WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:01:33.000 Sam. Waking up asleep I've been dreaming Dr. Long I cannot find meaning. Hold my hand, Let me stay by your side through this never ending night. I can feel it now. It holds me all the these demons around me in this red light. Because me, he is reaching out, consuming. 2 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:41.000 As you're home with the recap document, would you mind too taking the reins for this multiple month to my hyperbolic knowledge gap? 3 00:01:41.000 --> 00:02:34.000 Then the last episode that came out was the day after the heist. It was basically dating the episode Vittorio took Grave Wing out for a date. Alouette and Juniper set up a potential future date. Maybe Laythe steals the book belatedly via magic, and then brings it to the Valeres because it was a book about the Valeres. And they all look at it and start to think through plans about what to do with the Valere family in general. And then, yeah, then it's Vittorio and Grave Wings day properly. And then they talk about the future and what are we going to do after we overthrow the government? Shrug. Shrug emoji. And that was the whole episode. It was gay. 4 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:58.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Certainly, certainly it was. So that through those events we have not hit the end of the week yet. It is. My notes are correct. We're a little over halfway through the week at this point. 5 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.000 And 6 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:08.000 Grave Wing, how would you say your. The. The date with Vittorio went? Do you think it went well? 7 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:33.000 I think it. I think it went well. Vittorio is a old fashioned man, but graveling is not. The very least he got a cheek smooch which probably blew him up or something. But otherwise it was. It was a good date. It was chill. 8 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:46.000 I was looking through my notes and I don't know if you ever did this, but question. Did you ever give away for Hester to contact any of you? I feel like you did, but I don't remember. 9 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:54.000 I'm pretty sure it was. We meet back up at the bar around the same time. But 10 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.000 do we not have a way of tracking her compared to contacting her? 11 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.000 We do have a sigil on her. 12 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.000 I did put a sigil on her. 13 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:07.000 Unfortunately, none of us are particularly normal. So a normal means of conversation is beyond us. 14 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:21.000 I mean, I can always just whisper on the wind and tell her, talk to her that way. It's more. But like, you know, it's not two way. It would be like I can set up meetings that way though. 15 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:28.000 In four days she was gonna meet with the Twilight watch and then would send a message by the crow and hammer afterwards. 16 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:29.000 Thank you. 17 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:30.000 Okay. 18 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:37.000 Yeah, I think it's Roughly about that time. Who would go and check that message of the Crow and Hammer? 19 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:38.000 Me. 20 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:58.000 All right. And it is. You get confirmation that the Twilight Watch in the city will help and asks for and immediately to meet her at the. 21 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.000 The. 22 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:12.000 The British Tanker Tavern at your earliest convenience that something may have happened. 23 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:14.000 Okay. 24 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:19.000 Did anybody else come with me to Crow and Hammer? This is just general question. 25 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:21.000 Doubtful on this end. 26 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:30.000 I can because I've been doing all the other Hester stuff with you. So just in case we get jumped. 27 00:05:30.000 --> 00:06:26.000 Yeah, yeah. Then in. Because of. Of this rather ominous note, I think I'm gonna. I'm gonna whisper on the wind to. Honest to God. It'll be. It'll probably be to Leith and literally everybody else. I'm just gonna go, bam, bam, bam. You know, just a message for everybody to come to the Crow and Hammer because I don't feel too comfortable with us going anywhere else for now. Like, we as a group gonna do this as a group. Gonna go as a group. Don't want to get jumped. I mean, we could get jumped. It would be a very important for them. Yeah, I just like, I rather we as a group get jumped than two people get jumped. 28 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:32.000 You're saying it like we've been jumped before. You know, going into an abandoned building completely on our own to investigate something. 29 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:38.000 Yeah, we've been jumped at least twice a season so far. 30 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:39.000 Right? 31 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:48.000 Oh, I just enjoy mocking Yuri at every opportunity. 32 00:06:48.000 --> 00:07:08.000 I didn't even think about that. I was just thinking about our general track record about getting jumped as a group. As a. Yeah, as a group. I was like, we've been jumped a couple times as a group. I was like, oh, yeah, solo. That was me. That was me. 33 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:26.000 I mean, if everyone's there, like gets there. I think after the information is relayed, just so do we. We should all go. You want us to all you sure. 34 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:49.000 I think there's gonna be. I think it's safer from all of us to go, but maybe not together, you know, go a few different routes. Some go in, some watch around, wait for something to happen. I don't like the sound of this. And I just kind of tap the letter. 35 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:59.000 I presume we'll be going in our vagante outfits or as normal people. You all have been disguised potentially in some way or form. 36 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:03.000 Not me. I've been showing up just like this. 37 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:12.000 So I've been a completely different person. 38 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:36.000 Well, I think it would make sense if the people that have been corresponding with them go as would have been. I'll gladly, you know, keep watch. Disguised, of course. For me. Mask or no mask, it doesn't matter for me. I don't want them to know my face. 39 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:55.000 It may be best to wear the disguises that match with graveling if she goes in it. Or at least with her to sound that we are part of her group. Which seems to be already somewhat trusted enough to at least plan a rendezvous of any nature whatsoever. 40 00:08:55.000 --> 00:09:21.000 We could do the thing that we did with our second meeting with Hester. A couple of us at the location already as undisclosed civilians. Lou and I can go in as how we have been normal. And the rest can wait outside hiding, just in case. 41 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 Where do they want to meet? 42 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.000 The usual place. 43 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.000 It's a tavern in the Ravenswood district. 44 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.000 Near a school, I assume. 45 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:48.000 Okay, that does sound like an excellent idea. Well, Alouette, would you be able to make me very undisclosed citizen of a person? 46 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:55.000 Of course. That is my specialty at this point. 47 00:09:55.000 --> 00:10:03.000 I'd like to look very forgettable. I would like to look like an npc even if that is possible. 48 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:29.000 I don't know what you mean, but yes, I can do it. How many disguises do we need? Yori? I know you have yours covered and I have mine covered. And we have the masquerade scarf if anyone needs that one garb when you do not need one. Anybody else wants one or is it just the one? 49 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:33.000 Yeah, I think Alice are weak as the great mouse Detective last time, so. 50 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.000 That's right, you did. 51 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.000 You went. That's in the way. 52 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:48.000 No, no, no, no, no. I swear to God. Alistair was like a bodyguard. Alistair was a beefier mouse. Like we. We. I swear to God. I remember this happening, but I also 53 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:54.000 remember being like the great mouse detective at the same time. Were you like just the beefy mouse detective? 54 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.000 The great beefy mouse Detective. 55 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:04.000 Alistair was straight up just a man, but a rat last. Last time. I swear to God. I swear to God. 56 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:09.000 Yeah, I think we did like a bodysuit with like the rat six pack. 57 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:16.000 Jesus Christ. It gets. It gets more horrifying by the sentence. 58 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.000 The great reaction Detective. 59 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.000 I swear to God. Like I'm not making this up, right? 60 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:26.000 Like I do remember this. 61 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.000 No, I think you're making it up. 62 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.000 I'm not going to take this from destiny with a butthole in the background. Leave me alone. 63 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:49.000 I was going to suggest doing some. I. I need a pun like whisker investigation. I was thinking about pre ratting, but 64 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:52.000 should I pre rat or. 65 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.000 I'm sorry, 66 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.000 Mouse detective. 67 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.000 Shut the what? 68 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:05.000 I believe the correct term according to the youth is rat maxing. 69 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.000 Oh, there we go. 70 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:12.000 Oh, God. That is the correct. 71 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.000 We're so maxed. 72 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.000 Rat maxing is the correct term, by the way. 73 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:18.000 You're not wrong. 74 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.000 That's also the title of this episode. 75 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:25.000 All right, let me open up from the shop really quick. One sec. Continue. 76 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:26.000 Oh, my God. 77 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.000 Am I rat maxing or am I bodyguarding? 78 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.000 New question. 79 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.000 I am. 80 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:44.000 Good. You tell me what you want and I will either give you a disguise or you will be a rat. Does Leif want a disguise? 81 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:48.000 Also just going to use the masquerade scarf, I think. 82 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.000 Okay. 83 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:59.000 If I use pest form, does the disguise stay with me so that I can transform from rat to buff rat bodyguard? 84 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:25.000 That's hilarious. Strictly speaking, it is affixed to your armor, so there would be like a split second before you became buff rat. I guess it's like buff frog all over again. But, but no, no is the answer. I, I don't think. 85 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:46.000 Okay. I, I, I think it would be as funny as the the Rat Pack is. I think I'll be rat maxing so that we can, okay, have some, like, pre meet up. 86 00:13:46.000 --> 00:14:01.000 How much. How bad are we expecting this to be? I know we're going in like it's a meeting, but we're also going in like, we're going to get killed. 87 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.000 So are we like Aubrey and her tropes? We are definitely going to get ambushed. 88 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:14.000 I want to. Yeah, I want to. I want to. Some dumb bitch over the ice. I want to. I want to be cautious. That's all. 89 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.000 Okay. 90 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.000 Like, I'm just. 91 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:28.000 It's a question of what talisman should I have prepared for us and spread through the group. If, if it's because my combat setup is different from my, like, sneak setup versus etc. Etc. I got a lot of formulas. 92 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.000 Ye. 93 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:37.000 Yeah. I don't, I don't. I don't expect any sneaking necessary. And if, if sneaking is going to happen, we do, we do have a rogue, so. 94 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.000 Yeah. 95 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:42.000 Like, like, if it, if it's going to happen, I really don't expect it to happen. 96 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:46.000 Okay. So prepare for fighting more than anything. Okay. 97 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:54.000 Yeah. Just in case it's, it really is a precaution. Precautionary jump. 98 00:14:54.000 --> 00:15:16.000 And I will get a couple things in here. I have, I have a standard layout of. We have our one disguise, two combat things, and one healing. So that usually does pretty good for us. Do you want the trip talisman again, Grapeling? 99 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.000 Yes. 100 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:25.000 Okay. That might be really bludgeoning damage that equals your strength modifier to your trip. 101 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.000 Oh, is my trip this round? 102 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:42.000 Then I will give you the wolf fang. I will give Lathe the bloodseeker beak which gives precision and bleed damage to off guard targets that you stab with it. 103 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.000 Yeah. 104 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:58.000 And then does anybody feel squishy and want to have a little health in their back pocket? I'll give it to Yuri because Yuri straight up bleeds themself. 105 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.000 Hell yeah. 106 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:06.000 And then Niall will have the emergency disguise as requested. 107 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.000 Ratconaissance. 108 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.000 Ah, there we go. 109 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.000 Now we're rat maxing up. 110 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.000 Well, rat maxing is part of ratconaissance. 111 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:42.000 Yeah, I would. I would there. I would. I would say ratconaissance is when you are sneaking around in rat form or pest form. Like that's what I would argue whenever you're in pest form, that's ratconaissance versus anything else I feel like is rat maxing. Excluding the beef rat. 112 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:48.000 All right, so I take it you're getting the lay of the land before everybody goes in. 113 00:16:48.000 --> 00:17:00.000 Yeah, just. Just making. Just going in surreptitiously making sure that the thing's going on. I'm just the usual tavern rat. 114 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:05.000 So yeah, give me a perception. Ch. 115 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.000 Ooh, that's pretty low. 28. 116 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:50.000 28. So as you sort of slip into the burnished tanker tavern, you see Hester sort of sitting at the usual table today. She has. She still has armor and still has her weapons, but she has taken off anything that symbolizes like shows that she is a part of the Twilight watch and is sort of sitting at the table kind of just nervously. Just. She doesn't have drinks, doesn't have food or anything, but it's just kind of nervously tapping at it as she's just looking around supposedly probably waiting for any of you to show up. 117 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:56.000 Did you say she's nervous not wearing anything Twilight watch or. She is wearing Twilight watch? 118 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.000 She is not. She is currently taking off anything that 119 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:09.000 symbolizes and I can't speak in rat form, so I will poke out and give the. 120 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.000 The. 121 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:29.000 It looks okay. Wink. Since I can't quite effectively communicate that nervous. Boggle that all is clear. 122 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.000 An all clear Boggle. 123 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:36.000 I guess that's. That's Alistair's all clear Boggle, not the. Oh no, this is a trap Boggle. 124 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.000 Right, right, right. Gotta learn the Boggle. 125 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:43.000 Very different looking things. 126 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.000 I think actually I could speak with you, but I get it. The Boggle's good enough. 127 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.000 Close. 128 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:57.000 Moving on. Just for future reference, I can speak to you now, but let's go in 129 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:06.000 like you say that we. We can see like Hester, right? Is it like through A window or. Or can we see like the rest of the bar too? 130 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:23.000 If you could probably see her through one of the windows kind of. If you like look. Because she's probably tried to find a place like you've all tried to probably find a place where you aren't easily like viewable, but you can. And if you even step in, you'll see where she is. 131 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.000 Cool. 132 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:38.000 I just wanted to see if I could do like a vibe check to see if anybody is watching her specifically besides us. Obviously it's. Did this get tailed or something? 133 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.000 Another perception check. 134 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.000 27. 135 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:45.000 27. I. Yeah. 136 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.000 You. 137 00:19:46.000 --> 00:20:16.000 You don't notice anybody that seems to be paying any attention to her? It's kind of mid afternoon at this point and there are not that many patrons in the bar yet. Currently most people are still at work. There are a few people like trying to just kill some time or enjoy a break. But it's pretty quiet in the bar and no one is giving her any undue attention. 138 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:34.000 I. I think just out of like precaution I would enter first like out of the main group going in, you know, and. And doing the chatting. I mean so yeah, I go in. 139 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:38.000 Yeah, I'm with you. 140 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:53.000 She seems to. As soon as she spots you, she does relax a little bit and does wait for you to come and sit down. Just thank for coming as soon as you got my message. 141 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:59.000 What is the matter? You seemed very upset. 142 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:11.000 Well, last night I got word that another student has disappeared from campus. 143 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:13.000 Oh. 144 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:18.000 Do you know who then? 145 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:46.000 There they were, just one of the students. Their roommate reported that they didn't return this morning and I. I want to believe it is something as simple as spending the night in their partner's room or hooking up with somebody or just getting drunk somewhere. But I have a really bad feeling about this. 146 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:56.000 Understandable. What do you. What do you know about the person who's missing and where they might be? 147 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:17.000 They. Their name is Blythe. And as far as their roommate knows, they were sitting late in the library till late last night. So they are just one of the evocation students. 148 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:22.000 You got any physical details? 149 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:42.000 They are tiefling on the shorter side to 535 4. Sort of this bluish green skin and dark brownish hair. 150 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:59.000 Suppose we will go try to find her then. I know you anticipate this being trouble of some kind. But short of you coming with us, how else do you want us to 151 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:01.000 do to 152 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.000 anticipate this trouble? 153 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.000 I think it is the Sin Eater. 154 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.000 I know. 155 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.000 I got that part. 156 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.000 Yeah. 157 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:18.000 I. I just want to try to stop him before anything happens to the students. 158 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:36.000 All right, here's the problem. We would have to. We, as in our people as well, would have to enter the school again, most likely to do the search. Our original plan was luring him out. So are you gonna be of any help with that? 159 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:45.000 I can help you with that. I can buy you time. 160 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.000 What do you mean by that? 161 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:59.000 I can make sure that the guards that are on campus are distracted in enough time for you all to slip in and investigate. 162 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:02.000 I see. 163 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:07.000 Well, no time like the present. 164 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:15.000 And if I recall correctly, I think this Persona that Lou has is supposed to be a university student anyway. 165 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:17.000 Yes. Yeah, yeah. You came as a student. 166 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.000 Yeah. 167 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.000 And I came as your parental guardian. 168 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:36.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Something like that, yeah. This is my unconvincing bodyguard. Very convincing in the bodyguard thing. I'm convincing that she's my bodyguard. 169 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:49.000 One more thing. Let's say we find a trail. Are you going to be able to bring your buddies in, or is this just going to be us? 170 00:24:49.000 --> 00:25:01.000 I will do my best, but it may have to be you. But I'll make sure if anyone takes the blame, it will be the Twilight Watch. 171 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:04.000 It has been a long time. Out of character. 172 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.000 I know. 173 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:14.000 We discussed it as a group, privately at home, about the whole. She is Nile's sister. What have we told her about the fact that we have told. 174 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:39.000 We have nothing. We have told her absolutely nothing. Because we were hoping to, honest to God, our original plan was to learn shit, and then we'd have maybe, like, a little bit more time. Like, we didn't really discuss how we would ever do the Nile thing because. Okay, that's up to Niall. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The only thing that we. We talked about was we're gonna protect Niall, so she tries to jump him. She's about to get jumped back. 175 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:50.000 The only reason I bring it up now is because if she is gonna ride in with the cavalry, so to speak, should we find something, then Niall's gon. And the disguise doesn't last forever, you know? 176 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:56.000 Yeah, no, that's. That's the other reason why I'm asking. Because. 177 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.000 Do we. 178 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.000 On the off chance. 179 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:10.000 Yeah. Like, I don't want to just doc Nile right here to her. But also, I feel like some sort of warning needs to be put in place so she doesn't kill him on the spot. 180 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:49.000 Okay. Graving's gonna get up, kind of ready to contact the rest of the group, but then she's gonna pause and turn to Hester and kind of get like, so that way we're whis. Like. Like we are talking sort of like a whisper per se. But I'm not getting up against your ear or anything like that. It's more like the inside voice's inside voice. And I'm gonna say my team is really weird. 181 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:52.000 So 182 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.000 whatever you see, you stay calm. 183 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:57.000 And 184 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:04.000 if you start swinging, I'm gonna start swinging. That's just a warning for you. 185 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:11.000 Just give me an intimidation roll. 186 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:34.000 See, I'm. I'm trained in intimidation. I just don't trust myself with intimidation. I don't play characters that get to intimidate actually a lot. We just say up and we're cute so we get away with it. 26. 187 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:37.000 26, I think. 188 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:42.000 Yeah. This way, this way. 6. 189 00:27:42.000 --> 00:28:01.000 She nods and says if you. I will do my best. If you can save the student, doesn't matter how weird you are, I'm in your debt. 190 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:06.000 Just remember that we're all on the same side. That's all I care about. 191 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:10.000 Of course 192 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:23.000 I'm a dust. Actually, I. I stood up. Never mind. I am just going to like kind of wrap myself in my mouth my cape a little bit more and guys, I don't remember how many people are in the bar. Are you all in the bar? 193 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:39.000 Like, I have not particularly established myself in this scene. It may make more sense if I am outside. I assume there is a very normal rat somewhere in the building though. 194 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:41.000 Yeah, extremely. 195 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.000 Normally be in the bar, just somewhere else. 196 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:48.000 Same with Laith. 197 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:54.000 Oh, so you left Niall outside all by their self? Yeah. 198 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:59.000 Squeak, squeak, squeak as a treat. Squeakity squeak, squeakers. 199 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:02.000 Squeak, squeak indeed. 200 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.000 Cool. 201 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:22.000 Then to add. I'll just. I will tell. I'm saying this to Hester and to Lou and potentially Alistair who is with us or somewhere under the table. Yeah, I was like, are you. How. I don't know how good your rat maxing is here, my guy. 202 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:33.000 Have you ever seen a rat like in the house where they like peek their head out and they know you're there and you know they're there. 203 00:29:33.000 --> 00:30:10.000 Okay, good. I will say let's go start walking. Kind of do a little head nod to whatever sides I hopefully can guess. Yuri and Leith are head for the door so we can meet up with Nile and regroup. And I guess Hester has to will be a part of this regrouping here. So that way y' all also get up to date on what we kind of got to do. We on a time crunch people. But also what a. It's just aura farming like a little bit. 204 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.000 You're bringing Hester outside? 205 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.000 Everybody's coming outside. 206 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.000 Okay. 207 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:27.000 Yeah, because Hester is going to be. Hester says she'll buy us time to investigate. So I just warned her ahead of time to chill the fuck out. 208 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:33.000 Yeah, no, yeah. I wasn't sure if that was for right this moment or the future. Inevitable future. But now it is. 209 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:45.000 Yeah. No, I feel like we're on too much of a time crunch for us to continue to be secretive with our people for now. Plus, it's just her. Yeah, it does look one girl kind 210 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:51.000 of threatening if we get up and then three other people join us while she's walking out. 211 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.000 Like, 212 00:30:53.000 --> 00:31:03.000 that is exactly. That is exactly what I want her to feel. Also, we're aura farming. That's a good thing. That's a good thing. 213 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:06.000 We're maxing. 214 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:10.000 Farming is the better, is the correct term. 215 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:23.000 Okay, I have a very important question for you. Technically speaking, you have some sort of wind related abilities, right? You could theoretically use these to have your cap billow dramatically for max moral farming. 216 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:53.000 I could? Yes. All I gotta do is open my gate and wind will blow where I wish it to blow. Yeah, why the fuck not? We're aura maxing here. Maxing. It's aura farming. Holy. Gen Z lingo. I hate 217 00:31:53.000 --> 00:32:11.000 rat maxing and aura farming. If we're aura farming, I will. And Aki allows it. I will shoulder rat. Like just out of nowhere. 218 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:27.000 Yeah, shoulder up. Because the. The idea that a rat could have jumped at this from a rat, as a rat sized rat could have jumped at this from like the corner of the bar is really funny. 219 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:47.000 Jesus Christ. Okay, so sorry. Okay, so we go now. Where are we investigating the school or where are investigating the library? Well, 220 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:57.000 Esther, this is the team. Team Hester. She's gonna buy us some time while we investigate. We will most likely be jumping to the sky as soon as we can 221 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:13.000 good looks at all of you and says, give me 10 minutes. You will have a window to get into the building. I can't promise that long, so move quick. 222 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:16.000 I will not. 223 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:20.000 Your sister is certainly sporting a lot more scars than she did a few years ago. 224 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:41.000 Well, that's kind of her problem now, isn't it? But I. I will do my best to keep a straight face and focus on the mission. Currently, the whole team is basically just in different disguises. Huh? Completely normal. 225 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:44.000 It's like a reverse of gray wings. Everyday life. 226 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:50.000 Yeah, I was gonna say. For once, I am Norm. I'm. I'm fully, fully like normally here. 227 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.000 Because you're in cities, aren't you? 228 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:56.000 No, I'm dressed as Grave Wing. I came. 229 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.000 Okay. 230 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.000 You are Great. Okay. 231 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:11.000 Yeah. But it's also like, I'm dressed as graveling with you guys almost all the time. Right. Like, so it's like. It's. All of you are now dressed up. So it. Technically speaking, I. I am in civies, 232 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:16.000 I guess, 233 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:49.000 In technical terms or sense. But yeah. Yeah. As we go, Griffin will give you the debrief on who we're looking for. I'm not leaving anything out, especially with the. The description and stuff. But yeah, like, just. We're gonna look so put together as a team. So we're farming the episode. 234 00:34:49.000 --> 00:35:11.000 Yeah. So you wait the amount of time you're asked, and as you all approach the sort of the main entrance of Ravenswood Academy, sort of those massive gothic doors, you don't see any guards in sight. 235 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:16.000 That is not a good sight. 236 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:21.000 Brilliant. Oh, 237 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.000 well. 238 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:29.000 What are the chances that this guy is still here? Good. 239 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:36.000 Well, technically, they haven't found a body yet, so he's probably setting it up. If he is still here. 240 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.000 It likes to leave them in very public places. 241 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.000 So. 242 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:46.000 So the guards are not here because Hester is buying you time. So they're not looking at the main entrance. 243 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:50.000 Oh, what the. Okay, never mind. 244 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:53.000 I can't keep Jacob Hester, man. To. 245 00:35:53.000 --> 00:36:18.000 To be. To be fair. To be fair. The sin either is also a part of the high priest inner circle of goons. So, like, if they were gonna have no guards here, like. That's all I'm gonna say. That's all I'm gonna say. With my presumption of this man, how this man's been able to sneak onto the school property four times now. 246 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:34.000 I assumed that you were talking about the killer because of course he'd still be here if he was still here. They haven't found the body, and he loves displaying those like trophies. I did not realize you met the guards that Hester pointed to and said, go look over there. And it worked. My bad. 247 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:40.000 I heard both. See, I was. I was in both worlds at the same time. I'm like, guards aren't here because the baddies here. 248 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.000 Let's go. 249 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:46.000 Just scratch all that out. Just scratch that confusion out. Ho. 250 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.000 Yeah. 251 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:50.000 Library. 252 00:36:50.000 --> 00:37:00.000 The library is not hard to find. It is one of the biggest rooms on this entire campus. The library itself spans over three floors 253 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.000 of 254 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:32.000 possibly recorded texts that date back to the founding of some of the major cities. Quite possibly founding of Malach, maybe going back even further to what existed before. But really, you don't have time for that right now. So everybody, who. How are we. How are we doing this investigation? Who's going to lead it and who's going to assist? 255 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:49.000 I will de ratify and be like, I got this. Yes, this is a case for the great rat detective. 256 00:37:49.000 --> 00:38:00.000 Absolutely no arguments here. Please do your thing. Have guidance. Do I have guidance still? Yeah, have guidance. 257 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:10.000 And theoretically as well, if you find an object of importance, object reading may give us some additional information. If an event happened to it or around it 258 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:17.000 should also probably just like cover ground. 259 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:28.000 Are there other people in this library? What time? It's afternoon. You said it's afternoon. Are there other people at library? Like a librarian? 260 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:31.000 Yes, there would be a librarian in here. 261 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:35.000 I'll talk to the librarian. While the rat detective does his masterful thing. 262 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:38.000 Yeah, because you just look like a student. 263 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:40.000 I'm just a student. 264 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:50.000 Yeah, exactly. And there are. There are a small amount of students in here studying. 265 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:55.000 So the entire school, basically. 266 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:01.000 No, I think there's like five students in here. There's like several hundred in this entire school. 267 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:17.000 Okay. I, at one point I thought was like a dozen students was like the entire school. Okay, fair enough. Let me know what I need for my look for clues. 268 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.000 Roll perception. 269 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.000 Perception. Yep. 270 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.000 Yep. 271 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:29.000 Man, I can't roll above a. It's a 27. 272 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:34.000 Is it too late to help the poor vap detective? 273 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:37.000 Oh, yeah, we helping on exact. 274 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:48.000 Did you take the guidance? Yeah, guidance. And then if anybody else wants to get to roll to assist with perception, 275 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:50.000 I think that may be best. 276 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:54.000 Yeah, just in case. 277 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:58.000 I should have double checked that before I rolled. 278 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:01.000 Where's some remembering how to play the game? 279 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:04.000 Yeah, it's been a month. 280 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:08.000 Does it matter what we roll for for an assist, or is it also like a perception? 281 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:19.000 It's perception. And as long as you get higher than a 15, you assist. If you get 25 or higher, that's the. That's a critical 282 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:25.000 24. So that is a plus 2.3. 283 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:33.000 21, 29. 284 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.000 So. 285 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:43.000 And then six with the loet's one. So that what makes it like a 33, 34. 286 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:44.000 Yep. 287 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:47.000 All right, 288 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.000 you. 289 00:40:47.000 --> 00:41:19.000 It takes you 15, 20 minutes of looking through, sort of moving, looking for any kind of clues. You come across what appears to be like indents in the floor where something has been dragged recently. And you follow it to a bookshelf, but it seems to continue behind the bookshelf. 290 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:37.000 I message together everyone in the area over this way, which isn't very helpful when you're magically talking to them to tell them this way. But 291 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:41.000 bookshelf. That's against a wall. Or is it a freestanding bookshelf? 292 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:45.000 It's against the wall. 293 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:48.000 Secret tunnel. 294 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:54.000 Just start like, pulling random books. Like, one of these has to be the latch. 295 00:41:54.000 --> 00:42:01.000 Anyone wants to figure out how to get this open, it's going to be a thievery check. 296 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.000 I'm aware that le's camera is off, but I can feel the smoke. 297 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:13.000 I was going to say we're all staring at a floating a. That's what we're all staring at right now. 298 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:15.000 What? 299 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:22.000 You want me to do something, but we have detective here too. 300 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:30.000 I'm not a thievery person, though. I'm a looking for clues person. I found the clues. 301 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:38.000 This is not in character, but, Leith, your only skill is with your hands. Please use them. 302 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.000 Insult. It's kind of complimentary. 303 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:48.000 As an insult ghost, she's got mastery and deception too. She can use her mouth as well. That was a nat 20 for a total of 39. 304 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.000 Yeah. 305 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:50.000 Why are we even here? 306 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:58.000 Talking about being reasonable. 307 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:50.000 So, yeah, Leith, you. It's literally the first book you try. There's. It is. You know, like, when you're staring at old animation and you're just like, nope, that's the thing that's gonna move. Boom. Pull it. And you kind of hear the. These rusted hinges click as you're gonna have to all pull on this thing. Or, you know, graveling pull on this thing. Someone with a lot of strength pull on this thing. Because it's been used in a while, but it's unlocked. And as you sort of pull it open, you see a darkened passageway in front of you. A darkened, cobweb, full passageway. 308 00:43:50.000 --> 00:44:02.000 Before anybody goes in, I'm going to look to the team, cuz I think. I don't know if we have any. Anybody here can cast message. 309 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.000 I raised my hand like, you can. I can. Nyle. 310 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:17.000 I was like, it's all of us. Almost all of us. Okay, somebody. Not you. I point to Niall. Just cast a message to Hester and tell her what we found, so maybe she'll come. 311 00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:19.000 Did you mean sending? 312 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:23.000 No, I mean message. The cantrip. Oh. 313 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:28.000 It's only 500ft at this level. 314 00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:30.000 Oh, my God, it is for y'. 315 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:31.000 All. 316 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:31.000 Huh? 317 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:33.000 You're the one with the mile. 318 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:34.000 I'm the one with the mile. 319 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:37.000 Yeah. 320 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:45.000 Sending is the one that I can send an animal messenger to her, which may be free. 321 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:48.000 If you could find an animal. 322 00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:50.000 Yeah. 323 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:54.000 There are rats. 324 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:56.000 There are my offer food. 325 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:59.000 And it just shows up. 326 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:01.000 Okay, well, yeah, that's part of the spell. 327 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:04.000 Part of the spell is like, here, here you go then. 328 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:15.000 Yeah, do the animal. Look, man, I just trying to do my best to not beam Nile's voice directly into his sister's head, okay? Like, that's like. 329 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:16.000 I don't. 330 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:17.000 Unless. 331 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:21.000 Unless you want to do it. Unless you want to do it. Yeah, exactly. 332 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:28.000 I'm a little bit confused because again, message is a 500 foot radius for us. Non message of the wind, folks. 333 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:32.000 My bad, my bad. Forgot. I thought it was longer for y'. 334 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:43.000 All. We have the moths too, generally speaking, but otherwise it's pretty true. But I'll just go open a window, call like a bird or a moth and then send it off. 335 00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:45.000 Yeah, you'll get a corpse moth. 336 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:54.000 Oh, that's a big one. Me thinking like a little something sparrow. They're like, here's a whole cat sized moth. And I'm like, go forth. I guess. 337 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:56.000 Don't they only eat corpses? 338 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:58.000 They eat meat. 339 00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.000 Ah, well, they do have to feed it. Lou. 340 00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:09.000 A little bouillon cube. Those are in my pocket. 341 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:19.000 We pull, pull out a bouillon cube and Niall's impressed. Like, plus one. Like Niall approves on the side. 342 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:22.000 Remember this later here. 343 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.000 Like, it's positive. It's positive. 344 00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:28.000 It's like little positive sim interaction. 345 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:30.000 God's dead. 346 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:35.000 Like the corps moth version of a sugar cube for a horse. It's just a bully on. 347 00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:38.000 It's so unhinged. 348 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:44.000 I've done weirder things. I pulled my guts out and said, let's climb down the mic rope. 349 00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:45.000 Jesus Christ. 350 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:47.000 That's true. 351 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:49.000 So 352 00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:57.000 I guess the big question is, are you going to wait for Hester or are you gonna just go on ahead and hope Hester meets you later? 353 00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:58.000 Should not wait for them. 354 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.000 I don't think we should wait because time is of the essence. Right? 355 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:09.000 Yeah. So. 356 00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:25.000 I guess the only other question is, like, how certain are we that that this is the right route and not just like, happens to be a secret passage in the library that we found because our rat perception was so good. 357 00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:31.000 I think it's like, it's the only lead we have, so we should pursue it. 358 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:47.000 I said this out of character in the chat. I do want to point out that we're looking for someone that recently disappeared and our DM is like, hey, here's this secret door that hasn't been right. 359 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:48.000 The marks are recent. 360 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:50.000 Well, the marks are recent, yeah. 361 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:52.000 On the outside. 362 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:54.000 Marks are recent on the outside. 363 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.000 Just giving you a hard time. 364 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:02.000 She hadn't seen or they hadn't Seen Blythe leave the library, did they? 365 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:18.000 No, they would tell you that last time they. Because the students, they live on campus, they quite often will stay in the library after closing to study. Blythe was still here when she left 366 00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:19.000 at. 367 00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:22.000 Around like nine at night. 368 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:23.000 Big window. 369 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:31.000 We want to switch the party so people then go there and we could continue to look around the library and then wait for Hester. 370 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:43.000 I'd say this is almost certainly our best shot. And if she's not in the secret passageway in a room with no other exits, she's probably actually drunk at someone's apartment after a one night stand. 371 00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:44.000 Yeah. 372 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:50.000 Splitting the party to potentially confront an opposing force is not a good idea. 373 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:58.000 Hinges weren't rusted shut. They were rusty and it was hard to open. But they were not rusted shut. 374 00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:59.000 Be careful. 375 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:03.000 Just giving you a hard time in the chat. Don't take it seriously. 376 00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:04.000 We're going. 377 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:09.000 We're on the way to Verito. We're going to go? 378 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:15.000 Yeah. I mean, how long of a passage could it possibly be? We get down there, there's nothing there. We turn around, we go back and start over. 379 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:18.000 You know, he said that about the vampire den. 380 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:21.000 I was going to say, remember when we got led to the pit? 381 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:39.000 Okay, listen, that was one time. How many times could that possibly happen? It's okay. I got a collection of silverware in case we need to leave a breadcrumb trail that won't get eaten by little animals coming to follow me, I guess. 382 00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:40.000 Oh, no. 383 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:43.000 This rust monster is following me and eating all of our silver. 384 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:45.000 Not again. 385 00:49:45.000 --> 00:50:02.000 Just in case. Just in case. We need a refresher in terms of where Ravenswood is on the map. It's in between Starlight Bastion and Hollow Hunt. This would lead us back to the pit. 386 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:07.000 We'll just say stop by, have tea with mom, come back out, give her 387 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:11.000 the good news to send Eater to Mom. 388 00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:16.000 Honestly, Great plan. She'll eat him. 389 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:19.000 It won't be coming back from that. 390 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:24.000 She's a giant bird. Still, this is a great solution for him. 391 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:28.000 He has become the Sin Eater. Eater. 392 00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:30.000 I love Final Fantasy. 393 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.000 Sin Eater eaten. 394 00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:34.000 Where's that metal gear? 395 00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:40.000 Eater of Sin would. Eater of Sin Eater is technically what it is. 396 00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:42.000 There we go. 397 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:45.000 Sorry, we're in the weeds. Aubrey. 398 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:47.000 Sorry. 399 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:49.000 We're going. We've committed to this man. 400 00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:51.000 Propose the Sin Swallower. 401 00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:52.000