My name is Ivory. I play I own a starling and he has the risk of the Shadow Dragon from dungeons of dragons.
Rafa:Alright, my name is Martin and I will be playing Rafa and he has to miss most of the amino terrorists from the Greek mythology.
Dr. Henry Edwards:My name is Chris and I play Dr. Henry Edwards, Arif of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Rafa:Okay, I will I will go to the students. And I will kind of walk up to them and be like they are in the middle of class. D are in the middle of class.
Snyders Return:Just sort of groups get together.
Iona Starling:Break into the middle of a classroom and don't ask for forgiveness that always works.
Snyders Return:That's it? That's yeah,
Rafa:okay. I will actually yeah, I yeah, I will kind of open door quite rapidly. Look, those kids dead in the eye. And I will say, you guys, you hear police. If you don't want to get caught become with me. It's about vector.
Snyders Return:My hero. The teacher who is you know, in the front of this classroom, turns around to you and says basically challenges you, like, get out intruder tones back to the class, like stay in your seats, children. The police are on their way. And they move to sort of effectively intercept and and block you. Your access to the classroom and to the students.
Rafa:The teacher. Yes. What's the reaction from the boys?
Snyders Return:Then? Oh boys, there's a mixture of boys. Yeah, the group group one looks at you dead in the eye. So while there's a little bit of panic in other places, the the group will kind of turn to look at you but you lock eyes with one of them. And they sort of tilt their head slightly sort of comprehending who you are. Not knowing who you are but just comprehending the scene. And one of them says, I'm not sure I'd want to hashtag that. And you are then so go toe to toe though with the teacher to see if UI were to sort of maintain your position in the door,
Rafa:okay? shouldn't be so hard, unbreakable, buttery superhuman strength, furious rage. morally ambiguous can I use
Snyders Return:that this is morally ambiguous Very much so.
Rafa:So that will be for and go toe to toe
Unknown:against the rest of the Minotaur
Snyders Return:it's amazing what adrenaline can do. So with a roll of seven you get a power four so you can achieve your goal so you choose one of these achieve your goal or take something you can get the teacher good by by inflicting some sort of status, or you can block dodgeball counter their best attempt which of those would you like?
Iona Starling:Yeah, just just knocking
Rafa:the teacher you know, I won't knock a teacher out. And I don't want to be so much of a bad guy.
Iona Starling:But you bird morally ambiguous and you don't even knock her out.
Rafa:Go I will have her to mediate or sell power for kind of I will grab her by the arm with a quite a lot of strength, look her that in the eye and be and be get out of my way just doesn't concern you. I'm just here for that for one student. I want to help him. And if you get and if you stay here, I will fucking hurt you.
Snyders Return:The teacher recoils clearly scared by this. But students at the front of the class who obviously like this teacher, race over to her aid and several of them begin to try and sort of they start throwing books at you and start throwing pens and start throwing a raises and the group at the back just a watching you impassively. Again, all of them now sort of transfixed on this little circus that is happening down at the front of the class by the classroom door. As literally study books, rulers, there's a chair comes flying towards you, you can hit it because of the fear that the teacher is not quite able to scream, but that just encourages the other kids to shout louder. As there is like a raucous noise in these kids who were you know, 10 minutes ago being being taught. And now this is all happening. You can hear now heard footsteps coming down as the noise grows and vibrates and reverberates down the corridor battle wards where police and campus effectively security school security have been you know, clearing the classrooms out you can now hear horrid footsteps racing down that sort of squeaking of boots on on by no light before. But not just two. There's four maybe six maybe more sets of boots now racing down the corridor to head to the back of the building where you are in response to the this call for aid these these children have been able to give out
Rafa:okay, I will look that one kid in the eye and try to memorise his face. I'll be like, shit, I'll bail. I'll pretty much sprint out. Try to could just get myself free from from all those children. I will. I do want to see the number of the class.
Snyders Return:Yeah, that's that's easy enough as you would as soon as you approach would have seen it.
Rafa:Yeah, I want to see I want to know the face of the kid. I want to see the number of the class. And as soon as I got that to information, maybe a name that is I'll just sprint and try to find Well, I can just sprint into another door but not to be very obvious about that. I will sprint out go further into the back of the building and then I'll just get into a door and out through the back or at least attempt to do that.
Snyders Return:Do a take the risk since you have waited so long to to bug out effectively, you can hear these boots I was going to go go toe to toe but not long dominoes. So for fortress trying to sort of hold out as long as possible. I'm gonna say this as a take the risk, because you probably should have left ages ago. And this is doing something stupid.
Rafa:Yeah, it wasn't my my best decisions so far. I will use the rearranged layout, no locked doors, disorienting trays or trends. Can I use the the Bastion powers again? Or is it more or less? already used?
Snyders Return:on designing? Save already use them so no? Okay.
Rafa:And then I have those trees. Yeah, that's, that's three. Okay, I will take a risk with three power. Yeah. At least I'm good at running away.
Snyders Return:We all have our skills, indeed. So, as the footsteps are approaching you, and you're now bored of being pelted with books and various bits of stationery, you take a note of of the the one boy's face you clock the classroom number, which I will in his classroom 13 Charlie, so 13 C, one, three C. And you are able to dash down a corridor as and disappear into various doors to get you to a back entrance that appears to be clear to you. As you make your way away from school structure, and looking over your shoulder, you can see a couple of police cars, Campus Security children out in the main carpark sort of being mustered by the gathered a mustard by the teachers and sort of more besides and all that sort of stuff. So as you disappear away from the school, and I'm back towards the city, I think it will be time unless anyone has any objections to do a montage.
Rafa:Yeah, sure.
Snyders Return:Yeah. Sounds good. Yeah. So who would like to montage? The first that's bad English who would like to montage first what you used a bit of downtime?
Dr. Henry Edwards:First, I would like to I'll give attention to my head of Yeah, the good doctor. I'll give attention to the good doctor. Okay. And I will do this by following up with Dr. Leyland picture that Hyde has delivered, the sensitive notes
Snyders Return:aren't so you get confirmation. Frustratingly for you, you get confirmation via Dr. Adams, but you do get confirmation that that hide has delivered Professor Leyland's notes to a secure location as specified by the professor himself. I use so that's that's attention given to that you're doing anything else within the within that remit? That will be alright, I hope you got something planned for your downtime activity or montage.
Iona Starling:Guess using any resources that Toby has through the system. Their connection to helix Labs is going to look into this this guy was named Eric. You're sure
Snyders Return:to aaronson. Yes,
Iona Starling:Stuart airs both know what's your look into that she'll see if the game picks up what he was in charge of. But so I have three clips right now, I think of questions and I'll see what they can be fine. So I'm just gonna make
Snyders Return:right so while you're thinking of questions, even if it rolls into the next session, that's fine. And Rafa, what are you doing, having recently been inappropriate on school grounds
Iona Starling:if you walked into a room and just thought That was their work. Like I know I suggested, but that was for my own amusement.
Rafa:Well, now I it considering the stress and the circumstances I had kind of to take bluff and be like, Dad, you're the one they're looking for. Come with me if you want to live for you, not worry. But well, I think I personally learned a very valuable lesson. But Well, anyhow, as soon as Rafa gets to I don't know a subway is able to catch a breath and sweat out. You will pick up his phone and write into his hacktivists chat asking for I need information about a kid class number from city high class number one see right now it this this time or half an hour ago, kid is emo ish. I don't know his name. Yeah, that's message.
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Unknown:Shall we begin let's do it. Let's begin. Welcome. I'm bastard I'll be running your operation. The project's official name is the adventure is research of abnormal civilian experiences, or project aerospace for short to investigate the unusual occurrences that have been happening everywhere recently. I've hired you all for your indisputable military prowess. I'm gonna be honest, I think we should run do academic expertise. I don't know I'm not a wizard in real life, and your hands on experiences. My name is Tassia ather deal. There are someone inside and they are our responsibility. I am going in. If you wouldn't like to you guys can stay you guys can go back to the herd. But there's someone inside who needs our help. And I am going to go and help them. I am playing Morgan serenity old Rich, I have a chance to take a quick sample of like a cup of cup of your clothing perhaps and you change the colours. That's a weird thing to ask somebody. It's not science. I am playing being a rift with lying on the bed is actually Oscar Sterling. But he is far far older than you remember him. You remember, he should be like 25 This man is in his 90s I probably should have asked this earlier, but I'm going to use it been since that day. I don't I don't know. Reiner. It's been 70 years. What happened to you? I am playing we're altre Kelby or other more commonly known as delta, or delta. I want to know how you found out about this particular opportunity and why you decided to join us I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure. I was travelling with my father along the way some events transpired afterwards one of those that I don't know how to describe it that I knew that this was happening or go by premonition or no, it was like the memory was always Can everyone please roll for? I nearly cut so hard. Deck of many aces is an actual play podcast made by an old a romantic and asexual cast and crew. You can find us on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Stitcher or wherever else you listen to podcasts releasing every other Friday. You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at DEC affiliates.
Snyders Return:Are you which of the The downtime montage activities you are you applying that to?
Rafa:Yeah, it will be work the case also having at least that. Yeah, and I will use my activist friends to maybe get some information on that kid or at least anything
Snyders Return:reaching out to your hacktivist network, they are able to provide you with conveniently three pieces of information. If you phrase the the questions slightly differently, so I can, I can help you help.
Rafa:Okay. I actually love this because it's a little bit like a game of chess that I have to make a good choice and get a good result. Okay, first. first clue. Our first information is who is that kid? Or who are the maybe the kids that would apply to being that.
Snyders Return:So the information you put on aren't your activist comes back with because your description was was vague ish comes back with male students of the correct age group of that school, which sort of narrows it down more and more and more. You're given a list of probably 20 boys names, first name and surname, sort of similar age group, or within the age group within this sort of same peer group. And within that, that one school?
Dr. Henry Edwards:Okay, we have 20 boys names. Yeah, sure. Some phrases that require more context, we have 20 names,
Rafa:yeah, would be actually great if they could, or at least if I could go get pictures. And maybe I can then pick out who I believe the boy is a yearbook or are some personal information from the school's database.
Snyders Return:So it takes a day or two probably takes a day for, for these 20 images sort of ripped out ripped in a computer sense from a on the school's sort of Information Server. And you are presented with 20 pitches that have matching names, which are very clearly taken from a yearbook sort of profiles, whether they've come from the photographer's files or wherever they have come from the schools files, doesn't really matter to you the information provided is names with pitchers that appear to tally up in the age group of the school, where you have just recently frequented.
Rafa:Okay, I would do you want to give me this information when we when we meet again, or when the time comes.
Snyders Return:Now you're you're working the case now. So you can you can have it now. So you've got a list of boys names, you've got pitches and boys names. So that gives you two separate sources. So you can either use your your clue for smothering information, or you can effectively narrow it down. It's entirely up to you how you use your clues.
Rafa:I can't with these two clues narrowed down.
Snyders Return:I was I don't know I'd say that's fair. Although the image from the pitcher doesn't look quite like the boy you saw in the classroom given you know, dress and and physical resemblance. You're able to pick pick them out after spending some time on it. And the name that stands out is Victor Chang. No pay. If you do notice at least one of the other boys in the picture. Same age group, same peer group, same school. We're also in that group that the boy you have identified as Victor was was in
Rafa:and then in the last set thing that I want from my sources is that they find kiss social media activity, because this I wouldn't hashtag that and putting viral into a hashtag internet sense. I think that this rift is really interesting Lee used so I want to see if my sources can get information about his social media activity or maybe internet traffic something like that and if they have an app forum as some kind of sites some kind of yeah like a hot map from activity that could lead me somewhere.
Snyders Return:The information you are given gives you a an IP address back to what you assumed to be the main household the main residence of the boy which is over in a suburb not too far from, from where you we were, it is the main shot readwrite name out Fritsche, Burg, neighbourhood Pittsburgh, Fritzsche Burg F r it z or Zed b e r g. Pittsburgh. Okay. So the the IP address leads back to the router effectively at that. Okay, their address in that neighbourhood? Okay. Well, good enough for me. All right. Owner, have you thought of any questions you would like to ask?
Iona Starling:Do you mind if we wait till next session to answer them and figure out some over the before the next session and I could send you a message so we can have it ready for
Snyders Return:actually 100%? Great. All right. So we will leave yours out. And you guys independently and kind of interconnected Lee. Spend the next day a couple of days work in case looking into some some introspection and some investigation. And as we sort of fade out, and you guys doing all of that stuff. The passing scene is the young woman, young lady in the dilapidated house. eyes go a thick, dark, her veins thick black, or cross along her arms up her neck. And she tilts her head. And she says I'm not sure I want to hashtag that either. And that is where we will end. Would you like to geek out during the credits? Yes. At least I wouldn't push the button please. Push the button. Push. Alright, who would like to go first? You said anyone I'm gonna read left to right on my road 20 screens so that will be rougher first I think even the first last time but we'll go you anyway.
Rafa:Okay. How's the crew ground? Well, we at least have shown that we can work independently and quite effectively, I guess. So. No, we didn't really have any meaningful interaction besides maybe the doctor and me giving each other a little bit of information of what we're doing. Rafa signalling the doctor that he found something I most likely would have after that interact it with Ayana and and the doctor during kind of the the montage but that should be left for another time. What of my team themes is under the most strain? I have used most of my themes pretty well. Actually all of them I use network of agents from activists, so I'm good on that all fronts, more or less.
Snyders Return:All right. So, Okay, moving on. Then we will go to the good Dr. Edwards.
Dr. Henry Edwards:Sure. How's the crew grown this session? I'd say mostly apart. We've had ivory, his response to what's going on and it wasn't good. So I feel like a part is about the only summary when give. I will unburn agents and Associates which character with the most meaningful interaction with your character this session? I'm gonna add a help point or rap. Because there's some rapport there at least some level of trust with sharing information with each other. Even if it's strictly professional. I don't think any of Dr. Edwards themes are really under strain.
Snyders Return:Not right now. And
Rafa:I would also just unburned morally ambiguous critique.
Snyders Return:Yeah, yeah. Okay. And Iona?
Iona Starling:Yeah, I was gonna make an argument for tone board really, really ambiguous, because I think we all did that roughly around today, you know, Rothfuss, Renda, school teacher, a bunch of kids, and bring into a school. Um, Dr. Edwards. Dr. Edwards, very existence is pretty ambiguous. Um, and I guess I Oh knows how to basically use the person. And this wasn't really caring about whether she was sick, or not just what she could get. Anyway, but also has a role in this session. Again, I don't think it's grown in terms of interaction. But I think we're beginning to see how we act around each other and how we work with each other. And then that development of those traits that we've chosen as part of our crew themes, as well as its weakness, the differentiating agendas, that's beginning to show to Right.
Unknown:Um,
Iona Starling:which character had the most beautiful interaction with your character this session? I spoke with Joe via Leiden. And what your new themes one of the most stream for now, none of them? There's no reason any of them would be.
Snyders Return:is fair? Yeah, do you did sort of Lenten to do his brother as well as your fears and shadows and things? So
Rafa:I would just want to argue that Raph would be pretty disapproving of your actions today. Because he
Iona Starling:also disapprove of your actions. Yeah,
Rafa:but the thing is
Iona Starling:pretty disapproving of each other.
Rafa:Yeah, know that. Yeah. The only thing was that he send you a text message more or less inviting you to join him or at least to give some feedback. And not knowing where you are? And maybe what you what could have happened with the interaction with that. Scientist that as it called her infected scientists, nonetheless, that is a bit dangerous. And he would be pretty upset. If
Iona Starling:I liked how his answer isn't, you know, you mind control the sick person to get them to answer questions. It's you didn't text me back?
Rafa:Yeah, more or less. I think we all have to kind of do what we have to do. Yeah. And especially if you get information this the world isn't fair in the world isn't a really nice place. Often, I mean, even even ref had to kind of intimidate the teacher, something that he doesn't really like. But considering time and the situation, it's something he had to do. But I mean, if what would have happened if that guy went crazy and Aiyana got hurt, and so I don't
Iona Starling:run my big feet. Anyway. Um, no, it's that thought ability to mind coping with people. Like your brother knows about it. She's never told anyone else when she was going to read tickling anyone else. But when when people are mind controlled, they don't forget the event, but they generally become aware to the fact that their design was key. So a person who's asleep or obviously will think that was really weird, and they might try and rectify whatever their choice was, but they won't think for example, she might control me, they'll just think she was super persuasive or something for some reason, but person might be able to make those connections
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