Broken Glass- Part 7

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. 

Transcript

Timothy (DM)  
Welcome to Shadows of Prophecy, a DND real play podcast following the ill omen web of lives whispered by the void. Their names repeated in the darkness. Shadows of Prophecy is a Dungeons And Dragons podcast with violent themes And adult language. Listener discretion is advised. With us today to traverse through Adventures of stairs, stairs, stairs, And more stairs. We have myself Timothy as our ambivalent keeper of cats.

Speaker 2  
I'm Dan I am playing the mostly human little little bit elf scholar And a rogue And corpse commander Ren.

Chris (Sal S)  
Hi there. I'm Chris And I'm playing the rose colored boy with rose colored glasses tiefling cleric Salvador salt Rose,

Speaker 4  
Rose boy. Hi, my name is Russell And I am playing the warrior whimsy, the Combating of chaos And the enigma of Eminem. Eminem, anemone. Upri Berlin, Johannesburg. I Don't know why That's canon. I'm sorry.

Chris (Sal S)  
You came in last time, Right? I did.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And I am Kendrick And I'm playing the half hour of homesick hottie Yonce Bey.

Speaker 1  
Last time on Shadows of Prophecy. Up And up, they descend the stairs twisting around And around And around past an empty room less a simple chair past an empty room, less a simple chair, past an empty room less a simple chair, past an empty room. The chair list one then passed the room where we said nope And moved on. For the best we assume for if they had crossed That threshold, they would have been lost forever. Up And up they descend the stairs twisting around And around And around a door. A door a door. Beyond the door we find a home to the left a dining table a toy room onward And to the Right to sofa. On the fourth wall we find a television set And in every room a dollhouse provide shelter to four uncanny likenesses of our party. The dolls track their every move around This play house. That is until the door That should not exist is opened And the aberrations poured out. Splat splash Squish, they leave the drenched room And finally ascend to the stairs to arrive upon the stage.

Timothy (DM)  
Join us as we enter the Shadows of Prophecy act one in the shadows. Chapter 13. Broken class.

Speaker 1  
Alright, so you have finally ascended the stairs And exits onto the stage. You look out into an open air auditorium. There are sandstone carvings of scenes from famous plays That loom over the open arena. On large sandstone blocks. There are these towering dome top pillars That surrounded the arena And they cascade upwards towards the stage to towards where you are standing. And there are colorful tapestries That hang from arches over the balcony. There arena is empty.

Chris (Sal S)  
And It's daytime. It is daytime.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, anyone who have the time.

Speaker 1  
It's very late in the day. probably close to sunset.

Unknown Speaker  
And when does the show start? Yeah.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Why the hell are we on the stage?

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, That was unexpected. Yeah.

Speaker 2  
Well, our glutes are probably burning at This point.

Chris (Sal S)  
So It's It's foreign Speak for yourself. So It's likely to start soon or they have a showing at four o'clock.

Speaker 4  
We'll do we like hide And then like when the crowd shuffles in, we Just kind of insert ourselves as to not purchase tickets.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And there's no one there's no front of house staff. There's no my theater training is coming in handy for This D&D session. There's no productions That backstage That casts

Speaker 1  
no one on stage. Knowing the arena until we hear anything you hear from stage left, Which is Which direction Kendrick Right, Right. Right. Yeah. Right from where You're facing. Yeah. Okay. So to your Right. to your Right. You could tell I did not do theater. to your Right, you hear the sound of someone sweeping. And as you look over in That direction in the shadows, you see a rather small figure, small stature kind of hunched over a little bit sweeping, staring at the ground, And Just very methodically, making their way towards the stage in like a straight line. They're backing up towards you,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
sir, sir.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh,

Unknown Speaker  
hi. Where are you on the stage?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I think we took a wrong turn on some broken path. I want to say La Brea. We Just ended up on stage. I am so confused. How do we get off the stage?

Speaker 1  
You notice That they do not make eye contact with you. They continue to stare at the ground. Ah, you go buy a ticket.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
We already have our tickets. Yonce looks at the group as like a go along with it. Yeah, yeah,

Speaker 2  
we bought our tickets in advance. But we wanted to arrive early to see the year wonderful theater. And we seem to have somehow wandered on stage.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, sorry. I should have said That. You the tonight's show was canceled.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, both of them? Yeah. Wi

Speaker 1  
Fi star hasn't shown up. And we Don't know where he is.

Speaker 2  
Well, That's deeply unfortunate. We will go to the front of the house to inquire about refunds. So sorry to disturb you. And then I assure everybody towards the front of the house.

Unknown Speaker  
What if there's a dressing room?

Unknown Speaker  
What if there is what's your point?

Speaker 4  
We should go find out What happened to the missing person. Oh, But they never showed up. So they wouldn't be here. But there'd be clues as to like, Maybe they felt like yeah, like a threatening letter. So

Kendrick (Yonce)  
you know, we're also not here to actually see the show. I think MGM

Unknown Speaker  
would have liked to have seen That. Send someone

Unknown Speaker  
to his house. But they haven't come back yet, either.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You're still there? Sorry.

Speaker 1  
Oh, Yes. And she continues to sweep the stage.

Unknown Speaker  
Little Miss where's their house? Um,

Chris (Sal S)  
And what's their name? Yeah. I'm

Unknown Speaker  
writing a poster.

Unknown Speaker  
I Don't know if I'm allowed to tell you That information.

Speaker 4  
Oh, we are protectors of summer now. We're Great at finding And saving people. And we're also season ticket holders.

Unknown Speaker  
Yes. both of Which are true.

Speaker 1  
Oh, I'm so sorry. And she does like a little curtsy.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You Don't have to do That. From the streets. It's Okay. And now she

Speaker 1  
stopped sweeping. Um, Horace. I Don't know where he lives. But um, I think you Can go to the front desk, And they have records on all of the actors. And

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Ma'am, are you Okay?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, ah, I Don't talk to people very much. And It's making me Just slightly uncomfortable.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Well, You're doing a good job so far.

Unknown Speaker  
Thank you.

Speaker 2  
And we will be on our way. Thank you so much for your time, when I asked everybody to the front of the house.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, as you look back at her, you see That she's actively distressed. And she like now goes back to sweeping in length, double time, And It's Just like trying to like, take her mind off of the conversation That Just happened.

Speaker 2  
As we hop off stage. I'm gonna set a gold piece on the stage for her to find later. All Right.

Speaker 4  
Do we see any signs That say employees only a restricted area?

Speaker 1  
No. But there are a bunch of doors backstage? Oh, there's like doors That would lead to the dressing rooms.

Chris (Sal S)  
Do you have That note That we got? Because I think Horace was on That note. She said horses missing.

Unknown Speaker  
Right. That's the star. Yeah.

Chris (Sal S)  
So were we supposed to meet?

Unknown Speaker  
Was That who we're supposed to meet?

Chris (Sal S)  
I know his name was on That note. I Just Don't know.

Speaker 1  
The What you deciphered. That is the name of your contact.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
They're walking I completely forgot our What we were doing. Such even though hasn't been no time at all.

Speaker 1  
It's very disorienting. Also taking the three months The recording break.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Horace. So do you think there's anyone backstage That will probably know where This horse person lives so we Don't have to go to the front desk where we obviously Don't belong here.

Chris (Sal S)  
We Can try. But if they've canceled the show, probably people haven't come in for the day. It's worth a shot.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, it was divide And conquer. Yeah.

Speaker 2  
Maybe the more chatty folks will go to the front desk, And the less chatty folks will go search the backstage area.

Speaker 4  
Yeah, I'm gonna need you to say who? Yeah,

Speaker 2  
I'll go How about This, I will go to the front desk And the three of you go back to the little Shit. Search the backstage?

Unknown Speaker  
For Sure. All Right.

Chris (Sal S)  
No, I agree. I'm definitely not good with lying.

Unknown Speaker  
I'm Great. Well, if you want to come with me then yeah, Okay.

Chris (Sal S)  
I high five. Yonce I Don't

Kendrick (Yonce)  
respond.

Chris (Sal S)  
My hand good Just passes through the air.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I guess. I

Unknown Speaker  
look at the hand And then

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I Don't really walk away What Yonce does is This like? Alright, I guess we're going backstage. And then you see Yonce walking in his erection backstage mumbling I Can talk to people the Fuck they're talking about. Fucking talk to people. I'm bright And cheery. Have a fucking Great disposition. Sure do.

Speaker 1  
All Right. So I'm gonna need Salvador And Yonce to do a self check. to not get noticed by the stagehand. That's Great.

Unknown Speaker  
whose name we never got, Which is rude of us.

Unknown Speaker  
That happens quite often.

Chris (Sal S)  
Well, I imagine since she doesn't like Fine And What presses stuff, Which is Fine

Unknown Speaker  
by me. Then I have more names.

Chris (Sal S)  
I have disadvantage. So I wrote.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I wrote a 16 a 16. And

Chris (Sal S)  
It's not the worst number you Can possibly roll who's beautiful. But with stealth, even though It's an unnatural one, That's a one because I have zero.

Speaker 2  
For for those who are sitting at home, Chris, roll the two. And then I was like, Wait, I have disadvantage And then roll the one.

Speaker 1  
The two of you are walking course stage d4. And That's when you hear the pitter patter of feet, And the sliding of a broom behind you. As you turn around. The stage hand tugs on your arm.

Chris (Sal S)  
My arm? Yeah, Salvador. Where are you going? I really hate to do But I lost my wallet And I can't find it.

Unknown Speaker  
Ah, And where would That have it?

Chris (Sal S)  
I Don't know. I was here the other day. I was talking to somebody backstage a couple days ago, I haven't been able to find it. So I've Just been retracing my steps.

Unknown Speaker  
Ah, oh, hey, um, I Can help you look for it. Oh, That

Chris (Sal S)  
that'd be Great. What's your name by the way?

Unknown Speaker  
My name is Anoop. Our I knew

Chris (Sal S)  
I knew. Well. It's Great to meet you know. My name is Henry.

Unknown Speaker  
It's a noop

Kendrick (Yonce)  
noop. Alright, in my name is Thomas windsurfer. Nice to meet you.

Speaker 1  
Nice to meet you. I'm Great This way. And she is going to briskly And like without making any eye contact with you. Just scurry off to the side stage door And pull it open.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm going to whisper outsell now. She's going to follow us tech time.

Chris (Sal S)  
How else would you suggest

Kendrick (Yonce)  
we're going to use our skills or conversation to drive her away? She doesn't like to talk?

Chris (Sal S)  
Well, I mean, you could we could definitely do That now. So no. How long have you been in This business?

Unknown Speaker  
12 years.

Chris (Sal S)  
Pretty long tenure. You've been in the same theater the entire time.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yes. Do you get free tickets to the show? And are you able to have I guess? Yes.

Chris (Sal S)  
What's been your favorite production? Could you rank them?

Unknown Speaker  
And like Romeo And Juliet.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Oh, an oldie But a goodie by William Shakespeare water. You know What, excuse my husband. He's rather chatty. I think we Can take it from here. If you want to continue sweeping. Do you Want to afterwards join us for dinner?

Chris (Sal S)  
Can you give me a persuasion check? Can I help them out with That?

Unknown Speaker  
Sure. Yeah, you Can do it as This.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Why also have 21. So

Unknown Speaker  
What is your modifier? So

Chris (Sal S)  
It's Just a plus one to persuasion.

Speaker 1  
Okay, so 21 plus 122 22. You see, she Just like there's like sweat beating down her brow. And she's like, Oh, And she like, runs out she bolts she like leaves the door. You Can grab it if you would like But she like bolts back to the stage And she goes, Just goes Right back to sweeping on the same

Unknown Speaker  
for Maybe.

Speaker 5  
Well, it also probably weird That. I guess you know What? In This world? We could have a third. I Don't know why You're my husband now. And why Tom is windsurfer. Yeah,

Chris (Sal S)  
seems like a very specific choice for Yonce Yonce.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Well, I did What I needed to do. let's go search. Yeah.

Timothy (DM)  
All Right. Do you make your way through the door, there's a the narrow hallway. With like a lot of dampening cushions on the walls. And eventually the hallway leads to another door with a kind of glass window. Where you Can see one of the dressing rooms

Chris (Sal S)  
scanning back here. It's lit. It is lit. But we haven't seen anybody other in This whole area other than unknown. Okay.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You said there's a window is there a door?

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. Oh, It's a window.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Oh, Okay. I heard window. All Right. So is the door unlocked? I go to try to unlock to open the door

Unknown Speaker  
is unlocked.

Speaker 5  
Are there any clues or Can I do? I guess? Investigation check to see if This we know That whether or not This is horses dressing room?

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, give me an Investigation check.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I got a 16

Speaker 1  
also give me What type of check. Would you use to remember theater shows? Familiar with theater Yonsei.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I mean, not to go meta. Kendrick is I Don't know yawns. I grew up in the force. So That's why I think William Shakespeare water is real.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right. What was your investigation?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
It was 16. Okay.

Speaker 1  
So you notice there's a lot of shirts That seemed to be larger. And there are a lot of pants. There's a mirror with Just like lots And lots of jars of makeup. And several chairs like a row of six chairs.

Chris (Sal S)  
Are there any scripts with like lions or chairs with names on back of them? No.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
So I'm gonna look at how I Just remember I've never seen a show in a theater before. The best That we have in the forest is multiple people twirling in a circle. So I Don't know What This room is

Chris (Sal S)  
full. Fortunately for you, I've been to the theaters And Terra Vas And It's quite similar. So judging by these, these are probably man's attire. And there's, they usually share these rooms. So It's possible That they Don't have so many so something of horses would be in here.

Speaker 1  
You do know That the hallway continues on And there are several of the doors.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Okay. I'm assuming That This may not be horses. Since he's the star. Maybe he would have his own dressing room

Chris (Sal S)  
possible. Yeah.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Is there any coins lying around?

Speaker 1  
People Don't leave their money laying out in their dressing room. When they are not present, do you? Okay, Fine, whatever.

Chris (Sal S)  
Maybe we should split up And do the other other rooms.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yes. good And I Just completely walk away.

Chris (Sal S)  
I turn And Yonce's Just vanished.

Speaker 1  
Alright, so you continue down the hallway And You're Looking into rooms. You see another dressing room with lots of chairs in it. This one has lots of gown, skirts, hoop skirts, lots of jewelry. The next one has again more dresses. And then you have one That has lots of like very plain clothes. Everything is much more pared down And it is seems to be coed. Finally, at the end of the hallway, you find two doors across from each other each with two chairs in them. A single mirror with a single set of makeups several outfits on one rack. One has dresses on it And the other has pants. very. It is Mozart's Don Giovanni so

Chris (Sal S)  
pants But no shirts That are also shirt.

Speaker 1  
But the shirts are harder to recognize whose costumes they are

Chris (Sal S)  
exact. Yeah, Okay,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
But since we split up our way And did we Just end up Just walking next to each side by side

Speaker 1  
by side Looking at different different rooms on different sides of the hallway? I guess I Don't know. You said you split up in a hallway so.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yep, pants, pants And more pants.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Alright, so we see This room with two chairs. Okay, This is the first one we've seen with less chairs And some Maybe This could be the stars room.

Chris (Sal S)  
let's go into the door That has more pants than dresses.

Speaker 1  
All Right, you go into This door, And it opens up into a dressing room. And there are tons of Just intricate costumes on This one rack, very beautifully embroidered costumes. You also see That there are several vases of flowers. And there are portrait drawings That are like pinned to the wall And next Thamir all pictures of a man who is in Just like colorful layers of fabrics And many of these drawings, wearing tons of gaudy bulky jewelry. And the most notable point on all of these drawings is That their foundation on their face is substantially orange. Oh, with bright pink cheeks.

Chris (Sal S)  
Interesting, artistic choice That the creative director has chosen here.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
He looks stupid. As I looked at the painting, or the photograph, I'm assuming This must be Horace. And he has one big ego.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, as you look closer at the paintings you see That a couple of them are signed by Horace Oh itself. Interesting.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I look closer I want it says from horse to horse. Wow,

Chris (Sal S)  
never change This person. The

Unknown Speaker  
average age. Never change sign Horace Horus.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Wow. And I take That picture. I think Upri would like This one.

Chris (Sal S)  
This room is empty. Is there anything like bags or things That have been left on put away?

Speaker 1  
Yeah, there are several bags of mostly Just like the base layers of various costumes That might not be used for the show. But he probably had them on hands. There's more bags of makeup. There's some like personal effects personal mementos. A little bit of money. Give me Investigation check. Oh would Love it.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Rolling 16 No, a plus. Three. Yeah, 16.

Chris (Sal S)  
I only got five.

Speaker 1  
Okay, so you Can say You're the one to spot it. On one of the bags. There's a bag tag. And as you flip it over, you see the following phrase. If lost, please return to And then it lists address Which I'm not going to make up on the spot. No, I am. It is 22 Fairview lane. Harrow.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Hey, look, I found his address.

Chris (Sal S)  
Well That's That's a windfall Thank goodness That he's such a goober to leave the sort of thing. But hey, That's Great. We Can collect This tag And Just get out unless you want to take more portraits for Upri

Kendrick (Yonce)  
No, But I will take the money I didn't want to say it was Just lying out yeah, they're an actor. They probably make lots of money. Sure. They're performing actor in the theater. They make tons of money.

Chris (Sal S)  
boatloads galleons?

Speaker 1  
Yes. As we all know, the arts are very lucrative industry

Unknown Speaker  
Maybe in what's the city name? Herro

Speaker 4  
Herro. Yeah, I mean, they Don't movie stars to be above though That's true. They are the movies they are the movie stars.

Unknown Speaker  
And on That note, we are going to pan to

Chris (Sal S)  
the actual talking

Speaker 1  
Upri And Ren for no need their way to the front of the theater. The front house was the phrase

Unknown Speaker  
in front of You're doing the house? Yes. Yes,

Unknown Speaker  
the lobby,

Speaker 1  
the lobby. And when you make your way out to the lobby, you see That there is a small ticket booth. And behind said ticket booths, there is a person who is sitting there counting And writing on a pad of paper.

Speaker 2  
Before heading up to the ticket booth, I want to turn to Upri be like so what's what's our story?

Speaker 4  
Why are you asking me your you Just said I can't lie.

Speaker 2  
No, you said you could. I was thinking we only do one person to talk And more eyes back there would have been Which is why I was Just like, stand behind you And like flakes. That's true. You know, What if we're hired by upper management to find the star since he's missing? And we need the address? Oh, Yes. Where That private visti private eyes? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, got it. Okay, Perfect.

Unknown Speaker  
Do we need a baggage?

Speaker 2  
I Don't think so. I Don't know how things work here. I've never actually hired a private investigator. I would Just do it myself. Okay, I will try it. Then I walk up to the the box And is there like a bell? Or

Speaker 1  
there is no bell. But as you clear your throat you see they look up above their bifocals at you.

Unknown Speaker  
Hi, Hello.

Unknown Speaker  
Hello. Hi, we

Speaker 2  
were sent here to inquire about the address of the star Horace. For my understanding he has gone missing And we have been hired to go to his state And see where he might be. I understand the shows tonight shows were canceled because of her missing star And there was some concerned about his safety.

Speaker 1  
They look at you very quizzically And Just go, huh? Yes. I have That for you in Just a moment. And they put down their paper. They roll on over because they have rolling chairs to a file cabinet. They pull it open, And they start flicking through the folders.

Speaker 4  
Do they lick their fingers profusely? Are they one of those people?

Unknown Speaker  
like all

Unknown Speaker  
individually spinning their hands And roll them together?

Speaker 1  
Three times each. And then they grab a folder. They open it on their desk so they roll back over? Slap it down on the desk, flip it open. You see their finger drag across the page 20 to 50 view lane, Harrow.

Speaker 2  
Oh, amazing. That's Perfect. We appreciate your time.

Unknown Speaker  
Yes. Thank you.

Speaker 4  
Now, do you know anyone That would wish Mr. Horse harm? Any incidents in the theater as of light?

Unknown Speaker  
I mean, It's the theater.

Unknown Speaker  
So everyone's drama going?

Speaker 1  
I mean, who wouldn't want That part? Lead? Oh, so

Speaker 2  
You're saying That there is someone who didn't get the lead? Who might want the lead? Maybe a second in line? Yeah. Who's the

Unknown Speaker  
understudy?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, how did you know That word

Speaker 1  
is not here. Today here is Just such a fluffy bunny. Anyways, there are plenty of people who move theta That would want That role. Most of them have no talent And would only get it by stealing it. But they know That they're not idiots. Okay, he probably was Just drinking too late. And no stroking time.

Unknown Speaker  
Do you know Which water And holy frequence?

Speaker 1  
I do know, Jay, do my best to stay out of our actors business.

Speaker 4  
Is there one That the cast goes to in general That after show the after party cast parties? Oh,

Unknown Speaker  
Yes.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
probably.

Speaker 1  
Timothy is Looking at a map. I'm Looking at a map because I did name these things

Chris (Sal S)  
And the theaters for That.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, Yes. The purple goat haven't.

Unknown Speaker  
Thank you.

Speaker 1  
They may let you in. But probably not. Oh,

Speaker 4  
It's an exclusive sort of establishment. And of course we'll Just explain That we work for the theatre company

Speaker 2  
And That we're investigating. Definitely Don't want to go drink Right. Friend wakes

Unknown Speaker  
up Like, gets a little smile he Yeah, investigating.

Speaker 1  
She looks you both up And down. Especially a break is Upri like three looks up And down. You might want to get changed. Maybe wash up a bit. They have a strict dress code.

Chris (Sal S)  
And You're currently covered in like bile And mucus from all the dollhouse. very true. Oh, probably explains why she's like, Oh,

Speaker 4  
This is Just makeup stuff. I practice special effects on the side of enforcing things for the theatre company.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right, give me a Deception check.

Unknown Speaker  
Why am I doing This? What

Kendrick (Yonce)  
looks? We gotta Wait.

Speaker 4  
It's a plus 07.

Speaker 1  
Sure. Anyways, It's not me you have to convince Well off with you. All Right. Boris,

Speaker 2  
Thank you so much for your for your time. Yes, Thank

Speaker 4  
you. I'm sorry. I Don't know What happened. I Just her accent made me want to get her approval for some reason.

Speaker 2  
And we will to be inconspicuous. Leave the theater. Go out the front doors. Yeah. I guess we'll Just Wait out front for the other kids. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right. So you exit the front of the theater.

Speaker 2  
good job in there are impressed. You knew What was That word That you used understudy, use the word understudy. And I Just like didn't expect you to know What That word was. Is there a lot of theater That happens in the in the forest?

Speaker 4  
I mean, not real theater, And a lot of the standards are animals, But But there understudies on the Okay. named Emma has a library we've read? No. Okay.

Speaker 1  
All Right, let's pan back to Salvador And Yonce.

Chris (Sal S)  
We're still in the hallway, walking side by side.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah. Walking down the hallway back towards the

Chris (Sal S)  
stage. Is a new still sleeping?

Speaker 1  
Do you like to try to exit through the back of the theater? Or back to the theater? There's probably Yeah, like after the dressing rooms, there's like a back store room And then a back door if you would like to go out to the back?

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, I Don't know. Vael arouses suspicion. If we Don't leave pasture, since we did leave, since we went in, And we didn't come out. So I Don't know.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I Don't really care for a newb That much. So I Just walk out the back door.

Speaker 1  
Alright. Alright. See, you exit out the back of the theater. And You're standing at the back of the theater. And it is actually quite close to the edge of the upper city. So you Can look out from the back side of the theater across all of the middle residential districts. And then beyond That, the lower residential district And then beyond That of the walls of the city. It's quite a sight as the sun is setting. There are gardens all around the theater. So there's like a little back garden area, a little benches, shrubs, flora. And you see That the same kind of irrigation system That is used to transport the gondolas has been used to water, the gardens. So you see little tiny drainage irrigation systems throughout all of the gardens.

Chris (Sal S)  
You Don't say, you know, if This city wasn't so corrupt And nasty place with an evil government, pretty, pretty Nice place to live.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I think it needs more trees than That. It's not too bad. Besides us almost dying multiple times here.

Chris (Sal S)  
That's par for the course. I

Kendrick (Yonce)  
guess. I will say watching the sunset is quite beautiful. Especially after the couple of days we've had so And I look at the sunset for a while. Alright, That's enough. let's go.

Chris (Sal S)  
And I fall by in Yonce's. We skirt around to the front of the facility. All Right.

Speaker 1  
So you make your way around the perimeter of the theater, walking through the side gardens. And as you round the corner to the front of the building, you see Ren And Upri kind of standing out front, probably fidgeting a little bit chatting, shifting back And forth. And they notice you Hi,

Unknown Speaker  
hi. We got it.

Chris (Sal S)  
We got it too. Oh,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Nice. Well, I pull out the tag. He labeled where he lives.

Unknown Speaker  
That's Martin Casio Mason

Unknown Speaker  
I guess. good. It's a good boy.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And then I hand Upri The sign host I got This for you. Does he look so stupid in That picture?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh my god. What does he play a clown?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I Don't know his make Got his orange And His cheeks are pink. So I think he may be some sort of pig.

Speaker 4  
Oh, Okay. What was the play supposed to be about?

Chris (Sal S)  
Don Giovanni. I'm sketchy on the details, But

Speaker 2  
It's opera. It's about betrayal And Love And people probably die.

Unknown Speaker  
But It's people not anthropomorphized. And

Chris (Sal S)  
Maybe they do a spin on it. I know they'd Love to do That with What was the name shakes

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Shakespeare water.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah. Oh,

Chris (Sal S)  
I've never heard of them. like setting it on the moon.

Unknown Speaker  
That play Zeelandia.

Speaker 2  
Is That a is That a unintended forest? Play? Right? Maybe?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I thought Disney clear water wrote Zootopia Landia

Speaker 4  
yawn I Don't know all of those animals. to stories is getting confused. And

Kendrick (Yonce)  
you know, I Just gave you the poster. It's beautiful. Thank you. No problem.

Chris (Sal S)  
momento have a very long day.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Now we should get out of here. I did ask a new for a date after convincing her That salve is my husband so we should go before she gets here.

Chris (Sal S)  
If she takes us up on That offer, I'd be very surprised.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yeah, she may have a life outside of the theater. Yeah, But we need to go. Alright,

Speaker 2  
I'm gonna check my map to find where Fairview lane is.

Timothy (DM)  
Yeah. So after scouring the map a little bit, you do locate Fairview lane. It's in the noble quarters. So you Don't have to exit the upper city. You Can make your way through the rest of the art district into the noble quarters. And It's not too far from here. Maybe 10 minutes

Unknown Speaker  
was the purple goat on the way That purple

Speaker 1  
goat is? Yes. On the way. Well,

Speaker 4  
let's make a pit stop. Just poke her head And see if he's there.

Speaker 2  
Oh, yeah. Oh, Just because we were talking to the front desk person. And they mentioned That the purple goat is where the cast goes after a show to drink.

Speaker 4  
And it sounds like horses gone on a bender to their time.

Speaker 2  
It also sounds like It's a selective establishment as far as who they let in. So we might have a little trouble in our current wares. But also, we could always go somewhere And buy some fancier where What

Speaker 4  
You're saying is we should go to his house first steals clothes, And then check out the purple tab And if he's not there, purple goat.

Chris (Sal S)  
So good plan. Yeah. Tim, are we canonically messy? Or was That like some sort of

Unknown Speaker  
milieu or economically mess?

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay, Gotcha.

Unknown Speaker  
You're economically messy.

Unknown Speaker  
We did find a bunch of goo

Unknown Speaker  
slimy creatures resting aberration.

Chris (Sal S)  
I didn't know That was some sort of mental gymnastics where we Just entered the room And he came behind a

Unknown Speaker  
lot of stairs.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. So we're sweaty as Well. Okay.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, You're sweaty, you kind of have an odor. So yeah, It's been a day. You've murdered people. You might even have some blood on you.

Unknown Speaker  
Some open wounds. Yeah.

Speaker 2  
But It's like, It's like dried blood at This point. So it Just looks like dirt. Yeah,

Speaker 1  
it has an oxidized so it is kind of browned.

Speaker 2  
And everything's like stone And Sandy. Right? Yeah. So everything's kind of got a reddish hue anyway, so It's like, nobody will notice That It's blood could play other than the smell. Right to the house to the house or the house. You use This bathroom to clean up.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, so as you are making your way through the arts district, the arts district itself is quite lively. You see lots of people in gorgeous outfits Just like extravagant jeweled beaded, embroidered outfits. And as like you pass them they kind of give you a bit of a berth. Can I split to kind of stay as far away from you as possible Well, walking to whatever art exhibit or show they are on their way to attend. But as you hit the noble quarters, the streets are dead. It's quiet. You see lights in Windows, But everything's very, very serene.

Unknown Speaker  
Any guards patrolling?

Speaker 1  
You do pass the occasional guard. They are usually Just standing at the entrances of various houses.

Unknown Speaker  
Okay, so there are state guards basically.

Speaker 1  
Yes. They pay you in your mind as you pass them by

Speaker 4  
one or two, Fairview to 222 numbers are hard.

Unknown Speaker  
Fair enough. Do we find 22 fair view?

Speaker 1  
Yeah, And you make your way to 22 fair view. It's a comparatively modest estate too, But in a state nonetheless, there are guards at the front gate.

Unknown Speaker  
Is it adjacent? Any alleys?

Speaker 1  
There? Are we talking about? Pretty much like so there are pretty much each of these states has like a front lawn And a back lawn with like fencing around it. Maybe eight foot tall stone fences. None of them touch. Okay, so they are all freestanding.

Unknown Speaker  
So they go between the walls. Yeah,

Unknown Speaker  
you Can go between the walls, And there's quite a bit of distance between them too.

Chris (Sal S)  
So we could snake or we could try. I'm a member of the house keepers guild, so we could try to make it seem like I have some connection to being inside This house. Oh,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm Looking like how we do Right now.

Chris (Sal S)  
We could say That we got attacked in the lower tier, Which is true. There was a giant apostate thing. And It's been a hell of a day.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh,

Unknown Speaker  
so convincing story.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, since we caused it, But we won't say That.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right, go for it.

Chris (Sal S)  
It is sort of like a badge or something. I do have I am. That's part of my background is being a guild member. So I imagine I do have some sort of, like my housekeeper's guild pin, Which is Just like a white glove And enamel pin.

Speaker 4  
Right? Should I like Wait by the back door to get lit in or

Chris (Sal S)  
if I could convince them That You're sort of like part of my crew of like, Oh, you are the gardener. You're the seamstress here

Unknown Speaker  
though. That makes sense. Because I'm carrying fired. Yeah. Clever.

Chris (Sal S)  
And What am i You're the Living doctor. Oh, fair enough. Yonsei What would you prefer your your fake profession to be?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I Don't care. let's Just do it. I like seamstress. I Don't have anything That looks like sewing stuff. So

Chris (Sal S)  
I Just Don't you have a your tire.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'll Just grab a bunch of glue off of my shoulder And pretend like I'm doing something.

Speaker 4  
Speaking of needles ran Do you have any? Yeah, why Can I borrow one? Sure. Thanks.

Speaker 2  
I pass you a needle. I guess like a curved needle because like you know when you Oh, It's a suit your needs has a suture needle.

Speaker 4  
That works. I'll put it in my pouch. Okay.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
That was weird.

Speaker 1  
So you see two guards standing at the front gate. They're wearing leather armor with a kind of beige cloth underneath loose clothing. They have turbans on And they have billowing pants with leather cuffs at the bottom. They are holding some guitars not holding But holstered sim guitars.

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm now realizing I Don't. I'm very difficult with coming up with lies. So I, let's Okay. I greet the guards And say Hello. How's it going?

Unknown Speaker  
not at you.

Chris (Sal S)  
We were sent from the housekeeper's guild to check in on the facilities.

Unknown Speaker  
Papers.

Chris (Sal S)  
Unfortunately, we were as you Can probably tell, we got caught up in whatever the attacks happened in the city. So most of our effects were damaged.

Unknown Speaker  
Can you give me a Deception check?

Chris (Sal S)  
So 1111 Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  
Explain What happened.

Chris (Sal S)  
So we are walking through the middle district or That the military, whatever you call it here. There was some sort of raucous between the guards And group of people. And then there was This giant cloud. I think there was a zombie at one point. People were flying, there's fire. A lot of shouting And all This goo appeared out of nowhere. There are these giant black talent clay monsters is really gross. And I'm thankful That we were able to escape with our lives. It's been a real rough day.

Unknown Speaker  
That's the apostate problem.

Speaker 1  
Interesting. I mean, it sounds like you've had a day But You're not a familiar face. I Don't know if we Can let you in. You're not from around here. I knew we were

Chris (Sal S)  
we were sent from the agency. Yeah, the agency either Gil they sometimes use those interchangeably. I know That there had been some arguments between the current household staff And And horse so they thought That they would send a new crew in

Speaker 1  
at eight in the evening. We got Tuesday we got

Chris (Sal S)  
waylaid so.

Unknown Speaker  
We were supposed to arrive earlier But the raucous

Chris (Sal S)  
And to getting through the different tiers is so much hassle. There's a there's an explosion on the first year.

Speaker 1  
Horace typically notifies us if there are going to be any visitors.

Speaker 2  
Well, is he around here? Good probably confirm for us.

Speaker 1  
good question. Haven't seen him in a while he usually stays in the house unless he has a show.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
He can't say walks up. How do y'all my name is temple Gilman. And we were told by the agency That This horse fella, he gets into a lot of vendors. So we were told to be here earlier, And he I guess he didn't relay That information to you, I have This good as supposed to go on his clothing for his opera debut, And It's to treat the clothes so they Don't get as dirty, so That he Can wear them longer for more performances. And if we Don't do That, then understudy Juno clears seven is going to be will take his part, And we Don't want That to happen. Listen, your work in person, I'm a work in person. And I Just we listen, we have a mutual understanding. let's Just let us And we'll be quick about it. And for your trouble. Um, And Yonce gives the guard all the money That he found in the dressing room, you Can Just take That Just in case, Horace has any questions or gets a little upset. But you know how he is?

Speaker 1  
Alright, give me a Deception check. Yum say,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Oh, I have not had to do a southern accent forever? I Don't think I did. Do it. I got an A

Speaker 1  
night, sir. Are you trying to bribe me?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Now I'm not trying to bribe you What I'm trying to do is to Thank you for your service as a working class person to another working class person. And I appreciate the work That You're doing. But I can't have This go hard on May.

Speaker 1  
I apologize for the inconvenience. But I'm going to have to ask the four of you to come back tomorrow after we've been able to clear This with Horace

Kendrick (Yonce)  
our fatal stick. So Don't

Speaker 2  
get it Don't get mad at us when you get in trouble for not letting us And when we're supposed to be about it. I apologize That we weren't able to be here on time. But you know, things are the cities And kind of a chaotic place Right now. And traveling even from the front of the front gates to here took way longer than we expected.

Speaker 1  
I would rather have to explain That to the boss, then something to happen. I Don't know if I Can trust you all.

Speaker 4  
I'm going to quietly lean over to Yonce. Young get ready to catch me. And then I'm going to iterate we understand And I want to very slowly take the needle out of my pouch. And like put my hand on the shoulder And then prick them with it. Just really all Right. like I'm feeling so tired. He has to make

Unknown Speaker  
Are you Yeah, What?

Speaker 4  
It says I have to make a melee spell a tag. I Don't know.

Unknown Speaker  
Automatically. Yeah, I hit

Speaker 4  
er. And then he has to make a DC 14 Charisma save. But I was wondering if It's a 16 because I'm at a higher tier of corruption. Because I'm a

Unknown Speaker  
What? Year Just a mild still.

Unknown Speaker  
So It's still 14

Unknown Speaker  
So 14 It is a 13.

Speaker 4  
So What happens is That as soon as I pick him up, it Just collapses And hopefully being caught on.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Oh my god. What's going on?

Speaker 4  
And then the guard who I am now inside. Oh, Wait, I recognize you. You've been here so many times. Oh, no. Your friend is so tired. I recognize her. She's so pretty strong,

Chris (Sal S)  
Right This way. So the

Speaker 1  
other guard dashes over to Upri his body And like trying to shake her like check her out. is like trying to figure out What What is going on. Oh, are you Sure?

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, I'll take care of it. Yeah, I'm a doctor. You let's get her inside so she Can lie down. Yeah.

Speaker 1  
So he tries to lift her as best as he Can. She's kind

Kendrick (Yonce)  
of heavy. Hurry up.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, hope Yeah.

Speaker 1  
He hoist her up, throws her kind of over her shoulder. He's struggling quite a bit But is able to carry Upri And damn. The other guard And the guard That is now inhabited by Upri And the three of you now are making your way through the front gate towards the estate.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm going to walk up to the guard That Upri possess a present you

Unknown Speaker  
not gonna say anything. clear my throat.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, everybody's kind of messed up. And you make your way to the front door of the estate it is This beautiful carved wooden door with these like grates over like a stained glass And the guard stops there And like looks at up regard

Speaker 4  
Oh could take it from here you This country won't help me carry her

Kendrick (Yonce)  
on the counter one oh Okay And Yonsei helps up regard with Upri body gosh This is body shores Haley

Unknown Speaker  
the servants quarters are This way we'll get them cleaned up.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Okay, let's go. I dropped the goo

Speaker 1  
he looks at you confused But grabs This key from the his left hip And unlocks the front door And pushes it open. He walks inside.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Thank you And you Can Just Can you Just if you see a doctor walking by I know This. This person said he's a doctor But he's not really a good one. If you see another doctor Just call him down.

Unknown Speaker  
Actually a Great doctor.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm using diversion.

Speaker 2  
Oh, yeah, You're Right. Go find a doctor. I've Just I am a cat doctor. So I Can only do so much.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
There the cat's meow

Speaker 1  
Sure. Ah, I will go ring the doctor. He Just lives down the street.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You Don't have to go to him Just if you see him Just be like Hitler. This there was someone who was going to Medina.

Speaker 1  
Sure. I will do That. And he goes back to the front gate. And you see him leaving the gate And walking down the street.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And as he's doing That, bless your little heart. Close the

Speaker 1  
door. Alright, see you are now in Horace's state,

Speaker 4  
like in the void de Nicole. You anyone else round?

Unknown Speaker  
Nope. Well, Shit, y'all. This

Unknown Speaker  
is weird as Fuck. What's going

Unknown Speaker  
on? Are you Upri Okay, I

Kendrick (Yonce)  
think I could have carried your heavy as body.

Speaker 4  
Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have. But anyway, I got This thing for an hour. And she's like Looking at it.

Chris (Sal S)  
You're flexing your muscles.

Unknown Speaker  
A little wimpy?

Speaker 2  
like lock it in a room And then when my body No, This body Which body guard body? No, because I Can get Maybe I Can get around. Yeah, if you do run familiar face. Oh, That's fair. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough. Fair enough. We'll tie Guess we'll talk your body in a closet. We'll set you up on a chair. All Right. pouch like You're sleeping. Anyways. Yeah.

Chris (Sal S)  
Is his consciousness in his body?

Speaker 4  
No, It's in man. But can't move. not for an hour is paralyzed. More or less leaving?

Speaker 1  
Yeah, so Right now you have the stats of a city guard.

Unknown Speaker  
Nice, Cool. Seven hip points.

Speaker 1  
I think you maintain all your mental stats. Is That What it says?

Unknown Speaker  
retain my intelligence, wisdom And charisma scores.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, so physical stats are That of a city guard. You have a SIM guitar. And whatever abilities a city guard has? probably not much. And yet You're standing in the foyer a as as the scarred you propped a breeze body somewhere, I'm assuming And

Speaker 4  
I'm Sure there's a coat closet And Just shutting them out in there. It'll be Fine.

Unknown Speaker  
roll your body And

Unknown Speaker  
put me behind the coat. Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1  
All Right. See you stick Upri in the coat closet. And You're standing in the for a let's

Unknown Speaker  
go upstairs. Spread out, Right.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. How many floors is This edifice?

Speaker 1  
There are two floors. You noticed as you were approaching That there is a side balcony to the What was the Right as you are approaching the structure. And you see a kind of grand double staircase in the foyer leading up to the second floor. You also see a quite wide Hall going out from beneath the stairwell. So It's continuing on underneath the double stairs. There's also a small sitting room to your Right And a smoke room to your left.

Speaker 2  
Oh smoker. How fancy. I have a question about the city in our time here. Do they have running water? Is it like plumbing or did they like pour buckets of water into baths? Do

Speaker 1  
they do have plumbing? Oh Yes. So, it is a gravity system.

Speaker 2  
Okay, so I propose This, we should clean up especially if we want to go to the purple goat. Later we had to clean ourselves up And get Nice clothing or clean or clothing. Why

Kendrick (Yonce)  
are you going to the purple goat?

Speaker 2  
If we Don't find anything here, we will need to go there to see if Maybe he disappeared somewhere in the establishment. Because the assumption is That he frequents there very often so they might have more information on his whereabouts. And I feel disgusting. like to take a bath or shower. Yeah. Have you ever had a shower before? Have you guys seen a shower before? Have you seen a shower

Chris (Sal S)  
before? I seen it? I'm not uncivilized. I teach.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Also, we're from the flower route. We're from the forest. We're not simple folk. We're not from the woods, in the forest

Unknown Speaker  
or rain showers all the time. Exactly.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Gravity. It rains.

Speaker 1  
And That's when you hear a crash upstairs. It's sounds like breaking glass.

Unknown Speaker  
Will Shit.

Unknown Speaker  
I guess we're putting That on pause.

Speaker 4  
Also real quick. I took the needle That I stabbed This guy with. The guard has a Upri guard has the needle. Yeah, savage And economically. Okay.

Unknown Speaker  
Yes. Upri Guard has the needle.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I guess we should investigate That or we could still split up so two people Can investigate That.

Chris (Sal S)  
And to take showers. Yes,

Unknown Speaker  
we should investigate That together first, I think And then establish That It's not a threat.

Unknown Speaker  
Another crash.

Chris (Sal S)  
let's go to class doo doo doo doo doo.

Speaker 1  
So you run up the stairs And you hear the sounds coming from the left. You now hear a muffled shouting And a third crash of glass.

Unknown Speaker  
Go That way.

Speaker 1  
All Right, you continue running down the hallway until you reach a door left ajar where the noise appears to have been coming from. As you peek in through the door, you see a figure in a black robe hunched over on the ground. As you look closer, you see a body with a pool of blood coming out of it. And This figure is ripping at its chest And eating it. As you look even closer you notice That they are not using their hands to do This. They are using these tendrils That fall from their face. Can I ripping the figure apart? You hear a whimpering behind the door across the room.

Speaker 2  
I'm assuming That I'm like squatting down so That we Can all peak or at least a few of us peak at once. I'm going to analyze the tentacle face creature Just so I have That prepped ahead of time.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And then I look at everybody And nod And Yonce Just kicks open the door. Yeah,

Unknown Speaker  
I would like to throw a dagger as the door is kicked open.

Speaker 1  
All Right, everybody roll initiative or

Chris (Sal S)  
another fight?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I got a 23

Unknown Speaker  
you are rolling. Great. Yeah, no

Kendrick (Yonce)  
stellar.

Unknown Speaker  
I rolled a four

Speaker 4  
Upri Guard gun at Oh no. Upri guard. I got an eight I have 11 hips.

Chris (Sal S)  
No, you better stay back.

Speaker 1  
So Wren you pull out a dagger And you whip it into the fingers back make a ranged attack. Does a 19 hit? Yes it does. Nice.

Speaker 2  
So let's say I get my dagger damage my critical analysis damage And my Sneak Attack Damage. I think That's it. I have a lot of additives 12 plus eight That's 20 piercing damage

Speaker 1  
20. Alright. So as you lodge the dagger into the fingers back, it rears back. Immediately standing up And you see its tendrils flail out in front of it. Whipping blood And viscera at the wall as it whips around Yonsei What are you doing?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I am going to use both my eldest blasts Eldrick black like And not pronounce That word Right now. both of those were 20 fours

Unknown Speaker  
those were

Kendrick (Yonce)  
so so one is for seven damage And the other is for nine so 16 damage total.

Speaker 1  
All Right. So you blast it Right in the chest. Bam, bam. And then it starts charging at you. It's tendrils start whipping around the room as it makes its way to the doorway. And it is going to make for attacks oh no Oh one. And not each of you. I'll say That Yonce And Wren are in the doorway so you to eat You're gonna get to

Speaker 1  
Wren gets hit. So as it hits you with the 10 roll, it wraps quickly around your body squeezing you And pulling you towards That. You are now grappled Great. You are restrained, And you have disadvantage on strength checks And strength saving throws.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Does Yonce get hit? No.

Unknown Speaker  
Do I take damage?

Unknown Speaker  
No damage. Oh, brilliant. All Right, Salvador.

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm Just reading through This bill And trying to figure out if I want to cast it or not. I think Sal's gonna want cast drifting dreams. All Right. So the effects of This is I Can put everybody besides myself into a magical slumber. And I get to choose Which type of dream they get. So for everybody except the monster, they're gonna get a peaceful dream And the monster is gonna get a nightmare.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right, are there any saving throws?

Chris (Sal S)  
So they have to do wisdom saving throw? Everybody has to do was actually no peaceful dreams doesn't need a wisdom saving throw only people getting nightmares too.

Speaker 1  
Okay, so I rolled an eight.

Chris (Sal S)  
So yeah, he fails. So he is thrown into asleep. And a messenger appears monster is a terrifying to it. I shudder to think of What is terrifying to This tentacle devour. But a messenger delivers a message to them saying, Be gone from here, This plane does not suit you. And he does not gain the benefits of a long rest. And also, he's asleep for the duration, Which is up to eight hours. So you guys are also asleep until I end the spell. But I Can end it whenever I want. And whenever he wakes up, he takes 28 psychic damage And has disadvantage on attack rolls for the duration of 10 minutes. So whenever I end the spell, you guys will all gain the benefit of a long rest. And you have advantage on one ability check attack roll or saving throw for the next 24 hours. And I now have to do a DC wisdom saving throw. Yes, you do. And I'm thankful That I've a plus forward to wisdom saving throws But I have to meet a 14.

Unknown Speaker  
What's the range on This

Chris (Sal S)  
bow is 90 foot radius. So basically everybody in This house,

Speaker 2  
so even the whimpering person in the closet, you kind of spell What dream do you give them?

Chris (Sal S)  
I give them a good dream. Okay, because they feel like I feel like they need it. And I guess OPERS body also is asleep.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, What is the so Upri is going to switch back?

Unknown Speaker  
Well now I'm unconscious.

Speaker 1  
Oh, you Don't automatically switch back? That's Right. So Upri does not automatically switch back.

Unknown Speaker  
No, I'm Just unconscious in the viewer

Speaker 1  
unconscious in both bodies. Okay, Cool. For how long would you like to maintain the spell for

Chris (Sal S)  
so I will maintain it. So first off, I passed. So I also get the benefit of a long rest, Right, Which is really Great, because I would Love some spell slots back. But I'm going to keep it going for 10 minutes so That I because I'm awake. I'm the only person That's not falling asleep. So I'm going to take That time to do an investigation of the room. So Can I tell the face of the devoured person

Speaker 1  
devoured person is face is completely ripped off.

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm gonna go to the closet And open the door.

Timothy (DM)  
You open the door And you see a man in gaudy clothing orange tinted foundation And rosy cheeks. I wonder who That was over in the closet. However, you also see

Speaker 1  
a creature wrapped around his neck. It has several tentacles And one of them is in his mouth. And as it notices you it jumps over your shoulder And runs out the room.

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay, I realize now I have to do corruption save because I cast That spell. So That's I think That is a DC 10 Because I haven't cast the spell yet for corruption And That's of Assam saving throw. And as an Exactly 10 So,

Unknown Speaker  
Alright, you save Nice.

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay, so Horus is in the closet. Unknown. probably a poor servant. I'm so sorry servant. You're facing justice gone. Can I? I want to kind of bind up This creature. So That has a little bit. Is there any eyebrow up on me Right?

Unknown Speaker  
You do ever up on you.

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay, I'm gonna try my best to wrap up This tentacle monster.

Speaker 1  
Right? So you wrap it up, you bind its arms And its legs. Do you bind it to something?

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, is there a bed in here? Yes, there is a bedroom tied to the bed.

Speaker 1  
All Right. So you pull This creature over to the bed, you bind its arms And legs, you tie it to the bed. And as you look at it, you notice it has a familiar garb of their black robes And you see a pendant hanging on its chest know That of the spiral with the points That go outwards.

Chris (Sal S)  
We meet again another another interesting meeting place. These are the calls That we found on the beach. Whenever we got shipwrecked Oh,

Speaker 1  
I never reverse side of It's pendant is the eyeball with a line through it down to the lips. The symbol you've now associated with the silence.

Chris (Sal S)  
We've found not Exactly What we're Looking for, But something adjacent. I'm gonna go over the closet close it move his dresser or some sort of heavy piece of furniture in front of it. And I'm gonna end the spell.

Speaker 1  
As you end This spell you the figure starts thrashing on the bad. What happened? Oh, And it is a priest turn still in guard body. But

Speaker 4  
I'll be Right back. And you see the guy Just take the needle on himself with the neck And then I imagine he Just crumbles to the ground momentarily.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, so he collapses And then I wake up in the closet downstairs we

Chris (Sal S)  
lock it.

Speaker 4  
Alright, Upri Just gonna like rip open the door And bolt up the stairs.

Speaker 1  
Alright, so you get to the second floor. And That is when we will move on to Wren.

Speaker 2  
So the thing is tied up to the bedpost. Great. I'm gonna run up And stab it. advantage because It's tied up.

Unknown Speaker  
You do.

Speaker 2  
I Love having advantage That is a 25 to hit.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, That will hit.

Speaker 2  
We're going to use the short sword This time because I threw the dagger. Okay. That is 11 plus three is 14 plus eight is 22 damage as I slash into it.

Speaker 1  
All Right. Don't give me advantage. It's not fair. Yonsei you stand back up. Momentarily taken a nap.

Unknown Speaker  
We feel Great though.

Chris (Sal S)  
Right? Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  
hbu all got full rests.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Oh, the monster is tied up. How did That happen?

Chris (Sal S)  
I point to myself.

Unknown Speaker  
This grin across his face.

Chris (Sal S)  
My chin is under my hands.

Unknown Speaker  
Who's got two thumbs And put everybody to sleep?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
And is the goal to kill it?

Chris (Sal S)  
probably there was another monster That flew out of the closet. Oh, by the way, That's not worse. horses in the closet. I imagine.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Well, most actors are.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh my God, That's Great.

Unknown Speaker  
Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Thank you. I'm gonna I'm like our Alright, I guess we're killing the thing. I'm gonna use my eldest blast. both beams 27 definitely hits does ACS team hit 16 does not. Oh, That's so sad.

Unknown Speaker  
But you get did he get advantage? Does he get advantage?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, Yes, he does.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
So I get to roll like Can does a 26 All Right, so That's two D 10s plus four. Those were both ones so That's 10 damage.

Speaker 1  
All Right. 10 hold damn And GA Alright, is going to make a strength check to break from It's bines as you watch it thrash about on the bed. It's like shaking the bed. You hear the creaking it pounds on the floor, But cannot break free. However, No no. It's tendrils shoot out all around This time one for each of you. So And by each of you I also mean the guard That is unconscious on the ground But

Speaker 4  
you should be waking up at This point. probably screaming so Yonsei

Speaker 1  
it will grab you And you are now restrained.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Can I do hellish rebuke as a reaction?

Speaker 1  
It doesn't do damage so no. Ren it is going to miss you. Dodge Salvador Mrs. Mises dot Chand somehow misses the fucking guard.

Chris (Sal S)  
It's horizontal. It's usually vertical.

Timothy (DM)  
Yeah, so It's Just like thrashing about these tendrils. And you Don't understand how they're working because they were they were really short before But now they're like reaching across the room And wrapping around Yonce Salvador, What do you do?

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm gonna try to blast This thing. So I will cast a spell. Sorry, I was caught off guard. I mean, I cast a guiding bolt at it. All Right.

Unknown Speaker  
Yes. Give me advantage to do to do

Chris (Sal S)  
range spell attack. What's my spell modifier? It's a 16

Unknown Speaker  
a 16. Will Miss Oh,

Chris (Sal S)  
dang it. Okay. Does spell goes off fire. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right. Upri. You're in the hallway.

Speaker 4  
So This is What happens. You here in the hallway. And then an explosion of colorful chaotic energy appears next to the creature as I teleport into the room during my Fuck What? Gotcha What? And then I want

Speaker 1  
Alright, to pop into the room screaming And you swing your hammer down onto the creature

Unknown Speaker  
And with a vintage

Unknown Speaker  
advantage because It's still restrained. Yeah. Oh,

Unknown Speaker  
so the first one is going to be 20 Soon.

Unknown Speaker  
That'll hit.

Speaker 4  
And then 24 That'll also hit And they do damage. Oh, That's unfortunate. 18 bludgeoning damage, as I Just take for an

Speaker 1  
Alright, see whale into This silence member And You're like squishing down into its flesh. It's less human than you anticipated. In its form. Everything seems to be almost like invertebrate.

Unknown Speaker  
It's crunchy.

Speaker 1  
It's squishy. And you see a kind of greeny purpley gray shoes is kind of Just like a mixture of colors. squishing out of like orifices along its neck.

Unknown Speaker  
Who? That's Correct. Ray. Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm gonna stab it again.

Speaker 1  
All Right. So there's like four of you standing around This Dido? like,

Kendrick (Yonce)  
grab a beer grab me. So,

Unknown Speaker  
um, I think I rolled a 15. So I think That fit limits That will fail. Yeah, boo. Well, That's it.

Speaker 1  
All Right. Yonsei. You are restrained. You Can make a strength check to pull yourself out.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
That would be definitely passed because I rolled a 16. But with hold on one second. Oh, That's a 15.

Speaker 1  
Even minus one Yes. Oh my gosh, That is enough to do it. A Warlock strong. You grasp at the tendrils And you pull them off of your torso. And as you do so it rips the tendril it falls off. And you see at the creatures mouth, it regrows And other tendrils And now it starts to whip them around yet again. Upri That's gonna miss you. Yonsei It's going to hit you.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Wow, I'm so Sure.

Speaker 1  
It's gonna miss. And Salvador. It hit Whoa.

Chris (Sal S)  
That's a strong tentacle.

Speaker 1  
So it wraps around Yonsei And Salvador. Again. Again, in This time it pulls Yonce in towards it. As Salvador feels This pricking sensation in their body. Can you give me a constitution saving throw?

Chris (Sal S)  
That's a 12.

Speaker 1  
All Right, you are not poisoned. As you feel the tender will wrap around your torso And squeeze you. You feel a burn across your ribcage as it then begins to course through your veins. You are paralyzed,

Chris (Sal S)  
poisoned And paralyzed.

Speaker 1  
Yes. And Yonsei is pulled in towards it. Salvador you are paralyzed. You Can repeat the saving throw at the end of your turn.

Chris (Sal S)  
It's What I'm going to do because It's literally the only thing I Can do. And This is another constitution saving throw

Unknown Speaker  
constitution.

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay. Oh, Wait, I'm gonna use advantage because the result of That long rest is you get an advantage on one D 20. roll. There you go. I'm gonna do That's a 16 I guess I burned That. Six. Total or? Yeah. 16.

Speaker 1  
All Right, That is going to do it. So you seize up for a moment. And then your muscles relax. You're still grappled And restrained, But no longer poisoned or paralyzed a

Chris (Sal S)  
slightly better situation to be

Unknown Speaker  
Upri

Speaker 4  
Bonk bonk. I'm gonna do some ceiling. Yeah, I imagine him next to run. Right You're up against it. Yeah. Yeah,

Speaker 1  
the three of you are all Right up in Perfect. Yeah

Speaker 4  
Upri turns you get them togher she slams Fern down on the ground And then Just slaps real hard on the back. And you Can now roll out a d3 And edit to attacks or ability checks for the next 10 minutes. Oh,

Unknown Speaker  
very Nice. And then sue damage. Attack. Okay, got it.

Speaker 4  
And then she's gonna whip out her handy acts of chaos And swipe down at it. All Right. Does a dozen 18 here.

Unknown Speaker  
And 18 Yeah, no

Speaker 1  
it does not. So as you are so laughing Ren in the back, you go to swing And it shifts to the left And you slam down to the word of the bedroom floor.

Speaker 4  
Well, This is gonna be weird. Well, I never That's a 24

Unknown Speaker  
Right your spicy axe

Speaker 4  
so What would have happened is if I hit it, I would have been able to detect it starts Oh no. Because I missed it tries to detect the thoughts of the floor And I take Siag High take six seconds.

Speaker 1  
Just as your mind goes blank. not a single thought in your head for Just a moment you become the tree

Unknown Speaker  
That the floor

Speaker 1  
Alright, Yonsei you are grappled And restrained And pulled Right up into the creatures face.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Can I use any of my spells?

Speaker 1  
You cam But at disadvantage.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
All Right, I'm going to do poison spray because That requires a Constitution save of 15 from you

Unknown Speaker  
15 I'm gonna fail That.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
All Right, I'm gonna make This little spicy, if you Don't mind. I am grappled What I'm going to do is Yonce breathes in And then you see their eyes go purple. And then you see them sprayed out of their mouth like they inhale And then they spray the poison onto the tentacle my hand.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh my Shamblers Just a take.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
It's gonna take 17 damage, poison damage. All Right.

Unknown Speaker  
So we all Just see yawn basically do poison breath,

Speaker 1  
basically. So you spray acid all over the figures face And you see it skin begins to boil And burst. And you see This like Steam raising from its body. And as the smoke clears, it slumps over emotionless

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I slowly push the tentacle offer me like very swanky. like, like, like slight

Unknown Speaker  
amount of a dress. Exactly. Yeah, It's

Speaker 1  
like limp so kind of It's sticky But it kind of Just sloughs off

Kendrick (Yonce)  
so I take it off I'm like, Well, That was a new one. And my eyes returned back to normal. All Right,

Speaker 2  
hold on a second And I'm gonna grab its face And I'm going to use absorb mind all Right, Rennes eyes roll back up into his head am by see things That This creature What is it it says you initially learned in the most recent surface thoughts of the creature, what's most on its mind at the time of death along with any distinguishing features of its life such as profession passions, particularly close relations, Right? That's the base level.

Speaker 1  
So What you glean from absorbing This creatures mind is devour. Assimilate, control, absorb.

Speaker 2  
Got it? Got it. Okay. No people No. Particular like professions or passions, girlfriends,

Unknown Speaker  
girlfriends.

Unknown Speaker  
Boyfriends

Speaker 1  
Wait you glean from it is not anything of human compassions desires, But only a carnal urge to consume And assimilate.

Speaker 2  
Got it? Got it got it. Okay, so I Oh no, This is gonna be really bad. If I fail This I have to do a wisdom saving throw Which I'm going to use That like the resting inspiration for advantage on This.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Because resting inspiration gives you Just gives you

Chris (Sal S)  
it gives you one advantage in the next 24

Speaker 2  
hours we And Can I use the plus three on ability checks not on saving throw

Unknown Speaker  
only on ability checks on type rolls. Gotcha. Okay.

Speaker 2  
Well federal the three Which means I fail, Which means I struggled to rationalize the memories with my own And forego memory. For go memories equal to equal valued per diems discretion. So I guess I forget things about myself.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
That seems like a common theme with Wren on This whole season.

Speaker 1  
All Right, hold on one moment. This is gonna be fucking in.

Speaker 2  
I assume That This was like a person who like did like a thing to get the thing on. Oh, it wasn't This has

Speaker 1  
learned That That is not What has happened. You quickly learn That. I'm going to say That Rennes. carnal urges are stripped from his being your desire to eat, sleep. And your sexual desires

Unknown Speaker  
are became boring.

Speaker 1  
But all of those drives That you have as a person That keep you And your species alive. are gone. Permanently. Permanently. Ellie Fuck

Speaker 2  
me. Okay, or Don't because now I Don't care. Yeah. wrens eyes roll back And he vomits on to the floor. That Oh, That thing wasn't human.

Chris (Sal S)  
Well, yeah. Astute.

Speaker 2  
I thought Maybe That it was like because it was wearing a robe And I thought Maybe it was like a person That had done something to themselves. it anyways.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Are you Okay? Oh, yeah, I'm

Unknown Speaker  
Fine. What's my head spinning a little bit.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
All Right. Is the guard awake now? Or is This pass?

Speaker 1  
Yeah, so the guard is very disoriented, And you see him standing behind you all with Just like he's frozen in place. not physically, But like, he cannot muster a reaction to What is going on besides Just standing And gawking in horror.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm gonna walk up to the guard. We Can do This one of two ways. You Can sit there And be quiet. Or I Can Knock you out.

Unknown Speaker  
Give me an Intimidation check.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Can I roll with advantage

Chris (Sal S)  
so you Can burn your advantage on it?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm not going to because I think it'd be fun to see how he ran it. It's not gonna pass It's three plus four. So seven.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, seven is not going to do it. So how he reacts, he stands there, you approach him? And he's Just like watching And he starts to look at you And You're speaking to him. And he Just Last call locks you in the jaw.

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm going to run And close the door And stand in front of it.

Speaker 4  
I throw Fern at him, Boulder side first. Yeah, Wren will also go for him. like immediately directly for the head. I know we've broken This.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
The funny thing is I was gonna be like, I Don't even it doesn't even hurt. I'm Just like,

Speaker 1  
oh, I guess I'll grab the dye will Just describe What What is going on And a little bit more detail so you Can read the room. So he like punches. And then he's Just shaking. And he's Just like, you see his face is getting red. And he's Just trying to muster up a thought of coherency And then Just What the

Unknown Speaker  
Buck? See dagger And Fern are heading towards.

Speaker 4  
Is That fists connects with the Yonce's face. It's Hammertime All Right. There wouldn't even be a chance sneak

Speaker 1  
attack rolls on This poor dude.

Chris (Sal S)  
Poor nameless guard.

Unknown Speaker  
Nameless guard.

Unknown Speaker  
Is it an advantage because we're doing it together?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, I did roll advantage. Oops. I shouldn't I guess

Unknown Speaker  
tactically or

Unknown Speaker  
you could be 23

Speaker 4  
Y'all 13 I think I miss

Speaker 2  
I know That we're throwing it But I like to think That we like head city guard.

Unknown Speaker  
I'm not gonna look like Can ma

Unknown Speaker  
roll And both Just hit from both sides.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
His forehead

Unknown Speaker  
11 bludgeoned

Speaker 2  
Jiminy Christmas. That is two plus 810 plus three is 13. Plus 215.

Speaker 1  
So Upri You Just Knock out his legs?

Unknown Speaker  
We Can still teleport? Can I teleport inside them?

Speaker 1  
All Right, you teleport beside him And you Just Knock out his legs as rain like scream a dagger into his neck. He's Just completely closed lined by the force of your both Vir actions And Just slams down to the ground completely motionless.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm gonna look at both Upri And Randy like, why the Fuck you do That? He was scared.

Unknown Speaker  
He saw our faces.

Chris (Sal S)  
I'm sensing a theme.

Speaker 4  
That wasn't my exact thought. But he you know, I can't stay And

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I appreciate That. Upri Ren do better.

Unknown Speaker  
What? Yeah, I was Just trying to break his legs.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You killed him.

Unknown Speaker  
You ever in? Yeah, he saw.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
We could have knocked him out.

Unknown Speaker  
Legs. And then What? What happens when he wakes up?

Chris (Sal S)  
Toss them out the laptop bind them at least by some time to get out of here. It's not a problem anymore. Yeah, I'm gonna push the armoire out of front of the closet door And open it And no, before I do That, Can we sort of put him in an incriminating pose? like underneath either the torn out guy or in bed with the monster.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
We put his head And we put his head And he was eating? He was eating? It was cannibal?

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, we're gonna rub some goop on him. So you get all whooped.

Speaker 1  
All Right? See you frantically grabbed some goop rub it over him post him in some sort of situation. Give me a Deception check.

Chris (Sal S)  
How good are we at staging murders?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
All of us?

Unknown Speaker  
Whoever is actively doing This.

Chris (Sal S)  
So 10 Somebody wants to help out? Yeah. Do

Unknown Speaker  
you want to add your modifiers? So I've

Unknown Speaker  
got a plus four.

Unknown Speaker  
I'm gonna plus zero.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I have a plus four.

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, Shit. Eight.

Chris (Sal S)  
So 1818.

Speaker 1  
Alright, so as you go about setting up the scene. You then go over to the armoire.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. And I decide push aside, open the door.

Speaker 1  
And you see Horace cowering, shaking, his hands are like, in his face. And he has his like, eyes covered by the pit of his elbow, And he's Just shaking. You see a puddle of liquid beneath him.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
He peed himself.

Chris (Sal S)  
Pours honey, It's time to get up

say back to back. The monsters are gone. Now. We got rid of them.

Speaker 1  
He removes his arms from his face And he looks up at you. Why'd I died? Are you

Chris (Sal S)  
Just people passing by Are they dead? Well, That one is the other one That was in your throat, flew out the window.

Unknown Speaker  
There was something in his throat.

Chris (Sal S)  
Now there was a monster in the closet to

Kendrick (Yonce)  
in his turn.

Unknown Speaker  
Thank you. Thank you.

Chris (Sal S)  
Well, part of the job.

Speaker 1  
He like very shakily stands up And starts to like hobble out of the closet. He like collapses towards you, And tries to like lift himself back up. And then he grabs you to like, stabilize himself, And pushes himself over to the bed And sits down.

Chris (Sal S)  
I clear out a space That doesn't have tentacle monsters on it.

Speaker 1  
He Just stares at his hands

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh Fuck. I agree. I thought I was dead there.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
You Yonce's gonna look at them And say are you wearing makeup? Is That your face? First question.

Unknown Speaker  
He shakes it off.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Okay, guess too soon.

Speaker 1  
And his voice trembling. Who may have the pleasure of thinking for my rescue?

Speaker 4  
We're friends of spirits.

Chris (Sal S)  
Iris Iris.

Unknown Speaker  
Fuck. Yeah. Well, Sure, um, I guess That means You're here to help.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yes, I'd say so. Could you give us some some refresher on how you found yourself in This terrible scene? Is That on the ground?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, Fuck That must be cream stagehand.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Did you say Korean or cream? Kareem? Oh, Okay. Cream. I heard Korean And I was Just like, Nah, What? Curry cream? Fuck. All Right.

Unknown Speaker  
Is there a private bar nearby?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, Fuck yeah. Um,

Unknown Speaker  
I'll pour my drink

Speaker 1  
on my arm wire to the left of the bed. There should be some gin in the lower cabinet.

Speaker 4  
Oh, Perfect. I'll Just grab the whole bottle. Take a jug And bring it to him. grabs it from you And drink up buttercup

Speaker 1  
takes a swig All Right. Fuck. Yeah, That must be Kareem stagehand. They must have missed a centum to come get me Oh, my head hurts so bad.

Chris (Sal S)  
So some background you've been missing for a few days? They probably the is the company had probably sent over Kareem to find you. And he's

Unknown Speaker  
no no, no. Just today oh, What time was Cole?

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, That show has been canceled or they've already canceled it. Oh, Shit.

Unknown Speaker  
Really?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yeah. Don't worry. You'll probably get paid for it since It's less than 24 hours. I think

Speaker 1  
all Right. I mean, I guess I should probably pull myself together anyways.

Unknown Speaker  
Um, so What happened here?

Speaker 1  
Fuck if I know I Just got attacked by creature Fuck And blacked out. All I could see was the back of my own eyelids And could barely breathe. I wasn't breathing. I Just I Don't even know how. How did I not even suffocate?

Speaker 2  
Rennes gonna pull the medallion off of the Tentacle creature, the one That It's wearing. And toss it on the bed next to him. Do you know What about anything about That?

Speaker 1  
Nah, I Don't even know What the Fuck is going on out here. like who would? Who is That guy?

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, That's a guard. You mean on the bed?

Unknown Speaker  
It's one of your guards

Kendrick (Yonce)  
was one of your guards you made to get a new one. He was attacked

Chris (Sal S)  
And they attack as Well.

Speaker 1  
Ah Shit. All Right. And That one? Pointing at the silence figure.

Chris (Sal S)  
No. No clue who he is. But he's some bad news. A foe of the Vael part of a Splinter Cell.

Speaker 1  
Shit the silences wrapped up in all This crap.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, I imagine they're the source of most of these aberrations in town. Yeah.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
offense. What do you know about the silence?

Speaker 1  
On the Shit That they've been unleashed on town recently? Fucking getting blamed on these apostates. They're Just trying to live their lives. But can't tell the order. Right from left, I guess.

Chris (Sal S)  
So I know It's been a rough day for you so far. Is there anything we Can do to help? You want to take it take a bath? I'll go And draw baths for him.

Speaker 2  
So wouldn't mind a bath? If we could find another bathroom? That would

Speaker 1  
be Nice. Um, yeah. Yeah. Why Don't we do That? Why Don't we all clean up? decompress a bit. I think I think I could use That. Yeah, That sounds Nice. Down the hall. to the Right. There should be two more sets of bathrooms Feel free. Do What you need. You'll all look like hell. Fuck, I was like hell.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah. like all shower, assuming That there's a shower, not Just a bath,

Speaker 1  
there is a shower situation. Again, gravity fed with a wood heater. There is a pile of little kindling. Next to the bucket forensics, a cold shower. And yeah, you all take some time to wash up. You see the whole time. Horus is kind of out of it. I also glimpse And post shower without the makeup on. And to answer your question Yonce Yes, That was all makeup.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Needs a lesson.

Speaker 1  
And he gets himself dressed. You see throughout like the next 30 minutes or so. He gets himself dressed. He goes downstairs. And as you all meet up in the kitchen, he has poured himself a very tall glass of wine. And It's Just sitting at his dining table kindness slumped over. Just like drinking the wine, not sipping, drinking it as if it was water.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Hey, buddy, you may want to Cool it down on the drinking there.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, you Can Fuck off. Um Was your shower pleasant?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
It was pleasant. Until then, you jackass. All

Speaker 1  
Right. All Right. Thank you for saving me. I think you came here for a favor as That Correct.

Chris (Sal S)  
More information. But

Speaker 1  
Yes, information is a favor in the city. Okay. Yeah.

Chris (Sal S)  
But yeah, a favor.

Unknown Speaker  
What would you like to know?

Chris (Sal S)  
I puddle with the group? I think we're Just trying to find Vladlan Was That the That was the plan. Right? Yeah. I think we're trying to find Vladlan Purdue.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, I Can. I Can set you up with a meeting.

Chris (Sal S)  
Sounds Perfect. Right. Yeah. Great.

Speaker 1  
Tomorrow night after the show. Sure. Meet me backstage.

Speaker 2  
We know it. Familiar. Yeah, we're familiar with. Well, some of us are familiar with the backstage area. Could we stay here tonight?

Kendrick (Yonce)  
He may need some protect do This in case the silence comes back. True. And

Chris (Sal S)  
somebody to clean up That room? Which I'll

Speaker 1  
if You're offering Yeah, not going to turn down security since I seem to be in desperate need of it. Yeah, the key rooms connected to the bathrooms That you were using. All yours for the evening.

Chris (Sal S)  
Also there. We were sent there mine.

Speaker 1  
All Right. Noted. Anyways, That's all I have for This evening. I'm gonna go head up. The purple goat. I'll see you on the morning. Good afternoon.

Chris (Sal S)  
What's the last thing That you remember before you blacked out?

Unknown Speaker  
not much.

Chris (Sal S)  
Anyway, come to the state. Have any arguments with people before? We're trying to figure out

Speaker 1  
why you might be targeted. I mean, I heard something cluttering around in the closet, open the door. Bam. facehugger. Gotcha. And then hours, hours.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, go get yourself a drink.

Chris (Sal S)  
Do you have a close friend That you Can stay with? Or somebody because I feel bad Just having you walk by yourself?

Unknown Speaker  
I mean, he's Just down the street.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, I think I should go with him.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I mean, they also have one more guard. That's,

Chris (Sal S)  
That's true. He'll probably be back soon. If he asks, we were sent by the agency, And we're allowed to be here.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yeah, I mean, technically, now. We're with the person That could Just vouch for us. So I Just Yeah,

Chris (Sal S)  
I Just want to make Sure That there wasn't any contradiction, or do

Unknown Speaker  
we want it? Could you get us into the purple coat? We hear? It's exclusive.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, I think I need to be alone. Well, we'll

Chris (Sal S)  
leave you alone yet. But

Unknown Speaker  
could you get us into the establishment?

Speaker 1  
You are some meaty folk. Sure. Yeah, I Can get you into the purple goats. probably put on some nicer clothes.

Speaker 5  
I think I'm going to stay here. I think today has been a lot. We've climbed a lot of stairs. We faced a lot of people. My body is tired. So you three, I guess Can go on without me. Pretty Sure. I Just I Just need some time. Alone. Or at least not outside with other people.

Unknown Speaker  
I gesture to the other two.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh, I'm coming. Right. Yeah, I would like to if there's somebody there That Can lead us closer to find out Exactly why This attack occurred. Or it might Just be random, because those things pop up randomly. More. So

Speaker 4  
want to keep Just an eye on That one. And I could use a drink That do

Unknown Speaker  
a Nice drink at That.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
I'm going to walk up to Upri Just Just be careful. Okay. Especially around That red one.

Unknown Speaker  
What were such good ambulances. I promise I will. Only do good. make good decisions. Yeah.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
All Right. Cool. Cool. Cool. And I guess I Just stand there. No much else to do.

Speaker 1  
All Right. Yonce. You said your name was? Yes. Don't steal anything.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Why would you think I would steal something dying or quarters?

Speaker 1  
If you would like a drink? There's the kitchen stocked. There's food in the icebox. Help yourself to That. Stay out of trouble. And if anything happens, come get us at the purple go Just down the street.

Kendrick (Yonce)  
Yeah, I'll make Sure I Don't steal anything. And I walk I turn around jackass.

Unknown Speaker  
All Right, you ready?

Chris (Sal S)  
Double thumbs up?

Unknown Speaker  
Well, I'm gonna borrow some of your clothes first.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, That's probably for the best. Um, come with me. And he takes you upstairs. Would

Speaker 2  
you like help? He Just he Just he dresses kind of gaudy. I whisper This up. You Just you think you want to be dressed like him per se or do or any?

Chris (Sal S)  
switch things up?

Unknown Speaker  
I think. Sure. Go for it.

Speaker 1  
So he needs you upstairs to a room That seems to be Just entirely closed. Maybe at one point it was a bedroom has now been turned into a very large walk in closet. And he Just grabs he doesn't even walk in very far. He grabs a tunic from the first rack pulls it off And hands it to you. Anyone else?

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, I'll grab a tunic as Well. Wren is

Unknown Speaker  
in there like perusing through things at the back of the closet.

Unknown Speaker  
Is it a flattering tunic?

Unknown Speaker  
It is.

Chris (Sal S)  
It's probably snug because your bigger

Unknown Speaker  
house is a little snug on you.

Speaker 2  
How is he like is he like what's his body type do we do we do fit into his clothes.

Speaker 1  
He is a larger man. A pretty tall barrel chested bit of a gut

Chris (Sal S)  
claims to be six feet tall claims to be six foot four four

Speaker 2  
because of horns, Just kidding. I'm Renoir grab like like a fancy jacket And a belt And toss them to Upri things That he would like pair. Oh Well so like cinches work.

Speaker 4  
I'm gonna rip the tunic so It's becomes a mid drift because I got to show off the hips And then put the jacket over it And then put Just put the belt on my like rap Hello on my hubs.

Speaker 1  
Just say something, stops himself And Just shakes his head And sighs

Chris (Sal S)  
I whisper to him. I I say I commend That later.

Speaker 1  
He Just kind of shakes his head And shrugs And walks downstairs, you all follow him to the purple goat. He gets you in. And he promptly goes to a private room in the back, leaving you with the front bar,

Speaker 4  
Just give a holler if You're in danger, I think I'll be Fine.

Unknown Speaker  
He'll be Fine.

Chris (Sal S)  
He's among friends. It's

Unknown Speaker  
a public place.

Speaker 4  
I mean, someone snuck into his home And left an aberration to then try to assassinate him in his closet. So there's been a public space. probably a lot easier to do, though.

Unknown Speaker  
Yeah, But there will be people here to help him if he needs it. Baby probably will say, Yeah, Sure. It'll be Fine.

Chris (Sal S)  
Are there any groups of people? like Can we send out any actor types,

Speaker 1  
you Don't see a lot of any anybody who is in stage makeup or anything like That, you see a lot more of the Just kind of higher class citizens of Harrow nobility. It is an interesting space. So I mean, you've been into plenty of taverns. One of you even owns an establishment with a bar do. And This is probably closer to That, where it is not really kind of an open communal space, But lots of smaller, more intimate spaces That are very lavishly upholstered, there are curtains That keep things kind of a little obscured, But in a slightly more elegant way. And there are lots of people who have private rooms And backs you Don't really see a ton of other people. There's Just kind of as you, you look about the space, you see people coming, coming And going from each of those areas. And then you see Maybe one or two people sitting at the bar itself. It's not

Speaker 2  
how to design This space. Too many private spaces. You need a big open public space where everyone Can mingle And get to know each other. No lie. Well, It's live music, But It's like very It's Just very dull in here.

Chris (Sal S)  
Feels more like a like a private club. Exactly. Yeah. not my kind of

Speaker 1  
establishment. As the bartender passes you the drink That you ordered. You Just hear him say yeah, I Don't think they want to talk to each other. So for show anyways.

Chris (Sal S)  
You get all sorts of types in here, or is it mostly politicians?

Speaker 1  
Yeah, we really only get one tap And hear you though you are different. What brings you here wants to know somebody quite important if gotten past the front doors.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yep. We we made friends with a an actor type And we're Just trying to find another friend of ours.

Unknown Speaker  
While people do come to Harrow for That,

Unknown Speaker  
is This a hanky panky house?

Speaker 1  
He laughed at you And then Just slaps you on the shoulder with a big grin across his face. What Can I get you lady?

Unknown Speaker  
Oh, I'll Just have an ale. Oh, What

Speaker 1  
Can we get a whole menu? I'll get you something good. Don't worry.

Speaker 4  
Okay. I'm gonna look nervously at Red. Did I Just order a quarter song?

Unknown Speaker  
I Don't think so.

Speaker 4  
I think he's like he was not Muslim for me. not not

Unknown Speaker  
where I'm from.

Speaker 1  
So he goes And he pours you a drink from the tap impasses though for you. You'll enjoy This one it has has a bit of a floral notes with lots of hops.

Speaker 2  
Delicious. When he walks away I'm gonna be God. This place is so pretentious. You Just want to go back to the house And drink core all of Horace's wine instead.

Chris (Sal S)  
Definitely a possibility. I Don't know Exactly What I'm expecting to find here. But it seems like It's not like a we'd have to do. It doesn't seem like This is an open place for ya meeting new folks.

Unknown Speaker  
No shadowy figures with quests in the corner.

Chris (Sal S)  
I look around I look at all the corners.

Speaker 4  
They're brightly lit. Yeah. Also lots of anti eavesdropping measures.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. All Right.

Speaker 4  
let's go drink abolish Shit And he Just food Yeah, Horace will be Fine.

Chris (Sal S)  
What? What's your name bar bartender.

Unknown Speaker  
Is That her? That her?

Chris (Sal S)  
Well, it was Nice to meet you.

Speaker 1  
It has been a pleasure. A MOM break in five minutes if you wanted something a little bit more your pace

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, I'm open to anything.

Unknown Speaker  
Well stick around then.

Speaker 2  
That time I'm not Sure. Might have ordered him

Chris (Sal S)  
Just now. Oh, yeah.

Speaker 2  
I guess we'll find I mean, we could go back to the house if you want to stay. Yeah, Sure.

Speaker 1  
He's violating it. He's Just at This point. He's Just like cleaning the bar. He's wiping down the bar. He's smelling kind of chuckling doing security. He's rather cute. He has these like piercing like yellowy brown eyes That are Just like super bright. And like, really high cheekbones. very symmetrical. He has like a shorter t shirt on. And you Can see some rippling muscles, some biceps.

Speaker 2  
How long is your break? Don't you have like, no carnal? Yeah, But I want to know how long we have to Wait.

Speaker 1  
Usually It's Just like 15 minutes. So usually, This time of night is quite slow. So if nobody comes up to the bar, And I'll have to be back.

Speaker 2  
Yeah, I will like whisper to Sal. It will Just be outside.

Chris (Sal S)  
Okay. Yeah, yeah, I'm Sure It's a new type of drink. So yeah, Sure.

Speaker 4  
get on Tiger. slaps on the back And infuse you with a little bit of magic.

Chris (Sal S)  
10 minutes. Okay, Great.

Unknown Speaker  
skill checks performance.

Unknown Speaker  
Yet one d3.

Speaker 2  
I'll leave a sleight of hand. Oh, whoo. Oh, dear.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, we will go we'll go outside And Wait. Salvo goes from a pink shade to a slightly more salmon a shade.

Unknown Speaker  
We find a bench I guess Just chill.

Unknown Speaker  
Sure. I'll drink that'll bench guide product

Chris (Sal S)  
drinks with us.

Speaker 1  
So as Wren And Upri Leave the purple goat. There's a her passes you another drink. This time. It's a cocktail of sorts. It's served in a tall stemmed glass with a long flutes And there It's pink with This, like orangey hue at the top. And a sprig of thyme. And there's some smoke billowing out of it. That's for sale for sale.

Chris (Sal S)  
Wow. This is quite the complicated assortment. Well,

Speaker 1  
It's a Great place to practice the craft.

Chris (Sal S)  
You seem like You're a seasoned mixologist. How long have you been here?

Unknown Speaker  
quite a bit time. It's been seven years now. They treat me Well.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah. Make a lot of friends as i i Love to drink And take a sip.

Speaker 1  
No, not here. not my not my kind of

Chris (Sal S)  
crowd. What is your sort of crowd a

Speaker 1  
bit more casual? not so. Aberdeen. Well, Rich.

Chris (Sal S)  
Yeah, judging by the demeanor of horse over there. I'd, I'd imagine It's it Can be a little bit grating over time dealing with all these folks

Speaker 1  
here But not so bad. You learn how to ignore them.

Chris (Sal S)  
It's a valuable skill I've used once or twice in the in the council meetings.

Speaker 1  
me angry people Just like to take it out on others to make themselves feel better. And once you get over That, hey, Nothing they Can say to hurt, you

Chris (Sal S)  
know, helps you build up a thick skin.

Speaker 1  
Yeah, Well, anyways, Tom from my break. If you wanted to. Come on back. I have a group That gets together And we played some cards.

Chris (Sal S)  
Oh my goodness. I am a fiend for cards.

Speaker 1  
And That is where we're gonna end This episode.

Speaker 2  
I guess the question is, is are you actually going to go play cards? Are you about to go have an orgy? Yeah, 15 minute orgy who Can tell?

Speaker 1  
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