Daniel [GM] (00:30):
Welcome to Explorers Wanted. We are a weekly Numenera actual play podcast. I will be your humble GM, Daniel Andrlik. With me today is Sampson Davis.

Sampson [Dili] (00:43):
Snarky intro goof.

Daniel [GM] (00:44):
Stace Babcock.

Stace [Nix] (00:45):
Okay well that's hard to follow but I do want to share with everybody that I'm drinking the Bud Light Seltzer Holiday Edition Apple Crisp and it legit tastes like hot apple cider but cold and seltzer. It's disturbing and delicious.

Daniel [GM] (01:01):
Hmm. Wow. Marietta Jones.

Marietta [Atalia] (01:04):
Can't breathe. Breathing. Okay. Quippy intro statement.

Stace [Nix] (01:09):
Hmm. Derivative.

Daniel [GM] (01:13):
And Alex Finn.

Alex [ChaCha] (01:14):
Wait, we're supposed to be breathing? One second.

Daniel [GM] (01:20):
Okay. Who remembers what happened last week? This time I'm going to pick on Stace.

Stace [Nix] (01:26):
Okay. Boy, do I remember what happened last week because I was there. So the guardians of Knight's Hope had gotten Doc Taraz and the crew had a chat with her using the lie eater to tell when she was telling lies and basically the whole episode was just that conversation until the very end. So we learned that Doc Taraz is a bad nano. We learned that she was siphoning the energy from Nix's mom's teleportation situation. She was siphoning it to power batteries that allowed her to power this artifact beneath her house that gave her beauty and grace. No, I think it created cyphers and artifacts. It was basically how Doc Taraz had built up her reputation from being a ward on a nano to being nano to the queen.

Stace [Nix] (02:29):
We also learned that she had not been previously aware of the Benevolent Society of Traveler's connection to Nix's mom's teleportation attacks and that those attacks... Or excuse me, that the same energy that Nix's mom had, Doc Taraz could apparently tell Nix had similar energy as well and there was some speculation has to how it might spread.

Stace [Nix] (02:53):
I'm trying to think of what else we discovered from her. She offered to take us to the artifact beneath her house although we're still debating weather we trust her enough for that. She threatened the crew with turning them into the queen, like they don't already have massive bounties from the queen.

Stace [Nix] (03:14):
So yeah that conversation happened. Guys did I miss anything from the convo before I move onto the post conversation with [Merrick 00:03:22]?

Marietta [Atalia] (03:22):
You mentioned the maze [inaudible 00:03:25] and the need the battery?

Stace [Nix] (03:27):
No I didn't mention the maze I just mentioned the artifact, so that's good catch. So there's some sort of maze.

Marietta [Atalia] (03:31):
Yeah you need to have the battery charged to get through the maze.

Stace [Nix] (03:35):
We got a battery from here which we discovered could be charged through void storms. You want to get up high to charge it. We also got a cypher off of her, some sort of rage poison dart that enrages the person that you poke with it. Nix took that. Dili had a good moment, a good right moment, there we go that's where Dili is. Good right moment where he fixed the lie eater or got another use out of the lie eater which allowed for some additional information to be brought to the surface.

Stace [Nix] (04:06):
We also discovered that the jade eggs are not as...

Daniel [GM] (04:12):
They're addictive.

Stace [Nix] (04:13):
They're addictive and they're not effective in the way that Doc Taraz advertises which we suspected, although we didn't dig into that too deeply. We sort of looked and shied away.

Stace [Nix] (04:25):
So after the conversation with Doc Taraz the team, except for Cha-Cha who maintained watch over Doc Taraz, went out to talk to Merrick and tell Merrick what was going on and with the threats to expose the crew to the team, Merrick was all like, "Wow, you guys didn't even disguise yourself but..." Nix asked some questions about her mom so she didn't necessarily feel like-

Marietta [Atalia] (04:51):
We tried.

Stace [Nix] (04:52):
...disguising herself. Daniel don't answer this question. How much more trouble can Nix get in? Her family's already fucked and fleeing so whatever. So they went out and talked to Merrick and Merrick's going to hold Doc Taraz two days without anyone being any the wiser that Doc Taraz is missing. He can hold Doc Taraz in the location she's in for a whole week but the people will be looking for her after two days, so we figured that out.

Stace [Nix] (05:21):
So Nix advocated for Doc Taraz to accompany them to the maze to find the artifact, Dili's not so sure. Dili's probably not eh only one that's not so sure and the team discussed heading out to get dinner and then go stake out the handler house over in [Wartcolla 00:05:39] if I recall. IIRC.

Stace [Nix] (05:39):
Do I need to say that last part again?

Marietta [Atalia] (05:44):
We need some tapas.

Alex [ChaCha] (05:46):
Tapas. So hungry.

Daniel [GM] (05:48):
What?

Marietta [Atalia] (05:48):
Remember civilization?

Alex [ChaCha] (05:50):
I mean, I guess what we really learned from last week was that we really don't plan ahead for anything. If anyone thought anything was scripted, that episode proved it wasn't.

Stace [Nix] (06:02):
Okay guys, counter point. I had some things written down. I had questions. "What's going on with my mother?" [crosstalk 00:06:10] "BTOS" which I then scribbled out because it should be BSOT. So I was well prepared.

Alex [ChaCha] (06:18):
I winged everything is forgot I could read minds for a little bit.

Daniel [GM] (06:24):
Yeah, that was a pretty good summary. So the only thing that remained is that you guys came out, you were talking with Merrick, he said it was up to you guys what you wanted to do, that he could hold as you mentioned but you hadn't been assigned a guardian agent to report to yet so you're a little bit on your own with the discovery you've made to just make a decision about what to do. And then called Cha-Cha out and Cha-Cha came out and saw, across the street in the shadows, two purple eyes blinking at here in the darkness.

Marietta [Atalia] (07:01):
Is that Buddy Cop?

Alex [ChaCha] (07:03):
No, I think Buddy Cop's orange. I think this is alternative Buddy Cop.

Stace [Nix] (07:08):
Is it Bastian? I have a really important question.

Alex [ChaCha] (07:11):
Yes?

Stace [Nix] (07:12):
Is Bastian like Bastian, like shield, or is Bastian like short for Sebastian?

Daniel [GM] (07:20):
It's as if it was short for Sebastian.

Stace [Nix] (07:22):
I might have to go back.

Daniel [GM] (07:22):
It's okay.

Sampson [Dili] (07:22):
I've made a terrible mistake.

Stace [Nix] (07:30):
I made a terrible mistake.

Daniel [GM] (07:33):
Because he appears to Cha-Cha as an eight year old boy with glowing purple pits for eyes that exude smoke.

Marietta [Atalia] (07:40):
Creepy.

Alex [ChaCha] (07:42):
I think Cha-Cha's going to turn to the rest of the party and just go, "Um, I have to take this call. I will be right back. Don't worry, I will find you wherever you go." And she kind of walks away.

Sampson [Dili] (07:57):
[inaudible 00:07:57] are we good with this?

Marietta [Atalia] (07:58):
I think we should just awkwardly stand around.

Stace [Nix] (08:02):
Dili, can you throw up some disguises?

Sampson [Dili] (08:05):
"Yeah I'll just do that real quick." And Dili throws up some disguises.

Marietta [Atalia] (08:08):
Yeah and what are other common pets? I feel like Jeskii needs a disguise that's not like a [seski 00:08:17] this time. Poor people and their Seski.

Daniel [GM] (08:22):
Some people have lizards.

Stace [Nix] (08:24):
Lizard.

Marietta [Atalia] (08:26):
Yes.

Stace [Nix] (08:27):
A giant ass lizard.

Sampson [Dili] (08:28):
I disguise her as a lizard.

Daniel [GM] (08:30):
Okay so she's like a miniature Komodo Dragon.

Marietta [Atalia] (08:33):
Cute.

Daniel [GM] (08:34):
So, anybody else doing anything as Cha-Cha's going across the street.

Stace [Nix] (08:39):
No, I think the only important thing that remains to be addressed is, is Nix steam punk Dracula again?

Sampson [Dili] (08:46):
Do you want to be?

Stace [Nix] (08:47):
Yeah.

Sampson [Dili] (08:49):
I do it. I throw it up.

Stace [Nix] (08:50):
All right.

Sampson [Dili] (08:50):
Let's get some street meat while Cha-Cha's taking a call.

Alex [ChaCha] (08:54):
I like how nobody's just like maybe follow Cha-Cha.

Daniel [GM] (08:58):
Okay so you guys go off to find street meat. Cha-Cha, you push on and sure enough in the shadows there is Bastian.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:05):
Oh, so hi. How are you?

Daniel [GM] (09:09):
Good. You seem to have found your friends.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:13):
Yeah and I got this leg. And she shows off [Ace's 00:09:16] leg.

Daniel [GM] (09:17):
He looks at it for a second, he's like, "That's awesome."

Alex [ChaCha] (09:19):
I know, I took it off the guy I killed.

Daniel [GM] (09:22):
Nice, nice. I knew you'd find your way.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:25):
And like, they didn't even mind I killed him so it's just like okay, some murder is acceptable.

Daniel [GM] (09:31):
That's right.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:32):
And we stole all of this stuff.

Daniel [GM] (09:34):
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:37):
So what are you doing?

Daniel [GM] (09:38):
I was just checking to make sure everything worked out okay. Obviously you sent me back to distract the guards in the aqueduct but never got a chance to follow up on if you guys made it to where you needed to go. Figured I'd double check on that as part of my favor.

Alex [ChaCha] (09:52):
Thanks, that's really nice of you. Where we went, you guys can't go because there's this weird force field I think.

Daniel [GM] (10:00):
Okay.

Alex [ChaCha] (10:01):
I don't know, it's like this weird guardian thing. I didn't join because it seems, not counter productive, the other counter one.

Daniel [GM] (10:11):
Hmm. Give me a social role of 12.

Alex [ChaCha] (10:15):
Okay, let's see if I'm hindered in any of this, I always forget. Okay, I think we're good. I got a 16.

Daniel [GM] (10:24):
Okay. Bastian definitely blinks. He doesn't show a lot of reaction but he definitely blinks at hearing the word guardians.

Alex [ChaCha] (10:35):
But yeah, I'm not used to talking to people for a long time, well besides Nix, Dili and Atalia and Jeskii. What do people talk about?

Daniel [GM] (10:46):
I'm not sure anymore. I haven't been in the human world for a long time.

Alex [ChaCha] (10:50):
I mean I guess you can study socializing with me and learn it through Nix because apparently Nix is good with people although she wasn't very good with Dr. OX when we were trying to get information.

Daniel [GM] (11:03):
Huh. Well I'll tell you the truth Cha-Cha, I didn't just want to check up on you. I have something for you.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:11):
But I didn't get you anything.

Daniel [GM] (11:13):
That's okay. And he reaches out a hand and in that translucent hand you see a small indigo stone, so dark and purple that it almost looks black. I want you to have this.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:27):
It's really pretty but what does it do.

Daniel [GM] (11:30):
Nothing yet but you'll know when you need to use it.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:36):
Would you like my pimp cane? And she pulls out Ace's cane that she also has.

Daniel [GM] (11:39):
He's like, "oh that's badass."

Alex [ChaCha] (11:44):
I know.

Daniel [GM] (11:44):
Yeah I'll take that.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:45):
Okay but remember you got to walk with a swagger when you do it.

Daniel [GM] (11:49):
Yeah, I'll figure out a way. I need to adjust it a little bit because obviously I'm a little short for it.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:53):
Cool. I'm going to figure out what this does.

Daniel [GM] (11:57):
So he takes the cane from you.

Alex [ChaCha] (11:59):
Oh no.

Daniel [GM] (11:59):
His mouth unhinges and stretches out deeply until the bottom of his jaw reaches half way down his chest and he slides the cane into his mouth and then his mouth shuts.

Sampson [Dili] (12:15):
Hold on, did he slide it in sideways just to flex? It's just a cane right?

Daniel [GM] (12:20):
Yeah it's just a cane. He just went straight down.

Alex [ChaCha] (12:22):
Like a sword swallower.

Daniel [GM] (12:25):
Yeah and he says, "Safe keeping until I can have it adjusted."

Alex [ChaCha] (12:33):
That seems like a good trick. I bet you can make a lot of money with that trick.

Sampson [Dili] (12:34):
Oh my god.

Alex [ChaCha] (12:43):
I just realized what I said after I said it. So that's why I did the [crosstalk 00:12:47]

Daniel [GM] (12:47):
Remember he's like eight so, remember.

Alex [ChaCha] (12:48):
I thought as like a sword swallower but then I was like, oh Alexa that's the wrong way to phrase that.

Stace [Nix] (12:54):
I mean either way, honestly for real, sex work is work.

Alex [ChaCha] (12:58):
Yeah.

Stace [Nix] (13:00):
Sorry.

Daniel [GM] (13:01):
Bastian says, "Anyway, here's the stone." And he hands it to you. See you around Cha-Cha.

Alex [ChaCha] (13:07):
Yeah, you're always welcome to come play with us.

Daniel [GM] (13:10):
He pauses for a second and says, "I'd like that." And then he closes his eyes and disappears in a slight purple mist.

Alex [ChaCha] (13:21):
And Cha-Cha goes off skipping into the distance to find her friends on the street meat bender.

Daniel [GM] (13:27):
Okay. So your conversation didn't take that long and they're only probably a couple blocks a way to get to... Well I guess the question is, do you guys go into a [Ward Ana 00:13:27] street meat vendor or are you going to another part of town?

Sampson [Dili] (13:41):
Probably another part of town.

Alex [ChaCha] (13:43):
But I feel like our gut biomes are strong enough to handle it and they'll be pretty in Ward Ana.

Sampson [Dili] (13:48):
I think Cha-Cha's gut biome's the only one that can handle it.

Daniel [GM] (13:51):
Yeah, we haven't mentioned the whole time that Dili has IBS.

Stace [Nix] (13:54):
I thought it was just a refusal to go to the bathroom, to shit specifically. I don't know why I shied away from that.

Alex [ChaCha] (14:02):
We are delicate flowers on this fucking podcast thank you very much.

Marietta [Atalia] (14:05):
Well one of us is, gosh.

Stace [Nix] (14:09):
Wait, is it me? Marietta shakes her head no.

Daniel [GM] (14:18):
Okay, you go into [Ward Laramond 00:14:21] which is actually the Ward that Atalia lived in and there is a street meat vendor there and he... Well you guys are in disguise so he wouldn't recognize Atalia. So as you guys approach he offers you some meat. It smells like the best teriyaki soaked yakitori you've ever smelled.

Alex [ChaCha] (14:45):
Damn it Daniel. [crosstalk 00:14:46]

Daniel [GM] (14:45):
He has some sort of piece of Numenera behind him and he has a burner and he is clearly also pan frying some gyoza.

Alex [ChaCha] (14:57):
Goddammit, now I have to go see what's out for delivery. I hate [crosstalk 00:15:03]

Stace [Nix] (15:03):
Nothing's up for delivery.

Alex [ChaCha] (15:05):
I suppose I'm paying because I had the shins so...

Stace [Nix] (15:08):
Oh right. Nix has zero money.

Alex [ChaCha] (15:12):
Cha-Cha stole some money.

Daniel [GM] (15:14):
So things aren't that expensive at Laramond so it costs you four shins. Fuck it.

Marietta [Atalia] (15:20):
Thanks buddy.

Daniel [GM] (15:21):
Actually, three shins since Cha-Cha isn't there yet.

Sampson [Dili] (15:24):
Cha-Cha's pretty fast. Cha-Cha probably...

Daniel [GM] (15:27):
Okay.

Sampson [Dili] (15:28):
Think so.

Daniel [GM] (15:29):
Is Dili considerate enough to have considered buying one for Cha-Cha in anticipation that she would get there?

Sampson [Dili] (15:34):
If we got a few blocks away I would figure Cha-Cha's fast enough to catch up to us before we got there.

Daniel [GM] (15:41):
But then I asked and now you're actually in a different section of town.

Sampson [Dili] (15:45):
If Cha-Cha hasn't caught up to us by then, Dili will only pay for three.

Daniel [GM] (15:49):
Okay, so three shins.

Sampson [Dili] (15:50):
Three shins.

Stace [Nix] (15:50):
Nix will save half of hers.

Daniel [GM] (15:52):
It's really good. Yeah the meat is like melt in your mouth good.

Alex [ChaCha] (15:58):
I hate you so... I'm going to eat these chips on just for you.

Marietta [Atalia] (16:03):
Atalia's splitting hers with Jeskii.

Daniel [GM] (16:05):
It's a little weird too, it's like somebody caramelized some onion and some of it got stuck to the chicken too.

Alex [ChaCha] (16:11):
I'm getting the Fritos.

Daniel [GM] (16:13):
Yeah and the [inaudible 00:16:15] sauce is really good. It tastes like they mixed in extra garlic or something like that into it, maybe a little extra ginger, so it's got a very diced spicing.

Daniel [GM] (16:24):
You suspect the meat is probably actually from an [inaudible 00:16:28] but it tastes like chicken.

Sampson [Dili] (16:31):
We don't talk about where the meat comes from.

Marietta [Atalia] (16:33):
This is the Ninth World, we're not dumb.

Stace [Nix] (16:36):
Like Hannibal, we don't ask.

Daniel [GM] (16:38):
He does say "Oh, since it's a group deal, here." And he hands you guys a small plate that has free gyoza on it and some sort of dark dipping sauce.

Sampson [Dili] (16:49):
Fuck yeah.

Marietta [Atalia] (16:53):
Oh. So thoughtful.

Sampson [Dili] (16:53):
Well thank you young man, we'll eat this quite soon. Right now.

Daniel [GM] (16:56):
Gyoza is like the most fucking amazing pan fried pork gyoza you've ever had and the dipping sauce is a delicious soy with a soy kind of flavor with that sort of salty but it's also spiced a little bit so it's also hot.

Stace [Nix] (17:15):
Daniel, you know the consequences of this are eating noises in our recordings.

Sampson [Dili] (17:22):
I bought a new brand of instant oden at the store today so this is just getting me hyped up.

Stace [Nix] (17:29):
Yeah, I'm thinking about Shin Ramyun for after this.

Alex [ChaCha] (17:31):
Yeah I will crinkle this bag chip and get my dog super excited if you keep with this.

Stace [Nix] (17:37):
So hungry.

Sampson [Dili] (17:39):
Dan, I'm also going to take two recovery roes while we're street meating the action in the [crosstalk 00:17:44]

Daniel [GM] (17:45):
Yeah. So Cha-Cha you catch up and you see these guys eating their street meat. They're skewers are really long by the way. You're getting quite a bit of this meat for your shin.

Alex [ChaCha] (17:56):
Hey guys, I just realized Cha-Cha wasn't disguised.

Daniel [GM] (18:00):
She is not.

Sampson [Dili] (18:01):
Nope.

Alex [ChaCha] (18:01):
Cha-Cha's just walking around in her red hood guys, oh yeah.

Stace [Nix] (18:05):
Is Cha-Cha that dumb? Sorry.

Alex [ChaCha] (18:06):
Yes.

Stace [Nix] (18:07):
Okay.

Alex [ChaCha] (18:07):
I mean she's been able to survive this long in a red cloak, so.

Daniel [GM] (18:11):
Marietta role a die for me, tell me if you get even or odd.

Marietta [Atalia] (18:14):
Do I have to?

Daniel [GM] (18:15):
Yes, you do.

Marietta [Atalia] (18:17):
Odd.

Daniel [GM] (18:18):
Okay. So Cha-Cha comes up to you. You guys are eating street meat.

Alex [ChaCha] (18:23):
I'm just going to tug on Nix's cloak and ask for street meat.

Stace [Nix] (18:26):
Nix will give her half of her street meat.

Daniel [GM] (18:28):
It's really good Cha-Cha.

Marietta [Atalia] (18:31):
Cha-Cha, that's a pretty bright red cloak you got there.

Alex [ChaCha] (18:35):
Yeah, it's always been this red. I don't know how but it like never fades. It's kind of cool like that. It's always been super, super bright and visible.

Stace [Nix] (18:44):
Probably better disguise you now though. Dili can you?

Sampson [Dili] (18:47):
Yeah. How about you turn that inside out real quick?

Alex [ChaCha] (18:52):
Inside is like the brightest fuchsia you've ever seen.

Sampson [Dili] (18:56):
Well one you turn it inside out Dili puts up kind of a combination of a minor illusion and disguise so it looks like a completely different color.

Daniel [GM] (19:05):
Nice.

Sampson [Dili] (19:05):
Like his nose does a Bewitched wiggle and yes.

Alex [ChaCha] (19:09):
But like is it really good idea to be standing in the center of public disguising somebody?

Sampson [Dili] (19:17):
That's why you should turn out the cloak and then put a hood up and then no one will know that I've disguised you.

Alex [ChaCha] (19:24):
Okay. Cha-Cha does it.

Daniel [GM] (19:25):
Okay.

Marietta [Atalia] (19:26):
Atalia's looking around as she gives Jeskii more of her teriyaki.

Daniel [GM] (19:32):
Okay. Jeskii is happily munching whatever you give her. That is her only focus in the work at this moment.

Marietta [Atalia] (19:36):
Great.

Stace [Nix] (19:36):
Uh-oh.

Daniel [GM] (19:39):
And wagging her tail back and forth. Her tail is, of course, very strong and scaled. Nix is nearby but because Nix is so scaled she's just sort of hopping out of the way of the tail absentmindedly without even noticing.

Marietta [Atalia] (19:56):
Okay and I'm looking around and seeing if anyone's noticing or, "OMG, go get the guard."

Daniel [GM] (20:02):
Okay give me a perception role of 12.

Marietta [Atalia] (20:05):
Okay, I'm trained in that.

Daniel [GM] (20:07):
It's a nine.

Marietta [Atalia] (20:11):
That's a nine.

Daniel [GM] (20:14):
There is somebody in the alley watching you guys. They appear to be fixated on Cha-Cha and when Dili's illusion kicks in, they kind of pause and freeze for a second and then they start jotting something down on paper.

Marietta [Atalia] (20:32):
Hey guys, I think we have a lurker.

Daniel [GM] (20:34):
They are a long distance from you.

Marietta [Atalia] (20:37):
"That guy, he saw and wrote down some notes." And nudge my head in the direction, trying to be somewhat discrete.

Daniel [GM] (20:47):
Okay, so give me a stealth role of 12. You're specialized so that's a six.

Marietta [Atalia] (20:52):
Three. "That guy there. I found him."

Daniel [GM] (20:57):
He sees you jerk your head at him a little bit and he jumps and turns and starts running back up the alley.

Marietta [Atalia] (21:04):
Oh shit, do we go after him? Do we go after it?

Sampson [Dili] (21:07):
Do we? Is that what we do in this situation? I'm still relatively new to this.

Marietta [Atalia] (21:11):
Well, regardless, we need to change disguises.

Sampson [Dili] (21:14):
Okay, we should probably pick an alleyway if we're going to do that.

Marietta [Atalia] (21:18):
Yeah, let's do that right now.

Sampson [Dili] (21:20):
Right, let me just finish this [inaudible 00:21:22]. So we go to an alleyway and change disguises as we exit.

Daniel [GM] (21:30):
You pass another street vendor that is making a really spicy smelling noodle soup as you go into the alley.

Stace [Nix] (21:39):
[inaudible 00:21:39] Dili.

Sampson [Dili] (21:41):
Yeah all right. How much for a group order?

Daniel [GM] (21:46):
Four shins.

Sampson [Dili] (21:47):
I give him four shins.

Daniel [GM] (21:48):
It is, imagine a cross between hot and sour soup and the most decadent ramen you've ever had.

Stace [Nix] (21:57):
Oh, I will imagine that.

Alex [ChaCha] (21:58):
And be angry.

Stace [Nix] (22:00):
And be hungry.

Sampson [Dili] (22:01):
Okay, so what are we doing?

Marietta [Atalia] (22:05):
We're changing our disguises.

Sampson [Dili] (22:05):
We already did that but now what? Are we going to go watch the thing?

Stace [Nix] (22:12):
Yup.

Marietta [Atalia] (22:13):
Yeah.

Stace [Nix] (22:13):
Different roof this time of the same roof?

Marietta [Atalia] (22:17):
Well we should go do a wide loop and see what would be the most advantageous. That one was pretty good but if there's a better one.

Sampson [Dili] (22:25):
Well I've been thinking, won't they be watching the roofs? These are a bunch of spies right?

Stace [Nix] (22:31):
No I think they're mostly rogues and murderers Dili, that's my impression.

Alex [ChaCha] (22:36):
I mean...

Sampson [Dili] (22:37):
Same thing. Thank you passerby.

Stace [Nix] (22:40):
Guy.

Marietta [Atalia] (22:42):
Yeah, look we can also be stealthy. Obviously we should make sure that we're not seen but there's still people going around. Their headquarters is not actually out of the way necessarily speaking.

Sampson [Dili] (22:56):
All right.

Marietta [Atalia] (22:56):
But I can go by myself if you prefer if you're worried, since there's so many of us.

Sampson [Dili] (23:02):
Atalia, you're not going by yourself.

Marietta [Atalia] (23:04):
Okay.

Stace [Nix] (23:05):
Tailia, come on.

Marietta [Atalia] (23:07):
There's always risk though with them obviously and maybe my mom's just waiting up there already like, haha Atalia, I know you so well.

Alex [ChaCha] (23:16):
Does she?

Marietta [Atalia] (23:17):
I don't know.

Stace [Nix] (23:19):
Yeah it kind of seems like maybe she doesn't know you at all since she hasn't seen you for like 10 years or like whatever.

Marietta [Atalia] (23:25):
Yeah, that's what one would assume huh?

Stace [Nix] (23:27):
Yeah.

Marietta [Atalia] (23:28):
I look down at the dagger like super annoyed.

Stace [Nix] (23:31):
Oh my god Atalia, it's going to be okay, all right? We're just going to go check it out. If she does something we're all going to be right here with you. We had a little warm up with Doc Taraz.

Marietta [Atalia] (23:42):
Okay great. Yeah anyway we should go try the street food in Ward Colla and make our way around there.

Stace [Nix] (23:54):
Oh we're going to go... Yeah, more street food. Fuck yeah. Atalia, your priorities are straight.

Marietta [Atalia] (24:00):
Well I mean it's a great cover.

Stace [Nix] (24:02):
Right, oh right.

Marietta [Atalia] (24:04):
Obviously just a cover that had no ulterior motives.

Sampson [Dili] (24:07):
Yeah, the cover. Yeah.

Daniel [GM] (24:09):
Atalia, give me a stealth role of 15. You're specialized so it's a nine for you and that will effect what everybody else is operating at as far as difficulty.

Marietta [Atalia] (24:26):
Okay, I will spend a level of effort on that as well.

Daniel [GM] (24:26):
So that brings it down to a six.

Marietta [Atalia] (24:27):
Okay and it's a 16.

Daniel [GM] (24:30):
Okay so Atalia you have a way that you think will work very well kind of winding through the street meat vendors and alleys so it's not conspicuous and everybody else, this is still a 15 but you get two assets to this from Atalia so you're going to get a nine to start with and this is stealth based.

Alex [ChaCha] (24:51):
But...

Daniel [GM] (24:51):
Dili I know you're trained so it's a six.

Sampson [Dili] (24:53):
Yeah.

Alex [ChaCha] (24:55):
What if I got a five?

Stace [Nix] (24:57):
What if I got a nine?

Daniel [GM] (24:59):
That's good for you.

Sampson [Dili] (25:00):
I got 10.

Daniel [GM] (25:01):
So all the rest of you are being pretty discrete but along the way let's say, Alex I think you're going to get into a fight with a street meat vendor over something.

Alex [ChaCha] (25:13):
Sounds like Cha-Cha.

Daniel [GM] (25:13):
Yeah.

Sampson [Dili] (25:16):
it's was going to happen eventually.

Daniel [GM] (25:17):
Let's do this collaboratively. I feel like it's only appropriate it she gets really upset if it's like a funnel cake stand instead.

Alex [ChaCha] (25:25):
Ooh, yes. I like that.

Sampson [Dili] (25:28):
Yeah.

Daniel [GM] (25:28):
Yeah.

Sampson [Dili] (25:29):
Because we do need dessert.

Alex [ChaCha] (25:30):
Yeah.

Daniel [GM] (25:31):
So, what kind of fight does Cha-Cha get in with this funnel cake vendor?

Alex [ChaCha] (25:36):
I think Cha-Cha, because she dislikes people being unfair, gets angry that he's not evenly distributing what the ninth world would have as powdered sugar.

Stace [Nix] (25:46):
Yes.

Alex [ChaCha] (25:47):
Like one has way more powdered sugar than the others and this upsets Cha-Cha.

Daniel [GM] (25:53):
Yes. Okay perfect. So they get into an argument and that's definitely drawing attention from people on the street. Listen, I'm not perfect but I do my best to make sure the powdered sugar is spread evenly. That's what I do.

Alex [ChaCha] (26:07):
Well you aren't. It's clearly like 2% more powdered sugar on this one than the other three. I'm giving you a margin of error of 1% and you've got like 2% on this one. Come on.

Daniel [GM] (26:23):
You're nuts. Get away from my stand.

Alex [ChaCha] (26:26):
No, you have to make it equal.

Sampson [Dili] (26:28):
Cha-Cha, we can just share the powdered sugar between us. We don't need to get into a while things about this. It's fine, it's fine.

Stace [Nix] (26:34):
You can have the one with the most, Cha-Cha.

Alex [ChaCha] (26:37):
That's not equal.

Sampson [Dili] (26:39):
We can make it equal, we don't need him. We could just go. We could just go and deal with this by ourselves in private, unseen.

Marietta [Atalia] (26:44):
Cha-Cha.

Alex [ChaCha] (26:44):
It is now being absorbed by the oils and you can't just like brush it off and what if you brush off too much?

Sampson [Dili] (26:51):
It'll be fine, it'll be fine.

Alex [ChaCha] (26:54):
There's no such thing.

Stace [Nix] (26:56):
Excuse me, funnel cake seller, could we get 2% more powdered sugar on this funnel cake?

Marietta [Atalia] (27:03):
Oh my gosh.

Daniel [GM] (27:04):
Give me a social role of nine.

Stace [Nix] (27:06):
Specialize. 13.

Daniel [GM] (27:09):
He's sighs, he's like, "Show me the funnel cake." And he sprinkles a little bit of powdered sugar on it. "Get out of here."

Stace [Nix] (27:15):
Thank you.

Daniel [GM] (27:16):
You guys make your way to what Atalia feels is a pretty secure point to watch the headquarters. Are you going to do the roof, are you going to do the alleys> what are you going to do?

Marietta [Atalia] (27:27):
I mean, I prefer roofs because I like being the upper advantage. I feel like there's more options for escape. Rooftops? Unless that's a no.

Sampson [Dili] (27:39):
You're the rogue here.

Stace [Nix] (27:40):
Yeah, this is like your thing.

Marietta [Atalia] (27:42):
Oh, okay well I'm going to, up we go.

Daniel [GM] (27:46):
Everybody give me a climbing role of nine.

Stace [Nix] (27:49):
Trained.

Marietta [Atalia] (27:50):
Trained.

Stace [Nix] (27:51):
18.

Alex [ChaCha] (27:53):
I have a weird training in sports. Oh wait, do I get a double training because Cirque default Soleil?

Daniel [GM] (28:01):
No you can't combine two skills for this.

Stace [Nix] (28:03):
Daniel, don't play like that.

Alex [ChaCha] (28:04):
I got an eight. Apparently when Cha-Cha's not in red I role like shit so thank you Sampson.

Sampson [Dili] (28:11):
Sorry. I got a 17.

Marietta [Atalia] (28:14):
That's cool. I got a 15 and I'm also trained.

Daniel [GM] (28:18):
Okay, you all climb up to the roof no problem.

Marietta [Atalia] (28:20):
I hide us. Dili, how long do your illusion things last?

Sampson [Dili] (28:27):
As long as I'm keeping an eye on it, indefinitely [crosstalk 00:28:30] for the most part.

Marietta [Atalia] (28:29):
Well would it be possible to do one around us that just looks like the roof?

Sampson [Dili] (28:33):
Yeah, absolutely.

Marietta [Atalia] (28:35):
Cool.

Sampson [Dili] (28:38):
And I do that.

Daniel [GM] (28:38):
Okay. Let me ask you a question Dili. Are you creating a whole for you guys to peak through or are you trying to make it a one way illusion where only one side can see the illusion, the other side can see through? You've taken both approaches in the past. I would say you can create a hole no problem.

Sampson [Dili] (28:54):
Dili's going to try to make this as seemly as possible so he's going to go for the one way illusion.

Daniel [GM] (28:59):
Okay, so that's a nine.

Sampson [Dili] (29:00):
I am trained in my illusion assetaries and I can put a six. And I have a free level of effort in this.

Daniel [GM] (29:07):
So three.

Sampson [Dili] (29:08):
14.

Daniel [GM] (29:10):
Okay, you have created a one way illusion. Anyone looking from the exterior of your illusion will just see the roof. The rest of you can see through it as if it were just completely transparent.

Marietta [Atalia] (29:19):
Yay.

Sampson [Dili] (29:20):
He does kind of darken it a little bit just to make it clear where the boundaries of the illusion is.

Daniel [GM] (29:25):
That's fair, yeah. You can say that. You guys can see where the illusion are so you know what your limits are for where you can be in it.

Marietta [Atalia] (29:33):
Okay, Atalia will pull out the scanning Artifact from Aces and the building.

Daniel [GM] (29:41):
The problem with that is that you have to be next to the building to do that. That's what Aces has always done he's...

Alex [ChaCha] (29:47):
Should I transfer that one to Atalia then?

Daniel [GM] (29:50):
Oh yeah, you're the one who has that.

Marietta [Atalia] (29:51):
Oh yeah, sorry I did not realize that.

Daniel [GM] (29:53):
Mm-hmm (affirmative). But yeah Atalia, you would have to go next to the building in order to scan it.

Marietta [Atalia] (29:58):
Okay.

Alex [ChaCha] (29:58):
Do we want to do that.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:01):
Yeah I'd be willing to stand right next to it.

Alex [ChaCha] (30:01):
Mmm.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:05):
You want to go?

Stace [Nix] (30:05):
Stay away from the door Ataliia so that if people come out to get you, you have some time to run away.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:11):
Well maybe I shouldn't do it then.

Stace [Nix] (30:14):
Well I mean you're kind of the best at not being seen.

Alex [ChaCha] (30:17):
Yeah.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:18):
Okay.

Stace [Nix] (30:19):
But like I'll fucking do it, I don't give a shit, whatever.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:22):
No, no, no, I just... Yeah may I borrow [inaudible 00:30:28]

Alex [ChaCha] (30:27):
Yeah. Remember next to it but don't just stand next to the door like you're trying to rob the place.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:35):
No, I think I'll go hang out in that shrub down there.

Alex [ChaCha] (30:39):
Hell yeah, shrubbery.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:40):
Yeah.

Stace [Nix] (30:41):
Fuck yeah.

Sampson [Dili] (30:42):
Can someone still go with her just in case, watch her back?

Daniel [GM] (30:46):
Jeskii makes a little growl like, grr.

Stace [Nix] (30:47):
I can be pretty sneaky when I want to be too so I'll go.

Marietta [Atalia] (30:55):
I mean, if you feel compelled, yeah.

Stace [Nix] (30:57):
Yeah I'm really confident.

Marietta [Atalia] (31:01):
I know actually. That is a thing I learned about you. Okay yeah so I will try to map out a route visually that would make the most sense to put is into position that would be obscured where we could scan the building.

Daniel [GM] (31:21):
Okay. Give me a stealth role 15.

Marietta [Atalia] (31:23):
And I'm specialized.

Daniel [GM] (31:24):
So that is a nine.

Marietta [Atalia] (31:29):
That's a six.

Daniel [GM] (31:31):
Okay you manage to gt over next to the building and you manage to position yourself in a way where the scan won't be visible to anybody else. Is Nix going with you, I can't remember? [crosstalk 00:31:41]

Stace [Nix] (31:41):
Yeah.

Marietta [Atalia] (31:41):
Yeah.

Daniel [GM] (31:42):
Okay, so Nix, give me a stealth role of nine to start because of the assets that Atalia's giving you.

Stace [Nix] (31:52):
Okay and going to use confident outlook to be temporarily trained in stealth.

Daniel [GM] (31:56):
So six.

Stace [Nix] (31:57):
Nine.

Daniel [GM] (31:58):
Okay, excellent. There was no defeat snatch from the jaws of victory.

Stace [Nix] (32:04):
Yet.

Daniel [GM] (32:05):
So you guys are both over there. Atalia scans the building. Atalia, this building, the upper floors are crawling with handlers or at least that's who you assume they are. There are a lot of people in there. The subterranean areas at the bottom of the elevator, you can see there are just two down there in the meeting room.

Marietta [Atalia] (32:28):
Interesting. Say that quietly.

Stace [Nix] (32:31):
Nix just nods.

Marietta [Atalia] (32:31):
Huh, well not really meeting time but now we have a layout of the place. A lot of people upstairs right now.

Stace [Nix] (32:39):
Yeah, this isn't how I thought this house would be laid out at all.

Daniel [GM] (32:45):
Nice call back. It's great.

Marietta [Atalia] (32:47):
Cool. Yeah I'm still not going to that meeting. We should go back to get set up so we can see the curlier approach.

Stace [Nix] (32:56):
Okay.

Daniel [GM] (32:56):
The both of you give me a stealth roll this time. Each of you give me a flat six. So for Atalia it's a gimme.

Stace [Nix] (33:03):
16.

Daniel [GM] (33:03):
Okay, so you guys both get back to the roof no problem.

Sampson [Dili] (33:08):
How'd you do?

Marietta [Atalia] (33:08):
Great. Yeah there's only two people down in the meeting room but there's plenty of handlers upstairs and here's the layout. The layouts here. Thanks Cha-Cha.

Alex [ChaCha] (33:17):
Oh no, you keep that. I think that one's good with you and the sneaking.

Daniel [GM] (33:21):
Yeah so roll 1 D 6 for me Marietta.

Stace [Nix] (33:23):
1 D 19.

Daniel [GM] (33:24):
Oh, 1 D 10.

Marietta [Atalia] (33:27):
60.

Stace [Nix] (33:28):
What?

Marietta [Atalia] (33:29):
Well it was a D 100 and I rolled a 60 so 6.

Stace [Nix] (33:31):
Oh, okay.

Marietta [Atalia] (33:33):
Is that okay?

Daniel [GM] (33:33):
That's fine.

Sampson [Dili] (33:38):
Damn, talk about high roll.

Stace [Nix] (33:39):
I know I'm just like, damn.

Daniel [GM] (33:41):
What do you guys do? It's a couple hours until the meeting.

Alex [ChaCha] (33:43):
Oh wait, I got a stone.

Sampson [Dili] (33:43):
A what?

Alex [ChaCha] (33:47):
I got this stone from my friend.

Marietta [Atalia] (33:49):
Oh, did you scan it?

Alex [ChaCha] (33:50):
I can't scan but I know somebody who really likes scanning things.

Marietta [Atalia] (33:59):
Oh yeah? Would you like me to scan that for you?

Alex [ChaCha] (34:02):
Yes please. He didn't know what it does.

Marietta [Atalia] (34:05):
I'll scan it.

Daniel [GM] (34:07):
Okay, so you're handing it to Atalia to scan it or are you holding out or are you setting it on the ground, what do you do?

Alex [ChaCha] (34:13):
I think Cha-Cha's going to hold it out because it's her first gift from a friend. She doesn't want to put it down yet because it's hers.

Marietta [Atalia] (34:23):
Atalia will scan it in her hand.

Daniel [GM] (34:27):
Okay. So Atalia, this is some sort of Numenera. It is somewhat baffling. It's a little confusing. You think whatever it is, it's mostly [io 00:34:41] Whatever it is it is level four and it has a lot of strange properties. You don't think it can do anything on its own right now but you think it may have transmutive properties.

Marietta [Atalia] (34:56):
Oh, fancy. I tell Cha-Cha that as I kind of figure it out.

Daniel [GM] (35:02):
And Alex, evens or odds?

Alex [ChaCha] (35:05):
Even.

Daniel [GM] (35:06):
Atalia, roll a die, tell me if you get even or odd.

Marietta [Atalia] (35:08):
Odd.

Daniel [GM] (35:10):
Atalia, so you get that about the stone but your smoke extends just a little bit further than you anticipated and you start getting information about Cha-Cha too.

Marietta [Atalia] (35:19):
Oh hey...

Daniel [GM] (35:21):
Cha-Cha is actually very confusing.

Alex [ChaCha] (35:24):
Oh no.

Daniel [GM] (35:25):
It's like if you were thinking of like a computer screen if it was registering what it saw in scan it would show human and then there would be a static glitch and show something completely else and glitch back to human like the nature of Cha-Cha is in flux. Also, you feel that your skin picks up these strange hitchhiker inside of her and it's sort of like it's weird. You still visualize it as a cube and it is definitely inside of Cha-Cha but it still feels more vast than that and you notice something that's a little odd that you haven't seen in this kind of scanning before. Wrapped around on of Cha-Cha's wrists is a dull gray bracelet that you know for a fact does not exist in the physical realm.

Marietta [Atalia] (36:26):
Whoa, that was weird. Cha-Cha, I didn't mean to but I accidentally scanned you and I found sound interesting things. Would you like me to tell you what they were?

Alex [ChaCha] (36:37):
Do you think it's important?

Marietta [Atalia] (36:39):
I think it could be important.

Alex [ChaCha] (36:41):
Okay.

Marietta [Atalia] (36:42):
Do you see your bracelet?

Alex [ChaCha] (36:44):
Does Cha-Cha see her bracelet?

Daniel [GM] (36:47):
No.

Alex [ChaCha] (36:47):
No, I don't really wear jewelry.

Marietta [Atalia] (36:50):
Okay well this is more permeant than maybe it's not visible without a scan so I'm not sure if it's in a different phase or what and you're human but you're also something more than that and it's not necessarily abhuman and distinct like it is with Nix, it's a question mark which you probably already knew.

Alex [ChaCha] (37:13):
Maybe I knew that. I don't really know. Maybe the bracelet represents the promise I made.

Marietta [Atalia] (37:21):
Maybe. I don't know too much about the promise you made.

Alex [ChaCha] (37:25):
It's just a favor for a favor.

Sampson [Dili] (37:28):
Can you tell us what the favor and the other favor is?

Alex [ChaCha] (37:33):
Oh yeah, so I asked my friend if he could help me get Nix's parents out faster and he said yeah, he'll do it for a favor.

Sampson [Dili] (37:43):
And he hasn't called in that favor yet is what you're saying?

Alex [ChaCha] (37:47):
No I'm just assuming it'll come at some weird inopportune time like in the middle of an important performance he'll be like, "Hey can you help me hang this mirror? I'm not getting the angle right?"

Marietta [Atalia] (38:01):
Yes, of course.

Sampson [Dili] (38:03):
Is this the same person that gave you this stone?

Alex [ChaCha] (38:06):
No. So the person who asked the favor is the same person who helped us find the ruins of [Kumothan 00:38:14] and the one who gave me the stone is Bastian, the one who went with me to free Nix's parents and we had accidents and it was fine. Don't worry.

Sampson [Dili] (38:28):
Just going to look at Nix and just kind of do an eyebrow like, "Should we be worried?"

Stace [Nix] (38:31):
Nix nods but she's like watching out. She's half listening.

Marietta [Atalia] (38:37):
Anyway, maybe we should keep going?

Alex [ChaCha] (38:40):
Yeah.

Sampson [Dili] (38:41):
We're already here. We're just watching.

Marietta [Atalia] (38:43):
Or waiting, yeah I guess sorry. Yeah and then I'll tell her everything else that I found out in case Marietta forgot details.

Daniel [GM] (38:53):
Okay. 1:00 comes around and everybody give me a perception roll of 12.

Marietta [Atalia] (39:00):
Okay I'm trained.

Stace [Nix] (39:02):
14.

Alex [ChaCha] (39:05):
13.

Sampson [Dili] (39:05):
I got a free level of effort so that's nine and I rolled a 12.

Daniel [GM] (39:07):
And what did Marietta get?

Marietta [Atalia] (39:08):
11 and I'm trained.

Daniel [GM] (39:10):
Okay. So you all notice somebody around 1:00 slip into some sort of side door to the building and there's a pause. About 15 minutes pass and then the front door opens and out walk a couple people in dark hoods followed by a tall woman about 5'11", long auburn hair and they begin walking away from the house. And Atalia, she's obviously much older and you're too far away to tell in detail but with your night vision you can still see that along her right cheek is some sort of knife or scar or something but it is definitely your mother walking with these two down the street and away from the building towards Ward Laramond. And that's where we'll end this episode.

Alex [ChaCha] (40:08):
Oh no.

Marietta [Atalia] (40:09):
Yeah.

Daniel [GM] (40:10):
Alex, something about this episode.

Alex [ChaCha] (40:13):
I mean, I didn't like how I remember that Cha-Cha wasn't in disguise but I enjoy that we disguised everyone else and remembered for once that. I enjoy people given us shit for not having disguises up when it's just like really? You should really have disguises. And I also enjoy the collaborative fight with what's it called, funnel cake vendor. It made me happy.

Daniel [GM] (40:43):
Cool. Well we have a segment that we do each week called Player Intrusions. That's where we offer you, the listener, an XP to check out something that you would really dig. This week it is Alex's turn. Alex, what would you offer our listeners an XP to check out?

Alex [ChaCha] (40:56):
So I've been thinking long and hard about this and I want people to check out ghost hunting because when quarantine ends I'm going to make all the cast of Explorers Wanted, included space, join me in becoming ghost hunters so we can truly be explorers wanting to find ghosts. I think it would be hilarious.

Daniel [GM] (41:18):
But what is it that you find appealing about ghost hunting?

Alex [ChaCha] (41:20):
I think the strangest part is I enjoy the history part of it like you have to do all this research to be like, "Why is there a ghost here? Well so and so in year so and so did blankety blank blank blank." I find that part more interesting than actually harassing ghosts and yelling at them and being like "Timothy Smith, eat my asshole." That seems like a bad idea to do. Maybe we would be like the polite ghost hunters who's just like, "Hey, I know shit sucks but we just want to be here."

Sampson [Dili] (41:59):
Would you please eat my asshole?

Alex [ChaCha] (42:00):
Yeah. Please kindly eat my asshole Sir. Please kindly. I also enjoy how much Stace is refusing to be a ghost hunter with me.

Stace [Nix] (42:11):
I'm not refusing, I'm telling you I'd be bad at it and that I'm scared.

Sampson [Dili] (42:14):
What if we got really drunk before hand?

Stace [Nix] (42:18):
That might help.

Marietta [Atalia] (42:19):
Would that make it better?

Stace [Nix] (42:20):
That would probably help.

Alex [ChaCha] (42:21):
We could be drunken ghost hunters. I think that would be nice.

Stace [Nix] (42:25):
My objective brain does not believe in ghosts but my lizard brain does.

Alex [ChaCha] (42:32):
Well it's just like that thing that comes up behind you when you're sleeping.

Stace [Nix] (42:37):
Stop. I'm going to bed after this [inaudible 00:42:41].

Alex [ChaCha] (42:43):
Just you know, casual sleep paralysis demons. It's fine.

Stace [Nix] (42:51):
Like the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. [inaudible 00:42:53] licking your hand, don't worry about it.

Alex [ChaCha] (42:56):
Yeah, don't worry about it. Although, Scary Stories to tell in the Dark, I need to see that movie they made because apparently it's amazing.

Daniel [GM] (43:03):
I refuse to watch it. Those books freaked me out as a kid.

Alex [ChaCha] (43:06):
I know I'm just like how are these children's books? What the fuck is wrong with you?

Marietta [Atalia] (43:11):
I'm just so good at being scared. I just really don't need any assistance.

Stace [Nix] (43:17):
I mean true. I would try to be cool but I want you all to know that it would be a lie.

Alex [ChaCha] (43:24):
But we love you and that's all that matters.

Stace [Nix] (43:27):
That is all that matters.

Alex [ChaCha] (43:29):
So yeah, we will add that as a Patreon here. Post COVID we will become ghost hunters.

Stace [Nix] (43:34):
Wait, wait, let's take a vote.

Sampson [Dili] (43:37):
Okay, but the Patreon tier has to make sure it's paying for all our airfare because we're fucking scattered.

Alex [ChaCha] (43:42):
Yeah this is post second campaign Patreon tier, it's not like "Give us five bucks and we'll go hunt some ghosts." No.

Sampson [Dili] (43:51):
When we become the critical role of Numenera.

Daniel [GM] (43:53):
Listeners, that's not cannon yet. We have some internal discussions to happen.

Stace [Nix] (43:56):
Listen, oh if it's behind a pay wall I'm actually feeling pretty good about it. That's going to be like a while.

Alex [ChaCha] (44:04):
Yeah, it's fine. Don't worry about it. We're going to become ghost hunters, it's just in the future and COVID has to end before we can ghost hunt successfully.

Stace [Nix] (44:14):
Ghost hunt successfully, yes. Success is almost virtually guaranteed.

Alex [ChaCha] (44:19):
I got a Ouija Board that we can also play with during session.

Stace [Nix] (44:24):
So, I'm not going to invite demons into our homes.

Alex [ChaCha] (44:26):
We could also rent a hotel room and do it.

Marietta [Atalia] (44:28):
My mom didn't sign that permission slip so I can't go.

Daniel [GM] (44:33):
An average weekend here.

Alex [ChaCha] (44:34):
Don't worry. Don't worry about it.

Daniel [GM] (44:39):
Okay cool. So if people wanted to reach out to us to talk about what they think of the idea of Explorer's Wanted as ghost hunters and if they would actually pay to see us do that, how would they do that Marietta?

Marietta [Atalia] (44:53):
Well they would go to our website, explorerswanted.fm where there's links to all of our social medias and our email so they can email us directly for inquiries and such. But we are on the social medias, we are on Twitter @explorerswanted. We are on Instagram @explorerswantedpodcast, we are on Facebook as Explorers Wanted Podcast and if you're looking to support us and help us grow our content, you can support us on Patreon is you have the means to do so financially. We would greatly appreciate that and then if you're really looking to be involved in the community, get more out of our explorers wanted experience, I highly recommend joining our discord server. There are links to the Discord server on all of the social media and on our website so come hang out with us. Hosting a channels, show us the bread that you're still making because it's 2021 and there's still a pandemic.

Daniel [GM] (45:49):
Yes and if you like the show, the best thing that you could do to help us would be to tell a friend and tell them what you liked about the show and why they should listen to it.

Daniel [GM] (45:57):
The second best thing you could do is leave us a five star review on a podcast directory, specifically Apple Podcast, Stitcher of Podchaser. Those directories in particular. Don't get me wrong, we'll take a five star review anywhere, but those particular directories really help people discovering new podcasts and finding out what they should try out and that's a big thing is just trying to get our show out there to as many cool people as possible because there's so many actual plays that people could listen to. And I mean so much that when people get a chance to try us out and like the show.

Daniel [GM] (46:31):
If you didn't like the podcast or if you just thought it was meh, it's important that I let you know, do not check out that sound in your basement. That's how they get you. Incidentally they go by Harold. Yes, all of them. Leave some cookies at the tope of the stairs for them.

Daniel [GM] (46:50):
If you want to reach out to us individually on social media you can. You can find me on Twitter @Andrlik A-N-D-R-L-I-K.

Stace [Nix] (46:58):
If you want to reassure me that ghosts aren't real, you can find me on Twitter @Stacewindu.

Sampson [Dili] (47:03):
Tellme what your favorite liquor to drink while ghost hunting is @slampotato.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:09):
You think drunk ghost hunting is the best idea? @teawithaunicron.

Stace [Nix] (47:14):
It's called liquid courage.

Sampson [Dili] (47:17):
How's she going to se the ghost if not drunk?

Marietta [Atalia] (47:19):
It's definitely better than sober ghost hunting. Yeah you can find me Tweeting on occasion @imonahike but really I'm just trying to make Instagram work under the same handle so.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:31):
Instagram.

Stace [Nix] (47:32):
You're Instagram's dope as fuck.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:33):
Yeah.

Marietta [Atalia] (47:35):
Yeah.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:35):
Keep promoting that shit.

Marietta [Atalia] (47:37):
About to go on a cool trip so maybe there'll be some cool pictures by the time this episode's released.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:42):
Ooh.

Daniel [GM] (47:45):
Cool. That's it for us. We'll be back to you next week as we will be every week in the foreseeable future as long as we don't get distracted by TikTok.

Alex [ChaCha] (47:54):
You're like...

Daniel [GM] (47:54):
Have a good night, day, weekend or whenever you're listening to this and bye.

Alex [ChaCha] (48:00):
Bye.

Sampson [Dili] (48:00):
Bye.

Stace [Nix] (48:00):
Bye.

Marietta [Atalia] (48:00):
Bye.

Daniel [GM] (48:35):
Marietta Jones.

Marietta [Atalia] (48:36):
Okay, let me start again.

Stace [Nix] (48:39):
Derivative.

Marietta [Atalia] (48:41):
Can't breathe. Breathing. Okay. Quippy intro statement.

Sampson [Dili] (48:50):
I disguise her as a lizard.

Marietta [Atalia] (48:52):
Like a Brendril?

Daniel [GM] (48:54):
Okay. So she's like a miniature Komodo Dragon.

Marietta [Atalia] (48:57):
Cute.

Alex [ChaCha] (48:57):
Did you say a Brendril Marietta?

Stace [Nix] (49:01):
All right, hang on. Our second episodes are always tighter so I'm going to try to hold to that and not go down the Brendril rabbit hole.

Alex [ChaCha] (49:08):
But we got time today.

Daniel [GM] (49:10):
Oh that's definitely going to be an outtake.

Sampson [Dili] (49:14):
I do it. I throw it up. It's good Stace, think about the brand, that future purge.

Marietta [Atalia] (49:20):
[crosstalk 00:49:20]

Daniel [GM] (49:22):
Okay so you guys go off to find street meat, I assume the kind you actually eat and-

Alex [ChaCha] (49:26):
Dude, what?

Daniel [GM] (49:30):
Sorry. I'm so sorry.

Alex [ChaCha] (49:37):
Nothing's up for delivery. Oh well you're central time. Maybe you'll be luckier.

Sampson [Dili] (49:41):
Are you not central time?

Alex [ChaCha] (49:42):
No.

Marietta [Atalia] (49:43):
Michigan's the eastern time zone.

Stace [Nix] (49:46):
Michigan's got to eastern because Henry Ford wanted to be eastern like New York for money reasons.

Alex [ChaCha] (49:51):
Oh, fancy. [crosstalk 00:49:52]

Sampson [Dili] (49:51):
I'm sorry, I had no idea.

Marietta [Atalia] (49:54):
Yeah well now you know.

Daniel [GM] (49:56):
It's the one true time zone.

Alex [ChaCha] (50:01):
But seriously TikTok ate my soul. Don't worry about the ghost, it's TikTok.

Stace [Nix] (50:05):
I'm not on TikTok either so.