City by the Sea - Part 1

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Going around the table to start with Zach. What's up, my name is Zach and I play Pax Tron on group Firebrand. And Brie? Hi, my name is Brianna Marie and I play Gwen Lothius, the Taffling Steel Soul. And Kelsey? I'm Kelsey and I play Calypso Lovelace, the Half-Elf Bard. And Jamie? Hello, I'm Jamie. I play Bo Lothius, the Tiefling Paladin. And for what could be the very last time, Mr. Rob Wiesau. Hey, it's Rob, I play Giolo Fane, the Elf Warlock. I feel like a quick recap is in order because we're kind of all over the place. So we had a real survivor moment and Bo was kind of voted out of the group.

Sorta. So we have Pax Tron and backing Pax Tron up in policing the city with a bunch of automatons is Gwen and Giolo. Bo was not on board for this. Gwen and Giolo were essentially of the opinion that nothing else has worked. Maybe this will give us a leg up we need to kind of, you know, beat crime back and stuff. Bo just was not having it and kind of walked off. Just kind of quit. So they're still in Brightport. We're going to catch up with them. In the meantime, Calypso is spying on those drug dealers that you guys encountered in the bar. And found out that Blight essentially, the Blight that you saw, was a stand-in.

Someone kind of wearing a Blight hologram, costume, you know, whatever. And there's a bunch of other stuff going on that Calypso was party to. And so they snuck off after the fact to go do some stuff and we're going to catch up with them. And I think that catches us up to current events. So let me paint a picture. It's still nighttime in the city of Brightport. It is getting pretty damn chilly. Like you can see your breath. There's that enclosure of cold where it kind of... It's not like when snow is on the ground it kind of muffles things, but there's that...

It feels like it kind of boxes you in a little bit. So when something kind of breaks through that, like a trash can falling over or something like that, it's more noticeable. I would like to start with Calypso. Because they were sneaking off and I'd like to hear... Tell me what you'd like to do here. Because I know that you and Zac kind of have countering ideas. I mean, not necessarily. Right now Calypso is going to visit the Archmage whose name I cannot recall. Fashir. Oh, that's right. So I think the thing where you guys disagree on is... Paxtron wanted to see you do that and I don't believe Calypso wants to be seen.

Yeah, so I think I'm trying to... If Calypso is invisible then that's totally fine. Everything I said is normal. Yeah, I mean, Calypso, I think they are going to let the invisibility drop at some point while they're walking. And I don't know whether they noticed the robot falling over them or not, but they're not concerned about that. Okay, well let's do a thing. Give me a perception check real quick to see if you've noticed the Paxtron gargoyle squad. I think I do. Well that crit says... 28? Yeah, you 28 see them. 28 skidoo. Yeah, I think you got that Batman vision that appears in games where you can just see through walls and there's an outline of them all.

You have detective vision. So there's an aspect of your character that we haven't really explored so much. Do you want to go over that real quick? Maybe after the conversation with the Archmage. Fair enough. So you see these robots and they're keeping an eye on stuff. Do you try to stick to the shadows? Do you try to avoid that? No, no. Calypso just like, they notice the robots and they're actually, they're probably going to give a little wave. So it's not, yeah, you're not, okay, so it's not like you're so opposed to it that you're, it's not like an "oh" or "ew".

Like you're, you're just like, okay, that's just like an extension of Paxton. I mean, I wouldn't say that they're all for it. But at least like, like there's definitely like, like in their thoughts are just kind of like, what the fuck? But just kind of on the outside, you know, just smile and wave at Paxton through one of his creepy robot spies. But there. That's where they're at. Do you know what I'm most worried about? Mm hmm. I don't think the Brightport architecture is stable enough to support six or 700 pound robo droids. Oh, geez, that's a hmm. Well, think about it.

They're made of like, iron and steel and wood. Like, none of those are, you know, light materials. Like, it's not like you've invented carbon fiber yet. Like they're, they're big ass heavy guys like, like they're like, someone's like eating dinner or something with their family and they just crash at their tables. It gets up like nothing happened to walk through the front door. That's going to be one of the first like city wide initiatives is like, okay, we're gonna have to reinforce these rooms because like, this can't spy on you guys. So you're going to go see the Archmage.

It's still, it's still the middle of this same endless night. Yeah, I mean, we've woken up at odd hours before it's like, yeah, no, it's like, I feel like he's one of those dudes who doesn't work well during the day. Like he keeps odd hours, like when you get to a certain age, it's like, look, man, I'll sleep when I want. It's noon. Yeah, nap time, like, you know, whatever. So like, you got a few years to go before you're allowed to like socially do that. But like, I think he would, I think he'd probably be up when you go to see him because to put it in perspective, this is like, geez, like 2.30, 3 in the morning, somewhere in there.

Yeah, yeah. So let's all just knock on his door. It probably takes a while because I bet after all this excitement, he's probably down in the basement, that lab type of thing. And eventually he's going to get to the door and just kind of like open it a crack. What? Oh, oh, come here. Hello again. So where does he live again? Like what kind of like... He has a decent house, right? It's like, okay. I don't know about the new generation, but like there was a generation where like grandparents had a decent house. Like they did that thing you're supposed to do, white picket fence, all that.

So it's like, oh, yeah, that house is pretty nice. Like it's seen better days. Like you might need like a new roof, but like it's a nice house. Like, yeah. Okay. Well, yeah. So, yeah. So just smiles and walks in. I just wanted to check on you after the events of earlier tonight. I don't really know how the process works as far as the warforged storming out of your basement. Wanted to make sure that everything was all right here. Well, my stairs might be ruined, but they were pretty calm about it. They didn't really storm out. So are the robots like watching out like from outside, like through the window or something?

I don't get the sense that they're like in the windows and shit. I'm just curious. I don't know how far he's taking it. The thing is, Brightport's a big city. So like we already we already pretty much like for let's say for every. Okay. If you're taking Brightport as just street corners, right. Like just angles that you could be watched. Like one in 10 is covered. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? Right. And I had about 40 soldiers, right. And I gave about six up to the guards. So I don't have that many left that aren't like perched. Well, that just makes I was curious.

That was a fun image. Just like peeking. Well, that's good to hear, though. I'm sorry about your stairs. We. Hmm. I don't know how reinforced this place is or how secure we are. We might need to see about moving you somewhere else. That's your, I guess, a key component to the functioning of our group now. He's going to kind of like wave his hand. It's like, ah, they should take care of themselves for the most part. Have there been any problems? Yes. I know it's only been a few hours. You've been busy. Yeah, no, that's not as far as I can tell. That's I mean, we did get into a bit of a not really a scuffle, but I mean, nothing went wrong on our end.

That Paxton and his other bodies seemed to do just fine. But I was actually wanting to ask about that since Paxton was kind of our main healer before. And I don't think he I don't know, but whether he still has access to that, I guess I was kind of the backup. So I thought it would be good to know just like, I mean, you know, our group's track record. If there's something I should be watching out for specifically, or if we stumble into a warehouse full of explosives, like it seems we tend to do, should I bring his head back to you? Would you be able to fix that?

Or what's the extent of his survivability? He's like, the beginning of that he would probably just like it's like, Oh, I'll answer this real quick. But you asked, like a big loaded question. There's lots of stuff in there. So he probably point to one of these old like dusty recliners. And like he would sit in one and he'd kind of like wave you it's like, sit, sit, and he's gonna make those old man sounds that like as he sits down like that, like every bone in his body just like relaxed at once like jellyfish like just Yeah. Every day I creep closer to that noise, and I know it's gonna happen.

It's gonna I'm already making it. He just doesn't know it. No, I know it. I just don't want to admit it. It's just so he probably start with. Well, there's only so much we can do if he were to be torn apart. Obviously if he loses a limb, then that's pretty fixable but once you tear somebody to pieces smash their head the rules are pretty much the same for you and I as they are for Paxton. Does he have like a brain of some sort, then this head. No, it's more. His soul is, let's not say trapped let's say, let's say housed. Okay. Like you're gonna lose a lot of soul.

That's, huh, I didn't think that souls work like that but I guess that makes sense. And if he did go, like even like go down and battle what would happen to the, I need to think of a name for them but the other, the ones that he's connected to what. Well, I've taken to calling them Paxton and the boys. Actually laugh at that. More clever name to come I'm sure but it's been a long. That's good. Well, there's several things you could do if, if he were to, to fall in battle. I mean, I think you could try to capture that re contain that soul, but obviously it's a lot of stress to put someone under the more you do that the more the odds are that they come back.

Like a poorly made quiche kind of he's spent his one chance, sort of, probably better to think of it that way. Well, well, you could tell he's like debating. Yeah. Well there's lots of ways to skin a cat or a soul so we could probably bend some of those rules. Because we haven't done that already. Well, we don't have to tell anyone about it but we can't have every Todd, Dick and Harry coming to the door asking to bring back their dog or something but you know, I don't think that's just what we need a bunch of robot dogs walking around. He's gonna he's gonna stare off into the middle distance for just a moment, and then I'll grab up like a parchment and it's like, it would be nice to have a companion that doesn't poop.

I could see a bit of that for sure. Or age. Or shed or die. And if he does like, if we're in the middle of a battle or something and he gets not even killed but just like taken out of commission and but what would happen to the boys. Say what they could just stop, should we be planning for that. Well, theoretically as long as he has a mental link with the boys, then he should still be under his control. Again, if he were to die or to have his head removed from his body, then that link would dissipate pretty quickly. I guess a catastrophic failure would see them falling off of rooftops and just stopping mid action.

That's worst case scenario, of course. I was afraid you were gonna say like they had a berserk mode or something so that's good to know we don't have to worry about suddenly dealing with that end if we're in the middle of City Square or anything. No, the days of me designing berserker bots are long over. But the guard dog thing does like he's like he's like, there could be applications for that. Oh, as far as his healing capability, he's more about setting things on fire in his current body. In your previous design, the fires associated with your team are more recent.

I didn't know that was going to be a thing in my defense. What I do for you, though, is I mean, not just this, but you've done so much for us, but it's... Well, just do your best to make things better, I suppose. That's what Stevie would have wanted, obviously, but what you decide to do and how you go about it is I'm trusting your judgment. It took a while to get things this way. I'm sure it's going to take quite a while to clean it back up. Yes, whatever ends up happening, it's going to take a while. Either way, it's... Again, thank you for everything that you've done for us with Gwen and Paxton.

And if there is anything that we can do for you, please let us know. We are certainly in your debt. Not at all. It's the least I can do, honestly. I would just be bored out of my mind if I weren't working on something. And I'll get back to you on this dog idea of yours. I'm looking forward to seeing that. That should be interesting. In his mind, that's like, "Oh yeah, this is your project. You spearheaded it." Whatever you say, buddy. I'm excited for the next arc. We just have robot dogs everywhere. It's going to be great. Oh man, it's going to be the shit. I just need to decide.

What are the materials he'd have in his house to design that first wave of... What's V1 of that project look like, right? You already got his brain working. It's like one of those movies where you go back in time and you give God the first idea. You just can't get it out of his head. I do have an old bathtub around here. That's how it's going to start. My concern is when he starts to try and make them cute and we're going to get some horrible animatronic looking thing that's... Yeah, you gotta break through that uncanny valley. Yeah. Metal skin. Alright, well I've taken up enough of your time.

Just to... The things I had, I need to get back to the others and see if we can... I think we've made some progress already, so it should be... Hopefully things will get put back right. Well, I'm probably going to go eat some pudding and take a nap. So if you need anything, just knock very loud. Understood. And Calypso's just thinking like nap at 2am and not going to comment on that face. Well, he's got a dog to work on. Like there's things to do. Yeah, clearly. And we'll go ahead and leave. Let me jump on over to Paxton, Gwen, and Giolo. So after you dropped that prisoner off, was it decided where you were going to go?

Were you going back to headquarters? Where were you guys... What's the next stop for you guys? I feel like I remember us talking about going back to headquarters. Just for now. So, okay, what do you do when you get there? What's the next preparation? Are you... So, okay. Basically, you have all these new tools at your disposal. Your mission, technically, hasn't changed. Clean up Brightport. But that's a very vague, like, everyone's going to have a different definition of what that means. So actionably, what's the next move? Have you guys discussed that? I'm going to take that as a no.

Yeah, I don't think... Good question. I don't think Gwen's in planner mode right now. You know? So it's more... So you know when you're excited about something? It's like, let's do things. You're not really a measure twice, cut once person. It's like, well, let's start cutting shit. Like, you're very... Yeah. Also probably still pretty buzzed. Yeah, still pretty buzzed and kind of bummed out because she got into a fight with her sister. So... Hardcore follower mode, I feel. If that's the case, then, Paxton is... he's still kind of... some of his consciousness is split between watching through his proxy eyes.

So he's always... he has so much intelligence and he's basically a working calculator. So he's always trying to plan ahead. But he's hit this snag to where he's realized people are becoming afraid of him. So he's seeing all this crime happen throughout the city and he wants to act on it, but now he's hesitant because he feels like it's going to be seen the wrong way again. So he's trying to think of a way to indoctrinate his war forged without people feeling oppressed. And that's where he's at right now. Boy, that's a fine line to walk. Like... It takes a lot of intelligence to walk it.

Well, I mean, like, okay. Let's talk like, you know, like purse snatching or something. Like really low level crimes. It's like, well, I want to apprehend the person doing that and then return the item. But like even something as simple as that is probably going to scare somebody who just got robbed. You know what I mean? Like it's... you see something stomping out of the darkness with bright green eyes. Like it's, you know, it's probably a little off-putting until they get used to it. I feel like he's at a point where he realizes how impersonable he really is.

But he can't gauge that kind of level. So like if he went to go get the purse snatcher, he might end up killing the purse snatcher and handing back a bloody purse. And he doesn't see a problem with that. Because the job still got done. Right. He stopped the crime itself because he feels like he has the authority. Because in his mind, he's... he never quit Firebrand. The mayor never fired him and never got the chance. So it's so facto his logical brain, he's still a part of Firebrand. He still has that authority. So he's just... that's where he's at right now.

But I feel like I really want him to act on one of these crimes. He might just go for it. Because it's really hard for him to stop himself. Even the little petty stuff like PerchNet. It's still a crime that has to be stopped in his mind. And he doesn't get tired, so the little things don't really seem that little. It just seems like it's being shirked. So okay, this is interesting. Let's explore that for a sec before I ask Quinn and Giolo some questions. So it's almost like your incredibly low charisma score... I think it's what, a 2? Yeah, I think so. I think it's 2.

It's something absurd. It's absolutely 2, yes. Okay, so it's almost like some severe fantasy version of Asperger's or something where it's like you're having a hard time seeing that sociable side and understanding all the nuances of that. But you can focus on an objective where it's like, this is the goal and it's a pass/fail thing. It's not a... Right, and I don't even feel like this is something like Asperger's. I feel like it's at times like a thousand. It's like two lines that will never meet. It'll never connect because he's not a human anymore. So he can't really feel that.

He can just understand he can't feel that way. You know what I mean? So that's where it's at. It will never meet again as human feelings. That will never happen again. I feel like that's almost more torturous in a sense because it's like, okay, you were human and now you just don't have access to that... That human part of your brain. Like, like, as you said, he's brainless now. He's literally brainless. Well, I think that's a harsh way... Organ-wise, he's brainless. I feel like it's more heartless than brainless. Both! I don't have either. Because he seems so intelligent still, wanting to make all the logical choices, you know?

So you're sitting there sussing this out in your head kind of silently. Giolo and Gwen are there. What are they doing? I don't think Gwen would really know what Paxron is doing in their head. Like, she's kind of mostly following behind and kind of looking to him for any guidance and he's kind of barely even there. So she's a little bit lost. And Giolo, like, he waits on it for a little bit and, you know, but when it's clear that, like, Paxton's kind of, what do I want to say, kind of at an impasse, Giolo's like, "So, uh, is there more to the big master plan or is it just all the guys on the roofs looking down?" There was more to my plan.

However, I did not expect such a poor reaction from the citizens. That is a failing on my part and I must recalculate. Hi. Man, I wouldn't beat yourself up over that too much. It's, you know what citizens also hate? Riots. Getting robbed. Oh, what? Drugs in the streets. They don't like that one either. So they got a lot of things they don't like. It's, uh, I think this is, um, this is a positive alternative, even if it, you know, takes them some time. Just, you know, ease into it. Don't beat yourself up. And he, like, he like pats him on the shoulder and is like, "Oh, you're made of metal." Like, dunk, dunk.

You know, it kind of, I feel like it just kind of reinforces his differentness inadvertently. And to that Paxton's gonna say, "You share the same sentiments as I for that. I'm appreciative." Paxton, I, I just don't want to see this city fall apart anymore, you know? I, we've watched so much go wrong in such a short time. You gotta do something, even if you're not confident it's the best thing, you know? And here we are with this, this big, uh, this big advantage, you know? I don't know if we're doing the right thing, but I'd rather do this than leave it how it is.

When the mayor died, I knew things would have to change drastically. However, I did not envision my own death. Sometimes it's hard to remember, but this city has claimed my life as well. It's dangerous. There's a sickness within this city, and some of its citizens, no matter how pure of heart, are terrified of change. I believe my old iteration used to be the same way. Now, I can calculate equations in my head, see scenarios of the city. If things do not change, I fear we will have demons again ravaging the city. I mean, okay, don't jump to conclusions.

Let's, let's just work on the part that's right in front of us, right? We've got, we've got several dozen Warforged helping us out, and we've got a whole bunch of bad guys who haven't thought about how to deal with that yet. I don't know what the whole best plan is, but I feel like something immediate would get the most value, right? Set the tone. You know, first impressions are everything, right? What time is it, by the way? It's like 3am. I believe I tried to set an impression in the bar by arresting what I thought to be a obvious criminal. However, some of the citizens were taken aback by my actions, so I do believe I have to be more careful.

However, these, this advantage, as you say, these other Warforged, I can use them in ways he's going to kind of trail off because he's doing it as he's talking. And I can see crime happening right in front of my eyes. To most, I believe this would be an unbearable burden, but for me, I see my life's purpose in front of me. Nothing but the letter of the law being broken, and I feel an urge to stop it, even at this second. However, I feel my intrusion, as I said before, could be a detriment, if not done correctly. I mean, if you need to wait it out and feel out the best plan, I get it, but I'd hate to say we spun all this up and then, you know, didn't solve a problem with it.

So what you are saying is, you are in favor of my immediate action. I think we should, I think we should make a dent. I mean, we've been focused on this whole drug problem. Maybe we can make that our first thing we fix. Agreeable. Your support is solidified, Gwen. He kind of used to see this robotic crane towards you with like little, like no emotion. I mean, yeah, whatever. Yeah. And she's kind of like rocking on her feet, a little bit and then she goes, I think I need to go home. Oh, I forgot. You two need rest. I will wait here. I'm just going to stand there.

Yeah, yeah, we need rest. Are you going to be okay? Yes. And she'll kind of hesitate at that, like she's unsure if you're being honest and then she'll nod. All right, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go sleep and we'll see what goes on tomorrow, okay? Later today, but she's not going to say that because she's not one of those people. I'll crash here and keep an eye on him. Don't worry about it. Get some rest. You know, I can sleep anywhere. Yeah, you can. Remember that was an aspect of his character. We could do that. Things were fun and light. Yeah, yeah. We're here. It's for broken.

Yeah. Which time? Okay, so now we've split the party four ways. T. Let's make it harder on Jason. Let's go for five guys. I mean, well, it sounds like five guys, man. Who's paying? It sounds like Bo and Gwen are on a collision path. Yeah, I think so. They might be. We can go somewhere else. I'm down for five guys fries. They're the best. Just saying. They're fine. They're kind of gross, but whatever. They're talking about what? Their hot dogs are great. They're fine. It's like $12 or whatever the fuck they charge, but they're fine. You know who's got weirdly good fries, though?

Dairy Queen of all the places. They, you know what, I'm on board with that. Honestly, anything truly good, you don't give away four pounds of it when you order a small fry. But you know, whatever. That's part of the greatness of it, though. You literally get an entire paper bag full of french fries. You spend like $2. I know it's the most American meal you can eat. It's just like, it's just it's like they're fine. Like, I don't know, maybe I got some bad batches. I haven't eaten five guys enough. Maybe checkers has the best fries. Oh, checkers is the shit we don't have by far.

We don't have a checker. Amazing fries. Yes. Or a steak and shake. I love steak and shake. Oh, no. No. Okay, the fries. The fries are not why I go there. It's the steaks and the shakes. And the burgers are pretty good. They're steak burgers. Do you guys miss burgers and cream? Not to continue to keep us on topic, but I think of that place often. A little bit. It's like stepping out of like the 50s or 60s. It's so weird. Like it's it's so like it's just it's just one little like location. I think there's two of them now. But like it's one little location and they make all the stuff on site and you can watch them cook.

And it's just it's so delicious. It's so it's a bygone era. It's delicious. Yeah. Anyway, sorry I'm hungry. Let's do this. Let's catch up with Bo. So Bo left and you said at one point that Bo was kind of taking a walk and you kind of got semi inspired by the city. You know what I mean? You saw some, you know, heartwarming acts like everybody's you know, it's like not everybody's bad, that type of thing. It's just that you're sort of in law enforcement, so you're going to see the worst bits of humanity over and over and over again. What did Bo do after that?

Bo was going to head home. Oh, shit. OK, well, then let's catch up with that in a second. You remember what your mom sounds like in this, right? Do you just sandpaper your vocal cords, Jason? I just it's just Elle's mom's voice. Like that's all it is. Like I've gotten good at imitating that. You tried to apply to my cat and I'm going to kill them both. It was fucking hilarious. Like it's just it's it's it's really good. Not Molly. I don't think that's going to be the soothing conversation that either of you guys are gunning for. But OK, well, I don't think I'm gunning for anything.

I'm just I asked what time it was and it was 3 a.m. And I'm like, this fish needs to go to sleep. Right. But like, I feel like you're the tone of your voice was like semi defeated. You just don't know what's going on. I need to go talk to dear old mom and really sort things out, you know, put things in perspective. Have one of those late night kitchen conversations. I think that's what's for dad. Look, if you think you're going to go into that house and not speak to your mom, that's a boss fight. At three in the morning. What do you think you're doing? Right.

Three in the morning walking in here. In that relationship, and I've seen this before, that father barely speaks like he's given up on that. Like that's that's. Yeah. Anyway, one more time, let's catch up on Calypso. Where's Calypso go after speaking with the Archmage? OK, so this is a question. So the first thing I think I'm going to do is they're going to go. To where their apartment or wherever is, and they're going to like stop by there, maybe take some time to freshen up because it is 3am, but they have important stuff to do. And they're going to use invisibility again before they leave.

So the Paxton's can't see them and the boys. Is there a part of you, because listeners keep asking, so while Calypso's at their apartment, I imagine they live kind of Spartan, like they're they're kind of like it's not a big house full of knickknacks. It's kind of like it's like, here's what I need, you know? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's not Spartan is not the term I would use. I mean, they have stuff. OK. I didn't know if they were like a travelite type of person. Not really. I mean, they've lived in this place for a few years, I think so. There's definitely some decor and stuff here and there.

I mean, it's not like a lot, but it's definitely like that's a personal touch to it, I would say. Go ahead. Sorry. I was going to ask, is there any part of them? It's like I own a castle. Like, is that like maybe I should visit that castle at some point? Yes. To be fair, work has been crazy. I get it. They only have like two days ago and a lot of stuff keeps happening. It keeps getting put on the back burner. It is. You can also kind of things where it's like. They're still like convinced it's not real yet, like until they actually like are seen it. It is. I mean, it's just like, you know, it's hard to kind of like really.

That's fair. Yeah. Yeah, I doubt news was sent with a postcard or something like that. Like, I get it. And even so, it's like one thing to be told, oh, like you, I can say that I own a castle. That is a real thing that I know, but I don't feel it. It's just it's so wild. It's a different thing. But yeah, that's one day. So Calypso visits home, freshens up a little bit, packs up some stuff. Boom. Invisible slips out the door. Yep. OK, well, let's get this over with. So, Bo, let's let's do this. I want both of you to give me a flat D20. Whoever rolls higher gets home first, which is imperative because.

Oh, boy. So hold on a second. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Jamie rolled a 16. Brie rolled a 14. It's well, to be fair. First, Gwen's sort of stumbling through the streets on her way home to let's not forget. Yeah. Like, you should not walk these streets alone while drunk or ever. I feel like your mom is exactly the type of person to like getting out in front of a story is imperative, like the way you spin something is going to drastically affect how your mom is going to interact with Gwen now. Tell me if I'm wrong, but. That's about right. Yeah. All right. Let's do this.

You're coming home at like three, three thirty in the morning. And I think when when Bo enters the home, it's almost like when you see like a businessman walking into his house after a really long day, like she's just slow and defeated and is just going to sort of like lean her halberd against the wall and take a moment to herself before actually entering the home. She can like hear her mother maybe in the kitchen, like, I don't know, causing a ruckus and slamming stuff around, even though it's super early in the morning or whatever, and is just going to sort of like try to walk past her up to her room.

We'll see how that goes. If I need to roll a checker. I think I think we need a stealth check and I think we got to do that with disadvantage because of all the bow armor. That's that's true. Also, that's an interesting like, I guess in adventurers homes there don't must be like this umbrella holder, but for fucking weapons. Right. Let me just hang up my coat and my sword and my you know, like, you know. Yeah. So, it already does disadvantage because I think it does. Okay, so I won't click it then. And I'll just roll it twice. 13 is like fine, like sneaking past your own mother in her house.

That's the thing. Like, if it were like that, NPC her layer so she gets it. She does. Oh, she has layer actions. Oh yeah, she's got. So like, I feel like you didn't make a bunch of noise, maybe she's like, the stairs. Yes, something. Yeah, I think it's almost like you're almost you almost crossed the threshold out of the kitchen and to the stairs leading up and just like bow, like just like. And she'll sink her head down to the ground not wanting to engage with anyone at this moment in time, and is going to do a three or 180 and sort of saunter into the room.

Hey ma. So let's get the lovey dovey out of the way she will. Like, you know, shuffle on over and give you a big hug and stuff looks like, why are you getting in so late. Sorry, I'm glad I didn't wake you it's just been one hell of a day a few days, honestly it's been a rough few days. Okay. I try to get inside the head of people like else mom, and like, it's really hard. But I think you're, there's a split. There's, there's like a 7525 split 75 of nagging and 25 of maybe having a brief moment of comforting your daughter, so let's see. Let's say 15 through 20 she'll be comforting anything else, she'll be her.

So, can't help myself. No, she can't. No, absolutely not. No, absolutely not. Well this neighborhoods getting so bad just no wonder. Hey, you, of course you got to be out all hours of the night the city expects you to clean it up by yourselves. Yeah, I'm not so sure that's my job anymore. What are you talking about. He's in the other room to. I'm going to just keep going and hope that he shuts up. She has a cat. Yeah. Bo has a cat. I'm just not sure if you noticed but the city sort of under new management, as a very recently, actually. Okay. Hey Rob. Yes. This woman is going to sound like a lot of memes on Facebook, please don't take any of this personally.

Okay, I will listen quietly, and we'll see where this goes. You're absolutely free to jump in and like but she's going to be perhaps intolerable. And this is based off a real person, that's the only reason. You're essentially telling her that like there's a new mayor, kind of like that's how she's going to interpret it right. Okay. I don't remember there being a vote. What, what do you mean there's a new hope. There wasn't one, actually there was no vote, there was no anything. There was just my companion Paxton or Paxton sort of took over in the vacuum that was there once the mayor died.

And you're right, there was no counsel nothing, he just sort of assumed that position. Jamie you're saying all the wrong things to make me do the things that I'm about to do. Hey, for once I feel like Bo and her mother are like kind of on the not on the same page but like Bo is a little like perturbed about how this is all gone down, you know, it's like disagreeing with a relative about politics and there's that there's that Venn diagram it's like no no we were on Patico. Yeah, no, totally. There should have been a voting system we were on the same page here, Ma.

Yeah, we could disagree about who we'd vote for but there should have been a vote. What is this an emergency thing are we going to have a proper election. I don't know, Mom, I really, like I said, I'm not really in the loop anymore. I, I quit, so I don't really have a say anymore. I don't think she'd be disappointed in you for quitting. Because I'm sure a lot of people think oh well you could fix the system from the inside easier than just being a bystander. But I think she's much more like, I think she'd be almost comforting for second well good for you.

You shouldn't be part of such a corrupt system anyway you know what we're going to do, we're going to get ready, and we're going to go downtown tomorrow, and we're going to petition them to have a proper election. And I know a but you know what I know some people on the council, and we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna kick things off tomorrow bright and early seven am. Do you need a nap. You haven't even told her about fucking Orwell's nightmare. What is happening outside right now. I picture there being sort of like, like a counter with stools sort of like a breakfast, whatever kitchen, the kitchen conversation we've all had those kitchens where the healing goes on right, exactly.

Yeah, so both going to take a seat on one of these stools and sort of like slump over the counter, obviously looking exhausted. And it's just gonna say, I mean you can try my, I don't even know who to go to talk to at this point there's. There's literally giant robot men out in the streets right now, and they all answer to one person who I don't think answers to anybody. Feel free, but I, I'm just, I don't know if I can do anything more for the city. I don't know if I'm capable, I feel like I just keep fucking up. And she's gonna look at her mom like oh shit, I didn't mean to swear sorry mom.

Normally I think she'd chew you out for that but like that there's bigger fish to fry. Yeah, so okay. We know what the score is and we're already I think all of us again that Venn diagram it's like robot army taking over the city's probably a bit much right like that's, you know, that's not what my tax dollars. So like, in her head, I feel like it's that, that slippery slope argument in her head which she sees as a bunch of fucking ed to nice gunning people down in the street. Like that's what her, like her conclusion would be right like it's it's just oh you you jaywalk you die like that type of thing like she's, you know, there would be probably a few seconds of her just yelling, like just, and almost like a how could you let this happen.

You're supposed to like almost like, like this happened on your watch type of thing, you know what I mean. And Bo's just going to sink further and further into her chair and, and the counter, there's a point with Bo and Gwen's mother where it's like you just got to tune it out. You know where it's like, I'm just gonna let you rant for a minute and I'm just going to be sitting here and and pretend like I'm listening until I'm prompted to answer some sort of question. Mm hmm. Yeah, you're right. You're right, mom. Do you know how many one sided conversations I've heard where else just like, Yeah, ma.

Like just totally tuned out. Yeah. It's like you have to at some point. At that point, I think Gwen would be coming through the back door. Oh hi. So Gwen is going to come in, and she's, she's a teeny tiny little dragon faced girl. Because she's still got that mask on. Mm hmm. Just probably the only reason she made it through brightport right now. If not maybe Paxton shadowing her a little bit. But as soon as she walks in, where is the back door in relation to the kitchen. Oh, the back door is right, it opens right into the kitchen, like space like right there you're not getting away so that that noise I just made that's the look on her face on her little dragon face just like I should have checked to see if the light was on before I came in this room.

And then she'll kind of like tiptoe in and, and like, Hey, guys. And then she'll, she'll probably even waiver a little bit like she is noticeably still drunk. So remember that thing I said about getting out in front of a story. Uh huh. Cool boy. So, okay, she's, she is going to like a jungle cat pounce on on Gwen. You've got some nerve coming into this house at God knows what hour in the morning, and your sister's been telling me about the dropped balls all over the place. And now there's this unelected official just taken over the city says balls just for the record she is going to be shit.

Balls. So, oh, okay. Do you know, any of you guys have significant other relative something like that that knows just the right thing to say to burrow in and like touch a nerve like they know exactly like how to, like, hit you exactly where you don't want to be hit. I'd like to think your mom is like a ninth level samurai at that like just, just, just fold it over, over and over and over again she knows exactly it so she is. If you laugh at that she's probably going to like stop for a second. So this isn't a big deal to you anymore huh this so, so let me get this straight, you, you get injected with robot, or whatever happened to you and all the sudden it's just fine for the automatons to take over is that it.

Are you even still my daughter, or are you just one of them posing as one. And she's going to blink slowly, and her little dragon face mask is going to like go. I'm drunk so she's like, I'm a dragon. I'm just really tired, and I can't deal with this right now. And she's going to be getting a glass of water and she says that and like, I, I'm. She's gonna look over at Bo, and then down to our water. I'm just tired. Oh, oh I'm sorry princess, your sister quit, you're coming in and just gonna take a nap, I guess, you know what, I won't even bother you two with this, I'll go straighten it out tomorrow morning, and you know what, I'll just fix your mess, it's fine.

That's that that samurai sword thing you're just talking about that that worked. Let me think about this for a second, I need a minute to think about what she would do. I want to remind you both you asked for this. Yeah, yep, yep, yep. Was this a soothing presence that you never go home, never go home again. That's a two, Bri, what does that get you? That can't be good. By the way, Jason, the, the, the when she's talking and she stops when, when Gwen's laughing that is on a dime, 10 out of 10. Is this funny to you? Oh my god. Oh, yeah, no, that is. There's a time and a place and it ain't then, don't.

Gwen is going to go back to the back door and open it up and yell out Paxron's name. Oh my god. Just because there's robots everywhere and she knows that so she's going to call him down from. Paxton, she's going to call down Paxton because she still personally has not accepted that he's not Paxton so much anymore, but she is going to cry out Paxton to the rooftops. Do you demand for him to get down there. Yes. So like after like some silence, a little more so it's usually here like a shake on the roof. Shake, shake, shake, shake, then like one of the little one of the little one of the regular automatons are just gonna drop them like maybe like the neighbor's roof or something, it was really close by.

And it's gonna walk up to your house. And it'll say in Paxton's voice perfectly, it'll just open his mouth like it's a receiver, and just like say, you need my assistance, Gwen. Gwen is going to gesture to her mother, and then she's going to gesture to Paxton and go, go ahead. Talk to him. I'm sure you have so many better ideas than everyone else just like, just like Bo does. You both have such great ideas for the city, which is why it's so great now, right? And like her hands are flying as she's talking like she's just her little dragon mouth flapping around.

I just want everyone to remember this is a little dragon doing all of this little dragon faced half halfling half tiefling drunk baby just dealing with everything. And as you're flinging your dragon arms, Paxton will step forward. Her arms are not dragon, only her face is dragon, the rest of her is still still pink. Yeah, Paxton will just step forward, and he'll say, I will answer any questions you have for me. So many decisions were the wrong decisions to get us here. I rolled a two. No, I know. I know. I know. I wanted to know what Gwen would do next, and that was a two.

What's Bo's reaction to this? Just before, just before what happens is going to happen. When Gwen like runs over to the door and calls out for Paxton, Bo's going to stand up angrily and sort of look towards our mother like, can you believe she's acting like this? And when she offers up for Paxton to answer our mother's questions or whatever, I don't know if if she is interested in asking this thing questions. But Bo is going to sort of interject and just say, is this really necessary? Gwen, you've already made, you know, your moves. This is already happening.

There's no point in any of this. Just go to bed. Like you're obviously not in a state of mind to deal with this right now. Just go to bed. Or would you prefer to poke the fire more? Oh, that fire's been poked. It's been very poked. So before Gwen could ever possibly respond to any of that. She just sits down, by the way, like she's ready. She's just gonna watch what unfolds. Your mom is going to grab a broom and promptly bust the handle over the Paxbot. I cannot believe Paxton broke her broom like this. That's so rude of him. How could Paxton do this? She's going to flip out.

You get the hell off of my property, out of my house, and if I ever find out that you were on my rooftop again, spying on me? Like she's lost her mind. Like this is this is every slippery slope argument come to life. This is every like that. As she's hitting Paxron with the broom. Well, this automaton is really going to do absolutely nothing about it. It's going to be very docile and it's going to say, please cease and desist. I mean you no harm. And it's going to take a step back until it's like out of the house. Yeah. The more you try to placate her the angrier she'll be.

You don't tell me what to do in my life. It's very completely irrational, obviously, but like, that's not what it's about. I was going to try to peel her away from this and just be like, Mom, Mom, this isn't helping anything. And I'm probably not going to be able to do so, but it's going to calm her down. She is going to get upset. It's like your, your sister's been indoctrinated by robots. Look at her. She's just letting this happen. They're coming into my house now. You wanted to talk to him. And again, she's sitting at the same little nook like drinking some water.

Masks still on. Just done. As she's beating the robot. It's not a euphemism. The automaton is going to, it's going to be really calm about it, you know, doesn't feel pain. So just, she, it's just letting her get the aggression out really. It's not really, it only backed up to route like the porch out of the house, but it's going to say, I was hoping for a more silver, civil conversation. I believe talking plainly with some citizens could truly help the new Firebrand initiative. I am glad Gwen called me here. You know what you guys need is some like wally robots or something you need like it's an image issue is what the problem is.

Yeah, they need to be cuter. Yeah. While, while this is happening. Um, Giolo. Yes. Is there a point where, like, okay, Jill is still back at base with Paxtron Prime. That's correct. Yes. Is he just babysitting does he get bored, is there like, because like, are we all the way. Are we all the way through me sleeping through the night. No, no, no, no, I'm just so you just, you're just going to sleep. Oh yeah, he crashes Yeah, he's like, I'm gonna rest here. Yeah, no, no, no. Okay, I'm sorry. It may have been misinterpreted that I was like, gonna keep watch on him, but it's like, no, I should be here and like, I expect him, you know that he'll wake me if something's up or that you know that I just want to be there to like, I think in Giolo's mind, if he doesn't feel like he has emotions and he has feet, you know, like, if he's missing that critical human component.

If I'm here and he trusts me, then he'll wake me up and I'll get to be his like double check on that. Right. Okay. That's fair. Okay, so before jumping back into that, that, that kitchen scene. Calypso. Yes. What's Calypso doing? So, Calypso. So I imagine that for most of the time like they have had like a like drop off location or something like for like regular updates just like drunkly off like written status reports kind of. Who? Calypso. Oh, yes. Yeah. And so that as far as they're concerned of this current situation is a pretty big and pretty urgent kind of threat to the houses and everything and so they're going to do whatever the, wherever they need to go to like get in contact with someone like with something that's critical and urgent.

Man, you're trying not to say the word. No, I'm not. I'm just trying. Yeah. So, let's. Okay, so after you after you leave the Archmage's house you're gonna like basically you're, you're, you're looking for. It's like looking for a particular rental car place right it's like okay well I need to go check in with it. So, you're, you're going to check in with your operatives. And this would probably be set locations around the city there's different ways to do it if it's not so urgent they definitely have like written drop off points and stuff like that. But they also, they, they also have people who are just there they're either, you know, people selling fruit bartenders whatever that also have a stake in what you're doing and they're either paid or they're, they're just members and that's their job.

So, I don't think it'd be too hard to find somebody. Cool. Yeah, so that's where Calypso is going after. Yeah. Making a pit stop at home to lead the Paxton surveillance team off their trail. And yeah, so they're going to go find someone to get in touch with House Silverclaw. What would be the message. Josh, are they like speaking with someone or is this. Yeah, let's say, I'd say this is urgent, like you know this yeah this isn't a snail mail situation yeah yeah they're doing this and not just the. Yeah, so you're looking to chat with a representative that's basically what you're doing.

So like, bonkers. They make like blankets and different stuff like that it's getting cold and they're like that they're selling them on the street corner, except it's almost four in the morning, and it's odd for somebody to be out here but it's like, oh well you know it's cold, like maybe they're, you know, whatever. So, if you wandered up to them, they would probably just greet you like a customer and there's probably some passphrase or like, it's okay. Yeah, that type of thing. But if you present yourself as, you know, a member of House Silverclaw and not that you're, you're an agent, like you're out and about like you actually, you know, yeah.

There's been a development with law enforcement that could end up going very badly for all of us, I think it's, it's definitely a threat to the houses. So there's probably such a dramatic shift, like this person, I think it might even be a different accent. Like it's just fucking like, like real Dickensian, and then it's like, oh shit that's bad. Okay, like they're they're they're like you know they're right. It's like okay. So they're, they're probably asking you a ton of different questions where, like it's like, okay, so let's say info dump right.

It's like robots, like, it's okay, that's a problem. And it probably just hasn't hit this side of the city yet, or, you know, whatever. But, um, >> Noclipso would have specifically gone to a place that's like, probably not quite yet. And that, that's probably going to rate there's a few specific questions. And number one in the city of Brightport is, who's behind the who's the top of this? Can they be bribed? If not, where are they? And can we deal with them? >> Yeah, so who's in charge of this? Theoretically, whoever's in charge of Firebrand, but Paxton B.

The person who instigated the riot earlier is the one who was put into the warforged and has control over the whole system. Bribery is, I don't think, in a factor. Law above all else is sort of how he operates. >> And as for the other question, I know his weaknesses. I have information that can probably get him to a specific location, if need so. >> I imagine people like this. They probably know what you can and can't get away with, right? Because they're probably much more in contact with the house than you are on a day to day basis. So they would know about operations going on.

Okay, did you ever see a police procedural or drama or something like that? And two undercover people kind of get in the way of each other's investigation? So what you don't want is... Right! So when it's a secret society that's about killing people or bribing them or getting information or whatever, the last thing you want to do is step on someone else's toes who also... >> Yeah, I was like, "I hope they don't make any moves themselves." >> Right, it's the last thing you want to do. Because even if you're right, you've broken protocol and that's a whole thing.

So this person would probably know. It's like, "Okay, well, yeah, we've been keeping an eye on the whole Firebrand thing, but we figured you kind of got that a bit. Like, you know more about it than we do." So it's like, "Okay, here's what we can do and here's what we're going to do unless you give us a reason not to." Like, then you know... It's about four in the morning. This person would tell you, "Alright, we can get a grouping of operatives to you within the next hour and take this guy out before dawn." >> They just nod, "Yeah, that's..." >> Because this can't stand.

Once this becomes the norm, it's over. They weren't for riots, but at the same time it's like, "Yeah!" >> That's why this is what is getting Calypso to actually go up the chain. Because I mean, it's very... Like, okay, House Hammerhand is all about protecting people and stuff like that, but for their business model to be sustainable, there has to be bandits and people looking to knock over. Like, they'd be lying if they didn't say that they've turned a blind eye to a couple of things so that their business is necessary. Same thing with Silverclaw. It's like, yeah, we're information gatherers, we blackmail people, we're private investigators, we're murderers.

We don't sell drugs. Whoa. Whoa. So they're not in league with the drug dealers, but at the same time, it's this weird checks and balances and... Yeah. So, yeah, they're going to go try and kill Paxton. That's going to be... Yeah. Calypso will explain the whole, like, "Need to probably destroy the head" sort of thing to that. And, yeah, so I don't know if there's something that they need to do now because they're willing to give the information about the Blight thing to try and get him to go there. If that's... Or... But... And here's... So, okay, because time is so, like, of the essence, he would probably be like, "All right.

Well, if you still have the headquarters and the mayor is no longer a factor and, like, I assume you told him about the whole and everything, just that whole info dump. Just go back to headquarters and make sure the door is unlocked. And then when the time is right, just be ready." Understood. I won't burn my cover unless it's necessary, but if it is, I'll do what I have to. That's also... It's like, yeah, they don't want to do that either. But the whole Firebrand thing seems to be... Yeah, this isn't even thinking of, like, in terms of Firebrand. It's more in terms of, like, they spent years working on Calypso's is, like, publicly.

And it's like, that can still be used for something if... Maybe. But, yeah, so that's... They'll just nod and probably, like, purchase a blanket or something. And walk away. Yeah, you've been talking a real long time. "It's a blanket!" Like, just real fucking, like, he's... That's why he's not a field operative. Like, he's just, you know, he's fine. Again, apologies to everyone who had a character. Don't be. No, this is great. I told you guys that Calypso's a self-proclaimed agent. I didn't mean for it to come out at the last session, but... Get your shit in now.

That's what you got to do. So, okay. Huddle up, team. Yes. It's almost been three hours, and I feel like... We can't... I feel like we're heading... I know! I feel like... I mean... You know what's crazy? It's like this because our story is, like, making such a fever pitch. Like, there's so much interesting shit. Like, it's... How do you... What do you end? We found the story, and now we're ending. What I'm saying is, you guys should have tried harder. I should have became a robot when I started as a Warford. Okay, so what is everyone thinking here? Like, is it... Do you...

Okay. Do you think this will wrap up in the next hour? Or three hours? Do we need another session? Here's the thing. If there's gonna be fighting, I'm not confident in saying we'll be done in an hour. I don't know if there is or not, but I don't... I don't see a way that there's not gonna be fighting. Rob, what do you think? Um... I mean... I know what Giuolo would do if people came to stop Paxton. Yeah. Exactly. That's kind of what I was thinking. It's like... There would be resistance, and we'd call the robot "Arby" in. I don't know. It kind of depends, too, if Zack...

Like, if Zack knows whether Paxton is so assured of his own righteousness that he'd resist. Absolutely. That's kind of assassinating you. That's illegal. That's illegal! That's illegal! That is... You know what? That law is on the books. No murdering them now. It'll be a pleasure dying with you. Oh, don't worry. Those boys, they move fast. That's... Okay, so I think that's a good time for us to stop, guys. I know that we thought this one was the last one. No! Don't be! I'm fading a little. Oh, that's totally fine. No! That's fine! Look, I want this to be... We all feel like this is...

I feel like we've been stranded on a desert island, and we're finally getting a Tinder going. It's finally like... Oh shit, that's an ember! Let's go with that! The last thing Rob got to say on the show, it's like, "Yeah, if he trusts me, I'm gonna be around, and I'm gonna be his connection to humanity!" It's like, "Well, they're gonna come to murder him." Yeah. It's like, "Well, they're gonna try and kill him." So it's like, "Yeah, of course he's gonna fuck it. Like, this is fine. This is great." It's like all harm. We have a mecha harm now. Except it's a mecha Paxton, and I'm rooting for him, I think?

I don't know. I don't know anymore. I don't know what I want. I just want to say, Paxton has never broken a law, done anything illegal, so where's all the hate coming from? I can't get it. I can't get it through my head. He's never done anything. It's not... I know this. From Beau, it's not hatred of Paxton, right? I just don't agree with how all these decisions are being made, and I don't necessarily think Paxton is the appropriate person to be in charge of all of Brightport, with his track record of how things have gone for Paxton so far. I think that Gwen halfway... like, not even halfway through, as soon as the mom started yelling at her, she went from, "I believe in this decision, and it's for the best of Brightport," to, "Fuck it, I'm an agent of chaos.

Get down here, Paxton. Talk to my mom." Oh, we still have to go to that conversation, too. I'll talk her down. Oh god, I'm just gonna show up while we're in the middle of the conversation. I mean, I think the answer is, like, we literally... what I want to say, we declared ourselves the ability to subvert the entire law enforcement structure. So now we're just gonna have to prove it by killing all of them and making our iron-fisted rule law. Apparently. And I'm all in. There's no historical precedent in Theria that that's bad, so like... No, not at all. Well, here's... okay, you can't compare Overdale to Brightport.

It's a completely different thing. And one was built on a foundation of racism. This is a different, like... yeah, you could argue the slippery slope thing. And I'm trying to take our world, like, Earth's politics out of it. But like, you literally have the status quo fighting back, which is "yeah, but we make a lot of money each year off killing, so like..." Yeah, that's a good guy. What are we supposed to do? You know what I mean? Abso is not a good person. Abso? Abso? Right! The only one with any moral, like, high ground is Bo. Uh-huh, yeah. Well, the paladin, so...

I always have that. And there are still people who are like, "Yeah, well, you're just sitting on the fence waiting to see who wins. You're not doing anything." You know what I mean? Like, there's... Everybody out there! What do you guys think about this situation? Probably morally correct, but not for the right reasons. Whose side would be upstairs? Yeah, like, I mean, are you on... like, you could paint either side as pretty not great. But one of us has a dragon face, so like... that's the winner. That's the real winner. Whoever has a dragon for a face. I don't know why it was this session, but man, you really wanted to drive that dragon thing home.

It's been several months that you've had that. Yeah, you can drink through that. It conforms to her face. That's another thing I just didn't want to... It says in the text that it conforms to her face. Like, when she talks, her mouth moves and, like, she can drink and stuff. It's like a Jim Carrey mask situation. So, yeah. Oh, got it. Yeah, she's like a VTuber. That's all. I'm a furrytuber. I'm a... Scalytuber. Scalytuber! Yeah, this city's beyond rescuing Paxton. Let's take it over. [laughter] Start with that one. Bunch of degenerate robot dragons! We'll be right back after these words from our sponsors.

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