WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:32.000 You are listening to an atomic broadcasting production. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the feature presentation. And remember, do your part. Such as, like, comment rate, and don't forget to tell a friend to tune in for an atomic time. 2 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000 Now, where do we leave off? 3 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.000 Ah, yes. 4 00:00:39.000 --> 00:01:09.000 After a much belated funeral, Val performed a ritual to commune with nearby spirits, accidentally summoning the displaced spirit of Alward's father. Alward got to speak with his father one last time. For Bahzok bade Val guide the spirits of Kadriel and the lost Children to the afterlife. All right, Jacob, are we recording? Yes. 5 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:15.000 Good. I have a rant. Okay. So, no, it's not really that bad. I went to Goodwill yesterday. 6 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.000 Oh, that's a rant in and of itself. 7 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.000 And I bought a videotape. It was the Disney sing along songs. 8 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.000 Okay. 9 00:01:21.000 --> 00:02:03.000 It had. I think it was the Jungle Book on the front. No, I don't remember which one it was. It was volume 11. But then after buying it for 24 cents. By the way, that was really good. It's a VHS tape. There was like, seven VHS tapes there. Anyway, I opened it up. I was like, man, I should probably check this to see. Opened it up. It was the wrong. It was a sing along song, but it wasn't the right version. And I'm not that upset. But like, here. Here's the rant. If you're gonna donate something, at least check to make sure it's the right thing. If you're gonna donate a dvd, make sure it's in the right case. If you're gonna donate a video cassette, put it in the right case. Especially if it's part of a series. 10 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000 This feels like the shopping cart issue all over again. 11 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.000 What is the shopping cart issue? 12 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:28.000 So it's this thing where it's like. And I forgot where it stems from. But, like, the test of a good person is rather. Or not, they put the shopping cart up because it has no effect on anything and it only inconveniences you slightly. And that feels like it's in the same vein. And I butchered it. There's a little more to it, but it feels like that's in the same vein. 13 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000 I see where you're going with it, but it is more than an inconvenience because I did buy an object that was not. 14 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:33.000 Yeah. 15 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.000 And it's more than an inconvenience when a shopping cart hits your car. 16 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:39.000 More than an inconvenience to me. 17 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:45.000 Put your shopping carts up, people. It brings me unimaginable rage. 18 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.000 That's Jenkins's rant. 19 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.000 It is. I. I spend way more time in 20 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:53.000 parking lots than I should, and it's such an easy thing to do. 21 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.000 It really is. A lot of times I just take my cart back into the store because, 22 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:00.000 like, your whole car 23 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.000 putting up shopping carts, Jordy. 24 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.000 Oh, okay. Not dealing drugs. 25 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:06.000 Who said anything? 26 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:10.000 We don't talk about that. 27 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.000 Drugs. 28 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.000 Adding that to the list of things we don't talk about. 29 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.000 Don't, don't. 30 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.000 Unless medically prescribed by a doctor. 31 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 So far, my list has Sam's attire, Bruno, and drugs. 32 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.000 Why did you talk about Sam's attire? 33 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.000 I was listing off the things we don't talk about. 34 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.000 I'm not a tire, I'm a man. 35 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:33.000 It's the tire on his cart. 36 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.000 Thank you, Sven. 37 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.000 Well, I don't have anything else. Like I told you, it was a short rant. 38 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.000 I agree with you. 39 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:54.000 I mean, I was listening to one episode a while back about the whole N64 controller thing, and that was stupid. I still agree with myself, but, like, the video. 40 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.000 Well, at least you agree with yourself. 41 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:06.000 We were talking about it before an episode one time, and I was like, yeah, I'm very glad I got to say that. But 42 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.000 in the end, it is subjective. 43 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:12.000 In the end, doesn't even matter. 44 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.000 It's pretty cool. 45 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:15.000 It's. 46 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:15.000 No, it doesn't matter. 47 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:16.000 Makes me feel old, honestly. 48 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.000 The N64 controller. 49 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.000 We are getting older. 50 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.000 The N64 controller makes me feel old 51 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.000 because it's been, like, 60 years. 52 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.000 Yeah, you know, it's great. 53 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:29.000 60 years. 54 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.000 It's 26. 1964 was a long time ago. 55 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.000 Oh, yeah. That's what the 64 means, definitely. 56 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.000 Well, yeah. 57 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:44.000 No, Sam, it's 64 bits, two shapes, two bits, and a haircut. 58 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:49.000 It's going to be 30 years in September since the N64 released. 59 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.000 That doesn't seem like. 60 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.000 What? 61 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.000 At least in 1996. 62 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:53.000 That is correct. 63 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:54.000 That's when I was born. 64 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.000 Whoa. 65 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.000 I'm older than the N64. 66 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:01.000 Yeah, me too. 67 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.000 I'm actually probably younger because I doubt it came out in the three days before the end of the year. 68 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:06.000 I'm barely younger. 69 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.000 Collectively, we are all older than a lot of things. 70 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:11.000 Collectively. 71 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:15.000 Not collectively, but, like, as a group, we are all older. Like, we're older than. 72 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:18.000 I think I'm the youngest of all of you. 73 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:19.000 You're still probably older than Google. 74 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:23.000 Yeah, I think I'm second oldest at the table. 75 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.000 I don't like where this line of questioning is going. 76 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:28.000 I know. 77 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.000 Well, let's just move past this. 78 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:53.000 Let's go ahead and jump back into the game. We're gonna pick things up right where we left off. As Val has just stepped through the door to the dead roads. Barzok walked in behind her, and this rippling terror in reality just ceases to move and everything is still again. 79 00:05:53.000 --> 00:06:06.000 So is she, like, gonna come back here when she comes back, or is she gonna come back some. Like, where we are? Do we stay here or she just can meet up with us later? Or how fast does this trip go? 80 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:14.000 Or how quickly do you want to go tell a village that their children are no longer coming home? 81 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:18.000 You know, you're right. But I really don't want to stay here. 82 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:22.000 If you wish to start the trip, I will wait for her. 83 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.000 I can show you the way. 84 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 That's very kind of you. 85 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.000 Who said that 86 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:36.000 a glowing orb just floats up to you all? 87 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.000 What is that? 88 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:42.000 It's me. We had, like, long conversations on the way here. 89 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.000 Wait, are you the lamp? 90 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.000 Yeah. 91 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.000 Okay, was anybody else thinking the lamp was a child? 92 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.000 I just thought it was a lamp. 93 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:50.000 What are you? 94 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.000 I thought you were a Fae. 95 00:06:52.000 --> 00:07:02.000 Yeah, I am. I am the essence of light and chance. The orb kind of just starts, like, bouncing back and forth through the Roomba. 96 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.000 Were you just inside the lamp or. 97 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:05.000 Yeah, yeah, I was just stuck. 98 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.000 Nobody opened the door. 99 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:13.000 Well, a few minutes ago, all of the magic threads that were holding it shut just fell apart. 100 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.000 How did you make the lamp bounce? 101 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:17.000 I work out. 102 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.000 It was when you destroyed the house, 103 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:22.000 I bet you said a few minutes ago. Yes. 104 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:32.000 Yeah, that chant checks out. Yeah, that house, boy. Whoo. That really fell apart. Somebody did not do a good job with the foundations. I'll tell you what. 105 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:40.000 The threads were tied to the house. Oh, now we're just like. 106 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.000 Yeah, of course. 107 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:52.000 Cue me, Sven. Going. Something I did for thematics actually had an effect in the world. 108 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:55.000 Wait, what? What? What threads are you talking about? 109 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.000 Uvaire hasn't seen the threads. You mentioned the threads. 110 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.000 Yeah, he's mumbling to himself. 111 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:07.000 Are you specifically talking about the threads for the this or in general, in 112 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.000 whatever you were just referencing? 113 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.000 Yeah, I also mentioned the magic threads. 114 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.000 That's. 115 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.000 This is true. 116 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:14.000 We're not talking to you. 117 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:19.000 Okay, hold on. I'll just dance over here. He continues kind of bouncing and dancing. 118 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:23.000 I'm going to walk up to the orb. 119 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.000 Oh, hey, you want to dance with me? 120 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.000 Yes, I do. Stress dance party. 121 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:34.000 Cool. Stress dancing. And he kind of like glows like a reddish orange and starts, like, vibrating really fast. 122 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.000 Yep. 123 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:38.000 You just see. 124 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:42.000 You just see Neros dancing over there. Violently. 125 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.000 Nero, she's in a one person mosh pit. 126 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:56.000 I think she's having a seizure. Somebody riding on the train. Anyway, Halwood, what are you talking about? 127 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.000 What? 128 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.000 You remembering the threads? 129 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:05.000 I. Oh, I thought I explained. 130 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.000 Right, that makes a lot of sense. 131 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:12.000 Sophia, I'm sorry. I just had to say goodbye to my father again. 132 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:19.000 Right, yes, I know that, but there's a lot of things I don't know. What's happening now? 133 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:27.000 The witch was using threads of something like mine, like the time thread. You know, the time threads. 134 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.000 Yay. 135 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:43.000 To trap things. And the lantern had a bunch of it around it. I tried fixing it. It didn't work. Uva tried fixing it. It's good. It's finished. They were tied to the house. Or the yarn in the house. 136 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:47.000 What about the spaghetti? Was that possibly the yarn? 137 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:49.000 Possibly. 138 00:09:49.000 --> 00:10:07.000 As this conversation is continuing, the air where Val had left begins to sort of raise, ripple, and cast shadows on itself again. And Val steps back out into the material plane and the air behind her goes still as the portal closes again. 139 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.000 Oh, there you are. 140 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.000 Yeah, hi. 141 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.000 Are they safe? 142 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.000 Yeah. 143 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.000 Do you look normal? 144 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.000 Yes. 145 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.000 Okay, that's a valid question. 146 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.000 It is a valid question. 147 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:39.000 I think as she was stepping out, if you looked right at it, you would have seen a second of her looking like that again, sort of with like a hood up. So you didn't really see her face. But then. Yeah, then as she stepped out, she kind of flickered back to normal. 148 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:46.000 So we gonna leave now? I really don't want to be here anymore. 149 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.000 We'll follow the wisp back. 150 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:50.000 I don't want to follow what he's doing right now. 151 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.000 He's. 152 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.000 He's vibrating very quickly. 153 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.000 He's aiming. 154 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.000 I can walk and vibrate. 155 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.000 And he starts like vibrating towards town. 156 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:11.000 We need to leave. And Uvaire is just going to get up from where he's been sitting and walk after the wisp. 157 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.000 I follow. 158 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:45.000 You continue on back the way you came. The wisp guides you through the safe path, through the woods again. And without the witches entanglements to threaten you. And with the ice worms still sort of shunted off from your previous escapade and you knowing to stay on the shoreline of that lake, you encounter no challenges or real difficulties to speak of before you once again enter Woodhurst, the small town. 159 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:51.000 Is it still just that one lean to with the smoking chimney? 160 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:56.000 Yes. Yeah, there's still just the one house where Ivan's family would live. That's still smoking. 161 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.000 No, I'm talking about the. The guy with the shop. 162 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:07.000 Oh, yes, the trader, actually. Yeah. Now there's two, because there's a fire in the trader's house and there's also a fire in Ivan's family's house. 163 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.000 So we should know where Iva's family's house is. 164 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.000 Everything else is abandoned. 165 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.000 There are no other fires going right now. 166 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.000 Okay. 167 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:24.000 Well, I would assume we should probably. Well, it's at least good news for Ivan's family. 168 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:30.000 Uvaire is going to walk straight to Ivan's family and knock on the door. 169 00:12:30.000 --> 00:13:01.000 So you walk up to Ivan's family's house and knock on the door, Uvaire. And it's. It takes a while. Nobody answers. You knock again, and eventually Ivan's mother comes to answer the door, and she's happy, tears streaming down her face, and she's just like, you're back. And Ivan, I. I don't know what to say. Just. He came flying in on a giant bird and we are feeding the bird. I don't know if this is a messenger from the gods or what, but. Oh, thank you so much. 170 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:24.000 Uber is gonna have a small smile as he sees their joy. It doesn't quite reach his eyes. I am glad to see that he is safe. I've wanted to make sure. I also wanted to say you should leave this town. 171 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:32.000 But why? I thought. Didn't you. I thought you killed the witch. Right? 172 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:45.000 The witch is dead. She will not be troubling anyone anymore. But none of the children will come back either. Ivan is the last. 173 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:56.000 I was hoping that you might bring better news, but that was what we had expected. 174 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:22.000 I say this only as advice for the sake of Ivan. You should start anew somewhere else. Somewhere where he can make new friends and not walk past the echoes and the memories of his old that will never be coming back. Start your story anew somewhere else. 175 00:14:22.000 --> 00:15:22.000 Thank you, Sir Dwarf. We. We'll take that into consideration. And with that, we'll sort of draw a bit of a veil and sort of step away from this scene a little bit. Leave the people of Woodhurst to process this information you've brought back. Sam, you told me that Val was gonna go door to door and just sort of let people know what had happened, having just guided these souls into the afterlife, just providing some comfort and closure. Once you have all completed this rather grim but necessary task, you make your way back to where you had parked your cloud castle and return to your mobile headquarters with one more quest complete. 176 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:32.000 So now we have the crown, the weird thing. And were we supposed to do anything else? 177 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:43.000 There's the one. The sword. And then there was another one. I'm sorry, I can't remember it right now. 178 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.000 It's. 179 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:51.000 It's all right. Uwehr, do you remember the Ifrit's heart? 180 00:15:51.000 --> 00:16:01.000 That is corner with an old acquaintance of mine or friend. Orvus of Idra. 181 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:05.000 So we're going after one of your old friend's heart. 182 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:25.000 As for how we get it, it's me going home. Really? And speaking with my friend. I don't think we all have to go. I can take care of it. Or, you know, it wouldn't have to take all of us. 183 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:31.000 Well, I'm all right with that. I think if we, I don't know, float back to Joel. 184 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:44.000 Yes. All I would really need is to be dropped off at Kalsgar, so I could take the teleportation circle to Tarkasmuk. From there, I can meet up with Orvus. 185 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:51.000 All right, let's. Let's go talk to Nero. She's driving this thing so well. 186 00:16:51.000 --> 00:17:07.000 Val's been pretty, you know, quiet and reserved, and she's wearing a bigger cloak right now than she normally does. She's like, if that's what some of us are going to do. And what are the rest of the party going to do during that? 187 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.000 I think I need some time. 188 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.000 Okay. 189 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:21.000 Yeah, I'm gonna play it off. That Uber didn't notice that you said if that's what we are supposed to do. 190 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:26.000 I'm gonna take some time and just reflect. 191 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:33.000 I'd say, well, probably speak with Se? A Die and find some one that's close by. 192 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.000 Okay. 193 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.000 Yeah. 194 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:46.000 All right. So with your plans settled, Abby, are you flying the castle then to Carlsgard, or. Where are we going? 195 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.000 You driving this bus? 196 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:56.000 I will go wherever people need me to go. Is that a good enough answer? 197 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.000 All right. To Carl's guard. 198 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:00.000 Oh, it's Carl who's being guarded. 199 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.000 Yeah, say Carl, not Carl's. 200 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.000 I thought it was Carl's guard. 201 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.000 Carl's guard. 202 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.000 Yeah, it is Carl's guard. 203 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.000 It's Cows guard. 204 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:14.000 No, Carl's just cows. Just cows guarding the cows. We have Cal's Guard Calzone. 205 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.000 The Cal Zone, famous for the calzones. 206 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:28.000 Anyway, if you begin now and just fly directly to Kalsgaard, you'll be able to get there by noon tomorrow. 207 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:33.000 Time for a nap that works for a long rest. 208 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:39.000 I'm gonna freaking sleep right in the courtyard. Just in the floor, right next to the tree. 209 00:18:39.000 --> 00:19:21.000 The next morning, Val had gone pretty quickly up to her room and went to sleep, and I. She woke up she's been thinking about Zephyr more. She is still very bundled up. She is still feeling a bit of that cold that she felt when Barzak appeared. And she's, like, kind of trying to compensate with that, but it's not really a feeling of actually cold, so she doesn't really know how to handle it. But then she comes out of the. Into the courtyard where Zephyr has been sleeping the night away. Zephyr, are you awake? 210 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.000 I, for the most part, still got his eyes closed. 211 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:33.000 I wanted to just touch base about yesterday. 212 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.000 Yeah, that was quite a lot, wasn't it? 213 00:19:37.000 --> 00:20:02.000 Yeah. After we took Kadriel's body out there, you really switched on things. And I know that, you know, there's a lot. A lot of terrible things were going on, but I wanted to make sure you're okay. You know, your eyes had turned back to red like they were before. 214 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.000 What? 215 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:04.000 You weren't okay. 216 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:12.000 But the they. And I open my eyes, and they are still red. What do you mean they're still red? Or they're. They're what? 217 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:17.000 They're still red right now. Zephyr, 218 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:20.000 I'm. I don't. 219 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:35.000 I don't know what causes it or what exactly all of that's going on, but I wanted to be here with you or for you, you know, to help if I could. 220 00:20:35.000 --> 00:21:05.000 I don't know if there's anything that you can do to help. And it's not like a disease or anything. I honestly didn't even know about it until Hoover mentioned it a while back, but I didn't know that they had gone back. I guess maybe it had something to do with turning into a raven. I wasn't exactly fully myself at that point. 221 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:22.000 I mean, that's fair. But you seemed like. When you were running in there, you started. You looked different. Just looking at you in that moment, like someone else, I felt like someone else. 222 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:37.000 I felt like how I used to be, but I felt like I had more righteous intention. I was there to right wrongs, but I was furious. 223 00:21:37.000 --> 00:22:06.000 Val's gonna come over and just kind of lay down next to you in the grass. I understand that desire, you know, to right wrongs, but it's a dangerous slope, letting anger and vengeance cloud that desire. We can't always save everyone. 224 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:10.000 And I can't always solve it myself, can I? 225 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:13.000 Very few can. 226 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:42.000 I wanted to. I wanted to tear her apart myself. But Neros got to her first. I'm glad she's not a problem anymore. But I wanted justice. It's all I ever wanted. With my bounty hunting. To tear apart a family like that is just cruel. And I think that whoever does it deserves judgment. 227 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:52.000 Cruelty doesn't repair cruelty, against cruelty doesn't fix anything. It just continues the strain of the problem. 228 00:22:52.000 --> 00:23:00.000 But if there's not negative repercussions for something, what's to stop anybody else from doing it? 229 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:32.000 Sometimes grace and love lead to greater results. People will be the way people are, but we can break cycles to save people. I believe that most people can be saved, redeemed, even when they've done something terrible. And I think that that's a good thing. 230 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:46.000 Is that why you're wanting to be an Usher? To lead those who no longer have a chance in life, to lead them onto something maybe better? 231 00:23:46.000 --> 00:25:19.000 I don't know. I'm still kind of figuring all that out. I. I've spent most of my life trying to make my own decisions because so many of my decisions were made for me. And doing that has only led me to get used more and more, to have less decisions and less truth. And I feel like I'm just living a life of purposeful rebellion that's not actually seeded in anything good, just selfishness. But it feels good. And I feel like this purpose that I can choose down the route of being an Usher, that's a real way to help people in their last moments, to help bring people to that redemption that I've been trying to help them towards. But I still haven't broken the tablet yet. And I don't know why. Seeing Barzak there made me so cold. I still haven't shaken that feeling, but I don't think it's a bad feeling. But I don't know what it is. And seeing all of this happened to those children, knowing that we couldn't save them like we've always done before, 232 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.000 it 233 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:30.000 feels like some things are more clear now than they were before. It doesn't feel as heroic. 234 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:52.000 I'll be honest, I. A lot of the things that we've done. Heroism, just. I don't know. It's all muddy. We try one thing and we succeed. Yes, but let out a dragon and destroyed half a town? We're trying to right wrongs, of course, 235 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:58.000 but a lot of what we do makes more wrongs. 236 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:17.000 Val, this might be a personal question, and I'm not sure if personal is the right word for it, but with all of my past targets, do you think any of the Ushers would know who I am? Would have seen what I've done? 237 00:26:17.000 --> 00:27:14.000 I think so. A lot of them are very focused on certain types of ways people have died. Certain types of souls that they look for and find, I'm sure. I have to admit, I'm not very highly versed in each of them individually. I'm starting to learn now, recently. But I'm sure that there's someone out there that has ushered those souls. But I don't think they think of it the same way we do. When people are lost, they live on the back end, not the front end like us. They live outside of it all. I have a duty. And it's good. It's needed, it's necessary. It's part of the way the universe works. I don't think they judge you for it. 238 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:18.000 Do you think they have any negative feelings towards me? 239 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:25.000 No, I don't think so. I don't think they would think about it that way. 240 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:32.000 I mean, I think I would. If I made somebody work harder or made them have to work more, I 241 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.000 could always try and ask them. 242 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:40.000 No, don't burden yourself with that. Don't bring it up. 243 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:47.000 You've made a lot of good choices, Zephyr. I've seen you growing. 244 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:54.000 I plan on continuing, and I'd like to continue. 245 00:27:54.000 --> 00:28:10.000 Just be careful not to lose yourself. It can be easy. Only emotions, the desires can start to rise up like a flood. But we're all here for you, to pull you back onto the ship. 246 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:15.000 Wouldn't want to be falling overboard here, huh? 247 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.000 Yeah. I can catch you. 248 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:29.000 Yeah. Yeah. I was thinking about seeing if I could learn some spells from Uvaire. Particularly trying to fly. It could be useful. 249 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.000 Yeah. 250 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:40.000 I'm gonna need some time. This has been a lot. I need to walk. Clear my head, you know? 251 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:49.000 Yeah, I understand. I'm gonna go with Uvaire, I think. 252 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:53.000 Sounds like a fun time back in his hometown. 253 00:28:53.000 --> 00:29:07.000 Yeah. Feels right to do it. But I won't see you again for a little bit, or the others. So be careful and take care of each other. 254 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.000 I can take care of myself. Don't worry about that, Val. 255 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:18.000 But you don't have to. Thank you. 256 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:35.000 And with that, we will go ahead and do our Star wars style crossfade to your cloud castle up in the distance as it approaches the capital city of the land of the Linorm Kings. Kal'sguard. 257 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.000 This. 258 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:48.000 This city is much larger than Joel. Joel was a very tall city. Didn't sprawl much. They kind of built on top of things. Kalsgaard is the opposite of that. 259 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:50.000 It sprawls outward. 260 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:56.000 Didn't we say it was hamburger, not cake or cake, not Hamburger. Pizza. What did we call? Nevermind. 261 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:58.000 It's like a pizza instead of a hamburger. 262 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.000 Yeah. 263 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:11.000 So Joel had a population of a little bit under 10,000 people, which is a pretty large city for this setting. Kalsgaard could be considered a metropolis having over 70,000 people. 264 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.000 Dang. 265 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.000 A little bit more. 266 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:23.000 That's more than I can count. Let's have a moment of like when they wave off the ships. Whenever people go on cruises, make sure 267 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:30.000 we have our documents from the other kings. That'll not make them freak out when we drop in with a cloud castle. 268 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:53.000 As you approach and you're making sure you got your documents all together, you hear just like a booming voice ring out. Stop and identify yourself. You are entering the lands of Kalsgaard. As these two warriors on giant eagles fly up and begin circling around the castle. 269 00:30:53.000 --> 00:31:00.000 They have much better aerial security than they do over at the. What country was it? Doges. 270 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:04.000 I think they just care more or are less confident. 271 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:10.000 Hey Rusterford, come take a look. Those are pretty cool, aren't they? 272 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.000 You might. 273 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:14.000 I said identify ourselves. 274 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.000 We're getting to it. 275 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:20.000 Yes, it's your castle. Do you want to identify us? 276 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.000 We don't even have a group name. 277 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.000 You could just wave them down with your thing. 278 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.000 With my what? 279 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.000 We have the letter. The letter. 280 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.000 Letters. 281 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:35.000 Your glasses. We're gonna show you some paperwork, you lawyer. 282 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.000 Let's go. 283 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.000 One, I'm an accountant. 284 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.000 I know. 285 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:40.000 Two, I'm in my group. Lawyer. 286 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.000 I'm not. 287 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.000 Do we need a group name? 288 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.000 I don't know. But like how do we identify ourselves 289 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:50.000 without a group name or servants of the King of Joel? 290 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:54.000 Sure. If I say castle noo noo. It's going to cement itself. 291 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:59.000 Do not. One, don't call me that. I've said that many times. 292 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.000 I didn't call you it. I called the castle. 293 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.000 Two, don't call my castle that. 294 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.000 Oh well, I guess that's part of it. 295 00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:05.000 It does roll off the tongue very well. 296 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.000 I don't care. 297 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.000 We have documentation from the King of Joel. 298 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:22.000 One of the writers starts like circling over the top of the castle and. And another one like flutters in and lands in the courtyard where I presume you're all standing. 299 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.000 Except for Aurward, apparently. 300 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:29.000 I heard you say something about documentation. 301 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.000 Uwe will hand him his personal. 302 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:43.000 Starts looking over the scroll. Yes, this appears to be in order. Hands it back down. Welcome to the city of Calsguard, Representative of Joel. 303 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:50.000 So formal here. What were you looking for? Specifically puts it in order. 304 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:53.000 I can read. Can you not Read? 305 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.000 Yeah, totally. 306 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:58.000 Yeah, totally. You cannot read. 307 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.000 It's a touchy subject. 308 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.000 Just leave it ambiguous. 309 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.000 What is your business here? 310 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:06.000 We've come to use your facilities. 311 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.000 I heard you had the best restaurants. 312 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.000 The toilet on the castle has kind 313 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.000 of, you know, Denny's. 314 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:19.000 We've got like seven different rest stops and like three different, like, chains of gas stations. 315 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:25.000 We have need of the teleportation circle that is here. 316 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:36.000 He narrows his eyes. Well, that is not my decision to make. You'll have to speak with our court mage to gain permission to use that. 317 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:40.000 Then would you be so kind as to direct us to where we can talk to this mage? 318 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.000 We should land first. Just throwing that out there. 319 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:46.000 Yeah. Where can I park? 320 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.000 Ah, good question. Does it have to rest upon the ground? 321 00:33:51.000 --> 00:34:01.000 I mean, it can hover a little bit, but it needs to unload that one. She points at Uvaire. And that one valley. 322 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:04.000 Then the southern fields will do fine. Just make sure not to crush the crops. 323 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.000 We do have a bucket. 324 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.000 He has said that it normal size 325 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.000 shrunk down to the bucket. 326 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.000 You're right. I forgot about that. 327 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:13.000 It's no longer a giant castle. 328 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.000 You're right. 329 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:16.000 We also do have forgot Sigurd. 330 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.000 We do have Sigurd. 331 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.000 That's true. And I have wings. 332 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.000 And Val can fly. 333 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:29.000 Well, if you decide to fly, then that will make your decision easier. But if you should choose to land the castle, please hover it gently over the crops in the southern field. 334 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.000 I will, I promise. 335 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:35.000 I know I'm not there, but with the water in the clouds around the castle. 336 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:45.000 Water the crops, it's magic away. And the two eagle guards take off and fly back down to the town. 337 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:50.000 Well, do you guys want to fly down or do you want me to lower the castle? 338 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:52.000 I think it'll be easier if we lower the castle. 339 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:55.000 It would make quite the entrance. 340 00:34:55.000 --> 00:35:01.000 Yeah. We're going to get outward so that we can go behind. 341 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:14.000 So you make for the southern fields as directed. Lower the castle. Just kind of hovering just a few inches over the fresh barley that's still growing. And from there, it's just a bit of a hop down off of the castle. 342 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:28.000 Uvaire is going to hop off and just start walking because I'm still having it. Where he doesn't quite realize that Val has volunteered. 343 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:33.000 That's fair. I like this. Again, Val will knock on Alhor's door. 344 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:35.000 A mage. It'll just open. 345 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.000 Hi. 346 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.000 Hi. 347 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:46.000 I'm gonna leave. Oh, with a Hoover already? We just got there. We talked to some people on Eagles 348 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:50.000 ourd Looks a little frazzled and like, he hasn't slept at all. 349 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:53.000 Are you holding up alright? 350 00:35:53.000 --> 00:36:02.000 I'm fine. I'll go see Uvaire off and he grabs some things and his staff and walks out with you. 351 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:08.000 Alright. I'd offer to give you a hug of comfort, but I know that you don't like to be touched. 352 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.000 I'm fine, Mal. It'll. It'll be fine. 353 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:28.000 Yeah. Okay. I just imagine, you know, emotions and such. That's okay. So we'll get that. We'll go down to see everyone. Val's still expecting Uber to be there. 354 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:40.000 Val, as you make your way back out to the courtyard with Alward, you notice that Uver is not there anymore. And when you glance out the window, you see Uvaire's actually, like, halfway to the city gates already. 355 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:56.000 Oh, right. Bye, guys. I'm gonna go with Uber. I don't think it'll take that long. This should be good. I just kind of feel like I need to. So 356 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.000 have fun. 357 00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:02.000 Yeah. I don't know how we'll communicate with you all, but I'm sure there'll be a way. 358 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:06.000 I was about to ask, how do we. How do we know when we need to pick you back up? 359 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.000 I have a way. 360 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:09.000 I don't have any of your numbers. 361 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.000 Uvair has sending. 362 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.000 Oh, okay. 363 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.000 Yeah. 364 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:14.000 You could also send Sigurd. 365 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:32.000 That's true. And magic. People's got magic, so that'll be good. All right, I'm gonna pull out my wings. I'm gonna. I'm gonna go and catch up to there. Be good, everyone. 366 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.000 No, no promises. 367 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:42.000 Be safe. Take care of each other. Yeah. And then Val's gonna just, like, kind of fly off to the courtyard. 368 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:45.000 So. Back to Joel. 369 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:47.000 I can travel there in the shadow plane soon. 370 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.000 Whatever. 371 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.000 Back to Joel. 372 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.000 Back to Joel. 373 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:54.000 It's such a big place. I can make it without having to worry about it. 374 00:37:54.000 --> 00:38:25.000 As the cloud castle starts to float back up into the sky, Eros takes the crown that's been in her satchel this whole time. And she stares at it, and she puts it on, and she stares out over the landscape that they're flying over. She just nods. I am the Storm Queen now. 375 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:28.000 And with that, we will end the episode. 376 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:35.000 Insert maniacal laughter echoing away and fading. Big lightning. 377 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.000 Look, it's me. I am the storm. 378 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.000 A lightning bolt strikes Uwe. 379 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:44.000 Electricity starts going off of her hair. 380 00:38:44.000 --> 00:39:01.000 All right, and the hero point for today's episode goes to Sven. We just loved how you were playing Uwe, playing your character, handling a sensitive situation really well, there. And also at the same time, being totally oblivious to the fact that Val is following you. 381 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:04.000 Yeah, yeah, that one. 382 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:05.000 I've been here the whole time. 383 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.000 Even though Neros was like, I have to drop two people off. 384 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000 I'm having fun with that one. Honestly, I'm not gonna lie. 385 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.000 That one. 386 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.000 That one I'm just having fun with. 387 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.000 He's old. 388 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:17.000 I don't know how I knew that. I think I met a game a little bit. 389 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:22.000 Have you. That's fair. It was probably. Have you ever followed your grandpa around for the day and he's like, you've been here. 390 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.000 You've been here. 391 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.000 I forgot about you. 392 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.000 He's gonna notice. 393 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.000 He just leaves you behind at the store. 394 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:26.000 Have you done that? 395 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:28.000 He just leaves you behind at the store. 396 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.000 Did that happen to you? 397 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.000 No. 398 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.000 Tune in next time for our next 399 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:37.000 banter where we hear a traumatic story. 400 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:48.000 Oh, no. Thank you. Thank you for the hairpoint. I'm excited to see what happens. This is going to be, if you haven't already realized, we're splitting the party. 401 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:52.000