Eternal Lies 13: Eldritch in Ethiopia

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Last time on eternal lies, after

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being fully armed by a friendly
Knight of Malta, the

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investigators set up through the
catacombs to save JB Faulk from

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his cultish captors.
As they made their way into the

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horrid warehouse where he was
being held, our brave companions

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came across the body of
Montgomery Donovan in a letter

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suggesting A conspiracy among
the cult ranks.

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Possibly a potential ally in a
mysterious correspondent of

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Donovan's, our three sleuths
made their way deeper into the

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basement to come across another
obscene mouth dribbling nectar

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from its perch on the ceiling.
The mouth grabbed Doctor Morgan,

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who selflessly sacrificed
herself to blow the thing back

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to the fetid pit that spawned
it.

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Roused from a nectar induced
stupor by the explosion, JB

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followed the chaos to his
comrades and the four, now

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three, made good their escape,
putting another city and another

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night of horrors in their rear
view.

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The die is cast, the pact is
sealed.

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May God have mercy on our souls.
It's Daniel's dread tails.

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Hello everyone, and welcome to
Eternal Lies.

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I think it's time for us to
maybe check in with all of our

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characters.
I want each of you to tell me

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who you are and tell me about
your character and tell me

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what's your character doing.
I think we're going back to New

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York probably to check in with
the boss and also maybe recover

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a little bit.
So what are you planning on

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doing when you go to New York?
I'm Russell.

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They've been, I'll be playing
Colin Kane, soft boiled

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detective back in New York.
He's sort of just never sleep,

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fidgeting with one of his
pockets.

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Overall just looking not OK.
Not OK anything in particular

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he's doing we go a little bit
deeper outside of the the

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introductory part here.
What is?

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What's something do you think he
gets up to besides fiddling with

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something in his pocket a lot,
which is concerning.

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I hope it's not his penis.
Oh my God, you really went

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there.
I mean, there are things other

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than that.
It could be like the flask of

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nectar I picked up in the last
episode.

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There you go.
Yes, you do have that flask of

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nectar.
Don't show it to JB.

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Yeah, now that he's back in New
York, his morning exercise

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routine has taken a surprising
turn for the better.

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No.
Is is getting in a little better

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shape now it is reflected itself
in a reasonable number of

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athletics points.
Oh, OK, got it.

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Yeah, you can also explain why
you got a couple more points

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when you levelled up at the end
of the scenario.

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He's also been doing some
research in regular people

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libraries about some of the
stuff that they've been dealing

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with, like biology, geology, not
mythos.

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Yes, try to become more
knowledgeable about the world so

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you could deal with it.
Love it.

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Self improvement in the face of
death, all right.

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Reginald has also been doing
some some self improvement.

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He finally got got around to
finishing learning a couple of

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languages, specifically
Hungarian and Arabic.

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Other than that, he did a little
studying in regards to astronomy

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and he's been, you know, doing
his other self improvement of

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reading terrible, scary books.
OK, great.

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How about you, JB?
How are you doing?

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For no reason in particular, JB
has learned some first.

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Aid that's.
No reason in particular.

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Yeah, we don't want people to
die.

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Mm.
Hmm.

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There was also some other
studying in a couple other

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subjects, a bit of chemistry and
the like, maybe a bit of St.

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wise because, you know, how's
the death of a close friend for

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a wake up call.
Yeah, yeah, right.

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Other than that, he's been doing
a lot of writing and will

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probably read a horrible book
next chance he gets.

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Yes, OK.
And I guess one more character

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we want to check in with the one
being played by Renee.

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Who are you playing, Renee?
Hi, I'm Renee, pronounced Chide,

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and I will be playing Frank
Kearns, the pilot.

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Frank Kearns is very much not an
academic kind of guy.

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I only have a couple points of
languages in any of my academic

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skills, which probably means
like I studied Latin or

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something and now I can possibly
read French and Italian or

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something like that.
I well, on our way to New York,

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I will be flying the plane.
And First things first, I will

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be talking to Miss Winston
Rogers about what she wants done

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with the kids, I imagine.
Oh yes, the kids you got out of

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there.
Anything else that you're

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planning on doing?
I would like to have a nice long

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chat with the rest of the party.
Yeah, we'll we'll chat with the

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rest of the party and then maybe
give you a chance to do maybe

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one more thing to maybe
stabilize yourselves and relax a

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little bit about saying it's a
spa day.

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Definitely not saying it's a spa
day.

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OK, before you head out on your
next adventure.

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I'd argue spa days are kind of a
poisoned well now.

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Yes, we're going to see the four
of you meeting with Miss Winston

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Rogers, who's meeting you in her
office in in a skyscraper

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downtown and.
The new.

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New location.
Not in the airplane hangar

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anymore.
As you are coming in, you see

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that there are a few more
security guards that you would

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expect to be at a place like
this.

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She's been reading the book,
hasn't she?

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You are let into her office.
There are several chairs around

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when you arrive.
I don't know who the first one

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to arrive is.
You come together what not.

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She's looking out a big window
out on the city and has you

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could tell she has been faced.
No, this is villainship.

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Coming together is always the
ideal, but who knows?

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Yeah, Reg is probably gonna
arrive with.

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JB's movements are of course
mysterious, so nobody knows when

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he arrives.
Mm hmm, I'll park the plane and.

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Follow.
Yeah, I assumed you've played at

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the.
Yeah, but you, you meet up with

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this Winston Rogers, who asks
you to sit down.

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I'm now just assuming that Frank
drives him playing around like

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it's a car.
Hey, I can drive anything.

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Please have a seat.
I got your message about what

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happened in Malta, though I'm a
little sparse on the details.

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Doctor Morgan didn't make it.
No, ma'am, she did not.

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I look at my feet.
Colin shivers perceptively.

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Are there?
I suppose this is anything to

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ask?
Do you have any of her remains?

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No, ma'am, there was an
explosion.

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I.
Could check my pockets I guess.

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OK, you are banned from talking.
I will see if I could find any

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of her next of kin.
I know her husband already

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passed, but did she?
Maybe she has some family left.

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I don't know what I'll tell
them.

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Ma'am, she mentioned her father,
who lived in in Montreal

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somewhere.
He was retired.

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Right.
Thank you, Mr. Kurtz.

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Yes, but please tell me you have
good news.

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Some, some OK.
We discovered a rather large

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operation down in Malta.
They were supplying the rest of

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the continent from the sounds of
it.

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Needless to say, they will not
be supplying anything now.

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Did you kill all of them?
Did you get them all arrested?

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The warehouse that they used to
store all of it as well as

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gather it does not exist on
local maps anymore.

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And were you able to identify
any of the ringleaders?

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Sounded like Trammell's The
Ringleader.

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It was a Diana someone a Doctor
Selasio.

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We have some names, we have some
weeds, OK.

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And we have some more locations.
Yes, yes, I understand that.

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I am concerned if many of these
cult members are still out there

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though.
Have they seen you?

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Do they know who you are?
Any of the ones that had seen us

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in Malta are most likely no
longer considering the scale of.

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Well, I hope that's the case.
If not, I would advise your

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loved ones to be on high alert.
I.

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Think they got a pretty good
look at JP's face but with the

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kidnapping.
Do you?

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How do I ask this, Mr. Fall?
Do you have any loved ones?

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Not really.
Never married, don't have any

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kids, Technically my parents are
dead.

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Technically.
Long story.

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I would love to hear what
technically dead means at some

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point, but if they say that.
Well, you see, they were real

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rich and there was this
submarine.

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Oh God.
It said that I was reading some

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of the things and in trammels
library that you're able to

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bring something about.
I've been looking into to more

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of this.
So I'm maybe becoming more and

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more skeptical about the
finality of death.

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I suppose even death may die,
but that's that's neither here

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nor there.
Nothing unsettling about this at

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all.
Could I assess honesty on her

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right now?
Yes.

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What exactly is going on in her
head?

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She is paranoid, but I might not
be an unjust paranoia, if that

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makes sense.
I mean, I could tell as much by

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the increased security there,
but like I'd imagine I, I have a

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little bit of advantage.
I know her a little bit as a

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person.
Yes.

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You have not seen her like this
before.

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She is she is very concerned
about what is going on.

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I'm glad that you were able to
cripple their efforts in Europe.

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Without that thing around it
should be harder for them to

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make nectar, but I wonder how
easy it is for them to make

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another one.
That was the most productive

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mouth on the planet from the
sounds of it, so I'd hope that

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sets them back a while.
Good, good.

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Because nectar has been
spreading across North America.

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At this point, it's there's some
of it is even made it here to

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New York City, which makes me
fear that the cultist is

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spreading its tentacles across
the continent.

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More than just the tentacles.
Yes, I use tentacles

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metaphorically, but I I worry
that it may become literal.

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I must do my best to manage my
business during these difficult

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times with the difficulties of
the stock market and the economy

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in general.
There are many desperate people

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out there and desperate people
are drawn to things like drugs

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and cults.
They prey on the vulnerable.

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We have to stop this.
They're going to destroy the

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world.
Maybe not physically, but this

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drug, I've seen what it can do
to people that they're, they're

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driven mad.
It's bad news.

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So you 3-4 suppose, Mr. Kearns,
are people that I can trust, and

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you've struck A decisive blow
against this cult so far.

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I think what needs to be done
though, is my father thought

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that he was going to be able to
seal away this this thing with

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its mouths, but instead they
summoned it into the world that

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night.
Although that doesn't make

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sense.
We need to figure out how to

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send it back or kill it or
something.

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We may have a way to accomplish
that.

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Good.
Where?

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Where is it?
Let's go right now.

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We need to figure out where
exactly it is, which is why I

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think our next stop should be
Ethiopia.

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I don't.
From what I looked at, it

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doesn't seem like the cult has a
strong base activity in

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Ethiopia.
One of the members of the

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leadership, at least from when
your father was investigating

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things, the last place they were
known to have gone was to

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Ethiopia on some sort of
archaeological day.

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Now, I'm sure Miss Winston
Rogers, you realize, based on

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what you've read, the roots of
this cult go a lot further back

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than what most people would
realize.

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OK, I am just concerned that do
try to be quick in Ethiopia then

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to try to discover this
information.

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For every moment that you spend
trying to find out how to stop

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this, the cult makes progress.
Wait, I'm sorry, Ethiopia, where

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the war is going on right now?
Yep, that's the one.

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Yeah, I guess so.
Well, I would advise you to be

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careful around the Italians
there.

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They're, let's not talk around
it.

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They're fascists, they're scum.
But they are being rather

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successful in stomping
Selassie's forces at the moment,

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so be careful when you visit.
Try not to get involved into any

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wars.
It wouldn't be my first time in

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a war zone.
Would be my first.

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Thankfully I do speak a little
Italian, so.

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That's good.
You're going to you're going to

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be the one negotiating with the
black shirts then.

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No fucking pressure.
I took a point in languages as

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well.
I think I learned German with

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it.
Got a score to settle for a

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friend.
That is so sweet.

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I don't know if I follow what.
Oh, don't worry about it.

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There's just this artist and we
need to paint his walls red.

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I think this cult is more
dangerous than any Nazi,

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although perhaps the cult is
elide with them.

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It's entirely.
Everything we're seeing says

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that this cult is larger and
older than we ever thought.

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Well, I know the fascists hate
disorder.

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Maybe I could reach out to some
people.

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The cult is.
No, do not do that.

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Do not do that.
Do not.

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Do not.
I am an American businessman in

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the 30s.
I am sympathetic to the

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fascists.
No, no, I already said that, she

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said.
Fuck the fascists.

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We're not.
We're not playing that.

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We're not going to do that.
Well, I guess if you're going to

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Ethiopia, be careful.
We'll need to get the plane

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fueled up again.
Kearns, I'm sorry to keep

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sending you on these
transatlantic flights.

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You folks should consider
yourself lucky.

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These are some of the only
transatlantic flights that have

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happened so far, to be perfectly
honest.

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Truly the miracle of the modern
world.

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Yes, and every time it happens I
imagine a red line going across

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a map with a.
Wait, you do same song and

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everything?
And now, especially because

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you're gonna be like giving up
archaeology and dealing with

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fascists.
Oh yeah.

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Oh yeah.
Try not to dig in the wrong

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place.
OK, so.

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Do any of us have archaeology?
Yes.

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OK, Good.
Good, good, good.

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Not much, but I do have
archaeology.

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Currents pipes up and goes,
yeah, I'll make sure the plane's

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ready for the flight.
Before that, though, is Winston

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Rogers.
We do have these two children

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that we rescued.
From yes, you mentioned that

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we'll I'll try to get them into
foster care.

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I'm I know an orphanage where
they can be safe.

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Good.
We'll we'll put them under

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different names.
Probably the smartest possible

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thing we could do there all.
Right.

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I must please.
You need to act quickly, but

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take your time I suppose in the
city to recover.

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I know you have faced some
horrors, but as soon as you.

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Can yes, one could say.
That as soon as you can please,

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you have to stop this thing,
whatever it is.

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And she waves you out and you
are led to sort of AI didn't

289
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mention this before, but she has
sort of there's her main room

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and that there's like her
reception area, though she does

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not have a receptionist in
today.

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So you folks can now talk free
of Winston Rogers if you would

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like.
Kearns looks at Colin and Reggie

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and goes.
So mind telling me what the hell

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happened there in that
warehouse?

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There was a mouth in the
ceiling.

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A mouth in the ceiling.
The last one was on the ground.

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We were sort of expecting the
same thing.

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This one was in the ceiling and
it picked Kay up.

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I look at them in disbelief and
I go, look, I don't know about

301
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any mouse, but there is
something I don't understand.

302
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You're grown ass men with guns
and grenades and magics for

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God's sake.
And you you couldn't protect

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her, and not for the first time
either.

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It.
Was her call that grabbed her

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and it was before I could start
chewing.

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And Kearns, you weren't there.
You didn't have to see her

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explode in front of me and you
didn't hear her say to throw the

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grenade that blew her up.
So what's what's the stability

310
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check for?
Just a oh I would rather not be

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talking about this.
Yeah, I've been trying to figure

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that that out for this
conversation, to be honest.

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Actually I'm I'm leaving through
my book and looking at the

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stability table.
This is the first time JB is

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hearing all of this too.
He's just kind of standing in

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the background looking more or
less shell shocked.

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And let me ask you this how many
people have you watched die in

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front of?
Kearns sort of gets a look on

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his eye too many.
By the way, gang, this whole

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conversation, that's going to be
a stability loss of four,

321
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,840
potential loss of four.
Actually, you know what?

322
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,680
4 for the people who weren't
there. 2 for the people who were

323
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there difficulty 4.
Oh, I.

324
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Failed 6.
I succeed.

325
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I succeed.
So it looks like everybody

326
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exceeded except for Kurds.
Who's going to lose 4 stability?

327
00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,640
Nice.
That makes sense.

328
00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,040
Yeah, JB probably had an
inkling.

329
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,040
Yeah.
I I look at Reg and by my body

330
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:06,240
language, soldier to soldier,
you can tell that I am itching

331
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,560
for a fight.
I look in the eye and I go look.

332
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I've seen a lot of people die in
my life and I know this.

333
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:20,640
We don't leave our team behind.
So from where I'm standing, as

334
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far as teammates go, you people
are shit.

335
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,960
If you think we're shit, why are
you still here?

336
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,840
You weren't even there in the
1st place.

337
00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:32,720
You weren't there fighting
against this thing, you were

338
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hiding away because you had some
bad fucking dreams.

339
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I grab you by the collar, draw
my arm back, and I punch you in

340
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the face.
Would that be an opposed

341
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,520
scuffling?
Role, I guess.

342
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,240
I guess we're doing an opposed
scuffling role, yes.

343
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,480
Interesting.
So for the listeners, what's

344
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happened here is that Renee has
spent two points, whereas Damien

345
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has spent three.
However, Renee has rolled A6

346
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whereas Damien has rolled A5.
Kearns, I need you to roll AD 6

347
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,680
- 2.
Shit.

348
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,080
Or just roll D6 and subtract 2
OK?

349
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1.
OK, Reginald, you take one

350
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,320
damage.
Meanwhile, Cullen let's out a

351
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,000
low whistle, having seen someone
actually land a hit on Reg.

352
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,040
Yeah, it doesn't happen often.
No it doesn't.

353
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So first of all, what do the
other two do who are not in this

354
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fight?
J BS just kind of looking on

355
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,840
like impassively and says both
of you, this is fucking

356
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,840
embarrassing.
I'm exhausted.

357
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,960
A friend is dead, we do not have
time for this shit.

358
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,440
And he just kind of walks away,
doesn't even stick around to see

359
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,760
how the fight goes.
OK, currents, you done much

360
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,520
gooning?
What the fuck?

361
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,800
What?
You know it couldn't work.

362
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,800
I understand that you can say
that in 1930, whatever the fuck,

363
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,080
but please understand that in
the year of our Lord 2025,

364
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,400
please never say that again.
We're.

365
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:09,040
Taking it back.
So what about Reggie and Kearns

366
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,600
here?
Or Frank I guess I keep saying

367
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,360
your last name, but I guess your
first name is Frank.

368
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,920
I refer to most people by their
first name.

369
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,560
What happens now, Frank?
I guess my bigger question is,

370
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,520
Frank, do you keep fighting or
is one punch enough for you?

371
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,640
And then we'll see if Reginald
is fine with one punch big

372
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,400
enough 'cause he he may have
different ideas about that.

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00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,240
I think J BS words sobered me a
little bit.

374
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:40,000
I only swung because I want to
not feel whatever it is I'm

375
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,080
currently feeling.
But fighting isn't the answer

376
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,560
either.
So I I draw my arm back for a

377
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:54,400
second punch and then I let go
of Reg Fuck.

378
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,440
I storm out and I.
If Reggie lets you, storm.

379
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,840
Out, yeah.
Yeah, I was just about to say

380
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,520
Reggie in retaliation is going
to head butt turn.

381
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,440
There you go.
Rich pulls out his gun 2 to the

382
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,520
head.
Roll the new character, not.

383
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,160
Like.
Run out of characters.

384
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,160
No, Reggie wouldn't do that.
But yeah, Reggie is going to

385
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,120
head butt turn.
OK, I need you to make a

386
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,360
scuffling roll.
You know what?

387
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,320
I'm going to spend 1.
OK, you're gonna have all the

388
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,000
fight be mad at you before you
even get to Ethiopia.

389
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,640
It's scuffling.
Reggie doesn't use scuffling

390
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,120
when it comes to the bad guys.
Will.

391
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You use a shotgun.
Aha, that's four which is the

392
00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:37,680
hit.
OK, roll D6.

393
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Zero.
No.

394
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,480
OK.
Like, it's not gonna do damage,

395
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,360
but it's enough that it's like,
yeah.

396
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,200
This is selling curds.
It's like a real tough guy.

397
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,320
I punch you in the face, you
give me a bloody nose back and

398
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,480
then I I like my arm is in the
air, it's shaking, just ready to

399
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,680
fucking punch again.
And Colin catches it.

400
00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,000
I drop Colin, I drop Reggie, and
I'm just fuck, just storm out,

401
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,680
kick over a trash can on the
way.

402
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,720
We'll meet you at the plane.
We can talk about gooning later.

403
00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:08,760
Stop it.
After Frank storms out, Reggie's

404
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,440
gonna look over at Colin next
time he does that.

405
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,440
The knuckles are coming out.
And I get it, Rich.

406
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,440
Hopefully next time he does it,
it'll be somebody else.

407
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,600
We should probably look at
getting out of here.

408
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,000
We have a day.
I have some reading to do.

409
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,120
Well, I owe you a flask.
Where'd you get this one?

410
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,760
It's got a sword on it that says
Damocles.

411
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,680
Oh boy.
That was a one-of-a-kind.

412
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,800
Yeah, that's.
It just find a nice one.

413
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,440
You know what I like?
All right, I was gonna see if

414
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,320
anybody else is doing a thing
before they leave, but there's

415
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:43,600
one more thing that we have to
do, which is JBI need you to

416
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,960
make a stability test at
difficulty 5 to not try to get

417
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,720
nectar.
Yeah, I'm spending on this one.

418
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,440
OK.
I don't like it, but I'm

419
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,640
spending, yeah.
Make it rain.

420
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,400
Gonna spend 2.
You know what?

421
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,280
It's only three.
If there was nectar like right

422
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,360
next to you, it's a difficulty
5.

423
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,680
What?
There's probably nectar in the

424
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,120
city somewhere.
It's a difficulty 3.

425
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,360
OK, I'm gonna spend one.
OK?

426
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,880
It was a very unnecessary spend.
Good to six?

427
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,880
Well, your stability went down a
little bit, but you don't feel

428
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,240
the immediate need to go get
Nectar.

429
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,880
JB, outside of not going to find
Nectar in the city because

430
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,520
Nectar has spread to New York at
this point, what are you

431
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:34,400
planning on doing?
Write shit down, you know, and

432
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,840
just sit in front of a
typewriter and knows to

433
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,720
grindstone some fiction.
And it's getting increasingly

434
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,800
weird and twisted, I assume.
Yeah, big time.

435
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:45,760
OK.
Great.

436
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,240
People are gonna look back on my
work in the future and be like,

437
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,320
assuming there is a future and
they're gonna be like, So yeah,

438
00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:56,040
he definitely got syphilis
around now.

439
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,040
Got it.
But joke's on them, it wasn't

440
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,440
syphilis, it was worse.
Now Colin's gonna pick up a new

441
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,440
flask for Reg to replace the one
that's now full of nectar.

442
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,880
OK.
He's also going to take that

443
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,000
nectar flask to somebody and
give a sample so they can figure

444
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,000
out what the Hell's going on
with it.

445
00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:17,520
Some sort of science guy?
Do you know a science guy?

446
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,880
Yes, Bell, Bell.
Bell, Bell.

447
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,320
I was about to say William Nye.
We haven't established everybody

448
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:26,880
you've known in your life.
You're a Private Eye.

449
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,560
You've probably met a science
person at one point on a case

450
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,200
maybe.
Yeah.

451
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:35,640
So what's their name?
Tell me about it.

452
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,640
Make it up.
We're making stuff up right now.

453
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,680
The laugh there was because I
was thinking JKL.

454
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,760
What's the name that starts with
L Elmo?

455
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,560
He does.
So you're gonna go to Sesame

456
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:51,600
Street.
You are in New York.

457
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,760
I'm sorry, sometimes my brain is
strange.

458
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,280
Well, thanks, but.
Would you tell me how to get how

459
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,720
to get to Sesame Street?
Yeah, GM, how do I get to Sesame

460
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,080
Street?
You know what, you got to play a

461
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,800
different game.
If we're going to Sesame Street,

462
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:12,360
You know, right now Sesame
Street is Elmo doesn't live

463
00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,080
there yet.
He he moves there in like the

464
00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,880
the 70s.
No, that's right.

465
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,720
Yeah, New York, there's, there's
a well known post secondary

466
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,320
institution there as I recall,
right.

467
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,480
There are several, yes.
You're going to go to NYU.

468
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:31,760
Nah, what's another one?
OK, I don't know which ones are

469
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,080
open or not yet.
God, you fucker.

470
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,800
Well, I can go to NYU, although
I think with Collins level of

471
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,120
expertise, more of a State
College makes sense.

472
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,400
But just to keep it easy, yeah.
You Go to NYUNYU is founded in

473
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,400
1832, so it's definitely still
around.

474
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,120
The science guy?
No, they're Lawrence.

475
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,400
There you go.
Lawrence.

476
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,880
All right, Well, Colin, I've
checked stuff out for you

477
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,880
before, so I'll I'll look at
this.

478
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,280
What exactly am I looking?
For I have no earthly idea, my

479
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,400
friend.
Could you even tell me what it

480
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,240
is?
It's probably better for your

481
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,440
sanity if I don't actually.
OK.

482
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,440
That might sound like a joke,
but I really, truly mean that.

483
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,600
OK, he starts.
He puts another microscope.

484
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,360
Cool.
And after looking at it for a

485
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:29,000
time, he says this is like
nothing I've I've ever seen

486
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,480
before.
It's possible this is alive.

487
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,840
But it's.
No known pattern.

488
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:40,080
Animal, plant, fungus or maybe
something else?

489
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,240
I don't, I don't.
He steps back and he needs to

490
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,880
make a one point methos
stability test.

491
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,440
Yes.
Now this only works if people

492
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,480
looking at it have biology or
chemistry.

493
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,240
If you don't have biology or
chemistry and you look at the

494
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,200
vector like, oh, that looks
weird, but he has biology and

495
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,040
chemistry and he's like, I don't
know what the fuck that is.

496
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,880
So theoretically, if someone was
swimming in it, that would be

497
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:11,440
good or bad.
I If this is alive, there's a

498
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,520
good chance this is like
infectious.

499
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,080
You were swimming in this.
Music smells.

500
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,000
Got to call him taking a very
hot shower.

501
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,040
Yeah, but you have pores.
Scum, scum, scum scum scum scum

502
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,960
scum scum.
Scum scum.

503
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,320
And he looks sunburnt.
Even scrubbing yourself with

504
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,480
steel wool.
Not quite that bad.

505
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,200
Hey Colin, what's your drive?
Oh, bad luck.

506
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,040
OK, you're good.
Anybody who has a curiosity can

507
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,600
be really fucked up by after
they look at this.

508
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,800
They're going to keep wanting to
look at this and figure it out,

509
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,760
so hopefully your friend can get
over it.

510
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,320
Anyway, so we figured out what
Colin's doing, what JB is doing.

511
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,440
What about Frank and Reggie are
two combatants?

512
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,520
Reggie is planning on reading a
horrible book.

513
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,040
OK.
So by the way, how are you

514
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,160
getting your stability back?
Is that how you get your

515
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,760
stability back?
I'm going to tell you it's not

516
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,280
how you get your stability back,
no.

517
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,520
How?
How?

518
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:16,080
Reggie actually was getting his
stability back was he's going to

519
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,680
go to the shooting range, he's
going to go to a shooting range

520
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:26,280
in New York somewhere and
decompress by shooting a target

521
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,840
full of a whole bunch of
bullets, OK.

522
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,240
That's one way to do it.
And then you said you were going

523
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,280
to read some books.
Yep, I've been letting you read

524
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,720
these books very fast, probably
faster than I should.

525
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,400
But which book do you want to
read the?

526
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,680
Gaze of Azathoth.
The gaze of Azathoth, that's a

527
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,080
Did we look at that one already?
That's the one that K, right?

528
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,000
Yeah, that's the teleporting
one, right?

529
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,080
Yeah.
Yeah, please, please.

530
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,160
Hyperspace gate.
Hyperspace Gate.

531
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,000
Yeah.
So you just want to learn that

532
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,520
You look over this book and it
is again.

533
00:31:55,520 --> 00:32:01,640
The thing that it keeps talking
about is this idea of an eye

534
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,000
looking for someone, and that
person keeps teleporting through

535
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,920
this hyperspace gate to try to
escape the eye.

536
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,080
But it doesn't matter.
Whatever they do, the Eye keeps

537
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,080
gazing at them and everything
around them begins to die and

538
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,440
turn to dust as the gaze is
fixed upon.

539
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,320
They realize there is truly no
escape from the Eye, and

540
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,760
eventually they have to
surrender to it to keep the rest

541
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,160
of the reality around them from
being destroyed.

542
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,480
Also you learn the magic spell.
Yay, what spell?

543
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,960
Hyperspace gate.
Yeah, what's that do?

544
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,640
Don't worry about it, it kidnaps
people poorly.

545
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,800
I would say the kidnapping was
the easiest, most effective part

546
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,600
of the plan.
You're right, you're right, It

547
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,120
kidnaps people.
Effectively.

548
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,960
It's just up to the people who
did the kidnapping whether the

549
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,800
kidnapping ends up being
effective or not.

550
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,120
And what about you, Frank?
I think Frank spends some time

551
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,800
making sure the plane is like
ready for another big flight,

552
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,560
you know, oiling, tightening,
fixing some stuff.

553
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,600
But like I did just lose some
stability though.

554
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,720
Yeah.
Could I try to gain it back by

555
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:21,600
calling my person of solace?
You know what for actually

556
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,400
incorporating your person of
solace.

557
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,560
Sure.
I have this friend who used to

558
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:30,160
be a chaplain in my squad.
His name is Leslie.

559
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,920
He is, I want to say, in like
Tennessee somewhere, living on a

560
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,520
farm.
Big accent.

561
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,320
I dial him up.
Hey, hey, Les.

562
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,000
How's it going?
Oh, I'm doing OK.

563
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,680
It's so good of you to call.
Right.

564
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,760
Things haven't been going too
well, Les, to be perfectly

565
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,160
honest.
It that does seem to be the way

566
00:33:54,160 --> 00:34:00,400
of the world these days.
Yeah, but you know, there's like

567
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:07,720
there's this somebody died less
someone special.

568
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:13,440
And the last time I saw her, I
heard her and I don't know what

569
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,360
to do with myself.
I'm sorry to hear that.

570
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:22,440
You know, I'm not a priest.
I don't offer confession and

571
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,800
forgiveness.
That's not really how I believe

572
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,080
the world works.
You could only ask the Lord for

573
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,400
forgiveness.
Know that we still have to make

574
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,440
do in this fallen world.
I know.

575
00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:36,639
What?
How did she suppose I don't need

576
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:44,159
to know that?
No, but she came to me and I

577
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,800
turned her away because I was a
bloody coward.

578
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:55,239
I've been having these dreams,
these nightmares, and she was in

579
00:34:55,239 --> 00:35:00,200
them.
This half woman have some

580
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:05,120
abominable monster.
She was chasing me, killing me,

581
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,680
dragging me to hell.
You know dreams aren't real,

582
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:12,000
right?
Dreams can't hurt you, can they?

583
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,400
I know.
Punch it through the phone,

584
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,280
yeah.
Well, I think maybe, you know,

585
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,280
you know, he doesn't believe
that there's horrible things

586
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,720
that you see in your dreams, but
there are horrible things that

587
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:30,320
you could see in your dreams.
But I think talking to him, even

588
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,360
if he doesn't necessarily have
answers, does help you.

589
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,040
I'll give you a stability point.
Thank you.

590
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:41,480
And with that I think we will
cut to oh wait real quick, I

591
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,120
need you to make a stability
test at difficulty 4 to learn

592
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,120
that spell Reg.
Technically, you do need to do

593
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,160
that.
I'm going to spend 2.

594
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,440
I didn't need to spend it, but
I.

595
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,520
Succeeded in it.
Cool.

596
00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:00,000
You understand how Kay did it?
Be careful, the last person who

597
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,840
cast the spell ended up dead.
Well, it was unrelated.

598
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,880
It was.
They didn't die because of the

599
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,640
spell though.
Are you sure?

600
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,840
Yeah, she died because the GM
kept picking on her.

601
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,520
OK, OK, she said.
Blink.

602
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,360
Through really well.
I was gonna say it was because

603
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,440
of the grenade exploding right
behind the tank of fuel that was

604
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,000
strapped.
So the flight to Ethiopia.

605
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,600
Is this a bully Dan today, huh?
Yes, is uneventful.

606
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:37,160
As you're flying, you do maybe
look over the notes of Ayers,

607
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,440
his agenda when he was going to
Ethiopia.

608
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:44,240
Unfortunately, you don't really
have a lot of info, you know

609
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,880
what I mean?
Because he didn't actually like

610
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,120
this was his plan for when he
arrived, not like what he was

611
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,240
actually going to, you know what
he actually did?

612
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,440
He said the thing was that he
was going to meet up with a

613
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:02,680
Bortolo Acuna, who was a Spanish
archaeologist, and they were

614
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:06,120
going to look at an ancient site
in Dalol.

615
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:13,920
The largest sort of actual city
nearby is the city of Massua,

616
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,960
which is technically in the land
that is now called, at least the

617
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,520
Italians called it Eritrea,
which is the land that they say

618
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,040
we completely own this, this is
our own country that we control.

619
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,520
And they're working on
conquering the rest of the land

620
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,360
that is called Eden, although
Ethiopians would tell you that

621
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,520
all this whole land is Ethiopia,
although they might use

622
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,920
different names to describe it.
We're not going to get too deep

623
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,640
into that.
One question before we go too

624
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,880
much further relating to me
reading the scary book, do I

625
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,600
also gain the plus one in
Cthulhu mythos for pouring over?

626
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,120
Sure, get plus one to Cthulhu
Mythos and lose 1 sanity.

627
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:53,120
So you're going to Masua because
it is sort of the largest port

628
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:58,480
city on the eastern coast of
Africa, which is sort of near

629
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,720
where you're going.
There were some earthquakes of

630
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:05,120
the 20s.
It is now run by the Italians.

631
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,760
Architecture here is mixed.
Mostly it is Ottoman style

632
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,120
buildings, but there are more
and more Western style buildings

633
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,400
being added as well.
And it currently is a massive

634
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,280
military staging ground for the
Italian invasion of Ethiopia.

635
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,920
The port is filled to capacity
with large vessels and smaller

636
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,280
Daos, which are like smaller
ships.

637
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:33,200
You are able to land at a a
landing port, right at landing

638
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,520
port, like an airport right
outside the city, a landing

639
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,200
strip.
Again, a little bit odd that

640
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,040
you're making these
transatlantic flights.

641
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:45,880
But as you land, you are greeted
by several armed Italian

642
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,680
soldiers who tell you to wait
inside the plane until you have

643
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:51,760
the inspector arrive.
Yeah.

644
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,880
What?
Some sort of airport security?

645
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:01,400
An odd idea.
Also, by the way, you're

646
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,160
probably going to be wanting to
be wearing desert appropriate

647
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,640
attire.
Do you have desert appropriate

648
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,560
attire, gang?
Probably.

649
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,800
But you know, what sort of
things do you think you're going

650
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,120
to be wearing?
Give me give me just a quick, I

651
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,760
don't, we don't get too deep
into describing our wardrobes on

652
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,720
the show, but like, what do you
think?

653
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,080
Give me like a quick view of
like, what do you think your

654
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,680
character's wearing?
What does your character look

655
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,640
like for this section of the the
show, the movie, The whatever?

656
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:35,480
Reg is probably wearing beige
colored linen type material,

657
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:40,480
like fairly light pants.
He's foregone his normal suit

658
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:46,880
jacket for a similarly colored
safari style jacket and a light

659
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,160
cotton button up shirt.
OK, he doesn't have a pith

660
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,640
helmet because that would just
be.

661
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,840
A little too much, but you've
got everything.

662
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,000
Just be a little.
You have everything but the pith

663
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,160
helmet though.
Yes.

664
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:04,360
So you're going white man into
the the Dark Continent sort of

665
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:06,760
look.
We also could Nathan, you're

666
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,200
asking, you know, we could go
with like flowing robes and

667
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,640
sandals.
That's sort of like what the

668
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,040
people wear around here, sort of
a Lawrence of Arabia look.

669
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,080
Yeah, that works.
OK, you're dressed essentially

670
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,760
like Lawrence of Arabia.
I feel like I would be wearing

671
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,640
this a similar kind of outfit.
Like I I was literally also

672
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:30,040
thinking linen OK and cargo
pants, combat boots.

673
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,200
Combat boots OK.
Yeah, I have my knife hidden in

674
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,440
one of my boots.
OK, we'll see how those do when

675
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:42,240
the desert sands.
Probably.

676
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,920
Also, I don't think we
necessarily established with

677
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,680
Kearns look like, looks like.
No, I guess we haven't.

678
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,600
Kearns was sort of vague before.
I'll let you define Kearns a

679
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,120
little bit more.
Tell me about Kearns.

680
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,240
Sure.
One of the defining features

681
00:40:57,240 --> 00:41:02,320
that you described was that he
his nose had been previously

682
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,160
broken.
Yes.

683
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:08,440
I kind of imagine him looking a
little bit like Nicholas

684
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:12,400
Costellando, I believe is his
name, the guy who played Jamie

685
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,160
Lannister.
A little bit of that tall guy

686
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,040
Broad.
Shoulders cool, Yeah.

687
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:21,240
I love just casting somebody as
you look.

688
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:22,960
That's totally a great way to do
it.

689
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:28,520
And I almost hesitate to ask due
to sometimes Russells responses,

690
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,360
but what's Colin wearing?
Colin does not have desert

691
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,600
appropriate attire.
He is dressed the same as always

692
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,120
and looks like an idiot.
OK, cool.

693
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,720
When we hit the heat checks
later, you're gonna have some

694
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:42,800
negatives on it.
OK, fair as you are maybe

695
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,120
getting dressed to go outside or
whatnot.

696
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:50,840
Eventually, a small man
approaches the airplane and

697
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,600
demands that you come out.
Demands, eh?

698
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,960
Yes.
Is he speaking Italian?

699
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,160
First, he speaks English 'cause
he it says your flight came from

700
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,480
the United States, although his
English is not very good.

701
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:05,960
Papers.
Papers.

702
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,760
Oh, I smoke tailor maids, my
friend.

703
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:12,160
Wait, do we have papers?
No, the the papers that he is

704
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,040
asking for is like Italian
travel papers.

705
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:16,640
You don't have Italian travel
papers.

706
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,360
You didn't go to Italy?
Huh.

707
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,520
Enjoys.
Reds.

708
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,840
You get papers for the man.
You know the kind.

709
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,160
The green ones.
Yeah, I was about to suggest

710
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,440
that, yeah.
I our best option is just to buy

711
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,560
them off, isn't it?
Mm, hmm.

712
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,520
I mean, it's your call.
You could use your skills.

713
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,200
You're gonna need to use your
interpersonal skills here to

714
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,520
figure out what's going on.
Credit rating is an

715
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:43,280
interpersonal skill.
Can I just put points in credit

716
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:47,400
rating when we progress?
You would need to explain why

717
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,600
you have more money now, but I
guess so, yeah.

718
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,440
Interesting.
I wonder if I can make

719
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,000
bureaucracy work.
Bureaucracy is a good shot,

720
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,200
yeah.
Do you speak Italian?

721
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,800
I speak Arabic.
OK, he speaks Arabic as bad as

722
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:05,000
well as he speaks English, but
OK, so what's going to happen?

723
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,640
By the way, this is how this
will work.

724
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,120
If you're ever speaking to
somebody and you do not share a

725
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,840
language with them, you will
need to spend a point to just

726
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,600
even do a normal conversation
with them.

727
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,240
You'll need to spend a point of
the respective skill.

728
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,120
OK, so can I spend 2 points of
bureaucracy for that?

729
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,000
Sure.
Yeah, you could spend 2 points

730
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,880
of bureaucracy.
Yeah, OK.

731
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,880
One to get through to him and
the other to, like, actually get

732
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,040
through to him, yeah.
Exactly.

733
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:33,880
I mean, money is a universal
language.

734
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,440
Yeah.
So.

735
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:40,640
As we get off the plane and
start speaking to this person,

736
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,320
Reg puts on his best.
I'm talking to a bureaucrat

737
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:52,080
base.
I'm pretty sure that our our

738
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:57,560
papers must have been sent over.
I mean, we were given clearance

739
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:03,480
to land by your air traffic
control and well, as you can

740
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:08,680
see, we are merely here for
educational and archaeological

741
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,240
purposes.
Archaeological Purposes?

742
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:15,280
What are you looking at?
I can also roll preparedness for

743
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:19,720
this forged papers saying that
we are here for an

744
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:22,760
archaeological dig.
You could just have had papers

745
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,760
saying that you can.
Here's the thing.

746
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,280
You spent two points, which is
more of a one point spend.

747
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,440
But the fact that you did not
try to bribe him, by the way, if

748
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,440
any of you had tried to bribe
him, he would have called the

749
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,320
authority he would have liked.
It would have been bad.

750
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:38,680
Good thing I'm broke.
Yeah, I think your knowledge of

751
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:42,720
bureaucracy, like you're getting
the vibe this is a minor

752
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:46,840
functionary who thinks he's more
important than he is and wants

753
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:50,760
to seem like he's powerful.
You just need to suck up to this

754
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,560
guy a little bit, make it seem
like he's the one in charge, and

755
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,800
he will probably do whatever you
need.

756
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,400
Yeah, yeah, the whole.
Brown nosing bureaucratic

757
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,880
bullshit.
But yeah, I just try and

758
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,120
communicate with him that we're
here on an archaeological

759
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,520
expedition.
We're here to check out some

760
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,200
ruins that are in the desert
somewhere.

761
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:15,880
I give him a knot, Galal.
Just somewhere else that

762
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,480
corroborates with what the quote
UN quote papers say, Yeah.

763
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,320
OK, well, if you're trying to go
to Axom, I'll have you know

764
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,880
we're already moving the pillar
out of there already.

765
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,720
Italian archaeologists are some
of the best in the world.

766
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:32,640
We know about ancient history.
We are from Rome, after all of.

767
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,600
Course, of course.
Yes, well.

768
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,240
Such a great rich history
you're.

769
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,840
Yes, yes.
But you know, the all of this

770
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:44,200
was once part of Rome.
Not quite right, but, you know,

771
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,480
he could say whatever he wants.
So we're merely taking back what

772
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,920
belongs to us.
It seems like things might have

773
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,760
gotten confused in terms of the
paperwork.

774
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,880
Don't worry.
Let let me let me sign this.

775
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,080
And he gets out some papers and
he signs some official travel

776
00:45:57,080 --> 00:46:00,640
papers to you, which should
allow you unimpeded travel and

777
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:04,720
access as far as the Italian
government is concerned in

778
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:09,080
Ethiopia.
Thank you very much, Sir, and I

779
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,200
must say it's been a pleasure
speaking with you and I hope you

780
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,120
have a great rest of your day.
Of.

781
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,400
You should take some time out of
this heat.

782
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,640
It's rather warm out, don't you
say?

783
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:22,000
It is, it is.
It's, it's horribly hot out

784
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,040
here, but we do what needs to be
done.

785
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,200
If you need anything else or you
need anyone to vouch for you,

786
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,680
just look me up.
Oh, my card.

787
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:35,560
And he presents you his card.
It says Carlo Salvatore, by the

788
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,000
way, he was not quite that
eloquent, but I I don't want to

789
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,760
do a guy doesn't speak the
language that well thing so.

790
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,960
Yeah, you've got me for that.
Shot in the dark if you had

791
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,280
talked to a man named Ayers
anytime recently.

792
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:54,320
Ayers.
He squints a little bit.

793
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,440
He's compulsively folding and
unfolding a piece of paper in

794
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,440
his hands.
No, I can't.

795
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,960
I don't know a name, Ayers.
I could go check my records.

796
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,800
And he gives a big smile,
although he never quite opens

797
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,480
his mouth.
He gives a big smile, but his

798
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:14,280
his lips cover his teeth.
I could check my records, but

799
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,880
off the top of my head I don't
know an Ayers.

800
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,960
No, I have not heard that name.
You see an archaeologist.

801
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:24,680
Didn't expect to have.
Yeah, he's an archaeologist.

802
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,280
He lost contact with him a
little while ago.

803
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:35,840
Oh well I I don't know a lot.
I know there are some Italian

804
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,600
archaeologists doing some work
or I believe their expedition is

805
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:44,240
leaving soon, but I don't
remember an Ayers in their

806
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:46,600
company.
Yeah, this guy would have been

807
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,280
American Big Bat.
Can't stop him talking, you

808
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:54,880
know?
That smile was weird.

809
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,720
Can I assess honesty?
What's that all about?

810
00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:59,640
I don't know man, I'm just
describing him.

811
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,200
Oh, OK.
Well, I'm trying to give him

812
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:04,720
like a distinctive
characteristic.

813
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,320
Tiny guy, weird smile.
Yeah, tiny guy with a weird

814
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,240
smile.
He gives you a Roman salute as

815
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:17,520
you leave and you are now free
to, which is not really what he

816
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:18,800
should be doing, but he's
showing.

817
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:22,360
He's like, oh, maybe these guys
are going to be like important.

818
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,720
Like if they discover some
archaeology stuff, like maybe I

819
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:30,280
could get in on that.
Welcome to Massasau.

820
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:36,360
It is, as I described, A
bustling port city full of both

821
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,880
Italians and Ethiopians.
The most of The Ethiopians here

822
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,680
are working for the Italians
because many people are getting

823
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,400
jobs that the Italians are
offering them, hauling supplies

824
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,000
and things like that.
You know, you got to get money

825
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:53,520
to survive somehow.
How do you intend to find this

826
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:53,880
man?
Well.

827
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,200
We know we went on an
archaeological date about a

828
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,200
decade ago.
Well over a year ago, anyway.

829
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:06,600
We have a name Bortola Hakuna
and the dig was on the side in

830
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,520
Della.
These are both true, yes.

831
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,120
I think they may be unrelated
though.

832
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,320
I don't think those are
unrelated.

833
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,200
Oh, are you thinking that?
I was going to say he was the

834
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,080
guy at conducting the dig, but
you're thinking that Ayers was

835
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,840
doing.
Completely separate dig he.

836
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,720
Was looking for something else.
OK, I see what you're saying.

837
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,440
What does the itinerary say?
Did we retrieve that from case

838
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:30,160
belongings?
The itinerary ended when he was

839
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,320
going to meet the Spanish
archaeologist and that it said

840
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:35,920
they were going to head to to
the dowel site.

841
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,480
And that was Bartolo Cubilado.
Akuna.

842
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,480
That was close.
Akuna, yes.

843
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:48,800
Bartolo Akuna, Madonna.
We we should probably head to

844
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:52,480
the wall.
You do not know where Dalal is

845
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,520
all.
Right, time to find some local

846
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:56,920
maps.
Tell me what each of you is

847
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:58,800
going to do.
You could be together, or you

848
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,440
could split up.
How are you intending to find

849
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:03,680
information about what you're
doing?

850
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:09,080
It's library time, baby.
They have they have libraries in

851
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,840
an area that's under war in like
past steel fashion.

852
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:15,000
No library library use is not
going to help you in this

853
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,960
situation.
Well, I'm out of ideas.

854
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,560
I guess I'll just go die.
Can I?

855
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:24,880
You can also just do what is
called a simple search.

856
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,960
Just ask around.
Yeah, I was about to suggest Can

857
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:32,840
I do Streetwise Ask around.
What languages do you speak?

858
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,760
While I was creating this
character, I gave myself 2

859
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:39,120
points in languages.
So let's see, do Methodists

860
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:43,160
study Latin?
Less so than a Catholic, but you

861
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:44,640
might it might have learned
Latin.

862
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:49,640
OK, if I know Latin I can.
Cool, you can learn to everybody

863
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,800
who speaks Latin.
Great use of the language.

864
00:50:51,800 --> 00:51:00,080
Let me finish good start.
If I know Latin, I I can find my

865
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,400
way around in pretty much any
Romance language, including

866
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:07,600
Italian.
Yes, sort of.

867
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:11,480
You could just know Italian.
You can also just know Italian

868
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:14,560
if you would like.
Nah, I like to leave myself as

869
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,880
many options as I can,
especially when it comes to

870
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,640
languages.
I will say, knowing Latin is not

871
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,560
going to be enough.
You'll still need to spend a

872
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,160
bonus point to make a spend.
I will let you make like just

873
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:29,600
sort of normal conversations
could be like really

874
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,080
frustrating, but you could make
it work.

875
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,520
But if you're trying to make any
spends, Latin is not going to be

876
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:39,040
specific enough.
I have I I speak Italian so.

877
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,200
OK, you speak Italian and I have
Streetwise, so yeah.

878
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:44,840
Yeah.
And if you go with people who

879
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,480
speak the languages, they could
serve as translators for you.

880
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,640
So.
Alright, guess I'll follow JB

881
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,840
around.
Yeah, you could keep Latin,

882
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,120
though, because knowing Latin's
not a horrible thing to have.

883
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,120
Just it's not going to
necessarily help you talk to

884
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,560
everybody.
What is your goal?

885
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:03,320
Are you just going to like, what
are you going to ask about?

886
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:08,880
What are you going to try to do?
I look at JB and I go, sounds

887
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:15,600
like we just need, we just need
to get to Dell for starters.

888
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:19,000
Maybe asking around for
directions or a map would be the

889
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:23,720
way to start.
Asking around, you are able to

890
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:29,360
eventually find a map that will
show you sort of the way to get

891
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:33,200
to dowel, though the people here
don't super know much about

892
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:37,680
dowel.
It's not like a major place

893
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:41,680
anybody goes, but the people you
were talking to say that the

894
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:47,000
best way to get there is to go
to MRSA Fatma, which is a small

895
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:51,400
port further down the coast.
That is a town that's run by the

896
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:57,960
CMC, the Campania Minerare
Calinale, which is an Italian

897
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:03,560
company, and they mined salt in
the Dalo area and they have a

898
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:07,840
railway that should run from the
coast to Dalo.

899
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,840
That sounds like a start.
Well, it will actually get you

900
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:15,080
to Iron Point which is at the
end of the line and then you

901
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:18,000
will need to walk to dowel.
But that is, that is sort of

902
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,240
what you are figuring out.
Can we fly there?

903
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:23,000
Could you fly there?
No, you could not fly there.

904
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,040
Could we drive a plane?
Think it's a.

905
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,000
That's you'd run out of fuel.
Dang, I think we should just

906
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,200
take the train.
Well, you'll need to take a boat

907
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,360
and then take a train, but.
Yeah, well, yes.

908
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:38,840
OK, the other thing, this is a
big one.

909
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:43,880
If anybody would like to make a
2 point oral history spend, I

910
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,160
could give you some information,
but that's a big spend and it

911
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:51,120
might be a three-point if you
don't speak Italian or I guess

912
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:57,280
the three languages spoken here
are Italian, Arabic and the

913
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:59,040
native language.
No, not German.

914
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:02,480
I don't remember the native
language of Ethiopia at this

915
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:06,880
time, but I'll.
I have two points of oral

916
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:08,920
history to spend, and I know
Italian.

917
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:13,640
Nice.
So I could just do that.

918
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:19,200
OK, You find out kind of by
extreme happenstance as you are

919
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:23,600
asking about archaeology of
dowel and whatever, that there

920
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:28,760
is a Spanish academic named
Bartolo Acuna who recently

921
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:33,920
passed through Masal and was
most recently seen at the Hotel

922
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,040
Internaz, the main hotel for
foreigners in the city.

923
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:42,080
You don't say yes.
Well, usually by this point we

924
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:44,960
had Woodhead Kerns don't get us
a hotel room anyway.

925
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,040
Yeah, but Kerns is taking a more
active effort this time.

926
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:51,600
Finding a place to stay is
actually going to be a little

927
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,480
tricky.
If you're planning to stay here

928
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:57,920
overnight, which is probably
going to be necessary to get

929
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,480
your expedition figured out,
you're going to need to bargain

930
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,720
to secure beds under a permanent
roof.

931
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:07,480
Looks like that's where we're
headed.

932
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:11,120
You could go to that hotel,
unfortunately it is completely

933
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:13,720
booked at the moment.
Yeah, we'll bunk with Hakuna.

934
00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:17,680
How are you going to find
Hakuna?

935
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:19,920
Yeah, I seem to have forgot my
room key.

936
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:24,040
Name's Hakuna.
Shit.

937
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:27,680
Do you speak the language?
Fuck.

938
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,320
No.
OK, so you just speak English

939
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,160
loudly at them?
No, what's happening is that

940
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,280
I'm, I'm coaching JB through
this.

941
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:38,480
Just be, really.
Convincing.

942
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:42,040
OK, tell him that you're.
Hakuna and you're you lost your

943
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,160
room key.
Even if he's not there,

944
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:47,440
eventually he will be and until
then he's got a mini bar.

945
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:58,400
OK, I guess I do that.
The haggard desk clerk says,

946
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,480
Sir, I don't know what you're
trying to do right now.

947
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:05,040
This is Italian, by the way.
Sir, I don't know what you're

948
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:09,000
trying to pull, but Hakuna
checked out already.

949
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:11,280
He's not here and you are not
Hakuna.

950
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,680
Great, don't JP?
Now we know that he's not here

951
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,480
anymore.
I just look at the desk and I'm

952
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:17,520
like, I'm sorry.
My friend thought it would be

953
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:19,840
hilarious to pull this prank.
Have a good day.

954
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:22,600
We'll never talk again and we're
never going to talk again now

955
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,920
because that was totally
embarrassing.

956
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:31,200
I'm going to kill Colin.
At the very least you should ask

957
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:34,840
him where he went.
Yeah, I should ask him where

958
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:38,000
Hakuna went.
OK, Did Hakuna say where he was

959
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,360
going?
He's an old friend and I just

960
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:42,880
want to catch up with him.
You know, I'm having trouble

961
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:44,320
remembering.
Sorry.

962
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:48,000
He wants some bureaucracy.
Colin, don't you have a bargain?

963
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,480
I'm not sure Bargain really
helps us here.

964
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,880
Streetwise could help you here.
I have Streetwise.

965
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,400
This shit goes over all
languages.

966
00:56:56,560 --> 00:57:00,560
This guy's asking for a little
bit of money to grease the

967
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:03,120
wheels.
Yeah, I thought so.

968
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:07,040
Yes.
Reg is just gonna put his hand

969
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:11,560
on the counter with a few bills
folded underneath, but just

970
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:16,240
peeking out enough that can be
seen by the the desk clerk.

971
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:20,160
Can I spend one credit rating to
help out in the?

972
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,800
You don't need to spend a credit
rating for this.

973
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,360
You know, this is not a big
bribe situation.

974
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,400
This is, yeah, this is easy.
This is fine.

975
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:32,120
It's a small B bribe.
Yeah, yeah, he says.

976
00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:38,680
I don't know, but Grigory does.
Eddie, He calls a guy over, says

977
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,600
tell these guys about the
archaeologist you were working

978
00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:49,280
with, Ohio Hakuna.
He was an ass, he spits on the

979
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:52,120
ground.
He was working with the cultural

980
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:57,360
ministry to, he was transporting
spoils of war out of the country

981
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,360
and he was telling everybody
about how important he was.

982
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:04,040
If he was, if he was so
important, why isn't he back in

983
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,240
his own country?
Fucking Spaniard.

984
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:11,520
But that was a few weeks ago.
He checked out of the hotel he

985
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:17,680
was going with a large column of
soldiers leaving the city.

986
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:25,000
So what do you say to me?
I explained what he just said.

987
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:29,600
OK, he was leaving with some
soldiers.

988
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:33,720
Going where again?
He was involved in archaeology

989
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:37,280
and he was moving archaeology,
archaeological spoils of war

990
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:39,520
probably back here and then back
to Italy.

991
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:44,800
Shit, did we just miss him?
You did just miss him.

992
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,760
Yeah, we're after airs anyway.
You could still try to track him

993
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,440
down though.
Hey JB, mind asking if Akuna

994
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:55,440
mentioned an airs?
Did he mention anything about a

995
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:58,880
guy named Ayers?
Can't say he did no.

996
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,080
Well, dead end.
Back to New York we go.

997
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,160
Yeah, so there's a couple of
things you could do here.

998
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:11,720
I mean, a big column of soldiers
leaving the city is probably

999
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:16,280
both remembered by people.
And also there's probably if you

1000
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,440
talk to the military, they might
be able to tell you what was

1001
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:22,440
going on.
You do have high level papers to

1002
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:26,160
talk to the Italian folks here.
Well, what do you think, JB?

1003
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:28,040
It looks like you're going to be
doing a lot of the talking this

1004
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:29,680
summer.
That's unfortunate.

1005
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:33,440
I'm burning to death in and out
of character.

1006
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:37,000
It is very hot right now.
You are sweating more than you

1007
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:42,680
have probably ever in your life.
Yes, I am also JB is too.

1008
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,600
It's getting hot in here, so
take off all your clothes.

1009
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,160
No.
How are you, gentlemen?

1010
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:51,920
Wait until you're in a more
private setting.

1011
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:55,920
So I would say there are about 3
things you probably need to deal

1012
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:59,640
with, at least that I can think
of right now. 1, you could try

1013
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:01,920
to figure out what's going on
with a Cuna, figure out where he

1014
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:03,640
went.
You might be able to catch him.

1015
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,440
Maybe he's going to be back in
the city soon, You could meet

1016
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:06,800
him before you leave, something
like that.

1017
01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:09,680
Two, you're going to need a
place to stay for the night.

1018
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:14,880
And three, you're going to need
native guide of some sort to

1019
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:16,560
help you get to where you need
to go.

1020
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:18,400
All right.
Hey, JB.

1021
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:20,920
Yeah.
Here and I'm going to hand the

1022
01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:24,520
papers that the little Italian
man handed to me over to JB

1023
01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:27,600
because JB speaks Italian.
You'll probably be better at

1024
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:32,440
talking to the Italian military
and these will help you out.

1025
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:36,120
Why don't you and Kearns run
that down?

1026
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:39,040
Maybe you can find where Hakuna
went.

1027
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:44,040
Colin and I can see about
talking to some of the locals

1028
01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:46,560
and maybe find something out
that way.

1029
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:50,680
Well, it's a plan that work for
you, Kearns.

1030
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:52,600
Sure.
All right.

1031
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:57,680
You approach the sort of major
Garrison here and you can just

1032
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:03,560
sort of show your travel papers.
You are let in by a curious

1033
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:09,920
functionary who says, I'm sorry,
you're are you with the

1034
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:13,120
archaeological expedition.
You are bypassing the need to

1035
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:15,520
make a lot of other things
because you have these papers.

1036
01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,480
There might have been more skill
checks, but you have these

1037
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:18,800
papers so they're willing to
talk to you.

1038
01:01:19,080 --> 01:01:23,880
Yes, I am.
I simply need to find my

1039
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,200
colleague.
Akuna.

1040
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:27,440
It is.
We were separated.

1041
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:30,320
It's such a hassle.
You know how it is dealing with

1042
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:35,160
the locals.
Maybe I can play off the racism.

1043
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:36,920
Fascist or racist?
Yeah.

1044
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,480
Oh, no, Absolutely.
Yes, I believe he is right

1045
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,880
outside the Adua site.
It's about a half a day's trip

1046
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:47,200
outside of the city.
They're setting up an

1047
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:50,040
archaeologic.
If you need to speak with him,

1048
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:54,400
we can.
I mean, we could drive you out,

1049
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:57,960
I suppose.
Split the party.

1050
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:01,360
And I mean, we could drive out,
you could speak with him and

1051
01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:04,840
then we could drive you back if
that's what you need, unless you

1052
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,960
were going to be staying there.
I think we can make our own way.

1053
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:12,440
I will be spending some time
there so thank you though.

1054
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:15,120
All right, I could give you a
ride, but but OK.

1055
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:20,080
Hey JB, can you ask them if they
could maybe give us a vehicle

1056
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:21,000
instead?
Yeah.

1057
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:24,800
That's, that's a good call.
Would you be willing to lend us

1058
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:30,080
a buggy or such to deal with it?
All motorized transport is

1059
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:34,960
nationalized.
It all belongs to the military.

1060
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:39,560
But I suppose you are working
for the military with these

1061
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:42,720
papers.
I you're going to need to do

1062
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:46,800
something to make him be willing
to let you have a ride, give you

1063
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:49,320
a car for a bit.
And it was the intimidation.

1064
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,480
JB.
I don't, you know, I don't have

1065
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:53,320
that.
I do.

1066
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:55,320
It's also not the thing you
should do.

1067
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,600
Yeah, probably not.
How about reassurance instead?

1068
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:00,960
I don't have reassurance, but I
do have flattery.

1069
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:03,760
I have reassurance.
You can use reassurance.

1070
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,440
This is going to need.
You can make a reassurance spend

1071
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:08,280
that you're going to take care
of the car and stuff.

1072
01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:10,400
I'll let you do that.
You'll need to spend a point

1073
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:14,960
though.
Yeah, JB, can you let them know

1074
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:18,000
that I will take care of the
vehicle and such?

1075
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:25,200
Yeah, yeah, I relay that.
Okay, if this if this big fella

1076
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:26,920
will be guarding the vehicle,
that's fine.

1077
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:28,640
You be careful.
There's been some guerrilla

1078
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:32,280
attacks.
Oh, we will be so careful.

1079
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:35,960
Guerrilla attacks.
Shit, thank you very much.

1080
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:42,240
And for the record, I'd want to
clarify Gorilla not beating the

1081
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,000
animal.
Oh, thank God, I knew that.

1082
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:49,200
OK, come on.
It also you wouldn't get that

1083
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:51,120
confused in Italian.
I don't think so.

1084
01:03:51,120 --> 01:03:53,920
Wait, but is it an electric
gorilla or a propane gorilla?

1085
01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:57,120
What?
I don't get that.

1086
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:00,280
Oh, oh, like a grill.
Oh God.

1087
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:02,760
Oh, OK.
All right.

1088
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:06,480
You have been lent more or less
a Jeep and it's not really

1089
01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:08,960
called a a Jeep because that's
more of a specific brand.

1090
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:12,200
But you have a car that you
could take to.

1091
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:15,920
I mean, it's supposed to only go
here and back.

1092
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:22,120
I guess you could try.
Yeah, we are not.

1093
01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:23,840
They're not getting this thing
back.

1094
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,040
Take off the license plates
right now.

1095
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:33,040
We should at least wait until
we're a safe distance away to do

1096
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:34,640
that.
All right.

1097
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:38,480
Meanwhile, Reggie and Colin,
what are you doing?

1098
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:43,520
Dicking around.
Reggie is going to start looking

1099
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:47,840
for somewhere that seems to have
more of the locals than the

1100
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:49,800
Italians.
That's easy enough to do.

1101
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:53,080
Cafes, eating establishments,
anything like that?

1102
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:57,080
Oh actually, are there any bars
or anything of the like?

1103
01:04:57,080 --> 01:05:00,440
Yes, there are.
I will say that not a lot of

1104
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:03,800
people, but there is a sizeable
Muslim population here.

1105
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:07,560
So they're not really going to
the bar, but there are bars that

1106
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:10,880
you could go to, yes.
I will wait outside column is

1107
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:15,200
DRY.
All righty, if there aren't too

1108
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:19,400
many Muslims going into the
bars, Arabic probably not going

1109
01:05:19,400 --> 01:05:22,000
to help.
I mean, people, there's probably

1110
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,120
people who speak Arabic around
here, but yeah.

1111
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:27,120
All right, yeah.
So I'll go in and go up to the

1112
01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:29,640
person working at the bar
speaking Arabic, essentially

1113
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:34,040
start doing some light inquiries
about the local area.

1114
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:39,880
I'm here looking for a guide out
to a site in the law.

1115
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:46,120
Would you happen to know of
anybody who might be able to

1116
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,480
help out?
And as I'm like ordering a drink

1117
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:52,520
Passover double what I would
expect the drink to cost, I

1118
01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:53,640
feel.
Perfect.

1119
01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:55,720
Yes.
And this is, I don't know if we

1120
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:58,520
need to play all of this out.
This is exactly what you need to

1121
01:05:58,520 --> 01:06:00,560
do.
You need to find a local person

1122
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,320
who could direct you to guides
because Europeans are probably

1123
01:06:03,320 --> 01:06:04,240
not going to be able to help
you.

1124
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:07,440
They're involved in the war
effort and you just wandering up

1125
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:10,480
to people saying like, hey, show
me how to get to a place that's

1126
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,040
not going to work.
But this man could sort of serve

1127
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:15,640
as a go between.
The thing is though, you're

1128
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:17,680
going to need Bargain skill.
Do you have Bargain?

1129
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:19,920
I do not have bargain.
Colin does.

1130
01:06:20,320 --> 01:06:23,040
Well, I mean, so The thing is
he's going to direct you to

1131
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:26,400
another place to go.
So if Colin comes with you,

1132
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:29,400
Colin could could make the
bargains I suppose.

1133
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:33,400
I don't want to get too deep
into this, but we can be waving

1134
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:37,080
my hand a little bit as we are
going to get you a native guide.

1135
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:38,840
I wanted to put in there as
well.

1136
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:42,000
This might be the first time
that Reds discovers that Colin

1137
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,280
is dry.
Yeah, that is sort of a unique

1138
01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:45,880
one.
Because up till now he's being a

1139
01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:48,480
bit of a booze help and Reg and
Cullen have worked together so

1140
01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:52,040
he would know that.
So you are able to meet a

1141
01:06:52,520 --> 01:06:57,280
African translator and guide who
is going by the name of Conrad.

1142
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:00,960
That's probably not his birth
name, but that is the name that

1143
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:02,680
he goes by.
What's his last name?

1144
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:04,440
What?
What's his last name?

1145
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:07,720
His name's Conrad.
His name's Conrad.

1146
01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:17,000
Conrad Kers.
Sure, and he says with passable

1147
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,240
Italian.
You know what, fuck it.

1148
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:20,600
Make things a little easier for
everybody.

1149
01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:22,320
He speaks English.
Thank you.

1150
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:28,000
He speaks English, yay.
And he says, yes, I could help

1151
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:32,240
you get, I don't know if I could
get you all the way to Dalo, but

1152
01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:37,480
I can help you get to MRSA
Fatima and then take you to

1153
01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:40,320
Kaluli at the border.
I don't know if I could get you

1154
01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:41,920
all the way to the village of
Dalo.

1155
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:44,920
I don't really want to cross the
border these days, but I could

1156
01:07:44,920 --> 01:07:46,120
get you most of the way there.
Why?

1157
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:50,000
Not.
Well, if you can get us all the

1158
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,680
way there, I could probably put
a bit more of a tip in it for

1159
01:07:53,720 --> 01:07:56,280
you.
This will be bargaining.

1160
01:07:56,600 --> 01:07:59,080
No bargaining is getting it to
do this for you at all.

1161
01:07:59,640 --> 01:08:01,800
Oh, you don't need to make a
spend, you just need to have

1162
01:08:01,800 --> 01:08:02,480
bargain.
Skill.

1163
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:07,440
I have bargain skill.
I will see what it's like when I

1164
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,120
get out there.
To be perfectly honest, friend,

1165
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:12,240
you're going through a very
dangerous area.

1166
01:08:12,440 --> 01:08:15,160
I can help you survive the
perils of the desert.

1167
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:19,800
But dowels across the border in
Ethiopia proper, there's a lot

1168
01:08:19,800 --> 01:08:23,319
of fighting going on there.
If it looks safe, maybe I could

1169
01:08:23,319 --> 01:08:24,640
keep coming with you.
But.

1170
01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:28,439
Well, that's fair enough.
Does not only is there fighting,

1171
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:33,319
I don't know about the people
out there, they, many of them

1172
01:08:33,319 --> 01:08:36,520
follow much older ways.
They're not seeing the future

1173
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:38,399
like I do Wait.
What?

1174
01:08:39,080 --> 01:08:41,840
I think we got a guy who can see
the future, right?

1175
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:46,760
Interesting, Conrad.
Yes.

1176
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:50,760
Do you happen to know if you are
unable to take us past Kaluli,

1177
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:54,160
do you think you might be able
to point us in the direction of

1178
01:08:54,160 --> 01:08:57,319
somebody who could take us on
the last leg of this journey?

1179
01:08:57,399 --> 01:09:00,399
There there are people in Kaluli
who could help you.

1180
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:02,560
Well, that's good.
We're kind of clueless

1181
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:05,319
otherwise.
No, there is a village at

1182
01:09:05,319 --> 01:09:07,840
Kaluli.
The people there honestly would

1183
01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:09,399
know the land a lot better than
I would.

1184
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:14,279
Very well, we definitely would
appreciate your help in getting

1185
01:09:14,279 --> 01:09:16,880
at the very least that far.
Excellent.

1186
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:20,439
And what's your?
Price A price that doesn't quite

1187
01:09:20,439 --> 01:09:24,240
matter with a bargain.
You will not need to spend a

1188
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:26,479
credit rating on this.
Cool.

1189
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:27,479
Nice.
Yes.

1190
01:09:27,800 --> 01:09:30,359
All right.
I I do have one last question.

1191
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:32,560
Of course, ask away.
We're going to be traveling

1192
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:37,439
together for a little while, so.
The the hotel in the city seems

1193
01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:41,720
to be full up.
Do you know of any places to

1194
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:45,319
stay with a roof?
I'd rather not camp out in the

1195
01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:48,840
desert if at all possible.
I could see what I could do.

1196
01:09:48,840 --> 01:09:52,560
It might be a little expensive,
but I have a few few leads.

1197
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,560
You might need to bargain with
the people there.

1198
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:58,960
But sure.
And I think again, we will hand

1199
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:01,600
wave this a little bit and
you're able to find AI guess

1200
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:05,400
kind of a hotel near the
waterfront that is renting out

1201
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:08,200
beds, not separate rooms, but
beds.

1202
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,640
So like a hostile situation.
Yeah, kind of like a hostile.

1203
01:10:12,920 --> 01:10:15,000
OK.
Beds are better than no beds.

1204
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:18,320
Yeah, I could have the
expedition ready to go tomorrow,

1205
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:20,920
maybe the day after.
It's going to depend on what I,

1206
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:22,680
the people I can get together
for this.

1207
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:26,440
I can handle getting the
supplies together, unless you

1208
01:10:26,440 --> 01:10:27,800
want to figure that out
yourself.

1209
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:32,560
I'm completely clueless.
That's why you pay me the money,

1210
01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:34,160
my friend.
That's why you pay me the money.

1211
01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:36,560
Absolutely, yes.
All right.

1212
01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:38,960
I wouldn't want to undervalue
your expertise.

1213
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:43,120
I will be in touch when I'm
ready to go, should hopefully be

1214
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:46,400
sometime tomorrow, maybe the
next day, it depends.

1215
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:48,760
Thank you very much, Sir of.
Course.

1216
01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:50,920
Pleasure speaking.
Yes, yes, yes.

1217
01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:55,360
Now you've got Conrad, your
native guy who speaks English,

1218
01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:59,320
and I guess the four of you
could meet up again.

1219
01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:11,000
What's the plan now?
Thanks for listening.

1220
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:14,760
Reginald Kiltworth was Damian,
JB Faulk was Nathan, Frank

1221
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:18,680
Kearns was Renee Daniel was our
GM Colin Kane was Russell who

1222
01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:20,920
also mixed mastered in music.
This episode.

1223
01:11:21,560 --> 01:11:23,840
Our album art is by Trinity the
Tea Time Witch.

1224
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:27,120
Our main theme is by Claire LW
on SoundCloud and we have a

1225
01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:28,840
website and discord.
You're more than welcome to

1226
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:32,240
check out if you dare.
You may also be interested in

1227
01:11:32,240 --> 01:11:34,800
checking out Renee's Deviant Art
page, where they're posting all

1228
01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:36,640
the paintings they're doing
inspired by the show.

1229
01:11:37,400 --> 01:11:40,200
We'll have some medium news for
the next episode, so keep your

1230
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:42,040
ears peeled.
And if you're guessing we're

1231
01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:44,040
going to start a Patreon, you're
right, but let's keep it a

1232
01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:45,600
surprise for anyone who doesn't
know you.

1233
01:11:46,480 --> 01:11:49,440
Again, thanks for listening.
And until next time, that might

1234
01:11:49,480 --> 01:11:52,080
be a decent time to wrap it
because that's two hours.

1235
01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:56,840
That is 2 hours OK.
And that's actually a really

1236
01:11:56,840 --> 01:11:59,680
good stopping point, too, yeah.
I guess so, yeah.

1237
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:00,960
Thank God.
Okay.

1238
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:03,880
Cool.
Yes, before Nathan burns to

1239
01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:07,400
death under a laptop.
You're doing it's.

1240
01:12:07,400 --> 01:12:13,920
Also like 90�� in right now.
We're doing method acting for

1241
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:15,920
you, Nathan.
You.

1242
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:17,560
Just got to really experience
the heat.