The Adventure Zone - The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase - Episode 16

Episode Date: February 16, 2023

The arcade employees scramble to finish their mission while avoiding the wrath of a murderous automaton. Montrose gets a shock, Emerich goes to bed, Beef gets in the zone.Opening monologue performed by Autumn Seavey Hicks: https://www.instagram.com/autumnseaveyhicks/?hl=enAdditional music in this episode: "Little Yellow Room" by ROZKOL https://rozkol.bandcamp.com/; “Voyageur” by Monkey Warhol: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/; "When You See Me" by SOMM: http://alplus.io/spotify; Free Guitar Walking Blues (F 015)" by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de; "No End Ave" by Jahzzar: http://www.betterwithmusic.com/; "Moulds Sun" by 10 Echo: https://10echo.bandcamp.com/; "Alone With You" by Land of Fire:  https://alplus.io/alone-you; and Six" by Lex Villena: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iwj2SqGnplhDIadeJ5bmy?si=N8WYSKIPR7WUy8z4ajNSog. Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/jointaz

And after finding his more spiritual side, self-made guru Chad says the only thing he's interested in touching now is hearts. Oh, that is so sweet. Lastly, we finally got a little clarity about the abrupt ending to last week's episode of Passion's Cove. Dantonic said an unplanned power outage was the reason we didn't get to see Omar and Scott get busy in the grinding gazebo. So does that leave an opening for Kip to steal Omar's spot? Kip, you deserve this. When you've got a chance at love, you've got to never know when to stop dreaming.

It doesn't make any sense. It wasn't. The story wasn't like this for. Hey, Pinchie. Hello, everybody. And welcome to the Adventure Zone. Thank you, Glechase. Happy to be here.

Well, you work here. It's good to be welcome. You work here. We're employees. You're employees of the Adventures in Steeplechase. And I'm your humble manager, Greg. I'd really like to get those attachments up, guys. Let's get those accessories out the door.

That's where our margin is. Okay, sorry, boss. I got five subscriptions today, boss. Oh, that's good. People love getting these discs in the mail. Netflix is going to be big, guys. Am I on inventory again? I signed out 25 people for credit cards.

One of the wildest things at working at Best Buy was how hard they wanted us to push Netflix DVD rentals, and we really were supposed to push them in the media department. And it's like, don't buy snakes on a plane. Just sign up for this. Man, if that isn't the like business equivalent of introducing your wife to your much more handsome, charming friend. Yeah. It would be like John Henry going around like, fuck, these trains are good.

Have you guys tried these things? This machine lays track. It's amazing. It's incredible. It makes my life so much easier and I don't see it ever becoming a problem. I'm going to learn to code. Griffin, do you ever feel out of it? of it because you and I never worked at Best Buy.

Griffin worked at GameStop, which was like part of it. Griffin and I both worked at GameStop. It was weird. Anyway. And Justin and I both worked at Best Buy and Griffin and I worked at a movie theater. Yeah. Did any of you ever squeeze dog's anal glands? I did, Dad.

Oh, yeah, that's right. You did. And you and Justin worked at the same radio station. So we are all linked. We're all connected. It's all connected. We should start recording the show now. Yeah.

I'm gonna, we're gonna leap right into it. Holy shit. That was amazing. That was, Evan, that was the wild shit I've ever seen you, okay? He's filming, by the way. Douglas Manzetti has been filming this entire thing. Are you okay? I look up and I say,

I told you at the beginning, I fight hard and fuck hard for what I believe in. Yeah, no, I, but like, That's how we do it in Dinosaur, Colorado. And I fucking bring one of the hammers smashing down on the judge's head. You're extremely excited for me. I really appreciate that. I never thought of myself as a hero.

But I, Douglas Manzetti, just single-handedly stop that robot. God. What the fuck is wrong with that thing? Well, it got crushed by a big door, and then I just fucked its head all up. At that point, you see Shlometheny. and you walk up behind Douglas and grab his camera and throw it in the hole, smashing it to pieces. Oh my God, Douglas. You dropped your camera.

You're going to be in big trouble. What? I... What the hell's little Bethany? How could you... Greg told me to come over here and tell you that your wife called one of your kids got hurt really bad. What? Which one of my kids?

I didn't ask. It just said it's emergency, and they're going to the hospital. It's really bad. Oh my God. And Douglas runs away. I guess Douglas has kids. Can you get out of the whole jazz bucket? But why did you do this to this footage? This is, um, this could have been my big break. I mean, like, I know you don't, you're not good with thinking, but like, how can I say?

Think at it for a second. Like, can you try to flex? whatever is in there and just like think about it for like a half second. Oh, wait a minute. It would be quite bad if everyone knew my face. And about the barrister. It's so weird that you're a murderer. I thought it would be hot, but I thought about it for like a half second. It's gross.

I didn't actually do any of the murdering. Oh, okay. Yes, that was. So you're like even more boring than I thought before. Well, I have other. I don't want to talk to you anymore. you did begin the conversation. You're welcome.

Then Shla Bethany walks away. Can I? Okay. Justin, I would like to become the first investor in a side series all about Shla Bethany, please. I don't want to do our stuff anymore. I just want to listen to you, B. Shle Bethany.

What? I genuinely do want to take either one or both of the hammers just to be able to prove I think it'll get us some creed down in the buttercream Okay So I don't know

I don't know if I have to do anything To do that, but let me think Yeah Why don't you, you're still in the hole with him, right? It's like halfway up The barrister Why don't you Take the hammer from him

But before you do Give me a fortune roll straight straight D-6in straight D-6in that's about as bad as a number that you can get on the six-dimensional dice oh wait but you weren't in roll 20 when I clicked it so

Trab what was the number it was an eight yeah eight yeah yeah roll a D6 and got an eight it was just a picture of a hammer it wasn't even a thumbs up next to it it was a remiss and my body looking very strong Griffin's body Now that was in base four, so. Oh, base four.

Okay. So I'll just do another D6. Griffin, you reached down to... The role was so bad that I entered the world to take the failure on as my own human form. Oh, you, Griffin McElroy took the... Okay, Griffin, you reached down to take the hammer and as soon as you touch it. an electric shock charges through your body, electricity that had not yet been discharged from the barrister,

and you take a level one harm for this shocking that you've just received. You got singed fingeys. Do I get to resist? You absolutely could resist if you'd like. Yeah, I'm going to resist that harm. Okay. Take one D for each attribute dot in, let's see, what attribute? Oh, no, just one D for each attribute.

attribute dot, I guess. In, what would being electrocuted challenge, not my insight. I would say finesse to let go of it. Yeah, that seems like a good... But then I'm just rolling one D6 because I only have one skill and prowess.

As fun as it is to try to decide how you're resisting it, I mean. So I choose the attribute based on the nature of the consequences. It's a consequence for physical, strain or injury, so it should be prowess. Okay. And you roll how many dots you have in prowess?

Total dots? That seems like that number could be extremely high. And then you take the highest die. What's your, what's your, I have three in finesse and nothing in anything else. Okay, I am rolling one D6 to, well, I can just click prowess. That whole fucking argument was nothing because I could just click it. I could just click the thing to a fuck. That's not good.

But I'm still fine. Listen, guys, this was a pretty chill mish for me. Okay. So you're going to take four stress. That sucks the shit, though. But you do, you, uh, let's see. Yeah, I like, I like Travis as you just jerk your hand back. Like you feel, I don't know how you, maybe you sense it, your hairs.

You hear the buzz. Your hair stand on in, whatever, right seconds before you pull your hand back. Like that classic scene from powder, where the kid's necklace starts to float up. And it's like, oh, yeah, we all, we stand. powder. Okay. Excuse me. Montrose, do you really want that hammer? Wait, are you there? I thought you were with beef.

No, you went to go find Scott. Yeah, man. Okay. Oh, yeah, you guys are together. Right, right, right. Okay, well, I'll just have to be extremely descriptive when I tell the story of my great triumph and I climb out of the hole. Meanwhile, beef is on a guitar hunt. Squeal lily, yeah, let's check it with beef. How things go with you, Beef? He's on a guitar hunt, scuttle-lidly.

Okay. So he knows where the room is. Mm-hmm. And he knows where the guitar is. Okay. So has he encountered any problems on the way there, Justin? Has he? Don't give him the opportunity to just say you go get it.

Yeah, I got there. And I had a nice bathroom break on the way, so I'm feeling great. The lights are dark when you are, uh, are, making your way through. And it is pitch black in the room where the guitars are, where you understand to be the music room. I think I already have a lantern with me, a flashlight. You do.

Well, it's a zippo. Well, no. That was your zippo, which you did throw out of a robot. Oh, right, right, right. I pull out one of my other eight zippos. No. Okay, well, Trav. Tell you what.

Give me a survey roll to see if you can find the jam zone. This is controlled, I would say. Yes, yes. Effect. I think it's a standard action. Okay. Standard that you would have able to find room in the dark. I'm going to push myself because I have only two stress right now,

and I'm really trying to strain and be careful. Five. Five. Okay. You know what? You stumble around for a little bit. It takes you maybe a few beats longer than you hoped it would, but you find yourself in the jam zone. Okay.

I know where the guitar is because he told me. Who's there? It's Jahela. Yeah. Is somebody there? I'm a little scared. It's me, Johnny Shrimp toast. Hi, Johnny.

I came in here to just take a breath for a second. Things got kind of overwhelming, and the lights went out. Yeah, they didn't pay their electric bill here. Steeple Chase? No, just here specifically. It's a storyline. Oh, it's part of the show. Yeah, to just see, they're trying to set up like a,

We're going to do some mores and sit around the lantern. Oh, okay. Go to the, yeah, there's a fire pit they're setting up by the pool, and it's supposed to be like a chill hang thing. And so they sent me to get the guitar so he could do some Dave Matthews band covers for everybody. Oh, you're getting his guitar. Yeah. That's nice.

So, why don't you head on, make your way careful, because it's dark out there. Make your way to the pool. and uh it's too dark i really if i fell it would not be good i'm i'm just staying put i can help you if you want you could stay with me no but i can i can guide you and get you there real careful um ma'am i think i'm having a bit of a panic attack um i've been kind of kind of very upset since i got here it's been a lot more stressed than i thought it would um I'm not If you

If you want to stay with me I would sure I don't want to burden you But You know Soft Beef Punchley Is gonna sit with her Thank you Beef

Would you Would you play me something? Oh boy Yeah Because Beef has just remembered That there's a thing on the guitar That makes anybody who play it sound good Okay

Yeah Yeah. Let's see. He starts in on kind of a jazzy riff. You're playing Hey There Delilah. No, I'm not. I'm doing Blue Skies. I'm not doing Hey There Delilah. You can't convince me you're not playing. Hey, there, Delilah, what's it like in New York City? That's all I remember.

That's really nice. Let's see. Up at dawn. I'm sleepy. And yonin'all in. Oh, go ahead. Still the taste of wine. Then I remember you're mine, and I've got a world that's fine. Beef, give me a finesse roll.

I am so sorry I don't have one of his lighters, or I would have lit it there. Thank you. Let's all take a lantern in our low. Dad, is this desperate? Or Justin, is this desperate? Trolled. Wow. Freudian.

Okay. Well, I think it's controlled, son. Thank you, dad. I think it's always been controlled. Yeah, this is controlled, Treff. Man, I want to push this out, but I don't think I need to. Okay. For now, I got a six.

One in a six. All right. I feel a little bit better now. Thank you so much, Johnny, for taking the time. I think I'm going to be okay. Are you sure? I don't want to. I'm fine.

Go ahead. I didn't think. the song, so. I found this. Maybe we can play together. What'd she find? No, please. How did I fall for it? I've never thought I would fall for that again.

Justin, is that? What is the opening strains? I was a trap. Yeah. I was as surprised as you are. But it was the beginning of, what is that, Griff cashmere? Is that cash?

No, it's that cat. That's immigrant song. Immigrant song. Thank you. I was very impressed that I found those notes. And I tried to find them again too, but they weren't. I wouldn't say you found them, Justin. Okay.

Are you saying they? General. They found me. Okay. Okay. Go ahead, drive. Go ahead. What?

You can leave. You're out. You're out of the room. Pitch black. You've got some patico. Let's go over to Emric. Well, Emric heard on their comms. Scott refused to go help.

and wanted to go check on his parents. So I think he, I think Emrick has made his way to Fred and Betty's place. Hmm. Or, as they're called, their celebrity couple name, Freddie. Or bed. I love bed. Oh, God, I do too. Okay, you, Emric, give me a role.

give me the same survey role that I had him to do okay you don't think he'd know where it was it's pitch black inside so unless do you have your flashlight do you have a flashlight or some sort of light source well it depends did I get the give a ghost projector back no Scott still

no he no Scott gave it to Montrose Montrose has it shit okay now what's your load out do you have you could have one. It's just going to add one to load. I don't know what your load is, but you can have one.

I mean... All right. A lantern? Mm-hmm. Okay. Yes, and I add one to the load. What is it out of curiosity? What's your...

We know that his is a Zippo. What's your light source? It is one of those cool little flashlights like you can get at Disney World at the at the Pandora land the lane of avatar where you crank it and it works like a flashlight little handheld thing lots of people cranking it when you crank it yeah it's when they see it's weird every time I go I see people crank it in Pandora and then it just lights up the whole place

you know what I mean just seeing their faces light up when they crank it no you know what that doesn't make it sense because he's down to one good arm I'm just going to say yeah you can't crank it with one arm can't crank it with one arm no and then you need both Just to change it up. Not when you're playing your Pandorian ritual drum. So it's a... One hand does the Pandorian ritual and the other one cranks it. Yeah, well, you got to be able to plug into the long sinewy thing, too.

Oh, yeah, Dad. You absolutely do. You got to get the long sinewy thing and then you crank it. You got to show respect to the ocean. It makes me so angry that Dad and I can't go deep in the paint on Avatar references with you, too, because you refuse to. to join us in the land because you're too afraid of how you feel.

Yeah, I wish that we could join you in cranking at the avatar. You're afraid of the stirrings. You're afraid of the stirrings you'll feel when you see the land of Pandora in 3D. And I won't be able to stop cranking it. I have erotic awakenings at Animal Kingdom Park

because of James Cameron's twisted hypersexual vision of the space future. And that was Michael Eisner's entire goal. Yeah. He's so weird. Listen to that guy talk about it. He's, he's very nasty and he's very patient. I'll get him.

Well, I'll tell you this. The 3D of something shooting right at your face. Okay, dad. Justin. Grab the reins. Yeah. Grab the handle doors. All right, Mac.

You... Justin, take the wheel. You make your way to the rents place. It's a head lamp. It's one of those strap things on the head. Yeah, there you go. You make your way and you, uh, you bang on the door. Or I shouldn't say that you bang on the door.

You stand outside the door and wait for inspiration to start. And you'll hold the boom box over your head. Okay. Nice Foley. Oh, hey. Oh, God. Can you, oh. You mind?

I'm sorry. Yes. Hey, what's going on, Omar? Hey, Scott. Could I speak to you and your parents, please? Just because I want Justin to have to do three voices. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, come on in.

Fred. What the fuck? Hold on. Now, just everything. Ruben, now we all have to relax for a second. Justin goes to the voicotron. I load up the voicotron. Oh, my God.

Okay. Uh, hello. Um, what was Omar? Hello, Betty. Um, no, I'm Fred. Right. It's dark. Betty's watching her shows.

I don't have the heart to tell her that the TV's not working. Oh. Oh. Oh. Uh, well, I, I'd like, to speak to three of you as a family. Oh, that would be fine. Sure. Come on in.

Thank you. Is this what I think it is? Are you, boy, you know, a father dreams of this moment. Oh, I know. There's a child meeting the right person and then it's a little old-fashioned, I know,

but you coming to me if I asked for Scott's hand is Oh, no. This is very, you know, old, old fashion perhaps, but that really carries a lot of weight with Greg, no, Fred, boldflex. Well, that's not exactly what I'm here to speak to you. You motherfucker. No, no, no.

This is, in a way, in a way, I am proposing, I am proposing. Oh, okay. You betty it's happening. I am proposing a relationship with your son. That much is true. Beautiful. But instead of looking at me as some kind of suitor, look at me like a coach of a sports ball team here on a recruiting mission.

I think Scott has a tremendous future in the world. of electronic sports gaming. It would be a way for him to earn a decent wage. Are you telling me that you're an e-sports coach and you're trying to recruit my holographic son? In a way, yes. Okay, I just wanted to understand the, I've never had this exact conversation before. So I wanted to make sure I understand.

Hey, Justin, no one has. Scott, will you chime in here? Tell your father and mother what you and I spoke about, about how you really and truly want to experience the world. Do you want to get out there and make your mark? You want to meet people. You want to make new relationships, form new bonds. Do you, do you remember that? Did I say that? I feel like I'm flying here. I mean, no, remember we talked about breaking out and going out into the world and how exciting it would be for you to make new relationships and new friendships and and face challenges you'd never faced before yeah that that yeah um i kind of need to stay here though right like the show is

kind of about me so i kind of need to be here for the he needs to be here for the show you understand do you do you really think the show is is is more important than yourself You can do this show, but you're going to be going through the same motions, meeting the same type of people. I'm offering you a chance to come with me and be part of something bigger, something greater, where you're not just a piece of meat light or light meat. Who are you trying to sway here, Mac, so I'm clear. Well, I thought I had already convinced he did. He got a critical trust. Yes, I know.

You convinced him of what? Well, I convinced him of trusting me to take his prism and go out and make him. My intent was to make him the basis for the game. Okay. For the game back of the arcade. So right now you're trying to sway the parents. So you've already swayed Scott. You know, what he's saying actually makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, I mean, for sure. I'm, I'm into this, actually. What are you saying, Dad? You got to let me live my life. Okay, but what do you think that looks like? Roll a sway on the Dad. Oh, shit. Well, you wanted Justin to do three voices, huh?

Yeah, you got all three from them. I was really hoping to make an a tune roll there. Well, the human? No, no. No, I say that. Listen, you already got Scott. Scott's on board, but you, but you found him here. You're being a gentleman right now.

Okay. Well, then I, I'm, I'm going to have to push myself. Sheesh. I've only got two empty things for stress. Then don't push yourself to convince, for this unnecessary dad sales pitch for the dad. Scott Boldflex is an independent contemporary. I'll take a shot at convincing Fred. Yeah.

All right. So sway and it's controlled. And it's... Oh, you're just guessing. I mean, you're just going for it. I would say sway and it is desperate because they are, they will... Not desperate. Controlled, you're right.

Yeah, baby, baby, baby, risky. Let's say risky. Let's split the difference. you can tell that he is uneasy Fred Bolteflex is uneasy so go ahead and try to sway him to what you're saying okay so it's standard risky

standard risky okay no bonus time two and a four so it's a two I don't want this to get ugly but I'm afraid it's going to are you saying that to Fred I'll say to whoever's listening

Yeah, dad. Lining the sand, bud. Well, I'm kidnapping your hollow son and there's nothing you can do about it. Well, he already said he would, I mean, he was letting me take his prism. I could just order him to let me take it again. But it's always hard when you have to tell the father of someone you're courting that you're about to take their prism. Doug walks over and he, Scott's sitting there. watching TV with a TV that is not on with Mary.

And Fred reaches. Betty. Betty, God, fucking hell. And Fred and Betty, I did so I could remember. Yeah, you fucking just called them Doug again. Are there next door neighbors, Wilma and Barney? Yeah, see, I did a confusing one. I should have made them Fred and Wilma.

That would have been better. But then I thought it would be like too obvious. Okay. So Fred walks over and he reaches up to the nape of Scott's neck and sort of just lightly sort of taps. It almost looks like he's clicking. And Scott's head drops. And then he turns back to you. What do you think you're playing at?

Sincerely, I've seen people get obsessed before. I know it happens. This is a holographic. rejection. He is not in control of his own faculties. What do you think you are playing at? I'm sorry. Fred? Um, why do you suddenly sound like you're on PBS masterpieces? And I worked for a long time to try to keep the solution up on which you have an immersive experience. That's what we want for everyone. But it does get to a point where this has to stop. Now, I ask you again, what are you playing?

at. Hold on one second. Are you Hank Hart? And you see him peel a little bit of his mask and peels it off. And yes, it's Hank Hart. Do you remember me? Emmerick. Emmerick dreadway. Yes. Emmerick, we all remember you. We all still speak of you regularly, although I don't think you'd like the context of the convent. What do you want with my child here? I will level with you, Hank. I am a tremendous admirer of this, and I would like to study what you've done here with this. I'm sure you would. I'm sure you'd love that very much, wouldn't you?

We all know how much you'd like. to get up to the big floor. We all know how much you'd like to poke and prod around and see what you left in pieces. You are not in your layer where you belong. You belong in used to been with the things forgotten, with the things half remembered. We sent you there for a reason, Emmerich, so you could rot.

And now I find you here trying to abscond with my masterpiece? We all know the game. No more subterfuge. I will ask one more time and then I pick up one phone and you are gone. What are you playing at? I am trying to rectify a situation you created by stealing another person's identity, another person's likeness.

God knew what he was. He was an employee. of Dentonic. That means that any IP he created while in our employ was rightfully the property of the company. All of his choices, all of his decisions, all of his are ours. All we did was have a backup, just like any other company would, a backup of his work that we continue to own. He even got to maintain a employ within the park. I think he did just fine for himself. He does not feel the same way, Hank.

He feels like you have stolen everything from him. I am here to rectify that situation. You can downgrade my feelings and fool yourself into thinking that your work has been based on my work that I am the shoulders you stand upon now. But you, regardless of me, you have violated this man's rights. You have stolen from him. You are a criminal. So I'm here to be a criminal, too, and take the prism.

So no one else can use it. And Scott can have his... life back. And you can just lump it. Yes, yes. I said lump it. Oh, those are. Strong words. Yes, they are. Quite a speech. Um, Dad, what are you trying? Montrose and beef can hear this, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. What are you trying to achieve, Dan? But with this, this, the, the way you're talking with Hank What are you trying to achieve? I don't know. I don't think he's just going to give me the prism.

This was a wrinkle I had not anticipated. Now that we have established that we can hear this, I'm going to make my way towards, well, I guess I don't know. Where is this conversation? Oh, in the parents' room. I want to start making my way that way because I am feeling like the job is about to be completely blown. Yeah, same with beef. I'm not saying we have to intercede right now, but.

Dad, if you're trying to sway Hank Hart, I think that, and check this out, everybody, we asked, thanks to Tom over at Evil Hat for walking me through this. Effect, we haven't exactly got right, so I'm going to rectify that here. Effect is a measure of how effective you will be in a situation. So I would say, considering the context and everything, if you're trying to sway him, it would have limited effect. Or you can push yourself right to. take greater effect or exchange position, right? Yeah, you can push yourself to desperate if you would like to have a greater effect. So basically, you're trying something more drastic, but you're raising the stakes.

Yeah, I don't think that, I don't think he's done anything that's going to sway Hank to give him the prism. I don't think out of guilt, Hank is going to do that. I think trying to sway him would be a wasted effort. I mean, probably do you, I'm assuming you don't have any more like, I mean, I could see this being a command, which I guess you don't have any. I don't have any command. Yeah. I have one and consort. I have three and a tune for all that it's doing it.

I mean, hey, it's up to you, man. You play this however you want. Well, it doesn't do me any good to attune to Scott because he turned him off, right? I mean, I will say Hank did turn off Scott because Hank knows how these things work. He knows how hard light works. So he knew how to turn Scott off.

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You know what? I would normally make you roll for the, for that. But. you know, you would know the move. You just watch it do the move and you know the move, so it doesn't seem like a roll. And honestly, you use that headlamp in a very organic way that I don't feel like you need to roll for it. This all makes sense to me. Scott clicks back to life.

Scott. Yeah, ma'am. Listen, I recently came to the conclusion that hard light constructs, what do you think you're doing, are souls, that you have a consciousness. You are not just a set of code. You are not just a prism.

You are a thinking, feeling, being. And I have offered you a chance to make something of yourself. You are not owned by this gentleman, no matter what he says. I have learned this lesson in a very hard way, treating the things that I help to bring into being as if I own them. Just like a parent doesn't own a child. He does not own you. I need you to come with me.

Yeah, man, chill. Absolutely. Let's go. Yeah, for sure. Let's go. You and me. Really? Yeah, I'm into it, for sure.

Because I have more. Now, Scott, are you, are you sure this is the best thing for his eyes are fucking fury? Like you can look in his into, I guess it's Hank now, but he, you know, pertain to be friend. You can look into Frank's eyes and he wishes nothing but death for you. But I'm just not sure that it would be safe out there for you, for you son. No, yeah. Sorry, dad. Mom, I know you guys got to live your life, but this old guy is right.

I got to get out there. Do you know how many babes and dudes and people there are out there that need my brand of love? I mean, there may be, think about it, like other beaches, other coves out there that I don't even know about. and I gotta live my own life, you know. Hank? I mean, Fred. Did you misspeak or did Emmerich misspeak? I misspoke.

Fred? I have absolutely no tolerance for people not getting this exact character's name, right? So I just wanted to make sure. Fred, I know you're angry right now, but listen, I have written a very, very much. a very important vlog about letting go of things that we think we own. And I wish you would check it out.

I'm hoping to post it somewhere as soon as I figure out how you post vlogs and what they are. Listen, he is not listening to you. He is looking at Scott. Scott, I, I want to warn you that if you leave this house, I won't be able to protect you anymore.

I'm worried that a lot of harm could come to you. Now he's looking at you, Emmerich. Now he's looking right at you. I will not allow anything to happen. You have my word on that. I have devoted myself now to protecting these hard light souls. and I will go to any length I would give my life to protect him

but what about the show? I'm sure that Scott's creator could come up with something new every season they have a new rose-giving person or in this case note-giving person Don't you think a change of pace

Would be good for the show's ratings You know what? I'm going to talk to Greg about this I think Greg would have something to say And Hank slash Fred Storms out of the room And have we made it by this point? Yeah, for sure.

You know the, you've navigated these halls Before you know the way And I'm assuming, Emrick, you're with him, yes? Yes, Montres. Yes, Montrose, excuse me, Montres, yeah, you're with him and you had a flat, you didn't throw away your light source.

So you have made your way. And let's say that are you guys just standing outside the room? Yeah, I'm going to say that having heard what he said to Emmerich, as Fred slash Hank is exiting, beef is going to punch him directly in the face. Whoa. Give me a skirmish roll. And I would say that this is going to have. great effect.

Excellent. I mean, we need a different word. It will have strong effect. I won't describe what it will do to the fortunes of our little upstart operation. And I'm also going to push myself because beef is really, really pissed.

Wow. Okay. Yeah. That's a critical. What you got there is a critical. 646. This isn't, this maybe wasn't the one to crit on though, I'm worried. Yeah, but I'm telling you right now, he talked

to Emreck in a real not nice way. Okay, so here's what old our pal, he just crumples into a pile. You send him sort of like flying a rag doll

of a man. He crashes into Betty, who You realize as soon as her head pops off was, yeah, she's, she's not real. She's just a prop. No one's supposed to be in here. Betty's just a prop. She's not actually real.

It was all for show. But yeah, you've knocked out Hank pretty ferociously, actually. He is out cold. What the fuck? Hey, whoa, not cool. Holy shit. That dude just punched my dad so hard. mom's head came off.

Fucking, is this what the world is like? Uh, we, we need to, we need to go yesterday. You, we need to, can you turn him into pocket, portable mode, handheld mode, Scott, and we need to get

under that palm tree. Scott, would you mind give him your prism? It'll be for easy transportation. Well, I mean, what will it be like for me? I didn't really think about this before, but like... Like a nap. Like a nap.

It'd just be like a little nap. I don't know if Android's dream of electric sheep or not. But you can just take a nicer and a nap and think about all of the opportunities and things that you want to achieve. I want you to think about what you want. What's your goal? Scott. But I need the prism and I need it now.

And I promise. to take good, good care of it. Okay. Yeah, you already did that critical before. I think he's, I mean, he's buying this all. You see him reach up and touch his chest again and peel it apart and expose his prison to you. And Emrick reaches and takes it.

The moment you reach in, another barrister comes out. No, I'm just kidding. I want to try to lead us back. Wait, hold on. He didn't get to describe what happened. Dad, you touched the prism, and, you touch the prism, And it's almost like, you know what it's like? It's like seeing the genie get sucked it back into the lamp.

That's what it's like. You see him, it's almost like becomes this little vacuum at the touch of your hand. And it's sucking the light back into it. And you see it glowing, very bright. You notice at that moment it kind of smells like sauvage. Oh, no, the worst. Yeah, I like savage. It's not for everybody.

And their choice of spokesman's a little questionable. but, you know, as an all-purpose sin. I'm not mad at it. But, Dad, you have this Sauvage by Dior-scented gem that is glowing, brilliantly bright in your hand. I ask Montrose, by the way, could I have my... Give a ghost projector wrist. Sure.

Can you put that bright-ass prism inside of a, like, a velvet bag or something. I can put it in. Okay. Cool, cool, cool, cool and great. Let's go. That's what I do. I put the,

I put Scott's crystal in the give a ghost projector and close it up. And I want to get us back to the buttercream as quickly as possible. Okay, so what are you doing? I want to just take us back to that, the secret entrance that Shootbox took us to. Wasn't it under a palm tree or am I misremembering? No, you're right. Yeah. It was under a palm tree.

Yeah, you see a lot of, there's still a good amount of commotion from the crew. At that, just as you head outside of the room, the lights, all of them pop back on. Let's hurry. Has anyone seen us? Nobody has seen you yet. You're standing outside. Let me pop up my map here, not that this is really. really relative, but it'll give me some idea, so I'm not just pulling it out of my ass. You hear,

like, dinner begin again in the, I've always been here. They, they, uh, had paused their meal and politely waited for the lights to come back on. Um, and they are back and moving. Um, there is no one in the great room. Everyone was still outside because, except for, presumably Jihala is still in the jam zone. Um, but, uh, you don't immediately see anybody. You're in a bit of an alcove that the rents room is in. Hey, can you collapse the guitar? It's going to be pretty suss if we're walking around with that thing. And it's made of hard light, right?

Yeah. Yeah. So I hand it to Emmerich. Oh, certainly. So he does that. Would that be a lot of the role for that? No, no, it's easy enough. You've got two gems now.

in your in your pocket one is Scott Boldflex no Scott's in the give a ghost projector well I wrist it is in a gym I mean he's in a gym he's in a prism is what I'm saying like okay it's not in your pocket but yes he's in a prism in the give a ghost projector and then you've got this other prism where are you stashing that um I guess just well hold on in a pocket they in pocket why why does this have you don't need a clever Okay. I'm just trying to anticipate. I'm trying to figure out if there was,

there's room for multiple. I'm just asking for, so I know. I know. I'm trying to figure out. I'm trying to figure out if the, the givogos projector, the wrist thing would hold more than one prism.

Hmm. Otherwise, I've got to have two prisms in my pocket because I took one out to put Scott in. Okay. Unless I can put multiple, do you see what I'm saying? If the, if it holds multiple prisms or not.

No. Okay. Well, then Scott's in the thing and I stick the other two prisms down in my pocket. Griffin, were we supposed to go speak to the didn't dude before? I don't think we have time to do that now. It seems like we need to make a hasty retreat before the man you just. We'll figure out another way to contact.

We'll have our people reach out to his people. I've made initial contact. That's all that matters. Okay. Okay, guys, the lights. are back on. Thank you, everyone, for your, for your patience. We are right now looking for Scott. He's taking a breather. We're not exactly sure. We're getting everything cleaned up, though. But hey, good news, while everybody waits, we are doing a little imprompt to party at the beach.

So if everybody wants to come on over, we got some snacks, got some bruise. because I know how you guys love to party. And we're going to get things rolling just as soon as we find Scott. That's the announcement you hear coming from all the speakers in the home. And you see the cast gradually migrating back towards where shoebox showed you the hatch. Well, they're going towards. Okay, yeah, we're going towards that too. I mean, it's our best.

We took like a boat to get here. Yeah. So the train is not an option. We got to get to the hatch. And if everybody's walked to the hatch, we'll just do that. But then people will see us go down in a hatch. We'll figure that out later. Okay.

That'll be quite the disappearing act, but I'm down to try. Okay. So you make your way out to the beat? No. I go up to. to Greg. And I say, Oh, hey, Greg,

I think, if I could just gather everyone for one last thing in the grinding gazebo, I think that I can clear up the mystery of what has happened tonight. Trust me,

this is going to be good. Do you realize that what happened there is not, that's not part of the show, right? You understand that. Ah. We're still trying to figure it out, but that wasn't us.

That would be a wild twist for Passions Cove if there was suddenly a killer robot. It would, it would, I agree. But perhaps this is not for the show. Perhaps this will clear up the mystery of what has happened to Scott Boltflex. Oh. Just gather everyone in the grinding gazebo. Okay. Yeah, you're going to need to sway him.

And I think it's going to have limited effect, Griff, because this is a very large request you're making of Greg who is just trying to keep the show going. It has been explicitly told you need to get everyone away from the grinding gazebo while the customer experience team cleans up the mess. Oh, I didn't realize that is why he has. Well, you wouldn't have, but I'm trying to give you a little context

as why this is harder. So position. Limited effect, risky position. There's a six in there. There's a six in there. Yeah. Okay, listen. I'll go over there with you. All right.

I'll head over with you. You tell me what happened. Is that a deal? I'm not going to hurt everyone over there, but I'll go over with you. Deal? Okay. That sounds fair. Okay.

What are these two part of whatever this is? These two clowns? No, no. This is hard. So they should stay here. They can go where they want. I don't care. Okay.

Beef. Emmerich, what are you guys going to do? You guys are going to head over to the party? You're going to follow along? What are you doing? Is the party around the hatch? Yep. It's a good old hatch party.

Yeah, just going off the fact that Montrose didn't try to include us in it, I'm going to make our way to the... I'm just trying to peel as many eyes away from that hatch as I can, because I think I might be able to get away. Okay, yeah. I'm going to go to the beach. Where punch goes, so goes Emmerich. Okay.

That means I'm going with him. And while we're walking over there, Amric reaches into his pocket and pulls out the golden note and hands it to punch. Beef. Hands it to beef? I called him punch. That's his nickname for him and says,

when the time is right, if we need a distraction, I figure you may be able to throw this farther than I can. Hmm. This is a great idea. Smash cut to Montrose and Greg. So you can see he's pointing there. This is all fucked. I don't know.

It's going to take forever to repair this. But please, if you have any insight into this, If you saw something, like, please fill us in because this is outside of our expertise. They're sending a team, they said, customer experience, I think. I get, I get them all confused, honestly. But, yeah, so what's the deal? I am of a mechanical mind. I enjoy tech.

Yeah. And the moment I saw that they're automaton, I recognized it immediately as a Cyberman 1,500 deluxe. Like from Doctor Who? No. Okay. It's spelled with an S. An S? Cool.

Yeah. It's futuristic. Okay. What the fuck is a Cyberman 14, sorry, 1,500. Deluxe. deluxe, okay. It was an old-fashioned assistant robot with one

fatal flaw that led to its recall and apparently almost complete obliteration. It is that sometimes it went into a sort of horny rage. And I do believe that is what happened today. Scott Boldflex sent this

horny, this horny, passionate robot into a rage and got himself squished down flat. But that's not a problem. You just throw his pattern and whatever sort of 3D printer, you got cranking away back there and it should take care of things for you.

So that's mystery solved on that one. He was smashed up. The sorry, okay, wait. The horny robot smashed the hologram and I will bid you a good evening. Sorry, are you telling me that this robot destroyed bold flux?

Yes, the, yes. Yes. Fucking. Yeah. Griff, give me a sway roll. Yeah, sure. Position. I mean, it's risky, yeah.

What's my effect? I think the effect that you would have, I mean, this is a big lie. Yeah. But it's not crazier than anything else that has happened. Right. So I'm going to say it's standard. I mean, yeah, I think it's standard. Good.

436. That's a success. Nice. Wow. Good job, Griff. Are you telling, okay, so. I don't know who smuggled this thing in here, but it is incredibly dangerous to bring a horny, raging robot onto the set of an extremely erotic television show. I only have one question left.

Who did this? Who stopped it? Follow the clues. And that's all I'm going to say. No, I'd like you to say more. just answered my question, I guess. Who stopped it? Someone who's trying to cover their tracks.

Someone who's perhaps artistic designs overreached the laws of God and man. So who stopped it? Oh, well, it was a team effort between myself and Douglas Manzetti. I was sort of the hero, the bait. I assumed most of the risk. He flipped a switch. It's true. It's true.

Yeah. Douglas saves the day again. I, uh, he, and you see Douglas Manzetti walk up and he's got his hands, uh, on his waist. Obviously, looking very proud of himself, mullet flowing in the, in the wind. Yeah, it's your classic, uh, elevator robot squish. nothing they us union guys can't handle this is why you pay for the pros

basically is what I'm and I helped it I helped a lot too okay so if you were you Evan were involved in this we're going to have to get you

in with legal and they're going to make this right for you I know this is not what you want from your vacation and obviously we're going to get you in with the team to talk through this with you. You and Douglas, thank you for the A for you with Stubman.

And I will also say you're welcome because I helped out, I helped out a lot on this one. Okay. Okay, we're going to get you in and we're going to get a statement from you and then we'll work on. So I've got to take a 10-2 real quick and then I will check back in with you for sure. You're going to pull. to do all that.

You have to go poop. That's what a 10-2 means everybody. Hey, Greg? Is that he has to go poop. Hey, Greg? Yeah. I thought you were a professional. I am.

That 10-1 thing for peeing and 10-2 thing? You were on the set of the fucking, of the terminal? And Tom Hanks was like, I got to go take a 10-2. You wouldn't be like, Tom Hanks is going to shit, everybody. Stanley Tudji Wood there because he's a cut-off. Because he is a real jokester. The term, the terminology. exists because of decorum.

Okay. How do you think Catherine Zeta Jones would handle it? I want to sneak away if this fucking Greg turns his face. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, good. You're gone.

On the beach. Meanwhile, on the beach. Beef walks up. All right, everybody. So Greg told me to pass along while they're cleaning up some stuff and getting everything repaired.

So basically what we've got here, a classic game of hide and seek, where somewhere in this complex, Scott is hiding having a jam. First one of y'all to find him gets this and holds up the golden note. So basically your orders are, get looking. Hey, excuse me.

All right. Ricky Asparza. Hey, why are you deciding this? Oh, I'm not. Greg told me he gave me this. Greg told, but like, why, why, um, sorry, why are you telling us this? Because Greg told me to, okay, I mean, listen, if you don't want to win, that's fine. Where's Crystal?

Like, wouldn't Crystal be the one who, who would, like, normally Crystal gives us the, the challenges, you know? Yeah, the grinding gazebo fucking broke. Okay. So if you win, and the grinding gazebo is not fixed. Oh, so this isn't for, okay, got it. So they need to get it fit. Clean cut. They're just going to do a clean cut here.

Yes. So this is, you know, they're using all of the cameras, you know, mounted places to get the footage of us looking. Okay. Listen, I'm not giving, like, this wasn't my idea. I was just told to tell you what to do. So. Okay. On your mark.

Get set. Roll for sway. I'm doing a command, baby. Oh, command. Command. Okay. Command. I'm not trying to convince them of anything.

Okay. You're an imposing figure. Go for it. What's my position here? Risky and I'll say standard just to keep things moving. Can I up it to desperate to have a great effect? Can, yeah, Trough. Yeah, man.

And could I help him? Absolutely. But, bud, you only have two stress left. I know it. You'll traumatize yourself. If I help, is it one or is it two? It do. Help is one, actually, I think.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay. I'm going to help. I'm going to take a stress to help. And the way he's helping is by saying, yes, it's very exciting. And I heard it all. Great.

Very convincing. Good stuff, man. It's Emmerick, man. No, yeah, no. I love to actually. I honestly, I love your character work that basically Amrik has no idea how to communicate anything effectively

to human beings is a wonderful choice and I love it very much. Okay. Okay, here we go. That's a five, a six, and a five. It's a six. Okay, great effect. Everybody's like, you see Kip, like, fuck, all right, let's go. Jahela's like, well, this does sound like fun.

Let's go for it. And Ricky and other Ricky silently nod, and then Delphi silently. nods. Yep. There's a lot of silent nodding. And Shlbethany stands there and flips you off. And everybody sprints away. The beach is clear except for Shlbethany.

Who's just like, go ahead and go. Okay. And has my dude, Montrose made it bang? Yeah, Machos rolls up as everyone's running away and they're like, Montrose, come on, we got to find, or sorry, they're like, Evan, come on, we got to find Scott. And then everyone else in the cast, whoever that, was talking everyone but them silently nots yeah yeah that was a lie it was a command that i told them and now we we go yeah is there any way that you could hide the the golden note somewhere no i'm

keeping it hala would find it i'm keeping it oh well i just thought if jahela found it she wins the game and you win your bad no i listen oh fuck That's a good point. You're in the middle of a score, Travis, which means you have an option available here. Shlbethany? Hey, Shlbethany. I just wanted to remind everybody we haven't had any flashbacks. So if you wanted to use one here, you could.

Oh. Okay, I can't do a flashback, can I? You would die. You would die. How much stress for a flashback? Depends on what you try to accomplish with the flashback. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. I want to flash back to hanging out with Jahela in the jam zone. Okay. Uh, listen, um, you seem really, uh, you have a kind heart, Jayla. And you're here for the right reason. My kids always say that. Thank you. Um, uh, listen, uh, we're not going to be around, uh, after tonight.

Uh, we, I, the game, you know, you know, I, the game, you know, how it goes. But later on, make sure you check, I'm going to hide a little present for you under a palm tree on the beach. So don't forget to check that out. Okay, I'll leave something special for you so you know how to, I don't know, get in contact with me or something if you need to, if you get in any trouble, you seem nice. Oh, thank you.

That's really sweet. Okay. Just stay safe and don't hang out with Shlebethany. if you can help it. I can tell she's got a good heart. She does. Oh, she does not. She does not at all.

It's not an act. She is a shitbird. Okay. Trave, that's very believable. I'm going to say it's zero stress to do that because it's an ordinary action for which you had easy opportunity. Okay.

I leave, I was just going to leave a note that, like, had that, but I'm like, okay, yeah, all right. And I leave a little note that says, hey, you're, A good bird, not a shitbird, uh, Jahela with the note. Okay. And you left a note where.

Where are you leaving the note? I'm leaving it, uh, under a rock under the palm tree. And the note, I don't know what the phone is. The same place where the hatch is. You're leaving it where the hatches? I'm going to hide it. Okay, got it. Okay.

Um, and whatever method people can use to get a hold of it. You know what? I leave, I write, like, used to Ben, Poppy's Place, Ask for Beef. Okay. And I leave the note there with it as well. Okay. And then we go. Then we get the fuck out.

Okay. That is when you are about to kick it open. When you notice that Shlabetheny is still standing there. Can I help you? Yeah. I, no. know what you're doing. And I'm gonna tell everybody.

Oh my God. Wait, what do you think we're doing? You're stealing Scott? Okay. Okay. And what are you gonna tell them? I'm gonna tell them who stole him. Okay.

I'm gonna tell them who all this is about. Cause I wanna do it. I look at Shlebethany and I say, you saw the barrister, after us, right? Yeah, I was twisted. Kind of got me worked up, though. Do you know why Barristers come after you? Because you killed somebody. Everybody in the buttercream knows that. Not just anybody. Who did we kill? Fuck, Griffin. Another criminal. Trash bag.

Trash bag. Yeah, sorry, I wasn't trying to trick you, Justin. I know. Trash bag, Yeah, yeah. All right. We'll be going then. You know they're not going to stop, right? I look at Shebethany and say, Shoebox, I am well aware of the danger we are now in,

but I appreciate your concern. Here's what I'm saying. And you see her reach into one of her ugg boots and pulls out a pistol. Okay. I'm going to take Scott and I'm going to be a big hero and I have everything I wanted. And they'll let me stay as long as I want. And, uh, well, actually, that's the end of the sentence.

Hate mantras? The barristers are already after us for killing one criminal, right? Like, they won't double come after us, right? I don't know if double jeopardy applies in robot law. Um, I look at subethany and I say, how much you want? What do you mean? We'll cut you in.

Just, you clearly got us. How much? Because I know you don't want to run the risk of killing us and having the bearers just come after you. So why don't we handle this like proper feet? I'm going to yell for Greg and he'll come because he's a twerb who loves me, I guess. I don't know.

She points at you, Emrick, and says, I know you have Scott. Give him to me now. Oh, you want Scott? Please. Very well. Amrik raises the Give a Ghost projector and projects Scott right in front of Shlbethan. What the fuck?

Whoa, Shlebetheny. What is going on? Calm down. What is up? Scott. Please try to appeal to any shred of decency or affection that Shlbethany has for you. And tell her the truth that you are going with us of your own free will. Slabethany, you and I have known each other for like a day or maybe more.

But in that time, I've seen the real you. And at that moment, Shlbethany starts walking away and yelling, Greg! Okay, as soon as she turns, I'm clubbing her over the back of the head. Man, you can try, man. Yeah, I'm going to use... I'm going to take another load to have, like, a blackjack. that I clubber across the back of the skull with. That would be skirmish, right?

Yeah. You are, I'm going to say this is desperate. Yeah, yeah. And the effect will be standard. Okay. Whoa, three and a one. Nope. Oh, my God.

Save that critical, huh? I guess we should have given Scott a little more time. I don't think Scott would have done anything for us there, man. Travis, you go to strike Shlabethany. She spins around, I mean, you maybe step on a seashell or something. She needs nothing. She spins around, grabs your wrist, and punches you right in the throat. And you're having trouble breathing now.

It's a level two harm. Oh, I'm going to resist that. Okay. Because I have four in prowess. There's a six in there. Resistance role can reduce the severity of a consequence. Yeah, that's what we'll do. Trav, she hits, but you have a very musseling neck.

Yeah. And it's just a level one. She just kind of knocks the wind out of you. I say, oh, for Christ's sake. I look at you, Emric, and I say, give me the prism. Give me the prism. Which one?

God damn it, Dad. I look at you in the face with my most intense we are fucking criminal thieves face. We are dirty liar's face. And I say, give me the prison. Very well. And I reach into my pocket

and pull out the original prism I took out of the Give a Ghost projector and handed to him. And I say, Shoebox, I'm Mission was not just to steal this, it was to destroy it, and I put it on the ground and I close the hatch on it and shatter it.

Mission accomplished. Please release our strong arm. Yeah, fine. God, that was annoying. Montrose, give me a sway roll. I hope this is one of the good ones, the good rolls. Can I push my... No, I can't.

Okay. Risky standard? Yeah. That's... Five, six, six. Five, six. Five and a six and another six. You know what?

I like you. Well, no, but I get it. That was cool. That was totally fucked up. And a mean thing to do. You like... Totally killed that guy. Like you smushed him out of existence.

That's twisted and I love it. That actually worked for me. You're okay. There's hope for us yet. We must be going. All right, bye. I fucking open the hatch and I leave this God forsaking. Beef does this as well, like kind of coughing.

It's sputtering. One small bit of retcon, can we say that after Bethany started walking away? that Emrick recalled Scott. Otherwise, Scott was standing there. Oh, you killed me, dude. Yeah. Once she turned away, let's, Scott probably went away. And then, so Emric stumbles over to the hatch and as he enters it says, you two were the ones that liked it here.

I'd just like to point out, you were the ones that were so excited. Okay. Yeah. Yep. I'm going to be pretty taciturn until we make our way back to Stinson. Well, you have escaped. You've done it. You've made it back to the buttercream.

There is a lot of confusion up above, but no one really knows what happened. Something you don't see. We're looking up from. the hole that you are in. And what we see from inside the hole, the hatch pops open. And we see Jahela and several members of the customer experience team. And Kenchell Denton staring down. And Kenchell says, thank you.

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