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1:51

Kia ora tātou a hawa ma,

1:53

no mai heart in my welcome to toward

1:55

tabletop welcome to carrying

1:57

company welcome to season three

1:59

episode 23 where it doesn't belong

2:02

where it does not belong where it

2:04

doesn't belong I don't know I've written

2:06

them down yet I just know that's

2:09

going to be the name I hope

2:11

you're well I hope you're all well

2:13

it's been a bit a month since

2:15

the last episode that is because I've

2:18

been off jet-seating traveling around America doing

2:20

a big road trip up and down

2:22

the Pacific North West at a great

2:25

time away yeah it was a great

2:27

and then I've spent the last week

2:29

and I've spent the last week and

2:32

I've spent the last week and I've

2:34

spent the last week and I've spent

2:36

the last week and I've recovering from

2:39

exhaustion and jet lag and all that

2:41

fun stuff. Yeah but this week I've

2:43

been back to normal I've been feeling

2:45

myself and I have sat down and

2:48

smashed out some patron content and now

2:50

this carrying company hopefully the fact that

2:52

it's about two and a half hours

2:55

of content makes it up to you

2:57

all. So, previously on

2:59

carrying company, Sean does a

3:02

pretty good job of like

3:04

giving a set up for

3:06

this one. However, I just

3:08

want to say that what

3:11

he doesn't mention is the

3:13

last episode and the reason

3:15

for that is our characters,

3:17

our players, weren't present for

3:19

that and this adventure is

3:22

happening concurrent to the last.

3:24

So those you who listened

3:26

to the last episode, Klaus

3:28

and Laris went off... tasked

3:31

with assassinating the suspected son

3:33

who was hidden away in

3:35

the tower of the Duchess

3:37

in Fravicia, the city that

3:39

we're in which is currently

3:42

besieged by chaos dwarfs and

3:44

green skins, at the behest

3:46

of figures claiming to sort

3:48

of work for von Hagen.

3:51

At the same time... The

3:54

rest of us are trying

3:56

to figure out who these

3:58

people are. They have seen

4:00

us on this task. the

4:02

three of us that are

4:04

in this adventure didn't really

4:06

want the other one to

4:08

happen but the old boy

4:10

overruled us so we're off

4:12

doing this at the same

4:14

time so Sean is about

4:16

to give you a previously

4:18

stating the what is what

4:20

before we went off in

4:22

our adventure but some of

4:25

you might be going hold

4:27

on why is he not

4:29

talking about this other stuff

4:31

because that's happening at the

4:33

same time they left a

4:35

few hours before we do

4:37

at the start at this

4:39

adventure anyway get comfortable. It's

4:41

a long adventure. It's a

4:43

revealing adventure. Is it? It's

4:45

interesting. It's definitely consequential. Yeah,

4:47

that's the word. Consequential. So,

4:49

you know, settled into your

4:51

commute or put your feet

4:53

up or do your gardening,

4:55

whatever it is that you're

4:57

doing when you listen. I

5:00

hope you've got two and

5:02

a half hours of it

5:04

to do. And I. There

5:06

may also, actually, before we

5:08

start, there may be a

5:10

delay before the next episode

5:12

as well, I'm going into

5:14

surgery in a few days.

5:16

I don't know how long

5:18

recovery should be. It shouldn't

5:20

be too bad, but we'll

5:22

see. Anyway, get comfortable, enjoy

5:24

the episode, and I'll catch

5:26

you on the other side.

5:28

And he had discovered that

5:30

there was someone dressed as

5:32

a servant, but probably really

5:34

some kind of messenger, who

5:37

was using the rear entrance.

5:39

They're quite possibly to deliver

5:41

messages. Of course, you're not

5:43

100% on that. And you

5:45

shattered him back to where

5:47

you were able to determine

5:49

at least the street that

5:51

he lives on, not too

5:53

far from the noble district.

5:55

part of town, let's say.

5:57

This is happening at the

5:59

same time as... Lyruses. So

6:01

drawn with Klaus to go

6:03

and murder the air to

6:05

the thief. It's totally a

6:07

good idea that's not going

6:09

to have any problems. Yeah,

6:11

no, great idea there was.

6:14

Who's going off on that?

6:16

I think the boar outranked

6:18

us. I think that's what

6:20

happened on that one. We

6:22

were like, nah! And Sean

6:24

and his capacity as the

6:26

boar was like, yep. Well,

6:29

I think it was like, even

6:31

vote or something like that. But

6:33

there's also the fact that if,

6:36

by that stage, I think it

6:38

had already been mentioned to Klaus,

6:40

in which case, he probably just

6:42

go and do it on his

6:44

own anyway. Yeah, that was, I

6:46

do remember that being implied. Yeah.

6:48

Um, sorry. My advice, but you

6:50

can do it the way you

6:53

will, is that because you're going

6:55

on what should be an investigation

6:57

to see. try and locate this

6:59

house, see who is in it,

7:01

maybe take a captive or something

7:03

like that or maybe recover some

7:05

documents, then you should go as

7:08

a small group. So maybe you

7:10

don't want to bring any of

7:12

the NPCs along with you, but

7:14

if you do, now's the time

7:16

to have a conversation about it.

7:18

Yeah. I mean, if we don't

7:20

get into trouble, we're okay, but

7:22

if we get into trouble... And

7:26

that trouble is up close.

7:28

It's kind of just Walter,

7:31

right? Yeah, but I don't

7:33

think Alaric's very fighting up

7:35

close, is he? We're as

7:38

armored, doesn't he? Yeah, Alarid

7:40

does wear armor, so he

7:42

can take some hits. I've

7:45

got 14 total wounds. Well,

7:47

so a spell is much

7:49

more intimidating than a sword.

7:52

True. And

7:57

who would bring with us, to

7:59

be honest? There's a part of

8:01

me that thinks one of the

8:04

Becker brothers because there's still this

8:06

kind of Where's the assistive vibe

8:08

which is kind of neat? But

8:11

no Bring me back what's his

8:13

mate? Moot sources? Mm-mm. Not yet.

8:15

Okay. She was meant to be

8:18

at the keyhole. Everyone there had

8:20

been murdered, but there was no

8:23

sign that she was there. So

8:25

you actually have no idea where

8:27

she is now. Okay. I

8:30

mean the only NBC

8:32

I can think of

8:35

is papers. There is

8:37

a theme here. There

8:39

is some subplot be

8:42

the fucking Varenians. So

8:44

if anyone is getting

8:46

up to no good

8:48

of... I mean the

8:51

only NBC I can

8:53

think of is papers.

8:55

This is the natural

8:58

one. It's put a

9:00

hold on you, I

9:02

mean, cogniter. Yeah. This

9:05

is sneaking around to

9:07

a hoodie-gootie soundtrack. No.

9:09

No, do you guys

9:11

have any ideas? We'll

9:14

just go to the

9:16

three of us. Yeah,

9:18

I think it is

9:21

three of us will

9:23

go. All right. Okay,

9:28

unless you want to chame

9:30

in there Josh Yeah, I

9:32

don't really have anything special

9:34

to add like there's nothing

9:37

that stands out Okay, I

9:39

do have a question I'm

9:41

assuming in a Battle situation

9:43

like this that it's not

9:45

just uniform troops kicking around

9:47

but there might be some

9:49

other mercenary groups. There might

9:51

be free company. There's lots

9:53

of lots of militia. There

9:55

are mercenaries. Yeah, okay So

9:57

would it be reasonable that

9:59

Walter could petite? Ditch the

10:02

obvious trappings of his uniform

10:04

and kick about looking like

10:06

a member of a free

10:08

company? Yeah, just where you

10:10

are, or in, uh, you

10:12

know, like a basic tunic

10:14

or something? Yeah. Questions would

10:16

Walter have any of that

10:18

stuff anymore? But not a

10:20

lot of it was probably

10:22

still up on that. See?

10:24

And it blew up. And

10:27

it blew up. Um.

10:29

Should be the scroun,

10:32

some stuff though, right?

10:34

Surely. Surely. We've got

10:36

a tailor in that,

10:38

definitely. Yeah. That's what

10:41

I just rolled for.

10:43

Um. All his clothing

10:45

and textiles were stolen.

10:47

Keep in mind. Um.

10:50

And no, unfortunately. It's

10:52

not really anything that

10:54

you can use. Well,

10:57

it's dark going at

10:59

night time, right? So

11:01

yeah, I guess I'll

11:04

just I'll ditch the

11:06

red sash that we

11:08

wear So black and

11:10

white in the dark

11:12

could be purple and

11:14

white, you know, which

11:16

is what the estate

11:18

troops are wearing You

11:20

know, pretty common colors

11:22

generally black and white

11:24

anyway. Yeah, all right.

11:26

Okay. We'll do that

11:29

you know yeah okay

11:31

and wolf gang this

11:33

looks like a priest

11:35

of more right they're

11:37

all over the show

11:39

black just comes naturally

11:41

bro yeah exactly okay

11:43

so you would head

11:45

out after larcen clowns

11:47

have departed and um

11:49

you would go by

11:51

a different route for

11:54

the most way, then

11:56

what they're presumably going

11:58

by. As

12:01

for your armaments, another suggestion

12:03

is... Maybe it's not that

12:05

wise to go heavily armed, but

12:07

it's up to you. I mean,

12:10

if you're walking through looking

12:12

like soldiers, then heavily armed

12:14

is fine, but when it

12:16

comes to actually... Let's say if

12:18

you find the place and want

12:21

to go knock on the

12:23

door, people generally don't react

12:25

well to a heavily armed

12:27

person. I would take my helm

12:29

but not wearing it. I'd have

12:31

it ready to put on

12:33

in a hurry if need

12:35

be. Um, you know, if

12:37

a bombardment or something starts. I

12:40

think he'd have it hanging from

12:42

his belt, which he would

12:44

wear, um, like, on, like,

12:46

underneath a cloak, right? Um,

12:48

and he's probably not rocking a

12:51

shield, because I imagine the shield's

12:53

got the company colors anyway. Mm.

12:55

So just a sword. Well

13:02

to take some great

13:04

success with that bow.

13:06

Lyrical ditches helmet. Okay.

13:08

Just gonna leave it

13:10

behind? Yeah. Okay. I'm

13:12

gonna leave the bow

13:14

behind. It's a bit,

13:16

it's a bit, it's

13:18

a bit, obvious. It's

13:20

not a subtle thing.

13:22

Yeah. Okay. Wolf gang

13:24

says a sword, right?

13:26

Uh, I believe I

13:28

do, but I mostly

13:30

trot around with a

13:32

crossbow. You gonna bring

13:34

the crossbow? Uh, of

13:36

course. It's rather big.

13:38

I sling it on

13:40

my back. Yeah, still

13:42

big. You're not wrong.

13:44

Okay, I mean, that's

13:46

fine. That's what you

13:48

want to do. Priest

13:50

of more, carrying a

13:52

crossbow, it does stick.

13:54

I'll also say we're

13:56

in the middle of

13:58

a siege, so... Just

14:00

gonna say that to

14:02

everyone walking past you.

14:04

We're in a sea.

14:06

There's a war on!

14:08

Not only is there

14:10

a war on, but

14:12

I'm an old man.

14:14

Do you expect me

14:16

to just run up

14:18

to the fray and

14:20

then start swinging the

14:22

sword? Yeah. Wouldn't deny

14:24

an old man his

14:26

walking stick, would you?

14:30

Okay. So you make your

14:32

way through streets, sticking to

14:35

the white boulevards as much

14:37

as possible. It's quite easy

14:39

to get towards the upper

14:42

districts, just staying on the

14:44

white boulevards. There's a lot

14:46

of traffic back and forth,

14:49

militia moving, soldiers moving, and

14:51

many carrying supplies, such as

14:53

water, wood, and so forth,

14:56

as well as like. on

14:58

net tortures for the walls

15:00

and all of the rest

15:03

of that. The civilian population,

15:05

after dark huddles where they

15:07

can, but even quite a

15:10

lot of those are being

15:12

employed for labor purposes. So

15:14

shifting through these kinds of

15:17

crowds makes it somewhat slow

15:19

going. And it takes you

15:22

a lot longer to get

15:24

to this district, other than

15:26

it would if it wasn't

15:29

a siege on. Which I

15:31

guess Walter is not used

15:33

to anyway, so it's no

15:36

difference for him. Hmm. And

15:38

the Wolfgang's been here before

15:40

in peaceful times, and Alaric,

15:43

I'm sure, remembers very fondly

15:45

the peaceful times in prison.

15:47

I'm just. That's not what

15:50

the Duchess says. Now, well,

15:52

the Duchess is going to

15:54

get hers. Yeah, without

15:57

you probably. I think it's

15:59

important to point out that

16:01

because we don't, like, so

16:03

for the audience this sake,

16:06

we do not know how

16:08

Laris's adventures that you would

16:10

have heard last week went

16:12

on. We don't know what's

16:15

happened. We've been kept in

16:17

the dark. Now, Laris was

16:19

off to do something that

16:21

could potentially really upset the

16:24

Duchess and all of her

16:26

allies towards us. Meaning we

16:28

could potentially be... making ourselves

16:30

pariahs and then we'll live

16:33

a fucking sea. Meanwhile there's

16:35

a war on! What are

16:37

you going to do? Could

16:39

stay home? Yeah, you should

16:42

have deserved it again. If

16:44

we're still up there, then

16:46

the moors would be fine.

16:48

No. That was a peaceful

16:51

place. Okay. I mean, right

16:53

now it would just be

16:55

fimmer. That would be the

16:57

difference. Okay. So, the easiest

17:00

way probably for Walter to

17:02

be able to, um, find

17:04

the same location is to

17:06

actually head almost all the

17:09

way to the nup district.

17:11

and with a group of

17:13

three going through there it's

17:15

a little bit harder for

17:18

you to just shift through

17:20

there because it's a heavily

17:22

guarded district reinforced you will

17:24

be questioned so it might

17:27

be wiser to skirt around

17:29

it and try to find

17:31

the street it'll take a

17:33

lot longer though so there's

17:36

one option we can skit

17:38

around trying to find the

17:40

street alternatively other sort of

17:42

people who might be going

17:45

in and out of the

17:47

enabled district with. legitimate reasons

17:49

and it would make sense

17:51

you would have an armed

17:54

escort in these current times

17:56

potentially so that's the other

17:58

option is you know it

18:00

turns out someone in the

18:03

district has need for a

18:05

priest of moor or a

18:07

yeah a wizard and we

18:10

win that that's this one

18:12

option I mean it's pretty

18:14

good I mean that could

18:16

always be our fallback if

18:19

we get caught. We could

18:21

try to find the street

18:23

and if we get caught,

18:25

well, you know, someone has

18:28

asked for a principal who,

18:30

fuck, I don't know, what

18:32

street, um... But yeah, we

18:34

can concoct some sort of...

18:37

You know. Wolf gang is

18:39

good at talking good. I

18:41

am on occasion I'm saying

18:43

a word or good or

18:46

two. So do we want

18:48

to try and find it

18:50

first and then use that

18:52

as a backup plan or

18:55

do we want to try

18:57

and bulge our way into

18:59

it in the first place?

19:01

I think we, like, these

19:04

aren't like ridiculously difficult to

19:06

navigate streets, right? They should

19:08

be labelled in some capacity

19:10

and we have people who

19:13

can read, right? Yes, however,

19:15

the person who's been there

19:17

before can't read, so it

19:19

doesn't know what the label

19:22

on the street says. So

19:27

why didn't you what did

19:29

you people should learn to

19:32

read? Unbelievable. Um, hmm. Yeah,

19:34

I let's just wing

19:36

it. I think all of

19:39

our best laid plans have

19:41

always been better off winging

19:44

it because the plans just

19:46

evaporate the first 15 minutes

19:49

anyway. So so I have

19:51

the pretense of making a

19:54

plan because we know we're

19:56

not going to follow it.

19:59

Okay. So the

20:01

real question then is are we

20:03

just going to try and walk

20:05

in and wait to be confronted

20:08

and then we're here with you

20:10

doing your thing or are we

20:12

walking around the noble district until

20:14

Walter goes this looks like the

20:16

street and then we'll walk up

20:18

it and if we get confronted

20:21

then it is I am your

20:23

escort. Yeah I think that would

20:25

work primarily because like the

20:27

exact standard standby of like,

20:29

you can walk into anywhere

20:31

as long as you have

20:34

a high vis vest on

20:36

a hard hat and a

20:38

clipboard, right? As long as

20:40

you look like you're supposed

20:42

to be there and walk

20:44

with purpose, you can go

20:46

anywhere, right? So I think

20:48

doing the same here of

20:50

like, I've got some people

20:52

who need to have their

20:54

sins absolved before they are

20:56

about to die. Yeah, I

20:58

think we take the direct

21:00

route. Direct route? Okay. Yeah.

21:02

They're gonna ask us where

21:05

are you going? Is it

21:07

just we're randomly going in

21:09

and offering to resolve people

21:11

in preparation for potential impending

21:13

death? I will attempt to

21:15

deflect those questions with it

21:17

is a private matter and

21:19

I have been called to

21:21

help someone be absolved of

21:23

their sins. And if they

21:25

wish to share that publicly,

21:27

that is their decision, not

21:29

mine. Great. I love it.

21:31

I love it. Yeah, it's

21:33

fine. Okay, so you make

21:36

your way to, cut a

21:38

long story short, to the

21:40

noble district, to the outskirts

21:42

of it, and Walter notes

21:44

that, unlike last time, now

21:46

it's been even more heavily

21:48

reinforced. And the entrances, with

21:50

the main entrance to it,

21:52

which runs off a boulevard,

21:54

now has shiftable, um... I

21:56

excuse myself for any French

21:58

listeners because I... Not

22:01

quite sure on the

22:03

correct non chasing. Abertis

22:05

basically, you know, blocks

22:08

of wood criss-crossed with

22:10

sharpened pikes. Sometimes it's

22:12

just like piles of

22:14

wood that they use.

22:16

And soldiers standing guard

22:19

on that shiftable obviously

22:21

because there's probably some

22:23

large cavalry garrison around

22:25

here that will eventually

22:28

want to ride out

22:30

of it. Now you

22:32

approach and a group

22:34

of about a dozen

22:37

soldiers standing forward of

22:39

these posts. No one

22:41

else at the moment

22:43

is coming in and

22:46

out. And a sergeant

22:48

steps forward, a few

22:50

steps, puts his hand

22:52

up for you to

22:55

halt. I

22:59

guess this would be

23:02

me, wouldn't? Hmm. I

23:04

am here for a

23:06

confession. He looks at

23:08

his menu. There's a

23:10

rice smile. What would

23:12

you like to confess,

23:14

father? He's got me.

23:16

Wolf game will laugh

23:18

at the man's cheer.

23:21

I think Walter would

23:23

tea. If you laugh

23:25

at the man's cheer.

23:27

Yeah, right? Play along

23:29

and make them feel

23:31

that they're in charge.

23:33

They are in charge.

23:35

You say that. But

23:38

it's the people who

23:40

know violence that are

23:42

the real ones in

23:44

charge. They're also soldiers.

23:46

Ignore that. Wolfgang would

23:48

look up and quip

23:50

back. Unfortunately, the... Status

23:52

of the individual is

23:54

one that makes all

23:57

matters a bit. private.

23:59

So I must say

24:01

that unless they make

24:03

these matters public, I

24:05

am only to come,

24:07

cure those sins, absolve

24:09

them, and be on

24:11

my way. Make a

24:14

job test. Okay. May

24:16

actually pull up a

24:18

dice roll because it's

24:20

been a hot minute.

24:22

There we go. How

24:28

is a 40 sound? So

24:31

that's a 4. Good, he

24:33

just nods at that. Sounds

24:36

fair harder, but I hope

24:38

you'll understand we'll have to

24:41

search you all anyway. Had

24:43

some nasty business here recently.

24:46

Wolfgang will nod and then

24:48

will like very deliberately unshoulder

24:51

his cross-bound weapons and then

24:53

offer them directly. He

24:57

just hands those to

25:00

soldiers and indicates a

25:03

couple, a few, actually

25:05

one for each of

25:08

you, to go up

25:11

and are they motion

25:13

for you to put

25:16

your arms up in

25:18

here? Yeah. Walter does

25:21

it, okay. And they

25:24

start to give you

25:26

a pat down. I'm

25:29

a bit thirsty. Is

25:32

there any place to,

25:34

you know... The implication

25:37

is that he's looking

25:40

for an in suggestion

25:42

from the sergeant, and

25:45

most of this is

25:48

just deliberate distraction. He

25:51

looks at the three of you and

25:53

his eyes fall on Walter and says

25:55

sure enough of the likes of that

25:58

one though What's

26:03

wrong with him? He seems

26:05

a fine stand-up fellow. Priest

26:08

is fine, or is it

26:10

fine? They don't let the

26:13

Riff-Raffin. Oh. I must be

26:15

around him too long if

26:18

I'm on a first-name basis,

26:20

then... I apologize, but it

26:23

seems your values below that

26:25

of me and my magical

26:28

compatriot. That is directed towards,

26:30

uh... Walter. So bearing in

26:33

mind that we are trying

26:35

to not stand out, I'm

26:38

going to make one of

26:40

my very rare uses of

26:43

the mimic talent, where I

26:45

can put on an accent

26:48

to sound like one of

26:50

the locals. Okay. Although I

26:53

do note the sergeants, doesn't

26:55

sound like a local, but...

26:58

No, he doesn't. And I

27:00

think picking that up, being

27:03

like, oh, fuck. I don't

27:05

want to be giving away

27:08

where I'm from. He would

27:10

respond in like a standard

27:13

sort of Ostermark accent. So

27:15

sorry, what did you say

27:18

again that you're above me

27:20

or something? Essentially, you're the

27:23

low status person of the

27:25

three of us. I

27:30

think Walter would smile

27:33

as long as you

27:35

keep paying me priest.

27:38

They finished their pat-down

27:41

and they just shook

27:43

their heads to let

27:46

Sergeant know they found

27:48

nothing. Odd. And they

27:51

shipped back into position.

27:53

They stepped aside and

27:56

the sergeant calls out.

28:00

You can pass,

28:02

and he makes

28:04

a pass and

28:06

come into Walter

28:08

as he goes

28:11

by. There's an

28:13

inn. You follow

28:15

up this main

28:17

road? There's a

28:20

few smaller ones,

28:22

but there's a

28:24

nice one. When

28:26

you take the

28:28

third right? Yeah.

28:31

Walter? Would nod?

28:33

Thank you. Does

28:35

he pick? Is

28:37

it he's this

28:40

guy's from everland,

28:42

right? Hmm. Yeah

28:44

Okay, not many

28:46

people from overland

28:49

here No He

28:51

might say you

28:53

sound far from

28:55

home Yes.

28:58

Yeah, he nods at that. Kind

29:00

of makes you go like, are

29:02

they like suddenly like hiring everyone

29:05

who's willing to put on a

29:07

uniform if that's the case? Because

29:09

sudden, what do you call it?

29:12

Conscription. Do the rest of the

29:14

flashback scene to this guy's life

29:17

story? Do the rest of his

29:19

unit have accents as well? Does

29:21

it seem likely that these guys

29:24

are mercenaries? They haven't spoken at

29:26

all. Okay. Does anything about them

29:28

look like they might be mercenaries

29:31

that addressed up estate trips? You

29:33

can make an intuition test? I

29:36

wouldn't make sense for the interview.

29:38

If anywhere in the city is

29:40

going to have mercenaries up here,

29:43

it does make sense. Why would

29:45

they give them state uniforms? Yeah,

29:47

that's the part that's fucking me

29:50

up. I got a legitimacy. I

29:52

got 29. Where are you going

29:55

to spend extra coin? on mercenaries

29:57

you're already paying a lot of

29:59

money for though. I heard 29

30:02

my intuition is steady so that's

30:04

as nearly as good as I

30:06

can run. It doesn't seem besides

30:09

the sergeant's accent there seems nothing

30:11

about them to suggest that they're

30:14

unusual. Okay. You

30:16

know what Sean? I'm going

30:18

to latch on to this

30:21

one singular detail and then

30:23

assume that the entirety of

30:26

the campaign is based explicitly

30:28

around this guy being from

30:30

Everland. Rather than just a

30:33

one-off. It's another fucking... Everland

30:35

plot. The second decision I

30:38

made for his voice, yeah.

30:40

All right. So I guess,

30:42

yeah, we take those directions

30:45

towards a pub. Yeah, okay.

30:47

Which you probably should just

30:50

in the off chance that

30:52

they might watch you. Yeah,

30:54

but you're essentially out of

30:57

in short for that Everybody

30:59

else please make? Perception test

31:02

with a negative 10 This

31:04

doesn't include Walter Ice all

31:06

of you actually I feel

31:09

two degrees of success. Six

31:11

success is over equal to.

31:14

Probably this makes sense because

31:16

Walter is the one who

31:18

is like paying extra attention

31:21

to these troops. Not in

31:23

this batch troops, but in

31:25

the others which are beyond

31:28

the apathy, there's one soldier

31:30

there who stands out as

31:33

watching you with more interest

31:35

than the others. Anything about

31:37

that person that stands out?

31:40

Looks like a state soldier.

31:42

When you say he's watching

31:45

us of more interest, does

31:47

it look like he has,

31:49

like a look of familiarity?

31:52

Like he knows who we

31:54

are? Or is he just

31:57

looking at us like who

31:59

are these motherfakers? Well, like,

32:01

you can make a negative...

32:04

I've turned intuition test to

32:06

answer that question. Oh, fuck

32:09

me. Oh, fuck, I just

32:11

done it. I rolled a

32:13

two. Let's go! Brand new

32:16

dice. Not letting me down.

32:18

All these, got these values

32:21

from America. All right. Those

32:23

fucking Americans are letting people

32:25

like Liam past test. Yeah.

32:33

Would not register that? Would

32:35

wait because I don't recognize

32:37

him, do I? He's just

32:39

a guy. No, so would

32:41

would act as if I

32:43

haven't noticed that? Would walk

32:46

off and then when we're

32:48

out of earshot with the

32:50

say to others I Think

32:52

we're made One of them

32:54

back there knows who we

32:56

are or has an idea

32:59

or anyway I

33:11

guess the question is, what

33:13

do we do about it?

33:15

Maybe we go get that

33:18

drunk. Hmm. Well we need

33:20

to get you cleaned up

33:22

first, maybe a bath. Alta

33:24

doesn't mind waiting outside. He's

33:26

more thinking if we're being

33:29

followed. Alta doesn't mind waiting

33:31

outside. He's more thinking if

33:33

we're being followed. We should

33:35

at least go where we

33:38

said we're going to go.

33:41

There. No, bear in mind

33:43

that we have two locations

33:45

as an alibi, both the

33:48

quote unquote confession, which is

33:50

nebulous and they don't know

33:52

where is. And the other

33:54

is that we're probably gonna

33:57

go get like a drink

33:59

or two at said tavern.

34:01

Hmm. So the order of

34:03

operation. there doesn't necessarily flow,

34:06

but if we go to

34:08

the tavern first, that at

34:10

least would cover the brief

34:12

alibi of their expectation has

34:15

to go one place, so

34:17

we might as well be

34:19

there, right? It also gives

34:22

Walter a chance to actually

34:24

get a look around the

34:26

district and be like, fuck,

34:28

this is the street, right?

34:31

We might cross it on

34:33

the way. So if we

34:35

go towards the pub, then

34:37

he'll get a better idea

34:40

of, we were at without

34:42

obviously looking around like, like,

34:44

Yeah, just walking around and

34:46

pointing like tourists. Yeah, okay,

34:49

so you take that third

34:51

right and head down the

34:53

street where you think pretty

34:55

soon you come across the

34:58

inn that was being referred

35:00

to. It's very colorful, painted

35:02

wood, greens and blues. And

35:04

a little of the creamy

35:07

Ostermark color. And just walking

35:09

near it, there's a lot

35:11

of warmth coming out of

35:14

the building. You hear some

35:16

laughter from inside. A little

35:18

bit in Congress, given that

35:20

a siege is going on.

35:26

Are you going to go in

35:29

or are you just going to,

35:31

you know, just keep passing by?

35:33

Hi, I think we might as

35:35

well drop in, see, just grab

35:37

a beer to you, sip, see

35:39

if there's any, uh, interesting gossip,

35:41

and then allow Walter to do

35:43

his thing. Yeah, Walter, because I'm,

35:45

is this not a machine, this

35:47

is on a straight corner, right?

35:49

Mm-hmm. So Walter was sort of,

35:51

is a busy straight. No,

35:56

not really most people so

36:00

Most of the places which are

36:02

houses and the houses aren't closely

36:05

packed here, like everybody has some

36:07

kind of wall and garden, right?

36:09

Because these are rich people. So

36:12

there's not that many houses down

36:14

the street. And all of those

36:16

have their own private soldiers standing

36:19

out inside the gates, probably more

36:21

inside. And every single one of

36:23

the houses has lights on somewhere.

36:26

But there's not a lot of

36:28

foot traffic going by. And

36:32

we're close, we're close to

36:34

those houses, so we can

36:36

see some of those soldiers

36:39

on the street around here.

36:41

Yeah, they're like at the

36:43

gated entrances, basically. If we

36:45

figure it out where we

36:48

are, then like, do I

36:50

know from here how to

36:52

get to where we need

36:54

to go? Make a navigation

36:57

check, please. Oh, fuck. Yeah,

36:59

you think you're a couple

37:01

of blocks away. just you

37:03

just have to move through

37:05

some streets to get there

37:08

up above you're quite close

37:10

really to the castle in

37:12

the town which is high

37:14

up like obviously like strong

37:17

walls around its base as

37:19

well as the keep which

37:21

is built into the far

37:23

wall of town and you

37:26

see the silhouettes of numerous

37:28

soldiers up there on the

37:30

parliaments. Okay. Or Walter would

37:32

let the others know that

37:34

he has a good idea

37:37

where we're going from here,

37:39

would suggest they head inside

37:41

and kill some time, and

37:43

he'd stand out here and

37:46

do the same. And he

37:48

might just lean against one

37:50

of the warmer walls, sort

37:52

of blow into his hands

37:55

and rub them together, and

37:57

just make himself at home.

38:00

As Wolfgang and Alaric

38:02

go inside and they

38:04

feel the warmth as

38:06

an atmosphere of the

38:08

place, you see it's

38:10

fairly packed actually by

38:12

rich-looking clientele, many of

38:14

whom are probably travelers

38:16

who just sort of

38:18

are hiding out in

38:20

the town. rather than

38:22

residents. And almost as

38:24

soon as you step

38:26

in, the musician starts

38:28

playing a lute up

38:30

on a central stage.

38:32

You're both quite surprised

38:34

that this is a

38:36

fairly rare sight. You

38:38

see that the musician

38:41

is an elf. Long,

38:43

slightly reddish, blonde hair.

38:45

Oddly, one of his

38:47

eyes is covered, his

38:49

right eyes covered in

38:51

an eye patch, picks

38:53

up his instrument, and

38:55

starts playing. Most of

38:57

the people sitting in

38:59

the bar turn to

39:01

actually watch him play

39:03

for a while, the

39:05

noise settles a little

39:07

bit. There aren't any

39:09

completely empty tables for

39:11

you to sit at,

39:13

but there are some

39:15

seats that you could

39:17

maybe ask someone, can

39:19

we sit here? The

39:24

whole two people sitting at a

39:27

six-person table and then just like

39:29

the awkward like pointing at the

39:31

other end I'm like hey like

39:33

you guys are you here? You're

39:35

here? No? Cool is it cool

39:38

if we've been there many times?

39:40

Oh communal seating. What's worse when

39:42

that happens and then somebody just

39:44

wants to talk to you? Oh

39:46

no see my my worst is

39:48

whenever it's like oh no we're

39:51

saving it for someone so you

39:53

find somewhere still sit And he

39:55

realized that someone never actually comes?

39:57

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Plenty of those.

40:01

I see this time I was in

40:03

New York and I was seeing this

40:06

bar with my girlfriend at the time

40:08

and there was this drunken Irish guy

40:10

I hate to like I'm not saying

40:12

that as a cliche he was drunk

40:15

and he was Irish. Sean what you

40:17

were saying about my people right now.

40:19

And he just just came over like

40:21

at a very small table didn't even

40:24

ask and sat down and then within

40:26

five minutes he's telling my girlfriend pointing

40:28

to me I fork and love this

40:30

guy. I fauche on love this guy.

40:33

And, um, that sounded more Scottish. And

40:35

I just wanted to say to him,

40:37

man, if you want me to buy

40:39

your drink, just fucking ask. Man. We

40:42

said like one drink and then we

40:44

went to a different bar. But, uh,

40:46

yeah, okay, so. There's also no like

40:49

bar space to sit at. So you

40:51

will have to like gate crash a

40:53

table if you want to. Or you

40:55

can just stand awkwardly. Yeah,

40:59

no finding some place

41:02

to sit would be

41:04

nice. Does Ulrich have

41:06

preferences? Sorry, I wouldn't

41:08

unmute. Well, Eric would

41:11

actually prefer to stand.

41:13

Like, he's very... he's

41:15

very interested in this

41:17

elf, but he'd rather

41:20

be somewhere standing and

41:22

watching rather than sitting.

41:27

Wolfgang will find like a

41:30

corner of the table too.

41:32

Or like one of the

41:35

tables that is like a

41:37

communal bench seating and take

41:39

a corner of somewhere to

41:42

sit. Yeah, Wolfgang sits next

41:44

to this bloated looking merchant

41:47

probably. It was very power

41:49

skin, but it's gone very

41:52

red in parts of his

41:54

face from drinking. And he

41:57

squintly-eyed looks Wolfgang up and

41:59

down. Doesn't say anything to

42:02

him. seems to find Wolfgang

42:04

amusing for some reason. And

42:07

then a table opposite, near

42:09

where Alaric is standing nearby.

42:12

A man and a woman,

42:14

look at him. The woman

42:17

says something to the man

42:19

who swallows hard and they

42:22

both, without finishing their drinks,

42:24

get up and move to

42:27

a completely different part of

42:29

the inn. Oh. See, I

42:32

had an entirely different scenario

42:34

in my head because I've

42:37

been to too many fucking

42:39

bars where stuff like that

42:42

has happened. And typically what

42:44

it ends up is the

42:47

dude approaches it says, so,

42:49

uh, me and the wife

42:52

have been talking. Not saying

42:54

that. Not saying that I've

42:57

been proposition, but it just

42:59

happened three times. Yeah. And

43:02

also, I'm just going to

43:04

say like a wizard, but

43:07

it just happened three times.

43:09

Once in a lifetime opportunity,

43:12

just saying. Yeah, but the

43:14

lyric has a bad reputation

43:17

around here. He's in a

43:19

place where people have enough

43:22

money to maybe go, you're

43:24

there guy that's ripping people

43:27

off. Yeah. You're there guy

43:29

that's ripping people off. Yeah.

43:32

Even though he wasn't. Or

43:34

was he? Yeah. Leric was

43:37

a leric is the victim

43:39

He got scammed by this

43:42

merchant recorded in a court

43:44

of law was being guilty

43:47

I mean if the court

43:49

says you're guilty you got

43:52

to be guilty. Yeah, in

43:54

court they've been wrong to

43:59

ask what I'll

44:01

have an ale.

44:04

Alaric just shishoos

44:06

him away when

44:09

he comes around

44:11

him. Ah, serving

44:14

boy looks amused

44:16

that you're ordering

44:19

ale. Very well,

44:21

any particular kind.

44:23

He would ask

44:26

like if there

44:28

are actually any

44:31

special Oh my

44:33

god, did I

44:36

just fucking turn

44:38

into a fucking

44:41

beer snob like

44:43

in the middle

44:46

of fucking war

44:48

hammer? Yeah, yeah,

44:50

if there's any

44:53

like local, any

44:55

of the local

44:58

brewers that have

45:00

something that they're

45:03

proud of. Huh.

45:05

Praise Sigma, sir,

45:08

there is not.

45:15

Well if there's no

45:18

one here potentially like

45:20

wanting to hand off

45:23

fucking like ale for

45:26

fuck's sake then fine

45:28

give me your most

45:31

fucking hmm Actually I

45:33

don't know I got

45:36

the money I'll take

45:38

you a finest red

45:41

then I have work

45:43

to do. Ten shillings.

45:46

The figure he's given

45:49

you is ludicrously exorbitant.

45:51

For a glass, yes,

45:54

that much I would

45:56

know. I'm going to

45:59

do one of the

46:01

things that I had,

46:04

one of my grandparents

46:06

do to me. that

46:09

I actually immediately threw

46:12

me off guard, and

46:14

I am just going

46:17

to stare in emotionlessly

46:19

until he reacts. Even

46:22

if that takes 30

46:24

seconds plus. It's a

46:27

very awkward 12 seconds.

46:30

Until you get the

46:32

better of him. Demand,

46:35

sir. and stocks in

46:37

a captive audience. If

46:40

you don't like it

46:42

you're free to go

46:45

to one of the

46:47

ale selling establishments. This

46:50

little piece of shit.

46:56

He looks quite young, he's

46:58

probably only like 21. The

47:00

worst part is how much

47:02

fun Sean clearly is having

47:04

him. This is a look

47:06

for our listeners. There is

47:08

a look of pure joy

47:10

on Sean's face every time

47:12

you bust out that X

47:14

scene. Sean, he may so

47:16

be, but I'm still three

47:18

times his age. I

47:25

will stack six on

47:27

the table and say,

47:30

here's the six. Well,

47:32

then we'll get you

47:35

something. He takes that.

47:37

The tune that the

47:39

office playing is melancholy,

47:42

it seems, and gradually

47:44

the place is becoming

47:47

quieter and quieter as

47:49

a result. And there's

47:52

very little conversation. actually

47:56

to disappear into

47:58

their own private.

48:00

thoughts, listening to

48:02

this tune. It

48:04

might be the

48:06

atmosphere of the

48:08

siege, a sort

48:10

of fatalism that

48:12

surrounds that, or

48:14

the exoticness of

48:16

the elf, or

48:18

perhaps his skill

48:20

as a musician,

48:22

but he's commanding

48:24

the audience. Even

48:30

a servant who returns with

48:32

your drink as well and

48:35

you're pretty sure he didn't

48:37

serve you their finest. He

48:39

doesn't say anything. He stops

48:41

and on his way back

48:43

he watches the elf and

48:45

then has to stop himself

48:48

to see if he's missed

48:50

a customer. The elf finishes

48:52

his tune. And by that

48:54

stage there's absolute silence. until

48:59

a woman shaking herself

49:02

out of this quiet

49:04

starts to clap and

49:06

eventually the whole crowd

49:08

is clapping. The elf

49:11

only slightly nods, perhaps

49:13

not caring for the

49:15

praise in any case

49:17

from what you understand

49:20

of elves, praise of

49:22

humans is hardly worth

49:24

posting about. And

49:28

then he just starts to

49:30

slightly tune his loot. To

49:33

this point, Walter hears, before

49:35

anybody else hears, the sound

49:37

of an alarm bell from

49:40

the castle being rung. Reasonable

49:42

deduction, huh? That didn't tie

49:44

long. That was pretty quick.

49:47

That was frighteningly quick. That

49:49

was very quick. You did

49:51

leave after then, but yeah,

49:54

quick, yeah. Um, well, it

49:56

has a good view of

49:58

the castle, and he notes

50:01

that there is a red

50:03

glow from one of the

50:05

exterior towers on the edge

50:08

of the edge of the

50:10

edge of the edge of

50:12

the edge of the edge

50:15

of the edge of the

50:17

edge of the edge of

50:19

the edge of the edge

50:21

of the edge of the

50:24

edge of the edge of

50:26

the edge of the edge

50:28

of the It seems like

50:31

an isolated tower, not particularly

50:33

a military structure and there

50:35

is sort of up on

50:38

its top bottomlands. And the

50:40

bell intensifies. And judging by

50:42

the silhouettes moving back and

50:45

forth quickly along the battlements,

50:47

while to conduce people are

50:49

rushing to put out a

50:52

fire in that tower. I'm

51:04

reading from the same script. Okay.

51:07

Never heard from them, ever again.

51:09

Rip. Walter, yeah, notes there, looks

51:11

around, yeah, this is of, see

51:14

if, obviously, if the other, sort

51:16

of, guards and stuff that are

51:19

out here, or noticing there, and

51:21

he uses... that whole like looking

51:23

around to see if other people

51:26

you know because when you're in

51:28

a public place and something happens

51:30

that draws your attention you kind

51:33

of look around and you have

51:35

a moment of like like I

51:37

want to say solidarity but familiarity

51:40

with other people who are also

51:42

experiencing that he kind of uses

51:44

that moment as an excuse to

51:47

check the way they have came

51:49

and to try and see if

51:52

they've been followed particularly by that

51:54

interest that showed interest in them

51:56

earlier. Um.

51:59

It's a good idea. So,

52:01

um, perception to us with

52:03

a plus, 20. Because it's

52:05

thinking as if there's ringing

52:07

bells and stuff, the guy

52:09

might be leaning out to

52:11

have a look and see

52:13

what that is if he

52:15

happens to be hiding. So

52:17

it's a good time to

52:19

sort of look around. Um,

52:21

I rolled a 13, so

52:23

that'll come to me past.

52:25

Mm-hmm. So new diocese, these

52:27

new diocese, great. Yeah, in

52:29

fact, up the street from

52:31

once you came, you see

52:33

the guards at each of

52:35

the little man says, they're,

52:37

um, their attention is to

52:39

the castle. And there is

52:41

a spot near where some

52:43

hedges have overgrown, but there

52:45

is a figure, probably not

52:47

a guard, a silhouette from

52:49

this distance, um, who... It's

52:51

like they were standing on

52:53

the edge of it, and

52:55

they're distracted moment by... watching

52:57

what's going on at the

52:59

castle. Okay, not one of

53:01

the guards, but there is

53:03

a figure standing there. Yeah.

53:05

Okay. But I I likely

53:07

cannot approach without him being

53:09

aware. Yeah. Yeah. It's a

53:11

fair walk up from where

53:13

you are. Okay. I mean,

53:15

you could just walk up

53:17

and say like, hey, what

53:19

are you doing? And

53:24

there's a good chance that'll

53:26

spook him off, but it's

53:28

also confrontation, so. Yeah. Um, Walter

53:30

just watches their father, you

53:32

know. Yeah, I will say

53:34

that without explicit reason, it's

53:36

not like he's just gonna fucking

53:39

stab you, right? Like, the

53:41

dude still wants to keep

53:43

his job in stabbing people

53:45

who are inside the town, probably

53:47

isn't. aligned with him keeping

53:49

his job. Nah, this is...

53:51

this is someone else, right? This

53:54

is something we've been followed by

53:56

someone who... Is it the

53:58

guy from the gate? It

54:00

doesn't seem like it. It

54:02

doesn't seem like it. There's no,

54:04

like, silhouette of it. Okay.

54:06

But could be an affiliate.

54:08

It could, it could be,

54:10

but associates. Maybe just changed out.

54:13

Okay, yeah, sorry. No, I

54:15

thought that this was the

54:17

same guy. My mistake. Hmm. It's

54:19

okay, we'll get a chance. If we

54:21

were walking, this is when we're turning

54:24

a corner and we'll to

54:26

a duck down an alley

54:28

and let you guys keep

54:30

going. But. Walter will just

54:32

stand here and act like,

54:34

yeah, everything is normal.

54:36

Just a guard. From further

54:39

up the street, while past

54:41

that guy, there's another

54:44

figure walking down the

54:46

middle of the street.

54:48

There's no carriages or

54:50

anything to make that

54:52

a risk. And you see it's

54:55

a woman by the looks of

54:57

it. Yeah. Malta this

54:59

goes back to his

55:01

bored bodyguard routine yeah

55:04

so of either blowing

55:06

into his hands rubbing

55:08

them together or

55:10

just of wrapping his cloak

55:12

around him and sort

55:15

of resting a hand on

55:17

his um on the pommel

55:19

of his sword I guess

55:21

yeah um sure that

55:27

figure that you sighted near

55:30

the hedge has now disappeared

55:32

out of sight. The bell's

55:35

ringing louder now. And

55:37

you hear some kind

55:39

of secondary bell from

55:41

elsewhere in the castle,

55:44

probably closer to the

55:46

town entrance. Is ringing

55:48

now too? The woman

55:50

walking down the street

55:53

stops every now again

55:55

to... but continues generally

55:57

in your direction. You know, there's

55:59

a... one way for

56:02

her to go.

56:04

And as she

56:07

draws near enough

56:09

to you, you

56:11

both mean eyes

56:14

and she just

56:16

raises her head

56:18

a bit. It's

56:21

a young woman,

56:23

late 20s probably,

56:26

well-dressed, A woman

56:28

in this district

56:30

would be walking

56:33

around unaskorted. Really,

56:35

what's usual in

56:37

the siege? She

56:40

treats like a

56:42

noblewoman? She's well

56:44

dressed, so... could

56:47

be from a

56:49

merchant family or

56:51

something. Malta would

56:54

just sort of,

56:56

another's header here

56:59

and, um, just

57:01

say, good night

57:03

to you. Seems

57:06

like a, um,

57:08

eventful night up

57:10

at the castle.

57:13

Yeah, since you've

57:15

struck our conversation,

57:17

she draws closer

57:20

to you. She

57:22

appears to be

57:25

quite attractive. Um,

57:27

your note, wearing

57:29

a little more

57:32

makeup than, as

57:34

usual. quite power.

57:36

And that's artificial

57:39

because of the

57:41

makeup. And she

57:43

gives you a

57:46

smile. It's a

57:48

fucking honeypot. Make,

57:51

um, a willpower

57:53

test. Okay, hold

57:55

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57:58

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58:32

Yeah, she smiles. What's

58:34

the willpower test about?

58:36

Does she say anything?

58:39

Nothing happened? Oh, it

58:41

looks like she's going

58:43

to. But she stops

58:45

and... Close to you,

58:47

but where she turns

58:50

to look up towards

58:52

the castle. And she

58:54

tuts. One problem to

58:56

the other? She

59:03

says that like she knows

59:05

what's going on or does

59:08

that this is just stuff

59:10

happening just seems like an

59:12

idol comment. Yeah think Walter

59:15

aware that we are on

59:17

a on a top secret

59:20

mission would be like mmm

59:22

so it is She

59:32

gives you a good

59:34

look up and down.

59:36

And you don't know

59:38

if she's making a

59:40

shot of it, but

59:42

she has a please

59:44

look on her face.

59:46

Yeah. You're a soldier

59:49

then? Something like that?

59:51

Something like that? Something

59:53

like that? Something like

59:55

that? Something like that?

59:57

Something like that? Currently

1:00:01

in the capacity

1:00:03

of a bodyguard.

1:00:06

Well, we'll hope

1:00:08

he's soldiers soon

1:00:11

enough, I'm sure.

1:00:14

Seems distinctly possible.

1:00:16

Is there anything

1:00:19

about how that

1:00:21

stands out? Apart

1:00:24

from the fact

1:00:26

that she's attractive

1:00:29

and smiling. Instantly

1:00:31

evil, that's how

1:00:34

you know. He's

1:00:36

seen any action

1:00:39

lately. Um, yeah,

1:00:41

I guess he

1:00:44

would say, aside

1:00:47

from all the

1:00:49

shelling. Hmm. Yeah,

1:00:52

they'll be giving

1:00:54

us a good

1:00:57

pounding. You

1:00:59

know, I wasn't going

1:01:01

to say anything, but

1:01:03

I'm going to say

1:01:06

something. This is bait.

1:01:08

This is very clearly

1:01:10

the most obvious bait

1:01:12

in the history of

1:01:14

bait. So Walter, who's

1:01:16

been maintaining, like, he's

1:01:19

keeping himself outside of

1:01:21

arms reach. And he's

1:01:23

trying to stand, if

1:01:25

possible, in such a

1:01:27

way where he can

1:01:29

easily enough. Like turn

1:01:32

his head and look

1:01:34

back towards the other

1:01:36

fella in the edge

1:01:38

to make sure he's

1:01:40

not being distracted and

1:01:42

snuck up on He'd

1:01:45

be like Look sweetheart

1:01:47

If you're walking around

1:01:49

this neighborhood you are

1:01:51

well and truly outside

1:01:53

of my my pay

1:01:58

But I appreciate

1:02:00

the protection that

1:02:02

you're giving the

1:02:04

town and she

1:02:06

reaches up with

1:02:08

her right hand

1:02:10

and puts it

1:02:13

part in your

1:02:15

shoulder but then

1:02:17

slowly slides it

1:02:19

down you'll buy

1:02:21

it? Nah, it's

1:02:23

deep away from

1:02:25

that. You'd rather

1:02:27

something else? I

1:02:30

suggest she hit it

1:02:32

elsewhere. He's like, like,

1:02:35

pulling on his collar

1:02:37

and not making eye,

1:02:39

not making eye cutting.

1:02:42

Turns around to leave,

1:02:44

someone trips over his

1:02:46

erection as he does.

1:02:48

Oh no. Oh God,

1:02:51

my eyes! I guess

1:02:53

Steve Martin movie, when

1:02:55

he walks up to

1:02:57

the... Okay, she smiles

1:03:00

and says no more

1:03:02

and then starts to

1:03:04

shift on. Yeah, he'd

1:03:06

watch her. She smiles

1:03:09

and says no more

1:03:11

and then starts to

1:03:13

shift on. Yeah, he'd

1:03:16

watch her move off.

1:03:18

She's going in the

1:03:20

direction of that overgrant

1:03:22

hedge. No, no, she's

1:03:25

walking away from it.

1:03:27

She's walking away from

1:03:29

it. She's walking away

1:03:31

from it. the direction

1:03:34

that you will also

1:03:36

go in if you

1:03:38

continue on your track.

1:03:40

But I assume you

1:03:43

would look back towards

1:03:45

that hedge? Yes. You

1:03:47

can make another perception

1:03:50

test if you like?

1:03:54

No, no, okay, then it's a failure.

1:03:56

I got a 55 You can't see

1:03:58

that guy at all Okay.

1:04:00

Any sign of him? Doesn't

1:04:03

mean he's not there? That

1:04:05

soldier I saw earlier that

1:04:07

recognised us. He doesn't happen

1:04:10

to look like he's been

1:04:12

kicked in the face by

1:04:14

a horse at some point

1:04:17

in the last month or

1:04:19

so by any chance? No.

1:04:21

Okay. All right. That's a

1:04:24

shame. What

1:04:27

Walter might do what sort

1:04:29

of door is the is

1:04:31

the pub? I'm assuming it's

1:04:33

just on a door that

1:04:35

could swing open and showering

1:04:37

No, it's a it's like

1:04:39

a heavy good quality wooden

1:04:41

door. It's Half a jar

1:04:43

half enough, but people to

1:04:45

be able to just sort

1:04:47

of quite easily walk through

1:04:49

Okay If

1:04:54

it's open, I was going

1:04:56

to say if it wasn't

1:04:58

open, I'd push it open

1:05:00

to help the sound of

1:05:02

the bells get in there.

1:05:05

Hoping that might bring the

1:05:07

others out, but I think

1:05:09

we've been here long enough.

1:05:11

You've made us. I'm sure

1:05:13

if you stick your head

1:05:15

in and just say, hey,

1:05:17

I'm the handler of those

1:05:19

two, like that's going to

1:05:22

be enough. Yeah. It's not

1:05:24

like you're legally not allowed

1:05:26

because you're a status copper

1:05:28

five. Yeah, and it's brass

1:05:30

too, I'll have you know,

1:05:32

alright. Okay, yeah, sorry, my

1:05:34

mistake. That's an owl, my

1:05:36

bad. Yeah, I guess he

1:05:39

would just sort of look

1:05:41

through the door, grab, like,

1:05:43

one of the servers as

1:05:45

they go past, and could

1:05:47

you, excuse me, could you

1:05:49

please go and... You have

1:05:51

to wait a bit for

1:05:53

that and one of the

1:05:56

services walking past. This young

1:05:58

man looks about 21. You

1:06:00

say, excuse me? He looks

1:06:02

at you. And he just

1:06:04

keeps walking. Okay. As he

1:06:06

keeps walking. Walter with this

1:06:08

sort of firmly, but not

1:06:10

roughly, just sort of grab

1:06:12

his arm as he goes

1:06:15

past. And be like, hoey,

1:06:17

lead. He stops, kindly remove

1:06:19

that hand, please. Sure thing.

1:06:21

Go and give me the

1:06:23

priest, will you? The one

1:06:25

over there, and he nods

1:06:27

to the other one. He

1:06:29

makes his show of pulling

1:06:32

this long handkerchief out from

1:06:34

under his tunic, and... dusts

1:06:36

where you touched his tunic

1:06:38

off with some very exaggerated

1:06:40

flourishes of his hand and

1:06:42

then puts it back. Can

1:06:44

you speak more slowly please?

1:06:46

Sure. Could you go to

1:06:49

the priest over there? One

1:06:51

in the black and could

1:06:53

you ask him to come

1:06:55

here please? I'd

1:06:57

come in and get

1:06:59

him, but I don't

1:07:01

want to mess up

1:07:03

your fine establishment. A

1:07:05

bit back, please. A

1:07:08

bit back. The motions

1:07:10

for you to step

1:07:12

back outside the door.

1:07:14

Walter does, but he

1:07:16

lingers a moment first.

1:07:18

It just looks at

1:07:20

this kid. Second time,

1:07:22

this kid's been steered

1:07:24

out tonight. Walter also

1:07:26

for the first time

1:07:28

notices the alf on

1:07:30

the stage. Yeah. Who,

1:07:32

having finished tuning, begins

1:07:35

to play another tune.

1:07:37

The young sewing boy

1:07:39

comes up to Walter

1:07:41

and informs him that

1:07:43

there is some kind

1:07:45

of an element waiting

1:07:47

for him outside. Are

1:07:49

you mean Wolfgang? Wolfgang.

1:07:51

Sorry, yeah. That were

1:07:53

your names. Well,

1:07:56

I will stand up and

1:07:58

brush myself off and hope

1:08:01

that it is is a

1:08:03

good element. Uranium is pretty

1:08:05

cool. I also like Rubidium.

1:08:08

Are you going to inform

1:08:10

Alaric as well? I assume

1:08:13

Alaric's not too far off,

1:08:15

right? Yeah, no, I don't.

1:08:18

Unless he's off somewhere like

1:08:20

having a conversation with a

1:08:22

husband and wife about things

1:08:25

that they're doing to improve

1:08:27

their marriage. What if I

1:08:30

told you I could make

1:08:32

things as hard as metal?

1:08:35

They have to start as

1:08:37

metal. It's true. Can't get

1:08:39

there if you're only rock

1:08:42

hard, huh? Exactly. I will

1:08:44

leave a shilling tip on

1:08:47

the table. It's true. Can't

1:08:49

get there if you're only

1:08:52

rock hard, huh? Exactly. I

1:08:54

will leave a shilling tip

1:08:56

on the table. Because

1:09:00

I'm not completely low-class.

1:09:02

Collect my wizard and

1:09:04

then vacate the premises.

1:09:06

Mm-hmm. Alec comes along

1:09:08

as well, yeah. He

1:09:10

does. He casts another

1:09:12

glance at the elf.

1:09:14

But then leaves. Both

1:09:16

of you make willpower

1:09:18

tests, please. Well, I'm

1:09:20

good at those. We're

1:09:22

both good at those,

1:09:24

I think. I believe

1:09:26

so. Let's see, 40.

1:09:28

I have one degree

1:09:30

of failure. I have

1:09:32

one degree of failure.

1:09:34

Okay, so Alaric feels

1:09:37

snowing in particular, although

1:09:39

like his fascination with

1:09:41

the elf. But Wolfgang,

1:09:43

if you need to,

1:09:45

you can heal a

1:09:47

wound. I don't need

1:09:49

to, and that is

1:09:51

incredibly unsettling that me

1:09:53

failing a willpower test

1:09:55

healed me. Is

1:09:57

there anything funky or the winds of

1:09:59

magic? Yes. There seems

1:10:02

to be just like

1:10:04

a light breeze of

1:10:06

it shifting around the

1:10:08

elf. A confluence of

1:10:11

multiple winds difficult to

1:10:13

distinguish. So cool. The

1:10:15

lyrics is like elf

1:10:17

fan-boing right now like

1:10:19

all wizards. No one

1:10:22

is ever quite as

1:10:24

good at the winds

1:10:26

of magic as the

1:10:28

high elves. The people

1:10:30

use all of them.

1:10:33

Yeah, he can use

1:10:35

them all. I can

1:10:37

only use one. I

1:10:39

suck. Yeah, if only

1:10:41

you're as good as

1:10:44

the high elves who

1:10:46

are here to once

1:10:48

again save the humans

1:10:50

from themselves. On another

1:10:52

stage, there's an old

1:10:55

slam playing the drums

1:10:57

up there on his

1:10:59

play. And they call

1:11:01

me a cute repeat,

1:11:03

and I'm a killer

1:11:06

round a heap. This

1:11:08

down the road, the

1:11:10

rumba. When you guys

1:11:12

come up? Walter would

1:11:14

lower his voice and

1:11:17

say, we've picked up

1:11:19

a tail. Also, and

1:11:21

he just points over

1:11:23

his shoulder towards the

1:11:25

car so we can

1:11:28

hear the bells ringing.

1:11:30

Sounds like Klaus and

1:11:32

Larry are getting busy.

1:11:34

We might want to

1:11:37

move on because things

1:11:39

could keep very tense

1:11:41

soon. Last time I

1:11:43

saw him with a

1:11:45

piece of tail when

1:11:48

walking down the road.

1:11:50

Last time I saw

1:11:52

him, he was at

1:11:54

the hedge just down

1:11:56

the way there, he's

1:11:59

not, and Walter's still

1:12:01

talking and has affected

1:12:03

Xing, he's not the

1:12:05

one that saw us

1:12:07

at the gate. I

1:12:10

also had a rather

1:12:12

suspicious, quite obvious lady

1:12:14

of the night come

1:12:16

up and try and

1:12:18

lure me away from

1:12:21

the door. And she'd

1:12:23

hit in the direction

1:12:25

we're about to go.

1:12:33

It seems to imply

1:12:35

that they have people

1:12:37

in their employ, which

1:12:39

means that they're not

1:12:41

in a lower class

1:12:44

or a frass, which

1:12:46

is not what you'd

1:12:48

expect from a place

1:12:50

like, yeah, so... This

1:12:52

all very obviously feels

1:12:54

like a trap. Well,

1:12:56

in carrying company tradition,

1:12:59

if it's a trap,

1:13:01

don't we walk in

1:13:03

and spring it? I've

1:13:05

heard if you stomp

1:13:07

hard enough the trap

1:13:09

won't have time to

1:13:11

actually close around your

1:13:13

leg. Like we were

1:13:16

taught incorrectly about traps

1:13:18

on purposes. How do

1:13:20

you like my face

1:13:22

to your foot attack?

1:13:24

So you would start

1:13:26

heading back towards where

1:13:28

you know you can

1:13:31

find the street basically.

1:13:33

There's any other suggestions?

1:13:35

No, like I don't

1:13:37

have any like, I

1:13:39

have this information, but

1:13:41

I don't have like

1:13:43

alternative plans that could

1:13:45

circumvent it, right? Well,

1:13:48

if they're following us,

1:13:50

they're following us, right?

1:13:52

So unless we intend

1:13:54

to try and capture

1:13:56

our tail, which is

1:13:58

doable. We just need

1:14:01

to... Yeah, we go around a

1:14:03

corner. The old classic, go around

1:14:05

a corner away from the follow.

1:14:07

You know what I mean? Yeah,

1:14:09

it's a clock. And then you

1:14:11

just bad man him. Sorry, what

1:14:14

was that, right? I said, get

1:14:16

them every time. Every time. Every

1:14:18

time. Let's walk past an alleyway.

1:14:20

Someone ducks into the alleyway. Wait

1:14:22

for you to come past. Oh,

1:14:24

what the fuck you up to

1:14:26

mean? And the shit kicks off.

1:14:30

So there is an alley right

1:14:32

on this street that you could

1:14:34

do it down if you want

1:14:36

or you could be a bit

1:14:38

less obvious about it and like

1:14:40

you know follow a main street

1:14:42

off to the side and then

1:14:44

pick an alley along there. You

1:14:47

want to be discreet about it

1:14:49

right? You don't want to be

1:14:51

super obvious because there is other

1:14:53

people around and we can assume

1:14:55

with the amount of guards around

1:14:57

and shit like that if yelling

1:14:59

and carnage kicks off. A lot

1:15:01

of people are going to turn

1:15:04

up quickly, so potentially. So probably

1:15:06

don't want to be too full

1:15:08

on about it. But yeah. Walter's

1:15:10

happy to duck down the other

1:15:12

way, you guys keep walking. I

1:15:14

guess we'd just sort of come

1:15:16

down to like, what should we

1:15:18

do if you don't find the

1:15:21

tail and we just keep walking?

1:15:23

Because you're the one that knows

1:15:25

where this place is. Yeah. Let's

1:15:27

see, the other one, the other

1:15:29

thing then is all three of

1:15:31

us stuck down the alley and

1:15:33

just wait. He came around the

1:15:35

corner, where are they? And he'll

1:15:38

come and explore the alley. He's

1:15:40

the obvious place, and then we'll

1:15:42

be here waiting for him. Let

1:15:44

me have to explain what he's

1:15:46

up to. We just Scooby-Doo is

1:15:48

a trio, like directly into a

1:15:50

hallway right now. All right. Um.

1:15:52

key to unlock all in PC

1:15:55

site. Yeah, triangles. Yeah. Mill gear

1:15:57

solid. Hmm. If we do that,

1:15:59

then that's slightly less confrontational, but

1:16:01

it's less likely to be successful.

1:16:03

But if we all three of

1:16:05

us go down the other way

1:16:07

and then he follows us and

1:16:09

go, you're right there, mate. Then

1:16:11

whereas if one person slips out

1:16:14

behind them, it's like, who the

1:16:16

fuck are you? That's a bit

1:16:18

more aggressive in a way. Yeah.

1:16:20

So if we just sort of

1:16:22

go around the corner and then

1:16:24

stop down the other way, when

1:16:26

he can't see us and just

1:16:28

wait for him to come and

1:16:31

explore the other way, because he's

1:16:33

clearly looking for us to see

1:16:35

where we've gone, we must wait

1:16:37

for him to expose himself, and

1:16:39

then we can be like, who

1:16:41

are you? And if he tries

1:16:43

to run, Walter can always chase

1:16:45

him down, if it comes to

1:16:48

it? Right. Or we could just

1:16:50

try to lose the tail entirely

1:16:52

and just call that a win?

1:16:54

It just sort of comes down

1:16:56

to like if we want to

1:16:58

deliberately catch the guy or not,

1:17:00

right? Yeah. Because like at the

1:17:02

end of the day, like we're

1:17:05

here to do a job and

1:17:07

like the, if we know who

1:17:09

the tail is or not isn't

1:17:11

necessarily related to that. There's nothing

1:17:13

stopping that's going to the place

1:17:15

we're going, right? Or going to

1:17:17

the place where there's a look

1:17:19

for where we're going and if

1:17:22

they know we're coming, fuck it,

1:17:24

they know we're just trying to

1:17:26

confirm who these people who these

1:17:28

people are. Right. To me, like,

1:17:30

catching him is a nice to

1:17:32

have, but it's, that's the question

1:17:34

is, is, do we want to

1:17:36

catch this guy yes or no?

1:17:39

Do we want to try and

1:17:41

lose the guy yes or no?

1:17:43

And how subtle are we being

1:17:45

about our actual motive here? Right.

1:17:47

To me, like, catching him is

1:17:49

a nice to have, but it's

1:17:51

not required, right? Unless

1:17:53

there's anything like super wild

1:17:55

out there, I don't think

1:17:58

that there's any more grand

1:18:00

conspiracy that this dude is

1:18:02

going to like such Yeah,

1:18:04

I'm not. It could all

1:18:06

just be some opportunistic guy

1:18:08

might not be related to

1:18:11

a specific house that was

1:18:13

really that was treated so

1:18:15

on. Yeah, I'm not. It

1:18:17

could all just be some

1:18:19

opportunistic guy might not be

1:18:21

related to any greater conspiracy

1:18:23

at all. True. Yeah. But

1:18:26

we're dealing with Sean here,

1:18:28

so... It's a very faster...

1:18:30

I mean, I think it's

1:18:32

safe to say the follow

1:18:34

at the gate that recognizes

1:18:36

this is involved in some

1:18:38

pile of conspiracy. Whether or

1:18:41

not this individual is related

1:18:43

to him is the question.

1:18:45

It seems like it's a

1:18:47

logical assumption, but it's still

1:18:49

an assumption. It's

1:18:58

your hand was at

1:19:01

us, somehow survived the

1:19:03

ambush. I know that

1:19:05

man. That's all along

1:19:08

the way. Worst case

1:19:10

scenario they know we

1:19:12

found their hideout and

1:19:15

that we're on to

1:19:17

them right like I

1:19:19

mean there is kind

1:19:22

of a There is

1:19:24

kind of a power

1:19:26

in that as well

1:19:29

disrupting your operations they'll

1:19:31

back up and move

1:19:33

or assume that yeah

1:19:36

or go to ground

1:19:38

or actually no hold

1:19:40

on worst case scenario

1:19:42

I mean if they

1:19:45

don't do us and

1:19:47

they try and do

1:19:49

us and fail hopefully

1:19:52

fail and then go

1:19:54

back to I'll make

1:19:56

the cardinal and say

1:19:59

that we're on to

1:20:01

whatever secret plot they're

1:20:03

going. cardinal accuses us

1:20:06

of whatever it is

1:20:08

that Laris is just

1:20:10

done. Assume they haven't

1:20:13

caught Laris in class

1:20:15

in the process and

1:20:17

then has us all

1:20:20

fucking hun. You know

1:20:22

shouldn't have pride shouldn't

1:20:24

have looked into our

1:20:27

fears sort of thing

1:20:29

right? But we're kind

1:20:31

of we're already halfway

1:20:34

down there road Yeah,

1:20:36

like we're pretty far

1:20:38

in Right, but I

1:20:41

think you're just going

1:20:43

to keep heading to

1:20:45

your destination, right? Keeping

1:20:48

for the destination, keep

1:20:50

an eye out, see

1:20:52

if the fellers following

1:20:55

us. Yeah, we could

1:20:57

just walk up to

1:20:59

the peace following us,

1:21:02

we could just turn

1:21:04

around, walk back towards

1:21:06

and be like, hey,

1:21:09

buddy. Hey, what the

1:21:11

fuck, dude? I know

1:21:13

you, you're so-and-so from

1:21:16

the pub. How are

1:21:18

you doing? Yeah, and

1:21:20

if he runs away,

1:21:23

he'll be this, you

1:21:25

know. Yeah, yeah. Hey,

1:21:27

he stole from the

1:21:30

wizard. Like, immediately. Everyone's

1:21:32

your mate. Right, that's

1:21:34

the plan. I think

1:21:37

that's the plan. Let's

1:21:39

do that. Allerate just

1:21:41

shells. He stole my

1:21:44

wins in magic and

1:21:46

just flails his arms

1:21:48

and everybody just believes

1:21:51

him because no one

1:21:53

knows otherwise. Are you

1:21:55

going to walk towards

1:21:57

that hedge then? The

1:22:01

guy towards the heads, do we

1:22:04

keep going towards our objective just

1:22:06

see if he follows us? What

1:22:08

do you guys want to do?

1:22:10

I think we keep going and

1:22:12

just see if he keeps feeling

1:22:14

extra alley or something to see

1:22:16

if he's actually honest. The usual

1:22:18

like take like one turn that

1:22:20

you know is the wrong turn

1:22:22

and then correct and then if

1:22:24

he's still behind you then then

1:22:26

you know something of that. All

1:22:30

right, so that's the plan

1:22:32

that you follow heading down

1:22:35

the streets. Looking back every

1:22:37

now and again, as naturally

1:22:39

as you possibly can. Find

1:22:42

no evidence that you're being

1:22:44

followed. You hear the sound

1:22:47

of someone on horseback from

1:22:49

a street that you've been

1:22:51

through, riding, with speed, not

1:22:54

in your direction. Just... across

1:22:56

the T. Across the T.

1:22:59

away from you. Occasionally

1:23:01

you see sites of

1:23:04

people moving from one

1:23:06

building to the next

1:23:08

up ahead of you.

1:23:10

Nothing that stands out

1:23:12

there. Now as you

1:23:14

get closer towards... You're

1:23:17

not, you don't need

1:23:19

to go to Carmonhaga's

1:23:21

place to properly orient

1:23:23

yourself there and you're

1:23:25

getting closer to the

1:23:27

transition between districts here

1:23:30

and a site that

1:23:32

immediately sticks out is

1:23:34

that there is a

1:23:36

tumbler dressed in vivid

1:23:38

colors with a pointy

1:23:40

justice-style hat and he's

1:23:43

juggling tortures of fire

1:23:45

up in the air.

1:23:47

Very impressive work and

1:23:49

occasionally he will basically

1:23:51

do a full flip.

1:23:55

as he then lands

1:23:57

and catches two at

1:24:00

once and immediately juggles.

1:24:02

And there's a A

1:24:04

small crowd around him,

1:24:07

some including children watching,

1:24:09

there was about 30

1:24:12

people gathered around. Every

1:24:14

now and again, someone

1:24:17

will throw some change

1:24:19

into a little wooden

1:24:21

crate he has in

1:24:24

front of him. You'll

1:24:26

pass this on your

1:24:29

way. and he doesn't

1:24:31

have a musician to

1:24:34

make it any more

1:24:36

exciting as well, but

1:24:38

there are symbols on

1:24:41

his elbows and knees

1:24:43

which make a clashing

1:24:46

sound. Can you keep

1:24:48

passing by? Yeah. Just

1:24:51

look over the crowd

1:24:53

though, see if there's

1:24:55

anyone that stands out.

1:24:59

Perception test, negative

1:25:02

10? I don't

1:25:04

know, no. All

1:25:07

of us are

1:25:10

just... Only Walter

1:25:13

in that case.

1:25:15

I've missed the

1:25:18

honeypot. I've all

1:25:21

passed the honeypot.

1:25:28

or the troll who came

1:25:30

up from the underground and

1:25:33

scurning. Okay. You'll keep going

1:25:35

by? Yeah. That's weird that

1:25:38

there is a fucking tumbler

1:25:40

in the middle of the

1:25:43

street during a sage-low, right?

1:25:45

Well, these people are living,

1:25:47

like, there's a fucking inn

1:25:50

with an alphanet. And like

1:25:52

then there's this like these

1:25:55

people are living like there

1:25:57

is no siege Fuckin'

1:26:00

rich people. So the rest

1:26:03

of the city has been

1:26:05

shelled, right? We've seen signs

1:26:07

of... Only parts of the

1:26:10

exterior, yeah. So yeah, they've

1:26:12

been hitting the walls mostly,

1:26:14

but they've been digging trenches

1:26:17

so they can get their

1:26:19

mortars in, and when that

1:26:22

happens, it's going to be

1:26:24

in a popcorn. Right. Everybody

1:26:26

knows it. Okay. So you

1:26:29

are getting a sense of

1:26:31

like a fatalistic sense of

1:26:33

like, well, we're all going

1:26:36

to be dead tomorrow, so...

1:26:38

Okay, I can't appreciate that.

1:26:40

Can't argue. Yeah, and it's

1:26:43

not like the town's guards

1:26:45

are going to tell rich

1:26:47

people get back indoors. Yeah.

1:26:50

Okay, well. Well, there's probably

1:26:52

some slumeshi or she's going

1:26:54

on in some of the

1:26:57

mansions. Probably. Yeah. When are

1:26:59

the alfas up to? I

1:27:01

don't know. There's lots of

1:27:04

like, I wonder what this

1:27:06

person's up to. And what

1:27:08

they're probably fucking on dust.

1:27:11

Small things that I met

1:27:13

up, but there's a party

1:27:15

that's like, how can we

1:27:18

use this? How can we

1:27:20

pull on the street? Anyway.

1:27:22

How can I make an

1:27:25

elf friend at this time?

1:27:27

Spoilers, you can't. Marlow had

1:27:29

no friends. Yeah. How'd that

1:27:32

go for him? He lived?

1:27:34

Yeah. Yeah. Probably. All right.

1:27:36

Now, eventually, you come to

1:27:39

the start of the street.

1:27:41

So you're out of the

1:27:44

very rich district. You're now

1:27:46

still in a pretty well-to-do

1:27:48

district. It's sort of bridging

1:27:51

the point between the well-to-do

1:27:53

and the... Now

1:27:59

did Instantly you can all

1:28:01

hear a lot of commotion

1:28:04

in the streets. You're hearing

1:28:06

in what must be nearby

1:28:08

Boulevard the sound of a

1:28:10

lot of cavalry riding down

1:28:13

it at speed. Oh, fuck.

1:28:15

It does not. I heard

1:28:17

well for the carrying company.

1:28:19

This has been going to

1:28:22

regret not bringing you PCs.

1:28:24

It should have bought like

1:28:26

the boar. Why don't we

1:28:28

do that more often? Bring

1:28:31

him on our secret missions.

1:28:33

Right. Only a few lights

1:28:35

hanging from some of the

1:28:37

buildings to provide some illumination.

1:28:39

You hear some coughing, you

1:28:42

don't see anybody, but you

1:28:44

hear coughing, the sounds probably

1:28:46

if people huddied, huddled down

1:28:48

in the alleys or under

1:28:51

warnings. Now where are we

1:28:53

in relation to the street

1:28:55

I was trying to find?

1:28:57

This is a... You're at

1:29:00

the start of it. Farken,

1:29:02

it's another street full of

1:29:04

fucking this people's huddled up

1:29:06

on top of one another.

1:29:09

Not quite as extreme as

1:29:11

the last day children. What

1:29:13

do I have to go

1:29:15

off like so don't I

1:29:18

just get to this straight

1:29:20

and then it stopped? Yeah

1:29:22

somewhere on the street for

1:29:24

sure that's all you know

1:29:27

I'm gonna be easy to

1:29:29

work out which door I

1:29:31

was gonna say like this

1:29:33

this is gonna sound like

1:29:36

kind of fucking absurd but

1:29:38

did you use like any

1:29:40

like angular landmarks like if

1:29:42

you reference like what the

1:29:45

castle look like when you're

1:29:47

on that part of the

1:29:49

part of the street you

1:29:51

know Because of

1:29:54

the sort of a thing of like,

1:29:56

oh, I couldn't see the castle then

1:29:58

like, you know, they're like you were

1:30:00

on this part of the street or

1:30:02

like, oh, I could and it looked

1:30:05

like this in relation to everything around

1:30:07

it. Like maybe just like a sort

1:30:09

of a memory thing of like what

1:30:11

did the area look like when I

1:30:14

was standing in front of it sort

1:30:16

of a thing. There would be like

1:30:18

at the point in which he knew

1:30:20

he lost any trace of his quarry.

1:30:22

What did the area look like? It's

1:30:25

not a bad idea. It's probably the

1:30:27

best idea I guess. Yeah. Okay. Only

1:30:31

Walter will be able to

1:30:34

make this roll, obviously. So

1:30:36

I won't tell you the

1:30:39

modifies or anything. Make a...

1:30:41

You did this to me,

1:30:44

Liam. Navigation check. So Wolfgang

1:30:46

would probably suggest this in

1:30:49

a conversation. Do you remember

1:30:51

seeing, you know, if you

1:30:54

could see this from there

1:30:56

or the kind of stuff?

1:30:59

And then... Do you remember

1:31:01

what the castle looked like

1:31:04

from that angle? Yep, and

1:31:06

he looks up at the

1:31:08

castle with the fire and

1:31:11

everything up in the tower

1:31:13

and was like, oh wow,

1:31:16

it wasn't beating last time.

1:31:18

It's not good. potentially part

1:31:21

of the defence has been

1:31:23

compromised. At yeah, so it

1:31:26

takes you quite a bit

1:31:28

of time, in the nature

1:31:31

of that role, to discern

1:31:33

the point you were when

1:31:36

you had lost track of

1:31:38

them, and it's roughly around

1:31:41

about the middle. And the

1:31:43

reason you remember is because

1:31:46

the tower, which had caught

1:31:48

fire, back then, looked a

1:31:51

little bit more prominent when

1:31:53

looking up towards the castle

1:31:55

at this point. And then

1:31:58

you could also turn to

1:32:00

a tall building, some kind

1:32:03

of residential building, in many

1:32:05

streets away that was sticking

1:32:08

up. And you remember it

1:32:10

had a distinct, let's say,

1:32:13

leaning tower of Pisa elements

1:32:15

too, the upper floors. So

1:32:18

you know enough that you're

1:32:20

at the point where you

1:32:23

lost track of them? Therefore

1:32:25

the building that they slipped

1:32:28

into must be a little

1:32:30

bit further down the street

1:32:33

Got about a third of

1:32:35

the street now to narrow

1:32:37

it down to all right

1:32:40

That's good. We can walk

1:32:42

down and now look for

1:32:45

like I'm expecting to see

1:32:47

places that would have obvious

1:32:50

like Like guards or lights

1:32:52

on inside those people who

1:32:55

are up in the wake

1:32:57

like we're assuming this is

1:33:00

a place there has a

1:33:02

few people lingering around it

1:33:05

or something else right like

1:33:07

Someone watching from a window,

1:33:10

anything that stands out, is

1:33:12

what we're looking for. Okay.

1:33:15

Anyone have any other specific

1:33:17

suggestions in that regard? Nothing

1:33:20

springs to mind. Yeah, I

1:33:22

got us at this point,

1:33:24

so there's that much. So

1:33:30

you can all search around if

1:33:32

you want. We'll just sort of

1:33:34

peel off a bit from one

1:33:36

another and just have a look

1:33:38

at your surroundings. I don't think

1:33:40

we should sit right. Oh no,

1:33:42

no, no. And we're still not

1:33:44

being followed? You're not being followed?

1:33:47

You're not really sure this is

1:33:49

quite a dark street. You can

1:33:51

pay attention to that as well

1:33:53

and make perception tests if you

1:33:55

like. Tell me the degrees of

1:33:57

successful failure. We're

1:34:01

all the three. I have. I

1:34:03

have the most niche of potential

1:34:06

suggestions here. Like we we believe

1:34:08

that. We're trying to find the

1:34:10

Varynians. Right. So this is a

1:34:13

stretch. Right. So. This is a

1:34:15

stretch. This is a stretch. Sean,

1:34:17

if you laugh at me, I'm

1:34:20

just going to be like, all

1:34:22

good. But I do have the

1:34:24

Holy Vision's ability that allows me

1:34:27

to, by intuition, know when I'm

1:34:29

on holy ground and I'm banking

1:34:31

on the arrogance of the Varenens

1:34:34

to know that they would consecrate

1:34:36

any major area that they want

1:34:38

to operate out of based on

1:34:41

their own religious values. And so

1:34:43

if I do just like a

1:34:45

walk... Very close to the buildings

1:34:48

like up and down one side

1:34:50

and then down the other like

1:34:53

just see if like there's any

1:34:55

moment of like this is holy

1:34:57

ground like that stands out in

1:35:00

the middle of can I make

1:35:02

an addendum to that? Because it's

1:35:04

just as likely to go the

1:35:07

other way if he was to

1:35:09

do that would he know if

1:35:11

he was somewhere that was distinctively

1:35:14

unholy so unholy that it's part

1:35:16

of the the the manument movement

1:35:18

the monument whatever Redded atheists, right?

1:35:21

Yeah. They're not atheists. They go,

1:35:23

oh. They believe in the gods.

1:35:25

They just reject the gods. Some

1:35:28

people have got, judging by. People

1:35:30

have Oxford accents. You know, you

1:35:32

know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't

1:35:35

know. Like, I don't know. Like,

1:35:37

I don't know. In my mind's

1:35:40

eye, like, that would have to

1:35:42

be like. No, I see where

1:35:44

you're getting out. There's a lot

1:35:47

of assumptions, though that. A lot

1:35:49

of things would have to lie

1:35:51

in place. So assuming that this

1:35:54

message, you're assuming the messenger is

1:35:56

aligned with freelance because they went

1:35:58

to California. Right. You're

1:36:01

assuming also that the messenger

1:36:03

really is a Verenin. Right.

1:36:05

And then you're assuming that

1:36:07

the base of operation they're

1:36:09

coming out is also something

1:36:11

that would be consecrated, go

1:36:13

out. Right. Like, so those,

1:36:15

yeah, me describing it like

1:36:17

that, they're all huge stretches,

1:36:19

but also you don't have

1:36:21

much else to work with.

1:36:23

That's exactly why I was

1:36:25

like, hey, it's what I

1:36:27

have. Yeah, yeah, no, so

1:36:29

it's no, it's not laughable

1:36:31

at all. Some listeners might

1:36:33

think that's ridiculous, but like,

1:36:35

what else is there really

1:36:37

besides just looking at you?

1:36:39

We're doing at the same

1:36:41

time. We're already going to

1:36:43

be just looking at shit.

1:36:45

So we may as well

1:36:47

just look at shit. And

1:36:49

look for holy shit. No,

1:36:51

you feel nothing at all.

1:36:54

Just, there's nothing that stands

1:36:56

out around here. Also, likewise,

1:36:58

Alaric doesn't feel any particular

1:37:00

odd sensations with the wits

1:37:02

of magic. Which, you know,

1:37:04

at least narrows it down

1:37:06

to the point where you

1:37:08

think you're probably just gonna

1:37:10

have to find something odd

1:37:12

that sticks out. Well, I

1:37:14

guess that's what we're gonna

1:37:16

do. Who's who's the most

1:37:18

perceptive amongst us? My perception

1:37:20

is 40. Um, not me.

1:37:22

Um, Alaric is going to

1:37:24

cast, um, trial and error

1:37:26

on Walter to give him

1:37:28

the plus two as well.

1:37:30

Okay. Or the, or the,

1:37:32

or the reworld, if I

1:37:34

roll, couldn't have. Also, I

1:37:36

don't know if this is

1:37:38

relevant, sure, and I've got

1:37:40

a pretty good law local.

1:37:42

And I don't have to

1:37:44

help me spot anything that

1:37:46

stands out around here as

1:37:48

unusual. I

1:37:53

mean, this is not your local

1:37:55

digs, but a town is a

1:37:58

town is a town, so... Oh,

1:38:01

I'll allow you to get

1:38:03

a benefit from that too.

1:38:06

Can I add an extra

1:38:08

success? Okay. All right. I

1:38:10

would like to bless the

1:38:13

blessing of station. Just stack

1:38:15

it up. Buffin. Now look

1:38:17

real hard. Yeah. Now then

1:38:20

in return, I basically get

1:38:22

like the Batman vision from

1:38:24

the games. Whereas I see

1:38:27

everything close. Right? I look

1:38:29

at the ground and there's

1:38:31

some footprints, like in the

1:38:34

witcha. I look around and

1:38:36

see some footprints of red

1:38:38

scents. Someone was here. Wind's

1:38:41

house. There's a red dot

1:38:43

on your radar. Showing with

1:38:45

guys still trailing you. We

1:38:48

try to rest, or we

1:38:50

can't arrest enemies in here

1:38:52

by? Yeah okay so so

1:38:55

so the blessing of what

1:38:57

did you give him Josh?

1:38:59

Fortune essentially that just gives

1:39:02

him a free fortune point

1:39:04

to specifically like use on

1:39:06

the next failed okay so

1:39:09

you could remember where the

1:39:11

fortune point doesn't have to

1:39:13

be a re-roll then you

1:39:16

could just out a plus

1:39:18

10 to it. Oh sorry

1:39:20

then I should reward what

1:39:23

I say because the effect

1:39:25

is that he can his

1:39:27

next failed test he can