Daniel [GM] (00:00:30): Welcome to Explorers Wanted. We are a weekly Numenera Actual Play podcast. I will be your humble GM, Daniel Andrlik. With me today is Alex Finn. Alex [ChaCha] (00:00:41): Hi. I am so out of it right now. I'm just like, "Whoa," but I have a plague doctor so that's bonus. Daniel [GM] (00:00:49): Stace Babcock. Stace [Nix] (00:00:50): Sampson, have you done something different with your beard? Sampson [Dili] (00:00:54): I grew it out more. Stace [Nix] (00:00:58): Looks nice. Sampson [Dili] (00:00:59): Thanks. I did it myself. Daniel [GM] (00:01:00): Sampson Davis. Sampson [Dili] (00:01:02): I made this beard myself. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:04): You can see it super well on the podcast. Alex [ChaCha] (00:01:06): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Reach out and feel it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:08): Oh, man. So voluptuous. Daniel [GM] (00:01:09): And Marietta Jones. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:12): Uh, hey guys. Daniel [GM] (00:01:14): Before we get started, we have an important item of business. We have another new patron. Our newest patron is [Kilted Joe 00:01:25]. Yes. Thank you. Joe is a very nice guy and some of us have had the opportunity to play games with him before. And Alex, why don't you tell us a little bit about that? Alex [ChaCha] (00:01:38): Oh gosh. Kilted Joe was in the first ever tabletop game I played and he was also in the Pokemon game that I ran for a little bit, and that was also epic. He was a Team Luna grunt and it was amazing. I gave him a secret mission that he could never complete on accident because that's how I am as a GM. But yeah, Kilted Joe's really good people. I met him and his wife last year when they came up for the Bristol Ren Faire and it was such a fun time. He's such a sweet guy and his wife's so amazing. They're just really nice people. Daniel [GM] (00:02:19): Awesome. Awesome. So thank you so much, Kilted Joe. Your support means the world to us. So who remembers what happened last time? I'm going to pick on Marietta who volunteered right before the recording. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:32): I did. I was like, "Me!" Daniel [GM] (00:02:35): By making the mistake of asking. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:36): I did, but the good news is, my dudes, I've been taking notes lately. It's amazing. It's a trick I picked up from our good pal, Sampson. Alex [ChaCha] (00:02:46): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:02:46): Hey. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:48): So on last week's episode of Explorers Wanted, Dili and Atalia are starting to discuss Dili's automaton dream in which the queen's platoon was getting wrecked and [Carter 00:03:03] was thrown across the room and then his eyes glazed over in the middle of the conversation. And I was like, "Whoa, buddy. That's not normal." And then Dili was like, "Oh man, I just saw loan shark guy's face get smushed by the automaton. And the automaton looked in the mirror and it said, it was like chittering, but then Dili could understand his name being said, which was pretty freaking creepy. So we definitely had an ah, ah conversation about it. He resigns himself to also talk to Nix, but we discussed maybe him solving the problem as an approach instead of just run, run, run. Like, okay, let's use your great brain, Dili. Let's fix the problem. And then Atalia passes out with Jeskii. In case anyone's wondering, they sleep on their backs together and snuggle next to each other. They look up at the stars ... Alex [ChaCha] (00:03:59): I was wondering. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:00): Yeah, that's how they sleep. Anyway, and then at the end of Dili's watch, Nix wakes up because she always makes up early and she starts doing her early morning stretches before the sun's even up. So then Dili's like, "Hey, so how would you tell ChaCha if loan shark guy was probably dead because of the automaton I helped create." And Nix was like, "Whoa. Well, I think you would kind of just tell her. Also, what?" And then Dili was like, "Yo bro, I've been having these dreams and Atalia thinks that I'm connected to this automaton. She did the scan thing and then they trash talk Atalia's scanning, which is so valuable. So I don't know why you would complain about being scanned. Anyway ... Sampson [Dili] (00:04:54): We trash talk our friends. That's how you know we like you. Daniel [GM] (00:04:57): Yeah, behind your back. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:59): And then Stannis chimes in during the conversation and asks questions about what the automaton is. And Dili is like, "Oh, it's a ..." What is it again? It's a thing. Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:12): Relentless Reaper? Marietta [Atalia] (00:05:13): Relentless Reaper, yeah. There we go. And she's like, "Oh shit, those things just hunt, hunt, hunt until they kill their prey until it's like, well, well, well, cool." Nix, she also asks Dili what he wants to do because Dili was asking Nix like, " How do you handle this?" that kind of thing. And she was like, "Ultimately I like the traveling thing." And so then Sampson's like, "Well you like Dili." And Dili is like, "Mmm." And then Daniel's like, "Hey, Dili, you want an XP?" And Sampson was like, "Yeah. Hell yeah, I want an XP." I think he give everyone next. And then ChaCha overhears the conversation. I think Stannis is like, "Who's super dead? Loan shark guy or who's loan shark guy or something?" And then ChaCha leans over from her tree nest and observes the conversation. And then she jumps down, starts running away. And Nix runs after her because Nix is like, "Ugh, man. Keep the party together." And like, "I know this field," but I think Nix is also a little bit worried about her family because Dili had also been there and the automaton went to the queen's platoon, even though Dili was never spotted there. So that's like a little ... And like, "We did hire guards, but ..." so we decided we're going to go to the ship for sure. They had the void stones on it or some crystals that Stannis was looking for. It's the ship before that she got on and then it teleported her off or she got stuck with [Beebro 00:00:06:42], the conclave, whatever. Yeah, so we decided to go there. After we stopped by the village, we decided that that's the way to go because Nix convinced ChaCha to come back. So then ChaCha was like, "Oh, by the way, I have the steed cypher that I vaguely mentioned last time, but it goes for a whole day and doesn't stop and we could totally use it to get to this village really conveniently." So we do that. And then we have like a 15 minute debate about how many [hercs 00:07:10] we're going to get, what the food ratio is, how much food we're going to get. There's also some concern because these herc things, they're like steeds, they eat flesh. So I guess if you don't get meat for them, they'll try to eat you or something. But it's NBD according to the ice arm person that was in the village and we're like, "Cool, this is fine. We'll just buy two giant bushels the size of Dili full of berries." Because apparently, they are ... Four, excuse me. They eat the berries or they eat meat, but they don't eat any other vegetables. And these fucking berries are only from this one weird ass place so those are like way inflated price-wise. TLDR, we got these weird herc things and we left and then we showed up. Did we get to the ship? Daniel [GM] (00:07:55): Nope. Marietta [Atalia] (00:07:56): We were on the way. We were walking and Atalia tripped on her face for an XP and rolled down the hill. And half of her bags spilled out everywhere and Daniel was like, "Nix was right behind you." And then Nix ran down the hill to help. So thoughtful, and finds a bundle of notes that are all open. And it turns out they're all the letters that Nix wrote to Atalia when Nix went away to school when Atalia was still in Charmonde. And yeah, they were all opened and Atalia just never responded and she was extremely uncomfortable, but Nix was like super chill. And she was just like, "OMG, what'd you think about this letter? You never responded dude. What about this one?" Atalia was just like dying. And then there was a side pan to Dili looking down and over his shoulder or was ChaCha and a horror was approaching her. Was it the fiery demon horror? Alex [ChaCha] (00:08:51): Buddy Cop. Marietta [Atalia] (00:08:52): Buddy Cop. Okay, so buddy cop was there and buddy cop's like, "ChaCha, what are you doing? You got to get your shit together and do the thing and open the door." Then we ended the episode. Daniel [GM] (00:09:05): That was very thorough. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:05): Mm-hmm (affirmative). It was beautiful. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:06): Notes. Take notes. Daniel [GM] (00:09:10): Okay, so yeah. The scene is Buddy Cop has leaned over to ChaCha and said, "Oh, you don't have to kill anybody, ChaCha. We just want you to open the door." Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:24): Did Buddy Cop go away after he said that? Daniel [GM] (00:09:27): No, I think it was more interesting for him to stick around for a bit. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:30): Well, this lady, Stannis, she got kidnapped by Bees, but she knows the door. Daniel [GM] (00:09:36): Does she now? Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:37): Yeah. Her whole order knows door stuff. But is it a metaphysical door or is it an actual door because I don't think it's a good idea for me to just run around the world opening all doors. Sometimes those doors are on bathrooms. Daniel [GM] (00:09:53): Right, right. I think you mentioned something about pee perverts previously that you didn't like. No, he does not say that. Alex [ChaCha] (00:10:00): I was going to say, how long has he been following us? Daniel [GM] (00:10:03): A long time. From episode one, at least. Alex [ChaCha] (00:10:05): I know. But is he there all that time? Does he not have a family? Sampson [Dili] (00:10:10): Oh no. You don't know. I feel like Buddy Cop comes in every now and then it's just like, "How's ChaCha doing?" I'm going to leave. I didn't need to [inaudible 00:10:18]. Alex [ChaCha] (00:10:18): Oh, she just killed somebody. Okay. We're going. Daniel [GM] (00:10:23): So Buddy Cop leans in to say like, "Oh, I understand what you mean. Now, you'll know the door when you see it. I trust you, ChaCha. I know you'll do the right thing." And he slowly fades away. Meanwhile, Atalia and Nix come back up the hill and meet up with Dili and Stannis. Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:47): Atalia's face is bright red. Sampson [Dili] (00:10:50): Are you guys okay? Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:51): Yep. Yep. Yep. Fine. Stace [Nix] (00:10:53): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:10:53): Can I do an insight? [inaudible 00:00:10:55]. Daniel [GM] (00:11:01): You sure can. Sampson [Dili] (00:11:01): I don't have anything for this. I'm not going to put effort into this. Daniel [GM] (00:11:03): So it's a straight roll? Sampson [Dili] (00:11:04): Yep. And I rolled a 3. Alex [ChaCha] (00:11:06): Nice. Daniel [GM] (00:11:07): Yeah, so Atalia just rolls deception. Stace [Nix] (00:11:10): Are you trained in deception? Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:12): That's a 12. I don't think. Daniel [GM] (00:11:15): She isn't. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:16): I'm not. Daniel [GM] (00:11:18): But it doesn't matter. She still beat Dili. You just think that Atalia's flushed. That's all. Alex [ChaCha] (00:11:23): Got super drunk, falling down my hill. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:25): Oh man. Walking up that hill. So ended, much struggle. Stace [Nix] (00:11:30): I can't believe you tripped like that dude. You're usually so light on your feet. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:35): Yeah, I was like kind of playing with Jeskii while we were walking and then [crosstalk 00:11:42]. Stace [Nix] (00:11:41): Good think you didn't trip in the rafters, right? Man, can you imagine? Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:47): Yeah. I'm pretty good at jumping and climbing and balancing, but sometimes you're just playing with your seskii and you eat shit and roll down the hill. Stace [Nix] (00:11:57): Yeah. Sometimes, jumping and climbing are great, but it's the walking that'll get you. Am I right? Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:02): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Stace [Nix] (00:12:04): Yeah. And none of that running shit. I don't do that. Daniel [GM] (00:12:07): Nix, can you give me a perception role of 9? Stace [Nix] (00:12:11): Yes, when my dice app ... Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:14): Stace uses dice, real dice. She has a plethora of them. There is no app. Stace [Nix] (00:12:21): 18. Daniel [GM] (00:12:21): Okay. You noticed that when Atalia fell, she didn't land in it at all, but she was probably about five feet away from a very distinctive warren that you know particularly well from a childhood obsession as being where larval flesh pups like to hole up. Stace [Nix] (00:12:39): Oh my God. Guys, you see that warren down there? That's for baby flesh pups and one time, I was reading this story when I was kid. Do you guys know about [Turco 00:12:49] the Flesh Pup? Do you ever read those books? Sampson [Dili] (00:12:52): Absolutely not. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:54): No, I don't know how to read. Stace [Nix] (00:12:54): Oh my God, Atalia. [crosstalk 00:12:57]. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:54): Oh my gosh. What is it for? Stace [Nix] (00:13:04): Weight training, I assume. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:06): Oh yeah, with these. Stace [Nix] (00:13:08): Yeah, but when Turco got lost in the warrens and he couldn't get out until that traveler accidentally fell through the warren and he could infect it. That's how Turco came into the world. It's a really good story. You guys should check it out. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:21): I could have been the next Turco host. If I just rolled a little bit further. Stace [Nix] (00:13:26): Right? Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:27): Could have changed the whole narrative. Stace [Nix] (00:13:28): And we could have a flesh pup. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:30): That's okay. We have this pup and I'll put Jeskii on the head. Who's a good seskii? Daniel [GM] (00:13:35): Jeskii kind of just looks up at you like happy. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:38): That's a good seskii. Daniel [GM] (00:13:39): Her tongue lulls out. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:41): Atalia will poke it. Sampson [Dili] (00:13:43): Don't flesh pups like, kill their hosts? Stace [Nix] (00:13:46): Well, Turco killed their host, but sometimes the host can survive, but it's usually sort of a one or the other situation. Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:56): Yeah, so I'm going to try not to fall on my face again. Daniel [GM] (00:14:00): Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:14:00): Heel to toe, Atalia. That's how I walk, heel to toe. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:04): I just walk on my toes. That's the secret. I'm always stealthing, also why I tripped. Daniel [GM] (00:14:14): It's like constant Scooby Doo tiptoe tinkle music, always around Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:21): Exactly. Stace [Nix] (00:14:22): I also like to put one foot in front of the other when I walk, you know? Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:26): I like to step dramatically from side to side, like two little leaps. Stace [Nix] (00:14:29): See, now that's inefficient. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:30): From toe to toe. Well, it really gets strong quads, so you get a great jump. Because I'm trained in jumping and it helps you with balancing too. If you're always on your toes, that's a smaller area to have your body weight over. Really helps make you stronger and more balanced. Stace [Nix] (00:14:48): And then balance helps you not fall over. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:51): Yeah, unless you were playing with your absolutely adorable seskii. And then she'll pet Jeskii's ear more. Daniel [GM] (00:15:00): Jeskii's crystals on her back glow a bright lavender. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:04): Oh, who's a happy seskii? Stace [Nix] (00:15:05): Jeskii. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:06): Isn't she? Sampson [Dili] (00:15:07): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:08): Look, she's smiling. Looks kind of terrifying, actually. Daniel [GM] (00:15:12): Yeah. Her mouth is a lot of teeth. A seskii smiling is not comforting. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:20): My, what big teeth you have there, Jeskii? Stace [Nix] (00:15:23): Next, we'll examine the hercs and check on them, see how they're doing. Daniel [GM] (00:15:28): Okay, so you go over to the hercs. So just as a refresher, the hercs are sort of wooly insects about the size of a human. As you go over ... Their faces, they're kind of almost like a fly, except they have these extra armless pinchers next to their face. They're not mandibles, but they're clearly for grabbing something and holding it. And it does snap a little at you as you come close. Not a lot, just a little like it's just tempted. Stace [Nix] (00:15:58): They're upright? Daniel [GM] (00:16:00): No, they kind of move on all fours or all sixes, but they're about as long as a human is tall. Stace [Nix] (00:16:06): Got it. Nix will grab some berries and hold them out. Daniel [GM] (00:16:10): You're just going to bring one of those big bushels over? Stace [Nix] (00:16:12): Not the whole bag. She's going to bring over a handful, like a treat. Daniel [GM] (00:16:17): Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:16:17): Maybe not. No, Nix is committed. Daniel [GM] (00:16:21): So when it sees the berries, it starts snapping its pinchers and starts moving towards you. I'm going to give you a chance to roll for this just to see if you can react, so it's a speed kind of roll of, in this case, it'll only be six. Stace [Nix] (00:16:39): Is it speed defense at all? Or just sort of two assets? Daniel [GM] (00:16:45): It could be. It could be. Okay, so you managed to dodge it striking at you and then clearly, you get the feeling like it was expecting to hold your hand in place with its pinchers while it went after them. Stace [Nix] (00:16:56): Nix drops the berries on the ground and backs away. Daniel [GM] (00:16:59): Yeah, so what it does is it spits out this goo, this bile and you see the berries started to dissolve and then it dips this long proboscis that came out of nowhere into it and slurps it up like a straw. And then it makes more of those hungry sounds. And then the other one starts doing that too. Stace [Nix] (00:17:18): What the ... Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:22): Everything okay over there? Stace [Nix] (00:17:23): Yo, we bought some weird ass mounts. Sampson [Dili] (00:17:28): Are you just realizing that now? Fucking crazy. Stace [Nix] (00:17:30): Goodness. Well, I wouldn't get too close even if they have berries, guys because they seem like they're content with berries, but it sort of seems like they prefer human flesh or abhuman flesh in my case. Sampson [Dili] (00:17:45): I'm going to make a little something then. Dili's going to, I guess, to a nearby tree, break off some branches, and then he's going to start ... I don't know what they're actually called, but you know that strainer on a handle? The kind of like fine mesh thing, sieve kind of. Alex [ChaCha] (00:18:02): A sieve? Stace [Nix] (00:18:02): Like a basket? Sampson [Dili] (00:18:03): Okay. Yeah. I think it's called a spider sieve or something. Daniel [GM] (00:18:08): It's a herc sieve now. Sampson [Dili] (00:18:09): Yeah, basically kind of a shallow bowl on a long stick that we can put the berries in and kind of give to the hercs at a distance. Daniel [GM] (00:18:17): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Okay. Yeah. I think you could make something like that easily. Don't even need a roll for it. Stace [Nix] (00:18:23): I think a bowl on a stick is technically a spoon. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:25): It's a shovel. Daniel [GM] (00:18:28): This one has holes in it, though. Stace [Nix] (00:18:29): A slotted spoon. Daniel [GM] (00:18:31): Yeah. But it's big, so you can take big scoops of the berries, which is good because these eat a lot of berries because you have four Dili sized bushels just to get two weeks. Stace [Nix] (00:18:40): Just saying. Daniel [GM] (00:18:41): So Dili, when you bring one of those bowls to them, again, their pinchers grab the bowl. They spew this bile onto it and the berries start basically dissolving and they're actually falling through the sieve. And so, then they let go and they dropped down their little proboscis and start sucking it up like a straw against the bottom of a glass. Daniel [GM] (00:19:00): ... it up like a straw against the bottom of a glass. Okay. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:05): Cool, cool, cool. Daniel [GM] (00:19:07): Which you guys get the impression that if they were hunting meat, they would probably hold the meat with their pinchers and then do that to the meat. Stace [Nix] (00:19:17): Yeah. Yeah, I picked up on that. Daniel [GM] (00:19:18): I just want to make it clear. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:20): [inaudible 00:19:20] mental note. Don't let them grab you. Daniel [GM] (00:19:24): Hey, Atalia, try touching the bile. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:30): No, I just do that to prove that Nix is wrong. Stace [Nix] (00:19:33): What? Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:35): You were like, "Oh it's just spit. No big deal." I was like, "Mm, pretty sure that's some corrosive fang acid." Stace [Nix] (00:19:40): But, it's my spit. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:42): It was corrosive fang acid too. Daniel [GM] (00:19:46): Anyway. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:47): I will examine it, but I'm not touching it. Daniel [GM] (00:19:50): Nix, you do feel a sad tingle in your little fang pouches. Stace [Nix] (00:19:55): Nix is debating whether she should try to intimidate the [hercs 00:00:58]. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:58): Assert dominance. Stace [Nix] (00:19:59): Yeah. Yeah, Nix is going to try to assert dominance over the hercs by exposing her fang. Alex [ChaCha] (00:20:04): ChaCha would like to assist. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:08): Atalia would like to take several steps back. Stace [Nix] (00:20:09): And also spitting. Daniel [GM] (00:20:11): Okay. On them or just near them? Stace [Nix] (00:20:14): Yeah. Also on the berries, unless the berries are gone. Daniel [GM] (00:20:17): They back up almost immediately as soon as your spit mixes with it. Alex [ChaCha] (00:20:21): Why are you poisoning their food? Stace [Nix] (00:20:23): Nix makes eye contact with both hercs. Daniel [GM] (00:20:28): They seem pretty docile right now. They've had some berries. Little startled by you poisoning their food, but they were also slowing down because as the town person told you, they never overeat with the berries. They only overeat if they're eating meat. Alex [ChaCha] (00:20:44): Mm. Stace [Nix] (00:20:45): So we know that that was a decent amount of berries. Now we have an idea of what a serving is. Daniel [GM] (00:20:50): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yep. Sampson, their bile did not affect your sieve. Sampson [Dili] (00:20:55): Right. I was going to ask that. Do I just have a hole now? Daniel [GM] (00:20:59): I'm assuming the sieve is Synth or something like that. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:02): I was imagining I just grabbed- Daniel [GM] (00:21:05): Wood for the handle, sure. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:07): ... wood for the handle. I could do a piece of Synth or two. So yes, Synth. Daniel [GM] (00:21:11): Okay. Then in that case, yeah, the sieve part is totally fine. The wooden handle around it looks a little burned, but other than that, it's fine. And they're little cloth things did dig pretty deep into the wood. Those are clearly a very strong. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:26): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Interesting. Nix, quick, do you want to just do a little experiment? Stace [Nix] (00:21:31): Yeah. When do you need? Sampson [Dili] (00:21:33): I think you should try a berry- Stace [Nix] (00:21:35): Okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:36): ... only because and now I'm doubting it because our DM had a reaction. These like meats. You seem to have grown a pension for meat. Maybe you'd like a berry. Daniel [GM] (00:21:48): I'm worried Nix is going to go ravenous and eat you. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:51): If there's a vegetarian option, I think we should take it. Stace [Nix] (00:21:54): Right. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:54): Just a thought I had. Stace [Nix] (00:21:57): Nix will take a berry. Daniel [GM] (00:21:59): Okay. The berry is actually strangely sweet. It's sweet and refreshing. So it has this very sweet flavor, but unlike a sweet berry that could be a little bit cloying, there's also a... It's a berry, but it's also got a little bit of almost a lime sharpness to it that has the overall effect of it's very sweet but it's almost like you feel like it's freshening up and waking up your whole mouth. And then you swallow it. And then a moment later, you can tell it doesn't really agree with you. Right? It's actually something that, God, I think for most people it would be something like a [12-might 00:22:43] defense. But Nix, because it does have a venomous quality to it, it's only a [six-might 00:22:50] defense for you. Alex [ChaCha] (00:22:52): This is amazing. Stace [Nix] (00:22:55): I could be the fix, straight up, right? Alex [ChaCha] (00:22:59): Sure. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:59): One way to find out. Daniel [GM] (00:23:01): When you say it out loud, that's when you roll a one. Stace [Nix] (00:23:05): 15. Daniel [GM] (00:23:05): Okay. For a moment, you can feel like it's a little dicey for a second, and then your stomach settles down. It's almost like, "Huh." It's almost like when that one snake was thrashing around on my stomach for a second, but then it just stopped. Stace [Nix] (00:23:19): [inaudible 00:00:23:19], Dili. Daniel [GM] (00:23:21): You can tell probably something that's not good for you, but you managed to power through it almost. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:26): Hmm. Yes? Yes? No? You look a little green there for a sec. I'm sorry. Was that offensive? I'm sorry. Stace [Nix] (00:23:32): No, Dili. It tasted really good, but it gave me a stomach ache. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:37): Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:23:38): It was like that snake I ate. You remember that? It made me not feel good for a second, but then I was okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:44): I vividly... Ah. Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:23:46): Probably you guys shouldn't eat these berries, though. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:49): No. Yeah. No, absolutely not. Daniel [GM] (00:23:52): Oh, Alex, I see you tempted. I see you tempted. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:55): We all turn around and look at ChaCha. Stace [Nix] (00:23:57): Mouthful of berries. Mm. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:58): ChaCha. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:59): Atalia is still 20 or 30 feet away, just standing there with Jeskii. Are we going to... Ship? Crystals? Getting back to Charmonde? Stace [Nix] (00:24:08): They have crystals? Daniel [GM] (00:24:10): On the ship. Oh no. What would ChaCha do? Would ChaCha want to try something Nix tried? Alex [ChaCha] (00:24:17): Yes. Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:24:18): ChaCha- Daniel [GM] (00:24:18): Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:24:19): ... it's not good for you. Dude, it's not good for you. It does taste really good, though. Alex [ChaCha] (00:24:26): Oh, that puts it ChaCha's mouth. You know how you're telling a kid not to eat something and it's just the... Daniel [GM] (00:24:34): Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] (00:24:35): ... ah, ah, ah. Daniel [GM] (00:24:37): It's like the marshmallow test. Alex [ChaCha] (00:24:38): Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:24:42): Yeah. So you get the same flavor that Nix described. It's that very sweet flavor, but it's not cloying. It's almost got also a citrusy thing that freshens your mouth without it being tart. And then it hits your stomach, and I need you to a 12-might defense roll. Alex [ChaCha] (00:24:59): Not 20, bitches. ChaCha's now immune to poison. Daniel [GM] (00:25:05): What would you propose as a major effect besides being immune to all poison? Alex [ChaCha] (00:25:11): Oh God. Can't take the extra damage. Daniel [GM] (00:25:15): Although, maybe she's immune to these berries. Maybe that's not an issue for ChaCha. Stace [Nix] (00:25:19): But you've ate so many. You've had these berries before. Alex [ChaCha] (00:25:23): Ooh. Yeah. Let's go with that. This is something she's eaten before. Daniel [GM] (00:25:29): Does ChaCha remember that? Or is that something new information to her? Alex [ChaCha] (00:25:34): I don't think she remembers it because she's eaten so many ground berries. Daniel [GM] (00:25:38): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Okay. Yeah. So you guys see ChaCha eat these berries, and she is totally fine. Sampson [Dili] (00:25:44): Honestly, I'm not surprised. I don't know. I don't know what to think about that. Daniel [GM] (00:25:49): Jeskii is sniffing at a bushel. Sampson [Dili] (00:25:52): Maybe not Jeskii. Atalia, can you call Jeskii back? Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:52): Jeskii. Daniel [GM] (00:25:58): Jeskii looks up and comes back, tail between her legs. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:04): What you doing? Were you helping? Stace [Nix] (00:26:04): Don't know if that was helping. Daniel [GM] (00:26:05): Head down, just staring at the ground, tail cautiously wagging a little bit near the ground. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:12): You don't need any berries. Daniel [GM] (00:26:14): So [Stannis 00:26:15] is like, "So can we get going? We're not that far from the lift." Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:21): Yeah. I did ask that question five minutes ago, and y'all just straight up ignored me. Alex [ChaCha] (00:26:25): Berries. Daniel [GM] (00:26:26): Yeah. Well, you got to say it with more confidence, Atalia, as well. That's the trick. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:31): All right. Onwards, upwards. Daniel [GM] (00:26:33): Onwards and then upwards. Stannis points the way. You guys continue going along the path. The hercs have eaten, so they're pretty good. And you get to basically the point where the hercs are clearly looking very tired. They need to eat, but they also need to sleep. Stace [Nix] (00:26:52): Sleep. Daniel [GM] (00:26:53): Dili feeds them. So you feed them, no problem. They start moving to lay down, and Stannis says, " This is good. We're making good time. We're about maybe two hours away from the lift. But we should probably make some plans for what we're going to do once we get on the ship because, like I said, it tried to throw me off as soon as I got on board." Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:15): And do you have any idea how it sensed you? Daniel [GM] (00:27:19): I don't know how it sensed me. I just know that the lift dropped me into what I think was some sort of cargo hold. And then there were these mechanical hands that came out on these arms from the wall, and it opened a port on the side and literally threw me out. And I fell. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:40): Oh, wow. Hmm. Well, I guess I could try one at a time. Maybe I could go first or something in stealth and see if that works. Daniel [GM] (00:27:53): You could try. But like I said, I didn't see the shift in the air when I stepped on the lift. I think it puts you in the ship wherever the ship is. So we wouldn't know what happened to you unless the ship happened to be somehow [inaudible 00:00:28:07]. Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:11): Okay. So if it ejects me, I won't know where I'll be injected. Daniel [GM] (00:28:14): Right. Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:14): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:28:15): That's my theory, anyway. As you can imagine, it's a bit of a blur. I was pretty, I was pretty messed up before the hive man found me. And then I got more messed up after he healed me. Sampson [Dili] (00:28:26): How big is the lift? Could we all get on there at the same time, or is it one at a time? Daniel [GM] (00:28:32): At first, I couldn't see it, but when it activated, it kicked off a lot of sand and dirt. It looked pretty large. I think we could all fit on it. Stace [Nix] (00:28:42): And the hercs and the statues? Daniel [GM] (00:28:44): Yeah, I think so. Stace [Nix] (00:28:45): Would Nix have heard any rumors about this ship in her travels? Daniel [GM] (00:28:49): Hm. Good question. Give me a 12, but you're trained, so it's a nine. Stace [Nix] (00:28:56): I'll spend one effort. Daniel [GM] (00:28:57): Okay. So it's six. Stace [Nix] (00:28:57): 19. Daniel [GM] (00:28:59): Wow. What would you propose as a minor effect? I'll tell you what I'll do. Actually, I got a better idea. Rather than you proposing a minor effect, I'm going to tell you some basic stuff, and then I'll let you choose one small detail and create it. Stace [Nix] (00:29:13): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Daniel [GM] (00:29:15): So you have heard rumors of this ship. It is a blue ship, somewhat cylindrical, but then it starts going to a point. It's like a cone that's flying horizontally. And it's blue, and it is known to fly over these parts and not too much beyond the [Dark Hills 00:29:32]. It hasn't really been seen beyond there. It seems to fly over. As far as you've heard, it never lands. Nobody really knows what's in it. It's just this thing that happens. Occasionally, things fall from the sky, which with Stannis' story you think might have been, not just whatever things fell out of it, but maybe there were also dead bodies too or dead once they landed. And I'll let you choose an additional detail with that 19. Alex [ChaCha] (00:30:01): So much unknown. Part of me just wants to establish that it can be piloted. You can control and pilot it. Daniel [GM] (00:30:10): If you want that. Is that what you want? Alex [ChaCha] (00:30:12): I want to hear Sampson's thoughts. Sampson [Dili] (00:30:13): I was going to say maybe with your minor detail, you can establish what the purpose of it is or what the likely purpose of it is. And then through there imply piloting capabilities or something. It's a half thought, really. Daniel [GM] (00:30:26): That'd be pretty big. That'd be major effect level. Stace [Nix] (00:30:30): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:30:30): Would it? Okay, nevermind. Stace [Nix] (00:30:30): I think I'd like to stick with it is. Daniel [GM] (00:30:32): So you have heard rumors, then. There've been stories that at some point someone got on it and was able to direct its flight. There are stories among the people of the Dark Hills that the ship did not always fly over the Dark Hills and that at one point it traveled over other places. But somebody flew it here. Stace [Nix] (00:30:55): Oh, yeah. I heard of this ship, you guys. Marietta [Atalia] (00:30:57): Oh yeah? Stace [Nix] (00:31:00): Yeah. It flies around, stuff falls out of it sometimes, which I guess we know why that happens, Stannis. But I heard that someone flew it here in the first place. So I think it's possible we could fly it if we could figure it out. Marietta [Atalia] (00:31:15): I would love to get on the ship and not immediately be ejected so that I could serve [inaudible 00:31:21] eyeballs. Stace [Nix] (00:31:23): All right.I have an idea. Okay? This is what we're going to do. We're going to find some slime. We're going to smear it all over ourselves. So when those metal arms try to grab us, they can't get a grip. We just shoot out. Daniel [GM] (00:31:39): Just before you stand on the lift, you're each going to take a dunk in a bath of KY. Alex [ChaCha] (00:31:47): Just lubing up. Cool, cool. Daniel [GM] (00:31:51): Yeah. Okay. As a player, I'm super into this, but I don't know if Dili would be super psyched. Marietta [Atalia] (00:31:57): If we're covering ourselves in slime, can I just wear all black like I'm already wearing? Pull up my face mask. It doesn't have to be slime. Stace [Nix] (00:32:05): Slime is one idea. I think we should no matter what do the slime because what's it going to hurt? Marietta [Atalia] (00:32:12): My pride. Stace [Nix] (00:32:13): No, I bet you would look good in slime, Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:32:15): Atalia just jumps in the slime, rolls all around. Stace [Nix] (00:32:18): I love that there's no question that there... It's like, "Okay, [crosstalk 00:32:21] slime." Sampson [Dili] (00:32:27): Where do we find slime? Marietta [Atalia] (00:32:29): By water. Stace [Nix] (00:32:30): Swamps are good place for slime. Some creatures you can mope in their slime. Daniel [GM] (00:32:38): We might still be near the [fen 00:32:39] that we came out of. Alex [ChaCha] (00:32:39): Well, we also have to be careful we don't go in the flesh pup slime. That's where my mind instantly went of please avoid the flesh pup slime. Nix got that out of a rumor. Maybe someone familiar with Numenera could glean more. Stace [Nix] (00:32:56): I was going to debate if ChaCha would've heard something about it in her travels, but I was like, "Hmm, do we both need to wonder?" It's been at those hard questions. And I've drunken a lot of this blender bottle. Daniel [GM] (00:33:12): So Stannis says, "As far as slime, there's not necessarily a fen close by, but I did see a pond that looked like it would pretty thick algae on it. It might work. The hands that come at you are kind of serrated. But if were slippery enough, it might be okay." Sampson [Dili] (00:33:32): Serrated hands? Daniel [GM] (00:33:33): Yeah. That's kind of what you would expect if a ancient artifact has hands, right? Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:39): Dr. Phil knife hands? No. Sampson [Dili] (00:33:41): No. Daniel [GM] (00:33:42): Dili says no but looks at like Nix and Atalia like, that's not what we expect, right? Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:47): It's not the first thing that came to my mind. Daniel [GM] (00:33:49): Well, so here's the thing. If you're going into an ancient ruin and it's got hands that come at you, this is pretty lightweight compared to what I would expect. Usually, you expect the worst. Stace [Nix] (00:34:00): Yeah. That's fair. Daniel [GM] (00:34:02): I've had places where literally the hands were made of blades Stace [Nix] (00:34:05): Or red hot sometimes. I encountered red hot hands this one time. [inaudible 00:34:10] they'd burn you. It was really... Daniel [GM] (00:34:11): Oh, holy shit. Was that a northern [Drayolas 00:34:16]? Stace [Nix] (00:34:16): Yeah. You been there? Daniel [GM] (00:34:19): Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hate those fucking things. Stace [Nix] (00:34:22): Listen, I figured out if you're fast enough, you can douse them with water. And that would buy you a little bit of time. Daniel [GM] (00:34:29): Oh. That's nice. That works well. Stace [Nix] (00:34:30): Not much. They reheat pretty quick. Daniel [GM] (00:34:32): Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] (00:34:33): ChaCha's in the background pretending she has knife hands. Daniel [GM] (00:34:38): Dili's also in the background looking between Stannis and Nix like you guys are fucking crazy. Stace [Nix] (00:34:43): All right. Daniel [GM] (00:34:44): Shit. Is ChaCha like pretending to do knife hands against Dili? Stace [Nix] (00:34:48): Yes. She is knife-handing Dili. Marietta [Atalia] (00:34:52): So did we actually come up- Stace [Nix] (00:34:52): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:34:54): ... with a plan, or are we just talking about pinchers? Stace [Nix] (00:34:58): No, no, no. Atalia, here's the plan. All right. We climb up. We tie ourselves together. We find some big pieces of wood or something, and we hold them to throw at the hands. It's a multi-level plan. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:11): Why are we tying ourselves together? Stace [Nix] (00:35:12): So if one person gets grabbed, we can help pull. Marietta [Atalia] (00:35:16): Then we all get kicked off. Stace [Nix] (00:35:19): Yeah. We want to stay together. I think because the number one most important thing is yes, do we want to commandeer or the ship? Absolutely. Is that our ultimate goal? You bet. But really, we got to grab the crystals. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:30): Yes. Okay. And Stannis, you said that those are just... You assume that they were right where you dropped them? Daniel [GM] (00:35:37): I don't know. I hope that they're still in that room. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:40): Gotcha. The hands went for me, not for those items. So I don't know. To your question, the lift is big. We could all fit on there. I think you could probably even fit the hercs and the cart on there too. It starts warming up. You have about five seconds from when it's first activated to get everything on before- Stace [Nix] (00:36:01): Better idea. We all get in the cart. We get down in between the statues, and we put a lid on the cart and then the hercs pull us on the lift. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:11): I can make the lid. Yeah. And then I could make a stick to put the bushel berries, and then we can carrot and cyber-donkey our way out. Marietta [Atalia] (00:36:20): Can we walk and talk? Because this has been a little silly. I don't know, man. Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:25): Well, the blade hands blade the hercs. And she grabs at Dili like he's one of the [inaudible 00:17:33]. He's like, "[inaudible 00:36:34]." Sampson [Dili] (00:36:25): [inaudible 00:36:34]. ChaCha, stop. Daniel [GM] (00:36:41): It might. I don't know what keyed on it for me. It definitely came after me. It might be because I'm a life form, so maybe the hercs would distract it. Stace [Nix] (00:36:48): Nice. All right. Nix pulls everyone aside. Don't need the hercs if we have a ship. Marietta [Atalia] (00:36:54): That's true. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:57): I don't think they can understand us. Stace [Nix] (00:36:59): Do you know that for sure, Dili? Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:00): Is there blood acidic? Because that could be a problem. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:04): Why? Daniel [GM] (00:37:05): One of them does let loose just a truly rank pile of shit. Stace [Nix] (00:37:10): Slime. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:11): No. Nix, no. Daniel [GM] (00:37:14): It's the size of Alex's dog, essentially. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:18): For listeners at home, I have a three and a half to four-month-old Corgipoo. He fancy and an asshole. Stace [Nix] (00:37:28): [Fancehole 00:37:28]. Daniel [GM] (00:37:29): He looks like an old man. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:29): Fancehole. Stace [Nix] (00:37:33): It doesn't smell great, but it is slime. And it is right here. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:37): If we don't find enough algae at the thing... Daniel [GM] (00:37:39): It does appear to be very slippery. Marietta [Atalia] (00:37:41): My dudes, we are not there yet. I'm not covering myself in slime. That just sounds like chafe waiting to happen. Stace [Nix] (00:37:47): What? No. What? Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:49): ChaCha's turning to Nix. Stace [Nix] (00:37:51): Have you ever walked around in wet pants before? Marietta [Atalia] (00:37:54): Oh God. Daniel [GM] (00:37:54): It is about three hours away. Marietta [Atalia] (00:37:57): Yeah. No, I'm not walking three miles soaked in slime. Stace [Nix] (00:38:00): Oh, that's fair. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:01): We can figure it out when we get there. And we can also, I don't know- Stace [Nix] (00:38:00): Oh, that's fair. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:01): We can figure it out when we get there, and then we can also, I don't know, scope out the situation. Stace [Nix] (00:38:05): Atalia, you've really grown as a person and as a planner. I really like this side of you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:13): Thank you. It's like I- Stace [Nix] (00:38:14): Yeah. Slow down. Think about it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:17): ... just want to get moving or something. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Let's let's think about it really slowly while we walk in this general direction. Daniel [GM] (00:38:27): Well, the [huruks 00:38:28] aren't going to sleep. The huruks need to rest. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:30): Oh, okay. What if we just leave, then? Stace [Nix] (00:38:33): So, we could build a lid tonight, because why not put a lid on it then we'll have it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:38): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:38:39): Dili will just start doing that. I'll start doing that while you guys keep talking, and Dili will start crafting a lid for the cart. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:45): Atalia will help you find foliage to build this lid or [inaudible 00:38:51] or whatever. Daniel [GM] (00:38:53): I think Dili, you can accomplish this no problem. I mean you built a cart. Adding a lid to your cart is no big deal. Sampson [Dili] (00:38:59): It's just one big piece of wood. Daniel [GM] (00:39:01): Although, Dilly, I will say this. I would assume that because you are a craftsman, it is perfectly measured to the dimensions to the cart. You never forgot the dimensions of the cart that you made. Sampson [Dili] (00:39:14): Oh, absolutely. Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:39:15): You don't even need to look at the cart. You can measure the wood you're using on its own and know exactly that it's going to fit perfectly flush with your cart. Sampson [Dili] (00:39:24): Correct. Absolutely. Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:39:25): Here's the real question. Is Dili trying to make it look nice with the car to preserve the resale value? Sampson [Dili] (00:39:31): Utilitarian, I think. It's not pretty, but it's not ugly, I guess. It's just like exactly what's needed. Stace [Nix] (00:39:39): It's snug, or is it like a pickup truck cap? Sampson [Dili] (00:39:42): I think are both the lip of the cart do the statues come? Daniel [GM] (00:39:48): I think you lay them down horizontally in the cart. Sampson [Dili] (00:39:52): Okay, so they're not stack, they're [inaudible 00:39:53] next to each other. Daniel [GM] (00:39:54): Yeah. Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:39:55): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:39:56): Because Nix, essentially, ends up having to spoon between them when she sleeps in the cart. Sampson [Dili] (00:40:00): Then I think he's going to make a lid such that it fits on the inside shape so it doesn't wrap around the lid. Just slots into it a little bit. Does this makes sense? Alex [ChaCha] (00:40:14): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Daniel [GM] (00:40:14): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Sampson [Dili] (00:40:15): And then there's like a little hole on one side that you can pull it up and actually pull it out. Otherwise, you can't get a finger in there. Alex [ChaCha] (00:40:21): Giggity. Daniel [GM] (00:40:22): Right. Right. And do you have- Alex [ChaCha] (00:40:22): What the slime is for. Daniel [GM] (00:40:25): ... and do you have enough that if you wanted to, you could hold the reins and control the huruks through there? Or is that a separate thing? Alex [ChaCha] (00:40:35): I think Dili should go all out. Sampson [Dili] (00:40:35): I can do that. Daniel [GM] (00:40:39): I feel like Dili is super smart. I think he would be thinking about the fact that getting onto the ship, it would be better to have the huruks... be a way to be able to direct the huruks without having to be outside of the lid. Sampson [Dili] (00:40:53): I guess. I don't know what this cart actually looks like, because I was imagining- Daniel [GM] (00:40:57): Well, you built it, man. You tell us, Sampson [Dili] (00:40:59): Oh shit. Statues are human sized. Five, six feet, somewhere in there? Daniel [GM] (00:41:04): Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you could have bitchin' spoilers. What do you want? It's made out of interdimensional CPUs, essentially. There's no IO to power them. Sampson [Dili] (00:41:14): Can it hover. Like not just- Daniel [GM] (00:41:15): No. Sampson [Dili] (00:41:16): Dammit. Daniel [GM] (00:41:17): Maybe if you had an IO at that time. Right now, it is literally like you took amazingly advanced CPUs and made a cart out of them. Sampson [Dili] (00:41:24): Then I think it looks like a large red rider that statues can fit inside, with like a little bench in the front where whoever's driving sits. So, yeah, I think Dili will put in some holes for the reigns come out and also like now a little view way inside the actual cup of the cart. Daniel [GM] (00:41:43): Yeah. I think that's totally fine. I think knowing Dili, especially if Atalia is helping him with collecting the resources and if Nix is helping as well, which I assume she would be- Alex [ChaCha] (00:41:52): Absolutely. Daniel [GM] (00:41:53): ... I think Dili could accomplish that before you guys need to go to bed for the night. Sampson [Dili] (00:41:57): Then we do it. Daniel [GM] (00:41:58): Okay. Alex [ChaCha] (00:41:59): We do it. Daniel [GM] (00:42:00): Is anybody keeping watch? Alex [ChaCha] (00:42:00): ChaCha is. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:00): I'll keep a watch. Daniel [GM] (00:42:05): Okay. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:06): Oh, and Nix can take a watch, too. Daniel [GM] (00:42:08): So, ChaCha has first watch. ChaCha give me a perception roll of nine. Alex [ChaCha] (00:42:13): 11. And I think ChaCha is a little distracted with the idea of rolling in poop. And if she's willing to do that for Nix. Daniel [GM] (00:42:21): Yeah. But nothing seems to be amiss. Everything looks good. So, next up is Dili. Dili, give me a perception roll of nine. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:29): I will put a level of effort into it. Daniel [GM] (00:42:32): Okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:33): I get a seven. Daniel [GM] (00:42:34): Good thing you put it a level of effort. Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:34): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:42:37): Okay. Stace, I will give you a choice. You can either roll perception or you can take an XP. Stace [Nix] (00:42:44): I'll take an XP. Daniel [GM] (00:42:45): Who will you give the other one to? Stace [Nix] (00:42:49): Oh my. I think Dili has gone through so much stuff, so Sampson. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:52): Hell yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:42:53): Okay. So, nothing seems to happen during your watch, and morning comes and everybody wakes up. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:59): Oh fuck. That's the worst thing that he could have said. Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:02): Yep. We're all going to die. Sampson [Dili] (00:43:04): Oh shit. Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:05): Fuck Daniel [GM] (00:43:06): You guys have whatever rations you're going to have for breakfast, and Stannis points the way. You're three hours away from this lift. Sampson [Dili] (00:43:14): We feed the bugs before we leave. Daniel [GM] (00:43:16): Good call. They happily eat. Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:18): We check on their food supply. Daniel [GM] (00:43:20): Food supply looks good. Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:21): We double-check everybody is not a body snatcher. Daniel [GM] (00:43:26): How would you go about that? Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:27): I think it's just ChaCha's morning routine where she interrogates people to make sure that they're who they say they are. Just like what they have a [inaudible 00:43:36] that ChaCha established in the runes. Daniel [GM] (00:43:40): Like she's looking for scrolls so she has to ask really personal information? Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:44): Yes. What is your third cousin's maiden name? And she's just up in Nix's face looking for deceit. Stace [Nix] (00:43:55): Which third cousin, ChaCha? Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:57): Not a body snatcher. And she walks over to Dili, gets real up in his face. Ooh, his toes are webbed. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:08): Like around us? Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:10): You know the answer. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:11): I think it's either yours or Jeskii's. I have no idea. I don't look at feet. You know that. Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:19): She just gives him the I'm watching you look and moves on to Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:27): Wait, what? What's happening? Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:29): Warning questioning. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:31): You know the things she's been doing for a month? Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:32): Has she been doing this for a month? I feel like usually I'm the last up. Like Jeskii and I are just on her backs sleeping, and you guys were like, "Hey, we're leaving." Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:42): What color are Jeskii's toenails? Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:44): Brown. Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:45): Yes. And then she gets up to Jeskii and just yells at her. What is [inaudible 00:44:52] name? Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:53): Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, don't yell at Jeskii. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:55): Stannis is like, "Okay, Can we get going now?" Daniel [GM] (00:44:59): Yeah, let's go. Stace [Nix] (00:45:00): Waiting on you, Stannis. Alex [ChaCha] (00:45:02): Just watch the little one. Daniel [GM] (00:45:04): So, you keep going, and you reach what looks to be a pretty exposed plate of Synth. Just like when I first stepped on this, this thing was totally covered in sand and dust. And then when I stepped on it, there was like five seconds I could hear it warming up while I was trying to figure out what was going on. And next thing I know, me and all the dust that was on it was on that ship. The plate that she's referring to, this plate of Synth is 30 feet by 40 feet. Alex [ChaCha] (00:45:36): Actual feet or people feet? Daniel [GM] (00:45:38): Actual feet. Alex [ChaCha] (00:45:39): Okay. ChaCha's just questioning the heavens above, her usual morning routine. Stace [Nix] (00:45:45): Well, maybe we should- Sampson [Dili] (00:45:47): Hey, Atalia? I'm just going to ask like, hey Atalia, do you want to do your scan thing you do so well? Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:52): Yeah, sure. Stace [Nix] (00:45:54): Nix winks at Dili. Sampson [Dili] (00:45:56): She loves to scan. Stace [Nix] (00:45:58): Yeah, you do, Atalia. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:02): Dili gives Nix just a conspicuous thumbs up. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:07): Atalia side-eyes both of you before scanning as she was requested to. Alex [ChaCha] (00:46:12): Can ChaCha sidle up to Atalia and be like, "You need to scan Dili. He failed the morning routine"? Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:20): Don't worry. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:21): I haven't been paying attention to who's feet or who's. That's not weird. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:27): All right. I will scan this. Daniel [GM] (00:46:28): Okay. And it's free for you since you are tier two. So, this item is clearly a piece of Numenera. It is definitely some sort of teleportation device. The device itself is level six, and it appears to be connected to something based off of the connections that you can see from it that seems to be in motion. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:56): Okay. It's connected to something else that's in motion. All right. I will share that information with the group. Sampson [Dili] (00:47:03): I guess that's good. That's what we expected. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:07): Yeah. That's a little better than, "Oh, you stand on this and you die spontaneously." Sampson [Dili] (00:47:12): So, are we sliming up before we do this or- Stace [Nix] (00:47:15): Yeah, I think we should slime. Daniel [GM] (00:47:17): I don't know. Did anybody save the poop? Alex [ChaCha] (00:47:19): No Stace [Nix] (00:47:20): Nix has been feeding the huruks probably more berries than they should have. Daniel [GM] (00:47:25): They won't overeat on berries, but if you're willing to wait a little bit, they will probably poop for you. Stace [Nix] (00:47:32): I mean, with the lid, I guess if you guys are really opposed, we don't have to- Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:37): Yeah. I feel like the slime is just going to take longer and I don't know that it's going to make that big of a difference. Stace [Nix] (00:47:42): I do think we should turn the huruks around so they push the cart onto the lift just in case they get taken without us, though, guys. Daniel [GM] (00:47:50): I would say you know from the way the huruks move that you would get them on there without it being an issue of them trying to push it. You're not sure if they would understand the notion of pushing it. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:03): But we know that it won't just take the huruks as soon as they step on and leave the wagon? Daniel [GM] (00:48:08): You know you've got five seconds from when it detects something on it. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:12): Oh, okay, cool. Nevermind. I was paying attention to something. Daniel [GM] (00:48:16): I understand. There was this cat that you were looking at, right? Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:19): I was looking at this cat. Sampson [Dili] (00:48:22): Back to the slime thing. Stannis said she [inaudible 00:48:24] with some algae on it that we could use instead of the poop. Marietta [Atalia] (00:48:29): Is it that much of a priority? Daniel [GM] (00:48:30): Sure. Yeah. I mean, the pond is... It's a couple hours away, but we could get there. Marietta [Atalia] (00:48:36): Okay. No. Guys, we do not need slime. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:40): Guys, let's just vote. I vote for slime. Sampson [Dili] (00:48:43): Nix probably knows what's up so I vote for slime. I'm not a fan of this either Stace [Nix] (00:48:48): Atalia, Is that a no vote or- Marietta [Atalia] (00:48:50): Yeah, that's a no. And Jeskii says no, too. Jeskii shakes her head. Daniel [GM] (00:48:55): Jeskii does shake her head. Stace [Nix] (00:48:56): I'll allow it ChaCha, slime or no slime? Alex [ChaCha] (00:49:01): Nix, I would do anything for you, but not that, not that. Daniel [GM] (00:49:07): Nice. Stace [Nix] (00:49:07): I understand, ChaCha. All right. No slime. Everyone in the cart. Daniel [GM] (00:49:11): ChaCha's voice gets really powerful and just full of music [inaudible 00:49:15] says that. Stace [Nix] (00:49:17): I forgot to say this when Dili was building the cart, but I think that Nix would have requested, handles on the inside of the lid to help hold it down if that's not unreasonable. Daniel [GM] (00:49:27): Yeah, that's fine. Stace [Nix] (00:49:27): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:49:28): Okay. So, you guys are not sliming it up? Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:31): No. Daniel [GM] (00:49:32): And are you hiding under the lid or are you going to be on the cart? Are you going to walk next to the cart? What do you want to do? I guess there's arguments for either, right? One, you could be in the cart, you could be outside the cart for maximum ability to move. Depends what you want to do. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:48): You want us all in there, or maybe I could be on the edge and try to stealth and see what's going on once we get up there. Stace [Nix] (00:49:57): Here's the thing is if one of us gets grabbed, we're not going to know where you are, but if, I mean, that's a risk you want to take Atalia... I'm going under the lid, and I'll hold it down for anyone that wants to go in there. And then once we get in there, we can maybe use it as like a shield or something. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:12): I mean, I'm going to go in like under the lid, just once we're there, I might... I don't know. Stace [Nix] (00:50:20): Scan it? Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:21): I can do that. I know you love it when I do that, so I could do that, but also just... Yeah, I don't know. I feel like we shouldn't all just hop out at the same time. It's just going to be a good way to get caught. Sampson [Dili] (00:50:35): Are we also do on the rope thing? Nix mentioned the rope thing. We're tying ourselves together? Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:40): Then you could tie it to you guys, and I could go. Sampson [Dili] (00:50:44): Maybe I'll tie one into the cart- Alex [ChaCha] (00:50:44): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:50:44): ... as well. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:48): We each take our ropes, because ChaCha can share Nix's rope, and tie ourselves to the cart. Daniel [GM] (00:50:53): Oh, yeah. Because ChaCha doesn't have rope. Alex [ChaCha] (00:50:55): Oh my [inaudible 00:50:56]. Sampson [Dili] (00:50:55): Okay. Som we do that. Stace [Nix] (00:50:58): Yes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:01): Okay. Yeah. Cool. Daniel [GM] (00:51:01): Okay. So, you tied yourselves to the cart. Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:04): To the handles on the cart so we can hold them, but it's also like- Alex [ChaCha] (00:51:09): I think ChaCha's good with not being tied down. That might be what some people are into, but ChaCha's good with not being tied down. She has issues with being tied down. Stace [Nix] (00:51:22): That's fair. That seems on point for ChaCha. Sampson [Dili] (00:51:25): ChaCha doesn't like being tied down. Alex [ChaCha] (00:51:26): She is a wanderer. Stace [Nix] (00:51:27): All right. So, Nix ties yourself to the cart itself. Daniel [GM] (00:51:30): Okay. So, everybody is tied to the cart's handles except ChaCha, right? Alex [ChaCha] (00:51:33): Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:51:34): Well, I want to be clear that it's not the lid handles. Nix has fixed herself to the cart, not the lid. Daniel [GM] (00:51:40): Okay. Are the statues secured against the cart in any way beyond just laying in there? Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:48): We can do that. Daniel [GM] (00:51:48): I don't ask for any reason. I'm just curious. I want to make sure I visualize this. Stace [Nix] (00:51:53): They are now, Daniel. Daniel [GM] (00:51:54): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:51:55): We can say all these things Dili did last night during the carpeting montage. Daniel [GM] (00:52:00): Okay. How did he attach them to the cart then? Because you guys are using the rope for yourselves. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:05): So, I think that the handles that are actually on the card are longer handles that we can hold on to, but also loop a rope underneath. Daniel [GM] (00:52:17): Okay. So, what you're saying then, Dili, is you don't have a... For most people, you guys don't have a lot of rope slack. You're tied to the cart, and you don't have a lot of Slack to move because you're also securing the statues. Alex [ChaCha] (00:52:29): Okay So, I have a question. Could they be like those assisted pushup bars where they're like, you have handles that are built over the statues and we'll just unmake the handles when we deliver the statutes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:52:47): Wow. This is super nuanced. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:50): I could also do that. Stace [Nix] (00:52:51): Nix cuts her rope in half. Unless we want to do the handles. Sorry. Go ahead, Dili. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:56): Either way. Whatever you guys want to do. Alex [ChaCha] (00:52:57): Just asking. Stace [Nix] (00:53:00): Whatever we want to do, right, Daniel? Whatever we want. Alex [ChaCha] (00:53:05): Flushed pit. This is always flushed pit? Daniel [GM] (00:53:07): It's for sure relevant. It's not just me making you paranoid. Stace [Nix] (00:53:12): Daniel, you know that's the source of her paranoia, the fact that it's relevant. Alex [ChaCha] (00:53:17): The fact that we had to overtly specify who we wanted to pilot a ship in another campaign because we knew there was going to be somebody else on the ship, good ties in paranoia land. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:30): So, we could do the handle thing, but I think I'm going to wrap my rope around that handle thing and the statues so that they're connected and that's my tether. Daniel [GM] (00:53:43): Okay. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:43): If that makes sense. Daniel [GM] (00:53:45): Sure. You won't have a lot of slack to move around with, but you've got some. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:49): It's a 50 foot rope. Daniel [GM] (00:53:51): Yeah. So, you guys getting on the lift? Stace [Nix] (00:53:51): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:56): Yeah. I'm ready for it. We don't get on together, Atalia is just going to jump on in a second. Daniel [GM] (00:54:01): Okay. So, you guys direct the huruks onto the lift. The huruks go on, they pause for a second when they first hear the humming, but then they move forward at your urging. Good thing that you had the reigns going into there. And they go onto the lift, and a few seconds later, there is a flash and you feel as if your whole body is twisting in strange ways. And then, since they're all under the lid, it suddenly goes dark. Not completely dark, but it's definitely like you are no longer in sunlight, and you hear motion and you hear the huruks shrieking. And you hear a door open and something get thrown out. But there's also this wet, gross sounds as it's happening. And then, the door closes and there's silence. Alex [ChaCha] (00:54:01): Reasons we don't trust Daniel. Marietta [Atalia] (00:54:01): Are the huruks gone? Sampson [Dili] (00:54:57): Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit. Stace [Nix] (00:55:00): Nix pulls out her glow globe and holds it to the eye slot. Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:03): Can't Atalia Just see? Marietta [Atalia] (00:55:05): Don't do that. I can see in the dark. Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:07): Yeah, I was like, Atalia can see. Marietta [Atalia] (00:55:09): Yeah. So- Stace [Nix] (00:55:10): Nix remembers that and keeps her glow globe put away. Marietta [Atalia] (00:55:12): Yeah, Atalia slaps Nix's hand like don't do that. Stace [Nix] (00:55:15): Sorry. Sorry. Daniel [GM] (00:55:16): So, Atalia goes up and peaks out the hole. You see that you are in a large room. You can see these hands and arms retreating into the wall. There are gooey bits of huruks on the ground. Clearly, the majority of them was thrown out, but some of them was torn. And some of their bile sits on the ground. And you see there's this large room, appears to be a cargo hold of some kind. And directly in front of you, a short distance away, there appears to be an open door leading into another chamber. Marietta [Atalia] (00:55:55): All right. I'll tuck my head back down and say, "Well, the huruks are toast. There is an open doorway across the way. Yeah. I could try to go to the door. Alex [ChaCha] (00:56:07): Did you see which way the arms came from? Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:10): I did not witness the arms happen, but I will poke my head back out and see if I can determine where the arms [inaudible 00:56:18]. Daniel [GM] (00:56:19): You saw the arms retreating into the walls. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:21): Oh, into the walls. Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:56:22): Yeah. So, they come from the walls of the left and right hand side of you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:26): Okay. So, I'll tell them that. Daniel [GM] (00:56:28): Give me a perception roll, by the way, of nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:33): By which I'm trained in. Daniel [GM] (00:56:34): So, you're trained, so it's a six? Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:36): Mm-hmm (affirmative). That's a six. Alex [ChaCha] (00:56:38): Yay! Daniel [GM] (00:56:39): Okay. Just beyond the door, you see what appears to be a box that matches the description of the box Stannis told you. It's not in the same room. It is beyond the door in the following chamber at the edge of your vision. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:55): Okay, my dudes, I also see the box. Stannis, I think I see your box. It's in that room that the door is open to. Stace [Nix] (00:57:03): Stannis, put some pants on. Stace [Nix] (00:57:01): ... In that room that the doors open to. Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:03): [crosstalk 00:57:03] Yeah, put some pants on. Stace [Nix] (00:57:08): What? What's that? [crosstalk 00:57:08]. Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:09): I'm sorry. I'm a bad person, sorry. Stace [Nix] (00:57:12): What? What did I say? Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:13): Saw Nix's box. Daniel [GM] (00:57:14): I said I think I saw your box. Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:17): I'm sorry. I'm a bad person. Stace [Nix] (00:57:21): Yeah, box through open door with your crystals. Daniel [GM] (00:57:25): Saw Nix's ... Do you see the hands at all? Stace [Nix] (00:57:28): They're in the walls. I can try to stealth and grab it, but I feel like then they'll know we're here too. Sampson [Dili] (00:57:37): Can I try something? Daniel [GM] (00:57:38): Please. Sampson [Dili] (00:57:38): Get out of the way. You're in the way. You're in the hole. Are you still in the hole? Stace [Nix] (00:57:44): Atalia is just looking at you as you're talking. Marietta [Atalia] (00:57:45): Yeah, I can. Daniel [GM] (00:57:46): It's dark and I can't tell. Stace [Nix] (00:57:48): Would you like me to move so you could look into the darkness, Dili? Sampson [Dili] (00:57:52): Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:57:53): Okay. Atalia will like rollover and let Dili... Daniel [GM] (00:57:58): So Dili will shuffle up to the hole and cast a minor illusion of another Herc just outside. And just kind of have it move around silently. Just visuals. Sampson [Dili] (00:58:10): Okay. Nothing seems to happen. Daniel [GM] (00:58:12): Okay, they will sneak back down. Okay, so they don't seem to do visual movement. Or they know that it's an illusion. So, I just want to make sure that they could see, basically what I was checking. Alex [ChaCha] (00:58:24): So they can sense life forms or something then. Atalia, do you scan it? Marietta [Atalia] (00:58:32): Yeah, no. Daniel [GM] (00:58:34): I don't think it's life forms because otherwise we'd have been tossed out as well. Marietta [Atalia] (00:58:37): All right, I will scan it. I just wanted to see if it was within- Alex [ChaCha] (00:58:43): Scan distance. Marietta [Atalia] (00:58:44): What the distances on scan, yeah. You can scan an area called to a 10-foot three meter cubic [inaudible 00:58:50] you're supposed to be within short range. So is where I saw one of the arms come out within short range? Daniel [GM] (00:58:58): Yes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:58:59): Okay. I will scan that area then. Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:03): Dili, can you- Sampson [Dili] (00:59:04): No, I'm sorry. Daniel [GM] (00:59:09): So things you know. This is a piece of Numenera. You get the feeling that the surrounding Numenera is a much higher, for lack of a story way of describing it, a much higher level. But the arms themselves are, essentially, a level four. You also get the sense that it is triggered by the sudden intrusion of life forms. And you suspect that it may be, in fact, idle if it didn't detect you the first time. Marietta [Atalia] (00:59:38): Okay. So I have a theory based on my, I look at Nix, scan. So first of all it seems like the arms are relative level four, but the other Numenera are stronger. So what that means is that we could maybe destroy the arms. I'm also thinking that it just is triggered when it senses the initial life forms. So it sensed the Hercs, it kicked the Hercs off, and I think it thinks there's no more life forms here. Sampson [Dili] (01:00:14): So if we pop the lid off, it won't suddenly sense us, is what you're saying? Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:17): Hypothetically. I think we should probably try with one person. So I know it's not the dream. Stace [Nix] (01:00:24): Is it me? I'm going to try. Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:27): No, it's going to be me because I don't think you're that stealthy, lady. Stace [Nix] (01:00:31): But I'm not trying to be stealthy. We want to know if it detects us. Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:35): Okay. I mean, if you want to just bang some pots and pans, sure. Stace [Nix] (01:00:39): I can be quiet, Atalia. I- Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:43): Okay. I mean, if you'd prefer. Just- Stace [Nix] (01:00:46): Can be quiet. Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:48): Maybe undetected. Alex [ChaCha] (01:00:50): ChaCha jumps out of the cart. Daniel [GM] (01:00:52): Jeskii falls after her immediately. Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:54): ChaCha you were supposed to... I mean, Jeskii you're supposed to follow me. Stace [Nix] (01:00:58): What kind of lid is this? Sampson [Dili] (01:01:00): It pushes out of the way and pops out. Daniel [GM] (01:01:02): Yeah. So they both jump out. Nothing bad seems to happen. ChaCha it's very dark in here, but nothing comes and grabs at you. You are having a hard time seeing around though. Basically what you could see is a small radius that's coming from the glove, Jeskii's crystals, Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:19): Atalia will step out too and tiptoe, or walk on her toes as she always does, over to the door and kind of peek and see what else is going on in this room. Now that she's not just looking through a hole. Daniel [GM] (01:01:32): So you're looking through the other room that it's in? Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:35): Yeah. So I think she would stand up and then do a 360 turn to see what all was going on in this room. But then she would move to the other room and see, because that's where she saw the chest or whatever. Daniel [GM] (01:01:47): Yeah. So you see a room that is mostly dark. There are two doors in there. One that seems to be heading forward. One that seems to be heading to the left. But in that room there's a weird drip of water from pipes above. Yet that water seems to have been dropping down and forming these ice sculptures. And the ice sculpture seemed to be of great beasts. Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:47): I'm going to scan those too. Stace [Nix] (01:02:13): Yeah, you are. Daniel [GM] (01:02:17): They appear to be made of ice. Marietta [Atalia] (01:02:17): Oh, they're made of ice. Daniel [GM] (01:02:20): They're just ice forms. You're not sure what's causing them to take on that shape. But these beasts are part canine, part insectoid. They're strange. They have these big slavering jaws, but six very insectoid legs. Marietta [Atalia] (01:02:40): That's disturbing, but it's not... It's just a crystal formation, it's not a living being. Daniel [GM] (01:02:48): Yeah, it just seems to be a formation of ice. Marietta [Atalia] (01:02:50): Okay, so it didn't give me a level or anything. Okay. Daniel [GM] (01:02:53): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (01:02:54): I will look around the room again and see if there's any sensors or anything. And then I guess I'll carefully walk towards the chest if I don't see anything immediately. Daniel [GM] (01:03:05): Okay. So you don't see anything else immediately. You walk towards the chest. It is sitting there on the ground. Marietta [Atalia] (01:03:12): All right. Scanning that too. Daniel [GM] (01:03:15): There are definitely items in here that are... They're somewhat natural, but they've got Numenera elements too. They definitely have a strange energy about them. If you had to guess, they are a level three. And there's probably 12 of them in there. Marietta [Atalia] (01:03:31): Can I tell if the chest is trapped or anything? Daniel [GM] (01:03:34): You don't get any indication of that. Marietta [Atalia] (01:03:36): Okay. So I'll quietly say back to the group, "I have the chest that Stannis was looking for here. It seems like it has 12 items in it." Daniel [GM] (01:03:46): Stannis says that's the right amount. That should be... There should be 12 crystals. Marietta [Atalia] (01:03:52): I don't sense any traps or triggers or anything. I think it's safe to take, but I don't know if we want to leave it for now and see if we can find the controls to the ship. Do I see any other doors in this room? Daniel [GM] (01:04:04): So in the cargo room, there's only one door out that leads into the room that you got the chest in. That has the two doors, the one going forward and the one going to the left. Marietta [Atalia] (01:04:04): Okay. Daniel [GM] (01:04:15): So, it's up to you guys what you want to do. The doors are not big enough for the cart to move through, obviously. They are doors that are definitely designed for something, roughly, your size to go through. Sampson [Dili] (01:04:29): Atalia, can you, I guess, drag the chest back out here where you put it in the cart? And then figure out what's going on with the rest of the ship. Marietta [Atalia] (01:04:36): Yeah. How heavy is this chest? Daniel [GM] (01:04:36): It's not that heavy. Marietta [Atalia] (01:04:38): Okay. Atalia will squat down into the proper squat to lift objects. Use those legs. Don't use your back to lift. And she'll carry it over to the cart. Stace [Nix] (01:04:49): Don't forget eyes up. Daniel [GM] (01:04:51): Atalia, it's relatively easy to lift. You're feeling pretty tough. Marietta [Atalia] (01:04:54): Amazing. Hardcore. Daniel [GM] (01:04:56): So do you bring it over and you set it in the cart? Or do you hand it off to somebody? Marietta [Atalia] (01:04:59): I'll set it in the cart and I'll use some of the rope to adhere it similarly to the way that those statues are. Daniel [GM] (01:05:07): Okay. So it's pretty dark in here except for Jeskii's crystals. Are you just guys have Atalia show you around? Or are you going to light anything? Marietta [Atalia] (01:05:15): It is an enabler skill. Daniel [GM] (01:05:17): Yeah, I know. Stace [Nix] (01:05:18): Nix would have pulled out a glow globe, I think, by now. Daniel [GM] (01:05:19): Okay. Pull out a glow globe. Sampson [Dili] (01:05:20): Can I try something real quick with my illusions? Daniel [GM] (01:05:26): Sure. Sampson [Dili] (01:05:27): When I make an illusory light, does that act like a glow globe or do I have to apply the illusion to surfaces? If that makes sense. Daniel [GM] (01:05:36): You have to apply the illusion to surfaces. Sampson [Dili] (01:05:38): Okay. Dili will also pull out a glow globe, just to have it nearby. Daniel [GM] (01:05:43): Okay. So this cargo room lights up and everybody can see what Atalia has been able to see. Sampson [Dili] (01:05:47): Damn that's cargo hold. Daniel [GM] (01:05:49): Nix, something flickers in the corner and you see your mother standing there looking startled in her night gown. If she looks around startled, she sees the light and then she looks over and she sees you. And she recognizes. She's like, "Nix, I don't know what to do. They're at the door." And then she flickers away. And that's where we'll have this episode. Alex [ChaCha] (01:06:13): Reasons why ChaCha was running to Charmonde for 500 please. Marietta [Atalia] (01:06:18): I mean, we wouldn't have made it back in time though. It's two months away. Stace [Nix] (01:06:22): You're at which door, ChaCha? Are they at quote, unquote, "The door?" Daniel [GM] (01:06:28): She didn't say. So, let's see. Marietta something that Atalia this episode that stuck out to you. Marietta [Atalia] (01:06:36): Tolerated the debate so well. Deciding things. Man- Daniel [GM] (01:06:42): Wow. Alex [ChaCha] (01:06:42): So well. Marietta [Atalia] (01:06:45): So well. Daniel [GM] (01:06:47): Marietta throwing shade. Marietta [Atalia] (01:06:48): No. I mean, I know it was complicated. I just feel like when it gets that complicated Atalia is like, "Well, I guess we're just doing it." Stace [Nix] (01:06:48): It was a good plan. Marietta [Atalia] (01:07:00): It was a great plan. I think it was wonderful. Atalia is just not the most patient individual. She's meddlesome. She gets into trouble and gets out of it, that's her thing. So it's not, "Ooh, how to be the most careful." It's like, "Taking the data, make a plan and then just go for it." It's a bad plan? Oh, well. Daniel [GM] (01:07:20): Yeah. So I might cut this, but one thing I have noticed is that... And it may be an intentional choice on Marietta's part or not, I don't know. But whenever Atalia is complimenting someone, she always sounds a little sarcastic. Stace [Nix] (01:07:32): Yeah. I read it as not real confidence the entire time. Sampson [Dili] (01:07:35): I though Atalia just had trouble expressing herself. Marietta [Atalia] (01:07:43): Yes. It's definitely that. She also... Her only friends, historically, for any long period of time was Nix. And then Nix was gone and she never learned how to communicate properly. So I think she's like, "This is a compliment." But the way that Atalia says things is somewhat abrasive. So it's just like, "That was great." And it's like, "Wow, that doesn't sound like you actually think that was great." It's like, "No, that was great. That was great." Daniel [GM] (01:08:10): Okay. So we have a segment we do each week called Player Intrusions, where we offer you, the listener, an XP to check out something we think you would really dig. This time it is Sampson's turn. Sampson, what will you offer our listeners an XP to check out? Sampson [Dili] (01:08:23): I think that they should take their XP and go to YouTube and look up Lindsay Ellis. She is a video SAS, at least on YouTube. Her work is kind of hard to describe just because it's not quite criticism. She just talks about stuff in pop culture and kind of delves deeper into it. She has a two-part series done in three videos about the Hobbit movies. And goes into what a train wreck were, both as movies and also as productions. And she has a great video on Death of the Author. She has a recent video of going into why Titanic is a very good movie. Also, she has one of protest music in the Bush era. It's a lot of good stuff. But one of my favorites right now is simply titled Why is Cats? And it goes into the history of the original musical, what Andrew Lloyd Weber was thinking, how we got to this recent movie that I'm surprised people- Marietta [Atalia] (01:09:23): That whole Cats. Sampson [Dili] (01:09:25): Yeah. The whole shebang. It's really in-depth, really interesting. I highly recommend it. She also has a book that recently came out, at least when we are recording, in the last week or two, I haven't read it. So I don't know if it's good, but I've heard good things about it so far. Daniel [GM] (01:09:42): Okay, cool. If people wanted to reach out to us to tell us what they think about the podcast, or if they've watched some of Lindsay Ellis's stuff and wanted to share that, how would they do that, Marietta? Marietta [Atalia] (01:09:51): Well, if they were wise they would start out by going to our wonderful website, Explorers Wanted at dot FM, where they would find links to all of our social medias. We are on Twitter and Explorers Wanted. Instagram, we're at Explorers Wanted Podcast. We're also on Facebook Explorers Wanted Podcast. And the big one, where if you really want to interact with us, it's going to be Discord. We have our own Discord channel. And there are links to that in all of the social medias and the website. And we also have a Patreon to discuss a little bit earlier. There are various tiers to Explorers Wanted. If you are able to, that would be a really wonderful way to support us. It would allow us to do more content in the future and help us move forward. Obviously, if you can't do that, that's fine. But if you could, we would really appreciate it. Daniel [GM] (01:10:40): Awesome. Yeah and we actually hit an important milestone with our Patreon recently. And that is that we have hit the goal where it is now covering our recurring hosting costs, which is outstanding. Thank you so much to all of our patrons. And also to everyone out there who's been listening and boosting the podcast and telling people about us. It's a huge part of where we are right now. What that means is that our hosting costs are covered, which means our next goal is all about upgrading equipment so that we can upgrade the hardware we use to record, to get even better sound quality. And there's some future goals as well that include a lot of extra content that we want to be able to do. So that's very exciting for us. But even beyond financial support through Patreon, the best thing that you could do for us is to tell a friend about us. And what you like about the show and why they should listen to it. The second best thing you can do for us is to leave a five-star rating and review on a podcast directory; like Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Pod Chaser. Leaving a written review along with that five-star rating makes a big difference for people trying out the podcast. There's so many actual-play podcasts out there. So having reviews that say why somebody should listen to it is a big thing in building an audience. We actually have a new five-star review from Stitcher. Stace, can you tell us about that? Stace [Nix] (01:12:02): Yeah. On Stitcher, Vegan Cheese said, "This show will take you on a journey. The DM tells a great story. The players are invested and they are using the best system I've seen to co-create a narrative. Check the show out if you want a great time." Damn straight. Daniel [GM] (01:12:18): Awesome. Stace [Nix] (01:12:18): Yes. And thanks to Vegan Cheese for rating us five stars and telling people why. Daniel [GM] (01:12:23): If you didn't like the podcast, if you just thought it was meh, or if you even hated it, don't worry. It'll be okay. That itching feeling in your ear is completely normal. It's probably just the humidity. If you press against the outside, you will hear only normal sounds. There's nothing in your ear. Nothing that moves furtively in the dark. Nothing that's going deeper. Just ignore it. There's nothing to worry about unless you feel something dripping from your ear. And if there is, don't touch it. Sometimes knowing is worse. If you want to reach out to us individually on social media, you can. You can reach out to me on Twitter at Andrlik. A-N-D-R-L-I-K. Stace [Nix] (01:13:07): If you want to tell me why I was right about using slime, you can find me on Twitter at Stace [Windu 01:13:15]. Sampson [Dili] (01:13:15): Tell me your favorite song from Love Never dies at Slam Potato. Marietta [Atalia] (01:13:20): Tell me if you are a pro or con butthole cut at real take unicorn. Give me this look like she's not aware of the infamous butthole cut of cats. Stace [Nix] (01:13:33): Oh, I'm aware. Alex [ChaCha] (01:13:36): Yeah. And you can tell me about how impatient you get waiting for your party to make decisions at I'm On A Hike. Marietta [Atalia] (01:13:41): The Shade. Daniel [GM] (01:13:44): Okay. That's it for us. We will be back next week as we will for every week in the foreseeable future. Have a good night or day or morning whenever you're listening to this. And bye. [ crosstalk 01:13:54].