Legends of Avantris - Beneath Dark Wings | Ep. 40 | Roar of the Bull: Part 2

Episode Date: March 27, 2025

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Welcome to Legends of Aventress. I'm Mikey Gilder, and you're listening to Beneath Dark Wings. Here's what happened last time. I do not think that you are prepared to handle such an artifact, young man. What are you doing here? The rest of the group went to find you. Hershey, she's grievously wounded. I don't mind telling you.

I give zero fucks about this feast, but we have no friends. Hey, I don't really know what's going to happen tonight. this dinner, I, for as much as everybody keeps talking about staying calm, this place kind of just seems like it's tenuously hanging by a thread. You, almost all of you, refuse to kneel. But it seems as if the trust that Golden Lotus put in you was not misplaced. Zern, and he turns and looks at you. Would like to think that Zentra is more fortified than Mogher

Khaai, I laugh. I've been tailing the Horn Legion for weeks now. They're fixing to trick you. They're coming for this seal. It's the seventh one. Once they smash it, there's no going back. I believe the intention. And they want to draw you out.

A hawk drops to the ground dead. And suddenly you hear a shriek as in the as they start flying around, you're fluttering ahead, as they are free out, smashing into the walls, dead hawks flying. You see the tigers all look around, looking at each other, roaring, snarling, as they start bounding for the door. What's going on?

And Kargash holds his head. They're here. They're close. He is coming. I felt the same thing. Baphimit, the Horn King, he's here. You're going to have to make our own answers to this. Maybe.

I think, yes, we might not have their beasts and their beastmasters to help defend, but we have a weapon that we just very recently, I think, literally earlier today, we nearly died for. The glave of seven laws will, hopefully will have the same impact on Baphomet as it did in the past on Miska. Well, we do not have a weapon. Well, we don't, but I have no reason to believe that the Golden Lotus will not use it. I believe she will use it, but for what purpose? We don't know. As you enter the room all five of you, Hirshah stirs. You all stand in the infirmary in Mogherkai, quiet as returned, after the kerfuffle of the madness.

of Baphimed affecting all of the beasts in the city. Five stand as you stare off in the corner, you see Torval passed out exhausted. No bottles of booze around him, giving up those old habits, but just simply pass out from exhaustion. And you see lying in bed, seemingly cleanse of the corruption,

no more swirling darkness from Miska the Wolf Spider, the original Prince of Demons, and seemingly conscious, Persia's eyes flutter open and look at you. What do you all do? Hesha. Herta? How are you feeling? Oh, I've had better days.

Us too. I mean, don't sit up. Just hold on your energy. I wasn't going to try to sit up. Would you like a large pool, Joe? Jello salad. She's broken. That's not a good sight. You know the short of it.

Are you sure? It's very delicious and apparently a food item that I'm told is good. She kind of, her eyes are fluttering, open and closed, and she's very weak and tired, and she says. Would you like to summon Peter? I apologize, by the way, to Maya for my horrible accent. Of which there is none. I wish there is none. And she looks and she looks and she kind of thinks for a moment. Let's let her rest.

Yes, she's broken. Just check her. Honest, you've been through a lot. Do you remember what happened before you woke up just now? What's the last thing you remember? Should probably take a look. over to Iris. Oh, you know, I died. And she kind of, her eyes are kind of glazed over and she's like trying to focus. She looks at you, Iris. You save me. Oh, I'm here now. I'm with my pa. And she like,

she kind of smiles and just seems very content. I would like to medicine check her to see if she's just as tentically as everybody else but without the technicals. Make a medicine check please. And I think you speak, Nikki, so you know what that amount. What level of tentacle. And what am I doing? Medicine, you saying? Medesin. 16.

16. You spend a few moments checking her. She seems to be fully cleansed or whatever it is. And this seems to be Herja, as you remember her. And so she's definitely fully aware of everything she's saying. She's very tired. And sometimes kind of fading in and out, like someone who is, you know, might have a fever. is just recovering, right?

There's a lot of work that's recovering there. But it's her film. So she doesn't seem like Rivali or her dad. Oh, I mean, at this point, you'd notice that there are some similarity. She seems a lot more peaceful and seems like all the things that you'd expect her to get excited about. She's very, like, you know, held back on. Physically, she seems like she's improving. I never thought I would see the day.

I would say mentally she seems like she's degrading. Did you look at her chin? Her chin does not even have any tendon. Are you sure? Did you touch it? You're welcome to. I'm not going to touch it just in case. Because you may I touch your chin? If I say no, you're gonna do it anyway.

She kind of leans her head back sleepily. And I'll just... They're not in her tendons. Are you sure? I'm not touching her. watching it again. I thought you told me that it was, it was, you could handle entirely. Yeah, I mean, to be fair, you did tell him.

Oh, let me get on this. Okay, I guess I'm going on myself. Epic battles, compression gym versus producer rich. I'm gonna do it. That's literally, okay. Back into it. Sorry. I talk to my pa and I like it here.

I think I'm gonna stay. That? Oh yeah. No, I'm gonna, I'm, you are for sure. I'm gonna stay, be with my pa. We're gonna find Ma. Gonna have her come here. It's going to be one big happy family.

That sounds lovely, Judge. We'll have to come to visit you. Yeah, maybe don't make a permanent decision right after a life-threatening illness, and we'll talk about it in the morning. The city's currently about to be raided and destroyed by a band of beastmen. So should people survive,

this could potentially be a place to live, or it could all be in ruin. only time will tell but in the meantime rest you'll weary head That sounds nice Yes, destruction And she leans back

We're glad you feel better This is Butter? Hmm? Butter? Cheddar? Cheddar? What are they saying, Felix?

I don't understand I'm not following the conversation Is this that demonic language You can speaking or learning? Well, unfortunately or unfortunately, no. I think they're flirting. I'm sorry, Caprici. Gonna have to say goodbye once this is all over.

What do you mean? Because I'm staying here with my paw, and you're going to move on like everybody else. Nothing has been decided yet. We, no permanent decisions right now, all right? Are you going to stay here forever? I'm glad that you are happy that your paw is fine, and that you're here, and that we're all here.

That's great. I'm very fine. No, that I had a realization. The eternal blossoms the daughter of a word. Huh? What? What do you mean by that? How did you determine that?

I talked to my pa, and he said it, so I believe them. And pa is still asleep on the inner door. Yeah, he's passed the fuck out. Okay. I feel so much better. How passed out is? He's like out, coldly snoring. No, no stick.

No. Stick your hands in his beard and your hair. That's all. That happens. No. She raises her spoon over. Yeah, I will go over and I'll take the end of my spoon and try to like part his beard with it without touching him. So if anyone is seeing Pirates the Caribbean dead man's chest,

where when he takes the little things and he's like dealing with Davey Jones's tentacle beard, with the key, that's literally what it feels like. As you're in there and you kind of part it, and you can very much feel like the fleshy tendrils coming down from his chin in the, within the beard, as you kind of like... I'll pull my spoon back out and, like, wipe it off with my shirt. And do you believe me now?

Yeah, I believed you before. I don't know I had to go in. It's more your area of expertise. I don't see how. I haven't felt this calm since in a long time. You all should try dying. We should... I'm not going to try that. What was this like?

There was a big guy and he brought me back. It wasn't wrong. Feeling at peace now. I'll be with my father, my mom, and the orcs here. They're so nice. Is there anyone else in the room besides us and the father? Like other beds, right? I mean, there's a broader room, for sure.

Are there other patients in the beds and things? Oh, yes, yeah. You're not sure how private you are. Yeah, exactly right, exactly right. Various states of consciousness. I was thinking about my tool kit. Give me a moment. Oh, yeah, that guy right there.

He has chlamydia. Yeah, he's going to be right there. He's awake. He's got the whole freezer full of. He's awake. He's awake. That guy right there, he had chlamydia. That guy right there will still get on passage.

It's real nice. I got to get on past it there. Okay, Bob. I feel so calm now and peaceful. Then maybe we should just let you rest. And we'll re-bear all of the big bed stuff that's out barreling down on the city. We'll be fine, I'm sure. But don't try not to miss me too much. I'm sure.

I also never thought I would say this, but I have. pleasure you will. You miss you a lot. I'll miss it as far and we'll come back to get you. I'll miss you too. It'll be nice here, though. Very nice. This doesn't...

You don't sound like yourself. I mean, I know you're just coming out of a traumatic experience here, but this is not the herja I really have come to know. Well, Caprici, maybe this is the me I always wanted to be. This is who I should be. I feel happy now. I'm sorry. There's nothing to be sorry about. I guess I'm feeling very confused. But I'm glad you're feeling better. I'm glad you're with your dad.

I get to be my mom, my pa, forever. I feel happy. I'm sorry. I'll never forget any of you. I'm going to walk up to the side of the bed a little closer and pull up my viol and put it under my chin. Do you remember this? Did you hear this? Herja, her. And before she can respond, I'm using that energy to cast a spell magic. Okay. Roll for it.

Oh. Is there a roll for it? Let's find out. If it's higher than the... I'm just going to make it... I don't know if you're right. If it's fourth level or higher, make an ability check

using your spell casting ability. The DC equals 10 plus the spells level on a successful check spell ends. Oh, skew. What's my spell? Is it my spell attack modifier? Probably. It's just your plus five.

Is this plus five? Wait, or if you plus, whatever your charisma is, yeah, plus five. 20. Oh, shit. 20. 20. Oh, shit. 20.

You play the song and you channel a little bit of magic. That final twang of your, of your violin, kind of has that magical resonance. And it washes over, and you just see her as you kind of snuggle back and smile. I'm going to miss your songs like preaching. If you're acting like, like, uh, like, we're all going to leave. like where this is over, like you're saying goodbye. All good things come to an end. This is impossible.

I do not understand what you are saying to me right now. I'm sorry, I know you're at just recovery, but like, there's a whole battle coming. There's a whole, nothing's been decided yet. We're not saying goodbye. Boss says I have to rest. I can't be in the battle. He'll be mad at me if I do.

I agree 100%. But that doesn't mean. were saying goodbye that you need to miss my songs that you're not going to have me in your life anymore, right? I'm going to stay here, Capric. You all are going to move on. Well, none of that's been decided. I know this is hard. Just give us some time to rest.

You know, I found the eternal blossom? Yes, the daughter of Mordreden. Daughter of Morda. I hope you do, too. I'm sorry. Mm-hmm. I am sorry too. I am sorry that the battle went the way that it did, that you fell in the first place.

I'm sorry that we find ourselves in the middle of all of this. I'm sorry for a lot of things. I'm glad you're feeling better. Me too. I think we should all get some rest. Yeah. I agree. Hersia, I hope you feel better.

We'll come back and visit soon. I promise. Good luck tomorrow. We'll keep the city safe, don't you worry? You just rest and recover. She just nods and smiles at you. Just grab Caprice around the shoulders and guide him out. He's okay.

I'll be easily led. You see a very slight wave, but a peacefulness and a contentment washes over hurt his face. And once again, Caprice, you take one last luck. but she's fallen soundly asleep, sleeping peacefully, not far from her father. And it's probably the most peaceful sleep that you've seen her in in a long time after her traveling together.

I give her a smile. I'm pleased to see that she's alive. You do that, and she does seem to be alive and well. That's what they decided, what they decided on, or what Golden Lotus and Torvald had promised to keep her alive and to heal her, they didn't. and she is sleeping peacefully. The night is quiet.

Despite every so often on the wind, you hear the potentially of war drums. You're not sure if it's the sound of your heart beating as the firelight in the distance gets closer and closer. When you start to feel something at the back of your mind, same kind of panic, almost primal. You get a sense of maybe what those hawks and tigers and yeties all felt.

You just feel uneasy. And you realize that maybe you are the only five in this entire city that feels that. As you make your way back. I guess when we get back, I will all look to see if Vali is anywhere inside. Excellent timing. You turn the corner into that beautiful glade where you have been hosts it up. And you see that common sitting area where there's usually snacks, mostly pistachios, because Derek decided it. But a variety of food items. And where Ravali had been,

had been missing, he now sits. And you see him. He's deep in thought. His hair now is cut shorter, shorter than you've seen it. You see that, that almost shoulder length, black hair and now it's cut very short, almost similar to the style of the orcs of Umma Kai. He's wearing very simple vestments, but he's bundled up a little bit more, and he's got a scarf around his face as he stares down at a board that looks, a wooden board that seems to be some sort of game. It's not like any kind of chess or game that you've seen, but there's a number of painted wooden tokens as he stares at it, and you can see that he's playing against himself.

And he's deep in thought, moving pieces back and forth as he plays this game that seems to be a strategic back and forth. Captain Freewing, I'm glad to see that you're back and okay. I'm not a captain anymore, Cowa. You can relax. Yes, Captain. I'm not a captain anymore, Toby. You can relax. Oh, all right. Captain Freewing. He looks back at his game and he reaches down and with his only hand

and he grabs... He has a sip of tea. This is a very... The steam is rising off of this porcelain cup as he grabs it and he raises it to his lips and he drinks and his eyebrows are furrowed deep in thought as his eyes are darting back and forth to different pieces as he's trying to outwit himself. playing the game.

Did you hear the commotion in the city earlier with the beasts? I did. What did you see? I saw that crane that's been hanging out, flew right into the willow. You can still see the blood splot right there. And he points over, and you can see just the very light from the lantern. You see on that willow, there's been a crane back and, you know, been fishing in this, in this glade for ever since you've been here. and you see a smear of blood against the willow.

Does that concern you or so? I don't know why it would. Everything calmed down in short order. You're not worried about what got everything worked up? That it might happen again? I know that it was the work of Baphomet, but obviously things calmed down, and I've finally figured out a way that I can help,

even though I'm not a fighter anymore. And how's that? Strategy. And he points at the game. Oh, I love games. What are you playing? And I'll jump up on the back of his chair. This is Chopai.

This is a strategic game that the orcs here play, and it's supposed to be taught from a young age, and it teaches you to be thinking at least five steps ahead of your opponent. And so I was taught. He kind of like pulls as you get closer to, sitting down in front, he kind of pulls the scarf around him tighter. And he's, as he moves a wooden token that has a painting of some kind of flower. You see there's a couple of the fish and a tiger and a Yeti, and he moves it.

Um, Cat, uh, Ravali, uh, if you don't mind, maybe you could teach me how to play. I don't think I'm gonna get much sleep tonight and maybe I could, uh, match your wits. I would bet you could, Felix. And if I'm going to be able to help in the battle tomorrow, I need to be, make sure my mind is sharp and I'm thinking, like our hosts, I'm thinking five steps ahead of those beastsmen. I've been trying so hard for so long,

and I've just been following, following, and following, and five steps behind. A bunch of bulls, goats, beasts of burden. But I think now, after coming here, realizing where I've been so wrong, I can finally help. I can finally outsmart those sons of bitches. So you're going to help tomorrow? I begged and pleaded, and although I'm not one of them, they are welcoming me in slowly but surely. I think I made a big step today.

They're going to help me at least contribute my mind for strategy. I talked to one of the generals today, and they were impressed by some of the battle plans I'd suggested, and I basically got on my knees and groveled. To let me help, and they're at least going to allow me to contribute my ideas. And he kind of looked forward, and this is the move here. Well, do you know what Baphomet's plans are? We've learned something that may be new to you. Kind of attack the wall.

Same thing from Zensra, I presume. No. It's a step ahead that I have that they don't have. I've seen it. No, no, they're not going to do that. They're going to attack the seal directly somehow. That's impossible. Do you know how defended this idea is?

He finally turns attention away from the game to look at you. That's why I wanted to bring it up, because you spent your entire life defending that seal at the lodge. Is there some way that... that he could somehow bypass defenses and all of a sudden just destroy it. I wish I knew Toa. I've spent months so much time following and I've seen what they've done to these towns, these communities and I've failed to stop any of it. But now with the eternal blossom, anything's possible. I can finally contribute. I can finally protect the seal. I don't even know how the lock feathered logic is doing. Did you know that the eternal blossom?

It's the torture of Northern. Sorry. So that's so very interesting. I didn't know that. Is that true? Yes, of course. Well, gods, I don't question the gonzong or the relations of the gods. As long as I've been guided to truth and tranquility, that's what I care about.

I finally have my purpose, and that brings me peace. Does he seem any different from the last time we saw him? He seems... Go ahead. He seemed relative... Does he seem less resigned than last time? I say he seems very similar, where last time you talked to him, he was kind of bemoaning the time he wasted with his old philosophy, right, and his old ideals. And how he's found peace and happiness and prosperity.

And he finally found something that fulfilled him. If you're going to contribute, I suggest you get some rest as well. I'm going to be up for a while. I've been sleeping a lot lately. After being in the infirmary and being in the hot springs, I've just been doing nothing but resting so I can at least work my mind. I may be useless in battle,

but I can, at the very least, use my mind to help the coming storm. I have to believe that. All right, well, don't stay up too late. I'll turn everybody else now. I think we should try to get some rest and prepare ourselves for tomorrow. Just because we think they're going to attack it, night time. We don't know.

We need to get to the seal in the morning if we can find a way there. All right. I'll get some rest as well soon. I just want to spend some time with the captain. I want him to show me how to play this game. I like games. And it's been a while since I've had some time. to talk to him so I'll get some sleep I just got to work some things out in my brain I

find I don't know if I could fall asleep right now anyway that's fine mr. captain good night it's not captain anymore good night to all good night just call me Ravalei I've been having night nurse lately would you mind staying in love to do this room with me just in case I need music to comp the soul and allow me to sleep There's that company. Do I know if there's any alcohol in the facility? Absolutely. You know, there's usually a nice supply of plum wine, spirits, and whatever you could find,

probably a variety of... I'll go grab whatever I think looks good and pour myself a glass. Yeah, absolutely. My place. Well, that's a boy, yeah. I'm so excited. We're going to have a sleepover. Yes, that sounds so good.

I can't wait for tonight. And I'm like shaking and kind of looking at Felix sitting behind Rivali. Oh, I'm so tired if only I could just get undressed and, you know, get ready for men. Oh, oh. Just like unwrap, you know. That reminds me. Caprice. Yeah.

We're going to get her back. We're going to make everything right. I promise. I know. All right, Captain. I'm sorry. Ravali, show me how to play this game. I'll hop off his chair and go with you too.

Bye. Can you grab a drink from me? I'm going to need one. So far. Well, at least for someone who's game, how is how is your doing? And so he starts to explain the game how it's a strategy game and every token

with a different painting symbol on. It has a different rules of how it can move across this board. And the whole purpose of the game is to be thinking five to ten steps ahead of your opponent. And so it's very strategic. And that happens with something like you're talking about. No, I have nothing in mind. I really do want to just spend time talking to him.

You get a sense of, and so you have a sense of pretty simple at the surface, but the depth is where it gets very tricky. And I would be trying to beat him. I want to mentally challenge him. I would say that like as quickly as I can learn the game. You would understand and you would probably beat him after like, 30 minutes after your first time. And then you start going back and forth,

and you're like kind of basically going tip for tech, right, of going back and forth. And, you know, so after you play for an hour and a half, and he kind of leans back and he says, man, Felix, you are a lethally quick study, I gotta say. It's one of the only things I have going for me. Well, maybe, maybe after this is all over, you can stick around and add, join me

and add your strategic mind to the military here. Maybe, but maybe there's an equal chance that you come with us. I don't think so. I'm finally happy. I'm finally happy here, and I finally found my purpose. I was so miserable for so long, and I could see that darkness in you, Felix. We had similar upbringings. Our mothers had the same occupation.

And I felt the weight of that. and the shame of that for so long. And now I don't, I'm free. I'm unburdened. Well, let's not be too hasty, all right? We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow, and after everything's said and done, hopefully we can have another conversation.

I hope so. And if you don't decide not to stay, then I hope you at least stay safe. Absolutely. And we can play more of the game. You need to practice. I do. They're going to keep me around if I can still keep being useful.

I better master this game. And he's like half paying attention to you and he's loose vocals on the game. Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to take my tea and retire now. Don't hesitate to knock, all right? I won't only be up for another 30 minutes. Good night, Ravali. And I feel us.

And I'll sit my tea as I head back to my room. Do that. You find his toe up, pass. the fuck out. I know what you're doing. Yeah, I'm just totally going. Totally exiled out. So would I hear him get back in his room? Yeah, let's say. If you're staying up and listening for it. Yeah, I figure we're... A couple hours would have passed, but... Yeah, yeah, a couple hours drunk and drinking, hanging out. What are you guys doing? What are you doing? It's all deep. Great. You drowning your sorrows. I'll take a big swig of my

plum wine. Orgy. And I'll look at the two beds that we have in the room that we, that is this particular room because as I recall it was two beds per room. Yep. I will notice you'll get that and I will pull some things out of my pack and I'll set up a bed for myself in the quarter. And priest, you're welcome to my bed. It's too hot for me. You'd be doing me a favor and letting me sleep in so please take it.

It's awful, honestly. I really appreciate the gesture. I was going to suggest uh Maybe a fort? Yes. I would love to build a foot. I used to build those with my father when I was a kid. And I loved it. It was so fun.

Shut up, Lufty. I'm talking to Caprice. It was amazing. Yeah? Yes. Are you all right? Oh, she's fine. I'm fine.

Well, if we take these two mattresses... Just build a fort. I have to do something. And I'm going to leave the room. Obviously, she did not build a fort as a child. I think if we take these two mattress frames and put them together, they'll be kind of pyramid-esque. Let me get my linens. We can tie them together and we can create a nice, like a partition. We can have multiple rooms. Do you think if we dig into the floor, we could create a pool? What about a bathhouse?

Yeah, let's do it. Great. Let's make a garden. I will invest as much energy as I have into creating a, as safe as I can feeling place to sleep as I can imagine. You do that. And I help. And you spend time and Iris runs out behind you, Lofty, as you storm out, and grabs some herbs from this beautiful garden right by the lake or the pond that you're at. And grabs a handful of them gone, in, out and in, in 30 seconds. And I say, hurry back, Lufty, we're making a garden in a bathhouse.

I'll put a bed for you right next to mine. And I slam the door. And the door slams and Lofty, your, your small frame just stops out frustrated. And you kind of, the moon is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is still quite full and it's shimmering this beautiful silvery white light across the pond where that familiar crane had always been no longer there. And you see the, the lantern light is, is illuminating this small common area.

And it's quiet except for you. And you hear the soft breathing of Ravali, who's fallen asleep. slumped over, his arm kind of spreading out the tokens as he's fallen asleep onto his show pieboard. Oh, Mike, what gifts you deliver? Do you just see my Grinch smile? I slowly grew up her a volley and I reach out and snap it's night! Who's the captain now?

So I'll go over to where Rivali is sitting. And I'm going to get down real, like, real close to his face and just make sure he's, like, asleep. He's breathing slowly and evenly. Maybe two tiny, fleshy appendages grab you by the face and pull you in. Yikes. He needed it at birthday blow. I didn't need a birthday, but... Would you have me do perception?

I'm getting that prostitched. He seems flowers and animals. I'm fucking fast asleep. I've been drinking, so I'm like, good enough. So then I'm going to look at his board and see what it's set up as if there's anything that I would understand

from his board. I would say that this is a totally new game for you. This is something that's been played by the Orcs of Mogher Kai, that it seems to have been invented by them. And so you also get the sense that it's someone that's been set up, but he's been slumped

out, so some of the pieces are kind of just pushed against his arm. So it's been messed up. But you can see that there's a formation that he's been playing against himself, and he's been trying to teach himself to be thinking that far ahead. You pull up the rulebook. What do you mean I can't cast two spells in one turn? Fucking horse shit. Okay, all right, Eric. Settle now. I don't have to attack you like that. Um, so I would very carefully swap three of his tiles. And then I would get very close to his face and see if I could pull away the scarf.

Make a stealth check for all of that. God! You did get it right? They blow. I'm going to be, I'm going to use my drunken lucky. My drunkards. You're able to do that as part of the features? That's new, right?

Yes, that is a new thing. So I'm going to use two of my key points to re-roll. That's how it differs from walk. Every time. That's how it differs from lock now. From now until forever. Forever more. That is 20.

20. So, you kind of look and you're like, and you like mix around too, like you move like a Yeti piece to like a, to like a, you see that there's actually like a raven piece. Like that's like the big bad piece

and he's like trying to outwit and you see a vulture. You see an owl, right? And then there's the, and they're all looking menacing and evil, and you see a hawk, and it's looking very heroic. You can get the sense, you see like a grotesque, almost

with propaganda image of a human, of an elf, of an ericocra, and you can get the sense that this is very much like a big, good bit of propaganda built into a game. It's kind of yikes, it makes you say yikes. And you move some things around, but you're not thinking in that deep

as you kind of lean in and you very carefully reach down, and you You see Ravali's hair, which would have been slumped over his face so many times before is now almost buzz is how short it is. And he's breathing pretty heavily. He seems to be exhausted. Spending all day, begging and pleading whatever genitals he had to, and you reach in and you grab the scarf. You gently pull it down. And you see on his chin like a very young catfish, too small little fleshy tendrils.

not my boy. Not my boy. They're just starting to peek out. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go. And cover it back up. You do that. And he kind of lets out a snore and then slumps forward and knocks the rest of the pieces off onto the ground and clatter.

But he remains asleep. He should have pulled it back and seen it was like one of those stretchy hand things that you could slap against the wall. You know. I loved those. So I'm going to then go back. down the hallway and go into Felix and Toa's room. Okay, so there's a little, I guess you've got probably been a lock yet. And so like, Felix is like sitting, drinking some tea before bed, probably.

Yeah, I'm in my notes. Yeah. I have a little... Pass the fuck out, just a little writing desk. I have a little bowl of water that Beatrice is bathing in. Yeah. As I'm writing and thinking and sipping my tea, but I do hear the door open. And you hear a little...

Unless you're like super stealthy. Eh, it's very obvious and the lights streams in from the lantern. I'm going to be like whirl around. Joe is sleeping. Oh, he's fine. I'm going to just go like jump on him, but then just kind of levitate just above his body. I swear if you wake him up,

I'm going to be up for the next four hours. It's not a baby. You'd be surprised. Okay, I buys that, and I'll go over to Felix's bed instead. What are you doing awake? I think this, well, first I just got very miffed about the situation in my room

because I have asked no less than, I don't know, a baker's does in time to make a fort with with Iris and she just, you know, and Caprice was like, oh, okay. What are you talking about? You know what I'm talking about.

Like, you never wanted to make a fort and then... You want to make a fort? Yes, do you? Luffy, I'm really busy here. I'll remember this. But getting on to other things, so I got kicked out of my room. Okay.

By my own choosing. And then I went to see Rivali, and he was asleep, so I messed with his game. But I was just curious because he was hiding his face. And you know why? I think you know why. I noticed that, too. I didn't want to be so forward as asking me to remove it. That would be kind of gross.

I'm glad you didn't. I had to see it, and I'm glad that you didn't have to see it. What did you do? I looked. What am I going to not look? Oh, no. It's there. They're both there.

It's disgusting. Damn it. What did he say to you? I mean, nothing. Look, I thought that I could challenge him to the game, and, I mean, mentally, he seems like he's all there. He's sharp. He was good at the game. It's not like he's his senses of,

been dulled. He had a renewed sense of purpose. I was hoping that maybe he would divulge some information. I just wanted to see if he was normal. Did you figure out the game? Yeah, the game was easy. That's not... So what was he doing? He was planning. He was being strategic, like, what he's going to do? What I have been able to discern anything other than being a strategic game for him to increase his skills of strategy? That's exactly, that's all of this, as far as your... Look, there was no hidden code. There was no hidden. He was strictly a mental exercise. And while he's not the Rivali that we know,

like mentally, he's still sharp. He's there. Look, I don't know what to believe. Obviously, we have to do something about Baffman. And I don't necessarily think that the eternal blossom has anything malicious going on, but whatever it's doing is clearly turning people against what they want to be,

and that in and of itself is evil enough for me. We might have to allie ourselves right now with the lesser of two evils to defeat this Baphimet and figure out what the eternal blossom is up to. But anybody that can change Hersha and change Captain Freewing, something deeper is at play here. And I don't know what it is, and it's really starting to frustrate me. Well, good. Get frustrated. I'm trying. I just... I don't have the answers, and I don't know what's going on, and this is... We are so thick in this. And I just wish that I could come up with something.

Your's the smart one, so it's your job. Great. Yeah, what else is new? Feels that pressure and take it with you and make something happen. For now, we need to be on our game for tomorrow. I'm always on my game. I know. I understand. We have to make sure the first thing we do is stop Baphimet. And then after that, we can figure out what's going on with the Eternal Blossom. As long as you are on the same page, but it's not good what that was going on.

I know. You're right. You're right. We're going to fix these people. I just... And until we do, we can't trust them. I agree. But as long as the Eternal Blossom is willing to help us take down Baphimet, we've got to go with that for now. We've got to take things one step at a time. We can't get ahead of ourselves as much as that stupid strategy game. I don't know. I don't know. I look, if you want to stay here because of whatever's going on in your room with a fort, I can go sleep out in the lobby. That's fine. I don't care.

I just need to, I just need somewhere I can think and rest. And I just gotta pour through my notes. I wish I had access to a library here or something. There's gotta be something. We don't even know when they're gonna be. Look, we gotta get to, we gotta get some rest, all right? You stayed here just to take my bed. No, no, no, no.

I just said I can play in the fort. I just got a little grotto. So you weren't kicked out of your room? I had to leave. Of my own choosing. Is there anything else I could help you with Luffy? Well, I don't know. How energetic do you feel? I have to go to sleep, please. I need to concentrate. I swear, if you wake up Toa.

Then the what? Yes, go. Get out of here, please. What's gonna happen? You stayed here long enough. Oh, do they? I'm gonna talk diRis about this. Good night. And I opened the door and I motion her out and I stare at her. And I'm gonna go, good night, Tawa! You immediately wake up to her. And then I'll slam the door shut.

You know what, Felix? Thank you. Let's go back to sleep. I didn't hear you come in. I know, just go back to Sigtow. It's okay. Just don't go. Good night.

And so I'll go back in my room. Snuggle up with my kitty cat. You snuggle up with your kitty cat. And unless there's anything else, Captain Free Winger, Rivali, does not wake up. And, oh, with that? Well, how epic is our fort, though, by the time we're doing? Oh, yeah. How good is our bad ass as hell.

I'm using like the last, tomato town. I'm using the last reservoirs of my magic to really make this the best time. I've got mending. We've got a little door and you're like, and listen, Phil Lowe's kind of spill out. Is there like a little tunnel that I have to crawl through the end of the main port? Yes. Have you seen the community episode where they build what the blanket for? There are these like beautiful, beaded curtains.

Is that? Yeah. I love it. It's, uh, yeah, so you basically need to be crawling through tunnels and all that, and eventually you find Iris curl up at a ball, and you get a sense that Caprice is down that way. Oh, no, we're all in the same, like, area, basically snuggled together. I believe Caprice and I are pretty blackout drunk at this point. And you're spooning, exactly right, yeah.

I'm going to, like, wiggle between them. You pretty easily slosh, sleep in there and slot. Only moments ago I unpolymopolymorphed. from some ridiculous animal, probably like a red panda or something. Or an osalot. I'm still half laughing in my sleep at the image of Caprice as an osalot, the wild osalad monkey. With his little hands, right?

With his little hands, yes. By far the strangest osolite anyone's ever seen. I love how with such nervousness you asked me like, one of this is really wrong. It was very many. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. So, Ocelots aside, I am absolutely passed out by your drink and finished. So, you all settle in and go to sleep.

I got none of us stayed up for watch. Oh, yeah, that big noise. That's fine. What's the worst thing that we all wake up dead? Grace. Oh, no. As the darkness of sleep takes you. You, consciousness returns.

Once again, it's the void. The blackness all around you. And you're almost used to it at this point. It's almost a cliche at this point. And you see the shadows around you start to take shape. shape from front of you to your left to your right swirls around until you expect, like the night before, was it two nights ago, feathers, but no. You see the silhouette, but incredibly shapely moment.

White lanterns for eyes, but narrow, almost immediately the slits as they observe you. And you hear a voice in your mind as this shape spins around you in the darkness of your dream, taunting in its motions. Oh, poor Capricio. What a turn of offense. Are you so sad? Let's not do this. Let's just skip tonight. We can talk again another night. This is an important night. I need all my rest. What do you say? You know, Capriccio, that's not a bad idea. I thought about it and suddenly the eyes blare.

How about we do do this tonight? Slings back. Remember who owns you, Capriccio? Yeah, like it. Remember who owns Maxima and every single member of your family. You see long, slender fingers. move about and you see small wailing souls almost whisked through those fingers until they had clenched in a tight fist.

Don't suggest what we should or shouldn't do at Capriccio. You don't have any power here. And you should know that. You should know. And it swirls behind you and you feel the presence looming over you. You almost feel just heaving flash against. your back and hot breath on your neck. It's a good.

And how heave. Very heaving. Extremely. It's my kind of dream. But it's, it fills you with a sense of disgust, despite how sultry it should be. You're in the end game now, Capricio. This is why I owe you.

It's right in front of you. It's there unguarded. right now, all you have to do is take it. The shape slides back and around in front of you. The eyes ever focused on. I will sit. I assume that there's nothing of floor, but I'm standing. You're standing and you sit and you're just sitting,

but it is just the void around you, yet somehow you're seeing the black silhouette within this voice, and I'll sit, and I'll sit. And I'll look up at this insanity image. You're in the end game too. Oh, what do you mean, Capricia? You need me to do something, right? I'd like you to need to do it for yourself. I understand that, but I want more.

What if I asked to understand what is happening to my friend Herdip? for example. What if I asked, tell me about the Eternal Blossom? Is she a friend of yours? Is she an enemy? Do you have any information whatsoever? And what guarantee do I have that if I do any of the things you ask me to do, my soul's okay?

Can I get something in writing at least? Isn't that how this is supposed to work? I have an idea of how this works. Suddenly your consciousness shifts. There's no longer a void. There is fire. hellfire. You hear shrieking, wailing souls

crying out for respite that will never come. The voices of yourself, your mother, that you never knew. Your father, but you know it's your mother. Your father, all of your cousins, your aunts, your uncles, you hear them all shrieking, wailing,

Capriccio. If only you had saved us, all you had to do was save us. Why did you forsake us? Why did you condemn us to this? And then suddenly your consciousness shifts again. It's a bright light. Beautiful golden light.

Blossoms on summer breeze. The wind flipping through willows. And you see from behind, Persia, everything that you've seen, the friend, the companion that you've known. And she turns from her face to long tendrils. Her eyes open with narrow, slits for pupils, golden eyes, and she smiles with razor-sharp teeth. She beckons you to join her, how she has found happiness.

She has found obedience, subjugation, and she wants you to join her. She extends her hand. What do you do? Seeing this image, I am compelled to run towards and away from her. I'm paralyzed. I cannot move. I just put up my hand and start shaking. I can't run or stay. And suddenly, big offer to join,

and suddenly turns to fear. The eyes turn back to the wide, bright, dwarven eyes of Persia that you know. But filled with fear, rather than a welcoming hand, it is reaching out in terror, pleading, and she shrieks at you. She's coming. She's coming. And suddenly heard it disappears.

God, swirls around. And suddenly fire again. And it's not a golden fire. It's orange, it's red, it's intense, it's hot. And you hear a single voice. You're there more once in a name. A shrieking of Persia, burning in flames. Begging, just like your family.

Why did you forsake me Caprice? Why did you do this? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Until swallowed, inflamed out by...

The laughter gets louder and louder and louder. Your patron. Glossima. As she cackles, filling your entire consciousness, until just the... feminine, shapely silhouette is looming over you, eyes looming down. How about now, Capricio, are you willing to talk and trade? What do you want?

Do you want to know what I'm about? Do you want to level with each other? Like equals. Is that what you want? My question still stand. I don't know if any of this is even any real. I- I- Caprice, hold up your hand.

Hold up your hand! Rust, feel your head. Now. Feel the horns. Is that real? Think about your dead mother bleeding out. Was that real? Then this is real.

What do you want me to do? Bring me the rod. If I don't care. I have plans. You ask about the golden lotus, the eternal blossom. means to an end. The page that you found what brought you to me was the roar of the bull. Who do you think put,

Baph Met, in touch with that poor little imp mohawk? Oh, it was me. It's all been leading to this capriced show. And Daddy thinks he can keep his thumb on me. For so long, I have foundations. As you do, Let's help each other achieve our ambitions. Suddenly you see the shape shift into a long, tall, narrow silhouette with long spiraling horns and a large white lantern-like eyes.

As it suddenly gyrates and bursts and is replaced by that same familiar silhouette, a mountain of skulls surrounded in fire. to understand, Capricio. What, uh, can I touch it? The, the, the, the, the, the, if, if, if, if, if, if what happens to, to, to, to, what happened to Luffy happens to me, I, I, I can't bring you anything. How, how, how, how can I be protected? It's all souls, Capricio. If I and you see long fingers reach out in which we'll, you know, in which we'll, you see the long, you're

your eyes and touch and suddenly you just feel a wharf, a searing pain within you. If you take it, it will bind to you, and therefore, once it binds to your soul, it's mine. Oh, God. Help you. She snaps, suddenly you blink in, out of existence. Power that your blood gives you, that I granted you since you are a little born. It's stronger than ever.

You won't be seen, you won't be heard. You take it. You grab your beloved. Steal her if you have to. Kill whoever you have to. You can make it out of the city to safety. Before sunrise, leave your friends to die. You and your betroth will be safe.

I'll make sure that your soul be yours. Her soul will be hers. that all of your family, the distaste to align, won't have to threat. I swear to fuck. If I do this, and that doesn't happen, I will spend the rest of my days finding ways to destroy you,

to torture you, to find out where you sleep. I'll eat an everything bagel in that bed. I'll make paper cuts, Between your fingers. I'll, inconvenience I can think of. The smallest thing will rain down upon you.

I'm so scared. But I do finally appreciate enthusiasm. About time. I know you're not scared. I'm not. You should be. You're gonna let me go? I'll go take care of business.

You can't trust me. I can't trust you. We have to agree on mutually assured. Failure on my part, destruction on yours. What do you say, preacher? She extends her hand towards you, the silhouette sneaking slowly. I'll be this mistake you could do that anyone.

I'll see you in hell. Clasps around your fingers. Oh, fuck. As the shadows of the silhouette grab you, pull you forward, and they surround you, you feel a hidden bosom around your head. You feel her embrace her hot breath as you are fully engulfed in her essence. And something, you wake up. You're in a blanket and pillow for completely drenched and sweat.

You look, you feel like you shadow that you have. you've been surrounded and surrounds you now, feel like you're invisible, you feel like you are able to do anything, completely undetected. You look and you see the ball of Iris sleeping contentedly, although she would never admit it with a slight smile as lofty as in a tiny ball on top of her. Lighter than air as the pair sleeps.

They do not notice you stir. And even if they were awake, they probably would not notice you stir regardless. I would like to roll a perception check to I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. I mean, you to you. You proceed nothing but the sweet sleep of catnip and... Do I enjoy the benefits of the long rest?

No. Okay. Get fucked. Son of a bitch. Everything bagels hurt. All right. That being said, I will... You feel like you are cloaked in shadow.

I'll sit up. And I will as quickly but stealthily as I can make my way to the door, opening it quietly, and make myself out into the night air. Time does not appear to be frozen, though, this time. No. Okay. You make a stealthy advantage for this entire endeavor, and there is a very high modifier. You've quadruple advantage. You roll twice and twice and take the highest of all those days.

21. 21, so it's a 36. It's almost like ventras levels. Am I right? As the door opens, and if Lifty and Iris were asleep, they would just think it was the clattering of the wind as you slip out, and it closes very gently behind you. What I hear.

You feel the slight breeze of the glade as you step out into the dimming lantern light. As soon as you step out, a gust blows out the candle on darkness and shrouds you. And even the light of the waning moon is swallowed up by clouds as it passes. Where's the glave? Do I get a sense to my innate nature

that I know where maybe the glaves would be housed at this time? You, Golden Lewis, had said to the war chief that she'd be in her sanctum praying over, that it'd be in her sanctum to get the final blessing. All right. Uh, we're all fucked anyway. I encourage it. I love you.

Hope, uh, I hope you understand what I'm doing. And, uh, I will start to make my way up the street towards where I think Glave resides. You make your way through the streets and you see off in the distance the, the firelight, and the steps in the planes below. the roaring fires of the Iron, the Horn Legion, getting closer and closer, and you know that war is coming. You're finally here. Unmistakable, Trump's War.

You've heard that before. You know it's coming. That's not why you're out here. It doesn't matter to you anymore. You make your way and you feel like you're invisible. You walk right past the guards wandering the town, riding atop. tigers and you walk inches from them. You even kind of raise your hand up.

They don't even seem to see you. As just in case, I'm going to use alter self to make myself appear like a normal guard with the tendrils and the whole thing. And you feel as if the innate once a day invisibility power that you had is a T-flang, a Glossia T-flank, is already activated. But if there was any chance, you look like a guard completely invisible. It's weird, but I think about terrorizing my cousins when I was very young and how that was an innate ability that I enjoyed that I'm now using this weird mature state. And you do and you slip.

And you see as if you see the cat sniffing doesn't seem to pick you up at all. It does not even turn his attention towards you as you slip out. And you make your way out to that winding pathway up to the golden. Lotus's sanctum. You remember giving your first offering there when you first arrived at the city, and you see warm, inviting glow of that door. It's still lit. It's there. And you make your way up that path, and it's, you're getting higher and higher 15, 20, 30, 50 feet. And you see through the door, through the door, that warm glow, you smell the saffron as it hits you. As you make your way and you turn into the building,

the nothing but from your curtain as the door, you pull it aside and you step in, and you see that circular chamber with that basin, fill with the gems, trinkets, gold offering to the gold modus, offering to the eternal blossom of verifiable horde of strains, trinkets, and gems. And you see sticking out of this hoard bathed in golden light, the sound of the light wind through the times, beautiful music, as you see the glave of the seven walls. sticking out of it. And you see that there is a glow about the pole of this glave.

And just where there's gold, there's that seeming shimmering silver at the blade. The glows with an unnatural eerie light. I reach into my pocket and I pull out a handful of pistachios. You do that? I'm going to toss one to see if there's any sort of magical protection or something to stop it before it's near the top of the mound right around where the clay would be Make a stealth ticket doesn't match What in the hang? I'm a Pistachio I'm a modified 18 on stealth at that

Disadvantage plus whatever Yeah, yep, okay You do that you throw the pistachio I'm shell or shell You know DM's choice. I would say it is Sheld. And you throw it, you're throwing it at the life?

I'm trying to get a sense if there's some sort of magical barrier or protection energy. My rollers real quick. Determ on something. The only little area on the side of it. As it, you throw pistachio, and it hits the silver of the blade. And what's out of? as if it's a wind chime and the resonance fills the room as all of the chimes

fill the the room with a musical clamor almost as it hits and clatters to the ground drowned out with the musical sound of... Is it so loud that I feel like I need to take action?

It is raining out. No magical barrier erupts or no magical traps trigger if it's been looking before. I will You can do this Caprice, you're just the best, look how awesome you are, you're not a devil, you're not insane, I will fly.

I will attempt to lift off the ground, casting fly on myself, and I will not touch the hoard, but I will try to grab the glave as I enter the room and try to turn around and start to dart out the doors. That's my plan. That's your plan. Excuse me what happens.

Oh, boy. So as you are pull, you pull out your violin, you know that you need to string that chord, you know that it will be drowned out with your bow granted to you by High General Zern. As you play, you feel the levitation. And then as the music fills the air, that curtain on the other side of the room pulls back. And you see it to back and you step out, looking around. as Golden Lotus steps from her personal chambers into the room as she sees the wind shines. If it's not too late, I'll not grab the glades.

I will parachute almost up, swaying my legs out and up, and just try to get as close to the ceiling invisibly as possible. You literally freaking hereditary up in the ceiling of this chamber. As Golden Lotus steps out, her white fur with black stripes, almost framing her face in a private, almost kind of ghastly light, as it looks striking. And she seems to be calm, but there seems to be a level of suspicion that you haven't seen on her face before. now that she's in private. She looks around listening to the resonance from the pistachio throne at this glave. She looks around and she sees the wind chimes playing

and she reaches up her paw and pauses each one, the percussion stopping. And she surveys the room with her brilliant cat-like golden eyes as they scan the room. and she looks around and she looks down at the ground. I'm running zone minutes right now by the way. What?

I'm running zone minutes. My heart rate is triggering my Fitbit right now. And she looks down at the ground and you see her stop. She reaches down, pull the pistachio, two claws. Oh, no.

She chucks the shells away. She looks around. She looks up to the ceiling almost directly at you, but makes no indication that she sees it. And she reaches out and grabs the glade. Oh, me. And she turns around and pulls back the curtain and steps forward with the glade in her hands, the glave in her hands, and does not pull the curtain back on the other side. The room is dark.

What are you doing? In it for a copper, I will float down knowing that I have probably another 58 minutes of fly left and continue to follow Miss Lotus, or Mrs. Lotus, you never know. And I will attempt to continue to follow her and see where she takes the glaze. But I'm not going to touch any surfaces. You do that. You're just cannonballing for it all the way. And you manage to squeak into that personal change of the smell of saffron is incredible. intense as you follow behind her and before you had done that she had taken the

glave and she had kind of reached down and seen this pile of gold and gems and offering and she kind of looked at them and kind of darted a claw through the trinkets and she kind of pulled out pawful and let it run through her fingers place it back down enticingly and she was leaves through the curtain and you manage to make your way into the private chambers as the curtain, she turns around, you manage to get behind her very quickly as she pulls the curtain. And you see the very simple quarters of Golden Lotus that you had seen before you went on your journey limbo.

Incense is burning the smell of saffron. You see a small bowl of offerings signaling of trinkets, coins, magical items, gems, and she once again plays with that and she goes to a corner of the room she opens, it looks to be a very ornate golden jade chest. She opens it

and there seems to be a very long and wide chamber in here, completely empty. And she places it very gently in this almost velvet enclosure. Damn.

And it rests perfectly. and she closes up. She pulls out a key from her robes, locks it, puts it back in, and then she moves her paws. Her claws extend. There's something strange about these claws

as they glow with a golden light. Suddenly, the chest is engulfed in magical energy. And she stops. And she sighs, contented light. and she turns and leaves this small chamber and pulls the curtain back and you see the glint of moonlight

onto the other side of what you know is that personal blade of the eternal blossom as she leaves to the night sky, to the night air. I am going to magical energy you said. She was not cluted behind her. When I think that another minute has passed

and I think that she's maybe made her way. I'll slow my breathing a little bit and I'm going to try another pistachio test onto the surface of this now glowing containment. Yeah. You do that. And so you make your way and you throw the pistachio and it rolls off. All right, I'll pick it up and put it back in my pocket. I'm going to attempt to open a it just through what little strengths Caprice would have, just to see if it's unlocked. You attempt to grab it, you pull it, and it's very clearly locked tight. And suddenly, as you're attempting to pull it up, you see a flash of golden light as it almost

floods the chamber. As from the door on the other side, it fills the room bursting, radiating, and golden light despite the the hour of the evening as blasting and radiating. What do you do? I still feel like I'm invisibly protected and stilled. You look down and you feel like you're invisible. And I'm flying. When I see that golden light occur, I think to very quickly I'm going to pull out my viol, which I've had with me, and try to strike the same note as the, the bells that I was hearing earlier in the antechamber where we were just then. I'm going to try to mimic that as I cast major image.

And with major image, I'm going to replace the image of the containment with an open and empty chest, as if the glave has already been taken. Clever. Interesting play. Bold move cotton. Tuntun, to see the face. Interesting. Nope.

It's not. You hear the loud sounds of the cheek, and you see the golden light floods the room and suddenly dies or dies back down on the other side of this chamber, but you're looking at it. You managed to very stealthily strike a chord, and you managed to create a major illusion, and it looks open. And then you hear a gust of wit. as golden blossoms blast into the room and you hear as it gets quieter and quieter and quieter as there's no golden light, there's nothing, there's no sound and quiet returns.

Your major image holds. I have no way of getting into this chest. Classia? Little help? Last hurdle right here And I got my hand on it You say to the night air So she locked it with a key, right?

That's burned That's burned That's burned Only you knew knock It's a great spell In very few It's super narrow It's like Felix never took it

It's flavorful It's so good It's very narrow Oh man How am I going to get in here? Thank you for your patience, party. No, it's all good. I'm enjoying the ride.

I'm going to start to... Glad you not be in desperation. I'm going to start to see if there's some sort of a key in the room, looking under rugs, and just spinning my wheels, thinking about how I might solve this. Quiet and still returns to this room. Breeze settles out. You see the golden blossoms from the...

just past the door, settle onto the carpet. And you tear the place up. To any observer, there would be pillows flying, drawers opening. You're searching for anything. The only key that was in this room was on the person of Golden Notice. Do I have a sense that she's close or that she would have gone far from this room? All you have is that light and the sound that you heard. You know just on the other side is where you had originally went to limbo from Izaki, the trees of the golden blossoms and the lake with the view up to the peaks of mountains.

Further north. I will attempt a minute or two of contemplation knowing that my time is on a fly and potentially my invisibility could run out soon. And before I take a drastic measure, I'm going to walk into that room and see if I can look into the pool. or into the portal or see what I can see. You step in, you pull the curtain back, and you step into that glade, and once again it's bathed in that shimmering moonlight, and you look around,

Golden Lotus is nowhere to be seen. Make a perception check for me. 12. You look into the night sky. You look to the water. You look to the small, little enclave, you are wholly alone. I will go back to the room with the containment, the chest, and I'm going to try to break into this thing. Okay. Assuming that it's magical

and that it won't work, but being that it's, I'm out of options, I feel I will pull out my Viole and holding it in more of a battle-like position standing directly in front of it. What is behind it? Is there like a window and a cliff or is there, are we in a... So you were in like a small chamber in like this small dwelling, right? It's a circular room. And it's just like a wall that's made of like a stone and wood. Thank goodness. Do I think that I could blow the chest through the wall with something like a thunder wave, as loud as that might be? You know that there was some sort of magical sheen that went over it. Yeah. You have no idea what protective charms were placed on it by goal notice.

I know that the spell is cast. I can't counter spell it. I think I might be completely fucked. I have no tools to solve this problem. You don't have to spell magic? Yeah, I didn't want to be the pigeon. I was going to ask you if you had thieves tools. Once a day. I've already used it. Thieves tools. I do not have the upset stools. Okay, I thought you did.

I was, uh, I would have guessed you did. No, I'm not, I mean, I'm open to suggestions, y'all at this point. I have a suggestion that has nothing to do with this. I suggest that you inversion name your first child, Pistachio de Sesto. That's how she rolls off the tongue. That's not right. Yeah, it's somewhere in the back of my head,

I'm sure that Caprice hears that. So without metagaming it, I don't hate the Thunder wave option. No, I don't like it either. But you can only just spell, you can only spell magic once a day? Yeah, it's part of it. my um your bow my bow okay um otherwise i've got fucking unlimited first level spell slots right now right um no worries no worries i believe in you i have a second level spell shop now that's way too loud um and i've tried physically opening this yeah no it's

very much a protective magical barrier on this thing and she looked around very protectively as if she felt uneasy. All I need to do is get my hands on the glave is what Glacios said. She seemed to... Yeah. How big is the keyhole opening? Small. A keyhole. Like a, you know, if I were to polymorph myself into an insect of some kind, do you think that I'd be able to... Oh, my friend. Holy shit! Uh, you know, I think you could certainly try. Well, you know... If you really ate your out of options here, Derek. I like it. I'm trying.

Getting created. I love where you're fucking hits at, brother. I'm not feeling very like a noble insect right now. I'm going to turn into an earworm and just slink and disgustingly make my way up into, if I can, the keyhole. The keyhole. And see if the magical barrier prevents me from getting farther in than a key might stop me. You do that. As you polydorf yourself into an earworm, and you kind of slink your way, and you make your way

into the keyhole, as you manage to get through that initial instance of the keyhole, and you get to the point of where you would be able to get through to the other side, you see the mechanism. You see there's a little tiny gap that you potentially squeeze your way through as you manage squeeze through and you meet a concert's saving for me. Come on, brother. We might be twisting this one. Why are you helping me? We might not. Because I want absolute chaos to presume. 20. 23. Let's fucking go. What's he doing? 23. He turned into a worm to try to get through the keyhole. In true caprice fashion. He's out of options. I love your shit.

I love that. As you manage to make your way through and you feel a zap, try to sear your wormy flesh, and you manage to resist, but you are repelled by a barrier that seems to be, fucking hell.

You take no damage. But you're able to resist it. I mean, if I did, then I would no longer be an earworm, and Caprice, could shoot out the keyhole like a ketchup laser beam. It's like one of those like hydraulic press like videos on YouTube. That's the name of the band in Faye Wilde

because staring at the Yeah, that's a, oh, throw bag. And they're like stupid. Okay. In a good way. Damn, dude, that was a good option. That was a good option. Hey, boom, I'm gonna do.

Oh, do you? Totally fuck If only you brought your old friend Felix are wrong I mean yeah you would have helped me Absolutely Just watch the sunrise Caprice

Just watch the sunrise Oh my god Ah shit Okay can't polymorph into it Can't I squirm out and I Un-earworm myself I've got to find golden lotus I will

leave and I will see if there's an additional bedroom chamber or where she may have been. I can't imagine that it would be far. You look around, you see her bed. It's right next to the chest that she put it in. And she is nowhere to be seen. Why isn't she blessing this stuff? Where is she? You step out into the glade once again.

You look around just the breeze through the willow. setting golden blossoms onto the water. If this is some sort of riddle, I'm fucked, buddy. I don't play. I have an idea, but I'm not going to be metagaming. Yeah, no, let's just let it ride. Come on, give him his mom. There's no answer to any of this. Bullshit.

It's not a riddle. No, I know, but or a puzzle or some like, oh, I just, I can't lift the chest, can I? I mean, it's embedded into this chamber. Oh, I know. I think I know. Oh, I know. It's not a puzzle or anything. I think I just figured out the plot element.

Yeah. I won't say anything. That's devastating. I'm probably wrong, but I think I know. But I always think I know things that I don't. About how much time do I have left in my state, do you think? Do I, do I suspend? I mean, how it's probably about like 20 minutes?

It took a while to get here. You don't think so? Give me any ideas. I didn't hear you. I didn't either. I didn't either actually. Let's just let it ride. Is that what you're thinking?

Give him time. Give him time. I want to see what happens here. Derek, don't worry. I have no idea what's happening either. You can either take solace in that or let that give you further dread. I never know. I think primarily dread.

I am going to feel a wave of defeat wash over me. And look down at the chest. Yeah. You feel that. I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I just made an agreement and I can't hold up my side of the bargain. I think of Herja and my feelings for her. As I get a beer in my heart. And I think of my family.

I think of all the souls that I would have seen curling around the fingers of Glaccia. I think of my father back in Galctica and all the friends and 12. wonderful places that I know there. And I feel it all slipping away. In this moment, I will pull out of my pocket where it always is my lucky tuning fork that my father gave me. Does it look like it would fit in the keel?

You get the sense of a tuning fork probably it's big enough. It could probably. Oh, gee, steering. I'm going to push it in and try. and jiggle the lock. Yeah, you do. You can rake. It's my special jiggle bump.

I'm not particularly enthusiastic about it, but I am flailing. You know when an animal is being killed and it stops, it's like alive but it's being eaten, that's where I am emotionally. All right. Roll in our Connocheck at disadvantage. I'm digested and I'm okay with it. okay with it.

Who's fucking dark? Um, a Narcana check? Yep. Uh, five. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. It's gonna be a big oof from me.

You take your tuning fork and you very carefully place it in. You jiggle it around and suddenly you feel a presence behind you and hot breath on your neck and you hear your tuning for a little resonant wail and suddenly you hear a loud shattering noise so like the worst awful down-tuned note of your light and suddenly any of the golden glow around this chest shatters in your face and Your tuning fork breaks. Oh, oof.

Shatters, and then you hear it, and you feel one more hot breath on the back of your neck. It is done. Suddenly quiet returns, and you see quarter of an inch. This chest has been propped open. Oh, bold, don't make a sound.

If you say a word, you'll be forsaken. I'll pick up the glave. You pick up the glave and he makes a constant a saving throw. A double disadvantage. Quadruple disadvantage. You get a natural one. You die.

20. 20. Yeah. Yep, you're dead. You grab it. And you feel the worst searing pain of your entire life as you grab the hilt of this blade and attempts to blast in this golden light, but it's swallowed up by your hands, and your hands ignite into this hellish fire.

And the feeling that you feel is every bit of good and hopefulness that you had attempted to live your life by is swallowed by the devilish fiendish hate. of your patron Glazia as you feel like you're swallowing all of the attempted defenses of this weapon and suddenly

the silver blade of this thing sheens as and you hear very faintly almost sounds like the hoot of an owl as it resonates through your mind

and you feel any soul that you would have had being sucked into this weapon. Oh shit. And you're holding it very briefly and you're not sure what's happened to you. Then you hear something. Wind gusts

through the blasts through the chamber. It blows through and suddenly you hear, you see a flash of gold as you were almost blinded. what do you do uh it's coming through the on the other side of the into the glade of the other side

of the glade on the door outside i will walk up to it what is the portal doing i'll immediately start to approach i'm still holding that tight as i can onto this glave you you you you grip it tightly The doorway as you approach gleams in golden light, and it starts to shrink down. And you just see a loose silhouette and you make a wisdom saving through disadvantage, please. Wisdom saving throw a disadvantage. Give me a nine. You, as the sound dissipates, the wind has blasted your hair back. You're trying to see through the curtain as you see a dark shape

emerge into a somewhat humanoid figure, silhouette, and suddenly your consciousness fades. You wake up. You enjoy the benefits of the long rest. All of you do. As Iris and Lifty, you wake up and you see Caprice sleeping soundly. beside you, it creates you awake.

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You're lucky. Your lucky tuning fork has been shattered. It's gone at the very least. You feel like there's something part of you is missing but did you ever have it at all? That's the interesting question. You're not really sure.

The missing tuning firm confirms to me that what happened last night in my dream was real. It was very real. And so how you ended up you were blinded by Golden Light, you passed out and ended up cozy in your fucking blanket fort.

Or pillow fort, which is depending on what side of that. It was totally a blanket fort. Which, I mean, we used everything in that room. Everything. It wasn't everything for it. What do you do? Oh.

You wake. Oh, okay. Shit. Doom. Doom. Yeah. Duh. How about you're doing this?

Do you hear that, Felix? I'm trying to drink my teeth. Damn it. This feels very familiar. Somebody gets a door. And it continues. Today's the day. Get up everyone.

And I'll go out to the common room. What? I'm going to follow you out and then try to refresh my tea in the common area. Sort of uncharacteristically, I'm up with everyone. I'm not late to being up. You're very surprised to see Caprice. Join you for an early morning tea, coffee, snacks and actually the spread that you've received this morning from you've had a steward for yourself

here as revered guests of the Golden Lotus and there is a spread that's far more bountiful than normal and Caprice make a perception check for me it's a 23 it would be a 24 if I had my You pet down and you're looking for your tuning for it. Where did I put it? And you reach and you find something that's in the pocket. It's not where you normally kept a tuning for it? It feels different.

When you pull it out and it's a scale. It's a scale. Single golden scale. And it seems to have the exact same properties as you're tuning for. What the fuck? Like a scale that I would use to measure coin weights on either. No, like a scale from some sort of reptilian creature. Oh.

Not a measuring scale, but a reptilian scale. So what kind of seal is it? A harbor seal. Oh, okay. Not an elephant seal scale? No, my elephant seals are not. Dugong, do gong. I love Dugong.

I love Dugong. Oh, they're so cute. Oh, it kills me. You can't say Dugongs in my presence. I love them. I'll hastily put it back. So with that, then I'll have a 24, I guess. Is that?

Just same stats. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the sentimentality of your grandfather's tuning fork has been destroyed from your... Okay. Person forever. Okay. As a reminder for your family's decisions.

I pray to all of the gods and none of them, to myself perhaps, that I did write by the souls of my family and to see if I can find a path out of this for myself and her just. You sit for a moment and pray and quiet as Iris and lofty leave, and no one answers. I'll find myself some coffee and join the rest of the gang. You do that. We should try to find where the seal is as quickly as possible in case they don't wait until darkness. Well, it doesn't sound like they're waiting.

That's what I mean. They're very close, and I don't like the idea of waiting until nighttime, just waiting for them to attack. I think we just try to find the war chief. If anybody has the intel, I'm sure that he does, or he can point us in the right direction. Do you think he will? I don't see why not.

They know that we're supposed to be here. They keep talking about some grand purpose. And he knows that we know about the seal. We can spin it with some sort of fate baloney if you want. Well, let's see what he says. It's better than nothing. We are ready? Anything we need to do?

I think I'm good. Mr. Freeway. You've always nowhere to be saying. Where's Mr. Freewing? Last I saw him. him. We were playing our game last night and Wolfie said he fell asleep on the board, which maybe you want to enlighten the gang. Oh yeah. So, Mr. Freewing has a growth, has two growths now. In the general chin area. In the genital chin area, yes. General. Oh, yes, that's what I said.

General. General. General. It's not extremely good German accent that's where you are. I just want to make sure we're all saying general. Yeah. Genital.

What I said. Genital. I mean, 75% of homosexuals active adults have it. It's not as well. There's nothing to be shamed for it. Anyone who worships the eternal blossom? and turns into catfish. That's great.

I think that that's, I mean, at least we're seeing a trend. People who believe this faith, they undergo changes. I don't think that that's unheard of. It's sort of like, you know, with my people, we use these tattoos to tell our stories and sort of praise our ancestors. Is it that different? And as you take a moment to, look at Toa's tattoos, they have a faint glow to them. And you recall that the faith that he has

in his spirits empowered his body beyond what had been done in the physical. They had created additional tattoos that had glowed with more further than before. An additional, you look at yourself, small representations of yourself in small artistic form, achieving the great feats that you've done on Toa's body. Is it all that different? You wonder. I suppose you're making a good point, and maybe we're being a little hasty. This is what I was trying to tell Lifty last night, is that I don't necessarily think that these individuals' behaviors being completely altered is good. But I think that maybe right now, if the eternal blossom, is going to help us defeat Baphim.

That's the first thing that we have to do. I don't necessarily... Maybe the Eternal Blossom isn't doing something malicious. I don't necessarily agree with the methods of making these individuals no longer people that we recognize. But for now, it's the only ally that we have in defeating what we know needs to be defeated. We can take each thing one step at a time. We don't have to deal with everything at once. I think you're right.

I think you're right. But my point is, is that just because Free Wing and... whose are going down a path doesn't mean that it's necessarily bad that's what I'm trying to say I understand I think it is but I don't know I mean it seems like both of them went to the infirmary and now they had this thrust upon them we don't know that either of them chose what they are going towards that's a fair point and I don't know much more to comment on it I shouldn't necessarily comment on it if I don't have the knowledge of that's like something you would say. It's fine, Tola. It's fine. Is everyone ready? Are we all ready? Caprice, are you okay? Are you ready to go? Are we ready for what? We have to move on here. There's no point in discussing this any further. Please, Luffy, just let Towa. Caprice looks visibly shook. Hey, hey, are you all right? Caprice, did you not have a good time in the fort last night?

I had a great time in the fort. I had a great time in the fort. Did the foot rub that you gave me? make things weird? No, I, you know, I'm very dexterous. I was happy to do it. Are you hungover? I know now that you're a little. No, I feel, I feel all right. I don't know what we're going to do with our day. We just have to wait till evening until this army, I guess.

We need, you want... We can't wait. We have to get the seal. We need you on top of things. Are you going to be okay today? Yeah. We all got to be... Let me have another cup of coffee and... Sure. How many hours?

hours do we think we have until all this is about to go down? Probably a good 10 to 12 hours. It's a long time until sunset. Assuming Cargash is correct. Assuming Cargash is correct. You've got to remember, he's been piecing together Abyssal, which he hasn't learned, like you have, and Orkish. And so he's trying to piece together the remnants of Orkish

from the turned Ork Beastmen of what they've said. But his understanding is that the plighting, plan is to attack it at dusk. I think that if we can all just take a few minutes and let's give Capri some time to wake up, then we can go find the war chief and we go from there. And I think we just have to ask the questions that we need to ask and try to get some answers. So sound okay? You'd be ready.

Sounds like a plan. You look a little shitty. I'm actively making another cup of tea, seeing him like make coffee. Why don't you think yourself a little tuna something? That's what you do. This is the morning song. It isn't very long, hey? Yeah, see, there you go.

I'm good as rain. Right as rain. Look, I'm great, and I know that stuff. So come on. I didn't have the most restful sleep. Fort time was fun, but I'm here, and I think that once the adrenaline kicks in and we're doing our thing, everything will be rocking and rolling.

All right? Some people who does not. cut out the fort. I do blame myself. I did not warn him. He wasn't ready. He wasn't ready. I sleep and I thrash about. Lifty mose. Which is why she floats. I can't. I can only do that for an hour. Are you sure there's nothing you want to tell us? Caprice. I told you before that you could tell us anything.

I believe you. Yes. I know that's true. I, I, yeah, let's go. We got it. We got to We got a full day. We shouldn't be sitting here drinking coffee. I'm sorry to have floated us down. Let's move. He's right. Where do we go first? We go to the chief and we try to station ourselves at wherever the sea leaves. We know somewhere around here or near here. We need to go there if that's what their target is. Then let's find the chief. Agreed. Do we know where he would be? I will, yeah. You enjoy your breakfast and you feel as you feel as you, as you,

as you can be, and your personal steward arrives, and they guide you to, through the city, and you hear that, and you make your way out from around your tranquil quarters, and you see out ahead, they're used to see in the horizon, but it's far closer. Just outside the wall, you see from horizon to horizon. horizon is an undulating mass, Blackford, minotaur, is goat men, beast men, turned orcs, demons.

And you see a flicks of large masses moving. And you hope, you pray to any God that you worship, you pray to the Raven Queen, you pray to your spirits. You pray to Anubis, you pray to La Pouard. Caprici, you pray to anyone who will listen, that they are just hill giants that have been given the gift. You worry that's... They growl in the distance.

As you make your way through the city, and you see that the regiments, battalions of troops marching, fully armored, you see the hundreds of tigers and yetis, the beastmasters, that control them now a little bit more trepidacious

about the hold they have over these creatures after last night as they make their way to the walls of the city, the first line of defense. But not the first line. The first line was the early defenses in deGron, not the second line. The second line was the

wall to the inner kingdom. And now they've smashed through that. This is the walls to the city. Hundreds, thousands of refugees are sheltering in this city. Displaced lucky survivors of whatever horrible devastation the Horn Legion has unleashed and the beast plague that is allowed it. Yet still you see refugees that may have lost everything, just like Kargash.

And as you pass them, they seem at peace. They seem content, comfortable with what's happening. They seem certain of their future. Because whether or not they survive, it's all on the plan.

Caprice, you instinctively reach in your coat pocket. You feel it again. Pull it out. Make sure no one's watching. You feel like you need to keep it safe. Secret. And you do. And now that hers is not with you. Despite this being your new family, you still feel alone. You are alone. You feel a hot, bit of wind, the back of your neck you turn around. No one's there, but you still feel presence. Something pulling at your back as your

friends drive you forward. I'm sort of tailing behind them. If I can pull out some parchment. I'm scribbling down notation for music notes, just things that are occurring to me in this moment as I'm trying to distract myself perhaps from those thoughts. You do that. In your eyes glance, cast themselves over to the infirmary where you know we're herjah, perhaps her father as well, are currently stationed. You have no idea how they'll be, how they'll handle it. You know that her is not well enough to help you in the coming battle. and that where there were six, there are now five, and you've dealt with far weaker threats

than what you deal with now. Doubt starts to creep into all of your minds. Least of all, Iris, who has resolute confidence in her God, but still, there's something that eats away at all of you. Is that, objectively, this feels like the odds have been most stacked against you, at this point, despite all the horrors you faced, as you see the massive, undulating mass of forces at the gates, and the constant drumming that booms and booms and booms and booms.

You eventually find yourself amidst the Royal Guard out front of the Citadel of Mogher Kai. you see the war chief adorning his full armor, almost crackling lightning in his helm. But it's just, it's not actually lightning. Just the energy of this orc that has lived far longer than any mortal should. Energy that you all wish you could have

at an age like that. as he stands there, inspiring legions, that all look to him. And beside him, you see Golden Lotus, holding the glade that you had gripped so tightly, Caprice. She watches all of you approach. The five of you don't notice that her eyes aren't on you. They're in your direction, but they're on, Caprice. A look of understanding. think. A look of acceptance, a look of pity. It's the kind of look that you never would expect

anyone to give, despite all that you've been through, despite all that you've done. And it makes you feel sadness. You almost want to weep in the beauty of it all. You almost want to break down that moment as despite the understanding that these feline eyes or are they really look at you the understanding of everything you've been through yet still acceptance into the beautiful golden light of the eternal blossom you arrive and you hear the booming voice of war chiefs Schengoro Frost Fang. Foretold ones, you arrive at Judgment Day.

The day of my destiny and yours, are you ready? Yes, I am. So ready as I'm going to be. I'll pull out my viol and you tune out. Start to tune out. keeping my eyes half and half split between him and Golden Lotus.

You do that. And as you tune it, you look back and forth. You feel pulled out of the moment. You feel presence behind you, and you feel a warm breath. And as you tune, you hold a fret. And you hear a voice in your mind. Don't fret. And you're drawn back to reality.

I will do my very best to maintain my composure if nothing has happened. Make a performance check. That's where he's a Viking. 18. You do that. No one notices. You're too focused. But Golden Lotus keeps her eyes on you as the War Chief looks at all of you.

And you see Felix especially. something you hadn't expected to see. You walked into a land of a people that yours had brutally slaughtered for decades, generations. Despite being a human of Corvaccia, the war chief of this nation that your people have been at war, that you've heard every single worst propaganda story against, the savagery of the or. hordes, the savage foreign goddess that they worship, not of Striga. You see someone who respects you, sees you as a potential savior of his people, and gives you the level of respect that Toa gave him. No one else gave him. But he returns Toa's

respect to you and everyone else. As Golden Lotus turns, her eyes lingering on you and you for a bit, Caprice. And then turning to War Chief Frosting. And she kneels and extends the glave of the seven laws

out to him. He looks down in it. And all of you, his royal guard, and all the soldiers that observe, and he says, this is the day of reckoning.

The day of our destiny, the day we save our people, the day we live, not for ourselves, but for the eternal blossom. And he reaches out and grabs the blade. The glave. As soon as his hands grab it, you see him wince in pain. As he struggles, his teeth, grit, his face shrinks back in almost age. is a hundred years and then returns back to its current state. His deep blue skin undulating back and forth and you see him, always gasp as a wispy silver emerges from his mouth and slinks to the silver of the blade of the glave. I say it loud, this is not good. as he grips it, the the pole of it,

shimmering gold. I have fight for this. And he grabs it and he feels you can see that he feels the power that he holds. Holy shit. If he raises it in the air

in every single or hundreds, perhaps thousands, loud as a cheer, a booming, boisterous cheer that drowns out the war drums of the beast men at the gates. And it almost fills you all with hope. It almost fills you with the sense that there's a chance. But you hear a laughter in the back of your mind, Caprice, about the futility of all of it

and you feel nothing but hopelessness. You feel nothing at all, in fact. You feel nothing but disdain. You look around, you see the war chief, he's a fool. You see the orcs, they're pathetic fodder to the aims of the nine hells, of what you've given yourself to,

But what you finally embraced, you look to Lufty, to Felix, to Iris, to Toa. And in that moment, you wish you didn't feel this. You try to push it back, but for whatever reason, you feel like your thoughts are not your own. You cannot control it. You wish you could, but you can't. You would throw every single one of them into the fire to save yourself and perjia from what's to come. I can't wait to protect properties on the battlefield. Sarah-Dem dark folks.

But the rest of you, you see the look of Shangoro Frostfang. You see his face, and he may be old. He may be ancient by harker standards. And you've seen a 60-plus-year-old human male go out to the battlefield and defeat the incarnation of an archdevil in Virgil Zern.

And now you finally realize why this clan, the Dancing Blade, was able to stand up against Zern and Korovacia for decades. Because of the spirit of the power that they've gotten. And the booming cheers, the confidence, the certainty that they've received from the Golden Lotus from the Eternal Lawson. Gives him a level of certainty that you wish you could have in anything that you do. I'm going to surveying all this and taking it in. I'm going to take my hat off and look to tow and say, uh, I know you'd never guess it, but I've seen days like this more than I'd like to admit. And these days of war are all just kind of the same.

You don't really ever get used to them. Well, we've killed a big fiendish bull guy before. This isn't going to be that different, right? Ah, well, it only won't be different if we don't come back. And we're one down, so hopefully our chieftain here can fill the gaps. ...that would resist the horn king and the death on his coattails. Join me! In raging against the night, raging against the death,

raging against the infinite abyss! we've given ourselves to tranquility to peace to harmony let us show this savage beast what civilization

brings and his voice almost drops but as it does it filled with so much power as almost thunder cracks as he raises the glave of the seven laws

and every single orc in unison, roars, and cheers. And you feel for a moment, like you are one of them. You're all the same. You're no different than the hawks that desperately tried to escape, that throne room, the tigers that fled through and got cut down, the Yeti that got beheaded. In this moment, orc, human, Tiefling.

to backseat, and Nasi, Goliath, your mortals fighting for survival against the forces of the abyss and the devastation and entropy that a lord of beasts would attempt to bring upon the world of the living. The drum sound, but they're not savage, taut, humanoid skin, sense. savage, vile drums of the Beastmen, of the Horn Legion. They are the regimented, resounding drums of Mogherkai of the Dancing Blade, and immediately the legions of orcs,

tendrils or otherwise, snap to attention, and begin to mobilize as if they're dancing themselves. they march to the walls as the sun begins to shrink. Smaller and smaller and then larger and larger, as it gets closer to the horizon and sits. Large, glowing, fiery disk. You know that the battle's coming. Is there anything else you'd like to do before it comes?

How long do we have? It is Twilight. And you know from if Kargash is right and wasn't in the madness of Baphimet that they will be attacking soon. But as long as you probably need, Nikki, because I would gladly grant you that, because I'm fast-forwarding quite a better.

Well, no, I just, I wanted to cast something, but it has a duration of eight hours, so I don't want to cast it a year. You would have plenty. It will last as long as you need if you cast it now. I'm going to look at my friends, and I am going to channel the power of anubis within me and shine with a golden radiance,

and I'm going to cast aid at a fifth level. Oh, hot damn. Toa, Felix, and Lofti. I don't even know what this means. You have 20 temporary hit points. Oh, hot day. Or not temporary hit points. Your maximum HP is raised by 20 for eight hours.

What do you say? What do you say? Lord of the sands and the setting sun. Watch over my friends this night. Lead us forth in death. and in life, Anubis be praised. You hear a call. It resonates.

You've been hearing the resonant sound of chimes of music in your head. But this is familiar. This is not strained. This is, you feel a presence behind you. Everyone except for Caprice. Yes. Caprice, you still feel a presence. And me.

Oh, I don't feel a presence. You do. You feel a presence. You feel the heat. It's like stronger and stronger. But the rest of you, you feel warmth. But the warmth of you felt your wounds being closed by this power numerous times. You feel this certainty, the judgment, the justice,

the Lord beneath the mountain. And you know in your heart that if you fall down, heart that if you fall this day, that at the very least, you've given it your all, and you hope your heart on that scale, the weighted scale, measured up against the feather that falls, and you all feel his blessing. As Nubis watches over you. And whatever affects that happens, that happens. Yes, so you just raise your maximum hit points by 20, those that are affected.

And go bango. And it's that way for eight hours. Let's go. I would like to... If we have a little bit of time there... You do. You see the sun as it does, as it shrinks and then gets larger. As it gets closer to horizon, the illusion as it does, as you hear the war drums of the dancing blade.

I would like to reach my pack, kneel down, and having sort of freed the wind spirits that I lost connection to, I'd like to take out my carved figurines of the shark, the moa, the turtle, and the boar, and place them and try to kind of figure out north, south, east, and west. I can feel the sun, setting in the west, and I use that as my guide, and I'll kneel down, and I'll sort of pray to myself, and say, I haven't felt your presence in a long time, but now that you're free, I hope you'll give me a renewed strength.

I feel doubt for the first time. And I need you to... Am I doing the right thing here? I believe that I've protected my home on the Kani Islands, but... It's me being here in this moment, in this place. Is this the right thing? I just don't know. Am I supposed to fight?

I want to. I want to help my friends. I want to help these people. I hope it's the right thing and I don't like to cast augury as I consult the spirits wheel or wa so augury is um just well I think really basically to my question the DEM shows the following possible omens wheel woe wheel and woe or nothing for results that aren't especially good or bad you add like my you know what this stuff I'm just laying it out for our audience and everyone like I forgot.

Mike doesn't know how Blitian be. Yeah, right. You focus, and as all of the orcs chants, losing their focus on all of you, you get down into your trance, and you think about the spirits you spend so long and risk your life and the life of all your friends to save, and you feel the wind whip out up all around you

from the north, the south, the east, the west. You feel the gaze of the moa, the boar, the turtle, and the shark, the spirits, that look over your island, and the tattoos that you've earned. And all you feel is real. Oh, baby. All you feel is that you have been at peace. Let's fucking go. That you have been the calm and steady current for your friends on this sea.

No matter of the source. storm that has come. But now is the time to fight. Now is the time to channel the storm, to wield it in your hands. Weald the sea, the power of the sea, the power of the wind, the power of your islands, the power of family. And to use it to protect the people that you love, not just the people back home, not your family that you have, that you had, but the family that you've gained. and you feel the blessings of all four of the wind spirits and your tattoos glow and all of you see Toa's

tails on his arms, his body. You see bits of yourself and he is empowered by the wind spirits. I will put my figurines away and I'll rise and say, you're going to win today. I am where I'm supposed to be And I will

Wait with my friends All right, I like your confidence Is that a boy? We're gonna do this Felix Okay All right, I feel good, thank you I don't know what you did there But that was pretty impressive

And then The sun sinks Behind the horizon You see the flame You see fire, but that's not the worst of it. As night falls, it's what you hear. And you hear horrific, guttural roar. And you've heard the roar of a bull and every beast known to man and every other mortal

race. And it sounds nothing like that. Caprice, you think back to the heist that took your cousin. What you sacrifice so much for the page of that ancient tone that brought you on this path, that it would start with the roar of the bull. And that is what you hear. As the entire mountain resonates with the bestial, guttural roar of Bafferman. and suddenly thunder. But there's no lightning to accompany yet. There are no storm clouds. Just hoofs.

As the thundering of Minotaur, beast plagued, and demons from every horrible reach of the abyss, thunders towards the walls of Ramokraki. As the war begins, the battle begins. You hear the sounding of war drums, orc versus Minotaur, each trying to drown out the other, none ever winning, but ever pounding. And all of the orcs around you, leaving you,

rushing to the front line as you hear the clashing of blade on flesh and on blade. And you want to go and down into the fray help on the front line, but you know better. And soon, just U-5, War Chief Shangoro Frost Fang, and Golden Lotus remain.

And you see all spread out the bloodshed that is occurring. Waves a tide of bodies and black fur crashing against the orcs, civilization, and they're gaining ground. What do you do? Are we still up towards the top of the city?

You're up towards the Citadel. Who did you say gaining ground? Sorry. The beasts are or the orcs are? Okay, the beasts are gaining ground. They throw body after body. And although you see the formations of the orcs and the way that they move in combat,

you understand why they're called the dancing blade clan. The way that they move as if they're dancing. And they are masters of the blade. Whether it be sword or axe or glave or spear. They are masters of their craft. But the sheer numbers and savagery of the beast, the crash against them, continues to batter and batter and batter. And you see the calm resolution on her face,

golden-wurst's face, is that this is all meant to be. But the war chief, it's getting to the point where he cannot abide as he watches his people get slaughtered. Is he... So are we in the throne room area? No, you are right outside of the Citadel. Looking down into the city is basically there are tiers of elevation, right? Right. And you're looking down at the various levels.

And then the Citadel is the highest point where there's number of bridges. And you have the confidence, right? You were promised by the Beast Lord. Hartek, I believe, was his name. as the Gettys and the tigers and everything else and the nature of the narrow passages would make it basically unimpenetrable. But as you watch the battle unfold,

you're not so sure. I'm looking out not just for the war chief. I'm doing a quick glance to see if I see Ravali anywhere. You look around, I'm going to make it real forward. You not see Rivali. Guys, the plan is we stay and protect the protection thing, right? I don't want to use the word. You know what I mean, right?

Yes, this is where we're supposed to be, right here. Well, not right here. Chief, we need to know where to go. Hi. And you see there's something that washes over War Chief Frostfang's face. and he looks at Golden Lotus and he looks at the glave in his hand

surging with power and he says I know what you told me to do and I have trusted you every step of the way but I cannot watch my people get slaughtered and not be with them the five of you

You are the vanguards. Stay with Golden Lotus. Guard the seal. Wash in her pool. I must fight. And he immediately turns his back to all of you. And thunders away. And leaps into the sky.

And you see that despite his advanced age, he has the energy and strength of does. dozens of orcs, of young orcs, as he leaps forward and disappears into the city, as he rushes forward. And you see Golden Lotus, just six of you now. There's not Herzia, just the five of you in Golden Lotus. As she looks at all of you, but her eyes linger on Caprize, shall we observe the battle from my seeing pools.

Is it all right that he just ran off? I mean, I don't know if you heard what Kargash was saying last night, but... There is no reason to be alarmed. He has a wild spirit. That is why I found him many decades ago. Today, the day I've foreseen for a very long time, I will let him have this for himself and his people. It was an order from the war chief. We should go to the pool. How far are the pools from the seal?

I mean, we don't want to wander too far. Not far. Nearly a ten-minute run. That's a little too far from my case. I don't care for that. I'd want to be at the seal. He's not told you where the seal is, has he? No, we didn't really get the chance to ask him. You'll be close enough. Well, he did say to go and watch... from her growing pool, so... He knows we're the vanguard.

We're the ones protecting. That's why we are here and not fighting. And that was the order he gave, so... I don't usually follow orders. I know. I do. Please lead the way. I know.

We don't really have any other choice. I don't like it either. If you foretold this, did you see him running off? I knew he had the spirit of a young ork full of bloodlust. And a fervor for battle than his clan. He would not be our war chief if he did not have that, would he? What do you foresee happening to him? Fulfilling his destiny, as all of us do.

And the level of certainty and almost grimness comes over her face. I'm a little bit surprising. I don't like this. What choice do we have, Lufthi? I will start to, I guess, walk towards. Golden Lotus in the Bulls. Yeah. Try to follow her.

Insinuating that I'm going, I'm gonna follow. I'll be behind, Felix. I'll narrow my eyes at her and then follow him. You will know what to do. She guides you to the city, up the winding path to her sanctum. The priest where you were just last night, through her private chambers,

the chest that had the glave now empty, and guides you through to the golden blossoms of the glade. And she waves her paw, and once again, the golden blossoms fall onto the water and swirl around and around and around. And suddenly, you see a bird's eye view of the battle as you all stare into this pool from a hawk's eye view,

as you see beastmen, hordes, the Horde and Legion, crashing a wave of flesh and black fur against the walls and weapons of Mogherk, and through the battle, you see a fodder. Orcs turned into beasts, lesser demons, lower minotivans,

Minotaurs, but you scan further and further as if a hawk is flying over this army, and you see a massive shape, twice as big as large as any of the beasts in this army. You've seen it before, but only through the trees, and it seems far larger as you hear war drums banging out, as you see a minotaur that's the size of a fortress, raise up, let out a be sure roar from my razor sharp teeth mouth as it raises a massive arm in the air, a glave, not dissimilar from the one that War Chief Frostfang has,

far larger, jagged, black, and you hear the banging of the drums, and through this pool you hear it, And you're not sure if us through the pool and the hawks, or if us from the din of the battle itself, that familiar chant, as hundreds, thousands of beauchal voices rise as one, banging war drums, as you hear a brutal bull-like voice roar.

And you see wheeled out creatures chain, horrific horned red-skinned abominable, nominations, devils perhaps, perhaps that once served, Moloch himself, kept his prisoners this entire time, and you see this massive Blackford Minotaur take its brutal glave and cut down each one after the other. And you hear it shriek in agony as each one surges his glave with power.

to hear him. That's probably not good. And once again, the din continues. The drums get louder and louder. Barformat. Barformat. And once again, you hear the horrible roar of the bull, as you see from the hawk's-eyes view,

as this creature spins around this massive wave and slams it into the ground. And suddenly, the earth starts to rumble. as you all start to lose your footing, and suddenly you hear crashing, a thundering, rumbling as if an earthquake, but far worse, is affecting the city. And you hear these screams of panic,

as suddenly, as you look all around you, and massive, charred black walls of stone start erupting out of the earth, as a massive labyrinth of ancient demonic stone. Son of rough, bitch. From the ground, toppling all of the buildings, ancient orcish constructions,

destroying Mowgakai in an instant. Well, dumb. As a massive labyrinth erupts out of the ground, all from the energy of the heart cleaver. Did you say, labyrinth? The black glave of Bacquivorne. Oh my god, is that felt the on? From sacrificing the devils.

From maze. As you hear the shrieks and the screams, as wolves all erupt around you, and all of you make a dexterity saving throw. This is when the second die I rolled this session. I have to look at my skills because I don't even know. It's probably sure on the planet. You said decks, like straight up decks?

Dex, you say? That's not what I'm good at on this character. Oh, eh. Did you say disadvantage or just straight? Sure. What is it, skills, features and traits, abilities? 11. I got 18. 19.

27. Wow. I got out of my game. I roll it at 11. Doesn't matter. Five. You see as the roar bellows out, and whatever camera you have over the battlefield,

you see Sark's to turn and plummet and spiral downward and downward and downward. as it crash into the ground, the splatter blood before it goes out from them. As you hear the roars of tigers and yeties and hawks and all their beasts as they lose their minds, terrified, shrieking. And you hear the screams of beast masters as their own beast turns against them, tearing them apart. As the king of beasts, the horn king.

And that's his final plan. And Iris and Caprice. You notice far too late as a massive wall of stone erupts in between the five of you and Golden Lotus. And you are smashed as it rockets skyward from the ground beneath you. 29 points of bludgeoning damage. I'm resistant to bludgeoning for no reason. 29 points of bludgeoning damage. As it smashes up and walls 30 feet.

surround you. And the five of you, where you had just been in a beautiful glade, you see the crumbling of towers, of ruins all collapsing as a horrible charred black labyrinth emerges all around you, destroying Mogher Kai in an instant. Fuck. Did you foretell this?

Did you see this happening? Golden Lovist has been separated from you by a massive role. Oh, oh, oh, oh. All the separated and Iris and Caprice, unfortunately. I would rush to one of their age, whoever's closer, and try to help them up. If they've fallen over the wall. You've also been knocked prone.

Okay, then yeah, I'm gonna help, try to help them up. They're all together. Five of the uter together, Gold Modus has been knocked to the side. Hey, this massive wall has been. Are you all right? Are you all right? Here, take my hand, come on.

Are you okay? Yes, I cough up blood. I'm fine. The wall hit me right on that knob on the back of your head. What? This is a lot worse than I was expecting. They should not have listened to her.

Capri, stand up. Can you walk? Yes, but I think I may have a latex allergy. I'm gonna. That's not what you said last night. Oh, dear Lord. While they're discussing, I'm gonna take a look around and whisper to Beatrice to try to fly up

and get a sight of what's going above us. You can see it through her eyes, right? I believe so. Let me double check. But yeah, I believe that I can. So you... I'll go to 100 feet. Yeah, give her a little... And suddenly you hear the flapping of wings

and a cute little bluebird lands on your shoulder and looks around like, what the fuck is all this? And she immediately flies up. You see Felix's eyes glaze over. As she flaps up, flaps up, flaps up, flaps up, flaps up. The King of Westerners. And from your point of view, Felix,

you see where once was a city, You see a massive maze of ancient demonic stone that's risen up. You see the crumbling remains of all of the buildings that you had become so familiar with. They're all destroyed. And you see down at the very bottom, you see the massive form of Baphimet, the Horn King, grab its glave,

one end of a labyrinth and you see two massive razor sharp teeth demons that are almost grotesque minotaur abominations like generals lead the way

through the labyrinth as if you can to charge into the city is that they have some knowledge of where they're going all three of them running as fast as they possibly can in a charge and they disappear into the labyrinth Oh, there's absolute chaos on the front line.

This is bad. The whole city's gone in an instant. Just gone. There's nothing left in the city. It's just a giant... Persevin, check with Beach, this is Perception, please. The Golden Lotus is gone. Oh, perception.

Oh, you know, I don't think I have her stats. It would be his perception, right? Because he'd see through his eyes, right? Oh, yeah. I forget. I think I'm supposed to... She's advantage over perception. Yeah.

That's fine. While he's doing that, I'd like to do something as well. Yeah, that one's better. I apologize. Perception is going to be a 22. 22. What are you doing lifting while that happens? I am going to using my...

Ha-ha! I can't remember what it's called. Oh, unarmored movement. I'm going to run up the wall. 30 feet. Presbyn't check, please. For you. Okay.

Do we know how tall the walls are? 30 feet. Oh, okay. Oh, well, there you go. So Beatrice just flies up. 18? and looks around, she's flapping around. She just immediately notices Baphimet and two massive demonic generals

charge forward into this labyrinth, seemingly knowing where they're going, through these walls. Lofty. I am particularly trying to wrap the wall separated us from a little bit. And you see from the corner of your eye as you run over the wall, a flash of gold on the other side, it dims down. you run up and you look down on the Messiah, where you expected to see Golden Lotus, it's gone.

And nothing. Nothing. Beatrice sees where the citadel had once stood. Ruins and ancient, demonic charred black stone. But you see the illuminating, deep from the earth, a glowing, pulsing blue that looks so familiar from so many months ago. All right, all right, this is bad.

The city's gone. There's nothing left. The whole city's gone. The whole city's gone. Baphomet and some sort of generals that he's with. Some sort of creatures are entering this maze and they're moving with purpose. It's as if they know where they need to go. And we're in a race for time.

I mean, from what I could see, from what I was looking through Beatrice, I saw the glow of what has to be the seal. And it's got to be at the center of whatever the hell this is. Well, lead us there. We have to go. Beefathe? I don't know if I can lead. We can do the best that we can.

You can only see so far. Put him on your back and Beatrice would guide us, yes? Does that work? Throw him up in the air and make sure that he lands on my shoulders. Does this help him to? Helping on Felix. Okay, hold steady. Am I able to?

Do I feel like I'm going to be able to hold on to Tatella and like try to look through Beatrice's eyes at the same time? I would say you can look through Beatrice's eyes and use Toa's hair as like a ring to, like, guide him. I would be able to just verbally like say things, right? I can only see one at the... Okay, then I'm gonna basically hold on to toe with all my might, not be able to see, except out of Beatrice's eyes,

and try to give us an advantage to try to get through the maze. Okay, I want you to make an archaicadish advantage with Beatrice's help. I'm gonna pull out my spoon and stand in front of you guys. Arcana? Why does my skill list look so small? You ain't got no skills. Oh, plus nine.

There it is. That's gonna be a 21. 21. So with Lufty, running along the top of the labyrinth, calling down with Phyllis helping guide from Bees just flying overhead, Toa is able to guide the group. You make your way through the winding maze,

taking every single turn. You hear the roar of the bulls off to one side. You manage to divert your attention. You run into no conflict. And eventually, you find yourself at a point of the maze with the help of Lifty running along the side and Beatrice flying above where you see the ruins of the citadel.

Just freak the mighty vibes. A massive hole deep into the earth with a glowing blue vibe. You all arrive and you look down and you see a massive chamber and it looks like the architecture of Mogher Kai. But you see that same familiar seal, a horrible spiral

with three massive chains all across at conduits glowing pulsing with power that is absolutely primeval that is beyond your comprehension and you know

this is where Baphomet is heading what do you do? So we can see to see it you can see it all right down below you as you all arrive there oh boy this is it

we got to get down there are we gonna offended here? Should we get closer to the seal? How big is this thing? I mean, this is like a massive. It's a massive like temple beneath the earth. Like you see this massive steel below you. How many entrances does it look like? There are no entrances beyond the maze.

Like a hole in the face. No, no, I guess what I'm saying is like we came out of the maze, right, and found it. Are there other parts of the maze that look like they pour into this area? So you see that there's multiple entrances. There's a massive hole that's opened up. You see there's multiple entrances on this chamber

mini-feeers. I'm kind of assumed there would be more than the one entrance. It's fun of that. After we need to go right from the seal and fight there, just like we did it at the lodge. Is there anything we can do to slow them down? I'm not sure. Destroy the walls?

I don't know what's slowing them down is going to do. I don't know, just. They're going to get here regardless. We need to kill them. Touching the walls, would I be able to determine just by looking at them if I feel like these are some sort of magic stone? Or if it is just stone. Arcana check at advantage.

please. 18 plus 9 is 27. This is stone. You know this was summoned by Baphimet. You know from all of your research, these minotauras, these demons that serve Baphimet have a labyrinthian knowledge of where they can navigate any labyrinthra mace, and they can get to where they would need to go. It doesn't seem to be natural stone. It could be natural stone, depending on what you're trying to do.

It has been risen, and... Hmm. Let me just check my spell book for one saying. I think I didn't take that spell today. I didn't expect to be in a maze today. So I took a bunch. Fuck! I can save all.

It's the worst part of preparing. I got rid of move earth and transmute materials. I had to take off my funny. Oh, I didn't prepare solve maze. Yeah. I thought for sure I wouldn't need it. Ah, damn it. Yeah, okay.

You got me, Mike. You beat me on this one, pal. I didn't take maize. I didn't take, I unprepared fabricate and I unprepared transmute rock. There's some good ones. You know what? Keep your mouth. It's a really good spills, feeling. All right, I got nothing here. Got nothing. What do you do then?

You were standing above this massive chamber to feel pulsing. You hear the thundering of hooves as it gets closer and closer. Do you think I could, if I made an illusion, like, like, there was no. hole whatsoever. Do you think they'd continue on or do they know it's right here? It'll probably slow them down, but they know where they're going. I don't think that they need to see it to understand where they need to go. I mean, they made this with this in mind as the end point. They know where they're headed, even if they don't know what they're looking for. Shit. We might be able to slow them down, but I think other than that, we just have to prepare ourselves to fight. Could we somehow like set some kind of trap? Like, maybe. put like a really big rope across one of the entrance,

like all the entrances, the labyrinth, and they won't see it and they'll trip right into the hole. I can put down some of these pistachios. That's not a terrible, I won't. I mean, the moves on pistachios, they'll, it's like, have you ever seen that movie home alone? Unbelievable. I literally cannot believe I unprepared Transmit Rock.

I'm so mad at myself right now. If you wanna take it from that. No, no. No, no, no. I made a conscious decision that I wasn't going to be in a maze today. I've got my deck of illusions. Maybe I can slow, I mean, I know we're slowing them down, but like maybe the tide turns in the battle and we get backup. Or if the chief is successful in his ability to take down baffimate, then they'll disperse, right? Disbursement.

Again, if you think you can spare the spell slots, then you might be able to shatter some of the stone with some sort of of thunderous activity or shatter or something. This is a deck of illusion. I can unlock as many of these as I want to. I can just gambit style five in a row, and there could be an insanity pandemonium here. I was going for more physical approach, but either way, I think we're only going to slow them down.

I don't think we're going to stop them permanently. I think an illusion might be a good idea. We know that he has two big generals with them, I think, the DM said. Yeah, yes. That is what was related to me and I relate to you. If we're gonna somehow confuse them and split them up, maybe we fight one at a time. Or at least...

It's worth a truck. I'm gonna go get fucky. And I'm gonna start running into the maze. Okay. You run away from the hole. Away from the hole into the maze. I'm gonna take like one or two turns until I feel like the hooves are right upon me.

Okay. And then I'm going to lay down... I'm gonna shuffle this because I don't want a predetermined outcome. I have no idea what these orders were, but random change is fine. Well, no, you've also read that the... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I just, for the audience to know that this is scrambled.

I'll put down one at a corner, and then I'll put down another at a corner, and I'll put down another at a corner, and I'll put down another at corner. Okay. Okay. Okay. You see Capades out of three and four, right?

Behind it, you see the winding path. And so it was technically a labyrinth, because a labyrinth has one entrance and one exit, and that's not the case, this is a mains. Very different. But a labyrinth is, is, is, exactly, Labyrinth, Nikki wore the appropriate shirt

without realizing out on her birthday. I saw that, I'm like, there is no fucking way she did it. She had daytime Dracula a brunt with Dracula 80,000 years before there was a Dracula in our other campaign, and she knew it. Anyway, she just has a six sense. So I would like to, I see Caprice go and do his plan. Yeah, Felix is still on my shoulders.

All right, Felix. He's got the mace. We have the seal, I'm gonna just jump on. But you just flies down to the shoulder. It's like down there, right? It's right down there. But I'm holding on your head. Yeah.

As you leap down, uncover the map, please. How big is this opening? You're about to find out. Very large. Oh. Oh, that'll be. Yeah, no, that's fine. There's a map.

Oh, my God, where's our minis? Oh, yeah. We haven't had miniatures in so long. I forgot how much. to play this game. Thank you, Rich, for all of the assistants. This is beautiful. Dun-dun-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d.

Remember when I had just a penis drawing on a dry erase mat? And now with Richie at my disposal, he, look at this. Look at this. Look at what we've done. I do what I can. Look, okay, I taped the pieces together. It's a lot harder to play spot the penis when Mike doesn't draw it. That's true. I'm sure we can find a penis.

I miss that game. You know what? You know what? I have a question. Yes. How many orcs are at the tip of the dick? There are a lot of orcs at this dick. I mean, if there's a giant fucking cock in this city,

there's like literally, mature streams. 500 orcs at this big head. So Caprice is, he's in fuck loud. In, he's a lot. He's last to arrive. He went AWOL, we jumped in. I would say you're there with Felix right behind you.

So we're like somewhere over here. Yes. Do you care where? I would say right about there, and I would say the whole opening is about like 40 by 40. And then Lofty and Iris are still above. They're staring down into the chamber. I'm gonna tell you, can you? So they're opening somewhere over here.

Beatrice just lands down on your shoulder and kind of like knuckles you knowing this is all we got. Like we got a fight. Let me down. Can I get down, please? Yes. Thank you. How wide is the opening into this cavern? 40 by 40.

You actually have a bonus store, right? What? Do you have? If he needs to be a little smaller or bigger for dramatic attack, I'm fine. That's it? Oh, no. Ow! Ow!

Follicles! Okay. Um, yeah. So, yeah, I'm going to use my staff. I want to slam it down into the ground, um, standing at the edge of this opening, and I want to summon, um, an insect cloud. It's a 30-foot radius for me. to obscure the opening to this thing. So as you land,

you hear a buzzing behind you, as you hear Irish chanting in the language it gets more and more grave. As suddenly she opens her mouth and you've seen the mummy, sorry, Brandon and Fraser. Only 97 times. Locust emerged from her

mouth, and a massive cloud of flesh-eating locusts monstrosities swarm around them. to obscure it from any labyrinthian sensing minotaur beasts rocketing towards this place. It makes it the area heavily obscured for 10 minutes, and they stay there. So once they're there, I'm gonna jump in with everybody else.

You do that. And so you jump in, you hear... Oh, never mind. The swarm moves with me, remaining centered on me. I'm gonna stand right where I'm at. So you're staying right there. Yeah, but I can see through them, so it's fine. Okay. So you hear a large buzzing above you.

Lofti, what are you doing? Lifting. What are you doing? Lofty, lofty smash. Lofty smash. Big burn. Big burn. Cookie Kriss. Whale?

Cool. Grew. Oh my God. What a hell? Um, I am going to, I'm still up on the wall, so follow in the direction that I saw Caprice run, try to, like, track him all, like, looking down along the wall. So check. Crospection check, please. You are able to follow Caprice every step of the way, leaping back and forth like

Naruto, if you care to. I do. I do care to. She's just arms behind the back. And so, Luffy, you channel and there's a swarm of insects around. You wait for the beast to arrive. You were also heavily obscured, well, like my insect plague. But she's above, she's not your feet up.

Then you're fine. So she looks down at the wall and says, keep you buggy. Fuck no, I ain't dealing with this shit. I'm gonna follow Chris. Oh, hey, oh no. You find four different, the only entrances, I'll just say for the sake of this cool ass shit, for the sake of this, you find the four entrances

that Baphimitt and his Gristro generals will find. And I would say that making Arcona check out advantage, please. Oh. I mean, I'm definitely good at Arcana. Oh, not to be. Oh, that's gonna add advantage. That's gonna be a nine. You know that they're big scary men and four bitch is coming.

Good luck in revealing your cards. I just want to literally get to the point where I think I can turn around and get away from them and then throw the first card and then as I am running back, throw the second card. You're just throwing one up to the other. Second dick, second dick. And the first thing they'll encounter

is a veteran of some kind. The second thing that they encounter is a knoll. The third thing that they'll encounter is a hobgoblin. Can I think it's smashing some light? And then a fire giant. Oh, wow! That actually matters.

I see Luffy and I'm like, come on, let's get back, let's get back. Look to me like we're on the wrong side of the labyrinth. And then we'll continue. You run back and so you see Caprice throwing out and you see just like an old, scraggy bearded veteran who pulls out a sword and it's like, oh, it's going to swing in a sword around. And you see a no longer tightener.

You know? Yeah, ha ha. He does like a flannel. And then you see Hobgoblin imagine a peer. With crap, when is from? And it's like, I'm a hobgaggol. That's a really good impression, Mike.

You didn't have to say the one of all because we all knew. And then this is one of you D.S. You see this massive, just red, mean, black, armored, gigantic Hulk of a man. Hulk of a man wielding a massive sword. And you're like, okay, that's pretty good. I don't think it's a worry. You pulled it out a second.

No, look at the draw. I don't know what to tell you. And this is the last one right above the Insects worm. And so you realize there's lots to go through this fire giant to get to the Insects Form, to get to the hole. And you both leap down, if you care to, to join your compatrius, as Iris stands there. Here we go.

Anything else you're doing before this all fucking goes down. I have nothing but anything I can do instantly. I have no delay in anything. The second I see any beast creature begin to jump in, I would like to get down on my battle trance and prepare. I think that's just fine. Once these two are back, I would like to, I would like to,

I would like to, once they're back, I would like to position myself to cast peek and a poke on everybody. So basically, let's have Lofti and Caprice be on the other side of that conduit. Lofti and Iris is right above you looking down, yeah, looking down so she's able to cast it on all of you. Basically, yeah, like right before. So we're down in the hole. I want to do it. Okay.

Knowing that it only lasts a minute. I want to do it at the very last second. I'm preparing, if we're all gonna prepare something, I'm gonna prepare mirror image. You do that. As you all hear. I don't like the drums for. As you hear the massive stomping of footprints,

all of you see rubble strewn across this temple, as you all see now, a spiral sigil, a seal with chains across it. The sigil of the chain god. Thar is Dune. It's been months since you've dealt with this threat, but it's far more defended than the last time you've dealt with this. But it feels far more fragile at this point.

As Iris, you were the last line of defense, as you hear the massive hoofprints of these Garistro generals, massive demons that are second to only the Balor, or basically Balrogs. and are horrible generals of Baphimed himself, as you hear it, get louder and louder and louder. And Iris, you feel fear. You are immortal.

As you see this, as you feel and hear this massive beast thundering towards you, you want nothing more than to run, to turn, to flee. But you are holding a cloud of biting insects that will help Caprice's illusion. to help turn the tide and you are going to stand firm and you hear it it's louder and louder and louder and louder and louder and suddenly you see two massive beasts emerge razor sharp teeth wise soulless eyes deformed horns they look like minotores but far larger and far more

deformed as they thunder forwards no weapons just massive clawed fists and hooves and horns just sheer agents of destruction as they stumble forwards make a a deception check advantage caprice with your fucking fire giant I will accept one 31 a 31 yeah Okay. The fuck. Plus 14. That's pretty amazing.

I wish I had plus 14 now. So Iris, you hear louder and louder and louder thundering all around you. Then you hear, off-ly-discent, baffle mat, baffo-matt, baffle-matt, baffle-matt, as it gets louder and louder and louder. It echoes through the labyrinth in the maze, and you see two massive beasts thunder forward,

as the fire giant that is not actually there is the last line to the fence before your insect swarm. And they are taken aback as they, the natural one. Stumble forward. Shocked by the random giant, Slavic-accented, red-maned fire giant that is swinging its sword at them,

not hurting, them, but they stumble forward, losing their ground, falling into an insect swarm, devoured, and land hard onto the ground right before the four of you. Yeah. As they stumble forward, Iris, big rush past you, and you feel the need to jump out of the way. But you hold strong in your God, and you feel you can get splattened at any moment, and the massive stomping hooves just barely miss you

as they are engulfed and stinging, biting insects of locusts from the mummy starting Brendan Fraser. And Billy Zane. As they start to run forward, unable to see, as they disappear through the giant, disappear into the cloud of insects,

and suddenly ground gives way. The four of you love, look up. And you see two massive demons fall slamming down hard, prone, devoured by fucking insects. I need everyone to fucking roll for initiative. We're Johnny Bomba. Let's go. And a luthery fire giant looked down into the hole and is like, you think this bad labyrinth? And don't forget, you all eventually have that thing that I did. That puts on his Adidas. Hell yeah. Beacon of Hope. Oh wait. Well, yes, you have that, but Beacon of Hope, you

for the next minute. You have advantage on wisdom saving throws and death saving throws and you regain maximum hit points from any healing. So make sure that you use your potions. We give the max healing amount. Yes. I need to.

You don't have to roll for it. I'm going to forget all this shit. Wisdom saving throws and death saving throws. Death saving throws. Wisdom probably will come up, maybe. Plus death. Okay. I don't have a head.

21. Dammit. 21. Wow. 1520? 19. Yeah. Yeah. So what did you say?

15 and 20. Oh, I got 17. Iris. Iris. 10 to 15? 10 to 15. Wow. The priest is having a bad day.

I'm rolling okay. I'm not having a good day though. I'm too focused on making the fire. What do you get? The cloth thing, I got a seven. Wow. Holy fuck, you're bad. He's a Fortnite.

Holy fuck you're bad. I wrote a natural one-out initiative. Take me to your Xbox to play for a night today. All right. You can take me to Missy Meyer, but not loot like chug-chug with you. I really want to. Chug-chug-jug with you. We can beat for Fortnite gamers.

Pro-a-Mornday gamers. So I'm going to relay that song now. He also likes a white tomato sound. That is unironically an absolute fucking banger. Bangerang. Well, it's based on a really good song. I don't know if you know that. Toa.

You hear the thundering of, oh. Oh. Oh. This is, you get around. So the thundering of hooves as puss, bus, two massive, demonic creatures that look like minotaurus,

but not even bulls. They just look like horrible, bloated abominations. These are truly demons. They fall flat on their face, devoured an insects, fallen prone with the fucking advantage, because of all this bullshit that you guys have done, and I'll allow it. Prone's not good for wheezyers. And it is affected your, it is affected their HP. And they slam down, but you all hear, in Iris, you hear a thundering of whose It's far more menacing, far more deliberate, far more horrifying that is thundering your way,

that's coming very, very soon. And you realize the entire plague of insects is surrounding you, but it won't fool Baphim, the corn king. The fire giant will not fool the horn king. So, Toa, what do you do? Seeing this Garistro, presumably, fall straight in front of me,

and he's prone, and I take my chance, I was ready, so I'm already battle trance, ready to go, and I'm just going to use my two attacks right on his head, if I can, and it just quickly as possible. Number two? Number two, yeah. So, B's for one attack, this for another, and then I'll roll for the Win Fury.

Prock, which I fail on my Win Fury prock. Oh, sorry, a great weapon master attack. You got it. So it is, sorry, there's a lot. Matt, you know me far too well, buddy. Good to see you. Um, would is Perman give you a bandit? Yes, as long as you're doing melee.

Cool. Disadvantaged if you're anti. That's the way, I'm gonna know. 23 and 20. The 20 is not hit. What? 23 does hit. What the fuck?

Boom. Goodbye, friend. No both hit. Sorry, sorry. I was looking at a different stat block. That's terrifying. Oh, I'm sorry, I was looking at a different step. My bad.

What the fuck? I gotta go, guys. Pro four night gamers. Take me to your eyesbox to play for a night to you, dad. Welcome to the drunk Saturday mainstream. Hey, Mike, do you want to tell me about the heat miser? I'm Mr. Mr.

Seymiser. I'm Mr. Sinai. I'm Mr. Green Christmas, I'm Mr. Son. Oh. I'm Mr. Heat Blister. I'm Mr. 100 to 1. Anyway, continue. Um, sorry.

Oh my God, too. Oh my God, too. Oh, my God, good. So, the ideal, let me make sure this is correct, 57 points of damage to number two. With my two attacks. That's pretty good. And that's magical damage.

That is magical damage. These are, you see these demons slam down, face first, teeth shabble. spattering horns chipping, covered in locusts, and it almost looks comical, but you don't question it. As you know that Caprice and Iris have done whatever they've done, you get one smash and then a second, and you don't hesitate for a second in your mall,

you feel your tattoos glowing, you feel the power of the north, the south, the east, the west winds, empowering your mall as you bash into these demons, They chose the wrong city to attack. And with that, it is the layer action. And I would just adjust a little bit. Oh, hell. But you hear rumbling, nothing yet, Felix will tell.

Oh, God. Oh, well, that's not ominous. So as soon as these creatures kind of like, you know, we hear them thunder off the cliff, right, into the pit. They smash and do it. Yes, they fall into the pit. Story in Redding, Fraser.

Anyone who happens to be looking in my general direction, the outline of my body kind of gets fuzzy and starts to shift and move, and the next thing you know, four Felix heads peek out from behind Toa and is like, what in the hell? And the voices are slightly off from each other, and four Felixes stumble away.

Hello, how, hello, hello. So there are four Felix's trying to, like, good evening Christmas. We're not a bar for. We haven't practiced that yet? We're getting there. All four Felix's images of Felix kind of run to the edge of this pit. And it's like a nice shot, yaw!

And then with all four daggers in unison, a yellow and fiery red bead launches from the dagger to land right about there, and I'm going to need them both to make a DC-17 deck. And they are prone, though. Oh, no. Oh, that is this advantage. Go ahead. Fuck!

I get to rerow ones and two. Fuck, a natural one. God damn it. Fuck a natural one, goddammit. That's what you get. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. Uh, Dex.

Seven for both of them. Okay, they both fail. Great. So they're going to take 5, 10, 15, 25. I miss a hundred and one. 34, 34 fire damage from the fireball. Holy shit. at 34, you said?

Yeah, he's some. So that's 91 versus 34. And so it's Firebolt? Fireball. Fireball. That's why I dropped it like there. So you see Toa smash and smash as they land as, and your card of the gin ignores fire a sense, isn't it?

I don't think so. I will double check. I believe I gave that too. I get plus two a tax bonus rolls in addition to cover spells and deal damage. No. Oh. The only thing it lets me do, it lets me re-roll ones and twos, which I did. Okay. And it gives me, it ignores half cover. There's nothing about, nothing about fire

resistance. Half is 17. Yes. 17. So you extend your dagger, you see tow's running in and it blasts in as it explodes on them. They are not able to, they are not able to dodge. However, you see their say their flesh starts to. Let me see if they are resistant to it. The demons probably, yes. That's an elemental adept, like Sirnax. Yeah, I thought about taking it, but it wasn't, there was just other better feelings. It was tough. It was a tough choice.

And so it explodes. Their flesh singes, but not as much you'd hope, but it still does damage. You're unable to dodge. So 17. Yeah, 17 damage. That's not bad. To both of them. Oh, yeah, 17, okay.

It explodes and they take the full damage. Nice. Still prone. Iris, you are standing. The insect swarm around you. Now the, they've taken the, the damage as they've been devoured by Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weiss. They don't take damage from this. From Insects form, yeah they do?

No, it says that they're harmless. It's just they can't see anything. It's for the flavor. Because they were the things when they fell in the pit. When they fell in the pit, yeah, exactly right. So the Insect swarm is swirling around you. All of your friends are down in this chamber, the temple. It looks like a temple of true reverence,

and you see the spectral chains over the swirling seal of any entropy and destruction and hatred. What do you do? Well, it's my birthday, so can I kill them immediately? No, you don't get that. You can, if you say, I use Brennan Fraser to do X, Y, or Z, I'll probably give it to. If I do raise dead, can I raise Brendan Frazier from the dead? Well, remember from the anime USA, we had Brendan the Skellivan.

He was being in our game. And he met my grandmother, so. In the words of Derek, you can cast a level nine spell a gun. It's a little 10 It's level 10 It's got to be gone It's level 10 spelled gun You're allowed to do that

I am going to cast For you Somebody call on ambulance For you I'm gonna cast Spiritual weapon at a fourth level Right on top of the two of them Is it advantaged

And whichever one you care to Summette Give me a little token What? Do you want to use this? Yeah, that's perfect. Look that. It's like a little obelisk.

Oh, that's very cool. Yeah. On number two, it came with my tie. It came with my iris up, my cats eye date. It looks like a one. We got all the desert. Where, whatever I touch. And then, yeah, because that's a bonus action.

It starts a metal from my blood. A bonus action. And you swing and you attack it as a boat part of that. Yeah, to number, are both of them? Number two's the most damage. I'm gonna go to number two. Yeah, he got walloped by Arboitella. I only slightly singed by me.

Natural 20. Ah, fucking go! Beneath Dark Wings where all of my monsters get cut, such and cucked. By King K.R. Woo! It's also known at the party. Fuck.

Oh my god. I'm moving a mouse around with my mouse pad, but I know there's no laptop for anything. I'm presuming that he's doing something. Nick a shot, second, twig! Can we get a mouse? We did. You said it. Not, not, I don't believe it. The heart limiter only does so much. If you wear it out, it gets tired and stuff working.

Hard limiter, tired. 26 points of damage, correct? Uh, yeah. Oh my God. 26 points of horse damage, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So you channel down and as the insects swirls around you, you hear, are you gonna not, are you gonna move? Are you gonna move?

No. You hear a horrible, brutal stomping hoof attack, moving towards you. Yeah, I know. And then for my action. You channel and you hear gong when you see the, what is it called? The Power Rangers.

No, what is the blank in the blank for any of us? The crooked and flail. And flail. Appears magically glowing in that shimmer Teele and goal and smashes and you see where it is fallen distracted by the locust

and Brennan and Fraser gets smashed in the face and you see his horn one of his horns literally get smashed off by the spiritual weapon I love him and locust

I love him and then for my action I want to look at that one again and cast whole the dead on him you do that the gong rings again he has to make a wisdom saving throw

or get damaged He actually might succeed this. Whiz? Yeah. Can I agree him? 25. That's what we're watching. Yeah, so nothing happens.

You hear a gong, but he managed to close his bull-like demonic ears. And then I want to, um, I want to climb down, though. You use your feline at Grace and you just, you scale down and you join... And I basically want to be where I'm at, yeah. These chains are in the air above us now if we're down on the ground. Yeah, they're about at waist height or chest tight. People are like pillars, right? These are conduits.

And you remember the conduits from the Lockfether Lodge? Okay. Where this avian demon destroyed them while I was wasted out of my goddamn mind. Oh, wow. No one remembers. I don't. Certainly.

Just don't watch up a suit. Yeah, really don't watch it before. And most of them got destroyed, and these are very similar, but they seem to be resonating with far more energy. As if... How avian are they on a scale of avian to avian? These are all bullion. Oh.

What? Not alien. What's a similar? Bovine is the word. I'm sorry everyone for him, make a correct here. They're all, fucking, yeah. Don't Matt, I just stop it. Matt Pollyon is like, I was like, you know, like, Matt's watching,

I'm like, I hope he doesn't call me on episode four. And literally the first fucking thing he said when he's watching it, he's like, Mikey is full on wasted him. I love you, buddy. It was. It's very obvious. You ain't wrong. I love you, buddy.

Most have been not used. We've all had. We've all had a year. Jeremy's had to get news from Mormon. It's all good. We've all been there. It was a learning experience. Anyway, cheers.

You really get into character. Anyway, with that is Wolfie's turn. Yes, I guess it is. I can't even do that. Okay. So I'm going to be spinning my. my spoon over my head and then I'm gonna jump and go, Fonda!

And I'm gonna wow! Those are that. They're still prone. Okay. So I'm gonna go, bha-p-pah, like that, and that'll be my first two minutes. Okay. Oh, hold one.

That'll hit. It's 19-blades. He's gonna go get the flamethrower. What's he getting? Flamethrower. Oh. I don't know, that's what Derek said. I hope he doesn't have a plane thrower.

It's a level 11 spell. Guys. Oh, no. I thought we'd put away the, no, Mike. No. No. What the fuck is this? It's this thunder, girl.

Oh, it's beautiful. Thunder. That might hurt people here. Sorry. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. She's shanty band. That's about in chat.

Okay. You find out about in our Discord, about our sea shanty band. So, number two is going to take, what is that, 1728? I was kind of hoping it was a flame throw. Number two is going to take 22 damage. What you actually do? 22 damage. 22 points of damage is number two.

She's spooning them. I am spooning them. How do you even hit them? Huh? Because she's at advantage because they're prone and she got a natural 17 and a natural 19. Plus 9. Oh, fine. Okay, fine.

Yeah, so I hit them. damage? Yes, but I don't know if that deals with them. I'm going to make it thunder damage on both of the first hits to them. Oh, that's why it's a size. Oh, you're not, no, they're not resistant to that. That's fine. Okay.

It'll just move up. Everything is that. They're not resistant to it. Oh, yes, it's good. No, they are, so have you had chosen lightning damage? They would have been resistant, but you decided. But would they have gained them all that back as hell. Thund.

No. Let me go get my guitar and amp, but I'll play the intro to thunder. I'm going to drive home real quick and get my phone. The Frankenstein runs at you. I would like to make that. That's gonna be 934 points of lightning damage. So do you need to know separate damage or no? Over heels.

Yes, I do. Okay, so it's 14 regular damn, 14. To number whom? No, it's all the same. It's all the same. Oh, it is all the same. Okay, so then it was 20, what did I say? 22 to 2.

So 22 to 2. Oh, I already rolled that. And 19 to number one. Okay. And then I'm just gonna like step on number two's face because I don't like him. You gotta pay good money for that. Someone linked the clip.

No, no, stop it. I'm gonna find the clue. Stop it, no, no, no, no, stop it. The clip of what? Woo! I'm gonna find- And that'll be another 10 damage to number two. Number two.

Of foot damage. That was in that episode, isn't it? Hell, you gotta stop. This isn't directed by Quinn Tarantino. group intensifies. This isn't just directed. This is Udofarto at 314. Udo Furtip. At 14 damage, I fucking need, everyone.

So much for a serious campaign. Yeah, no, it's not serious at all. Okay, you leap down, falling Caprice and IRIS and you smash, smash, and you literally, you see these garishos falling on the ground, and you just like take your foot and you don't have a heel, but you imagine that it'll probably be better if you did and you smashed.

It would probably be better if you did. You'd take your point you smash on this bold face. It's a real terrible body. And the other goal, the other Grisha looks like, and thanks God I wish that were made. Okay, I'm done, I promise. That is, oh, it's their turn, finally. And they get to spend half their movements

standing up. They get to spend their half their movements and standing up as they all, they both, each of them turn. and you see these glowing conduits, and they lower their heads. You see their horns. One of them smashed off, but it doesn't matter. They have their purpose as they smash forward as they charge,

and they're going to make attacks on the conduits and not do. Hey, it's like you know what I'm doing here. It's a DPS check. Would they be disadvantaged because of my ancestral business because they're not attacking me? Not attacking me? I hate you. That's a yes, by the way.

Oh. Yes, but their AC is nothing. On any attack that isn't against you, yeah. Number two flies over to the wall. Bring him forward, he smashes against the wall, dealing damage to himself. He smashes into it, number two. You see them lower their heads, they stand up,

and they charge forward. So number two, not the opposite side of Felix. Into the wall? Wait, oh, here? Oh, shit. He passes the conduit. This conduit. Yeah, because he's trying to attack the conduit.

And then you see that they're swirling around him, a moa, a shark, a turtle, a boar. And he gets distracted and he moves far to the left, and he charges forward. So it over here, slamming into the wall. So I'm okay. You're fine. Is he over there?

Yes. And he slams into the wall. Do you need some damage to himself? No. Why? And you don't. Does he do? No.

I'm assuming they have some sort of flyby. So they have some sort of fly by because I feel alike. Because we all come from the wolf spider that opportunity attacks our bullshit. So. So what happens? So fuckers. Sea.

Sea dogs. I hate all of these flavors and you choose to be solved. Yes, I do. I do. Starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weiss. He smashes into the wall. You hear a loud crack as he does. not full prone, but he is hitting. The other attack, however, does smash into it.

You see him smash into it and a burst of energy burst out. So where is he right now, current? He's against the wall. So he's talking about the other guy. He hits the wall. So number one. No, number two is there. Leave two.

He's there. Number one. Number one smashing the clock. I see. I see. So he's exactly right, Kelse. He stops there and he's. With his full action, he smashes the conduit.

It bursts out with silvery energy. Caprice, you hear a hoot as it almost goes silent and then sucks back in. And you need to make a constitutional to saving through his advantage. Indeed, suck me right to hell. I will accept one 17, please. That fails. Yeah, yeah. So you take...

Oh. Move on. Oh, you are paralyzed until the end of your next turn. And you see one end of the conduits, as it's smash and caprice, you are, as you hear the hood of an owl, and you feel death itself, almost sap your energy. What the fuck?

As it paralyzes you. And as the conduit shatters shatters. As the conduit shatters, and one, as the conduit shatters, and one out of the six pillars is destroyed. Should we put an X through that one? Sure. Just for funsy. As long as you don't care about the map. Okay.

The point is for you guys to fight on this. All right, cool. Thanks, fine. So what part of the order are we in? Caprice. Oh, you're paralyzed. You try to move, and you feel the power of death itself, and you attempt to move, and suddenly,

can you cast spells if, can you You have certain spells while paralyzed? You can't do anything while paralyzed. I don't think so. Paralyze is the mainly bad one. Got it. What's wrong with you? It's your dad.

Deem. Yeah, we're all waiting around for everyone to do one thing. That's the end in the round. Which means, Bifomit is here. Bofomit. Don't tell me what's happening, but that's exactly right.

You hear and the entire labyrinth and maze around you. And the entire labyrinth and maze around you. rumbles, the entire earth, you feel as if you're going to lose your ground is the thundering of hooves, and you see a massive shape, the force, the illusion of the fire giants burst. You have a sense that your insect swarm compared to the massive. It's gone. Yeah.

You're right. It's gone. Yeah. So it's literally, oh, you landed. You climbed down. Yeah, I climbed down. Oh, so all of you here. This is outstanding, actually.

Everything's avian. All you do is you hear a horrible stomping. As you hear, and then you hear, you feel a looming presence at the opening above, the temple, the seal. And you see a shadow completely block out the moon as a massive creature looms into the center. You see.

A black furred in its horn, larger than anything you've ever seen. Well, that's horrendous. Where would you like me to place this? At the very center. Let me see it. Right on top of my spiritual weapon. Yep, fabulous. That's a big old story.

And you hear the thundering of drums and the voices still ringing out to the labyrinth. Can't share nipples into it. Well, that's not good. Okay. And it lands. I guess my plan's gonna change a little. And you see this massive creature. And you've seen a glave for from ancient magics.

With the weapon that it wields is far older. It wields a weapon that is of time immemorial. And it looks at all of you, this massive creature, and it almost lets out a guttural laugh. As it looks at all of you, And then it narrows his eyes on Toa. I can't save you front. And you see, you see it not even move.

It takes this massive leave heart flavor, spins it around. Its eyes bore into your soul, slams it down, and suddenly you are, your consciousness leaves you. Toa disappears from all of you. No, no, no, no. I can't do this again. I can't do this again. As he casts maze. Wait, it's a spell?

Oh, it's the... No, he teleports Toa out of existence into a maze. Correct. Oh, no. So he casts maize on Toa, the barbarian. As you feel yourself losing yourself. I'm going, if I know this is a spell, I'm going to attempt to catch a spell.

a corvon, as both of you as class would know that it. I'm gonna attempt to cast a counter-spillop. Roll for it, Felix. I don't know what I add to it. I think I'll get one of us five, right? It's just my aunt. Just my aunt. Not daddy too.

Come on, baby. It's my birthday. Not good. That's an eight. Twisted. Yeah, we got twist it. We got twist. Do you have the twisticles? Thank you.

Oh, you're done. That's gonna be a 21. Better. Okay. You're unfortunate. As Toa, you feel like getting in holding your body into a demiplane of an infinite maze that you, your pitiful brain can never understand or escape.

This stuff very much. No, no, no, no, no. If you see the wild eyes of the horn king himself. I, your best friend, putting him out of the fight, and you realize this. is no pathetic monster. Cargish was right. They were all wrong.

The cunning that this creature has is far beyond everything. The fact that they've gotten here this fast, and you managed to grab your dagger just in time and cast a spell, and the wildness of the eyes are dimmed instantly. And suddenly, Toa's, your soul was returned. As Maze's fucking counterspeel,

Oh, it's fine. Toa, are you all right? I'm fine. I'm still here. Toa has her turn. Seeing that these guys are wounded, but knowing that Baphim that's right in front of me, I immediately just run up and try to, you know,

as I can, just wail away. And I will make two reckless attacks. Yep, yep. On him, the bees, and then I will, I just need my wind fury prognus. That knows of something. That knows of something. Um, do-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-sari.

I'll actually just do this twice. Uh, oh, okay. All right. Nope. Uh, one's an actual 20. Yeah. Gotta give it up. And the other one is a 22.

The second one barely has, they both have. Holy shit. Um, so... Here we go. All right. So we have legendary actions. Sorry. Actions.

Uh, I'm not using power attacks. I'm just using that. So, for my... One, two, three, four, five, six for the crat. And then I get an extra one for brutal, ruthless, critical, whatever, Barbee and bullshit. And I'm going to roll them all. Oh, rule them all. This is very fun.

10, 20. 26, 27, 28, 38, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 2, 50, 54, there's nothing else, 54 damage. 54 points of damage, the bad from that. And then I was a bonus action. Okay, go ahead.

Having crit, I will lose my group up a master bonus action to attack again. You're welcome to get them. Get them. Get them. At advantage. Get them. Yep, yeah, yeah, yeah. I trust it, I get a 20 something. That's fine, that is a five, six, seven, eight. Eight plus ten is 18. It is.

It is. One more damage. So 70 something in time. Yeah. Okay, as you run up, Paltry. You see this black for a minute or looming over you. You're hitting its shit.

But your mall has been blasted by the wind spirits themselves, and you are smashing and cracks. and you strike true and you are smashing and dealing damage to this aspect of the horn king. Does he look bloodied? No, I don't know. I don't know. As it looks down at you and you see wild eyes and you see a slavering bull-like mall, razor-sharp teeth, and you see such a drool more and more and more just a glob on you toa.

on you toa this horrible necrotic and then as it bursts a horrible cone of on holy slobber what the hell everyone's ever feel like to make a dexterity saving throw i'm not in that i was Oh, advantage. No, I lied. Are you still paralyzed or you're not paralyzed? No, it's a legendary reaction, fucker. 20. Or at least I can roll for it. God, he's a slobler! Oh, shit.

20. Dex, you say? 18. 18? 18, fails. 20. 20 succeeds barely. 20. Successes barely. Holy hell. No, I think. Fails. So if you succeeded barely, you, you, uh, I get clobbered on.

You do. I need one more D12. Peach flobler. I can't eat that anymore. Delicious. Do you have any gun? May I have? Nine.

What will you give me for it? 23. My undying love and affection. 34. Oh, wow. Spell cast. 46. Oh.

Mikey, just stop. Correct. 46 plus four is 48 points of necrotic damage if you failed. Oh, 46, one of car. Wow, that is a lot of fucking damage.

What's half of which? Half of which is, is, is, is, is half if you succeeded. So 24. I just let an reaction. 46. I know. So, oh, geez. So 50, hold on.

So, what if he failed? 20, 50? 48. 48. Fuck, my brain broke. They're mool. How, fuck. Layer action.

Oh. Um, yeah, that my concentration is broken. I can't. Oh, hell. I can't possibly. No, that's like insane. Bekin have, uh, what you call it, is dropped. It's the- because it's what?

It's 10 or half of the damage. Yeah. Which is like 20-something. I have to get 24. I guess if I got a natural 20. Well, then you should definitely roll it if it's possible. I guess it's possible. But I mean, if it's mad madly possible,

impossible to work about it. Give yourself a birthday blowing. I'm advantage. But no. I didn't get it. It was a good try. You feel the warm sand disappeared. Yice.

If you were left alone with the horn kick. Or that's the help. Okay. As the advantage now happens. And help him. As you see his glaive. That's the advantage of the list of and the healing. Heart Cleaver.

Do we lose the maximum HB? No. Okay. Sorry, Mike. You see swirling of horrible plague around Heartclay. your round Hart Cleaver, his glave. The center of several of you, Lifty, he lunges forward and stabs forth,

slashes across you, Luffy. No. And bursts to Toa and to Caprice. He's gonna make a glaive attack. This is very bad. I don't- No, it is, absolutely. So any glaive attack that's not against me,

he's disavages. Okay, that's fine? Yeah, suck. So disadvantage is still 20-30. Right? Parker, yeah. Okay. And that is...

Who's making the attack? Bathamette. Bath mat. Bath mat. The old bath mat. I'm gonna go to bed bath and beyond and get myself with the bathamette. I'm gonna bathmint. They have this.

They have the shower curtain, the bath in shower curtain. You should get that. You get scared. I would. 36 points of slashing damage on you, Luffy. And you feel a burst as it hits you. You resist, you're resisting to it. They am.

Yeah. Slashing damage? And but Lifty, Toa, and Caprice need to make Constitution Savings and Crows. As it bursts out with corrupting energy. Constitution saving throw. And I will also use my reaction to lessen the damage she takes. takes. Okay, so you can go ahead and do that.

Did I take the same amount of damage? 16 plus 7 is 23. Okay, so please. You take 13 less damage skills. Con saving 30 years? You take 13 less damage so give yourself 13 health. Oh. Oh, I thought you were giving me more damage to take off.

No, well, unless you fail a constitution. I rolled 18 on my contract. Toto. Tito. You, Lifty, you resisted. But the heart cleaver slashes into you and pursed out, and it dark corruption blasts out from you. You see Caprice and you see Toa as black fur

starts to scrub from their arms as they've both been afflicted by Beast Plague. They have? Oh no. Oh gosh. And we'll see what happens. Felix are up. As you see your dear friends, Caprice, and Toa start to sprout black fur.

You remember this from the very beginning of your journey. I begin to sweat profusely. I'm looking around, and I see the number two beast over there who's slammed in the wall. And I see that Toa and the rest of the gang is kind of working on number one and Baffamette. And I'm going to say, oh, Judge, oh, wait, what size is number two? Who? You both know. Sorry.

Yes, my wife likes poop jokes. So yes, what size is the number two? Mike, oh my God. I don't know. I need a huge number two. Holy shit. It's a huge number two. So between, is it medium, large, and then huge?

It's medium, large, huge gargantuan. Medium, large, huge. And a gargantuan. And gargantuan doesn't exist in 5E, but I like to incorporate it for Bosts. That meant is 100% gargantuan. And above gargantuan is colossal. Yes, so colossal doesn't exist in 5E.

You know what, fuck it, I'm gonna try it. So I say, I'm sorry, change of plants, and I wind up again. Like I'm gonna swing up, throw a punch. And with all four Felix's at the same time, do this. And the dagger begins to glow blue and then orange. As I swing forward with my arm, I cast arcane hand, and it flies out as a fist. And at the last minute before it hits number two, it opens up and attempts to grapple him. Okay.

And then grapple a huge creature. a huge creature? It can. I only have, it doesn't say there's any disadvantage at a higher level. It just says that if it's medium or smaller, I have advantage on the check. So it's a strength check. Okay, strength is 26, so I get plus eight. Okay, I get plus seven. Oh, boy. Oh, I got a 15. Twist it, twist it. I would like to twist if I had. I have a 20, you know exactly what you need to roll. 21. Oh, I got a natural 20. So that's going to be a 20. Yes. So the hand, will grapple the beast and I'm using my dagger and forcing and with my bonus action, I will crush the hand. You think about your brother and the revenge and everything else has happened. And you think about Milo as you channel all of your rage, all of your anger, all of your hatred into this fist that materializes out of silver.

Just like you've been trained, just like you've been trained as a weapon of war as a boy. as a living weapon by the government of Corvacia, you smash into this creature, grabbing it with this silver fist, thinking of Milo the entire time. And it will just, unfortunately, I only take nine points of some sort of damage. It's still looking rough.

It's still looking rough. So the hand squeezes tight and grips hard and deals nine points of bludgeoning. But I guess it's technically magic. It's a part came hand. Oh, how about that? Number two? Yes. How do you do that?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You're seeing a lot of damage. I would say the hand would kind of be around its torso and neck, and as it squeezes, it would, its head would just like, it would kind of just like jelly. Like a pimple. Yeah. You get a sword and grabbed and squeezed the head.

And you see the wild eyes wilder and wilder and wilder and wilder and bowled out of his head. Bowlers out of his head. And every single thing you look, and you see Felix, who's normally so calm and collect and he's filled with hatred and anger and rage. And he's screaming. And he's grabbing his dagger

and this mass sore hand, squeeze, and you're all covered in the gall and brain and gray matter of this demon. And it is slain. And then I'll just like turn and be like, so I'm coming! And that's my trick. Okay.

You kill it. Number two is dead. You can remove him from the field. Fuck. Okay. Iris. Uh, butt, legendary action. The butt.

The butt. Did you just say, buck? And just so you know, the hand can, as he seen, can be thin as it once. You see Baphomet turn and look at the failure of its general and does not care. And turns and takes Hart Cleaver and leaves it down on Utah. And events? It's reckless. I wish I could help you.

The way you help me. Natural flight. Oh, boy. No, it's not. I'm gonna use my reaction. Regular attack. As I throw pocket sand in his eyes. Pasha!

Shasha! We haven't gotten there yet, by the other. I just know that to me as a point later, you know? Have you got to the WD40 for the WD-40? Yes, that's actually very early on. The funniest shit. Also, Rusty Shackleford is my new name. One.

17 my name is rusty shackle 37 points of slashing damage is it slashes against you 34 you said what's half of that 17 that crick would have murdered his ass it would have been bad with that is ours is turn I am going to move forward to tow up barely able to hold myself up as I drink my own not my only health potion but a health potion. And then I'm going to raise my staff and slam it down into the ground as I touch Toa and I'm going to cast a greater restoration on him to try and cure him to be a plague. Oh wow. What I know whether it's a curse or I guess.

You know it's a disease. It's a disease. We'll see if the- And as curry is, it'll work. Cool. So I'm going to grade restoration. You feel the warmth of sand washing over you and you feel the rage coming over you. You feel like you want to murder your best friends.

No. You want to murder, Felix. No! You feel like he's a little... That happened once before! Last leopard, now! And Iris plus his palm, per paw on your skin, and suddenly you feel at peace, and Iris, you cleanse,

you cleanse Toa of his beast plague. But Caprice, you still feel the hatred of everyone else. You feel like Glazia has given you purpose, and you hate everyone. Go with that. Can you move iris behind Toa? Oh. You went up from here?

Yeah, and he's going to attack Toa again with his... Oh, actually, no. He has a... Oh, he's going to lean back. And as he looks all around, he is going to let out the roar of the bull. All of you need to make a Constitution-saving throw. That's my worst.

As it roars out. Conspir's bad. I twist that. Four, five. Of course. Natural 20. What is that mean, though? Oh, God.

Natural 20. I guess we don't know what it is. Two. I'll fail. I've got a . I got a 22. I got a 20 to spend. I'm going to do.

20 is the DC. Oh, yeah, I'm not in close. I feel like I have a chance to pass, but I don't, eh, it's fine. 12. I've used so many twists already. It doesn't matter. 18. 34. 34.

34. Oh, that's a lot. That's a lot of damage. I probably can't. 56. Point to Thunder damage. To who? To everyone who failed?

To everyone who failed? 56, half if you succeed him. So hold on, 56. Oh, okay. And this horrible bull monster roars and blasts out. So I should have advanced. Oh, hold on, hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait. I am down.

Features piece. Oh, God. I'm also down. There we go. I thought I took resilient. Ritz, can you knock me over? Yeah. Okay.

So half of, what does you say, 56? Yeah. What is half of that? 32. 32. 30. I physically cannot pass my concentration saving throw. Isn't it 28?

Yeah, it's 28. It's 28. I physically cannot pass. I get plus 7 to my constitution, so I can't even roll a natural 20. So minus 56. You just roar, though. This is bad. Yeah.

Fair enough. I. I like it. it when it's bad. I don't. I like it when it's easy. His legendary reactions are gone now. So you have that. Did he... That's a lot of damage. Have I gone since I protected the damage from Lovhti? Uh, no. No. Yes. He used it here right after you went, right? Right? He's legendary action. To attack with the glave. Yeah, he used it after right, right here. Because his legendary action was here. Felix, and he didn't do anything after Felix, and then he

Fuck. You just didn't even, he just... So 56 damage, sorry? Yep. Nope, I have no way to stop that. Lefty. Neither do I. This doesn't target me.

Lifty, you're up. Oh my God. This is bad news bears. I'm gonna see all the people dropping like flies around me and just run towards the thing that's not terrifying the pants off of me. And I will do three. three. You do that. Make a tag.

I'll see if you hit. Oh, that's not good. That one should hit. 19 plus 9. That is, does it an 18 hit? Nope. Okay, then only one will hit. You mess, mess.

You clang against its horns. One, you get square in the skull. Five. I don't think I plused my fives last time. It's an eight. An eight. Eight damage to number one. Hey!

Hey, here! I hop-dy-dump over and bonk him. You bonk him, and he seems to have no interest in you, as it turns, and it does a little bit of damage, but it ignores you. And it turns, looks up at its horned master, and it sees its true purpose, and it turns to the other conduit, lowers his head, horns out, and charges into... into the condo.

This music is so good. And it's gonna get a natural 20. And it's smashes the popular. Well, it's been my turn, but I'm unconscious, so it doesn't matter. That's why good an opportunity attack. No, he did it between Iris and Lifty, right? Oh shit.

Well, what? No, that's correct. I thought Lifty. Yeah, it's Monster's One. One's dead. Another smash. Burst out no bit of damage to any of you. and you see a burst of silver.

Once again. Caprice. You feel rage or hatred, and you roll D4 please. I don't feel any of those things I'm dead. You're, you are knocked out. You roll the saving throw, please. Yep. Natural 20.

Oh, let's go. You up with one help. No way. You fucking son of a bitch. Let's fucking, yeah. You know what? You son of a bitch I'm in. You still have these legs.

Fuck you. Yeah. And so you come to and you feel rage and hatred, I need a roll D4. Yeah, true. And then immediately die from one point of poisoning. It's a natural funny, no, it's one. It's a one.

It's one. You feel nothing but anger and rage and you need to hunt. Whatever that means to you is what it means to you. To hunt? To hunt and whether it's your former friends, the beasts around you, you need to. to hunt. And that's all it matters. And whatever that means to you, is what it means. Will use half of my...

It's like to need resistance, doesn't mean? Yeah. Movement to stand up. I got nothing I can do. This is so bad. Can you stand me up? Yeah, yeah. And one hit point.

I have one hit point, and I will look at Baphimit and look at Lofti and look at this creature and look at Toa and I hate. and I feel the need to consume to devour. I'll sing, I'll sing looking at them with this hate in my eyes. Oh no. Look at the Tiefling, funny Teefling. Look at Little Red Teefling acting so fidgety. Look at the Tifling. Funny Tifling.

Look at the Tifling. Cute as can be. Where is his mama, papa, sister, brother, cousin, rest of the family. Little red Tiefling on his own. Some very lonesome Tifling is he. And I will turn into a T-Rex. He doesn't have one hit point anymore. No.

Oh dear. Here we go. This is our T-ROT. Yes. I think we're just dead. Holy fuck, is that the Beas flag? Yes. I need to roll.

Okay. You do that. And I would use my multi-attack to attack Batfamette and Lifty. Oh, I need you to make... You would have an action left, though, right? You would... Oh, no, I wouldn't. You're right.

Thank God. No, I would like you to roll a... What is a... No, I'm gonna do it. With the Beast plague, you get an additional action search. And I'm going to need you to roll a D6. No, D4, uh, D4, sorry. It's a three if that's...

No, it's gotta be D4. It's gotta be D4. Yeah. Four. That's Lifty. Okay. You have to make a bite attack against Lifting. I will do that.

So the T-PK we weren't prepared for. I honestly don't know what the fuck we're gonna do. It's a 24 to hit. Does that hit? Yes. Okay. One would have been the conduit. Two would have been,

Towa, three would have been, Bafamette, and three would have been, or four would have been Luffy. All right, fuck. Oh, were you, Spirit, Guardians, one? I didn't have Spirit Guardians, I had a weapon, but that's gone now. Spirit, 17, my fault, my fault. 26.

But thank you for reminding me. And no worries. You take 33 points of piercing damage, and if, you know, unconscious. And your grapple, I guess, automatically. Bites you. Yeah, maybe knows, but you know what? You can break his concentration.

I mean, I have to do either. You jump into him as you see that this massive Tyrannosaurus rex emerges, and you try to see black fur, black fur growing all over and horns start to emerge from this massive reptilian, or a dinosaur creature. Okay. Okay, okay. And with that, it's a big bat's turn.

Okay. It is, isn't it? Okay. How does that even make sense? And it seems- All right, all right. This is, we're not, this is an un-salvageable. We haven't liked yet.

We have the bromance. There's still a lot. It's not over yet. I don't feel good about this. Okay, all right, okay. All right, one problem at a time. That's what we always say, right? Tella, one problem at a time.

It's not good. No, we are. You can't die by a fine teeth. You see, you see. It's unacceptable. Like the guy in the toilet. You see Buffamette lower its head, lower his head. And he sees the T-Rex covering more and more of black fur as it charges forward into that condoom.

Oh, he's also trying to destroy conduits? Oh, fuck. The northernmost one? Nope, he's going to the one right on the toe on Lifty. And Felix. Oh, the one that was originally missed. Missed. And he is going to hit that right on.

Yep. It is smashed. I need Toa. Lofty automatically fails. That's not Lofty, that's Iris. Iris fails him automatically. He's the advantage. Let's save him automatically.

He's the advantage. Doesn't matter if he still hits up. And he smashes it. Felix and Toa, Lofty, or Iris automatically fails. And is paralyzed. I need to- I'm unconscious, so. Yeah, so Felix and Toa need to make a constitution to save you a feel.

I would like to twist it. I feel like we both have to. We are both going to twist it. How many is one more twist? Keep twisting and you get it in my opinion. I got a 15, but like what, did you say what it was? It's probably 20. It's probably 20.

I'd have to roll a 13 or better with one more twist. Do it. Do it. Do it. I used to. We'll see what happens. We need to land this. That's a 17.

Yeah. Oh, terrible. Yeah. I mean, I'm just rolling middle of the road here. How many do we have left? Just do it. Yeah, we've got some change. Let me start counting. It's a shame that these, my mirror images do nothing against this.

Yep. That's even worse. Oh, that's a fast. Our fail, sorry. All right. Well, thank you, Chuck. Yeah, yeah, we tried. We tried. We tried. What do you get?

A lower than a 17. I got a... 17 was my best. 26? You pass, Felix. You feel the burst. Hold on. I had a 17 and I re-rolled to something lower.

Correct. So the DC was 18. Oh, then I felt. Okay, okay. Just gonna make sure... You're gonna burst out and you feel the power of the seal. You hear the hoot run out in your head. And you suddenly are paralyzed as the...

as the conduit is destroyed by Baphne. And you were paralyzed. And it turns to Toa's turn. And he goes. That's one of the attacks. He has three attacks. He's going to attack Felix at a damage. Goodbye.

Is paralleling an auto-crit? Oh shit, even with my mirror images? No. It's not within mirror images. So you can so roll. It can be. It could be an auto crit on one of you. Yeah.

Yeah, okay. So yeah, you got to roll a hit. So yeah, you got a rule to hit. He's disadvantaged. Oh, no, it's an auto. No, it's auto criss. Fuck. It's not a crit, but he still needs to land the hit, right?

Oh, yeah, that's true. So mirror image is the only thing that can deal with the paralyzed, I believe. So if he hits, it's gonna be a crit. Yes, but you still have to have to roll it. So you need to roll, see if I hit one of your mirror images or you. Only if you hit me first.

Yes. I'm going, I get disadvantaged. I get 20, 26. Oh, then you're, oh, whoa, you did it. So I'm going to make it sure regular hits because you would be advantaged because of paralyzed, but then makes the advantage. Oh, so I'm going to do two attacks on fields.

So both of them. Okay, so the first one, if they mirror, if they mirror image. If I roll a six or higher, the first one will be good. I managed to, pop. One, one of my mirror images goes pop. Once and slices into your... Now the next one, you need her higher. Ooh.

And other mirror image goes. They smash into you think. Thank God, you castor. You guys, as they smash into your image, three now of the conduits are shattered. There's only one, there's only two Felix's left. There are two phoenix's left, and now there are three conduits

that are keeping the seal going. We're deep foot. There's no way because, well, I mean. To clarify, drinking a potion for ourselves is a bonus action, no matter what the potion is. Okay. Full action to administer on someone else. Felix is a lucky son of a bitch.

I will immediately I'll see Felix paralyzed. Okay. Okay. Full bonds. You can do. What's cute. Even if I get out of the paralyzed, I basically lose my turn, right?

You're fucked, Dino Boy. Oh, I have a great idea. If I get up, I'm coming for you. Are you in conscious? What I will do is first, is first, I will rustle around in my pack and pull out two potions. As a bonus action, I will uncork one and drink it

and down the potion of speed that I had. I am now wasted for 10 rounds, no conservation involved. Okay, okay. I will run up to Iris. Iris, um, it has an action. I will take a healing potion and say, Iris, Iris, and I will for it, You've never seen the bad Mega Man voice acting?

No, it's fantastic. I'm out of loom. Every time, at least it. Anyway, we'll watch it. And I will give her just the shittiest healing potion. You gotta watch it. Someone link in a chat. Iris.

Is this 2D4 plus 2? 44. For the base line. Oh, helium ocean is 2D4, yeah. Yeah. I'm just going to roll 2D4. If not, it's fine, whatever. Fuck it.

It's a Mikey being potion. So that's seven points appealing to Iris. She's up. Okay. That's an action. Come on to call, and I believe I can, I believe my haste action, hold on. My haste action I think can be a use object. So I'm hoping my haste action could have been that.

Should be able to be. Let me, let me guess. Because the only thing with haste is that you can only meet two attacks of your first action is an attack. Other than that, you're like, what do you mean? What do you mean? What do you? It only says the double attack if your first action is an attack. Otherwise, haste, haste, you're going to go.

All I could hear was, no, no, no. I'm assuming you did something to me. My hasten action will be used an object to use the motion on Iris. Fair enough. Okay. Then I will use the rest of my insane speed to try to get in front of Felix, who's now paralyzed.

Felix, Felix, Felix. Uh, or between, anyway. Yeah, your speed's doubled. And then I will use my full action to make a melee attack. Although I'm not sure disadvantage him is even worthwhile, but I'm gonna fucking try. Oh, he's gone.

And I'm going to do it recklessly. Okay. Um. Oh, shit. Fuck. And then that will be all I have. Oh, God. I dropped it die.

I'll find that later. I don't think it will. Probably not, never again. Yeah, that's fun. It's a re-inch. It's completely one. One, two, three. Oh, wow.

This is dire. I have a lovely bunch of coconuts. D-de-dee-dee. How about that? Dun-da-da-do they all miss? Do I have the hit to do... I feel so imbident. I never like it.

Can I twist one of these? Yeah. You do whatever. Absolutely. Yeah, we've got nine left. Use them. Just because we need one of them. We're deep fucked.

Yeah. All right, let's use one of them. There we go. That'll hit. That's a 22 to hit. Oh, it's. Barely hits. Yikes.

Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. I'll give you that. Damn, a monster, that's savage. Uh, 19. Points of bludgeoning damage. Uh, yeah, magical bludgeoning.

Thank you, Matt. You smash into it with your mall blessed by your wind spirits. What do you do? Tawa. Real orgasm and ecstasy, because you gotta go a twist. I'm done, that's it. And my turn ends. Going to use a legendary action.

Oh. Thank you, Maddie. As he turns around and you see. Six health, do you hear seven, seven, seven, yeah. You see. Hell got me, got you, got you fan. You did a reckless attack, didn't you? I did do a reckless attack.

And he sees, his bowl-like face, black fur, wild eyes. Legendary action. His eyes start to spiral into circles. As he cast a maze. I can't help you, brother. I'm paralyzed. Caprice, you're the only one.

He's also in rage. You're a D-Rex? He's a horrible enraged. I'm a Meefe-Man. He's mad. And I'm like, horrible you can. I don't make a saving through, right? No, mazes, there's no saving though.

You're immediately banished to a realm. You are, you see Baphimeth's eyes go wild, spiraling, and suddenly your consciousness leaves you. And suddenly, you don't win. You hear. We don't. And you are in a maze. You are in a maze. a labyrinthian demiplaint.

Gone. To a blink side of existence for all of you. On the bright side, you'll be able to move fast through the maze. Felix. You call out, and you are in a horrible nightmare fueled scenario

of a maze where you are wandering endlessly for eternity until Bethlehemette drops that concentration. All right, who pissed Mikey off before this fight? Everyone! Who's that, Jeff? Everyone! Just whoever was, no guilt, just apologize.

I'm sorry, we don't... I'm never sorry. Okay, how do I break paralysis? What's the... Oh, that's layer action. That's a legendary action and layer action. Oh, my fault. Okay, now continue. He's going to turn and look at the conduit and turn his head and charge into it. He's his band's, though.

He still hits. He charges, and you see this massive Blackford Minotaur smash into it bursting with energy. Two conduits remain of this seal. We have not done a good job, dude.

Oh, this one over here. Only 100 rounds. L-O-L. With that, it is Felix's turn. Okay, I'm paralyzed. I'm afraid. At the end of the turn, you make a constitutional saving phone.

That's not very good. So I just lose my turn. I think just at the end of your turn, it goes way. Yeah, mine just went away. Oh, it does. Yeah, it goes away. Well, then that's it. I lose my turn.

You are paralyzed by this conduit. And you... I dropped to one knee and I try to end up. An owl. And that you feel the power of death. Looking you up. What was the saving throw on it? What?

What was the saving throw on it? Six billion? Uh, what's that? 22. What was the stat? Con. Because. Iris was in the range

and you said you automatically failed, but technically, con wisdom and you can still make while you're unconscious, right? Technically? Oh, that's true. D.C.'s... This matters, right? Whether she's paralyzed or not.

Pardon. Is the DC? So do you want to try to see if you were stunned? Paralyzed? I mean, yeah, obviously. I believe, Chad, is that correct? Can me if I'm wrong. Just roll out. We'll see what happens. That's my understanding.

No. All right, she's also lost her turn. But you're alive. Oh, well, the, you're the... Yeah, if it's con, no. Almost. You want to twist it? Yeah, just one.

This is gonna make her bring to fight. No. Oh, actually, that was kind of car, so... Oh, I got an idea. No. Okay. Okay. Lofty, or unless he wants to do some more bullshit.

That he's out of actions. Lifty's unconscious. Yeah. So I'll just make a tough. Save, you grow. I don't do this often. So you roll? Just a D-20.

Just roll a D-20. It's a D-20. You want to get 10 or higher. Oh, no, so you get a failed save. Okay. I deserve that. There you go. Yorice.

You see, Monsters 1. That is what you get for me in a couch. That is what you get for me. I never have to get them. I'm sorry, guys. I just don't do this often. You see Baphimat. Look at the world.

At the ones a T-Rex covered in black fur, you see two of your comrades down. Toa has been banished to a demiplane. Felix is just coming out of Paralyze. There's two pillars left. There's two pillars left. Baphimit looks at his one remaining Gristro general. And last out this horrible, gutter-rolled chuckle.

and raises heartseeker and channels into it, and a blast, a black beam of energy shoots into it, and it lets out a horrific roar as it bursts into gore and viscera. But it washes over all of you. Oh, less sweet. Except for me? Well, you're not there. As you are all, except for Toa.

Overcome with the power of beast plague, you all need to make a constitution saving through a disadvantage. Well, me too. Hello, Darth is my old friend. The priest heard you. Yep. Do I make one?

I got a 14. And it's 20? No, you fail. I just fail. It's 20. I'm 17. Yeah, I fail too. Yeah, we all fail. It bursts into Goren Vissera.

As he channels, he grips his glave, and he lets it up. He lets out a roar of victory as the ruined remains, the corpse of his Greistro generals, shoots over you, and all of you who fail start to lock into place. And you know that Baphomet has won. He lets out a horrible, victorious roar. And suddenly, out of nowhere, you hear a bleat of a goat. My man.

And out of nowhere, you see a single shadow. And a goat leaps into the arena. Oh, let's go. A single halfling with a massive great sword lunges forward and slams its blade into its eye breaking its concentration. Toa, you blip back into existence. As the, as, as, as Baphimit roars back all of you. including you Caprice, our cleanse the beast plague, as its energy from the heart cleaver starts to dissipate.

As Baphimitt lets out a roar of anger and hatred, and you see Cargax's halfling form with its massive great sword in the eye of the beast, look down and say, Venge me in my field, as the beast tears him apart in half. His intestines being thrown across the room, as his goat is once again ripped apart its intestines as well. Devoured.

That's not very cash money of you. That is not very cash money. As the gore and viscera fills the room. But Toa, you were freed from your labyrinthian prison. Do I blink back where I was? Caprice, you are freed from the beast plague, but you are no longer a Tyrannosaurus racks. Oh, man.

You blink back. Boop, boop, boop, boop. Iris and Lofti, you had been feeling with Beastral Rage. You are now up at one hit point. I have seven hit points. Or whatever, well, Lifty's back at one hit point. Okay. And you see Kargash as he mounts,

avenged my village, as he is devouring. as he is devoured. Can I need another beat? By the horn king. His entrails along with his goat, devoured by the beast. Jesus. Freeing you, temporary.

No. I'm back. And you see the devastation around you blinking back into existence. Two of the fucking conduits remain. And with that, I don't even know who's fucking turned to us at that point. It's toaster.

Perfect timing. You're back. So I see everyone conscious, breathing, away, or their eyes are moving. Not her. She's up to her. I'm one point. I am still down. If you see seeing two of attack on Titan, it's literally that.

I will immediately rush trying to basically like block the line between this beast and all of my friends. Oh, Toa. Oh, God. Right here is probably what I'm more concerned about. No offense. No offense.

And I will say, You won't get through me! You won't hurt my friends! And I will recklessly attack three times. You do that. 22 AC, one crit, two hits. Oh my gosh. Um, and then let me check for my Winfury prox to see if I get one.

Yep, get one. So that's a free attack there, which is also advantaged. That misses. Uh, and then my bonus action I will also use as an attack. Just telling you how it's damage does total. Yes. Okay, that's presumably a hit, 20 whatever hits, right? Oh, yep. So that's four attacks. Yep.

Two, one, two, three, four, crit. Brutal critical. Sounded like you're brushing your teeth for a second there. I'm not a fucking nightmare. 10, 20. Let's see if you get to where you need to get. Uh, 30, uh, 36, 40, 41. Sorry, it's not recognized my finger, but so 41.

41 plus 41, 51, 51, 51, 51, 61, 61, 61, 71, 71, 81, 81, 81 points of damage. Okay. You get blinked back to reality, Tella, as you see Kargash briefly as your snap back. Baphimitt pulling the great sword out of his eye. Now wounded, horribly scarred, blood gushing from the demon lord's face.

Tearing into the halfling, tearing into the goat, eating, devouring his entrails. You channel the power of the wind spirits. You are one who uses a trance. you don't rage, but now you're fucking pissed. Now you're angry. You charge forward back from this labyrinthian demiplane of dread, and you charge forward your tattoos glowing.

You leap forward, charging past the bloody intestines of Kargash and his goat. Come on. And you leap forward, smashing once, twice, thrice with your massive mall. the gore and viscera from your half-ling friend distracting the king of beasts giving you enough time to crack

the skull of the manifestation of this demon lord stumbles back with the fury of your onslaught you've done a colossal amount of damage to this creature it stumbles back and I'm trying to do everything like I'm down in a horse stance like I'm trying to to kind of be as menacing and scary as possible.

It is brutal. And it's going to use this legendary action to turn towards the last of the fifth of six conduits. And it turns. And it's going to ignore you. It's eye carved out by Kargash. It's skull cracked as it turns and charges ignoring Yutoa, desperate for its goal, as if it has some sort of goal and it smashes into it and

clashes, but it's done some sort of damage. Each burst you realize now, all of you realize now, that each burst of this, this silvery magic of the conduits, is greatly affecting, this manifestation of the demon. The insane power that's had on you is also affecting it. And there's one left. And with that. When you say that, do you mean he's being negatively affected? Yes.

Okay. Absolutely right. It's damaging him. Okay. With what I have seen and the great heart with which my good friend has done everything that he can, I'm going to run 30 feet forward. You do that. 5, 10, 15, 20, and do this sweet tuck and roll.

Because I'm kind of stumbling. Like I just came out of, I came out of paralyzed, being paralyzed, and I run up to my friend Tella, and I'm hobbling, and I do like a tuck and roll. And as I roll next to my friend Tella, I come up with dagger in hand, and I say, heads up Tala, this is all I got. And I point the dagger at Baffamette, and from it, a molten lava ray jumps from the dagger. And I need him to make a DC-17 deck. saving throw because I cast disintegrate. Oh my god. That feels good.

I like that. There's 12. That's gonna be a fail. I would like to borrow two D6s, please. You feel just two. His demonic power. Attempt you to automatically succeed. Resist.

But then you hear the hoot of the owl. You feel the power of death that washes over him. And you know that death comes for you all. Not just you mortals, but even demon lores. He's unable to resist, and you get your role. It's forced damage. Go to roll these bad boys.

So that's gonna put it in. Nice. 10, 20, 30, 30, 30 plus 12 is 42, plus 6 is 48, plus 40 is 48, plus 80 points of Force damage. Holy shit. 8 miles per hour. Now you can go back in time and have flirtations

with your mom. Thank you. You blast into it. What does that spell like I feel like? It looks like a ray of lava. As lava blast, it wash over it,

it's one eye. It's black fur is singed, clearly starting to... It can't get it off. It can't get it off, and it's trying to get it. It's trying to... It's out and you see that everything was bet on this gambit by Balfemet.

It was not expecting what it's been experiencing. And it's a key concern now. With that as Iris's turn. Fuck! I tried! So, so, so glad. Thank you. Thank you for your days.

You're welcome. That's all I got. He's got a lot. That's it, man. That's all I got. I am going to... Going from nothing to a lot. Stand up.

And where is he at? Yeah, I'm going to use my feline grace to be able to get to him. Oh, wow. And I'm spitting blood all over myself as I reach up and I dig my claws into his fur and I attempt to banish him. Okay. All right. So, uh, Chrisma saving through. Isma.

Where the fuck is Chris? 24. Fuck. He succeeds. That's my turn. Oh. You run. up and your claws glow with the, with, you hear the gong of, of, of, of, of, of, of,

as sand washes over him and it starts to constrain him, but he managed to resist, his eyes go more and more wild. And with that, his Lifty's turning. We should be able to twist the faith, that. I have to spend half my movement to get up with him. You do, you do. That's such bullshit because I have so much movement and that's not really fair. No, it should be a flat, it should be a flat amount. It should be a flat amount, because I lose, So much more. It does suck.

She lose like half of your base movement or something. I love 50. Except that you get to move so fast all the time. Well, no, hold on. What's your base movement? Fuck if I know. So you only use the half that you have when you get up. So right now it's only 35 or 40 or whatever.

My speed is 50. Okay. Well, then, so now you've lost 25 feet. You can almost get that. Then you can dash as a bonus point for a key point if you choose to which would give you I have one hit point yeah we're all in there get on in there give me all the old with the rassel dazzle dazzle what's a key point you should have a good deal I get it for a key point you get the rogue like fleet footwork

or whatever yeah you get to use the cunning action that's what it is yeah it's really a dash hide or some other bullshit on your turn as a bonus action. How can- Oh, step of the wind, that's what it is. How can he see with car gash in his eyes? Add it too soon, man. Too soon.

All right. Too soon. So that's a bonus action. Then I will strike him twice with my spoon. Okay. I'll wind up. It's not working. Can you do that?

Oh, my gosh. And this will be... It's fucking close. Okay. This is my... Okay, I got a 16 plus 9 and a 17 plus 9. What's his... Both of those have, 25, 22.

I got it. He's got it. 22 is the AC. Give them the old... He's got his knees. That's disgusting. That is disgusting. Hey, do we get a cobbler.

He's going to have a little bit. It reminds me of that horrible foot fungus commercial way back in the day where the animated creatures walk up to a giant toe and open it like a fucking tarpins. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Stop, you're causing real life spiking damage, stop! It's the worst commercial. It's 30 points of damage, nine of which are thunder. The nine-funga!

All was the same 30 points so that it's... Oh my god. Ugh. You slam and slam. I'm sorry, six. That was wrong. It's fine, I'm gonna, whatever. You smash and smash with a spoon and your fist.

You think of your mother as your friends are bloodied and broken. All these conduits, you were trying to save the world. You just think of your mother. I'll cure the Thunder Fury. And all you want to do is make her proud. Make her sacrifice for her. and you smash and smash and Baphimet looks incredibly weak. As it's now without one eye, blood streaming down its face,

one more conduit, it looks at you Caprice, one conduit past you, it stamps its foot, ready to smash into it if you, depending on what you do. This is a DPS check right here. Oh, good. We're leaving it up to the barn. I used my cron. I used my crossbow for 1D4. I'm on, I'm like almost going to pass out.

I'm on the verge of death. I've had way too many emotions today. I am hurting, and I am so pissed off at this creature. I hate what he's done to my friends and to me and what he's trying to do to the world. I'll start to walk forward, just a few steps, five feet. And I'll sing. You bastard, you coward, you liar, you sod, you two-faced backstabbing, trash-sucking fraud?

You can't compete with me. You're fucking screwed. You can call me Caprice. Now, who the fuck are you? If I became a blacksmith, I'd be making a fucking fortune. Because of all these flaming hot bars I'm always forging. Just hearing my words will take you to another level. You know the one where it's hot and you can meet the devils?

You feeling tired because it's dire? I spit hot fire and I got you haywired in my crossfire. at a funeral pyre so you should retire before you expire. Don't believe me, just ask my friends. They're inspired. Now take some chicken, put some cheese on there and some lettuce, and that's a wrap.

And I'll cast synaptic static on him. My hat is off to you, my friend. He needs to make an intelligence saving throw. Well, that's fucking point. Intelligence for the... God, I love. I love Derek as a bar.

I love Sarah as a bar. I love Sarah as a bar. That's a fucking part. And that's a four. And that's a wrap. His brain explodes. His brain like fucking explodes. I do 8d6 damage to him. Do I have to roll it or is he fucking gone? No, he is. All right. Two, four, six, eight. Wow. Kee-no. Keno. Five, eight. That's a wrap.

21, 20, um, 27, 26, 27 points of psychic damage. His gray matter to leak out every orifice in his head. Um, and I, I want his horns if he dies to fucking just fall off of his face and for him to just, like, peel like a banana as he brushes down into the ground. You're never going to believe me. I don't. You step forward as you talk and talk and rap and you think about your friend. You think about Heria in her bed. You don't know if she's living or dead with the maze, the labyrinth erupting around her bed,

and you feel the presence behind you, the voice, breath against your neck. And you hear the voice do it. And you do. you hear a horrible roar as Baphimat the manifestation of the horn king turns towards the final conduit. You see it snorts and stomp its hoof. A trail of blood falls from the nostrils. Then the ear. A bit of quiet returns you hear a flash of energy.

You see gold erupt above you. as Baphimet stomps forward, looking at the conduit ahead of him. Iris, lofty, caprice in the way. It reaches out with Heartseeker, lowering its head. And above you, you see the flash. In an instant, you look up, and you see the golden scales of Hezaki,

the Kieran, and on his back, You see four individuals grabbing on to reins, the white and black fur of golden lotus, leaping off the back is Shenggoro Frostfang, the blue-skinned orc with tendrils coming down with his glave. And you see two more individuals on the back of this creature, two dwarves. you see Torvalds and Herja Andalhardt gripping on for dear life and you hear the booming voice, the booming voice of the war chief as he calls out, give me an opening, one strike is all I need. He called out to the five of you.

I'm losing the goddamn pickle jar for him. What do you do? Toa. What do you do? as far as like what actions do I have in combat or? What do you do to give War Chief Shangor Frost Fang an opening as he comes down with the glave of the seven laws and I will allow you to be as creative as you fucking want? I would take my, hold on second. Sorry. What is Kieran again? It is a celestial being. that is almost like a deer horse, uniculating.

I picture like that, like, never ending story thing. It's similar, it's a little dogish, but it's mostly kind of, kind of a deer dragon horse-ish. Okay. And he's very chipper. Okay. Ow, that hurt. Hey, he says, hey everybody.

He looks down. I remember him and I can say, oh, fuck. He's like, this. This was fun. So I will, like, wounded seeing my friends, and he looks, you know, I can see the Baphim that's weekend, but I understand what's happening.

And I'll say, I don't have any strength left. Maki, do what you can, keep him in place. I think his name was Maki. So there's a little upgraded bracelet with a shark figurine in it, and my bracelet of the surging shark, there will be, from that shark, that sort of blue-carved shark medallion,

water will start to materialize from my hands and turn into a large water shark, and he is going to swim and try to, like, sort of almost consume chomp and consume, like, his... You hear the splash of what sounds like a wave crashing on the shore, but you see a shark made of seawater splash against this horn king, and you see a massive shark with the eyes raging of vengeance,

the spiritual power of Toa, smashing against its massive jaws opening, chomping down. The sacrifice of Kargash. Toa is now called upon a spirits, and you see a swirling shark made of seawater making it easier for you, Felix. To provide an opening.

Seeing my opening, a dagger in one hand, open hand in the other, I'll clap my hands together, touch the ground, and a silver transmutation circle will appear around Baphomet. Silver chains will sprout from the transmutation circle as I cast hold monster at fifth level on Bafamette. You do that. Normally it would require it.

Normally it would, but this is cool ass shit right now. Yes, a silver chain sprout from the... As you understand, as Toa's giving you the opening, the one of this four spirits. clamps down the power of the sea and the wind. Everything is given his life for. Swirls around, holding it in place, waiting for you, Felix, his best friend.

And you channel it. And four massive silver chains connects to the Horn King as it attempts to try to break itself free from the hold of the shark, smashing the final conduit, trying to finish its goal. And it can't.

It snorts. It roars. It's stuffed. And the magic you've learned, the training that you've gotten, the people you've killed, has all been for the power to do this. And you hold the horn king in place.

Iris, you're up. I will use my staff to make a, A scarab nato. A scarab nato. I love that. The DMFle-Mission, Brenda Frazier, family vice. But you, Iris, and correct me if I'm wrong in this intention,

but you take the staff that you've held this entire time. You've doubted the judgment of Virgil Zern, but you've never doubted the gift he bestowed upon you. his private collection that he saw fit to bestow upon you, despite all of your differences, multiple, numerous differences. And you take this staff, a green, heightened scarab at the head,

and you directly above you, you shove your staff up. It strikes its chest, and suddenly a swirling, swirling, swirling storm of insects. Firm. Let me get to that. Horrific drone as he's swallowed by seawater,

held in chains and now engulfed in the drone of scarabs, devouring its flesh, eating its black fur, as it attempts to break free, but continues to be able to be. We imprisoned every single step of the way. Lofti. So I am going to, with my very last hit point of health, I am so weak, but I'm still going to raise

my spoon up. And it might look like I'm falling against him, but I am indeed doing it intentionally. I will brace against him with my spoon and try to hold him in place with the last strength As the shark made of seawater, change of the power of Virgil Zern and a tornado of scarabs swirls around about from that, you see that its life is no longer the important thing. Its wild, Labaritan eyes lock onto the conduit,

and it turns, and it lowers his head, it stomps his feet. It snorts and it tends to charge forward. You leap up and block against it with your spoon. God dang. Holding against it, you slide back only inches. Sliding back, holding it as the scarabs, the shark, the chains, hold it back, knowing that above you is the only hope that you have of banishing the horn.

King back from whence it came. Caprice, it is up to you. What do you do? I will finish my rap and be like, you're going to want some tortilla with the lettuce and the chicken and the cheese and you're fucked asshole. Bye. A phantasmal force being what it is. I want the images that I've seen him kill. All the beastmen that I've ever seen in the experiences that I've had in Striga, miniature versions of them are crawling up his fur and tearing out patches of it as they go in vengeance with anger in their eyes so that he can see the victims

getting their vengeance against him as he will in hell. Damn. Luffy holds back the charging might of Batman, the horn king, the leader of the horn leger. The force you've been

waging war against for as long as you've been in Striga, as Toa's shark, Felix's chains, Iris is swarm as scarabs, aids, in preventing him from charging forward to smash the final conduit. And you feel a presence behind you. You look up, it's not them. You look to your left, to your right, to your friends. It's not them either.

You hear, you feel the hot breath on your neck. You hear the voice. The roar of the butt. You suddenly strike a resonant chord on your violin. And everything that Buffam that's been doing, all of the rage against the magic. of your friends holds him in place and suddenly something in his savage cunning brain breaks and his eyes go wide not with the dispelling magics of the labyrinths of the mazes

his bestial bull-like ears flow with blood his eyes flow with blood his nostrils flow with blood his mouth fills with blood. His brain truly breaks. And he simply looks upward and attempts one final roar of the bull, but no roar is left. A simple, guttural groan as he heaves his head back and then is the only opening. All of you have provided that War Chief Shangorow Frost Fang needs. He's leaping from the Kiran Mount that he has, the glave of the seven laws in his hands. He lunges forward and he makes his final strike and as soon as this weapon forged from law and good and Death strikes the neck of this beast. Baphmet lets out a pained, gurgling roar,

and it is no longer powerful. It is weak. The hunter has become the hunted. The beast has become the prey, and it is a helpless fawn. As Shangoro Frost Fang slides down the glaive, leaving from the chin all the way from the throat to the chest, from the gut as his entrails spill out. As its form struggles to hold shape.

But it is too late. And as you see War Chief Frostfang slicing through the flesh of this beast as if it was nothing, you also, see his long life catching up to him. You also see his life force leaving him. You see his strengthened flesh hollowing to a shell as he gives everything, the soul and the silver of the blade, everything he has to give. It bursts in silver and gold and caprice. You feel a pull in yourself as you hear the hoot of an owl, a blade forage from ancient line, a sole blade, use to defeat foes former powerful in Baphomet, but in this instance, it'll do. When War Chief Frostfeng arrives at the bottom and lands at the ground, cleaving the entire minotaur down, the center, his

glades smashes into the ground and he realizes too late as Baphimet the horn king looks at all five of you, all six of you, Sangoro Frostfang with wild madden eyes and explodes

into gore. Nothing left, but it's not over. As you hear horrific roar, as he's He sniffs, all of you, all five of you, you bear his chains, and explodes into gore. You're all bathed in viscera and blood, as the beast is destroyed.

But you see as Shangoro Frost Fang lands, his knees on the ground, his glave, coming to a rest in the seal. he cannot move. He's too weak. His long life catching up with him. And he realizes the power of this beast pulled into the silver blade.

But not only that, as soon as he lands in the spiraled seal, the final conduit shatters. And the power within that final seventh seal breaks and sucks into the

and burst out every single one of you blasted by the power of death itself, the power of the land itself, the power of Striga herself. Let's remove my last mirror image. Find all of you to make a charisma saving for a disadvantage. No chance. Felix has a charisma of a rock. I'm going to use a key point for my lucky to remove the disadvantage. I feel like two key points. A disadvantage?

Oh, I got a natural 20, and then I got a 13. So good game. What did you say, charisma? Fuck. 13. Oh, okay, I've got a 10. 13? 13.

16. 16? 16. Excellent. 10. 10. 10. Um,

uh, three. Nice. Quiet falls over the chamber. As Baphomet, his avatar at least. explodes into Gore. You're all left. You're all this left

as War Chief Shingoro, Frost Fang lands the glaved Seven Laws slamming into the seal. Surprise and anger coming to his face as his age catches up to him.

You see the wrinkles and then the hollowing of his life force as it draws itself into the blade. And he looks up, you wits, as the final conduit breaks. And you are all slammed.

You all got less than a 20, right? Yep. Oh, yeah. You are all paralyzed as you hear the footh of the owl. Don't, don't. With the power of death. Mm. Oh.

And you see. The orc. There's long tendrils. Shrivering, shriveling, wilting, aging, 100, 200 years in an instant. God damn. As his eyes begin to roll back and a single figure lands the ground, you see a tobacco scene. It's not iris. Golden Lotus, looks around, surveys the aftermath of the battle, and she reaches down to hold the face of Shangoro, Frost Fang, whom she's kept alive for so long. And she looks down with love. There is a sense of love and appreciation there in a sick kind of love. of ways, roll held as you hear the hooting. And it reminds you of everything you dealt with in Erios, but far stronger and you don't know

why. But the seal has been broken. Sweet. Sucked into the glave. And she looks down at Shangororo Frost saying, as he looks. As he gives his last breath. And she holds his face. making his passing a little bit easier as he perspires his age finally catching up to him.

And her voice rings out, You have fulfilled your destiny, my war chief. He collapses to the ground. Lifeless, just like Baphima. She stands in the room looking about you, all, five of you. Capri, something pulling at your soul, you've given up something. You have no idea of the extent, but you know you fucked up. Real bad.

And the pull on your entire being in this weapon, the back scene now picks up holding it a weapon truly for a humanoid per size. then she cast her feline eyes towards heart cleaver, the massive glave of the horn king, far larger, completely unwieldy for any mortal of your size, the power of beast plague, and she smiles. I thank you all. You have all performed your duties quite well, just as it was foretold by the six-eyed hawk. My path, my fate has led me here.

And you see as she looks attempting to pick up this massive glave, she starts to grow in size. As her back gets larger. I will not forget your sacrifice. And you start to see as her eyes, her large feline eyes, a golden feline turns almost reptile. as they glow into a gold, as her body shift from white and black fur to scales. As suddenly her tabaxy form begins to shift and shape into a draconic shape, golden scale, massive wings, long neck, horns, and brilliant eyes of gold. As she gets larger and larger and larger, as she leans forward and where you had seen a Tabaxi,

no longer am you immortal. An ancient golden dragon stands before you. As she reaches forward, one hand. and gripping a tiny glave now at this point, but reaching forward and snatching the weapon of the king of beasts, the horn king himself, as she reaches up her neck and calls out to Hezaki, go to my lair now, my love.

And Hersia and Torval looked down, submissive as they look at all of you and just simply nod and Hezaki the Kieran says Of course

My love my queen My goddess Will you wait to you return In the flash of gold He's gone Along with her Gentorval And the massive dragon

Surrounding you eats her golden wings If she grabs the glave of the seven laws and the heart cleaver. And she looks at all of you and says, You have all allowed for the ultimate weapon to be forged. Allowing the eternal blossom, Rajani, the eternal blossom,

my will to spread across the entire continent. and thank you for fulfilling your destiny and fulfilling mine and with a single beat of wings the ancient golden dragon erupts out with a shattered chamber of the seventh seal thar's dunes holds weaken as a golden dragon Golden Lotus Rajani the eternal blossom flies off to her own goals and that is where we'll end

the session I feel dirty we wouldn't get duped by another dragon it's in our nature like you would think it's in our nature holy shit

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