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 Stace Babcock. Stace [Nix] (00:00:44): I play Dili, right? Daniel [GM] (00:00:46): Marietta Jones. Marietta [Atalia] (00:00:48): My name's Nix and I'm here to save my family. Daniel [GM] (00:00:51): Alex Finn. Alex [ChaCha] (00:00:52): I'm Steven, right? Steven? Daniel [GM] (00:00:55): And Sampson Davis. Sampson [Dili] (00:00:56): Hi, I play G-Ma. Daniel [GM] (00:01:01): That's not what she sounds like. That's not what she sounds like at all. Okay, welcome everyone to season two of Explorers Wanted. Stace [Nix] (00:01:13): You had bets we wouldn't make it. Daniel [GM] (00:01:15): Honestly, I was betting against them. Stace [Nix] (00:01:17): Yeah. I lost a lot of money. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:19): Yeah we were sure that one of our characters would die in the first season. Daniel [GM] (00:01:23): Yeah, and I was so close, almost had him. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:25): Tried so hard. Daniel [GM] (00:01:28): If this is your first episode of Explorers Wanted, I highly recommend you go back to season one and start there. If you are dead set against that, you can listen to our recap minisode, which came out shortly before this, but we're not going to try to recap the entire season at the beginning of this episode. We'll just catch you up on some basics just to make sure that you know where we are and more specifically, I'm confident that our players know where they are because we've been playing a lot of other games in the meantime, which has been fun. And we've had some fun oneshots in the meantime, but before we get started with that, we have an important item of business and that is, we have a new patron. Alex [ChaCha] (00:02:11): Woo. Sampson [Dili] (00:02:12): All right. Daniel [GM] (00:02:13): Our newest patron is Drue Tucker. Drue Tucker just recently, at the time of the recording, backing us. He also joined our Discord around the same time. Fun fact that Drue is actually spelled D-R-U-E instead of D-R-E-W, which is apparently a nickname from college, which I'm very curious about. I'm very much looking forward to getting to know Drue better as he interacts with the Discord. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:38): Hang out in our Discord. Daniel [GM] (00:02:40): So thank you so much Drue, for your support. It means the world to us. Sampson [Dili] (00:02:45): Thank you, Drue. Alex [ChaCha] (00:02:46): Thank you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:46): Thank you. Daniel [GM] (00:02:50): So I would love if somebody would recap the previous episode from their perspective, the previous season finale, but because I want it a little bit constrained, because I want to retain a little bit of the element of surprise, I would like Marietta to do it, because I know for a fact she's the only one who hasn't listened to the season premiere yet. And I think it will be fun just to hear things from the rest of the crew's perspective. Marietta [Atalia] (00:03:18): Just call me out, why don't you Daniel? I did just find my notes though. I wrote down: no Cha-Cha, meet up with Grandma, I'm retired, I was a free agent, I had my own lines. I showed her the note, gave her back her trinkets, She told me to keep them like the little keepsake of my Mom. I've got a small [inaudible 00:03:40] object that creates a five to six-inch tall picture of my Mom at my age and she had thought it was the handlers who came after her. [Merrick 00:03:50] is dead, Grandma killed him. Family lines, front lines, chalk lines, country lines, very firm on them, mildly threaten Nix. Daniel [GM] (00:03:58): Life lines, money lines, love lines. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:00): I wrote down the Stone family tree as Amarynth, Saliana, Atalia. Stace [Nix] (00:04:09): Seems like it's missing something. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:11): Yeah, So G-Ma's going to the meeting with my Mom and I'm like, "Hey, don't get dead." And she's like, "Of course not. But also I can't promise you that." We talk about our problems, Nix and her parents/her Mom's sickness. Mamma Jerrun says, "Nix's Mom doesn't look good. We will get help, but we have to take our oath." The door is but the... And I stopped writing. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:35): Preservation of humankind, secrecy of order. Now you're Guardians of Night, so hey guys, we became Guardians. I seem to recall that there was some hesitation on Atalia's part and she was like, "Hey, next year, are you going to join?" And Nix is like, "Atalia, are you going to join?" And we were like, "Yeah, I guess, we're going to join." And then, Dili was the only one who was like, "Yeah, I'm going to join." Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:57): He was the first one to say yes, out of us. It's very impressive. And then it was, "Defend the varieties of humanoid kind from impending doom," and then we hug. At least that's what I wrote down. Mamma Jerrun embraces us, so does Merrick. Not Murrick, Merrick. "May the garden hold you all in its embrace," and then I wrote down, "End season." And then we talked about how to save Nix's family, automaton issue, Atalia's family shit and where even is Cha-Cha? Takes notes, take notes. Was that a summary? I don't know. Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:35): It counts, I think. It's a [crosstalk 00:05:41]. Daniel [GM] (00:05:40): We may need to go through some rewrites but that should be fine. Stace [Nix] (00:05:42): It was just notes, it wasn't the full dissertation. You've got to give me like 24 hour notice for that. Daniel [GM] (00:05:48): Yeah, you might want a workshop it a bit, but on the whole it summarizes some key points. Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:55): Damn it, that ruined that phrase for me forever. Daniel [GM] (00:05:59): Which one? Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:59): On the whole. Marietta [Atalia] (00:06:01): it feels good, yeah. Stace [Nix] (00:06:06): I never know what you guys are talking about. Marietta [Atalia] (00:06:09): That's okay, We don't know either. Daniel [GM] (00:06:10): We pick up where we left off in Mamma Jerrun's house, and Mamma Jerrun has just looked at you all and said, "So what do you think we should do about Doc Taraz?" Stace [Nix] (00:06:22): I mean, I think we got to fuck her up, Mamma J. Alex [ChaCha] (00:06:27): Can we kill her now? Sampson [Dili] (00:06:29): Can't we use her to get into the tower? Marietta [Atalia] (00:06:32): Can't you just look like her and get in the tower? Sampson [Dili] (00:06:35): Yeah, that's what we were totally talking about an hour ago and not two months ago. Marietta [Atalia] (00:06:40): So then why do we need her? Okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:06:41): No, yeah. Okay yeah, so we jump her when she's on her way to the tower for her appointment, and then I disguise us as her and her assistants? Alex [ChaCha] (00:06:53): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:06:54): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:06:55): That's probably it. Daniel [GM] (00:06:55): If you want Doc Taraz, now that you are Guardians, I'm empowered to take a little bit more direct action. If you want Doc Taraz, shall we say acquired, I can apply Guardian resources so that you don't have to do that part yourself. Stace [Nix] (00:07:13): Ah. Yeah, see? Already paying off Mamma J. Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:07:17): Are you also powered to question her? Because this has crossed my mind, what if there's a password to get into the tower? She would know it, but we won't or we don't, at the moment. Daniel [GM] (00:07:28): I think you have the equipment necessary to do that, don't you? Stace [Nix] (00:07:32): Nix pulls out the squid and the lighter. Marietta [Atalia] (00:07:34): Lighter, finally. Sampson [Dili] (00:07:39): Yeah, we can finally use it. Stace [Nix] (00:07:42): Can't believe you didn't want this Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:07:44): Yeah, I know. Weird, right? Daniel [GM] (00:07:46): Yeah, It seems like something that would be very useful for you. It almost seems a little irresponsible to just toss it away. Alex [ChaCha] (00:07:54): But Mamma J, that hurt. Marietta [Atalia] (00:07:56): Atalia strokes the reset in her pocket. I know, so irresponsible. Daniel [GM] (00:08:01): At some point it has become on-brand for us that anything that involves a recap or reference to the past always involves some sort of subtle shade. Marietta [Atalia] (00:08:14): We're shady characters, man. Stace [Nix] (00:08:17): We're bad players, I think is the reason for that. Daniel [GM] (00:08:23): But great friends. Stace [Nix] (00:08:24): But great friends. Daniel [GM] (00:08:25): No, you guys are great friends and you are great players, best players I've ever had. Stace [Nix] (00:08:31): That's recorded now, Daniel. Marietta [Atalia] (00:08:32): So write that down in history. Sampson [Dili] (00:08:33): Yeah, you can't take it back. Alex [ChaCha] (00:08:35): It's going to be my ringtone. Stace [Nix] (00:08:36): It's going to be my ringtone? Marietta [Atalia] (00:08:40): Play it whenever I'm not feeling good about myself. Sampson [Dili] (00:08:44): You is good, you is kind. Stace [Nix] (00:08:46): Everybody loves you. Daniel [GM] (00:08:48): So if you want, we can arrange to have Doc Taraz apprehended, but I suspect we might be able to do it in ways that might prolong the window before somebody notices her absence. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:01): I would be ideal. Stace [Nix] (00:09:02): Hell, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:03): This sounds like an ideal situation. Daniel [GM] (00:09:05): That's right. So, you want her apprehended for questioning? Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:12): Yeah. Stace [Nix] (00:09:12): Yes, please. Daniel [GM] (00:09:13): Dili looks at Nix. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:14): Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:09:16): And also potentially for fucking around. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:20): It might be an aggressive questioning. Daniel [GM] (00:09:23): That's your call. The order doesn't have any particular interest in her one way or another, so you're free to make choices as you see fit. She looks at Merrick, Merrick nods at her and he sort of oozes toward the door, almost becoming a shadow as he reaches it and opens it and slips out. Stace [Nix] (00:09:42): He just spooked on out of here. Sampson [Dili] (00:09:44): Really weird to actually see it. Daniel [GM] (00:09:46): Cha-Cha. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:47): Yes [inaudible 00:09:48] Daniel [GM] (00:09:48): You are coming around the alley corner, and once again you see Mamma Jerrun's door that says, "Explorers wanted. Inquire within." You see the door open slightly and a dark figure slip out and then swiftly move down the alley and essentially disappear from your view. What do you do? Alex [ChaCha] (00:10:11): I think she turns to Nix's parents and says, "Well, I think that's like normal for that to happen, and that can't be anybody else that we know because we're not that sneaky yet." I mean, Atalia's getting been pretty good on the sneaky, but still sometimes it's like she has all the loose change of all of the city in his pockets, just jangling. Sampson [Dili] (00:10:42): That's not wrong. Alex [ChaCha] (00:10:42): So I guess Mamma Jerrun doesn't leave, so we don't have to worry about them not being there, but I guess we should go inside before someone sees us. Yeah? Sampson [Dili] (00:10:54): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:10:54): And as you approach, it's about this time that you hear general alarm bells ringing in the distance across the city. Alex [ChaCha] (00:11:02): We should definitely open the door. We don't need to knock this time. This is good non-knocking time. Daniel [GM] (00:11:10): All right, so if you approach the door, the door does not open automatically when you turn the knob. It's almost like it locks on its own. Sampson [Dili] (00:11:21): I was kind of hoping Cha-Cha would like Kramer and Nix's parents. Stace [Nix] (00:11:26): I mean, what would the check be to just kind of try and force it? Daniel [GM] (00:11:30): You could slam yourself against it. It'll be might and I think it would be a 12. Stace [Nix] (00:11:38): This seems like a trap. Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:11:43): I mean, it's up to you. You could also not catch him. I'm saying you can't do that. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:47): [crosstalk 00:11:47] option would never occur to Cha-Cha. Stace [Nix] (00:11:48): Nothing is still an option. Alex [ChaCha] (00:11:50): I know. And I'm trying to sit here like, "Okay, remember this is Cha-Cha. She's trying to do good Cha-Cha things. I don't think she would slam herself into the door, but she would do that really annoying, shaky jiggling the door people do sometimes. Stace [Nix] (00:12:11): I do find that annoying. Daniel [GM] (00:12:14): So inside the house, Mamma Jerrun looks up and looks at the door. You guys all hear this sort of rattling against the door. And she's like, "Yes? Come in," and there is a sound of a lock undoing itself. And Cha-Cha, I assume since you're trying to get in, the door will open as you are trying to get it. The lock seems to let go and you guys see Cha-Cha basically, probably not expecting it, kind of stumble in to the home. Stace [Nix] (00:12:47): I would like to think she tucks and rolls. Daniel [GM] (00:12:50): Yeah, okay. Well then, give me a speed. Alex [ChaCha] (00:12:54): I would like to utilize Cirque du Soleil. Daniel [GM] (00:12:59): That would totally count, so it would be a six. Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:01): Seven. Stace [Nix] (00:13:04): Oh, I just feel so bad. Daniel [GM] (00:13:04): Okay, Cha-Cha tucks and rolls and does a perfect Aikido roll forward and comes back up on her feet, and you guys see Cha-Cha there and behind her in the alley, you can clearly see Lasher holding up Nio as they stand in the alley behind her. Stace [Nix] (00:13:22): I think Cha-Cha just [inaudible 00:13:25] "All clear," like she's pretending to be Nix, like she meant to do that and she was just scouting for danger. Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:31): Time. We got to get in now. Daniel [GM] (00:13:34): So Lasher follows you in, holding up Nio, and he comes in. He immediately sort of beelines towards a chair to set Nio down. Sampson [Dili] (00:13:44): What? Daniel [GM] (00:13:45): Nio is not looking good. She looks very weak. Sampson [Dili] (00:13:48): Cha-Cha! What did you do? Stace [Nix] (00:13:50): Wow! Wow, I wish I was that cool. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:53): Pallia runs up and shuts the door. Sampson [Dili] (00:13:55): Is the tower still standing. Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:56): I mean, yes, but I might win the bounty quest. I might get to be the winner of highest bounty. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:05): Maybe we can all be done with Charmonde. Sampson [Dili] (00:14:09): What happened? Daniel [GM] (00:14:11): Lasher looks up and says, "Cha-Cha. Cha-Cha saved us. She got us out of the tower and here and thank God. I don't know how much longer my wife would last." Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:21): Nix is already there next to her Mom, just kneeling next to her and taking her hand. Daniel [GM] (00:14:26): Her hand is very cold and she almost doesn't react to your touch. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:31): Oh. Oh! Cha-Cha, I can't believe you did this. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:38): It was made clear to me through my contacts that it had to happen now or it wasn't happening. Stace [Nix] (00:14:46): But it helped you though. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:47): Thank you, dude. Mamma J is there. Is there anything we can do for my Mom though? She's not- Daniel [GM] (00:14:54): Mamma Jerrun kind of [inaudible 00:14:55] like, "I'm not sure. She definitely seems weak, Atalia." Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:01): Can I scan her now? Daniel [GM] (00:15:03): No. Before you scan- Sampson [Dili] (00:15:06): [crosstalk 00:15:06] you settle down. Stace [Nix] (00:15:07): Wow! Sampson [Dili] (00:15:10): Give me a perception roll of nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:15): Okay. I'm trained in perception and that's an 11. It's hard to read this one. Daniel [GM] (00:15:21): You feel the plate vibrating in your bag. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:24): So I was going to scan her, but my backpack's vibrating. I think it's the plate. Open the bag and scan it and said- Daniel [GM] (00:15:33): Oh, you're going to scan the plate instead? Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:37): Yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:15:37): Okay, you scan the plate, Atalia. Daniel [GM] (00:15:40): You are standing on a foggy marsh. There is mist all around your ankles, but this time it's a little different in the sense that you can already hear that hissing scream. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:55): I may want to try to use mist animator like I did before, and I'm going to yell out that she's dying because of whatever you're doing. Daniel [GM] (00:16:03): The mist spreads out and you see the same collection of corpses, half buried, and then you hear a voice behind you that says, "This gate is closed to you." Marietta [Atalia] (00:16:17): I don't care, she's dying. I'll turn around to see if it's the person who looks like probably Nix's... Her aunt, yes? Stace [Nix] (00:16:26): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Marietta [Atalia] (00:16:26): Okay, good. Daniel [GM] (00:16:28): You turn and you see somebody wearing the same outfit, the same, well-cared-for boots, from what you can tell the same arms, but their face is gray and stretched and their mouth is a wide circle like the maw of a lamprey. And they look at you with yellow and red eyes and they make a sound like the sucking of teeth, and they reach out a hand towards you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:02): I will step back. What's wrong with you? Daniel [GM] (00:17:06): And they're going to keep reaching towards you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:07): What's wrong with you? And she'll start backing up faster as they try to reach her. Daniel [GM] (00:17:11): Okay, make a speed roll of nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:16): Five. Daniel [GM] (00:17:17): You trip over one of the skulls and fall to the ground and this figure moves closer to you, and you hear the same sound that they were making, the sucking of teeth coming from multiple directions at once. And you feel skeletal arms come out of the dirt and grass. They're boney, half flesh-colored hands, your wrists and your ankles. And then you feel the beginnings of bony fingers beginning to work their way to knot through your hair. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:54): Okay, I want to use flash, but it should hit everyone around me. Daniel [GM] (00:17:58): Okay, so please go ahead and roll a five-12s intellect. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:12): Five D-12? Oh, me? Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:18:14): No. Five D-20s, but you're trying to get 12s. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:15): Five of them? Okay. Okay, and I've got two levels to edge in flash. I don't know if that helps what you're thinking. Daniel [GM] (00:18:22): I mean, it's just reducing the cost of flash right now. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:29): Okay. 20, 18, 16, 10 and 10. Daniel [GM] (00:18:35): Okay, so they're all going to hit. You also have a major effect for one of them. What would you propose? Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:42): That one of the skeletons completely explodes and its bone shards hit some of the other ones. Daniel [GM] (00:18:46): Okay, yeah. So let's say your left arm is no longer held as a result, and this figure with the lamprey mouth leans over you and you hear that sucking of teeth. And then you hear that voice again, but the mouth of the lamprey doesn't move and it says, "This gate is closed to you." Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:11): I'm not here for the gate. Daniel [GM] (00:19:12): And they reach down and they touch where your neck meets your chest, and the next thing you know, you're standing in Mamma Jerrun's den, but you feel exhausted in a way you didn't expect. Atalia, for the next 28 hours you have one less intellect edge. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:35): Oh, love that. I'll look down where they touched me. Do I look okay? Daniel [GM] (00:19:41): It looks a little red and irritated, but it doesn't look like an obvious rash. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:47): Still weak tonight. Was it just my conscious or did I go? Daniel [GM] (00:19:51): Mamma Jerrun is looking at you strangely and says, "I would not recommend doing that again." From the rest of your perspectives, Atalia flashed away and Atalia, what happened there was maybe a couple of minutes at most. To everybody else's perspective, Atalia flashed away for 10 minutes. Stace [Nix] (00:20:15): Nix has poured tea for her parents. She's hovering. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:19): This is normal. It's fine, don't worry. Daniel [GM] (00:20:23): She does this all the time. Stace [Nix] (00:20:25): Well, we have seen it before, right? Daniel [GM] (00:20:27): Only for a split second with Atalia. Stace [Nix] (00:20:29): It was only a split second before? Daniel [GM] (00:20:31): When she scanned the plate before. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:32): Oh, gosh. I look at Nix's parents and up to Mamma Jerrun and I'm like, "Maybe we should ..." I don't know, is that okay? Stace [Nix] (00:20:40): It looked like a teleportation attack, Atalia. Daniel [GM] (00:20:43): The plate is, by the way, vibrating stronger now. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:46): All right, look, I don't know what's okay and what's not okay to say, but- Daniel [GM] (00:20:50): And at this point, Nio lurches forward out of her chair towards Atalia and falls on the ground. Stace [Nix] (00:20:55): Oh, my God! Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:55): I'll try to catch her. Daniel [GM] (00:20:57): So I'm getting a vibe that maybe we can stop this. Maybe we can stay in that same dead marsh place for longer. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:05): We don't want to stay there. They're crazy lamprey creatures and skeletons that were trying to eat me. Daniel [GM] (00:21:11): Lampreys? Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:12): Yeah, lamprey faces on what... These should have been human, I think. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:18): I was going to suggest maybe having Nix's Mom touch the plate. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:23): No. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:23): No, I know. I know, I see that now that's a bad idea, but what if we went with her and helped out? I don't know. But now that seems like a bad idea. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:33): Yeah, I'm not confident that- Daniel [GM] (00:21:36): Well, if Sampson still wants to do it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:38): Well obviously, but it's just great how [inaudible 00:21:42] that avoid that bite. Daniel [GM] (00:21:44): How many lampreys were there? Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:45): Well, it was also the skeletons trying to pin me down and eat me. It was the one humanoid figure with the lamprey face that had the same body as the person I mentioned meeting before and I look at Nix like, "I don't know if you want me to be- Stace [Nix] (00:21:58): Nix, she's already helped her Mom up, to be clear, and set her back in the chair. And she's like, "Mom, what is it? What were you trying to do?" Daniel [GM] (00:22:07): She just kind of shakes her head and mumbles incoherently. Stace [Nix] (00:22:12): Cha-Cha, you got a little bit of healing. I know you've done so much already, but is there anything that you can do? Alex [ChaCha] (00:22:18): Yeah. Yeah, I'll try. Stace [Nix] (00:22:20): Cha-Cha's going to try healing. Daniel [GM] (00:22:23): Okay, give me a nine healing roll with your skill. It'll be a six. Alex [ChaCha] (00:22:29): 12. Sampson [Dili] (00:22:30): Okay, there's something about Atalia that her Mom is instinctively drawn to, but you don't know what. Stace [Nix] (00:22:40): Oh, I just meant to help her feel better. Nio's so weak. Daniel [GM] (00:22:42): Or sorry, I don't think Cha-Cha knows anything more than that. After a moment, Nio lurches towards Atalia again. Atalia, please make a nine speed defense roll. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:57): 19. Daniel [GM] (00:22:57): Okay, you're definitely going to dodge her grab at you. What would you like as a minor effect? Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:06): I wanted to grab her and set her down, but maybe I shouldn't touch her, but I think I'll do that. If she's lunging out towards me, I think Atalia will dodge out of the way, but then grab her hand and pull it around, the back of her like, "What are you doing?" Stace [Nix] (00:23:20): Oh my God. You're what? Alex [ChaCha] (00:23:22): She's trying to jump on me. Stace [Nix] (00:23:24): She's weak. Nix's going to have problem with this. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:28): That's fine, so she's going to grab her hand and hold her and be like, what are you doing? She's not going to punch her. Come on. Stace [Nix] (00:23:35): Atalia's putting Nix's mom in a wrist lock. Sampson [Dili] (00:23:37): It sounds like you're doing- Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:38): She's trying to jump me. I'm sorry. Stace [Nix] (00:23:40): Jeez. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:41): Do you want me to hug her instead? Stace [Nix] (00:23:43): Yes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:44): Okay, I hug her from behind. Daniel [GM] (00:23:46): Holding her wrist. This is totally in character for Atalia. This totally makes sense. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:50): She's not trying to hurt her, she's just trying to stop her from [crosstalk 00:23:53] anything else. Stace [Nix] (00:23:54): Do what Atalia would do. Don't let me stop you or the impending threat of Nix stop you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:59): Well, the impending threat of Stacey is right there. Daniel [GM] (00:24:02): So Atalia, yeah. You have Nix's Mom in a wrist lock on the floor. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:12): Not on the floor. She can be standing. I'm literally just trying to hold her up like, "What are you?" Daniel [GM] (00:24:18): Well, so she was kind of lunging at you. If you don't put her on the floor in a wrist lock, you're probably going to hurt her more. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:24): Okay, well then I'll just catch her if she was going to fall. Daniel [GM] (00:24:27): She didn't have balance to begin with. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:29): If it was going to be fall mechanism by me avoiding her, then I will catch her. Daniel [GM] (00:24:33): Well, you can do both, so what do you want your minor effect to be? You could just catch her or you could put her in a wrist lock on the floor. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:41): Well, okay. If she was going to fall by me avoiding her, I will catch her is what I'm saying. That will be my action. Daniel [GM] (00:24:48): I'm saying that if you want to, you could still have her restrained on the floor. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:52): I don't think she needs to be on the floor. I just wanted her- Daniel [GM] (00:24:55): She's going to either be on the floor or in your arms. Do you want her restrained or not? Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:00): She can be in my arms, that would be lovely. I would like her not on the floor. Stace [Nix] (00:25:05): You do care. Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:06): I will hug her from behind. I will catch her. Daniel [GM] (00:25:12): So you catch her. While you catch her, she reaches out a hand and she is sort of weakly sort of slapping at your bag. Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:24): I'm just holding her, I'm not letting her touch it. Stace [Nix] (00:25:27): Nix is going to open up Atalia's bag. Daniel [GM] (00:25:30): Your Mom is still barely conscious, but she flaps her hand until she reaches the plate and then she yanks it out and the plate is glowing and vibrating, and she starts breathing heavily and then she falls into a natural sleep with her hand laying on the plate beside her. Sampson [Dili] (00:25:52): That's a lot better than I thought was going to happen, honestly. Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:56): I kind of want to, but I'm also afraid. Alex [ChaCha] (00:26:00): What did you think I was going to ask? Stace [Nix] (00:26:02): To scan it? Yes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:06): I don't want to. I look at Mamma Jerrun and I hold my hand out like I'm going to scan [inaudible 00:26:10] Daniel [GM] (00:26:12): Mamma Jerrun's like, "That is a really bad idea, Atalia." Sampson [Dili] (00:26:15): Well, no, scan her Mom while she's touching the plate. You said you would like red energies the first time, right? Daniel [GM] (00:26:22): I will say this. From everybody's perspective, you can see Nix's Mom sleeping peacefully and already starting to look a little better. Alex [ChaCha] (00:26:31): Maybe we wait until she's done recovering and we can scan her on the upswing. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:39): Yeah. I- Sampson [Dili] (00:26:40): Wait till the flip side. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:42): I would if it's what you want me to do, but I'm not really keen to go back to the dead marshes, which I'm now calling them. Stace [Nix] (00:26:48): No, that's fine. Dad, what do you know about all of this? Daniel [GM] (00:26:54): I have no idea what's going on. We were taken to the tower. Doc Taraz was coming very quickly and her sessions lasted much longer than they used to. Stace [Nix] (00:27:06): [crosstalk 00:27:06] fuck her up. Alex [ChaCha] (00:27:06): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:27:10): And then I was worried about Nio. The guards weren't listening to me and then they wouldn't tell us why we were there. And then Cha-Cha appeared in our cell room and somehow she got us out and she was incredible. And then he pauses for a moment and I would say Nix, because of your specialization and because it's your father, this is a gimme for you. Anybody else would have to roll for it. But he looks at Cha-Cha and he says, "Yeah, and she got us out, got us past the guards." And then he nervously looks away from Nix and goes over to Nio to hold her. Alex [ChaCha] (00:27:54): And I give Doc Taraz a really bad migraine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:58): Yeah, you want to tell us about it? Stace [Nix] (00:28:00): Cha-Cha, before you say anything, I just to say thank you again. Alex [ChaCha] (00:28:05): I mean, we tried the non-violent route because I thought, "What would Nix do?" But there may have been a couple accidents. Stace [Nix] (00:28:14): I don't even care, dude. Alex [ChaCha] (00:28:16): They weren't my accidents, so technically that's okay. Stace [Nix] (00:28:20): You saved my Mom's life Cha-Cha. We were family before, but we're definitely family now. Alex [ChaCha] (00:28:25): I think Cha-Cha's blushing a little and smiling in that "Aw!" kind of way. Stace [Nix] (00:28:31): If you ever need a favor, just ask. I'll be there. Alex [ChaCha] (00:28:34): Today's the day of favors. Daniel [GM] (00:28:36): Well, Lasher [inaudible 00:28:38] Nix's, but I should tell you that before we got here, we heard the city alarms ringing, the bells. Stace [Nix] (00:28:47): So I made some new friends and they can help us get you out of the city, Dad. I don't think that you and Mom can live here anymore. Is there somewhere else? Daniel [GM] (00:28:58): But this is our whole life. Stace [Nix] (00:29:00): Not anymore. Daniel [GM] (00:29:01): I mean, obviously we're shaken, but serving Charmonde, that's been our whole family's goal. Fidelity and service, that's our motto. Stace [Nix] (00:29:13): Yeah, but the Queen doesn't care anymore, and now you're affiliated with the, no offense, Cha-Cha, known terrorists. Daniel [GM] (00:29:20): Nix, I'm sorry, what did you do to make the Queen turn on our family? Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:30): It wasn't Nix. Daniel [GM] (00:29:30): I don't know, but that's everything that the guards asked us was where you were, if we knew where you were. What happened? Stace [Nix] (00:29:34): Well, I'm wanted by some criminal organizations, Dad, but I don't really think that's why the Queen wanted you. I think that the Queen wanted you because of people that I know. Daniel [GM] (00:29:46): That's deeply concerning. I mean I don't know what to make of this. At this point, Mamma Jerrun kind of interjects and says, "You're right, Nix. Cha-Cha's done something amazing here, but it has repercussions." She looks at her fire and it crackles in the hearth and she turns back and says, "This city is not an option for your family anymore. We need to move from somewhere else. Originally, my thought was [Bodrav 00:30:16] It's on the far side of Naverrene. It's still within Naverrene, but the Queen has never gone there. But with this, we may need to move her outside the borders of Naverrene, or rather both of them outside the borders of Naverrene. Stace [Nix] (00:30:33): So Dad, is there anywhere else that you wanted to check out or have you thought about retirement? Daniel [GM] (00:30:42): I'm too young for retirement, Nix. I need work. Marietta [Atalia] (00:30:46): What about a career change? Daniel [GM] (00:30:47): We have nothing. Stace [Nix] (00:30:49): Dad, if you stay here, the Queen's just going to capture you again. You'd have to live in hiding here. I'm not telling you to do anything you don't want to do, but I don't see how Mom can get the care and you guys can survive if you stay here. We got to get you out. Daniel [GM] (00:31:05): But we still have the estate, don't we? We can sell that. Stace [Nix] (00:31:09): No, Queen took it. Daniel [GM] (00:31:12): Oh, God. Stace [Nix] (00:31:13): I have 248 shins, Dad. You can have them. Daniel [GM] (00:31:17): I mean, I won't say no, honey, given the straits we're in, but I don't know where to go. And Mamma Jerrun [inaudible 00:31:27] says, "Nix, can I talk to you privately for a moment?" Stace [Nix] (00:31:30): Yeah. Excuse me, Dad. Daniel [GM] (00:31:33): So Mamma Jerrun motions you over to the fire and motions you to stare into the fire with her. Stace [Nix] (00:31:39): Woo hoo! Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:31:42): And there is a strange crackling in the fire and all of a sudden, Nix, you get the feeling that you're standing on some sort of strange, empty plain of red and orange with Mamma Jerrun, with no one else around you. From the rest of your perspectives, you guys can see them standing there, but you don't see them moving, you don't see them talking. Daniel [GM] (00:32:06): And Mamma Jerrun turns to you and says, "Your parents aren't of the order. I don't think they're ready to have that conversation yet. I feel that would be unfair. I can't move them to one of our, for lack of a better word, fortresses. I can move them into another nation and have a safe house set up for them there. Perhaps we could find some contracting work for them, sort of baseline administrative things. The challenge is, is that I don't know for certain either way, if I can completely hide which direction they went. Daniel [GM] (00:32:47): "And I fear that wherever I moved them, given the way that it sounds like they were removed from the tower, I don't know if there's a way to move them without having the Queen considering them defectors of some sort, so I want to offer you the choice. I can either attempt to still do something in Bodrav. I can try to move them north. I don't recommend Bodrav. I don't know how long we could keep them safe. I could try to move them north past Crystalfall Skyfields. Our influence stretches that far, but that may incur the wrath of the Amber Papacy if they get wind of it, or I could move them to the Steppe." Stace [Nix] (00:33:36): I'd like to say in the meantime, Cha-Cha has whipped out her map and is explaining cities and towns to them. Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:43): You can't hear this conversation, though. Alex [ChaCha] (00:33:44): Like a real estate agent? Stace [Nix] (00:33:46): Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:33:47): Yeah, but you can't actually see this happening is the problem. Alex [ChaCha] (00:33:51): Oh, no, they're just staring at the fire and this is what Cha-Cha would have done anyway like, "Okay, so you can't live here no more. Here are the places I've been and cannot go." Daniel [GM] (00:34:03): So [inaudible 00:34:03] will say, "We don't have many safe places within [Gone 00:34:10], but I could probably get them to [Drayolis 00:34:13], specifically [Kee 00:34:16]." Stace [Nix] (00:34:17): Oh yeah. No, Kee would be great because the Queen is scared of Kee. I don't know if you know this, Mamma J. I had this whole plan involving Kee. Daniel [GM] (00:34:26): Oh really? Stace [Nix] (00:34:27): Well, I had an idea involving Kee. Daniel [GM] (00:34:31): It was more a notion, really. Stace [Nix] (00:34:36): Yeah, but I guess ultimately, unless you have a strong recommendation, it's really my Mom and Dad's choice unless I have to pick for them. Daniel [GM] (00:34:50): Our moving of them is part of our commitment to you. Stace [Nix] (00:34:54): I know. Oh. Daniel [GM] (00:34:56): I feel like it's more appropriate for you to make that choice. The only thing I would recommend against is Bodrav. Stace [Nix] (00:35:04): No, I don't like it either. Daniel [GM] (00:35:05): But whether you send them to Lostray or Drayolis, I feel like that's a choice for you and your family to discuss together because I'm very aware of the risks of both. Stace [Nix] (00:35:21): All right, I'll discuss it with them, Mamma J. Daniel [GM] (00:35:24): Okay, and you are suddenly back in Mamma Jerrun's room. Alex [ChaCha] (00:35:27): I still stand by the idea that Cha-Cha is showing them her map of area and like, "So we got you kicked out of Charmonde. You can't to any of these cities, but here's where you can go." Stace [Nix] (00:35:42): So I've heard Kee is nice this time of year. Daniel [GM] (00:35:45): Kee, it's the seat of our enemy's power. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:50): Won't that also risk keeping them politically involved? Marietta [Atalia] (00:35:53): Well, it certainly means the Queen won't be visiting any time soon, which I think is the ideal, if you don't want to go back to the tower. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:00): But if she figures out the defectors went to Kee, then that could start a whole thing or at least get the ball rolling. Marietta [Atalia] (00:36:06): There's already a whole thing, I'm pretty sure. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:08): Yeah, but this could be like the tiny domino that starts it off. Marietta [Atalia] (00:36:11): This is not the Franz Ferdinand here. Stace [Nix] (00:36:15): Well, let's wait till Mom wakes up, because she's going to have definite opinions on this, but really Dad, the choices are kind of Kee, Bodrav or Lostray. As far as me helping you, I mean, obviously I can't stop you from throwing yourselves on the mercies of the Queen, but as far as I can tell, she doesn't have any. Daniel [GM] (00:36:36): Well, Nio's still asleep and Lasher, so I'm like, "I know nothing of Lostray, but they're savages up there, right? They don't even speak our language." Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:47): Has Cha-Cha been to Lostray? Daniel [GM] (00:36:47): No. Stace [Nix] (00:36:51): Has Nix? I think Nix has primarily been in the Steadfast, wandering. Daniel [GM] (00:36:54): Yeah, I guarantee none of you have been to Lostray. Stace [Nix] (00:36:57): So yeah, I think Nix is just going to wait for her Mom to wake up, to finish the discussion. Daniel [GM] (00:37:02): Okay. It takes about 40 minutes before Nio stirs and Lasher sort of fills her in. She's a little bleary, but there's a little spark in her eye, Nix, something you recognize. It's that analytical part of her that could always tell when you were a kid, if you were lying or you were up to something, the part of her that probably made her so good at her job. And she says, "Kee is dangerous, but it's probably the least risk if there's actually a safe house, if Kee does not discover that we are there. It's only the Queen that worries. It's probably the safest." Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:44): Maybe the weather's better, more sunshine? Daniel [GM] (00:37:46): Supposedly it is. Stace [Nix] (00:37:48): I mean, it's just what my friends can do for you, Mom. You can do whatever you want. This is just what we can help with. I'll help you either way, but if you want the move to be smooth and have a safe place on the other end, those are your three options. Daniel [GM] (00:38:06): She blinks for a moment and then she narrows her eyes, and then all of a sudden she gets very serious. "What friends are we talking about, Nix?" Stace [Nix] (00:38:13): I promised I really wouldn't say much about these friends, Mom. Daniel [GM] (00:38:18): You're asking me to put our lives on the line for somebody you won't speak their names? Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:26): Well, your lives are already on the line. Sampson [Dili] (00:38:28): So Atalia, give me a social roll of nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:34): Yeah, that's a whole lot of nothing. Natural 20. Daniel [GM] (00:38:43): Holy shit! What major effect would you propose? Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:45): That they think real fucking carefully about the decisions they're going to make and be real realistic about it, and that it's really fucking real. Daniel [GM] (00:38:54): Oh, yeah. She reaches out and she grabs Nix's hands, or specifically a hand, and pulls it close to her and presses it against her cheek and she says, "You've always been a good kid, Nix. Stace [Nix] (00:39:10): Terrible adult. Daniel [GM] (00:39:12): Your friends, I trust they'll do the right thing for us. Stace [Nix] (00:39:16): Thanks, Mom. I do, too, and I just want you to be safe. Lostray is a long way away, but if that's where you want to go, then you should go. Daniel [GM] (00:39:26): Lostray's more risky. It possibly invokes the wrath of the entire Order of [Truth 00:39:32]. Stace [Nix] (00:39:33): Yeah, but I mean, they're kind of lame. Daniel [GM] (00:39:42): They are the only thing that influences all the nations in the Steadfast. Stace [Nix] (00:39:46): That's true, so what do you think then? Do you think Bodrav or Kee? Daniel [GM] (00:39:53): I think we should go to Kee and we should do our best to live an unnoticed life there. But honey, I can't explain it, I can't. I don't know how I know this, but if we're going to go, I need the plate back, honey. I need the plate back. Stace [Nix] (00:40:10): Oh Mom, you can have the plate. Yeah. Yeah, no, you can totally have the plate. I don't want it. It's kind of weird though, I think. Marietta [Atalia] (00:40:19): What did you see, actually? Daniel [GM] (00:40:25): I don't know, but I will be arrested, and when I was seeing Doc Taraz, all I know is that all I could think about was the plate. As I got sicker and sicker, it expanded until it covered all of my vision. It was all I could see, even as distant as it was. I don't understand everything, my daughter, but I know I need it. Stace [Nix] (00:40:50): Oh yeah, no, then you can totally have it. I'm not going to stop you from taking it. I'm just worried that it has something to do with your teleportation attacks. Daniel [GM] (00:41:01): Perhaps it does, but all I know is, I felt like I was dying until I touched it again. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:07): But when you touch it, do you go somewhere else or do you just sleep peacefully? Daniel [GM] (00:41:12): I just touch it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:13): No one telling you that the gate is closed? Daniel [GM] (00:41:16): I don't understand how it works, Atalia. I know it's important. I know it's important that I'm close to it, but at the same time, it's just a plate. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:25): But when we've touched it, we've had very different experiences, is all I was asking. Daniel [GM] (00:41:30): She looks at you and smiles and says, "Nix tells me you're a Nano now." Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:36): Yeah. When I stay on the plate, it sent me to these really terrible dead marshes, so just glad that that's not your experience. Daniel [GM] (00:41:45): Yes, I just want you to know that I know you had a hard life growing up and even though it's not my place to say it, I'm very proud of you, Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:56): Thank you. Daniel [GM] (00:41:58): She turns to Nix and says, "I think Kee is the best choice." Stace [Nix] (00:42:02): All right, then we'll we'll do Kee. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:05): And Nix will just look over at Mamma J like, "What next?" Stace [Nix] (00:42:08): Hey guys, it'll just be a fun adventure. Just look at it as new adventure you get to go on together. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:13): Season-long escort mission. This is this payback thing. Stace [Nix] (00:42:16): Yes. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:21): Yeah, your entire season two was escorting Nix's parents on a safety quest. [crosstalk 00:42:26] Daniel [GM] (00:42:29): We wanted one shopping episode, and by the way, by the way, they walk incredibly slowly. Stace [Nix] (00:42:37): Way too slowly, and they won't get in the cart. Daniel [GM] (00:42:43): Yes, Mamma Jerrun looks at the fire and she says, "Merrick will make the arrangements for moving your parents to Kee and also acquiring Doc Taraz." She goes over and she pulls out a piece of paper and she writes down an address and hands it to you. It's an address on Ward Ana, and says, "Tomorrow, dusk, Doc Taraz will be there. I'll take care of your parents until then, but until you make your own way to Kee, this will probably be the last you see them. So I urge you to make your goodbyes." Stace [Nix] (00:43:26): Well, this isn't the first time Nix thought that she was leaving her parents for at least an unknown period of time, so she'll go over and she'll move next to her Mom and she'll say, "Mom, I'm not going to stop trying to figure out what's going on with your teleportation attacks. We're going to be a long way away, but ..." Hey, Daniel, the Travelers, they're not a national organization. Do they have a presence in Drayolis? Daniel [GM] (00:43:53): They do, but it's very limited. They haven't extended too far south. Stace [Nix] (00:43:59): I can't say where my journey is going to take me, but I hope it does take me to Drayolis someday so that I can see you again. But I'll write just like before and you write me through the Benevolent Society, if you can, and I love you both. Daniel [GM] (00:44:17): I love you too, dear. You have always been the best," and they both reach out and then hug you at the same time, and they each kiss your cheeks, say "We'll miss [inaudible 00:44:26] daughter. Thank you so much for your help, both the help you've given and per your friend Cha-Cha, and thank you for the help that's to come. Please come visit us soon." And at this point, Mamma Jerrun steps up to you and says, "So we need to move you all to a different location because Cha-Cha in particular is quite hot and there are Nanos in the Queen's employ that could probably follow the trail that Cha-Cha left from the tower, so we should probably move you all to a different safe house." Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:03): In Charmonde though, right? Daniel [GM] (00:45:05): Yes, in Charmonde. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:06): Okay, cool. Daniel [GM] (00:45:08): Makes sense. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:09): Yeah, let's stay in Charmonde, for sure. Daniel [GM] (00:45:11): You have the address for where to see Doc Taraz capture tomorrow, and she says, "Go to this location." She describes a rather convoluted direction near the center of Ward Ana and says, "Go to that house. Don't try to knock on the front door. Go to the side door and hold up this item." And she hands you something that looks like it might just be a shin, but then she points out a strange inscription on it. "Press this to the door. It will unlock for you." Stace [Nix] (00:45:45): Right, Nix will take it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:47): Good news Atalia is trained in remembering details. Stace [Nix] (00:45:50): But her parents are staying here, right? Daniel [GM] (00:45:52): Her parents are staying with Mamma Jerrun. Mamma Jerrun says, "It will be safer if we move them separately from you." Stace [Nix] (00:45:59): Nix doesn't like drawn out goodbyes, so she takes the shin. She kisses her parents on the cheek again, and she walks out the door. Oh, she leaves her shins behind. I said that earlier, but all her other shins are left behind. Daniel [GM] (00:46:13): Okay, sounds good. Do the rest of you guys go with Nix? Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:16): I'll put 10 shins on the pile as I leave. Sorry, good luck. Daniel [GM] (00:46:23): Dili will put 70. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:25): I really liked your breakfast. Okay, bye. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:27): Oh yeah, I'm going to miss Nix's Dad's breakfast. Daniel [GM] (00:46:30): What about Cha-Cha? Alex [ChaCha] (00:46:31): I think Cha-Cha just does a man nod at Nix's Dad. Daniel [GM] (00:46:38): He awkwardly does it back. Alex [ChaCha] (00:46:41): And then Cha-Cha leaves. Daniel [GM] (00:46:43): Because in his mind, he did a good job of covering up the collateral damage there. Alex [ChaCha] (00:46:49): That's what Cha-Cha was man-nodding him for, like "Good job, keeping the secret like you said you would, because you probably think I'm going to murder you if you don't." Daniel [GM] (00:46:57): So you guys make your way to the safe house. Dili, one thing you notice as you're [inaudible 00:47:03] the safe house, the neighborhoods start looking more familiar in Ward Ana. Sampson [Dili] (00:47:07): Before you continue that, disguise self and everybody. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:10): Atalia has our [crosstalk 00:47:13] on. Daniel [GM] (00:47:14): Fine, disguise on everybody except Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:17): You can disguise me, too. I'm just saying she's being responsible for once. Her hood is up. Stace [Nix] (00:47:21): I thought that was her disguise, was just her putting her hood up. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:24): Obviously. Daniel [GM] (00:47:26): All right, all right then everyone. You guys go and you make your way to the safe house. Everybody give beam 18 perception roll. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:36): I'm trained and I will spend two levels of effort. That's an 18. Daniel [GM] (00:47:43): I will spend one level of that. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:46): Don't worry, I'll roll a bunch of ones next session. Sampson [Dili] (00:47:48): Eight. Stace [Nix] (00:47:50): The target's 18? Daniel [GM] (00:47:51): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Stace [Nix] (00:47:51): All right, I'll spend... Oh, nothing. I'll spend no efforts. I will spend an XP. Daniel [GM] (00:48:03): Oh, really? Stace [Nix] (00:48:03): I got a 15 second time around. Daniel [GM] (00:48:03): Okay, what about Cha-Cha? Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:04): I got an 18. Daniel [GM] (00:48:06): Okay, so everybody but Dili sees, in the distance, strange figures moving amongst the neighborhood. It's hard to tell who they are. They're roughly humanoid in shape, but I would say that all of you can tell that there's something wrong with their heads and they look somewhat gray. I guess, Atalia, because you can see so well in the dark, you can tell color as well and you can see that same gray skin that you saw in the plate. Marietta [Atalia] (00:48:39): Not into that. Daniel [GM] (00:48:40): But you guys make your way to the safe house, and I assume you use the side door as Mamma Jerrun instructed, and you find a relatively comfortable place where you can spend the night. It's a small home, like it's about the size of what Atalia's cottage was, except it's just one room with at least eight beds within it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:04): Guys, it's like we're at summer camp at least that one summer. Remember that one summer? You went to that camp and you told me about it? Sound dope. Stace [Nix] (00:49:14): Yeah, that was Traveler pre-camp. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:15): That's what that was? Fuck, now I don't like it. Stace [Nix] (00:49:18): Oh well, it was a lot of fun, Atalia. I really wish you would've gone. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:22): I know it was fun. It was so much fun that you... Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:49:24): Yeah, it was for cult recruitment, of course it was. Sampson [Dili] (00:49:29): Cults have the best camps. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:30): They really do. Sampson [Dili] (00:49:33): You guys have, assuming you sleep tonight, it's a relatively uneventful night and it's the next day. Daniel [GM] (00:49:41): Is there anything you want to do during the day before you're supposed to go to this other safe house? Stace [Nix] (00:49:46): Shopping, shopping [inaudible 00:49:49] Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:49): I have two shins left. That's why I only gave your parents 10. Stace [Nix] (00:49:54): Oh yeah, Nix has zero. Nix left the bag. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:59): I guess you helped me buy the reset Cypher. Daniel [GM] (00:50:03): I'm pretty sure Dili is the only one with money right now. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:07): Dili! Stace [Nix] (00:50:08): Oh, Cha-Cha doesn't have any cash? Oh yeah, because you spent it all on the nuke. No, but Cha-Cha has a nuclear power. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:15): But I think Atalia is just compiling some notes about the whole situation with Nix's mom and kind of looking over her book about Numenera to see if there's any... I know that I'm not with Nix's Mom, but I'm writing down notes about the whole experience and what she said, and what I observed and what I've scanned and known so far. And then I'm reading a Numenera book. It's just kind of like, "Can I piece together what's happening at all?" But I think it's more of a continual study thing. Daniel [GM] (00:50:42): Okay, yeah. It's not something you're going to figure out in the morning. Stace [Nix] (00:50:45): Ooh, let's implement downtime. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:47): But that's what I mean, in this downtime that's what she's doing. Daniel [GM] (00:50:50): No, Stace, you're not going to engage your [inaudible 00:50:53] and roll to see if you can reduce your heat. Sampson [Dili] (00:50:58): This is not blades in the dark. You can't do that. Stace [Nix] (00:51:02): Pardon? Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:04): Yeah, we can't just hide in the hay bale for a while? It worked in a Sampson's Creek. Sampson [Dili] (00:51:10): I'm going to go sit on a bench. Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:11): Sitting here, just like everybody else sitting on benches. Stace [Nix] (00:51:14): I mean, considering how wanted Nix is, she's not going to suggest going anywhere until it's time to go to the safe house. Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:23): Yeah, and to be clear, Atalia did tell them that she was pretty sure they were the same creature type as what she experienced in the mist with the gray skin. She didn't see lamprey faces necessarily, but it's definitely the same skin tinge and that's gross. Daniel [GM] (00:51:36): Well yeah, so how does Dili react to that then, if that's the conversation? Sampson [Dili] (00:51:41): Those lamprey people? That's who you saw in the dead marshes? Marietta [Atalia] (00:51:45): Yeah. Yes, in the dead marshes. It was like the same body as the person I had seen before that looked vaguely like Nix, but then their skin was red and they had a lamprey face, and I was like, "Whoa! That's not the same face. That's fucking weird." And it started trying to eat me and the skeletons pin me down and they were trying to eat me. And then I flashed but I only destroyed some of them. And it touched my neck and I was like, "Oh!" And I felt really weak and I came back. But when we were walking in those creepy dudes, they were also gray-skinned. I did not see a lamprey face, but I'm pretty sure there's a correlation there. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:17): If those are the same guys that I had to deal with quite a while ago, they're lamprey faces. Marietta [Atalia] (00:52:25): Lamprey faces? Sampson [Dili] (00:52:26): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:52:28): Okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:28): Lampreys, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:52:29): Gray, undead lamprey? I don't know. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:30): I don't know. Marietta [Atalia] (00:52:31): Do you think it's contagious? I'm kind of worried about [inaudible 00:52:35], but whatever it was, like they keep telling me that the gate is closed to me whenever I show up, but that's apparently not what happens when Nix's Mom touches the plate. Sampson [Dili] (00:52:45): Yeah, I don't know what's going on. Nix, this isn't in any of your Traveler archives? Stace [Nix] (00:52:50): Oh, I don't know. I mean, some people read the archives. I wasn't really one of them. I could see what I remember from Traveler camp. Is there anything Nix would remember? Daniel [GM] (00:53:03): There's definitely nothing in Traveler lore about these lampreys. Stace [Nix] (00:53:06): Oh yeah, no, nothing about lampreys. That would be kind of weird, don't you think? Daniel [GM] (00:53:12): I have no benchmark for what's weird anymore, honestly. Why not? Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:17): I think everything's a lot stranger than we ever thought it was to begin with, which knowing anything about Numenera, I think we should have more of a respect for that. Stace [Nix] (00:53:26): Speaking of weird, Cha-Cha. Alex [ChaCha] (00:53:28): Yes. Stace [Nix] (00:53:29): Spill the beans. How did you break into prison and get my parents out? I have to know. Sampson [Dili] (00:53:37): Yeah, that's fucking wild. Stace [Nix] (00:53:39): And also, just for everyone's awareness, Nix has been treating Cha-Cha like a queen this whole time. Cha-Cha does not have to step foot on the ground. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:49): It's just pay back. Stace [Nix] (00:53:51): Whatever Cha-Cha needs. Alex [ChaCha] (00:53:55): So Buddy Cop wanted to talk and we made a deal where I got to see one thing for free and I wanted to see how your parents were because I was really getting worried about them. And when I saw them, your Mom wasn't doing well and I could tell that if it didn't happen now, it wasn't going to happen. So I owe Buddy Cop a favor, but I made a new friend and I found out that if I really want to, I can be a horror too, and I can level up in new ways. Sampson [Dili] (00:54:37): You said horror, right? Alex [ChaCha] (00:54:38): Yeah, horror. Sampson [Dili] (00:54:41): Sorry. Stace [Nix] (00:54:43): Wow, that's really dope, Cha-Cha. That's really cool, especially since they've been following you around kind of being weird and creepy, nice of them to finally talk to you. Alex [ChaCha] (00:54:53): Well, I mean, we probably should be a little bit more cautious about the horrors because he just created a portal into the tower that I could step through and gave me a bomb to blow out a wall, and it was nothing. And I owe him a favor, so I don't think I'm going to become a Knight of Hope anytime soon, because that seems like a bad thing to do when you owe somebody an ephemeral favor. Sampson [Dili] (00:55:31): You're thinking like a conflict of interest kind of thing? Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:34): Yeah. I mean, his favor might be, "Hey, can you murder Mamma Jerrun? And I'd have to be like "Oh cool, okay." I know the secret pass codes to get in there now. Stace [Nix] (00:55:45): I don't think that you could get in there if Mamma J didn't want you to, Cha-Cha. Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:49): Right, and that's why I'm not going to join the club right now, because I don't know if you guys get a password or something. And I know I'm not allowed to know, right? Stace [Nix] (00:56:01): Oh yeah, she did give us some sort of password, but I didn't write it down. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:06): It's okay, I remember it. Sampson [Dili] (00:56:07): I see, okay. Yeah, I got you now. That's what you meant by- Stace [Nix] (00:56:12): Yeah, I think that's smart because you can still be like a contractor, Cha-Cha. It might be weird sometimes if we stop talking when you come in, but that's only because we're talking about stuff we're not supposed to say in front of you. Alex [ChaCha] (00:56:21): I'm used to people stopping talking when they see me. Stace [Nix] (00:56:26): But it's not like that, is what I'm saying. This is a different situation. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:30): It's just that we also need to see what Mamma Jerrun is okay with, with us in that, because we are members of this very secret organization now. Stace [Nix] (00:56:38): Well, she wouldn't have let Cha-Cha come here with us if it was that big of a deal, but if we're talking about secret stuff, we just can't talk about it in front of Cha-Cha, and Cha-Cha understands. Right, Cha-Cha? Alex [ChaCha] (00:56:47): Yeah, and my new friend, they have not taken that idea of everyone being innocent as seriously, but since he is a horror, nobody could see him. So I think that Queen thinks I can murder people with my mind. Marietta [Atalia] (00:57:07): That's cool. Stace [Nix] (00:57:09): Don't you think that's real cool? Sampson [Dili] (00:57:12): Don't you shoot energy blasts from your mind? Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:14): I mean yeah, but he ate people. Sampson [Dili] (00:57:19): What? Stace [Nix] (00:57:20): Oh, my God, the legend of Cha-Cha. Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:22): So I'm not sure how that's going to translate to that misunderstanding, and I did light more things on fire and it went... Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how that works. Stace [Nix] (00:57:37): Well, cool. Are you still down to fuck up Doc Taraz though, as a member of the team? Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:44): I mean, yeah. She doesn't seem like she's a good person. Stace [Nix] (00:57:48): Atalia doesn't like her either. Marietta [Atalia] (00:57:50): Wonder why? Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:52): Give me a knife and I'm ready to go. Marietta [Atalia] (00:57:55): That foreign blade. Alex [ChaCha] (00:57:57): I feel like we can use my status as a weird terrorist to really up the ante. Sampson [Dili] (00:58:06): On what, terrify her into talking or like, "Oh, you better tell us what we want to hear, or else we'll let Cha-Cha- Stace [Nix] (00:58:15): Eat you! Sampson [Dili] (00:58:15): We'll just leave the room with Cha-Cha alone with you. Alex [ChaCha] (00:58:18): I mean, is she going to survive our questions? Sampson [Dili] (00:58:22): I don't know. Dili looks at Nix. But to eat, how bad is this going to get? Stace [Nix] (00:58:27): Depends on her answers. Alex [ChaCha] (00:58:30): Because we can use me as a misdirect, where I killed Nix's parents because they were going to reveal the truth or something. And then we, I don't know, blame another country that isn't Kee. I have to make up my own country where an evil, underground power that's going to overthrow the government because... I don't know, I don't like her shoes? Stace [Nix] (00:58:56): Yeah, her shoes are bogus but also, you can't tell the lies when I'm in the room with the lie-eater, because it detects anybody's lies always as it is pointed at... Well, I guess as long as I don't look at you, Cha-Cha. Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:12): We could also spin this to our advantage if we let her live, but that's a big if. Accidents happen all the time. Stace [Nix] (00:59:21): I like her thinking that my parents are dead though, Cha-Cha. I think that's very smart because then maybe the Queen won't look for them too hard. Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:28): Especially if we can get some extra bodies and disguise them as your parents, but I severely disfigured them, so it's just like they're in the clothes they were last seen in with any easily replicable marks on the bodies, and we just hang them in the middle of the town square or something. Daniel [GM] (00:59:49): And Cha-Cha, you hear a voice in your head, that familiar voice of your hitchhiker that says, "Well, we know where a few bodies are in the aqueducts." Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:59): Yeah, we just have to go into the aqueducts again, because there's some extra bodies there. Sampson [Dili] (01:00:04): Or isn't there a possibility that people are following you, Nanos of the Queen? Alex [ChaCha] (01:00:08): I mean, then we get more variety and choice. Sampson [Dili] (01:00:12): You have a positive outlook, Cha-Cha, that always surprises me. Alex [ChaCha] (01:00:15): You got to look at the positive or else you'll just go insane with negative thoughts and you won't get anything accomplished for fear of making things worse. Daniel [GM] (01:00:26): So, anything else you guys want to do before dusk? In the morning, because I assumed this was continuing on from our conversation the night before. In the morning, Dili is going to try to meditate again and connect with the automaton. Sampson [Dili] (01:00:41): Oh, okay. Daniel [GM] (01:00:44): I think I said this was a 15, right, before? Sampson [Dili] (01:00:47): Yeah, because it seemed like that was attainable. Alex [ChaCha] (01:00:49): Is Dili telling anybody else about this? Daniel [GM] (01:00:54): Yes, in the morning after breakfast of what I assume is safe house rations, I will warn people. "Hey everyone, Nix especially, I'm going to try to connect with the automaton so restrain me, restrain Cha-Cha. We'll see what happens." Alex [ChaCha] (01:01:09): Is there a way Cha-Cha could help? Daniel [GM] (01:01:12): I don't know. How would Cha-Cha help? Alex [ChaCha] (01:01:13): See, I got two theories. One is understanding Numenera and the second... Is Cirque du Soleil under the idea that you have to have mind over matter to do some of that contortionist shit, so she would know how to center yourself. Daniel [GM] (01:01:28): I would say you could give Dili an asset from the understanding Numenera part. Alex [ChaCha] (01:01:32): Okay. Daniel [GM] (01:01:34): Yeah, if you talk to Dili about calisthenics, he's just going to like, "What are you talking about?" Stace [Nix] (01:01:39): Is Atalia going to help? Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:42): I definitely can. Can there be another asset? Stace [Nix] (01:01:44): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (01:01:46): Yeah, I mean, I guess Dili's saying what he's going to do, so Atalia could try to help as well. Guys, one of you flame about it. Stace [Nix] (01:01:52): Yeah, Daniel [crosstalk 01:01:54] Alex [ChaCha] (01:01:55): We made it just [crosstalk 01:01:56] Sampson [Dili] (01:01:56): Let me mind meld my robot hand. He's got a cool shadow arm now. I want to play with it anyway. Stace [Nix] (01:02:05): I just have understanding Numenera or remembering details. Daniel [GM] (01:02:11): So you and Cha-Cha both have understanding Numenera, so both of you can give Dili an asset on this. You guys can advise him based off of what he's told you about the automaton before, about different mental approaches. And you guys can advise him about approaches that make sense for attuning with Numenera, and I would actually say, Cha-Cha, you're probably more used to attuning in Numenera, so how would Cha-Cha describe that to Dili? Alex [ChaCha] (01:02:37): I think Cha-Cha describes it as you need to just kind of let everything in and suddenly you'll feel something strong pull, and when you find it pulling, you need to pull back to create the tension, to lead yourself to the Numenera. Stace [Nix] (01:02:56): Also, you have just as much power as it does in this connection. That is the one thing that I think you forget about every time this happens. It does not have to be the one running the show. It's a two-way street, remember? Sampson [Dili] (01:03:08): Right, okay. Everything in, like bring everything in or find everything in? Alex [ChaCha] (01:03:15): Open up your mind, feel everything around you. Sampson [Dili] (01:03:19): Okay. Guys, you're going to see some weird shit, so apologize for that. Stace [Nix] (01:03:25): Try meditating. It usually happens when you're asleep or when you're dreaming. Sampson [Dili] (01:03:30): Okay. Well, just don't be surprised if you see a lot of pretty colors. That's first- Alex [ChaCha] (01:03:34): Colors? Sampson [Dili] (01:03:35): ... as I try to open up my mind, right? Daniel [GM] (01:03:40): Okay, so this is a nine intellect roll. Sampson [Dili] (01:03:43): Nine, it's amazing. Daniel [GM] (01:03:45): All right, so Dili takes a deep breath, starts meditating. Probably nothing happens for a little bit, but... That's the nine with the two assets, by the way. Sampson [Dili] (01:03:55): No, I know, I know. Daniel [GM] (01:03:56): Nothing happens for a little bit, but then Dili kind of finds something and you guys see images and memories and lights and colors start emanating around him as Dili kind of loosens control of his illusions, and then I spend four XP to advance. I get another edge having three edge. Now I get a free level of effort. Stace [Nix] (01:04:22): Is Dili tier three? Daniel [GM] (01:04:24): No, edge three, tier two and a half. Stace [Nix] (01:04:26): Okay. Daniel [GM] (01:04:29): And then I'll put that second level of effort in, making a three for the roll. Okay, go for it. Sampson [Dili] (01:04:37): Five, got it. Daniel [GM] (01:04:40): Excellent. Dili, you are meditating and you feel your mind falling. You've got your eyes closed and for a moment, it's almost like you see in the blackness behind your eyes, a tunnel in front of you, black upon black, and it's as if you're falling through it, not wildly but quickly. And then you see flashes of light up ahead, like the weird flashes of light you see sometimes when you close your eyes, when your mind is confused, those random bits of stimulus that your brain creates. And the next thing you know, you're standing in [Polis's 01:05:26] shop, your old shop, and you are smashing shelves. Daniel [GM] (01:05:33): And then you hear a voice behind you and it says, "[Inose 01:05:39] is looking for an update," and you turn and you see [Doosis 01:05:44] in front of you, and for a moment you make a chittering noise. And Doosis grunts and says, "Yeah, that was the answer I was expecting," and Doosis suddenly shifts like a blur to your right and you hear a whisper in your ear that says something unintelligible, a word that you cannot make out. It's Doosis' voice and he says, "Do you have an assigned quarry? It's time to stop stalling," and that's where we'll end this episode. Alex [ChaCha] (01:06:28): [inaudible 01:06:28] snakes. Stace [Nix] (01:06:29): Your cliffhanger just ended. Sampson [Dili] (01:06:31): Guys, we're going to be busy for the rest of the day, I think. Daniel [GM] (01:06:33): Yeah, so Marietta, something about this episode. Marietta [Atalia] (01:06:39): For Atalia specifically, I think it would be transporting to the dead marshes again. I think she wasn't really expecting that to happen and just being curious about that thought line. But also just, of course, I'm definitely here for Dili's plot line and really excited to address that, now that it feels like we kind of have at least a summary for this small arc for Nix's family, so it's like we get to start seeing these other pieces, too. It felt like a close to one and the beginning of another, it feels like. Daniel [GM] (01:07:14): Okay, cool. We have a segment that we do each week called player intrusions, where we offer you, the listener, an XP to check out, something that we think you should really dig. This week it is Sampson's turn. Sampson, what would you offer our listeners an XP to check out? Sampson [Dili] (01:07:30): All right, this is a weird one, folks. I will offer you an XP to, I'm going to say, look into an anime called Angel's Egg. It's currently available on YouTube. The quality's a little blah, but there isn't an official US release. Well, there is an official US release that is well-priced. I think there's the DVD that you can get in the US is 700 bucks. Daniel [GM] (01:07:55): Ooh, yeah! Sampson [Dili] (01:07:57): I've been trying to think of ways to describe this anime. It's a movie about an hour and 10 minutes long. It is a very oblique story, very abstract in its storytelling, one of those things where it explains itself through visuals, but very oblique visuals. It is a story about a girl who is caring for an egg and then this guy comes along. And then something happens and then the movie ends. Marietta [Atalia] (01:08:26): Sounds weird. Sampson [Dili] (01:08:27): It's very weird, but the visuals are beautiful. Marietta [Atalia] (01:08:31): Oh, it's pretty, too? Stace [Nix] (01:08:33): It's old. Sampson [Dili] (01:08:33): It is pretty. It's old, but again, it's that old, first Ghost in the Shell art style, like the movie from 1990s. Marietta [Atalia] (01:08:41): Okay, there's nothing wrong with that. Sampson [Dili] (01:08:44): And I'm going to do a bad job explaining this just because I don't really understand it fully. Its clearest message is something about religion and faith and blind faith and all that. A lot of people are going to bounce off of it just because it doesn't have any clear answers about what it's about, but it's on YouTube, it's about an hour long. It's free, Angel's Egg. I really like it because it is commonly thought to be one of the lore inspirations for Dark Souls, so that's how I found it, was going down that rabbit hole. Stace [Nix] (01:09:17): That's a good game to play if you want to suffer. Sampson [Dili] (01:09:19): And I do like to suffer. Marietta [Atalia] (01:09:20): Do you, Sampson? Sampson [Dili] (01:09:25): Yes, I do. So yeah, Angel's Egg. I wish I could say more about it, but I don't know what else to say about it that- Stace [Nix] (01:09:32): It's free and on YouTube, kids. Go watch it and then tweet at Sampson about it. Sampson [Dili] (01:09:37): Content warning, there isn't none, but this also doesn't feel like a movie a child should watch, and I don't know how to explain that because nothing graphic happens. Marietta [Atalia] (01:09:46): Is it just mature content-wise or is it just going to be like, "Whoosh," over the head for small children? Sampson [Dili] (01:09:52): It's going to be like "Woosh" over their head for some and then upsetting in ways that no one can describe in others. Marietta [Atalia] (01:10:00): What would the age range you would say? Sampson [Dili] (01:10:03): Sort of something like when they're in middle school, their parents will probably worry about them kind of thing. Daniel [GM] (01:10:08): Kind of? Marietta [Atalia] (01:10:09): Oh, so like high school? Stace [Nix] (01:10:11): Like when I read Ender's Game way too young. Daniel [GM] (01:10:13): Although I don't know if anything could beat Sampson reading Kushiel's Dart way too... Well, yeah. Stace [Nix] (01:10:23): That's true. Is it like that, [crosstalk 01:10:23] like that? Sampson [Dili] (01:10:25): No, Kushiel's Dart was very body positive, so I feel like I read that at the best age. Stace [Nix] (01:10:29): I feel like I at least have to go check this out just to understand what you're trying to describe. It's just called Angel's Egg, straight up? Sampson [Dili] (01:10:39): Angel's Egg, yeah. So yeah, apologies if that's a very unsatisfying explanation of this, but that's what I'm saying, you should at least look into it. It's a crazy ass art film that's an anime also. Daniel [GM] (01:10:53): Okay, well, so I know our listeners, our fans, there's definitely a big overlap with anime, so I'm sure some of them have opinions on Angel's Egg. If they wanted to reach out to us and give us their opinions on the podcast, or to talk to us about Angel's Egg specifically with Sampson, since none of the rest of us have seen it, how would they do that, Marietta? Marietta [Atalia] (01:11:17): Well, the best way to do that would be getting onto your internet browser and typing in explorerswanted.fm and then going to that location where there's links to all of these things. So we are on the social medias, we are active on Twitter at Explorers Wanted. We're on Instagram at Explores Wanted podcast. We're on Facebook if you search for Explorers Wanted podcast. If you're looking to support us financially to help us reach some of our goals, the best way to do that if you are able is to support us through Patreon. Marietta [Atalia] (01:11:47): There are Explorers Wanted links on there as well and there's links to that on the website. And the best way to hang out with us, interact with us and be a part of our community is to join our Discord server, and there's links to that in all of the social media and on our website. We're very active on there, there's been a lot of different channels. We would love to hang out with you and interact with you and see what makes you excited about the podcast, and see your plants and your pets, and talk about OTT RPGs all day. Daniel [GM] (01:12:13): Awesome, and as far as the Discord goes, I want to mention something. You might be listening to this right now and thinking, "Well, they've got several episodes in the future and I want to catch up before I join the Discord. I don't want to get spoilers or anything like that." Don't wait to join the Discord, join us right away. We have a special channel for spoilers about the show, so feel free to join and chat with all the awesome members of our community. There's a lot of lovely people there, so don't wait until you're caught up to join. There are tons of great people, tons of things to talk about. And if you're worried about spoilers while you're getting caught up, you can just mute the spoilers channel, super easy. Sampson [Dili] (01:12:55): Play with us. Stace [Nix] (01:12:56): Be our friend. Daniel [GM] (01:12:57): Exactly. Stace [Nix] (01:12:57): We're lovely. Daniel [GM] (01:13:00): Exactly. We want to talk to all of you- Stace [Nix] (01:13:01): We're desperate. Daniel [GM] (01:13:02): ... regardless of where you are in the show. If you enjoyed the show, the best thing that you could do for us is to tell a friend and tell them why you like the show and why they should listen to it. The second best thing you could do is to leave us a five star review on a podcast directory, specifically Apple podcasts, Stitcher, and Podchaser. Those three make a huge difference in people trying out the show for the first time, particularly if you're specific in the review as to why you like the show, to help people decide if they want to give the show a chance. And we actually have a new review on Apple podcasts, and Stace, tell us about that. Stace [Nix] (01:13:41): Yeah, so this review is titled Amazing from our friend DJ Beveguejt Nevsh from Canada. "Love the chemistry and collaborative storytelling. I've listened to hours worth of content in just a couple of days and am hooked." So thank you very much, DJ Beveguejt Nevsh from Canada. Really appreciate that. That is definitely one of the things I enjoy most about playing with you guys is the collaborative storytelling, really appreciate it. Daniel [GM] (01:14:09): So yes, if you like the podcast, do one of those two things. If you didn't like the podcasts or if you thought it was [inaudible 01:14:15] well, remember that we already know from some of the oldest tales that to stray from the path is risky. It's true that sometimes you may discover new wonders, but it's also likely that you'll simply encounter the hungry Witch Of The Woods, and less known is that once you forsake the path, its protection is forever forfeit. So I thank you once again for stopping by to visit our little cottage. We'd love to have you for dinner. If you'd like 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] (01:14:55): You can find me on Twitter @StaceWindu. Sampson [Dili] (01:14:57): You can find me hungry at @SlamPotato. Alex [ChaCha] (01:14:59): You can find me Stan and Baba Yaga @RealTeaUnicorn. Marietta [Atalia] (01:15:04): You can find me mildly attempting to still be involved in the Twitter community @imonahike. Stace [Nix] (01:15:10): Listen, you had three very good tweets this month. Marietta [Atalia] (01:15:13): At 1:00 in the morning, too. I was exhausted after school and I was like, "Oh, Twitter, ha ha," and I was like, "Okay, good night." Daniel [GM] (01:15:23): So thank you all for listening, hope you enjoyed the show. Have a good night, day, weekend or whenever you listen to this, welcome to Season Two and we look forward to coming back to you every week in the foreseeable future. And- All (01:15:39): Bye! Marietta [Atalia] (01:16:12): So I was going to scan her but my backpack's vibrating. I think it's the plate. Sampson [Dili] (01:16:21): [inaudible 01:16:21] smartphone? Daniel [GM] (01:16:22): [crosstalk 01:16:22] bad joke. Stace [Nix] (01:16:24): I'll open the bag and scan it. It says- Daniel [GM] (01:16:27): It's okay, Sampson. [crosstalk 01:16:28] Sampson [Dili] (01:16:30): Thank you. Daniel [GM] (01:16:32): Influence stretches that far, but that may incur the wrath of the Amber Papacy if they get wind of it, or I could move them to the south and... Fuck! This part will be edited because I just remembered, I forgot the nation's name!