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Benders & Brews: S3: Episode 1 - Escape from Yu Dao · Session Zero Heroes | TTRPG Actual Play Adventures & Improv Storytelling

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>> Speaker B: Jasmine, oolong, green
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and white. Long ago, these four
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teas were skilfully brewed at the blissful brew.
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Then everything changed when the shop's
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popularity threatened its existence.
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All Mr. Okuron, the shop's owner and tea
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master, could do was to recruit four teenage
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orphans to learn his trade and. And staff his
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shop. A year has passed since the orphans were hired,
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and although their skills have progressed, they still have a
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lot to learn before they can brew anything. But
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I believe that they have the potential to make the blissful
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brew the greatest tea shop in the world.
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>> Speaker A: M
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and welcome back, everybody, to the
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first official episode. I say first.
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I mean, we did the episode zero, but this is, like, episode one of
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the story of benders.
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That's right. Kermit the frog
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enthusiasm. this is episode one of
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season three, the finale
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season for benders and brews, the
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show that you all know and love. Otherwise, you wouldn't have
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stuck around this long. Welcome, back. We're
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excited to have you here listening. we're excited to be here
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recording, and, we're excited to tell the rest of
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this story. So we'll kick things off like we
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always do. Go around the table and do some interesting
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character facts for each one of the players. We
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will start with Dave,
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assuming he's prepared.
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>> Speaker C: There was a time in
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Gohan's life, a
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time of darkness.
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>> Speaker D: Oh.
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>> Speaker C: A time of experimentation,
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that manifested itself in
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what you might call emo
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phase.
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>> Speaker D: What?
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>> Speaker A: Guohan will Guo.
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>> Speaker C: Yeah, he saw. Yeah, I mean, they passed through, a town
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where that was kind of the rage. A lot of teens
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and whatnot were doing that
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and expressing their inner
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emo.
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>> Speaker A: Right on. What does a town
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do to have a lot of teens?
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What would cause a town to explicitly have
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just a, larger than normal
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number of teens in it?
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>> Speaker E: They had a baby boom at a specific,
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like, oh, man, these babies stink and we don't want
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anymore. And then they just have teenagers and no babies.
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>> Speaker A: They just go straight to teen.
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Gosh, Michaela's got some feelings about
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teenagers.
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You're an old soul.
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>> Speaker E: I've been told that a lot, actually.
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>> Speaker A: So he had an emo phase. How did that
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manifest? Did he have, like, do, some dark
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eyeliner, maybe? Pale
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makeup?
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>> Speaker C: yeah, it was eyeliner for sure. The
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lipstick nice. Painted his
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nails nice in his
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toenails.
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>> Speaker A: Was he listening to some crazy music?
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>> Speaker C: Yeah, he was going to some
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underground concerts. Nice around
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town that, you'd kind of have to. There weren't
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posted flyers anywhere.
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>> Speaker A: You had to know somebody
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that's awesome.
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>> Speaker C: And he would feel extra
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rebellious whenever he got a chance to
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sneak away from the carnival. Yeah,
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but they would always come and.
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>> Speaker A: Find him, though, and bring him back to work.
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I mean, I guess. Yeah, that's the second thing. When you grow up
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without direct parents, then you kind of have to turn
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that angsty teenage nature towards
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just any authority that you can get.
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And that was the crazy.
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That's crazy. I love it. I love it. All right, jumping
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over to Mika. Michaela
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playing Mika. There we go.
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>> Speaker F: Yep.
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>> Speaker A: What's the interesting fact about Mika today?
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One that we haven't ever heard up
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till this point?
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>> Speaker E: She's an only child.
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>> Speaker A: Okay, fair
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enough.
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>> Speaker E: Got him.
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>> Speaker A: I guess we'll establish that as, like, absolute fact.
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Like your dad didn't while he was out looking for
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you and other stuff he didn't get with
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anybody else or in the time leading up to after.
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>> Speaker E: Your mom died, too busy in the rebel union.
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>> Speaker A: maybe he found love in the. No, I
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mean, obviously he didn't because you just established it. Yeah.
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All right.
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>> Speaker E: We don't have love stories in this family anymore.
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>> Speaker A: Gosh.
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>> Speaker E: We love each other. That's all we need.
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>> Speaker A: Skyler is writing that down for Mika's
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arc, which is coming
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right. Well, all right. Official only child
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guaranteed. Definitely none
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out there. Canon. There we go.
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All right, jumping over to Connor. Connor, who
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the heck are you playing? And I won't spoil it this time.
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>> Speaker G: I'm playing the broccoli.
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>> Speaker A: The broccoli.
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>> Speaker G: The broccoli. And, fun fact about him,
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in his spare time, he's learning how to
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read and write a bit better. He's not the most
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literate feller. I'll teach you, but he's just got
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the street Smarts. He doesn't have the book smarts. He
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barely has street smarts.
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>> Speaker A: That's why Bill's got to look out for.
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>> Speaker G: He's got reckless, abandoned smarts.
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>> Speaker C: That's got street Smith.
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>> Speaker G: Exactly. So he's in his spare time
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learning how to read and write.
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>> Speaker E: Sounds like one of those bullies in school.
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>> Speaker G: Yeah.
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>> Speaker A: secretly trying to learn actual life
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skills, but trying to pretend like I don't need this.
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>> Speaker G: Like, when I see someone reading for fun, it makes me
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angry because I can't read,
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period.
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>> Speaker A: And you're doing it for fun
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recreationally.
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>> Speaker G: you're doing for fun what I can't even
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do.
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>> Speaker A: I say that when people do any
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sports or a lot of athletic activity
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that they consider bicycling for long distances.
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I don't know. Anyways, okay, then my
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question for you is, who is teaching
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Brock, or how is he learning?
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>> Speaker G: He's kind of just sort of breaking into local
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libraries. At least he thinks they're libraries because.
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>> Speaker A: He can't read the sign.
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>> Speaker G: Oh, my gosh.
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>> Speaker A: No.
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>> Speaker G: He can't read the signs outside,
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which.
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>> Speaker A: Is a ratio for correctly breaking into a library
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versus something else.
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>> Speaker G: 30% of the time,
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he's successful.
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>> Speaker A: The place where he doesn't have smart.
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>> Speaker G: No, he's got the street smart, so he knows how to break
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it. He knows how to break into place.
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>> Speaker A: Street smart. I got street smart.
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I like the idea that Brock just, like, walks up to a building
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that he's like, maybe this is a library. There's a dude standing outside of you, and he's
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like, yo, what's this building? And the guy's
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like, well, excuse me, but this is the
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library.
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>> Speaker D: Dope breaks the door open and just.
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>> Speaker A: Like, walks through and starts grabbing handfuls of books.
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>> Speaker H: Yep.
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>> Speaker G: That's pretty much all he does. Even if the door is unlocked, he just
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makes a new hole in the wall. He just has to
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establish Brock was here.
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>> Speaker C: Just grabs a book and rips out a page.
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Takes that with Lacey's. No context.
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>> Speaker A: No context.
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>> Speaker H: He's not so dumb that he just starts eating pages out of
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books, hoping that he can.
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>> Speaker E: He probably did that when he had.
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>> Speaker G: Absorbed the words into him.
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>> Speaker A: if only it was that easy.
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>> Speaker G: If only had an airbender
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straight into my brain. that's how it works.
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Yeah. They just like Brock's mind
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straight into the ear.
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>> Speaker A: Think embedding things into people's head is usually how you
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kill them.
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>> Speaker G: Brock's too hard headed. He's lucky that he doesn't have an
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airbender friend because he has.
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>> Speaker A: Read about this.
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>> Speaker G: I'm sure they filled lots of books with things
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directly talking about this idea.
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>> Speaker A: they filled a lot of books with things Brock doesn't know.
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In fact, they filled all of them with things.
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Awesome. All right. And last but not least,
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we've got Cameron.
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>> Speaker G: Hello.
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>> Speaker B: Who the heck are you?
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>> Speaker G: I'm Bill door.
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>> Speaker E: I'm Bill door.
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>> Speaker H: I'm Bill door.
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>> Speaker A: That's pretty good. That's a pretty good impersonation,
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considering I'm.
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>> Speaker G: The one who does it.
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>> Speaker E: He was talking about me. Give me some credit.
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>> Speaker H: That's a pretty good impression.
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>> Speaker A: Yeah.
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>> Speaker C: So it's not always a shoe in. I'm pretty sure
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Dolly Parton lost a Dolly Parton look
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like.
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>> Speaker A: Also, man, people can't even be themselves
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anymore.
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>> Speaker H: They're old.
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>> Speaker A: Yeah, that's true. So Karen, what is an interesting
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fact about Bill door that we didn't know up until
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this point that you're going to tell us?
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>> Speaker H: this is more of a question. Are there forests near the
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fire nation?
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>> Speaker A: Sure. Yeah, there's forests in the fire nation.
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>> Speaker H: Cool. Bill, and his family would go hiking.
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Sorry, camping. Camping. They would go
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camping usually a couple of times in the
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summer. And Bill always really enjoyed it. he would
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go on the hikes a lot while his parents would stay back at the
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camp, reading. His mom would paint. His dad would do a lot
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of reading. I know Broccoli is.
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>> Speaker G: He did what now?
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>> Speaker H: Bill and his two brothers would go on the hiking
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trails.
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>> Speaker A: Okay.
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>> Speaker H: And they would just kind of just go enjoy the
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land. But sometimes Bill would stay behind. And
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on these camping trips is when he really picked
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up painting, nature.
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>> Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Okay,
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awesome.
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>> Speaker H: So sometimes he'd hike,
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sometimes he'd paint. When you're in camping, you can
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kind of do both. Yeah, you have a lot of free time
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out there.
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>> Speaker A: Nature, man. That's like the whole point.
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>> Speaker H: From what I'm told, that's something he really enjoyed doing. And
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then they kind of stopped doing that, a couple
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of years before Bill ran away.
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So he really hasn't ever gone
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camping since.
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>> Speaker A: Dang. Yeah. All right. If you know the
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context of that because you listen to the prequels.
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Yes. That's pretty
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brutal. All right,
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well, my name is Skyler. I'm the game
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master for this whole crazy benders and brews story
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that we've been bending and brewing all this time.
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And an interesting fact about me
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is that I
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have a book in my car that's been
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there for three years now, and
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it's not very long, and I have not finished
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it yet, and Michaela likes to make fun of me
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for it. And, ah, if I'm being honest,
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it's kind of a fair point, kinda.
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and to make it even worse, I was at the
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bookstore not too long ago, and I bought a new
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book, and I said, I'm not going to read this one until I finish
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the one that's in my car. So it's all across.
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>> Speaker E: Any more of the one in your car?
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>> Speaker A: Nope.
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>> Speaker F: Right.
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>> Speaker A: But I'll get there. I'm sure I will. anyways,
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so this non reader over here, at, least
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Brock can't get mad at him. And with
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that, we are going to jump into episode one of
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season three.
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All right.
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>> Speaker D: And we're back.
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>> Speaker A: And again, I cannot reiterate this
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enough. If you have any questions
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or need any remembrances about season two, please
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check out our season two recap episode
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or go back and re listen to
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all season two. That's an option. It is
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an option. We don't delete our episodes after we
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post them, so you are more than welcome to go check them out,
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give us a few extra downloads,
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and recheck, out season two. But
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highlights to, what happened between
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the end of season two and where you guys are at
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now. you guys rested at the
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rescue team squadron facility, their new
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one after you escaped their old one, which you had
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snuck into and gotten past the
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villainous, gaze
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of Wang Long, General Wang Long, the fire nation
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general, who was kind of looking for any rescue
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team squadron files or paperwork
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or maps or anything secretive that he needed to get
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his hands on. you guys snuck into the facility. You
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burned up those documents. You found the
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Kalimba that Mr. Okaron had sent
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Mayu Yinyu and which was supposed to end up in the
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hands of Guo. You got that back, and then you
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escaped. And then what happened after that? You
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guys made it back to the rescue team squadron
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new base. Mika's dad had to take
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off along with Sora, saying that he'd see you
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guys again. Of course, he knew that you guys had kind of
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your own mission, and even though you guys were given sort of
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honorary memberships to the rescue team
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squadron, again, everybody kind of understood that
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you are on a different mission than being rebels against
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the fire nation right now. You guys have something
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else that's on your minds, and they're totally understanding for that. They
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let you rest up. You guys wake up the next day,
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Mika's dad, Mactook, has headed out.
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he's gone with Sora and maybe a couple other
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members. mayu Yinyu also went along with him. So those
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guys have all headed out, leaving you guys to your
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own devices, feeling refreshed and ready to go about
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your day. and you guys have the Kalimba that
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was left to you by Mr. Okuron specifically
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for Guo. What
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would you like to do?
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>> Speaker C: Guo is going to try to
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compose a song titled dad's
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away.
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>> Speaker A: Okay. And he's just plucking away at
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the Kalimba, trying to come up with this
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song. All right. Does he have
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lyrics? No, not yet. All right.
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>> Speaker C: He's going to get his songwriting
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processes. He kind of likes
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makes up words like, dad's.
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Not a great start, but.
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>> Speaker G: No, that's good.
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>> Speaker A: I'm excited to hear the final version of this
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by the end of season. Three, I'm sure.
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>> Speaker C: Maybe it'll be a seashanty.
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Dad's away.
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>> Speaker A: I guess that's not a Columbus sound,
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but we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out.
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>> Speaker H: Seashanties and Columbus don't typically
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pair hand in hand.
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>> Speaker G: Until now.
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>> Speaker E: Until now, we never said it had to
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be good.
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>> Speaker A: It's just sort of like, ah, a reggae
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style c sht with steel
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drums and a kalimba I feel like
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would all work. I don't know, something like that. I'm not a music person, but
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whatever the case, one thing that you were reminded of, is the
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song. It was the money m
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collection song, I think, from the
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carnival. And that was kind of the song
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that the music box that you guys had found at the
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previous clue played, that you
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recognized. And the note that you had received
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beforehand said that you needed to play that
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same tune when you got this
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Columba. Not that you can't also make your.
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>> Speaker C: Own song, but as he's trying to,
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what would you call it? Pluck out a song on the
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Columbia.
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He, just kind of out of habit, flows back into the
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ticket sales.
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>> Speaker A: The ticket sales song, that's what it was.
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Sang
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those last notes all of a sudden in a little
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compartment on the sort of that circle
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in the middle of the columba where it kind of like helps resonate the
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sound as you pluck away. Kind, of opens up
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underneath at the bottom of it. And
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there's a note. There's two
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notes, and then there is a
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map piece inside.
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>> Speaker C: Guys, check it out.
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>> Speaker A: One of the notes, says your name on it. One of the
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notes says brock's name on it. And then, of
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course, the map piece kind of fits in with the other map pieces that
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you have so far.
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>> Speaker C: Brock, this one has your name on it. Here, don't
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eat this.
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>> Speaker G: I mean, I'll hang on to it, but I love how
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we just went.
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>> Speaker A: Through a whole thing about how Brock doesn't know how to read. And then I
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told,
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why is there two sounds?
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It just needs one. I'm changing my name. This is
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stupid.
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>> Speaker H: I'm going to pat him on the back and go. You're getting.
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>> Speaker G: Thanks, Bill.
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>> Speaker H: You need help?
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>> Speaker G: No, I got this. Brock
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just kind of goes off to the side. You can see him, like, mouthing the
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sound, sure. Of the words.
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And, I'll save everyone the headache of
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me attempting, and I'll
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just give it to billery.
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>> Speaker A: Okay. I was going to say it'd be really funny if you
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just open up the note. And it's just a whole bunch of drawings.
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They're like caveman drawings. And hope that maybe
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you're able to get through this. That should be the
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first part of the note. Brock, I know you're not reading
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this. Bill, read this to Brock,
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would you?
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so do you want me to read that one first, or do you want me to do gua? It
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doesn't matter to me.
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>> Speaker G: Is it just the two notes?
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>> Speaker A: Those are the two notes that are in there.
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>> Speaker H: You're not going to send to me to read out loud?
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>> Speaker G: Yeah, I'll send them to you to.
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>> Speaker A: Read out loud, and then while you're receiving
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that, and then you can prepare to read it. I
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will read the one that Guo gets, if that's cool with you,
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Dave. Yeah. All right.
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Perfect,
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Cameron. There we go.
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Send message. Okay,
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perfect. yeah.
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all right, so this is what Guo's note says. Oh,
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sorry. I got to do it. Mr. Okeron, voice.
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>> Speaker I: You've suffered so much betrayal and
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abandonment in your life that I'm sure has left
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its effect on your ability to trust
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others and develop relationships.
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I know that you have a sense of longing and searching
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that's trapped within you and seems
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unquenchable. I can only hope that in
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the time that I had with you that you were able
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to see a, real bond between us, whether that be
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as friends or maybe even father and son.
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Because I always thought of you as my son,
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Guo, I also hope that you'll be able to
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grow and develop that relationship with
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mika, Bill, and Brock.
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I know all four of you are so different,
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and I've seen the ways you've all
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often clashed and fought with one another.
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But one thing I've always known is that
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you, Guo, are, the glue that seals them all
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together. You have an incredible amount of love
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to offer and a peacefulness that centers
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others. Never forget that. Follow
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your loves. Follow your passions, wherever
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those might lead you, my boy. You have a place in
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this world, and no one can take that from
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you.
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>> Speaker A: And that's the end sign.
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>> Speaker C: Mr. Okaron Guohan is,
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tearing up as he reads this
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naturally, and.
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>> Speaker A: So is Dave. Awesome. It is
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definitely an emotional moment. Do
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you think wo would have read that out loud or in
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his own,
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>> Speaker C: He would have read it himself while Bill
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was reading the.
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>> Speaker H: Oh, dang.
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>> Speaker G: Okay, probably Bill was working with.
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>> Speaker C: As Brock was struggling to get through the
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first line.
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>> Speaker A: Yes.
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>> Speaker G: Can I see the first line?
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>> Speaker A: I mean, all things considered, that note was written to
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you from Mr. Okron. So that is absolutely
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all yours.
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>> Speaker G: Hey, that's my name.
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>> Speaker A: Good job.
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>> Speaker D: Good job.
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>> Speaker H: Yeah, Brock, I can. Let me see here.
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It says, Brock, I know you're not really one
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for mental puzzles and prefer to solve problems through
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your strength and force. There's nothing wrong
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with this. And contrary to what others might have said,
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sometimes fighting and force is the
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solution, even though I myself am an
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adamant pacifist. With that
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being said, the one thing you're missing is reliance on
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those around you. Learning to rely on others and work
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alongside others will give you the strength of 100 men.
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So with that being said, know that this
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coming trial will require you to do just that.
21:22
You can't do everything yourself, although you've
21:25
tried your independence, truly a
21:27
benefit to those around you who rely on you. But
21:30
don't forget that others need to pull their weight sometimes, too.
21:33
And you deserve a break from time to time.
21:36
>> Speaker A: Oh, shoot, there's more.
21:38
>> Speaker H: There's more.
21:40
>> Speaker A: I was late. Oh, shoot, there's
21:42
more.
21:44
>> Speaker H: Lift the page.
21:45
>> Speaker A: Yes, you turn the page over to the other side.
21:47
>> Speaker H: With that being m said, here's your next
21:49
destination. I'm going to simply give it to you
21:52
since the real tasks will come when you arrive at the location.
21:55
And my hope is that Madame Yang
21:58
wouldn't have even made it this far with the clues I left
22:00
before. At the north end of Yu dao, you'll see
22:03
the inlet of a tributary.
22:06
Follow it for about a day's journey on foot. You
22:09
wrote tributary in your letter, Brock. I find
22:12
that funny.
22:14
>> Speaker A: Again. He probably just assumed that Bill was going to read it
22:17
for him.
22:17
>> Speaker G: Yeah. Anyway, I hope so.
22:20
>> Speaker H: Follow it for about a day's journey on foot, and you'll
22:22
find the end of it, which stems out into a crescent shape.
22:25
>> Speaker A: Another. Okay.
22:26
>> Speaker D: Wow.
22:26
>> Speaker H: He really expected someone else to read for you.
22:28
>> Speaker A: Didn't.
22:33
>> Speaker G: Follow Moon river?
22:35
>> Speaker H: Uh-huh you'll see what you're looking for within
22:38
the side of the mountain there fairly quickly.
22:41
Find my old friend Goru Tabik,
22:43
and he'll guide you the rest of the way through the portion of the
22:46
journey. Good luck.
22:50
>> Speaker G: I just kind of sit back.
22:53
See, he wants you guys pulling your weight around here.
22:57
>> Speaker A: I was kind of hoping that's what you'd get out of that.
22:59
Huh?
23:00
>> Speaker H: I think what he's afraid of is
23:03
what happened the one time we were in the
23:06
mountainside.
23:08
>> Speaker G: Yeah, what about it?
23:10
>> Speaker H: Well, remember when you went a little too hard
23:13
and you broke your
23:16
foot and also damaged your arm and
23:19
I had to carry you out of a mountain?
23:21
>> Speaker G: But you know what didn't happen.
23:24
We didn't die. Okay, we
23:27
got to blow up. Oh, no, we
23:29
didn't blow it up because it was all souls day, but we
23:32
were about to blow it up.
23:34
>> Speaker H: We did blow it up.
23:35
>> Speaker G: We did blow it up.
23:37
>> Speaker A: We spared the old man so much remembrance.
23:40
>> Speaker H: We spared the old man who's still at the old folks home, who
23:43
you've never visited once,
23:45
whatever.
23:46
>> Speaker A: That's more of a you thing.
23:48
>> Speaker G: You love pie show. That's kind of your thing. It's
23:51
true.
23:51
>> Speaker H: But he also likes war stories. You have a lot
23:54
of those. Maybe you weren't in war, Brock, but
23:57
you definitely have a lot of stories.
23:59
>> Speaker G: Of know you're not wrong.
24:02
>> Speaker A: That's true.
24:03
>> Speaker G: Yeah, I guess you're,
24:06
Maybe it's time I sit on the sidelines for this one. Just kind of
24:09
kick back. I'll let you
24:12
guys sort of take care know. I'll, let you take
24:15
care of it. I'm going to just hang back.
24:17
>> Speaker H: Don't think that's what Mr. Rokron meant either,
24:20
Brock.
24:20
>> Speaker A: what do you mean?
24:21
>> Speaker H: I think he meant you just need to not rush into
24:23
everything head first.
24:25
>> Speaker G: But that's like my thing. That's like my whole thing.
24:28
>> Speaker H: Exactly. Mr. Okeron's point in
24:31
this letter.
24:37
>> Speaker A: So with that, your next task is kind of
24:40
presented to you. You need to get to this, what
24:43
is called a tributary, which is a river. It's
24:46
basically, yeah, just a river that runs in and then kind of comes to an end that
24:49
stems off of an ocean, or is
24:52
my best understanding from the research that
24:55
I did, which was very short.
24:58
Done shortly. Done. but whatever the case, I'm
25:01
pretty sure that's the accurate terminology. You need to follow
25:04
this to where there is a crescent shape
25:07
kind of way that it kind of stems outward, and
25:09
in amidst that crescent shape, you'll find a
25:12
mountain. And apparently his Friend, his old
25:15
friend, guru tapik, I'm just going to tell you that's
25:18
what it is now, how it's pronounced. and he'll guide you
25:21
the rest of the way, whatever it is that whatever Mr.
25:24
O'Gran left behind, based on.
25:29
>> Speaker G: This tribuche.
25:32
>> Speaker D: Tribuche.
25:33
>> Speaker A: as you guys are kind of head
25:36
over to that same,
25:39
section where there's an
25:41
earthbender guy that's at the bottom, and he kind of raises you up on a
25:44
platform that's almost like an elevator, in a sense,
25:47
and puts, you back up onto kind of
25:50
the southern outskirts of
25:53
Udao, and you
25:55
could cross through town to get
25:58
to this, river or you could try to take
26:01
kind of around the town to get there.
26:04
What are you guys going about this?
26:06
>> Speaker G: Well, normally, Brock would just sort
26:09
of conjure, his roller blades and
26:12
just blade his way around.
26:13
>> Speaker A: Sure.
26:14
>> Speaker G: I suppose now that Mr. Okaron wants me to
26:18
sort of wait on these guys.
26:22
>> Speaker A: I made, so many mistakes writing that.
26:26
>> Speaker G: Knew exactly what he meant. Ah, he knew what he was
26:29
saying.
26:29
>> Speaker E: He knew.
26:32
>> Speaker G: He knew who he was writing. For brock
26:35
to read this.
26:36
>> Speaker A: That's true.
26:38
>> Speaker H: A lot of big words.
26:40
>> Speaker G: A lot of big words. I don't know what he was thinking
26:43
in his.
26:51
I would suggest going straight through. Know
26:53
quickest way to. You said it's on the north
26:56
side.
26:57
>> Speaker A: Yeah, north side of town is when the tributary kind of
26:59
begins. Also, keep in mind that he said that it was about
27:02
a day's journey, to get you to where the
27:05
crescent shape kind of outpires.
27:08
Feel like I'm making up words. and in case you
27:11
guys needed a refresher,
27:15
when you were kind of tasked with this journey,
27:17
the guy back at the funeral told you that after
27:20
about a week's time, they would have to put the
27:23
tea shop up for auction. And you guys
27:26
are currently about three days into
27:29
that seven day span.
27:31
>> Speaker E: We're, like, halfway through.
27:32
>> Speaker A: You're about halfway through. And you also have to keep in
27:35
mind, you had to get back in time.
27:37
>> Speaker E: Let's steal some horses.
27:39
>> Speaker G: Hey, I like.
27:42
That's two votes for stealing horses.
27:44
>> Speaker A: That's two votes right off the bat.
27:47
>> Speaker H: First off, we're going to a river. Why would we need horses?
27:50
>> Speaker G: We need, like, seahorses.
27:51
>> Speaker E: Yeah.
27:54
>> Speaker H: I mean, in this world, that could be a real.
27:56
>> Speaker A: So many dumb members of this
27:59
seahorses.
28:00
>> Speaker H: Okay, this is a great idea. Let's go
28:02
find some seahorses.
28:04
>> Speaker G: Yeah, let's go.
28:06
>> Speaker A: Are you going into town to find these seahorses?
28:09
>> Speaker H: Wait, shouldn't we been like, well, we're.
28:10
>> Speaker A: All trying to keep cover in the sea.
28:12
>> Speaker H: We just raided
28:15
a fire nation controlled
28:18
building.
28:18
>> Speaker E: They literally cannot prove that it was us.
28:20
>> Speaker G: You know what? Tell you what. I'll get us all clipboards. I'll make us all
28:23
clipboards.
28:24
>> Speaker A: Oh, no. The clipboards again, and then we'll be
28:26
fine.
28:27
>> Speaker H: If four people have clip rocks, a.
28:29
>> Speaker G: One trick pony, won't they be looking for
28:32
a guy with a clipboard?
28:35
>> Speaker H: Especially after the factory incident?
28:37
>> Speaker G: You know what? You're right.
28:38
>> Speaker E: Give us all some.
28:39
>> Speaker A: After you guys left the whole place, like, falling
28:42
apart, the dude that was in charge just kind of standing there,
28:45
and he goes, wait a minute. I don't think those
28:48
guys are real OSHa agents.
28:50
>> Speaker E: Where's the dude?
28:51
>> Speaker G: You know what? You're right. I'll earth bend us some
28:54
ladders.
28:54
>> Speaker A: That would have been such a great post credit scene
28:57
ladders.
28:58
>> Speaker G: You can get anywhere with a clipboard or a
29:00
ladder.
29:02
>> Speaker A: The right costume and a ladder.
29:06
>> Speaker H: Why don't we just go walk along the water? I'm sure fire nation
29:08
aren't around the water.
29:09
>> Speaker E: We don't even need a walk. He can just
29:12
earth.
29:14
>> Speaker G: That's way less fun.
29:16
>> Speaker E: I meant more like roller skates so we can ride on through.
29:18
But that works, too.
29:20
>> Speaker H: I prefer going along the river because we have to go
29:23
down river.
29:25
>> Speaker A: We kind of have to go upriver in a way.
29:27
>> Speaker H: Make us a boat with paddles.
29:28
>> Speaker E: If we have to go up, we can't just lay.
29:30
>> Speaker G: You know how heavy we have. Stone oars
29:33
are going to be waterbender.
29:35
>> Speaker E: Yeah, dude. you make the boat, I'll push
29:37
us.
29:38
>> Speaker G: All right, fine.
29:40
>> Speaker A: You're going to make a stone boat.
29:42
>> Speaker G: Well, I mean, they make boats out of concrete all the time. If it's got the
29:45
right shape.
29:46
>> Speaker E: Can I make a water boat?
29:47
>> Speaker G: You know how heavy cruise ships are?
29:49
>> Speaker A: You can try. Yeah, I mean, I get the
29:52
concept just about buoyancy.
29:54
>> Speaker G: Yeah,
30:00
brock understands buoyancy also.
30:02
>> Speaker E: Guys, it doesn't have to be rock. You could just make it like
30:05
mud.
30:06
>> Speaker H: Just pack it rocks down here.
30:08
>> Speaker E: Beavers make their dams out of mud.
30:10
>> Speaker A: And dock down here because came in and adopted.
30:12
>> Speaker H: I can see a dock right there.
30:14
>> Speaker A: We see one of your pirate ship in the dock.
30:17
>> Speaker E: Why are you taking away our creative abilities?
30:19
>> Speaker G: Yeah, why do you hate mean?
30:22
I'm all for.
30:23
>> Speaker E: No, we're trying to live off the land.
30:25
>> Speaker A: Well, I do think that bill's, perception
30:28
does bring up something important, which is that you
30:30
do see that there are, in fact, docks and there are.
30:33
>> Speaker E: Boats that these seahorses. Let's go.
30:35
>> Speaker A: And one of those boats that you see is the
30:38
familiar sight of the bloody borcupines
30:41
pirate ship which you have escaped from into the
30:44
city of Udao.
30:45
>> Speaker H: Let's not go that way. Actually,
30:48
let's do the concrete boat idea.
30:50
>> Speaker E: No, we changed it. We're going to make out of
30:53
mud and sticks like the beaver cat.
30:56
>> Speaker A: So it's like a raft.
30:57
>> Speaker G: Like a raft.
30:58
>> Speaker C: What's wrong with walking?
31:01
>> Speaker E: It's not fast.
31:03
>> Speaker A: What's wrong with me?
31:13
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32:10
>> Speaker A: Let's get back to the show.
32:13
>> Speaker G: Takes way too long. Not as fun.
32:16
>> Speaker H: Okay.
32:17
>> Speaker A: I mean, you might be able to find some Ostrich
32:19
horses in town.
32:20
>> Speaker H: If the boat idea doesn't work, we'll walk.
32:23
How's that sound?
32:24
>> Speaker E: You can walk in the boat.
32:26
>> Speaker G: I could probably bend just a slab
32:29
of stone, and we just all sit.
32:31
>> Speaker H: On it, and then the water bender just moves it along the river.
32:34
That probably would just work just as fine, actually.
32:36
>> Speaker E: Well, hopefully, we all are fantastical in
32:39
our bending abilities. Let's go.
32:41
>> Speaker G: Yeah. All of us. All of our bending collectively.
32:44
>> Speaker H: Especially me.
32:46
>> Speaker E: Especially you.
32:47
>> Speaker H: Especially bill.
32:49
>> Speaker G: Who's a stick bender?
32:51
>> Speaker H: I'm not a woodbender.
32:54
>> Speaker G: Can't make us a boat.
32:55
>> Speaker A: It's going to be a small boat. All right, so, yeah, explain to me.
32:58
Explain to me.
32:59
>> Speaker G: So, I think we're just going to go onto the side of this
33:03
tribute.
33:04
>> Speaker A: Okay? So you're going to just go straight towards where the
33:07
tributary. Kind of like stem inlets from the.
33:09
>> Speaker H: Ocean, away from city.
33:12
>> Speaker A: Okay.
33:12
>> Speaker G: And away from the pirate ship.
33:13
>> Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. And
33:16
then we'll go with that. We'll start
33:19
there. Let's start with there. Okay, so, as you
33:22
guys are walking along, kind of,
33:25
neither towards the coastal edge of
33:27
udao. That'll eventually lead to where this inlet is,
33:30
which is kind of a beeline path from where you've come out of
33:33
the RTs facility
33:35
towards the north side, where you know that
33:38
at some point you're going to hit this tributary, obviously. Right.
33:41
if you go completely around it, that would be a
33:44
feat that would take you quite some time. and
33:47
you can see in the distance, you see the kind of dip in
33:50
the land where the tributary probably goes
33:53
in from. And there's, three
33:56
figures that are sitting just by a
33:58
tree that almost look like they, are
34:01
waiting for you. And they're sitting right by the
34:04
pathway that kind of, like, leads out of town, north from
34:07
the city, which you've kind of intersected with
34:10
almost to some extent. And the closer you get,
34:12
you realize two things. One,
34:15
one of them is the pirate captain.
34:18
And the other two are members of the pirate crew. That's not
34:21
the second thing. The second thing is that they're looking right at
34:24
you.
34:24
>> Speaker G: This is the pirate crew that we escaped from, not the one that we help,
34:27
correct.
34:29
>> Speaker A: Well, both is the,
34:33
water. They're not on the water.
34:35
>> Speaker H: They are on the water.
34:36
>> Speaker G: No, my best friend there, Banjo,
34:39
who are the two?
34:40
>> Speaker A: Bango, the guy that you tried to. And he had just no
34:43
interest in that.
34:43
>> Speaker G: No, my best friend.
34:44
>> Speaker A: Bang. The closer you get, you see three
34:47
people. You see Captain Rockfoot, of course,
34:50
you see, boatswain tomo. She was the
34:53
earthbender woman. I, think that
34:55
was the one that Mika, you were throwing
34:58
spears with, I think.
35:01
And then last but not least is the
35:04
fan favorite deck hand,
35:06
calconi, the gentleman
35:09
pirate.
35:11
>> Speaker H: And I go way back.
35:13
>> Speaker A: You do? And just as you're approaching, you
35:15
see the captain just about to say something
35:18
to you. And then all of a sudden, Calconi raises
35:21
his hand and starts waving excitedly. And he
35:24
says, I do say. It is
35:27
wonderful to. And all of a sudden, the captain
35:30
kind of punches him in the stomach.
35:31
>> Speaker D: And says, I was the one who was going to be doing the
35:34
introductions, Calconi.
35:38
Anyways, well,
35:41
the four of you, I
35:44
thought I might be able to catch you before you
35:47
left town. What have you
35:50
to say? Jumping off me ship into the
35:52
waters, swimming to shore and disappearing into you
35:55
dow.
35:56
>> Speaker G: We can start off with a you're welcome for saving your
35:59
ship.
36:01
>> Speaker D: Yes, the gator shark. It's something that's come
36:04
and gone.
36:05
>> Speaker D: But we're after the booty and not
36:08
your. Well, I guess kind of yours in a
36:11
roundabout way.
36:12
>> Speaker G: Well, that's ironic, because I'm after a booty on your ship.
36:14
As.
36:22
>> Speaker A: Did Captain
36:24
Rockfoot blushes.
36:29
>> Speaker D: No, not that kind of booty. I'm talking
36:32
about this treasure you're after.
36:35
>> Speaker E: Well, you want to know something?
36:38
>> Speaker D: I.
36:38
>> Speaker E: We already found it.
36:40
>> Speaker D: Perfect.
36:42
>> Speaker H: M. We don't got no more.
36:44
>> Speaker D: What?
36:45
>> Speaker E: We can draw you a map to where it is.
36:49
>> Speaker A: Are you trying to trick?
36:52
>> Speaker E: If that's what it takes, you bet you.
36:54
>> Speaker A: Well, I'm just saying there's, like, literally a move for that if you want
36:57
to give that a shot.
36:58
>> Speaker H: Fake map. Ready?
36:59
>> Speaker A: Well, she said she'd draw him up. Okay,
37:03
but I whispered that to her.
37:05
>> Speaker D: Do you have a fake map?
37:06
>> Speaker H: Do you have a fake map?
37:07
>> Speaker D: Ready?
37:09
>> Speaker H: What if we just told him we found it
37:12
and then the Fire nation stole it from us and
37:15
we're running from the fire nation? They believe.
37:17
>> Speaker D: I'm a little confused. You said, you could drop a
37:20
map, and then you just started whispering.
37:23
>> Speaker H: Yeah, we're trying. We're trying to remember
37:26
where we're not
37:29
familiar with Udao.
37:31
>> Speaker E: Here's the deal, Mr. Captain, sir.
37:34
We had to bury the treasure. Hide.
37:37
Aye, because there was some sketchy,
37:40
fire nation people after us.
37:43
It'll be a race between you and them to see who gets there
37:45
first.
37:48
>> Speaker D: You're trying to tell me that you found
37:51
the treasure and immediately
37:54
buried it back?
37:56
>> Speaker E: I didn't say immediately buried it. I
37:58
said people were chasing us,
38:01
so we had to hide it.
38:03
>> Speaker D: Since you jumped off me, we could.
38:05
>> Speaker E: Have just hit it like 2 hours ago, bro.
38:09
>> Speaker A: He kind of, like, looks past you down the path that you
38:12
just came.
38:12
>> Speaker D: And he said, good to know.
38:16
>> Speaker H: Yeah, it's fresh.
38:18
>> Speaker A: I need you to do the trick, though. I need you to do, I don't know what
38:21
the role is for that.
38:22
>> Speaker E: Creativity.
38:24
>> Speaker A: Thank you.
38:28
>> Speaker G: It's a one on die
38:31
so that.
38:31
>> Speaker E: I have an eight plus one nine.
38:33
>> Speaker A: All right, so reading the result.
38:36
>> Speaker E: For a nine on a seven and nine,
38:39
pick one.
38:41
So, they either stumble,
38:44
take plus one four to acting against them. They act
38:47
foolishly. The GM tells you what additional opportunity
38:50
they give you. They overcommit. They are deceived for some time.
38:53
>> Speaker A: All right, so you get to pick one of those options.
38:57
Let me know which one you'd like.
38:59
>> Speaker E: I'm going to say they overcommit. They're deceived for some
39:02
time.
39:02
>> Speaker A: All right.
39:04
>> Speaker D: All right, let's see this map
39:06
then.
39:09
>> Speaker E: let me just drop real quick.
39:11
>> Speaker D: That would be great, but I'm going.
39:13
>> Speaker E: To need Bill's help.
39:15
>> Speaker D: Okay, well, get to it, boy.
39:18
>> Speaker H: Hey, go talk to the captain.
39:20
>> Speaker G: Yeah, I'll walk up. All right.
39:25
I kind of, like, lean on his shoulder. I'm like,
39:29
so, she ever talk about
39:31
me?
39:33
>> Speaker D: Who in blue blazes are you talking about,
39:36
boy?
39:37
>> Speaker G: what was her name?
39:38
>> Speaker H: Is she the one?
39:39
>> Speaker A: Right?
39:39
>> Speaker G: Are you asking him? No, I'm asking you.
39:43
Is she the one that's there. No, not
39:45
the.
39:46
>> Speaker A: There's like.
39:47
>> Speaker G: And there's, like, the older woman.
39:49
>> Speaker H: Okay, I've got a name of one of them, which was Sue.
39:52
>> Speaker A: Sue is the waterbender.
39:54
>> Speaker G: I think sue was her friend.
39:57
Rooney.
39:59
>> Speaker A: Rooney is the old man that helped you guys at
40:01
the.
40:07
>> Speaker G: Rush, but I.
40:08
>> Speaker A: Don'T think it is.
40:09
>> Speaker G: No, it was, like, an older woman.
40:13
It wasn't Mika's friend. It was
40:16
like. Wasn't sue, was it
40:18
sue? Was
40:21
that the lady from the theater?
40:24
>> Speaker A: There was the lady from theater, but she wasn't part
40:27
of the pirates. Zazu.
40:28
>> Speaker G: But I'm pretty sure that was a. Oh, man. Well, then that takes away
40:31
all my.
40:34
>> Speaker H: Because isn't the one girl here.
40:36
>> Speaker A: Yeah, but it was.
40:37
>> Speaker G: I don't think it was her. I think there were two women
40:40
because there was one that I tried to just chat up while we were,
40:43
like, swabbing the poop deck or whatever.
40:45
>> Speaker H: The waterbender, who's the navigation expert.
40:48
I think she was older, so I think it would be. Tomo
40:51
was the only other girl.
40:52
>> Speaker C: Tomo.
40:52
>> Speaker A: Yeah.
40:53
>> Speaker G: So Tomo is the woman.
40:54
>> Speaker A: And it's possible that sue was the one that maybe Mika was
40:57
throwing spears with.
40:58
>> Speaker G: Okay, so Tomo is with.
41:00
>> Speaker A: Yeah, she's in this group. Oh.
41:02
>> Speaker G: So I'll sauce her up to
41:06
you.
41:06
>> Speaker G: I liked our conversation.
41:09
you want to get out of here and maybe grab some
41:12
tea? I know a good place around here.
41:14
>> Speaker A: Okay, so, you asked her if there was. You said there was a tea
41:17
shop.
41:17
>> Speaker G: That, while they're
41:20
drawing that map, I got
41:23
a little thirsty, bree burying that treasure. You
41:26
want to hit up a tea shop around here, maybe play
41:29
some pie show?
41:30
>> Speaker F: tempting as that might be, I'm not really a big fan of
41:33
you.
41:33
>> Speaker A: Down, you know?
41:35
>> Speaker G: Me neither. Let's get out of. Let's just.
41:38
Let's just find a little farm, maybe build a
41:41
house, maybe just forget
41:44
all our troubles.
41:46
>> Speaker F: I don't think I can get past my troubles. I got a
41:49
lot of revenge to take.
41:52
Or I can get past my troubles.
41:55
>> Speaker G: You're driven. And that's what I love about you.
41:58
That's why you're so hot.
42:00
But
42:03
I think you and I would be just so great.
42:06
Just get out of here. Just find a little farm, little
42:09
plot of land out in the mountains,
42:12
just the two of us. You know what I'm saying?
42:14
>> Speaker A: You want to push your luck?
42:16
>> Speaker G: Am I actually just going to retire in the mountains with this
42:19
woman? I'm just gone.
42:21
>> Speaker A: It's a risky situation, and I want to see
42:24
how successful you are in this, ten.
42:29
>> Speaker F: I tell you what, I'll let you take me out for that
42:32
drink first, but
42:35
you're going to have to.
42:38
>> Speaker E: Do.
42:39
>> Speaker F: Whatever I say when we get into you now.
42:41
>> Speaker G: Yes, ma'am.
42:44
It's a deal. I'll take
42:47
little miss what's her name
42:50
and Tomo for the
42:53
fourth time
42:57
and, I'll just sort of saunter off to the
43:00
nearest tea shop with her and just sort of go on this date
43:03
with an older lady.
43:04
>> Speaker F: She shouts back, captain, we'll be right
43:06
back. I'm going to go get some tea.
43:08
>> Speaker D: And he's like, well,
43:11
this whole situation really
43:14
did not pan out at all the way I
43:17
foresaw it to. Not the
43:20
DM speaking.
43:22
>> Speaker A: okay, yeah, it's not far to
43:25
get back into town, but yeah, you head back into town
43:28
and there's the tea shop. And it's the
43:31
same one that those two old guys were playing pie show
43:34
in. and they see you two walk in and
43:36
they wave at you because they recognize you.
43:42
Big whippersnapper that he was
43:44
flirting with you.
43:46
>> Speaker D: Dang, I can't remember what these guys.
43:47
>> Speaker B: Names were because I never thought we'd.
43:48
>> Speaker A: Freaking see him again.
43:53
But we'll, just roll with it for now.
43:55
>> Speaker G: He couldn't resist two old men.
43:58
>> Speaker H: The Riz tism.
43:59
>> Speaker G: Yeah. What's up, guys? just brought in my lady friend here. We're
44:02
just going to get some tea and catch up a little bit. Talk
44:05
about the sea. tea and ketchup.
44:08
Tea and ketchup in the sea combo.
44:10
>> Speaker H: No wonder he was in the back.
44:13
>> Speaker D: What a come.
44:14
>> Speaker G: And Brock walks up to the front and
44:17
he tries to read the menu.
44:21
>> Speaker D: This is where everything goes
44:23
downhill.
44:25
>> Speaker G: I'd like one tea, please.
44:29
He reads the menu very quickly,
44:31
realizes he can't read. He's like,
44:34
I'll have my usual kind of
44:36
winks. Just
44:39
kind of winks at the guy at the front
44:42
here and whatever my lady wants. And then we just kind
44:45
of. I honestly thought it was going to be a
44:48
side quest. I didn't expect this to be fleshed
44:50
out.
44:53
>> Speaker A: The person at the front counter of the tea shop,
44:56
which I think we established was a hot leaf
44:59
juice, if I remember correctly.
45:04
Well, no, I mean, it's not like Madame Yang is standing right there and
45:07
she's like, where?
45:08
>> Speaker E: Still hate them?
45:09
>> Speaker H: No, we still hate them.
45:10
>> Speaker A: Well, I understand. Yeah.
45:12
>> Speaker E: We're not supporting their business.
45:15
>> Speaker G: You think I could read hot leaf juice on the
45:18
sign? The
45:21
pink and the logo M. You know what? I won't
45:24
tip
45:27
your foot down, aren't you? I won't tip
45:30
them.
45:30
>> Speaker A: Wow.
45:31
>> Speaker E: All you're doing is making the poor worker suffer.
45:34
Man treats their server.
45:37
>> Speaker G: Fine, I'll tip them, but I'll steal their cups.
45:40
I don't know what I'll do with them. I'll just have cups.
45:43
>> Speaker E: Just break them. Oopsie. Was an accident.
45:46
>> Speaker H: That's your fifth one.
45:48
>> Speaker C: Hot leaf juice had the
45:50
signature Stanley cup.
45:53
>> Speaker A: Signature Stanley cup from target.
45:58
Oh, Dave, hitting us with the trendy
46:01
topics. the young lady that's working the
46:04
front counter has this, almost abnormally
46:06
large smile on her face and she goes, I'm sorry,
46:09
sir, you're going to.
46:11
>> Speaker F: Have to tell me exactly what that usual
46:13
is. I don't remember you.
46:17
>> Speaker G: why don't you order and what is there?
46:20
Tomo? Yes, okay, Tomo, why
46:23
don't you order? Why don't you order and then I'll.
46:25
>> Speaker F: Okay, let's see here.
46:28
I'll have one of those fancy
46:29
pineapple mango fruit
46:32
teas that I've seen with the. I'll add
46:35
the herbal, essence to.
46:37
>> Speaker G: It and I'll just make it two of those.
46:40
>> Speaker F: Absolutely, sir. That'll be
46:43
for yuan.
46:45
>> Speaker G: Okay. And I think actually I've been keeping
46:48
track. I have everyone.
46:52
I'll just drop a fat stack of
46:55
yuan and I'll just slowly count out.
46:57
>> Speaker A: One.
46:59
>> Speaker G: Because I'm the one who just has the bag.
47:01
>> Speaker A: I don't remember the exact situation but I do explicitly
47:04
remember for whatever reason. I think maybe it's just because Brock
47:07
volunteered but everybody was like, well, let's all just have
47:10
all of our money in one place. You are the only for when
47:13
we need to do stuff with it.
47:15
>> Speaker G: Yeah, I have two copper in online m
47:18
and I'm not sure if I'm supposed
47:22
we have like almost 2000
47:25
currency.
47:25
>> Speaker A: Because obviously you didn't have to pay.
47:28
>> Speaker G: the left it with all.
47:31
>> Speaker H: With Brock.
47:32
>> Speaker G: Yeah, that's on you.
47:33
>> Speaker A: The only thing I think you've spent up until this point
47:36
was the old man
47:38
Rooney who you paid to guide you and you
47:41
gave him like extra because you got him for two days or something. I
47:44
don't remember what it was.
47:45
>> Speaker G: Yeah, but yeah, we have like almost 2000. I've been keeping
47:48
track. I'll drop
47:51
the bag just so she knows I got it like that. But then I'll just
47:54
slowly count out one.
47:55
>> Speaker E: You know how to count, but you know how to read?
47:57
>> Speaker A: Yeah.
47:58
>> Speaker H: Okay, three counts, right?
48:00
>> Speaker A: Four.
48:01
>> Speaker G: And I'll just slide them
48:04
and just do a wonderful strut
48:07
back to the.
48:08
>> Speaker F: Feel free to have a seat anywhere, and we'll bring
48:11
those drinks out to you.
48:13
>> Speaker G: Fantastic.
48:15
>> Speaker E: Kind of creepy.
48:16
>> Speaker A: awesome. So you guys go take a seat over
48:19
off to the side, and,
48:22
I'll jump back over to Mika, who are drying up
48:25
a fantastic map to
48:27
somewhere.
48:28
>> Speaker E: Yeah. You want to know where?
48:30
>> Speaker B: Please tell.
48:31
>> Speaker E: the map leads to the burnt
48:34
down fire nation thingy.
48:37
>> Speaker H: The building they took.
48:37
>> Speaker A: You mean rescue team
48:40
squadron's old base?
48:41
>> Speaker D: Yeah.
48:42
>> Speaker A: Okay. All right.
48:43
>> Speaker H: And we wrote underneath of it. It's on the third
48:46
floor.
48:47
>> Speaker A: Okay.
48:47
>> Speaker H: And the hidden in the bathroom.
48:51
>> Speaker G: Look for the flooded water.
48:55
>> Speaker A: And the captain, he looks over this map for a second, and he
48:57
says, bathroom?
48:59
>> Speaker D: You say
49:02
flooded water.
49:03
>> Speaker E: You take a big dump,
49:06
pass it off as that.
49:08
>> Speaker A: He kind of shows it to calcone, and he.
49:11
>> Speaker D: Well, shoot, that's pretty dang detailed, if you
49:14
ask me. It doesn't feel like you're making it up.
49:17
>> Speaker H: Good thing you guys are comfortable, around water.
49:20
>> Speaker D: M normally, I'd have a bit of a grudge against you
49:23
lot for the fact that you escaped our
49:26
capture, but you did help with the
49:29
gator shark situation, which was my true
49:31
goal, after all.
49:33
>> Speaker E: Yeah, we literally saved your butt.
49:35
>> Speaker D: And if we get the treasure, then.
49:37
>> Speaker G: We got no reason to hunt.
49:38
>> Speaker D: Yes. My booty. Thank you. And if we
49:41
get the treasure, as you promise, then I suppose
49:44
we have no reason to hunt you any further. If we
49:47
get the treasure like you promise. But if I
49:50
don't, I will hunt you down
49:53
and got you like a fish. What is that
49:56
from?
49:56
>> Speaker E: It's something.
49:57
>> Speaker A: Yeah.
49:58
>> Speaker H: Peter Pan, sure.
49:59
>> Speaker E: No, that is not from Peter Pan.
50:02
>> Speaker H: I don't like him.
50:02
>> Speaker A: No.
50:03
>> Speaker H: Oh, classic captain cook.
50:06
>> Speaker E: Cook, join us on our discord channel for
50:09
this lovely.
50:13
>> Speaker A: And, with that, he kind of gives you guys
50:15
a semi respectful nod.
50:17
>> Speaker D: And he goes, calconi.
50:20
Where did Tomo say she was going? Oh, I think, sir,
50:23
that she was going into town for a spout of.
50:28
Well, we'll meet back up with her later, maybe. Should
50:31
we go through. Let's go through town first.
50:33
>> Speaker A: Well, the map does say, sir, that.
50:35
>> Speaker D: If we go through town, we'll eventually make it to
50:38
the location of the treasure. So maybe we do
50:41
go through town.
50:42
>> Speaker A: First, let Tomo know where we are.
50:44
>> Speaker D: Off to, and then head there
50:47
after.
50:48
>> Speaker A: I feel like I'm doing his voice different, but I kind of like
50:51
it.
50:53
Yeah, he's developing ever since.
50:56
He just gets beat on so much. Every time he gets
50:59
punched, his voice changes a little bit. And the
51:02
captain says, yeah, I think.
51:03
>> Speaker D: That'S a good plan. Calcone.
51:04
>> Speaker A: And with that, the two head off into towards town.
51:07
>> Speaker H: Bye, Calconi.
51:09
>> Speaker D: Oh, good day to you, sir.
51:12
>> Speaker H: He definitely does not remember me.
51:15
I say to the other two as.
51:16
>> Speaker A: They walk away, as you say
51:19
goodbye, he turns on, he says, good day, bill,
51:22
or something. I don't remember.
51:24
>> Speaker D: Yeah, that was your.
51:25
>> Speaker H: Yeah, the last time I saw him one on one, I knocked him out with
51:28
my bow staff.
51:29
>> Speaker G: just kind of say that to you guys.
51:30
>> Speaker A: Top it off. You shoved him into a, ah, closet.
51:33
>> Speaker H: Pushed him into a broom closet. And he couldn't fit
51:36
because of his shoulders, so I had to guarantee
51:39
drop kick him into it.
51:41
>> Speaker A: He had horrible, kinks,
51:44
in his neck.
51:45
>> Speaker H: After that, the reason I had to go
51:48
to desperate measures was because me and Okaron
51:51
were escaping them, and he was the only guy guarding the ship
51:54
before we took one of their sideboats.
51:56
And so by knocking him out and shoving him into the broom
51:59
closet, and then I barred the door so he couldn't
52:02
follow us.
52:03
>> Speaker E: Escaped him three times.
52:05
>> Speaker D: Yeah.
52:06
>> Speaker H: This is three times now.
52:07
>> Speaker E: Three times a charm.
52:08
>> Speaker A: He is. He is not.
52:10
>> Speaker E: All right, well, we got to find Brock and get out of here.
52:13
>> Speaker H: We can't find Brock. Why don't we just keep going?
52:15
>> Speaker A: Well, I was just going to say,
52:18
guys, we're actually headed in the same.
52:20
>> Speaker H: Brock knows where to go, right?
52:23
>> Speaker E: Just going to leave him behind?
52:24
>> Speaker H: Well, he can defend himself. We both know that.
52:27
>> Speaker E: But he's our friend.
52:30
>> Speaker H: Okay, but he's on a date.
52:32
>> Speaker E: She can come, too.
52:34
>> Speaker H: I don't think she works for us
52:37
or wants to help us.
52:39
>> Speaker E: She wants to go with her lover boy.
52:42
>> Speaker H: I think Brock's more interested in her than she is in
52:45
him.
52:46
>> Speaker A: Wow.
52:46
>> Speaker E: what do you think? Whoa.
52:48
>> Speaker C: Are we really sure that this guy's the
52:50
captain?
52:52
>> Speaker A: What?
52:53
>> Speaker C: I don't see his hat.
53:00
>> Speaker H: Did he have a hat on?
53:02
>> Speaker A: No.
53:05
>> Speaker G: Glow.
53:06
>> Speaker H: Took all of them.
53:07
>> Speaker G: I remember he kind of walked up after the
53:10
captain said something. He's like, well,
53:13
that's right, Gohan.
53:15
>> Speaker H: You're the real captain now.
53:17
>> Speaker A: I had you roll for it, dude. You rolled low and
53:20
nobody was happy. I
53:23
could jump over to, Brock and let you guys kind of
53:26
decide what it is that you might want to do
53:28
moving forward, because I've got kind of an interesting situation that's
53:31
going to happen on that end.
53:33
>> Speaker C: On my end,
53:35
these guys just sitting, like,
53:38
in the crossroads near the
53:41
docks.
53:43
>> Speaker A: So it was actually on your way to the tributary,
53:46
and you could actually see basically the waters of the
53:48
tributary, like, where it starts from, and then flows off towards the
53:51
direction that you need to follow. there was, like, just a tree,
53:54
and they were just kind of hanging out. there's a pathway that
53:57
leads, like, a road that leads away from town, like, through the north side
54:00
of town and then out into the distance. Also actually
54:03
kind of follows the tributary, to be honest with you. and
54:06
so you kind of gather that they figured if
54:09
you guys were going to leave town from that direction, this would
54:12
have been the way that you would have gone. And they kind of turned out
54:15
right. Jumping over to Brock back at the tea
54:18
shop, as you are sitting down,
54:20
you are just about to strike up a
54:23
conversation with Tomo when all of a sudden the tea shop
54:26
doors fly open,
54:29
and in walks
54:31
two fire nation
54:33
soldiers. And Wang
54:36
long himself.
54:39
Heavy boot steps
54:41
fall against the wooden floor as they
54:44
approach the front
54:47
desk. And the young lady at the front
54:50
desk, behind the cash register, the old
54:52
timey little wooden box, says,
54:55
welcome.
54:56
>> Speaker B: General Wang Long, to hot leaf
54:59
juice. How can I serve you today?
55:02
>> Speaker A: And Wang long leans forward and he.
55:04
>> Speaker I: Says, the boys and I will have
55:07
the usual.
55:09
>> Speaker A: And she says, right away, sir. she turns
55:12
around and she heads off into the back, and within,
55:14
like, 10 seconds, comes back with their
55:17
tea, ready to go, hands it to them, and with
55:20
that, they turn around, and they lean
55:23
up against the counter for a little bit, and they just kind
55:26
of scan the room.
55:28
>> Speaker G: I see they remember his usual.
55:31
I say, they come, I'm trying to.
55:32
>> Speaker H: Be all coy,
55:35
you know?
55:36
>> Speaker F: She says, oh, yeah, I've heard of that guy.
55:38
General, what did she say? Wang
55:41
long.
55:41
>> Speaker G: Wang long. You know, strangely enough, I know a guy named Wang
55:44
Long who looks just like that guy.
55:47
>> Speaker F: Oh, really?
55:47
>> Speaker G: Yeah.
55:48
>> Speaker F: I asked if they were twins, but that's not really how twins work with the
55:51
names.
55:52
>> Speaker G: No, probably not. In fact, that's probably the guy who imprisoned
55:55
my entire family.
55:57
>> Speaker A: She's not even drinking tea, but she goes,
55:59
what? Yeah. and when she
56:02
does this, of course, the eyes of Wang long and the soldiers kind of
56:05
glance over to your table.
56:08
>> Speaker G: Do you mind? I'm trying to speak with my lady over
56:10
here. And so, as I was saying, yeah.
56:13
>> Speaker A: This guy, the heavy
56:16
footsteps approach your table, and Wang
56:19
long just kind of leans forward and he says,
56:22
I do much, and then he stops and.
56:24
>> Speaker I: He goes, you look
56:27
quite familiar.
56:29
>> Speaker G: Well, have you ever been around a boss thing? Say, I
56:32
mean, you might have seen my face on some posters. Did a
56:34
little bit, of the earth thrumbles. That could have been, something.
56:37
But, you know, if I've.
56:42
You're not ringing a bell. Anyways, like I was saying. Yeah,
56:45
this dude Wang long took my whole family from the
56:48
farm.
56:48
>> Speaker A: He slams his hand down on your table, and he says,
56:51
I do not.
56:52
>> Speaker I: See many signs from the earth
56:55
rumble stadium circuit. But
56:58
you do still look familiar.
57:02
>> Speaker D: Where do I know you from?
57:05
>> Speaker G: Boy, that sounds like a lot of not my
57:08
problem. Like I was saying, my whole family
57:11
was a cabbage farmer, right? We were cabbage family. And
57:14
this dude Wang long comes and, you
57:17
know, he actually has the same name as you guy. I don't know if that's, like,
57:20
a common name in the fire nation, but, yeah. So he
57:23
took the whole family and imprisoned us, right? And so
57:26
then it was me and some other metal benders. We tunneled
57:29
our way out from under the prison, and
57:31
this idiot Wang Long can even find me. He's been
57:34
looking for me for, like, years at this point, and this
57:37
idiot has no idea where I
57:40
am. Isn't that
57:43
crazy? And by this point.
57:46
>> Speaker A: So he took his hand. When you started telling the story,
57:49
he took his hand off the table, just crossed them. and he's just been
57:52
listening this whole time. And as he does this, as
57:54
you're continuing to tell your story, the other two guards
57:57
both kind of approach and start to surround your table.
58:00
>> Speaker G: I mean, do you guys want to sit down or something? Like you're
58:03
standing around? Are there, like, not tables around?
58:06
>> Speaker A: I think you should stand up, because.
58:09
>> Speaker I: You'Re coming with us.
58:11
Broccoli.
58:13
>> Speaker G: See, I knew you saw my posters around.
58:16
I knew it. You didn't want to admit it.
58:18
>> Speaker A: Of course.
58:18
>> Speaker G: You got anything you want me to sign? I can't really spell, but I
58:21
can scribble something.
58:23
>> Speaker A: And with that, he just kind of nods for it, and the two soldiers
58:26
come up behind you and start to grab you by your
58:29
arms. Hey.
58:32
>> Speaker G: That'S not, very nice.
58:33
>> Speaker A: I just sat down. I didn't even get a chance to drink my.
58:36
>> Speaker G: What did you get?
58:36
>> Speaker A: This pineapple mango. Yeah, this pineapple
58:39
mango over her face, like she's trying to hide
58:42
her own face.
58:43
>> Speaker G: Now, don't be embarrassing me in front of my lady over here.
58:46
I can get you some of your.
58:48
>> Speaker A: I think we will be making you
58:51
quite embarrassed. And
58:53
he says, let's go. And
58:57
they start to pull you out of your chair
59:00
towards the door with him kind of leading the pack.
59:03
>> Speaker G: What are you guys doing? Where are we going? What's
59:05
happening?
59:07
>> Speaker A: you're going to come with us to
59:10
the fire nation prison we have
59:13
here.
59:13
>> Speaker G: Isn't this the earth kingdom? What's happening?
59:15
>> Speaker A: Well, Udao is run
59:18
by the fire. it's like a cultural integration. So
59:21
it's like they have like an embassy almost.
59:26
>> Speaker G: I kind of leaned back towards Tom. I was
59:28
like, I think this is the same guy.
59:32
>> Speaker F: I think it might be.
59:34
>> Speaker G: You want to tell them where I'm going?
59:36
>> Speaker F: The other crew?
59:37
>> Speaker G: They might need to help me out.
59:39
>> Speaker F: If I see him.
59:40
>> Speaker A: M. I guess.
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>> Speaker G: Okay, that's cool. We'll catch
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up later.
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>> Speaker F: I sure hope so.
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>> Speaker G: You know, as first dates go, that's not the worst, I'll tell you
59:50
that.
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>> Speaker A: Brock Lee is dragged off
59:55
towards the alleged, Fire nation
59:57
prison. And with that, we'll close out episode
1:00:01
one with an incredibly unexpected
1:00:03
ending and cliffhanger
1:00:06
for the start of season three.
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>> Speaker B: Hey, everyone. Skyler, the game master for benders and
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brews and the creative director over at Session Zero Heroes
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here.
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>> Speaker A: I just wanted to give you a.
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>> Speaker B: Quick outro before you head over to the next episode or call
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it a day. Firstly, thank you so much for
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listening to our show. It means so much to us to have such
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amazing people like yourself that enjoy the content
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that we produce. Without you, there really wouldn't
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be much point in all the work that we put into recording,
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