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Pirates in Etheros Episode 57 - Guilds Get Mobbed · Chaotically Balanced

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SPEAKER_00: Let's head into the adventure.
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SPEAKER_00: Welcome fellow adventurers, nerds, and neurodivergents.
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SPEAKER_00: Sit back, stay hydrated, and prepare yourselves for tonight's adventure.
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SPEAKER_00: Last we left off,
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secondhand souls discussed amongst themselves and the council
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to determine the best
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SPEAKER_00: next course of action.
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SPEAKER_00: Throughout this,
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SPEAKER_00: they had requested a cleric to take a look at some of their companions,
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SPEAKER_00: mainly Iris and Thesson.
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SPEAKER_00: Upon further examination,
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the cleric got blocked from determining the true nature of Iris
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and Thesson.
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SPEAKER_00: Iris showed off some tricks, but then was overtaken by something ancient.
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SPEAKER_00: Yanor was also examined and purified, albeit temporarily.
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SPEAKER_00: After this,
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they were tasked with finding a more permanent residence to
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keep Thesson and Iris
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separated while also establishing a new home and working to
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help the local guilds
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SPEAKER_00: in the wake of the fall of the Onyx Accord.
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SPEAKER_02: So that's what we're going to pick up.
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SPEAKER_02: You guys are...
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SPEAKER_02: walking your way to the guild area.
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Is there anything in particular that you would be discussing
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after failing at the
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SPEAKER_02: Magic Money Box?
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I guess Joaquin would just wonder,
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how much did we actually waste on that damn thing?
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SPEAKER_02: I gave it back to you.
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SPEAKER_02: Oh, he gave it back?
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SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you didn't lose anything, really.
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SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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SPEAKER_02: Just time.
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SPEAKER_02: Right.
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SPEAKER_02: But Martin just kind of looks annoyed.
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SPEAKER_00: And now reminder, Kaida and Iris are not on the ground with you.
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Kaida took Iris up with Poppy so that Iris and Thesson were not
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near each other.
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SPEAKER_02: Copy.
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If there is nothing else that any of you would like to discuss
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on this walk,
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SPEAKER_00: uh we're going to go to your destination as you approach
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SPEAKER_00: or get closer to what you assume is the guild area.
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There's a there's just alleyways and alleyways of warehouses
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and other various
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SPEAKER_00: industrial like complex buildings.
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SPEAKER_00: And then you eventually get to a place where it's like less cookie cutter
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SPEAKER_02: industrial complex and more
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older style buildings that look to be more guild-like,
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tavern-like uniform.
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SPEAKER_02: You approach.
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SPEAKER_02: You're gonna get, I think it's this one.
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SPEAKER_02: center portion of one of these areas.
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SPEAKER_02: It is this one.
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SPEAKER_02: And I didn't save my changes.
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SPEAKER_00: That's not good.
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OK.
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You get a to a center portion of one of these areas and you see
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a crowd of people.
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SPEAKER_00: Gathered around these two individuals.
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SPEAKER_00: In the center.
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one of them is a beautiful female elf and the other one is this
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very handsome male
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elf very elegantly dressed speaking throughout the crowd very
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charismatically and
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handing out flyers you can make out more of what they are
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saying as you approach
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SPEAKER_00: they're talking about
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SPEAKER_02: Yes, yes.
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SPEAKER_02: Come join us.
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SPEAKER_02: We will help you with your powerlessness.
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SPEAKER_02: Your feelings of inequality.
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SPEAKER_00: We offer freedom and prosperity to all those who have been wronged.
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SPEAKER_00: You hear people cheering and whatnot, taking flyers, shaking hands.
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SPEAKER_00: You and you and you, do you all feel oppressed by this government?
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Like your voices aren't heard or represented by those
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counselors in their golden halls?
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We shall grant you the power to make a difference here and
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everywhere from all the
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SPEAKER_00: people that sit in high chairs.
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SPEAKER_00: large chambers under guard,
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SPEAKER_00: not knowing what these peons,
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SPEAKER_00: you,
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SPEAKER_00: your families,
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SPEAKER_00: your co-workers,
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SPEAKER_00: what they go through.
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SPEAKER_00: You hear people, yeah, let's stick it to them.
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SPEAKER_00: This crowd is pretty dense as you walk up.
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SPEAKER_00: They're kind of blocking all the entrances to the guilds.
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so you approach the outskirts of this crowd and then you're
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kind of just there Does
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this guy sound like he believes his own shit like is he is he
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trying to sell people
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SPEAKER_02: or is he just kind of like That would be an insight check
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SPEAKER_03: Can I try to figure it out as well?
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SPEAKER_00: Sure, you can also make an insight check, you know?
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not very good at this.
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SPEAKER_03: I am.
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SPEAKER_02: Two of you are rolling.
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SPEAKER_02: She already has advantage.
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SPEAKER_02: 24.
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SPEAKER_02: Hakeem rolled a 9.
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SPEAKER_02: I don't know what that actually is.
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SPEAKER_00: A 12?
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SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, just a 12.
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SPEAKER_00: So, Hakeem, I mean, you're starting to believe the BS.
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SPEAKER_00: You're like, yeah, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: This sounds like a great idea.
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SPEAKER_02: With as much money.
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SPEAKER_01: Joachim is strangely...
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SPEAKER_01: He's got an ear out.
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SPEAKER_01: He's listening.
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It's not like you're moved necessarily,
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but you could see where he's coming from.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_02: Yenor.
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SPEAKER_02: Mm-hmm.
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SPEAKER_00: As he's turning and talking to the crowd,
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you just catch the glimpse of the smirk on his face that you've
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seen when talking
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SPEAKER_00: to various powerful individuals in criminal enterprises.
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SPEAKER_02: So he's full of shit.
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SPEAKER_02: He's talking through his ass.
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SPEAKER_02: He is not fully full of shit.
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but he is definitely putting on the charm for something that he
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is not saying.
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Yeah.
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Is there anybody in the crowd that isn't one of the super
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oppressed that I can tell?
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SPEAKER_00: No, these are all non-primordial humanoids.
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SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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Yeah.
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Just for clarification sake Is it They're not the ones who are
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actually oppressed Right?
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SPEAKER_03: It's the primordials who are Depends on the city you go to This one No,
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SPEAKER_02: it's them Okay Well They're currently separated Segregation,
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SPEAKER_03: yay
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SPEAKER_00: Not in the sense that they can't go in other places,
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but the places that they are both in generally end in some kind
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of conflict due to
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SPEAKER_00: political factors in other nations.
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SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember,
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Keldis is a neutral city and a neutral territory that generally
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facilitates
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SPEAKER_00: peaceful negotiations between other countries.
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SPEAKER_03: Not lately.
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SPEAKER_03: and which building is it that I need to get into?
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SPEAKER_00: Well.
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SPEAKER_03: Is it the one they're standing in front of, isn't it?
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So you are told to go to obscure Ivory and Company,
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the merchant guild that owns that warehouse.
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SPEAKER_02: OK. Is this building?
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_03: Is that the only entrance that I can see?
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SPEAKER_02: Yes.
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SPEAKER_03: And they're just, like, standing in front of the doors?
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SPEAKER_02: Yes.
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SPEAKER_02: The whole crowd.
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SPEAKER_00: So remember, you have a primordial descendant with you.
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SPEAKER_02: Listen.
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SPEAKER_02: She likes violence.
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SPEAKER_02: She does.
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SPEAKER_02: Who my violin son?
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SPEAKER_02: So I'm gonna turn to Lala Alright Oh,
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Krakka's in the crowd We gotta get in there And it might not be
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the safest place
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SPEAKER_03: for you to cross Uh,
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SPEAKER_02: is it a river?
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no it's a street full of a mob and they don't they don't like
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lovely beings like
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yourself that sounds suspicious why would they not like lovely
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beings like myself
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SPEAKER_03: oh didn't you know you're oppressing them am I apparently
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SPEAKER_03: They're so oppressed You know what I bet it is?
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I have left them with so much money in their pockets that they
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are weighed down and
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SPEAKER_03: perhaps they should take some Let's not do that You there!
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SPEAKER_00: And the man stands up on this center stone and he's pointing to Akeem
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SPEAKER_02: It's true.
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SPEAKER_02: I have oppressed him.
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SPEAKER_02: He found the one.
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SPEAKER_01: He looks around.
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SPEAKER_01: Me?
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah?
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SPEAKER_02: Get over here.
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SPEAKER_02: Why?
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SPEAKER_02: Because.
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SPEAKER_02: That's awful, the man.
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SPEAKER_00: You're going to be the new face of our poster.
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SPEAKER_00: You're obviously...
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handsome you're more handsome than myself well I mean yeah
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flattery will get you
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everywhere and as he says this he's like walking up towards the
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I guess the the
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podium yeah it'd be right here yep that's awful demanding for
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someone who's
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SPEAKER_00: speaking out against oppression now you have you been oppressed by those
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SPEAKER_00: primordials you're asking Joaquin yes
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SPEAKER_02: Oh, oh my, no.
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SPEAKER_02: No, no, I haven't.
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SPEAKER_02: No?
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SPEAKER_02: How could you say that?
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SPEAKER_02: Oh, well, I'm...
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SPEAKER_02: I just... You're not from around here, are you?
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SPEAKER_02: Tell us, where are you from, son?
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SPEAKER_02: Uh, sorry, above table.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh, he's from Keldis?
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SPEAKER_01: Zatha.
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SPEAKER_01: I thought it was, okay, Zatha.
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SPEAKER_00: You're in Keldis, but you're from Zatha.
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thank you so Joaquin will look at him and say oh I hail from
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Keldus no Zatha oh
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Jesus I hail from Zatha ah a port city and a neutral one at
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that part of our
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business would you have gotten better contracts if you were of
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a primordial
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SPEAKER_00: descendant
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SPEAKER_01: Thanks!
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SPEAKER_01: I gotta say that the contracts were not much of an issue.
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SPEAKER_01: I thought I never really said that was actually a problem.
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SPEAKER_00: But there was an issue!
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SPEAKER_00: because you said not much.
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SPEAKER_00: You see that?
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SPEAKER_00: They're oppressing his business.
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SPEAKER_00: We need to unify and bring this world under order.
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SPEAKER_01: And they're like, yeah!
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Now,
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just a moment to snap his fingers and he'll minor illusion a
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big whistle.
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SPEAKER_01: Enough for everybody to kind of hear.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, alright.
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I think you're just going a little bit too crazy here it's
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really wrong to kind of
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demonize one group of people they've demonized us you know I
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bet they are paying
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him I bet he's in their pockets it's true you see the crowd
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murmuring some of them
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are like starting to glare at you now did I hear Lala say it's
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true I know Lala how
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SPEAKER_00: loud are you talking
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She's been yelling Okay then yes Joaquim you hear it's true and
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you see some people
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start like pulling out dicks and stuff and some of them have
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these dull rusted
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SPEAKER_01: blades I look at Lala and I say what the hell is wrong with you?
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SPEAKER_00: Wait a second Why are we listening to her?
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah why are you traveling with her?
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SPEAKER_00: And they all start pointing at Lala I'm with you
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those those goddamn primordials you're one of them you're a spy
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you're all spies
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you must be here to shut us down yeah of course they would send
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our own kind after
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us we've even got someone in the air up there quite frankly I
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don't think I have
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SPEAKER_02: the power to shut down anybody but um yeah
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SPEAKER_02: What do they think they're doing existing?
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SPEAKER_02: What do they think they're doing existing?
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The crowd is very quickly going from supporting Joaquim's story
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to turning on your whole group.
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SPEAKER_02: What exactly can you do for us that they can't?
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SPEAKER_02: Because right now you're just talking and handing out empty promises.
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SPEAKER_02: Ah!
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SPEAKER_02: Come up here, friend!
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SPEAKER_02: Come up here!
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SPEAKER_02: He points to you, Krakka, since you snuck your way into the crowd.
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SPEAKER_00: Yes, now!
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SPEAKER_00: You're speaking of empty promises, are you?
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SPEAKER_02: That's all I'm seeing, just like them.
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We already have influence in many of the courts throughout
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including the council I
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thought you just said you were powerless against us No I said
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you were powerless
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SPEAKER_02: Then why are you worried about me?
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SPEAKER_03: When he says that can I cast detect thoughts?
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SPEAKER_00: On who?
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SPEAKER_03: The guy
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SPEAKER_00: The guy?
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SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Are you just surface thoughts?
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SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Lala, what was your question?
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SPEAKER_02: Why are you worried about me?
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SPEAKER_02: He just said I'm powerless.
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SPEAKER_02: I am both powerless and powerful.
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SPEAKER_02: I have confusion.
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SPEAKER_02: You are.
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SPEAKER_02: This doesn't strike anyone as odd?
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SPEAKER_00: You're odd.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you don't know what you're talking about.
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SPEAKER_00: Get out of here.
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SPEAKER_00: Go back and play in the mud.
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SPEAKER_02: I would love that.
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SPEAKER_02: I wish that were an option.
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SPEAKER_00: His surface thoughts are this is going to be a great recruitment event.
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SPEAKER_00: This group of people, man, they're eating this up.
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SPEAKER_00: Boss is going to be real happy.
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SPEAKER_03: Any mention of the boss's name or what recruitment event it's for?
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SPEAKER_00: Not on the surface, just
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SPEAKER_00: This is going great.
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If we can keep this up another few nights,
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we'll have enough to carry out our plan.
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SPEAKER_03: Nothing about the plan.
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SPEAKER_03: Of course not.
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SPEAKER_00: You said surface thought.
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SPEAKER_03: I don't want him to know.
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SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
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SPEAKER_03: I'm gonna yell out.
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SPEAKER_03: Just exactly what is she gonna do?
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SPEAKER_03: Gesturing to Lala and her very obviously tiny size.
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SPEAKER_00: Look at those blades at her belt.
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SPEAKER_03: Look at this one!
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SPEAKER_03: And I'm gonna yank out Dawnbringer.
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SPEAKER_03: We all have knives!
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SPEAKER_03: You don't walk around with a knife?
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SPEAKER_02: I don't need to.
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SPEAKER_00: This is a peaceful protest, and you have cop written all over you.
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SPEAKER_03: And here I thought you're so oppressed.
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SPEAKER_02: Oh, we are.
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SPEAKER_02: We are very oppressed.
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SPEAKER_03: And yet you're not even scared enough that you need a knife.
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SPEAKER_03: You're so oppressed you should be terrified What are they gonna do?
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Evidently something I'm just a busker She starts juggling her
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knives She's four
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SPEAKER_03: foot nothing What's she gonna do to you?
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SPEAKER_00: Lala, make a sleight of hand check for juggling They're sympathizers
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Yeah get out of here sympathizers Get out of here sympathizers
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We're gonna keep
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your turtle friend though You can't keep him He's on Joaquin
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kind of starts piping
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up when he starts hearing all this He's like now you all just
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need to calm down a
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SPEAKER_01: minute
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SPEAKER_01: This guy... You don't want to follow the voice of just one person.
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SPEAKER_01: You want to think for yourselves.
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SPEAKER_00: Lala, what'd you roll?
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SPEAKER_01: 18.
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SPEAKER_00: 18?
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SPEAKER_00: You can juggle your knives fine.
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SPEAKER_01: And I guess I'd be trying to convince the crowd in some way.
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SPEAKER_00: You can make a persuasion check, Joaquim.
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SPEAKER_00: situationally, you'd have both advantage and disadvantage.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'm giving you a straight check.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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SPEAKER_01: Hold on a second.
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SPEAKER_01: Can I do anything?
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I do have an inspiration,
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so I'm going to use that to roll the set advantage.
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SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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SPEAKER_02: And persuasion.
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SPEAKER_02: Yep.
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That's a 25 I'm going to use a hero point Because I'm speaking
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to the masses Ooh
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You're just beefing You're making this beefy I'm trying to I'm
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trying to get
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SPEAKER_01: through To the people So it's a D6 right?
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Yes hero point is a D6 It's a 29 That's a 29 That's really good
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So are you saying
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SPEAKER_00: anything else Other than think for yourself?
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I guess just like this guy was picking people out in the crowd
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Joaquin would try
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and find somebody who was starting to feel his words and then
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he'd single that
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SPEAKER_01: person out You!
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SPEAKER_01: You look like an intelligent person Me?
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SPEAKER_01: You!
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SPEAKER_01: Yes, absolutely You have to think for yourself, don't you think?
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, I don't think That's the problem
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SPEAKER_01: You're just listening to what this person says getting you riled up.
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SPEAKER_01: He's making you feel things that you probably don't even really feel.
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SPEAKER_01: Don't demonize one group of people.
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SPEAKER_00: You're making me feel things that I don't normally feel.
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SPEAKER_02: Well, you're welcome.
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SPEAKER_02: And he flashes a smile.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we need to think for ourselves.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, come on guys, let's think for ourselves.
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SPEAKER_00: You see a couple people start murmuring to each other.
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SPEAKER_02: Do any of you think that you should give me money for my talent?
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SPEAKER_02: Sweet Jesus.
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SPEAKER_02: Lala.
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SPEAKER_02: What?
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I'm poor and have no representatives in democracy and also
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control the global economy.
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SPEAKER_02: Woe is me!
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SPEAKER_02: A copper for my juggles.
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SPEAKER_00: Someone throws a gold piece at your feet.
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SPEAKER_01: Don't listen to the child.
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SPEAKER_01: She spins yarn.
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SPEAKER_01: She just wants some money.
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SPEAKER_02: Slander of my kind, I see.
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SPEAKER_02: We're not all liars, you know.
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SPEAKER_00: Anyway.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we should think for ourselves like he said.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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SPEAKER_00: And then someone throws a rock at him.
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I kind of give throws a rock at me no at the dude that's saying
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they should think
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for themselves don't do that he's unconscious who did that see
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it was her she did
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SPEAKER_02: it she threw the rock it might have been me they came here to silence us
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SPEAKER_00: You see the crowd starting to...
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SPEAKER_00: There's a tug of war happening right now, Hakim.
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SPEAKER_02: Well, give us something worth actually believing you.
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SPEAKER_01: Tug of war between who?
25:57
You telling them to think for themselves and the guy who was
26:02
originally speaking to
26:03
SPEAKER_00: the crowd and riling them up.
26:06
what's this guy that was riling them up doing right now as this
26:10
is happening he's
26:12
got just the cheekiest smirk on his face he's got his he's just
26:18
bellowing out to
26:19
the crowd his hands are wide like he's taking up a presence
26:22
here I kind of look I
26:26
point this out to the crowd I'm like look at him this cheap con
26:31
man is just looking
26:32
SPEAKER_01: to use you why is he smiling like that me
26:37
SPEAKER_00: I'm looking to save you.
26:39
SPEAKER_00: You're looking to what?
26:41
SPEAKER_00: Those ones in their golden thrones are looking to use you.
26:52
SPEAKER_02: And what are you looking to do?
26:54
SPEAKER_02: Besides just manipulate freedom?
26:58
SPEAKER_01: What does freedom even look like?
27:00
SPEAKER_01: What are you promising them?
27:02
SPEAKER_01: A path to freedom.
27:11
A way to break free from this cycle of listening to more
27:15
politics Is that not what
27:21
SPEAKER_02: you're doing?
27:24
I am not a politician I am just a concerned citizen You're
27:33
speaking as well as any
27:34
SPEAKER_01: orator and politician I've ever heard Maybe you're the politician
27:40
maybe you've been sent here to stop me from doing what is right
27:45
for the people and
27:46
he gestures with his hands again I think the crowd has stopped
27:51
cheering with him
27:53
they're looking between both of you they're waiting to see what
27:56
you say to him next
27:58
Joaquin kind of narrows his eyes he's very unimpressed those
28:05
who throw stones I'm
28:08
SPEAKER_01: sorry no
28:11
SPEAKER_01: Those who throw stones your first check themselves, quite honestly.
28:15
SPEAKER_01: And I mean, you're not even really saying anything of substance.
28:22
SPEAKER_01: You're just spewing hopeful words to a distressed people.
28:27
SPEAKER_01: You promise them nothing.
28:31
SPEAKER_01: Freedom.
28:31
SPEAKER_01: Freedom is in their power.
28:36
SPEAKER_02: It's not your job.
28:38
SPEAKER_02: It's not yours to give them.
28:48
And then I look to the crowd I ask you all Has he shown you
28:53
what freedom And he
28:55
SPEAKER_01: does like air quotations Looks like?
28:59
SPEAKER_02: No,
28:59
SPEAKER_02: he just ran his mouth Exactly What the turtle man said Freedom,
29:11
SPEAKER_00: my friends Is not struggling To put food on your table
29:18
not worrying about when the next attack is going to happen not
29:22
having concerns
29:24
about another nation starting another conflict and how can you
29:32
promise them relief
29:34
to any of those situations by taking control you have no idea
29:46
you mean you take
29:47
SPEAKER_01: control
29:48
I mean them take control I will give them the tools and the
29:53
resources to do so and
29:56
they will have the power and the freedom to take back what is
30:00
rightfully theirs But
30:04
you do that by electing people into office not just bulldozing
30:09
your way through
30:11
SPEAKER_00: When was the last election for someone in office in this city?
30:19
SPEAKER_01: Sorry, there are no free elections here?
30:23
SPEAKER_00: In this city, councillors are appointed to their positions.
30:29
SPEAKER_02: Appointed by whom?
30:32
SPEAKER_01: Previous councillors.
30:34
SPEAKER_01: So the people literally have no say?
30:36
They can protest and things,
30:43
but they don't generally vote in the council.
30:55
I won't lie that's a little problematic So why don't you just
31:02
you know protest
31:03
about that instead of blaming me the adorable juggling girl
31:11
Joaquin would kind of
31:12
narrow his eyes a little bit and say your concerns aren't
31:17
invalid but your methods
31:19
SPEAKER_01: are off
31:21
SPEAKER_01: That being said,
31:22
SPEAKER_01: we can,
31:23
SPEAKER_01: you know,
31:23
speak to the council on your behalf because the people should
31:26
absolutely have a
31:27
SPEAKER_01: right and a say in who governs them.
31:34
SPEAKER_00: Well, we do.
31:36
SPEAKER_00: According to them, we already have a say.
31:51
SPEAKER_01: If you're not voting for who's in the council and they're just choosing
31:56
SPEAKER_01: arbitrarily,
31:57
SPEAKER_01: then no,
31:57
SPEAKER_01: you don't have the right to say as you should.
32:01
SPEAKER_02: Now we can.
32:05
SPEAKER_00: Vote in sorts of for who we would like them to appoint,
32:10
SPEAKER_00: but at the end of the day,
32:11
SPEAKER_00: it is their choice who they appoint to an open counselor seat.
32:17
SPEAKER_00: And besides,
32:18
SPEAKER_00: the age of some of those counselors and how long they've been there,
32:21
SPEAKER_00: those seats haven't been open in decades.
32:26
SPEAKER_02: I mean,
32:26
SPEAKER_02: you do have a point,
32:27
SPEAKER_02: because just because they allow us to vote,
32:29
SPEAKER_02: who says that our votes actually matter?
32:35
SPEAKER_02: Now I have a solution to that problem.
32:40
SPEAKER_02: Somehow it involves me.
32:47
I think you need to bring your concerns directly to the council
32:52
I think they're far
32:52
more with this group of lovely individuals here no this is not
33:00
the way to go about
33:01
things the council is not your enemy and he kind of looks
33:04
around to the group to
33:06
SPEAKER_01: the crowd the council is not your enemy
33:15
SPEAKER_02: Would you like to join me in my efforts?
33:18
Handsome man Turtle man And Potentially cop cop Also cat and
33:31
tiny lady You're still
33:36
SPEAKER_02: going against cat people too?
33:41
SPEAKER_00: I mean All of you
33:43
unless you can help me get some property because you haven't
33:48
shown me anything
33:49
that's going to help me get this freedom you talk about so you
33:52
can gladly you have
33:55
no plan there is a plan there is a plan and only those who show
34:05
their willingness
34:10
SPEAKER_00: to fight will be part of said plan.
34:15
SPEAKER_00: Yenor, Detect Thoughts is still up.
34:18
SPEAKER_03: Yes.
34:19
SPEAKER_00: He starts thinking more about the plan.
34:25
SPEAKER_02: Any distinct thoughts or no?
34:33
SPEAKER_02: And what was it he said?
34:35
SPEAKER_00: He said only those that show their willingness
34:42
SPEAKER_00: to stand up and fight will be informed of the plan.
34:51
SPEAKER_02: Surface thoughts on the people.
34:58
SPEAKER_02: Train the people.
35:00
SPEAKER_02: Organize the people.
35:06
SPEAKER_02: Take back.
35:08
SPEAKER_02: What is ours?
35:13
SPEAKER_02: What does he think is his?
35:26
SPEAKER_02: Now,
35:26
those of you that are too cowardice To join this cause We can
35:34
shake hands and you
35:35
SPEAKER_00: can walk away But those who are ready to take back What is yours?
35:45
SPEAKER_02: to join me.
35:45
SPEAKER_02: Team, do you have anything else to say?
35:57
SPEAKER_01: Team just kind of shakes his head and looks back to the crowd.
36:07
SPEAKER_01: This man is blowing nothing but hot air at you.
36:11
SPEAKER_01: I think,
36:12
SPEAKER_01: and he kind of looks towards this guy,
36:17
SPEAKER_01: if he's so confident in his plan,
36:22
SPEAKER_01: he should just tell us what it all is,
36:26
SPEAKER_01: and I will cast suggestion on him.
36:32
SPEAKER_02: And before I do that, can I do anything else?
36:38
SPEAKER_02: Hold on.
36:45
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, no, no, no.
36:45
SPEAKER_02: I'm just going to cast Suggestion.
36:48
SPEAKER_02: Wisdom.
36:51
SPEAKER_02: Let me make sure.
36:53
SPEAKER_02: Second level.
36:58
SPEAKER_02: Wisdom, yes.
37:07
SPEAKER_02: Physical thing.
37:18
SPEAKER_02: as a 21.
37:29
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, nothing I can do.
37:30
SPEAKER_02: That beats it.
37:34
SPEAKER_00: Just almost just barely.
37:37
SPEAKER_00: This man is trying to alter your minds.
37:43
SPEAKER_00: He just did it.
37:45
SPEAKER_00: He tried to, but my mind is wrong.
37:49
SPEAKER_00: The rest of you can have strong minds too.
37:54
SPEAKER_00: Let no one alter your mind.
37:59
SPEAKER_02: You're trying to alter our minds.
38:02
SPEAKER_02: And you're thinking that we should actually stand up against the council.
38:08
SPEAKER_00: The oppressors.
38:12
SPEAKER_02: They're no more council than any other government agency.
38:20
SPEAKER_02: I mean, what could we honestly do?
38:28
SPEAKER_02: If you join me, we can fight back.
38:41
Now.
38:43
SPEAKER_02: Joaquin kind of looks at him and says, hmm.
38:50
um you wouldn't put these good people in danger would you no
38:59
more danger than
38:59
they're putting themselves in every day when they can't feed
39:03
their families pay
39:07
their taxes more double talk with no path to resolution is this
39:13
what you all want
39:16
SPEAKER_01: Just another politician who promises a lot and delivers nothing?
39:20
SPEAKER_01: Except puts you at risk?
39:27
SPEAKER_01: Work with the council.
39:30
SPEAKER_01: Don't destroy what you all have.
39:39
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
39:44
SPEAKER_02: That's enough talking.
39:48
SPEAKER_00: Let us see who is going to be joining us,
39:52
SPEAKER_00: my dear,
39:53
SPEAKER_00: and who is going to be listening to this...
39:55
SPEAKER_00: And the female elf looks you up and down,
39:57
SPEAKER_00: Joachim.
39:58
SPEAKER_00: Buffoon!
39:59
SPEAKER_02: Joachim, can I just chuffs at her?
40:11
SPEAKER_02: Look better than you.
40:16
and the female elf also looks back at you and goes,
40:18
by the way,
40:19
miss,
40:20
I like that hat.
40:28
SPEAKER_03: What do I think she means by that?
40:30
SPEAKER_03: Does it look like she recognizes it?
40:32
SPEAKER_00: Make an insight check.
40:36
SPEAKER_00: And they start walking away and you see about.
40:38
SPEAKER_03: I'm going to hero point that.
40:43
SPEAKER_00: I can't easily get half the crowd.
40:46
Let me get one of those flyers before you leave,
40:49
just in case I changed my mind.
40:52
SPEAKER_03: 23.
40:53
SPEAKER_00: Of course, good citizen, here you do.
40:56
Remember,
40:58
only you can bring yourself freedom,
41:03
and I have the power for you to do that.
41:09
SPEAKER_02: On a 23.
41:15
SPEAKER_02: You have a high suspicion that she recognizes that.
41:23
SPEAKER_02: Did they say where they're going to be staying or no?
41:25
SPEAKER_02: Nope.
41:30
SPEAKER_02: Where did they go?
41:32
They're all them and about half the crowd is going down this
41:38
alley this way.
41:41
SPEAKER_03: I'll jog to catch up with them.
41:44
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
41:46
The other half of the crowd is kind of standing around looking
41:48
at you,
41:48
Akeem.
41:58
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
42:00
SPEAKER_02: Think for yourselves.
42:01
SPEAKER_02: Make the good decisions.
42:05
SPEAKER_02: Tip your waiters.
42:06
SPEAKER_02: I'll be here all week.
42:09
SPEAKER_00: Do you really think we could have a voice by working with them?
42:16
Joaquin gets this very kind of somber look on his face and
42:24
he'll kind of just kind
42:25
of lean down or like kneel down and he'll look to the wards the
42:32
people talking and
42:33
he'll just say I don't see why they wouldn't the council exists
42:42
to protect all of
42:44
SPEAKER_01: you
42:45
and this place I understand it feels like you're far removed
42:51
but we're all here we
42:53
all live here you all live here this is your home and if you
42:59
tell them that you
43:00
want more of a say we've just come from them they're not as
43:07
close minded as he
43:09
SPEAKER_01: would have you believe that fool
43:13
SPEAKER_01: Any kind of gestures to the person, to the couple that left?
43:17
SPEAKER_02: Uh-huh.
43:19
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
43:22
SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
43:23
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
43:25
SPEAKER_02: If you just work with them or try,
43:29
SPEAKER_01: and I'd be happy to help,
43:32
but I think you all just need to kind of voice your own beliefs
43:36
and opinions.
43:41
SPEAKER_00: Kathy kind of comes down closer to the crowd and kind of leans over.
43:48
SPEAKER_00: The Secondhand Souls Guild will be opening shortly.
43:51
If you ever need some assistance,
43:53
I will be here to help you navigate that.
43:57
SPEAKER_00: Please come by once we are fully operational.
44:03
SPEAKER_02: And she's looking down at everyone.
44:14
SPEAKER_02: you know, or you catch up to the group.
44:20
SPEAKER_02: What are you doing?
44:26
SPEAKER_03: I'm going to try to slip my way in up to the lady.
44:30
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
44:33
SPEAKER_02: And she leaned over and says, it looks like we have a straggler.
44:37
SPEAKER_00: Ah, yes, let's, let's see.
44:41
SPEAKER_00: What can we do for you?
44:43
I was wondering where you're staying so that we can talk more
44:46
about this movement
44:50
SPEAKER_03: you've started.
44:52
SPEAKER_00: Ah, yes.
44:54
SPEAKER_00: Well, I will be here for the next couple nights.
44:58
SPEAKER_03: Where?
44:59
SPEAKER_00: Here, at this podium, drawing more people that are like-minded.
45:04
SPEAKER_03: Isn't there somewhere we can talk that isn't surrounded by everyone?
45:12
SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately not, not until you show your commitment to the cause.
45:16
SPEAKER_03: How would I do that?
45:18
SPEAKER_00: By coming with me now.
45:21
SPEAKER_03: And where to?
45:23
SPEAKER_00: You'll find out once we get there.
45:25
SPEAKER_03: That's, listen, they say that you're not supposed to go with strangers.
45:31
SPEAKER_00: Ah, but we're not strangers.
45:32
SPEAKER_02: What's your name?
45:43
SPEAKER_02: We haven't been formally introduced.
45:45
SPEAKER_00: What's your name?
45:47
SPEAKER_03: Above table, what is Kaida's last name?
45:51
SPEAKER_03: I don't know that we ever gave her one.
45:54
SPEAKER_00: I don't know that she has one, but she would have a maiden name.
45:59
SPEAKER_02: I don't know that she remembers it.
46:12
SPEAKER_02: For Kaida.
46:19
SPEAKER_02: There she is.
46:19
SPEAKER_02: I know she was an orphan.
46:26
SPEAKER_02: But you have to have some name to go because she went to the college.
46:34
SPEAKER_02: Disclaimer.
46:36
SPEAKER_00: Some races and backgrounds do not have a last name.
46:46
SPEAKER_00: They just have a name.
46:49
SPEAKER_03: Okay, and she's one of them?
46:50
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
46:51
SPEAKER_03: What is my mom's maiden name?
46:54
SPEAKER_03: Again, I don't know if you would have had this.
46:57
SPEAKER_00: I don't think I gave your mom.
47:00
SPEAKER_02: Johnson.
47:07
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, she... She doesn't remember.
47:20
SPEAKER_02: Your mom has no memory before your stepfather.
47:27
SPEAKER_03: That's new information.
47:29
SPEAKER_00: No, I told you that before.
47:31
SPEAKER_03: It's not in my thing.
47:33
SPEAKER_00: No, it's not in that.
47:34
SPEAKER_00: It's in her backstory, but I've told you that before.
47:36
Just like Kaida doesn't have any memory past when she enrolled
47:41
into the academy.
47:43
SPEAKER_03: No, she does.
47:44
SPEAKER_03: She was from the orphanage.
47:46
SPEAKER_00: She vaguely remembers an orphanage.
47:50
SPEAKER_02: What happened to all of their memories?
47:57
Inora thinks that the guy that's been following us is somehow
48:01
tied to that?
48:07
SPEAKER_02: To the memory loss?
48:11
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
48:12
SPEAKER_02: That's all very concerning.
48:16
SPEAKER_03: Okay, so I just wrote that down.
48:18
SPEAKER_03: Fuck, I'm a pale elf.
48:20
SPEAKER_02: What's
48:23
SPEAKER_02: Some stupid name.
48:33
SPEAKER_02: Yenor Devden.
48:39
SPEAKER_02: Write that down so I don't forget now.
48:42
SPEAKER_02: Don't forget your aliases.
48:43
SPEAKER_02: It can come back to bite you.
48:45
SPEAKER_02: Hmm.
48:50
SPEAKER_02: It's very nice to meet you.
48:53
SPEAKER_02: What's your name?
48:56
SPEAKER_02: So that way we are no longer strangers Raul Esti Raul Esti And you are?
49:18
SPEAKER_02: And she gestures to the female
49:26
SPEAKER_02: Naomi SD.
49:29
SPEAKER_02: Oh, siblings or a couple?
49:32
SPEAKER_02: You decide.
49:34
SPEAKER_02: I don't...
49:39
SPEAKER_03: I mean, that's a really weird place to take that.
49:45
SPEAKER_03: Do you guys want to fuck each other or no?
49:49
SPEAKER_00: Find out at our secret location.
49:52
SPEAKER_03: I don't listen.
49:53
SPEAKER_03: I'm married.
49:54
SPEAKER_03: I'm not into that.
49:59
SPEAKER_00: Bring your partner along, too.
50:01
SPEAKER_03: Ah, she's babysitting.
50:05
SPEAKER_00: Well,
50:07
SPEAKER_00: if you want to join us another night,
50:09
SPEAKER_00: you can come back to this square and listen to another speech.
50:15
SPEAKER_03: You said she's an elf, right?
50:17
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
50:18
SPEAKER_03: Any specific kind or just elf?
50:21
SPEAKER_00: Like a wood elf.
50:23
SPEAKER_03: Wood elf.
50:23
SPEAKER_03: And what is he?
50:25
SPEAKER_02: Also like a wood elf.
50:30
SPEAKER_02: So maybe siblings.
50:34
SPEAKER_02: Hey, where do you recognize my hat?
50:39
SPEAKER_00: It's just a nice hat.
50:40
SPEAKER_03: It really is, isn't it?
50:42
SPEAKER_00: It is.
50:44
SPEAKER_03: Is the hat saying anything when I'm talking about it?
50:51
SPEAKER_00: It's making snoring noises.
50:53
SPEAKER_03: Of course it is.
50:54
SPEAKER_03: This lazy fuck.
50:59
SPEAKER_00: You don't know if sentient objects actually sleep.
51:01
SPEAKER_00: He could be sleeping.
51:07
I'm gonna take it off my head and pretend to,
51:09
like,
51:09
dust it off and,
51:10
like,
51:10
smack it a few times.
51:13
SPEAKER_03: And then put it back on.
51:14
SPEAKER_03: I got it.
51:16
SPEAKER_01: Sorry.
51:17
Oh,
51:18
no,
51:18
I was just saying,
51:19
above table,
51:20
the hat of annoyance is one of the best things ever.
51:26
SPEAKER_03: You know, I bought it secondhand.
51:29
SPEAKER_03: I don't know where it came from.
51:31
SPEAKER_03: Would you happen to know what store it's from?
51:36
SPEAKER_00: Don't have that information.
51:37
SPEAKER_00: Sorry.
51:38
SPEAKER_03: No?
51:40
SPEAKER_03: Damn.
51:44
SPEAKER_03: And where are you staying again so I can meet up with you?
51:48
SPEAKER_00: You can meet up with us here tomorrow night.
51:52
SPEAKER_03: What time are you going to be?
51:53
SPEAKER_03: Like dinner time?
51:54
SPEAKER_03: This time.
51:56
SPEAKER_03: What time is it?
51:57
SPEAKER_00: It's mid-afternoon.
52:00
SPEAKER_02: to like three.
52:10
SPEAKER_02: Do you know if you're going to be blocking the guild again?
52:13
SPEAKER_00: Depends on how many people come to listen to my rallying cry.
52:20
SPEAKER_03: How does he look when he's saying these?
52:23
SPEAKER_00: He's smirking.
52:24
SPEAKER_03: Smirking.
52:25
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
52:26
SPEAKER_03: And what is she doing?
52:30
SPEAKER_02: blank face.
52:31
SPEAKER_02: She's just looking you up and down.
52:36
SPEAKER_02: Why do you think I'm a cop?
52:41
SPEAKER_02: Only a cop would ask that question.
52:44
SPEAKER_02: Why do you think I'm a problem?
52:51
SPEAKER_00: We really have to get going, but maybe we'll see you tomorrow night.
52:56
SPEAKER_02: Oh, they're all coming.
52:58
SPEAKER_02: Hmm?
53:00
SPEAKER_02: He'll answer me, cowards.
53:04
You're too far away unless you're screaming it down the
53:08
hallway,
53:08
down the alleys.
53:09
SPEAKER_02: As if Lala is not prone to screaming at people who aren't looking there.
53:19
They don't give you a response,
53:20
though,
53:20
and then they just keep on walking.
53:21
SPEAKER_02: Cowards!
53:22
SPEAKER_02: Cowards!
53:29
SPEAKER_02: I'll start walking back over to what came.
53:35
SPEAKER_02: That's it.
53:36
SPEAKER_02: That's the last straw.
53:38
SPEAKER_02: No more of this, you know.
53:39
SPEAKER_02: I'm racist against elves now.
53:43
SPEAKER_02: Because of those two.
53:44
SPEAKER_03: You know, we're just going to tug on her ear.
53:46
SPEAKER_03: That hurts my feelings a little bit.
53:49
SPEAKER_02: Good.
53:53
SPEAKER_02: I superimpose your feelings onto them for being jerks.
54:03
SPEAKER_03: I'm gonna tell Wakeem that she recognized my hat.
54:07
SPEAKER_00: Ida lands next to you.
54:09
SPEAKER_00: For all those that stayed,
54:11
SPEAKER_00: my love,
54:12
I offered the Second Hand Souls Guild assistance in dealing
54:16
with this matter.
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SPEAKER_03: Good luck with that, my love.
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SPEAKER_03: We're not gonna be here.
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SPEAKER_00: That's fine.
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe I can get some friends.
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SPEAKER_03: Friends are always useful.
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SPEAKER_00: As you're all congregating outside of this guild,
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SPEAKER_00: we are going to take our mid-session break here.
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Left off right as Joaquin had finished convincing at least half
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of this mob to
55:44
start thinking for themselves and offering support and words of
55:48
encouragement while
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SPEAKER_00: the other half of the mob went off with the mob leader.
55:56
Ynor tried extracting more information from them but they were
56:00
reluctant to give it up
56:03
And Kaida had offered services to these individuals once she
56:11
has a guild established.
56:17
SPEAKER_00: Can't forget that Lala made a gold coin from juggling knives.
56:27
SPEAKER_01: I mean, these are people apparently having a flick and spear gold.
56:33
SPEAKER_00: You're cutting out there a little bit.
56:37
These are people who apparently are having trouble feeding
56:39
their families but can spare gold.
56:44
SPEAKER_02: Impressive.
56:48
Maybe one of the people that gave you the gold wasn't actually
56:51
having trouble
56:52
SPEAKER_00: feeding their families.
56:56
SPEAKER_00: Maybe they just saw a crowd and were curious.
57:07
The individual that was knocked out by the stone does start to
57:09
come to here.
57:14
SPEAKER_00: Who threw that stone at me?
57:26
SPEAKER_00: No one's here is fessing up to throw in the stone.
57:29
SPEAKER_03: Does he look hurt or no?
57:31
SPEAKER_00: I mean...
57:37
SPEAKER_00: Now there's a red welt on his head.
57:40
SPEAKER_03: Okay.
57:42
SPEAKER_03: Not it.
57:43
SPEAKER_03: Okie doke.
57:49
SPEAKER_00: Some of the crowd is dispersing.
57:52
SPEAKER_00: Like going back.
57:57
SPEAKER_00: House is jumping down off of roofs.
58:15
SPEAKER_00: hand.
58:16
SPEAKER_00: A few of them stay three of them stay.
58:19
SPEAKER_00: We came the one that got hit by rock,
58:22
the one that was standing next to Krakka and the one that was
58:25
talking that was
58:27
SPEAKER_00: engaging with you originally.
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SPEAKER_01: I hope you guys will be able to make good decisions.
58:45
we're going to seek out some advice Joaquin smiles when he
58:55
hears that that's
58:57
literally the best first step ever and he'll kind of like minor
59:02
illusion and using
59:07
SPEAKER_01: the illusionist bracers double time applause and he just starts popping
59:15
we will seek out your services miss we'll keep an eye on the
59:25
guild roster that gets
59:28
sent out every week and we'll see if you can help us she's like
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ah I would
59:37
SPEAKER_00: appreciate that that would help me too
59:47
SPEAKER_00: These three then also walk off Square is clear now
1:00:22
Is there anything you all are going to discuss or are you going
1:00:27
to enter the guild
1:00:29
SPEAKER_00: that you were looking for?
1:00:32
Inor was saying something to Joaquin before I don't know if I
1:00:36
picked up on that I
1:00:36
SPEAKER_03: apologize That lady recognized Bavin's hat Oh you mean the bitch?
1:00:48
SPEAKER_03: Yeah her name is Naomi
1:00:53
and she's either fucking him or their brother she wouldn't tell
1:00:56
me which incestuous
1:01:00
bitch Naomi gotcha yeah she told me to come find out and to
1:01:05
bring Kaida so oh so
1:01:08
she tried to rope you into her gross incestuous stuff with her
1:01:12
brother listen I
1:01:16
SPEAKER_03: don't I don't do men so well
1:01:23
yeah and I would assume you don't do families too so yeah
1:01:27
technically I can do the
1:01:30
one and not the other which isn't incestuous I mean look if
1:01:36
you're into bitches
1:01:37
like that that's fine and he kind of just rolls his eyes she
1:01:43
can go jump off a
1:01:44
SPEAKER_03: bridge but she recognized Babin's hat yeah um
1:01:53
SPEAKER_01: like she took him or she knows something you think?
1:02:00
I think she knows something and this fucking hat and she's
1:02:04
gonna take it off and
1:02:05
she's gonna smack it a couple times again and put it back on is
1:02:10
useless and won't
1:02:12
SPEAKER_03: tell me if he recognizes her.
1:02:17
SPEAKER_00: His snoring.
1:02:19
SPEAKER_01: Can I look can I
1:02:21
SPEAKER_01: look at her and say, can I try the hat?
1:02:27
SPEAKER_03: She will pick it up off her head and plunk it right down on your head.
1:02:35
SPEAKER_01: And I guess Joaquin's trying to feel the magic and let's see here.
1:03:00
I wonder Can I do a mixture of like suggestion and minor
1:03:13
illusion to kind of appeal
1:03:17
SPEAKER_01: to this hat?
1:03:24
SPEAKER_00: And peel to it in what way?
1:03:30
SPEAKER_01: Get it to talk to us to tell us what it knows.
1:03:32
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it did that already.
1:03:37
SPEAKER_00: It did?
1:03:39
SPEAKER_00: Told you what happened and what it remembered.
1:03:43
SPEAKER_01: Oh.
1:03:45
SPEAKER_01: But it's kind of like ignoring you nor.
1:03:49
SPEAKER_00: No, it's sleeping.
1:03:51
SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's sleeping.
1:03:52
SPEAKER_00: Can I wake it up?
1:03:55
SPEAKER_00: How are you going to try to do that?
1:04:02
SPEAKER_00: You already watched Nora try to smack it?
1:04:07
SPEAKER_01: Uh, putting it on Can I mentally, like, shout, like Hey!
1:04:14
SPEAKER_01: You there?
1:04:15
SPEAKER_01: Come on.
1:04:15
SPEAKER_01: I got things to talk for.
1:04:18
SPEAKER_00: You can't interrupt an old man during his nap.
1:04:21
SPEAKER_00: By the way, I wasn't sleeping.
1:04:23
SPEAKER_00: I was just resting my brain.
1:04:26
SPEAKER_01: Wait, do you have a brain in that?
1:04:29
SPEAKER_01: That's neither here nor there.
1:04:32
SPEAKER_01: It's both here and there.
1:04:39
SPEAKER_01: Anyway,
1:04:39
SPEAKER_01: there was a woman who thinks that she,
1:04:43
SPEAKER_01: who Yenor thinks that may have taken or recognized you.
1:04:49
SPEAKER_01: You didn't see it, did you?
1:04:51
SPEAKER_00: No, I was sleeping.
1:04:53
SPEAKER_01: I thought you were just resting.
1:04:59
Touche Brain Man So maybe if you're done resting perhaps uh we
1:05:11
can go back and you
1:05:12
can tell us if you recognize this lady this bitchy lady are we
1:05:18
going back in time
1:05:21
SPEAKER_01: not back in time but back to that location
1:05:29
what location just don't be sleeping next time you know okay
1:05:39
that's fine can't you
1:05:41
minor illusion her face I'm sorry couldn't you minor illusion
1:05:50
her face to see if he
1:05:51
SPEAKER_01: recognizes her oh no that's that's true um well
1:05:58
SPEAKER_01: Can I minor illusion in my mind?
1:06:01
SPEAKER_01: Well, he can see, right?
1:06:03
SPEAKER_03: Yep.
1:06:05
SPEAKER_01: Okay, sorry.
1:06:06
SPEAKER_01: Thank you, you know.
1:06:07
SPEAKER_01: Can I do that?
1:06:09
SPEAKER_01: Sure.
1:06:12
SPEAKER_01: She looks like this,
1:06:14
SPEAKER_01: and initially it just looks like a dog with her hair style,
1:06:22
but then Joaquin kind of like fixes it and actually makes it
1:06:27
look like her.
1:06:29
SPEAKER_00: No,
1:06:29
she doesn't look familiar Says he doesn't know And he's awake
1:06:40
this time Oh joy I
1:06:44
SPEAKER_01: was awake last time too Oh that's right,
1:06:48
SPEAKER_01: you were just resting,
1:06:50
SPEAKER_00: yeah?
1:06:52
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, my brain was off Where is your brain in here?
1:06:57
SPEAKER_03: He doesn't have one
1:06:59
SPEAKER_01: He says he has one.
1:07:00
SPEAKER_01: It's in the tip.
1:07:04
SPEAKER_01: Joaquin like pinches the tip.
1:07:06
SPEAKER_01: That's your brain?
1:07:10
SPEAKER_00: No, but I got you to touch my tip, didn't I?
1:07:14
SPEAKER_01: And he immediately like rips the hat off and gives it back to you, Nora.
1:07:21
SPEAKER_01: Your hat's a perv.
1:07:23
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I kind of respect it, but you know what?
1:07:26
SPEAKER_01: I'm not into that kind of play.
1:07:31
SPEAKER_03: Unora's gonna pat Wakim's shoulder It takes one to know one I mean,
1:07:36
that's a fetish that I have not yet explored But then he kind
1:07:41
of rubs his chin But
1:07:44
SPEAKER_03: maybe Oh god Please don't start fucking the clothing In your mind,
1:07:56
SPEAKER_00: Wakim,
1:07:56
SPEAKER_00: you are shunted into a black abyss Oh no
1:08:05
I'm in the sunken place Just this pair of eyes stares at you in
1:08:12
this black abyss
1:08:13
and the presence feels like your patron You know it didn't have
1:08:24
to just yank me out
1:08:26
SPEAKER_00: of reality And you're still in reality Mentally
1:08:36
SPEAKER_01: What's up, Zilgi?
1:08:38
SPEAKER_01: Zilganoth I know,
1:08:41
SPEAKER_01: that's what I said,
1:08:42
SPEAKER_00: Zilgi You feel psychic stabs on the edge of your mind Yeah Okay,
1:08:52
SPEAKER_01: okay Zil,
1:08:53
SPEAKER_01: Zil Come on,
1:08:56
man That's like three syllables Zilganoth Yeah And he does like
1:09:03
the clapping thing
1:09:05
SPEAKER_00: You should convince your group to join that group.
1:09:12
SPEAKER_01: The anarchists with the bitchy lady?
1:09:16
SPEAKER_01: They're not anarchists.
1:09:21
SPEAKER_01: We're going to need a little bit more to go on, Zeke.
1:09:34
SPEAKER_00: Let's see how friendly Zilgunoth is feeling today.
1:09:43
SPEAKER_00: It's ultimately your choice,
1:09:45
but I'll just say you've been told and you're shunted back out
1:09:51
to reality.
1:09:54
SPEAKER_00: For the rest of you,
1:09:54
you just see Joaquin kind of go silent and blank for a few
1:09:57
seconds and then he
1:09:58
SPEAKER_00: comes back.
1:10:00
SPEAKER_00: That's fine.
1:10:04
SPEAKER_00: Hey guys,
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Joaquin kind of comes back to his senses and then just kind of
1:10:18
gets a narrow,
1:10:20
SPEAKER_01: annoyed look on his face.
1:10:25
SPEAKER_01: And he's just kind of rolling.
1:10:27
SPEAKER_01: He rolls his eyes a little bit and says...
1:10:37
SPEAKER_01: Okay, Zilgi, I'll bite, and then I look to the rest, to you, Nora.
1:10:47
For some reason,
1:10:50
it might not be a bad idea to team up with them,
1:10:54
but within reason.
1:10:58
Because,
1:10:58
again,
1:11:00
these people not being able to really choose their
1:11:03
representatives is a problem.
1:11:06
I still think we can talk to the council but let's hear what
1:11:12
these people have what
1:11:14
these guys have to say that would be my suggestion just for the
1:11:20
record a demon a
1:11:25
SPEAKER_03: demon wants us to join an aggressive group
1:11:34
who wants to arm civilians and fight and have them fight a
1:11:43
battle for them.
1:11:47
SPEAKER_01: This guy wasn't really talking in specifics.
1:11:50
SPEAKER_01: Arming civilians towards what purpose?
1:11:53
SPEAKER_01: Again,
1:11:55
SPEAKER_01: if anything,
1:11:56
knowing more about what they're planning could be beneficial if
1:12:01
we didn't stop
1:12:01
SPEAKER_01: them.
1:12:04
SPEAKER_03: Well,
1:12:05
SPEAKER_03: for the record,
1:12:06
SPEAKER_03: while he was talking about his plan,
1:12:10
SPEAKER_03: and she uses air quotes,
1:12:13
SPEAKER_03: he was thinking,
1:12:15
SPEAKER_03: arm them,
1:12:16
SPEAKER_03: train them,
1:12:18
SPEAKER_03: organize them,
1:12:19
SPEAKER_03: take what's ours.
1:12:22
SPEAKER_03: So, and your demon daddy wants us to assist that?
1:12:31
SPEAKER_03: Your demon daddy wants us to help
1:12:35
the people who want to train civilians to get them something
1:12:40
that they want.
1:12:44
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I don't think that training civilians is a bad thing.
1:12:48
SPEAKER_03: They're civilians.
1:12:53
SPEAKER_01: They need to be able to defend themselves.
1:12:55
SPEAKER_01: This is their home, too.
1:12:57
SPEAKER_03: I don't think Deborah the baker should be doing anything.
1:13:01
SPEAKER_01: I think the baker should be making bread.
1:13:04
I think the Baker should be able to defend herself and not have
1:13:07
to rely on someone
1:13:09
SPEAKER_01: else to do it for her.
1:13:10
I think that she should be able to trust that her government
1:13:13
will protect her.
1:13:14
SPEAKER_01: That's a lot of required trust, you know.
1:13:22
That's why we have to talk to the Council and convince them
1:13:25
that they should start a democracy.
1:13:28
SPEAKER_01: On that, I agree with you.
1:13:30
SPEAKER_01: Talking to the Council is the way, but
1:13:34
It also might be a good idea to play in with these people to
1:13:38
see what they're truly
1:13:39
SPEAKER_01: planning so that we can head it off.
1:13:42
SPEAKER_03: Because your demon daddy told you to do so.
1:13:46
SPEAKER_01: It was a suggestion that I took and adjusted.
1:13:49
SPEAKER_03: Because you're such a good little boy and she pats his head.
1:13:57
SPEAKER_01: I mean.
1:13:58
SPEAKER_03: Yep.
1:13:59
SPEAKER_01: Depends on what I'm doing.
1:14:00
SPEAKER_03: Or we'll stand on her tiptoes to do it.
1:14:05
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I can't do anything.
1:14:06
SPEAKER_01: She's taller than me, so.
1:14:08
SPEAKER_03: No.
1:14:09
SPEAKER_01: No, you're taller than her.
1:14:10
SPEAKER_01: She's taller.
1:14:11
SPEAKER_01: Oh, my mistake.
1:14:14
SPEAKER_03: She's 5'7".
1:14:16
SPEAKER_01: Oh, my mistake.
1:14:17
SPEAKER_01: I thought she was taller.
1:14:18
SPEAKER_01: I apologize.
1:14:19
SPEAKER_01: He doesn't do anything.
1:14:20
SPEAKER_01: He just kind of gives her a deadpan look as she gets on her tippy toes.
1:14:28
SPEAKER_03: You know?
1:14:29
SPEAKER_03: How many eyeballs do you have?
1:14:31
SPEAKER_03: If you weren't short.
1:14:33
SPEAKER_01: If I wasn't what?
1:14:35
You know,
1:14:41
how many eyeballs do you have today because you're clearly
1:14:44
blind?
1:14:47
SPEAKER_03: Just the two and they're perfect 20-20.
1:14:48
SPEAKER_01: Let's just keep it at the two, yeah?
1:14:56
SPEAKER_03: You should probably talk to Zilganath about that.
1:14:59
SPEAKER_03: I think he's stealing your height.
1:15:03
SPEAKER_03: Is that some gray hair?
1:15:07
SPEAKER_01: Oh, you're trying to play my vanity.
1:15:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
1:15:10
SPEAKER_01: I don't believe that,
1:15:11
and then he kind of turns away and secretly checks to see if he
1:15:15
has a gray hair.
1:15:18
SPEAKER_03: Would Yenor notice him checking?
1:15:21
SPEAKER_00: I mean,
1:15:22
SPEAKER_00: Joaquin can make a stealth or sleight of hand check,
1:15:25
SPEAKER_00: and Yenor can make a perception check.
1:15:31
uh let's do stealth cause I have advantage I'm gonna
1:15:40
inspiration that oh that's a
1:15:42
natural 20 it doesn't matter okay uh no you know you do not
1:15:48
recognize you do not
1:15:49
see what he's doing he just kinda looks annoyed hide my vanity
1:15:56
as if you know
1:15:57
SPEAKER_03: doesn't already know that you're one of the most vain people she's met
1:16:01
I my vanity in this instance anyway who wants to go buy a house
1:16:13
yeah yeah yeah my
1:16:15
feet hurt let's let's put find a place to put them up no poor
1:16:20
pretty boy you want
1:16:21
to ride poppy so you don't have to walk your little feet you
1:16:24
know what you know god
1:16:25
SPEAKER_01: damn it yes and then he'll kind of just look at poppy
1:16:30
She's currently got Kaida and Iris on her You can sit with Iris
1:16:39
No,
1:16:39
I'm not Do I have a shadow?
1:16:42
SPEAKER_01: I think I have a shadow available You have one available,
1:16:45
you don't have one out Can I summon a shadow and then just kind
1:16:49
of use it to carry
1:16:52
SPEAKER_01: me around?
1:16:59
I don't know what the shadows hmm I don't think it can't quote
1:17:09
unquote carry you
1:17:10
okay I think I used it before like a like I turned it into a
1:17:15
platform could do that
1:17:18
yes okay I will do that you do have to choose a what you want
1:17:26
it to have as its
1:17:28
SPEAKER_00: bonus
1:17:29
um oh uh what is it the uh extra attack that's what you usually
1:17:38
go with yeah why
1:17:41
not you don't have to but that's that's usually what you go
1:17:44
with no that's a good
1:17:46
SPEAKER_01: go-to that works okay but yeah Joaquin is
1:17:55
Joaquin is lazy so he is summoning the shadow and using it
1:18:00
essentially as a
1:18:01
hoverboard yeah that you can do technically it's not carrying
1:18:09
you nope house yes
1:18:19
SPEAKER_00: Ida is going to be waiting outside with Iris
1:18:28
the rest of you are going to be entering obscure ivory and
1:18:36
company may have to
1:18:46
SPEAKER_00: adjust your screens a bit to get it on the screen properly
1:19:04
SPEAKER_00: So, you guys enter Why are your tokens that small?
1:19:14
That doesn't make sense Go here Go here I adjust your token or
1:19:29
the grid size
1:19:30
SPEAKER_00: because your token shouldn't be that small
1:19:35
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no way.
1:19:36
SPEAKER_00: No way.
1:19:37
SPEAKER_00: Testing the grid size on the fly.
1:19:49
SPEAKER_00: There we go.
1:19:53
SPEAKER_00: So you guys enter this small
1:20:05
SPEAKER_00: entrance area with a couple of small tables at the front.
1:20:17
SPEAKER_00: Too big because now it looks like you're as big as the tables.
1:20:22
SPEAKER_00: That doesn't make sense.
1:20:32
SPEAKER_00: to figure out how to make you not look like you're as big as the tables.
1:20:46
SPEAKER_00: Probably less so.
1:20:53
SPEAKER_00: There we go.
1:20:57
SPEAKER_00: Alright, just some on-the-fly map adjustment.
1:21:02
You come in to Obscure Ivory and Company into this dimly lit
1:21:09
entryway here.
1:21:16
SPEAKER_00: And there is an... Let's see, so this changes to...
1:21:30
SPEAKER_00: this.
1:21:37
SPEAKER_00: Real quiet in here.
1:21:43
SPEAKER_00: And then all of a sudden from around the corner.
1:21:47
SPEAKER_00: You see.
1:21:48
SPEAKER_00: In here.
1:21:59
SPEAKER_00: You see this middle-aged woman come around the corner.
1:22:07
SPEAKER_00: Oh!
1:22:08
SPEAKER_02: Oh!
1:22:09
SPEAKER_00: Oh my god!
1:22:10
SPEAKER_00: Customers!
1:22:12
SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's been so long.
1:22:14
SPEAKER_00: Oh, welcome, welcome.
1:22:15
SPEAKER_00: I apologize at this repair.
1:22:19
SPEAKER_00: It's been time.
1:22:21
SPEAKER_00: Welcome, welcome, welcome.
1:22:22
SPEAKER_00: What can I get for you?
1:22:25
SPEAKER_03: We were wondering about that warehouse down the road a bit.
1:22:42
SPEAKER_03: Are you feeling okay?
1:22:45
SPEAKER_00: I haven't had a customer.
1:22:48
SPEAKER_03: You can relax.
1:22:53
SPEAKER_03: We're here to spend money.
1:22:58
SPEAKER_00: Please follow me this way.
1:23:00
SPEAKER_00: And she walks back this way.
1:23:09
going to do you see this very large tavern hall in here
1:23:23
virtually empty to
1:23:35
SPEAKER_00: Goliaths up there surrounded by empty mugs.
1:23:42
SPEAKER_00: You're not sure if they're workers drunk on the job or waiterers.
1:24:01
SPEAKER_00: So, uh, welcome to Obscure Ivory and Company.
1:24:06
SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, I am the and company.
1:24:09
SPEAKER_00: My name is Gael Verna.
1:24:27
SPEAKER_01: Joachim Nods, uh,
1:24:31
Joaquin Sioux of Sioux Sailing Greetings You know our great
1:24:38
breeze You see behind
1:24:44
her some ton of tons running back and forth doing like mundane
1:24:52
tasks Yes well um
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SPEAKER_00: We're in a, we're in a, we're in a bit of a pickle, but what's wrong?
1:25:10
I owe some people a lot of money and I haven't sold any of the
1:25:16
stuff that I've used
1:25:17
SPEAKER_00: the money for.
1:25:18
SPEAKER_03: Well, how much are we talking?
1:25:28
SPEAKER_00: Kind of makes the, the uh-oh face.
1:25:34
SPEAKER_00: a lot of money.
1:25:35
SPEAKER_03: Oh, it can't be that bad.
1:25:39
SPEAKER_00: Half a million gold?
1:25:42
SPEAKER_03: Maybe it is a little bad.
1:25:45
We used to have support from the Onyx Accord,
1:25:47
but after everything happened,
1:25:51
they've gone dark.
1:25:54
SPEAKER_03: Oh, we're aware.
1:25:58
SPEAKER_00: The guilds here are barely surviving.
1:26:01
SPEAKER_00: I'm not sure about in other cities.
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We don't have a unified structure We relied on The Onyx Accord
1:26:13
for that Anyway,
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SPEAKER_00: the warehouse Which one was it?
1:26:23
SPEAKER_00: The 500 gold?
1:26:27
SPEAKER_00: Thousand gold one?
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I have a couple warehouses down there The one with the box They
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all have boxes
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SPEAKER_03: How did you make that?
1:26:38
SPEAKER_00: The box?
1:26:39
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
1:26:40
SPEAKER_00: That was loaned to me.
1:26:42
SPEAKER_03: Okay.
1:26:43
SPEAKER_00: By the person I owe the money to.
1:26:45
SPEAKER_03: So they know how much money you get then?
1:26:48
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
1:26:55
SPEAKER_03: Above table, how much was it?
1:26:58
SPEAKER_00: The warehouse?
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SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
1:26:59
SPEAKER_00: 500 gold.
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You don't know if that was the deposit to initiate the contract
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process or not.
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SPEAKER_03: Can you give me more information about it?
1:27:17
SPEAKER_03: The 500 gold one?
1:27:19
SPEAKER_00: It's just that empty warehouse zoned for commercial use only.
1:27:24
SPEAKER_00: Can't really have clients in and out of there.
1:27:31
SPEAKER_03: And do you have who else is in this guild?
1:27:36
SPEAKER_03: with you.
1:27:40
SPEAKER_00: Twins back there.
1:27:41
SPEAKER_03: Do they have any skills?
1:27:44
SPEAKER_00: That?
1:27:45
SPEAKER_03: Drinking.
1:27:46
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
1:27:48
SPEAKER_03: That's it.
1:27:49
SPEAKER_00: They're a pretty good shot when they're sober.
1:27:52
SPEAKER_03: Are they handy?
1:27:54
SPEAKER_00: What kind of handy?
1:27:56
SPEAKER_03: Handy.
1:27:58
SPEAKER_00: They can lift stuff.
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SPEAKER_03: So can I.
1:28:03
I mean,
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they're Goliaths,
1:28:04
so I'm pretty sure they can Can they build things?
1:28:12
SPEAKER_00: If you give them step-by-step instructions.
1:28:15
SPEAKER_00: They're not the brightest bunch.
1:28:17
SPEAKER_03: Well, they are Goliaths.
1:28:27
SPEAKER_00: I do have some
1:28:30
SPEAKER_00: spaces in this area available as well.
1:28:34
SPEAKER_00: A lot of guilds moved out of here.
1:28:39
SPEAKER_03: Can you walk me through those?
1:28:42
SPEAKER_00: I mean, there's a space across the street that's vacant.
1:28:45
SPEAKER_00: Whole building.
1:28:48
SPEAKER_03: How big is the building?
1:28:49
SPEAKER_00: It's about the same size as this one.
1:28:51
SPEAKER_00: Played out a little differently.
1:28:53
SPEAKER_03: Is this like a decent size?
1:28:54
SPEAKER_00: I mean, this is what
1:29:00
SPEAKER_00: Where's my ruler?
1:29:09
SPEAKER_00: Do I not have a ruler?
1:29:10
SPEAKER_00: There it is.
1:29:17
SPEAKER_00: So this room that you're in is a That's like a
1:29:33
SPEAKER_00: 15 by 18 room and the entryways.
1:29:39
SPEAKER_00: Oh no, sorry.
1:29:47
SPEAKER_00: A 75 by 85 room and the entryway is a 25 by 30 room.
1:29:55
SPEAKER_00: And there's an upstairs.
1:29:59
SPEAKER_03: And how much for the one across the street?
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Oh well the warehouse 500 would have gotten you a contract and
1:30:07
then you would have
1:30:07
SPEAKER_00: had to pay like 50,000 gold How much?
1:30:19
SPEAKER_00: You'd have to pay like 50,000 gold over the course of you could decide
1:30:33
SPEAKER_00: Hey guys,
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1:30:50
SPEAKER_00: The one across the street.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean... You don't need a deposit down on it.
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for the contract be like a thousand gold to buy outright though
1:31:17
could lease the
1:31:17
space to you if you would like set up some kind of arrangement
1:31:22
that would help both
1:31:23
SPEAKER_00: of us
1:31:34
SPEAKER_02: Let me talk to my group and we'll get back to you.
1:31:41
SPEAKER_00: Of course, it's a it's a big commitment.
1:31:45
SPEAKER_00: Trust me, I thought I'd be doing much better than this.
1:31:49
SPEAKER_00: Two gestures to the rest of the room.
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SPEAKER_00: No one wants to be a simple merchant anymore.
1:32:04
SPEAKER_03: You know, I'll start walking back into the entryway.
1:32:27
SPEAKER_00: Do the rest of you have anything to add?
1:32:33
SPEAKER_01: or you're just following you know.
1:32:41
SPEAKER_01: Sorry, go ahead.
1:32:43
SPEAKER_02: Just following or just following.
1:32:52
SPEAKER_00: You know, you have everyone back in this little entryway here.
1:33:03
SPEAKER_03: What do you guys think of leasing it out and paying the 100k overtime?
1:33:14
SPEAKER_01: I don't have much of a problem with that,
1:33:16
SPEAKER_01: especially since we're going to be busy doing things,
1:33:18
SPEAKER_01: right?
1:33:19
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
1:33:20
SPEAKER_03: It shouldn't be hard to get funds like that.
1:33:26
SPEAKER_01: Definitely not overtime.
1:33:28
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
1:33:32
SPEAKER_02: What was that?
1:33:34
SPEAKER_02: I agree.
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I'm sure Lala will be fine with it as long as she gets her own
1:33:43
little cubby hole to hide out in.
1:33:45
SPEAKER_02: Yep, she needs her own little spot.
1:33:49
So this one is across the street from here or across the street
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from the $500 one.
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SPEAKER_03: Across the street from here.
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SPEAKER_02: So we're closer to the guilds.
1:34:03
SPEAKER_03: Closer to the guilds, it seems like a safer spot.
1:34:12
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, sounds like a good choice.
1:34:17
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think we do definitely want to be closer to the guilds.
1:34:22
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, kind of wants to help everyone.
1:34:29
SPEAKER_01: But how much are they asking for over time?
1:34:32
SPEAKER_03: 100K to buy it outright, but we can lease it out over time.
1:34:40
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but what's the interest on the lease?
1:34:45
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, we're just going to poke our head in.
1:34:47
SPEAKER_03: What interest rate do you want?
1:34:50
SPEAKER_00: Oh, it'd be a lease.
1:34:51
SPEAKER_00: There's no interest rate on that.
1:34:53
SPEAKER_03: What if I wanted to buy it over time?
1:35:09
SPEAKER_02: Like a rent to own situation?
1:35:11
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, rent to own.
1:35:21
SPEAKER_00: Let's see.
1:35:24
SPEAKER_00: So we're looking at a bastion, right?
1:35:29
SPEAKER_00: Of sorts.
1:35:30
SPEAKER_00: We're not following bastion rules to the T. Yeah, essentially a bastion.
1:35:39
SPEAKER_00: but it's like a bastion.
1:35:42
SPEAKER_03: I just want to set up a fast travel network.
1:35:49
SPEAKER_02: 36 squares.
1:36:10
SPEAKER_00: That's way more than that.
1:36:13
SPEAKER_00: So it's got a lot of facility space.
1:36:16
I'd say,
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uh,
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if you were to lease it from me,
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it'd be like 1500 gold a month.
1:36:32
SPEAKER_00: If you were to it from me, I mean, we are essentially the bank here.
1:36:41
so it'd be through our terms uh you'd be at uh I don't know I'd
1:37:01
have to put you at
1:37:02
SPEAKER_00: like five or ten percent interest and your base payment would be
1:37:13
SPEAKER_00: thousand gold a month.
1:37:19
SPEAKER_00: But you would then be responsible for everything else.
1:37:34
SPEAKER_03: What do you guys think about that?
1:37:43
The interest rate's not too bad but then we're held accountable
1:37:47
for everything but
1:37:48
SPEAKER_02: if we lease it does that mean that they like insure it?
1:37:56
SPEAKER_02: Yeah but if anything happens to the building then they cover the damages?
1:38:04
It would be a landlord situation That definitely makes things
1:38:10
easier for us
1:38:14
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, but that limits what we can do to the actual building.
1:38:20
SPEAKER_01: What were you planning on doing right there?
1:38:24
I was thinking we could put one of the teleportation circles on
1:38:29
like eventually
1:38:30
SPEAKER_03: because we can get one each.
1:38:33
So we'd have five and we could put teleportation circles in
1:38:37
every one and spread
1:38:39
SPEAKER_03: them out across everywhere,
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SPEAKER_03: basically.
1:38:44
and then we'd have a fast travel network and then all we'd have
1:38:48
to do is if we had
1:38:49
to get somewhere real fast get to one of our bastions and go I
1:38:56
mean that's not a
1:38:57
bad idea it's just that's also expensive yeah that's why you do
1:39:05
it over time I mean
1:39:08
when releasing it we can kind of do whatever we want over there
1:39:11
as long as we're
1:39:11
SPEAKER_02: not altering the floor plan correctly
1:39:16
I don't care what you do with the floor plan,
1:39:17
you just can't demolish the building.
1:39:22
SPEAKER_01: Using the spell won't demolish the building.
1:39:31
SPEAKER_01: I'm for leasing if this works for everybody else.
1:39:35
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, leasing is fine.
1:39:43
SPEAKER_00: I mean, we can
1:39:46
SPEAKER_00: Right at the contract or I could just do a handshake.
1:39:51
SPEAKER_03: Could you lower the lease amount if we pay a bunch of crap.
1:40:05
SPEAKER_02: Which is a bunch.
1:40:12
you know he's got some money on her and then there's 15 K in
1:40:16
the party inventory.
1:40:17
SPEAKER_02: I need two months up front.
1:40:38
SPEAKER_03: And we can pay in two month increments.
1:40:44
SPEAKER_00: and do 2,500 for two month increments.
1:40:50
SPEAKER_03: All right.
1:40:55
SPEAKER_03: You know where we'll pull the money out?
1:41:03
SPEAKER_00: Again, are we doing a handshake or a contract?
1:41:06
SPEAKER_03: I prefer a contract.
1:41:10
SPEAKER_00: I will
1:41:11
SPEAKER_00: draft up a contract.
1:41:12
SPEAKER_00: You will get a complimentary stay here.
1:41:14
SPEAKER_00: There are no furnished rooms over there.
1:41:17
SPEAKER_00: And we can go over the contract details later this evening.
1:41:23
SPEAKER_03: Sounds great.
1:41:27
SPEAKER_00: In the meantime,
1:41:28
I can have one of these little guys make you something up in
1:41:32
the kitchen if you're
1:41:32
SPEAKER_00: hungry.
1:41:35
SPEAKER_03: Absolutely.
1:41:42
SPEAKER_00: Please make yourselves at home here.
1:41:45
I will draft up contract details while they're getting you your
1:41:48
stuff and then
1:41:49
SPEAKER_00: we'll work that out.
1:41:59
SPEAKER_00: She goes into this area down here.
1:42:06
SPEAKER_02: You got a house?
1:42:09
SPEAKER_03: We have a house.
1:42:11
SPEAKER_03: Or we will once we sign the contract.
1:42:18
SPEAKER_01: Arkeem nods.
1:42:20
SPEAKER_01: Nicely negotiated, Neuro.
1:42:22
SPEAKER_01: See, you don't have to hit everything.
1:42:25
SPEAKER_03: I don't hit everything.
1:42:27
SPEAKER_03: That's Franca.
1:42:31
SPEAKER_01: No, you just like to hit everything.
1:42:34
SPEAKER_03: That's because I'm good at it.
1:42:39
SPEAKER_01: I'm glad you didn't have to break something.
1:42:41
SPEAKER_01: And Krakka, don't listen to her.
1:42:42
SPEAKER_01: She's just being mean and nasty because she does hit things all the time.
1:42:48
SPEAKER_03: I'm sorry,
1:42:49
who's the one who started the fight that almost got all of you
1:42:53
killed with the
1:42:55
SPEAKER_03: pirate?
1:42:56
SPEAKER_03: Not the pirates, the drug lords.
1:42:59
SPEAKER_03: The slavers.
1:43:01
SPEAKER_03: Who started that?
1:43:03
SPEAKER_03: And then who talked their way out of it?
1:43:07
SPEAKER_01: Inor, you act like you have a problem dealing partially with slavers.
1:43:13
SPEAKER_03: No.
1:43:14
SPEAKER_03: However, I didn't start that fight.
1:43:17
SPEAKER_03: I ended it.
1:43:19
SPEAKER_03: So.
1:43:20
SPEAKER_01: And we love you for it.
1:43:23
SPEAKER_01: It was a misfire.
1:43:25
SPEAKER_03: Oh, misfire.
1:43:26
SPEAKER_03: That's what we're calling it now.
1:43:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
1:43:34
SPEAKER_03: Likely story.
1:43:37
SPEAKER_01: No means to blame here.
1:43:38
SPEAKER_01: Come on now.
1:43:40
SPEAKER_01: What's done is done.
1:43:43
SPEAKER_01: Can't be undone in all that craziness.
1:43:47
SPEAKER_03: Apparently he's still pissed off.
1:43:49
How was I supposed to know that that slaver was going to be
1:43:52
like a super slave
1:43:56
SPEAKER_01: master with a friggin' power suit?
1:43:58
SPEAKER_01: I did not.
1:44:00
SPEAKER_01: Nope.
1:44:03
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, power suits are kind of fucked.
1:44:07
That they are Gotta figure out how to deal with those things
1:44:15
Those are dangerous
1:44:22
It's a whole different level of slavery that I'm not used to As
1:44:31
you guys are
1:44:32
SPEAKER_00: sitting and waiting for your
1:44:37
SPEAKER_00: complimentary meal and beverages and a contract to be drafted up.
1:44:43
SPEAKER_00: We are going to call it there for this session.
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