of magic to return?
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  What is that like to just dissipate rather than die?
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  And although Raya is protected amongst U3 and attempts breath
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  that you guys hold within a a bottle is protected.
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  It's only when U three are around, we'll say within 60 feet
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  and you are immune from with stress, as Lomano says.
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  I feel like I normally get a headache right about now, but
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  something's something's keeping me relatively.
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  Cheaper, I could talk all day. Oh gosh.
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  Oh, spread out. 60 feet apart. Can someone untie me please?
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  No, see, OK, you we have discussions.
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  I guess we could have left his web on his mouth a little
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  longer, but it's OK. I hate to like push a plan, but
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  we decided no to * watchtower, right?
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  We're not really feeling them, right?
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  I mean like that was technically our job was to come out here and
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  assist the monks from the Star watchtower.
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  I think it's safe to say we found this Shard of star sorry
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  Raya, which we will keep you very safe.
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  I. Appreciate the mindfulness.
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  And what an impact you've made. Yes, an incredible impact.
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  So happy to have you here. That was funny.
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  We. That was quite funny.
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  I see. I see where you get it from.
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  I see where I kinda. Yeah.
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  Birds of a feather speak of the devils.
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  Speak. Of the devil, I just got A and a
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  Caterpillar. I heard.
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  We'll talk about that one. I'm most interested in that one.
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  They made a book about it. Were you hungry?
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  Yes, so hungry. Another life, though, there's
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  something. In diagram is a circle.
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  I think. I think.
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  That one was in the book well. Was it?
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  Right up on top, next. To kind of fat on the cover,
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  aren't I? Yeah, yeah, I've really never
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  seen a larger catapult. Oh, it's it's rude of you to
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  say, Did you? Become a butterfly.
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  Oh, those pages were missing. He's like start to morphing into
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  this like. You've successfully distracted
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  akuma in one of the weirdest ways you've ever had.
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  Yes, awesome. So while he's contemplating
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  that, I just what's next? You know, like I just feel like
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  when I don't have like, oh, what's next?
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  I just got to like sit here and I'm like, what's?
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  Next, you know, I did have an idea.
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  Oh, you do. Perfect.
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  Let me get my pen. OK, I'm ready.
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  I'm listening. Well.
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  I do know that there's not many places that we can take Star, if
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  any, that she's going to be safe.
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  I think she needs to stay with us.
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  I think that's a. I'm sorry, right?
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  I'm sorry, right. It's, it's, it's okay.
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  So we don't really need to take Valada with us, but we could
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  send a message to start Watchtower.
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  I could get on board with the message.
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  Like a written. Message I'm right.
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  I'm right here. We would need someone to carry
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  that written message. So we're OK.
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  We're not going OK. I thought you were going to
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  like. Send a message just to our
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  Watchtower. And I just couldn't be party to
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  that. Type of message.
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  We just. Want I, I think it'd be very,
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  it'd be very smart to send Vilano maybe to inform.
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  To as a message. Tower that we will be taking
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  Raya with us. I I veto.
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  I'm vetoing. I don't think those pricks
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  deserve to know that we have discovered the star, that the
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  star even exists. I don't think he's going to make
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  it. I'm right here.
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  Well then, that's a great point. I like it.
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  But why don't we just feed him to papaya now?
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  A written. Message I can get on television
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  the potential that he doesn't make at all.
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  The way to Star Watch I could get kind of behind, but.
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  What if he does? Right what even he levitates.
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  His ass all the way to the front doors of * watchtower and tells
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  them all about Raya. And that we have her and that
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  technically then then technically then they'll know
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  that we're disobeying orders and that can happen.
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  Susan, what you're saying is we should kill him?
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  So no, that's not what I'm saying.
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  That's not what I'm saying. Is this Lantern going to glow
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  yet? I don't see justice in just
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  killing him, but leaving him to the situation we found him in I
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  think might leave us at peace with our conscience.
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  What if we took him to the babysitter?
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  And by babysitter, I mean dabble.
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  Does she really need another animal to look after?
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  No, but she's. Clearly into dudes.
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  Not not all dudes though. Excuse me?
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  Perhaps she'd have some. I don't know.
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  Insight. I'm sorry, did you?
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  Say dudes, plural. No.
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  Blano from the ground. She definitely said dudes
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  plural. The potential for dudes.
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  You know, this man's not that bad.
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  I should I? I'll cut him free if.
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  Whoa, whoa, whoa, Limano. How do you know my middle name?
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  Listen, I've shipped you 2 together, it's clear but.
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  Oh that is that is funny. My middle name is our name
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  combined. Wow, what a small wish.
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  Master world out there. Is Bolano's middle name
• 23:07
  familiar? You know I should.
• 23:10
  I should go find the rest of my men.
• 23:12
  Sweet, salt, tart. No, the army that I I have, you
• 23:16
  haven't. Well, I have a band of 165.
• 23:19
  Oh my God. What do you mean?
• 23:22
  You think I'm just fucking around out here?
• 23:23
  Yes, absolutely. The reason to make us believe
• 23:27
  you are. Exactly what we thought well.
• 23:29
  I mean, they where did you come kick me out of it?
• 23:32
  There we go there. OK, LA million.
• 23:35
  So I like I said, my schedule is clear.
• 23:39
  I think that's a great idea. Go back to Dapple, get our head
• 23:42
  straight figured out. Maybe she can give us a mission.
• 23:45
  What if she gives us the mission?
• 23:47
  And just desperately needing an authority and taking.
• 23:51
  Her then we'll get you your checklist, babe.
• 23:53
  She'll give us a mission. We can maybe we can maybe send
• 23:56
  Mojo a message. We could send Mojo a message.
• 23:59
  I like that idea. Inform him our supervisor of our
• 24:02
  a goal. Our supervisor.
• 24:05
  You're right, you're right. I forgot he's not out here
• 24:08
  fighting hunger. Spirits.
• 24:10
  Zen. No, no, no.
• 24:12
  But he, he, he believes in US. And I feel like we should send
• 24:15
  him a message to let him know that we're like.
• 24:17
  You're right, you're right. So.
• 24:18
  He can tell us we're doing a good job.
• 24:20
  There's lots of things that Mojo didn't tell us, and I have a few
• 24:24
  words for him. OK, well you can send them in
• 24:26
  the note after I write a different note.
• 24:30
  So maybe we could use some regroup time at Dapples, yes?
• 24:37
  That means we have to take Valano with us.
• 24:39
  Oh my God, great. It's a plan.
• 24:40
  Let's go up to up to well. Let's.
• 24:43
  Just let him trail 60 feet behind.
• 24:45
  Papaya, could you give me a little web?
• 24:51
  I smack it across Valano's face. He as he has been behind it.
• 24:56
  But I like I said, I said hold still, hold still and I poke
• 24:59
  nose holes in the in the full space cover.
• 25:03
  Valano, Valano says. I don't know what I did to.
• 25:07
  Valano can't speak. You're right, Valano can't
• 25:08
  speak. And I think Lamillion says.
• 25:14
  And do you mind if I, if no one else is going to ride, I would
• 25:17
  love. And he lays down fully on your
• 25:20
  massive cloud. On his side paint me like a
• 25:23
  French girl style. Can I sort of dump him off even
• 25:26
  if I'm going to let him ride? Just like no, no, yes.
• 25:29
  We're going to respect. The clouds, you move it to a
• 25:32
  point where Riot can like sit down sweetly and softly onto it
• 25:34
  instead of LA Million. Just as LA Million goes to full
• 25:38
  side lay, he instead falls to the ground.
• 25:42
  It is at your absolute control. So we can we.
• 25:45
  Can get on this thing. I have.
• 25:48
  I, I, I make no promises about my driving skills as of late.
• 25:52
  It's been a while since I've navigated any sort of, you know,
• 25:56
  fancy. Yeah.
• 25:57
  I trust you. We set something.
• 25:59
  Climbs right up under. The could we set some ground
• 26:01
  rules on how high we go? Question mark What did you have
• 26:07
  in mind? Parable I.
• 26:08
  Think 10 feet. Sure you know what?
• 26:11
  For now at. Least above the trees.
• 26:13
  For our safety, then we can go on like a little OK, we can go a
• 26:17
  little pit stop ride when we get to.
• 26:20
  The apples looks small again. Yeah, OK.
• 26:22
  Cool. And I think logistics wise with
• 26:24
  the cloud, again that is based mechanically on a 4 by 6 carpet
• 26:28
  of flying. So I think you can fit
• 26:30
  everybody. Cozy papaya makes it.
• 26:33
  A little bit if he has the giant spider, but I will say I think
• 26:38
  that exceeds the £400 limit. So you guys will be flying 30
• 26:41
  feet for speed instead of 60 feet.
• 26:44
  Got it. Perhaps Papaya can.
• 26:48
  Isn't he a summoned steed? Otherworldly.
• 26:51
  Can I summon him away? Oh, let's.
• 26:53
  See this is papaya. 'S.
• 26:54
  Terrain this this might know where he's gone.
• 26:57
  I think with an arcana or animal handling or nature check I would
• 27:01
  tell you something. OK.
• 27:04
  Dirty 20. Oh damn.
• 27:05
  OK cool. That dirty 20.
• 27:08
  You can tell that Papaya is a giant phase spider, so your
• 27:13
  otherworldly steed spell worked perfectly to like infuse with
• 27:17
  his ethereal side and so with that I think that will allow you
• 27:22
  to dismiss him to like it like you could with your otherworldly
• 27:26
  steed. Just for RP wise, can I just
• 27:28
  dismiss him to a tiny spider? Yes, 110%.
• 27:32
  And I think what you actually do it like it looks like a little
• 27:39
  snow globe kind of deal. Cool, because it's like a
• 27:43
  dimensional space and so he's he's there, but you can also see
• 27:46
  like the little planar distortion around him as he you
• 27:50
  just hear. I don't think he likes a small
• 27:55
  form. I think he loves it.
• 27:57
  This is what he does when he's a.
• 27:58
  Little bit more blood lusty it seems.
• 28:00
  Definitely happier this way, but well, he'll be he'll be big
• 28:02
  soon. I'm sorry.
• 28:05
  You have dismissed Papaya to a smaller dimensional space and
• 28:09
  the cloud expands beneath you, Cassie.
• 28:12
  I think with this homebrew of it being the thousand mile cloud,
• 28:16
  whenever you're not wanting to use it as to its full capacity,
• 28:21
  it shrinks to whatever size of cloud you might need it to be.
• 28:26
  Perfect. Gives you like little fur
• 28:28
  toppers too. It's just like lines, like I'm
• 28:30
  like, I carry with me my own fog machine.
• 28:34
  I love that. Cool.
• 28:36
  Fantastic. So is Vilano hanging off the
• 28:38
  back? Is Vilano?
• 28:40
  Does Vilano need to talk to cast Levitate?
• 28:46
  He gives you like a very like suddenly look who's look who's
• 28:51
  in control now as he raises an eyebrow at you like.
• 28:54
  We don't have to cast levitate, we can just tie you to the rope.
• 28:57
  I cast levitate on. Him float up along with you guys
• 29:06
  and I think that yeah, easily use some.
• 29:07
  Web or some rope? Yeah.
• 29:09
  You're there's no threat of him falling off 'cause he can't hold
• 29:12
  himself on top of the cloud. You guys are set for travel.
• 29:14
  I think before I get on the cloud parable is like getting
• 29:17
  nervous and, you know, doing like a.
• 29:20
  Oh my God, yeah, do. You want us to turn away so you
• 29:22
  can do your thing. If you wouldn't mind.
• 29:24
  OK, OK, everybody look a dove. Open. close.
• 29:27
  Open. close. Click.
• 29:28
  Click, click, Click. Jump another club.
• 29:33
  Here's somewhere make yourself a seat belt parable.
• 29:36
  The Hop. That George just did.
• 29:39
  Cheer belts, That was cute. Wipes his shoes before he put
• 29:45
  some of the clocks. So cute.
• 29:48
  And zinc come and like sit crisscross, but like a round
• 29:51
  parable. Oh.
• 29:54
  You are the seat. Belt.
• 29:55
  Yeah, I got you, buddy. It's fine.
• 29:58
  Could you move your leg a little bit?
• 29:59
  Oh, yeah, sorry. Thank you.
• 30:00
  Thank you. Akuma.
• 30:02
  Akuma. Cool boots.
• 30:03
  Oh, thanks. Akuma, like see, sees that we're
• 30:08
  trying to help Parable feel safe, and Akuma's got a heart
• 30:11
  too, and locks in as a seat belt around you, with Zen around you
• 30:16
  as well. That's heat you got to get used
• 30:19
  to. Oh yeah, yeah, I'll.
• 30:21
  Just stand, no seat belt needed. Thanks Akuma.
• 30:25
  I thought we were. Becoming friends, But evidently
• 30:29
  Parable needs 2 seatbelts. I'll stand.
• 30:33
  Is in the front like Brady and. Jack as two like wisps of the
• 30:37
  cloud come on as like seat rains I.
• 30:39
  Imagine Raya has been kind of seated softly, Like kind of.
• 30:43
  Like a side saddle on a horse moment.
• 30:45
  A side saddle on a horse moment on this cloud.
• 30:47
  And I think as La Million sits down next to her, not super
• 30:51
  close, but like kind of close. And she just suddenly stands up.
• 30:55
  And then you see her go to wherever Cassie's standing and
• 30:59
  kind of grab you arm in arm and say, you know, it's been a while
• 31:04
  since I was in the sky. I I quite loved it.
• 31:08
  Right. Do you want to drive?
• 31:10
  I don't know how yet. Please, please do.
• 31:12
  Just 10 feet, you said? Just I think you could get.
• 31:15
  Away with 15. Just between you and me, I think
• 31:17
  you could get away with. It it is really OK 15.
• 31:19
  It is really amazing. She winks at you and Cassie.
• 31:23
  This does, I think in the with the new items they require a
• 31:26
  magic action, but I'm fairly certain this item still requires
• 31:30
  a command word, and I'm always curious for flavor what command
• 31:35
  words a character might choose as you take the magic action to
• 31:39
  imbue this cloud with flight. The word is going to be Doppler.
• 31:46
  So cool. As you say, Doppler, this cloud
• 31:53
  starts to suddenly hover for a moment and then at Raya's
• 31:58
  command, fly with way more speed.
• 32:02
  I think Cassie would have taken it off at and I think 15 feet
• 32:07
  might be an understatement as I think she takes this thing to at
• 32:11
  least above the trees. At least above the trees it's.
• 32:15
  OK, parable hasn't opened its eyes. 15 feet. 15 feet 15.
• 32:20
  I do think like he's kind of squinting and he sees the cloud
• 32:23
  underneath Raya. And I'm imagining that wherever
• 32:25
  Raya is standing with cast especially that the cloud kind
• 32:29
  of takes on a starry, you know, inside presence.
• 32:33
  So that like inside is little sparkles and you know nebula
• 32:36
  inside the steps of where Raya is.
• 32:39
  Amazing, I agree. I any other notes as you guys
• 32:42
  make to this travel? I feel like it's probably a
• 32:44
  reflective ride for all of us, like seeing the domain sort of
• 32:48
  disappear in the background and just reflecting on what, a 24
• 32:52
  hours it's. Been and now the sun is like
• 32:54
  fully risen above the skyline, so we're like lying into the sun
• 32:58
  and. We took off near a rainbow.
• 33:00
  Yeah, we took off near the the beginning of a rainbow or the
• 33:02
  end of a rainbow. So we're at the first we arc up,
• 33:04
  you know, way faster than Parable agreed to.
• 33:07
  And OK. We'll be there in no time.
• 33:09
  It's this. Is we've did this so soon, but
• 33:11
  this was we just did this. Do we have to always be arcing
• 33:14
  through the sky? No, I'd.
• 33:15
  Be continuing. Idea that it's all in the moment
• 33:17
  right now it's. Terrifying and I.
• 33:20
  Don't think she'd let us down, Parable.
• 33:21
  No, no, no, Popeye. Stay in the shirt.
• 33:23
  Stay in the shirt. Stay in the shirt.
• 33:25
  As you all take to the skies, you see a small subsection of
• 33:29
  the Flutter of Willowiss actually has hung around in the
• 33:32
  area and seems to be attracted by your flight and gathers
• 33:37
  around all of you but Parable. You get a specific concentration
• 33:40
  around your blade and around you in general.
• 33:44
  As your flight has gained a little bit of attention here and
• 33:48
  now, we're going to have to get back to the rolling can.
• 33:52
  We picture what's happening to Villano right now.
• 33:55
  Before we just faster. I know because more about
• 34:01
  torture like a stepdad on tuing weekend.
• 34:07
  It's just this epic shot. We're going up a rainbow or over
• 34:10
  the sunrise. Fast and Furious.
• 34:13
  He's still, he's also still can't speak.
• 34:19
  So yes, yes. Volano wrapped up tight.
• 34:23
  How would the million react to this?
• 34:25
  He said he says I. Feel like he's throwing up over
• 34:27
  the side of the. Yeah, let me give it.
• 34:29
  Let me try. To be so cool for.
• 34:30
  Ryan that just reacts yes, with an 18 he does successfully hold
• 34:35
  it and swallow it back, but he says.
• 34:38
  That trigger warnings for. This episode.
• 34:43
  With that, I think we need to We made three rolls at the end of
• 34:47
  last session. You guys made my own, made 3
• 34:50
  roles. I did know something.
• 34:52
  I watched. I watched and I cried.
• 34:57
  So that was the start of a skill challenge that I've been
• 35:01
  tracking. Oh.
• 35:01
  Great way to start a skill challenge.
• 35:03
  Coming that once. Too Yes yes so you guys have
• 35:08
  quite a check here of ADC 20. Oh good.
• 35:12
  And this is your last chance of a failure.
• 35:17
  So there's a number of successes that could get you out of this,
• 35:21
  but elect please elect one person for a skill based check.
• 35:25
  I would imagine survival but I'll let you argue for anything
• 35:31
  and a 20 is needed to have the possibility of avoiding the
• 35:35
  threat that Lady I had. Could it be an Arcana check?
• 35:39
  I think with the cloud I would add I would allow you,
• 35:43
  especially with you piloting it alongside with Ryan.
• 35:46
  I was going to say that parables probably opened his eyes a few
• 35:50
  times, but he's probably not the person to be rolling it, so I'd
• 35:52
  offer that up to either casters. And what?
• 35:54
  Do you think for sure role if he's letting you do our kind of
• 35:58
  dude? What does this look like?
• 35:59
  As before, we do the role like where are we in this travel?
• 36:01
  Where are we in our arc? Just as you're taking off.
• 36:04
  Oh, OK. Wow, OK.
• 36:05
  Hey now, we're getting right after you.
• 36:08
  You really like to let it get our guard down with all the
• 36:10
  beautiful cloud rising. You are are like flying away at
• 36:15
  A at a great pace and Dapple's place isn't that far off.
• 36:18
  So, but it's early, early in that in that travel as you guys
• 36:21
  get out of here. This is some of the first true
• 36:23
  joy that Ryan has experienced in a while.
• 36:25
  You wouldn't take that away from.
• 36:27
  You wouldn't dare. Did you already roll?
• 36:29
  No. I'm just seems like you're
• 36:31
  arguing like it. One would argue that potentially
• 36:34
  because you know, she could have advantage.
• 36:37
  Can I cast guidance on? No, I rolled a 27.
• 36:40
  Yeah, we're good. Yeah, what now, boy?
• 36:45
  Where's the bubble? OK, so tell us where the bubble
• 36:47
  is That doesn't that doesn't get you out of this yet.
• 36:49
  That's. OK, off to a hot start.
• 36:52
  OK. You do have the space and the
• 36:54
  time here, as you just hear the stars sing in a way you've never
• 36:59
  had before. You never heard them hum so
• 37:02
  playfully with excitement. They're lying to me.
• 37:05
  I'm suspicious. For a moment you think that and
• 37:08
  then you hear realize that it's coming from Raya.
• 37:11
  Her stars are singing, she's having a great time, she's
• 37:14
  laughing in Star song. She's like overjoyed.
• 37:18
  She's excited to be falling in a way that isn't falling.
• 37:23
  I think you're that weird charming that you had with the
• 37:25
  wizard. Fall hits for a moment.
• 37:27
  You hear him in your head and you're like astounded at the
• 37:31
  fact that he is kind of wise in the way that the falling is the
• 37:35
  best part. If you if you let go and you
• 37:38
  enjoy it. And Raya is letting go and
• 37:40
  enjoying just the rush of the wind and the the flight that
• 37:45
  feels like her first descent to this world.
• 37:48
  I think we're still hooked arms and I probably just lean my head
• 37:52
  under her shoulder, soak up that moment.
• 37:56
  And yeah. And no danger.
• 38:01
  No, no danger. No danger.
• 38:02
  Just friendship. I've.
• 38:04
  Never felt more safe. I will allow everyone outside of
• 38:07
  the skill challenge here and for those at home.
• 38:10
  Skill challenges are a system designed by the DM Matt
• 38:14
  Colville. I really love them.
• 38:16
  They basically allow for outcomes to happen at a certain
• 38:19
  number of failures and successes that I've been tracking as the
• 38:22
  DM and for this one you guys have passed to get away from it.
• 38:26
  Haven't finished it yet, but outside of the skill challenge,
• 38:29
  give me a perception check to see all.
• 38:32
  Righty fine. 26 Four. 12. The 26 is the only one enough to
• 38:40
  spot a glint coming from the forest below.
• 38:46
  Like right, right beneath us. Yes, almost as if it was
• 38:50
  catching up to us from where we just came.
• 38:54
  Yeah, with that check, that line of thought lined up exactly with
• 38:57
  where you come from, the directory works out where yes,
• 39:00
  it seems like they are following you as this little glint becomes
• 39:04
  an arrow of energy that shoots up and behind you into just the
• 39:10
  bare back part of the cloud. And it's so quick that it would
• 39:14
  have been incredibly difficult to catch.
• 39:17
  But you, for just by chance or happenstance, are able to catch
• 39:20
  this amazingly fast and small projectile.
• 39:23
  Like a light bullet. Yep, and as soon as it passes
• 39:25
  through the cloud it kind of dissipates into arcane essence.
• 39:29
  OK. And no one else caught it.
• 39:32
  Nope. OK, I think the first thing I do
• 39:35
  is whisper to Rya's ear and I say we're being hunted.
• 39:39
  Something just came through the cloud.
• 39:41
  What do you what do you mean? Hunt Haunted?
• 39:43
  What is that? What does that mean?
• 39:45
  A bullet of light just struck the back of the cloud.
• 39:47
  I don't want to freak anyone out do.
• 39:48
  You think we're in danger? I do.
• 39:51
  Well, I. Can we go faster?
• 39:53
  Can you? Can you do some maneuvering?
• 39:55
  I. Mean I I could wish them away.
• 39:58
  What's going on? Don't do that.
• 40:00
  Don't do what? What's going on?
• 40:01
  What's going on? I fear we are being followed if
• 40:08
  you were in danger. Akuma let go.
• 40:10
  Let me up. Let me add up a no.
• 40:12
  I was sleeping. Akuma was like you as perfectly.
• 40:16
  I was going to say it was like pissed off that you woke up.
• 40:20
  Then take akuma, please, just. OK, Akuma, come on, come back.
• 40:24
  You've been really helpful. Thank you.
• 40:28
  We're being followed. Yeah, What's going on?
• 40:30
  Yes, I just saw something streak through the sky and puncture the
• 40:33
  back of the cloud. Parable almost instinctively
• 40:35
  cast divine sense. I I don't think that will help
• 40:39
  in any scenario. I think the, the forest kind of
• 40:41
  expands in the way that it does. It's the general auras of the
• 40:44
  forest whip and suddenly you're flying through a much more
• 40:47
  colorful world. But none of them are.
• 40:50
  None of them seem to be out of place with what you're spotting
• 40:53
  below. I don't see anything.
• 40:56
  Both of you are glowing again, but I don't see anything down
• 40:58
  there like before. OK, OK.
• 41:00
  That's good. That's good news.
• 41:03
  Yes, Yes. No.
• 41:05
  Something still shooting at us? No.
• 41:07
  I fear we're out of time. Cassie casts Skyrite and is
• 41:12
  going to use Skyrite to create two other cloud trails branching
• 41:17
  off from the cloud. So fucking cool.
• 41:22
  So a sky ride allows me to cause up to 10 words to form in a part
• 41:26
  of the sky I can see. They appear to be made of cloud
• 41:29
  and remain in place for the spell's duration instead of
• 41:32
  words. I'm hoping you'll let me get
• 41:34
  away with just some distracting line work.
• 41:36
  Absolutely. Yeah.
• 41:38
  Cursive for sure. Some.
• 41:39
  Trails. Sweet.
• 41:40
  So these will last for up to an hour, and I'm going to use an
• 41:44
  action to cast that spell. Like.
• 41:46
  Quickly as like an emergency, like a reaction.
• 41:49
  I don't want something to come flying up through the cloud.
• 41:52
  That's brilliant, Cass. And freaking tastic.
• 41:55
  OK, I will. Mechanically, we're going to
• 41:58
  have one more check for this skill challenge.
• 41:59
  It can't be from Cassie, but I will mechanically allow for AD
• 42:04
  4. Additionally to the check that
• 42:07
  with the cloud cover you're able to definitely help.
• 42:10
  But as you are being hunted, you guys need to figure out some
• 42:12
  other mechanisms of intervening with this.
• 42:15
  Good move though, Cassie. Hopefully that buys us some
• 42:17
  time. What else can we do?
• 42:19
  So we we have to roll a skill. Yeah, give me something from Zen
• 42:22
  or Parable to capitalize on this chance that Cassie has given
• 42:25
  you. I think I unsheathed the pen
• 42:27
  blade and just for a moment catch the reflection of the
• 42:31
  lower force below me and see if I can roll something for.
• 42:35
  Who like hold it out over the edge of the cloud so you don't
• 42:37
  have to put your head over? That's cool.
• 42:39
  OK, cool. Yeah, absolutely.
• 42:40
  Give me a perception check with AD 4.
• 42:47
  Just stay 12. Or 1313.
• 42:51
  Unfortunately not enough here. Would Raya be helpful?
• 42:56
  I have luck. Oh, you do have your luck blade.
• 42:59
  And I'm holding it. Yeah, I would allow you to luck
• 43:02
  blade re roll and RYA could for sure do a lot of things here all
• 43:07
  at the diminishment of self is. This worth a luck roll.
• 43:09
  Oh shit, this is always the question.
• 43:11
  How many do you have? Three.
• 43:13
  Just one. One, you know.
• 43:16
  Yeah. Fucking full.
• 43:17
  Send it. We should have, said Mojo the
• 43:19
  note before we're. Going to be OK, then we're going
• 43:23
  to be OK. That's still a 13.
• 43:29
  Just not. 2 cloud trails. The cloud trails are awesome I
• 43:34
  think. It's just the compliment
• 43:37
  sandwich coming in. I don't know, I think it's a
• 43:41
  whole. The cloud trails are are
• 43:44
  definitely helpful. I think your your attempt to
• 43:48
  spot something below and be more ready for it fails, and although
• 43:52
  the clouds are helpful, it's not a compliment sandwich.
• 43:56
  There's no second compliment coming, sorry.
• 44:00
  That's why I said open face. Yeah, unfortunately with
• 44:04
  Parable, although inspired to look through your blade and try
• 44:07
  to spot the danger from below, you are not able to as you can
• 44:12
  only hear the subtle shift of the wind.
• 44:16
  And suddenly something larger than an arrow flies up and
• 44:23
  through your cloud at such speed at least two times faster than
• 44:28
  you guys. And I will give you guys all
• 44:30
  perception check as this skill challenge has come to an end and
• 44:33
  we will roll initiative here as we are in flight.
• 44:36
  I just got this cloud. 1911. I'm re rolling because I got a
• 44:40
  Nat one. Nice, nice, good, remember. 22
• 44:45
  for perception. Awesome.
• 44:46
  All more than enough to spot the individual that flies upward.
• 44:50
  I think it's just the amount of detail that gets that you get.
• 44:53
  This thing that shoots up through the cloud is a person
• 44:57
  riding a broom with a garb parable you recognize to be of
• 45:03
  the lands of favor. And not only that, you spot
• 45:07
  Count Chances Royal emblem itself upon who, with a Laurel
• 45:14
  like circlet around her head, a curled hair.
• 45:18
  I think parables heard of this woman.
• 45:20
  It no, she was from a different the Caledonian Hunt.
• 45:25
  Yes, you remember reading the histories of a world that had
• 45:27
  been broken before this one. But Count Chance would have gone
• 45:30
  to the effort of wishing her for the games no less.
• 45:34
  I think it all just flashes as you know this to be Adelante of
• 45:39
  the hunt and I would ask you G if Alanta says anything here or
• 45:44
  if there's if she's all business you're going.
• 45:46
  To make him voice his own attacker.
• 45:50
  I think as she rises into the sky, you just you hear almost an
• 45:56
  echo on the wind, and there is just death below me.
• 46:00
  I don't think she's nice, I don't think she's nice.
• 46:04
  I don't think she's nice. I don't think she's nice.
• 46:06
  They go faster. And a quick DM aside, if you're
• 46:10
  not familiar with the Patreon episodes, we ended up creating
• 46:13
  another Another what villain? Just wanted you to say.
• 46:19
  Just wanted you to say what you were introducing.
• 46:21
  To this episode. George's NPC's turn into.
• 46:24
  Big bad ease. So if you're interested in
• 46:27
  learning how G created this problem for the party, you can
• 46:31
  go listen to that Patreon episode, The Gauntlet of Chance.
• 46:34
  But for now, let's deal with this as Adelante, Huntress of
• 46:39
  the Caledonian Hunt and winner of The Gauntlet is on Y'all's
• 46:43
  Tail. Let's get those initiative roles
• 46:45
  in as I'm going to do my best out of here.
• 46:49
  There's only death. Blow me, Yes.
• 46:52
  That was so good. Big, big question.
• 46:55
  Does Parable right now know of the games?
• 46:59
  I don't think he does. No, that's true, he doesn't.
• 47:02
  At the last time I in my head that I saw count Chance was the
• 47:06
  the last wishing that we did before I fell.
• 47:09
  We're going to say that Adelante was one of the last heroes
• 47:13
  summoned for the game. So her return to the to the
• 47:16
  games that we saw, there's a little, there was a little bit
• 47:18
  of history, historical documentation of Adelante of the
• 47:23
  Caledonian Hunt having been summoned for the games when they
• 47:27
  were active. But then, since Parable was
• 47:29
  around, the games were not active.
• 47:31
  So it would be it would be like, oh, that's that's Adelante of
• 47:35
  the games and she's wearing count chances sigil.
• 47:39
  Yeah, yeah. OK.
• 47:40
  Absolutely. So let's have those initiative
• 47:43
  roles y'all. You find yourself in battle.
• 47:46
  Albeit a very clever move on Cassie's part.
• 47:49
  For the clouds, it was just a move to one move too late, as
• 47:54
  Adelante had already found her trail and she closes in now.
• 48:00
  What are those roles? It's a 17 for parable. 10 for
• 48:04
  Cassie. Thank you. 23 for Zen.
• 48:07
  Wow. Not.
• 48:08
  Too shabe I. Think it's Parable sees the the
• 48:13
  broomstick and the cloak because you can hear him thinking out
• 48:16
  loud as he says that's Adelante. She's wearing a cloak of the
• 48:22
  games that I only read of those at the book well, and I didn't
• 48:26
  think they'd ever start the games again at the Coliseum.
• 48:30
  And the worst part is that's the sigil of the count, my count
• 48:35
  count chance. He's in the lands of favor.
• 48:39
  Any chance he's sending you a nice message?
• 48:45
  I don't think the account has any good intentions for me.
• 48:49
  Didn't leave on good terms. Doesn't sound like it.
• 48:52
  I just left. Not tracking you down to give
• 48:54
  you a gift. Seems like none of you really
• 48:56
  left on good terms from. Where you're from.
• 49:01
  Anyways, she's Wheeling around. It looks like she's coming back
• 49:03
  soon. Any any other heartfelt remarks?
• 49:06
  All right, everyone, we're going to be brave.
• 49:08
  OK? OK.
• 49:09
  From what I've read of her, she's she is the hunt.
• 49:12
  She's not just a huntress, she is the hunt.
• 49:14
  Well, she hasn't met us yet. I don't know what fun word I'd
• 49:17
  use to describe us, but. Oh look, have us.
• 49:20
  Maybe we'll come out on tap. With that, let's get into it.
• 49:26
  Zen, that is you first. She's definitely circling back.
• 49:32
  Yeah, OK. I'm, I don't know, I don't
• 49:34
  really want a forest. I don't really want to do fire
• 49:37
  with. Confidence, then with
• 49:38
  confidence. I want to cast magic circle and
• 49:42
  I create a 10 foot radius, 20 foot tall cylinder of magical
• 49:45
  energy centered on a point on the ground that you can see
• 49:49
  within. Range.
• 49:51
  Well, if it how tall are we? How far up are we?
• 49:54
  Right, I said. I'm, I'm, I'm sorry for taking
• 49:56
  it so high. I'd say at least 30 feet up in
• 49:58
  the air. Can you center it on the cloud?
• 50:00
  Modifying a spell always takes an arcana check.
• 50:03
  So with an arcana check of I would say DC18I would allow you
• 50:07
  to do magic circle on the cloud. DC18I think I just got in
• 50:13
  somewhere so no wait wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
• 50:20
  Which I'm going to roll. When you make an ability checker
• 50:22
  saving throw, you can add a 1D10 to your roll.
• 50:24
  Oh fantastic, what was your first roll?
• 50:27
  16 oh so I need at least a 2 and that's a three.
• 50:32
  So nice. I will make that Arcata check
• 50:35
  and I'm going to cast magic circle on the.
• 50:38
  Fortunately, it fails a. 17. No, a no, you got it.
• 50:43
  You succeeded. It goes up for a second and then
• 50:45
  it fails. Interesting.
• 50:47
  Oh wow. It was momentous, heroic.
• 50:50
  It seemed like you were safe for a second, and then suddenly it
• 50:53
  was as if it never happened. Interesting.
• 50:57
  What just happened? So, well, we were going to be
• 51:00
  very protected, but now we're still out in the open.
• 51:03
  She must have something that's negating magic.
• 51:06
  I, I don't know, I really was practicing that one a lot too.
• 51:10
  Gosh. I don't think it was using.
• 51:12
  Thanks for trying. Wow.
• 51:14
  What? Why?
• 51:17
  That's all I got. Interesting, interesting.
• 51:20
  Thing. And I think Next up, you might
• 51:24
  understand as the invisibility dispels as she casts the spell,
• 51:29
  but you hear a feminine voice that says, I'm sorry, I have to
• 51:34
  do this, but I have no choice. And with a subtle burst of magic
• 51:42
  that begins as a point of light in front of all of your vision
• 51:45
  that you can't help but to look upon, it suddenly bursts and it
• 51:51
  seems to enter your with a piercing amount of energy enter
• 51:56
  your mind. Interesting.
• 52:00
  This this unfortunately this is this is unfortunately a spell
• 52:06
  like ability called overwhelming revelation.
• 52:09
  That is not a spell that can be countered.
• 52:11
  OK, that's fine. Just thought I'd you know.
• 52:16
  OK, she enters our brains. What did she do?
• 52:19
  I will ask all of you to make a Wisdom saving throw.
• 52:22
  Then everybody gets +2 on saves within my aura, right?
• 52:26
  You tell me. Aura of Protection You radiate A
• 52:29
  protective aura 10 feet emanation around you.
• 52:31
  You and your allies gain a + 2 to saving throws while in the
• 52:34
  aura. Is 12 enough to save?
• 52:37
  Because I could use another detail, I'm doing another one.
• 52:44
  I don't trust you. 2321. Awesome.
• 52:50
  All of you saved. Sick.
• 52:52
  I do need to roll the million does not.
• 52:57
  That's OK. Valano does not, and I have to
• 53:00
  roll for Ryan and Ryan does save.
• 53:04
  Yes, of course. Unfortunately, it's still going
• 53:08
  to be some damage for everyone here.
• 53:11
  Bring it. Deal it, deal it out, Dang.
• 53:14
  La Million and Volana both seemed immediately stunned by
• 53:19
  this as well. OK.
• 53:22
  I'm imagining like a shockwave or like a a ripple effect.
• 53:26
  What? What are we feeling?
• 53:27
  I would ask all of you, just in very brief detail, as this
• 53:31
  little bit of light shows you a future self too painful to
• 53:37
  comprehend, a potential one that is so painful it would be 52
• 53:44
  damage were you not so strengthened of mind as to take
• 53:48
  only half and will take instead 26.
• 53:54
  Take 26 damage. 26 damage. Oh wow.
• 53:56
  And not be stunned as you see both Lamillion and Valano are
• 54:01
  Valano. Also, is Valano's dead?
• 54:06
  Well, that's all that. That's that question.
• 54:10
  It would allow you guys to interact with it, but he's very
• 54:13
  much on death's door, unconscious for now.
• 54:17
  And La Million is is quieter. Lacey's not in.
• 54:20
  Pain true, true is in. And you do not see the source of
• 54:28
  that voice other than everyone give me a perception check as
• 54:31
  like you had like a split second between spell casting coming out
• 54:35
  of an invisibility. It seemed like she was standing
• 54:37
  on your cloud to all of you for just a fraction of a second. 18.
• 54:42
  22. Perception.
• 54:44
  Yeah, that is a 18. Awesome, all of you.
• 54:49
  I think quick enough to see the bit of light and then out of the
• 54:52
  corner of your eyes, notice this woman who wore again to
• 54:56
  Parable's eyes, a cloak of the Lands of favor.
• 55:00
  And this one stylized with an hourglass that cuts down the
• 55:05
  back white to hold off the desert heat.
• 55:08
  I think, Cassie, with your role, you catch a more distinctive
• 55:12
  personal feature, which are these pink gem spectacles that
• 55:19
  have several different layers of gem like lenses that that allow
• 55:24
  for different types of vision. You would assume and give me a
• 55:27
  history check with a perception check so high OK. 5.
• 55:32
  Yeah, not enough. It's a face that you can't
• 55:34
  place, but it is young and. How close to us are they?
• 55:41
  She was there for a moment and then suddenly she's gone, having
• 55:45
  assumingly used her movement to jump away.
• 55:48
  That is Next up as she zeroes back in.
• 55:56
  But now you know that there is another threat, and I think you
• 55:58
  might know now why, as a seemingly a Wizard of the lands
• 56:03
  of favor was just upon your cloud, why your magic circle
• 56:06
  might have failed. Yes, three attacks are coming at
• 56:11
  all. We'll say one at each of you.
• 56:13
  Actually that is a 14 to hit Cassie.
• 56:19
  That is a 184 to hit pair bowl and 16 to hits in.
• 56:27
  Anything to mitigate this? How close is she?
• 56:31
  She is flying in on the broom and she like has wheeled around
• 56:34
  and is flying headed straight towards you and is it's the 30
• 56:39
  foot mark away from the cloud. Can I use my Cosmic Omen to
• 56:45
  impact her D20 test? Oh yeah, fantastic.
• 56:48
  Which one would you like to do? I I would say Cassie's was the I
• 56:52
  think closest. I'm going to do it for me and
• 56:56
  roll my D63 so I would save. That'll be enough to avoid
• 57:03
  having to make a strength saving throw, which I'll need from both
• 57:06
  Zen and Parable. Parable Get a net 20.
• 57:09
  If I hellish rebuke. What is the range on Hellish
• 57:12
  Rebuke? 60 feet.
• 57:13
  Oh yeah, you would definitely work in response to getting hit
• 57:16
  by this glowing arrow that shoots out from a massive bow
• 57:20
  that seems to hold no ammo. She does have a quiver at her
• 57:24
  side, but it holds no. Arrow, yeah, I think with like
• 57:27
  getting hit, Zen is just like every light creature I've come
• 57:31
  across hasn't hurt me. Monsters of light, arrows of
• 57:37
  light. Damn.
• 57:38
  The light and she just like shoots the hell of Sherbiog.
• 57:43
  So Atlanta is going to take 7 fire damage.
• 57:48
  Awesome. I think we'll we'll save there.
• 57:50
  Wait, will she save? Yes, she will save. 14, yes.
• 57:55
  So half. Half damage there which will be
• 57:58
  3 round down. OK, fine.
• 58:01
  Yeah, 3. Parable has two hit points, by
• 58:03
  the way. Noted.
• 58:07
  Yes you do. And within that 20 parable,
• 58:08
  you're able to shake off the Instead of damage, this arrow
• 58:12
  went to restrain you, and you were able to break it off before
• 58:17
  it made true a true grasp around you.
• 58:21
  Akuma, get off. Never mind I'm.
• 58:23
  Over here, you stupid little. I'm sorry, I'm I'm stressed.
• 58:26
  I'm stressed, I'm stressed. I'm stressed too, buddy.
• 58:29
  I don't think I could speed this up on this cloud.
• 58:32
  Not in this action. Sorry buddy +2. 14.
• 58:37
  It's it, unfortunately. Dang.
• 58:40
  Not quite enough as Zen is fully restrained and I think on such
• 58:46
  treacherous grounds I will ask for a DC5 Dexterity saving throw
• 58:51
  not to be at the risk of falling off this cloud. 18.
• 58:56
  OK, good. You you fall to the you know, or
• 58:58
  you're restrained and it's awkward.
• 59:00
  But this arrow of light again, the light is wrapped up and that
• 59:07
  is Next up parable. How far away do I see Adelanto?
• 59:12
  30 feet in closing. 30 feet In closing, Parable is going to
• 59:17
  cast Warding Bond OnStar. Sorry, it's Ryo.
• 59:22
  I, I think that will bring us closer.
• 59:24
  Let's bond over that. Variable.
• 59:26
  Is going to cast a warning bond on Ryo.
• 59:28
  You touch another creature that is willing and create a Mystic
• 59:31
  connection between you and the target until the spell ends.
• 59:33
  While the target is within 60 feet of you.
• 59:35
  It gains plus one to AC and saving throws, and it has
• 59:38
  resistance to all damage. Each time it takes damage, you
• 59:42
  take the same amount of damage. Cool awesome and I am also in a
• 59:46
  bonus action going to use lay on hands.
• 59:48
  Can I do multiple targets or does it?
• 59:50
  No, I'm going to say no, no, not in this tight of initiative.
• 59:53
  Then honestly, I think that is anybody else hurting as much as
• 59:57
  Parable with two hit points? OK, I'm going to heal myself for
• 1:00:00
  10 hit points here. Great stuff.
• 1:00:02
  And I think it just looks like Parable kind of reaching at his
• 1:00:05
  chest, feeling the light where it was before.
• 1:00:08
  And he just kind of pushes into his chest, heals as much as he
• 1:00:10
  can and stands up. And he takes his unsheathed luck
• 1:00:14
  blade and he prepares to. Strike.
• 1:00:17
  Gotcha. Cool.
• 1:00:18
  Awesome, that is Next up Lamillion.
• 1:00:21
  However, he is stunned right now and will try to.
• 1:00:27
  He does actually shake himself free of it as he says.
• 1:00:30
  Oh God, I saw myself as a wish hunter.
• 1:00:34
  Wildlife where I listen to a rabbit.
• 1:00:37
  Oh my God, Can you imagine? Watch your tone, Lamillion.
• 1:00:40
  And I'm that's a Wishmaster Lamillion to you.
• 1:00:43
  Now I'm in this fight and he will, I think, turn towards the
• 1:00:48
  threat that he sees immediately and say now that a couple of
• 1:00:53
  million Lone Star daggers can't handle and will throw out a few
• 1:00:59
  attacks here. One will miss and the other will
• 1:01:03
  actually hit here. Good for him.
• 1:01:07
  He needed that one. And that's an that's an 8 on the
• 1:01:09
  die. So that is quite a role for a, a
• 1:01:12
  dagger as it sinks into the meat of Adelante's thigh.
• 1:01:16
  And she just keeps coming. And he says, oh, that normally
• 1:01:18
  really just works. And that kind of ends it there.
• 1:01:20
  But she's just still playing right at us.
• 1:01:22
  Oh, God. And.
• 1:01:24
  I told you she is the hunt every story I've read.
• 1:01:27
  I feel like La Million hears the roar of a bear and feels like
• 1:01:31
  he's being chased as he considers the threat before him.
• 1:01:35
  That is the best you can do. And that is Next up Cassie.
• 1:01:40
  It's time for the hunter to become the haunted.
• 1:01:44
  Strong words, strong words. So can you clear something up
• 1:01:48
  for me? Yes, we've got Atlanta and a
• 1:01:52
  Wizard presence somewhere on the ground.
• 1:01:54
  Has since seemed to have disappeared.
• 1:01:56
  It seemed like kind of dropped an attack on you and then used
• 1:01:59
  movement to. OK, but we don't think they're
• 1:02:02
  the same. Person.
• 1:02:03
  No, not the same. Person 2.
• 1:02:05
  Two different threats, both seemingly from the land of
• 1:02:07
  favor. It seems both a wizard and a
• 1:02:10
  warrior are on your trail. OK.
• 1:02:12
  And where is Atlanta now? Still trailing.
• 1:02:17
  Atlanta is closing in at from 30 feet away right now.
• 1:02:21
  OK, Cassie is going to call lightning and try and strike her
• 1:02:27
  right out of the sky. So my storm cloud is going to
• 1:02:31
  appear again behind our not storm cloud of a magic carpet
• 1:02:37
  and I'm going to choose her point for the lightning to the
• 1:02:43
  lightning bolt to strike down upon.
• 1:02:45
  So bad ass is it dexterity safe for me?
• 1:02:48
  Yes, it is. 9 on the die. It is not enough to save here
• 1:02:54
  against this strike. Perfect, she's going to take 12
• 1:02:59
  damage. All right, 12 damage will hurt
• 1:03:02
  as you fry out of Lanta just a little bit, and she keeps on
• 1:03:08
  coming. As a bonus action, I'm going to
• 1:03:10
  cast Healing Word. Were you able to get a couple HP
• 1:03:13
  back? Parable.
• 1:03:14
  Yeah, I'm sitting at 16. OK, I'm going to cast Healing
• 1:03:17
  Word on Zen. Love.
• 1:03:21
  Nice shot, Cass. Thank you.
• 1:03:23
  Frizzled and fried that she still keeps on riding, but it is
• 1:03:27
  Raya up next who does her best and she says, This is my first
• 1:03:32
  time being out and I I didn't realize the world would just be
• 1:03:35
  so quite out to get me I guess. We'll protect you, Raya.
• 1:03:39
  Just remember that we're connected right now.
• 1:03:41
  Stay close. Stay behind me.
• 1:03:43
  As you do feel connected, I think Parable gets just a a hint
• 1:03:47
  of star song. There's been moments where he's
• 1:03:50
  seen Cassie and Raya interact in like a very wordless way, often
• 1:03:55
  through like the smallest of touches you feel as your warding
• 1:03:59
  bond connects to her. Her half is star song.
• 1:04:01
  What's your half? I think it's a rhythm.
• 1:04:04
  I think it's the rhythm of a walk, a long walk.
• 1:04:09
  That is a beautiful thing to hear.
• 1:04:12
  Ryle looks at all of you and says I don't think they could be
• 1:04:14
  after me. Should I?
• 1:04:15
  Do you think they're after me? I have a feeling they're they're
• 1:04:19
  after, they're after parable so. I don't know a lot to
• 1:04:23
  personally, but I'm I'm pretty sure they're here for me.
• 1:04:27
  Looks at Zen and like just tries to reinforce the line.
• 1:04:33
  Like I'm thinking they're fully here for for a while, right?
• 1:04:37
  I don't know, she seems really stressed.
• 1:04:40
  I was, I was thinking of disguising myself, but instead
• 1:04:42
  I'll, I'll just, I'll help where I can.
• 1:04:45
  And she not using her stars, she has a certain amount of daily
• 1:04:48
  energy that she can use outside of the stars.
• 1:04:51
  And she will throw a cure wounds at Parable I think, having seen
• 1:04:56
  him hurt most terribly. We're sharing protection.
• 1:05:01
  That'll be 16 Dang back to. Parable, I think, I feel to the
• 1:05:08
  awarding bond and the connection just a moment of acceptance.
• 1:05:13
  I think in a, in a moment of a role that I, I, I didn't think
• 1:05:16
  that I could fill in in protection.
• 1:05:18
  And like again, a more shift in this this oath towards
• 1:05:22
  protection rather than vengeance.
• 1:05:25
  Yeah, you find harmony in the initial chaos of harmony, chaos
• 1:05:30
  of the clashing of your rhythm and her star song.
• 1:05:32
  And when that settles, the tear wounds is almost, it feels
• 1:05:37
  natural as that energy courses through you.
• 1:05:39
  And she says, Cassie, is this what it's like to have a friend?
• 1:05:43
  I mean, we're family, but you just have friends like this.
• 1:05:47
  You're sort of discovering this friendship thing at the same
• 1:05:50
  time as I am. Oh, it's pretty special, right?
• 1:05:53
  I'm, I'm glad to have a I'm glad to have a friend, and you too, I
• 1:05:57
  should say. I mean family and friends and.
• 1:05:59
  Sometimes they're both. Best friends and family and she
• 1:06:05
  you guys find this this little peaceful moment in the chaos as
• 1:06:09
  you hear Volano's body slapping in the hitting the trees I was.
• 1:06:15
  Hoping that you wouldn't mention them.
• 1:06:17
  Wait, who's? Body.
• 1:06:18
  VOLANO. OK, Milano.
• 1:06:23
  Lomano. Not Lomilian.
• 1:06:25
  And that is Zen. Up next.
• 1:06:27
  Oh. Great, so am I currently
• 1:06:30
  grappled? Yes, that'll be an action
• 1:06:33
  strength. Check here to break free.
• 1:06:37
  So I'm going to take my whole action economy to unshit myself.
• 1:06:42
  Yeah, you can use role athletics.
• 1:06:44
  This thing is helpful. I wish it was +2.
• 1:06:49
  Not a safe athletic track to break free.
• 1:06:51
  Damn. OK.
• 1:06:53
  That's fine, that's good. I got.
• 1:06:57
  This inaudible grunting send Jessie a free. 19 I was
• 1:07:03
  surprised you I had a + 0 so I was like.
• 1:07:05
  Going in with no help, you see for a moment you break and you,
• 1:07:13
  the threads of glowing light are snapping, snapping, snapping,
• 1:07:16
  and you're reminded of the moments that you were about to
• 1:07:18
  be free, free from the pressures of the light.
• 1:07:21
  And it snaps back as you see Alanta reach out and with her
• 1:07:26
  own hand and reinforce the energy.
• 1:07:29
  I'll tell you right now, one off.
• 1:07:32
  Real bitch. Akuma's been real.
• 1:07:33
  Quiet. OK, He's been real doing.
• 1:07:36
  My best over there. She's quite terrifying.
• 1:07:38
  Dragon Boy. And now it's another.
• 1:07:41
  Life Is it a Caterpillar day? It's.
• 1:07:43
  A Caterpillar day single brain cell dad.
• 1:07:45
  Can Akuma apply the help action and give her?
• 1:07:48
  Akuma, I mean, as you're familiar, can do something here
• 1:07:50
  if you. Yeah, I think having it like
• 1:07:52
  locked back down Zen was like, I really wanted to do this myself,
• 1:07:56
  but Akuma, everything you have at her restraint, no restraint.
• 1:08:03
  I'm currently restrained if you do anything about that.
• 1:08:08
  As Akuma find release in the zoomies.
• 1:08:11
  Akuma breath weapon 4D6, 14 tech save.
• 1:08:15
  Nice, OK, let's see that save. Oh, with an 8 on the die will
• 1:08:19
  not save that. So you're gonna see some damage
• 1:08:22
  from my snake friend. Let's see it. 14 fire damage.
• 1:08:27
  Fantastic. Thanks Akuma.
• 1:08:30
  That'll hurt. Akuma just sends out the mighty
• 1:08:34
  roar. And with that, that is using and
• 1:08:37
  Next up, you don't know from where or who, just Cassie hears
• 1:08:43
  this, but Cassie, I'll allow you to communicate to the group.
• 1:08:46
  You hear a message in your head that says her next move is going
• 1:08:50
  to be that she's going to try to terrify you all into being
• 1:08:54
  trapped in a corner on that cloud.
• 1:08:55
  Pretend to be scared. You can, per the message, spell
• 1:09:00
  reply if you'd like. I think my reply would just be
• 1:09:05
  who are you? Do I have a suspicion it's the
• 1:09:07
  wizard? I will give you an insight
• 1:09:09
  check. I am going to share the message
• 1:09:12
  with the. The carpet, the.
• 1:09:15
  Cloud with the Cloud 24 Insight check.
• 1:09:19
  The face and the voice match up too well, and that was
• 1:09:22
  definitely that wizard that popped up here for a second when
• 1:09:25
  she said I'm sorry that I have to do this.
• 1:09:27
  Same voice, same message, as she's trying to give you a hint
• 1:09:31
  on how to deal with what comes next.
• 1:09:33
  Yeah. So I sort of shrink down low on
• 1:09:37
  the cloud and try and get on everyone's level and say I think
• 1:09:41
  one of these creatures might be on our side.
• 1:09:44
  It's telling me that the witch is going to try and frighten us.
• 1:09:49
  Something seems to be looking out for us and is letting us
• 1:09:53
  know that the witch is going to try and intimidate us.
• 1:09:56
  And the recommendation is to pretend to be afraid.
• 1:10:00
  Do we want to do that? Do we want to pretend to be
• 1:10:03
  afraid so that the witch thinks that what she's doing is
• 1:10:06
  working? Well, you can't always trust
• 1:10:08
  your thoughts, Cass. You've had quite a few
• 1:10:11
  interesting experiences recently.
• 1:10:14
  Are you sure this isn't another trick?
• 1:10:16
  You're right, I I barely know if I can trust myself.
• 1:10:19
  This feels like someone is speaking directly into my brain
• 1:10:23
  and it doesn't feel scary. I trust you and honestly I am a
• 1:10:29
  little afraid. I'm afraid too.
• 1:10:31
  I'm really afraid, but I wonder if the advice to do it anyway,
• 1:10:36
  do it afraid might be good here. We can do it afraid.
• 1:10:40
  We can do it afraid. I guess I'll follow you, Cass.
• 1:10:43
  We got this. OK, so we're going to pretend to
• 1:10:45
  be afraid, yes, but we're going to take really deep belly
• 1:10:48
  breaths and be strong together. Yes.
• 1:10:50
  Can we hold hands? We can hold hands.
• 1:10:52
  We're stronger together, pretend to be afraid just.
• 1:10:55
  Let the pink. Feel strong.
• 1:10:57
  Are we ready? Yeah.
• 1:10:58
  With that it is Next up Adalanta as she is zeroing in on this
• 1:11:03
  cloud and everyone please give me a wisdom saving throw here.
• 1:11:07
  +2. 2223. Is this to avoid the frightened
• 1:11:14
  condition? I get advantage and that helped
• 1:11:19
  a lot 22. Awesome parable.
• 1:11:22
  Hesitating for a second, of course, on the the high, high
• 1:11:25
  ground that you are right now, but all of you facing this fear
• 1:11:30
  that is just this emanation of wish stress.
• 1:11:34
  As Adelante closes in, similar to that hunger spirit, she
• 1:11:39
  emanates this, this sort of corrupted energy that she's been
• 1:11:43
  imbued with that shows hints of this energy that has been
• 1:11:48
  corrupting the world all the same.
• 1:11:50
  And as she closes in, she's mentally thrust that energy upon
• 1:11:54
  all of you, and all of you avoid it for a million.
• 1:11:59
  Our. Friendship Million also avoids
• 1:12:02
  it. Fantastic.
• 1:12:04
  Can we just like like we all hunker and then can we like grab
• 1:12:07
  him and like pull him down with? Us.
• 1:12:09
  Yeah, I think Parable drops to a knee, but he's still got his pen
• 1:12:13
  blade hidden. Fantastic Raya unfortunately
• 1:12:17
  does not, and I think just powers slightly behind you all.
• 1:12:22
  It's OK, we can sell that. We can work.
• 1:12:23
  With that, I think that might actually be the key genuine
• 1:12:25
  point. Raya is very much selling it as
• 1:12:29
  she says, they're here for me. I can they're they're here for
• 1:12:32
  me. They're going to they're going
• 1:12:33
  to do with this world the Discotti.
• 1:12:35
  And that is Parable up next. But I'll ask you guys if you're
• 1:12:39
  following with the plan of pretending to be afraid here.
• 1:12:43
  Yeah, I'm into it. Zen's into it.
• 1:12:45
  Parable's really struggling because of the sigil from Count
• 1:12:48
  Chance and the the robes and the memories and he's hunkered down
• 1:12:53
  over his knee. He's kind of ready to to leap
• 1:12:56
  and strike. This lets her get closer to us.
• 1:12:59
  That's what I'm thinking. Can Cassie communicate to
• 1:13:02
  parable anything that she cleaned about the glasses in
• 1:13:08
  this moment? What is she hoping to help
• 1:13:11
  Parable out with? I think that she felt that in
• 1:13:13
  the moment where she was able to observe these glasses, Parable
• 1:13:17
  might not have caught them. And I'm just sort of wondering
• 1:13:19
  if that extra information might give Parable more knowledge
• 1:13:22
  about what he's up against, or like they're significant in some
• 1:13:26
  way? Parable Give me a history check
• 1:13:28
  as Cassie shares a little bit more of a detailed description
• 1:13:32
  of that wizard that sent out. That is a 16.
• 1:13:38
  Sort of comes off like parable. Do you know anything about those
• 1:13:41
  pink crystal glasses? Those are Mojo's glasses, not
• 1:13:45
  ones that he has anymore, but he often speaks about his regret at
• 1:13:50
  the loss of them. He rarely speaks about why.
• 1:13:53
  I think at maybe A1 gleaning parable got him to open up about
• 1:13:57
  something, and it was that there was a previous wish hunter who
• 1:14:01
  between the time of the 1st and you.
• 1:14:04
  There have been several who came and went and have learned their
• 1:14:08
  trade, but none who rose to the level of wish hunters.
• 1:14:11
  Of the third, well, however, there was one that was close and
• 1:14:15
  her name, I can't tell you that, but her call sign was prophecy.
• 1:14:22
  I leaned a cast and I say I'll follow the plan, but whoever's
• 1:14:27
  speaking to you, I I don't know if we can trust them, but those
• 1:14:31
  are Mojo's classes. I think A wish hunter from
• 1:14:35
  before their call sign was prophecy.
• 1:14:39
  Oh, so this is meant to be so we have to listen, right?
• 1:14:41
  So they're, this is she's telling us to do something and
• 1:14:43
  we're going to do it and then everything will be fine.
• 1:14:45
  That's what this works, right? Parable is going to reluctantly
• 1:14:50
  look at his friends and just he's going to put faith in his
• 1:14:53
  friends and he's going to steal his blade.
• 1:14:55
  I imagine us all in like, you know, like the tornado, if
• 1:14:59
  you're not from the Midwest, you will not understand this.
• 1:15:01
  But like the tornado, like when you're on the ground, you know,
• 1:15:03
  and your hands over your head, I imagine we're like all like
• 1:15:05
  that, but we're all facing like our heads.
• 1:15:07
  So like, you know, you have to be in that the the tornado drill
• 1:15:10
  for however long. Yeah.
• 1:15:11
  You're like talking with your friends.
• 1:15:14
  Right now, you look terrified and like they're really
• 1:15:16
  undergoing an experience. They're taking it so serious.
• 1:15:20
  Look at them with their boulders on their their spinal cords like
• 1:15:23
  that. Yeah.
• 1:15:26
  Well, we're huddled. Can I?
• 1:15:29
  I'm going to actually whisper down to papaya and say papaya,
• 1:15:33
  get ready. OK, awesome.
• 1:15:36
  I will allow you to release Papaya as a bonus action, even
• 1:15:42
  though the spell I think calls for an action to summon with
• 1:15:45
  that preparation. Papaya being the ethereal steed
• 1:15:48
  that he is, and I think Adalanta, I'm going to give
• 1:15:52
  disadvantage here a one of the two.
• 1:15:56
  We'd love to. See it?
• 1:15:59
  I rolled that on my lamillion and dapple die.
• 1:16:02
  Don't do dapple dirty like that. Well, to help out that's true as
• 1:16:08
  Adelante Foley falls for the the ruse here and flies in near and
• 1:16:13
  steps upon the cloud and says, I'm sorry I have to do this
• 1:16:18
  button. It's just the mission, nothing
• 1:16:23
  personal. I think she steps up towards
• 1:16:26
  there's. No room on this cloud.
• 1:16:28
  There is, there's, there's not very much room on this cloud.
• 1:16:32
  I don't know why I imagined this, but I imagined her
• 1:16:34
  descending like standing on the broom, like just off the cloud.
• 1:16:39
  Actually, she steps off the broom, the broom floats by her
• 1:16:41
  side, and you see that the boots she wears have wings at the
• 1:16:45
  heel. And she steps partially on the
• 1:16:49
  cloud, partially off, and sees that you've all cowered into a
• 1:16:52
  corner. And I will allow all of you guys
• 1:16:56
  around here of prepared actions if you have them.
• 1:17:01
  So would my prepared action be trying to escape again?
• 1:17:05
  Oh yeah. Can I prepare for Akuma to do an
• 1:17:08
  action for me? Not his breath, but he can cast
• 1:17:11
  one of my spells. Oh, totally, Absolutely.
• 1:17:13
  OK. If I summon Papaya, he becomes
• 1:17:16
  part of the initiative, right? Yes.
• 1:17:19
  Could Akuma cast hex for me? Yes.
• 1:17:25
  Then yeah, because then I could give her disadvantage on an
• 1:17:27
  ability check. Wisdom would be great because
• 1:17:29
  then we could do the whole person and they'd have
• 1:17:33
  disadvantage on if. All goes to plan I will OK.
• 1:17:35
  Good to know, good plan, good plan.
• 1:17:37
  Cast. Do you have any inclusions?
• 1:17:39
  Yeah, I think I'm gonna cast. Oh wait, I do have charm person.
• 1:17:43
  But we could stack that with whole person, especially as them
• 1:17:46
  and charm them. That'd be still good.
• 1:17:48
  Would not hurt. OK, then I'm going to prepare
• 1:17:51
  charm person. And then my, I can have a bonus
• 1:17:55
  section prepared, right? Yeah.
• 1:17:56
  So I'm going to summon. I'm basically going to turn and
• 1:18:00
  cast whole person and throw Papaya as a tiny spider outward
• 1:18:03
  after Zen casts through Akuma Hex.
• 1:18:08
  And then Cass is going to try to charm afterward.
• 1:18:12
  With Healing word to RYA as a bonus action.
• 1:18:16
  Cool, cool, awesome little bit of table talk, but I love it as
• 1:18:19
  you guys basically have this little bit of time to huddle and
• 1:18:21
  get a plan together as Adelante takes her time now as she gives
• 1:18:25
  a little speech about this is just a a summit.
• 1:18:31
  I guess we're present. Just that this isn't personal
• 1:18:34
  and that she's only here for one of you.
• 1:18:38
  And then as she looks towards Raya, she strikes down at the
• 1:18:43
  first person who stands in her way and her blade misses.
• 1:18:48
  You parable. As she looks at her, her blade,
• 1:18:53
  she swings again and it and it misses again.
• 1:18:56
  I will actually roll those attacks.
• 1:18:59
  That's very good that her natural 20 became A1.
• 1:19:05
  And I think in her frustration she rolls her own one.
• 1:19:09
  So 2 attacks miss one out of some odd as if you were struck
• 1:19:14
  and then you weren't, it never happened.
• 1:19:17
  And then out of frustration she misses you of her own record.
• 1:19:20
  And that's her turn and she's surprised for the next 1.
• 1:19:23
  So I will allow you guys all a round of turns here.
• 1:19:26
  I think Parable stands up and watches the slashes like through
• 1:19:31
  him or around him, and stands up and looks at Adelante and says,
• 1:19:37
  well, you shouldn't have come here.
• 1:19:40
  And damn your light and Akuma is going to hacks her.
• 1:19:45
  Yeah, she's she's hexed with there's not to save or anything
• 1:19:50
  with that. Nope, just hexed.
• 1:19:52
  So then Wisdom disadvantage. So she's hexed.
• 1:19:55
  Hexed for what? A building.
• 1:19:58
  And as soon as the hex goes off, I think parables just going to
• 1:20:00
  lift up his blade and you just see this tiny little spider
• 1:20:04
  getting bigger and bigger as he sprints down the end of the
• 1:20:08
  braid. We get like a zoomed in shot and
• 1:20:10
  the papaya leaps off the edge as I behind him with a spider man
• 1:20:17
  gesture cast hold person. Fantastic.
• 1:20:20
  Papaya will enter the initiative, but let's focus on
• 1:20:24
  that hold person first and with both sixes, I don't think that
• 1:20:30
  will save here. It's a DC-14.
• 1:20:33
  Adelanta is held paralyzed and that paralyzed expression is 1
• 1:20:38
  of utter surprise and anger. That is Next up Papaya, who I
• 1:20:44
  think, yeah, whole person just stays even when a giant spider
• 1:20:48
  jumps and makes a couple of attacks on you.
• 1:20:51
  I was imagining that can he bind at all with Webb?
• 1:20:54
  Oh, cool. Yeah, absolutely.
• 1:20:55
  Yeah. Valano just pictured Valano at
• 1:20:58
  the back of this club. Just in case she escapes the
• 1:21:03
  whole person to have her bound at least.
• 1:21:05
  Give me a Webb recharge roll of D6.
• 1:21:09
  It's got to be a 5 or 6 on the die.
• 1:21:12
  That is A5. Nice, that is definitely a
• 1:21:16
  recharge then, and Papaya will web up and Adelante will
• 1:21:20
  automatically fail to save as she's currently paralyzed and
• 1:21:23
  then suddenly restrained by webbing.
• 1:21:25
  Anything else that occurs here? Yeah, Cassie casts Charm Person
• 1:21:30
  on her, which is a Wisdom saving throw.
• 1:21:34
  OK, another one. Great.
• 1:21:36
  Great disadvantage. I can't not going to save with
• 1:21:39
  what would have been a 19 and instead will fail with what is
• 1:21:42
  A5. Huge, incredible.
• 1:21:44
  So. So this humanoid confirmed.
• 1:21:50
  Yeah, Humanoid confirmed. Is friendly to us for an hour.
• 1:21:55
  I don't think she can show that on her face, but you will have
• 1:21:57
  to trust Cassie that her magic works.
• 1:22:00
  She's charmed or she should be charmed.
• 1:22:02
  She looks pretty angry, but. She's charmed, Parable's still
• 1:22:06
  holding the expression and it's now a fist trying to hold the
• 1:22:09
  the whole person. Like should I let her go so she
• 1:22:11
  can talk? How should we do this?
• 1:22:14
  We could just drop her off the cloud.
• 1:22:16
  RYA, how close are we to our destination?
• 1:22:20
  I can feel a small domain that way is you said your your friend
• 1:22:23
  Dapple. Oh, there, yes.
• 1:22:25
  And if you see large goats, go faster.
• 1:22:26
  OK, faster. As we begin to travel a little
• 1:22:30
  bit faster with this cloud and Adalanta is secured, you spot a
• 1:22:35
  wizard in white waving you down from the ground below.
• 1:22:41
  And Cassie, you hear once more a voice in your mind.
• 1:22:44
  And I think, given time, all three of you hear a voice that's
• 1:22:48
  aids you to slow down and come down.
• 1:22:52
  Raya can add 9 points to her hit points just so you know.
• 1:22:56
  OK. Thank you from.
• 1:22:57
  That bonus action? Healing Word.
• 1:22:58
  Thank you Do. You guys see that wizard?
• 1:23:02
  Yeah. Are we really going to stop for
• 1:23:04
  another? I don't think we.
• 1:23:04
  Is that the one that talked to you earlier?
• 1:23:06
  I think so. I don't know for sure, but I'm
• 1:23:08
  getting the sense. Star is still frightened and
• 1:23:10
  hurt and we need to get to Dapples as soon as we can.
• 1:23:12
  Are we really going to stop for someone else that tried to hurt
• 1:23:15
  us before? Yeah, but then she helped us and
• 1:23:18
  it worked and we have time. Maybe we kind of got in the
• 1:23:22
  middle of their kerfuffle and I don't know.
• 1:23:26
  At the very least, we could get Mojo's glasses back.
• 1:23:29
  I think on the mention of Mojo, I'm going to take out the
• 1:23:32
  sending pen click and I'm going to say in the good book, the way
• 1:23:36
  I do is it it writes and fades. I write down classes, prophecy,
• 1:23:41
  question Mark, Adelante and I I think I do in a full sentence.
• 1:23:45
  We have Star. I think he in the way of him and
• 1:23:50
  the busy man that he is, he circles Star and puts a little
• 1:23:54
  rabbit :) next to it. But then you see a exclamation
• 1:24:02
  point put next to prophecy and a little quick scribble that says
• 1:24:08
  she still owes me these. OK.
• 1:24:11
  I think upon Adalanta he just writes a question mark having
• 1:24:16
  like no necessary context for that part specifically.
• 1:24:19
  OK, yeah, I try to save ink. This is the best way that I can
• 1:24:22
  communicate with him. He sent me back a a rabbit's
• 1:24:26
  face. I, I, I think he's.
• 1:24:28
  Oh, that's a good thing. Yeah, I know.
• 1:24:29
  He he leaves. He knows like that.
• 1:24:30
  I'm I'm happy that he's happy that we have star.
• 1:24:32
  He did trick us and. He's sorry.
• 1:24:35
  Still coming over the the the terror, but Raya one more time.
• 1:24:39
  I know that. Yeah.
• 1:24:41
  Yeah, right. We had to say star because he
• 1:24:43
  doesn't tell their name. But the moment we can.
• 1:24:47
  Fair enough. OK.
• 1:24:49
  So that's I mean. And he was pretty neutral about
• 1:24:51
  the way prophecy has been mentioned, so I guess we can go
• 1:24:56
  get his glasses back at least. You're feeling better about it.
• 1:25:00
  Yeah, right. I think I walk up to Atlanta and
• 1:25:05
  adjust her on her side on the cloud and I hold my pen blade to
• 1:25:10
  her throat and say this is not an opportunity for you.
• 1:25:13
  You stay. I'm sweating.
• 1:25:18
  I think Adelante you just see like a bead of sweat on her face
• 1:25:21
  as it like she's so wrapped up and restrained.
• 1:25:23
  And the charm person I think is holding to a weirdly magical
• 1:25:27
  point. The stress of it all is just
• 1:25:29
  getting to her. I think this new friend of ours
• 1:25:32
  is going to know exactly what to do with you.
• 1:25:35
  As you all go to the send, I think you get a little bit more
• 1:25:39
  of a written out message from Mojo that says careful of what
• 1:25:45
  we write. Some witch hunters are still on
• 1:25:49
  missions that are sensitive to speak of to say the least.
• 1:25:57
  Please remove this page as he's made an effort to, I don't know,
• 1:26:02
  maybe it's on the same page of all of your notes, but he asks
• 1:26:04
  you to remove that message as he confirms that a witch hunter
• 1:26:09
  named Prophecy is on a mission out there somewhere.
• 1:26:12
  OK. Yeah, I think you are all over
• 1:26:15
  my shoulder reading this because it's in a good book and say, why
• 1:26:18
  would he want me to RIP out the page as it erases itself out of
• 1:26:21
  the good book? Yeah, like I closed the good
• 1:26:24
  book and like, I guess we're about to meet someone that's
• 1:26:28
  more like us than we that we thought.
• 1:26:30
  A Co worker. I would say more like a spy but
• 1:26:34
  yeah a Co worker. I mean, we're all technically
• 1:26:37
  spies, right? I mean like the third world
• 1:26:40
  witch hunter. You could call us that.
• 1:26:42
  I'm so excited. This is to be the best little
• 1:26:44
  meat. Cute.
• 1:26:45
  They like tea. Oh my God, by the light.
• 1:26:50
  We should probably also because she's charmed.
• 1:26:53
  Did my Am I still grappled? No, that yeah, totally
• 1:26:57
  dispelled. Yeah, you come, you come free.
• 1:26:59
  And I think the the charm is hard to work out here, but I
• 1:27:02
  think over this weird descent, she does kind of get on your
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  side and just suddenly chipper about being restrained by.
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  The cozy on the cloud like a. Weighted blanket as the effect
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  has taken in, but I think as you all descend to find a a wizard
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  robed in white with an hourglass upon her back and pink gem
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  spectacles upon her eyes. We will end our session there
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  for you to all meet her next time.
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  Are you for real? Yeah, on.
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  The way down can can I fish Vilano back into?
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  The cloud and. Ask.
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  He's just dangling because I'm descending like.
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  Oh man, oh gosh, I'm. Sorry, I didn't want his
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  commentary on this whole situation.
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  Anyway all. Right.
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  Two fails. You're lucky.
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  Did he save? He saved.
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  Okay, should I cure wounds? Yeah, yeah.
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  Let me kind. Yeah, I think, yeah.
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  He. Deserves to meet a better fate.
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  So he gets 16 back. Adalanta looks pleasantly
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  surprised that she's not the only one wrapped in Yeah, yeah.
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  We we we rope him back in and like, settle him up next.
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  To it's a sign of friendship. We're starting a collection,
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  yes. I didn't realize so much
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  kidnapping would be part of this job.
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  Occupational hazards in the bylaws.
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  It's very different than looking through a telescope.
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  We have a loaded cloud right now.
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  We got Papaya out in full force. The millions they're doing.
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  I guess I'm glad we're going down.
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  I don't think we could go up at this.
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  Point a beautiful sight as you all meet this mysterious wizard
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  upon the ground just a little bit outside of the Apple's
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  domain. And with that, we will end our
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  session. Parable on buttons this
• 1:29:01
  happened. Just in case.
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  Just in. Case all right with that, of
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  course I have to say my stuff here.
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  This has been a bite sized dice roll twice told story told by
• 1:29:12
  yours truly, Rob Whitehead and brought to life by my players.
• 1:29:15
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