Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Sam.
Waking up asleep I've been dreaming Dr. Long I cannot find meaning.
Hold my hand, Let me stay by your side through this never ending night.
[00:00:59] Speaker B: I can feel it now it holds
[00:01:02] Speaker A: me all the these demons around me in this red light because me he is reaching out, consuming.
[00:01:35] Speaker B: Everybody. Welcome back to Goblins and Gaze. I'm Aubrey, your gm and I'll test for my players to introduce themselves, who they are, who they're playing, and then we'll get rolling into things.
[00:01:43] Speaker C: Hi, I'm Aki and I play the vigilante Gravewing, who is a Nagaji self monk and kineticist. We both use she her pronouns.
[00:01:55] Speaker A: Hello, I am Faris, she her and I play Alouette Valer. Also she her, a bardic thaumaturge beast kin doing her best while juggling a family curse falling in. Then of course, the end of the world.
[00:02:09] Speaker D: Hello, I'm Dusty. I use they he pronouns and I'm playing Eu.
Formerly Moran, still a problem, just angrier now. They are blood hunter, Nephilim problem.
Just, just trying to fix things, even though it's all bad. They also use they he pronouns.
[00:02:34] Speaker B: Hello, I'm Sparlock and I play Alistair Whiskerfield, the great rat detective, arcane archer and wizard extraordinaire, the revolutionary firebrand, sworn enemy to the Scriabins and scourge of the bourgeoisie and master of Nicodemus Tower. We both use he him pronouns.
[00:02:55] Speaker E: Hi, I'm Tick. I use he, she, they pronouns. And today I'll be playing Niall, who uses he they pronouns. He cooks, he cleans, he eats people and has an alien parasite living in his spine, slowly consuming him. What more could you ask for?
[00:03:07] Speaker F: Hi, I'm Alyssa. My pronouns are they, them and I play Laithrisi, the fourth Dampier dandy rogue, failed matricide with a negative one constitution modifier. Leith uses she any pronouns.
[00:03:20] Speaker B: What happened last time?
[00:03:22] Speaker A: We schemed a lot.
[00:03:24] Speaker E: We did a lot of plotting and scheming and shenaniganing. Dare I even say we ended up gathering together on a little on a little adventure. As in talking to each other and planning, hey, how are we gonna about this heist? How are we gonna figure all these details out? What are we gonna do about the Twilight watch? And despite my personal in character disdain towards the idea out of character, love of the idea.
Lou and Graveling went to go talk to Hester to see if they could get a lead and now kind of maybe after a good conversation, we're potentially, possibly, hypothetically going to be working with her, which Again, Niall hates. I. Fuck this. I love this. Just be completely clear to everyone. I fucking love how angry now is going to be. Please do this. No balls.
We came back, we fade out. Kind of the vibe of the heist.
And the long story short of it is we're going to see if we can talk to the headmaster to get a bit more of an in to, you know, sabotage our own heist intentionally before we do it, you know, like as a treat.
And then also have some people meet Hester again later on to see if we can like help her with the serial killer vibe, which again, oh, I remember. I will get hands together like a flyer. Mosquito even.
Also graveling told Lou that her grandpa was hitting on her.
That is also very important.
No homo though. Anyways.
[00:04:47] Speaker B: Yeah, well, you all have a plan for tomorrow. Is there anything you wanted to do before tomorrow?
Great. It's tomorrow.
[00:05:03] Speaker A: I was thinking.
[00:05:03] Speaker E: I was like.
Hold on. Actually, I was thinking about what to do. Can I actually have a quick word with wavelength. With wavelength.
[00:05:12] Speaker C: Waveleng. Okay. Sorry, I. Sorry, my sister came in. Yeah, no, I. I didn't hear what you said before, by the way, Aubrey, my sister came in to do basically do the bug dance from like Silk Song and then touch my face after I applied a specific cream for it. So that's great.
What the did you say?
[00:05:36] Speaker B: I was just asking if there's anyone. Anyone had anything they wanted to do before we moved to the next day where you have your meetings to go to.
[00:05:44] Speaker C: Okay. And then. And then tick was like, wave wing. Please, please.
[00:05:49] Speaker E: But may I have some wave wing?
[00:05:54] Speaker C: Sure.
[00:05:55] Speaker E: I. I will come with tea as a bribe. It's not really needed, but I want to bring anyways.
I'll pour you a cup of tea and be like, I. Can I have a whip with you, please?
[00:06:05] Speaker C: Yeah, sure.
[00:06:09] Speaker E: How did the meeting go?
[00:06:14] Speaker C: Well, just going to bring it up in the morning. Honestly, she.
She. She and her people are here for.
They're here for the Sin Eater. They believe he's Titan cursed.
And I got her to explain a bit of what the that meant.
Sounds a lot like the bad schisms.
[00:06:49] Speaker E: That would make a lot of sense.
[00:06:53] Speaker C: I honestly figured it had something to do with that too.
I asked her to meet again same time, same place tomorrow, see if we can talk a bit further out.
They are way out of their jurisdiction.
But if they start dropping like flies, that's still bad politically.
[00:07:23] Speaker E: I understand. I do have a role in Anathema. And as that role, I cannot do everything that I want to do given the fact that this is a team.
But I'm not sure how far these discussions or how much you're going to be talking with. But I would like to remind you that the last time Jeesham saw me, despite the fact that we were raised together as siblings for so many years, there was no hesitation in her attempt to kill me. I cannot guarantee that my face will not disrupt these conversations.
[00:07:56] Speaker C: I understand, Nyaba.
Bit of intrusive question for you, Nile. Do you know what you look like the last time she saw you and tried to kill you?
Because from my understanding, Schism saved you on the verge of death.
[00:08:18] Speaker E: Aubrey.
Aubrey. When was this? Can you give me chronological order, please?
[00:08:24] Speaker B: Aubrey shaking your head like, I don't know for what.
[00:08:28] Speaker E: When did she try to kill him? Wasn't like a year ago, Two years ago? How long?
[00:08:33] Speaker B: It was after you and Skidsum had bonded and you had been turned into a flesh warp.
[00:08:38] Speaker E: Okay, but it wasn't like right after my home was attacked. It was like a little bit of time after. Right?
[00:08:44] Speaker B: Maybe a day.
[00:08:46] Speaker E: Okay, gotcha.
[00:08:47] Speaker B: A day or two.
[00:08:48] Speaker E: You see, my memory's bad.
My memory's aster. I say, I'm like, hey, dm, can you tell me this important part of my personal backstory? And you're like, bitch, I don't know.
This is your backstory. But anyways, that is true.
It was very soon afterwards. But I.
I was scared. I was scared and I was hoping that the person that I knew that could protect me would help me. And she didn't.
[00:09:18] Speaker C: Look, I'm not blaming you at all for how you're feeling.
I think you're in incredibly valid in your anger. It's right. It's rightfully placed. But what I'm trying to get you to consider right now is it's her job to kill monsters. And if she saw you dead and then saw you back alive, and she's been aware for who knows how long about, no offense, Kism.
Creatures like you and what they can do.
Don't you think her freak out is also valid?
[00:10:01] Speaker E: I understand. I'm just not sure how she would react to me now.
[00:10:05] Speaker C: I'm not gonna let her hurt you.
Contrary to popular belief, you and your relationship with Schism, while it does border on a few very highly unethical, like your diet, you are under way more control than anything living with that has, let alone the dead ones.
[00:10:37] Speaker E: May I say something slightly mean?
[00:10:42] Speaker C: Sure.
[00:10:42] Speaker E: I think our relationship is more sane than whatever Laith and Lou have going on right now.
I know that's Very mean, but I really can't tell what's going on. And I'm kind of nervous.
[00:10:56] Speaker A: It's.
[00:10:58] Speaker C: I like to. I.
I mean, I know what's going on.
I basically got confirmation, but like, that's their baggage.
And I'm just. I'm just kind of here.
I'm just kind of here.
[00:11:15] Speaker E: Honestly, I'm just kind of here. It is good to know that you'll have my back if things go south. But I understand if you don't want me to face her in order to not jeopardize the mission.
[00:11:27] Speaker C: I don't.
I don't. I don't.
I don't want to keep you from things, period.
And I think honestly, if anybody could help her, it would actually be you.
So far, she's here to study the Sin Eater specifically based off of whatever this Titan curse is.
And you are by far the only person with your condition, like in your state.
And I'm not. I'm also not gonna let her start cutting you open or anything like that. But what I'm saying is. What I. What I'm saying is I think,
[00:12:17] Speaker A: you
[00:12:18] Speaker C: know, be angry, but I think you don't actually have to kill her. I. She seems to have.
She seems to be reasonable.
I don't.
I don't think.
I don't think.
Yeah, she's going to. You. I think you get what I mean by now.
[00:12:40] Speaker E: But.
[00:12:41] Speaker C: And if she does. If.
[00:12:42] Speaker E: If she.
[00:12:43] Speaker C: If she changes, she does the 180. And you were right. I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna make sure you're safe.
[00:12:48] Speaker E: But that's truly all I really wanted to know.
I'm not really good at trusting my life from the hands of others. But you are not only capable, but earnest and straightforward with your words. You don't hold things back or lie. And I can trust exactly what you say, which I really like.
I'm glad I will trust you in that remark. And I understand that if things go south and I am in danger, you will do everything in your power to keep me safe. And I will respect in turn that Pester's death will be a detriment to everything.
And I will not do anything to kill her.
Self defense, only non lethally.
[00:13:30] Speaker C: I appreciate you.
[00:13:31] Speaker E: As long as I am part of anathema in this group, I want to respect that.
I'm sorry if that wasn't very coherent earlier. Sometimes it's a little bit tricky to be clear with what I want to say.
[00:13:45] Speaker C: No, I.
I understand.
Plus, it's.
It's not Fair to.
[00:13:57] Speaker A: It's.
[00:13:57] Speaker C: Honestly, it's not fair to hound on anybody when emotions are that high.
[00:14:04] Speaker E: I agree.
I will say I am very glad to have people like all of you in my life right now. But don't tell A I said that. I think she'd let it get to her head. And also don't tell you don't tell anybody that I said that.
[00:14:18] Speaker C: I'm not. I'm not telling people shit. But all I'm gonna say is there's like six people eavesdropping right now.
[00:14:24] Speaker E: Wait, really? Can I go and open the door? Who's eavesdropping?
[00:14:32] Speaker A: Fair now I feel like it has to be all of us just to make that true.
[00:14:37] Speaker E: Hold on.
[00:14:38] Speaker F: I just hope you can catch me. I would get out of the way.
[00:14:42] Speaker E: No, I think it's funny if everyone's there.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: And now it's just like.
[00:14:45] Speaker E: Were you listening to that entire floor drop?
[00:14:50] Speaker A: Saved you the trouble of saying it twice, I guess.
[00:14:56] Speaker C: Also this house has circulation. Like I don't choose to eavesdrop on like half of yalls conversation, but we just conveniently talk right by the vent.
[00:15:06] Speaker A: Yeah, we're all just like ears to the vent. Like. Oh, oh, interesting. They should have closed the vent for that one.
[00:15:11] Speaker E: Interesting. That completely explains that relationship without me having to ask about it.
[00:15:16] Speaker A: They really should have taken that one to the clock tower. Jeez. You know, there's no secrets.
[00:15:22] Speaker C: I think I have.
[00:15:24] Speaker E: Now all of anathema knows your secret relationship.
[00:15:30] Speaker A: You don't.
[00:15:31] Speaker E: You don't have to make that canon
[00:15:32] Speaker C: though if you don't want to. That was just me talking out of my ass.
[00:15:35] Speaker E: I'm going to be honest. I think it's really.
I think it's really funny. If anyone does want to make that canon, I am okay with it because it's fucking hilarious.
But only people who want to.
[00:15:51] Speaker C: We have to get caught eavesdropping.
[00:15:53] Speaker F: I have better things to do than get caught.
[00:15:56] Speaker E: Understandable. Anyone who is eavesdropping, have fun I guess turn back and be like yeah, but thank you. I'll go prepare for everything.
[00:16:08] Speaker C: Mentally, I walk out of that conversation like a well adjusted coach. I just gave a pep talk of the season.
I have baseball on the mind.
[00:16:22] Speaker A: Guys.
[00:16:23] Speaker C: We lost.
[00:16:24] Speaker A: Oh no. I'm sorry.
[00:16:27] Speaker C: We lost. I've never. I have not been that interested in. In baseball since Ace of Diamonds, bro.
But also it's Blue Jays and Victoria's Blue Jays. Technically that means Victoria lost.
Vittorio lost the World cup, guys.
[00:16:47] Speaker D: Good for them.
[00:16:49] Speaker A: Hey, it's his first season back you gotta cut him a break.
He's been out of the game for a long time.
[00:16:55] Speaker C: You're gonna laugh because that's literally like the. The trial Blue Jays. We didn't even make. This is the first in like 10 years, I think, making it. And then we made it this far, and that's like the first in like a very long time. So ironically, ironically, the coming of Victorio around this time is kind of like perfect.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: Hilarious.
[00:17:20] Speaker D: I think Yuri does actually want to have a conversation with Lou tonight, if possible.
I think either at the same time or just in the evening. At some point, Yuri wants to go find Lou and just be like, hey, Lou, you busy right now at all?
[00:17:40] Speaker A: Just Lou was probably about to like, go hang out with Wave, but does a 180.
No. What is it that you. What do you need?
[00:17:54] Speaker D: Well, I just, you know, a lot's been happening, but I wanted to check in, see how are you doing.
I wanted to know if, like, as Leith talked to you recently about whatever, anything.
[00:18:10] Speaker A: No, not really.
Is there something she is supposed to be talking to me about?
[00:18:22] Speaker D: Not necessarily.
I just, you know, it seems that you two aren't at each other's trucks and it seems better than we were where we were at like two weeks ago or something. A week ago. I. Time is gone.
[00:18:41] Speaker A: I mean, I. I will talk. You know, that's. We haven't really been in a very long time.
We have been getting along quite well for. For. For. Well, you know, to be fair, you weren't at the masquerade and then I wasn't around, so you kind of missed the chunk where we were getting along very well. So that's fair.
[00:19:03] Speaker D: Yeah, they.
Hey, is Lou wearing the ring 100.
Okay, so you are also jury is going to make a motion. So that's good, right?
[00:19:17] Speaker A: Oh, yes. We are fully committed to the fake engagement. Yes.
[00:19:21] Speaker D: Oh, fake.
[00:19:22] Speaker A: She knows. I know. We have decided to make it official in terms of. It's still a fake engagement, but, you know, now we're both on team Be. Fake engaged.
[00:19:34] Speaker D: Fake.
[00:19:35] Speaker A: That's your.
Yes, the engagement is fine, I think.
Well, if you ask my sister, I have two of them, so don't ask my sister.
No, that's a different story. No, you need to go back. What do you mean there's not another person? I just panic. Don't even. Don't even.
[00:19:54] Speaker D: So you thought you were engaged to
[00:19:57] Speaker A: two people Again, I panicked.
[00:20:01] Speaker D: How did you panic that? How did that come up?
[00:20:06] Speaker A: I don't know. I plug that sometimes I just say things and I Don't know why I'm saying them. And then I just commit to them
[00:20:14] Speaker D: so clearly throughout. Okay, you are making it harder on yourself. You do realize this? Yes.
[00:20:27] Speaker A: The double engagement or putting in.
[00:20:30] Speaker D: Well, specifically the doubling down on the false things that are very easily verifiable.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: No, no, no. I think that the. The dwarm led engagements is. Is politically motivated and also is very useful in with the family.
Especially when I do more complicated things with the family, like destroying our family name entirely.
I need the. The other thing. And then, you know, then they keep having reasons I am not around.
It's because I am with my fiance.
[00:21:05] Speaker D: So who are you pretending is. Who did you say the other one?
[00:21:11] Speaker A: I have not. I might say this is Korea. I don't know. I don't know if I need to commit that hard.
[00:21:16] Speaker D: Maybe not maybe that. That feels dangerous.
[00:21:19] Speaker A: Yes, that is the idea.
Oh, I didn't talk to you about that. That was just something like talk to a glaze.
It's not important right now. It's too early to do anything about it. But Paloma is maybe Paloma first off, cold. Second half maybe is going to get me into the Scoriabian's Big 20 Symphony. And then if that doesn't work, then I'm going to try to wiggle my way into an engagement with the scoreab. And we need information.
And this seems to be the fastest way to do it is just to be like, oh yeah, look, I'm part of a cult and wear one of the broken necklaces. But they're like, oh, it's a real one. Look, she can't laugh, you know it is. But that's just. If we can't get it another way. I am making plans on plans. You know, I. I have learned you must have a plan and then a backup and then a backup in case none of the other ones work. That is what I have been learning with anathema.
[00:22:12] Speaker D: Yuri, who's pretty, does not really grow. Facial hair has been like mouth open, like scratching at the. Like not goatee there. And just.
Okay.
[00:22:31] Speaker A: I would not do any of it without presenting it to the group first. I just wanted to run it by layers first. Of course. So.
[00:22:39] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:22:42] Speaker A: Only fair. I mean, I can't go doing something very dangerous enough to consult the first after I've asked her not to do dangerous things so many times, you know.
[00:22:52] Speaker D: Okay, you asked. That's.
When did you ask?
[00:22:56] Speaker A: Well, before the masquerade and in the hall and I was like, sorry, oh, before we did the door line mission, there's been a few. I mean, she just kind of does it anyway. But it. I feel like I have to ask her not to.
Just in case. Maybe this time she will do something. The endurance.
[00:23:20] Speaker D: Okay, well, maybe I'll.
Maybe you should just talk to Late then, at this point.
[00:23:27] Speaker A: Oh, I've talked to them a lot, but you. I literally was just talking about the time I was talking today.
[00:23:32] Speaker D: Well, I. Yes.
So are you two.
Are you too, Mike?
So you're talk. You're better, are you?
[00:23:45] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:45] Speaker D: But are you dating at this point?
[00:23:48] Speaker A: Yeah. Y. You do not know.
[00:23:51] Speaker D: You didn't say anything.
[00:23:53] Speaker A: I thought you knew.
[00:23:55] Speaker D: You didn't tell us? L doesn't tell anyone anything.
[00:23:58] Speaker A: I thought you just could tell, I guess.
[00:24:01] Speaker D: But. However, I would like some confirmation.
[00:24:03] Speaker A: That's been subtle. We've been holding hands and everything.
I am sleeping in our room.
[00:24:10] Speaker D: Well, that's fair.
[00:24:14] Speaker A: I did not realize we had to be. I did not know we had to make an announcement. You don't make an announcement.
[00:24:20] Speaker D: You know, it would be nice for me to know.
[00:24:22] Speaker A: All right. You want to know things that are happening and with your family members. Guess what Vittorio is doing.
[00:24:29] Speaker D: No. Why are you using this stone?
[00:24:33] Speaker A: Because you're not going to like it.
[00:24:38] Speaker D: He's been here three weeks.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: What is he doing?
[00:24:40] Speaker D: Oh, no.
[00:24:41] Speaker A: He moves so fast.
The man is not slow
[00:24:48] Speaker D: at what
[00:24:50] Speaker A: usually you want to know.
[00:24:52] Speaker D: Well, you have to tell me now.
[00:24:55] Speaker C: So
[00:24:58] Speaker A: our great great grandfather, who has been in the vault for like a hundred years at least.
[00:25:04] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:25:05] Speaker A: And does not age and looks like that.
[00:25:09] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:25:09] Speaker A: Has great control over his curse. He's very magical. He's very martial. He is powerful. That one.
The head of our family, if you are not presumed dead.
[00:25:21] Speaker D: Yeah. I just want to guess, and I don't think.
[00:25:24] Speaker A: Yes. He has very big eyes for graveling.
He has asked Grave Wing for permission to court her.
[00:25:37] Speaker D: Yuri is like.
Like tapping their head, trying to get like pretending to get something out of the ears. Sorry, I thought you said Grave Wing Graveling. Yes, you did say Grave win.
I.
[00:25:53] Speaker B: What.
[00:25:56] Speaker A: What I want to know is if he's being very old fashioned. Does he have to also ask Dorothy for permission? I don't know. I'm curious.
That would be, I would think the polite thing to do, but I guess
[00:26:12] Speaker D: he sold.
[00:26:14] Speaker A: That's what I said.
[00:26:17] Speaker D: Graveling is not that old whatsoever.
[00:26:19] Speaker A: I know. Like I. She always says, oh, my children, my children. But like, people can have kids very young. I don't know. Not even our kids, technically.
I thought she was like your age. Frankly, I Don't know.
[00:26:31] Speaker D: She doesn't.
[00:26:32] Speaker A: Your age. She.
[00:26:34] Speaker D: She's been through some. All of us have been through some, but she's been through some.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: She doesn't look older than, like, five emotionally, but, like.
And then Annette. And don't tell her I told you this part, because then she'll never tell me anything else ever again.
[00:26:49] Speaker D: She.
[00:26:49] Speaker A: Then she said something about how apparently old men just really like her. And then I said, what old men? And she did not answer.
[00:26:59] Speaker D: Okay, you. Don't you. I'm not sure if you're. Whiskey the way. The way the conversation.
[00:27:09] Speaker A: He came out of a room once, and he gave me, like, a wink, and I didn't know that's what it meant.
[00:27:14] Speaker D: I know when I was talking, I
[00:27:15] Speaker A: was like, oh, what are you doing? But I didn't want to ask because that seemed rude, you know, when I
[00:27:21] Speaker D: was talking, I thought you were bad, but, like, I don't know.
[00:27:26] Speaker E: Okay.
[00:27:27] Speaker C: She's just like.
[00:27:28] Speaker D: That's not disrespectful.
[00:27:29] Speaker A: She's doing it way better because she has them all at the same time, and apparently it is very amicable.
[00:27:35] Speaker D: Well, that's good. Sorry, Emery.
[00:27:39] Speaker A: Good to know. I might also be. Anyway.
[00:27:42] Speaker D: Okay, now, hang on.
I noticed the whole thing about, like, dual partners, but, like, hang on.
Anyways, maybe it's a vigilante, like, aesthetic.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: You can get it. No.
Goodness.
[00:28:01] Speaker B: Great.
[00:28:01] Speaker A: For me, it's the aura of Misori about her, you know? What does she look like? It doesn't matter.
[00:28:10] Speaker D: You're having way too much fun with this.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: Something has to bring joy in our lives, you know, Everything is oblique.
[00:28:17] Speaker D: I know. I. I understand.
Okay? Just, I.
I do not care what happens. I refuse to call her anything but graveling.
You just need to make that clear.
[00:28:31] Speaker A: Oh. Oh, my goodness.
[00:28:35] Speaker D: That would make her.
[00:28:38] Speaker A: What if she marries him? That would be so weird, right?
[00:28:44] Speaker D: A fake engagement? A real engagement, an actual marriage, you know?
[00:28:49] Speaker A: You know what? You know what if she gets engaged to Vittorio before I get real engaged to Blade, I'm going to actually fight her. I'm going to lose. But this is the principality matter.
I'm gonna challenge her to a duel or something.
Just be like, you can do it, but, like, wait a minute.
[00:29:08] Speaker D: You know, look like you.
[00:29:11] Speaker E: You.
[00:29:12] Speaker D: You know, like, Leaf and I gotta do what's right.
[00:29:14] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was, like, some weird
[00:29:19] Speaker D: time ago. I was. It was me being me.
Okay, Lou, I just want to say, the exchanging of central rings is more or less. Whether you say it's fake or not.
[00:29:34] Speaker A: We were going to Demasquerade. We had to do a society party.
They'd want to know. I have to be like, oh, of course. This is our engagement.
[00:29:46] Speaker D: Look, I'm just saying, you know, these ritualistic practices have lots of, like, power behind them.
[00:29:52] Speaker A: I'm just saying this one is pretty neutral. It is traditional, but it doesn't do anything.
[00:30:00] Speaker D: I mean, yeah, let's be fair. Like ours. I don't think ours would do anything even if we wanted to at this point. Except for open the votes.
[00:30:09] Speaker A: That is true.
Which is good to know in case we just might become important later. And I'm not going to elaborate.
[00:30:20] Speaker B: Why?
[00:30:21] Speaker A: Because I haven't made up my mind about it.
[00:30:23] Speaker D: Okay, well, you know, I would appreciate any future plans about destroying our family name, which I'm on board on, by the way.
[00:30:30] Speaker A: Good.
[00:30:30] Speaker D: So I would like to know.
[00:30:33] Speaker A: He is also on board.
[00:30:34] Speaker D: Great. Good, good. Oh, so you consulted Vittorio before. Okay, great.
[00:30:39] Speaker E: I'm.
[00:30:39] Speaker A: I. I'm practicing. It's easier when he's not present. When he is present. Just not like it's as bad. I don't. We can't.
[00:30:47] Speaker D: We. We can't tell whom we know.
[00:30:50] Speaker A: Oh, of course not.
[00:30:51] Speaker D: Yeah. Just. We just.
We gotta pretend. We just.
[00:30:55] Speaker A: No.
And I mean, Coravin did not tell me. If she accepted, it could be a sad thing for him. You know, he could have been rejected his first time out of the gate after being in the vault for 100 years. Oof. Embarrassing.
[00:31:08] Speaker D: I would say find someone their age, but who the is their age? I guess.
[00:31:11] Speaker A: You know, there's plenty of people who are. It's like.
[00:31:14] Speaker D: It's a weird situation, right? Because he's, like, 60, but not really.
[00:31:19] Speaker E: Right.
[00:31:20] Speaker A: You know? Yeah, yeah. And it's like all of the really old people who are, like, still young, or at least who like, look about his age and are also his age. They're evil. What are we gonna do? Set him up with Gore? Please.
He hits him.
[00:31:36] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:31:38] Speaker D: That would also cause more problems.
We can find a way. I fucking hate that, man.
[00:31:46] Speaker A: I don't know. We just all do.
[00:31:48] Speaker D: Okay, well, I'm going to go not think about everything.
Say hi to Laith for me.
[00:31:58] Speaker A: Hey, Weed.
Gonna go prance off to Laith's room and then, like, get there, turn around, look back and be like, look where I have been going every night. What is wrong with you? And just go inside.
[00:32:13] Speaker B: The principal.
[00:32:15] Speaker A: You're not very observant.
[00:32:18] Speaker D: A lot's been happening.
[00:32:20] Speaker A: You could have just asked.
[00:32:25] Speaker F: I will say, I think that Leith is not in the room at this moment because she is on her way back from visiting Juniper. Don't worry about it.
[00:32:36] Speaker A: I'm very worried about it.
[00:32:38] Speaker B: Anything in particular from Juniper?
[00:32:41] Speaker F: Just talking a little bit.
[00:32:43] Speaker B: Okay.
I'm sure it's fine.
[00:32:47] Speaker C: It's thruple stuff.
Throuple, Stillskin, these guys are.
[00:32:54] Speaker A: You want to talk?
[00:32:57] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:32:59] Speaker A: Each hand and then your snake tail is holding another hand,
[00:33:05] Speaker E: y'.
[00:33:05] Speaker A: All.
[00:33:06] Speaker C: It's the way. I just want to point out. I just want to point out that the whiskey stuff all happened before even I realized he was who he actually was. I wasn't betting on that. I just wanted the cowboy.
Yeah, like, like that was it. I just, I was, I just wanted the cowboy.
[00:33:24] Speaker D: I just want to say whether is it was real or not, Yuri would have connected some dots. Regardless, I think, I think it's safe to say.
[00:33:32] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, I think it's, I think it is very safe to say that if people wanted to connect the dots about that, they could because it's just, I feel like it's very in your face by now. Maybe potentially is.
[00:33:53] Speaker A: Just strange man walking out of Great Wings night. More at 6.
What could this possibly mean?
[00:34:04] Speaker C: Look at her with them eyes.
[00:34:10] Speaker A: So
[00:34:13] Speaker B: as long as everyone is bunking down and getting ready for the next day, we can move it into the last day of the week.
And.
Is everyone going to talk to the headmaster?
[00:34:31] Speaker A: What did you say?
[00:34:33] Speaker B: Is everyone going to talk to the headmaster?
[00:34:36] Speaker E: I also heard talk. I was like, hold on a second.
[00:34:40] Speaker A: I'm like, I didn't realize we were using that tactic, especially as a group.
[00:34:48] Speaker C: But no, yeah, no, I, I, I would highly recommend that we as a group go to talk to the headmaster.
I will state that Graveling will inform y' all about the Hester scenario.
To those who chose not to eavesdrop because technically, if you chose to eavesdrop, you already know. But to those who did not now know that and that this, that will also happen like late later in the day. So you're free to come with if you want.
[00:35:23] Speaker F: By this scenario, do you mean that you're meeting or do you mean like the Nile connection stuff?
[00:35:28] Speaker C: The meeting, I think the meeting, yes. I'm not, I'm not going. We're going to meet Niall's sister. Like, no, I'm not doing that.
[00:35:35] Speaker A: I'm trying to kill them when they
[00:35:36] Speaker E: first bought it with schism, you know, like.
[00:35:38] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. No, no, no. That was, that was free information that you could have, you could have received if you chose to eavesdrop with Tick's permission.
[00:35:46] Speaker E: Okay.
[00:35:47] Speaker C: But like no, it's. It would just be the Hester situation.
How much she knows what she's here for. Basically the entire tavern conversation graveling would not leave out.
And would also mention that. That there will be a meeting again. Same place tonight.
[00:36:10] Speaker B: So is the.
The plan to talk to the headmaster? Just to ask.
[00:36:18] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:36:21] Speaker F: Literally clearing Juniper's face.
[00:36:25] Speaker B: Okay, so are you gonna. Are you gonna take lead on that? As someone who's appearing to be an ex student?
[00:36:32] Speaker A: Yeah. Do you Warren Lou before you do that or do you just show up as Juniper?
[00:36:38] Speaker F: I just show up.
[00:36:40] Speaker E: Yeah, you would, wouldn't you? Bastard.
[00:36:44] Speaker D: Yuri, who is disguised just as like a different student, looks at whoever loses guys. I was like. See, it just happens. It just fucking happens.
[00:36:53] Speaker A: Wait, what do you mean? What do you mean Juniper is coming with us? Because Juniper isn't in Where's Laythe by the way?
[00:37:06] Speaker F: In a very un. Juniper like manner.
[00:37:09] Speaker E: Oh, that's lathe.
[00:37:10] Speaker A: Is it?
[00:37:10] Speaker E: I know that wave anywhere.
[00:37:12] Speaker A: That is gonna be.
[00:37:15] Speaker E: That's a obnoxious lathe wave.
I do say this out loud.
[00:37:20] Speaker D: Yeah, and you did use it.
Don't need to up your perception.
[00:37:24] Speaker A: I listen.
[00:37:29] Speaker B: Huh?
[00:37:30] Speaker A: No. Not talking about this.
Are going to be talking about this later, that's for sure.
[00:37:37] Speaker D: So Juniper, you are leading us to the headmaster. Then
[00:37:46] Speaker F: I figure we can relitigate some old academy business to get us in.
[00:37:55] Speaker D: And who shall we be your protection?
[00:37:59] Speaker F: I mean she's already been kidnapped from this place once by a professor.
[00:38:04] Speaker D: That's true. That's true.
[00:38:09] Speaker F: I figure a reminder of his failures in his face can't hurt us in this negotiation.
[00:38:20] Speaker C: Should I be. Should I wear like a. Should I what?
Should I wear like a disguise? Or should I just show up as myself?
[00:38:30] Speaker E: I think you should show up as Graveling. You seem to have a good reputation.
[00:38:38] Speaker C: It depends. It honestly depends which district we're in.
[00:38:42] Speaker B: I.
[00:38:43] Speaker D: Maybe this guy's on the way there and then the headmaster's office as like extra like. Hey, we are protecting this person.
[00:38:54] Speaker A: That.
[00:38:54] Speaker C: That could work. I'm just not the.
I don't ha. Unless we have an academy uniform or something like that on hand. I would just be wearing like my civvies.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: I can arrange that.
[00:39:08] Speaker E: Hey, Alistair, do you happen to have your old uniform?
[00:39:12] Speaker D: Yes, Alistair's uniform.
[00:39:16] Speaker C: I am not that short.
I am not that short that you. This is rude.
[00:39:22] Speaker A: If anyone's gonna wear it, it should be Alistair.
[00:39:25] Speaker C: Oh, buddy.
Ceremonial burning.
[00:39:29] Speaker B: They don't deserve me.
[00:39:32] Speaker C: You're absolutely correct.
[00:39:34] Speaker F: Correct.
[00:39:38] Speaker C: I always knew you were the great mouse detective.
[00:39:46] Speaker A: Who all is in disguise? Laithe is using the scarf. Yuri is probably using talisman.
[00:39:55] Speaker D: No, I have disguise though.
[00:39:56] Speaker A: You have disguise now?
[00:39:57] Speaker B: I'd probably be disguised.
[00:40:00] Speaker A: I mean, you could also maybe
[00:40:04] Speaker D: being
[00:40:04] Speaker B: expelled in the incident yesterday.
[00:40:09] Speaker A: Alistair's in disguise. Grape Wing is just in civvies.
[00:40:13] Speaker C: Yeah. Like, I can show up as like in civvies and stuff like that and just be like, I am entourage and stuff like that. It's just like, yeah, yeah.
[00:40:24] Speaker A: Niall, are you in disguise?
[00:40:27] Speaker E: I don't think I have a disguise. If someone wants to hear me, you can.
[00:40:31] Speaker A: It's always possible. If I'm present.
[00:40:34] Speaker E: It's always possible. Lou has the power of disguise.
[00:40:37] Speaker A: Literally though. Where have you been? Yeah, literally.
Do you want a disguise or no? I just need to know how many I gotta make.
[00:40:44] Speaker E: Honestly, not really. I want to just. I guess just kind of show it up.
Should I be disguised?
[00:40:53] Speaker A: I don't know if it matters. Yes, yes.
[00:40:55] Speaker C: Your sister is in the fucking building.
[00:40:57] Speaker E: Oh, right. I forgot.
Okay.
[00:41:00] Speaker A: You have a disguise.
[00:41:01] Speaker E: Why did I think, wow, that's been resolved. Anyways, I say as I don't get
[00:41:05] Speaker A: disguised, the emotional resolution.
Yeah.
[00:41:10] Speaker C: You were too satisfied with that conversation.
[00:41:13] Speaker E: I was like, wow, I've coped. I could just go in. I forgot that she might show up. I was like, oh, right. She is patrolling, isn't she?
Guess disguise me as generic student number two.
[00:41:23] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:41:23] Speaker E: I guess I could be friends with Juniper or something. I was very concerned when she disappeared.
[00:41:28] Speaker A: Sure.
Do we feel the need to like, be able to be like, surprise, we're anathema. Or are we just like. We're just a random group of concerned students here to steal a powerful artifact for a grade?
Don't worry about it.
[00:41:45] Speaker B: What's the angle on that one?
[00:41:46] Speaker A: I don't know. That's why I'm asking. I know why most of the of you are disguise.
[00:41:51] Speaker E: I think it was more.
[00:41:54] Speaker F: Sorry. I think it was more to get in the door or a group of concerned students. And then once we're there.
[00:41:59] Speaker C: Okay, yeah, I think we have.
Yeah, I think we have to do this as like when we are actually like face to face with this.
[00:42:09] Speaker A: With.
[00:42:10] Speaker C: With this Dean. We got to be like, hey, anathema.
And we're trying to form an allyship.
[00:42:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:18] Speaker D: I don't know if I actually mentioned. Did I say anathema when talking? I don't know if I actually did.
[00:42:24] Speaker C: I don't think so. No, no, you didn't. You did not. But also there. There should not have been a need to be like, hello, X, not only are we stealing from you, but we are anathema. Like there's no.
[00:42:39] Speaker B: I don't think that that's how you say it.
[00:42:46] Speaker D: Yeah, no, I, I definitely didn't want to bring it up. I don't know if we need to bring it up as anathema.
[00:42:51] Speaker C: I think, I mean, I think the
[00:42:53] Speaker D: fact that
[00:42:55] Speaker C: the headmaster is probably gonna need something like it's probably gonna come up. I don't think this headmaster is gonna listen to just a random group of people who came in contact broken as random students now. You know, like we, I think we, I think the, our name carries weight now. And so if we come in with all of this, we at least seem like somebody to be taken seriously and not just a bunch of motherfuckers that I could just fireball in this room, take care of y' all and then wait a week.
[00:43:31] Speaker A: We may not have to do this at all. It may be unnecessary, but if we think it's necessary. Necessary? We could pin the break in on the Scarlet Bond. Like the initial attempt to get in the office and be like, look, they killed someone and tried to break in your office. This is what's going to happen if they try again, pin both the murder and that on Scarlet Bond. Be like we're trying to prevent more murders.
So that's a potential angle we could go with if we need it.
[00:43:55] Speaker C: Yeah. I straight up thinking mentioning that the Scarlet Bond is the ones that are trying to steal here and we are trying to. We can't stop them, but we can warn you ahead for sure and like do this shit instead or else you can deal with them like, you know, like, I think they're scarier.
[00:44:13] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:14] Speaker C: But we are intimidating presence, trying to help. Does that make sense?
[00:44:19] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:44:20] Speaker A: Here's hoping the headmaster not a secret member of the Scarlet Bond.
[00:44:26] Speaker F: I was about to ask Aubrey, did you. Is there any sort of. There's not like a symbol or something that they wear that we've noticed, is there? Or is there?
[00:44:36] Speaker B: I noticed you've really.
Sable's the only one that you've been around and she was very much incognito.
[00:44:44] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay.
[00:44:47] Speaker C: All I'm gonna say is that if they were a part of the Scarlet Bond, the Scarlet Bond would not have needed to come to us to do any help with the heist of the school period. Because they, they would have been a part of the Scarlet Bond. They could have just given it to him. Right. Like any day of the week.
[00:45:03] Speaker A: Yeah. As long as they knew he was also Scarlet Bond.
[00:45:08] Speaker C: I Mean like they. In theory, they would. They're coming. Their. Their whole plan is to come here, break and enter, fully steal. Right? So that's. That's how. That's like. I'm under the assumption it's not.
We have to worry if they're with the fucking and broken.
[00:45:23] Speaker A: I think we determined that the odds are low. Possible, but low. Because I remember we asked that question a couple sessions ago. We were concerned that like. Because that's why we. Why approaching the headmaster is a possibility at all is because we feel pretty strongly that he's not.
We could be wrong, but the current evidence we have suggests he's not part of that.
Fingers crossed that holds true.
[00:45:48] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:45:50] Speaker A: So I guess step one, when we get enough as step two, eyeball him for jewelry, just check out his bling.
[00:46:00] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, to start this deception off, I'm gonna need some rolls.
[00:46:10] Speaker C: Yippee.
[00:46:11] Speaker E: I love rolling deception checks.
[00:46:12] Speaker B: I says with joy, well, if Lathe is going to be leading the charge, everyone else can roll to assist.
[00:46:19] Speaker E: I would love to roll to assist.
[00:46:21] Speaker A: Is that still a deception check to assist? And it's just. If it's really good, we give her a bonus.
[00:46:26] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:46:26] Speaker B: DC15 deception check.
And for those bonuses.
[00:46:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
Oh, what the.
[00:46:37] Speaker E: I got a 22, so I didn't failed.
[00:46:40] Speaker C: I accidentally closed my sheet, but I know I didn't fail.
[00:46:44] Speaker A: I got a net 20.
Nice. That is 37.
[00:46:50] Speaker C: 28.
[00:46:54] Speaker D: I was just thinking, wow, I only need to roll a two to get a 15. I rolled a two,
[00:47:01] Speaker B: need a 15. Okay, 17. I think I also rolled a two.
[00:47:06] Speaker E: My dice teetered on the one side for a second. I rolled a four.
[00:47:11] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:47:13] Speaker E: Leif, please roll better than us. Except for Lou. Please roll as good as Lou.
[00:47:18] Speaker F: Well, I rolled a two, so I used a hero point.
I am at a 37 without any additions from the group, so I don't know how much I add for.
[00:47:33] Speaker B: I believe Everybody beat the DC15, so.
And Lou got a critical success, so
[00:47:41] Speaker A: that's six plus six.
[00:47:46] Speaker F: So that is a total of 43.
[00:47:49] Speaker B: 43. Yeah.
[00:47:51] Speaker E: Damn, we're good at lying.
[00:47:54] Speaker A: Yes. Look at the group.
[00:47:56] Speaker B: It doesn't take much time at all of this before you are told that the headmaster will see you. And you are.
You aren't taken into the headmaster's office, but you are taken into his study.
It's near the office, but it's not the office itself.
And you're also brought tea and things like that.
And you are told that the headmaster will be with you shortly.
[00:48:32] Speaker F: I mean, I assume this Place is very magical, so I'm not going to bother, I think asking Lou or anyone to do any sort of detection.
So.
[00:48:44] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:48:45] Speaker F: Did it look like the person who brought us in had to disable anything to get in the room?
[00:48:51] Speaker B: Not into the study.
[00:48:52] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:48:55] Speaker B: The headmaster's office itself is down the
[00:48:57] Speaker F: hall,
[00:49:00] Speaker B: but the study itself seems to be where he holds meetings.
[00:49:08] Speaker A: Great.
[00:49:09] Speaker F: I'm just going to take a casual look around, I think.
[00:49:13] Speaker B: Yeah, there are a lot of books.
Mostly is what's in here just the books. And
[00:49:25] Speaker C: now I wanted to. To keep an eye out for quite literally anything that screams Unbroken and. Or Scarlet Bond. Even though. I know. I know. Like, Scarlet Bond. One is like, more stretchy.
I've had a lot of deal ins with cults, so I'd like to keep an eye out for that just in case. This is like Mabel from Za. Okay. Like, I'm just. I'm keeping an eye out here.
It means where you. Where you're like, I. I'm not a part of this organization anymore. And you. It's just like. Oh, but like, your chair has the mark.
Oh, what's that on the wall? That's not just like a frame with art in it. That's the symbol.
[00:50:10] Speaker A: It's.
[00:50:13] Speaker B: I mean, if you want to take a look around. Give me a perception check.
[00:50:18] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:50:20] Speaker C: That is also 28.
[00:50:22] Speaker B: Right. There are things in here that show his allegiance to, like the Holy blood, because it was a. It was. He helped establish the Hunter organization.
But nothing that screams unbroken.
And after a few minutes, you hear the door to the office open and the sound of boots walking down the hallway.
And in the doorway, you see Andreas Ravenswood, the headmaster of Ravenswood Academy. He is a.
An ancient elf, very tall and very waifish.
Sort of this long gray hair and these sort of deep blue eyes.
And he closes the door behind him and he says.
Yes, Ms. Novak, you wanted to speak with me?
[00:51:37] Speaker F: I think that as soon as the door closes behind him, Laith keeps Jennifer's face, but falls out of her mannerisms as and says, we're actually here to talk about something a bit different than I think that you were expecting.
Please, have a seat.
[00:52:04] Speaker B: Any of you can make perception checks?
[00:52:11] Speaker C: Well, you say anybody, right?
[00:52:13] Speaker B: Anybody?
[00:52:14] Speaker A: Okay, another good one. Hold on.
[00:52:20] Speaker C: Dirty. 30.
[00:52:22] Speaker A: 36, 30.
[00:52:26] Speaker E: I'm sorry. Our heat is broken. Can you tell me what to roll again? I had to go check on my n. And I heard her rummaging around. I was like, oh, no.
[00:52:32] Speaker B: Perception, perception, perception.
[00:52:34] Speaker C: Okay.
Me.
[00:52:36] Speaker E: Wow. I'll be gone for two seconds. Nothing's going to happen. I says with joy. I am then making perception rules in panic.
[00:52:41] Speaker B: It is a 2323 all right.
As you all are looking around looking this man over, he shows no sign of anxiety or worry about the number of people in his study or the sudden change that's coming over Juniper.
He dresses very plainly but the clothes themselves are good are of good make good sturdy make simple trousers, shirt and vest.
And as far as you can tell, you know he's kind of got the first couple of buttons on the shirt open.
You see no necklace. He doesn't have rings on his hands almost.
There is no jewelry on this fan.
He settles down into the chair, crosses his legs and sort of looks between all of you.
This man is a very powerful wizard.
He does not feel threatened by any of you.
[00:53:56] Speaker F: We're here we're not on the behalf of but in lieu for now of the Scarlet Bond
[00:54:09] Speaker B: it was only a matter of time.
[00:54:13] Speaker F: We've been contracted to steal the crown from your office.
[00:54:23] Speaker C: She'd rather
[00:54:28] Speaker F: we'd rather not enable the return of the Scarlet Queen but if something isn't taken they will come on their own with force and we can't guarantee the safety of the students if we were able to steal the crown from your office however and Lyth just sort of trails off and smiles.
[00:54:59] Speaker E: To me
[00:55:03] Speaker B: this feels a little like an intimidation.
[00:55:07] Speaker A: No, my worst out it's diplomacy.
[00:55:12] Speaker F: I'm inviting him into my confidence.
[00:55:16] Speaker B: Sure. To club and say okay, that's only
[00:55:18] Speaker F: marginally better but I'm only trained in intimidation.
[00:55:21] Speaker A: Can I guidance? Can I guidance or no?
[00:55:24] Speaker B: Yeah, you can.
[00:55:25] Speaker A: Okay, you get one. This is it.
[00:55:30] Speaker F: Okay, I'm going to use a hearer point.
Okay, that is a.
35.
[00:55:44] Speaker C: 36 because I got my sword on me.
[00:55:48] Speaker B: 36 kind of looks down at his nails and sort of picks some dirt from under them and says
[00:56:00] Speaker D: it was
[00:56:00] Speaker B: only a matter of time before they realized I had it.
And yes, I agree with you as we cannot let it fall into into their hands.
If I had more time I could create something that was be even more believable. But I'll have to work quickly.
[00:56:22] Speaker F: We have six days.
[00:56:25] Speaker B: Five days.
[00:56:26] Speaker A: Technically we have five days.
[00:56:32] Speaker B: Think it's suitable?
Have to make it look real.
[00:56:37] Speaker D: That shouldn't be initial.
[00:56:39] Speaker F: They think that they could use it to speak with her telepathically but I think that if it doesn't have that power, who knows they could have been misinformed.
[00:57:02] Speaker B: I can create a suitable bake. That feels correct.
The kind of power that It. It has. I've spent many years studying the crown.
I know what it does.
And sort of flick a hand and cast a minor illusion on the table in front of him.
You all see this crown sort of sitting on a sort of a velvet pillow itself looks to be made of these hollow clear crystals and sort of, you know, your classic crown shape. But inside of all of these crystals are floating sort of the floating bits of blood.
They sort of seem to float and ebb like one would see in, like a lava lamp.
[00:58:05] Speaker F: Oh, well, isn't that just lovely?
[00:58:11] Speaker B: She certainly knew how to make a statement.
I tore it off her head myself.
[00:58:22] Speaker F: Is that known history that he was part of the group that killed her?
[00:58:28] Speaker B: No.
Fun. Fact is, nobody knows exactly who it was. They just knew it happened.
[00:58:41] Speaker E: Girl's like, I'm dropping Lore for free for you. While, by the way,
[00:58:47] Speaker D: that's also like an easy intimidation thing as well, because.
Okay, well, if we're going to make it look real, which one of your traps is like the most.
How you say, which one of your traps is the least likely to kill us, but also hurt. So we could see we got surprised by something.
At this point, I'm looking at when I'm willing to go in to do this, to get hurt.
[00:59:27] Speaker B: The one on the door.
[00:59:30] Speaker D: The.
With poison, like stabbing.
[00:59:37] Speaker B: Oh, it won't kill you, but it will certainly, if you succumb to it, you will be taking a very, very long nap.
[00:59:47] Speaker D: No, I could use a nap,
[00:59:52] Speaker B: like, almost.
Depending on how bad you're dosed with it, you could sleep for several months at a time.
[01:00:03] Speaker D: Wow. And you just.
[01:00:05] Speaker E: That's not a nap. That's a coma.
[01:00:07] Speaker D: You just have that on the door.
[01:00:12] Speaker B: I have many, many powerful artifacts in that office.
[01:00:16] Speaker D: Okay, that's fair.
[01:00:25] Speaker B: But.
If you do this, only take the false crown, nothing else, All the traps on the other cases will still be active, but I will make sure that case. The trap is deactivated.
[01:00:54] Speaker C: It.
[01:00:54] Speaker A: Excuse me? If we take a. It will you have removed the real one so that we don't accidentally take the real one? Your delusion is very.
[01:01:05] Speaker B: The one in the case will be the. The fake one.
[01:01:09] Speaker A: Excellent.
[01:01:14] Speaker D: Look,
[01:01:17] Speaker C: you go. You go ahead.
[01:01:18] Speaker B: And I will be putting the real one in an extra dimensional space so they cannot track it.
[01:01:26] Speaker A: Oh,
[01:01:29] Speaker C: I don't mean to look a Gif Hesta hunter in the fucking mouth, but why are you helping us so easily?
[01:01:44] Speaker B: Because I am aware of the threat the Scarlet Bond represents.
And hey, you could have just taken it.
The fact that you understand how dangerous they are.
I don't trust you.
But I've had to work with many unsavory people in my life.
[01:02:16] Speaker F: Many of whom you've employed even.
And this time she does fall into Juniper's sort of expressions and mannerisms.
[01:02:27] Speaker B: Kind of doesn't say anything, but you can tell he kind of grinds his teeth.
[01:02:34] Speaker A: I have a bit of a academic. Next question.
You are putting the crown in an interdimensional space so it cannot be tracked.
Is it operational there as well?
If other things were being put in an interdimensional space, say something living but unethical. Would it be unable to attach two things in there?
[01:03:16] Speaker B: Certainly doesn't sound like anything I would like to try anything that gets its hands on that crown.
It's not good.
[01:03:25] Speaker A: I see. Fucking.
We're trying to solve a past problem and it is proving to be difficult.
[01:03:35] Speaker B: Yes.
The crown itself is alive.
[01:03:47] Speaker E: Alive?
[01:03:48] Speaker C: How? I. I wasn't going to say anything, but now I kind of need to know.
[01:03:54] Speaker B: It is a part of the Scarlet Queen. It had fused itself to her head.
It is another source of her power.
[01:04:11] Speaker C: That doesn't sound healthy.
[01:04:12] Speaker A: Okay.
[01:04:16] Speaker B: It's. At one point I believe was a cursed item from Maybit.
But whatever magic that she was doing warped it even further.
[01:04:32] Speaker A: That tends to happen when messagated things.
[01:04:37] Speaker B: It's very true.
[01:04:44] Speaker A: You don't. We don't work with curses for me that often. Do you?
[01:04:53] Speaker B: I've encountered them from time to time in my line of work.
Mab certainly because enjoys her games.
[01:05:07] Speaker A: She does. She does. That is the root of some of the Holy Bloods mutagens, is it not? Maybe curse?
[01:05:16] Speaker B: Yes. Yes, it is something an old friend came up with.
[01:05:25] Speaker D: Old friend.
[01:05:28] Speaker A: Is it still in use by the Holy Blood? Do you know? Are you still associated with them?
[01:05:35] Speaker B: I have not been a part of the their retinue in a very long time.
But they use something similar. But they have spent the last 60 years or so tinkering with the formula. I don't know exactly what it is. Now,
[01:06:02] Speaker C: is there anything else we need to know about your room of booby traps?
Like you don't gotta.
You don't gotta. Like a very specific floor tile that just explodes the entire room, right?
[01:06:18] Speaker B: No.
Only open the display case with the crown in it and you will be fine.
Be careful of the door.
Yeah, but you're already aware of that one.
[01:06:32] Speaker D: Well, perhaps.
[01:06:37] Speaker C: No, we are, because he just told us.
[01:06:41] Speaker B: Of course.
Certainly has nothing to do with the person who tried to break into my office yesterday.
[01:06:53] Speaker D: You're trying to be Efficient.
[01:06:56] Speaker C: You know, in case you weren't so cheeky,
[01:07:04] Speaker D: You.
[01:07:04] Speaker A: Is this the old man? Riz?
[01:07:06] Speaker D: No, no.
We're gonna go moving past that.
[01:07:12] Speaker C: I'm trying to think about what it is. I'm sorry.
[01:07:15] Speaker D: This.
I just want to
[01:07:23] Speaker B: go back.
[01:07:23] Speaker D: In regards to this, do you have any research, perhaps, about this curse? It's also a current problem with a lot of things we're dealing with.
Any research you may have could help us.
[01:07:42] Speaker B: Any research that I have is unfortunately in the vault vaults in the Holy Blood headquarters.
I could see what I can pull from my memory, but it will take me some time.
[01:07:57] Speaker A: Okay. Okay.
[01:07:58] Speaker D: Thought I'd ask
[01:08:03] Speaker F: if you wanted to leave it in the case with the crown.
[01:08:07] Speaker B: It will take me more than five days to get that for you.
[01:08:15] Speaker D: Fair enough.
[01:08:16] Speaker B: If you want, I can send it forward to your union friends addressing you. Juniper,
[01:08:35] Speaker F: That would be lovely. Thank you.
[01:08:39] Speaker B: Of course.
Well, feel free to enjoy the tea. I have a fake crown to make. Now, if you'll excuse me.
[01:08:56] Speaker A: Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
[01:08:59] Speaker E: This is some very good tea, actually. Thank you.
[01:09:03] Speaker A: That's as I.
[01:09:04] Speaker F: Drinking the tea.
[01:09:05] Speaker A: Yes.
[01:09:06] Speaker D: No, it's okay.
[01:09:09] Speaker C: We'll find out what happens to Niall after these messages.
[01:09:13] Speaker B: You feel really relaxed. It's a nice. It's a nice blend.
[01:09:16] Speaker E: Is that elderberry I taste?
I guess it's not elderberry I taste.
[01:09:26] Speaker A: Armory.
[01:09:26] Speaker E: Dirty, dirty.
[01:09:28] Speaker A: In 90 days, you'll contract tetanus.
Too.
[01:09:36] Speaker E: All right, hold on. You want a con.
[01:09:37] Speaker A: Save?
[01:09:38] Speaker B: No, I need to make a concave. The tea isn't poisoned.
[01:09:42] Speaker C: Tetanus to electric boogaloo. Come on.
Don't give them. Don't give them chances. Just give them tetanus.
[01:09:50] Speaker D: I think. I think as we're leaving, Yuri's gonna make a point to tell Nile. I know you are appreciator of fine T's. Don't drink anything that we were having secret meetings with.
[01:10:02] Speaker E: But.
[01:10:03] Speaker D: No, no, no. As a general rule, just never do that.
[01:10:09] Speaker E: Okay?
[01:10:10] Speaker D: Yes, it's. It's safer this way.
[01:10:15] Speaker E: What kind of maniac would waste poison on such perfectly good tea?
[01:10:20] Speaker D: Many, in fact, many people that we were dealing with.
[01:10:24] Speaker A: Their mother.
[01:10:27] Speaker D: Yes, My mother.
[01:10:30] Speaker E: It's a good thing that guy isn't your mother and I.
[01:10:32] Speaker A: Soon as it will come.
[01:10:36] Speaker D: Although maybe life would have been better. Who could say?
[01:10:43] Speaker B: So you all eventually leave
[01:10:51] Speaker C: and I would like to pay attention if we're being followed, just in case.
Yeah, I might even make. Yeah, I might even make the group do random laps in different areas, like. All right, guys, lunchtime. What do You.
[01:11:07] Speaker A: What do you mean?
[01:11:08] Speaker C: Lunch? We're going over there for lunch. That's what we're doing.
That's a good one.
33.
[01:11:26] Speaker B: 33.
[01:11:27] Speaker C: 33.
[01:11:29] Speaker D: No.
[01:11:30] Speaker B: You don't believe you're being followed?
[01:11:37] Speaker C: Okay, we're not being followed.
[01:11:39] Speaker A: Can I wave my little crystal around? Just make sure there's not any, like, magic things observing us or attached to us or ingested by one of us
[01:11:53] Speaker B: that doesn't require a role. Right?
[01:11:55] Speaker E: Nah, I don't know who that could be talking about.
[01:11:58] Speaker B: No, no, you aren't.
[01:12:01] Speaker A: We're so trusting.
[01:12:05] Speaker E: It's just some really good tea. Anyway, worth.
[01:12:10] Speaker C: I'm assuming we'll be back at the manor once we've super perceptioned that we aren't. Weren't followed.
And I'll just pipe up.
All right, who wants to go meet Hester?
[01:12:32] Speaker A: Well, I should go, of course, as she's expecting mostly me.
We won't overwhelm her if we bring too many, will we?
[01:12:47] Speaker C: Well, it's also just a tavern, so some of.
Some of y' all can just be there, hidden away.
The other thing to consider is how much do we actually want to tell her?
How much help do we want to give and thus also receive?
[01:13:13] Speaker A: I think everything you know about the Sinusar is good to tell.
Or are you referring specifically to anathema information?
[01:13:26] Speaker C: Kind of a bit of everything. Because we already know that she's act like while. Yes, the Sin Eater is a part of it. She's actually here for the goo.
And we so happen to have goo in a bottle.
[01:13:43] Speaker A: Plus notes, I think.
Oh, do we want to give her the goo in the bottle?
[01:13:49] Speaker C: That's what I'm thinking.
And the notes. Because if we have someone else who is prepared to already study the dangerous goo and knows what we're dealing with, they can help us with literally the rest of them.
[01:14:09] Speaker A: I agree.
We might want to also consider telling her about our successes with ungooing.
[01:14:19] Speaker F: That's also.
[01:14:20] Speaker C: That's also what I was thinking, just at this point. It's a sharing of general information that we are both looking for. But those have more time to study this than we do.
[01:14:34] Speaker A: And they are better equipped, I would think.
We have Naya's expertise and that is about it.
Not.
[01:14:41] Speaker C: It's not good.
[01:14:42] Speaker E: But you've told us, I will admit.
[01:14:46] Speaker C: Yeah, they're. They're specifically studying the ones still connected.
You know, it's
[01:14:54] Speaker A: this one. Shakes.
Shakes. The jar is not holding the jar.
It's probably very, very useful to them because it is not connected.
[01:15:04] Speaker C: They also want the. They're. They need the Sin Eater alive. Air quotes. And we want the dead.
So I feel like this is an even better exchange.
[01:15:22] Speaker A: It's not.
It is probably.
If we were able to take the goo out of the senator, would he die again? I know it did not happen to your problem brother, but your brother was not dead to begin with.
Yeah, I don't know how to get it out if they are dead. I don't know if it's the same process and it is also a long process, but I don't know. Thoughts. Just thoughts.
[01:15:48] Speaker C: We know they're weak to fire, so I feel like if we.
We set the Sin Eater on fire and just keep that fire going.
Exactly. It's got to burn them out. It's got to burn them entirely. That's got to be the.
[01:16:06] Speaker A: That's.
[01:16:07] Speaker C: That's the only way that makes sense to me of. Sure. For sure. Killing.
It's lit.
[01:16:17] Speaker D: Well, I think I'm gonna head back to the manor because this guy's done.
Are we already back then? I think I'm going to stay here then.
Simply because disguised or not, I don't want to be out in public too much. I just fear it's going to cause too much problems.
So
[01:16:39] Speaker E: grave. When do you think it's a wise idea for me to stay back this time?
[01:16:47] Speaker C: It might be.
Look, I only met her once. I don't know how chill she is.
[01:16:59] Speaker E: That would probably be best if I wait back this time. If you want to have diplomatic negotiations, at least.
[01:17:12] Speaker C: Can I ask her about you?
See how she reacts.
Does she come off as strongly as you did?
[01:17:23] Speaker E: I suppose you can. But please don't ask about any embarrassing childhood stories. If that is possible.
Ferris died.
[01:17:35] Speaker C: Childhood stories. Damn. Faris wanted those childhood stories.
[01:17:40] Speaker E: Ferris was like, damn. Yeah, we're getting the Nile childhood stories of when they like, I don't know.
[01:17:45] Speaker A: Time for this. Bye.
[01:17:46] Speaker E: Onion whole. No, I'm kidding. Just don't probe into personal stuff. And again, if things go sour, I trust you to deal with them. So. Yes.
[01:17:55] Speaker D: Childhood stories.
[01:17:58] Speaker C: Look, I'm not interested in childhood stories. It's more so I need to figure out a vibe. Like if I go.
This goose shit seems real personal to you.
I want to see if she'll talk about it and then how she talks about it.
[01:18:18] Speaker E: I trust you. Specifically for a friend to bring anything up. I don't really.
It's not that I don't trust anyone else, but you're the most competent person here.
No offense to anyone else.
[01:18:33] Speaker A: You would know what to bring up. Anyway,
[01:18:38] Speaker E: grandmother the thumbs up specifically.
[01:18:43] Speaker A: Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
[01:18:49] Speaker C: I rub my face, but it's actually just my mask.
[01:18:55] Speaker B: Oh.
Eventually, the evening does roll around and you head out for your meeting, and we'll figure out what happens at that meeting.
[01:19:07] Speaker A: Next time I'm gonna throw myself into the sun.
[01:19:09] Speaker E: Aubrey.
[01:19:10] Speaker F: No, we're supposed to find out next time.
[01:19:16] Speaker E: Well, everyone, thank you for listening to the wonderful episode of Goblins and Gays, where Aubrey continues to cockblock me at every turn. If you like what we do here, feel free to follow us on Blue sky, on Instagram, on Patreon, nudgejudgemcwink. We have all sorts of amazing extra content for all those that are able to support a little bit extra, including all sorts of rambles that I definitely should have gotten cut from this.
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Just stay safe. Man, I'm tired.
[01:19:52] Speaker C: Worm, worm.
[01:19:54] Speaker E: Be unsafe. Whatever.
[01:20:17] Speaker A: Reaching out, consuming.
