Wanderfool | Yu Pheng Ep. 17: Against the Waves | D&D 2024

Our heroes finally meet Red Waves in the flesh. Shusui focuses on the enemy in front of them as Black Sky comes face to face with his little brother. What is Red Waves after? What dangers lie ahead?

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome back, Wanderers. This is your GM Jackie.

SPEAKER_05 0:03

This is your health board wonderful.

SPEAKER_00 0:12

Yeah, 17 episodes ends. Alright, so before we start, I do want to go over some things that I I feel like I kind of there's there were some rules and stuff that I kind of changed while we were playing and uh while listening back to some of the episodes I I realized I should have gone over it so it's not too confusing. So I don't know if I even said this in any of the episodes, but obviously with the crits um before we were doing the roll crits. And then I changed it to you always take the first roll is always like the highest number for the die. And then you roll the second one. So just confirming that again for everyone who's listening and for the players as well. And then um an important thing that I I kept like when I was listening to everything over again was the artifacts. So the pieces of the artifacts um like the looks of it. Like a puzzle piece, right? Like an orb. And then I know we when we first saw the water artifact, it was an orb as well. But after George Walking to it, it changed into it like a puzzle piece to fit into that piece. So that's just a clarification for everyone who's who's uh listening right now. Aside from that, I feel like that should be everything for now. And if anything else, I'll just bring it up later on. All right, without further ado. The long village. Not as wanderers, but as survivors. And within it, the green cloak. And in doing so, you drew unseen eyes. Remember a little bit. You might have struggled. Now you're going to drain it to a different story. Leaving only one alive. You dragged him into the nearby structure. And there the interrogation began. The moment it was used, something changed. The coat is so was torn free and drawn to the blade itself. As it happened, one of the guys' horn turned silver, and with that change became a realization that Vingor was still present. From what little remained of the coach's knowledge, you learned the truth. The Black Dawn had come to the long seeking Renji's cloak and the village's fortune, required for ritual yet to be completed. You gathered the gold, sealing it away for safekeeping, and returned once more to the village. Now nothing but suit and ruin. There, Wagnu cut upon water itself, seeking guidance. The answer came quickly, pointing toward your next destination. Then all of a sudden, mist crept in low and thick, swallowing the ash and book in the broken ground. When the fog finally parted, you are no longer alone, and standing before you was a source of the imbalance spreading through you pink. For the first time, you all finally see him. Red waves. You'll have a moment to do something, say something.

SPEAKER_07 5:01

Holy. First of all, his model is beautiful. Oh my god. I don't know if they'll ever get to see this, but damn, our deep our GM went crazy on this model, bro. This is insane. Like, actually beautiful model.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

I try to give him like a Virgil kind of look. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 5:19

Yeah, he's fucking he got dripper, right? Holy shit.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 5:25

That's facts.

SPEAKER_00 5:26

That's little brothers for you. Little bros for you, man. Okay. Uh.

SPEAKER_09 5:34

It's fine, because we're gonna beat him up anyway. Facts. Facts.

SPEAKER_05 5:37

I want that jacket.

SPEAKER_09 5:38

Go, where's the whole person? Get him.

SPEAKER_07 5:44

Do you guys feel that? Yeah, it's uh it's a little bit bright.

SPEAKER_00 5:53

Yeah, at this point you s you see him already. As he uh called out to his brother, Black Sky.

SPEAKER_05 6:02

You know him?

SPEAKER_07 6:04

Yeah, him? That's uh that's my little brother. Kinda looks like a beat, don't doesn't he? Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:16

A little more intense.

SPEAKER_07 6:20

Yeah, the question is what is he doing here?

SPEAKER_00 6:26

That's everyone's uh passive perception. I'm at a twelve.

SPEAKER_05 6:34

Uh 15. Sixteen for me.

SPEAKER_00 6:40

Sixteen and fifteen. Wagnu, you as you turn to look at the figure before you, you notice on his on his um his coat, there's a a symbol there that resembles the the black dawn symbol. Chusui, the thing that catches your eyes first is the pitch black blade with purple veins. The same blade that slaughtered your family. He takes one step towards the three of you. And I'm gonna need everyone to row initiative. Oh crud.

SPEAKER_05 7:32

You just said 11.

SPEAKER_07 7:35

Oh my god. 13.

SPEAKER_09 7:38

Uh 27. I got you guys. Holy!

SPEAKER_07 7:42

Let's go.

SPEAKER_09 7:43

Who wants to go first?

SPEAKER_06 7:45

Uh I I will go first.

SPEAKER_00 7:48

That way I could spam spells and I hit it. Alright, so 27. Uh changing my black. Wagner, what'd you get?

SPEAKER_05 7:57

11.

SPEAKER_00 7:58

11. Alright, I'm gonna roll with four red waves. Did not roll too well.

SPEAKER_07 8:08

Oh wait, don't forget Frost.

SPEAKER_00 8:10

Oh yeah, and Frost, that's right.

SPEAKER_09 8:11

Oh right.

SPEAKER_00 8:12

The main character.

SPEAKER_09 8:17

Forgot about the main character.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

The main character.

SPEAKER_09 8:20

Oh, he got 11.

SPEAKER_00 8:22

11. There we go. Alright, so Wagnu and Frost. I'm gonna need you to re-row. Just see who goes first.

SPEAKER_09 8:34

I got eight. Uh five.

SPEAKER_00 8:38

Okay, Wagnu is before Frost. And then the Waves got a Waves will go last. Okay, Wagnu, you are up first as you realize, as you notice the symbol of the Black Dawn on his coat. You gotta act first. Wait, wait, that's wrong. No, I'm wrong. Yeah, no, uh Black Sky go first.

SPEAKER_09 9:05

Black Sky.

SPEAKER_07 9:06

Okay. My turn, huh? Before I do anything, I will I'll top my little brother. I see you have a nice patch on your uh your coat there. What you don't you don't talk much anymore? You lost the ability to speak.

SPEAKER_00 9:32

I have nothing to say to you. To me? But you have something I want.

SPEAKER_07 9:46

And that is those artifacts. Oh, this thing.

SPEAKER_00 9:57

Pull out the artifact. As you pull it out, you see he just um radiates his blade, and you see crackling purple and black lightning forms around him.

SPEAKER_07 10:11

Man, I guess I gotta teach you a few lessons again, huh? Okay. Let's start off simple and easy. I will. I will move four tiles. 20 feet away and cast magic missile. Okay. It's gonna hit no matter what. Yep, yep, yep. Let's go, let's go. It never misses. Five, ten, f uh three, five, ten, three, thirteen, fourteen. Fourteen points of damage.

SPEAKER_00 10:41

Mm-hmm. Alright, you step back, jump onto the table, and you get like a memory that you've done this before. Wait, there's no table there. But that's where the table would have been. Oh shit. There are no tables here though, but that's where it would have been. And you cast your magic missile. It hits your brother right around his chest areas, and you see as he doesn't even phase from it. That shoots you with your go while knee your on deck.

SPEAKER_09 11:12

I just I lock eyes with red waves. And I I think back to the to that knight, and I just charge at him.

SPEAKER_00 11:22

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 11:23

Draw my sword and I just I'm swing at him.

SPEAKER_00 11:27

Uh 21. 21 hits.

SPEAKER_09 11:30

It probably won't work, but it's extra damage, why not? So I will menacing attack him. Oh my god, that was him. Uh what is that? That's 10 damage. And then he has to make a uh wisdom save. If it's 16 or if it's less than 16, he's frightened until the start of my next end of my next turn.

SPEAKER_00 11:52

Less than 16, right? Yeah. So he does fail the save, but he does you can see that um he doesn't seem to be afraid of you.

SPEAKER_09 11:59

You do this to me every time. Dude, I don't think this has worked on like a single enemy. May maybe like one mob guy.

SPEAKER_02 12:10

On the mobs it did. On the boss, it's a different story. This guy's different. This guy's different.

SPEAKER_09 12:18

Alright, whatever. Since I hit him, I have back, so I'm just gonna attack him again for advantage.

SPEAKER_00 12:23

What was the first um damage again? 10. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 12:26

Uh this time is uh 21 again. Uh okay. 13 damage.

SPEAKER_00 12:33

13. Hell yeah. You come around with both of your acting. You see, he's taking your hits. He doesn't really show any emotions on his face on his face though.

SPEAKER_09 12:45

Yeah, I'm just gonna action search and uh keep hitting him. Okay, I'm going, man. He killed my family.

SPEAKER_02 12:54

Yeah, he did.

SPEAKER_09 12:55

Uh 27.

SPEAKER_00 12:56

27? Holy shit, yeah. Go ahead.

SPEAKER_09 12:58

Yeah, but I'm just gonna keep going. Uh 13 damage again.

SPEAKER_00 13:02

13. Oh my god. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 13:05

And I will do my second extra attack for the turn and just keep hitting him. Uh yeah, that's 27.

SPEAKER_02 13:12

That's four hits in a row, man. Dude, let's go.

SPEAKER_00 13:16

Fairy swipes over here.

SPEAKER_09 13:18

What is that? Uh 11 damage. Holy shit.

SPEAKER_00 13:22

That's money. Okay, 11 damage.

SPEAKER_09 13:24

Okay, I got that extra attack, I'm gonna fall out.

SPEAKER_00 13:27

Alright, and yeah, that that's what I everyone sees uh Shusu just going like almost berserk, like log news, you're go.

SPEAKER_03 13:36

Damn.

SPEAKER_05 13:38

I almost wasn't even ready, didn't fully realize how fast she was going, so I'm gonna just use Miss Mirror Image for my elemental artifact.

SPEAKER_02 13:50

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 13:52

And then as a bonus action, I'm gonna go ahead and drop the Bardic Inspiration die to Shishui. Uh Shisui.

SPEAKER_00 13:58

Nice, nice.

SPEAKER_05 14:00

Cool, and then uh my turn. I'm gonna get a little closer actually.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

Alright, as far as my frost goal.

SPEAKER_09 14:06

Alright. Uh yeah, Frost will just run up and uh attack to that advantage for pack tactics, fight attack. He got that 20. Oh, it's over.

SPEAKER_07 14:22

The main characters here.

SPEAKER_00 14:25

Uh the hero entrance.

SPEAKER_09 14:27

1d6. Uh uh three damage. He didn't fight very hard, but that's that's fine.

SPEAKER_00 14:35

That's uh but the leather jacket, that's why.

SPEAKER_09 14:39

Uh oh no, so that's so nine damage total.

SPEAKER_00 14:43

Damn.

SPEAKER_09 14:44

Yeah. And then since the target is medium or smaller, he is now prone.

SPEAKER_00 14:51

You see uh frost bites him and then he uh drops to his knee. Shakes Frost off, he stands up with half his movement, uh locks I with Shusui. Shusui, you see just like a cold blue crystal like eyes. As he raises his sword, and you see there's no light that comes off of it, and he swings down on you. That's gonna be a 27 to hit. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_09 15:22

He has a plus twelve? That's crazy. I I'm getting hit then, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 15:27

That's 12 stashing damage and three necrotic damage, so 13 damage altogether. Oh wait, 15 damage altogether. Ah.

SPEAKER_09 15:34

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 15:35

God, as he did like as that lands on you, you see the the crackling lightning and the black lightning energy just kinda just falls his blade. And he comes around again.

SPEAKER_09 15:48

Oh man. I might be in trouble.

SPEAKER_00 15:50

That's 22 to hit.

SPEAKER_09 15:51

Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:54

And that'll be What is that? 15 points of stashing damage.

SPEAKER_09 15:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 16:00

And 10 aquatic damage to you.

SPEAKER_09 16:02

Whoa. Uh yeah, I mean he just hit me for like 40 damage. I got damaged. Oh my god. As you I mean, if he's gonna hit me like that, I I guess I'll go for help.

SPEAKER_00 16:24

As you drop to your knees, you hear as he whispers under his breath, I didn't kill you last time. But I will now. And he's gonna use the rest of his movement to move away from Frost, so Frost can try to attack.

SPEAKER_09 16:38

Wait, how does he have movement? He was prone.

SPEAKER_00 16:40

Is it only half movement to get up?

SPEAKER_09 16:43

Is it?

SPEAKER_00 16:44

I believe so. Let me just double check. Uh D. Half your speed, yeah. To get up.

SPEAKER_09 16:53

Okay. Alright, well, uh, Frost got five, so he I'm guessing he's got a few.

SPEAKER_00 16:59

Frost tries to bite him and then he notices you going down, so he goes to support you first. Black, it's your goal as you see Shusui just fall down to the ground. Shusui, whoa.

SPEAKER_07 17:10

You okay? You're not normally like this. Huh. Guys, all fired up. Alright, well, catch me if you can, little brother. You'll be doing that for the rest of your life, apparently. Six tiles. Alright, I will reposition. And let's see. 10 tiles. Okay. And then I will cast Tasha's mine.

unknown 17:48

Whoop.

SPEAKER_07 17:50

Okay. I will cyclically lash out one creature I can see within range. Um, which I am in range. And then on a failed save, the target takes three d6 psychic damage, and it can take a reaction until the end of its next turn. And then on their next turn, they must choose to whether get a move, an action, or a bonus action. And they only get one of three.

SPEAKER_00 18:13

Okay. What is the DC I gotta I gotta beat? Uh 15. 15 wisdom save? Uh intelligence. Intelligence. Okay. It's not that hot. You got uh 11.

SPEAKER_07 18:27

Does not save. Does not save. Alright, let's roll for our damage. Let's go. Alright. 3d6.

SPEAKER_06 18:35

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07 18:36

Thank god it's just a damage roll. A fucking one, bro. Holy let's get those out of the way.

SPEAKER_06 18:44

Oh my god!

SPEAKER_07 18:46

It's two six damage in total.

SPEAKER_00 18:48

Six damage in total. Okay, so next turn on his turn, you can do either bonus action or movement only, right? I can't do all three.

SPEAKER_07 18:56

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 18:57

Okay. And that's only for one turn. Uh yes. Alrighty. That's clutch. That's clutch though, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 19:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:07

Shusui go into your save and throw. Alright.

SPEAKER_09 19:11

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 19:12

That's only get up?

SPEAKER_09 19:14

Uh no, I got four.

SPEAKER_00 19:16

Four. That's a fail. Wagnu, it's your go. Frost on deck.

SPEAKER_05 19:21

Alright. Quick question. If I if I pick up Shusui, does that take my action?

SPEAKER_00 19:27

Like pick him up, like physically pick him up?

SPEAKER_05 19:30

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:32

Yeah, I would make it take your action because he's he's way bigger than you.

SPEAKER_05 19:36

Okay, okay. Um let's say, alright, I'm gonna run over to Shusui then. Pretty sure I'm close enough.

SPEAKER_09 19:43

Yeah, you should be close enough. You're only like 20 feet, 25 feet. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 19:48

And so if I cast a healing spell onto him, would it just bring him up?

SPEAKER_00 19:54

Yeah, we'll just bring him up. Perfect.

SPEAKER_05 19:56

Alright, Shusui, you can't be down. I just gave you a part against Prage die.

SPEAKER_07 20:00

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Can we do potions?

SPEAKER_00 20:02

Yeah, you can do potions. Potions are bonus actions.

SPEAKER_05 20:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 20:09

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 20:10

And you're at zero HP, right? Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and use cure wounds. I mean I'm down. Um I'm gonna use cure wounds, but I'm gonna make it the sec uh I'm gonna use a second level swap.

SPEAKER_00 20:24

Nice.

SPEAKER_05 20:25

So it will be you'll basically get four d8 rolls, and then plus four HP.

SPEAKER_00 20:33

You gotta roll for him.

SPEAKER_05 20:34

Oh, I have to roll for him.

SPEAKER_00 20:36

Yeah, it's your spell.

SPEAKER_05 20:37

I mean, dude, my rolls are trash. I'm sorry. I thought you had to roll. Let's lock in walk. Let's lock in walking. I just need to get right right. Alright, look on. Get up, get up. Wait, that's eight. That's awesome. Okay. Two, ten, fifteen. Twenty-two plus four. So you got twenty six HP. Alright, awesome. Let's go. Let's get back in the game. And then as a bonus action two, I'll use Bardic Inspiration on Black Sky.

SPEAKER_00 21:07

Okay. Cool. Cool.

SPEAKER_05 21:09

So now you have a die, uh Bardic Inspiration die too. And then I think that'll be the n the end of my turn.

SPEAKER_00 21:18

Frost's turn now.

SPEAKER_09 21:20

Uh yeah, Frost will just run up behind and uh try to attack. Oh no. That that's a that's a four.

SPEAKER_00 21:30

Yeah, he comes up from behind and he gets distracted as the uh the black lightning just bursts out, blinding him for a quick second, making him miss.

SPEAKER_09 21:41

Yeah, that's his third.

SPEAKER_00 21:42

Red waves tilts his head slightly to see Wagnu healing up Shusui. Uh Shusui is now standing up. You can see as he acknowledges, like that you're there. But his eyes turned towards where Sky is, and currently, right now, he's only set on one thing. So he'll move away from Frost, so Frost can go ahead and try to attack.

SPEAKER_09 22:18

I need that main character energy.

SPEAKER_00 22:26

Total?

SPEAKER_09 22:29

Uh oh no, it's plus four. Uh 19.

SPEAKER_00 22:32

19. This is AC. Let's go, Frost.

SPEAKER_09 22:36

Alright. Get him, Frost.

SPEAKER_00 22:38

Let's go frost. Uh 5 damage. Five damage.

SPEAKER_09 22:43

And he is now prone.

SPEAKER_00 22:45

Dang. That's pretty busted, actually. Okay, so he will have to use half his movement to get up from the prone, and he can only move halfway.

SPEAKER_08 22:55

Let's go.

SPEAKER_00 22:56

Nice. Um Frost bites him, he shrugs Frost off and gets up. Move. A little annoyed. And that'll be his turn. Because of Black Sky's spell from earlier. Let's go.

SPEAKER_07 23:15

Alright. I will taunt my little brother again. Seems like you're struggling there, little brother. Be ashamed if it happens again. And I'll cast Tasha's mind whip again.

SPEAKER_00 23:34

Okay. Okay.

unknown 23:38

Alright.

SPEAKER_00 23:38

So I gotta make a 15 INT save. Uh does not save.

SPEAKER_07 23:44

Hmm. Alright. This time, it hopefully better than six damage, guys. Oh god. Come on. Let's get some 18. Okay, four. Four? Oh my god. Fuck. Nine. Nine damage.

SPEAKER_00 24:03

Hmm. Nine damage. You guys are doing a number on them though.

SPEAKER_07 24:08

Right.

SPEAKER_00 24:09

Gotta give you guys some prop for that.

SPEAKER_07 24:11

That's all Shisway on.

SPEAKER_00 24:13

Some good damage, yeah. Shusui the Shusui's first round when Khanuts are there. Holy fuck.

SPEAKER_09 24:18

I mean, to be fair, he did down me from four open.

SPEAKER_05 24:22

Rose said I waited my whole life for this moment. Does he get the same debuff um as earlier, or he only gets one?

SPEAKER_00 24:29

He gets the same debuff. Alright, so here goes Shusui.

SPEAKER_09 24:35

So the Bardock inspiration is only for a D20 roll.

SPEAKER_07 24:40

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 24:41

Uh do I have like exhaustion or anything from getting up or am I just good to get a little bit more? You're good to go. Okay. Uh I will uh I will just kinda like shrug, give myself a little shake, and I will charge back over. And I will uh I will continue the attack. Uh okay, I didn't hit him last round, so I don't have X. Okay. Uh is that? Uh 17. I'll just use the Bardic inspiration now to hit him.

SPEAKER_00 25:22

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 25:24

Oh my wait the There's no way. It it's it's a one.

SPEAKER_09 25:34

I'm 18. Barely misses. I rolled 18 to hit. Barely miss.

SPEAKER_00 25:38

You come and you swing he blocks it just in time. Caught off guard a little bit though. Alright.

SPEAKER_09 25:48

Try again! Let's go. Alright, 20. 20 hits. There we go. Oh my god, another one. Uh 8 damage.

SPEAKER_00 25:56

8 damage. That's good. That's good damage.

SPEAKER_09 25:59

It's fine. I applied Vex to him. And then for my bonus action, I will just uh I will second win. So I get a D10 plus uh 5 HP. 14. So I'm back up to full health.

SPEAKER_00 26:15

Cool. It's looking good for you guys.

SPEAKER_09 26:18

Uh when I use my second win with a bonus action, uh I can move half my speed without provoking attacks of opportunity. So I will just kinda scoot over and kinda try and block his way.

SPEAKER_00 26:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 26:32

If he decides to keep going after uh black scale.

SPEAKER_00 26:35

Okay. Dang.

SPEAKER_09 26:36

I'll end my turn. Please.

SPEAKER_00 26:38

Look at that. Friends friends for life. Tank for life.

SPEAKER_09 26:43

That's my tank.

SPEAKER_05 26:47

What? Oh, we got theme music? Okay. You got theme music? Choosing a theme music. I'm ready. I'm getting hyped. I wish. No, I'm kidding. Alright, well. Now that there's a little bit of range in between us, I'm just gonna go ahead and do a firebolt. Try to hit him with firebolt. Which I think I can reach for sure. Ah, damn. It's only 17.

SPEAKER_00 27:11

17 does not hit. You ignite the flames from your hand and you shoot it at him. Um it just hits like one of the black lightning bolts and just kinda displays by itself.

SPEAKER_05 27:26

Okay. And then I will just additionally I'll just move a little bit to keep up with everyone just in case I need to get close.

SPEAKER_00 27:34

Okay. Cool.

SPEAKER_05 27:36

Nine writing.

SPEAKER_00 27:37

It's Frost's turn, but Shusui is away right now, so I will skip his turn until he comes back, and then I'll go to wave's turn first. And we'll go back. As Shusui like strikes red waves and gets in front of him to block his path towards um what you call it? Black sky, yeah. And then uh he sees everything happening. He has like a little finally has like a little curl on his mouth, like a little smirk. I underestimated you guys. And you see he stabs the black blade into the ground. He is going to use one of his abilities. Crushing verdict. Everyone within a 20 feet radius. That's everyone except for Sky.

SPEAKER_05 28:46

Dude, why did I get closer?

SPEAKER_00 28:49

You guys must make a constitution saving throw. And you have to beat a 17.

SPEAKER_07 28:56

Dang, okay.

SPEAKER_05 28:58

Nah, I did not beat that. Hit a hit a six.

SPEAKER_07 29:00

Oh my god. Yeah, one of those body inspiration? No, I'm kidding.

SPEAKER_05 29:04

Yeah, for real.

SPEAKER_00 29:06

Alright, we'll wait for Chris to come back, but for now. Uh so on a fail save, you take six d10 narcotic damage, and you're knocked prone.

SPEAKER_03 29:17

What? What?

SPEAKER_00 29:19

On a save, yeah. On a save, you take half of that.

SPEAKER_05 29:24

That's insane! Oh my fuck. Six d10?

SPEAKER_00 29:30

Oh my god.

unknown 29:31

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 29:32

No take 21 points narcotic damage. And you're knocked prone.

SPEAKER_05 29:38

That's big. 21? Okay.

SPEAKER_00 29:41

It's not too bad, actually.

SPEAKER_05 29:46

Okay, and I'm now prone. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 29:49

And that's the only thing he can do, so once Sky once Shusui and Frost comes back, then we'll go back to their save, but we'll skip over to Black Sky for now.

SPEAKER_07 29:58

I will just keep running and taunting red waves. We're gonna scoot a little bit to the left here so I don't hit um how many was that? Five, so 25 feet? Yeah. So I don't hit Shisui. That is Wait, how many is that? Five? Oh damn, that is 150. Alright, I gotta move a little closer. So two tiles. Alright, from there. Oh actually, Shisui is back, so sorry about that.

SPEAKER_09 30:33

I'm back now.

SPEAKER_00 30:33

Alright, Shisui, so you're gone, but do you have to make a DC 17 con save or take 21 points of recording damage and be knocked prone?

SPEAKER_09 30:47

What did I get hit by?

SPEAKER_07 30:49

Dude, it was insane. I just took 21 damage. That's an insane ability.

SPEAKER_09 30:53

Alright, I have to make a DC 21. 17 con save. 17.

SPEAKER_00 30:59

Should be doable for you.

SPEAKER_09 31:01

Okay, that's not too bad. I got a plus eleven. So it's basically a 50-50. Oh, yeah, easy. 25.

SPEAKER_00 31:08

Alright, so you take half of 21, so you can.

SPEAKER_09 31:10

Can I take half, or am I just gonna take 10? 10?

SPEAKER_00 31:14

And then uh go ahead and roll for frost as well.

SPEAKER_09 31:20

Oh my god. Come on. Frost. He's the main character. Come on. He never evolved. He never evolved.

SPEAKER_07 31:29

But he can. We just gotta believe. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 31:33

He got four.

SPEAKER_00 31:35

He takes 21 points of card damage as knock prone.

SPEAKER_09 31:40

Alright, well he's just down.

SPEAKER_00 31:42

Okay. Um, I will give him his attack too. Uh I assume that you were gonna make him attack anyway, because I skipped his turn because you were gone. So go ahead and roll me to attack. Gets one last bite in, possibly.

SPEAKER_07 31:54

Prone, please.

SPEAKER_09 31:55

14.

SPEAKER_00 31:56

14 does not hit. You see, frost drops to the ground. Your main character of your story. Uh Shusui saves though. So with that, it's gonna be the rest of Black's turn.

SPEAKER_07 32:11

Hey now. That's not very nice of you. Doing that to a little dog. And I will cast a level one magic missile. Let's go. Let's go. Alright, that is. Alright, three. That is three darts. Let's go. Three? Three? Three.

SPEAKER_00 32:36

Nine. Nine points. Okay. Your magic missiles flies, hits true, never misses. He shrugs them off. Shoot two, it's your go. Walk new on deck.

SPEAKER_09 32:55

Yep. I uh I just shrug off the necrotic damage and I will uh I'll just close the gap and I will uh just attack them again. Uh 24 24 hits. 14 damage.

SPEAKER_00 33:11

14 damage. He will take it, but this time as you slash down and kind of just hit some on on one of his arms, uh he also brings up his sword, his blade, and swings at you. As a reaction.

SPEAKER_09 33:28

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 33:30

That is gonna be a 30, I believe.

SPEAKER_09 33:36

Yeah. Okay. I mean, I don't think he can down me, but that's pretty bad.

SPEAKER_00 33:43

That'll be 13 slashing. And nine necrotic.

SPEAKER_09 33:52

I'm just gonna continue my extra attack then. Okay. Uh that's a 10.

SPEAKER_00 33:59

That one misses.

SPEAKER_09 34:01

I rolled a 1 and a 2. That's terrible. Alright. I will uh This is kinda rough.

SPEAKER_07 34:08

Yeah. You're in there. Uh you're in there.

SPEAKER_09 34:12

I will once again use a second wind. Okay. Clutch and wind.

SPEAKER_05 34:20

Third wind. Fourth wind.

SPEAKER_09 34:22

Uh okay, that only healed me seven.

SPEAKER_00 34:25

Take it. Take it back.

SPEAKER_09 34:27

Okay, this is this is pretty rough. Then I get to move half my movement. Uh yeah, I'll just move over here. And uh end my turn.

SPEAKER_05 34:41

Alright. I um I got prone from that last ability from him, so I'm just gonna use half of it to get unprone. And uh I think I'm gonna move out of that range just a little bit. Yeah, I moved earlier for no reason, you know. I just got super, super destroyed.

SPEAKER_02 35:04

It's lucky I can't do it so you guys can't see it.

SPEAKER_05 35:07

I gotta balance out a little bit. Alright, I'll go ahead and use um healing word on Shisui. So it's just if you're in 60 feet with me.

SPEAKER_09 35:17

Yeah, I told you guys I was gonna die.

SPEAKER_05 35:20

It's just uh 2d4 and then plus 4 HP you get right. So let's get you back. One.

SPEAKER_08 35:30

Oh what?

SPEAKER_05 35:32

Yeah. Three alright, so you heal H eight HP.

unknown 35:36

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 35:36

Nice. Something like something like as a bonus, I'll just go ahead and chug one of my health potions too.

SPEAKER_00 35:44

Nice, cool. Yeah, yeah. So that's health.

SPEAKER_05 35:47

2D4 plus two. Yes. Two. Uh yeah, so I get 8 HP back on mine. Cool, and then I'll pass it over.

SPEAKER_00 35:59

Okay. Uh go ahead and frost make his saving throw. He's the main character. Uh he rolled the seven.

SPEAKER_09 36:05

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 36:05

Fails.

SPEAKER_07 36:10

Not my MC.

SPEAKER_09 36:11

This is not the best. He's not dying.

SPEAKER_03 36:13

Not on my watch.

SPEAKER_07 36:15

Facts. I need him to evolve right now. Power friendship.

SPEAKER_00 36:20

As the two of you that were once nearby, uh he notices you making like getting some distance away from him now. And he lets like a he lets out a little smirk, a little laugh, a little chuckle. But this time his eyes turn towards the one holding you all together right now. He looks over to Wagnu. I'll make this easy. And he rushes it over at you. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.

SPEAKER_06 36:55

Oh my god!

SPEAKER_00 36:57

Bring it on! Uh first let me roll my charge die to see if I get my ability back. Five or six, so I get it back. Um he brings the sword, crackling, black, lightning, narcotic energy. That's gonna be uh 21 to hit.

SPEAKER_05 37:20

Okay, I do have my mirror image active.

SPEAKER_00 37:24

Oh yeah, so I think that's like what I you get to roll uh the D6 What do you have to roll? One D6?

SPEAKER_05 37:32

Oh, I have three up at the moment, and then it says um roll one d6 for each of your remaining duplicates. If any of the d6 rolls hit a three or higher, the duplicate takes the hit instead of you. And yeah, it gets destroyed.

SPEAKER_00 37:43

Okay. So go ahead and do that.

SPEAKER_05 37:47

Wow, I'm rolling ones today. So that's one bad duplicate. Come on, I just need a six. I just need anything hacked. Alright, just hit a six. That's perfect.

SPEAKER_00 37:55

So you don't take that damage though, right?

SPEAKER_05 37:57

Yeah, so that hit will be soaked up by my duplicate. And then I only have two remaining.

SPEAKER_00 38:03

Okay, he comes again with another another the slash.

SPEAKER_05 38:08

Wait, okay, so I can use my duplicate, right? For this?

SPEAKER_00 38:12

Um, I believe you can, just read it again. One more time.

SPEAKER_05 38:16

Each oh each time it could hit you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 38:18

Yeah, so 16 to hit you this time.

SPEAKER_05 38:21

Oh. Um I won't play? No, no, I don't. I'm gonna roll for my duplicate. Alright, I hit it three. That's perfect. So he'll start with that one.

SPEAKER_00 38:31

So it stays, right? But that one doesn't go away, right?

SPEAKER_05 38:34

It does. It gets used up, it says.

SPEAKER_00 38:36

Okay, so if you roll a three or higher, it it gets used up instead?

SPEAKER_05 38:40

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 38:41

And if you roll one or one or uh two or lower, then you take the damage instead?

SPEAKER_05 38:46

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 38:47

So the first attack you took the damage in, right?

SPEAKER_05 38:50

The first attack?

SPEAKER_00 38:51

I rolled a six- Oh, you rolled a six, okay, cool. Yeah, yeah. I was just wondering, I thought I heard a one.

SPEAKER_03 38:57

Oh no, sorry.

SPEAKER_00 38:59

You see as uh he swings and uh he hits both your duplicates, it's kinda like uh the Naruto Shadow Clone just poop. But instead of a smoke, instead of like the the puffy stuff, it's just like your duplicates they go away and like water just splashes all all around. Um but he doesn't stop there, and he raises with both his hand, his arm, brings one down one more attack. Holy Oh, okay, so only five. So go ahead and roll that last mirror image.

SPEAKER_05 39:35

I forgot about that. Alright, mirror image, it hit I mean it hit the duplicates then. Let's go.

SPEAKER_00 39:41

Okay, and now all of your duplicates are gone. You see like just puddles of water around you. It looks at you, and you can see it that he's staring like right into your chest. That'll be his turn. Man, wow, okay. Oh, Sky's turn, my bad. Wait, yeah, Sky's turn.

SPEAKER_07 40:11

Yeah. Let's go.

SPEAKER_05 40:13

I lived, I lived.

SPEAKER_07 40:14

Wow. Okay, I'm sorry, guys. Uh I sh I should have been doing this from the beginning, but um. Yeah, anyways, I'm gonna just continue my commentary with my little brother. Him? You're targeting him? How about you pick someone on your own size? Come on, little brother, you can't be that scared. And I will cast frostbite. So, um, I did check he's in range. Uh range area is 60 feet, so you cause numbing frost to form on one creature that you can see within range. That target must make a constitution saving throw. On a fail save, the target takes uh two d6 cold damage and has disadvantage on the next weapon attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.

SPEAKER_00 40:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 41:02

And I will use um, just to be safe, I will use my what where is it? Where's it? Where's it? Where's it? Features and trick. I will use my innate sorcery to add additional, so constitution save and throw has to be 16.

SPEAKER_00 41:19

It has to be the 16. Oh nice. He got a let me see us con real fast. Ooh, we got a 14. 14 has a plus 13.

SPEAKER_06 41:33

14 does not save.

SPEAKER_09 41:35

Holy. Why does he have a plus?

SPEAKER_07 41:40

Uh-uh-uh, little brother. Alright. 2d6. Let's do some good damage.

SPEAKER_00 41:45

2d6. Five? So that makes him minus uh minus what again?

SPEAKER_07 41:51

Uh he's just at a disadvantage for uh what's the one.

SPEAKER_00 41:53

Disadvantage for all his attacks. Okay. Dang, that's gonna be a clutch point there.

SPEAKER_09 41:58

Oh, I thought he lost movement too.

SPEAKER_07 42:00

Uh it doesn't say on here that he loses movement. It just said disadvantage on uh next weapon attack rule.

SPEAKER_08 42:07

Hmm.

SPEAKER_00 42:09

Alright, that's seven damage. I end my turn. Seven damage before you end your turn. Umtices your your mark and takes your frostbite attack until it actually suspends one of his uh you actually use a legendary action. So everyone within a 15 foot radius had to make a 17 con save. I believe that's only might only be Wagnew. Yeah. Dang.

SPEAKER_05 42:47

Oh my god, I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_00 42:49

Don't worry. 17? Yep, 17 con save.

SPEAKER_09 42:55

I thought it was 16 last time. Why'd it go up?

SPEAKER_00 42:58

This is a different one. This is a different one. This is uh legendary action.

SPEAKER_09 43:01

Oh, he has multiple.

SPEAKER_00 43:02

That's not even matter, I'm gonna beat it.

SPEAKER_05 43:07

I gotta get seven.

SPEAKER_00 43:09

Oh the frostbite hits him, you see just around him, like the energy of of death, of disaster. And he's gonna activate his black tide ability. On a fail, the target takes 4010 aquatic damage. On a save, you take half.

SPEAKER_09 43:33

What is this? All of this does 4 damage. 21 aquatic damage to Wagne.

SPEAKER_07 43:40

How much did he have to make?

SPEAKER_00 43:43

He has to uh he had to beat a 17 con save. Yeah, this. So you take the 21. Then Shusui, now it's your turn.

SPEAKER_07 43:56

Alright, Shisui, remember he's at a disadvantage. weapon attacks.

SPEAKER_09 44:02

Just keep swinging.

SPEAKER_00 44:04

Okay. Get closer, yes. That's what I want.

SPEAKER_09 44:11

Oh my god. Alright, it's fine. I'll spend a superiority die. So I'll do uh where is it? I'll do precision attack to add a D8 to my hit. I have 16.

SPEAKER_00 44:25

Okay. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_09 44:27

Okay, okay. I added nine or three. That's good. So that should be 19. That should hit.

SPEAKER_00 44:33

That hit. That's his AC.

SPEAKER_09 44:35

Oh my god. Alright, I hit him for 8.

SPEAKER_02 44:38

8 dashing damage? It's still good. It's good. Some damage.

SPEAKER_09 44:42

Uh uh piercing.

SPEAKER_00 44:46

Piercing, okay.

SPEAKER_09 44:47

Now I have back, so I can get advantage on this hit. Alright, uh 23.

SPEAKER_00 44:52

23 hits. There we go.

SPEAKER_09 44:55

Okay. Uh 14.

SPEAKER_00 44:57

14. Dang, okay, you this whole time Shusubi has just been like going at red ways dealing most of the damage.

SPEAKER_09 45:08

Um I mean it'd be nice if we didn't keep like one shot the week.

SPEAKER_00 45:12

On your on your last attack he takes it and comes back around with his blade. Commend your strength. And he is going to attack you as a reaction with his blade. For what disadvantage because of the frostbite. Plus the 1121 to hit yeah I'd be four slashing and two nequatic. Not too bad.

SPEAKER_09 45:48

Yeah this is this is rough. You tell me all right I will uh I will second win for a third time second win third win give me that 10 give me that 15 heal uh 13 I will I will take 13 That's a good there's a chance he doesn't like knock me down. And then uh I could move I'm just gonna end my turn.

SPEAKER_05 46:17

Alright well I'm gonna go ahead and uh start off with a misty step yeah yeah let me get out of there I'm gonna go ahead and use my Elvin Lynage Misty step um teleport up teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space I think I can reach frost from here let me double check yeah it should be within 30 feet that's good yeah but I'm gonna Misty step over here and then as a bonus action I will also use a second win oh that's right you're a fighter too yeah I'm not just a bard one D templose You should have taken a second level and fighter for action surge I'll let that up to you I'll I'll take care of the heels oh nice I had a 10 that's perfect I got eleven eleven back to me looks good and then uh that's that'll be it for me I can't pick up um frost huh because I just used it for second wind oh you have to use a main action for to pick people yeah you're trying to like um get him back to zero like conscious pretty much yeah yeah yeah it would have to be an action yeah it's like a medicine check okay unless you got the healer's kit no I don't okay I'll just pass pass over okay frost second save frost oh no that's another four he's okay Frost he doesn't want to be here frost is uh not moving man he's not moving he's not ready to to dig up yet red wave sees Wagnu just disappears from behind Shusui uh to behind him you think you can get away I need Shusui and Wagnu to make a DC 17 con save as he activates his crushing verdict ability circle save I beat it this time let's go 19 let's go 19 uh I failed I got 15 no holy so you take 31 points in a car damage you are knocked you are knocked prone and uh Walgon you take 15 you're not you are not prone that's all my HP though you guys okay that's I'm not gonna lie 15 yeah I only had 14 Wow okay so I'm I'm basically um ready to my my sink those how are you looking shusley I'm down I only have 28 health oh my god I should have healed you he turns towards the thes are so high the damage he turns towards black sky I'm down are you afraid and he doesn't even use anything else he just looks at he just stares at you afraid nah I couldn't be what are you waiting for come on alright where's the whole person when we need it man wow oh gosh my character's not afraid about I'm afraid we have two casters in the whole person man I'm the one who's afraid I thought I had it on I guess I just a repeat of the last boss fight man I'm gonna go down another two more times okay ah alright well darts don't lie we're just gonna cast magic missile okay four oh that's five you can kite him he can't keep up three eleven eleven points good damage it's it's hitting him as your missiles hit him straight on he just kinda takes it um I thought you'd be stronger brother oh man yeah this is just to teach you a lesson I don't if I beep you to a pulp oh man you're gonna be able to talk alright and then I'm gonna potion healing because holy fuck I've been doing that the whole time I should be healing this whole time what I've been doing bro alright uh jinx uh so two d4 okay okay four yeah two d4 plus two four four so plus four twelve nice wait four four plus six four four plus two yeah two each yeah six six twelve yeah okay and now end my turn okay okay choose we go ahead and make your saving throw oh my god a six damn I haven't had one successful death save the whole day log new make your saving throw alright I just have to hit a ten right easy oh let's go I hit it let's go I hit a ten oh nice yeah I'm scared about you just I think you just had to be the you just had to beat a seven I believe right was it a ten no it's a it's a ten is a ten okay okay I don't know why I had this number seven in my my head for some reason okay cool you succeed one I'm alive moment of truth for frost frost please come on frost where's the where's the net 20 He got 10 holy shit let's go he doesn't die he doesn't die main character energy that's why wait it comes back to red wave's turn he see Jackie I told you we weren't going to survive the combat it's not over this at this point he's just looking at at Black Sky You don't belong here and without your friends you are nothing he raises the great the blade towards her direction narcotic energy all around him your silver horn starts to kind of glow and you hear red waves comment I never liked you Vanguard give me a DC17 wisdom saving throw wisdom okay okay 17 huh come on die don't lie oh my god 19 let's go let's go die did you have any modifiers for that nah nah nah just pure 19 I was about to party inspiration you see as he points the blade makes a comment about Van Gor he activates his his one a day ability called command the end so this ability on a on a fail you drop to zero HP immediately okay you're stabilized but you're unconscious and as he points it towards you you almost have this like joker this joker orb about you black sky and as that presence hits you red waves has this realization that you are his older brother and not the other way around and instead of going down you stand on your toes he tosses his head a little bit interesting it's your go oh shit oh my god that what dude fuck I am the little brother my character smells like the little brother that's multi I'm gonna get back into character interesting you say I guess you could say that but as a big brother it's it's time to give you a good old spanking alright and like I said don't lie we're just gonna keep darting ooh five five thirteen at this time you go to cast your magic missile is that what you're casting yeah you put your hand out all of a sudden the edge of dawn is in your hand and instead of magic missile something else come out a beam of crackling energy and instead of a magic missile you make an eldritch blast so you have to roll to attack what I I have to roll to attack yeah your magic missile changes from the missile into an eldritch blast and the edge of dawn is in your hand now I have to hit his AC is what was it 19?

SPEAKER_00 57:11

Holy fuck alright Alright 14 I'll body inspiration this just for the hype moment in aura alright oh my god 19 19 hits go ahead and roll 1d10 force damage go 1d 10 force damage oh which okay if dude if if i roll one it's just force damage any anything is good anything's good just one okay seven we'll take that seven cool you hit one of the wounds that shoesui had had uh had made on him earlier and he finally makes like a little uh a little groan still got a bonus action yeah I'm just uh I'm just gonna cast another drink another potion yeah oh my god it's one one get oh my god that many HP back one two plus four that's oh seven hp only oh my god okay it's okay I'm at least at full hp one away from full hp all right now in my turn okay I'm gonna do uh go a shoesui go your saving throw okay 16 16 log new you're a saving throw let's go uh it was an eight oh boy no you fail frost frost no frost let's see frost oh yeah so he's good at the turn let's go alright alright oh shit red waves starts to walk away from from Shusui you can stay there if you want brother I found something more interesting and he goes towards Wagnu um he is going to just stab his blade into Wagnu's chest Wagnu you're just gonna take one death save one death fail okay but this is um actually you take the death save like the death the death fail and then even though you're unconscious right now like your whole body starts to tighten Black Sky you see roots start to press up from his chest around the sword of red waves you see uh the what you know as the spirit tree responding to this it just wraps around the blade until red wave slowly pulls out the blade from Wagnus chest and with it the essence of the spirit tree ah no that's no good what are you doing to me I came for the artifacts but this is much better Sky Remember the helplessness you feel right now remember my words without your friends you are nothing you can't even come close to me as fog starts to form around you all again and as the fog dissipates red waves is gone holy shit I'm dying you guys oh my god we get frosty while I'm down though stabbed I'm like frost is the true main character because he was so close to dying so many times holy I was just about to say he's still fight I just got destroyed the next one decides everything man and the only thing you see now are your friends lying on the ground what do you do I will come up to them and administer some potions I have enough for everyone just give everyone one of these for you for you you wake up first as you see like a guy already moving on to the next the next person and Logan Frost begins to wake up as well he's gone I think he's gone with more than what he wanted I think he took the spirit tree out of you what what happened he really left yeah so the last thing that happened was um he stabbed his sword through your chest and uh yeah I'm pretty sure whatever that sword was it took the spirit tree with him wait the last thing I remember happening was the ground shaking let's get frost up he's a he looks bad well as you move you notice that your shirt is like ripped open and though there's no there's like dry blood there but and though there's not like like no wound there you see a scar on your chest and it's a big scar too not not a little scar. That was a big blade when did this happen? Wait is frost okay he should be I'd register a potion to him he's just probably tired at this point at this point frost is okay but he's super exhausted super because he's he's been so close to death he's super exhausted I dragged myself over poor frost anyways what what was that all about she's she sweet you kinda look like a Zally off there for a minute there going berserk

SPEAKER_09 1:06:00

The one. He killed my family.

SPEAKER_08 1:06:06

Ooh.

SPEAKER_09 1:06:08

I I gotta avenge them. We'll talk about this later. Let's uh let's get somewhere safe and uh try to heal up.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:19

Yeah, it sounds like a plan. We'll get himsui.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:26

Alright, well. Does this sound like a bad plan? We should uh let's get out of here.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:34

Ogni right now you feel empty. Even though you are yourself. You've been carrying the the essence of the tree for quite a while. And now that it's gone, it uh it's almost as if a part of you was taken away as well.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:55

Yeah, I feel I feel lighter. I feel different. But we should get some rest. Um let's just find a spot where we can Yeah, attend to our wounds. And I'll kinda just like scratch at my or lick at my scar. You said there's no like no blood or anything, right? It's just like a big wound, a big scar?

SPEAKER_00 1:07:28

Yeah, it's just a big like a big scar.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:33

That blade he had.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:35

It seems that it should have been fatal, but something stopped it from being like life-threatening for you. Give me a concheck 16 when that blade entered got was stabbed into you, it went deep, and it should have been fatal, but because it hit the spirit tree and with the 16 arcana, you can kind of make up make the assumption that the spirit tree in some kind of essence helped you out there.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:25

Well, Black Scott, you saw you saw what it went down.

SPEAKER_07 1:08:31

Uh yeah, like I said, um You took yeah, you took quite a beating there. Um he definitely shoved that sword right through your chest, and I don't know if you feel it, but I think the spirit tree went along with him.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:51

But I'm alive. How could I be alive?

SPEAKER_07 1:08:56

You you are definitely alive. That I don't know, maybe it was a parting gift from the spirit tree.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:04

And that was your brother.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:09

Yeah, that was definitely my brother in a black dawn coat. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:20

Let's find a spot to rest. Really? We need this.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:24

Yeah. We should definitely rest up. We're pretty banged up.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:35

Where are we looking to go? We are in Where are we again?

SPEAKER_07 1:09:42

We're in uh You're in the ruins of Doongos.

SPEAKER_09 1:09:46

We can go back to the to the catacomb. Or like that little Oh no, we crushed the building. We did crush the building.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:54

Um crushed the entrance. We crushed the entrance.

SPEAKER_09 1:09:59

I mean, I would say the grave, but like it's kinda the graveyard's kind of open. Kinda exposed.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:06

Can we look for like a uh old building? I burned down the village, but you know, this should be like Right right. Can't be all scraps.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:18

Shusui can um Actually, no, you wouldn't have to rule anything. In this moment, Shusui after facing such a a powerful enemy, and almost seeing frost be taken away from you. There's one thing that you're m that kind of enters your mind. Something that gives you hope. That reminds you of family, and you're reminded of the shrine of Pavos, a a safe place that may still be here near around Dolong Village.

SPEAKER_09 1:11:08

Alright, guys, it's doesn't seem like there's anything, any uh no buildings left here. There it's just ruins. Uh I don't know if you guys remember. I took you guys there last time. There was the shrine of Pavos. It it's a little bit out of uh past the village, but maybe it'll be uh safe there.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:35

Yeah, sounds good. Back where we started, huh? All from the beginning.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:43

Better get a move on before uh the next guy's brother comes back. Slightly past this village, you said? Out the village.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:04

Yeah. Alright, lead the way.

SPEAKER_09 1:12:08

I'll just pick up frost and I'll start Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:11

You pick up Frost into your arms, you start taking off outwards. Towards where you had a king from from the very beginning. Wagnu and Black Sky following you. Everyone hurt, exhausted. Although this guy is not physically hurt, he may be mentally fatigued. And you make your way to where the shrine of Pables is. Untouched. Still the same as you left it. Wow.

SPEAKER_09 1:12:53

Well still looks the same. Let's uh let's uh set up camp. I'll I'll keep an eye out first. Make sure there's no black dawn.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:06

Sure you'll be okay to keep watch?

SPEAKER_07 1:13:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 1:13:11

Yeah, I mean if it's just watch, I'll let you guys know if anything uh happens.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:16

I think uh compared to you two, I'm probably in the most capable physical condition, so I don't mind staying up while you two rest. Along with Ross, of course.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:34

Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:38

Alright. Sounds good. Let me get a fire going for us.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:46

And we'll be able to do a long rest here.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:50

Yeah. So Sky, you're starting to fire, and the rest of you guys are just taking a rest now. Sky, how are you starting your fire? I'm just Is there anything that is there anything that's on your mind at the moment as you're doing this?

SPEAKER_07 1:14:12

Yeah, so um I'm just making a little campfire. So I'm just kind of like gathering like twigs, logs, refround from the shrine, because I think the shrine is in the forest. So, um just thinking to myself, like, wow, red waves really changed. And I'm just like having so many questions about like I guess like what's really going on and like what has happened so far ever since this journey has begun.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:56

Just we as you find a place where are you where are you going to rest?

SPEAKER_09 1:15:03

Uh just right next to the the actual altar of the shrine.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:11

As you kind of lay like next to the shrine. What are some of the questions that enters your mind?

SPEAKER_09 1:15:24

There's not really questions, it's more like just frustration and concern over failing to defeat red waves and kind of watching uh Wagner and Frost go down.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:39

You notice that there is like a just like a quiet silence between the three of you at this moment, each with your own distance. Wagnu, what are you doing right now? As before you go to rest.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:13

I'm just laying down um and you know, as I'm trying to get some rest, I'm just thinking about the scar that I got and what Black Sky said about Red Waves taking the spirit tree. And I'm just curious as to how true it is, and I'm trying my best to like feel the spirit tree.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:41

You try to tap inside of you to see if there's any essence left of the tree. And before, even it was already hard before, but it became a little easier when you attuned to the water artifact. But now you don't feel anything. And red uh black sky's words are they seem to be the truth.

unknown 1:17:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:12

I'll take out the water element the elemental water elemental artifact. And then I'll just see if I can still feel like the magical essence come from it to see if I lost that too.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:25

You take the artifact out, and it seems to still be responding to your to your aura.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:34

And I'll try to ease myself into sleep. Really, really still caught up on the fact that uh I no longer hold a spirit tree, but at the very least, the water elemental is still, you know, with me.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:50

Okay, you head to sleep. Chase to you head to sleep as well. As Black Sky takes the first watch. Is there anything you want to do, Sky, while they're asleep?

SPEAKER_06 1:18:10

Yeah, quite a few things.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:14

Um I will. Um Okay, so do I have to attune to any of uh GA stuff?

SPEAKER_00 1:18:31

I believe you're already attuned to No, I don't I don't I think only the cloak you have to attune to. The other one you don't have to. It's just equipment. Nice.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:42

Okay, I will try to attune to the cloak.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:47

Okay, you have the cloak wrapped around you. Take a few minutes. I believe it's like 10 minutes to attune. Correct me if I'm wrong, Chris.

SPEAKER_09 1:19:04

It differs depending on the item.

SPEAKER_00 1:19:08

Um, we'll just say it takes a few a couple minutes then, like 10-15. As you're trying to attune to as you attempt to attune to the cloak. You see um Frost is not quite asleep yet while you're still attuning, and then all of a sudden you see his head like just starts shaking. As if he's trying to look for you.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:33

You're right, Frost.

SPEAKER_00 1:19:35

And as you say that he looks towards the direction that the sound is coming from, but he's he has a confused look on his face.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:48

Uh you're alright, buddy.

SPEAKER_00 1:19:54

You notice uh Wagne's sword nearby, and you look into the reflection of the blade and you can't see yourself. You are now invisible. Okay. You are now attuned to Renji's cloak of invisibility.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:19

Okay, I will then I will try to communicate with Renji's spirit and ask him what the cloak is.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:31

So I believe um the cloak is just when you put it on, you put the hood on, you turn invisible, you take it off, you become um, they can see you again after that, and then as you try to talk to Renji, instead you hear like a annoying laugh. Is that fun?

SPEAKER_07 1:20:55

That was pretty fun, right? Ugh gosh, it's you. When is the old man coming back?

SPEAKER_00 1:21:04

Don't worry about him. Now tell me, how was it fighting your little brother?

SPEAKER_07 1:21:16

You big war, you are so weak. How how is he stronger than you?

SPEAKER_01 1:21:26

Didn't you like the power up I gave you at the end there?

SPEAKER_07 1:21:31

Wasn't that cool? I mean, I don't know what you did, but still, if that's my little brother and he's stronger than you, oh man. I have I have no words for you.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:52

You can say that. Your brother is pretty strong, but when I told you I was stronger than you, I meant it.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:07

Stronger than me? Uh I don't know about that. If you were, I don't think you'd be here.

SPEAKER_01 1:22:18

Keep using the blade.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:22

And you'll find out. Anyways, that sword. What was that sword? You'd like to know, wouldn't you? I mean, if you were gonna leave me with something, you could have left me with like a sword as cool as is, instead of this little dagger.

SPEAKER_01 1:22:50

Ah, they're practically made from the same cloth.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:57

Same cloth? And what kind of cloth is this?

SPEAKER_00 1:23:05

That's a metaphor, Black Sky. Ah.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:11

Such a smart mouth. Okay, well, can that sword do what this dagger do? Because I definitely saw something, some resemblance of the spirit tree getting sucked out of Walknote.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:31

Oh, he took all of it. All that's left. How about this? If you use your dagger next time, I'll tell you more about that sword and where it came from. I need one more soul.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:53

Starving Soul, you said. Are you Are you consuming the souls through the dagger?

SPEAKER_00 1:24:15

Kind of like that, yeah. I I look at it more as uh you feed me, I hope you kind of thing.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:26

Yeah, I guess. Anyways, tell that old man to answer. I have a few questions for him when you're not being annoying.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:42

I guess I'll go knock on his door. And you feel something recede in your in your mind.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:59

Yeah, not surprise.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:03

This is boring. Fine, I'll I give in, I'll tell you.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:10

That sword has a name. It's called the Void Bringer. It devours so's. That's all I'll tell you for now. If you want to know more, just keep using your dagger, and you'll find out exactly what it does.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:36

After all, they're from the same cloth.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:38

And he recedes it back. You don't hear anything anymore, you just hear silence.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:44

Made from the same cloth. Alright. Well. Got what I needed. Got Chia's shoulder pad. And the cloak. And I wish he'd answer if there's anything more before we leave Duong Village again. Anyways. What is up with that kid? Looks so different. Black lightning. Black Icker. Dressed in purple. God, I get kid is like Poor taste in fashion. Talk about Gothic. Alright, well, I should keep watch. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:45

You keep watch until Shusui and Wagnu they get their full rest. Or you can split. I will You can wake someone up so you can get some rest too if you want.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:04

Okay. What's considered a long rest? How many hours? Eight hours.

SPEAKER_01 1:27:10

Damn.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:13

You know, I think I'm gonna just stay up. I need my fighter in my tank. Am I barred at full HP?

SPEAKER_09 1:27:21

We need you to be here. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:27:24

We need you to be your five.

SPEAKER_09 1:27:26

One of you guys, if you guys wanna we can take two hours shifts.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:30

You guys wanna get up? Just you guys can take your eight hours and just switch off here and there. It would just take you longer to stay here.

SPEAKER_09 1:27:35

That's I mean, forever.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:37

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 1:27:37

Walk new doesn't need to sleep.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:39

I have no.

unknown 1:27:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:45

Walkdo only needs four hours, so.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:50

Yeah, I'll I'll switch for Walk New person.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:52

That's good.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:53

Okay. I'll take a map.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:54

For us. Do I still get benefits?

SPEAKER_00 1:27:58

Or yeah, because you're an elf, so You you get long rest benefits for four hours instead of eight. Awesome. It's just that you sleep. That's it. You just like to sleep.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:08

Yeah, I just I just do it for fun. Yeah, you just choose to sleep. Helps me blend in. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:16

Alright. And now why you wake up Wagnu.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:20

And then long rest taken.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:24

I will. As I wake up Wagnu. Um. I'll wake up Wagnu first. Hey, Wagnu. Wake up.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:38

Oh man. What's going on?

SPEAKER_07 1:28:39

How you feeling? Getting a little bit tired now.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:43

Oh, yeah, that's. You need to get some rest too. Let's see. Our uh Shusui and Frost.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:52

Uh Frost is doing good. He was responsive. I was um tuning to some things and he did answer, so he's doing great. He's just tired. Awesome.

SPEAKER_05 1:29:06

Alright. Um I s I have to ask you again. You saw red waves. Pull the spirit tree from me.

SPEAKER_07 1:29:19

Yeah, yeah. Uh I was there, front row seat uh with his sword, the void bringer, through your chest in between with the spirit tree getting sucked out.

SPEAKER_05 1:29:34

I see. Don't tell Don't tell uh shisui, but I haven't been able to feel the spirit tree ever since.

SPEAKER_07 1:29:46

Um Yeah, you know how I told you that I could hear Vangor's voice inside my head?

SPEAKER_08 1:29:53

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_07 1:29:55

Yeah, he uh pretty much confirmed everything that That's what the Voidbringer does. I guess that sword consumes souls.

SPEAKER_05 1:30:05

The Voidbringer?

SPEAKER_07 1:30:07

Yeah, that's that's what Vangor calls a sword.

SPEAKER_05 1:30:11

I see. We'll we'll be alright, I think. Besides how much of the spirit tree do for me anyways, right?

SPEAKER_07 1:30:24

Ah man. Uh yeah, I mean, besides trap us in a forest and put us on a quest to save the world, I don't know, man.

SPEAKER_03 1:30:37

Uh anyways.

SPEAKER_07 1:30:40

Yeah, it's not like we can't ever get it back. Um before I go to sleep. Here, take this. It's not really responding back to me anymore, so I don't really know. You try it out. And I will officially give Wagnu the wind artifact.

SPEAKER_03 1:30:58

Ooh.

unknown 1:31:00

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:31:02

You are giving it to him as like attuning it, or just yes. Like in his care. Okay. Okay, so now Wagnu, you are holding the wind artifact.

SPEAKER_05 1:31:20

Awesome. I mean, I don't know. I haven't seen you do a lot with this, but yeah, thank you. I'll keep it safe.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:30

Yeah, like I said, uh, give it a go. Have fun with it. Night.

SPEAKER_00 1:31:38

Shirley, give me a perception check. Perception, okay. Actually, what's your passive perception? You might have to have to roll. 16, right? 15? Yeah. Um while this whole conversation was going before this guy decided to head to sleep. Um your eyes were awake and your eyes were open and you heard this entire conversation. At the mention of the spirit tree, your eyes opened up and you heard it.

SPEAKER_09 1:32:12

Nash my teeth together. Just another of many reasons why I want to deal with red wave. I mean, there's nothing I can do now, so I just try and get as much rest as I can.

SPEAKER_00 1:32:30

Is there anything you want to do, Walgnu, while you're keeping watch?

SPEAKER_05 1:32:34

Yeah, I just got the wind artifact. I want to see if uh I can attune to it. Uh is that possible to attune to two different two different items?

SPEAKER_09 1:32:45

I mean you can attune up to three things.

SPEAKER_05 1:32:47

Ooh, okay, awesome.

SPEAKER_09 1:32:49

Unless the artifact stops you from attuning to multiple.

SPEAKER_05 1:32:53

Okay, let me see. Let me I will Okay. I will just do a quick glance around where we're sleeping or where our camp is and see if there's any water nearby so I can mess around. Bodies of water.

unknown 1:33:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:11

Um, okay, you take a quick glance. And because you guys are high up now, high enough to see like where the wong village is at. The only bodies of water you can see are past the wong village.

SPEAKER_08 1:33:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:30

So nothing close by, nothing you can walk there.

SPEAKER_05 1:33:34

Gotcha. Okay, I will just try to attune to the wind artifact.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:46

Okay, go and roll me a go roll me a D20.

SPEAKER_07 1:33:56

I got a nine.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:58

Nine. Um you sit down, meditate for an hour, trying to attune to the win artifact, but nothing seems to be responding back to you. You're not really wrapping your head around how how Skye did it.

SPEAKER_05 1:34:19

I think black Sky used all of it. You're just giving me this to hold or something. I'll just keep it safe for now. I'll put it away for the time being. And just yeah, keep it.

SPEAKER_00 1:34:30

Wonderful. Is there anything else you want to do before your watch comes to an end?

SPEAKER_03 1:34:35

No.

SPEAKER_00 1:34:37

Okay, four hours goes by and Shusui, you wake up. Sky, you're still awake. I mean you're still asleep. But you, Shusui, you are fully rested now. You wake up and you see Wagnu by the campfire.

SPEAKER_09 1:34:53

So, Wagnu, how is uh how was the watch? What do you think? Anything interesting happen?

SPEAKER_05 1:35:00

Um, no, nothing crazy. And didn't look like there was any trouble or anything resembling Black Dawn presence, so.

SPEAKER_09 1:35:08

I just Well, then uh you don't mind keeping watch a little longer, or at least until Black Sky wakes up. I can uh try to attune to my artifact. See if I can uh finally get through to it.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:22

Hmm. Um This might sound like a strange question. Can I watch you?

SPEAKER_09 1:35:32

Uh sure.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:35

Okay. Awesome, awesome. I'll just observe. Observe, Shusui.

SPEAKER_00 1:35:43

Okay. Well, if you're presence, I'll even give Shusui a D4. Guidance.

SPEAKER_09 1:35:51

Let's go. I'm just gonna stand in front of the statue of Pavos and kinda just try to. No!

SPEAKER_07 1:35:58

There's no way. There's no way. You know the guidance.

SPEAKER_09 1:36:01

I'm just gonna use inspiration.

SPEAKER_06 1:36:04

You can use it for the I like that.

SPEAKER_05 1:36:06

Let's go, let's go.

SPEAKER_09 1:36:08

Okay, alright, there we go. I I went up one number and I got the 10. Okay. Watch for 9 to 10. Alright, that's crazy.

SPEAKER_00 1:36:18

Shusu, you are you're sitting in front of the trine of polos. Wagnu, you're just watching, keeping watch, eyes wide open. Shusu, you start to hear stone grind against stone. As you have the earth elemental artifact in front of you. Wagnu, you see as the earth elemental starts to float up to Shusui's chest, it glows. Um, Shusui's eyes are closed right now. You see as what looks like green veins forming from the artifact and kind of just spreading outwards, and the air starts to grow heavy. So you start to feel not like not power, but you feel weight, you feel the weight of the mountains that have never moved. You feel the weight of promises kept across centuries, and you feel the weight of standing when everything else falls. You have a thought back to when you were fighting red waves, how you went and stood in front of him to keep him from getting closer to black sky. How you put yourself in front of enemies to keep them from not rushing Wagnu. The earth doesn't rush you, and it just waits with you. You don't hear any sound. And then the idea of the spirit tree being gone enters your mind, and all of a sudden you get a vision of Yuping, dead, dark, covered in the very same energy that red waves had when you fought him. But then one thing one thing remains unchanged by that. And though the land changes, the mountain doesn't. But you are accepted. And then at this point, your eyes starts to open slowly, and you see Wagnu in front of you, looking at you, and a thought enters your mind. Wagnu. And then you look at Sky, who's sleeping on the other side, and the thought enters your mind, you think to yourself, they may move heaven and sea, but you are what they crash against, and now you are fully attuned to the Earth artifact. You know its true name, it's called the Emerald Heart. While attuned, you gain the following benefits. As a bonus action, you gain tremor sense with the range of 60 feet for 10 minutes. You have an ability called unyielding presence. It gives you advantage on strength and con saving throws. You cannot be knocked prone, pushed, or forcibly moved unless you allow it to. Or the effect comes from a creature stronger than you, and that's uh judged by CR or level. If you choose to stand still, your movement becomes zero, but you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and stashing damage until your next turn. Once per long rest, when you will fall to zero HP, you instead drop to one. And I'll add that into your inventory later after tonight. Magna you see everything as it happened, and Shusu's eyes are wide open now.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:09

I'm gonna call out to him. Shusui! Yeah. Yeah, what do you did you see what just happened?

SPEAKER_09 1:41:21

No, I was kinda kinda focused on on uh tuning with the artifact. I I think I managed to get through to it. So so this is how would you guys have felt?

SPEAKER_05 1:41:34

It looked like it went through you. Are you okay?

SPEAKER_09 1:41:41

Uh yeah. I I feel great.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:44

How do you feel?

SPEAKER_09 1:41:47

Uh like I can like uh like I won't go down even if I uh even if we uh ran into red waves again.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:56

Oh well I'm glad. Um that was a little strange, and um truth be told, I was gonna try to do that same thing with the wind element, but I don't know in I don't know anymore. It looked a little a little crazy. But show me something.

SPEAKER_00 1:42:18

Let me add the item to your inventory right now so you can just take a look at it. So you won't have to try to remember it.

SPEAKER_05 1:42:23

Sorry, yeah, I was probing.

SPEAKER_09 1:42:25

Yeah, we wrote the other bunch of the abilities, but I'm like probing them. Here, uh uh just trying to just try and uh shuff me.

SPEAKER_05 1:42:40

What are you talking about, man?

SPEAKER_09 1:42:45

Yeah, just just go ahead. Try try and show me.

SPEAKER_05 1:42:49

Okay, turn around. If you look at me, you're gonna see it coming. As soon as Jesus turns around, I'm gonna charge at him and push him with all with all my might.

SPEAKER_00 1:42:59

Okay, uh I need you both to make a testing strength. Because Wagner's the same level as you.

SPEAKER_08 1:43:08

Oh okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:43:12

I got you, I got you. I'm old than 11.

SPEAKER_09 1:43:18

Wait, I thought it would be covered for a creature. Oh wait shit. Alright, just just ignore Go ahead and make the contesting stream, bro.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:34

Okay, reading is hard.

SPEAKER_09 1:43:39

Uh okay, I got uh 15. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:43:44

Okay. I rolled an 11.

SPEAKER_00 1:43:48

Alright, yeah, cool. You uh support there, man. Yeah, choose if he turns around, you go and push him or try to shove him, and you see that he does nudge a little bit, but he doesn't quite go down.

SPEAKER_09 1:44:06

There you go, huh? Didn't quite work as well as I thought, but yeah. Basically, I'm uh it just makes me uh tougher and uh harder to move.

SPEAKER_05 1:44:20

I see.

SPEAKER_09 1:44:21

You know. Earth isn't as flashy or magical as uh water or air, I guess.

SPEAKER_05 1:44:30

I'll tell you what's a lot flashier when there's no water around. But awesome. I'm glad. I I think we'll need what you just received. Especially against red waves.

SPEAKER_09 1:44:45

Once uh once black sky gets up, uh we'll keep making our way. We gotta we gotta get to the fire elemental artifact.

SPEAKER_00 1:44:56

Okay, you guys have about two hours until he gets up, so if there's nothing you guys want to do anymore, then we can fast forward unless there's something you still want to do or or talk about.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:45:16

Okay. You both wait the next two hours. Kind of making small talk here and there and a mix of awkward silence between the two of you as Black Sky starts to get up.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:32

Hmm. Cool. Wow. What a much needed rest. You guys? As I look around.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:44

Oh yeah. Rise and shine.

SPEAKER_09 1:45:47

It was as productive as it as could be after uh what happened.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:52

Yeah, oh gosh.

unknown 1:45:55

Ugh.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:56

Speaking of uh what happened, um Yeah, elephant in the room, that was my little brother. Red waves. It's not quite how I remember him to be before he disappeared. And um sorry about your family, Shisui.

SPEAKER_09 1:46:25

Yeah, uh I mean there's nothing I can do for them now, but we gotta stop your brother from uh hurting more people.

SPEAKER_07 1:46:36

Yeah. Yeah. I mean we gotta do more than stop. Probably have to immobilize him. Break his legs, his arms. And put him in a wheelchair or something.

SPEAKER_09 1:46:51

I don't know if that uh I don't know how much that would uh stop his uh his magic.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:01

I don't know if you guys saw it too. He um he was wearing a black dawn crest on his jacket.

SPEAKER_07 1:47:13

Yeah, that that was definitely a a black dawn crest on him. Um yeah, whatever whatever they're doing. It's bad stuff. First the the dagger they gave to Wagnu. Now the dagger in my hand from Van Gor. And his sword. Man, they're I don't know. They're probably in the market of mass-producing weapons of destruction. And I know he can't do that by himself. Those are spells that I haven't seen before. And I know he's incapable of doing that by himself.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:57

When we find him, we'll find answers to a lot more of our questions, I feel like.

SPEAKER_07 1:48:03

I agree. Well, we all good?

SPEAKER_05 1:48:08

Yeah, I'm well rested.

SPEAKER_09 1:48:11

Uh, hit the road. Uh try and get there before any of the Black Dog members get there. They're probably s they might still be in the area, so.

SPEAKER_05 1:48:24

Let's find Frost and get a move on.

SPEAKER_00 1:48:28

Okay. Frost is nearby, he starts to wake up and just kinda stay near you guys. Everyone gets a long rest? What's your plan? How are you guys planning to get to where you need to get to?

SPEAKER_09 1:48:47

Our plan was still to go to the split path uh jungle. Try and uh see if we couldn't meet up with.

SPEAKER_07 1:48:55

Yep, I pull up the map. I'm like, well, we are close by. And I don't think this time we'll actually fall down. Jujugan falls, so. And this time we'll have you, Shisui, so.

SPEAKER_09 1:49:15

I mean we're we're a lot stronger than we were uh last time we were here.

SPEAKER_05 1:49:20

That's right.

SPEAKER_09 1:49:21

But it shouldn't be too hard to get across the across the river.

SPEAKER_00 1:49:27

Give me a perception check, Shisui.

SPEAKER_09 1:49:30

Uh 11.

SPEAKER_00 1:49:32

Eleven. You as you say that you kinda walk over to like the edge of the the edge of where you're at, and you just take a quick look over the wong and as far as you can see. And you notice that a lot of the lands are now darker. With a with an eleven you can't tell if it's If it's near the jungle or not or not, but you can see well from what you can see, it's a lot of the lands are covered in what seems to be some kind of black icker decay.

SPEAKER_09 1:50:15

Looks like the path isn't any easier than when we were here last time. Looks like there's a lot of decay, but we should be fine. We'll just be uh extra wary as we travel.

SPEAKER_00 1:50:30

Alrighty. What's the what's the order?

SPEAKER_05 1:50:34

Marching order here You guys wanna do it how we usually do? Yep.

SPEAKER_07 1:50:40

Uh I was gonna say. Yeah. Stick to our secret formula. Just so he leads the way. What is it? Yeah. And me in the back. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:50:57

Okay, shoes we go and give me your survival check. It's been a while since since we had one.

SPEAKER_08 1:51:06

True, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:51:07

Let's go.

SPEAKER_09 1:51:11

Oh no. That's a seven.

SPEAKER_00 1:51:14

Seven.

SPEAKER_09 1:51:15

I rolled a two. That's a seven. It's okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:51:18

Due to like the decay of the lands, as you're walking, a lot of the landmarks are not not there anymore. And you've you kind of struggle deciphering which way to go. You find yourself making the wrong turns, making seeing the same tree over and over again for a while. Uh you notice like the the looks from Wagner in the sky. A little confused.

SPEAKER_09 1:51:48

Yeah. I I don't know. There's something about this uh this like just like fog, the decay. It it's throwing everything off.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:03

Can I double check? It's like uh you said it's like a fog, right?

SPEAKER_00 1:52:08

No, it's just because of like the decay from the land, all the landmarks that Shusu is used to to knowing to follow, it's not really there anymore. So he's finding himself getting lost.

SPEAKER_03 1:52:18

I see.

SPEAKER_00 1:52:21

Is there anything that you two want to do to assist?

SPEAKER_03 1:52:27

Nah.

SPEAKER_07 1:52:28

I can't really do much, not gonna lie. I see. Yeah, I don't yeah, this um this looks f Wow, you can say this is deja vu. Right, Wagnu?

SPEAKER_03 1:52:49

A little bit.

SPEAKER_07 1:52:49

Isn't this something similar to what we were going through in the beginning? When we're stuck in the forest.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:00

Yeah. But I don't know, I These Forests don't feel familiar to me, not anymore. I don't know if it's I don't know.

SPEAKER_07 1:53:12

Yeah. I mean I've been traveling for a while now and these Yeah, these roads they do not look familiar.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:25

Sky, go ahead and give me a survival check as you kind of step up a little bit and try to figure things out.

SPEAKER_07 1:53:34

Oh, let's go. Die don't lie. That's crazy. Oh my god, a 20! Let's go. A natural 20? A nat 20, a nat 20.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:43

Damn, okay.

SPEAKER_09 1:53:44

Nice.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:45

Let's go. This is my episode. You got some pretty good moments, actually.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:52

It really is.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:56

You step up. Um, this is not your not your land, not your home. But as you do, you hear a shimmer, a sound, a hum from your side. And you reach for the sound, wherever the sound is coming from, and you you find yourself you find your hand holding on to the edge of dawn. And then you hear a Vanguard's voice in your head. Yeah. I can show you the way. Yeah. Just let me lead you. But the next the next soul you see. It's mine.

SPEAKER_07 1:54:56

The next what?

SPEAKER_00 1:54:58

The next soul.

SPEAKER_07 1:55:02

Wow. So you're going to lead us into danger?

SPEAKER_00 1:55:08

No, I'll lead you to You said you want to get across the river, right? I'll lead you to the river. I mean.

SPEAKER_07 1:55:20

How about this? Turn two, Wagnu and Shisui. As like the edge of Don is in my hand. This guy Vangor says he could lead us out of here. I will take a group vote. I say he's playing us. I think he's just hungry. Something about consuming souls. I gotta feed this guy. And we're at it at dead end. My solution is I think we burned down the forest. That's all I got. If you guys wanna follow Vingor, that's also the only other option I have.

SPEAKER_09 1:55:56

You just said a soul, right? He didn't specify anything more than that. Just a soul?

SPEAKER_07 1:56:03

Yeah, definitely just hungry dude, a soul.

SPEAKER_09 1:56:09

I mean we could take his advice and then just try and hunt down like a rabbit or a deer or something. He just said a soul he didn't he didn't say from a person.

SPEAKER_07 1:56:21

Yeah, you're definitely right. I think a soul is a soul.

SPEAKER_09 1:56:28

So either he lies to us and he kills an animal, or he doesn't and he kills an animal.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:36

I'm not a fan of the burning down the forest plan.

SPEAKER_09 1:56:40

But I mean, that's I don't have that in the cards.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:45

Yeah. I'm down to look for his soul. I'm also down to let Vanguard lead us. I think we're strong enough to handle what comes our way.

SPEAKER_07 1:56:58

Okay. How about this? Since we've been going in circles where we've been lost in the forest for a minute now. How about every half mile we make our own landmarks? I don't know, maybe we could leave a burn mark on the tree, slash marks, something.

SPEAKER_09 1:57:26

Yeah, I'm I'm down to leave some slash marks and some trees.

SPEAKER_07 1:57:29

That sounds like a great idea. Alright then. And then I'll talk to Van Gor. Alright, your move. If you wanna eat, you gotta lead us out.

SPEAKER_01 1:57:46

Okay, you promised, right? The first soul you see.

SPEAKER_07 1:57:51

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. The first soul I see. I didn't say that. I said I'll feed you.

SPEAKER_00 1:58:00

Got it. First soul you see, and then you as you're holding the dagger. Um, almost as if you're unable to put it back away. The dagger just drags you forward slowly, and you start walking.

SPEAKER_09 1:58:18

I hear their conversation and I immediately grab like some what is it? What do I have in my salt? I'm just gonna grab like a spare shirt or something, and I'm just gonna wrap it around Black Sky's eyes. First of all, you see, huh? Well you can't see the house. So uh we're ready. We'll we'll we'll open your eyes.

SPEAKER_06 1:58:49

Getting dragged by the dagger.

SPEAKER_07 1:58:50

Uh yeah, I'm by the way, guys, I'm not walking, I'm getting dragged by this compass.

SPEAKER_00 1:59:00

Alright. You two and frost follows black sky, and you guys are making your own landmarks as you walk. Takes you a while. You take breaks here and there, you take your long rest. About two days pass. Sky is still blindfolded. True sweet and Wagnu, surprisingly, you have not seen anything yet. Any life at all. Throughout the whole two days. You get you don't go towards Fing Village. The dagger doesn't go that way. You don't go towards the split path jungle. Instead, it leads you in another direction. A direction that seems to be around the jungle. Because uh of the speed you're walking at, it takes you longer. But eventually you get there. With Sky in front, Shusui, Wagnu, and Frost in the back. Once again, there seems to be like a fog or mist starting to form. Anyone has dark sight?

SPEAKER_07 2:00:31

Uh mean joy.

SPEAKER_05 2:00:33

I do. Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 2:00:36

Yeah, man. Dark vision. Just a basic human. I don't get any special vision.

SPEAKER_00 2:00:44

Well, Gne, you're a little far back, but you do see like a figure in front. And Sky, you're blindfolded, but you hear Van Gor say to you, I think your brother's here.

SPEAKER_07 2:01:00

My brother? Don't you want to say hi? Explains the fog. But how how can you sense him? Give me a con save. Oh, okay. Die don't lie. Let's go. I feel like every episode I have a great moment if is followed up by an at one, so I want to preface to my team. If it is a nat one, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_08 2:01:30

Ooh!

SPEAKER_00 2:01:32

24. 24. Nice with the button. That's good. Y'all, you feel the dagger pulling you more forward, but then you're able to kind of stop the dagger, and you for the first time since the days you've been traveling, you don't let it pull you forward. You stand your ground. You are still blindfolded though. Huh.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:57

Are you okay, Black Sky? You kind of shifted for a second.

SPEAKER_07 2:02:03

Yeah, yeah. I'm like grasping onto my forearm. Yeah. Yeah, no, I think I think I got the hang of this now. I'm like twirling the edge of dawn. Wait. Yeah, edge of dawn around. And uh heads up, uh apparently Vingor says up ahead is red waves.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:25

Wait, what? I won't be we're covered by like fog right now?

SPEAKER_00 2:02:31

You can't really see or yeah, but Wagni your dark vision allows you to see like a like a silhouette figure over there.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:40

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 2:02:43

You see that? Uh how far away is the figure?

SPEAKER_00 2:02:46

It's about 60 feet away. It's covered in uh fog and mist.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:57

Are you seeing that black sky? You see that person over there?

SPEAKER_07 2:03:02

I'm still blindfolded answering. I mean, yeah, I would love to see, but uh I'm I'm still blindfolded, just in control.

SPEAKER_05 2:03:12

Okay. I might be delusional, but I I want to clear out this fog so that we don't have any sort of disadvantage if it comes to a scrap. So I'll use my elemental artifact ability to create or destroy water. Alternatively, I can destroy fog in a 30 foot cube within range.

SPEAKER_00 2:03:42

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_07 2:03:43

That's hype. That's a lot of water. 10 gallon?

SPEAKER_05 2:03:48

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:03:49

Yeah, it is a lot of water.

SPEAKER_05 2:03:51

Cool. I'll bring out my water elemental artifact and now clear the fog. I'll destroy the fog.

SPEAKER_00 2:03:57

Okay, so 30 foot, right?

SPEAKER_05 2:03:59

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 2:04:00

So let's say you get you move a little bit closer and then you activate your artifact, and all the water in the area just kind of freezes in place. The mist and the fog just kind of freeze into like droplets. And then you see as it just kind of slowly dissipates, it slowly just rises up. And then the sun comes out. Shoesui, now you can see 30 foot in front of you. The red scarf around your neck tugs you a little tighter. And as this figure turns around to look at you, he looks almost reminiscent of your uncle. But you see as he radies a bow and an arrow and shoots one at Sky's foot. Not as like an aggressive act, but more as a a warning. Do not get closer.

SPEAKER_09 2:05:06

I will uh I will draw my own long bow and I will aim back. And I go, Who are you?

SPEAKER_00 2:05:19

And that's where we'll stop for tonight.

SPEAKER_07 2:05:26

I was low-key about to fumble bolt that person. Yeah, I'm gonna come back. Let me get rid of this time.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:34

I'm about to get rid of firebolt.

SPEAKER_00 2:05:47

Hey there, wanders. This is your DM Jackie. If you enjoyed that episode, don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow. You can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Until next time. Keep on wandering.