High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #63 | Arise (Part 2)

Episode Date: March 12, 2020

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as you're making inch inches of progress through this collapsed tunnel actions each of you what would you like to do do you not feel the need to rush to take your actions if you want to kind of be like tom fucking curse guidance on me that's fine i've got guidance on century right now you can just ask somebody new it only lasts for roll. I know, but it's a... I know. I'm just saying. He just wants me to divide. I have been using Guidance, guys.

Use it on the one that needs it. Fine. I guess I'll cast Guidance on Nova. Guidance is only for skill checks. Saving for us is Resistance. I'll cast Resistance. Can I... Can I rage and try and just push through?

That will give you advantage on the saving throw. Do you want to still try carrying Nova? Like dragging Nova? Or do you just want to try and make progress? Can I make a path for everyone that will be easier to get through? If you succeed, it will make it easier. Thank you. So you have advantage it will make it easier. Thank you. So you have advantage if you're not taking,

if you're not dragging Nova, you have advantage because you're raging. Like Nova would legit say. Nova would legit say, statistically speaking, you have a better chance of survival by leaving behind, leave me behind. And the voice would be from the floor because I'm just lying on the floor. What was the check? Athletics. So 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

26, 27. You let go of... It's not saving throw, right? No. It's not saving throw. 25. You let go of Nova, and with your free hand, you can now basically start... Kind of just always punching, like ripping, pushing, throwing rocks as best you can.

Or just, like, do little lightning steps rocks as best you can. Does my aura just like do little waving steps? Yeah, just as it goes down. Into the rocks. You eventually get to the point and you have made yourself free. You've gotten to the other end into a long tunnel that leads up to the ocean. Yeah. You can see that that tunnel is flooding. There is like the ocean is breaking into that tunnel and is now up to about ankle height.

That's fine. We have to breathe under water. We're good. Do we still have that? We do. You do have it, but if I die, do you have it? It's not concentration, so yes. If you, unfortunately, Nova, if you die, they can still breathe under water. I take them all with me!

You are now on the other side, and you're like holding it open, which makes it easier. They still have to make the checks. Okay. Okay. So Ayla gets through. What are the rest of you doing?

So apparently, I think we have Nova, then Quill, then Sentry, then Lucius at the back. Can they push her little butt from behind? They can, yeah. Absolutely. Can I do another bless? Yes. I'll do it on Quill, Nova and Lucius. Okay, so you guys get D4 added to skill checks and saving throws for a minute,

which will last this encounter, shall we say. Cool, perfect. Yeah, I've resistanced Nova. So what does that do? You've got pretty much a D4 on everything. Yeah, the Blessing overlaps it, basically. Oh, wait, does it? Add that to all.

Oh, because it's the same. It basically does the same, except you're going to affect more creatures, and it lasts longer and affects more things. Doesn't stack? Nah. In that case, I won't resistance, then, guys. Effects in D&D generally don't ever stack.

Oh, okay, fair enough. Well, Nova's up front. I guess, yeah, can I just... I just athletics a disadvantage yeah you do get to add a d4 I mean you can move past Nova it's just one over is blocking you have all the rest of you have disadvantage is it can I like move in a way that like clears the path like yes I'm getting out no yeah I want to be as small as possible and Yeah, if you... But you'd have to not move to do that. You'd basically be rolling to the side of this tunnel and wedging yourself under rock like,

just go, leave me. But it's been made a little bit easier. It has been made easier, yes. Athletics? Yes. Disadvantage with d4. Oh my fucking Christ. Natural one? Yes. Disadvantage with d4. Oh my fucking Christ. Natural one?

Yep. 17. So I roll really good on one dice. I roll really badly on the other dice. That's a natural one. And a 17. And a one on my bless. Minus two.

So technically zero. You just inches. You managed to crawl inches. But your limbs feel like lead Your lungs are burning You can barely think You're trying to stay conscious You're just like, crawling through

If I'm crawling on the ground, technically, can they just step over me? No, because it's in a tunnel You're like, literally, they're like on their hands and knees, scrambling You're like crawling through like a, like, a two-foot space. Do you know what would be a really good spell right now? Gash's Form. Yeah. Do you know who doesn't have spell slots?

You. Or Dimension Door. Dimension Door. Gash's Form. Right. Who else is going? Could I just take a short rest? How long's a short rest?

An hour? Let me just sleep. You're drowning in laughter. You want to take a short rest? I'll just sleep. I'll just sleep. Yep. I'll just sleep.

I will take everyone with me. Century Lucius. Am I second? You guys connect. There's a lot of it. Nova's still blocking the path. You've got a disadvantage. I'll just move, yeah.

Right? Athletics. Disadvantage? Unless you guys, yeah. The thing is, yeah, if you guys had spells, you could do that, but I think you guys are tapped out. Do I get a fun coin for rolling so many natural ones? No, because you're doing it with disadvantage.

Hey, I rolled a natural one with a one. I'm blessed. Can I have a nat 1 with a 1 on bless. Can I have a fun coin? No. Can we all have fun coins? I just literally rolled the exact same thing as Nova then. So again, you're still struggling from the same thing. Like with Nova in the way,

you don't have much strength in the first place. Like with one arm, you're barely making progress as well. Oh, God. Okay. So yeah, I barely move as well. Okay. Who's next? I'm going to try and move forward as well. Okay. Disadvantage. I don't want to fuck around with it. Formula. Okay. So, yeah, I barely move as well. Okay. Who's next? I'm going to try and move forward as well.

Okay. Disadvantage. I don't want to fuck around with it. Formula. 16. 13. What if I roll in that one on your dice? Plus eight.

Yep. 13. Century, like, you have to kind of crawl. Now, do you want to? I'll give you a choice here. You can either help one of those two get through and leave yourself behind, or you can crawl past them and get to the other side, which might make it easier for them afterwards.

Go past. So if I go past, can I, like, drag them both, like, try and drag them through? You're going to have to crawl through and get to the other side before you can start helping them. Or you could literally be, like, you could crawl past Quill and then just shove Nova forward and just do that. But it means that you're not going to get out of the tunnel.

Honestly, get past. Get past. Go. Sentry, you grip and you push Nova and push Nova. Can I do anything to pull her? Exactly. Ayla, you see Nova weakly

and you grab it and pull her from the other side. Nova and Ayla are now out of the tunnel. The rest of you are still on the side. Cool. The blockage has been removed. No, you made a check, didn't you? Lucius, you from the other side. Nova and Ayla are now out the tunnel. The rest of you are still on the side. Cool. The blockage has been removed. No, you may have checked in, Lucius. You're the last one.

Quill, you and Nova, and Quill, Sentry, and you are still in the tunnel. Can I briefly look back to see the status of Harold? You can see like through the rocks because it's kind of like all over you. Like imagine like you're in a cave-in. You can see through these tiny gaps.

You can see her just, like... You can see she is trying to now get underneath, but, like, her hands are, like, wading through magma, and, like, the metal is, like, pulling her apart. She's taking tons of fire damage, trying to crawl through. But she is doing it. She is trying to reach you. I can't do anything to help,

so I'm just going to try and plow on through. Okay, strength check, disadvantage. That was a bad roll. This isn't going to do anything. 23 points of fire damage. She's going to take more as well. You all got nat 1s on getting through this tunnel.

Seriously. Can we get a collective group fun coin for the three nat 1 ones in one room? We were fine with Big Scary Hit Our Game. We're fine as bosses. It's the environment that screws you guys over. So the three of you are still trying to desperately get through. I need Quill, Lucius, and Century

to make a constitution saving throw. Oh, thank God I don't have to do one. So the air is, it's not that it's cooler, but being so far away and there is water and you're kind of like splashing the water over your face to cool yourselves down. Is that still with the default? Yes, you still get the default to it.

Okay. Oh, do I get a default? Oh my God. You got blessed. That was 21. Oh my God. I think I'm okay. I got on that one.

I think this is all damage for heralds. This is heralderald, yeah. Oh, no. Is she out? How much lava damage is she taking? She just took 50 points of fire damage. Oh, God. How many dice?

How much? 10d10. Okay. Legit lava. I've corrected the lava damage. What did you get on your constitution saving throws? Seven. Eleven.

Eleven. 17. 17. 13. 13. Quill and Lucius, you gain an exhaustion level. All right, I'm half speed. What's that like? Unbelievable. 17. 13. 13. Quill and Lucius, you gain an exhaustion level. All right, I'm half speed. What's that like?

Unbelievable. Fine. Yeah, I'm half speed now. All right. You've got disadvantageous throws. Rounds. Ayla and Nova, what do you guys want to do? You're on the other side.

You can kind of reach in and grab the first person. Can I do that? Sure. So Quill will have advantage. You're now at advantage. You were at a straight roll now you're at advantage because Ayla is going to help

for an ability check to pull yourself through you're exhausted so you have disadvantage so it's a straight roll straight roll bam 15 plus 4

19 blah blah blah you use the last of your strength Ayla grabs your arm pulls you free you're now out of the tunnel but I have one less arm well you tore it off

Sentry and Lucius Sentry ahead of Lucius How's Lucius doing? How far behind is Lucius? He's right behind you Right behind me? Yeah, and if you get out He doesn't have a disadvantage

Harold's not Harold's not Harold's behind him Fuck Don't make this all for naught Central Prime You need to get out Okay

I'm just Yeah, I'm just Going to keep going forward, I guess You're not at disadvantage then Because Quill's just going to keep going forward, I guess. You're not at disadvantage then because Quill's not in front of you. Yep, you're at advantage, in fact. Oh, are you? Well, your fuel's still helping.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. 20. Oh! You kind of pull it up and you pull yourself free, this cooling water kind of spilling over your body. The water is rising in the tunnel, by the way. Okay. I can deal with that. Lucius, you now have advantage on your

athletic check. All of you. Three. Advantage. And a d4. 17. And a d4. Easily enough. You kind of pull more three. You... Well, technically she'll make an athletics check

with... Oh, that's pretty good. Can I help her? Yeah, in fact, she would take damage after her action. You see this, like, one of her arms has, like, basically melted off to the wrist. The remaining, like, one of her legs is, like, basically a melted slag of mess. But with one arm and one leg,

Herald is, like, pulling herself through this tunnel. I'm just imagining like the Terminator. Yeah, it's very Terminator. It's like, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. And she kind of gets out and she kind of like, I can't, and she's like trying to pull herself up. Can I pull her out? Yeah, you kind of pull her on like onto her leg and she's like unsteady.

She needs somebody to like basically do that. Okay, so Aayla's got like... But we're about to be underwater in a minute as well. So, you begin making your way through the tunnel now, the secret entrance that once led into the facility. The whole volcano feels like it is collapsing or erupting around you. The ground is shaking. You can hear explosions coming from behind you. The facility in ruins.

As you are making your way through, the stone walls of the secret entrance crack and pop and water pours in. And then there is a sudden, enormous crash as the entire front, the secret door, rips open and a huge blast of water comes rushing down. Everybody, strength saving throw. Crap.

Plus two, but Nova, you are at disadvantage. I have minus two strength, so... Yep. Oh, I actually rolled well. 18? 18. Oh, why? Do I still have a bless?

You do have... No, that's only a minute, and the tunnel is more than a minute. So no bless. 17. 17, 17. Nine. Nine.

Six. Six. Natural one, baby! Okay. Quill, Herald, and Ayla manage to keep your ground as this wall of water just rushes all over you. The rest of you are knocked 60 foot back, like...

You're sent to the ground as water just completely overwhelms you you have water breathing and many of you don't need to breathe water um but the the immense amount of water kind of just rushes completely over you um and as it does the ceiling of the tunnel, chunks of it begin falling down as well. I need those who fell back to make dexterity saving throws. Oh, my God. Sick. Do I have a chance to shout anything? Yeah. What'd you shout?

Lucius the Trident! Yeah. 13. 13? Eight. Eight? Nine. Nine.

Nine. Eight. Eight. Nine. Nine. You all take nine points of bludgeoning damage, but you are currently temporarily restrained as huge chunks of rock land on top of you, kind of pinning you to the ground.

Not the same as the tunnel collapse, but these huge chunks of either, like, Lucius 1 is kind of, like, on your abdomen and is, like, trapping you from being able to move. Sentryry it's on your back as you're kind of lying on your front nova your like arms are like kind of wedged up against the wall as this giant piece of rock has fallen around you um what do you guys do can i use my wand of magic missiles to cast four magic missiles into some of the rocks you if you split i will tell you this If you target all of the missiles at one rock, you will destroy it and free who is ever under it.

If you split them, it won't do enough damage to break them. That's fine. I just want to get one person free. Who do you get free? Century. She's a tank. Okay. So you watch as Quill, with this wand underwater, these bolts of magical energy, and you suddenly feel yourself free

Century. You are no longer restrained. Also, that was the last charge, so one will destroy it. It doesn't. Okay. Cool. Ayla? Hello. If you... You'll have to let go of Harold, who basically can't swim if you do anything with your hands. Shit. Yep. Balls.

How close are we to the door? You can get to the door if you want to. Harold doesn't need to breathe underwater Everyone has water breathing She's guarding The only thing is that this current coming at us Right? Can I go and put her Out the door in the place where

The current is not going to drag her back Can I do that Just to get her Yeah I'd say that you, so you get her to a point where she's kind of like gripping onto the rocks outside the secret entrance. She could still be swept away by a current,

but she's in a good position where she's kind of got like her arm wrapped around something. Okay. And she's like, go! Like with her stump arm. It was stumpy hair also. Okay.

Does that, is that my action? That's your action, yeah. So that's you done out for this time, the three of you guys. So essentially you're currently free. Okay, can I try and lift a rock off Lucius or Nova? Mm-hmm. Okay, I will. First question, which one?

I'll do Nova. Okay, athletics check. Four plus eight, nine, nine, nine, 12. 4 plus 8, 12. You kind of strain, being on the water, it's hard to kind of get the full leverage as this weight is just pressing down on Nova. This is a big

rock. Big old nasty rock. You're struggling to lift it free. Yeah. Okay. What? No, it's fine. I could do something about it. Next turn you can do it. Yeah. Alright. Lucius or Nova. Can I Eldritch Blast?

My rocks would be at disadvantage, wouldn't it? Yeah. You can feel yourself kind of like your brain struggling to keep conscious. Can I shoot the rocks on Lucius? But you would be at disadvantage anyway. Would I be at double disadvantage?

There is no such thing despite what Chris Perkins says. You'd be at disadvantage anyway. Would I be at double disadvantage? There is no such thing, despite what Chris Perkins says. You'd be at disadvantage regardless of whose rocks you shoot. Yeah, because of the exhaustion. I'm going to shoot Lucius's rocks. Okay. Weekly lift Tiangong. 17, isn't it? 17.

So it's 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 on one. Glances off. That's one. Two nat 20s? Oh my god. Two nat 20s! So 10 plus a d10. Goddamn.

For a big rock. Two. Oh, so 12 total. So you blast a huge chunk of it off, which will make it easier for Lucius to either free himself or someone to free him. He'll have advantage on the check. But you blast a huge chunk of it off, like a bunch of it crackles

and breaks away. Lucius, you kind of, dust kind of spills down through the water onto your face. Lucius, what are you doing? All I could picture that whole time was absorbing elements and absorbing rock. And just having little arms and legs and a rock body. You're not Mario.

The thing. You're not Mario. Different campaign. Yeah. I will just try and use my strength to pull it off me. You currently have advantage because it's been made easier by Nova's blasting. Yeah, 18. You manage to kind of get, like, your foot under it,

and you push and push, and it kind of falls off of you, and you are now free. Oh, you do a movement to start swimming. Start swimming ahead. Okay, great. So Sentry and Nova are the only ones who are still down, like, by the thing. The water around you is boiling

like as the lava is hitting it it's steaming and boiling the water around I need you both to make constitution saving throws okay 10 12 because of Sentry. You both take 16 points of fire damage,

and Nova and Sentry gain a level of exhaustion. Can't we take 16? What, really? I'm down. Sentry's unconscious. Sentry's unconscious. Oh, fucking hell. I'm level three.

You can see... No, Lucius, you see Sentry, like, the steam, she kind of arches her back and then the light fades. Nova looks like she's about to pass out. You can just see her like, her cheeks are sunken in. There's just no life. She's barely breathing.

You all have an action left? Would there be an injury, Chad? Not an injury. I'm not going to make an injury. No, Sentry. No, essentially. But basically, once you all act, it's a death save. Well, Cure Wounds on. Can I still act? You fly up and swim down.

Oh, not Cure Wounds. Sorry. Healing Word. Healing Word. Can I still act? Yeah, you can still act, but you currently have a speed of zero. No, there's more. I have Spare the Dying, but...

Yeah. Yeah. No, you see Quill I have Spur the Dying, but... Yeah, yeah. No, you see Quill, like, your vision is like, it's like tunnel vision. You have, like, this tiny pinprick of light and you're looking around and you see Quill, like, lifting out his hand

as, like, you know, magic kind of coalesces from him. Seven heal to you, Sentry. Seven. Thank you very much. Sentinel Prime, sorry. Can I kind of use the current to sweep me back to... Yeah, you don't have any problem swimming.

You have a swim speed, right? Yeah, you can easily get to them, yeah. Can I... Did the rock... She's still got rock on her. Can I get it off? You can try. Athletics check.

Oh, God's sake! You can rage and have advantage. I'd use another one of your rages if you've got one. Last one. If you want to use it. Ten plus eight, eighteen. You feel like Aayla's muscles bulge As the lightning Around her

You almost hear like the rock snapping And rather than lifting it You just crush it over and over As it kind of breaks into chunks around you And you pick her body up and like But you don't get to move Because you've already moved If I cast Eldritch Blast

Behind me Right, so this is a thing in D&D, and I've made this mistake. I've caught this up before. Force damage has no impact behind it. It should be called magic damage. I just think because we're in water... Right, if you had something like Gust or Thunder or something like that, absolutely, I'd definitely let you do that.

But force damage is very specific. It has no physical impact. What if I use my mage hand as a little propeller? I think the mage hand is not strong enough to work against the current. Can I cast Spare the Dying on myself? No. Well, you could, but it will have no effect. Could I cast Comprehend Languages?

You could. That's all I got, babe. Right. No. What's everyone else doing? Sentry's back up anyway. Sentry's back up, so Lucius and Nova are the only ones who still get to act. There's a rock.

I don't really... No, no, no. No rocks. We freed everyone. Everyone's freed. I'm, like, next to you, so I'm trying to lift you up off. I think everyone's clear. They just need to leave. No, Nova.

The thing is, I need to get out of here, because if he makes me do one more con saving throw, I'm dead. Well, it's you and Lucius have the turns. You can swim. No, I have zero speed. But somebody has a trident. I will cast... I was going to do this anyway, but yeah.

Kim's ruined my cool moment. Trident. Love you, boo. So you pull out the Coral Song Trident Yes And you conjure animals Indeed What would you like to conjure?

Bears He has to have a swim suit Dolphins Dolphins So in this kind of You hold the Coral Song Trident This artifact you received You know helping

The Tritons Deep beneath the waves And you feel this you know, helping the Tritons deep beneath the waves, and you feel this kind of ripple through the waters, and the water begins to swirl and form, and they don't really have a... They're not a creature, but its water forms the shape of a dolphin. What would you like to command them to do?

Just watch me drown. Get Nova. I think you can summon three of them. Yeah, there's a few. I will have three. And then I'll say get the weakest. So Nova, Quill, and... Well, you've got Swim Seed.

You're fine. I don't need to breathe, so I'm all right. Everyone's got water breathing. So the three of you latch onto this like formed water, like solid water and the dolphins carry you out at an accelerated speed. However

Century you can swim, you've got high enough strength I'm not going to make any major issues for you I'm guessing you would like to grab Harold on the way out With that you swim and swim and swim vastness of the sea and as you emerge up to the you kind of break the water and you see the you see the volcano is erupting and your thick ash cloud is spilling everywhere um the waves are rocking you up and down spreading you all uh kind of like

threatening to distance you but the dolphins kind of keep you all close together. Yeah. You are now in the ocean. Call for Mum to come pick us up. Mum! I'll use a message then. 120 feet is message. I don't have sending. Messenger ring.

She doesn't have one. She's got one. She has Lucius's. She has Lucius's, of course. Messenger ring. Hey, Oriah, we need to pick up now. Okay, this is going to, I'm going to have to be really quick,

so make sure you're ready. The ash cloud is pretty bad. We're ready. Okay, it will take me a few moments, and then you kind of look up and you begin scanning the sign. It takes a couple of minutes, but you see the storm chaser

like dive bombing down like you can see ariya like her hat like is she's holding her hat in one hand the wheel in the other you can see all the crew like holding on you can see as it draws closer and it's like they're going to come in at a hard angle um you can see the wolf pack is holding on and they've got like ropes and grappling hooks and things ready. It kind of spins to the side. It splashes down into the water. This huge kind of wave soaks all of you. You kind of like pull

yourselves free as the salt and the brine kind of stings and hurts your eyes and then you feel these ropes being kind of thrown in your direction. You pull on them and you can see the wolf pack and Howard and Lantian. Can I grab Nova and help her? Yeah, you just and then Herald is kind of like cl your direction. You pull on them and you can see the wolf pack and Howard and Lantian. Can I grab Nova? Yeah, you just, and then Herald is kind of like clinging onto you.

And then you basically all make your way up onto the ship. You can see the sails as this like dark, kind of almost glowing ash hits it. Some of the sails are beginning to like slowly sizzle and burn. All right, it's like, do we have everyone? Is everyone on board? And she like looks around. All right. And then she's just like, she spins around

and she's just like, ah, crew, put as much power into those engines as you can. And then she kind of like tilts it up and you kind of feel this like lurch as the airship just rockets up into the sky and breaks through the clouds into cool, calm, sweet, open air. Oh, my God. That was very close, that one. No more water missions. No more volcanoes ever.

No more fire. Oh, my God. No more ethereal Hadar Starbane things. No more Trials of the Prime. No more forges. You would have died. I would have died on the next roll. I just Trials of the Prime. No more Forges. No more anything. I just rolled just out of curiosity. What about

a key four? I would have given you Bless the next time. Two. I rolled two. Five. Can I carry Nova downstairs and just tuck her up in bed and be like, you sleep now. Well, I think Grey Llano is on deck and is like, she will be

going to sickbay. And she kind of begins, is there anybody else who has any? And she sees Harold and is like, I'm afraid that there's not much I can do with those injuries. This one is clearly exhausted. Anything I need to be aware of?

I'm exhausted too, but I just need some rest. You can move, Century. I'm fine. You look different. And everybody is like looking at Century as this new seven and a half feet tall Century fully armoured.

Yeah, a lot happened. A lot happened in there Well, I think that Captain, if you don't mind We'll deal with this for now But perhaps an update On what has happened

Would be quite good I believe At least Eight hours are required Before a debriefing occurs Of course, absolutely Nova will need We'll need

Nova, you're being taken out. I'm basically unconscious at this point. You're being taken to sickbay. Grey Lano is like, as the medical official, Nova will not be leaving the ship for a week. She must rest for a significant amount of time.

If she does, I will personally have her banished from the ship anyway. Very good, Captain. Don't leave or we'll kill you. When all of you, and she looks around. I think, like, since you're the only one with exhaustion, aren't you? Yeah.

And you are as well. Those of you. Do you have an exhaustion? Yeah, I do, yeah. All of you, she kind of says, all of you, rest. Get as much rest as you can. That's the plan. Howard, prepare as much food as you can. That's the plan. Howard, prepare as much food as you can. Let us get a good meal for your

welcome return. And you see, and like, yeah, like Faith is like, runs straight up to Lucius and just wraps her arms around him like, just. I am salty. I am wet. Oh, and she's like she shakes. Like, you know, her hair kind of goes wild.

But it's good to see you. It's good to see you as well. And the other wolf pack are like, she shakes. Like, you know, her hair kind of goes wild. But it's good to see you. It's good to see you as well. And the other wolf pack are like, it's good to have you back, Captain. That was intense. What happened down there? Squeaky bum. Squeaky bum time.

Short story. It looks like it, Captain. Official debrief will happen. Okay. Tomorrow. All right, good, yes. And then Oriah's like, all right, you've had the Captain.

Get back to your stations. And those of you, get some fucking rest. She kind of, like, yes. And then Oriah's like, All right, you've had the captain, get back to your stations. And those of you, get some fucking rest. She kind of, like, gestures. Okay. Before we go, I'm just going to say, I want you to know I meant every word I said. I believe you. So did we.

Couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you. Likewise. And now, the race of the guardians have hope. Let's hope I can deliver. You see, as you're making your way down, look out, just admiration. Just looks at Century with a whole new, you know,

just there's something there. Like, it recognizes your status. Doesn't kneel, but salutes immediately. I just put a hand on his shoulder and just be like, it's okay, there's no need for that, don't worry. Yes, there is. And then he just continues to his business. Okay.

I think we have an issue. Your bedroom door is not big enough anymore, you're very, very tall. Oh, yeah. Do you want me to, like, break some of it? No, absolutely not. Just like a foot of wood that we just need to chip away at. It's okay, Sentry can just walk into it and the hole will be made.

Yes, like perfect head shape. Yes. As a point, you are not the Kool-Aid man. You cannot make the shapes of Sentry. Yes, obviously feel free to chat amongst yourselves, but I'm assuming you are all taking a long rest. Long rest removes one

level of exhaustion. That's me done. All good. Good for you! Eleven spell slots recovered. So two nights. This is the amount of stuff that I'm recovering. That plus eight con save really saved my ass

I didn't get any exhaustion It's almost like that's kind of what you're built to be able to handle To be honest do you know what though? Fucking Lucius, you got one exhaustion level and you pretty much made every athletics check that you had to make He's a strong boy

He's not a weak little sorcery boy Unlike Glass Cannon over there who's just like physical activity He's a strong boy. He's not a weak little sorcery boy. Unlike Glance Cannon over there, who's just like, physical activity. Just like real life. Dead hand. There is the dead hand. Yeah, it was a dead hand. Yeah, still got that.

Well done. Well done. Oh, my God. We survived. Why is it always the corridors? Primark. Corridors. Yeah. Like, we're going gonna kill the dart easy, but just like it now He'll just he'll just some of the car yeah

Position where the point you had was in a not even a demi plane, but like a weird pro computer program So you could pass in a computer hallway and we'd be fucked. What is your weakness? What is your fear? Corridor. Next time, Mark, we get a text that everybody say corridors. Okay. No, let's not. I'll know that.

We're not just making horrible corridors. It'll be like in the cube where it twists around and suddenly there's acid in it. The storm chaser continues a gentle journey. It has no direction, but Oriah is guiding it away from the volcano. She will probably come and ask Lucius,

do you have a destination, Captain? I know you're resting, but we don't know where to go now. We've kind of achieved... I can answer that question. Do you mind if I have that ring back? Yes, of course. One second. Where are we going? I guess you tuned up.

Once you speak with the others, come and find me and tell me where you'd like to go. I do know. Should I just sail us back towards Imixan? There might be a big city in the Forks. Not great. We're going to need to find a big city soon. In which case, make direction for the closest port. I think there's a place in the Hawksdawn. There's a big city there.

Mainly scavengers and sailors, but it'll be a big enough place where we can get repairs. They'll have an airship dock. There might be something we need to look for en route. Of course. In the sea. We've got, we've got, we've got a couple of weeks of supplies left, but anywhere further than around

this area, we're going to have to supply. I'll discuss it with the rest, but yes, for now, head for the port. Alright, will do. It will take us a while to reach there anyway, so you have plenty of time. Right. I'll just keep us on a steady, steady, slow, slow pace. Thank you. You're doing a fantastic job.

That's what I was born to do. Hang on, I keep slipping into different voices. Araya is more accented Eastern European, right? It's what I was born to do. This is my life. Once it was a ship on the sea. That was taken by my asshole brother. Now I have a ship in the air. I've gone up in the world.

We still owe you that ship. One day. Can't wait to see the look on his face when the ship comes out of the sky and blasts into pieces. Yeah. Okay. So I'll move on. She just goes back to the business.

Anybody who's resting in their rooms, you might be asleep, you might be awake, there is uh howard comes by with like a meal like it's like a pot of stew and there's like a bottle of water and like everything you need to get rehydrated some fruits um and he kind of like gently knocks and if there's no reply he just kind of like puts it down and puts like a little note under the door like food waiting um such a sweetheart but if anybody responds he just opens it he's like hello just thought we'd bring you some food if you wanted any he puts on the table he's like a little note under the door, like food waiting. Such a sweetheart. But if anybody responds, he just opens it. He's like, hello, just thought we'd bring you some food if you wanted any.

He puts it on the table. He's like, no, don't get up. I'm going to leave. Aww. Brings it to you. I love you, Howard. It's all right. Don't worry.

Have we seen Lancey in a round? Have you guys or are you asking Howard? No, I'm asking. Have we seen him as we came back? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's around. He's on ship. They all have duties, though. Yeah, I know. I well, have we seen him as we came back? Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's around. He's on ship. They all have duties, though.

Yeah, I know, I just wanted to make sure. He's around. I remember he was being a bit weird last time around. That was after the big fight. Yeah. He was a bit disinterested. Yeah. Yep. Messenger ring. Messenger ring. I think it's time we gathered the crew and updated them on

Sentinel. Right. We can do that in Nova's room. She's still resting. The crew. Also, on Sentinel. Right. We can do that in Nova's room. She's still resting. The crew. Also, I need to tell I know. Uh, Araya, where are we heading next? Are we looking for the Shard en route to our next destination? Well, yes, but

Nova needs a lot of rest before she goes anywhere near water again. Yes, at least a week, right? Water's fine. It's just the fire. So hot, I'm still hot, guys. I'm still, does anyone, did you turn the heating up? What is it, are we still near volcanoes? Did somebody set the ship on fire?

Nova, Nova, go back to sleep. Buddy, go back to sleep. Who can't hear this conversation, like is seeing you like doing all of this and like, and she she's just you know She's got like water with cloths and she's like ringing it and puts it on your head Oh, there's like she has like literally is fanning you and is like doing everything she can to keep you cool But also she's like every few seconds. She's like drink and it's just like water like constantly every hour

It's like more more And I think as Nova who needs a mumming right now, like she's thoroughly appreciating this mumming. Yeah. And it's caring. Grey Lano is more than just a doctor. Like it's comforting. Like she talks while she's in the room, but not questions,

not anything demanding of you, but like just make commentary. So there's sound, there's noise. She hums, she kind of taps out little beats and things like that. And it's quiet enough that it's not irritating, but it's comforting to know that there's somebody there. No, she makes little comments

like, oh, it looks like my flowers are looking a bit dry. I better get them some water too. It doesn't really like, you know, nothing demanding of you, but enough to keep you comforted. I think maybe we should have a brief meeting. Maybe we could have it now.

Sure. So in terms of direction, Hawksdawn is where Nova's charge was. North of Gisela, the Hawksdawn Archipelago underneath the way of Sunkwood Battlefield. So if we went there anyway, the ship can refuel in that nearby city, and we can then go and get more

things for Nova. Objectives are great, but also morale. We all faced some horrible things in that training program. We won, Lucius. We got out centuries revived. She's the Sentinel Prime now, that's a victory

morale, it was gruelling but morale for me has never been higher good, I'm glad, good to hear it anyone not feeling the highs of Quill? because we all saw our worst fears, did we not? Nova? I have a lot more questions than when we went into the giant volcano of doom

yes so yeah, I find out that I had a planet and questions than when we went into the giant volcano of doom Yes So yeah I find out that I had a planet And then the planet's gone now Yeah So I'm feeling like a bit What? Yes I think there's a very high probability that members from your race have still survived

But they are probably spread across the galaxy Or maybe even part of Starbane's forces Yeah no but that means absolutely, that did not ease the confusion. The fact that they might be Starbane agents and evil, not entirely great. Not super high on my list. Yes, but, you know, evil. Not super high on my list.

Yes, but, you know, evil. Well, a race of people is trivial compared to who they're around, their environment that they live in now. And all you've ever known is Eros. You've not known this planet existed until a few days ago, and it no longer exists now. That's a real shame. However, Eros is here. And it's going to not be if we don't protect it. So whatever that place was, it wasn't your home.

It would always be your family, no matter what. Everything is a lie. Well, okay. So morale? Let's say Liz's opinion. No, you guys. You guys are great. Love you. Family. Power. Team morale. Yes. But in terms of my head

and where I'm from and the fact that an entire race of my people might be out there and I don't know. What kind of stormy shit they got going on. Let's get out there at some point. I don't really like it out there. Last time we went out there, we almost died.

Yeah, me neither. I also don't like constantly coming back from these things and Nova being completely wiped out. I have a concern if we go and do these underwater things again. I don't want to come back to the ship and Nova goes to the medbay again because once she had a fucked up arm and now she's super

exhausted and can't like move. I have three more limbs that I could give. I mean, could but shouldn't have to. You could spread the limb loss amongst the party rather than the girl. I'd like everyone to have more limbs than less.

In general. Can we strap some more onto Sentry and like make up for it somehow? Sure, yes. Sentry is in a... Do we call you Sentry now? I feel like I've offended you. Call me Sentry. Sentry's fine. Sentinel. Sentry.

Sentry's fine, yeah. Sentry Prime? Consider Prime as like a surname. You have a last name now! I do! I don't know why. I don't have a planet. You could be Aayla Prime. You can be Primes.

You can be my sister. As adorable as that is. That's adorable. However, I am not worthy of the Prime title, Sentry. You have literally saved an entire race of people. My race of people is dead. I wouldn't have done it without any of you. You're all Primes in my eyes. race of people. My race of people is dead. I wouldn't have done it without any of you. You're all primes in my eyes.

All of you. But this does mean Sentry is now the prime. The vision I had is now coming closer and closer. Oh, cool! Human kebab! But you have that power to be a human kebab. Space elf kebab. Space elf kebab. A spell kebab. But you have purpose. Space elf kebab. Space elf kebab. A spell of kebab. But you have purpose.

Storm elf kebab. You'd think I wouldn't be as hurt by it if... Anyway, it's fine. Side note. I am confident we can find members of your race. And if I have to go into space to find them, I will. You can move your mic. That's because you are too good.

And you need to stop sacrificing limbs and everything else, please. Yes, I think we've reached your quota. Yeah. We've reached our losing body part quota. Yeah. I mean, I reached that

before I lost your eye. And the eye. And Sentry's eye. Herald's at three. Sentry your eye and the eye yeah, I mean and sentries I heralds at three centuries I'm by the way prepared nice It was gone. No, it's back this now You can hear the noise. No, they don't even hear the noise. It's only your phone.

I'd like to think that you're just making the noise yourself. Like, you're just, yeah, you're making the... She's moving her visor. Oh, I see. I see. Does it actually make that noise, or do you just make the noise and it just moves? No, I was just making it. Oh, okay.

In that case, they can hear it. If you make it on my name, the ever-honorable Prime. So, there's lots of new noises. It's very unusual. Okay, but next up, well, we need to refuel, resupply, all of that. So that's, I mean, where did you tell Oriah to go? To the closest port.

And she said exactly what it was, and I absolutely remember. Hawkstone. She said Hawkstone, didn't she? Something that was near Hawkstone. I guess I know, right? Quill knows that the nearest continent to here is probably Hawkstone, Archipelago. It's not really a continent.

Do I know how far away it is? A couple of weeks. A week, two weeks. Between here and Hawk's Dawn. Hawk's Dawn. Archipelago. Yes, Hawk's Dawn. That's roughly a couple of weeks, right?

How far is the Shard? Is it a week and therefore we'll never recover? At the right time? Quill would be able to fly over it, didn't we? You never sensed it when you were flying over it. But Quill knows it's in this vicinity. Yeah. I remember this.

I mean, yeah, you're going to need to figure out how you find it. Commune with Tiangong. What is Tiangong? You know that with Tiangong before, you were pretty close to the other shards and the other Eterna when he sensed them before. Right. That's useful when you get closer Yeah

But you're gonna need some other method and maybe there are spells that can help you find it Because I might be able to help you find it. You might just be able to be like a riot Can we do like a pattern to see if we can? You know scan the area like, you know, there might be, maybe at the town, if you go to a city, there might be more information you can find. This is down to you guys, and it's up to your creativity now, so. If it's over a week away, the eye will recharge by then, so I may as well just ask it, right? Yes. So what am I figuring out? How deep is it? How exactly where it is? Yes. Where is the nearest shot of Tiangong?

Because remember, when you asked that before, you were quite far away. Yeah. So, and the context of the question matters. Like, when you're on a continent, on a different continent, and you say, where is the nearest thing? It's probably going to point you in a vague direction. It's not going to show you exactly where it is because you need to have relative distance.

It did show us. If you did it here, it showed him, like, the sea. It was like, here is a bit of sea. It's here. And then it plunged, and it was like in a... The notes I have is north of Gisela, Hawkstone Archipelago, because I can't write that word. Because the Hawkstone Archipelago is basically...

It showed you that Gisela and the Hawkstone Archipelago are basically next to each other, and then there's a huge chunk of sea. Under the waves of a sunken battlefield. I've got the word Solven written, but I'm not entirely sure if that's... Yeah, pretty much all of the underwater ruins in this area are solvent.

So, but the thing is, yeah, if you ask the question now, you might get a different answer, because you're closer. Quill, do you have my painting? Yes, yeah, I mean, I'll give my painting? Yes, yeah. I mean, I'll give it to you in a bit. Okay.

You guys could just meet up. No. I'm having this entire conversation from bed. I don't think Greilano's letting me leave. They could just come to the med bay and talk. The whole ship needs to be modeled. Greilano's not letting me leave, so why does he come here? After this meeting, I will communicate what has happened uh what needs to be said to the crew uh that it's been a positive thing i think they need to hear that considering

recent events take century with you yes yeah i'll come with you century um you're free to speak um say what you need to say to them i think think it might be quite, you know, nice. Okay. To come from the source of the prime, of the creator of Guardian Race. That is now you. That's in your matrix. Yeah. And you have all those lives inside you.

Yeah. No pressure. And you have them to rely upon in dark times. Yeah, yeah. Perfect. Yep. It's like you're constantly pregnant. I'm just like looking at it, just like watching it.

What the hell? That is a way of viewing it. I'm like a seahorse. Oh my God. Enjoy your lower that you've got. I'm so careful. I somewhat foresaw some of the connotations that would be made. Wow.

On that note, are we clear on our next plans? There's also the world engine. Yes. And all of that, we need to find that. I mean, that must be why Starbane's after Arois, right? It's exactly why he's after Arois. And don't forget your vision. The storm wall.

What? Johan. Storm wall. Yeah, no, I mean that's got nothing to do with the world engine. Does it not? Does it? I love that Tom was like, that's got nothing to do with it. And then Trot just goes, does it? And you see the panic of like

genuinely realising Tom's face of like, does it does it why they all in that area protecting it and trying to create such great no I believe the world engine is probably in the core of the planet but this could be another Genesis device something of that immense power to actually shape the weather permanently Remember Star Bane doesn't know about the eye Again if you need me to find stuff, I'm a seeker. I'm a seer Well, you know you could do that without like we don't need to tell you to do shit You do whatever you want with your little eye

Wow, it's only so much I can do with the eye I'm just saying, I can't word a question. You're going to need to do it for me. If I need to find out things. I don't want to waste it. I'm not smart enough. Like, where are the closest Aayla race people? I could do that.

You could ask it about the Genesis engine. Yes. Where is the world engine? That seems more important than my dead planet. What? No, I'm being serious. No, that's also equally important. Ayla, I can ask two questions. I guess it's not going anywhere.

Exactly. See, it's dead. Who cares? It's done. Done so. But do you want an answer, a definitive? It's not as important as the other things, Renee. Genesis engine is what's going to destroy this world. Maybe it destroyed mine. Who knows? Yeah, but what's going to destroy this world. Maybe it destroyed mine! Who knows? Yeah, but who's going to destroy Starbane? Aayla's hammer. And we need you

at peak performance. And you need a weapon. I feel like weapons all round is the way to go. We're going for Tiangong, and then we'll go to the Star Mall. I sort of meant closure instead of weapon gathering. No, but that's such a perfect Ayla reply.

I feel closure knowing that I have a weapon that can smash someone's face. Closure is smashing Calus's face in. That's closure for Ayla. I agree. I like this closure. My planet has smash in the face.

Fair. Okay. Anything from me? Do you guys need anything from me? or are you just chatting? it's quite nice to just chat after all the lava and the top deck and inviting sentry up there and gathering the crew

so you put a call out before they go around before they go to the top deck knowing that they're gonna he's gonna go with them can I go around and tell all the wolf pack that you need to bow to sentry now?

just absolutely but they don't know they don't know that i'm doing it yeah i want to just tell them all that there's like a specific bow or not curtsy curtsy okay make a bullshit check yeah this is a deception check make a deception check for me. I'm not very good at this. Yeah, well, this is the consequence of having a look. Ha! 18! What's the total? That's 18. Oh, is it? I got a zero and I rolled an 18. Oh, okay.

I thought you had a minus one, Charisma. No. Oh, that's intelligence, isn't it, for Aayla? Oh, can I take the painting up with me? Yeah. Yes! Go and fetch the painting from Quill. Okay, so you make your way up to the top deck

and you spread the word out through Howard and Oriah and, you know, the other crew to gather everyone, I'm assuming. Do you want to gather top deck and you spread the word out through Howard and Oriah and the other crew to gather everyone, I'm assuming. Do you want to gather everyone or are you just gathering... As many as I can. Okay, you gather everyone. As long as it doesn't imbalance the ship. No, no, no. They have to leave at least two of the members of the Wolfpack

on the engine, just running the engine. As long as it's not shutting down the ship. They could technically not be at the engine at all. But, Oriah is like, no, you'll stay by the engine, and we'll tell you later, whatever the captain wants to talk about, because if the engine starts

bursting into flames, you're going to fix it. And that's it, basically. They just have somebody on standby in case there's a problem. But everybody else gathers on the deck, and they fill the kind of front deck of the ship as you lead them. And you kind of head up to the wheel where Oriah is standing. You and Sentry look down on your gathered crew.

The Wolfpack, Howard, Lansian, Penny, Lookout, everybody is there. Harold is probably still in Med Bay, but pretty much everyone is there. All of the Wolfpack curtsy. But pretty much everyone is there All of the wolf pack, curtsy They As you just get there You can see them like awkwardly Some of them are like

I don't have a dress on, how do you curtsy without a dress They sort of like just crouch That's it innit, yeah that's right And they just sort of like sit there crouched I'm just I'm just lounging Behind these two as they're like overseeing And I'm just like sitting on I'm lounging behind these two as they're like overseeing and I'm just like sitting on the ground

and I just go Out of century Just the salute For podcast users I did the salute They clearly understand your presence It's a powerful potent thing clearly It's fine they don't need to

They're going to do it every time. It's great. You don't need to do it. What are we doing? Why are we here? Thank you. You may stand. Oh, alright. And then they kind of stand up. Crew, I'm sure you missed my face. Yeah, it's alright.

We have returned. Why are you still captain? Thank you, Howard. You're such an angel, man. We just wish to debrief you all and share with you some positive news for once. In that our sole mission was very ropey and dangerous. However, as you can tell from Century. Why is Century different? Century, would you like to tell people Sentry... Why is Sentry different?

Sentry, would you like to tell people of our... You look different. Great adventure. She looks really different, doesn't she? Yeah, she's got more armor on. She looks like a badass! She does look like a badass. So during our little expedition, I...

Well, the reason we went was to try and find some help for me i was getting towards the end of my lifespan i was very close to perishing um it's like a general murmur of like what guardians don't live very long uh we only live for about 15 years and I had about two months left to live roughly it goes quiet, it hushes stillness falls over the crew but everything is okay I look different because I have

a huge responsibility now I've become the prime the essentially the leader of my race. And it is now my responsibility to keep the Guardian race alive and keep restoring Guardians until we all come back one day, hopefully.

So that's why I look different. I have a new role, a new... Faith puts her hand up. Yes? Does this... You won't... Are you going to be leaving us, Century? No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. Not at all. My role has changed, but family, my friends, my crew, we're all going to stick together and we're all going to continue our mission. And our mission.

I'm sure you're all aware that we have been at the forefront of very dangerous forces as you start saying this you can see that where the crew is all gathered you saw them all Kamara is leaning against the masts just arms folded listening very carefully

I think it's important for trust to be strong on this ship and to leave no answers, no questions unanswered. Please. This is probably Lansian, actually.

Captain, you mentioned it before. I don't quite get it are we fighting against him and he points at the sky you know you know him starving yeah and there's a little murmur as you say the name like yeah i mean this is a mythical figure that was haunted stories and things like that like part of him fell into history and there is an element of like fuck, I said his name. We're just one airship.

What can we do? No, we are a planet of people and Aroas is fighting Starbane. He goes to say something and then shuts up. As in like, he doesn't want to... Doesn't want to kind of question you in front of everybody else.

But you hear the wolf pack, like... If he was here, I'd kick him in the balls. That's how you get him. It's like muttering. They're kind of, like... They're feisty. And you can see that they're happy. They're like, yeah, we'll kill him.

We'll get him, Captain. We'll fight him. Whoever comes after us. Just like that ship. There's a general vibe of, like, they feel that they can take'll get him, Captain. We'll fight him. Whoever comes after us. Just like that ship. There's a general vibe of they feel that they can take on anything because they don't understand. The Wolfpack aren't the smartest bunch. You don't get the sense they understand the gravity of what you're telling them.

But Lansian, Penny, Howard, and Kamara do. And you can see that they are looking very seriously. While he's talking about this, can I sort of scan the crowd for any irregularities? If there's anyone that's A spy! A spy. Sure, make a perception check. Oh.

17 plus 25. It's gonna be hell. Curled up on one of the kind of struts of the mast the pseudo dragon is listening very carefully but you don't notice anything the only thing you notice is Kamara

is watching Lucius and she has a very stern a face that looks like she knows more than perhaps everybody else there is a kind of... She's waiting for Lucius to finish.

Right, okay. What I wish for you all to know is we are doing what we can. We are doing our part in protecting Eros and protecting the people of Eros in whatever way we can. And I want you all to look at Sentinel Prime as that beacon of hope, as our symbol,

that we are here to protect Erois. So if you are in ever, like, any sort of doubt, ask her and she will guide you. As he says that, can I unfurl my painting? You can. You unfurl my painting? You can. You unfurl the painting. It has not as much of an effect on people who don't know who Queen Astoria is,

but it's a nice painting. Lucius, make a persuasion check for me. And this will affect... You're going to gain some morale on the crew. And I don't know if you... Kim, do you still have the airship? 14. 14?

Is that total? Yeah. Five plus nine. You can make it with advantage, because that was a good speech. I'll let you make it with advantage. 21. 21, yeah. Okay.

Restore... Restore two points of morale to the crew, if you've got a note there. I mean, it wasn't so much the crew, it was the wolf pack that went down. So increase wolf pack by two. And yeah, there is a general kind of like, a small cheer. It's not cacophonous. It's not like, yeah!

But it's like, yeah! That's the one we win. Yeah, and the crew all seem pretty happy. Oriah looks at you and is like, anything more you need to say, Captain or Sentry? We will continue to update you as we progress. However, what we are doing is seeking power and knowledge to fight and defeat starbane

that kind of sends them a ripple out and you can see them kind of look to each other and they kind of almost like maybe we can find that we don't want maybe we should start training and like they they're kind of like thinking of what they can do um and i think howard is like captain where are we going now i think it might be quite good if we're going to go and fight all these bad people and do all this protecting. Well, it's been a while since we've had a nice rest in port somewhere, maybe. Have a little bit of a day off for everyone, maybe. That'd be quite nice. Uriah? Well, we are heading towards, there's a city in the Hogstone Archipelago.

It's a bit rough, so don't stray too far, but with the captain's permission, once we get there, I'm sure we can arrange some shore leave for everyone to make sure you are well-rested. You will get your wages as well. You'll get your second set of wages for you to go and spend as you wish.

Gamble, drink, buy things. I don't care. Spend whatever time you have. But yes, we're making our way there. It will take us a week, maybe two, depending on stops along the way. And with that, and she's like, if that is all, I think we can dismiss everyone

back to their business. Just want to say that we are at war as a planet, so please keep alert and tell anyone if you spot anything irregular, both on the ship and off. Wolfpack member puts his hand up. Hello? I don't like that dragon. It's weird. Neither do I. Tell us to surround.

The dragon is a necessity from the council of Dragonborn to monitor our actions to make sure we are not forces of anything against Arois. But we're not. So it should leave. The dragon is a symbol of our alliance with against Eros. But we're not. So it should leave. The dragon is a symbol of our alliance with the Dragonborn. Can we eat it?

No. To eat it is to go against the Dragonborn, which is a very bad thing. Okay. Stupid dragons. And they kind of kick their feet and their claws and they kind of shuffle off as they're slowly dismissed. The only person who remains is Kamara, and she comes up to you, Lucius, specifically. Can I have a word? Absolutely, yes.

Just you and I? Yes. She nods and goes down into your... Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no. That's your ring. Suck it up, suck it up, suck it up. Kamara's one-on-one-ing. Just repeat it all. You've got this, you can do it. She just walks into your quarters, she doesn't wait for permission. Please come in.

If you get into any trouble, the code word is pickle. Try and work that into a sentence. I really just want to see you do that. I'm in a pickle. Yeah, this is a real pickle. I like pickles. I'm hungry.

I could eat pickles. I'm changing the code word because that was too easy. It's now... Shit, what's a good word? Pineapple. I'm trying to focus on Kamara and this conversation. She kind of watches you and I think

I think the crew having spent enough time with you now know when you're on telepathic time because you all just stand there like I'm like, my eyes twitching from confusion and trying to focus. I'll wait till you're finished. We'll go with Pickle.

I am finished. I have all the time. She shuts the door. Please close the door. You're a good captain, sometimes. I think you care about people, right? Yes. Yes.

I think you care about people, right? Yes. I know that you didn't tell us the whole truth about that explosion. And it pissed me off. Pissed me off a lot, Captain. Because it was my people that died. My family. But you strike me as the type of man that keeps secrets to protect people.

Not because you think you're better than someone. We took this job because we're mercenaries or we're crew because we get paid. But we're not like elves or dwarves or tieflings or anything like that.

Lucius. With Beastwalkers, those people out there, they're not all related to me, but they're my family. It's a strong word to us. Family. It's more than just friendship or camaraderie. It's more than just friendship or camaraderie. It's more than just relations or blood. It's being willing to fight and to die, to comfort,

to give up everything for any of them. We're on the ship. You don't have to fear telling us anything. You tell us something here, it goes with us to our graves. Not just because you're paying us. We'll keep those secrets as long as you look after us. You and Faith made a bond. You spent time with my crew, something I don't think any other captain has ever done.

They see us as mongrels, as dogs. People to pull ropes and swing swords. But you spent time with us. You came to us. I have a feeling that you're keeping secrets because you don't trust us. You can. Thank you.

I appreciate that. And with regards to family, I understand. I understand what it means. I've been amongst your wolf pack for a while now. I know the bond that you share. And the bond that I share with my family now. The people on this ship is everything. And I would not keep something from you if it wasn't for your protection.

Information is powerful. And when it is miscommunicated, it leads to disruption. I had to communicate in the correct way for the specific time and problem that we were in so that morale could be kept and we could keep to our job and truth could come out in time. I understand that. That's why I haven't tried to kill you or take this shit. Well, I appreciate that. Thank you for letting me know. But you did the right thing for them. That's why I said that you can be a good captain sometimes.

Knowing what to tell your crew and when, that's a good skill. And for somebody that's never sailed, I'm amazed you picked that up. But you can tell me. I'm their guiding star and I need to know what we're getting into. I need to know who on the ship I can trust so that I can look after them.

So I can look out for you. I'm not here to be an enemy. I'm not here just to be a sailor. When you set up there about protecting Arois, our people were created by a telekis. We don't have any affiliation to him. We don't care for him. But he created us to protect this world.

So just keep that in mind. And next time something happens, tell me the truth. Tell me everything. Because I want to know. Because I want to protect my family. And that includes you now. She just kind of gives you one last look. She stretches up.

I know we're in over our heads with this. I can't imagine what kind of things you must have faced down there or in any of these other fights that you've gone into. But we're with you to the end. She opens the door and leaves. What's everyone else do? Lucius isn't saying anything.

Pineapple, pineapple, pineapple. No, it's pickle now. Pickle, pickle, pickle, pickle. Is it pickle? Do I have to contend with that the whole time? You can be like, whoop. I think I would have taken it off when I was like, serious things are going on.

I'll put it back on. Pickle, pickle, pickle. Is it pineapple? Is it pickle? Are you sure? No, it's definitely pickle. I didn't need the word. But I said it changes.

I was like, Nova, this is like, ugh. No, I've taken my ring off. I was just wondering, like, if we brought anything back that would constitute as a rare treasure. I think it's just the scroll of sequester. just like no i've taken my ring off i was just wondering like if we brought anything back that would constitute as a rare treasure i think it's just the scroll of sequester yeah sequester yeah not quite for what i have in mind what are you thinking for your project yeah come and what i need it why do you need a rare thing for?

You said- well you said- you literally said it as one of your parameters. You said a rare treasure. That's what you told me. I think that you have to make the arcana check to work out what you need though, right? I don't know, you literally told me 300 gold worth of materials, two leather working checks, one blacksmith check, one enchantment research,ill measurements and one rare treasure so the rare treasure is related to the arcana check you need to make the arcana check to figure out what you need can i do that yeah sure yeah yeah you can have your book brought to you 10 you are pretty and also that would have been disadvantaged because you're still you're still exhausted so yeah so yeah you're still in a state where trying to do any serious research or thinking

is not really in your means at this moment. We've got a ton of time still. You do have a ton of time. And this is the point where we can basically say, like, we can take it day by day or you can be like, for the next seven days, we're going to just do this. It's up to you guys. Like, if you want to do some one-to-one RP, now's a good time. If you want to do some downtime stuff, now's a good time. I'll probably go down to the medic bay and go see Nova. Okay. Squeeze through the little door. You can just duck

under the doors, right? You can kind of go in sideways. Sorry. The rooms are bigger than the doors and the hallways. You have space. You can move around. Hey, how are you feeling? Century! Hi! You look amazing. Oh, thank you.

Wow. Dorelana was just writing something in a book in the corner. You're not getting out of bed. I didn't... I'm just going to try and put one foot on the floor. She throws like a mushroom at it. I know I didn't get a chance to say anything earlier, so I wanted to say something now.

I think you're amazing and you are and your strength that you have it comes from your soul it comes from your heart not from tiangong i mean if it wasn't for you you wouldn't have tiangong tiangong wouldn't would still be on that ship you're you're nova viaja You're the most amazing Air Ganassi I know. I'm the only Air Ganassi you know. It's true. But this makes you still amazing. The decisions you've made Aegis V, Tiangong

didn't make those decisions. You did. And that's why we're all still here. We wouldn't be here without you. Sentry. You may have one hug. I was going to throw myself on Century, like, give her a big old hug. Century, I just want to say,

I love you, and I'm so proud of you, and the way you did those trials, that was amazing, too. That was inspirational. You were so strong, and helping you, it easy it was it was the easiest decision I've ever made in my life and oh I had a present for you but I left it on the vex it's okay it's okay don't worry it was gonna be a warm plate oh it had an enchantment

in it that kept it warm but I don't know if i'm ever gonna get it back don't worry we've we've got you you're more precious than anything oh sentry i just want to say i am worried i am worried for your safety because the prime he said he was a Genesis relic, right? Yeah. And I'm guessing that makes you a Genesis relic now. Yeah, it's... Yeah, it's a lot, but we'll make it through. We can do it. We'll just keep an eye on each other. We'll just be really careful and...

Yes. Yeah, I'll keep you safe. I might not be physically strong, but somehow I'll keep you safe. I might not be physically strong, but somehow I'll keep you safe. Like I said, I've got three other limbs, so it's fine. No, you're super strong. Okay.

Get some rest. Now, there may be other things, but I'm assuming you eventually go to sleep for the evening. Yeah. And as you do, you fall into a deep slumber and quill. Oh. Ooh.

Okay. As you dream, your dreams take a strange shape. You find yourself back in Rose Hall in a watchtower looking out over fields. in a watchtower looking out over fields. Strange, a strange memory. A memory, not a place. This is something that happened. And as you begin to query

a voice, Quill? Quill, I don't have much time. You need to listen now as you see Vala behind you. And that's where we're going to end today's episode. Yes! That's where we end today.

So cool, holy shit. And with that, from me, from the team, from Sentinel Prime, goodbye. Bye-bye from me. Bye-bye. Bye. See you. Bye. Thanks, Ed.

Bye. see you bye thanks Ed bye