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] (00:00:42): Accurate statement Daniel. Daniel [GM] (00:00:44): Alex Finn. Alex [ChaCha] (00:00:45): Is this phrase actually useful, [foreign language 00:00:47]? I don't know. Daniel [GM] (00:00:52): Marietta Jones. Marietta [Atalia] (00:00:53): Hi, good evening. If that's what the time is for you. Daniel [GM] (00:00:59): And Sampson Davis. Sampson [Dili] (00:01:00): Alex, was that Japanese or did your internet just poop out a [inaudible 00:01:04] at the exact moment? I couldn't tell. Alex [ChaCha] (00:01:07): Wouldn't you like to know? Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:09): I may be studying, maybe. Sampson [Dili] (00:01:12): Is it useful? What's the phrase? What does it mean? Alex [ChaCha] (00:01:14): Oh, I might have lost my bag. Sampson [Dili] (00:01:20): Okay, yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:01:22): Before we get started, we have an important item of business. And that is, well, we have a new patron. Sampson [Dili] (00:01:29): What? Again? Stace [Nix] (00:01:31): Oh, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:31): Really? Alex [ChaCha] (00:01:32): They love us. They really love us. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:34): Fells like, it's like Christmas every time. Daniel [GM] (00:01:37): Our newest patron is Kurt. Kurt just joined us at the proctor level. He also just recently joined our Discord. We're very excited to have him. And in fact, later on this episode, we actually have a review from him that he posted on Apple Podcasts. So that is very exciting. He wrote us a lovely review. Marietta [Atalia] (00:01:59): This episode is Kurt episode. Daniel [GM] (00:02:02): It's the Kurt show, essentially. Kurt, we are making this show for you. Alex [ChaCha] (00:02:08): Exclusive. Daniel [GM] (00:02:08): This episode is for you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:10): I mean, everyone can listen to it, but it's for you. Daniel [GM] (00:02:14): Yeah, know that. But seriously, Kurt, thank you so much for your support, it means the world to us. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:19): We really appreciate it. Daniel [GM] (00:02:20): So who remembers what happened last time. This time I'm going to pick on Marietta. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:25): I'm glad you said that Daniel, because I took notes. Stace [Nix] (00:02:29): Cheater. Marietta [Atalia] (00:02:30): So we pick up with Dili connecting to the automaton, we're in the safe house, it's in the morning. Then we see the automaton on a ship with Deuces. And then Deuces is like, "You're not responding appropriately." And rips its arm off because I guess Deuces is like Opie. And then a voice says in Dili's head as he's inside the automaton. "You're not cut out for this father." And then the automaton punches Deuces with its other arm in the face and it crunches, in that Deuces is done kind of way. And then the automaton leaves the ship and the automaton says to Dili as it steers off into the distance, "The man has a point." Because Deuces while in that combat was like, "Why haven't you found Dili yet? Come on, you should be able to do that." Or like it's suspicious that you haven't found him yet. So then the automaton was like, "I should find you." Marietta [Atalia] (00:03:33): So then he's coming to find us. Dili comes out of the dream, he's spooked. Kind of tells us a little bit about being inside the automaton. And then the automaton takes over Dili and stands up and looks around like, "I'll be right here, I'll hold your coffee." Then Dili comes back to himself and we spend like a solid 20 minutes just stressing about how to handle the situation. Sampson [Dili] (00:03:59): We know we need a plan, we're just very bad at it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:01): Like, "Okay, we need someone who makes plans." It's not great. Anyway, sorry. Then I guess the automaton connects to Dili or Dili tries to connect to the automaton, the automaton says it's coming alone and Dili sees how far away it is. Anyways, Atalia can see Asis being sneaky, it's not sneaking at all but he's moving pretty quick for that fucking [inaudible 00:04:27] nonsense. And then Asis comes up and Cha-Cha is like, "Oh, it's just about a few minutes away." And then she climbs up on top of the building and then Asis is scanning the building with all of them in there. So once she sees him doing that, she's like, "Okay, well fuck that." And onslaughts him. And then we begin combat and a bunch of fighting things happen. I wrote down some notes, details about fight but there's just a lot of combat. Marietta [Atalia] (00:04:54): The highlights are, Atalia got hit with the [inaudible 00:04:57]. Asis eventually got smashed. Cha-Cha had the shooter blow with the ray gun shot him through the eye. The automaton punched through the wall and grabs Nix because Nix took the hit for Dili, and then we Kapowpow fight more. Nix gets the final KO, the automaton, and Dili are then in a dark void because Dili baits I guess or like passes out after the automaton gets KO-ed and they're in a dark void together. And the automaton says, "Well father, this is awkward and then we end the episode." Daniel [GM] (00:05:34): Yeah, exactly. It's almost like everything that's happening right now is all about Dili. Marietta [Atalia] (00:05:39): Excited about that. Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:42): Dili, Dili, Dili. It's always Dili. Stace [Nix] (00:05:43): The Dili ark. Marietta [Atalia] (00:05:45): We're here for the Dili ark. I'm hoping we get an automaton out of the Dili ark. Sampson [Dili] (00:05:49): Me too. Alex [ChaCha] (00:05:50): But we just murdered it. Daniel [GM] (00:05:52): So Dili you're on this plane. You hear the voices automaton's saying, "Well, Father, this is awkward." Sampson [Dili] (00:06:00): Yeah. My bad. I didn't realize this was going to happen. This thing that I totally know what it is. Hey, where am I? Daniel [GM] (00:06:09): You tell me this is your place. Sampson [Dili] (00:06:11): I knew that. I was asking you. Dili's going to try to manifest an illusion. Daniel [GM] (00:06:17): Okay. What kind of illusion? Sampson [Dili] (00:06:19): What do you do? He would try to manifest an image of master Asis, who is our mentor. Daniel [GM] (00:06:26): Master Asis Pierce. What does master Asis look like? Sampson [Dili] (00:06:29): Master Asis looks like in my mind, he kind of looks like Bumi from last avatar. Wild white hair balding, kind of mad look, hunch, like he spent most of his life in front of a workshop. Kind of skinny. Daniel [GM] (00:06:46): Okay. So master Asis looks around and when master Asis speaks, he speaks with the atomic bonds voice. He says. "This is an interesting place you have here, your mind is so full yet restricted." Sampson [Dili] (00:07:00): Dili is going to be quiet for a while, while he takes in the fact that he, on a whim, tried to just experiment with his powers. And now his robot son is talking through the face of his one father figure he's had in his life. He just kind of processes that for a second. Daniel [GM] (00:07:20): To be honest, Dili probably needs a few years of therapy to get through that. But he can try his best. He is acknowledging it's a thing. First step. Yeah. So the automaton again, became Master Asis. It says, "This is unusual. It was unpleasant, being destroyed. But it looks like we might be together for a while." Sampson [Dili] (00:07:48): How do you know so much about apparently my minds, I just perceive a standing in this dark void. No real sense of connection to it. Daniel [GM] (00:08:03): Your mind is connected. It's a small node and the data sphere. And we're here together, at least until I complete my purpose. Sampson [Dili] (00:08:14): What is your purpose in your works? Daniel [GM] (00:08:17): I have a purpose to move targets and my target currently is you. I don't know how we're going to do this state, but I assure you, father, at some point, I will fulfill my purpose and destroy you utterly. But there's no reason we can't enjoy our time together. Sampson [Dili] (00:08:38): Agreed. I don't know what to do at the moment. Daniel [GM] (00:08:41): I'm not sure either father, but I think we have a long time together. This won't be simple. I think it'll be interesting to see how things develop. In the meantime, I think it'd be best if you sleep now. And then everything goes dark. So the rest of you guys you have a fainted Dili next to this smoldering automaton, that Nix says punched to death. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:11): Did you guys see that? Holy shit. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:13): That was impressive. I didn't know you could punch out a automaton or relentless reaper. Stace [Nix] (00:09:19): I always had faith Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:21): I should have more faith. And Cha-Cha, you like chocolate guy right through the eyeball. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:26): We had to do. Stace [Nix] (00:09:27): Should we worry about Dili? Daniel [GM] (00:09:28): Can everybody but Dili, since he's unconscious, make a perception role? Target is nine. Stace [Nix] (00:09:35): Ooh, another 19. Alex [ChaCha] (00:09:37): I got two. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:37): I am trained in that and I rolled a 10. Daniel [GM] (00:09:41): Okay, so everyone but Cha-Cha detects that there is a beeping sound from the automaton that is increasing in frequency. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:49): Oh, maybe we should get out of here. It's a beeping and I'll start trying to pick up Dili with my- Stace [Nix] (00:09:56): Nix will pick Dili up. Marietta [Atalia] (00:09:58): Thanks. Stace [Nix] (00:10:00): Okay, here's a question. Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:02): Atalia what are you doing? Atalia? Daniel [GM] (00:10:04): Maybe Cha-Cha hears the beeping and she's just sort of dancing along to it. Stace [Nix] (00:10:07): But on a serious note, would Cha-Cha use her see through matter and see what the beeping is coming from. Daniel [GM] (00:10:16): Not since you roll the two. Stace [Nix] (00:10:18): Damn. Daniel [GM] (00:10:19): You don't have enough awareness to draw your attention to it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:22): How long does a scan take? Daniel [GM] (00:10:24): Longer than you have. Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:26): Okay. Fine. Daniel [GM] (00:10:27): What are you guys doing? Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:28): Getting away from the automaton? Stace [Nix] (00:10:30): Oh, I have a minor effect. Daniel [GM] (00:10:31): What would you like as your minor effect? Stace [Nix] (00:10:35): Perception related? Could I see where it's coming from? Oh, no, I picked up Dili, rewind. I would like to see where the beep is coming from and see if Nix can make it stop for her minor effect. Daniel [GM] (00:10:47): You can't make it stop. But you can definitely without another role, but it is definitely coming from the chest of the automaton. Marietta [Atalia] (00:10:55): Can I make it stop with superb infiltrator. Daniel [GM] (00:10:59): You could try, yeah. So that would be, superb infiltrator will give you an asset and the understanding Numenera which I believe you're specialized in now. So that means it would be a nine for you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:14): I presume that Nix would show that to me. Daniel [GM] (00:11:16): Yeah, Nix is showing you so you have an asset. So that's a six. Stace [Nix] (00:11:20): Cha just still dancing? Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:23): That's a 19. Daniel [GM] (00:11:24): Okay, yes, you can make it stop. But only temporarily. At some point, it will explode. You can delay it for up to 10 minutes. Stace [Nix] (00:11:35): Thought it was a stress or distress beacon or something. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:38): Yeah, that was a explosive device. I delayed it for about 10 minutes but- Daniel [GM] (00:11:43): It's a distressing beacon. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:45): Is it right next to the house? Well, the house is kind of beat up. Should we just [crosstalk 00:11:50] and explode the house? Daniel [GM] (00:11:51): I mean, it's 19. So you have a minor effect. So you could propose a minor effect on top of that. Marietta [Atalia] (00:11:56): Can I reduce the radius of the explosion? Daniel [GM] (00:11:59): Yes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:00): Okay. I would like us... Or could I remove the explosive device? Daniel [GM] (00:12:06): You could do either. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:06): I would like to remove the explosive device. Daniel [GM] (00:12:09): Okay, you have removed the explosive device, you have about five more minutes left. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:12): Is there a deserted area that I could make a dash for and set it down? Daniel [GM] (00:12:19): You're not that far away from the plaza in [Ward Ona 00:12:21]. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:22): And there's usually no one in the plaza? Daniel [GM] (00:12:24): At least not during the daytime as far as you know. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:28): Sure, I guess I'll run into the plaza, and I'll put it down in the middle as far away from anyone as I can and I run away. Daniel [GM] (00:12:35): Okay, as you're getting back to the rest of the group, you hear an explosion. It is really nasty sounding but it's like this explosion that starts off and then it almost sort of turns inward like it's suddenly being pulled into a vacuum. Marietta [Atalia] (00:12:53): I hope I didn't kill anyone. Daniel [GM] (00:12:53): And when you look behind you, you see just utter wreckage in the buildings. You don't see anybody else come out but from all the houses around it, you hear a sound like the sacking of teeth. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:07): I run back. Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:08): I thought you're going to say there was like a school bus that suddenly showed up. Marietta [Atalia] (00:13:12): I like run back to the group and I'm like... Stace [Nix] (00:13:18): So while Atalia ran off with the explosive device, Nix would have swooped Dili back up and suggested, "Yo, Cha-Cha, you want to search the guy from the front?" Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:30): Oh, fuck yeah, Cha-Cha is looting that corpse, favorite activity? For Alex not Cha-Cha. Daniel [GM] (00:13:38): So you mean Asis? Stace [Nix] (00:13:39): Yes. We are looting Asis' corpse. Daniel [GM] (00:13:42): Okay, Asis doesn't have any cyphers on him, but he does have an artifact. It is a small device that scans a building and can provide a detailed diagram of the inside. It depletes in one [deten 00:13:56]. Alex [ChaCha] (00:13:56): So small device. Okay. Does he have like any money? Daniel [GM] (00:14:01): Oh, it's going to love that. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:03): Anything shiny? Daniel [GM] (00:14:04): He has 30 sheens on him. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:07): Okay, we take that. Daniel [GM] (00:14:08): Oh, bring the cane. Also bring the cane. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:10): Yeah, we're taking the cane, you think I wasn't going to take the cane? Daniel [GM] (00:14:13): I just want to make sure. Yeah, the cane appears to be mostly ornamental. He appears to have not needed it really. His leg appears to be cybernetically enhanced now. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:25): Okay, so we can take his leg too. Daniel [GM] (00:14:26): You could definitely take his leg to try to salvage it later if you want. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:31): Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:14:31): It's relatively easy to detach from his body. It just pops off. Marietta [Atalia] (00:14:36): You just drag this all into the house? Against the law? Daniel [GM] (00:14:40): Stace's reaction. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:45): Are we the bad guys? I mean, does he have anything else really nice on him? This guy was a douche. Stace [Nix] (00:14:49): That's true, actually. Nix is a scavenger so he's for it. Alex [ChaCha] (00:14:52): Like, any really nice clothes that might fit somebody we know. A nice hat. Daniel [GM] (00:14:59): No, he wears relatively nondescript clothes. Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:01): [crosstalk 00:15:01] Fedora. Okay, so we got his money, his leg, his cane and his artifact. Daniel [GM] (00:15:08): What about the automaton? Are you guys doing anything with the automaton's corpse? Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:11): Yes, we're going to salvage the automaton next. Well, not fully salvage, because we got to wait for someone to wake up. I think, or. Yeah. Stace [Nix] (00:15:21): Nix has just been carrying Dili around from corpse to corpse. Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:24): Yep. And Cha-Cha's just, stealing to her little heart's desire. Marietta [Atalia] (00:15:29): Should we track this? Daniel [GM] (00:15:31): Do you want to try to salvage the automaton? Or do you want to just try to search it for pieces that can be used to cyphers? Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:36): Search it for pieces, we're not going to salvage it yet. Stace [Nix] (00:15:40): Nix wants to take the head. Daniel [GM] (00:15:42): Roll 1D6. Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:44): Okay, 1D6. I got six. Daniel [GM] (00:15:49): Okay, you find three pieces on it that could be used as cyphers. Alex [ChaCha] (00:15:52): Sweet, it's going in the pile with Asis' leg. Daniel [GM] (00:15:57): Is Asis like an artifact or a cypher? Stace [Nix] (00:15:59): Oh and Dili is conscious. Daniel [GM] (00:16:01): So the first, these are cyphers. So the first item that you find is from its head, which is a data sphere siphon, that allows the user to tap into the data sphere's knowledge and can learn the answer to one question. Stace [Nix] (00:16:16): That's that's a half an episode's worth of content right there, Daniel. Alex [ChaCha] (00:16:22): We had one of those before, but it was more specific. Daniel [GM] (00:16:25): There is a stranger device near one of its ocular cavities, that is an eagle's eye which grants the ability to see 10 times as far as normal for one hour. Then there is built into a strange projector in its chest, there is a device, it's relatively small, that projects one immobile predetermined image in an area described for one hour. It will appear 25 feet away from the user. That includes movement, sound, and smell. That's three cyphers. It's up to you guys if you want to take them all or just a few. Alex [ChaCha] (00:17:07): We're taking them all, clearly. Daniel [GM] (00:17:09): Who's carrying them and how many slots do you have available? Alex [ChaCha] (00:17:11): I have one slot available. I feel like Dili used one of his. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:16): So did I give my lie eater away? Alex [ChaCha] (00:17:19): Yes. Nix has it. Stace [Nix] (00:17:20): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:17:20): You did, Nix has it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:22): I don't know why it likes to stay. So I can take one. Daniel [GM] (00:17:26): Okay. Dili has a slot open I know, because he used one. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:30): Dili, here you go. Daniel [GM] (00:17:30): Because he's asleep. Alex [ChaCha] (00:17:32): Just shove that projector on him. Stace [Nix] (00:17:34): I feel like Sampson is always pushing cypher sickness. Daniel [GM] (00:17:38): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:39): He really wants us to be ill. Sampson [Dili] (00:17:41): I want my magic items. Marietta [Atalia] (00:17:43): Which one would Dili want? Daniel [GM] (00:17:45): Let's be honest, cyphers are some of the coolest parts in Numenera. They really are. The reason we go into the ruins. Sampson [Dili] (00:17:50): Also, I have two slots open so, but also Dili is knocked out so however you would find that out. Alex [ChaCha] (00:17:56): Yeah. Dili can't choose. Sampson [Dili] (00:17:58): Yeah. Stace [Nix] (00:17:59): Nix puts one in his pocket. Daniel [GM] (00:18:02): Which one? Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:03): Do you have a preference? Alex [ChaCha] (00:18:05): Cha-Cha will take the data sphere. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:07): Okay, I'll take eagle's eye and give or Nix, do you have room for any? Stace [Nix] (00:18:14): Nah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:18:14): Okay, I'll give the projects one and mobile predetermine image to Dili. That seems appropriate. Sampson [Dili] (00:18:21): Hey, this thing I can kind of already do. Daniel [GM] (00:18:25): The difference is this projects to a spot for an hour. Whether or not you're there. Sampson [Dili] (00:18:29): Also includes smell. Daniel [GM] (00:18:32): Okay, so you guys have a leg from Asis. You've harvested what you can from what's left over in the automaton's body after Nix's punched it into smithereens. Alex [ChaCha] (00:18:41): Dili can still salvage it. Stace [Nix] (00:18:45): Nix still wants to take the head for Dili. Daniel [GM] (00:18:46): So you searched it for cyphers, you could probably salvage the individual cyphers but you kind of did that instead of salvaging it for items. Stace [Nix] (00:18:54): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:18:56): You can take the head though Nix. Whether or not it'll be useful will depend on what Dili can figure out. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:00): Can we wear it as a mask? Daniel [GM] (00:19:06): Play volleyball with it. Sampson [Dili] (00:19:08): How'd you break your arms? Well, I just said it. Daniel [GM] (00:19:12): This safe house is significantly less safe than it was earlier this morning. Where would you guys like to go? It is still late morning. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:22): Probably back to Mama Jason saying oopsie doodle. I mean, it's just a hole in the wall guys. We could probably fix it. We're going to torture somebody in here. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:35): No. Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:36): That's a big old scream hole. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:37): No. We're going somewhere else to question the actress Cha-Cha. Daniel [GM] (00:19:41): Yeah, at dusk. Stace [Nix] (00:19:42): I don't know where we should go, the NRM? Alex [ChaCha] (00:19:45): I mean, I still want to loot that shop for Paula's, that still might have some good stuff. Marietta [Atalia] (00:19:51): We should just finish them off, right. Find Deuces and- Sampson [Dili] (00:19:56): What if you guys went checked on g-ma? Stace [Nix] (00:20:01): Oh yeah, Atalia, is there anything that you would like to know? Daniel [GM] (00:20:06): Dili's a very active sleeper. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:10): Well, we could always go to my grandma's house and hang out. No one should be there. Is that a lame place to squat? I don't know. Stace [Nix] (00:20:19): Well, I mean, just the handlers are still looking for you Atalia. So we should be cautious. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:24): Okay, well then I don't know. What would you guys like to do? Stace [Nix] (00:20:28): I'm just saying we should be careful. It's worth saying because we never are dude, like not once. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:34): Okay, I don't know where to go hang out and squat. I would probably go high on a roof somewhere. But just four of us. Stace [Nix] (00:20:42): I'm just saying let's approach your g-ma's house with caution. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:46): Yeah, I wonder if there's anything there on that meeting? Daniel [GM] (00:20:50): So I would say Atalia you would definitely have an asset on any stealthy approach to your own abode. Marietta [Atalia] (00:20:55): Yeah, let's head over there and I'll do a little scope, and see. Daniel [GM] (00:21:00): Okay, so that would be a three for you with your specialization and your asset. To lead the people in a stealthy way. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:09): Okay, that's a nine. Daniel [GM] (00:21:11): Okay. So you lead them back to your home, relatively stealthily. Along the way Dili wakes up. He wakes up with a startle. "Football practice Oh, God." No, but- Sampson [Dili] (00:21:25): [inaudible 00:21:25] I could talk about. Daniel [GM] (00:21:26): Dili wakes up, draped over Nix's shoulder. Stace [Nix] (00:21:29): Nix bounces him and says, "Sshh..." Sampson [Dili] (00:21:35): As an intellect defense to not fall back asleep. Daniel [GM] (00:21:38): No, you can just stay awake. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:41): Thank you. I think I can walk. Stace [Nix] (00:21:43): Nix said no. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:44): Is it me that comes back, by the way? I feel like I should ask. Daniel [GM] (00:21:48): It is. Sampson [Dili] (00:21:49): Okay. Daniel [GM] (00:21:49): All your coins jangle in your pocket though. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:51): Yes. We have taken a 10-minute recovery roll? Daniel [GM] (00:21:55): Yes, for sure. Marietta [Atalia] (00:21:58): Thanks. Alex [ChaCha] (00:21:59): A minute. Daniel [GM] (00:22:00): You guys definitely got 10 hours of sleep. So if you wanted to take an action recovery roll and a 10-minute, you could. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:05): That's what I'm going to do. Stace [Nix] (00:22:10): Oh, yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:22:11): Can't imagine why Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:15): No reason. It's fine. Daniel [GM] (00:22:17): So you get within visual range of your cottage and give me a perception roll of wealth. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:26): I'm trained. Daniel [GM] (00:22:29): So that's a nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:29): Wealth. Daniel [GM] (00:22:31): So even at a distance the door's closed, but you can see a pool of... Not a pool, but like a brownish stain underneath the door, just in front of the door. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:43): Do I see, anyone else around? Daniel [GM] (00:22:46): No, you do not. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:48): Right, I'll definitely try to approach. Daniel [GM] (00:22:51): Okay. You can do that just fine with your existing role. Marietta [Atalia] (00:22:55): I scan, pool. Daniel [GM] (00:22:58): The pool is definitely human blood, dry. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:01): Uh-huh. Who is this? Hey, I will... Daniel [GM] (00:23:03): You know it is type B+. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:06): I don't know my grandmother's blood type. I will back the door. It seems not trapped or attached to an explosive. I will open it. Daniel [GM] (00:23:20): I would say with your knowledge of it that you are quite aware that this door is currently unlocked, and you can easily open it. There's no danger. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:34): I'll open it. Daniel [GM] (00:23:35): I feel like... Do you guys know that horses have like seven different base blood types? Alex [ChaCha] (00:23:41): Really? Daniel [GM] (00:23:41): Yeah. Marietta [Atalia] (00:23:42): Like a godfather [inaudible 00:23:43]. Daniel [GM] (00:23:45): The overall combinations are in the hundreds that they can be. Alex [ChaCha] (00:23:50): That's amazing. Daniel [GM] (00:23:50): Anyway, so you open the door, right? There is definitely more of this stain in the room. There's nobody inside though. But you do find on a partially destroyed kitchen table. So like half of it is at an angle, a dagger stuck into a piece of parchment on the table. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:16): I'll vaguely call it over my shoulder that doesn't seem like anyone's here but that there's a note. I'll walk towards it while observing my surroundings. Daniel [GM] (00:24:26): You move towards it? So there's a lot of other damage from some sort of fight that happened here. But once again, there are no bodies or anything like that. Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:36): I will look at the note. Daniel [GM] (00:24:37): The note says in the similar script to a note you found earlier, "I said we needed to talk." Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:46): I flip it over to the back. Daniel [GM] (00:24:49): It says, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to deal with it." Marietta [Atalia] (00:24:52): Atalia will be like, reaching for a pen. I'll walk back out and hand the note to Nix I guess. Stace [Nix] (00:25:06): Thought we should find... So I mean, what do you think this means Atalia? Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:13): Oh, I don't know. There's a large stain on the floor that seems rather blood like and a lot of damage and there is no note from my grandmother, so I don't know Nix. What do you think it means? Stace [Nix] (00:25:29): That your mom hurt your g-ma? Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:32): Right, possibly. Stace [Nix] (00:25:34): All right so let's her track down and fuck her up or reunite, whatever you want, Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:25:41): Oh yeah, definitely want that. I just don't want anything to do with her honestly. I'm annoyed. Actually really pissed. Stace [Nix] (00:25:49): It doesn't matter, Atalia. She's got you in a tough spot. You either go after her and see if she has your g-ma or you walk away from it all. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:01): I guess I just don't want to do it alone. Daniel [GM] (00:26:11): Abandoning your g-ma is certainly an option. Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:11): I'm like "For later life." I guess I just don't want to do it alone. Stace [Nix] (00:26:13): Well, you're not going to do it alone. I mean, come on, man. I'm right here. Sampson [Dili] (00:26:17): Yeah, we deal with my problems together, we can deal with yours? Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:20): I prefer to avoid by problems. Stace [Nix] (00:26:23): And how is that going, Atalia? Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:30): I hope that I personally murder her if she hurt g-ma. I really want to stab her in the kidney from behind and like twist and watch her bleed out on the ground. I want her to die, is how I feel. Stace [Nix] (00:26:47): Sounds like a solid plan. Sampson [Dili] (00:26:49): That's your line? Marietta [Atalia] (00:26:51): Feeling pretty passionate about that. So I guess we have a meeting. Maybe we don't want to hang out here with blood stain. Sampson [Dili] (00:26:59): She say when she wanted to meet, your mom, I mean? Or is she just going to show up now? Like the robot? Also, I assume Dili has the robot head. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:09): I think she's maybe just like the automaton, I think we're like, unfortunately connected and we don't want to be. No I don't know. There's no time or any spot here. This was supposed to be the meeting place but I quit. Stace [Nix] (00:27:23): Yeah, but g-ma is really smart. So if she's alive, she probably left you some sort of trail or something. Other clues. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:33): That's a good point. That's a really good point. Thank you and Atalia will start looking around to see if there's any sign that grandma made it out or that- Daniel [GM] (00:27:41): Okay, so this is going to be searching/investigation, perception would not work for this. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:47): I am trained in searching. Daniel [GM] (00:27:49): Okay, so it's a 15 to start, you're trained and you also grew up here. So it's a nine. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:54): I will spend a little effort. Daniel [GM] (00:27:59): Okay, six. Marietta [Atalia] (00:27:59): That is a fuck. That's- Daniel [GM] (00:28:03): Oh, okay, natural one. Oh, boy! Can you keep it? Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:12): That's not a one that's on this one. No, I'm going to spend my only XP actually. Thanks for asking. Daniel [GM] (00:28:20): Good call. Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:20): So, I will try that again. Okay, I'm going to use a different dice, forecast to be put aside for a moment. Okay, it was 15. Daniel [GM] (00:28:29): Okay, there is no obvious sign from your grandmother. But it also doesn't necessarily look like somebody died here. It's like somebody was badly wounded here but you don't see any evidence of a body or a dead body. Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:46): But the amount of blood is not a lot of blood. Daniel [GM] (00:28:49): It's a bad amount of blood, but not a, I'm dead amount of blood. It's a, "I might be dead by the time you find me" kind of blood. Marietta [Atalia] (00:28:59): Oh great, lovely. Daniel [GM] (00:29:01): But maybe not, who knows. You don't know whose blood it is. Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:04): Yeah, I guess I'll look around a little outside, see if there's any sign of direction that they went or something. Daniel [GM] (00:29:12): Roll me a die and tell me if you get even or odd. Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:16): Even. Daniel [GM] (00:29:16): Yeah, you don't find anything. Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:18): Yeah, I don't know guys. We do have another appointment though. I don't know how long until. Daniel [GM] (00:29:23): It's about midday now. Sampson [Dili] (00:29:24): We have like four or five hours, maybe three and a half. Daniel [GM] (00:29:27): Mm-hmm (affirmative). Stace [Nix] (00:29:29): Atalia, like for real, your g-ma is more important to me than we both know, Dr. Oz. Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:35): There's just nothing to follow here. Sampson [Dili] (00:29:35): There wasn't any like- Marietta [Atalia] (00:29:35): Clearly, whatever happened here. There were some fellowship people. There's no trail to follow. There's just this note and the stagger. I guess I go back in and I scan the dagger to see if I can find any information out about it. Daniel [GM] (00:29:55): So you scan the dagger. It is a rather plain dagger in most respects, but there is something you notice about it. When your mother was first teaching you how to scan as a young child, initially she was telling you about how to scan people to figure out what you could steal from them. But she did also, at the same time, teach you a variety of various things that she'd picked up. And you do notice somehow embedded in the metallurgical makeup of the dagger, essentially city coordinates for a place in Ward Kala. And the time is set for 1:00am tonight. Marietta [Atalia] (00:30:40): Oh, that's not what I expected. Daniel [GM] (00:30:43): And, surprise, when you think about the coordinates, you realize that it corresponds to the address of the house you went to, to meet with the handlers the night James died. Marietta [Atalia] (00:30:56): Great. Great, great, great. Oh, so neat. Actually, she did leave a meeting location at time 1:00am at a residence we're all familiar with in Word Kala, where my previous handler was murdered in front of me. Stace [Nix] (00:31:12): Oh, yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:31:13): That makes sense. Stace [Nix] (00:31:14): So your mom's still working for the handlers do you think? Sampson [Dili] (00:31:18): I thought we all knew that. I thought that she was working in [inaudible 00:31:22]. Marietta [Atalia] (00:31:24): Well, seems like it. Tomorrow was. Daniel [GM] (00:31:27): G-ma implied that she got the impression combined on the note in what she had heard through the grapevine that your mother was coming in to take over from Moorock. Alex [ChaCha] (00:31:34): Oh, that's right. Marietta [Atalia] (00:31:36): I'm not opposed to going to this meeting. I would really like to punch Dr. Oz in the face at least once though. But maybe we should check in with Mama J at this point. Daniel [GM] (00:31:47): You guys definitely have time because the Dr. Oz was supposed to be at the safe house at dusk. And we're talking about a 1:00am meeting at the [inaudible 00:31:57] household. Marietta [Atalia] (00:31:58): Also the safe houses isn't very safe anymore. Sampson [Dili] (00:32:00): It wasn't the safe house, there was a separate address for Dr. Oz. Daniel [GM] (00:32:04): There is a separate address. She's referring to the place where you guys were staying that is now fucked up. Sampson [Dili] (00:32:08): Right. Stace [Nix] (00:32:09): So here's kind of my thing, guys. And honestly, I don't want to go to Mama J because this is literally our first day. Daniel [GM] (00:32:20): It's probably not the best thing to have in your first six month performance review. Stace [Nix] (00:32:24): Right. I don't really want to go to Mama J and be like, "Yo, we fucked up your house, and also, we're going to go fuck up the handlers?" I don't know. Sampson [Dili] (00:32:37): As Cha-Cha suggested, we could go check out my old workshop, maybe hold up there for a couple hours at least. And then I could kind of check out this head. Marietta [Atalia] (00:32:46): You go scope it out or it would be something to kill time. Stace [Nix] (00:32:50): All right. Why not? Marietta [Atalia] (00:32:51): That sounds like something to kill time while we think. Guys we're so strong. We've done so much, but I'm not confident that the four of us can take down the handlers by ourselves. I do not want, if I go to that meeting, it's me going to that meeting, for sure. Stace [Nix] (00:33:08): What the hell are you saying Atalia? Are we going through this again? Don't we have this conversation like every however long it's been, all the time? Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:18): Look, we barely got lucky enough with the automaton and Asis. There's still a whole [inaudible 00:33:22] organization. Stace [Nix] (00:33:24): Lucky? Atalia, you don't have to lash out. I know that this is upsetting. Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:27): Well, anyway. Stace [Nix] (00:33:29): Okay, let's go talk to Mama J, honestly. If you're concerned, let's see if she can help like she's helping with the actress. Sampson [Dili] (00:33:36): I kinda agree with you Nix. I don't know if we should go to Mama J, because we just saw her yesterday. I think we should try to do this on our own, as a group, and I look at Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:46): You want to take down the handlers? Sampson [Dili] (00:33:48): Why not? Sure. I want to make sure you live to see through tomorrow, right? If that means taking down the handlers, fine, whatever. Marietta [Atalia] (00:33:56): Well, we'll minimally be meeting up with some of the Guardians, with the Dr. Oz. Nix, so check in that and see how they are. Stace [Nix] (00:34:07): Oh, yeah, good idea. Marietta [Atalia] (00:34:09): We just play the waters because maybe then Maerck will be like, "Hey, so handlers." Because they can see. Daniel [GM] (00:34:21): Are you going to kill time till it's time to meet up at dusk or are you going to go to Mama J's? Either way is fine. Alex [ChaCha] (00:34:28): The workshop. Marietta [Atalia] (00:34:29): Yeah, I think we're going to go to the workshop. We're going to go scope. Daniel [GM] (00:34:33): Okay, so you go to Alice's old workshop, the back door's of course torn off the hinges as we described before. Cha-Cha is aware of that. And the place looks even more fucked up than it was before. There are shelves down. There are holes in the wall, Deuces sized holes in the wall. I'll be honest, this isn't the most disorganized it's ever been. All right, we're not in the mood for jokes. Okay. What did you say? Marietta [Atalia] (00:34:59): Is this usable for you? Daniel [GM] (00:35:02): Let me see what I can do. It would probably take you some time to fix it up and clean it. Alex [ChaCha] (00:35:06): That's just going to look for Deuces. Daniel [GM] (00:35:09): Deuces is nowhere to be seen in this location. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:13): So Dili I guess will get to work. Question about where the metal mine is, Dili would know, but is it in the head or is it back in the body in Ward Ona. Daniel [GM] (00:35:23): Let's say it's in the head. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:24): Thank you. Dili will wipe away as much debris gathered, the tools he can and try to remove the metal mine from the head, however long that takes. Daniel [GM] (00:35:35): Because you did the initial installation, you don't have any problem removing the piece that's the metal mind. But as you do that you hear a voice in your head and it says, "That's not me anymore, father." That's a broken shell. Sampson [Dili] (00:35:50): It could still be useful. And Dili says that out loud. I think when he responds to the voice, he responds out loud. Marietta [Atalia] (00:35:58): Is there anything I can help you with Dili? Sampson [Dili] (00:36:01): I don't think so. This is pretty rote salvaging? So, is there anything Numenera useful in the head? Daniel [GM] (00:36:11): I would say no. You're aware of that because they harvested cyphers and some of those cyphers came from the head. Any useful IO has long since been depleted here. Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:22): That just slaps down Asis' leg. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:24): Where did this come from? Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:27): It wasn't using it anymore. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:29): Who? Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:30): Asis, yeah. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:31): Oh, okay. That's fair. I was worried that you guys had like... Never mind, never mind. Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:36): Found some random person and just stole their life? Sampson [Dili] (00:36:39): Just went full Rocket Raccoon on them. Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:42): I mean, maybe on a Tuesday, but this isn't a Tuesday. Sampson [Dili] (00:36:47): Then what day is it? It's Monday. Daniel [GM] (00:36:52): It's Monday. You hate Mondays? You're waiting for lasagna to be delivered? Sampson [Dili] (00:36:57): Oh my god. Alex [ChaCha] (00:36:57): Sure. Stace [Nix] (00:36:59): Send me food. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:00): And that's why I stole someone's leg. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:03): Dan, I guess I'm going to try to salvage Asis' leg. Daniel [GM] (00:37:08): Okay. You have light tools, right? And you have offset your inability. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:13): It is now at training. Daniel [GM] (00:37:15): Okay. Oh, it's full on training. Nice. Okay, so that's six for you. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:19): All righty. Eight. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:22): Yay! Daniel [GM] (00:37:23): You find two cents, and one biomechanical IO and one capacitive synth which is also considered as IO. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:34): Is there enough leg left to still be used as a club? Daniel [GM] (00:37:39): Not a great club. It would probably break the first time you used it but you could use it as a club. It would be a medium weapon. Alex [ChaCha] (00:37:45): Okay, Asis' leg is now weapon. Sampson [Dili] (00:37:49): Seeing that can actually, say like, Cha-Cha let me kind of reinforce it just a little bit. Can I use some of my parts to reinforce it? So there's at least a depletion diet? Daniel [GM] (00:38:00): Yeah, you could spend a synth, so give me a synth and give me a crafting Numenera roll of, you have crafting tools, you have crafting Numenera as a skill. So give me a three. Sampson [Dili] (00:38:15): 10. Daniel [GM] (00:38:15): Okay, Cha-Cha you now have a 1D6 depletion medium bludgeoning weapon. That is Asis' leg. Sampson [Dili] (00:38:23): It's not much, but it'll give you some style. Alex [ChaCha] (00:38:25): Yes, I'm going to beat Deuces to death with it. Sampson [Dili] (00:38:28): Okay, so it is now afternoon. Stace [Nix] (00:38:32): Nix has been awkwardly hovering over Atalia, and just occasionally is like, "How are you doing Atalia?" Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:40): Great. And Atalia is looking at what Dili is doing. Daniel [GM] (00:38:46): Give me a deception roll. So whatever you've got for deception, go ahead and roll it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:38:49): I am not trained in deception. That's surprising. 15. Daniel [GM] (00:38:55): Okay, Nix, please give me a 12 seeing through deception roll, you're specialized in social. So that makes it a six for you. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:05): Eleven. Daniel [GM] (00:39:06): Yeah, Atalia is not okay. At all. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:09): It's like trying to fill the time for it. Stace [Nix] (00:39:13): Atalia, do you want to talk about it? That's a rough situation. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:19): I just don't know how to deal with it. I don't know what's the right approach. Sampson [Dili] (00:39:20): See Atalia reframe to Atalia line. Stace [Nix] (00:39:29): It's just a lot to deal with. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:30): Usually I just wing it and it's just me and it's fine because I'm just risking me. Stace [Nix] (00:39:34): Yeah, but we'll just wing it together, Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:38): It's a lot of levels and there were a lot of people in there. I just don't think we can take down 100 people if there's just many people there as there were the other day. By the other day I mean months ago. Alex [ChaCha] (00:39:49): We could nuke them. Marietta [Atalia] (00:39:50): If my mom's beating them now, that's I just really- Stace [Nix] (00:39:55): Here's the thing though. What if Atalia, your mom went through all this trouble to meet you, so tell her you want to meet somewhere else. And she better bring g-ma alive. Marietta [Atalia] (00:40:07): I just pay for a car courier and show up. Stace [Nix] (00:40:11): Yeah, they're like seven sheens. I don't have any sheens. Marietta [Atalia] (00:40:17): I hear Dili's loaded, maybe Dili will loan me some sheens. Stace [Nix] (00:40:20): Nix try [inaudible 00:40:21] the cash register. Daniel [GM] (00:40:28): There's nothing in there. It's already been cleaned out, long ago. Marietta [Atalia] (00:40:31): Dear mom, I hate you so much. Please meet me at the exploded plaza with g-ma, love Atalia. Dili and I have seven sheens. Sampson [Dili] (00:40:43): All right, sure. Daniel [GM] (00:40:45): Do you have a time that you want to specify? Marietta [Atalia] (00:40:47): Oh, should I specify a time? Oh, am I really doing this? Stace [Nix] (00:40:53): Atalia, well, I'm not much of a writer myself, but I feel like maybe you should be a little bit stronger, a little bit more threatening. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:02): I want to murder you with my bare hands. Stace [Nix] (00:41:03): No. More like come with g-ma alive if you really want to talk to me or whatever, but like exploded plaza's a bad spot to pick because it's not empty at night. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:16): Well then we could meet at noon. What's with 1:00am meetups anyway? So what, is this some spooky evil shit never happens at 11:00am. Daniel [GM] (00:41:25): You could say that, I mean... Sampson [Dili] (00:41:27): I imagine Dili has been working on the head while this is happening and Dili looks over his shoulder and looks at Atalia like. Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:34): There's like cripple pieces of paper everywhere. Write drafts, twenty. Sampson [Dili] (00:41:42): There's so many drafts. Atalia, you love spooky shit, what are you talking about? Marietta [Atalia] (00:41:49): I don't like this spooky shit. Okay, yeah. Okay, so how about 10:00am, that's inconvenient if you've been up at 1:00am. She has to want to be there. Sampson [Dili] (00:42:07): How dare you tackle me like this. Daniel [GM] (00:42:12): She's not going to have any time to really put herself together. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:13): She's going to be like rolling out of bed in the sweats. It'll be great in a realist meeting. Stace [Nix] (00:42:20): Or do we maybe meet back at your g-ma's house? Her alone with just g-ma alive. Or she never sees her daughter, and you don't have to deal with your problem Atalia. Daniel [GM] (00:42:30): We are all waiting on Marietta to make choice. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:35): I just don't know what kind of person my mother actually is. Okay, dear... Daniel [GM] (00:42:40): Well, makes sense that you wouldn't. I mean you were so young when she left. I mean, your image of her is probably very distorted from whatever. Marietta [Atalia] (00:42:48): Her presence was, I feel like for Atalia it looks more and more erratic her being there. So I think Atalia was used to her leaving for periods of coming back. Stace [Nix] (00:42:57): So sweeten the deal by telling her where... We'll tell her where we left Maya's body. No, I'm just... Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:04): Dear Mom, I don't like your plan. Please bring grandma. Stace [Nix] (00:43:10): Please? Atalia. Strong, assertive. Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:14): Please find grandma- Stace [Nix] (00:43:15): More confident. You're powerful. Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:16): ... back to grandma's home at 10:00am tomorrow morning, I will bring coffee and donuts. If you don't come, I'm literally fucking off forever. Deuces, Atalia. Stace [Nix] (00:43:29): Cha-Cha, can you help Atalia? Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:32): Please deliver. Daniel [GM] (00:43:35): Okay, so I need a moment here. Help me out millennials here. When you guys say deuces, you've said it multiple times. Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:43): Is what I think of. Daniel [GM] (00:43:46): Are you referring to two middle fingers or the peace sign? I've read both on urban dictionary. Sampson [Dili] (00:43:51): Both are applicable depending how nice you want to be. Marietta [Atalia] (00:43:54): Well for me, I'm like double flip off. Stace [Nix] (00:43:57): It's a peace sign. Alex [ChaCha] (00:43:58): Yeah, it's the peace sign backwards because English middle finger, on the [inaudible 00:44:04]. Daniel [GM] (00:44:04): Okay. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:05): I thought that was- Daniel [GM] (00:44:07): Thank you for clarifying. Stace [Nix] (00:44:08): I just mean goodbye in a friendly way when I say deuces. Sampson [Dili] (00:44:13): It's friendly here. Daniel [GM] (00:44:15): Okay, thank you. Okay, that makes more sense then. Stace [Nix] (00:44:18): It's friendly here. Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:19): You're a daughter in rage, Atalia. Daniel [GM] (00:44:25): So it's friendly from Nix, unfriendly from everybody else. Stace [Nix] (00:44:28): Yes. Daniel [GM] (00:44:28): Okay. Thank you for explaining to this xennial. Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:34): Aggressive sign off Atalia. Daniel [GM] (00:44:38): Okay. Stace [Nix] (00:44:38): You can't be a xennial because xennials don't exist. Marietta [Atalia] (00:44:42): Come on. Alex [ChaCha] (00:44:43): Yet. Daniel [GM] (00:44:45): Xennial, meaning ex millennial, pronouncing as a Z. Stace [Nix] (00:44:48): Yeah, I've never met one. So, Daniel, you can't be one. Daniel [GM] (00:44:54): You've met one right now. I was born in 1980. Stace [Nix] (00:44:57): I'm just making a joke about how invisible. Daniel [GM] (00:45:01): Yeah, we don't exist. We're totally irrelevant to the cultural discourse. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:06): It say, "Okay, final draft." Daniel [GM] (00:45:08): Okay, so you've sent that note. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:10): Dili, Dili, can I have seven sheens? Sampson [Dili] (00:45:13): Yeah. Just give me a second. Here you go. Stace [Nix] (00:45:16): Actually, like genuinely, Nix's attempt to assist Atalia with her social interaction skill to try and get the effect we want to write this note. Daniel [GM] (00:45:28): Yes, Atalia with an asset. It'll be a six. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:33): Begrudgingly assertive, correspondence. Stace [Nix] (00:45:37): PS. Nix is making me do this. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:41): I love it. Daniel [GM] (00:45:42): Okay, so you have what both you and Nix feel like is a pretty good note. Stace [Nix] (00:45:47): Nice. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:48): That's not what I wanted to write. Daniel [GM] (00:45:50): And you hand it to the car courier. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:51): I really just want you to draw a bunch of penises and be like, please jump off a bridge and- Stace [Nix] (00:45:57): Long walk short pier. Marietta [Atalia] (00:45:59): Yeah. Daniel [GM] (00:46:01): So what are you guys doing? Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:02): Anyway, we have something next on our schedule after Dili is done tinkering with his... Stace [Nix] (00:46:07): Yeah. So you sent it out, or Atalia sent out the message? Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:11): Yeah, we sent it. Yeah. Hey, deliver this at promptly 1:00am. Be sure to knock really loud. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:18): Wait, I kind of... Daniel [GM] (00:46:19): Okay, so the car courier goes off. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:21): Wait, hold on. I kind of like what Nix was saying where we follow the car courier and then use that artifact that Asis had to scan it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:32): We can still do that. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:34): We should do. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:34): We have that scheduled for 1:00am, so we could scan it. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:38): No, I know. That's why I'm saying we should wait until we're ready to actually follow the car courier instead of- Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:43): Well, it's still going to be delivered at 1:00am. I scheduled a delivery guy to just go deliver [inaudible 00:46:48], please deliver promptly at 1:00am. Sampson [Dili] (00:46:50): Okay. Yeah, I suppose that can work. Okay, I'm in. Marietta [Atalia] (00:46:52): We could totally scope it out around midnight and do a little scan and see what happens when it shows up. I really just want to see my mom be really angry that I'm not where she wants me to be. It's really satisfying. Daniel [GM] (00:47:05): Well, let's hope we can deliver that for you. So are you guys going to follow the call courier all day until it makes this delivery? Or are you going to... Where are going? Sampson [Dili] (00:47:15): Ward Ona, again. Marietta [Atalia] (00:47:17): We have a meeting. Daniel [GM] (00:47:19): To go into the safe house. Stace [Nix] (00:47:21): We're chilling until the Doctor Oz meeting. If there's time Nix will try to fix the back door on the shop. Daniel [GM] (00:47:26): Yes, Nix can try to fix the back door on shop. Give me a 12 intellect roll. Stace [Nix] (00:47:32): I'll spin effort because Nix is smart now. Daniel [GM] (00:47:34): It's a nine. Stace [Nix] (00:47:37): Okay, so she got an eight. Daniel [GM] (00:47:39): Okay. You attempt to put the door but it does not seem to fit in the hinges, so it's still off angle and closing it is very much like a use your shoulder kind of thing, as is opening it. Stace [Nix] (00:47:51): Damn, Nix just jams it in there basically. Daniel [GM] (00:47:56): Yeah exactly. Nix's school of thought when it comes to crafting is if at first it doesn't fit push harder. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:03): Yeah, it's like that peg Tick Tock. Daniel [GM] (00:48:08): No wonder she keeps putting it through the square. Stace [Nix] (00:48:09): Well, going to have to use the front door. Daniel [GM] (00:48:11): Square hole. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:13): The one where the guy's putting everything in the square hole? Daniel [GM] (00:48:16): Okay, that's better than what I thought it was. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:18): Every shape into the square hole. Daniel [GM] (00:48:20): That's it for work tick tock. Stace [Nix] (00:48:22): Oh God. Daniel [GM] (00:48:23): There's a lot of that by the way. Stace [Nix] (00:48:23): Yeah, tick tock after dark. What? Daniel [GM] (00:48:26): It's up to you guys, you can kill time until your meeting, that's totally fine. Sampson [Dili] (00:48:33): We haven't killed time and salvage and shit. Atalia and Nix have been writing a letter, Cha-Cha has been in the trash. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:39): Swinging that leg. Daniel [GM] (00:48:41): Okay, so it is now time to head to other safe house where Dr. Oz should theoretically be. Sampson [Dili] (00:48:48): We do it. And Dili he has everyone disguised now that he's awake. Alex [ChaCha] (00:48:51): We can have decent torture. Torture, torture, torture. Daniel [GM] (00:48:51): Okay, suspend the points for that. Are you also discussing seskii or not? Sampson [Dili] (00:49:01): Now that you said it. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:02): Well, now I am. Daniel [GM] (00:49:07): I asked because you specified before that you did that once. So I just want to make sure you're spending the points if you're doing that because I'm an asshole. Sampson [Dili] (00:49:14): Yes, I'm going to spend the points. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:15): Looks like a totally different seskii. Alex [ChaCha] (00:49:15): It's stores seskii. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:22): Doesn't everyone have a seskii in Numenera. Daniel [GM] (00:49:26): So you reach the safe house and you get to the door and Maerck opens it, and says, "She's all yours." And he steps out of the room, steps out of the building rather and waves you guys in. As you guys go in, there is a room that is about 20 feet by 20 feet and sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, under a single light is Dr. Oz. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:50): Amazing. Daniel [GM] (00:49:50): And that's where we'll end this episode. Sampson [Dili] (00:49:53): Oh shit. Marietta [Atalia] (00:49:54): I always waited so long for this moment. Type hunter like once. Daniel [GM] (00:49:59): So I think it's appropriate Marietta, something about this episode. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:04): No, I felt weird about going to grandma's. But I'm glad that we finally went full circle back there and are addressing it, because it's definitely one of those things that's been hanging over Atalia's head as far as her whole mom situation. But she really doesn't want to deal with it. She doesn't like her mom, she doesn't want to do anything with it. She just wants her to go away. Daniel [GM] (00:50:24): I think that's definitely clear. Stace [Nix] (00:50:27): Yes, we understand. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:31): She's just so done. So, anyway, it's just good for character development. Daniel [GM] (00:50:36): I don't want to deal with my mom, but everything I look at is through the prism of my mother. Marietta [Atalia] (00:50:42): Atalia's got some issues she needs to work through, and I'm excited to see her get there and what that might look like. Also terrified. We'll see. Daniel [GM] (00:50:52): Yep, so we have a segment that we do each week called player intrusions. That's where we offer you the list or an XP to check out something that we think you would really dig. This week, it is my turn, and I would offer you an XP to check out the anime on Netflix, Dorohedoro. It is an anime based off of a manga, and it is wonderful and batshit insane in equal measure. The story follows two residents of the Hole which is a city that sort of exists in a pocket dimension. Where these sorcerers from another dimension regularly visit to practice their magic by hideously deforming people. The main characters are Caiman, somebody who is immune to magic now, but somebody casts a spell on him and now his head is a reptile head. And Nikaido, a food salesperson, they own a restaurant where they primarily sell gyoza. Daniel [GM] (00:51:56): It's very clear from early on the story, also a sorcerer in hiding. It follows these two as they attempt to figure out who turned Caiman into part lizard, and how to undo the spell. It also involves, as it goes, we start learning the story of all these other sorcerers in the sorcerer realm. And it is fucking insane. First of all, the Hole is all messed up to the magic there. They have a day every year where the dead rise from their grave, and there's a competition for how many people can take out. And then in the worlds of sorcerers, there's a very explicit thing where they have a connection with literal devils that they make agreements with. And they have magic which is smoke built up in their bodies. And some of it is simple like healing. Sometimes their smoke is curving people apart without killing them. Daniel [GM] (00:52:53): Sometimes that magic is like turning people into mushrooms or making living dolls out of food. It's just wild. The story following this mystery of Caiman's memory is just really compelling. The characters are really well done. I started reading the manga recently, and it is just as batshit crazy as the anime is. But the first season on Netflix is incredible. Now I will say this, if you're going to watch the anime, make sure you watch at least three episodes. Because the first episode, even the first two episodes, you're like, "Ooh, this is a lot." There's a lot of crazy stuff going on. I know, Marietta tried to watch it and the first episode was rough. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:38): I'll try to give it a second shot. Daniel [GM] (00:53:41): Give it at least three episodes. Marietta [Atalia] (00:53:42): Okay, that's fair. Daniel [GM] (00:53:43): Because it starts turning into utter craziness and there's some delightful humor in it, amidst all the weird violence and strange, I call it natures of it. Anyway, my wife and I have watched it now, as of yesterday, four times all the way through. And we love it so much. I'm starting to read the manga because I have to wait till the second season now to try to find out what's going on. I'm delighted that the manga is just as crazy as the anime. They didn't really cut anything out to make the anime work. So anyway, I would highly recommend Dorohedoro, and it is on Netflix if you're in the US. If you're outside of the US, I hope it's on Netflix. But I have no idea because licensing for shows is weird and stupid. Alex [ChaCha] (00:54:37): If we got a VPN sponsorship, that would be no problem. Daniel [GM] (00:54:41): It wouldn't be. So if any VPN companies are listening, we're open to potentially doing a sponsorship. Marietta [Atalia] (00:54:49): Collaborating. Alex [ChaCha] (00:54:51): We'll come to that later. Daniel [GM] (00:54:51): Collaborating. For sure. We're not doing any ads right now yet, but we're open to the idea Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:01): Hint, hint. Wink, wink. Daniel [GM] (00:55:01): I mean, we still live in the US. So, in the US at least, you can't engage in a creative endeavor unless somebody gives you money. Sampson [Dili] (00:55:12): Although we have a Patreon, so. Alex [ChaCha] (00:55:14): They could become patrons. Daniel [GM] (00:55:15): That helps. That helps. That doesn't change the fact that society is fucked, but yes, Patreon ads, any of those things. Good news. But anyway, I highly recommend Dorohedoro. I have harassed the rest of the cast about it a few times. But I'm going to harass again, because it is so good and I love talking with people about it, because it is just so bananas. Sampson [Dili] (00:55:39): I was interested in it. I think I watched like the first two episodes, but it might have been at the time I was kind of busy with other stuff. And it didn't grab me enough. Daniel [GM] (00:55:51): It's so weird that you really need to give it three episodes so that you get a chance to sort of see the sorcerer side of things, too. Anyway, I highly recommend it. You can [inaudible 00:56:01] if you check it out. If people wanted to reach out to us to tell us what they think about Dorohedoro or about the podcast. How would they do that, Marietta? Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:09): Well, they can head straight to our website, explorerswanted.fm where they'll find links to all of these resources. But we are on social media. We're on twitter @ExplorersWanted. We are on Instagram at Explorers Wanted Podcasts. And we're on Facebook as Explorers Wanted Podcasts as well. And then, if you're looking to support us financially, we do have a Patreon and we have goals that we are trying to reach. So your success within your means we really, really appreciate that. We would love to be able to create more content with you in the future. Marietta [Atalia] (00:56:39): The best way to really interact with us is on our Discord. It's probably the thing that I'm personally the most excited about. I love the community that we built there. And there's links to join our Discord server on all the social media and our website. So please come hang out with us. Even if you just lurk or if you want to show us plants, or talk about the episodes or anything really, we're just happy to have you be part of our community. Daniel [GM] (00:57:05): And also if you're feeling like, "Oh, I'm not completely caught up in Explorers Wanted." I know there are some of you out there. And you are like, "I don't know if I should join the Discord before I'm caught up." Join that Discord before you are caught up. That's totally fine. You can always be a despoilers channel, because honestly, if you would like our show, you're probably the kind of person that we'd like to chat with and hang with. So please join our Discord and chat with us. We'd love to have you. Daniel [GM] (00:57:35): If you like the show, the best thing that you could do to help support us is to tell a friend, and tell them what you like about the show and why they should listen to it. The second best thing you could do for us, is to leave a five star review on our podcast directory, like Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Stitcher. Those detailed five star reviews make a huge difference in people checking us out. We in fact have a new five star review on Apple Podcasts, Stace why don't you tell us about that. Stace [Nix] (00:58:06): Yeah, so this is from Xavier 56 from the US of A, and it is titled great Numenera podcast. The whole group is great, excellent story from the DM. Great players playing great characters, will be catching up quickly. If you are looking for an excellent character driven actual play podcast, this is the one for you. Bonus if you are Numenera curious. Daniel [GM] (00:58:28): Yeah, I would post that as my orientation for sure. Stace [Nix] (00:58:32): I remember when I was Numenera curious. Oh, no, oh no. Alex [ChaCha] (00:58:32): It's not so long ago. Daniel [GM] (00:58:38): Yes. Thank you so much for that review. It helps so much. If you didn't like the podcast for some reason, or if you felt it was just. Well, I just want to remind you that things are in motion, and the future is uncertain. I hope you pack extra underwear. If you want to reach out to us individually on social media, you can. You can find me on Twitter @Andrlik, A-N-D-R-L-I-K. Stace [Nix] (00:59:04): You can find me on Twitter @StaceWindu. Sampson [Dili] (00:59:06): Don't panic and bring a towel, I'm @SlamPotato. Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:12): I just called myself on a crotch goblin. So find me @realteaunicorn on Twitter and teawithaunicorn on Twitch if you want to see my little crotch goblin. I'm not rephrasing that. Fight me. Marietta [Atalia] (00:59:28): And you can find her, no... You can find me on Twitter at @imonahike. I only aspire to be as great as Alex. Daniel [GM] (00:59:38): We all do. Marietta [Atalia] (00:59:39): Sure. Daniel [GM] (00:59:41): So thank you so much for listening. We'll be back next week as we will for every week in the foreseeable future. Have a good night, day, weekend or whenever you're listening to this and bye. Marietta [Atalia] (00:59:52): Bye. Stace [Nix] (00:59:52): Bye. Sampson [Dili] (00:59:52): Bye. Alex [ChaCha] (00:59:53): Bye. Marietta [Atalia] (00:59:53): It's about 10 minutes out. So after some more debate, Atalia sneaks outside and it's like, "Oh there's Steve." Sorry. Stace [Nix] (01:00:39): Wow, you really are angry about those gummy bears. Sampson [Dili] (01:00:46): You just [inaudible 01:00:46] and slipped right into that one. Marietta [Atalia] (01:00:49): First of all David is David and Dave's Dave. That's all. [inaudible 01:00:55] anyway, yeah. Daniel [GM] (01:00:59): I need to step away briefly but that'll be fun because knowing you guys you'll need to spend at least five more minutes planning what to do next. Sampson [Dili] (01:01:08): Wow. Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:08): And then- Sampson [Dili] (01:01:08): It's true. Stace [Nix] (01:01:08): Not actually plan, I feel like we spend a lot of time planning what to do for a ambush and then we didn't do anything. Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:15): Well I think is the issue is that, usually you're our planner but you're our talker this time and not our planner. Daniel [GM] (01:01:24): And bye. Stace [Nix] (01:01:24): Bye. Alex [ChaCha] (01:01:24): Bye. Sampson [Dili] (01:01:24): Bye. Marietta [Atalia] (01:01:24): Bye. Stace [Nix] (01:01:25): I feel like I'm getting more enthusiastic.