Buried

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Let's do that thing, where we go around the table and introduce our soft. I'm the dungeon master. Going around the table starting with Ian. Hi, I'm Ian. My pronouns are he-him, any, and I am playing chimera, the T-Fling Warlock. And Jasper. Hey, everybody. I am Jasper. He-him. I play Ruby Paddy. And... the half-ork gear slinger adept. And Susan. Hey, I'm Susan Spanator. My pronouncer, she hurt. I'm a snow sweet apple, a returnable Christmas present. And I'll be playing night here a rialiff, the Elven Assassin Rogue. And last and certainly not least, Jameson. Hi, I am Jameson.

Something, something sand-filled condom. and uh, I'm going to Mr. I was a couple bucks under the table. There you go. I'm surprised you didn't do the I'm, I'm, you know, at the bottom of a well. I'm in an abandoned liminal space mall. Right. I completely blanked. I didn't have one for parent. I thought like now we're going to have like ongoing bits for each person like Jaspers. Yeah. Yeah, we need to chat. Yeah, we're going to take into the next level. It's going to be a big level. We'll get to the point where the lores two dance for the intro. Exactly. You know, that's the thing.

We had a chance tonight to reset. Jameson wasn't even going to do it. We were going to reset. I wonder who left it up. And then you made me say the phrase sandfilled condom with zero context. And it's going to. My kids listen to the show. I feel like sandfilled condom is its own context. Like it makes it. Yeah. That provokes imagery. Yeah. It's like an album name. The toadies run really sideways after this first couple of them. Well, anyway, we're wrapping things up in Estherhold. And we're taking a little walk with chimera and Kolgoth. Now, shit. Okay. We don't have to start with this if you're not ready.

But like, that's, I mean, hey, I'm never going to be ready. We left off. Yeah. Just jump in. Okay. So, officially, is knife there still following behind or just kind of like... Yes, but from a distance. Right. A decent. Yeah, okay. So if Colgoth decides to make an appearance, I'm not in visible or detectable range. Sure, sure, sure. And it's not like, oh, I need to. Well, okay, we'll get to it. But yeah, it's nothing nefarious. Like, you know, it's just a talk. They're just chatting. So while while you're kind of walking through these, you know, darkened streets, you're going to feel like that presence kind of come up.

And he, you guys have some space. And he hasn't, he hasn't shown up a lot recently because. Things have gotten crowded in the group. And there's been some... There's been some unpleasantness. So he kind of knew to lay low for a little while, you know. And I think one of the first things he would ask, am I helping the girl? No. I don't think this time, no. She didn't seem... She was concerned about it. But you might be able to help me later. After we do this, the first thing you can do is... Tell me what happened. It seemed like everything was cool, and you had everything together with... you know, the whole extra passenger that we had.

But if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you lost control. So you can't see facial expressions and stuff like that, but you can't see facial expressions and stuff like that, but you can feel, um, you can kind of feel like, like, things like that. And you definitely like, you're poking at buttons now. You know that you're getting under his skin a little bit because control is his whole thing. So it. It was taxing, especially at the time. So. So. Dealing with the damage to your body, our body, and the lycanthropy was a bit much. And I may have went off the deep end a little bit with the extra souls.

I haven't had a meal like that in quite a while. Well, don't get used to it. but it was not good however I kind of want to know if we can do it again but like in a controlled way is that something that's possible I don't feel like that's what he thought you were going to say. Like I feel like you were going to counsel caution, right? And it's like, yeah, I kind of want to do that hot dog eating contest with people again. Well, like, I can we do it safely? Like, that is, yeah. So it's like, oh, okay. Oh, um... Well, I'm a little surprised that you would be up for something like that again.

But... I'll have you know that after tonight, I don't think it'll be a problem. What we're after is a bit more control. You have such potential, chimera, and I don't want that to be squandered. More control would be good because I've got to say, I haven't enjoyed the behavior that you've done recently. The taking over and that kind of thing. That needs to end. It's not really part of our deal. and if I can have more control over that, then I think we can figure out a way to make all of this work. And I don't really know why you're acting out. Again, if I didn't know any better, I'd think it's because you're jealous.

So you black out and kill three hookers. And, um, no, Tom. I'm just hiding them. I'm like, next to a hero. It happens again. I'm jealous. Mm-hmm. Well, if you remember our original deal, and I'm glad you mentioned it. I was supposed to get fed regularly. And there was quite a gap. Now, I do appreciate your apology. The buffet of underlings. And you're right. I have violated our treaty. Our agreement did not involve me taking over your body. So I'll promise you this. You help me find what I'm looking for tonight. And it'll never happen again. Again. I like that a lot.

I want to know what this thing is, though. Why do you need it? Why do you want it? Why is it here? And why can't you get it? What do you... What are you using it for? Is it some kind of domination thing? Ooh. But like a world domination thing. Oh. You guys sounds disappointed. Well, I don't know. I wanted to get you away from the others because I don't think they would understand like so much about our relationship, but I have been around a great number of years. And while I am anchored to you and it has been wonderful, we could always use a bit more more focus and power.

On this journey already, you've shown... Aspirations of... Real magic ability. I want to see how far we can push that. Tell me more. Do you know much about this city's history? Of course I do. And I will roll history or deception if you let me do. I think history would be easier. It's a little hard to lie to the voice in your own head. But, you know. History. Oh. All right. This is going to be a flat roll. So let's see. Mm-hmm. I know all about Asterole. That was a six. I think, like, it's like I kind of know what you know, man, for the most part. Like, well, there are very powerful artifacts here.

Many of them we can't use beyond money. We could pawn them off, but we're looking for something specifically for you. Do you trust me? You can't see it at home. Everyone except for Ian is shaking their head. No, Vee. We've known each other a very long time. And you know everything there is to know about me. I don't know everything about you. But, and I may not know the history of this city, but we have a history. And I think that counts for something. I've already promised you that I'll never take control of your body again. But let me sweeten the pot. What if?

I tell you everything there is to know about me. Carmire's going to smile and he's going to say, I would really like that. But I'll see you and I'll raise you one. Because I think you should tell everyone everything there is to know about you. I mean, everyone in our group. You want to talk about trust. Wow. I think that would go a long way with them. Because I know you're a demon, Cole Guth, but you work. so hard to have people dislike you. And you don't have to. You're working against your own interests, I think. Do you think? Do you think that's the problem in our group? that your partners just don't know me enough.

Because there's a very simple way that we could get to know each other intimately. I've done my due diligence, I've asked, and they don't want it. You know what the most frustrating thing about you is. Colgoth. I know that you have the capacity to not do good, but do better. You know. And if they knew you like I knew you, that might go a long way. I know you're into sensations, you know, the riveting thrilling, sometimes embarrassing sensations of us mortals that are rare. But what about the sensation of a group of people liking you, of wanting you to be around them?

That's something very rare. Being a part of something. bigger than yourself, being connected, connected to others. Being there not because you need someone or they need you, but because... Because they choose you. And because you choose them. Like I choose you. Like I choose you. And what? What demon can boast that? Is there one among you that can say they're accepted by the mortals around here that want them around? I don't know. That might be pretty big thing from where you come from. Where you come from. And how are you suggesting we do this? a nice campfire chat.

Meet at the bar. I know. I know that it isn't you doing campfire or out-outruism or anything like that. I'm not naive. Let's be real. But, you know, yeah, sharing a bit about yourself, about your motivations, about who you are, and being honest, and hell, just being cooperative. I mean, you've helped us before in the past. You may have had your own agenda, but you kept us from those black rights. when we have the skull. You've kept me safe, countless times. You're able to do all that. Like I said, you have the capacity to do it. And if you did that a little bit more and stepped forward a little bit more like that, then I think people would be a little bit more accepting.

And I want to see that. I want to see you be a part of our group, Colga. We, and I mean you and me, that's not happened for a long time for us. I want that for both of us. All right, chimera. You win. Let's wrap this little trip up. And then let's gather your friends. Where are we going? What are we getting? Do you mind if I speed this up a bit? Oh, no. Okay. Can I get a perception check from from ninth year, please? Passive is 18. I'm just. So here's the thing. Look. I'm never going to beat your passive. It would have to be. I don't know. Eight invisible gnomes in a trench coat before.

But yeah, no, it's... You're following him. And, like, there's streetlights and stuff like that. And... He's just going to kind of... kind of be enveloped in shadows for a moment and disappear. Like, not in a big dramatic flourish, but like in between street lights just like, just gone. Now, well. You know. Yeah. You know that it's, it's pretty short form teleportation that he can do. And it's it's sparingly used. But that being said, he could have went in any direction. So. Yeah. I think even a hundred yards. in any direction. It's like, oh, shit. I don't know.

Yeah. I think initially, Nythera is going to try to tap into like the magical, like, essence. Just to see if she could feel a trace of a direction. Not her forte, but falling back on Elvin training from when she was a kid, you know, 150 years ago. Sure. I mean, it's like Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, right? Like, it's, you don't forget not tying. and stuff, I'm sure. Like, you just know that stuff. I'm sure. This plus one will definitely come in handy. Well, how about we pop back? How about we pop in with the rest of the group? See what's going on. And we'll come back to this in just a minute.

Um, Ruby, Logrin. The kids. Everything went so well. with Kragis. That it honestly shocked me a bit. We talked about it in extended rest. And Lockren and him, it was kind of the stepbrothers moment of like, did we just become best friends? Like it was very, that was probably of the leaders you've met up with. That was probably the most, maybe not beneficial, but the smoothest. You kind of feel like he wanted to make a deal with you. You like to cut of your dwarven jib. I just needed a friend, you know. It's lonely at the top, you know. And he got a new toy to play with.

And, you know, you guys are both into Warhammer. You know, how expensive this was. War X in this case. So what are we doing tonight? Like you, there was, you know, that Kimira had a walk he had to take and everything. Like, what are we doing before we leave the city? Like, what's, what's, what's, what's, what's, what's, last night look like. Because you're going to be on the road for a while. And there's luxuries you just won't have. Well, when Camara and Nithera and Nithera went off, did they leave directly from the churches that were we left off from? Yes.

Okay. Yeah. So I imagine that we, in leaving that last little conversation with the vampires, Probably let the kids know, be like, hey, you're going to be here while we're going to Odysia. You're not missing much. Vampire's probably got some work for you. And as long as there's no problems there, if Ruby wants to do anything with the car, otherwise, I guess. Logren wants to go back to the end. He's had enough. He doesn't want to be an astral anymore. I think Ruby would probably have tried to get Logrin to help. help her before he wants to take off. Just get the gear heart in shape.

Not like cleaning it up or anything, but like packing it all up, making sure everything's tightened down. She's gearing up for a road trip, basically. She's definitely not mentioning anything about the gear heart and the soul that sort of powering things in some ways. She's just leaving that to the side for now. But she is lingering with it a little bit. more. You could tell probably a little bit. Not just brass tacks, you know, tightening up stuff, but just kind of looking at it in a different way a little bit. I think there's a very big Jesse shaped elephant in the room like while we're working on it, right?

Like we are not discussing this, but we're very like, hey, could hear me that, you know, ratchet and stuff down for however long that takes. Yeah. Is there any part? Is there any part? Part of you, though, like, while you're tightening up a screw or anything, is like, does it hurt? Like, you just, like, is there. Ruby would. But she would not say anything. Sure. She's, yeah, to give you an insight into her mind, she's thinking, this, she's replaying everything since the beginning of the Gearheart, every moment, every skid, every, oops, we almost hit that person, you know, going over rocks, whatever it is.

She's like, does that, does that affect Jesse? Does it, does he feel it? Does he like it? She's just ruminating, like a looping about it. But no, she's not going to say anything to Logren about it. I think this goes back to probably eight years of being with Logron. She's like, this is not going to go anywhere. And until there's something to say about it, there's nothing to say about it. Yep. She'll be that. In a way, it probably reminds both of them of the early days before they even took on the rest of the party when it was just the two of them working on stuff. right.

There was a lot of extended silence followed by probably Ruby bubbling over and talking his ear off. Yeah. Yeah. I think right now, like if Ruby is thinking constantly about what this affects Jesse, what doesn't, I think, Lagrin in his head is going, this is normal. It's just a normal car. It's just a normal car. Like, I am not thinking about it. I'm not thinking about it. I'm not thinking about it. Yeah. You know, the whole time. the only other thing that might happen here, if this is plausible. So this is kind of getting towards evening, I bet. Oh, yeah. It's, yeah.

So the hell. Okay, good. If Logger at some point, it's like, all right, I think we're good here. You know, let's, can we just go? Let's just go get a good night for the list last night in Esther Holt. What he does? when he feels like he's done like the car's ready. He just gets in his seat and waits. He just climbs and he'll just sit there. By the way, Vetti the entire time is very interested in the car now. Beforehand, it was a curiosity or whatever, but after driving it and then, you know, hey, if you bleed on it, it does things. Like it, you know, it's very, like, it's a, like, it's a huge. huge curiosity for her.

If there's any moments, I imagine this is probably taking a lot. There's any moments where the kids are coming out and saying, hey, or buy, or, you know, here's some more supplies or something like that. Ruby would probably give a couple of glances to Vetti. Not glances like you should pay attention to be, but just more like, this is. Somebody else is feeling this too. I think she'd pick up on that. When it's time to go. She's still tightening stuff. stuff up. Logger is sitting in there. He's ready to go. He's just, you know, carving a stone or something like waiting on Ruby to finish up.

And if you can imagine sort of the interior of the car in this in this scene, door opens. She's going to get in the front seat. You know, get sort of sorted out. And she's going to take something and she's going to put it on the seat behind her. And they are the horns. from Dozer, as a reminder from when we battled the king of the Dorgar, and there was a pretty bad battle, and Dozer was smashed. And at the end of that battle, in the cleanup, she went and got his horns, not for a trophy or anything, but just like this feels right to do, like to, this is all that's left here.

This seems like this is important. And I don't know if he's still here. I know he's supposed to be leaving this evening. But if the leader of the Minotaur is still around, if they get in the gear heart, by to the kids, assuming there's nothing else to do with the kids for now, she's going to take it very slowly through the streets, try not to bring a lot of attention. All this thing is probably bringing a lot of attention no matter what. But certainly not like, you know, careening through the streets like it was done before. she would get towards the mayor's area, the compound.

And she'd stop the gear heart and just say, I got something to do real quick. Be right back. He probably has a guess at what it is, especially if she grabs the horns when she gets, you know, get out. So he's just like, all right. He's less talkative than even usual for himself. But he'll just wait at the car. It's fine. So I don't know if somebody would recognize her. I mean, they were there for a little bit. Yeah. Whatever it is. She just, she would, we, we promised something to Crack. What's his last name? Crack. I don't want to call him crag as that seems too familiar.

Big Craig. Big old crag. Yeah. Ironhorn. Iron horn. Yeah. Yeah. She would just keep mention to whoever she needed to mention. find the people that she recognized. She's trying to get real. They have promised something to them. She's just trying to get something to them real quick. Yeah, it wouldn't be hard. You like, the mayor's people know you. They know it's not, you know, yeah, you're trusted at this point. That's true. They might check weapons or something like that. Yeah, no problem. These are sort of wrapped up. They're horn shaped, but they're wrapped up in some sort of canvas.

You know, you can kind of see the shape of it. But it's been sort of tied up. And, yeah, if she's able to find him or... I don't know. She would be able to even get to him directly, but... Wouldn't be hard. Because, again, you... First of all, Minotaur aren't quiet. They're loud talkers. So, you know, like, you'd probably... You'd probably find him speaking with... you know, his close people. And yeah, if, like, he, if he saw you come in, it's like, okay, what, like, I thought you guys are leaving. You know, so there'd be like a moment, like, without addressing you, there'd be like, people die down and he would kind of like look at you.

Yeah, she'd all of a sudden get a little bit, like, like, everybody's staring at her all of a sudden. She's like, uh, um, Mr. Ironhorn, uh, uh, Hey, I wanted to bring something over to you. I thought this might be important, special, especially after I talked earlier today. Really appreciated that, by the way. Here, and then she'll just hand in this parcel. So if these are just wrapped in burlap, right? Like instantly, upon grabbing, it's like, oh, okay, and then pulling this back, there's, there. I don't think it would be super epic. who they belong to.

But definitely, like, you're handing these to somebody who doesn't have horns of their own. So the first thought is like, are these replacements? Where did you get these? Like, I think it would be something like that. And then kind of a just waiting. These are, she'll sort of point at her head where her horns. would be if she were a minotaur. Not for you. These were dozers. I wasn't sure if it was appropriated or not, but he was a, he was a good guy. And he did his very best to help protect us. It just seemed like the right thing to do. And I thought, you know, when we met you and he talked about your horns and it's kind of like party's missing.

I thought maybe this would go a long way to, I don't know, getting him back to where he belonged. Give me a culture role, please. I shall do so. Hmm. Five. Okay. Okay. Okay. So that's a total of six. So Craig is is kind of holding these and and staring down to them. And there's murmurs, right? From his, his people. And they look, they look upset, a bit upset. You took, you took his horns. Well, you see, we were in this throne room. It was really interesting because it was a lever. It doesn't matter. We were in this throne room. It was a terrible battle. I didn't think we would survive.

And, well, there wasn't a whole lot of, there wasn't much of him when it was all set and done. But he did his very best to protect. all of us. I just felt like I didn't want somebody just to sweep those things up and throw them in the bin. I felt like it was important. So this is a, this is a big qualifier because I think the assumption is you broke them off of his body. So that is a big clarifier. And after you, you, So the Durgar removed them. The Durgar had nothing to do with it. It was the king of the Durgar had gone mad and he fought us. We didn't expect that to happen.

We got into a fight. He tried to help us. He protected us. Just like Brax did. But Doser didn't make it. It wasn't the door guard. In fact, they were pretty good people all said and done. But like I said, I didn't want all this just to be thrown into a trash can or thrown to the incinerator or something like that. I don't know. I only knew him for like a couple of days, but it felt special. Anyway, I thought maybe all should have them. So he's going to stand up. And I think the muttering would die down that, that, because again, the assumption was, yeah, he died.

I just snapped these off and took him. Like that would be, it's like, holy shit, that is so uncool. Is that an orc thing? Like, like, culturally, where do we stand here? So, but he would, he would stand up. And his hand would kind of like fall on your shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. And he'd kind of like give you a squeeze. Thank you. This is a very kind gesture. I'm sorry we couldn't be there to help. This is just getting him back where he belongs. This isn't even a gesture. I think the gesture came from him more than anybody. This is just paying it back a little bit.

Anyway, you all have a safe trip. We're going out ourselves, but we'll see you again. No doubt. You can stay and have a drink with us. There's going to be a longer pause. While you're pausing, he is pouring a drink. Like it, yeah. I think canonically, Ruby has a red solo cup that she carries around with her, She can just drink in anything. No, I think she, oh gosh, well, I do have to, we have a lot to get ready, but I, I mean, just one sip, maybe, just one sip, not to be, I'm saying this, not as Ruby, not to be rude. She would not just let him pour something and then say, I got to go.

She would take a big old chug, but not like down it. I don't want to get her in trouble here. But she would definitely do it in a kind way. So, okay, we've established Minotaur are very up front creatures, right? So the, like Ruby, a lot like Jasper, kind of hams and halls a little bit because they're worried about, you know, insulting somebody. And like you're just going to want, uh-huh, uh-huh. So are you drinking? Like it's just kind of, it's like, so let's get to point B. And again, just Just a big smile. You're a very anxious little ork lady. I've seen a lot of, I'm sure you have too, but I've seen a lot of things that make me anxious.

There's a lot ahead of us too. It makes me anxious. But this helps. She'll take another sip. You're still going to Odyssey. then. Big sigh, real vocal side. Yeah, yeah. Yep. Go into Odysseia. We'll be right back, though, because hell if we're staying there. Well, good luck again. But if you do get back and you do get back and you do get when you're after, send a raven to me because I think, I think I can help you out on your little journey. People like you make me not so anxious. And she'll try to do the same thing. It's going to be funny when you see this minotaur and this little half-work girl.

She's going to try to slam her hand on his shoulder, which is going to just go, But she's just trying to sort of match his energy. And take a big breath and relax. And she's say, okay, well, have good evening. And she'll look at everybody and get in their eyes and make sure they all say goodbye. I figure the whole thing takes like 15, 20 minutes. Right. But this is one of those cultural things where. it was a very kind thing to do that you didn't have to do. And it clearly meant a lot, but they're not incredibly sentimental creatures, right? Like they don't, the history they've experienced doesn't allow them to stop and kind of, you know, get emotional about stuff.

They drink a lot is the thing. So, yeah, I think it meant a lot. And you're going to get back to Logren. I don't. Is Logren just like zoned out like a serial killer? Or is he impatient at being there for 15 or 20 minutes? I think by the time, like, if it were actually took 15, 20 minutes, I think Logrin has gone a couple of cycles of Gen. And kind of irritated back to Zen. A little bored. Irritated again. He's cycling through. But I think Jasper actually called it. I think he's got a rock out. And he's carving. Well, by the time she gets back. Like he's circled all the way around to like, well, better find something to do.

You know. Might be here. She probably forgot I was here as you walked home. Hey, Ruby. He gets back in the car. Definite smell of alcohol. on her breath. Like, you know. Yeah. She just turned around and gives him a thumbs up. All right, good to go. And then crank this thing up and... He just goes okay. Let's catch up with Nythera. Yes. Can I get a survival check from Nythira? Survival. Survival. We're tracking. Oh, I was going to try. I am. I remember. To get traces. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's do it. I mean, I'm probably going to fail that. And then we'll do survive. But. I do forget.

Like, you know, you got some magic. You got a little bit of magic. I was born around. Yeah. I was born in it. Me. It's. Well, we'll see about that. Well, yeah. No. Very little magic. Yeah. Below average magic. There's a reason why I'm a stabby character. You want to give me a survival check? That was an eight. Yeah. Some total of seven plus one equals eight. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Eight's so vague that it's like. I know. Something happened. Right. Like, yeah. It's like, yeah, just teleported. But like, no, no clear, you know. Mm-hmm. That was almost a 19. But 11? 11 is a little better.

So you're going to be on the lookout for certain things. 11's not incredible. But we'll check back in in just a little bit. Kimira is going to... Is going to... Is going to kind of emerge from shadows in a dark place. Do you have, I forget, did you see things have dark vision in this, in this version? I don't. They do? Okay. Yeah. Good. Yeah. There's a demon in you. Of course you got dark vision. Yeah, sure. So you do recognize that it's all like, it's black and white. It's, you know, very, you are clearly off the beaten path now, right? And the city has gotten quiet.

Like, quite quiet. Like, like, things you'll hear like carriages and, and speak. and stuff like it's in the distance. You're still very much in the city. But like you're off the beaten path and you're going to be in an area here. And it is sectioned off on all sides. And Kogoff is going to summon a shovel for you. If you wouldn't mind digging right there and just kind of like poke the shovel into the ground. Gamera does like a big dramatic like, yeah. Like, you don't move or anything like that? Could you summon me up an imp or something to do this? Yeah, he'll like roll up his sleeves and, uh, and start shoveling into the ground, I'm assuming, right?

Like in the earth. Yeah. Yeah, it's a it's a it's a it's a decent. little patch of grass, but it doesn't, it doesn't look like it's, uh, like there is a, there's houses and stuff nearby. But it doesn't look like one of the nicer places, like a manor or something where there's groundskeepers and stuff like that. It, it, it, it just looks like it's a like a, like a, a backyard that hasn't been tended to for a long time. Yeah. Are we in like someone's garden? Yeah. It's like, be quiet. It's like, be quiet. you're going to wake him and then he's going to come out and start screaming.

So just, yeah. As you're as you're digging and you're just kind of, you know, he'll heat up the spade of the shovel a bit just to kind of make it, you know, easier. But it is pretty frozen groundwise. So I was telling you about Esther Holt. There was a very. interesting history here. And it stretches back well over a century before all of this. And he's kind of pointing to all the ice and snow and everything. I think this city would have turned out very differently if it wasn't for all of that. What are your aspiration? Camira. What do you want, truly want?

I want to be the most. I want to be known. I want everyone to hold me in regard. I want to be special. You want to be remembered. That would be very nice. Hmm. Do you know what it's like in hell? Kymira. He's saying your name a lot. And he doesn't usually do that all that much. It's usually pet names. You know, my Ushiguzhams, my, you know, my, you know, my, my, Honey, my honey crisp apple. My, you know, my Krisp apple pie. Yeah. Is this, is this like, am I getting the sense that this is like when someone is talking seriously with you? Or is, like, or is it like when someone is like your mom is using your full legal name?

Right. Right. Right. No, no, no. It's more just. Listen to what I'm saying because it has weight. Not. Not like, hey, you are in. It's like, hey, like, this is an important conversation. You want me to share? I'm sharing. Like that type of thing. Yeah. I got you. So, yeah, Camero will resist when he asks what it's like in hell. Camero will resist saying hot. I bet. Depends on the region. Uh-huh. And just, yeah, he's just listening. And he's opening. Like opening up to that, like giving Vime. Hell is boring. It's eternal. It's ever expanding. And it's become dangerous for demons like me.

I get to feel because you allow me. to latch onto you like a lamprey. And I get drips and drabs of what you feel every day. Do you know that for you know that for well over a century demons, demons like me have been hunted in hell? Who hunts demons? So you can feel a little bit of fear bubble up. Like you can't see facial expressions, but you can feel it, right? There's not just one person, but an orc definitely leads them. It must be a hell of an orc definitely leads them. The point is, I... want out. And you want me to join your group? I do. I do. Then what we're getting tonight is going to help with that.

I do have a question just to clarify if you are out what does that leave me? Do you think I would leave you? Just because I'm out of hell. Or take my power away? Do you know what I could give you if I were fully devoted to you? in your party. If I were resisted. And there's just a second where he backs up. Like you could feel him like, back up. If I were on the same plane as you, you would never want for power again. I imagine you're digging the entire time this is happening to like, yeah. Oh, for sure, yeah. But Camara stops for a second. Stop stinging. And...

He says, Colgoth, I'm going to be real honest with you because I really can't be anything else. It's not even about the power. I mean, I like the power a lot. But nobody else. I've not... Nobody else knows me like you, like you do. And that would be hard to have echo missing. Now fair warning, if you were up to leave up and leave me, there's no one else like me either. You might find someone to shack up with again, but you're never going to find another kind of. There's only one of me. I know, baby boy. The men in your family are unique, but you have proved the most interesting find in a very, very long time.

I'm not. I'm not leaving. you anytime soon. The transfer would leave me physically weak, and I would need to stay with you for a while. But as I get stronger, so will you. Just because I have to ask, you're not going to do anything like bring hell on Theria or anything, You, like, raise it all to the ground and, you know, like that kind of thing. I just told you how much hell sucks. I understand. It's here you want to feel from, siphon from, experience. I don't want to change a thing about your plane. If anything, I just want to experience all it as to offer.

All right. Let's keep digging. Yeah, like every time you would stop, by the way, because I don't imagine Kymira has a lot of physical endurance or or want to have physical, you know what I'm saying? Not like, like certain physical activities, yes, digging, no. So it would probably be like three shovel fools and then, who, okay, Union break. Like you just kind of like you just stop for a little bit. Yeah. And every time you do, like there's, you're edging him basically. It's like, come on. Like, you know, he's like, come on. And then eventually you're going to, you're going to hit something metallic.

Cool. Yeah. Try and clear the dirt off around that. And see if I can. If I can get in into that, pick it. Get it up out of the whole. Yeah, it is a, it's a metal box about the size of, um, it's not massive, but you could tell that like, while it isn't crazy heavy, it has a lot of like padding to it. You don't hear anything shifting around inside, right? So it's probably about 40 pounds or so. You pick it up. It's like, all right, damn, okay. And then you sit it down and there is a lot. lock on it. What's interesting is this is an arcane lock. Right off the bat, you're going to go, oh, okay.

So this is, this isn't riches or something that was physically locked away by somebody. This, this has something, but some magical importance. Mm-hmm. Okay. Well, I'm assuming you want this open now. Right? I would very much like it, yes. Though the box is nice. It is. What is it doing in someone's garden? Why is it here? It was put here a very long time ago. Okay. Now let's try and crack it open. I'll see what I can do. And I'm not trying to open this lock. Yeah. Yeah. Let's give me an Arcana check, please. Let's do that. Holy shit. Okay. 19 will do it. Yeah. Arcana's always one of those ones because it's like, yeah, just good enough to be okay, but it's just not good enough to like.

Right. Maybe it will go. Like, it's not one of your, it's not like lying where your modifiers. Yeah. Well, it's still a 12. Fuck you. Like it's, you know what I mean? Yeah. So this thing has been, you know, it's clearly been here for a long time. And the weather has beaten it up a little bit. But that parking lock is going to kind of, you'll see the little insignia glow. And as you're opening it up. So if you're picking a lock, right, there's a science to it. depending on the lock. We've all played Skyrim. We've all played, you know? Like, there's, there are tumblers.

It's like, okay, yeah. Like, there are different types of locks, but it's, it all follows the same principle. Arcane locks are very different because it has to key into a magical signature, right? It is, it's like a little riddle. It's like hacking into somebody's like Facebook or something and you need their password. It's personalized. And you're, you're, you, you, you figure it out pretty easily, but it's like, that's fucking nonsense. Okay. Like, it just, it's like, I, maybe it means something to them. Maybe it's their pet's name backwards or some shit like that.

And the, the, the box is a no-mish. Right. It's like, okay. So this is going to, this is going to pop open. And there is an ornate black bottle inside. Do you know what this is? Yes. I want to give me another accent? I like to think this has happened so many times that he asks and then just goes into an explanation. in any way. Doesn't even doesn't even wait. No. Let's see. That's perfect. Okay. Fantastic. So again, that modifier can't. It's an eight. I think he rolled it. What is it? Five? Yeah. So. Yeah. It doesn't even wait. This is something very rare. And there were only a few magic users, powerful enough to create one.

It's a philactory. And this houses the soul of someone I admire greatly. This is going to help us. Who's is it? Who's soul? Am I holding? Hmm. You want me to be honest with your friends, right? I do. Then let's go show them what we're all about. And I'll tell you and them everything. Okay. I will warn you. I'm a little drained. From getting us here, we'll have to walk back. Your friend is probably looking for us. Yeah, I'm actually surprised she hasn't found us by now. Oh. You weren't supposed to know that she was there. Yeah, I mean. Well, I'm not surprised she couldn't find us.

Getting back is going to be a little tricky. And if we pan the camera back, right? We're in the center of this hedge maze. And... Getting out of here is a little, a little tricky. Oh, my God. And I think that's a great time for us to stop for the night. Birds eye view just pulling up and up and up and up and up and up. Oh, my God. Whose soul is it? In the middle of a hedge mage and Esther Holt? Yeah. Who do you think? How could his be there? Oh, it's an easy explanation. I look forward to getting good. it to you. That I did not see coming. I am so excited to explore new hell, like the way it is.

I got to sit down with the James and I didn't want to tip that until like, until I don't. Yeah, please. Can we like? Yeah. It's the redo I've wanted since. It's the job. I wanted that doom experience before. Yeah. I didn't. forget about it. Can't we just let Dormac die? Yeah.