Daniel [GM] 0:31 Welcome to Explorers Wanted. We are a weekly Numenera actual-play podcast. I will be your humble GM, Daniel Andrlik. With me today is Alex Finn. Alex [ChaCha] 0:41 Hi. Daniel [GM] 0:42 Sampson Davis. Sampson [Dili] 0:43 ChaCha, [inaudible] Daniel [GM] 0:47 Marietta Jones. Marietta [Atalia] 0:48 Oh, hello. Daniel [GM] 0:48 And Stace Babcock. Stace [Nix] 0:52 And I have nothing clever to say. How typical. Marietta [Atalia] 0:57 We gotta think of them beforehand next time. Daniel [GM] 1:00 Yeah, you gotta plan ahead. Okay, who remember what happened last time? This time I’m going to pick on Alex. Alex [ChaCha] 1:09 Aw, man. Ready for the ramble train? Last week, on Explorers Wanted we were outside the shop? Yes, and Dili just got glitterbombed, yas! It turned out that the glitter bomb was secretly a tracking device. Just like all glitter, we know where you’ve been. Thanks to the quick work of Atalia, the glitter tracking device was disabled. Even though Nix pointed out it’d be a great idea to use it to lure the Knyxos into a dark alley and shake them while they weren’t expecting it. Stace [Nix] 1:52 Close enough. Marietta [Atalia] 1:53 That’s exactly what you said. Stace [Nix] 1:55 I mean, essentially, yeah. Thanks for saying that it was a good idea? Good suggestion? Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] 2:03 I mean, I was really close to being like, “Fuck it, I’m taking back my asset. We’re gonna do this raw. Daniel [GM] 2:12 Rawdog it. Alex [ChaCha] 2:17 After we disabled the glitter bomb, we took the notes that the actually super-nice guy who happened to purchase Dili’s little shop, he’s a super nice guy and I kind of feel bad for being a dick to him, but that’s what ChaCha would have done. We took those notes to the Queen’s Spittoon. ChaCha saw her best buddy, Loan Shark Guy. They gave a “What’s up, dude,” and Nix went over to talk to her buddy, Latrine? No. Alex [ChaCha] 2:49 Not Latrine. Stace [Nix] 2:50 Karfa. Alex [ChaCha] 2:50 Karfa, yes. And basically it turns out, the items actually going to go on silent auction, you all need to do a heist. And we were all super-stoked for it, like, the players were so excited. It was amazing. Meanwhile, at the other table, there were starting to be rumors of a mysterious person, we have no idea who this is, who tried to burn the castle. Nobody knows who it was. Definitely not ChaCha. ChaCha, because that had nothing to do with her, started to do Episode 3 of “ChaCha and the Horror.” That’s really hard to enunciate. Trying to distract people from noticing Dili, because probably should stop bringing Dili out in public, as a side note. Sampson [Dili] 3:46 Terrible idea, honestly. Alex [ChaCha] 3:46 Atalia actually managed to draw more attention to herself and by transitive property, Dili. People were like, “Y’all, who is this? He looks really suspicious and he’s glitter and he’s doing these glittery little sparkles, like what?” After that, we went to Mamma Jerrun’s to see if she could help with the heist, but she would not help with the heist. She was being a dick and when they were talking about the money, ChaCha noticed that Mamma Jerrun was maybe paying somebody more, or less, than the rest of them. And ChaCha is all about equality and fair wages, there will be no wage gap in this party. She stood her ground and was backed up by Dili and Nix. Sampson [Dili] 4:41 Nope. Dili did not help. Alex [ChaCha] 4:43 And we found out maybe Mamma Jerrun’s not a good guy. Which is kind of shocking, nobody expected that…. Stace [Nix] 4:54 Everybody expected that. Alex [ChaCha] 4:56 So we learned that Mamma Jerrun was actually a dick, but we got a raise, and that’s important. Stace [Nix] 5:04 Can’t spend money if you’re dead. Alex [ChaCha] 5:06 Watch us. After negotiating our raise, we went off to Atalia’s meeting. Atalia went to meet her new handler, the Pee Pervert. Also known as Tamara. Her handler was like, “You know, your skills are bangin’. People love your skills. Here are three job options. Option 1: Go kill this realtor, because nobody likes a realtor.” Which is a lie, some realtors are nice people. But that was Option 1, the least amount of money. Option 2: Acquisitions. Go get this small, nervous fellow who used to own a store. Hmm. Maybe it’s Dili for 600 shins. Option 3: Get this terrorist dead or alive. It’s a small person who tried to light the castle on fire. Also known as ChaCha. What will Atalia choose this week, on Explorers Wanted. Daniel [GM] 6:17 That was very well done. Marietta [Atalia] 6:18 That was beautiful. Daniel [GM] 6:19 Of course, Atalia, you probably remember that your Grandmother said that if at all possible, you should accept one of the contracts they offer you at this meeting. Marietta [Atalia] 6:29 Okay. Daniel [GM] 6:28 Not like I’ve been planning this for a while. Marietta [Atalia] 6:31 Okay. Daniel [GM] 6:31 Tamara has just offered you these three contracts and says, [As Tamara] Does one of these seem to strike your fancy? And she seems to be watching you with a very measured gaze. Marietta [Atalia] 6:47 [As Atalia] The middle one seems to be easiest. I’m not opposed to investigating these other ones further, but this Chansey person, that is not a great sketch. I’m happy to do some research and some scoping. This middle gentleman seems to be fine, I presume I’ll have no trouble finding him. Daniel [GM] 7:09 [As Tamara] Yes, I mean, it’s very clear that they want him alive, so that’s within your normal range of things, I suppose. Marietta [Atalia] 7:17 [As Atalia] I’m hesitant to say yes, but I’m curious about this real estate fellow, investigating that as an option. Daniel [GM] 7:27 [As Tamara[ Here’s the deal. I don’t even want you a part of it, because if it’s not your contract it’s somebody else’s. I need to know where I’m assigning it to. Marietta [Atalia] 7:38 [As Atalia] I’ll bring this middle fellow in and I can’t commit on the Chansey person. I could commit on doing some reconnaissance and see if I can track them down. Daniel [GM] 7:49 [As Tamara] I do need to assign somebody else if it’s not going to be you. These are all contracts that have some urgency behind them. If you want to take the Adilebrim Kret one that is absolutely fine. Once again you can take that contract and I can assign somebody else to the other two contacts. Marietta [Atalia] 8:11 [As Atalia] Okay. Daniel [GM] 8:12 [As Tamara] Because unless they’re hanging out together, which would be frankly, foolish-. Marietta [Atalia] 8:16 [As Atalia] And also a coincidence. Daniel [GM] 8:17 [As Tamara] There’s no likelihood that somebody could do both. Marietta [Atalia] 8:21 [As Atalia] Like a whole on the ground operation going on. I’ll find him. He should be fine. Daniel [GM] 8:27 [As Tamara] Okay. Good luck. She hands you the note and then she says, [As Tamara] Wish you luck. The rate is listed there and good luck, I’ll mark you down as on this contract. Marietta [Atalia] 8:42 [As Atalia] Yeah. Thanks. I’ll get it done to the best of my ability. Daniel [GM] 8:48 Quick question for Atalia out of character. Is there anything else she wants to pursue given this auction coming up within hours. You don’t have to do it. Marietta [Atalia] 8:58 I don’t think there’s a good opening. I feel like she’s at a lot of risk, with her, so I don’t think she’s really gonna push it right now. Daniel [GM] 9:07 Okay. So, Tamara says, [As Tamara] Excellent. Let me know how things are going. If you don’t find your quarry within a week at least check in with me. Marietta [Atalia] 9:16 [As Atalia] Oh, yeah. Shouldn’t be a problem. Daniel [GM] 9:18 [As Tamara] Okay, excellent. Good luck, Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] 9:22 [As Atalia] Oh, yeah. Thank you. And Atalia will put her hood back up and bounce. Daniel [GM] 9:29 Okay. So you go ahead and put your hood up and bounce. Give me a Perception roll, your target is 15. Marietta [Atalia] 9:36 I’m trained in Searching and Listening. [Inaudible]. And Perception. Daniel [GM] 9:45 Okay, it’s gonna be a 12. Marietta [Atalia] 9:45 14. Daniel [GM] 9:48 You notice you have picked up a shadow as you leave the bar. You don’t think it’s Tamara, but somebody’s following you. Marietta [Atalia] 9:58 Okay. I will go about my business as normal. I would typically leave and head to a much more populated area of town, like a marketplace or something. Then I’m going to try to lose them there. Daniel [GM] 10:15 That’ll be a 15 Stealth to try to lose them. Marietta [Atalia] 10:15 I am trained in Stealth. Daniel [GM] 10:21 I think you’re specialized in it. Marietta [Atalia] 10:22 I’m specialized in Stealth. Daniel [GM] 10:25 So it’s a 9. Marietta [Atalia] 10:26 17. Daniel [GM] 10:29 Okay, you feel like you have lost this tail pretty effectively in a crowd. Describe how you do that. What do you do in a crowd to lose them? Marietta [Atalia] 10:38 I think if it is a marketplace situation, she’ll walk up to a stall and talk to someone and then once they get bored of watching her do mundane things she’ll dip around the corner. Daniel [GM] 10:52 Yeah, so you basically just vanish on them. Sounds good. Marietta [Atalia] 10:58 Oh, she’s buying an apple. Oh, she’s…. Daniel [GM] 11:02 Where’d she go? Marietta [Atalia] 11:03 Where’d she go? Daniel [GM] 11:06 Where did she go? What happened? You vanish and it’s probably about, because it takes you a little extra time to lose them it’s about twenty minutes later than you probably expected to come back when you meet up with the rest of the group. Marietta [Atalia] 11:23 [As Atalia] I’ve got bad news and bad news and we should probably head to my grandma’s house. Sampson [Dili] 11:29 [As Dili] Okay. What happened? Marietta [Atalia] 11:32 [As Atalia] I gotta report in. So, I’m supposed to bring you in. Sampson [Dili] 11:35 [As Dili] What? Marietta [Atalia] 11:39 [As Atalia] I had the option of bringing you in. And I’ll turn to ChaCha. [As Atalia] And they asked me if I wanted to kill the real estate agent. Alex [ChaCha] 11:47 [As ChaCha] Should’ve killed the real estate agent. Stace [Nix] 11:49 [As Nix] Yeah, we’re probably gonna kill him anyway. Sampson [Dili] 11:52 [As Dili] What? Stace [Nix] 11:53 [As Nix] Well, if he, like, puts up a fight, he’s a bad dude. I’m just saying it could’ve been a twofer. Marietta [Atalia] 11:59 [As Atalia] Yeah, but I didn’t want to see overeager. You know. James just died. Stace [Nix] 12:07 [As Nix] Oh. Marietta [Atalia] 12:07 [As Atalia] I wasn’t gonna be like, sure, I’ll take all three contracts. That’s not conspicuous. Sampson [Dili] 12:12 [As Dili] Yeah. I suppose now that you have my contract no one else from The Handlers is going to be looking for me so that’s…. Marietta [Atalia] 12:19 [As Atalia] Yeah, but the problem is someone from The Handlers is probably going to be looking for ChaCha. Alex [ChaCha] 12:26 [As ChaCha] We kill them. Sampson [Dili] 12:27 [As Atalia] But the detailed description of you is very bad. She had a depiction, drawing of you and let me tell you, I don’t know what that was but I would never look at that picture and think. “Oh! That’s ChaCha!” Stace [Nix] 12:43 [As Nix] I mean, was there anything distinctive that we should change? Marietta [Atalia] 12:47 [As Atalia] In my opinion, it looked like a cartoon character. Stace [Nix] 12:49 [As Nix] Okay. Daniel [GM] 12:51 Nix, you look over at ChaCha and you’re like, “Huh. She looks a little bit like a cartoon character.” Stace [Nix] 13:02 [As Nix] So it was accurate, great. Daniel [GM] 13:06 One thing that Atalia would remember, that the description did not include “ChaCha” as a name, only “Chansey,” because that’s the way that ChaCha introduced herself to the manager at the time. Marietta [Atalia] 13:18 Okay. Daniel [GM] 13:21 Not that you guys would know that, because most of you guys haven’t listened to ChaCha’s Session Zero yet. Marietta [Atalia] 13:23 Sorry. Daniel [GM] 13:27 No, that’s okay. That’s the way it should be. Sampson [Dili] 13:29 Oh. Marietta [Atalia] 13:29 I’ll say, um, [As Atalia] Yeah, ChaCha, they referred to her as Chauncy though, whoever tried to burn down the palace. Which I’ve heard about more than once now, so it must be getting around. Alex [ChaCha] 13:41 [As ChaCha] Yeah, Chansey’s my name. Marietta [Atalia] 13:45 [As Atalia] Oh. Is ChaCha your nickname? Alex [ChaCha] 13:47 [As ChaCha] It’s my stage name so that you don’t have to say something long. You just say, ChaCha. And she does unenthusiastic jazz hands at her side like, “ChaCha!” Stace [Nix] 14:01 [As Nix] Yeah, so, I get it, because ChaCha is shorter than Chansey. Sampson [Dili] 14:08 [As Dili] Same letters, though. Right? How do you spell Chansey? Alex [ChaCha] 14:13 Uh. Stace [Nix] 14:13 Uh. Alex [ChaCha] 14:13 It might be like one letter shorter. Marietta [Atalia] 14:19 C-H-A-U-N-C-Y? Alex [cHAcHA] 14:20 I spelled it C-H-A-N-S-E-Y. So that’s like, one letter shorter. Daniel [GM] 14:30 Yeah. At least for the first name, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] 14:35 [As Atalia] Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah. So, I feel like we probably need to go find that real estate agent ASAP because they’re just a sitting duck. Alex [ChaCha] 14:43 [As ChaCha] And we murder them. Marietta [Atalia] 14:44 [As Atalia] They don’t even know what you look like and I’m supposed to be bringing you in, so. Sampson [Dili] 14:50 [As Dili] Okay. Are we gonna go do the real estate agent now? Daniel [GM] 14:56 The good news for Dili is that they want him alive. Chauncey is dead or alive. Marietta [Atalia] 15:01 [As Atalia] Yeah, they said no preference if you should be dead or alive, ChaCha. Alex [ChaCha] 15:07 [As ChaCha] I mean, it’s probably better they bring me in dead or it’s kind of dangerous. Marietta [Atalia] 15:13 [As Atalia] Yeah, that’s really the other reason. If it came down to it, I didn’t want to have to obtain you. That sounds way more difficult than obtaining Dili, you know what I mean? Alex [ChaCha] 15:19 [As ChaCha] Yeah, I’m kind of a crafty person. Dili’s more nervous and he’s good bait. Stace [Nix] 15:27 [As Nix] Dili is like, literally crafty, though. Sampson [Dili] 15:30 Ah, haha. Dili will hold up his hand for a fist bump like, “Eh?” Stace [Nix] 15:38 [As Nix] Like, I’m sure we really don’t need to do this but for my comfort level, guys, can we make a pact that we’re not gonna turn each other in for bounties? Marietta [Atalia] 15:48 [As Atalia] Unless there are ulterior motives that we’ve clearly established for like some backstabbing nature on them. I will not turn you in against your will, Dili. Sampson [Dili] 15:59 [As Dili] Thank you. You guys have been the nicest people I’ve talked to since I lost my whole life. Stace [Nix] 16:03 [As Nix] Wow, that is so sad, man. Alex [ChaCha] 16:06 That’s a weird loophole. Sampson [Dili] 16:07 [As Dili] What? Daniel [GM] 16:09 Honestly, it was pretty amazing, the statement that Nix made about, like Atalia was probably pretty thrown off by it, but ChaCha and Dili took it as far as when Nix was explaining “If you’re traveling with me, you’re part of my family, and I’ll die for you.” Alex [ChaCha] 16:30 That’s why ChaCha fought so hard to get Nix equal pay. She assumes family is a good thing and she’ll fight for them. Stace [Nix] 16:39 And ChaCha really appreciates the shins. Or, excuse me, wow. I’m Nix. And Nix really appreciates the shins. Marietta [Atalia] 16:50 Nix likes shins. Woo! Marietta [Atalia] 16:54 [As Atalia] Anyway, I didn’t get any information about the, I’m too hot right now to be asking those kjnds of questions. So we should probably go find this real estate agent ASAP. If not tonight then definitely tomorrow. I should probably not go, actually, because I presume they will be casing the joint. So either we go there disguised or Nix has to go. Anyway, I personally need to go see Grandma because she was pretty insistent that I come see her after this meeting. Stace [Nix] 17:31 [As Nix] Yeah. And I gotta kinda check on my mom’s house, because there’s like that artifact or whatever device thing with the Society’s logo on it that I need to find. Because that’s weird. Marietta [Atalia] 17:47 [As Atalia] It also might not hurt just to check on your mom like, has she been anywhere? And also that nano that’s like, “Oh, she has a disease,” like, I can tell she doesn’t have a disease and I’m not a medical nano. Stace [Nix] 17:59 [As Nix] I mean that Nano’s been treating my family for years. Like, very cutting edge. All of our friends use them, so, like, I don’t-. Marietta [Atalia] [As Nix] [As Atalia] Yeah, but some of your mom’s friends also drink herbal tea. Stace [Nix] 18:16 [As Nix] Um, I drink herbal tea. Sampson [Dili] 18:17 [As Dili] Is that a bad thing? Marietta [Atalia] 18:19 [As Atalia] Does it make it better? Stace [Nix] 18:21 [As Nix] I feel like all tea is herbs, but maybe I’m wrong. Sampson [Dili] 18:24 [As Dili] Didn’t we have herbal tea at your Grandma’s place? Marietta [Atalia] 18:27 [As Atalia] But it’s not gonna cure you or help you lose weight, or, you know. Stace [Nix] 18:31 [As Nix] If you only drink herbal tea you will lose weight. Marietta [Atalia] 18:36 Atalia ignores that statement and keep walking to her grandma’s house. Sampson [Dili] 18:39 Fighter logic. Stace [Nix] 18:46 [As Nix] All right, I’ll pop in real quick at your grandma’s, but I can only stay for the debrief then I gotta bounce out to my mom’s. Marietta [Atalia] 18:55 [As Atalia] That’s the question. Where do we want to stay tonight. Do you want me just to go to my grandma’s and I’ll come meet you guys or something? Alex [ChaCha] 19:02 [As ChaCha] We should take care of the real estate agent tonight. Marietta [Atalia] 19:05 [As Atalia] You think so? Alex [ChaCha] 19:07 [As ChaCha] Well, if they’re offering…. Marietta [Atalia] 19:08 [As Atalia] It’s pretty fucking late right now. Alex [ChaCha] 19:09 [As ChaCha] If they’re offering good money, you strike in the dark so no one sees you coming and it looks like an accident. Marietta [Atalia] 19:17 [As Atalia] Yeah, but I didn’t take the contract so it would be conspicuous if I killed them at this point. Sampson [Dili] 19:22 [As Dili] But we don’t have to kill them. Stace [Nix] 19:23 [As Nix] I’m not super down with killing people for money. Killing people for attacking us, yes. Killing people for being evil, yes. Killing people for money…no. Alex [ChaCha] 19:37 [As ChaCha] They don’t have to die. Marietta [Atalia] 19:37 [As Atalia] We’re out of shins, man. Stace [Nix] 19:39 [As Nix] No. Listen. If I wanted 400 shins I would just turn Dili in. Which we’re not gonna do. Marietta [Atalia] 19:47 [As Atalia] He’s worth 600. Sampson [Dili] [As Atalia] [As Dili] What? Stace [Nix] 19:49 [As Nix] That’s what I’m saying. And you don’t have to kill anybody. I’m not gonna kill-. Marietta [Atalia] 19:53 [As Atalia] ChaCha’s worth 650. Sampson [Dili] 19:55 [As Dili] Ah, nice. Stace [Nix] 19:57 [As Nix] We’re not turning each other in, guys. I was making a point. Alex [ChaCha] 20:01 [As ChaCha] That’s why we go tonight before they get killed. Marietta [Atalia] [As ChaCha] [As Atalia] It would be a good way to infiltrate. Stace [Nix] [As Atalia] [As Nix] Okay, so who do we want to infiltrate with, Atalia? ChaCha or Dili, you pick. Sampson [Dili] 20:13 [As Dili] Why can’t we all go? Also, we don’t have to kill him. We can just go in, ask him some questions. Give him a warning that he might die soon, and leave. Then, fine. It’s all done. Alex [ChaCha] 20:27 ChaCha gestures at Dili like, “This is what I’ve been saying. Get to him before he dies.” Sampson [Dili] 20:33 [As Dili] Listen to the short people. Stace [Nix] [As Dili] [As Nix] Okay. You definitely said “Take care of the realtor,” so you gotta understand my confusion in that regard because that’s a commonly used euphemism for murder. Marietta [Atalia] 20:47 [As Atalia] Yeah. I don’t really want to kill the dude I just thought we should go. But, uh, hmm, if we interrogated him and then The Handlers other contractor or The Handlers other member, even worse, shows up to kill the dude, real estate agent person. Alex [ChaCha] 21:04 [As ChaCha] Then we save his life and he is indebted to us and must provide us all information we ask for. Stace [Nix] 21:12 [As Nix] Fine, I’ll do it, guys. Marietta [Atalia] 21:15 [As Atalia] That’s what we wanted. Thanks for figuring that out. Sampson [Dili] 21:19 [As Dili] Also, Atalia, do you know other contractors that The Handlers use? Marietta [Atalia] 21:22 [As Atalia] No, I always worked on my own. I’ve known James since I was pretty young, you know? Sampson [Dili] 21:29 [As Dili] So then, it’s very likely that if we do run into whoever they decide to hire, too, they won’t know that you’re with The Handlers, so. Marietta [Atalia] 21:39 [As Atalia] Unless they’re with The Handlers and they were at that meeting the other night. Sampson [Dili] 21:43 [As Dili] Or that. Stace [Nix] 21:45 [As Nix] Uh, so, another aside. Let’s not forget that we pissed Mamma Jerrun off. Marietta [Atalia] 21:54 [As Atalia] Yeah. I was kind of thinking maybe she would be like, “Also we need to take of this event,” or something, but she didn’t mention it at all and I wasn’t going to be like, “Oh this event that I shouldn’t know about.” Sampson [Dili] 22:04 [As Dili] Another idea, what if, like-. Stace [Nix] 22:08 [As Nix] We should’ve followed Tamara, oh my god. That was too Kardashian, but that’s fine. Sampson [Dili] 22:15 [As Dili] Follow Tamara where. Stace [Nix] 22:17 [As Nix] Wherever. Marietta [Atalia] 22:19 [As Atalia] I don’t think we would be able to follow her. There’s another way in and out of that place, I’m pretty sure. I don’t know, I feel like if we were scoping it, couldn’t find-. Sampson [Dili] 22:29 [As Dili] What if, Atalia, you find a lead on me and find out I’m going to be at some auction, and be like, hey, “Have you heard anything about an auction that my mark is supposedly going to be at?” Daniel [GM] 22:43 Hmm. Marietta [Atalia] 22:43 [As Atalia] Ohh. That’s an idea. And I could be like, look, I didn’t really want to come approach you about this, but it sounds like it’s a Handlers auction. Sampson [Dili] 22:52 [As Dili] Yeah, so you can try that. Marietta [Atalia] 22:54 [As Atalia] Okay. Yeah, that’s an idea. Let’s see what Grandma says, too, maybe she has some kind of idea. Sampson [Dili] 23:01 [As Dili] Okay. So wait, are we doing the realtor thing tonight? Is that happening? Alex [ChaCha] 23:06 [As ChaCha] Yes. Stace [Nix] 23:06 [As Nix] Oh. Right. Alex [ChaCha] 23:07 [As ChaCha] Yes. Realtor tonight. Sampson [Dili] 23:08 [As Dili] But Grandma first? Alex [ChaCha] 23:10 [As ChaCha] Grandma first. Well, Nix’s mom first. Marietta [Atalia] 23:18 Where is the realtor in relation to Grandma. Stace [Nix] 23:18 [As Nix] Yo, okay, this is what we do. We send a cog courier to your Grandma. Marietta [Atalia] 23:22 [As Atalia] Like I was supposed to. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Stace [Nix] 23:24 [As Nix] You’re supposed to, so that way we know it gets to her no matter what. And we go and see this realtor. Sampson [Dili] 23:31 [As Dili] Okay. Marietta [Atalia] 23:34 [As Atalia] All right. I would like to seek out a courier, Daniel. Daniel [GM] 23:37 Okay. It’s not hard to do. You know where you can go for a courier. It takes a little bit of walking time but not that much. It will definitely cost you seven shins. Marietta [Atalia] 23:47 Okay. That’s fine. Daniel [GM] 23:50 Okay, so you pay seven shins. What is the message that you want to send to your grandmother? Marietta [Atalia] 23:52 Met with T. Have a new job. Investigating. See you soon. Love, Atalia. Daniel [GM] 24:04 Mm. Okay. So you go ahead and send that to your grandmother’s home. You pay your seven shins and it goes off and does what it’s gonna do. Marietta [Atalia] 24:13 Excellent. Sampson [Dili] 24:16 Dan, can I do a couple off-screen rolls? Daniel [GM] 24:18 Yeah, what are you trying to do? Sampson [Dili] 24:19 One, I want to make two recovery rolls because I am low. Daniel [GM] 24:23 At this point, because everything has been sort of going around and talking, assume you’re at full right now. Stace [Nix] 24:30 Daniel, you’re a kind and generous GM. Alex [ChaCha] 24:34 So handsome. Daniel [GM] 24:35 I think it’s mostly because I’m lazy and I don’t want to deal with that crap. Sometimes. Sampson [Dili] 24:40 Do I need to mark the recovery rolls or kind of not do that? Daniel [GM] 24:43 No, just assume that you’re going to get a full set. Because you slept at Nix’s grandma’s house. Sampson [Dili] 24:49 I think I used some Effort. Daniel [GM] 24:50 So it’s assumed. Sampson [Dili] 24:50 At the wright’s shop. Daniel [GM] 24:55 Oh, yeah. That’s true. Yeah, go ahead. Sampson [Dili] 24:58 The normal rolls or mark it down or what? Daniel [GM] 25:01 Make the normal rolls. Sampson [Dili] 25:01 Okay. Daniel [GM] 25:04 It depends on if you’re going to do something tonight or if you’re going to wait until tomorrow. Sampson [Dili] 25:06 So hold on. 4. Nice. And then the second thing I want to do is kind of make a formal roll to collect the glitter transmit-location thing. Daniel [GM] 25:06 So what are you trying to do with that? Sampson [Dili] 25:21 I’m trying to scrape off the glitter as much as I can and kind of get it into a pile that I can put in my pocket. Daniel [GM] 25:30 That is going to be a speed roll of 9. Sampson [Dili] 25:34 Speed roll of 9. I’ll try to do that straight. Nat 20. Alex [ChaCha] 25:42 Yeah! Daniel [GM] 25:44 Nice. You get it completely into your pocket. You think you’ve captured it completely. In fact, with that Nat 20, you think you could easily deploy it wherever you wanted to next. Sampson [Dili] 25:57 All right. And that’s all I want to do. Daniel [GM] 25:57 Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 26:02 Oh, we’re going to see a realtor. Sampson [Dili] 26:06 [As Dili] Let’s go. Daniel [GM] 26:08 Okay. By the time you get to that place it is the evening. The lights are still on in the address at the location but the sign says closed. Alex [ChaCha] 26:19 ChaCha tried the door anyway. Daniel [GM] 26:22 The door is locked but you could knock on it if you wish. Alex [ChaCha] 26:25 She will. Stace [Nix] 26:26 Whoa. Are you guys all approaching? I feel like we, I feel like we had a strategy for this. Marietta [Atalia] 26:32 Atalia is not approaching. Alex [ChaCha] 26:33 ChaCha’s approaching. She’s just like, okay, we’re doing this. Stace [Nix] 26:37 Nix is with ChaCha. Daniel [GM] 26:41 Okay. You approach, you knock on the door. Then it takes a moment, but then an individual comes to the door. He’s rather short. He’s in well-to-do clothes. He’s a Sharp Realtor who Knows the Story. He opens the door a little bit and he’s like, [As Realtor] I’m sorry, we’re closed right now. It’s the end of the day. Stace [Nix] 27:05 [As Nix] Yeah, so, uh, is this Kal? Daniel [GM] [As Nix] [As Realtor] It’s the name of our establishment, yes. Stace [Nix] 27:14 [As Nix] Uh, yeah, I got some kind of important info for you that would be very good for your health if you found it out. Daniel [GM] 27:23 [As Realtor] That sounds ominous. So give me a social roll. Target is going to be 12. Stace [Nix] 27:27 Nix is extremely likable, so that’s going to be a 9. Alex [ChaCha] 27:32 Yeah. Stace [Nix] 27:35 Got a 14. Alex [ChaCha] 27:35 Yeah! Daniel [GM] 27:38 [As Realtor] Okay, feel free to come in. He opens the door and lets you guys in. Stace [Nix] 27:46 [As Nix] Thanks. Yo, I heard that you hooked Pollos, probably is his name, up with a sweet storefront. Daniel [GM] 27:59 [As Realtor] Yeah, it was a very good location that came open at just the perfect time. Stace [Nix] 28:04 [As Nix] Yeah. And you have a really nice business card. Like, it’s embossed? Daniel [GM] [As Nix] [As Realtor] Thank you. I paid a fair amount for it. Stace [Nix] 28:12 [As Nix] Yeah. Normally I would be real friendly and tell you my name? But I’m not gonna. What I’m going to tell you is going to be hard for you to hear. And also I need information from you. So this is gonna be a two way exchange. Essentially I’m going to save your life and you’re going to tell us what we need to know. Daniel [GM] 28:34 [As Realtor] Okay. Stace [Nix] 28:37 [As Nix] All right. I mean, what’s your name? Or what should I call you? Should I call you Kal? Daniel [GM] 28:44 [As Realtor] Well my name is actually Michael. Stace [Nix] 28:49 [As Nix] Oh, Michael. Such a good name. Bad news first, I guess. Well, actually, I would like to hear from you for sure that if I more or less save your life tonight, you tell me what I need to know. Can we shake on that? Daniel [GM] 29:05 [As Michael] I’m a little nervous about this. You’re starting to worry me. Are you here to kill me. Stace [Nix] 29:09 [As Nix] No, not personally. Daniel [GM] 29:12 [As Michael] Um. Stace [Nix] 29:13 [As Nix] Or actually. Daniel [GM] 29:15 [As Michael] Okay, I’m a little nervous now. Give me another social roll of 9. Stace [Nix] 29:23 Okay. So six. Got a 15. Daniel [GM] 29:28 He says, [As Michael] Okay. So you realize very quickly that his name is not Michael, it’s a pseudonym he’s giving you cuz he’s scared. Stace [Nix] 29:37 [As Nix] Hey, you don’t want to give me your real name and I get it, like, we’ll use Michael, that’s fine. I’m not giving you my real name either, you can also call me Michael. Sampson [Dili] 29:47 Oh, that’s going to get annoying. Daniel [GM] 29:48 [As Michael] Okay. Stace [Nix] 29:49 [As Nix] All right, so Michael. Long story short, someone will be sent to kill you very soon. I found out about it. And look at me here doing a good fucking thing and telling you about it, at great risk to myself I might add. Daniel [GM] 30:09 [As Michael] Um, yes, that’s horrifying. I don’t even know how to process that. Stace [Nix] 30:15 [As Nix] No, you don’t really get a moment because honestly you should answer my questions and then you should get the fuck out of town. Daniel [GM] 30:24 [As Michael] Okay. Stace [Nix] 30:24 [As Nix] I need you to focus, Michael. So here’s some good news. As long as we’re in this room together, I will fuck an assassin up. Daniel [GM] 30:34 [As Michael] Okay. Stace [Nix] 30:35 [As Nix] So you should feel comfortable right now, all right? Daniel [GM] 30:39 [As Michael] I don’t know if that’s really possible for me at this moment, but I’ll try. Stace [Nix] 30:41 [As Nix] Deep breath. Focus on the moment. Alex [ChaCha] 30:48 Can ChaCha try and help him calm down? Daniel [GM] 30:52 How would ChaCha do that? Alex [ChaCha] 30:52 I’m holding his hand and just kind of giving him puppy dog eyes. Daniel [GM] 30:56 Okay, so give me a social roll of 9. Alex [ChaCha] 31:05 I got a 10. Daniel [GM] 31:08 Okay. He seems to be calming down. Sampson [Dili] 31:10 Can Dili keep an eye on the doors and windows or any [inaudible]. Daniel [GM] 31:18 Mhmm. I will give you an asset on anything that needs to happen since you’re planning all this. Stace [Nix] 31:26 [As Nix] All right, Michael. I need information about an object that’s going on auction soon. Daniel [GM] 31:37 [As Michael] You mean like a space? Stace [Nix] 31:43 [As Nix] No, like an artifact. Daniel [GM] 31:45 [As Michael] That’s really not what I deal in. I just work on space. Alex [ChaCha] 31:50 Would you know of a place they’re using? Daniel [GM] 31:53 [As Michael] I deal with sort of more permanent rentals, not like event planning. Stace [Nix] 31:59 [As Nix] So you’re telling me that you don’t know anything about a very expensive object moving through the city, despite your underworld connections that allow you to quickly flip a storefront. Daniel [GM] 32:13 [As Michael] I never said I had underworld connections. Stace [Nix] 32:15 [As Nix] Michael, don’t lie to me. We know. Daniel [GM] 32:21 [As Michael] I don’t really know what you’re talking about. Go ahead and give me an Insight roll of 6. Stace [Nix] 32:29 [As Nix] Michael, you’re gonna make me roll some dice. Alex [ChaCha] 32:35 ChaCha got a 14. Stace [Nix] 32:35 19. Daniel [GM] 32:40 With a 19 you know that he’s hiding something. Stace [Nix] 32:41 [As Nix] Michael, I’m here to do you a favor. All I’m asking for is what you know. Then I’m going to leave and you’re going to get yourself out of town. And you’re going to stay alive. And what happens alternatively, I don’t get the information I need and…. And you still get to leave and you still get to live. [As Nix]I’m going to leave that a mystery, okay? Daniel [GM] 33:06 [As Michael] Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 33:07 Can ChaCha tighten her grip, kind of assertively when Nix says alternatively? Daniel [GM] 33:15 Sure. [As Michael] I guess, I don’t know anything about any space for an auction. There was a space that I took care of recently. I don’t know the details but, you know, I suspected for a while that the landlord was probably dirty. They came and told me that the tenant had left and I brokered it out anyway. The tenant had paid rent in advance but they told me that didn’t factor in the decision. They just let me rent it out. They told me to do it as soon as possible. Stace [Nix] 33:51 [As Nix] Why do you think that’s significant? Daniel [GM] 33:54 [As Michael] Well, it’s unusual, but it’s the only sort of underhanded thing I’ve done recently. I mean, for the most part, I’m an honest businessman. I just do what I have to do. You know, there’s no way you can really be in any way successful unless you take the odd, weird job and certainly, when it comes to real estate there’s a lot of people who own things that are not great people. The tenants don’t always know that. I mean don’t get me wrong, whoever this loser was that owned this place, he probably had no idea he was paying his rent to a criminal organization. Alex [ChaCha] 34:32 ChaCha’s gonna kind of yank his arm to get his attention and say, [As ChaCha] Who told you to rent it out? Daniel [GM] 34:39 [As Michael] Um, she was I don’t know, she introduced herself as Asidra, she had a couple of goons with her and she said that the situation had changed and to rent it out A-S-A-P. Said they’d already cleared out the location. So I tried to find somebody right away. I was lucky, I just found somebody who was just moving in, looking for a spot. Alex [ChaCha] 35:06 [As ChaCha] Did they pay you to do it? Daniel [GM] 35:09 [As Michael] I only got my usual commission from the landlord for renting it. I was lucky the renter was also working through me so I got a double commission. It’s a good deal, it’s something that you know ideally happens in our industry. Alex [ChaCha] 35:24 [As ChaCha] Do you have any contact information for Asidra? Daniel [GM] [As ChaCha] [As Michael] Yeah, I know how to reach her but I don’t know if I would recommend it she’s bad news. I mean, the people she goes with they’re, don’t know much about them, but they’re scary. Alex [ChaCha] 35:43 [As ChaCha] I’ve seen worse, give it to me. Daniel [GM] 35:44 [As Michael] And you swear you’re going to let me live and let me leave? Alex [ChaCha] 35:49 [As ChaCha] I won’t kill you today. Daniel [GM] 35:52 Give me a persuasion roll of 6. Alex [ChaCha] 35:55 20. Why am I wasting these good rolls on this bullcrap. Daniel [GM] 36:03 [As Michael] Okay, okay. Um. He goes back and gets the card, like, [As Michael] So basically, I don’t think she actually lives here, but I know if I send a cog courier to this address…. And he hands you a card. [As Michael] That she’ll get it. And the address is to a warehouse in Ward Ana. Stace [Nix] 36:26 [As Nix] What kind of information could you send her that would like, get her attention? Daniel [GM] 36:35 [As Michael] I could tell her that someone was behind on the rent or that someone’s accosting me, but I only deal with them every once in a while. This is crazy. You said, you weren’t sent to kill me, were you? Stace [Nix] 36:35 [As Nix] Again, no. Daniel [GM] 36:54 [As Michael] Okay, that’s good to hear. Stace [Nix] 36:55 [As Nix] But we could-. Go ahead, I’m so sorry. Daniel [GM] 36:57 [As Michael] But you said that somebody’s coming to kill me? Stace [Nix] 37:02 [As Nix] Absolutely. Daniel [GM] 37:04 [As Michael] Oh, god, god. Oh god. I need to go, I need to go. Alex [ChaCha] 37:09 [As ChaCha] Yes, yes you do. Stace [Nix] 37:11 [As Nix] Before you go, can you write a quick note to Asidra saying that you’re being bothered and accosted and a meeting place? Daniel [GM] 37:26 [As Michael] I will literally do anything you tell me as long as I can leave this room alive. Stace [Nix] 37:30 [As Nix] That is what I like to hear, Michael-not-Michael. Daniel [GM] 37:35 I would say nobody needs to roll for this, but there is definitely urine dripping down his leg. Alex [ChaCha] 37:38 Nice. Daniel [GM] 37:40 He is very afraid of particularly ChaCha and Nix. Stace [Nix] 37:46 Woohoo! Alex [ChaCha] 37:46 We did it! Buddy Cop Part 2! Stace [Nix] 37:50 Thank god ChaCha was there, honestly. I was at a loss, about to be like, “How about you go, buddy?” Alex [ChaCha] 37:55 Oh, ChaCha’s ready to investimigate this warehouse where she thinks the auction’s going to happen. Marietta [Atalia] 38:00 Daniel’s like, ugh! Stace [Nix] 38:02 Nix gets the note from him if he wrote it and she’s keeping it, not necessarily sending it right away. Daniel [GM] 38:11 [As Michael] Can I please go? I need to get my family together for me to run. Stace [Nix] 38:18 [As Nix] Oh yeah, do that like, ASAP, dude. Daniel [GM] 38:23 [As Michael] Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 38:22 [As ChaCha] It might be better if you don’t take them. They’re just after you. Daniel [GM] 38:27 [As Michael] What? Alex [ChaCha] 38:27 [As ChaCha] I mean, they could be hiding and waiting in your house. And then they’re going to use your family to get to you. Maybe leave them to have a happy life without you. Daniel [GM] 38:38 [As Michael] Oh, god. Stace [Nix] 38:38 [As Nix] I mean, unless the assassins come to them looking for information on where he is, you know what I mean? Alex [ChaCha] 38:45 [As ChaCha] Just write your wife a note saying you found a new person you don’t like her, she’s ugly, you’ve moved on. Daniel [GM] 38:52 [As Michael] Are you sure that’s the only way? Alex [ChaCha] 38:55 [As ChaCha] You could try to survive in the wilderness with your family, put them in danger. Daniel [GM] 39:01 [As Michael] Oh, god. Stace [Nix] 39:07 [As Nix] Listen, it is all up to you, my guy. Daniel [GM] 39:11 He is full on weeping at this point, by the way. Sampson [Dili] 39:13 [As Dili]ChaCha, I got an idea. Could you do your stage disguise thjng for him and then we could send him off and hopefully the assassins do come here and we can deal with them. Stace [Nix] 39:24 [As Nix] Oh my god, Dili, have you been here the whole time? Sampson [Dili] 39:26 [As Dili] We’ve all been here. Marietta [Atalia] 39:29 No, Atalia isn’t. Sampson [Dili] 39:30 Oh, really? Oh, shit. Marietta [Atalia] 39:33 Yeah, Atalia was like, I’m not going in there. That’s going to be really not good. Sampson [Dili] 39:36 [As Dili] Well yes, I have been here. I think. I assumed we all came, so I don’t know, actually. I’ll say I’m in here. Alex [ChaCha] [As Dili] Yeah. Stace [Nix] 39:49 [As Nix]I mean honestly though, nobody’s been assigned your contract now, but it exists. So if you got your family and got out of town in like, two hours max, you might be all right. But you gotta go now, man. Daniel [GM] 40:05 [As Michael] Oh, god. I’ll go. You’re not going to shoot me in the back, are you? Stace [Nix] 40:11 [As Nix] No. Alex [ChaCha] 40:12 [As ChaCha] Not today. Daniel [GM] 40:13 [As Michael] Oh god. Stace [Nix] 40:13 Nix holds the door open for him. [As Nix] Go. Daniel [GM] 40:17 [As Michael] Is this a trap? Oh my god. Stace [Nix] 40:19 [As Nix] Oh my god, Michael, get the fuck out. Daniel [GM] 40:26 He bolts, leaving a urine trail behind him. Alex [ChaCha] 40:27 Ohh. Sampson [Dili] 40:29 [As Dili] He’s been peeing for a full 5 minutes, did you see that? It just kept going. Alex [ChaCha] 40:34 [As ChaCha] He might have health conditions, which, maybe would have been better if he was killed. Stace [Nix] 40:40 [As Nix] All right, ChaCha. All right. Alex [ChaCha] 40:46 [As ChaCha] We’re gonna go investigate a warehouse. Daniel [GM] 40:49 What warehouse? Alex [ChaCha] 40:49 On the card. Daniel [GM] 40:52 Okay. So you can go there. How would you plan on approaching it? Sampson [Dili] 40:56 [As Dili] So, there’s a good chance who took the contract out on our realtor was the Knyxos. Alex [ChaCha] 41:04 [As ChaCha] Oh, yeah. Stace [Nix] 41:04 [As Nix] Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] 41:05 [As ChaCha] It was definitely them. Loose end. Sampson [Dili] 41:07 [As Dili] Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] 41:09 [As ChaCha] We probably shouldn’t go in through the front. But we should see if it’s like, a fancy auction. Then we can steal the object and then we’ll be done. Sampson [Dili] 41:18 [As Dili] Well, the auction’s tomorrow night, so. Alex [ChaCha] 41:21 [As ChaCha] Yeah. Don’t you get people in first, set up, and then people show up and like, oh, it’s already fancy. That’s how they usually do gigs. They find you the day before and show you the place. Daniel [GM] 41:35 Hmm. Alex [ChaCha] 41:37 [As ChaCha] Like, here’s where you will be, here are where the guests will be. Don’t eat the food over there. Daniel [GM] 41:44 So how do you plan to infiltrate that? Alex [ChaCha] 41:46 [As ChaCha] We are wandering performers here to entertain them. We heard there was a party. Stace [Nix] 41:52 [As Nix] Yeah, you do that and I’ll apply to be security. Alex [ChaCha] 41:59 [As ChaCha] You are my security because I am famous. Stace [Nix] 42:03 [As Nix] I am literally your security, dude, like, at all times. I don’t even have to act. Alex [ChaCha] 42:09 [As ChaCha] This is my assistant, Bob. And she gestures at Dili. [As ChaCha] He does clown magic. Stace [Nix] 42:19 [As Nix] Bob’s kind of a weird name, but, performers. Alex [ChaCha] 42:23 [As ChaCha] Stage names must be shorter than real names. Stace [Nix] 42:27 [As Nix] Am I just Ni-? Alex [ChaCha] 42:30 [As ChaCha] Yes. Alex [ChaCha] 42:34 [As ChaCha] You are Ni-. My security guard. Stace [Nix] 42:37 [As Nix] All right. Alex [ChaCha] 42:39 Welcome to the world of ChaCha. Stace [Nix] 42:40 [As Nix] What is Atalia gonna do? She’s going to be recognized. Alex [ChaCha] [As Nix] [As ChaCha] Wouldn’t she like, be like, checking it out on the rooftops, being all like super agent secret spy sniper mode? Stace [Nix] 42:54 [As Nix] Super Agent Secret Spy Sniper mode, Atalia. Can you do that? Marietta [Atalia] 43:01 Have you guys left the dude’s place? Stace [Nix] 43:03 Oh, for sure. Marietta [Atalia] 43:05 Okay. Atalia would definitely approach and be like, [As Atalia] Hey! Stace [Nix] 43:08 We would never lose track of our characters spatially. Alex [ChaCha] 43:08 Never! Stace [Nix] 43:13 Wait, are we still in the kitchen? Alex [ChaCha] 43:19 G-ma’s just like, you missed your…. Marietta [Atalia] 43:21 Anyway. Stace [Nix] 43:23 This was a fever dream brought on by the herbal tea. Sampson [Dili] 43:27 [As Dili] So here’s the thing. I don’t think I should actually be in the building. I should be with Atalia outside the building cuz they want this. They want a piece of this. They want all of this. So, it’s a bad idea if I give them this. Stace [Nix] 43:48 Daniel, you have my permission-. Marietta [Atalia] 43:49 [As Atalia] Why are they so obsessed with you? Stace [Nix] 43:50 To delete this. Marietta [Atalia] 43:52 [As Atalia] I mean aside from you fucking them over accidentally. You’re just like, such a small man, you know. Alex [ChaCha] 43:57 [As ChaCha] Damn. Damn, Dili. Marietta [Atalia] 43:59 [As Atalia] Oh, I’m really sorry. Marietta [Atalia] 44:03 [As Atalia] Dili, dili. Stace [Nix] [As Atalia] [As Nix] Okay. To me all three of you are kind of small, so. Daniel [GM] 44:10 Nix is the tallest of all of you. Sampson [Dili] 44:11 [As Dili] Yep, that makes sense. Marietta [Atalia] 44:13 [As Atalia] Um, so I guess we could go scope out this place? Stace [Nix] 44:19 [As Nix] Yes, for once, Atalia. Daniel [GM] 44:22 So how are you going to approach applying to be entertainment or security for this? What is your plan of attack? Stace [Nix] 44:32 [As Nix] ChaCha, ChaCha, we go outside the place and you set up the puppet performance of your life. Alex [ChaCha] 44:40 [As ChaCha] Yes. Stace [Nix] 44:42 [As Nix] You are gonna be a goddamn star. Alex [ChaCha] 44:46 [As ChaCha] Yes. ChaCha is super excited now. Marietta [Atalia] 44:48 [As Atalia] What about me trying to find out more information saying Dili’s going to be there? Alex [ChaCha] 44:54 [As ChaCha] Plan B. Sampson [Dili] 44:56 [As Dili] Yeah, that could be a tomorrow thing if this investigation tonight doesn’t work. Marietta [Atalia] 45:01 [As Atalia] Yeah, we should go scope it out tonight. Alex [ChaCha] 45:04 [As ChaCha] It’s kind of suspicious if you suddenly show up hours after your contract like, lol, I have information. He’s going to be at this super-secret thing I shouldn’t have known about, but found about in two hours. Marietta [Atalia] 45:20 [As Atalia] Well, I wasn’t going to go over there right now if that’s what you were implying. Alex [ChaCha] 45:23 [As ChaCha] Yes, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] 45:24 [As Atalia] Anyway, yeah, let’s go scope the place out that sounds great. Scoping. Daniel [GM] 45:31 Who is approaching somebody else at this warehouse? Alex [ChaCha] 45:35 I think ChaCha’s just gonna find the most obvious place and set up a little performance area and start setting off hedge magic fireworks. Daniel [GM] 45:47 Give me a Performance roll of 15. Alex [ChaCha] 45:50 She’s trying to be the biggest distraction so if Atalia and Dili are like, “Let’s get a closer look,” people probably aren’t gonna notice them? Stace [Nix] 45:59 Nix is gonna help by painting her face green. Alex [ChaCha] 46:01 16. Marietta [Atalia] 46:04 [As Atalia] Okay, but is there anyone at this place? What does the exterior of this look like? Stace [Nix] 46:13 [As Nix] Atalia. Alex [ChaCha] 46:13 [As ChaCha] Assume there will be guards. Daniel [GM] 46:17 There are a couple of people who definitely seem like goons at one of the doors. Does anybody want to make a Perception check? Marietta [Atalia] 46:23 I would like to. Daniel [GM] 46:25 Target is 12. Stace [Nix] 46:26 Very well. Marietta [Atalia] 46:27 All right, I’m trained. 12, excellent. Stace [Nix] 46:30 I got a 14. Sampson [Dili] 46:30 2! Daniel [GM] 46:33 Anybody who beat the target, there are definitely goons all over here. There are the obvious goons at the door, and also at the windows and roof entrances. There are very clearly people. They’re doing their best to stay hidden, but they are there in the shadows. This is something that Atalia, since you passed, this is the kind of thing that even though you don’t usually work with teams with The Handlers, you’re pretty sure that this is high security for them. Like, you know enough about the way contracting works to know that this is a significant expense. Marietta [Atalia] 47:14 [As Atalia] This place is locked down, my dudes. There’s something going on here, for sure. Stace [Nix] 47:21 [As Nix] Probably an auction, right? Marietta [Atalia] 47:23 [As Atalia] That much security. Daniel [GM] 47:26 Dili, evens or odds? Alex [ChaCha] 47:28 Oh no. Sampson [Dili] 47:28 Odds. Daniel [GM] 47:31 Okay. Marietta, roll me a dice. Tell me if it’s even or odd. Alex [ChaCha] 47:34 Oh, no. Marietta [Atalia] 47:36 Odd. Daniel [GM] 47:39 Okay. This is the same warehouse that you burst out crying when you were running away from the Knyxos. Sampson [Dili] 47:46 [As Dili] Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Stace [Nix] 47:49 Yesss. Marietta [Atalia] 47:50 Yeah? Sampson [Dili] 47:53 [As Dili] This is where I was working for a little bit. Marietta [Atalia] 47:58 [As Atalia] Yeah? Sampson [Dili] 47:57 Remember how I told you I was working for the Knyxos and I think I mentioned that the last part of my work wasn’t at my shop, it was at one of their facilities? This is it. Marietta [Atalia] 48:10 [As Atalia] So, maybe Knyxos, not Handlers. Sampson [Dili] 48:13 [As Dili] Yeah, I mean, we kind of already knew that because this was a contact for, remember Asidra? This where we could contact Asidra at, so. Marietta [Atalia] 48:23 [As Atalia] Yeah, so I guess I can try to break in there, but. Sampson [Dili] 48:25 [As Dili] Well, I think that’s a bad idea. That’s, no. Marietta [Atalia] 48:28 [As Atalia] It’s not on my top list of things that are desirable to do. Daniel [GM] 48:35 Everybody but ChaCha, give me a Perception roll. The target is 9. Alex [ChaCha] 48:43 7. Sampson [Dili] 48:42 5. Marietta [Atalia] 48:44 4. Alex [ChaCha] 48:48 Nice. Marietta [Atalia] 48:48 Atalia is distracted by Jeskii. [As Atalia] Jeskii, no, you have to wait here. Stace [Nix] 48:53 Nix is running green paint through her hair. Daniel [GM] 48:57 I will say this, what did you get, Atalia? Marietta [Atalia] 48:58 4. Daniel [GM] 49:01 And you’re trained in Perception? Marietta [Atalia] 49:01 Yeah. Daniel [GM] 49:03 I think Jesski would give you an asset to this because she’s whining and looking at this, so that would actually make it a pass for you. Marietta [Atalia] 49:12 Okay. Daniel [GM] 49:13 You see Tamara walking into this warehouse. Marietta [Atalia] 49:17 [As Atalia] Well. That’s a little conspicuous. Sampson [Dili] 49:21 [As Dili] What is? My hood keeps falling down. I’m inconspicuous but I can’t see. Marietta [Atalia] 49:26 [As Atalia] Pee Pervert’s here. Sampson [Dili] 49:28 [As Dili] Oh, Where? Marietta [Atalia] 49:30 [As Atalia] She just went into the building. Sampson [Dili] 49:32 [As Dili] Maybe to scope out the bathroom. Hmm. Marietta [Atalia] 49:35 [As Atalia] I mean yes, but also-. Daniel [GM] [As Atalia] Atalia, with that in mind, as you see various guards moving about, one of the things you notice is that-. Give me a roll. Tell me if you get evens or odds. Marietta [Atalia] 49:51 Oh, such a good roll. Odds. Daniel [GM] 49:55 Okay. You notice that these various patrols, they’re moving in sort of formation but there’s something about their movement that suggests to you that they are not per se, a unit. This smacks of independent contractors being asked to follow the plan. Marietta [Atalia] 50:16 Okay. I’ll kind of point that out. [As Atalia] If this is where it’s happening, if she’s here, they must have hired something out. It just, these people don’t work together, you know? They’re all capable but they’re not in sync, I guess. Stace [Nix] 50:34 No. There’s only ever one N’ Sync. Stace [Nix] 50:40 I Want It That Way. Sampson [Dili] 50:42 Goddammit. Daniel [GM] 50:45 I was waiting for that. Daniel [GM] 50:48 I blanked, I second-guess which songs were theirs vs. Backstreet Boys so I didn’t make the joke. Stace [Nix] 50:53 Honestly, me too, but I just went for it. I went with my gut. Alex [ChaCha] 50:58 I want it that way is Backstreet Boys. Stace [Nix] 51:04 And I was wrong! Alex [ChaCha] 51:04 But it makes it better. Marietta [Atalia] 51:07 It does make it better. Just leave it, it’s fine. Alex [ChaCha] 51:11 Anyway. Daniel [GM] 51:11 It’s the Ninth World, people have gotten confused over time. Stace [Nix] 51:13 Yeah. Alex [ChaCha] 51:13 ChaCha got a 16 for Hedge Magic Fireworks Show. Marietta [Atalia] 51:19 Oh my gosh, what’s happening? Daniel [GM] 51:21 What is ChaCha trying to do? Alex [ChaCha] 51:22 She is starting her show, and it’s going to be the greatest show you’ve ever seen. The greatest show ever. Marietta [Atalia] 51:28 [As Atalia] Why are you starting a show right now, though? I don’t understand. Stace [Nix] 51:30 [As Nix] To get recruited. Alex [ChaCha] 51:33 [As ChaCha] That is the plan! Daniel [GM] 51:35 You definitely draw attention and one of the guards come over to you and says-. Marietta [Atalia] 51:38 Atalia hides. Daniel [GM] 51:40 [As Warehouse Guard] Excuse me, I mean, I understand that you’re busking, but I’m gonna have to ask you to do this somewhere else. This is a private event. Stace [Nix] 51:51 [As Nix] Um, excuse me? I’m gonna have to ask you to take a step back from the star. Daniel [GM] 51:57 [As Warehouse Guard] What? Alex [ChaCha] 51:58 [As ChaCha] This is Ni-, my bodyguard. Daniel [GM] 52:01 [As Warehouse Guard] Ni-? And the individual looks at you and he says, [As Warehouse] What? Stace [Nix] 52:08 [As Nix] Listen, you’re a little too close to the talent. I’m gonna have to ask you to take a step back, man. Daniel [GM] 52:15 [As Warehouse Guard] This is a private event and it would be better for security if you moved over a couple of blocks. Stace [Nix] 52:20 [As Nix] Uh, we are outside? This is a public thoroughfare. You have no authority here. And honestly, you are being, frankly, blessed right now. I would just sit back for a minute and watch what she’s got, it’s gonna be the show of a lifetime! Daniel [GM] 52:43 Okay. This guy is highly suspicious, but I know that you’re trained in Social Interactions, so that makes it a 12. Stace [Nix] 52:53 [As Nix] How many Intellect points do I have left? Plenty. Alex [ChaCha] 52:58 I think ChaCha’s helping because she’s trying to sell this act. Daniel [GM] 53:01 Mhmm. So you have an asset so that brings it down to a 9. Stace [Nix] 53:06 Okay, and I spent Effort, so. Daniel [GM] 53:06 Okay, 6. Stace [Nix] 53:11 Whew. 13. Daniel [GM] 53:13 Okay. [As Warehouse Guard] I get it, I would just prefer if you guys moved a little farther away. This is very frustrating because I’m not supposed to let anybody perform here, but I get what you’re doing. It’s, it makes sense, this is a thoroughfare. Is there anything I can do to get you guys to move? Alex [ChaCha] 53:33 [As ChaCha] This place is ordained. We must perform here or near here. Better in there, but it is private property so we will perform here. Stace [Nix] 53:45 [As Nix] Okay, so. She’s a little, woowoo, but listen. Essentially if we could find a way to replace the income we would get busking here tonight we could move. But honestly, this is one of our best spots. And short of a private event, we’re not going to make that kind of money anywhere else. Daniel [GM] 54:10 Okay. So give me a Persuasion roll. You can have an asset on this. So that brings it down to a 9. Stace [Nix] 54:16 4? Alex [ChaCha] 54:19 Can I use an XP for her to reroll? Daniel [GM] 54:20 Yes, you can. Stace [Nix] 54:21 Oh, wow. Thank you. Alex [ChaCha] 54:24 I want this to happen because I rolled my Performance roll already for the next thing. This needs to happen. Stace [Nix] 54:29 16. Daniel [GM] 54:31 Okay. He says, [As Warehouse Guard] Tell you what. It’ll be a while before this thing starts. It’ll be good to have entertainment inside. Won’t stay on once most of the people are here, but. I think we can pull off and do some good, and distract people. So, tell you what. He kind of looks both ways and he holds out a hand like, [As Warehouse Guard] 4 shins and you can perform inside. Stace [Nix] 54:58 [As Nix] I give you 4 shins? Daniel [GM] 55:00 [As Warehouse Guard] Yes. Stace [Nix] 55:03 Nix looks at ChaCha like, [As Nix] You got 2 shins? Alex [ChaCha] 55:10 ChaCha nods and hands over the money. Stace [Nix] 55:14 All of it or some of it. This is important. Alex [ChaCha] 55:15 All of it. Stace [Nix] 55:17 Okay. Daniel [GM] 55:19 So he takes the 4 shins and he ushers you guys inside. Inside there is a large gathering and it’s kind of moving around. You can kind of, there’s some obvious places where you can set up the performance, but the people in here are very high class of people. Everybody here stinks of money. To Nix, it’s not that far off from what you’re used to form growing up. ChaCha it definitely feels like they’re far more well-off than you’re used to. Stace [Nix] 55:52 Nix is like, [As Nix] Oh my god, they got an invite? They got an invite? Daniel [GM] 55:56 These are all the people that at a polite social gathering would probably not get an invite. They’re kind of Nouveau-Riche but like, in the worst way. Alex [ChaCha] 56:07 Is Loan Shark Buddy here? Daniel [GM] 56:09 He is not. Alex [ChaCha] 56:09 Oh, he’s not Riche enough? Daniel [GM] 56:09 Mhmm. No. Karfa isn’t here, either. Alex [ChaCha] 56:17 Mmm. Daniel [GM] 56:17 Neither of them qualify for this. Alex [ChaCha] 56:19 Snap, that snub. Daniel [GM] 56:22 Yeah. What are Dili and Atalia doing while Nix and ChaCha are doing this? Sampson [Dili] 56:28 Hiding in a nearby going like, [As Dili] They’re going to die, they’re gonna die, right? They’re gonna die. Oh my god. They got in, what? Marietta [Atalia] 56:36 Atalia’s like, [As Atalia] Shh! And she’s trying to scope the place and see if there are any weak points as well as she can. Daniel [GM] 56:44 Give me a Perception roll of 12. Marietta [Atalia] 56:50 I spend Effort. Daniel [GM] 56:50 So that would be a 9 for you. Marietta [Atalia] 56:52 That was a 9. Daniel [GM] 56:52 Okay. You see a potential weakness in the way they’ve set up their guard. Daniel [GM] 57:02 You think it will be a little bit difficult to get Dili inside, but you’re pretty sure you can get in no problem. Marietta [Atalia] 57:10 [As Atalia] I’m pretty sure I can get in, I’m just not sure if I should. Sampson [Dili] 57:14 [As Dili] Oh, okay. Marietta [Atalia] 57:15 [As Atalia] I just don’t know if I could get you in. Daniel [GM] 57:18 In fact, you think Jeskii can get in because Jeskii seems determined to follow you. Marietta [Atalia] 57:18 [As Atalia] Well, do I go in? Atalia is stressed, standing there. Sampson [Dili] 57:27 [As Dili] Are you asking me or just asking yourself? I can’t tell. Marietta [Atalia] 57:30 [As Atalia] Both? Sampson [Dili] 57:34 [As Dili] Uh, uh. Marietta [Atalia] 57:34 [As Atalia] I feel like I shouldn’t. What if she sees me? Sampson [Dili] 57:36 [As Dili] Yeah, that’s true. Marietta [Atalia] 57:39 [As Atalia] I could be looking for you who is looking for the item. Right? Right? Right? Right? Sampson [Dili] 57:47 [As Dili] Yeah, but uh, uh, but then they’re kind of tipped off that I’m around here and I kind of am around here. Marietta [Atalia] 57:59 [As Atalia] Oh. Sampson [Dili] 58:01 [As Dili] Ah. Marietta [Atalia] 58:01 [As Atalia] Okay, let’s just. Stace [Nix] 58:04 Marietta, how does it feel? Marietta [Atalia] 58:07 Stressful. [As Atalia] Here, you stay here. I’ll go in with Jeskii and just look, right? That’s fine. That’s fine. That’s fine. Sampson [Dili] 58:17 [As Dili] Okay. Marietta [Atalia] 58:19 [As Atalia] We’ll be so sneaky. Um, here, let me…. I’ll give him my Caustic Storm cypher. Daniel [GM] 58:28 Really? Okay. Marietta [Atalia] 58:32 [As Atalia] Look, I, uh, this is so fucking rare. Don’t use this unless you have to, okay? I want it back if everything turns our and you don’t have to use it. Okay? Okay, okay. Sampson [Dili] 58:46 [As Dili] Thank you. Wow. Marietta [Atalia] 58:47 [As Atalia] Okay, okay. Sampson [Dili] 58:48 [As Dili] You had one of these the whole time? Marietta [Atalia] 58:50 [As Atalia] Shut up. Okay. I’m leaving. Goodbye. Good luck and don’t die. I’m sorry I’m so cranky. And she’s like, already stealthing away. Daniel [GM] 59:00 Dili, how many cyphers are you carrying? Sampson [Dili] 59:03 I’m carrying three total. One of them is active at the moment but is going to fail pretty soon, probably. Daniel [GM] 59:09 Mhmm. So she hands you the Caustic Storm. Daniel [GM] 59:09 Atalia, you are approaching this location. Are you trying to sneak in with Jeskii? Marietta [Atalia] 59:17 I am trying to be as sneaky as possible. I’m not trying to interact with them, I’m trying to see what’s going on so I can help later on or something. Daniel [GM] 59:26 Okay, so give me, your Stealth target is 12. Jeskii is actually quite effective, so you’re gonna get an asset on this, which makes it a 9. And you’re Specialized, that makes it a 3. Marietta [Atalia] 59:40 Oh, okay. 12. Daniel [GM] 59:42 Okay. You feel like youa re unseen as you get closer. You can easily see within the building. You can’t get into the building yet, but you can easily see into the building and you can see where ChaCha and Nix are kind of setting up to perform. Marietta [Atalia] 60:01 Okay. I guess I will see if there’s a place I can hide and observe. Daniel [GM] 60:05 Oh, you easily have that. What kind of performance is ChaCha doing, and/or Nix? Stace [Nix] 60:13 Okay, so first Nix approaches ChaCha, and ChaCha you can stop this at any time, and cups her face and looks in ChaCha’s eyes and says, [As Nix] This is the performance of a lifetime, dude! You’re gonna fucking crush it, but like, do your Buddy Cop thing, okay? Not your “Us” thing. Alex [ChaCha] 60:35 [As ChaCha] Okay. Stace [Nix] 60:37 [As Nix] Or something completely different. But the world’s going to see who you are, ChaCha. Except not exactly who you are, all right? Daniel [GM] 60:46 So, Nix. You can choose to either take a roll of 3 or spend Effort to get a gimme. Stace [Nix] 60:53 Is it an Intellect-based thing? Daniel [GM] 60:53 It is an Intellect-based thing. Stace [Nix] 60:57 I’m gonna roll. 8. Daniel [GM] 61:00 ChaCha, you have an asset to this. Alex [ChaCha] 61:05 Yay! Daniel [GM] 61:06 It’s gonna be a performance a roll, with the asset, is going to be a 9. Alex [ChaCha] 61:13 Guess what, cuz I got a motherfucking 20. Daniel [GM] 61:17 Nice. Marietta [Atalia] 61:18 Spicy. Daniel [GM] 61:18 You feel like you have blended completely in the background. People are into you but they’re not, it’s not abnormal. It’s the perfect amount of entertaining people while blending into the background. It doesn’t take long before the auction begins and you see people moving into place. You see Tamara come to the dais at the front of the room. There are a ton of people in here who all are dressed impeccably in beautiful clothing. The latest styles. Definitely too expensive for any of you to afford. There’s even a few people involved who [inaudible]. Tamara steps up to the podium and says, [As Tamara] I have a piece here. It’s up for auction provided by Minos of the Knyxos. She unveils an item that looks an awful lot like the pyramid in the drawing and she says, [As Tamara] The bidding begins at 600 shins. And that’s where we’ll end the episode. Sampson [Dili] 62:44 Uh. Stace [Nix] 62:44 I refuse. Alex [ChaCha] 62:47 Ah, shit. Stace [Nix] 62:47 I am the DM now. Alex [ChaCha] 62:51 We are gonna keep going. I’m going to call in sick tomorrow at work. We are finishing this. We are in the middle of a heist. Stace [Nix] 63:04 Maybe. We don’t know. Alex [ChaCha] 63:08 We’re gonna Physical Onslaught the lights, then rush them, then, I don’t know, Hedge Magic out of there? Like, whoa, magic! Stace [Nix] 63:18 Or we all die in a blaze of glory. Alex [ChaCha] 63:20 Isn’t that what we want though? Marietta [Atalia] 63:21 Except Dili. Alex [ChaCha] 63:21 Dili’s the only one safe. Stace [Nix] 63:21 Dili dies later in a pool of his own urine. Sampson [Dili] 63:29 In my own blood, I would at least get that far. I wouldn’t pee. Daniel [GM] 63:33 Yeah. Well, we’ll see. It’ll depend on your rolls. Marietta [Atalia] 63:36 You’re better than Michael for sure. Alex [ChaCha] 63:36 Michael-not-Michael. Stace [Nix] 63:39 Michael’s not dead yet. Michael-not-Michael. Daniel [GM] 63:43 Yeah. So we have a segment each week that we do called Player Intrusions where we tell you about something you should check out because we think you would dig. This week it is Alex’s turn. Alex, what would you give our listeners an XP to check out? Alex [ChaCha] 63:59 At the time of recording we are still under quarantine and another really fun sort of outlet for me to communicate with people and enjoy different content is Twitch. I’m still working on figuring out how to use Twitch, but I’ve figured out how to watch Twitch. And so I found some really fun creators and they’re just super nice people and super warm and welcoming. Currently my favorites are Just Jenny, Death Dragon, TTTV, and the Geek Remix. They’re LGBTQIA+ friendly. They don’t tolerate racism, and they’re really down to earth and will actually interact with you without you having to spend money. They’re just happy for you to be there and interacting with them. And so just in general, Twitch is a good place to meet people with similar hobbies and find another community. Most of them have a Discord you can join and talk with people you’ve met in the stream. And the creator themselves. It’s a really fun platform to see as its going through its second phase of rebranding Daniel [GM] 65:26 Mhmm. Okay. Cool, cool. You mentioned a couple of them but what sticks out about those channels beyond their welcoming nature? What kinds of things do they stream? Alex [ChaCha] 65:38 So, Just Jenny. She does a lot of all sorts of games. Like last night she was streaming those mobile phone games you keep getting advertisements for. Episodes, she was streaming that and we were voting on what messy answer we were gonna answer. And it was amazing. She was like, what’s the messiest answer, you guys? I want this to be messy. And it’s super fun. Death Dragon, TTTV, he does a lot of APEX and he’s working on a Breath of the Wild playthrough. It’s his first time through. It was fun, we got to name his horses. So he’s got two horses now named Lemon and Steve. I picked Steve. And then Geek Remix is a larger streamer and right now they are streaming Final Fantasy VII Remastered, well not a remaster, a remake? But they’re doing a lot of older remasters as well. Daniel [GM] 66:47 Mhmm. Alex [ChaCha] 66:51 It’s a lot of fun because it’s a good community and it’s a good time where if you’re not good at these kinds of games but you still want to watch somebody play them, but more interactive than watching it on YouTube, Twitch is a good way to do that. You can be like, oh my gosh, that was so cool. And sometimes they’ll respond, thank you for saying that. I worked really hard, or you know, it was really fun doing xyz, or, you solved this for me. Daniel [GM] 67:24 Cool, really cool Alex [ChaCha] 67:24 And you know, I’m trying to push the podcast to be on Twitch for one shots, so. If we get like, 1,000 followers, we’ll do one-shot live streams, maybe? Stace [Nix] 67:38 I’ll try anything twice. Daniel [GM] 67:44 Yeah, probably would have to be one shots because we’re recording two months in advance. Alex [ChaCha] 67:50 Yeah. It is April right now but this is going out in what, June? Daniel [GM] 67:54 Yeah. Stace [Nix] 67:55 What is time? Alex [ChaCha] 67:57 Time is meaningless. It is a void. Marietta [Atalia] 68:00 It’s a construct. Daniel [GM] 68:00 That’s how much we love you listeners. We want to make sure it’s consistent for you so we’re recording two months early. Which, understand for a moment how terrible that is for people who need validation. Alex [ChaCha] 68:14 Yeah. We are getting past validation and we need it current, so please binge faster, listeners. Marietta [Atalia] 68:22 Expedite it. Alex [ChaCha] 68:24 Reach into our consciousness or see our awesome goofs and ideas and validate those. Daniel [GM] 68:33 Yes, please do reach out to us. That is a great thing, we probably will do some Twitch livestreans and one-shots in the future. In the future might mean now when you’re hearing it or it might be a couple months in advance. Depends on what we can make work from a scheduling standpoint. It’s very important to us that you guys get this on a consistent basis and also that we can provide transcripts for our shows because accessibility is important. At the same time we would love to hear your feedback. And if people wanted to reach out to us, how can they do that, Marietta? Marietta [Atalia] 69:12 On all the social medias. We are on Twitter @explorerswanted. We are on Instagram at explorerswantedpodcast. We are on Facebook at Explorers Wanted Podcast. We are on our very own website at explorerswanted.fm. We also have a Discord channel. If you go to our website or any of our social media there will be links to the Discord from there. You can interact with us and socialize and we love it. Come hang out please. Daniel [GM] 69:43 Yes, please. If you liked the podcast the best thing you can do for us is tell a friend. Tell them why you enjoyed listening to us and why they should listen to us. Stace [Nix] 69:55 Or an enemy. Daniel [GM] 69:57 Yeah, even an enemy is fine. The second best thing you can do is leave us a five-star rating and review on a podcast directory. The five-star rating and review helps especially if it is something like an Apple Podcast. Apple Podcast in particular influences how people find us, it is the nature of the podcasting world. But you can also leave us reviews on Podchaser or Stitcher. Anything. Paticularly if you leave a review that explains why you like us, that makes a big difference. If you didn’t like the show. If for some reason you hated it or you felt just meh about it, there are ways to express that as well. Have you ever seen those nature documentaries of aardvarks feeding at those gigantic termite colonies? They use their claws and they just tear into those things before slurping their tongues down to catch that sweet, sweet, insect meat. I bet that’s incredibly satisfying. So maybe try that instead. If you want to reach out to us individually on social media you can. I am on Twitter at A-N-D-R-L-I-K. Stace [Nix] 71:13 Hi, you can find me @StaceWindu when my internet is working. Sampson [Dili] 71:20 You can leave me a five star rating at review, but just me, @slampotato on Twitter. Alex [ChaCha] 71:25 You can validate me and tell me I’m amazing and just that I do not sound like a child broke into my room and did all this recording for me, @realteaunicorn on Twitter. Marietta [Atalia] 71:38 I’m also on the Twitter now @imonahike. Daniel [GM] 71:43 Okay. Thank you all for listening. I hope you enjoyed it and we’ll be back next week as we will for every week in the foreseeable future because-. Alex [ChaCha] 71:50 We love you. Daniel [GM] 71:53 This is a fun game, and we love you. So until next week, we hope you had a good time and-. Multiple Speakers 71:57 Bye!