c1ep3 - Black Flames pt.1

Our party arrives outside Do'ang Village to discover a foreboding landscape where the once-thriving settlement now stands eerily empty under moonlight, the surrounding environment twisted and decayed.

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Transcript

Speaker 1 0:00

Hello , hello welcome in everyone . This is Jackie .

Speaker 2 0:04

My name is Jor .

Speaker 3 0:05

I'm Kent and I'll be playing Black Sky .

Speaker 4 0:07

I'm Chris and I'm playing Shoesweet .

Speaker 1 0:10

I'm playing Wild Moon . Yeah , I'm your DM , by the way . Welcome back .

Speaker 4 0:16

You don't need to introduce yourself DM .

Speaker 3 0:18

Yeah , I was like oh wait , is he going to tell us he's a DM ?

Speaker 1 0:21

I forgot it's been a while actually you actually .

Speaker 2 0:24

It's been a good couple weeks .

Speaker 1 0:27

Yes , welcome back Wonders . So . So , just to catch you guys up in our last session , black Sky , you found yourself at the Carved Horn Tavern conversing with GA , before suddenly being transported outside near Dawang Village . There you found , next to you , besides you were , your two acquaintances , wagnu and Shusui . After you guys awoke , you guys were met by the village guards , tub and Jukuren , who led you back to Doan Village where they offered you food , and after the meal , anomalies became apparent the tavern and GA had vanished , and speaking of Devaney's name seemed impossible . Wagnu , you suggested that you needed to find the loot to better aid the group , and that led you to Thal'vion , a halfling who claims to craft only the finest loots . After acquiring the loot , you decide to split up , with Shusui going to seek Elder Tub and Skye and Wagnu performing a concert for the villagers . After the concert , skye used a sleep spell to help the both of you quietly exit your rendezvous . Shusui's search led to a chase with a mysterious boy and an unsettling encounter with Elder Tub , who mutated into undead horror . Forced into battle , skye and Wagnu arrived just in time to assist with Shusui eventually letting the Elder to rest Seeking answers .

Speaker 1 2:31

You explored the Elder's home . You found a journal that seemed to belong to Elder Tub , and before you could look through it , ga appeared . He implied that you were all there looking for the Element elemental . As the tension peaked , ga used a powerful push to repel Wagnu and targeted Shusu with a similar force . Despite this , all of a sudden the sky began to crack and before you knew it , you were outside of the Wang village once again .

Speaker 1 3:02

As you finally have a chance to delve deeper into the journal , you find that the logs reveal discrepancies in time that do not align with the present . The last page , a direct plea to Shu Sui , reads Help us Put us to rest With that . Once again , you find yourself outside of Douwang Village , but the familiar sights and sounds are absent . Gone are the rice paddies that once swayed gently in the breeze . Vanished are the cheerful clucking of chickens , and the comforting scent of grilled meat and rice is replaced by the cold , penetrating odor of damp mud . Overhead , the moon shines bright as the storm clouds begin to wrap around the village . Under the moon's light , you see Dolong Village for what it truly is . What are you doing ?

Speaker 2 3:47

It was um she's sweet with that that read the journal right yeah yes awesome . Uh , am I still on the ground ? I know I got pushed by that .

Speaker 3 3:56

No , we will tell uh , yeah , um , I think I think everyone's fully awake and what I remember from the last time is um handing Shisui the journal , and then Shisui just skimmed through it .

Speaker 2 4:11

Okay .

Speaker 4 4:12

Yeah , that sounds about right . We're right outside of Duong Village . Yeah , and I have written here that I still have a charge of bardic inspiration . Nice , I will have that for an hour-ish .

Speaker 2 4:28

We should have you lead then . Do you guys want to travel and try to go back into Duong Village ?

Speaker 4 4:38

I was hoping to stop back at the shrine and see if I can figure out what's going on there .

Speaker 2 4:45

Let's do . It Sounds like a good idea .

Speaker 3 4:48

I'm down .

Speaker 4 4:50

Which side of the village are we on ? Are we on the side with the shrine , or is that the far side ?

Speaker 1 4:57

Roll me a perception check , please . First roll of the game , let's go .

Speaker 4 5:01

Let's go .

Speaker 1 5:02

Let's go .

Speaker 4 5:03

Okay .

Speaker 1 5:06

Oh , shut up , I forgot my dices , damn . Look , I got them .

Speaker 4 5:12

You can't forget those 18 .

Speaker 1 5:16

Uh , where you guys are . You guys are exactly where Tub and Jukren had found you before , so that's on the other side of where the shrine is at right , uh , yeah , I .

Speaker 4 5:33

I really think we should go to the , to the shrine for the divinay . I mean , there has to be a reason why , even as a monster elder tub still went there every day oh , that's a good point .

Speaker 2 5:47

Yeah , yeah , maybe there's something there that he knew about some secret .

Speaker 4 5:54

I'm down to check it out lead the way do I know the way , or are we just gonna see if I know the way , or do I gotta roll for this ?

Speaker 1 6:04

uh , you can roll me a survival check uh oh , 30 , 20 , 30 , 20 nice . So there are um two ways that you can think of right now , and the fastest way is to go through dolong village um go back to where the other tub's house was like . Past that and you can get to where you had to come from before . You can go around the village . It'll take a little longer . With a dirty 20 you can . You can estimate that maybe like a good extra 45 minutes if you go around the village .

Speaker 4 6:42

I go . Alright , we can either go around the village to the shrine or we can go through the village to the shrine . I'm a little concerned about going through the village , considering how much you know . It seems Jay was trying to keep us out . What do you guys think ?

Speaker 2 7:07

No , I mean , I think it's definitely safer to go around . But I'll be honest , I we're . I'm pretty tired .

Speaker 4 7:11

I could use a good rest the same elder tub did quite a number on me , yeah , but so I I was thinking maybe we could take a rest at the shrine .

Speaker 2 7:24

Oh OK .

Speaker 4 7:25

Maybe the divinity will kind of have some protection there for us , unless you guys think we should take the rest now . It has been a long day .

Speaker 2 7:36

Yeah , I agree , I'm down to get there . I'm down to get there first , but you are the one who is more hurt than us . How do you feel you want to go through it ?

Speaker 4 7:48

I don't think there will still be anything dangerous on the way there if we go around . What time of day is it ?

Speaker 1 7:56

Right now , from just looking at the sky , it's dark . It seems like it's nighttime .

Speaker 2 8:09

Do you guys still want to go around ?

Speaker 4 8:13

Yeah , I think it'll be fine Black sky . You guys have night vision , I think Dark vision .

Speaker 3 8:23

Dark vision yeah , I have night vision . I think dark vision , dark vision , yeah , I'm night vision lead the way maybe . I will won't be right beside you with my night vision okay , so tell me how you guys are going at this .

Speaker 1 8:36

How are , what's your plan ? How are you guys shopping to this ?

Speaker 4 8:43

yeah , I think yeah , we're going around . I figured one of you guys would be in front , one of you would be behind , as you both have dark vision and I'm donald boyd , without it and I just assume my dog will be running around in a circle chasing us thanks , yeah , I , I can lead .

Speaker 2 9:04

I'm a little shorter than uh black sky so he probably be a little better in the back . He can see a little more , just in case . My dark vision is 60 feet .

Speaker 3 9:15

I'm ready yeah , we have about the same vision . Okay , awesome , either way works for me awesome .

Speaker 2 9:21

Yeah , so we start moving . I start moving around the town as opposed to do it this time yeah .

Speaker 1 9:28

So so you do notice that as you're starting to go around the village um , where there are ones like a lot of trees of like green trees and stuff there is now it's just , uh , dead trees you can see that you don't really have that much of a cover or anything . Are you guys just ? Are you guys just going straight around ? Is there a certain way you guys want to do this ? Are you guys trying to ? Are you guys trying to not draw attention to anything ? Are you guys just going head-on ?

Speaker 2 10:03

I say we stay out of the state , stay away from attention . We got she's sweet , pretty , look pretty .

Speaker 1 10:10

Um hurt , I'd say we could stay towards the trees and stuff somewhere on it more hidden so by doing that , we'll say that you guys are going at a slower pace , or you guys can try the stealth and go at a normal pace .

Speaker 4 10:30

I don't know about you guys . I'm pretty confident in my stealth .

Speaker 2 10:33

Me too . I'm down , I'm confident , all right , just wait .

Speaker 3 10:42

Do you have any recollection of to get to the shrine outside of the the village if we don't go through the village ? Yeah ,

Navigating Through Darkness

Speaker 3 10:50

I kind of because you'll you'll be navigating .

Speaker 4 10:53

I came from the other entrance yeah , I mean it's not like super huge . I'm pretty sure I can kind of point us in the general direction and once we see the road we can kind of point us in the general direction and once we see the road we can kind of just follow that . Yeah , so we'll kind of just walk , keep the town in sight , and then we'll eventually hit the other road and we can follow that to the shrine .

Speaker 2 11:16

Yeah , that sounds like a plan .

Speaker 3 11:18

Yeah , this is your call . Honestly , I mean , that would be quite a lantern , but that might give us away .

Speaker 4 11:24

so not trusting you guys to lead me , as I can't see in the dark yeah , keep your hands on my shoulder , it's okay , let's go .

Speaker 2 11:36

All right , we'll traverse . We're keeping this , the town , in sight , but not close enough to draw attention , and we'll kind of move towards the outskirts of it .

Speaker 1 11:45

Okay , walk new , you're in front , so go ahead and roll me a survival check awesome Dang , I got a seven seven oh you guys start walking and right away , for some odd reason maybe because you find your walk , wagner you find your foot stuck in the mud .

Speaker 2 12:08

Oh no .

Speaker 1 12:08

You look down , it's the same exact rice field that you had your foot stuck from before .

Speaker 2 12:16

Wait , this looks familiar .

Speaker 4 12:17

Wagner , what happened right ? How did we end up with a rice field ? This isn't anywhere near where I told you to go .

Speaker 2 12:24

Yeah , I don't know , but doesn't it ? I remember stepping into something like this before . There used to be rice fields here , so we gotta be close , no .

Speaker 4 12:39

Close to the village , not close to the shrine .

Speaker 2 12:43

Alright , well , just watch your step here . Alright , it's dirty and muddy , it's squishy and loud . Is there a way for me to get around the rice patches ?

Speaker 1 12:54

Yeah , go ahead and roll me an earth survival check .

Speaker 2 12:56

Oh man , it's four , it's four . Bro , it's bad .

Speaker 1 13:01

You struggle to get out of the rice field . Eventually you kind of hold on to Black Sky and Shisui and you kind of pull yourself up and get out of the rice field . Just for a faint moment you swore you could hear something speak to you , maybe like a gust in the wind that just kind of breezes by . Eventually you start making your way . Let's say it takes about like 30 minutes but you find your way up around to where shusui had had told you to go to , and with that you guys lose a little bit of time but you guys do make your way to um halfway through the village , around the village , with the village still in sight okay .

Speaker 2 13:43

Is this where the shrine is ? Is this ?

Speaker 4 13:47

yeah , the , the road should be just up ahead .

Speaker 1 13:49

Uh , just a little bit further okay let's keep walking and I'm looking for the road .

Speaker 2 14:01

Yeah , I can start looking for the road . Uh , go ahead and roll me another survival check . All right , third time's a charm , you guys come on , let's go it's 18 , come on , I saved the best for third time it's 18 within 18 , you do manage to get around to where you had at this point .

Speaker 1 14:20

You see , you can see elder tubbs house , like on the in the distance . If you look at the village right now , it it seems to be like it . It doesn't seem to be what it was before . It does not look anything like that , uh , like it at all . Um , some houses are gone . It's like depressing . You go by and you make your way to where Shusui had come to before .

Speaker 2 14:50

Okay . Any others look familiar to you . Does it feel familiar ? Shusui ?

Speaker 4 14:57

I mean , it's pretty pitch black for me . I'm kind of only guesstimating where we are . Pitch black for me . I'm kind of only guesstimating where we are . But uh , I think it's the main road . It doesn't feel like grass or or like mud , feels like some compact dirt , so we just follow this . It should take us basically straight to the shrine awesome .

Speaker 2 15:20

Yeah , let's follow the path to the shrine and then I'll take the path .

Speaker 1 15:28

Everyone give me a perception check real fast Holy 13 for me .

Speaker 4 15:33

I got a 7 . Do I roll for my dog and do I have disadvantage ?

Speaker 1 15:36

Yeah , you do . Shouldn't you guys have disadvantage for perception ? And then , if you can't see , you just can't . I forgot how dark dark , dark vision oh I forgot dude just roll just roll yeah easy , we'll figure out . I know there's like a rolling for it , but I don't want to just three like do it right now oh no , my dog rolled on that one nice , he soaked that , he soaked it up .

Speaker 3 16:05

Took one for the team .

Speaker 4 16:07

Yeah , I mean , at least I got an excuse .

Speaker 1 16:13

I can't see , yeah , fine . Wagner because you're in front for a split moment . You swear you can see . You saw like a little boy in front of you , but it just kind of runs off .

Speaker 2 16:24

Did you guys see that ? Of course you did . Did you can't see in the dark cat sing it ?

Speaker 4 16:28

yeah , please stop asking me I just . I can't see it all , just scared okay , nothing's there like it was earlier .

Speaker 2 16:36

Everything is all broken and and it's spooky do at least you can see , do I ?

Speaker 3 16:43

have to roll a procession check for this to see if I saw the child too , since practically I have dark vision .

Speaker 1 16:52

No , that was your perception earlier . So okay , only because wog knew was in the front , he managed to see it , I think yeah .

Speaker 3 16:59

I didn't see it tonight . Okay , I've been .

Speaker 2 17:01

All right , I'm sorry to see a house over there looks familiar . I'm pretty sure that was ella tubbs house . Okay , and do you remember the shrine being ?

Speaker 4 17:12

here we want to follow . Yeah , so we followed the road from his house away from the village and eventually you head towards the hills and towards the shrine okay , all right , let's move towards this house . First let's just check it out are you sure you want to go there ?

Speaker 2 17:33

that's where we , that's where ga found us I , I do think we should rest , but you know what ? Let's just get to the house and then we can go to the shrine from there . Can I approach ?

Speaker 1 17:46

the house . Can I approach the house ? Yeah , so the house is kind of it is in the distance . It does take you a while to get there . As you start approaching the house , you give me a let's do perception .

Speaker 2 18:01

I got eight . That's not good .

Speaker 4 18:03

Yeah .

Speaker 1 18:03

Wait , wait , wait wagnu , because he's the one in front . Uh , you start feeling like like a coldness in your body . Um , you also feel as if something is trying to hold you back , like a force trying to hold you back , and you feel this in your chest .

Speaker 2 18:31

I just wanted to see it , you guys . It looks like it did before . Just terribly . Something tells me we shouldn't go . I just wanted to make sure we're here .

Speaker 4 18:42

From the house , let's move towards the direction to the shrine alright , I mean , see , it's like a bit of a wasted time , but yeah , let's , let's hurry up so I can , we can start a fire , take a rest and I can see again awesome .

Speaker 1 18:58

Yeah , so we just moved towards the shrine yeah , you guys make your way to the shrine . Um , it takes you guys about an hour 30 minutes , but you are there now man , we really got sidetracked .

Speaker 2 19:11

It took us twice as long that was a long ass walk , but we're here and we're safe I'm telling you those rice patties , man thanks awesome . Can we rest here ?

Speaker 4 19:23

I gotta just uh kind of reach into my pack and I just start trying to light a torch so I can finally see okay , yeah , you light and first thing you see .

Speaker 1 19:38

Do you remember what the shrine looked like before ?

Speaker 4 19:42

I remember there was a little basin of like water , I remember there was a shrine there , uh , and I remember leaving some food and you said you let a torch up right yeah , okay right .

Speaker 1 19:57

As you let the torch up and you just take a quick glance to see like what's around , you see like the basins of water broken , no water in there . You see it's a mess here , like all of the offerings are all on the ground . Um , as you get closer to the shrine , you see that the shrine has been almost destroyed . In a way , pabos itself , the head gone , broken wings .

Speaker 4 20:26

Something definitely happened , guys . This shrine did not look like this when I was heading towards the village .

Speaker 2 20:34

How did it look before ?

Speaker 4 20:35

It was old but it wasn't like broken . Can I look and see if the food that I left there is actually still there ? If that was the thing that actually happened .

Speaker 1 20:48

Yeah , go ahead and do an investigation check .

Speaker 4 20:50

Okay , no modifier , Ooh 19 .

Speaker 1 20:53

19? . Yeah , you start looking around with your torch to the statue of pavos itself and you bring your torch lower .

Speaker 4 21:11

You do see that the food you left there a day , two days ago , is still there , so I definitely passed by here , but I must have already been under the effects of , like the spell or the illusion , because this is the food I left when I was , uh , when I was kind of praying at the shrine shisui .

Speaker 3 21:34

When was the last time you visit the village ? Do you think other tubs must have ? Something must have happened during that time you were gone .

Speaker 4 21:50

That was , I don't know , maybe ten plus years ago . It's been a long time , but Just like two or three days ago , when I was passing by here , it didn't look like this stuff , like villages don't just disappear I figured I would have heard something about this a whole village disappearing but I don't know . Like I can't explain it .

Speaker 2 22:26

I don't know , I can't explain it , yeah . And also there are all those rotten trees and broken old trees around where we went Around the village . Do you guys think Elder Tubb is responsible for this ?

Speaker 4 22:43

I . I don't know he was . He was an old , old man . I don't think he could really cause this destruction .

Speaker 3 22:54

I think we should take another look at other GA's journal .

Speaker 4 23:02

Something must have happened when you were gone this whole time yeah , I mean I I remember he mentioned uh , he mentioned this woman from outside with uh long black hair and uh j took a liking to her , but but after that there's some missing pages , so I'm not sure what happened .

Speaker 3 23:30

Could we For us to read through the whole journal ? Jaggy , do we have to do any type of roles To analyze the journal ?

Speaker 1 23:39

No , it depends . If you're just trying to take your time and just read through it , it'll just take time . But if you're trying to go , at a certain rate you're trying to read super fast and get all the information you can , then I'll probably have to make you do a row .

Speaker 3 23:56

Okay , how many pages is this journal ?

Speaker 1 24:01

So who has the journal right now ? Who's holding it ?

Speaker 3 24:04

It's in Shisui's hand because we last gave it to him .

Speaker 1 24:08

The last page that Shusui , when you had read through and got to the rep pages , there's like no page number or anything , but you can kind of guess probably around like 60 , 55 .

Speaker 3 24:31

In total right , yes , okay , not counting like the pages and stuff . Okay , okay , um , I think I think we should take another look at the journal , even though there's some missing pages . We should check the first elder gs first entry log and the last entry log .

Speaker 4 24:53

Something must have happened I mean , I think I looked at the first one and I think it was just like this journal is old . Most of it was just like his daily journal , just regular , like nothing exciting , just whatever he happened to see . But yeah , we can read through it again and take another look . Maybe I missed something .

Speaker 2 25:24

Did you see anything about the statue in there ?

Speaker 4 25:27

Uh , not while I was skimming it .

Speaker 3 25:29

Or anything about other tubs or the village .

Speaker 4 25:33

No , the only thing that stood out to me was him mentioning , uh Uh , that woman from outside the village .

Speaker 2 25:40

Hmm .

Speaker 4 25:42

Uh , spending time with .

Speaker 3 25:43

Gina Spending time of the village was was the last entry log about .

Speaker 4 25:55

I just open up the journal and I flip back to it .

Speaker 1 26:04

Let me bring back my notes real fast .

Speaker 4 26:06

I'm like I've run out of my notes . Man , DM your turn .

Speaker 3 26:12

Facts .

Speaker 1 26:15

The last page when you turn to it was a plea from Elder Tub he's . He wrote about like something that was happening and he , um , he asked like this is he directed this specifically towards Shu Sui , with your name in it and said please help , put us to rest .

Speaker 4 26:50

I uh , I show them the page and I go . He wants me to put them to rest but , like I said , it doesn't really explain what happened to the village .

Speaker 2 27:04

How did he write about you ? How did he know he's put us to rest ?

Speaker 4 27:13

Well , remember he met me yesterday . I assume he wrote it in afterwards because he seemed to be coherent for at least a little while before he transformed into that monster she's sweet .

Speaker 3 27:32

How old was elder tub ? Did he age ever since he left ? Less you , you last left the village .

Speaker 4 27:45

DM ? I don't know .

Speaker 1 27:49

He looks the same as when you left .

Speaker 4 27:52

Yeah , I thought I mean I didn't think much of it , but yeah , I guess not he's . I mean , once they get to a certain age , they just they don't really like change in appearance too much . I just thought that was the case for him , but I could be wrong .

Speaker 3 28:14

Shisui , it's been 10 years . It's been 10 years and he still looks the same .

Speaker 2 28:20

Can I , um , can I check around the , because we're at the shrine right now . Can I look around the village real quick to see if there's anyone else around ?

Speaker 1 28:29

us . So right now , the shrine . The shrine is yeah , the shrine is on top . Uh , you can see the village from down below , though you just want to take a quick glance at the village real fast yeah , I'll take a quick glance to see , like , basically , like , how many people there are , like is it lively ? Like yeah , I'm just gonna take a look uh , yeah , go ahead and give me a perception check oh nice , I got 18 okay , 18 , nice .

Speaker 1 28:56

Um , so as you look down to the village , um , at this point the thunder clouds , the storm clouds are still like going at it , right . Um , there is like a little bit of moonlight now as well . It's like there's the moonlight , but every once in a while it'll get covered by the clouds and it'll pass by and the moonlight will shine . Um , as that happens , you managed to get a glance at that village and you see , it's quiet , it's you don't hear anything , you don't see any lights , you don't see any , like you know , torches being lit . Um , it's almost like it's like haunting , like hauntingly quiet , like too quiet all right , guys .

Speaker 2 29:49

I think we should check out the village . I think it's not as lively as it should be , and especially that page , the last page of that journal , says please help put us to rest .

Speaker 4 30:00

We should at least check it out , right well , should we head there in the middle of the night , or should we kind of rest and check it out in the morning ?

Speaker 3 30:12

It's been a long night . I think we should rest .

Speaker 2 30:17

I would love to rest . Yeah , let's rest here . We'll check out the village first thing in the morning .

Speaker 4 30:23

Alright . Well , do we want to set up watch , Because I don't know if we should all be asleep at the same time .

Speaker 3 30:33

I will stand watch and I will brighten our campfire for us . I'll do so by using fire play .

Speaker 1 30:43

Fire play . What does fire play do ? I've never heard that spell .

Speaker 3 30:49

It's the Tomaturgy . Oh , Tomaturgy okay yeah , it's like the fire play it causes flames to flicker , brighten , dim or change color um , so are you guys taking a long rest ?

Speaker 1 31:06

is that what you guys are doing ?

Speaker 3 31:10

till sunrise ? Pretty much right . Are we allowed pretty much till like the next day ?

Speaker 2 31:18

yeah , I'll be down to it yeah yeah , whatever you yeah take a long

Speaker 4 31:24

rest . We attempt to take a long rest .

Speaker 2 31:29

Yeah .

Speaker 1 31:31

Okay , so Shusui and Wagnu , you both go to sleep first and Black Sky , you're keeping watch . You use your Taunt Energy to keep the fire going . Can you roll me a survival check to see how the first night goes ? Let's see how the night goes , not the first night .

Speaker 4 31:59

Do I assume my dog is sleeping with me , or is he ?

Speaker 1 32:01

up . It's up to you . Do you want to do ?

Speaker 4 32:05

I'll give you a little control over him for this moment I'm gonna say he's still kind of like panicking from almost dying a couple days ago and I would say he's awake okay , what did you get , kent 14 14 .

Speaker 3 32:23

Oh .

Speaker 1 32:23

Sky 14 . Okay .

Speaker 2 32:27

I got a 9 .

Speaker 1 32:28

So you don't need a roll because you're a sleeper , you're walking .

Speaker 4 32:31

He got a 9 .

Speaker 1 32:32

Only the one keeping watch .

Speaker 4 32:33

Yeah , okay , so 10 for the dog Sky .

Speaker 1 32:38

As you're watching your acquaintances they're sleeping quietly you start to also get kind of drowsy . It's been a long day . It's been a long days . You don't know how many days it has been . You know , you don't know . You don't remember the last time you actually even got a chance to rest . It feels like everything was just back to back , happened so fast like you got to this village . This happened , that happened . This happened like you've all just been thrown to this . You start to hear something in your head . You don't know if you're hallucinating , you don't know if it's actually there , but you start to hear it louder and louder in your ears . Do nothing , oi who's there ?

Speaker 1 33:44

you call out and All of a sudden your fire goes out . It's quiet . The only thing you can hear is the breathing from Wagnu and Shusui , the panicking from the dog Near you guys and all of from the dog near you guys , and all of a sudden you hear it again . Do nothing Oi .

Speaker 3 34:13

Alright , I attempt to relight our campfire to calm down Shusui's dog .

Speaker 4 34:22

Yeah , does my dog acting up ? Wake us up .

Speaker 1 34:29

I'll let you guys I'll let that be your call . So the idea behind this is if you guys wake up , you guys don't get the benefit of a long rest , but it's your guys call , as Wagnu and Shisui , like would you wake up during this time or would you just keep sleeping ?

Speaker 4 34:47

I would say that I'm still on edge from making it through the pass and I would most definitely wake up .

Speaker 3 34:57

I would be asleep .

Speaker 2 35:01

Okay , yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1 35:02

Wagnu is dead asleep . It's been a , it's been a , yeah , it's been a tiring day . He's dead asleep . She said you wake up right

The Message

Speaker 1 35:08

away and rest . You wake up sky . You light up your your fire again .

Speaker 3 35:18

Did you hear that ?

Speaker 4 35:20

what here ? Here , what like my dog ?

Speaker 3 35:29

What happened to our fire ? No , there's this someone's , there's a voice calling out towards us probably don't answer .

Speaker 4 35:37

Answering mysterious voices never seem to go well .

Speaker 3 35:43

I don't think it's just us out here , it's just we .

Speaker 4 35:48

Well .

Speaker 1 35:51

Shisui , can you give me a history check ?

Speaker 4 35:54

Oh man , eleven . Yeah , let's do it Eleven .

Speaker 1 35:59

That's good enough . You remember , right before you all got transported outside of Duolong Village again , you're someone who never really got into that spiritual aspect of what your family was doing . You know , even though you tried , you tried to . And then you recall , right when you guys got to Elder Tubbs' house and that feeling you got and for some reason you just feel like there are spirits everywhere and not the good kind . You remember when you got this sense in you , almost like a sixth sense , and at that moment you knew that everyone in Dolwang Village were dead .

Speaker 4 37:00

I go yeah , I'm getting that unnatural chill again . There's definitely something out there . I guess I'm up . I guess we'll just keep an eye out . At least Wang Nu can get some sleep . Keep an eye out , At least Wagnu can get some sleep .

Speaker 1 37:19

Are you taking any rest ?

Speaker 3 37:20

Skye . I will take some rest . I'll tell Wagnu . Well , since you're up now , campfire's back on , I guess you'll take this shift Now get some sleep . You tell us that Wagn walk doing a walk .

Speaker 1 37:36

New is dead asleep huh , what is it ?

Speaker 3 37:43

Well , wake us up . If you hear anything to sweet Fire , sleep . There's , it's a voice called out for . He said something , boy , I couldn't make it out . Maybe that means something to you , I don't know .

Speaker 4 38:04

I mean nothing off the top of my head , but I don't know . Maybe don't say more over the course of the night . But yeah , trying to get some rest , uh all right . I'll see if I can't patch up the shrine a little bit , since I'm up anyway nothing okay all righty , this guy goes to get some sleep .

Speaker 1 38:37

Trueslee , what are you doing ?

Speaker 4 38:39

I will attempt to repair the shrine with whatever I happen to have Tell me how .

Speaker 1 38:49

Yeah , tell me how you're doing . Uh , what are you doing exactly ?

Speaker 4 38:53

Since I don't have much , I guess I'll just take one of my daggers and I'll try and just uh , just carved like a new statue of pavos , tried make small little like bowls and just make like a miniature version .

Speaker 1 39:08

Okay , go ahead and give me a sleight of hand . Sleight of hand .

Speaker 4 39:18

Six . Oh , oh , that's terrible .

Speaker 1 39:23

Are you good at like wood carving and stuff ? Normally , but not now or are you good at stone carving ?

Speaker 4 39:28

That is a nine .

Speaker 1 39:30

Nine . Yeah , you try to recall like what you of what Polis' look like . It might just be the weariness , as it was with Skye and Wagnu . It's been a tiring day for you two . I mean , you can't even get a sense of the time right now , you don't know how long it's been , but you attempt to carve the best version that you can of Pavlos and you manage to get like a little nice winged tiger . Can't really see its face , but you can see its shape . I thought that counts .

Speaker 4 40:20

Yeah , I just take the little figure I make and I kind of just put it next to the broken stone figure . Grab some more food out of my pack , just leave it . The basins are broken so I can't do the rest of the little cleansing ritual , but I just pour some water out of my water skin .

Speaker 1 40:49

Do the best I can to kind of imitate the ritual you do the best that you can with your cleansing ritual and you place the little figurine that you had carved onto where the statue was Right . As you do that , you feel a force and you get a vision . I'm gonna have you roll a . Let's do a constitution saving . Throw real fast , not again .

Speaker 4 41:25

Alright , man , let's see if that proficiency in saving con will ever come in handy . 16 . Saving card will ever come in handy 16 .

Speaker 1 41:37

Right as you place the figure on , like the pedestal , you get a quick vision . You , it's like you're out of . It's like an out-of-body experience , where you're , you're looking at , not just you see you from down below , and then you see where Wagnu and Sky are sleeping . And then you go even higher up and you see Douwang Village and all of a sudden you see the HaZhong Forest and you see the Hoshulas Mountains . You see the other cities , no , the other villages , and you see Ping City and you see all of Yuping .

Speaker 1 42:25

You start to see the rivers running black , thick as tar , like slithering instead of flowing , and then , all of a sudden , you see the forests are gone and in their place you see twisted husks of trees , their branches reaching like skeletal fingers . The mountain starts to collapse , unable to hold their form , and in this instance you you don't know if it's a dream or you don't know if it's like a unable to hold their form . And in this instance , you don't know if it's a dream or you don't know if it's like a , what it really is . But for some reason the air itself is heavy and you can't breathe and then everything just shatters .

Speaker 4 43:16

And you come back too . I kind of just shake my head , trying to understand , trying to figure out who's and why I had the vision .

Speaker 1 43:33

Roll me a perception check 16 . You start to shake your head like this and you swear . In the corner of your eye , you see something glowing .

Speaker 4 43:46

I try to focus on the glowing , trying to see if it's real or if it's just some trick .

Speaker 1 43:55

Yeah , you turn around and Wagnu is glowing .

Speaker 4 44:00

I go huh .

Speaker 1 44:02

Specifically in his chest area .

Speaker 4 44:07

I start , I kind of just poke him Go Wagnu . Hey , hey , you're glowing .

Speaker 2 44:13

I don't hey what You're glowing .

Speaker 4 44:16

I don't think that's normal what You're glowing .

Speaker 2 44:20

All right , I'm just tired man . Wait what I'm glowing . All right , I'm awake now . I woke up , all right , and then I just assess the situation . What I'm glowing I look at myself .

Speaker 1 44:37

Yeah , you look at yourself and you're glowing like from up here , like your chest , and you do see it kind of like dims , and then it comes out again and dims until it just kind of dims down so what the hell did you do to me man ?

Speaker 4 44:52

what do you do to me ? I was asleep , I just made a figure this to me . I got a vision that I turned around to your glowing oh , do you know how to make this go away ?

Speaker 2 45:08

I ?

Speaker 4 45:09

don't know . You're the one glowing . How would I know ?

Speaker 2 45:13

I don't know . Okay , I tried to notice anything about the glowing um . You said it kind of faded in and out was it okay , I try to notice , uh , anything about the glowing , like if it's familiar to me , or if I've seen it , or it rings a bell or anything you can do like a history check .

Speaker 1 45:39

I'll give you advantage on this awesome oh , there's , something within you . So . I got a 15 , I got 17 you recall that instant when you all were at Utter Tub's house and you had glowed in a similar way . From that you can assume that that was what took you guys out and placed you back outside the long village with a 17 . You recall being further back where yet taken something like a spirit of some sort inside you to allow to rest .

Speaker 2 46:29

You remember what that was mmm , I think that yeah , I mean , if I remember correctly , that was from our , that was from like way , way before in the um forest , the forest spirit , okay . Okay , I , I'm sorry , black sky , but I I turned to black sky or I turned to shisui first . Wait , I I kind of remember , I kind of remember something about this and I kind of like tap on black sky , black sky , black sky what's going on ?

Speaker 4 47:06

well , I guess none of us are getting a full night's sleep look at my chest .

Speaker 3 47:14

What about your chest ?

Speaker 2 47:16

I have a point on my chest .

Speaker 3 47:17

Do you know why he's glowing ?

Speaker 2 47:19

I'm glowing .

Speaker 3 47:20

I thought that was a campfire . That was you .

Speaker 2 47:23

It's me . Do you remember ? This happened before the .

Speaker 4 47:27

Guardian . Wait , if this happened before , why are you panicking ?

Speaker 2 47:31

Because I didn't . It wasn't good . We just teleported . Is the Guardian inside you okay ?

Speaker 3 47:37

it's .

Speaker 4 47:39

What .

Speaker 2 47:40

I don't know .

Speaker 4 47:41

Wait , wait Slow down . What are you guys talking about ?

Speaker 2 47:47

All right , before we caught , before we met up with you , there's this whole thing we were stuck in a forest , we got transported somewhere else . There's this spirit thing we were stuck in a forest , we got transported somewhere else . There's this spirit , like a spirit of the forest , and then it touched me , like it . It it like put a piece of it inside me or something . I don't know how to explain it , but can I , um , can I walk towards the statue and like , try to like , interact with it or touch it ?

Speaker 1 48:15

uh shusui , you know for a fact . Um , you can tell that , like , what wagnu is saying is kind of like all over the place . But you can kind of put the words together . Um , your family is , you know , very spiritual . They've been all all over you ping . Uh , you can kind of put together that he's talking about the spirit tree , without , without even having to roll . Just because of your history and who you are , you know that the spirit tree has been . Legend says the spirit tree is what keeps you ping safe . Uh , it's , it's what makes it so outsiders can't come in and also what makes it hard for those in Yuping to leave . But it's the main force that keeps Yuping safe from everything else . And , wagner , you're going to where the statue's at . Okay , you go , and what are you doing there ?

Speaker 2 49:14

I do notice that . Uh , it's . There are other things here now , like the little statue that Ash is showing . Yeah , you see everything .

Speaker 1 49:22

You see like a little , I don't know . Would you say that you're someone who knows the Divinate , or would you know what this is ?

Speaker 1 49:33

I wouldn't be knowledgeable , but I would at least know , like oh , this is a divinate or , but I'm not knowledgeable so , yeah , you know this , you know that this is obviously like a uh , uh , like a shrine of a divinate , uh , this figurine not the best looking figurine , but you know , it's like it's a thought that counts and someone had tried to uh make it with the best ability they had . And you see the offerings on the ground , you see , like you know , the bows that , the makeshift bow that they had to work with somebody cooked here .

Speaker 2 50:09

Can I touch ? I want to touch the statue . See if anything happens between me and the statue . See if anything happens between me and the statue .

Speaker 1 50:17

You reach to touch the statue . It's not a good looking statue , for sure .

Speaker 4 50:25

Alright , I thought I was onto something you guys , all I heard was 30 minutes of she sweet hate .

Speaker 2 50:45

Man I tried to carve down here . Leave him alone . He tried , man .

Speaker 4 50:52

No , they look great they do , but I still don't know why I'm glowing so much . Wait , I uh , she actually goes the world tree . And you , you met the world tree , the spirit tree , the spirit tree yep World tree is cool too .

Speaker 2 51:11

Yeah , bags , yeah , we sort of met , just kind of took us somewhere and then put us back .

Speaker 4 51:20

Okay .

Speaker 2 51:22

Why does that mean something ?

Speaker 4 51:23

I mean , it's basically the guardian deity of the whole region . You could say that that with the vision I just had , is not a good sign . You know ,

Journey Back

Speaker 4 51:38

watching the land kind of die and collapse on itself is usually a bad sign . Wait , ga mentioned something about the elements , the elementals . Do you guys know what he was talking about ? Ga mentioned something about the elements , the elementals .

Speaker 2 52:00

Do you guys know what he was talking about ?

Speaker 3 52:06

I don't remember the elements . I don't think we've ever encountered anything in terms of the elementals , at least for Yuna .

Speaker 4 52:19

But didn't that guy drug us probably ?

Speaker 1 52:24

how close in proximity are all of you right now ?

Speaker 3 52:28

that's a pretty close like I mean college like a few feet away from each other Around the campfire .

Speaker 4 52:34

Yeah , we're still just at the camp . The camp's next to the shrine .

Speaker 3 52:43

You .

Speaker 1 52:45

Can you hear me ?

Speaker 3 52:48

Did you guys hear that at the time ?

Speaker 2 52:51

Did you guys hear that .

Speaker 4 52:53

Oh good , we're all hearing voices now .

Speaker 3 52:56

It was like a little kid's voice . It was soft .

Speaker 2 53:07

I can hear you . I can hear you . Hello , I'm here where resting . Is that coming from ? You walk new , what , I guess . So okay , what , why ? What should I do to help you ?

Speaker 1 53:43

I have held on for as long as I can , but I am breaking . If I fall , you ping falls .

Speaker 2 53:59

I fall , you ping falls .

Speaker 1 54:04

What can we do to put you back together the elementals ? There are four fragments . They carry pieces of my power . You must find them all and bring them back to me .

Speaker 2 54:32

How do I find them ?

Speaker 1 54:37

You feel in your chest . Every time you ask a question it gets more tight . You can feel the energy from the spirit inside of you get weaker and weaker , as it talks . He holds a piece of the fragment with him and he's been corrupted .

Speaker 2 55:25

Just like the land of Yuping , if we get that fragment from him .

Speaker 1 55:30

Can we fix Yuping ? I don't know .

Speaker 2 55:36

Even I'm not sure he has one . What about the other three ?

Speaker 1 55:41

I . I did not choose you , but fate has called you nonetheless . I'm tired .

Speaker 4 55:54

Wait .

Speaker 1 55:55

And the chest Right . It says that the the tightness in your chest just kind of disappears and you don't feel the aura or the spirit at the moment .

Speaker 3 56:11

Wait , wait .

Speaker 2 56:15

You guys heard all that so so many questions , like I guess we'll get the fragment you know , maybe I can ask it , maybe I can have it answer some questions that just can I take a look around see like what time it is , or , roughly , when in the day it is now ?

Speaker 1 56:38

Yeah , perception check please .

Speaker 2 56:42

I got a nine .

Speaker 1 56:45

Right now it's exactly the same as when you guys went to sleep , but you know for sure , time passed .

Speaker 2 56:53

Okay , but you know for sure , time passed .

Speaker 1 56:57

Hmm , okay , but you , you all feel the benefits of a short rest .

Speaker 2 57:03

Okay .

Speaker 3 57:05

So what is it ? It's just a .

Speaker 1 57:09

I think if you go on your D&D Beyond you can click on the campfire , Nice Click on the short rest . Let's use your HP dice . Hp dies to like recover HP which other news I'm number four HP .

Speaker 3 57:25

Yes , I don't . You guys have to be healthy shit , cool , cool .

Speaker 2 57:35

All right . All right I'm . It's still dark , but I know we rested here . I really think we should look . Look for those four fragments that the spirit tree was talking about you don't know where to find them yeah .

Speaker 4 57:55

Don't have much choice , can't exactly sit back and do nothing while the whole region kinda dies .

Speaker 2 58:05

You have the most spiritual connection to this place . What would you think ? Where would you think the fragments could be ? Shisui ?

Speaker 4 58:15

I mean , my family had knowledge , for sure , but I myself don't really have any spiritual connection . I I tried to become a , a cleric in the past , but just there wasn't . There was never any connection to divinity . That's why I am the way I am . That's why I can't use magic like you guys .

Speaker 2 58:48

Four fragments and elementals .

Speaker 1 58:53

So four elemental fragments , four elemental fragments , four elemental fragments , okay , and the tree , the spirit tree , had just told you too that ga holds one of the fragments okay , ga has one of the fragments .

Speaker 2 59:12

I'm thinking we go to the village . I want to look for these fragments .

Speaker 4 59:17

I mean , the village would be the most likely spot . If he's still there , we can fight him . If he's not , maybe we can get some clues . But I don't understand why the sun won't come up . It's kind of difficult for me to fight in the dark like this . Yeah , you're going gonna have to stay close .

Speaker 3 59:42

I'm gonna have to be holding a torch .

Speaker 2 59:43

I'll figure out something okay , do you guys want to make your way , our way to the village ?

Speaker 4 59:49

might as well uh , I kinda grab my torch and I'll just start carrying it so I can actually see this time around .

Speaker 1 1:00:03

Um , you guys start making your way down to the village the same way Shusui had went to before Shusui .

Speaker 4 1:00:09

Uh yeah , Just follow the road .

Speaker 1 1:00:13

Um , before you guys leave the shrine uh , shrine I'm gonna need everyone to roll me a perception check real fast your dog can wrote .

Speaker 4 1:00:25

Nice , I got a 20 this time 14 14 for the dog . Uh , what's that ? 13 for me ?

Speaker 3 1:00:38

Got a 16 .

Speaker 1 1:00:42

Ooh , you got a 20G , uh Wagnu .

Speaker 2 1:00:45

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1 1:00:45

Not 20 , a dirty 20 .

Speaker 2 1:00:47

Uh , dirty Sorry .

Speaker 1 1:00:48

Okay , that's all very good . Still , um , right , as you guys kind of like get up and pick up your stuff , shisui , you can swear , you swear that as you kind of got up , you see , like a quick like , like a quick shine to the statue of Pavel's .

Speaker 4 1:01:06

I , uh , I head over towards it , just making sure that I'm not seeing something . I mean , I saw a walk-new glowing earlier . Maybe it's actually glowing again .

Speaker 1 1:01:22

Yeah , as you get up to it , it just kind of looks like how it was before .

Speaker 4 1:01:29

I will just pick up the figure and I'll just put it into my pouch . Be like , bring it with me .

Speaker 1 1:01:38

Okay , wagnu , as you're kind of getting up from the ground , you start to kind of just grab the ground to get up right and you find your hand grabbing something like a piece of paper . And then Sky , as you're kind of getting up , you notice as a breeze comes by . And then sky , as you're kind of getting up , you Notice , like a , as a like a breeze comes by , you see like a red string Flowing along with it .

Speaker 2 1:02:04

Can I look at that piece paper real quick ?

Speaker 1 1:02:06

Yeah , you pick it up and you look at it .

Speaker 2 1:02:12

It's , uh , it's in common , so you can read it Awesome . All right , I'll read what it says out loud , that way um , she's sweet and uh , black sky can hear it too yeah .

Speaker 1 1:02:22

So you start reading it and it kind of just it seems like it's like a like a meetup letter from , kind of like a letter of like you know , like lovers , like trying to like meet up with each other , um , you see it's directed towards , or to someone named ga um , to me at the shrine and just stuff about like eloping and stuff like that okay cool , so I read that out loud .

Speaker 2 1:02:52

So Black Sky and Sushi Sweet heard it too . Yeah , what do you guys make of that ? Could be that girl that was seen outside the village , right ?

Speaker 4 1:03:04

Yeah , I think so . I mean , maybe she has a fragment or maybe she has a better idea of what's going on .

Speaker 2 1:03:12

I mean we can try to look for her afterwards . I'll keep this on my body , just in case . I'll just throw the note away , or the letter away .

Speaker 3 1:03:22

I am distracted by this red streak . Can I ask which direction it's coming from ?

Speaker 1 1:03:32

Yeah , so it's flowing right towards you and , as Wagnu is reading it , it's a string , so it just kind of it's flowing right towards you and as , uh , while Gnu is reading it , I allow it just kind of like , uh , it's a string , so it just kind of like goes past you a little bit , um , you do have a moment to react if you want , is it ?

Speaker 3 1:03:42

like a . Is it like a like a fog trail where it's like , or is it like uh dissipating as like it passes through me ? Uh , perception check please . Alright .

Speaker 1 1:03:58

Let's see , oh God , a six , a six . It looks like a real string , like a real red string .

Speaker 3 1:04:06

So , while Wagnu and Sweet were talking about the letter , I'll ask him Do you guys see this red string or trail ? Am I the only one seeing this ?

Speaker 1 1:04:24

Right as you both turn around right as Sky says that you . So Sky sees the string goes , but then you both turn around a little too late and you don't see it .

Speaker 2 1:04:38

Hmm , what are you talking about ?

Speaker 4 1:04:40

Yeah , string when .

Speaker 3 1:04:44

Did this string go when it was moving ? Did it move towards Wagnu's direction Like pass through me to his direction ?

Speaker 1 1:04:54

So it seems to be going a little bit Like to your own select . So they're like facing the village right now , yeah , and it's going kind of like behind you a little bit .

Speaker 3 1:05:05

Mm-hmm , there was this red string that when you read the no walk new is Passed by us , to know waknu is passed by us . I hate , oh shoot , I got distracted I , I saw it briefly .

Speaker 2 1:05:24

I I didn't see where it went . That's all right .

Speaker 4 1:05:25

A red string , huh uh , with my knowledge of yuping's culture and religion , does the red string mean anything to me ?

Speaker 1 1:05:34

That's how you do it . A check for that Cool . History or religion check .

Speaker 4 1:05:42

Well , my history is better , that's cool , let's go . Oh no , that is a seven . Yeah , you try to recall something .

Speaker 1 1:05:54

I really gotta stop rolling my notes . There's just so many things right now that are going through your head . There's so many information that's coming in you can't seem to recall .

Speaker 2 1:06:05

You said where was the Shrink moving towards Black Sky ?

Speaker 3 1:06:09

I'm sorry it happened all so fast . Let's just get to the village . I'll definitely keep an eye out for it next time .

Speaker 2 1:06:19

Alright , let us know , though that doesn't sound like a coincidence . Okay , and are you guys going to move toward the village ?

Speaker 1 1:06:27

Okay .

Speaker 2 1:06:28

Cool .

Speaker 1 1:06:30

How are you guys doing this ?

Speaker 3 1:06:33

I think , the same way we came up Me in the back , maybe with a torch this time Is it true ? It has a torch this time .

Speaker 4 1:06:42

Yeah .

Speaker 2 1:06:45

I'd like one too , man yeah , more light , I think we should definitely take the lead , this time With the torch .

Speaker 4 1:06:56

We're just following the road . I feel like it's pretty hard to get lost on the road with light . Okay , no , no , yeah , I'm just scared because that guy really took away our fire .

Speaker 3 1:07:06

You should take the lead , since this is the path you took to the village . You can't buy .

Speaker 4 1:07:12

Yeah , I'll take the lead and I'll start walking down the road .

Speaker 1 1:07:15

All righty , you start walking down and uh , go ahead and roll me a survival check , justly since you're leading me thank you , man .

Speaker 4 1:07:23

How dangerous is this road ?

Speaker 3 1:07:25

we need the survival check hax , did you walk through this road ?

Speaker 4 1:07:31

Oh , that was uh , that's an eight .

Speaker 1 1:07:36

An eight . Okay , you start going down . You're following the path . You guys . Before , when you were around here , you weren't able to hear anything . Now you're starting to hear noises now , like the calls of crows , or it's not as eerily quiet as it was before , as you're approaching the village With an 8 , you just take a little longer to get to the village and you find yourself at the entrance .

Speaker 4 1:08:14

And you find yourself at the entrance . Well , we're back here , so should we check out Elder Tubbs' house again ?

Speaker 2 1:08:23

Or do you guys have somewhere else ? In mind to check .

Speaker 3 1:08:27

I think it's a good idea . Yeah , to check out the house first . I'm going to do something reckless that catches off Wagner and Shisui's reaction . Can I burn down the village ?

Speaker 1 1:08:45

You want to burn down the village ?

Speaker 3 1:08:46

Okay , yes , how are you doing this ?

Speaker 4 1:08:53

Just my usual black flames , because we're by the entrance , so I'm trying to burn down everything spread a fire like okay , fire , yeah , the entire village yeah , you want to do it .

Speaker 3 1:09:02

Go ahead , uh , any any specific area you're doing this to um well , if we're by the entrance , I'm just like , as soon as we walk past to the entrance , I'm like lighting it up by the entrance by the post . So I'm assuming , since it's a gate , it should spread around like the village right , like anything that's coming in its path . I'm pretty much burning it down , okay .

Speaker 1 1:09:34

So it'll spread eventually . It's just a matter of how long it'll take . Right , fire does catch pretty fast too . Go ahead and you're casting your firebolt yes , okay , firebolting and just give us a description Like how are you Give me some flavor ?

Speaker 3 1:09:57

My usual black firebolt , kind of like Amaterasu , undying Flame . As soon as we walk past the entrance , I cast it in my hand and I throw it up behind us and it catches on to the entrance .

Speaker 1 1:10:13

And it starts spreading and it catches on to the entrance and it starts spreading . You cast your firebolt and all of a sudden , like freaking Wagnu and Shusui , you guys both get cut off guard . Like right , as you cast your firebolt , there's like a streak of lightning in the air and it's the fire starting to spread from the entrance .

Speaker 4 1:10:34

I go Black Sky . What are you doing ? There are so many people here .

Speaker 3 1:10:40

They're all dead , they're all dead .

Speaker 2 1:10:43

What's going on ?

Speaker 4 1:10:46

So just burn everything I'm putting them to rest . What about clues ? I'm doing what Elder Tub would have wanted you couldn't wait until after we finish investigating before burning everything down .

Speaker 3 1:10:59

We've been here three days in a row , just so we think about it . We've been waking up in the same field , talking to the same people , and all they've been telling us is to put everyone to rest .

Speaker 4 1:11:11

Yeah , this is the only time we know it's real .

Speaker 3 1:11:14

And then , to speed it up , I throw another firebolt .

Speaker 1 1:11:18

Another firebolt .

Confrontation

Speaker 2 1:11:21

Oh my gosh .

Speaker 4 1:11:23

So at best you burned out the village , at worst we get stuck surrounded by burning houses . This really couldn't wait until after we were done .

Speaker 3 1:11:34

Sweet . Look around . No one's running out , no one's screaming fire . It's pitch black .

Speaker 4 1:11:42

Yeah , but we could be stuck here surrounded by burning houses . I don't see how this was a good idea .

Speaker 2 1:11:52

Yeah , I don't know if you thought this one through all the way Black Sky , and then I charge up my fireball . Yeah , ish by , you ain't gonna be the only one . I snap my fingers , my fireball comes to hand and I just chuckled real far into the direction , kinda like because we do his final up , walk new , rise .

Speaker 1 1:12:14

You chuck your fireball up and as , like , a , black flames are spreading and she sees when he threw his fireball . While you're running , as you chuck your fireball up and as the black flames are spreading and Shusu's like what the fuck is going on , your fireball goes and it just disappears . Hold on you guys , I'm a little tired still .

Speaker 2 1:12:36

Let me just try that one more time holy constitution .

Speaker 4 1:12:38

Great , we pissed off all of the spirits , all of them . Uh , am I doing one for my dog ?

Speaker 1 1:12:47

yeah , your dog gets one too all right got a 12 okay , I'm a 19 .

Speaker 4 1:12:54

Let's see what my dog gets . His card is 1 . Right , yeah , he doesn't have any , he has an 8 .

Speaker 1 1:13:08

Okay , what did you get , Sky ?

Speaker 3 1:13:10

I have a dirty 20 .

Speaker 1 1:13:12

Dang nice . So everyone except the dog and Wagnu , you all you , both the dog and Wagnu I don't know if the dog is not going to talk to you guys , but Wagnu , you , you feel like a force pushing you down as your flames goes out . You feel a force pushing you down . You kind of like just go down to your knees , goes out . You feel a force pushing down . You kind of like just go down to your knees and all of you hear a voice , loud , but not even angry . I knew you would come , just like the other .

Speaker 3 1:14:00

You're doing the same exact thing as him . And then I look over to Shisui . There's , there's , a voice .

Speaker 4 1:14:09

I .

Speaker 1 1:14:10

I feel like there were better ways to have gone around this , besides burn everything there were better ways to have gone around this besides burn everything in front of the two of you . Sky and she's sweet . You see ga walking towards the both of you and then I look over to she's sweet yeah , well , there goes the element of surprise uh yeah .

Speaker 3 1:14:33

And then I tell she's sweet , why is it just always elder ga ?

Speaker 4 1:14:38

we learned that everyone else was dead besides him am I still being pushed down ?

Speaker 1 1:14:43

yeah , you're still being pushed down , but you can .

Speaker 2 1:14:45

You can talk okay , okay , elder ga is . Is it him ? Is it actually him ?

Speaker 3 1:14:54

i't know , that's a question for Cixue .

Speaker 4 1:14:58

Guys , I'm a little it looks like him , but I feel like this should be left to the magic people to make sure he's here . For all I know this could be an illusion , but it looks like him .

Speaker 1 1:15:13

He walks closer to you and right now he's probably like 15 , 20 feet away from you from sky and she's sweet , okay , and you had your chance to run . I gave you that first chance and then you found another chance to get out and here you are again .

Speaker 3 1:15:41

I oh wow , eldrige is talking to us . I charge my firebolt and I look over to Shisui . Any last words ?

Speaker 4 1:15:50

No , just let's get this over with .

Speaker 2 1:15:53

Ragnu , you good I'm still being pushed down like Let me get him first , just let's get this over with you .

Speaker 4 1:15:58

good , I'm still being pushed down .

Speaker 2 1:15:59

He's being pushed to the ground . Let me get him first . Let me get first bite no .

Speaker 1 1:16:07

I mean I'm still pinned down . Go ahead and do a constant second throw again to see if you can get up . Dang , it was a 10 . You're still pinned down , Okay .

Speaker 2 1:16:16

Guys , I was a 10 . Okay , guys , I'm I don't know . Guys , is it really GA ? This guy is stronger than I remember . I can't even get up .

Speaker 1 1:16:24

I have already lost everything and you will not take what little remains . Everyone rolls initiative .

Speaker 2 1:16:32

Wait , wait , oh shit Fuck .

Speaker 3 1:16:38

Let's go .